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7 APPRENTICESHIP PLAN HAS HELPED N. Y. BUILDING INDUSTRY THE HHOOKLYX DAILY EAGLE, NEW YOKE, SUNDAY, FEBIHJAKY S. 1025. ZONING PROBLEMS Friends of Blind Plan Addition to "Lighthouse Big Future for Morris Park To Follow Depressing of Section R.

R. Tracks Clarencevllle and Woodhaven districts. It Is lined for its whole lenifih with business blocks and Its Two Hundred Real Estate Brokers Work for You via MULTIPLE LISTING "TftWJTHu I'll- JANUARY BUILDING HALTED BY STORMS AND TRAFFIC DELAY Builders' Plan for Winter Program Delayed by Freezing Spell. Vlnter construction practically ceased during tlio month of January owing to lie severest weather ex-yerleneetl In Hie city In yeni-H. Snow, rain and sleet coniMncd to slow up all jobs where excavation or steel construction was under way, as It was Impossible for the men to continue work against the stormy elements as well as the near-zero weather that prevailed.

In addition to retarding schedules the cold days threw, according to conservative estimates of builders and construction ollloluls, about mechanics and laborers out of employment, practically every trade being hit hard by tho freezing spell. I 1 ppr $1 PfF IfS-S f-n to-- Improvement would benefit not only the Inhabitants of jue'ii residing In the vicinity of thai thoroughfare, but It would eliminate 20 to 25 grade crossings, some of tne most dangerous in the country, nuking safe highways over which thousands of vehicles from all purts of the boro pass dally. Morris Park section Is the home of middle-class people, loyal, law-abiding Americans. The section Is well supplied with schools and churches. Public School No.

57, primary and grammar up to trie eighth grade, Is located on 124th No. 56 on 114th st. and No. 100 on Lefferts ave. A new school has recently been built on 127th (Hher-man) st.

and 107th ave. (Mill st.) to accommodate 2,000 pupils, and tho modern parochial school of St. Benedict Joseph. Other churches than St. Benedict Joseph in Morris Park and adjacent section are the R.

C. Church Holy Child Jesus, one Herman Presbyterian church on 114tli ave. near 89th st. and one M. E.

church on 118th st. near Beaufort ave. There aro two flourlshltiK new-banks in the section one a branch of the Bank of Manhattan in Liberty and the Richmond Hill National on 118th st. and Jamaica avenue. The Knights of Columbus have a clubhouse on Lefferts and Jerome aves.

They own the building. There is one Masonic temple on Van Wyck north Jerome and another on 114th st. north of Jamaica ave. The section Is well supplied with places of entertainment. The new Clvlo moving picture theater at 114th st and Liberty ave.

and the ncv Loew theater at Liberty ave. and 1 22d to be opened In two or months, are models of beauty and convenience. The principal business thoroughfares of this section are Jamaica. Liberty, Atlantlo and Ja-rome aves. They are lined with flno modern stores, trading centers for a wide residential area.

An abundant supply of wholesome water Is served by the Woodhaven Water Company in the westerly section and the Jamaica Water Supply TO BE DISCUSSED BY STANDARDS BOARD Garage Matters Predominate in Applications to Be Heard on Feb. 10, A.M. The Board of Standards and peals will hold a public hearing, under the provisions of the building zone resolution, on the morning of Feb. 10, In Boom 919. Municipal Building, Manhattan.

The following matters will be discussed: Application of Mrs. John O'Brien, applicant and owner, to permit In a residence district the maintenance of a garage for the storage of five pleasure motor vehicles, four spaces rented to persons not residing on the premises; premises 1075 Summit ave. the Bronx. Application of John J. Dunnican, applicant, on behalf of Walter 8.

