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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 93, no. 2409: Articles]: May 16, 1914

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May 16, 1914 RECORD AND GUID^ 8^3 Building Permlta. May S to 14 May 9 to 15 New buildings.......... 15 23 Cost..................... $141,075 $658,300 Alterations.............. $57,160 $25,.875 Jan. 1 to May 14 Jan. Ito May 15 NewbuUdlnga.......... 307 430 Cost..................... $6,530,467 $11,087,791 Alterations.............. $495,215 $371,420 BROOKLYN. CoBTeyancea. 1914 1P13 May 7 to 13 ■ May S to 14 TotalNo................ 475 485 No. with consideration.. 35 51 Consideration........... $211,890 $267,684 Jan. 1 to May 13 Jan. I to May 14 TotalNo................ 8,480 9,209 No. with consideration... 895 723 Consideration........... $6,244,913 $4,704,913 Hortgasea. • May 7 to 13 May 8 to 14 TotalNo...........----- 367 350 Amount................ $1,1,38,829 $1,535,102 To Banks & Ins. Cos.... 62 76 Amount............... $373,250 $700,000 No.at6)J................ 187 202 Amount.................Ll $339,869 $800,148 No.at8W«............ 98 65 Amount............... $440,900 $270,283 No.«tO((............... 61 53 Amount.............. $288,250 $326,262 Unusualrates......... 6 4 Amount..............' . $20,500 $37,500 Interest not glTcn....... 15 26 Amount................. $49,310 $94,909 Jan. 1 to May 13 Jan. I to April 14 TotalNo............... 5,957 6,635 Amount................. $24,594,632 $26,495,082 To Banks & Ina. Cos. .. 1,226 1,562 Amount................ $9,667,891 $10,311,043 Bnlldlns Pennlta. May 8 to 14 May 9 to 15 Newbtdldlngs........ 144 48 Cost.................... $1,338,650 $215,250 Alterations.............. $87,.330 $73,404 Jan. 1 toMay 14 Jan. Ito May 15 New buildings......... 1,701 1,499 Cost................... $15,832,535 $12,476,494 Alterations............. $1,116,669 $1,543,137 Q.llBE:n s. Building PermitB. May 8 to 14 May 9 to 15 NewbuUdlngs........... 62 81 Cost..................... $328,235 $265,900 Alterations.............. $30,993 $30,100 Jan. 1 to May 14 Jan. Ito May 15 NewbuUdlngs........... 1,699 1,903 Cost..................... $7,442,232 $6,144,073 Ateratlons.............. $447,793 $463,762 RICHMOIMD. Building Permits. May 8 to 14 May 9 to 15 NewbuUdlngs........... 54 47 Cost..................... $69,980 $180,065 Alterations.............. $3,925 $4,525 Jan. 1 to May 14 Jan. 1 to May 15 NewbuUdlnga........... 396 393 Coat ................. $582,279 $743,072 Alterations.............. $91,202 $95,538 REAL ESTATE NOTES. CHRIS. SCHIERLOH has opened a branch offlce at 1331 St. Nicholas av, near 177th st. GEORGE W. RUDDBLL CO. has moved its offlces to 30 East 42d st. LOUIS BECKER CO. has been appointed agent by the Direct Realty Co. for 1945 and 1947 Am¬ sterdam av. DUFF & CONGER have been appointed agents tor 1142 Madison av by Charles Gulden, the owner. PORTER & CO. negotiated the recent sale of the dwelling 49 West 128th st for the East River Savings Bank to Rosalina Frandsen. JOHN J. KAVANAGH 'has been appointed agent tor the buildings at the southeast carner ot Lexington av and 86th st. ALLiWIN REALTY CO., INC., ot 259 3d av, win open a branch offlce in Its newly erected building at 157 3d av tor the transaction ot a geiAral real estate and brokerage business. HOWARD GOULD has taken a mortgage of $50,000 on the Globe Theatre, Broadway and 46th st, owned by the Dillingham Theatre Co., subject to a prior mortgage ot $655,000. OCEANSIDE ESTATES ot Rockviile Centre. L. I., has been incorporated with a capital of $500,000. The directors are: Moses Morris, Josenh Q. Eichenbauer and William Schaum¬ berg. DUFF & CONGER have obtained tor oscar Hammerstein a loan ot $450,000 tor five years on tbe opera house he recently completed on the east side ot Lexington av, between 50th and Slst sts. CO-OPERATIVE LAND CO. is the buyer of the 12-sty mercantile structure at 40-42 'West ITth