The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 44

THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, Si DAY, JANUARY 5. 1919. 8 BUILDERS ARE PREPARING FOR ACTIVE SPRING OPERATIONS Prospect Park West Home Recently Through un error In reporting the sale of the Alfred Foltmun mansion, REALTY MEN PREPARE NEW TAX MEASURES BAY RIDGE BLOCK TO BE IMPROVED Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers jut the corner of Prospect Park West' I and First published on this page last Sifnday. tho name of Henry Pier-son Co.

given uh the broker in the transaction instead of Leo N. Levy, who represented both tho buyer land Heller In the deal. Mr. Levy "is Organized I90S. Room 203-5.

189 Montague St. Tel. Main 9180-9181. Evjrry property owner should become an associate memoer. The Board represents $he real estate interests to the benefit of every owner on taxation and othtr matters affecting real estate.

widely known In, the Park Slope section throiiKh the' many largo projects In which he has figured. The sale of tho Feltmun property Is ono of the most Important deals in the section In Homo time. Favor Bill Providing for Simplifi-j cation' of State Functions of I Government. The tax measures, prepared by the Ileal Kstnto Board of New York, were introduced Wednesday night by As-I sriiiblyinan Hecssclberg and Include a inrormation on tnese advantages can be had from any of the following: ARNOLD I. A.IKl.t.O, JIMIJ'li Jl.

MAY. 189 Montague Street. i ''Si Twenty Purchased in Ridge Boulevard Neighborhood to Be Built Up With Small Dwell- togs. One of the most important real estate deals of the new year in this borough and perhaps the most important and significant transaction in the Bay l(idfte section In several years was closed yesterday by Frank U. Malone.

broker of Hay Uidge, who sold the block consisting of twenty lots on the v. MANHATTAN REALTY FOR L. I. CITY LOTS 1 ill which provides thut the tax rate in ihc City of New York shall not exceed 1' per cent on real property and '1 of 1 per cent on personal property. I Another hill provides for tho amend- nieiit of -the State law by providing that where tho tax on personal prop Ex- south side of 80tn between Ridge Two Lar .3 Apartments erty is 'i of 1 per cent, per annum, yuuieviim Him luiotiiai roau, in one of the most attractive residential neighborhoods of the district.

The plot was purchased by the J. V. the(t shall be no exemption for debt. There will be another bill changing the taxable situs of tangible person changed for Tract in Thompson Hill Section. Sands Realty Corporation, a well i known building company of Bay l-idgc.

Tlu announcement of the sale for improvement with modern the apartment houses Letchworth and lugs of the detached bungalow luinpsteud, on the west side of containing 7 rooms and bath with a Broadway, from 150th to 161st sis garage at the rear of each dwelling and ')wc" wlth 1 a. runway at the side. According to the 10,1 lots in lMn Clt-V were taken plans now being made by the building exchange, the early part of this organization the houses will be ready week, was but a. parr of one of thi- 140 Montague Street. BA1I.KY KAKKiEKA, 2-1G surf Av Island.

Mil IN HKKK'M HONS, 149 Heiwn Street. RENNKTT HONS, 44 Dean Street. t. II. H.

HKHt.EN SON, 3)4 i oupt street Lafayette Avenue. Z. II. BKRKY. 188 MontaKue Street.

MN. 1.. UKI MLKY. 189 Monlaxue Street. 1IOKTON 414 Myrtle, NoHtrand and 7608 Av.

nrm.iNG realty tti 209 Bridge facing Mhm. Bridie Flaza. MI.IPKK'9 It KM, KHTATtS 215 Montague Street. MAC H. CAKY, 200 Fulton Street.

TWO CHAt'NCKY KKAL KSTATlt 187 Montague Street. -NOAH CLAKK, Robert B. Fatter-eon, President, 837 Manhattan Avenue. E. KKTUKIlttOOH, Jfl8 Fulton Street.

THOS. II. FAKKELL. 2SS Flathuah Avenue. "RNRY 91 Broadway.

MM EN B. FINIIF.n, 24! B'way. B'klyn. Island nr. Rd.