Thomson, owner, to permit in a business district extending from an unrestricted district the erection and maintenance of a garage for the stor age of more than five motor vehicles; premises 12 Si 7 Jerome southwest corner of Clarke the Bronx. Application of Louis A. Bheinart, architect, on behalf of Borden's Farm Products Company, owner, to permit in an unrestricted district on a street between two in tersecting streets, In which portion there exists an exit and entrance to a public, school, the erection and maintenance of a garage for the storage of more than five motor vehi cles; premises 322-128 Rutledge st. and 287-293 Heyward Brooklyn. Application of Thomas O'Rourke Gallagher, applicant, on behalf of General Construction Company, owner, to permit partly In a business district and partly In a residence district the erection and maintenance of a building to be used as a poultry market; premises 1169-1173 E.

New York Brooklyn. Application of Edward P. Doyle, applicant, on behalf of Joseph Spek-torsky, owner, to permit in a residence district extending from a business district the erection and maintenance of a business building; premises east elde of Fox 88.22 feet north of l(6th st, the Bronx. Application of Edward P. Doyle and Henry O.

Opdycke, applicants, on behalf of B. L. Holding company, owner, to permit In a resl-dence district the erection and main tenance of a garage for the storage of more than five motor vehicles; premises 830-888 W. 177th st. and 881-836 W.

I79tn mannauan. Application of James Kearney, applicant, on behalf of Samuel Weissman, owner, to permit In a residence district the erection and maintenance of a garage for the storage of more than five motor vehicles; premises 850-568 Warwick Brooklyn, Application of William F. Doyle, applicant, on behalf of Samuel Harding, owner, previously denied, to permit in a business district the erection and maintenance of a garage for the storage of more than five motor vehicles; premises 242-270 E. 98th st, Brooklyn. Application of Eugene De Rosa, architect, on behalf of Sol Brill, owner, to permit in a residence district extending from a business district the erection and maintenance of a building to be used for theater and store purposes; premises 130-134 Dyckman st, Manhattan.

Anntteation of John J. Dunnlgan, applicant on behalf of B. R. Construction Company, esww, previously denied, to permit in a area district the erection and maintenance of a building occupying more than 40 percent of the rear yard area; premises 1211-1263 Boynton the Bronx. 8ale In tHiite Plains.

B. E. L. Howe has resold for Ward Carpenter Co. a plot 50x100 on Orove White Plains, to Thomas Holden Jr.

Catholic High School for Manhattan COMPLETE PLANS FOR "LIGHTHOUSE" WING TO COST $250,000 New York Association for the Blind Secures Old Residences fcr Site of Addition. The old residences on E. BOth Manhattan, are rapidly disappearing. The once fashionable thoroughfare of exclusive homes soon will be a thing of the past. One of the few remaining brownstone houses of half a century ago Is to be demolished to make way for an addition to the Lighthouse at 111 E.

69th st. Tho property adjoining the Lighthouse on the east side has been acquired and a new wing Is to rise on the plot of ground now occupied by a brown-ftone house of the period of the 1870's. The expansion of the work carried on by the New York Association for the blind necessitates the Increased room space. The present five-story structure Is Inadequate for the many activities housed In the building rected In 1912. The architectural plans extend the facade of the Lighthouse to take In the new wing.

The architect does not change the design or material used In the- main structure. Limestone Is to be used In the front of tho house with a brick construction for the remaining part of the building. Work and play go hand In hand at i this Institution of light, and wider quarters are needed to house the In dustrles carried on there, not to men tlon the many pleasures of the 600 men, women aid children who are constantly availing themselves of the privileges of the Lighthouse. In the new wing Is to be many ct the club activities. Each of the various activities has Its own Quar ters.

The men's room Is to be In the lower part of the building In order to be within easy access of the bowling alleys, now In the basement of the building. The women's club room, where muslo, radio, games, classes In Braille and typewriting take place, win De on tne upper noor. In the altered building the salesroom will be brought from the sec- ond floor to the main floor and the front of the building la to be flush with the building line, giving a fine display window for the produots rasmonea at tne Ligntnouse. The en glneerlng connected with the new wing contemplates the completion of the work, without Interrupting the activities or the Institution. The new wing with Its equipment and maintenance Is to cost $250,000.

