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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1908

Page

3

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church marks centennial celebration

Notes recall Cedar founded church on December 19, 1906 amid Watts hymns and psalms. From 28 founders and 67 subscribers, the church grew to a valued property around 2 million dollars, subscriptions to church activities reaching 352000 in 1907, and an active, global Presbyterian influence under Dr. J. Ross Stevenson with 28 year pastorate. Henry W. Jessup prepared a memorial history.

United States Fifth Avenue Presbyterians Cedar Watts J. Ross Stevenson Erty Pr Hal Henry W. Jessup

Foreclosure Auction Sells Two Story Flathouse in Manhattan

In foreclosure sales at Vesey street rooms the six story flathouse at 135 and 137 East 114th Street sold to Ignatz Roth for 53 400. Other offerings included multiple properties with outstanding debts and tax claims, such as 100th Street and Prospect Avenue sites, 313 135th Street and 1006 Brook Avenue, with totals ranging from about 8 758 to 35 857 dollars and mortgage notes around 45 000 dollars.

Ignatz Roth East 114Th Street Real Estate Exchange Vesey Street Joseph P Day 100Th St J M Knox Pincus Lowenfeld Penates Reality Co A Stern A Jj Taley 135Th St Alexander Ave Charles Schaefer Leopold Kaufmann H W Weber A R Walsh Henry Powell Brook Ave 165Th St Jacob Metzeer Agt Armor Realty Co R_H Bergman R A Pryor Herbert A Sherman St. S Ave A Joseph Hamershing Abraham Ruth Nash & Jattys E. J Maroney Martin Construction Co

Directors Chosen for Allied Real Estate Interests 1909

The Allied Real Estate Interests of New York state select 1909 directors led by Edmund L. Baylies and Joseph L. Buttenwieser. New appointees Samuel Sloan Jr and J Frederic Kernochan join, both representing large city real estate interests. roster includes Baylies Buttenwieser Cheseebrough Davis Dexter Goelet Hilton Hurry Jones Kernochan Marling Otto Robinson Sands Sloan Tarbell Van Rensselaer.

State of New York Edmund L. Baylies Joseph L. Buttenwieser William H. Chesebrough G. Richard Davis Stanley W. Dexter Robert Goelet Frederick M. Hilton Randolph Hurry Cyrus E. Jones Jamestown J. Frederic Kernoenan Alfred E. Marling John Otto, Jr Buffalo Allan Robinson Noah C. Rogers B. Aymar Sands Samuel Sloan, Jr George S. Tarbell Ithaca William Bayard van Rensselaer Albany J. Frederic Kernochan City

Hotel Hargrave Leased by Henry E. Stevens Jr to Thomas Parkes

Henry E. Stevens Jr leases the twelve story Hotel Hargrave at 112 West 72nd Street extending to 71st Street and adjoining Columbus Avenue to Thomas Parkes for twenty one years at a total rent of 1 750 000 Parkes is promoter of the Grand View Hotel Lake Placid New York and formerly with the Hotel Bristol at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street

Henry E. Stevens, Jr Thomas Parkes Hargrave

Interborough offers 190th Street elevated station proposal

Frank Hedley, vice-president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, informs the Public Service Commission of readiness to build a 190th Street station on the Kingsbridge line where the subway runs 168 feet below street level. The firm fears a Fort George Street Railway trolley would be dangerous and provide limited, unsatisfactory service to hill residents.

Frank Hedley Interborough Rapid Transit Company Public Service Commission 190Th Street Kingsbridge 181St Street Dyckman Street

Public Service Commission Publishes Corporation Directory

Albany December report lists 848 corporations and individuals under supervision. It details 1192 steam railroad entities with 76 operating roads and 139 street railways with 8 operating. 7 express firms. 38 coal gas and water gas firms. 11 electrical plants. 55 natural gas entities. 4 electrical natural gas firms. 33 acetylene or gasolene plants.

Albany Public Service Commission

Woman narrowly escapes Jobstown lamp explosion blaze

Mount Holly New Jersey reports Mrs Lillian Barnes Allien Livingston heir to the Rancocas Stock Farm survived an oil lamp explosion at her Jobstown home. She received burns to face and hands. Born 1864, she married George Livingston in 1906. he is a Tammany Hall figure. Her first husband Louis Allien died twenty years ago. She is forty two.

Mount Holly N. J Lillian Barnes Allien-Livingston Rancocas Jobstown Pierre Lorillard

Bankrupt petitions filed in US District Court for several firms

Involuntary against Star Outfitting Company with offices in the city and stores in Watertown, Clayton, and Pittsfield aided by Louis M. Stone. assets about 6000, stock worth 1000 pledged, receiver Marshall 5. Hagar. Also involuntary against David Spitzer the furrier on East 11th Street with claims 22000, receiver Edward R. Finch. Voluntary petitions include Philip Burnofsky livery stable at 225% Rivington Street with liabilities 4822.63 and no assets. Henry Weiss retail clothier liabilities 1532.06 assets 83575. The Holme Company engineering contracts signed to Harrie L. Muchemore, I. Henry Whitenack president.