st, s4H last week by M. W. Levine. In part payment the seller gave 385 plots In Litch¬ field terrace, Babylon, L. I. The transaction in¬ volved about $450,000. MANNING, MAXWELL &------.RE, one of the largest machinery concerns in the country, will pay $20,000 a year tor 10 years tor the 20th and 21st floors ot the Lewisohn Building at 119 West 40th St. The firm took possession of their new quarters several months ago, having moved trom Liberty st. A MORTGFAGE tor $5,000,000, made by the Astoria Light and Power Co. to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., was Sled in Jamaica last Saturday. It covers all property owned by the Astoria Co. and also the property of what waa tormerly known as the Citizens' Mutual Gas and Light Co. of Long Island City. The recording tax fee was $23,000. A MASS MEETING under the auspices of the .Real Estate Owners' Protective Association will be held at the Riverside Theatre Building, Broadway and 96th st, on Monday evening. May 18, for the purpose of advocating the con¬ struction of a subway along Central Park West, north of 59th st. Prominent speakers will address the meeting. Mrs. A. SB. Ellison is chairman ot the Mass Meeting 'Committee. SMITH St PHELPS placed a flrst mortgage loan of $90,000 on the 2-sty business building at the junction ot Amsterdam av, Manhattan st and 126th st; also for Clara A. Miller a flrst mortgage of $7,000 on property on Water¬ bury av, Throggs Neck; $6,000 on the dwelling at the southeast corner of Hoffmann and 19lBt sts, and a second mortgage of $5,000 on the 5-sty apartment house In the north side of 182d st, 303 tt. east of Crotona av. BRYAN L. KENNELLY sold at auction last Saturday at White Plains the property of the late Reese Carpenter, known as Buena Vista at Valhalls, North White Plains, N. Y., consist¬ ing of 309 acres with residence, outbuildings, etc. The tract was sold in two parcels, a 301- acre piece going to John W. and James W. Daly for $110,000, and the remaining 8 acres to the Lawyers' Realty Co. of New York for $3,230. GOODALE, PERRY & DWIGHT and Thomas L. Reynolds were the brokers in the sale.ot the 12-sty mercantile building at 41-43 West 25th st for the Gray Realty Co. to Florence Keller, who gave in exchange her beautiful country residence at Shelter Island, covering about 2V4 acres and including two cottages. The deal in¬ volved about $475,000, the lott building having been held at $375,000 and the out-of-town prop¬ erty at $100,000, JOHN C. PRENDERGAST, tor seven years associated with Frederick Fox & Co., has formed a partnership with John V. Smith to conduct a general real estate business at 226 West 42d St. Mr. Smith is a newspaper man and made a study ot New York real estate during his incumbency in the offlce ot the Chamberlain under Mayor Gaynor's adminis¬ tration. The flrm will be known as Prender¬ gast and Smith. QUEE.\S CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.—The following chairmen of the standing and special committees of the Chamber ot Commerce ot tn» Borough of Queens for the year 1914-1915 were appointed by the Board ot Directors this week; Executive, Robert W. Higbie, president; Finance and Auditing, Henry L, Crandell; Commerce, Frederick Russell; Transit, John Adikes; Leg¬ islation, Clinton T. Roe; Manufacturing and In¬ dustrial, Jarvis Hicks; Arbitration, W. W. Gil¬ len ; Entertainment, Fred G. Randell; Highway, Treadwell D. Carpenter; Queens Boulevard, Frank W. Scutt, and Improvement of Rockaway Turnpike, Edward Roche. THOMAS B. HIDDEN, who owns 14, 16, 20 and 22 East 45th st, has purchased the in¬ tervening parcel, 18, from Rose B. Scognan- millo. Mr. Hidden now controls a plot 102x -100.5, improved with flve 4-sty dwellings. Mr. Hidden is also the owner of the six abutting houses at 15 and 23 to 31 East 44th st at the northwest corner of Madison av. A 16-tt. dwelling at 21, owned by Samuel P. Colt, sepa¬ rates the six houses. The abutting dwell tig at 