This sum la being raised by a com mittee headed by Thomas s. McLane, treasurer of the New York Association for the Blind. Those pledged to raise the $250,000 consist of Dr. John H. 1 Inley, Judge Henry W.

doddard. Felix M. Warburg, Charles E. Hughes jr. ana isntnantei a.

uisoerg. The architects for the new addition Is the firm of Hunt Hunt. This ad dition was among the last pieces of work by the late Joseoh Howland Hunt, before his death last autumn. Richard Hunt Is carrying out his brother plan. Seth E.

Thomas Is chairman ot the new building committee with Nelson C. Holland and Thomas 8. McLane as his associates. laws, building department rules, party walls or agreements, condition of building and appurtenances, encroachments and the many other factors affecting the property's value or usefulness. And having obtained all this, again I say be sure of your facts and keep all preliminary Ideas of valuo out of your mind until you know the property and Its conditions thoroughly.

"Next In Importance Is to arrive at a correct idea of the unit of area on which a building may be built that will be the most suitable size and kind for the locality and for economical operation and profitable rental. "In the early days, when a three or four-story dwelling or a five-story mercantile building was the most suitable building to meet the demands of residence and business (and where frequently the merchant lived over his store or shop), It was quite sufficient to have au area of 25x100 feet. Today 60x10 foet or larger is necessary for apartment, office or loft buildings, not only for economical construction, but also for use, and a smaller plot is wasteful and undesirable. This Is so true that today the Hoffman rule and the Davles rule are misleading and should be discarded rtcept In localities where small shops rent for more in proportion than premises with greater depth. Appraising Problems Explained To Y.

M. C. A. Real Estate Class ill mm It 3 "i I ill 11 I Company In the easterly section. The sewer sHtern is nno of th' finest.

In the city. The outlet for Insanitary sewage is in a dispoHal plLtr. on the rnea'PuvH at en the Bergen nieudows. draining in conveyed by an open ditch down Panam-i st. to Jamaica Hay.

Lateral ninliis are completed in all Streets. Oas Ik supplied by the Queens County Oas t'ompuny an. I electricity by tint Queens Liniit and Power Company. The (Ire department. Is a paid one.

the lirehouse, with three companies, supplied with motor apparatus, to located on 120lh the police sta tion on Jamuica ave. and 11 nth it. The American Legion of Honor, Post No. 212, is a flourishing organization. Nearly all the streets are built of macadam.

Lefferts 115th, 116th, 117th and 118th sts. are all paved with concrete from Atlantic ave. to Liberty Jerome and 10lBt aves. are paved with from Jamaica to the Brooklyn line, also 108d ave. four blocks from 104th st.

to Lefferts ave. Liberty and 101st aveH. are 120 feet In width and Atlantic ave. aver-ages 120 feet. Lefferts 120th.

121st, 123d and 124th sts. are 80 feet in width. All the other highways, residence streets, are of the regulation residence St. width, 60 feet. There are few Industrial plants In.

the section. The Simplex Photo Products Company, the Works ond the Held Leather Works aro the proniinen. manufacturing concerns In the section. "The last, named is doubling the size of its plant. The transportation facilities are unsurpassed: 130 Long Island Railroad trains, 20 express and 110 local stop at Morris I'ark station.

The express trains make the run in from 16 to 18 minutes and locals an average of 24 minutes. commutation rates are 0 per month to Flat-bush ave. and $7.50 to Pennsylvania station. There are two elevated' railroads, on Jamaica and Liberty aves. and five trolley lines, on Metropolitan, Myrtle, Jamaica and Liberty and over the Queens blvd.

to all within the G-cent fare zone. Lots In the business zone on Liberty 20 foot front, bring from $5,000 to $20,000, and on Atlantic ave. from $2,000 to $5,000. pip mmm i -M ir i "1 I i frit? vM.fc-.is.ftiji xtttv i'. IP" m.