123 Klngaton Avenue. CHARLES l6K Noetrand Avenue. GISTAVK UIICAJID. 215 Montague Street. J.

8. GRANT. 189 Montague Street. JOHN F. JAMES SONS.

193 Montague Street. JEHU JOHNSON JK. 1(1 Montague Street, Brooklyn. Krlnj, Suydam Mollenhauer, Broadway. Brooklyn.

F. KMIWI.ES COMPANY, 192 Broadway, Brooklyn. EVERETT HIIIN, 471 Sumner cor. Decatur Street, oniVF.R II. LAFKE.MERK.

215 Montague 3007 Atlantic Av. W. J. T. LYNCH.

WILLIAM (I. MOKRIMEY. 189 Montague Street. JOSEFII T. MaeMAIION.

188 Montugue Street. S. NOONAN, 76 Sixth Avenue, corner Flatbuth. M. C.

O'BRIEN, 798 I ear St. John'a PL CIIARLKN PAHTHIlHilS, 700 Franklin Avenue at Park Place. DA ill POUTER, 32 Court Street. PI ELS 4t WEIIEH. 400 (iatea Avenue.

PULLMAN REAL ESTATE 741 Union Street. HOH AKI) pvl 201 Montague Street. WILLIAM p. RAE 192 Montagun Ht. 400 Noatrani AT.

KEDMONll HltOTIIERS, 013 Vanderbllt Avenue. ANDREW REIH 253 Kingston cor. St. John's PL JOHN REIH 805 Fltitbush Avenue. THOMAS E.

ROGERS, 629 Grand Street. KI STIN ft ROIIUINS. 16 Court Street. FRANK A. MEAVER Bay Ridge 3d Av.

Dyker Hta FEN WICK H. SMALL. 939 Broadway. Brooklyn. CLARENCE II.

SMITH. 1424 Fulton Street. NATHAN STERN, 756 Flushing Avenue. Tl'TINO CERNY, 4919 Fltth Avenue. FRANK 11.

TYLER, 11S3 Fulton Street. VAN 11IERHTINK 1118 Bedford Avenue. A. i. WALIIRON, 1153 Bedford Avenue.

AHTHI'K II. WATERMAN. 186 Montague Street. SAMUEL El.St II, 215 Montague Street. WEKTWOOII REALTY 685 Fltitbush Avenue.

ROBERT A. WRIGHT, alty, so hut it can be taxed whore located and not where the owner resides. These two bills will produce yiarly revenue which with surplus revenues of the general fund would give a total revenue of or far more thuu enough tor the needs of clly govern-meat economically administered. A hearing will be asked on the Dills as soon us tue committees are appointed. Sentiment at Albany, as far us could be ascerta.ncd.

was favorable and the bills should pass. There is a growing feeling no new sources of revenue should be taxed but that every effort should be made to make the present revenue both of the State rtnd city more than surticient. As Governor Smith says, there are too many bureaus and commissions and too, many unnecessary functions of Slqte This is. also true of the city, and next. Wednesday, Senator James A.

Foley, will introduce the Ileal Ks- for the spring market, and that there i largest trades negotiated in the city; Is urgent need for their completion at 1 m.lnv Ve us un early date Is indicated in the com i nienis of brokers of the locality, who I Tl, apartment houses, which were ety the demand for homes in the Bay valued at $1,250,000, were given in ISldge section is greater than the exchange by interests controlled by I supply. J'ettit. for a tract of land I 'The development of the South coninrisinir 114 lots. He has also! Brooklyn and Bay Ridge waterfront taken a contract covering a period of; as an industrial center has created an several vears for 70u to 800 additional i 'llio hcaudlul ros.di ncc at tin- cui-nor of l'ivsioct Park West and Mont-increasing need for more dwellings and i lots in Long island City, being the en- I colliery, onei ot th how placet- of (lie Park has been pin'elinsod apartments, and this big project will be tire holdings of the Thomson Hill by I.optmi'cL, of 2,." I irst. pL.