Star Outfitting Company Watertown Clayton N. Y Pittsfield Mass Louis M. Stone Marshall Hagar David Spitzer East 11Th Street Philip Stein Water Street Abraham Katar Broadway Henry Weiss Second Avenue Holme Company West 26Th Street Harrie L. Muchemore I. Henry Whitenack

All cash sale activity on Washington Heights and vicinity

Demand surged for improved and vacant properties in West Side districts led by Washington Heights and the Dyckman area. Foley brothers negotiated multiple deals including a vacant plot at Fort Washington Avenue and 170th Street and exchanges involving 627 and 529 West 12th Street, plus a Northwest corner site at 177th Street and St Nicholas Avenue. Other transfers included a Broadway-113th Street parcel, Fifth Avenue deeds, and plans for remodelling lofts and adding staircases with costs around 900 dollars for a teenth Street store upgrade.

West Side Washington Heights Dyckman John R Oscar L. Foley John P. Lee William B. Buttler Fort Washington Avenue 170Th Street Parish, Fisher & Co West 12Th Street Durbar Realty Co Tenth Avenue 124Th Street Empire City Wood Working Company 177Th Street St. Nicholas Avenue Hudson Realty Company Slawson & Hobbs Clark Klein & Jackson 113Th Street Broadway 157Th Street Mary D. Gerard Fifth Avenue Sth 96Th Streets Emanuel Blumenstiel Pine and South Streets WN. A. Griswold L. C Quinn & Smith Thomas Thedford Avenue A Fourenue 4Th Street

Real estate trades fill Seventh Avenue stretch in few lines

The brokerage market reports multiple property transfers across the city. Buyers and sellers include The Best Realty Company at 177th Street and St Nicholas Avenue, Crystal Realty and Co at Seventh Avenue and 141st Street, and Jost Brothers at Great Jones Street. Several six to five story buildings and plots change hands, with sizes, streets, and block numbers listed, including Broadway near Dyckman Street, East 186th Street, and Van Nest parcels.

St. Nicholas Avenue Crystal Realty and Co Francis J. Weston Seventh Avenue 141St Street H. Nelson Flanagan Jost Brothers Great Jones Street Laura F. Hearn Louis Goldsmith Son Robinson Broadway Dyckman Street Nicholas East M. Edgar FitzGibbon Hampton Brothers George Schmitt West Sth Ernst & Cahn A. Friedberg John J. McAvoy 186Th Street Rachel Singer 217Th Street White Plains Avenue H. T. Pfeifer Brown & Lapin Rosa Altieri 181St Street Valentine Avenue William Bloodgood Georgiana J. O’grady Commonwealth Avenue Merrill Place van Nest Nstruction Company West Tith Street Goldsmith Killian

Midtown loft space in demand drives multiple leases

Real estate activity picks up with M and L Hess leasing four lofts at East 17th Street and West 15th Street for various tenants, including Seaman Realty and Rotograph. Additional leases cover offices and stores at Broadway, Greene Street, and University Place as brokers announce further occupancy. A New Jersey New York Real Estate Exchange meeting is noted at Church Street with E A Halsey delivering remarks. Howard C Pyle Co reports sale of a brownstone at McDonough Street in Brooklyn.

M. & L. Hess Heilner & Wolf East 17Th Street Seaman Realty Holding Company West 15Th Street Rotograph Company Broadway Elizabeth L. Goodnow University Place Annie Brown Greene Street Lewis H. May Charles F. Noyes Manhattan Surgical Instrument Company New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange Church Street E. A. Halsey National Association of Real Estate Exchanges Heil & Stern Witthaus Estate Great Jones Street Harriet G. Coogan Samuel P Tull The Sound Realty Company J. D. Ireland West Broadway E. 8. Ullman East 16Th Street Lee Holstein West 24Th Street Alfred Duane Pell Broome Street United States Trust Company Wooster Street Manhattan Life Insurance Company West 4Th Street Howard C. Pyle & Co

Pine Investing sells land for elevator apartment house

Arnold Byrne and Baumann sold two lots on the south side of 160th street, 100 feet east of Broadway, to George N. Vanderbilt for the Pine Investing Company. Vanderbilt plans to erect an elevator apartment house on the site.

Arnold, Byrne & Baumann Pine Investing Company George N. Vanderbilt 160Th Street Broadway

Real estate and hotel dealings in Seton Inn and related properties

The Matt J Ward Co leased Seton Inn Lakewood NJ to S A Hanna of this city and leased Club Hotel Baltimore to Harry Rothman of Wilmington DE. Furniture of Hotel Le Ray Watertown NY sold to Thomas Garnett, longtime Woodruff House associate. The Ring and the Mao couple meet at a Christmas Eve party. third instalment to follow tomorrow in Tribune.

Matt. J. Ward Lakewood N. J S. A. Hanna Baltimore Harry Rothman Wilmington Del Watertown N. Y Thomas Garnett Woodruff the Ring Tomorrow’s Tribune

Court summons in Hannold annulling marks action

New York County court summons in the Hannold case orders Ludwig Hannold to answer the complaint within twenty days after service or face default judgment. Arrangements note March 21 1905 filing by Samuel Zuckerman Jr with offices at 108 Broadway.

Fe Ae Court State OF New York New York County Margarethe Hannold Ludwig Hannold County of New York Samuel Zuckerman, Jr Broadway Borough of Manhattan New York City Ludwig Hannolé Henry Bischoff Supreme Court of the State of

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