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I (jut tw iforfe jRT; I WT Real Estate Business and Financial XX SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1912. LATEST DEALINGS IH REALTY FIELD MANY COLONIAL HOUSES AROUND NEW YORK ATTRACTIVELY REMODELED FOR RESIDENCES Possessing Artistic Lines and Solidly Built, They Require Only Simple Alterations in Transforming Them to Modern Needs i Dutch Stone Type in New Jersey Prof. Warren of Columbia Tells of'Their Architectural History and Possibilities Old Mill for Artist's Home. NEW YORK REALTY A GOOD INVESTMENT Prices a Few Year Ago in River-dale District Compared with Last Week's Sale.

fenty-Story Building- Facing ladion Square Sold to lnvet-er $2,000,000 Involved. PRIVATE HOUSES IN DEMAND VALUES HELPED BY TRANSIT IMIISIll I mm, i-aj-y lllll .11, Jl wvv I i i i in. a II 11 Bach Sella Plot on East MP S6th Street, to be Improved the newest and largest com- On atrllcltlreS erected recently in the Uadisoo Square loft section of. the city i an Investment deal ot about E.0U001O yesteruay. vuMdVM that has taken place In the iidtown district for some time.

Tbo koDdlnc twenty-atory structuro at i' la a East Twenty-sixth Btreet, facing JUdlsoO Square, between iivu It was completed a year psn Avenues. uo by Kroy wen -Realty Company, tad hu been sold to an Investor for that tmptnf by the Charlea F. Noyea Com- penr. Henry corn mni KtlttK concern. I The building covers a largo plot, running through the block to Twenty-seventh I iVrli tbe frontage on both streets being i iitZu and WT.tt feet deep, haying- an of over -uuare feet.

Tha Ending is fully rented, bringing! to a InVoui of I235.U0A and la valued at iVamuuu The property, with the Im-tSSSiu Is assessed Wt The lulldlng Is 273 feet high from the curb ni equipped with seven elevators and full automatic sprinkler and alarm sys- I. tha nalo-ihe- Other new iiuiiuin IiomI are the Crolsle at Fifth Avenue and TWntJ-stith Street, the Hyde building i Madison Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street, the new twenty-story building now Wins construrted on the former Del-monlco alte on Twenty-sixth Street, from Fifth Avenue to Broadway, and the twen-JvUiory bulldlna no- nearlng completion adjoining the plot Bold, at 11 and 13 Last Twenty-slxth Street Bays Plot for Private Dwellings. Jules B. Bache has sold to a client of Hesry D. Wlnant May the vacant plot East Eighty-sixth Street, 61.10 by lflO.H On this plot will be erected two high-class English basement dwellings for I the occupancy of the purchaser and his ton.

They will be of fireproof const ruc-F tlos and of the highest This property Immediately adjoins the residence of the Hon. Francle K. Pendle-! ton and Frederic J. De Peyster. Other i Qners of private houses on this block i ire Herbert L.

Griggs, No. Mrs. Wllt- Nelson, Mrs. Howard Townsend. li, and Mrs.

Allle H. Griffin. 17, while i' lie Fifth Avenue vacant corner on the ortn side Is owned by B. M. Baruch, who intends to erect a hlgh-claaa resi-r fence thereon.

On the south corner Is the new residence, now under construe-: Hon. for -William Starr Miller. Tee Private Dwelling Market. Abraham and John A. Flske have sold 2(tl West Eighty-eighth Street, a I throe-story and basement stone-front dwelling, on lot 18 by 100.8.

between Broadway and West End Avenue. I Tha Bamuel J. Huralna estate has sold the southwest corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 1.17th Street, a plot HO by 144 by Irregular, with old three-story dwelling, to the Placid Realty Company, which will erect an apartment house on the site. The N'avahoe Realty Company has sold to 0.

O. Wallbrtdge the three-story dwell-tr, on plot by 100, at StiO Kast Twen- ttaJaaxwrtil Ct ma) llxtecath Street Teseaiest Deal. i The two. five-story tenements at 417 and 1 4U Wert Sixteenth Street, on plot CO by have been sold by B. Rosenstock for i Miss Mary A.

Crowlev to the Public i tarvlce Realty and Mortgage Company, of tiico Samuel Helllnger Is President. I Brans. An Important sale In the eastern Bronx strict has been made by V. H. Scully who have sold for W.