Jar luMivrosiriincc. '1 lie. sale nnn welcomed by those who have sought Land and improvement Company ir. niuuV by Howard C. Pylc Si o.

as brokers t'. Jlctiim r. vlio liu.lt homes there. that section and valued at over the Imvm nltttttf fWihity yehH rrf Wil bvet oh a The announcement on this page last i 000. 000.

The lots are located on I plt pf nrfitiud l-i'jjco, for thai pwl. My .000. week of plans prepared by Cohn i Queens boulevard, Nott Anabolic i 1 tuto 'Board's bill giving tile Board of architects, for a large apartment of Greenpoint Foster Van the most modern type for the north- Darn Hill Kawson Moon: west corner of Ridge boulevard and st tionovwoll st Hurkbv si Hois' 189 Montague Street. 254 Tompkins Avenua. REPUTABLE BROKERS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.

81st to cover a plot of ground HOx Harold Hragaw lib feet, to be built by Oscar Palm Van Buren Madden Laurel Hil Mstimate power to abolish or combine existing city departments doing unnecessary or duplicate work. Another bill Is being prepared giving the Board -of Mstimate control over the salaries of all county oilicials except elected ones. These two measures, If enacted into law. can be used to cut the budget $20,000,000. NEED MORE HOMES HARMON SEES NEED IN QUEENS SECTIONS OF; MORE HARMONY Growth of Industrial Districts Real Estate- Operator Advises Locust Grove st.

and Bliss st. In making the trade Mr. J'ettit considered the future of the Long Island City land. The property is at present served by the linen of the Inter bo rough subway system and he Second ave. elevated railroad, and will, in a short time, have direct connection with the Broadway cuhway of the B.

H. which will run through leaf, indicates the promise of active building operationsin the near future. This project is estimated to cost about $100 000. While speaking of the project involving the one-family dwellings for the neighborhood Mr. Malone was very enthusiastic about the future of Bay Ridge teal estate.

He remarked that the spring would witness active build-ins in the Ridge boulevard section and Emphasize Brooklyn's Needs Of the Marginal Railroad FEDERAL TAX LIEN MENACE Creates Serious Situation in Brooklyn. 5tth cross the Queensboro Bridge and out on the elevated structure that every house built would nnd ready buyer and that all of the new apartment buildings would be quickly rented. He remarked that many other Advisory Council of R. E. Interests Draws Bill to Protect Creditors.

Mortgagees and other lienors of real estate are expressing considerable anxiety over the position held by the Federal Government that it can- Prominent Men Score Popular Indifference to Plan That Will Improve Harbor. large real estate deals involving vo cant land were now pending. JNEW JAMAICA FINAL MAPS which is used in common by the In-terborough trains. This transit brings the property within 16 minutes ride of the shopping and theatrical districts of Manhattan. The concrete construction of the elevated portion of the subway serving this section of Long Island City is a great benefit to this particular tract of land, as il makes it practically a noiseless rail-, road and is at the same time an ortia- I mental structure.

Mr. Bcttitt has some unique ideas the character of improvement to which this property is pe Property Owners to Get Together on Tax Measures. liisoussing the efforts and achieve nients of those working for a reduction of estate taxation nnd the con-Scrvallon of real cstute vnfues, William K. chairman of the Taxpayer? ami Truants. lrotyfti1veI.League, said yesterday: "If the hearing on real estate tax reduction luM last week in the Alder-mnnic Chambers was productive of any coiicr.

'te the fact Is not apparent i Hie surface. There is no question tlnU able and constructive addresses were made by ail those representing tiic various taxpaying realty organizations, but the effect of pot fie made a party defendant in the "There is not a house for sale.ih the Borough of Queens today." said of Buildings J. -W; Moore. "If almost any 'number of houses were constructed now they could be sold at a profit. I' look for a lagging In the bttildlhg buslnefis lit the beginning of tho year.

house which it cost $3,000 to build two years aso would cost today If the lending associations" wen: "'convinced taht prices would remain where they are they would loan freely. What chief executives of all the railroads of the country have been working diligently for a month on a report soon to be made public as to when the roads should be returned to their private owners und the terms and conditions of the surrender and future polU cies of management in which the terminal methods at the port of New York will constitute an ltnportnnt part. lie said that with the building of the Hrooklyn Marginal Railroad one-third of the1 present terminals along the waterfront of this borough could be done away with and a great deal of lighterage waste eliminated. There could be a pooling arrangement made between all of the railroads as to union terminals. The efficiency of the service could be greatly increased by the building of car shops in Brooklyn for the repair of broken or damaged cars instead of having to send such back to New Jersey to have this work done.

