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Real Estate Record and Builders Guide Founded March 21, 1868, by (XJNTON W. SWKET. Devoted to Real Estate, Building Construction and Building Management in the Metropolitan District Published Every Saturday by THE RECORD AND GUIDE COMPANY FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treasurer. Enterwi as Booond clan mattw Noremlwr «. 1878. at tn. Poat Office at New York. N. T., tinder th. Aot of March S. ISTH. Copyright, 1919, by The Record and Guide Company. 119 West 40th Street, New York (Telephone: Bryant 4800). VOL. CV -NO. 10 (2712) NE\\^ YORK, MARCH 6, 1920 SS.OO A TEAR 20o. A COPT AdTertisinc Index Page A B See Electric Elevator.4th Cover Aclterly. Orville B.. & Son.......312 Acme Service Corporation.......311 Adler. Ernest N...........2d Cover A. J. Contracting Co.. Inc........IL's Allianre Realty Co..............'ilO Altmayer, Leon S.........2d Cover American Bureau of R. E. .2d Cover Ames & Co................2ri Cover Amy & Co.. A. V...........2d Cover Anderson & Co.. James S.......304 Armstrong. John ...............312 Aspromonte & Son, L. S.........331 Automatic Pire Alarm Co.......324 Beaumont Co.. G. B.....Title P.ige Bechman, A. G.................•''.12 Berkshire Realty Co.. Inc........'U4 Betz Bros., Inc..................32ti Birdsall, Daniel. & Co. .Front Cover Boylan, John J...........2d Cover Brooklyn Metal Ceiling Co......328 Brown, Frederick ..............316 Brown Co.. J. Romaine.Front Cover Burns Wall Paper Co.. The......314 Butler & Baldwin..........2d Cover Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd. 2d Cover Carpenter. Leonard J.......2d Cover Chesley Co.. Inc.. A. C..........330 City Investing Co..............304 City and State Super\'ision Co.. .M14 Classified Advertisements.......315 Corning Co.. Edward......4th Cover Corwith Bros...................317 Cross & Brown Co......Front Cover Cruikshank Co........Front Cover Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover Cudner R. E. Co., A. M___2d Cover Cushman & Wakefield. .Front Cover Cutler & Co., Arthur............312 Cutner. Harry B...........2d Cover Davenport Real Estate Co......317 Davies. J. Clarence.........313-317 Day, Joseph P............2d Cover Dike. O. D. & H. V.............312 Dowd. James A................312 Duffy Co.. J. P..................•12ii Eastern Gas Appliance Co.......331 Eberle, Edward F..............31."i Electric Service Eng. Co........32S Electro Sun Co.................:\'2~ Ely & Co.. Horace S....Front Cover Empire Brick & Supply...4th Cover English. J. B.............2d Cover Fassler & Roberts..............327 Feuerbach. F. J..........2d Cover Finegan, Austin ..........2d Cover Finch & Co., Chas. H............330 Fischer, J. Arthur.........2d Cover Fox & Co., Fredk..........2d Cover Frank & Frank.................'^27 Fuller Co.. Geo. A..............324 Gallin & Son. John..............324 Gold. Louis ...................316 Goodstein, Harry ..............310 Goodwin & Goodwin.......2d Cover Hallback & Co., C. E............320 Hecla Iron Works..............329 Heil & Stern...................310 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Editorials ....................................... 305 Aldermen Fix Manhattan Tax Rate for 1920 at $2.48 ........................................... 307 Realty Men Oppose Rent Commission Bills at Albany ........................................ 308 Real Estate for the Current Week............ 309 Private Sales of the Week...................... 309 Statistical Table of the Week.................. 317 Opposes Changing Zone Restrictions on Seventh Avenue ....................................... 318 Gains Shown in Building Activity Throughout Country ....................................... 319 Architectural League Reconstructs Damaged Exhibition .................................... 320 Architects and Engineers Plan for Early Spring Building ....................................... 321 Personal and Trade Notes...................... 321 Trade and Technical Society Events............ .321 Building Material Markets...................... 322 Current Building Operations.................... 322 Contemplated Construction .......,............ 324 Contracts Awarded ............................. 326 Plans Filed for New Construction ............ 327 Standards and Appeals Calendar................ 331 Page Hess. M. & L.. Inc......Front Cover Holmes Electric Protective.4th Cover Jackson, Daniel H..............314 Kane Co., John P.........4th Cover Kelly, Albert E.................310 Kennelly, Bryan L.. Inc___2d Cover Kerns Co.. James F.............315 Knap & Wasson Co........2d Cover Kloes, P. J.....................324 Kohler. Chas. S., Inc...........304 Lawrence Cement Co.....4th Cover Lawrence & Co., Geo............327 Lawyers' Mortgage Co...........310 Lawyers' Title & Trust Co......311 Leaycraft & Co.. J. Edgar. Front Cover Lehigh Portland Cement Co.....331 Page Leist, Henry G............2d Cover Levers. Robert .................312 Long Realty Co.. A. J..........,315 Manning. Bernard Co...........314 Manning & Trunk.........2d Cover Marbleoid Co.. The..............'524 Markham Realty Corp..........304 Martin, H. Samuel........2d Cover Maurer & Son. Henry...........328 Maxwell, J. S.............2d Cover May & Co.. Lewis H.......2d Cover May & Co.. Wm. B..............".14 McLaughlin. Thos. F............■112 McLaury Tile Co.. Inc.. D. H.....................4th Cover McMahon, Joseph T.......... 312 Miller & Co., A. W.............312 AdTertisinff Indtx Jlississippi Wire Glass Co. 310 Moses & Moses...............; 'gJe Nail & Parker......... im Nason Realty Co.. . ........304 Newins, Harvey B.. ........304 New York Board of Title Under¬ writers , . . .'.......... 3Qg New York Edison Co.. "'The......325 New York Title Mortgage Co.'.'.304 Niewenhous Bros.. Inc 331 Noyes Co., Chas. F.....Front'cover Obelisk Waterproofing Co 32'' Ogden & Clarkson Corp___2'd'cover O'Reilly & Dahn.......... 2d Cover Orr & Co.. John C.......... ..3|[ Payton. Jr., Co.. Philip A___ 314 j-ease & Elliman.......Front Cover Pflomm. F. & G........Front Cover Poe. James E......... 3J5 Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H........3''6 P'"''f & Co...........Froit "cover Purdy & Co................... .314 Queensboro Corporation, The___311 Rafalsky & Co., Mark..Front Cover Ray. Inc.. Willes..........2d Cover Read & Co.. George R..Front Cover Realty Associates ............ 317 Realty Company of America!!! ^304 Reis Co.. John......... 315 Rich. Inc., Wm. T.....'.'........324 Roman-Callman Co......... .31.-, Ruland & Whiting......Front Cover Runk. George S...........2d Cover Ryan, George J............2d Cover Sasse, Geo. W............... 312 Schindler & Liebler.....'.'.'......3j'> Schwiebert. Henry .............312 Scobie.................',',',.....3j'> Seaver & Co.. Frank A.'.'.'.'.".'." "315 Smith Co., Inc.. E. C..... 318 Spear &. Co................,',', '^315 Spielman Electric Company.!!! 310 Spotts & Starr............2d Cover Steinmetz, John A . ... 312 Straus, S. W., & Co.......'.'..'. .'.312 Thompson Co., A. G........... 316 Title Guarantee & Trust Co... .304 Trotta. Inc.. D. A............ 315 Tucker, Speyers & Co......2d Cover Tyng & Co., Stephen H.. Jr.....304 Ullman ........................312 Uris Iron Works, Inc., Harris H.324 Vogel & Rotkin.................397 Walsh. Irving J...........2d Cover Watson Elevator Co.. Inc. .4th Cover Weld & Suydam................304 Wells Architectural Iron Co.....331 Wells Sons. James N......2d Cover Welch, S., Sons.................317 Westwood Realty Co............315 White Const. Co.. Inc.. The... 323 White & Sons, Wm. A..........304 Whiting & Co.. Wm. H. .Front Cover Winter. Benjamin..............314 Wood-Dolson Co........Front Cover Wyckoff. Walter C........2d Cover Zicha Marble Co., A. R........329 Zittel & Sons. Fredk......2d Cover Costly Mistakes in Building May Be Avoided and Many Difficult Problems Connected with Construction Eliminated BY selecting your BUILDER at the time the AKCHITECT and ENGINEEK is retained. The result will be ECONOMY, SPEED and LOW MAINTENANCE cost. G. B. BEAUMONT COMPANY, ^«,^ew™o^k'