H. Do Voe tllOt Of Sevan inH nnhalf fnrtnlnr the northeast corner of ltisth Street and 1 nlon Avenue. The plot fronta 1G feet 'Sffeet1 ePlh 0n thC line ot Broaklra. J- Waldron has resold the three-k7 frame house at Madison Street. I Loag Islaad.

The Lewis H. May Company has sold Paul von Boeckmann a plot of lots the west side of Eighth Avenue. Rock-May Park, to Ellrabeth G. Herbert, a y. senior Co.

have leased the fol-Ug three-story dwellings: For R. Bay-! wst Seventy-eighth Street to M. Hurley; for Frank D. and Grace JwehAa. 103 West Seventy-eighth Street "John Knox; for the Charlea T.

Hoff-n estate. 214 Wa, lam McGeeve, and for the Cordette Stret t0 i to Mrs- Winifred 5 fffiT: utth Street to Mrs. U.u?iHA Martin has leased for the SJm.0.. Purdy th" 'our-story "Wag at 143 West Sixty-third Street Realty 4tes. Lt have sublet for Tnomag rsitner the McElroy place at Rock Oreenwlch.

to David qr, and have also rented at Qreea. tor Henry Webb, 30 Benedict Placs and Alwyn Ball. Jr. up-town business with ftTrv; Jh.JKrnMrtu Qullck Company In enr "Tm miding. sa4 Fifth Ave-i WTJerof Thirty-third 8treet STUCCO DWELLING Pi" a Plot aoo by 135 on th Wther bee ijeclt iBl -iJZSZ: -tviicabi Jl O.

-r fliiWP rrrnr rii'T "Tfnrtfil i YmirTl in JMI ex con6remmn modernised vutch- 1 tTilMA5H5- 1 n7 uttih irnni nn-i GURD RESIDENCE One of the beneficial results of the In creasing demand for suburban homes within a reasonable distance of New York has been the preservation of many old houses. The motorist who has toured through Long Island, lower Westchester (County, and the adjacent places of New Jersey, haa doubtless been Impressed at the number of simple but attractive dwellings which bear unmistakable evidences of construction dating back to Colonial times, or Just after the Revolution. Practically all of these houses, built before the period of the Greek revival, or previous to, 1825, possets unmistakable evidences of the refined and artistic Colonial architecture, and a very little remodeling gives the owner not only an attractive residence but one of distinct individuality. The demand for these old houses, If well located, has been so keen In recent years that It is extremely difficult to find one within commuting distance or tha city. On Long Island moat of the old houses which have been restored to modern needs are comfortable frame structures, typea of which may be seen In certain sections of Flatbuah, in different parts of Queens and distant parts ot the island.

Around Southampton are a number of these Colonial farmhouses, now neatly remodeled into pretentious homes. The home of Marshall Fry, as shown in the Illustration, is an excellent aample of the modern restoration of these places. Built about 1825, this house contained all of the fundamental possibilities for modern' adaptation. and it haa been done by the architect, Aymar Embury, 2d. in such a manner as to retain the old-time characteristics.

Several other ancient houses in different parts of Long Island have been successfully remodeled by the same architect. For the old stone houses of Dutch Colonial type, Bergen County in New Jersey presents the best field near New York. From Uackensack north ward to the New York Btate line, and embracing a wide area westward from the Hudson River, many of these characteristic stone houses with the large cambrel roof are to be aeen. They are nvarlably artlstio and add a picturesque feature to the landscape. They are the type of house whloh the artists of the Lyme colony In Connecticut and of some parts of Long Island have made so attractive in paintings and also In the more practical relation of residence and atudlo.

it la interesting, therefore, to note that two architects, at least, have been attracted by tha old-age beauty of theae Dutch atone farmhouses, and have utilised them for their homes. Prof. Charlea Peck Warren of the School of Architecture, Columbia University, is now living in the third old Dutch house which he has remodeled within recent years, at Hillsdale, about eight miles north of Hackensack. while John A. Gurd.

an architect of this city, recently completed some simple restorations on the oldest Dutch house at River Edge. This house was built over a century ago by the Demarest family, a prominent name in Bergen County, with the farm, it was bought three years ago by the syndicate known as River Edge Manor. Attracted by the appearance of comfort and architectural charm of the house. Mr. Gurd purchased it, and by the expenditure ot a few thousand dollars added a kitchen extension In the rear, a bow Window in the old kitchen part now utilised as a dining room, and, by cutting dormer windows In the rear portion of AT NEPONSIT, L.

