Real Estate Appraisers Hear Call for Standards and District Expertise
A West Side YMCA session features Irving Ruland urging a uniform, high character appraisal system. He notes wide variances in valuations, explains income capacity and certainty as value basics, and argues experts must specialize by New York district to improve accuracy.
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West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Irving Ruland
Ruland & Whiting Company
Ruland
New York
Grygoods
Lower East Side
Real Estate Board considers appraisal committee formation
In consultation with the entire committee, the Real Estate Board of Brokers endorses the movement toward a formal appraisal committee. The author contends this development, though recent and gradual, offers the most reliable method to standardize real estate appraisals in the city.
Bank loan increase for Hotel Belleclaire brokered by Pease Elliman
Pease and Elliman arranged a five year loan of 425000 on the Hotel Belleclaire at Broadway and Seventh Street owned by Albert Saxe. The old savings bank mortgage was increased by 100 percent and stood at 5550 before the new loan. The broker firm has also placed several high class apartment loans ranging from 320000 to 400000.
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Pease & Elliman
Belleclaire
Broadway
Ith Street
Albert Saxe
Landmark site sale on Sixth Avenue nets $300000
A central property sale drew strong demand with the Monquin's restaurant parcel at 452 to 4% Sixth Avenue selling to John F. Lambias for about $300,000. The Alliance Realty Company and D. B. Freedman arranged the deal with Leopold Weil as broker. The three story brick and wood landmark stands 58.9 by 100 feet. The wooden portion dates from roughly sixty years ago and was once the Knickerbocker Cottage.
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Monquin's
Sixth Avenue
John F. Lambias
Alliance Realty Company
D. B. Freedman
Leopold Weil
Picr
Foreclosure sales in Victoria building and several city properties
Foreclosure sales at the Real Estate Exchange in Vesey Street including the Victoria seven story apartment at 188th Street and Lenox Avenue sold to Selma Alexander for 218000 with about 26000 due. Other auctions list multiple properties on Lexington Avenue, 34th Street, Seventh Avenue, Belmont Avenue and Staten Island with bids ranging from about 41000 to 29000 and various tax and mortgage settlements noted.
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Victoria
188Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Selma Alexander
Read & Co. Sold Property on Broadway Corner
Geo. R. Read & Co. sold to James A. McMillin a plot at the northeast corner of Broadway and 111th Street for William Waldorf Astor. The parcel measures 75.8 by 75 on the corner and 15 by 100.11 feet along 111th Street.
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Geo. R. Read & Co
William Waldorf Astor
James A. McMillin
Broadway
111Th Street
Brokerage sales fill New York City market notes
Douglas Robinson and partners sold a three story dwelling at 529 Lexington Avenue for Mrs. Henrietta W. S. Wilson of New Amsterdam Realty. The Patterson estate sold a north side plot on 214th Street near Tenth Avenue. Asher Simon Realty sold a five story flat at 204 Eighth Avenue corner 154th Street. L. E. Levy sold a West Broadway block front near 18th to 183rd Streets to Patrick McNulty. Robert T. McGusty sold 35 West 68th Street to William McMaster Mills, who will reside at the Plaza Hotel and occupy the house.
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Douglas Robinson
Charles S. Brown & Co
Henrietta W. S. Wilson
New Amsterdam Realty Company
Lexington Avenue
Patterson Estate
214Th Street
Tenth Avenue
Asher Simon Realty Company
Eighth Avenue
154Th Street
L. E. Levy
Francis Carlson
Patrick McNulty
Broadway
Robert T. McGusty
West 68Th Street
Wilmington Fire Insurance Company
William McMaster Mills
Plaza Bank
Plaza Hotel
Mr. Mills
Consolidated Card Co. to enlarge plant on West 14th Street
Plans filed to enlarge the Consolidated Card Company's manufactory at 222 to 228 West 14th Street with a one story annex. Arnold W. Brunner named architect. Additional stores to be built in dwellings at 148 and 150 West 45th Street, owned by Lillian Abel and leased by Louis Goodman. Sommerfeld & Steckler as architects.
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Consolidated Card Company
West 14Th Street
Arnold W. Brunner
West 45Th Street
Lillian Abel
Louis Goodman
Sommerfeld & Steckler
Archi
Value Of Year's Crops From December Estimates
Washington reports final revised Department of Agriculture estimates for 196 crops and farm values as of December 1. Notable figures include corn 2,668,651,000 bushels valued at 11,816,145,000. winter wheat 4,208,000 bushels valued at 410,338,000. oats 907,156,000 bushels valued at 381,171,000.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
King on Trial for Larceny by False Pretenses in Boston
The trial of Cardenio F. King opens with prosecutors outlining his business methods while witnesses describe his office practices and the loss of $20,200 from his newspaper venture. King pleads not guilty and returns after a short break as the case continues.
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Boston
Cardenio F. King
King
Herbert Parker
Michael J. Dwyer
Dwyer
Snow
Davis
Government questions pneumatic tubes for mail service
A Post Office commission reports pneumatic tube use is not feasible for government ownership now. It urges continued study in five to six years and notes tubes aid rapid first class mail in major cities while contracts last eight years. Members include Campbell Mansfield Roberts Wyman Stewart and others.
