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PART HI TWKLVK PACKS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, J922 TWELVE PAGES PART III11 ' .¦ *" I" "¦.miRenters WillHave to Pay.

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City s BillsCrea! Increase in Admin»jstralion's Wants WilrFall Heavily on Tenantsand Small House Ownei<¡V three hundred and some odd mil-

Hen dolhr budget which the city ad¬ministration says will be needed to run

g* Jos«) government until this timeaaïî year will have to come out of thepacte» of rent payers and small houseawn«*. The increased cost of o^era-íioa i» &<? îast fiyP yea s is $150,652,-159, wM«* is more than half of thotetsl Mr<*t voted in 1917. To meetiii» iwrea^e the vnlue of real and per-iottal property has been ii'ted fromSS.500000.000 in 19Î7 to $10.500.000 00«for 19?3. Not only has the assessedniw P aced on every parcel of real«tats been raised, but the tax rate hasittn jumped .72 points.Significance of this increase is lost

eji!e*»s it is brought home. For in¬stance, in 1917 the owner >,f a $10.000home in greater New York paid an uv-erajre tax in the several borou'rhs of103 per cent on an assessed valuation?f about $6 010. This year he p*<id nnifmpe of 2.75 on an assessed valua l^nif $10.000. In other words, he paid$121.80 city taxes in 1917 and $275 citvtaxe« in 1922 an increase of $153.20.la addition, he paid n state Income taxind a larger price for the art:cles heporch*.sed because of the increase intie rtate tax on mercantile and manu-iact'ir.ng corporations.The Real Estate Board of New York

m a statement issued yesterday ca'lediRention to the fact tint the po* ula-dan of geater New York is not grow-Jg as rapidly as formerly. In an«Bivais of the budget the board says:P.pl. 1917. 191'S Increase

Wlc* .. .118."00.*. 41 $-.2.667.394 $14,4«.Ï 05Sña - 9.090....9 17.713.6.T 8.68*. 218gMÜh .. 8.30S.-41 fc.iS7.S63 2.199,612StrictCle»nina S.OSO.liS» 17.071.983 8,981.294

»Ami8«rnc« 8f.7M.5fi8 ie.4S6.84l 16.691.073

CWldWetf«.- t.?88.800 6.1S6.S59 3.849 7*-»

CUrlty 6.68".4.15 7.391.175 1,808,7 0Stoatlon 42.74r,.*'.'.8 101.5ft..926 68.75».*U-8f>in.y 7.341. ..17 10.598.224 3,256.907îtforghPrrstil'U 8.83*1.881 »1.589.284 12.686,123

¡êks 1.602.000 1.603.151 1,163Witer. On»IWl K\. 6.»90.788 12.619 995 8.829 '07

Correction 1.514.882 2.316,384 801.502yisan'-o 1.376.075 2,016.160 640,085fltnt andStruct.. 1.657.437 2,819.381 1,261.944

jU-K-rmen 289 9'8 4*3 312 133...54U* 863.705 1.560.120 696.416Tun enaA*-es<< 673.277 808.511 2S5.733

Station». 1.271,047 t.870.943 «06,* 98Accounts. 261.208 813.69» «2,489Parks andMuseums 8.169.S48 0.186.. 8S ».»67.436

»Ml**W*lf»r» 4,822,19« »,046.97« I.72S.786tuRecord. 87*'.62i 1,844.Ill 471.63»tte-iast«. 116.000 2Î6.963 111.963foere Is also a new Item of $3.074,519

âr 'he citv retirement fund. Theprincipal mandatory increases are inSe iums for educttion, police fire, forA» courts and for county government.The taxpayers of this city and the

Tent--aye'6, whose tents are increasedby high taxes, should hold to strictaccounts bil.ty those responsible lorthis enormous increase in the cost ofgovernment.

