Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 22

BROOKLYN LIFE. 22 Motoring Continued. made and guide posts are rapidly being' erected throughout the islands. This club enrolls in its membership many government officials. "The good roads movement is gaining great headway; Most improvements are being made with macadam.

One stretch of macadamized road 167 miles long has been laid from Yokohama to Nikko. Asphalt has been used experi mentally in Tokio, but has failed so far, because of the many earthquakes. "The greatest drawback for the American motorist in Japan is the price of gasoline. It is easy to obtain, but trust or no trust, the price is 32 cents a gallon." Financial. The Financial Center of Brooklyn.

DURING the last eighteen months many notable improvements have been made in Brooklyn's financial center. Others are now under construction or projected; which will further increase the prestige of this important part of the borough. This section has decidedly changed during the last ten years from a residential district of the highest character into the financial and business center of a thriving borough. At the present time this section is the home of many of the borough's most important financial institutions. Banks, trust companies and title insurance companies have erected permanent buildings or are leasing quarters on long terms in the newer buildings.

Many large insurance companies have branch offices in this section, while all of the available office space is devoted to the offices of lawyers, stock and insurance brokers and generally, to business men who desire to be in the center of business life. For lawyers, architects, builders and others whose business requires that they have their offices Real Estate. Malba-on-the-Sound Gets a Nine-Hole Golf bourse. A VERY attractive nine-hole golf course has just been laid out at Malba-on-the-Sound by James Fraser, formerly of the Flushing Country Club and instructor at the Great Neck Golf Club. The Malba course will fill a long-felt want on the nearby North Shore of Long Island as all the other golf clubs in this section have a long waiting list of applicants for membership.

The first tee is directly behind the new club-house near the station, driving to the first hole up on Circle Point overlooking Powell's Cove and Long Island Sound. The second hole is located near Malba Drive, giving a long drive of 450 yards. The third hole is on the hill to the west of the Malba station. The fourth, fifth and sixth holes cover a strip of rolling land towards the east of the Malba entrance way, thence returning to Malba Drive towards Fourth Avenue for the seventh and eighth holes. The ninth hole is directly in front of the club-house.

In front of the club-house there is also a special putting green of six holes and a green for golf clock is located to the east of the club pergola. The club grounds also have four fast tennis courts, fine facilities for croquet, tether ball and for quoits. The club-house, consisting of ten near to the City Hall and Court House, this section offers many advantages in the form of its modern office buildings, transit facilities, etc. One of the improvements which is attracting much attention at the present time and which will have a decidedly beneficial influence on the whole section is the building recently started and which will be the permanent home of the Brooklyn Trust Company. This structure will represent an expenditure of nearly $600,000, exclusive of the cost of the land, and in design and plan will be the last word in banking-house construction.

This building will rank first among the many fine bank buildings in Brooklyn and will compare favorably with any building in Manhattan, erected exclusively for banking purposes. York and Sawyer, 50 East Forty-first Street, New York City, are the architects who prepared the plans and specifications for this building, and it is being erected under their direct supervision. The work is being done under general contract by Marc Eidlitz Son, 30 East Forty-second Street, New York City. The new Brooklyn Trust Company will occupy the entire block front on Clinton Street, extending from Montague to Pierrepont streets. The main entrance to the building and banking rooms will be from Montague Street, although additional entrances will be provided from Clinton and Pierrepont streets.

'While the new building will be actually only three and one-half stories in height, the total height from curb to cornice will be nearly equal to that of an ordinary seven-story building. This will be due to the fact that the space devoted to the main, banking-room on the street floor will be about equal to the height of three full stories as usually constructed. This banking-room will be one of the largest in the country, having a length of about 190 feet and being nearly 100 feet in width. Architecturally, this structure will be a decided addition to Brooklyn's group of handsome buildings. The fagades have been designed in the style of the modified Italian Renaissance.

The exterior of the building will be of granite and limestone and imported French marble or Caen stone will be the materials employed in facing the interior of the banking-room. The basement will be devoted to the safe deposit business of the company, with safe deposit vaults and bank vaults of the most modern design. Possibly the development of this section can be best shown by briefly reciting a few of the most recent improvements. The Terminal building at the corner of Court and Joralemon streets, recently completed, is without doubt the most modern and completely equipped office building in the borough. It is twelve stories in height and was erected at a cost approximately $500,000.

This building was designed by YV E. Lehman, architect, of Newark, N.J., and was erected by the John H. Parker 315 Fourth Avenue, New York City. This building is the home of the Nassau National Bank, Brooklyn League and the Civic Club. The basement and sub-basement have been leased for a term of years to the Exchange Buffet Corporation, who are operating a restaurant there.

Another building worthy of mention is the recently completed office building at 172-178 Remsen Street, for the Brook- lyn Union Gas Company. This is a seven-story brick and limestone structure, costing nearly $500,000 on a plot 75 100 feet. It was planned by Frank Freeman, architect, 132 Nassau Street, New York City, and erected by the George A. Fuller Company. Residences which have been remodeled for business purposes with new fronts extending out to the building line and in some cases with additional stories, elevator installations, are occupied for the most part by insurance and real estate brokers, their layout being particularly adaptable for offices of this kind.

The Record and Guide. rooms, is now completed and ready for use, containing every modern contrivance for the comfort of members and friends. P. P. Edson, secretary pro tern of the newly organized Malba Field Club, announces that the club will celebrate its firsi event on Saturday next, August twenty-ninth.

The program will consist of a golf tournament from one to six p.m.; tennis tournament, two to six pm. presentation of cups to winners at club-house, six p.m. reception at clubhouse, four to seven p.m. About five 'hundred invitations have been issued and a large attendance is expected. Special arrangements have been made for the parking of a great number of automobiles, as he roads leading to Malba are very good and many will doubtless come in motors.

The route after crossing the Queensboro Bridge from Fifty-ninth Street, Manhattan, is along Jackson Avenue to Flushing, just beyond Fountain Square; then turning to the left at the new high school through Whitestone Avenue direct to Malba-on-the-Sound. Good connections can also be made by electric trains direct from the Pennsylvania station at Thirty-third Street. Sales and Leases. MESSRS. Howard C.

Pyle Company, 201 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., report the rental of a number of houses on the Heights, as follows No. 48 Pierrepont Street, between Henry and Hicks streets, four-story and basement brick dwelling, to a client for the Realty Trust Company for a term of years; No. 24A Garden Place, between Joralemon and State streets, three-story and basement brick dwelling to J. G. Hamilton for the owner for a term of years No.

95 Henry Street, between Clark and Pineapple streets, three-story and basement brick dwelling to a client for H. R. Planten for a term of years; No. 24 Sidney Place, between Livingston and State streets, four-story American basement brick dwelling to L. M.

Bowden for the Silver Estate for a long term No. 140 Henry Street, between Pierrepont and Clark streets, three-story and basement brownstone dwelling to G. Reid for the Gale Estate for a term of years; No. 147 State Street, between Court and Clinton streets, three-story and basement brown-stone dwelling to E. J.

Kelly for Dr. Ostrander for a term of years; No. 362 Henry Street, near Amity Street, four-story and basement brick dwelling to a client for the owner, C. T. Stoeller.

Mr. Charles E. Rickerson, 276 Flatbush Avenue, reports the rental of 591 Second Street, between Eighth and Prospect Park West, a threestory and American basement, lime stone dwelling, for Louis Bonert to Mrs. Florence F. Read for a term of years.

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