I. Ocean Park Purchased Last Week by BUck, SUrt frttL 11 111 S- OLD STABLE AT Rl vE vttr MANOR the big roof, getting two bedrooms, a studio, and bath on the upper floor. In addition to the garret. The home of Prof. Warren at Hillsdale, about a mile from the station.

Is solidly built of local redstone. and is one of the historic places of the neighborhood. It was the only one thereabouts which had a separate building of the same material for slave quarters. When the place was built 130 years ago or so there were slaves In New Jersey as in other Northern States, and the original owner, one Bantu, Is said to have kept ten or a dozen husky slaves to farm his broad acres. The slave quarters connected with the main house by a covered way, but the latest (arm tenants used it far a kitchen.

A gambrel roof of artistic and magnificent propor tions covered tne stone waim. In remodeling Prof. Warren retained the roof intact, simply cutting through In front and rear to make com fortable sleeping chambers, po that in addition to the attic in the extreme upper Dart of the roof he has now nix bid- rooms and two bathe on the upper floor, and on the ground floor a large living i room. 18 bv 24 feet; a dininir room. 16 by 18 feet, and a library, 1- by 14 feet, The kitchen extension was added, and I NEWTOWN CREEK TRAFFIC Greater Than That of tho Mississippi River.

Newtown Creek, which flows Into the East 'River and forms the boundary between the Boroughs ot Brook- lyn and Queens, has a commerce greater than that of the Mississippi River or any of its tributaries. The i records of 1910 show that 2.881,000 tone of merchandise passed through 1 ine creek, wun a vaiue oi There are manufacturing establish- ments upon the banks of the creek. representing an investment oi many millions. It is proposed by the engineers of the War Department to dredge the creek to a mean depth of eighteen feet at low water and to widen the SinAl "Jt nrovlde room for vessels to oass one anOtner WimOUl COUlSlOn. OPENING JAMAICA BAY.

Government Already atv Work -City Will Begin Soon. Work haa been started under the appropriation made by Congress for deepening the entrance Into Jamaica Bay. A targe suction dredge Is engaged in deepening the present eight-foot channel to twenty feet. Many difficulties are encountered because of the shifting character ot the sands at the entrance ot the bay. The city some time ago appropriated $1,000,000 for dredging the bay Itself, the material taken from the bottom to be used in making aolid ground inside the bulkhead lines.

Since this appropriation was made, nearly years hare been spent in making surveys, investigating land titles, and perfecting plans. Concrete Construction. The farmer, through dear lumber, is beginning to know the value of concrete construction on farms and on highways. The fashion has become general in the Dak etas and Minnesota for the dwelling house, and la extending to bar nit. nut hulldinra.

fence, and to mnntnr wnerv lormeny wova ana later Stee) struct urea held away. t.Vy V-V-- REblDENCE MADE FROM OIOMH-U S6A NW CANAAN CONN. the foyer hall entered from the enlarged plasza is 10 by 10 feeL These stone farmhouses were built by the more prosperous Dutch farmers in a peculiar style which Is known as Dutch Colonial. They are all simple in plan, with usually a central half with four rooms, two on each side. The roof la generally a double pitch roof of graceful lines known aa a gambrel and finished with wide overhanging eaves to protect the walls below from the weather.

The attic under the roof was usually unfinished and lighted only by two or three small windows In each gable end. Open fireplaces afforded the only means of obtaining artificial heat, and some of the mantels are elaborately carved. The great charm about these old houses, aside from their graceful lines." said Prof. Warren yeaterday in his office at Columbia I'niversity. is that they seem to be Indigenous to the soil or, as architects would say, they are married to the landscape.

The charm Is undoubtedly due to the fact that the ma terials employed throughout were all local and well chosen for their particular purposes. The walls are two fet thick. built of local brown or reddish stone which underlies the northern part of the NASSAU STREET IN 1828. Widening of Street at That Time Regarded as Boon to Traffic. Apropos of the additional and much needed space which has been restored to pedestrians in the removal of the side- walk encroachments on Nassau Street.