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Interesting DevelopmentFor Madison Avenue

Store und Dwelling Btiilcliug ofin*4.m Drsiim to Go UpNear Old Car Barns

The improvement of the southwest«trnpr of Madison Avenue and Eighty-fifth Street by the Neek Realty Cor¬poration marks another step in theiranaformation of this part of thetown from an unattractive atmosphereof car barns and their accompanyingÎWtuns to a hiphest class business andro.dential neighborhood.The proposed improvement will cover

42feet on Madison Avenue and 120 feet*)» Ens'. Eighty-fifth Street, consistingif a two-story and basement store and»flit, bui'ding. The improvement will»Ate. the dwellings at 26 and 28 EastEighty-fifth Street These will be al-".«red Into stores, offices and apart-snerita, with attractive studios in the"ar yard of 26 East Eighty-fifthStreet.While the improvement is regarded

!a the nature of a taxpayer, the ownersare »paring no expense to create an airof permanence and attractiveness. The¦ieaign prepared by their architect,Walter Haefeli, Inc.. is Italian, with»rched store fronts, red tile roofs,jhite stucco walls and balconies over-aswing with ivy and flowers. The own-

in expect to have the buildings ready.« early spring occupancy.Brett & Wyckoff have been ap-Wiated managing agents of the prop-w*y-

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Beth Israel Hospital WillBe Tallest in World

»oof Fourteen Stories AbaveLivingston Plaee; Oil Fuel

To Be Us*?dThe Beth Israel Hospital, at Living-.w» Place and Seventeenth Street, the

»rne-t ne o which -.vil be bid on

fovember 5. will be the tallest hosnital;a the world. The building will have«oarteen floors above the street lovelrd 'hree below the sidewalk, a build-«¡1? of seventeen floors, in other words.'"e site measures 184x120, and is said,*. oave cost the institution $500,000.».«eis Abrahamson designed the buüd-¿6 G, Richard Davis & Co. are build-..¡.mt and Louis J. Frank is the build--J'esunerintcntent. One of the featu esTTtl\e structure Is a 40 000-gallon tank!*' the storage of oil fuel for generat-«t power and in heating the building.***. ¡a not to be used.» the second floor of the building is toJ* pyen over to children. On that.^.fwill be a playroom, garden and the'n-a..ta* department The maternityi*ttiw, of the hospital will be on the«.«r ahnv*^

.fobti Hancock, Ins anee Co.~*-cat*?8 in ,ower 5tli Avenue-The j0j,n Hancock Life Ins-ranee**"H>any of Boston. Mass., one of ther*f*« and oldest New England liVfro pt,!l,eí' 'las leased large office space.»*» the Edgar A. Levy Leasing Com¬edy m the Stuyvesant Building, 100'¿Iu* Avenue, northeast corner of Fif-.«ath Street. This lease, which is foriu,£ terni of years', was made by S. TW»*m m behalf of Mr. Levy, owner ofMO Property, and P. F. Connors man-BP °J the John Hancock Life Inaur-SG °omP«Ry. Thfa is the second In-¿.»e*» company which ha« leaa«d larga*** la Uni* bwlidln«.

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Uncle Sam Says N. Y.Rentals Are Higher

Housings in New York costmore in September than at anytime since December, 1914, ac¬

cording to statistics of the UnitedStates Department of Labor, asprinted in the bulletin of theBuilding Managers and OwnersAssociation, of New York. Theyshow that the scale of prices forhousings was 56.2 per cent abovetho normal scale of 1914. Costof housing prevailing in Decem¬ber, 1918, was 6.5 per cent abovenormal. A year later the sca'ehad increased to 23.4 per centabove 1914, in December, 1920, itwas 38.1 per cent; December,1921, it was 53.7 per cent; March,1922, 54.5 per cent; June, 1922,I 55.7 per cent, and September,56.2 per cent. The aggregatecost of living for September, how-

Iever, was lower than it had beenfor several years.

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Greatest BuildingSeason in History

Is Nearing EndConstruction Activities HaveHad Stimulating Influenceon Nearly Every Line ofBusiness, Says Banker

"A wholesome tone pervades thebu lding Industry as the end of themost successful season of its historyapproaches," says S. W. Straus, of S.W. Straus & Co., "An una" ated con¬

sistency of progress," he declares, "hasbeen sustained during each of the lastten months, and its achievements, at-tained tn spite of many obstacles andretarding influences, have not beensurpassed by any other departmentof commercial or industrial activity inthe country. It is a fact worthy ofnote that building activities exert a

stimulating influence on nearly everyline of business, and it reasonably m_<;ybe assumed that the improvement

j which now pervades the general situa-! tion is, to a great extent, the naturaloutgrowth of the prodigious accum-! pi shmenta of the building and con-.struction industries during the year.it becomes, therefore, a matter of en-couragen.ent to all lines of businessthat the gioup of industries engaged inconstruction work is in such a hopefuland promising condition."The market on first mortgage,