Mr.Outerhritlge says that the assistance of the City of New YoTk officials is needed and that the residents culiarly adapted, and it is understood that plans for some of the targe units wnicn win prooao oe ereciea mi makos thcm cautious is the possi Tho Brooklyn Marginnl Railroad Is no longer belns considered by the Federal Government as war necessity, nor Is It belnpr discussed merely in provincial way by the city as a purely Brooklyn project, hut it has been taken up in a larger way as a part of a general port plan. The whole project Is now in charge of the New 'ork. New Jersey Port and Harbor Development Commission, created under a special act of the legislatures of the two States with an appropriation of $200,000 with which to carry on the initial work. It Is said that as a part of the same manner as a private person in any action for the foreclosure of a mortgage or other lien on real property or for partition of real property or in any action in any other manner affecting the title to real property when the United States of America have a lien on such real property. A bill has been drawn by the Advisory Council of Real Estate Interests focthe purpose of correcting this situation.

The following reference to the measure in a letter to United Senator William M. Caldcr signed by Alfred K. Marling, chairman of the Advisory Council, and Walter liiiidner, chairman of its unmniiiiu bility that prices may (to back to the public in advance, fart of this prop I these was largely noutralizi'd Jjy opposition, apparently speaking with $3,000 mark. The savings banks, insurance and title aro ready to loan up to 50 per cent, of tho of the properly, but if th.e $4,500 Ihis.very iuirpo.se in mind "It is hard to how intelli. building were to fall to $3,000, they" gent men interesud in the coiiserva-j tiou id' real estate values can place erty is in the apartment house zone and several blocks on the Queens boulevard are in the unrestricted or commercial zone.

The Thomson Hill Land and Improvement Company is practically controlled by. the estates of, Anthony N. Urady and'Hugrh. J. Grant and Col.

Kearney, and it is assumed that all of the financial bucking that may be necessary to make a success of building operations tbese lots will be' forthcoming when required by Mr. Pettit. it rii-uuiiiyn snouia aemnnd that tho general- plan fur improvement of tho on law and legislation, shows of how 1 sq nnn nnn i.i.ji would only have 25 per cent, cojlatorcl above the amount of their This they consider too small a margin. "After" the upxt Lfborty' LoLitt floated in April there will be au easiur loaning market; There 'will be no decrease, in wages. I lb6k for "a 'Very Port of Ncw Y.rk as a.

wno ne project of the Brooklyn Marginal Hall-. UV(lUiUlo fn. thjs work roud is more likely to be carried it ls proposed to form under the through to a successful conclusion. New York port Improvement plan a The project of the general be as the any reliance upon nlfii who have no more interest In conserving real estato values thuu the fumier hiis in tho sheep he proposes to llccce each year. convc in iounl method of tho opponents pi' tax reduction is to demand unit rial estate owhers 'ngee upon soiiu.

alternative revenue measures, as a comiii ion prt cedent to their when the facts are that this process makes it easier to carry out of demolition. "As alicrnative of revenues are embraced utuu headings income, persoi.alty and. the Joseph P. Day, who negotiated the busy period from April to the vnd of deal in conjunction with the Koman- llilil. The great reason for a Cullman Company, when interviewed I boom in Queens is that we cuuiiot power to borrow mimpv.

in n.irnhnw nient of the port has behind it the i legislatures nnd the Governors of the' legislatures nnd the Governors of the mucn greater magnitude is this menace now that muny liens are being filed against owners of real estate for deficiency In payment of Federal taxes. Following is a copy of the letter: "With the greatly Increased Federal taxation, both as to amount and variety, collectors of internal revenue are filing notices of lien under this section which constitute liens on real estate. As the law now stands, there is no way in which the Government can Up made party to nn action affecting the title to property ugainst which acquire, construct, lease and operate said: "This transaction is indicative accommodate the of the trend of the real estate market i "A large proportion of' the factory two Stutes and the federal tjovcin- real and personal property. In this merit will do much to assist in carry-. way it is expected to raise the needed operatives in Queens cannot tret horn ind the fact that Mr.