It is interesting to note that the New York Mirror of Oct. 11, 182S, rejoices In the fact that the city had provided better facilities for those using that narrow but arways busy thoroughfare The plan of widening this street, be tween Cedar Street and Maiden Lane, Is now accomplished. In place' of narrow sidewalks and an Inconvenient carriage way, we now have those which are safe and No other part of the city stood more in need of reformation uiu. ivi ilia c.inii liic i tii.t. rinna klth.rtn nil, mAmmd morn tn tha honor of the corporation.

Tha value -of the property In the entire street Is much enhanced by means of it. The fine large trees which formerly stood wttiln the limrt of the churchyard, now range nearly with the curbstone of the sidewalk. Imparting freshness, beauty and comfort to the whole neighborhood." The trees spoken of were in front of the old Middle Dutch Church, afterward converted into the Post Office, and now covered by the Mutual Life Insurance building, between Liberty and Cedar 8treeta. OPPOSE BRIDGE ELEVATOR. Chamber of Commerce Fears ft Would Restrict Traffic The Queens Chamber of Commerce will oppose the construction of an elevator on the Queensboro Bridge to raise and lower wagons and vehicle from the bridge to BlackweU's Island, on the ground that the elevator will seriously affect traffic- The Inside roadway of the bridge, according to the Chamber of Commerce.

Is feet wide. The present surface trolley tracks ech takes up nine and a quar ter reet or me roaaway. muiii a- ioii of eighteen and a naif feel Thin leaves at nrrwnt oniv thirt v-fl feet for traf- 1. Tne eievaior wouh jeae dui icu a4 a half feet or Use ea either aide. THE STABLE AS IT IS TO-DAY, AN ATVT IVTIC RESIDENCE III 'HVi I -T I .1 1 county and outcrops here and there in long ridges.

The stones were laid In clay obtained from the Hackensack Meadows, with the Joints pointed up with whlti' lime mortar, making a very pleasing contrast with the reddish-brown color th stone. Thanks to the protection afforded by the overhanging eaves, these walls are to-day In a remarkable state of prex-rvation. Very little plaster was used, owing to the scarcity of lime, and the ceiling beams were always exposed. These were hewn out of the hearts ot eiant white-wood trees which formed a large part of the original forest growtli. The roof was generally framed with massive oak timbers, mortised, tenoned, and pinned together and covered with wide shinnies split from the heart of pine trees.

Some of these original shingle roofs are ettll doing good service in keeping ortt the weather. In the last two years the charm of these old houses haa become widely appreciated, and many of them have been restored and converted into modern residences, and very attractive swellings they make, too. If the restoration Is done by an architect In sympathy with the style. Before remodeling his present home, NEW HARLEM HOSPITAL For Joint Diseases Will Contain Many Novel Featuren. Plans are ready for the erection of a pew building in Harlem for the Hospital tor Deformities and Joint Disease, which will contain some novel features for the treatment of those ailments.

Max Heldelberger, architect for the hospital, has prepared designs for a slx-story-and-basement structure, wltl a stone and brick exterior, which Is to be erected at 41 and 43 East 123d Street. This will be connected by an aerial briige with the old dwellings on Madison Avenue converted into the hospital: The top floor of the proposed building will contain an open amphitheatre, sterilising room, complete X-rar equipment, photographic and medical laboratories. Two floors will be devoted to gymnasiums. Zander rooms, that is. where patients will be put through mechanical movements, will occupy two floors.

Other floors will be for electric treatment and plaster rooms. In the basement will be installed a completely equipped factory tor the manufacture of shes and surgical instruments. MADISON AVENUE LOFT To be Erected on Site of Helmuth Houee Facing the twenty-story buildings which the Johnson-Bnilngs-Brady lyndicate and Judaon 8. Todd are butldlxg on Forty-first and Forty-second Streets and Madison Avenue, tn the Grand Central Terminal section, a twelve-sKiry loft, and office building will be assembled on the site of the residence of Mrs- William Tod Helmuth, at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and Forty-lrst The Improvement, whlct has been planned by Hill Ml Stout for the No. 299 Madison Avenue Company.