long-term real estate bonds is f rm at6 and G.*i per cent, according to lo¬cality. In the East 6 per cent is theruling rate, while in the West andSouth 6*»è per cent is more common.It is our advice that the present is anexcehent time to consider long-termfinancing of improved properties, be¬fore a tighten ng should occur in themortgage money market through thediversion of funds to other channels.By long-term financing we mean, ofcourse, loans running for 8 period often to twenty years. Builders and allother prospective borrowers on incomeproducing properties should give seri¬ous thought to the fact that there isan mproved tone in general bus ness.which, as it grows more pronounced.will mean the employment of moreand more capital. In addition to thegeneral shortage in buildings, there isa steady demand for new and improvedtypes of structures as the people be-come educated to higher standards ofj living both in their home life and inthe r business environments. Signifi¬cance attaches to the recent half-bil¬lion dollar popular loan by our gov¬ernment which was put out on a non-callable basis for twenty-five yearsat 4*4 pei cent interest, a higher ratethan any peace-time loan of theUnited States and but Vs of 1 per centj lower than any loan made by our gov-ernment during the war period."

Too Much Booze| Wrecks Tenement House! Court Fr"e9 Landlord of Re-spons^iîity for Condition At¬tributed to Steam From StillsJustices Kernochan, Edwards and

Moss, in Special Sessions, held that alandlord cou'd not be accounted re-sponsible for the unsanitary conditionof rooms in a tenement when the ten-ants made a practice of distilling theirown liquor in the rooms.-The justices gave a susnended sen-

tence to the owners of a seven-story,twenty-six-family tenement house inGr-rnd Street. The owner pl-adedtruilty to violating the tenement houselaw in March last by having brokenplaster on the walls and general'y un-sanitary conditions existing in the,rooms, but explained that the tenantsof the building, contrary to the land¬lords' rushes, made a practice of hav¬ing barrels and stills in their rooms,and that the steam and cooking causedthe unsanitary condition. The inspectorof the Tenement House Departmentcorroborated this statement and saidthat many of the tenants of the bulid- jlag distilled their own Uquer.

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Business BuildingsTo Replace SevenUptown Dwellings

Broadway Savings Institu-1tion Sells Houses in 45th!Street; French Cham¬ber Plans New Home

The Broadway Savings Institutionsold for a reported price of $435,000to the 159 West Twenty-fifth StreetCorporation (Henry Hellman) 71 to 79West Forty-fifth Street, between Fifthand Sixth Avenues, three three-storyand two four-story dwelling, 97.6x100.6.The property is assessed for taxationpurposes at $340,000. A tall commer¬cial structure will probably be erected.The bank took the property over fromthe McElroy estate about four yearsago. George E. Cohn arranged the sale.

William A. White & Sons sold forEdward C. Rise et ai. 20-22 East Six¬tieth Street, two four-story dwellings,44x100.5, to the French Institute in theUnited States and French-Amer.canChamber of Commerce. The buyers w.lldemolish the present buildings and im¬prove the plot with a building to housetheir activities.

Frederick Brown bought from theBowes estate 525 West 125th Street, a

four-story building, 25x100. Arthur F.Du Crest & Co. were the brokers.The five-story loft at 567 Water

Street has been sold by I. RandolphJacobs and Everett Jacobs to b buyerwho wili use it lor his own business.

Points To Be Consideredin Appraising Real EstateThere Are Ten, According toHerman De Seiding, Who WillName Them To-morrow

The regular monthly meeting of theReal Estate Club of the West Side Y.M. C. A., will be held at 6:30 p. m. to-mo»_ow at the association building.

i .man e ._e oms Wii. nam uic- tenessential points in appraising realeftate. W. H. Wyckoff, of Pease &Elleiman, will give a talk on the quali¬fications of a real estate broker, undMr. Harry Hall, vice-president of Wil¬liam A. White & Sons, will conduct aforum on the subject of "How to SellReal Estate."

Sales of Dwelling HousesAdolph Klein sold to Winifred Hunt

the four-story dwelling at 131 Westoevem..*-<.-ifelnn btreet, 18x102.2.Jennio bond sold to Annie Levine

the tht-ee.-story dwelling at 387 Man¬hattan Avenue, 18x50.