J'ettit, an op ing out the Han. The launching of funds without adding to the iiis, v- 1hn nrnieet Mr- Hoffman, transportation TnanJ the larger plan has gien the project pr Qf Amerjcan of the Improvement of the 1'ort of New company a York not merely a (Slate and bl-state i here, but have to go to AianhaHan and Brooklyn for apartments. This number will-' be increased this year. There are several new big -industrial plants to come herej Karpen -lirvs. have the plans drawn for a furniture factory.l JJegnon Company have soi.l Merrick Boulevard Widened to "100 Feet-Other Highway Changes.

Topographical Bureau of Queens has completed Final Section 141 and it has been forwarded to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for approval. This section comprisesa portion of the old Town of Jamaica, 367 acres, southwest of and adjacent to the old Village of Jamaica. It. is traversed by the old Southern Division of the Long Island Railroad, also by three old streets New York now New York Boulevard; Merrick now Merrick Boulevurd, and Locust ave, now Baisley Boulevard. Merrick Boulevard is shown as to be widened from about 49 feet in width to 100 feet in width.

The widening is variable although the old road is placed as near the center of the new boulevard as is possible, considering the necessity of straightening the road. This boulevard is probably the most congested highway in Jamaica and one of the most congested highways in the borough. Baisley Boulevard is shown as 80 feet in width, old Locust ave. being of a width varying from 59 V2 feet to SO feet. New York ave.

is shown as widened from about 6ti feet to 70 feet. The final maps laying down the lines of New York of 157th St. and of Long st. have, already been adopted. Some slight, changes have been made ill th lines of New York north of Foeh Boulevard-: and changes have also been made In tho grades of 157th st.

and Long st. Ono of the streets designed to be thoroughfare traverses the section from the southwesterly corner to the northeasterly is to be 80 feet in width and is named Foch Boulevard in honor of Marshal Foch of France. STANDARD OIL BIVS PLOT. Schlesinger, sold to the Standard Oil Co. the vacant plot of land Nod.

97, 99 nnd 101 Ogden qurth of Third Newark, N. J. markedTroTin 1918 building plan is to divide the attack into three too liovernmont has a lien and. there- noted for his conservatism and foresight, h.i3 expressed his intention jf Hf-llins; this property to. for improvement aloiiff special lines, shmvu his confidence in the future of real estate.

It is also interesting to note that this is the first his real. 'State operating venture in Queens Rorouph that Franklin Pettit has sectors: One i out all real und toro on f01.ccosinR a mortgage prestige but it has assumed grcau-r K. illlliy to.tue lllt'llilll- lax, I ronl sntn ihn iik oi wituii ii line as Tnj icalination of tlie, I miponuiice in not be cut off. v. no vomlt'! fill list, lis ttttained through the It Is being realized many ntuuoiiu woui.n: never before that the improvement of save a great amount of trucking-1- "One Important result ot this Is thut if the lien of taxes at- i-YdiTuI tax on or, they delegate to the I'edfntl'Htovern- iiia I'lir: iit iu I aim i.iiii iini i it nil I it.