Barry B. Rus-elL President, la ot Inte-est. as the building will cover a stngki lot. Sxl. This was leased by the company far twenty-one years at $14,0 a year, last May.

contract tor tne ere rt ion or ine eirucmre, wnicn win rai at.i""t has btea given to the Whitney Compaay. Prof. Warren restored a small ancient stone house, rapidly falling into decay, and last year he remodeled a magnificent frame structure of the period In the Woodcliff Lake district. The alteration of these houses is usually uim-ple In character and moderate in price. Usually it is merely necessary," said Prof.

Warren, In speaking of the alteration Deeds, to put a row of dormers In the front and rear of the attic, which can be done without destroying the original lines of the roof. The additional head room thus gained provides from four to six bedrooms and one or two bathrooms. no lower floor requires very little change, except in rearranging partitions. It is usually desirable to a kitchen extension should there be none on the original house. All this can be done.

Including the installation of a modern plumbing and heating system, for from to li.o. The owner will have the satisfaction of knowing that he has a house which cannot be duplicated for less than or l-UOont besides the far greater satisfaction of knowing that he has preserved from destruction one of the few remaining excellent examples of Colonial architecture." It Is interesting to note that on some of the large Cevelopment tracts the old houses have been retained, and some of them present Interesting cases of remodeling. At Plandome, ear Manhasset. the ancient Colonial homestead, a capacious frame dwelling, was recently purchased by former Congressman Martin W. Littleton, and the view of the house given above is of the dwelling In Its orlglnel state.

Very little change was made In the exterior of the noose, except rebuilding the porch and putting on a new roof. The principal chance was In the arrangement of the rooms. The room- were very larre and of the old-fashionrd type on the second floor, whereby It was necessary to go from one bedroom to another lnat -ad of having a hallway. In the lower portion of the house a billiard room has been provided. On the third floor of the larger part cf the house the old hewn timbers are In evidence with the oak pegs.

The principal feature of the place Is the wonderful settlnar of Old trees. The Tree doctor whom Mr. Littleton employed to trim up ana put in good shape the trees around his hruee stated that some of trees must be about 200 years old Mr. Littleton haa about seven acres surrounding this house. Mrs.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's residence adjoins him on one side. An Interesting transformation from an old stable to an artistic residence was made lately at River View Manor, near Hastlngs-on-the-Hudson. Two views of this remodeled place before and after "are shown In the illustrations. The stable was a large building over forty years old. built of heavy hewn beams.

It was the old John D. Flower stable, the estate being the former Flower property overlooking the Hudson, and which was added to the River View Manor tract some time ago. Charles L. Van Fossen appreciated the possibilities of the stable for a dwelling, and at a comparatively alight expense he had the necessary changes made and lived there for a while. The present owner.

Franklin A. Wagner, ha Improved the interior and made very large rooms, the living room being 24 by 38 feet. In all. there are twelve large rooms. The total cost was about The building Is to by 75 feet, and it would cost over 325,000 to build a house equal In style and convenience to this renovated stable.

Mr. Gurd, the Rlveredge architect, of whom mention has been made, completed about two years ago another decidedly novel alteration In changing an old mill near New Canaan, into a charming residence fer'the artist, Frank F. Hutchens. The mill is about seventy-five years old. As in the rase of the stone houses, a wing was added for a dining room and kitchen.

Mr. Hutchens uses the water power of the old mill to contribhte to his household needs. He has replaced the ancient wheel by a new one. and by installing a dynamo obtains his electric light wulle by a connection with a pump In the old well the mlllwbeel supplies water to the house. TYPICAL HOME AT Just Completed in th Shore Front Acres Realty Corflpaay la- a ii 3 a 7kVXr-- i i sSSfJiseltJssajjj Two Big Auctions of Year in Van Cortlandt Section Revealed Confidence of Small Buyers.

To the la.ge number of auction sales which have contributed interr.tirtg statistics to the realty history of New York was sdded not hit last week porfvesalBg many noteworthy features. The 'sale the 433 lota by Joseph P. Day In the upper rart of the city. below th Yonkers city lino, dnv a remarkable crowd of email Inventors to the Vesev Street salesroom, and the fa that several hundred bidders mained ihere until the Iat parcel was deposed of, after 11 o'clock at nlfilii. est boohed a record never before seen In the Kxcliange Salesroom.