P. J. Lenahan sold to the Lou-ArtCorporation, the four-stor,* dwellingat 848 East 125th Street, 18.9x100.11.

Bunny Theater SoldH. E. Levy & Co. sold for the Olym¬pia Cinema Corporation 3580 Broad¬

way, the Bunny Theater, to Harry A.Harria, of the Bluebird Theater, Ams¬terdam Avenue and l_6th Street.

Highest Bidders Will GetLong Island City Homes

29 Two-Family Houses Still inBuilders1 Hands to Go

at AuctionTwenty-nine cozy looking little

homes, each with accommodations fortwo families, located just beyond thoLong Island Citv end of the Queens-hero Bridge, will be sold at auction onNovember 8 by Bryan L. Kennelly, Inc.,auctioneers.The buildings are new, still In the

hands of the T. C. Desmond Company,who built them. They are on Heiser'treet, adjoining the Queens Boulevard.The houses are Colonial and were de¬signed by Herbert Lucas. On the firstfloor there aro four rooms and on thesecond floor six rooms. They could bemade into single family houses withouta great outlay of money.According to the terms of the auc¬

tion a first payment of $2,000 will berequired from every buyer no matterwh; t were the figures he bid for theproperty.

i ue houses are close to the Blisstreet subway station. On the same

day Mr. Kennelly will offer for saletwenty-eight lots in the same section.The lots are fully improved, Mr. Ken¬nelly said, having concrete sidewalks,curbs, sewer, water and other sub¬surface improvements. They face onmacadamized streets.

White Racquet WieldersDefeat Noyes Team

Win Tennis Cup in Inter-OfficeContest; Battle Will Be Re-

cumed Next YearThe White tennis team.Mottela**

and Murray.defeated McBride andHimmelman, of the Charles F.. Noyesforces at the Pelham Country Club Inthe postponed match for the Inter¬office tennis cup.The Noyes Company had held the cup

since last year, while the ¿-Vhite officehad the golf trophy, wl ich it againwon through defeating the Noyes teamtwo weeks ago. The White force nowhas both cups and will hold them fora year, when the Noyes Company golf¬ers and net men will tr to bring themfrom Cedar Street to William Street,

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Union Temple of BrooklynPlans Large Synagogue

The ReaPy Associates, Inc., sold tothe Union Temple of Brooklyn the plotat the northeast corner of EasternParkway and Plaza Street, 58.6xl25xirregular, and the plot on the northside of Eastern Parkway, 84 feet eastof Plaza Street, 130.5x55.Ix irregular.The purchasers recently acquired at anauction sale held by the city the lotlying between these two parcels, andthe combined site will be improved witha synagogue.

Flat for Heights SiteM. Ï. Strunsky sold to Samuel Arin-

sky a plot on the south aide of 170thStreet about 150 feet east of FortWashington Avenue, who will immédi¬at,,!.- ,..,.«. n «vo.itnrv e\r,t\rtrr)ent.

Laws That RemedyOne Injustice

Develop OthersLondon Paper Says English

Rent Act Has Not HelpedAll; Thinks It Will NotBe Allowed to Expire

"As an outstanding instance of howattempts to remedy one set of Injus¬tices leads to the creation of another,Eniand's rent restriction act bids fairto 'beat the band,' says 'The OceanTimes,' of London."The working of It proved uneaual

from the start, and has gone on produc¬ing legitimate grievances ever since."Prima facie, it seems only right that

people who have got to maintain a roofover their head should not be drivento the alternative of beggary or evic¬tion."But it Is one thing to theorize and

another thing to bring the theory intofairly workable practice."The result of forbidding the turning

of tenants out of their houses so longas they pay their rent, or even so loniras, in the opinion of the magistrate,they are honestly endeavoring to payhas given rise to thousands of eases*such as the following plight of a frugalwidow:

" 'With my life savings I bought ahouse at Brighton. Then the act wisrassed. I could not pet in. My hus¬band and I are forced to live !n a dampand dreary basement paying £1 aweek, while the tenant who keeps usout of our own pays us 18s. 6d., fromwhich the government deducts ratesand taxes, while he sublets to tjhe tuneof a rate and tax free £6 a week.'"The act is due to expire next year,

but it is very doubtful whether it willbe pll-iwed to do so."Vested interests have been created

which are already fighting tooth andnail to secure its continuance."The 'lobbying' and intrigue which is

sure to go on when fie matter comeson for settlement is appalling to. con¬template."