Kone into, and it speaks well for Long Island City that a man of Mr. Pettit's known constructive real estate de to property after a mortgage A nu'tit the xi iiiKue right to ut ja site to the White Company for a new factory. The Loft rar.dy. people are going to put up a faclory. I "Besidcn this, our splendid rapid i transit system, which brings -n large I part of Queens within ten to" fifteen minutes of the heart of Marthultun, lis bringing thousands of now' families I here to buy lots and bdiKli" I along the Brooklyn front I "1 1 COS.

of liVIPfc' Of CVCI J' and on (he lino of the Long Islund tax, whether small; others, u1M.7u;m..u;i.not!KX in the United States WUllllXU Mini niim more than naif tne nii'. the inherent ln-lof the mnrlmiirn i.mrtionllv 'u inherent in- of tho n.rioM Wn iV logical, tlemensf rut iliat.e exports of the nation passes through "What i3 needed is a three-track v. out niu way, because as the Govern- 'to tne internal I ron(, out thai way, because as the iqttity of th IK'SSi Government cannot bo' made party, In order The belt-lino road should have ample classification to clear the title, tho mortirairo holder me'-ways oi me BULLETIN OF APPEALS "I hia sitinttion and 'program1, should clearly, illustrate the of in oiie.bJU a tax on incomes, pers, or business with must py the tax. Sometimes this amounts to considerable, but what veloping ability has chosen Long Ts- land City for one of his next big op- orations. I find Mr.

Pettit himself to be a very modest man, but be it said that no one man was more responsible ban he for the upper Broadway dis- i trict of Monhattan, north of 7 2d i being developed and built up with the high-class apartments and stores that I it has today." J. E. HKNKY DOWXTOWX. I John E. Henry, who for many years St ohm Popular Indifference.

I yards with lateral extensions to sorvn Spencer Smllh, vice president of tho the plants several blocks back from ever it amounts to, you see tho injun- thi. Tri.siute Commission, in a recent ail- a recent iitt- wt- itruia. il wouia we even provisions tor a fis.eil rate on ruin nce. l' or Building Z.one Matters tq Be By lellmviiig audi a cuurse, tin- I had prepared by its committee on law- dross before the Brooklyn Chamber of touiiiined antagonism of enormously I and legislation a hill intended to uu- I khIiI that the popular in- poweiful iitttHts.s is maugurated, and Kthorize making the Government party na td this whole is the result is I to actions of this sort so that the 1 ui-lounce as to tins vitu "Tha line t.t least rosist.lnce is to property may be sold and if there bo shown by the tact tint wniiL a krtai a lix. rate, preferably 1.75 equity therein, the lien of the Gov-I meeting was held ill the rooms of tlie eminent puid out of the proceeds of! Chamber of Commerce of tho Hiaio o.

Heard Next Tuesday. he Board of Standards and Appeals -will hold a public hearing, under the provisions of the building zone resolutions, on the afternoon of January 7-n -Ropm 54 anfcipnl Building, Manhattan. 'The "following mutters will be considered Application, peg.ember 5, 1918, of John J. Dunniguii, architect, to permit partly in a business district and per a Itxetl proportion ot the total tax the question of settled later l.y the air.ft i-r that is to say, afong fine el' Mist, resistance. "If the ('titan" "owners get to sale.

i New iorK, soioiy ior me imi.i. discussing the plans of the Commis- 'i slon for the improvenient of this port. REALTY MEN TO addressed by the of New conducted a real estate otlice on Hertford has joined the downtown brokers. He has opened an odlce in the Real Estate Exchange, ISO Montague st. Mr.

Henry is widely known in this borough through important real estate deals in various sections of Brooklyn and Long Island, lie is an active member of the Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brokers and was more valuable to the interior plants than for these with a frontage on the waterfront. Hotter shipping facility attract manufacturers and Brooklyn with its thousands of big Industrial plants needs much greater terininbl facilities which would, result In lowering of the costs of dotng business. The line should he laid out so 1 as not to run through the plants but alongside them." Edgar Luckenbach, president of the Luckenbach Steamship Company, saitl concerning the Marginal Hall roa.1: "Tho best thing that could be done for Brooklyn Is to build the Marginal Ituilroad all along the waterfront from Bay liirtuo to Newtown Creek. It is -a t. nnlnal facility that havw needed for years.