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Washington
Congress
Meyer
Campbell
Chicago
Mansfield
Boston
Roberts
Brooklyn
Wyman
St. Louis
Joseph Stewart
Bradley
Railway Mail Service
Masten
Fry
Public Buildings Department
New York City
Property Transactions in Hasbrouck Heights Details
The Duress Company sold a Madison Avenue house in Hasbrouck Heights to H. T. Sloan and leased No 68 Washington Place for John J. Carrell and Mr Kunts. Also involved is a Hasbrouck Heights villa site sale to Lem Mermann Villa Site Company.
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Lemmermann Villa Site Company
Madison Avenue
Hasbrouck Heights
H. T. Sloan
Washington Place
John J. Carrell
Mr. Kunts
N. J
Hewitt Will Contest Opens in Owego Court
In Owego New York on December 15 Surrogate Frank A Bell began the fight to break the will of Frederick C Hewitt a millionaire who left millions to institutions but little to relatives The hearing featured exhaustive examinations over whether Hewitt signed the will in the witnesses presence and the role of codicils Executed after a stroke the codicils raise questions of mental competence and undue influence The case draws twenty five attorneys as witnesses and the Surrogate weighs a witness notice for Miss Sarah Peck
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the Tribune
Owego
N. Y
Frederick C. Hewitt
Frank A. Bell
Tioga County
Lynch
Stanchfiela
Mr. Hewitt
William S. Truman
First National Bank of
Orin T. Gorman
New York
C. L. Stiles
Hewitt
Stanchfeld
Sarah Peck
Yorkville Elevator Apartment Planned on East 19th Street
Plans approved by Buildings Superintendent Murphy show a six story brick elevator apartment house to be built at 142 and 144 East 19th street for owners Emeline F. Parsons and Rosalie C. Slack. Designed in a modern Renaissance style by Lawlor & Haase, the $125,900 project features a limestone trimmed facade with tall pilasters and an ornamental cornice.
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Murphy
East 1Éth Street
Emeline F. Parsons
Rosalie C. Slack
Lawlor & Haase
Real estate notes on Manhattan properties and leases
The Atlas Realty Company buys Riverside Drive plot near 934 Street. Frederick Fox Co and Albert B. Ashforth lease 25,000 sq ft on Fifth Avenue at 35th Street to Joseph Wild & Co, rug and linoleum dealers, for 65 000 dollars yearly. McNally Cochran lease Fifth Avenue loft space for Isaac Peller to A J O Donovan & Co. Harvey N Bloomer leases 125th Street stores for Hurtig Seamon and Samuel Isaacs to the Outlet Manufacturing Co.
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Frederick Fox & Co
Albert B. Ashforth
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Fifth Avenue
35Th Street
Joseph Wild & Co
Worth Street
Broadway
McNally & Cochran
Isaac Peller
A. J. O'Donovan & Co
Harvey N. Bloomer
West 125Th Street
Harlem Music Hall
Hurtig & Seamon
iNech's
Samuel Isaacs
Outlet Manufacturing Company
Bronx Building Plans Across East Bronx Streets
Plans list multiple properties with two to three story brick or frame dwellings on 20x50 to 20x60 lots. Owners include Concetta Merendino John A OBrien Vincenzo Razzano Martin Pletcher and others with architect firms Kreymberg Edwin Wilbur and B Eb sitar. Costs reach several thousand dollars per project.
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Furman Ave
Concetta Merendino
John A. O’brien
Ef Kreymberg
Webster Ave
Vincenzo Razzano
Edwin Wilbur
Lyon Ave
Martin Pletcher
B. Ebsitar
Arechit
Grand Ave
Tremont Ave
Eville & Bee
Lane comments Harriman ruling limits and finance controls
Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission said the Supreme Court Harriman decision does not greatly curb ICC powers. He urged tighter government control over railroad capitalization to guard public money, citing Harriman’s use of Union Pacific bond proceeds to buy other railroads.
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Chicago
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Harriman
Commission
Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific
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Jarden
Sixth Ave
J. F. Lambias
Monquin’s
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Lexington Ave
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Rosenfeld Et al
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S Norton
F Altmayer
Wadsworth Ave
Leowenthal
Lafayette Ave
New Brighton
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Edward Martin
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Joseph P Day
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Fuchs
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Newell
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Hotel-de-Luxe
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G. Kraft
Isnenen
Savoy Hotel
Neven Sanitation
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Paul Marbine
Ep'r
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Enice
Grand Canal
Bpenice
Hotel _ Royal Daniels
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Ilan Hote
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Hotel Bellevue
R. Ronnefeld
Iesbaden. Co.cc
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Austria
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HOTEL
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Jevey
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Atlas Realty Company
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Lane
San Francisco
Julia
Altea
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Alpha Con
Andes
Wash
Relcher
Hest & Heicher
Occidental
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Overman
Cal & V
Sierra N Ne
Imperial
Union
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Ae Gould & Curry
Oo, Hale & Norcross
Bath
Aly
TEL
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Phoenix Hotel
San Martian
Oyleryd
Oyler & Co
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