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Marshall Field IncreasesEast 70th Street Holdings

Marshall Field, it is learned, is thebuyer of the dwelling at 8 East Seven¬tieth Street, sold recently by Le RoyW. Baldwin. Mr, Baldwin proves, inturn, to be the purchaser of the dwell¬ing at 12 East Seventieth Street, soldby Clara F. Wolf. Both «a'es weremade through William B. Mays & Co.The former adjoins the site of the pro¬posed Field residence.

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Option to Buy Goes With LeaseOf Wash-n-rton St. BuildingThe Broadway-John Street Corpora¬

tion (E. A. Cohen) leased from EdwardC. Maynard the five-story building at228 Washington Street, 22.3x55.6, fortwenty-one years from next Januaryat an annual rental of $1,800, with atwo twenty-one-year renewals on a 6per cent reappraisal basis. The leasealso carries an option to purchasewithin a year. Mr. Maynard recently

r-'---1New York Has !So

Shortage of HomesNew York is one of the few

cities of the country which is notconfronted with a shortage ofhomes, according to a survey ofreal estate conditions compiled bythe National Association of RealEstate Boards, which met here a

week ago. The survey covers 146cities located in every section oftrie country. Only forty-threecities, one of which was NewYork, have reported an amplesupply of homes. The informa¬tion was supplied to the bureauof information of the nationalboard by the local committee manin each city. The survey says thatNew York is overbuilt in high«¿lass apartments; that walkupapartment houses rent from $6 to$14 a room; that loft space rentsfor $1 to $3 a square foot, andoffice space for $3 to $8 a squarefoot and stores for $50 for 2,000square feet. It says that the de¬mand for residential property Isgood, but that the call for busi¬ness property is slightly underthat displayed last year. Laboravailable here is low in efficiencyand scarce in quantity. Moneyfor mortgage investment is fairlyplentiful. The rates for moneyare given at 6*vi*and 8 per cent-There are only two cities In the146 reporting, which have cheap¬er money. They are Buffalo andTujunga Valley, Calif. Theseconditions are of October 9.

2,939 Realty ConcernsWere Formed Last Year

Secretary of State ReportsRealty Business Is

PopulcrInco*-Doratîon at Albany during 1921

of 2,939 real estate companies, accord¬ing to the figures of Secretary of StateJohn J. Lyons, gives some indicationof the great extent to wh'ch doingbusiness under a corporate fonn h«*scrown since it had its beginning abouttwenty years ago. There weie proba¬bly a few hundred companies up tothat time.Secretary Lyons reports that 16,089

stock companies were formed during theyear just passed, with realty headingthe list. Of the total 13.C97 are fromgreater New York and 10 466 fil"d cer¬tificates in the Manhattan CountyClerk's office during 1921.

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John F. Norman Acquires$60,000 Home at Spring LakeJohn D. Miner sold the Edwin D.

Belknap property at the northwest cor¬ner of Adrian and Ludlow avenues,Spring Lake, N. J., to John F. Norman,vice-president of the Bige'ow-Hart'ordCarpet Company. The property washeld at $60.000. The same broker solda plot at Manasquan, N. J., to Ray¬mond L. Parkhurst, -who will erect aresidence.Arthur C. Haggstrom, of the Hagg-

".Uom-Callen Ccmponv. purch««,«?'*' theColonial McCoy residence at PalisadeAvenue and Thirty-.ourth Street, over¬looking the Hudson County Park andthe ifud.oB Biv.f (rt WoodeUff-os*»-Hn<"'*»»rt.