We have alwavn lacked a railroad lino to tie together Ihc straivsliips nnd tho warmouseu and factories, insuring nulclier de- lorn unu i-uw uei.iiy ibln men. not a line concerning It gether tin en nH force sueh a bill A meeting of the executive commit-thrtiucli, fort the opposition out I tee of the Real Association of Into the oi.en. In. cither event, ailiplo tho gtnto of New York will be held at revenues be ftiund by tapping appeared In uny ot the New York City ditliles, outside tho Commercial im tiers. Ho said that In order to prominently identified with the board's I in a rcsiltenco district tho erec tv.nllh thut are llttw it--uii, iu unu thfil it t'P llf.W -mil', carry out the plans for the port Ini- I lion of a public garage; premises 351- drives.

Associated with Mr. Henry in tho new office is A. K. Colson, formerly of the real estate office of David Porter. Mr.

Henry is' a member of Kismet substantially imtimehotl, and that bear Tho meeting will bo called to order provement successfully and In a bit: i.o part el 1 bur.liMi of government, by President Kebton M. 1'aVko of Buf-i wny tlie undertaking must be backed and there is' absolutely, no necessity of falo. Quostions of lmportanco will be i by a strong manifestation of public lit. extraneous subject of i taken up at' this meeting. Including opinion, nnd united effort on the part alternative i-'viuics In tfio Issue.

By that of raising more money by taxa. of the olllflals of the two Statrs. It following thi.t enurse we dissipate op- lion to meet the growing Slate budget. 'Is a matter, he sold, not only affecting position if i its. format Ion.

The matter of legislation affecting ho commercial supremacy and tho "The Taxtattts and Tenants l'rotec- companies selling land on installment I prosperity of tho metropolis, but one I Temple, F. and A. Garden C'itv Golf Club, Sayville Golf Club, Munici eine normally and contracts will lie disetissp.l nt nnn of i nffecliig very largely the cost of llv 361 Troy southeast cornel- of Carroll Brooklyn. tirig.nal application dtnied July 2, 11)18. Unopened December 10, lit IS; applicant instructed to notify property owners of calendar call on December 17, iills.

Application. December 0, lUlSj, of William Uichter, architect, to perm in a business district the extension, to an existing garage; premises -61 Prospect Brooklyn. Application. December 13. 1917.

of Guy W. Culgin. to permit in a business district the erection ot a wrist urv public garage; premises 21 a--17 Park 'J-61 Vanderbllt Brooklyn. pal Club and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. He was also treasurer of the old Union League Club.

He is very optimistic regarding the future if real estate in this borough, and expressed the opinion that a healthy building boom will arrive in the early spring to meet the demand for more apartment structures and private dwellings in this borough and in liveries each wny. It is such facilities as tltis thut brings commerce to a port." W. R. Hahn of the New York Dock Company says: i "Tho Marginnl railroad is needed to care for tho commerce of BrookJ lyn. It should bo built on the ground and streets crossing it nnd m.

pronehos to tho ferries should he carl ried over tho riiilrofltl liv rninnsl live l.fttgne 1 the first tl, lievetl, vast mini tmr leuisiat. ft.ree 1 chin. I lessen the (., own homes a A drive Is" planned fur the sessions. A banquet will be ten- 'ini? of every rcsidont-in this city nnd -u- that will; it is be-I deed to the visiting delegates by the" the country nt large. He said that i'te co-operation- of a board of real estate men from New i New Jersey was Just as ready to give I taxpayers, nnd make York, 'Brooklyn, Westchester and I Its unstinted support to the Brooklyn alize that there is Long Island.

It Is expected the Marginal Uailrond project us any other honest intention to i representatives of the Mayor's Com-I part of the general port development burden on' those who miUco on Tux Lien bales will be pres- Ijichrme. tlu.se who pay rent." cnt. I Kugene II. Outerbridge said thnt the Font bridges should ho provided for pedestrians. Wo should make up our JJ TYPES OF NEW HOMES TO RE EUH.T THE SPRING AT MOUNTAIN LAKES PARK.