borhood landmark, are to be swept away by the improvement, which will claim an area ISO feet long on 60th, st. and 89 feet on Lexington ave. The building will be seven stories high of brick and limestone In addition to the 67 classrooms there will he special rooms for tho study of botany, biology, chemistry, physics, commercial subjects, art. music and domestic science: an auditorium which will sent 1,200 persons, cafeteria for 700, two libraries, a chapel and gymnasium. Two enormous lifts capable of moving an entire class at one time will be installed in the building to expedlnti) the movement of students from one study section to another.

velopment and growth and a motion picture film depleting the unusual social and recreational activities by tho residents of Jackson Heights." Of particular Interest, not only to home seekers, but to architects and builders, is a large number of stere- optlcon slides which portray the evolution of the Jackson Heights cooperative garden apartment. Inspired by the photographs and plans, which were secured by Mr. MarDougall during his recnt travels and study of housing conditions in Kuropeun countries, each of which contain suggestions carried out In the buildings and gardens at Jackson Special cars are provided to carry prospective residents to Jackson Heights, the trip there nnd return being made in ubout one hour. Among the recent purchasers of garden apartments at Jackson Heights nre: Mrs. Frances Oavlf of 2 tif Morris who purchased in the Hawthorne at 1 05 20th Harold W.

Ooward of Taunton, who purchased In the Cambrtdgu at 86 28th Harry N. Kly of Brooklyn, who Is connected with tho Provident Mutual Life Tnsurnnco Com pany, vMio purchased In the Hawthorne at 188 19th st Dr. Oaylnrd AV. Graves of Riverside Drive, who purchased in the Hawthorne st 137 20th Carl S. Speth, treasurer of the Warner SiiRar Refining Company, who puvohnyed in the Towers at 200 23d W.

St rot her Jones, a resident of Jackson Heights, who Is connected with the Western Klee-tric Company, and who purchased in tho F.lm group at 165 23d st. Three of the former buyers of fcsiilw t- jt.i-.-t Piiv I. One of the sections of Queens Boro that would be most benefited by the widening of Atlantic ave. from 120th to 130th st on the south side of that highway to the extent of 45 leet la what Is known as the Morris Park district, which hns lately been absorbed by Its vigorous neighbor to the north, Richmond Hill. The en- Ure territory lying south of Atlantic ave.

rom 108th st. to Van Wyck ave. and south as far as Liberty ave. Is pretty solidly built up with frame, dwellings, most of them detached or semi-detached, and from to $13,000 each. Over 10,000 houses have been built In this section in the past five or six years.

One of the great projected Improvements, the early inauguration ot whloh is looked forward to hopefully by the entire Woodhaven. Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and Morris park section, Is the depression of the Long Island Railroad tracks and the four-tracking of that road from Jamaica to Flatbush ave. station and the eventual carrying of the Improvement through to Manhattan. This improvement, it Is said, will be one of the first sections of the general undertaking of grade-crossing elimination to be carried out by the State upon the favorable fiction by tho Legislature upon the proposed $300,000,000 bond Issue for the elimination of grade crossings throughout the 8tate. It Is said that the referendum vote plan, if authorized by the Legislature, will receive an over whelming majority in the Boro of gueens.

Atlantlo It is said, freed from every obstruction, would be Improved as one of the city's boulevards, all the way from the Brooklyn water front to Jamaica, a distance of over ten miles. It would afford another outlet for Brooklyn to all parts of Lionw island. Atlantic ave. la one of the lm portant business thoroughfares of the Morris Park. Richmond Hill, WATER ST.

BCnjDLVG SOLD. I Brown, Vought Co. sold for Butwell Bulldlnf Corporation, of which Capt. David Dowa Is president, 685-695 Water st, southwest corner of Montgomery st, 70x 186, a six-story building, ereoted about ten years ago by the seller for Lustberg, Nast who are occupying the entire building under lease, -ine purchaser, Lustberg, Nast who purchased the property and become owner instead of tenant. It Is assessed by the city at $40,000 on the land and $206,000 on the building.

SALE IN E. 80TH ST. The Knox Realty Company sold the one-family, frame dwelling. 1626 E. 30th st, for the Uona Homes Corporation to a client for occupancy.