How to SafeguardCharacter of YourHome Section

Fire Department Championof Zone Regulation ;Ready at All Times toEvict Those Who Violate

By E. M. BassettNearly every one knows that the zon¬

ing resolution prevents the invasion ofresidence streets by business, but oftenresidents do not know how to bringabout the enforcement of the law. Inthe first placo a business that was lo¬cated before July 25, 1916, when the zon¬

ing resolution went into effect, is per¬mitted to stay. If, however, the objec¬tionable business was started afterthat date, the objecting residentsshould mail thetr complaints to theFire Department, Municipal Building,Manhattan. The complaint shouldstate that the business was startedafter July 25, 1916, and also what theoffending business is. The reason whythe duty of enforcing the law againstnon-conforming uses was placed uponthe Fire Department was because itcovers the entire city, has outside men

and has long carried on a system ofinspection- and notices for .arious pur¬poses. It was not because these viola¬tions have anything to do with fire. Itwould have been natural to place thisduty on the Building Department, butas there i-re five building departments(one in each borough) it was thoughtthat five different methods of enforcingth» law might gradually grow up.The next question is what uses In

a residence district Rre not violations.Boarding houses, hotels having morethan thirty rooms, clubs, churches,schools, libraries, asylums and hos¬pitals are not violations. Accessoryuses customarily Incident to using ahouse as u home are not violations. Adoctor, dentist, notar , lawyer, musicteacher, artist or sculptor can, if heresides on the premises, pursue hiscalling and put out a small sign. Hecannot put out a display sign.A garage for not over five cars ac¬

cessory to a residence is not a viola¬tion. It would have been much toodrastic to try to prevent ordinary homepursuits. The test should be whetherthe pursuit is incidental to actual resi¬dence, whether it has been customaryin homes, whether it needs a displaysign or whether a considerable numberof people other than the resident areemployed. If the business becomes themain thing and residence omy an inci¬dent, then it is not allowed. The busi¬ness must ue customary and a so inci¬dental to the residence. For instance,a restaurant, a store, a group of of¬fices, storage of articles for sale, orindustry of any kind requiring a num¬ber of emp'o ees is not allowable. Itmay be said that no si jps can be dis¬played excepting those, of professionalpeople.

It is difficult for th«" Fire Depart-ment to know what business was 1c-cated before July 25, 1916, but ownersand residents in the locality alwaysknow. On this account the departmentis not to be blamed if it sometimesawaits complaints. Sometimes the FireDepartment properly asks the com¬plainant to furnish an affidavit. If theobjectionable business does not stopafter notice from the Fire Departmentthe department transmits the violationto the penalty bureau of the law de¬partment. The offender ean thus bebrought before a magistrate, Lapse oítime or the existence of other viola¬tions will not justify an offender. Therales which apply to private restrie-

I tions *.**> not apply to the soninff.

Flat BuyersActive inMany Zones

Graylene and Other LargeWest Side Houses Fig¬ure in the Buying; Ac¬tivity on the East SideMiss Edna L. Efnblgler sold to Ennfe

A Slnnott the Graylene. at 610 West182d Street, between Broadway andRiverside Drive, a six-story elevatorapartment, en plot 75x100. containingsuites of five, six and seven rooms.Charles S. Köhler, Inc., negotiated thedeal. The seller was represented byJacobs ft Livingston, attorneys.The V. Green Construction Company,

Vivian Green, president, purchasedfrom the West Side Holding Company,Charles W. Wynne and Louis H. Low20, 80 and 82 West Sixty-fifth Street,between Central Park West and Broad¬way, three apartment houses, on plot66x100.

E. Francis Hillenbrand and th*Pierre & Golden Company sold for theG. & E. Realty Company to NathanWilson the six-story walk-up apart¬ment known as the Carpathian, withfourteen stores, at the northwest cor¬ner of Amsterdam Avenue and Eighty-fourth Street, on plot 40x100. The sell¬ing company acquired the piopertyfrom the Margaret E. Hughes estatelast April through a series of dealsarranged by Mr. Hillenbrand.

Doctor Buya Studio ApartmentWalter M. Wechsler sold to Dr.

Samuel Abraham 110 West Eighty-ajxthStreet, a five-story studio apartmentcontaining ten suites of two rooms andbath each, 20x102.2. The broker wasGustave Schneider.Max N. Natanson sold to Vincent»

Romano 716 and 717 Tenth Avenue, twofive-story fiats, 50x21.2x100. Thehouses were sold for all cash over firstmortgages. These are two of thetwenty houses recently purchased byMr. Natanson from the William Wal¬dorf Astor Estate. S. Scarpati was thebroker.The American Realty Company, Inc..

J. E. Mautner president, purchased248 to 258 West 144th Street, six four-story tenements, 120x100. Max Mon-fried represented the purchaser.

Louis F. Sommer sold for A. L.Larken 79 West 102d Street, a flvs-story flat, 20x100.Emma Von Beren sold to Rebecca

Finestone the five-story rial at 61 East118th Street, 30x100.11.