For twehe hours and a little over, from 11 o'clock In the forenoon, ihe sale went Oh. While the total was not as high aa la the case of many previous historic sales, yet it was commehdahl- large for the stse of the trrt. For the 43 parcels of the Forster-Schmltt properties, including nine houses, a total of $792,925 was obtained, or an average of 11.712 a lot. an excellent price when one considers that although fifty-six plots front on Broadway, opposite Van Cortlandt Park, the tract la nearly a mile north ot the last subway station at 242d Street. aLJhe lower end Of the park.

The Van Cortlandt section of the city baa been much In the realty eye this sea-Son. In June Mr. Day held one of his biggest sales, disposing In two days of TU lots, forming the last undivided portion of the ancient Van Cortlandt estate. A total of f1.tiu.75u was realized, averaging per lot From the realty standpoint, the auction Just hdd was fully as successful as the larger Van Cortlandt sale. The higher average for the latter sale was naturally due to the favorable situation of the property, having a large frontage on Broad- way and served by the 2.TMh Street Subway station.

A Hi-foot corner lot by 10O feet deep on the northeast corner of Broadway ami Htreet sold for and a lirn.r plot on trio opposite southeast corner, 711.4 by 1 by 18.5, went for Inside lots near the station went foran average of The highest price last week for the upper Broadway lots was iiVOOo, paid for the lrreKUlar-shaped lot of about 23 feet front on the northwest comer of Broadway and Moaholu Avenue. The upper -Jj-foot corner In the aame block, on 25Uth Street, went for while Inside lota brought $.. )) and over. The lowest prices for inside Broadway lota were tu xj.UOo, but such cases were few. Both of these sales demonstrated clearly the Implicit confidence that Investors have In tho stability of city realty.

Several parcels have already been sold at aa advance, and others have refused profits of several hundred dollars. The sale Just held Is the first large offering of building lots since 1VW In the Rlverdaie section. This was in the upper extremity of the Rlverdaie locality, and Just north of the big estates which have made Rlverdaie synonymous for magnificent homea and well kept grounds within the city limits. In 10u9 the Samler estate sold otf 24U lots at auction Just north of the 242d Street Ion. obtaining an average of and la the same year the Waido Hutchins estate sold 2uO lots on Rlverdaie Avenue, Kith Htreet and the vicinity, for an average of 9L2UL Judging from prices obtained in tho twp big sales this year, the prices paid three years ago would be practically doubled to-day.

Another big sale In r. but in the Jerome Avenue and Gun Hill Road vicinity, being the Bruner estate of 170 lots, brought a total of 1311.20U, averaging a lot. Bryan L. Kennelly's successful auction In June. 1910, of 175 lots of the Lewia Uouverneur Morris estate at Morris Heights, Including plots on 176th to 17Btn Streets.

Aqueduct. Anlrews, Sedgwick, Morris and C'ednr Avenue, demonstrated the rising values In that west Bronx section, wnleh Is being rapidly built up. A total of tiVJJiVt was obtained, anaverage per lot of A little later In the year Investors In Bronx realty had another splendid chanoe to obtain property In the growing Hunts Point dtHtrlct, when Joseph P. Day sold at a night auction 21 lots of the old Hunts Point estate for $427,050. an average of 11.320.

Five or six years ago this territory was practically undeveloped, but now, with the Subway and trolley lines giving quick communication with Manhattan and all portion of the Brona. over 200 buildings, including seme large apartments, have been erected, and Hunts Point Is known sa one of the best residential sections of the Bronx. Comparatively few large real estate holdings now remain In the Bronx, and early investors who have acquired email holdings In localities well served by transit have had no cause to regret their faith in the financial stability of New York real estate. New Form of Construction. Glrderless floors of reinforced concrete have been Investigated recently under the direction of the Commissioner Wulld-lngs.

Chicago. The building code of that city provides only for beam and slab and the developments In girder-less or plate floors have made it necessary to obtain special rulings from the i ommissiont-r in rrgara to tne use) eI floors of this latter type. During tne pajt twelve months three patented forms of such floors -have beam reported upon by three commissions of engineers; these commissions are appointed by the Commissioner of Build-. Ings. and all parties Interested In each rase pay ail expenses of the lnvestlga tlons.

BEECHHURST, L. I. 7 I wpx tiffs I Section, Being Developed by the Shorn for James H. Surrldge. a 0.

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