350 Madison av also belongs to Mr. Hid¬ den. The combined parcels torm one ot the largest properties un^fr one ownership in the immediate vicinity, and may be improved in the near future with a tall structure, FILING OF DEEDS on Monday made know; further details regarding the $1,300,000 pur¬ chase ot B. N. Duke, reported last week. In part payment tor the 12-sty apartment house at the southwest corner of Tth av and 58th at, he gave Dr. Charles V. Paterno, the two apartment house known as the "Marc Antony" and the "Prince Humbert" at 214-220 Cathedral Park¬ way, on plot 200x70, between Broadway and Amsterdam av. These structures were built by Dr. Paterno and were sold to Mr. Duke through A. C. & L. A. Marks, in May, 1913. In that deal Dr. Paterno took in exchange property at 5th av aud 86th st, which he subsequently re¬ sold to V. Everit Macv and Carl D. Jackson. JOSEPH P. DAY under the direction ot Wil¬ liam R. Willcox, as trustee, and Peter B- Olney, a referee in bankruptcy, sold on Thurs¬ day, in the Vesey Street Salesroom, 157 acres at Flushing, L, I., owned by the Interborough Realty Company. The properties were offered ifl three parcels and were disposed of as fol¬ lows : The Hadley tract, ot about 94 acres, on Willets rd, llth av and Bayside rd, to A. P. Hilton, tor the Rickert-Flnlay Realty Co., tor $500 above a mortgage of $104,443; the Bowne tract, ot about 55 acres, running Bay- side av to Mitchell av trom 16th to 24th sts, tor $600 above a mortgage of $75,090 to L. J. Phillips & Co., for a client, and the Carrahar tract, ot about 7 acres, on Bayside av, from Murray lane to the center ot pro¬ posed Boerum av, tor $2,000 above a mortgage of $24,718 to Harry Goldolsky. The bids ag¬ gregated $3,100 above the mortgage encum¬ brances ot $204,252.34. OBITUARY J ARTHUR J. RIDLEY, tor many years a prominent real estate broker, died ot heart disease last Saturday, aged sixty, at his home, 118 East 64th st, where he had lived tor forty years. He is survived by four sons and three daughters. The family has extensive real es¬ tate holdings in the Gravesend district ot Brooklyn. ELIHU J. GRANGER, president ot the Brook¬ lyn Real Estate Exchange, and a specialist in real estate law, died ot diabetes last week at his home, 123 McDonough st, Brooklyn. Mr. Granger was eighty-two years old and began the practice of law in 1860. B'esldes practising law he operated In New Jersey and Long Island real estate. He is survived by a widow and daughter. BROOKLYN'S OLDEST Real Estate Office FIRM ESTABLISHED 1843 l^f)e Cfjauncep i^eal estate Co. 187 MONTAGUE ST. BORO OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY Telephones, 4300, 4301, 4302 Main Appraisers Auctioneers AGENTS AND GENERAL aoieal estate JSrofeers; Members Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers Real Estate Board of New York eirber Brooklyn Board of R. E. Brokers DAVID PORTER Real Estate Agent Broker, Appraiser APPRAISER FOR The United States Government The State of New York The City ol New York The Equitable Life Assurance Society The U. S. Title Guaranty Co. The Home Trust Company, etc., etc. 189 MONTAGUE STREET Telephone, 828 Main BROOKLYN, N. Y. Member Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Broker^ BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE EXPERT APPRAISER S. WELSCH 207 MONTAGUE STREET Brooklyn Tel. 2738-9 Main Branch, 177 Seventh Avenue John F. James Clinton R. James John F. James, Jr. The Firm of 193 MONTAGUE STREET BROOKLYN Established 1858 Td., Main 740IM Firm Established 1874 CORWITH BROS. Greenpoint Real Estate FACTORY SITES A SPECIALTY Mortgage Ix)ans, Appraisals, Insurance Entire Management of Property 851 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn Member Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers JOHN E. HENRY, Jr. REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD Mortgages Secured Insurance 1251 BEDFORD AVENUE Telephone 5600 Bedford BROOKLYN