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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 94, no. 2427: Articles]: September 19, 1914

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September 19, 1914 RECORD AND GUIDE 475 SLAWSON & HOBBS have placed a loan of $15.5U0 at 5 per cent for 5 years on 62 West 96th st, a 4-sty private house ; also of $15.01)0, at 5 per cent., for 3 years, on 254 West UOth st, a 4-sty house ; $32,U0O at 5 per cent., for 5 years, on 359 od av. and 203-5-7 East 26th st. LAWSOX PURDY, Commissioner of Taxes, and A. C. Pleydell, Secretary of the Xew York Tax Reform Association, were in attendance at the Xational Tax Conference at Denver last week. Prof. Seligman, of Columbia University, presided. WILLIAM A. WHITE & SOXS have been ap¬ pointed agents for the business buildings 113- 115 Broad st, 34 Moore st and the northeast corner of John and William sts; and for the bachelor apartment houses 154-156 Madison av and 19 East 32d st. C. LEDYARD BLAIR proves to be the buyer of the plot 33.5x175 at the south corner of 5th av and 70th st, reported sold in April, 1912, by the executor of the Josiah M. Fiske estate, and another real estate "mystery" has been cleared up. There has long been speculation and keen inquiry as to the real purchaser, but the pledge of secrecy was faithfully kept. HUGHES & HAMMOND report having recent¬ ly placed mortgages on Manhattan property ag¬ gregating $ol9,oOO. The larger ones include $2OU,OU0 at 4% per cent, for Wetzel, Inc., on the 4-sty building, 2-4 East 44th st; $105,000 on the 9-sty building at the northeast corner of Canal and Chrystie sts; $55,000 on 28 East 2Sth st; $40,000 on the new 5-sty apartment house at the northeast corner of Park av and ISGth st, and $40,000 on a similar building at the southeast corner of Vermilyea av and Haythorne st. M. MORGENTHAU. JR., CO. sells today, on the premises, at 2.30 p. m., 3 cottages" and 7 plots, part of the Healy property on Cornaga av. Grove st, Seaview av and Loretta pl. They are located one block from the railroad station and trolleys and ten minutes' walk from the ocean. LOUIS SCHLESINGER, IXC, announces that the interest of Louis Kamm has been acquired by Louis Schlesinger, who will continue the real estate and insurance business and retain the present offices on the grade floor in the Essex Building, Xewark, X. J. The business was originally established January 1, 1890, under the firm name of Brown & Schlesinger, of which ex-Sheriff William H. Brown was the senior partner, and continued until January 1, 1900, when the business was acquired by Louis Schlesinger. On May 1, 1911. the business wa? incorporated as Louis Schlesinger, Inc., which, will continue with Louis Schlesinger, president; Alex. L. Schlesinger, vice-president and treas¬ urer, and Frank B. Heller, secretary. AUCTION SALES OF WEEK. Except where otherwise stated, the proper¬ ties o -"ered were in foreclosure. Adjourn¬ ments of legal sales to next week are noted under Advertised Legal Sales. •Indicates that the property described wns bid in for the plaintiff's account. The Auction Market. Walter H. Ford increased his hold¬ ings on James street this week by the purchase of No. 6 at public auction for $7,050. It is a three-story tenement on a lot 17.1 X 54.8. The Ford estate holds title to 8 and 10 James street, and now controls a triangular corner parcel at New Bowery measuring about 61 feet on each thoroughfare. Henry Brady was the auctioneer. In Brooklyn the home of the late Senator Patrick H. McCarren, former Democratic leader of Kings County, at 97 Berry street, was sold at public auc¬ tion by order of Samuel S. VVhitehouse, executor of the estate, to Mrs. Margaret D. McCloskey, a niece of Senator Mc¬ Carren, for $4,025, For the coming week Joseph P. Day will hold his first fall special auction on Thursday, September 24, at the Ex¬ change Salesroom. The offerings in¬ clude the Moriarity Building, a