Old Great Neck Landmark Sold. J. Edward Breuer has sold the Peace estate on Cutter Mill Great Neck, L. to Herman H. F.

Stoutzer, a builder and operator of the same place. On the estate Is located the oldest burial plot on Long Island, and It belongs to the Allen family, the original settlers of Great Neck. The homestead is considered the oldest house in the vicinity. The reported price was $50,000. The buyer Intends to develop the property by extending a roadwav through the center of the property and constructing commercial buildings on the Cutter Mill rd.

frontage. provement with a building to contain four etorles; for the Goldsmith-Meres Corporation a brick Colonial two-family house on Mamaroneck ave. to a client; for John Petti, a tapestry brick Colonial residence at the corner of Putnam nnd Herbert aves. to John B. Posey of the National Biscuit Company, and for Lillian Hackert, three lots, each 50x100, on Coolldge corner of Ralph ave.

to a local builder. Metropolitan Lenses In White Plains. Flood ft Ehrhart. leased for a term of years a large mite of offices to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company In the new office and store block erected by Max Marx, known as the Plaza Building, opposite the Harlem Division Station. The company intends to make this office the headquarters for the larger part of the Westchester County territory.

second floor there will be a biology laboratory In the front and an organic rhemistry laboratory In the back, with a Reneral cheiulBtry laboratory between the two. It Is pin lined also to erect an auditorium building at the college In the near future. This will stand at the corner of Castle pi, nnd Kim and plans for erection will be forwarded as soon as the science building has been started. If you consult one individual member of the Multiple Listing Bureau in BUYING, SELLING, LEASING or EXCHANGING REAL ESTATE, you secure the services of 200 brokers who cooperate with him to produce results. The Multiple Listing Bureau nt Hip Brooklyn Real Estate Board BUILDING HELPED BY APPRENTICESHIP PLAN, SAYS MOORE Labor Made More Efficient and Accidents Eliminated, He Contends.

"One of the most hopeful develop- ments In the building trades is the increased stressing of labor efficiency, both by the workmen themselves and employers." said W. .1. Moore, president or ine American Bond and Mortgage Company. Mr. Moore was discussing movements aiming to train and educate apprentlcts in ineir respective lines und to eliminate accidents.

Further, he Dointcl to the fact that 1 924. rhnmrh u. record year In building activity, witnessed surprisingly few disomes or strikes. 'There Is too much talk nf high wuses paid to Labor in the building trades." said Mr. Moore.

'and too little given to the fact that wages must be considered In re union to tne work slven in return. Efficient, uninterrupted labor paid for at a high rate is in the end more economical and satisfactory than having operations retarded or held up altogether by discontented work men. "i-'rom July to December, 1514, inclusive, the level of wages In the building trades throughout the United States remained steady; and in and almost negligible fluctuations. The average for the year was about percent above that for 19:3 but a record amount of construction was turned out. "The trend toward a higher level' of efficiency can be definitely seen In the increasing attention being paid to the problems involved in training apprentices in these trades.

This ia an Immense task, and one which Is only newly forging Into prominence; but under the leadership of the Federal Board of Vocational Kducation and the American Construction Council definite progress is being made. Methods of training these apprentices to their best advantage are being worked out with care. There is no more direct or valuable way of obtaining a higher standard of workmanship and efficiency than this. Another significant develop-ment is the move toward accident prevention, wmcn means lower overhead and a more stable level of efficiency." Theater for Far Rockaway To Be Built by Moss H. S.

Moss, theater owner, purchased a tract In Far Rockaway comprising 18 lots, located on Molt between Mott pi. and Central ave. The plot has a frontage of 200 feet on Mott ave. with a depth ot 180 feet. The property will be Improved with a modern theater seating 12 stoves and offices.

It Is ideally In n.ula. nr away, opposite the Masonic Temple, the Christian Science Church, the big store and Is a minute from the Long Island station. This Far Kock-away venture is the third building project which Mr. Moss has under way for 1925, the other two being a theater at Broadway and 207th in Manhattan, and the Tllyou Theater In Coney Island, which will built by Ktlward F. Tilyuu, owner of Steeplechase Park.