Flora Bachrach sold to the VollnRealty Company the two flve-story flatsat 120 to 126 West 139th Street, 5i»99.11.The Sterling Properties Corporation

sold to the Sarson Realty Corporationand Benjamin EDrllch the five-storyapartment at 230 West 141st Street.87.4x99.11.James Kyle & Sons sold for Miss

Sarah E. Pinckney the flve-story apart¬ment at 153 East Forty-eighth Street,25x100.John Flnck sold 421 East Eighty-

second Street, a flve-story flat. 25x100,for the Louise Glogger estate; 884-688Ninth Avenue, two four-story tene¬ments, 31x70, for the Mary Jordan es¬tate, and 227 East Eleventh Street, a

four-story house, 25.6x100, for A. L.Gordon.The Hudwlll Corporation sold to

Samuel Z. Toutounjian the four-storvtenement at 812 East Thirty-seventhStreet, 20x98.9.

Greenwich Village Rouses SoldThe five old five-s-tnry flats »t the

southeast corner of Bank Street andWaverley Place have been purchased byHarris and Maurice Mandelbaum andFisher and Irving I. Lewine from thoGeorge H. Foster estate, which ownedthem for about fifty years. The housesfront 65 feet on Bank Street and 60feet on Waverley Place. The buyerswill alter tfic houses into suites oí tworooms and bath.Frank Anderson sold to Susan J.

Irwin the five-story tenement at 320East Twenty-fourth Street, 25x98.9.Brown, Wheelock-Harris, Vought ft

Co., Inc., sold for Catherine Hagan toFrank Sullivan 794 Second Avenue, afour-story tenement, 20x80.6.Louis W. Osterweis resold the flve-

story brick tenement at 619 East Six¬teenth Street, 25x92. John Peters was ,the broker.Nathan Fronder sold to Angela Cer¬

velle, the flve-story tenement, withstores, at 640 East Eleventh Street,25x24.9.

Marguerite Dodger eeli to Marga-rethe Sauer the flve-story tenement,with store, at 624 East Sixth Street,24.9x97.William H. Unmann sold to John Bf.

Gsimarl the three flve-story tenements,with ctores, at the southeast corner orCherry Street and Catherine Slip,63x80.4.

Many Find WestchesterHouses to Their Liking

Several Homes in Mount Ver»non Sold; Buying of Dwell¬

ings in Other SectionsR. R. Ragette sold in Mount Vernen

the dwelling of Mrs. Laura Walker atWestchester Park, 15x100, to Mra. M.May; a new two-family dwelling at 290East Fifth Street, Langdon Terrace, toIsidor Kadis, of Milwaukee; the dwell¬ing of J. Wilson Bryant, at 842 NorthFulton Avenue, to Warren Thuramet, ofStamford, Conn., and the two-familydwelling of Mrs. Mary Raymond, at 10and 12 McClellan Avenue, to JacobPortman, of this city.The two and one-half story dwelling,with garage, at 76 Belvedere Drive,

Yonk«*rs, has been sold b? the NewYork Trust Company, as ¿xev«.*. *¦-**¦

the estate of the late Walter H. Beeb«.-to Harry K. Watson. Thomas S. Burkswas the broker.Howe ft Thompson sold for Edith L.

Just an English type of residence andgarage on Ln-t?" Avenue, Whits Plains,N. Y. to Elsie a. '.Jloomb-.rc. bald .»**$16,000.

Charles W. Wynne and Lout« R. Lowresold 18 Elmwood Avenue, Rye, athree-story dwelling, 50x100, to theRev. Alexander Hamilton, who lastweek purchased the adjoining housethrough Cyril Gordon Cash.

Tijs Scarsdsle Estates, Robert F-.Farley, president, sold s plot in thei*Greenaeres seetion of Hartsdale to Dr.Elizabeth Adsmson, of Whits Plains.

Commissioners for ClosingOf Old Bronx Lane

Frederick M. Hilt««-*, i_»íe*3íi*-» «*_fWilliam A. White ft Sons; Charlea £=.Hillee, of Dwiffht ft Kîiîes. end WilliamK. Dupre Jr. have been appointed com¬missioners in the matter of the elosinf*>** Reid». Mill Lane, in the Bronx.