six- story loft building, on plot 78 x 98.9; 303, 305 and 307 West 139th street, three three-story dwellings, on plot 51 x 99.11; properties in the Pennsylvania Terminal zone for the estate of Eliza McKibbin and a one-story building for the estate of Thomas Buckley at 210 West 54th street. Manhattan. The following is the complete list of property sold, withdrawn or adjourned during: the week ending Sept. IS, 1914, at the New York Real Estate Sales¬ room, 14 and 16 Vesey st. JOSEPH P. DAY. Lewis st,'l09. ws. 160 n Stanton, 20x100, 5-sty bk tnt & strs & 3-stv bk rear tnt; due, $5,391.77: T&c, $481.62; sub to 1st mtg- of $15,000; Carmana Realtv Co. 15.500 Pitt st, 55 (*), ws, 150 n Delancev, runs Wl00xn24.10xe37xs6.2xe63xsl8.8. 3-stv bk tnt & str & 4-stv bk rear tnt; due, $14,- 787.14; T&c. $3;J4.22; Anna S Lincoln. 14.000 PHnee st, 62-4 (*), swc Lafayette (No 264), 27.6x54.9x2 4x54.10, 4-stv bk loft & str bldg: due. $28,885.44; T&c. $1,720.16: Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in the City of N Y. 20,000 Borrowers having desirable property on which loans are wanted can be accommodated in any amount at prevailing rates of interest. Submit your loans and we can take care of them promptly. Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Co. 188 Montague St., Brooklyn 1354 Broadway, Brooklyn 160 Broadway, Manhattan 381-383 East 149th Street 367 Fulton Street, Jamaica LOTS PLOTS ACREAGE The Queensboro Corporation BRIDGE PLAZA LONG ISLAND CITY Developers of Queens Borough Real Estate HOUSES FACTORY SITES JOSEPH CACCAVAJO, C. E. WARREN C. HAFF, M. E. EXPERTS IN REAL ESTATE ENGINEERING 41 PARK ROW CACCAVAJO & HAFF INCORPORATED CONSULTING ENGINEERS PHONE CORT. 6226 Troegerlith Sanitary Flooring Laid in Plastic Form Fire Proof, Germ Proof, Water Repellent Cost very little more than cement TROEGERLITH CORK COMPOSITION Artistic, durable and very easy of tread. Write for booklet No. 5 Troegerlith Tile Company, 11 Broadway, New York City Telephone: Rector 9364 First Fall Special Sales Day NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 AT 12 O'CLOCK KOON, AT EXCHANGE SALESROOM, 1-; \-ESEY ST., N. Y. CITY. MORIARITY BUILDING 155-157-159 East 23rd Street (At Third Avenue **L" Station) A 6-story and cellar brick loft building, with salesroom store, equipped with steam heating plant and 4 elevators. Size of plot, 78x98.9. HENRY S. COOK, Esq., Attorney, 38 Park Row, N. Y. City. 303 & 305 & 307 W. 139th St. (Between Edgecombe and Eighth Aves.) To be sold as one parcel. Three 3-story limestone front private dwell¬ ings. Size of plot, 51x99.11. 50% May remain on Mortgage for S% 3 nr 5 vears at STUART D. PRESTON, Esq., Attorney 2 Rector Street, N. Y. City ESTATE SALES. 210 West 54th St. (Between Broadway and Eighth Ave.) A 1-story brick building, suitable for a gar¬ age. Size of lot, 25x100. 65% May remain on Mortgage S% for 3 or 5 years at JOHN T. BOOTH, Esq.. Attorney 271 Broadway, N. Y. City 217 West 33rd St. (Between Seventh and Eighth Aves.) A 3-story and basement brick building. Size of lot. 20x98.9, GIFFORD, HOBBS & BEARD, Attorneys, 60 Broadway, N. Y. City. Phone 744 Cortlandt ABSOLUTE SALE 259 West 34th St. (Between Seventh and Eighth Aves.) A 3-story and basement brick building, with basement store and salesroom store, containing one apartment of six rooms and bath ou each of the upper floors. Size of lot, 22.11x98.9. Very liberal terms. COUDERT BROS., Attorneys, 2 Rector St., N. Y. City SPECIAL SALES. Kissena Park, Flushing, L. I. (N. E. Cor. Jasmine St. and Parsons Ave.) A 3-story and cellar stucco private dwelling. Size of plot, 44.56x122.60x40x102.95. North Side of Oak Ave. (86.3 Feet East of Bowne Ave.> A 2-story and attic frame private dwelling. Size of plot, 40x95.03, North Side of Oak Ave. (166.3 Feet East of Bowne Ave.) A 2-story and cellar stucco private dwelling. Size of plot, 40x95.04. 80'^ May Remain on Mortgages. 31 Nassau St. N. Y. City Auctioneer