OCKAX AYK. PLOT SOLI). John E. Henry Jr. mid through his boro olliee the plot of ground 100x100 on the west side of Ocean north of Avenue for Mrs.

H. Freyler (o a client. apartments at Jackson Heights have effected resnles os follows: James A. Glen, constriu'liou engineer of Shroiler Koppel, Manhattan, a apartment Ht 1 38 23d Miss Lillian B. Lewis and Miss Hel-n Ives Halghts, both of whom are connected with the Hunter College High School, purchased apartments located, respectively, at 131 st.

nnd 125 23d st. Apartments at Jackson Heights have been leasfd to the followine: It. MeK. Merrit of Clifton Springs. N.

a clergyman; St. Clair Hvom-field. K. W. Kothvock.

Major Henry Henton Snyler (if Governor's island. U. T. Johnson of the Prince George Hotel. A.

O. Flanders of Flushing. L. I. who Is connected with the Western Kleetrlc Company; Lloyd P.

Wise ol Pelhani. N. whij is connected with the Bahcneti Angell Lumber Company; rarroll P. lHival of N. Herbert J.

klhivls of the Roosevelt Hotel, whu Is connected with the I -a than Llthu Company; William Lee of Flushing, who is secretary ot the City Jiib Print. Incorporated. Other recent lessees include R. Thin of run. Wade Cui'm-m Company of Mtnhattan; I.pp Gee-nens.

wlio Is member of I he N. Y. State Bridge and Tunnel Commission; 10. B. Wooley of Manliatlan.

Scott Hudson of Manhattan, who is connected with the Stevenson Corporation, nnd Clny O. Wllleock' son of Jackson Heights. i liiitippp Active Home Buying in Westchester Sections only those buildings which were Inclosed or were In such stages of advancement that the men could be protected from the snow or rain and kept warm, either through the heating system In the structure or through salamanders, showed any signs of activity. As a rule January and February are not noted for unusual briskness In tile building Industry here but the mild winter of 102S-I924 Induced many owners to commence projects last fall or early winter. When these operations had progressed, by Jan.

1, to the point where they were roofed or the steel was up, bricklayers and other exterior trades wero enabled to keep going as long as the snow and rain were absent. With the arrival of the first miniature blizzard, early In January, It became apparent that excavation and struc-tural steel Jobs must slow up. Investigators who had planned to go ahead with new developments postponed their Intentions and this Hdded to the unemployment situation. Then came further heavy snowfalls, with the result that tho entire city began to experience the sight of work on new buildings, partially completed, standing still. To add to the general cessation the Ice and snow In tho streets seriously Impeded the delivery of materials In all borns, so that those contractors who did not have a large supply on Hie ground wore forced to curtail their working forces on buildings where they otherwise could have gone on with the setting and placing of brick, lumber, cement, Bteel and other major products.

With the advent of Fobruary and the rise In temperature a reaction has set in, and If the weather continues as favorablo for working conditions as It was up to last Thursday builders generally will resume activity on a broader scale In order to make up for lost time. Owners, too, who have held up projects during tho past month are expected 10 release them for execution as Boon as climatic conditions assure them that they can authorize the starting of a contract without loss through torms. It Is believed that millions of dollars' worth of new Improvements are being held In abeyance at the present time, forecasting an unusually busy spring and summer when all apprehension as to bad weather has been finally dissipated. 'Labor Field. One of the features in tho labor field the past week was the announcement that the metallic lathers' foremen had returned to work and that the strike, which had been in existence on approximately ten Jobs, was over.