minds lo close, up some of the street!) leading to tho waterfront and devotrt the entlro urea to manufacturing and warehousing, Only, in this way cat! wo hope to attract bg outside conl corns to Rrooklyn. We must ha.yd Inconveniences and possible danger; but these districts should not he for residence purposes. Through suet, a district the Marginal Ituilroad wowltl bn run on tho surface. "The business along the Brooklyn wnterfrnol Iv frrowlnir nnd with ii fifiiMli tl ict 3 Decline of 93 Per Cent in Construction Is Due to War Conditions. The totaJ of building operations In thq City of New York during the year 1918 was in the year 1917 it Mtts $103,502,156.

a falling off last year of 0,363, or over 93 per due to war conditions. Brooklyn' was far In the lead In 1918, having nearly as great a total as Manhattan, Bronx and Queonn boroughs combined, i The total by boroughs Is as follows! Brooklyn, 1918 New buildings, valuation, 6,952 alterations; valuation, $5.376.1 14 total operations, $232, 234, 5411. Brooklyn, 191 72,696 now buildings; vnhu atton, $27,61 alterations, vuluation, tolal operations, $33,590,071 falling off of new buildings, or 35 per of alterations. $600,667, or 10 per total, $10,355,532, or 30 per cent. 1918 182 new buildings, valuation.

2.486 alterations, valuation. total operations, $17,697,650. Manhattan. 1917321 new bulldipgs, valuation. $21).

068, 525. and 3,435 alterations; vnhiatlon, $1 total opera-tipns. $42,738,169. llro.x, 191 8 206 new buildings, 1,641 alterations, $1,21 total operations. f6 107,320.

Hrnnx, 1 91 7640 now build ligs, valuation, 2,397 nlter-tlnns, valuation, Iota; operations, $10,1 26,360. yur-ens, 1918 2,228 new buildings, valuali.m, 3.404 alterations, valuation, total operations. $8,115.5113. Quoens. new buildings, valuation, 2,364 alterations, vnluution, H.

366, 420; tolal operations, ltichinnnd. 191 8892 new bnild-Uma, valuation, 417 alterations, valuation, total operations. $2,536,781. Richmond, 1017 I. 171 new buildings, valuation, 472 alterations, valuation.

788; tcfal operations, $4,021,058. 4 ft 1 Mr? il growth comes a greater demand for tnlerchtinge of facilities between th tilers and the warehouses and the Inj diislrlnl phinls. We are building ri rr covered steamship Pier et the font of st 740 feet bv 1 R0 'eet, trt cost. ITrtO.fiOO. for Furnss, Witty nnd next month we will begin hiiMd'nff a covered pier 1 a feet by 700 'ert lit lh" foot of Montugue st.

Th" b'tr pier. 12 feel by 700 feet, which will finluhpd this venr. Is now OC-. cnpled by the Ward Line," -4 1 mw Old COMPANY The Federal Oil and Supply Co. has lensed for a term of years, through Louis Schlesinger, from the estate of Florence Wheeler, tho factory building 817-319 New Jersey Uailrond northeast corner if Tlehcnor NewnVk, N.

J. Tlie factory wiir formerly occupied by iho iM I IWIiiiiiiihwimi.miipm.I-MH UH IHW iPTHHHTT'ilprr- iwim huh One of the suburban sections to re- I park on the heights of New Jersey, lo 1 Continental Varnish nnd will spoilt! to the demand for homes In the During the past two bull. ling 'Commuting following the re- have been at vtan.l;-t!ll. Iflll I built. The new dwellings will bo In-1 dwellings will be convenient to the rated convenient to the cluhhouso railroad slHtlon on the property.

The which Is nt Ihc shore of tho. Inrgost cluhhouso has enjoyed a very nctlvc lake on the property. The plots to social season and plans lire under way lu Improved vurv In stjte. meiisurlng fr the winter skating curnlvul to take 10X10U to 60x109, tj vine tf the! place en fctiiliHet Lake. of i lie 'developers nf the ciiveilng the Moun-i propertv, IhC spring live or'orulioiis Il'-i'i ft the lyie to plv'tdio will hi used by tho Federal Oil and Supply Co.

In the manufacture and dlstrl. button of lubricating oil and grease of material und labor, altlinuxh lite call for more dv, c' I i i. Ltikes, the residential i In the seotton cntlnu ji i -li.