The Master League of Cement Workers refused from the start to treat with the men, who walked Nout, taking the mechanics with them, since the latter had no Jtead. It was the first case of "snowballing" In more than a year and showed the determination of employers to Insist on agreements being lived up to. The practice of some employers giving efficient foremen greater than the $88.23 a week which the union scale calls for, was looked upon by the League as a matter of choice of the employers and not a precedent or wedge for those foremen receiving only the agreed wage to demand similar higher pay. In some Instances employers are paying old and experienced employees $75 a week of five and one-half days, and the effort was made to have this rata made effective for all foremen. Harmony continues to prevail now In all the trades, which will have a most beneficent effect upon the Industry during the remainder of the year, practically all of the unions have agreements with the employers extending to Doc.

31, 1925. and in some Instances until May, 1 PCG. The annual meeting of the New York Building Trsdes Employers Association to be held Feb. 17 will undoubtedly result In the re-election of the present officers. The Kloctrtral Board of Trade of New York at Its recent annual meeting re-elected Its Incumbents of the past year and this policy seems to prevail In other associations of the building Industry where the by-laws do not call for a yearly change of personnel In executive capacity.

Naturally the cold weather In January had a deterrent effect upon material sales In practically all lines, but it did not result In lower prices. On the contrary, structural steel advanced $3 a. ton In the Metropolitan District, Builders' hardware In several products has shown an advance since the first of the year; lumber liss fluctuated but remains on the average at a level compared with 'December quotations. All other commodities are, stable and firm. No Tirlck reached the North River market during the week ending Thursday, Feb.

4, and no sales were made In that period. This Is the first time In months that this condition has occurred In tho local Industry and Is solely attributable to the Inclement season. ACTIVITY IN MONTCLAIR One of the most Important condi tions Indicating Increased values of Montclalr real estate is, that within a few months all of the vacant land within the town's limited area will be built upon. It Is estimated that there is now less than 10 percent of the whole area under the municipal government of the Town of Mont-rlnlr unimproved, and this small percentage Is rapidly disappearing. "Added to this situation Is the ever Increasing flow of population to Montclulr resulting In a demand for homes In the locality that Is reaching surprising proportions," said Mooney.

real estate broker of Montclalr, in discussing the activity of tho real estate market. ''Montclalr," he said, "Is enjoying this preat popularity because the high class characte rof development Is biilng maintained. Business has not encFoached on residential areas, and the xonlng limits have been carefully guarded. Apartments and two-fainily houses have been forbidden In the high class one-family residential zones, nil of which has had the effect, of maintaining property values. As a result Montclalr can still be classed a well restricted high class residential suburb.

"Demand for high class rpstilnn-tlnl property such as Montclalr offers also is Increasing because the Hudson lilvor Vehicular Tunnel will be complolud during the coming year." in Mil III '1 till Contracts will soon be awarded for the first Catholic High School building projected for Manhattan, of which Robert J. Ilelley is the architect. The building is to be erected at the northeast corner of Lexington ave. and 60th and on the same block as St, Barthelmew's Church and church buildings. The school building will cover practically a Quarter of the entire block between Lexington and Park 60th st.

and 61st st. Six apartment houses, fronting on Lexington ave; the Cathedral School, which the diocesan authorities have conducted Ifor more than half a century, and the Cathedral branch of the public library, also a neigh College of New Rochelle to Have Laboratory for Scientific Studies Home Development Exhibit Helped to Draw Buyers The students of the Keal Estate Training Class of the West Side Young Men's Christian Association listened at the Tuesday evening session last week to six short addresses delivered by members of the real estate firm of Cross Brown Company. Morton R. Cross of the firm was chairman of the session and one of the speakers: Mr. Cross spoke briefly about real estate In general.

He advised the class to study the ever changing conditions of residential and business districts in this city and especially of old business districts. Frank Lord, president of the company, who delivered tho principal talk, said In part: "Every man who considers real estate from any angle," said Mr. Lord, "whether as designer, planner, builder, operator, salesman or investor, unconsciously or deliberately practises apralsal, and when It 1b dono without proper knowledge It becomes a wasteful Influence. The whole buRlness of buying and selling real estare Is based on estimates of value, whether they are inado by buyer seller, builder, broker or appraiser. Without difference of opinion there would be no It Is the Hie of trade and always will be.

"The Importance of appraisal has developed out ot the growth In height and area of buildings In the last twenty or twenty-five years, and particularly the last ten years, and when we consider that the present Equitable building, at 120 Broadway, was built with a mortgugo ot about $20,000,000 on the land and building, which many good Judges of value and costs then regarded as the full value of the land and the full cost of producing this building when It was built, we get an Idea of the growth of value In the last decade which has brought that particular property to a point where It bears a tax valuo of $30,000,000 today. If $20,000,000 was a fair estimate of tho value of this building ten years ago, and Is a fair estimate of Its value today, there has been an average annual growth of $1,000,000 In the tralue of such a property, due to causes that must be ascertained, understood and appraised to get at the true worth of this or any oilier property. "The subject of appraisals also eeoms to me to be timely, as we are neartng the time when war Influences will disappear, and when Inflation In materials, In commcylltles, and to a less extent, probably, In wages, will pass, and wo will be measuring again 111 a dollar worth one hundred cents, Instead of as today In a dollar worth 67 cents." "But the appraiser must estimate when and to what extent costs will return to normal, Other forces are working to bring back the normal supply of mortgage money from sources which have been dried un by excessive surtaxes on Incomes. Every broker who attempts to sell a piece of property In New York Is dependent on the appraiser, often unknown to him, who Is Invited by the customer to miss on value, location and advisability of the purchase, it Is for this reason that we are all Interested In the advancement of appraisal knowledge so that our business mny not be Injured. "He sure of your facts snd of evPry detail of value or defect In tho property you are to appraise; area, exact dimensions and shape, mortgages Hid leases: restrictions, Including zoning laws, Piste municipal Transactions In the Westchester section of New York during the past week Indicate that there is a continued demand for homes in this attractive locality.

The sales consisted of small and large residences, business property and vacant plots purchased for Improvement In the spring. There is considerable building activity at present New Rochelle, Larchmont Manor, Yonkers and White plains. R. Franklin Hull of White Plains sold during the month of January; For Julius Sokol the southeast corner of Post Road and Brady Including a gas station with 77 feet fronting on Post Road. The buyer la the Davis-Post Corporation.

For the Davis-Post Corporation the northeast corner of Post Road and Highland a plot 55x130, to the H. A. P. R. Corporation, for im West Castle pi.

The architects are Henry J. McGill and Talbot F. Ham-lln of Manhattan. Of Tudor Oothlc architecture, tho building will be of gray stone. It will be 76 feet long and two stories high.

The main floor will contain a geology laboratory In the front and a large lecture room In the back, with a physics laboratory and a recitation room on either side. On the The large number of sales and leases in the Jackson Heights garden apartment group is credited by the Queensboro Corporation, owners of the development, to tho attractive exhibit of the apartments, which has been running since November In the Delmonlco Building, 6th ave. and 444h Manhattan. K. A.

MacDougall, president of the Queensboro Corporation, In commenting on the unique Jackson Heights exhibit, said: "The con venience to home seekers of having located In one place, at the most accessible spot in Manhattan, an ex hibit which tells In an interesting and detailed vay the complete story of Jackson Heights, has undoubtedly been responsible for many of the sules nnd leases. Prospective buyers and renters have discovered that even during the luncheon period they can secure lnformatlou bearing on the solution of their home problems, which otherwise would require days of Investigation to obtain. An average of 60 persons, a lurge preentane of whom are possible Investors, have dally visited the exhibition. "This great apartment house community has been transported in miniature form to 6th nve. There Is a gallery of pictures which faithfully reproduce buildings, landscape gardens and apartment Interiors; models ot single-family Kngllsh homes, stcreopticon views showing Interesting phases of community de- The Collego of New Rochelle is to have a science building added to its beautiful structures on Castle IIIII.

The new building will bo a laboratory for the Catholic college for women conducted by the frsullna nuns. It will stand on the north side of the campus, west of the gymnasium building, where dormitory houBrs 111, 23 and 9 aro situated, on.