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TIIE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YOKK, SUNDAY, JANUARY I. 1025. YEAR 1924 GREATEST CONSTRUCTION PERIOD IN HISTORY OF U. S. $2,000,000 Theater aiid Office Building Reflects Transformation of Coney Island BETTER BUILDING SOUGHT BY COUNCIL; TO INSPECT LOANS CHANGES UNDER WAY IK SURF AVE.

SHOW PROGRESS OF CONEY LOUIS GOLD BUYS STEEL CAR BUILDING IN LONG ISLAND CITY HOUSING PROJECTS HELD BIG LEAD IN -HIGH 1924 RECORD Commercial Work Also Showed Gain Over 1923 Total. The pant year was record -breaking In the construction Industry. Contracts awarded numbered 9,863 up to and Including December 26, Involving the addition of 144,453,100 square feet of floor space and an exDenditure of 1872,529.700 In the A Real Estate Broker's Organization with 200 BRANCH OFFICES ami nfurMlnfr on Hie balw fir cd.npcrnHoii ami efficient aervk'e to Un cllcnii. If U'h raulra you want, try Via MULTIPLE LlsffNC Tlifr 1" a brokor In your own ni'lKtibnrhoi'rt, The Multiple Listing Bureau of Ihn Brooklyn Real Estate Board Coney Island new $3,000,000 all-year theater, ofllce building and ballroom, with stores on tho Surf ave. and St ill well ave.

fronts. There will also be a roof garden, with a restaurant. This development lias Just been completed by tho Clianln Construction Company. The theater will seat 2,500 in the orchestra and balcony. There will be four floors of offices.

Richard Deming Appointed Head of Committee in Charge of Plan. Richard Dcmlng, vice president of the American Surety Company, has been appointed chairman of a special committee of the American Construction Council which will actively work toward greater care and discrimination in the selection of loano and inspection of work. The members of the committee, appointed by Rudolph P. Miller, chairman of the council's committee on better building, are Walter J. Creenbaum, E.

Hardy, Noble Foster Hoggson, G. A. Martin, Frank J. Parsons, Henry R. Sandholzer and John A.

Wastman. They represent every phase of business Interested In better standards of building. Organizing for better financing In building, such as Is fostered by this committee, Is the result of Increasingly slipshod methods observed bj the council. The evils which it is aimed to stamp out are those noticed In the large proportion of construction of Inferior quality and unsound financing. Mr.

Demlng's committee will deal solely with the proper financing of homes. In speaking of the plans contemplated, Mr. Deming "At the recent meeting of the council's com mittee on better building It was felt necessary, among other things, to devise ways and means of properly laying before lenders of money ths necessity of being more careful in the lending of funds on construction, particularly housing, and also to devise ways and means of bringing tbout greater responsibility In financing such structures "It was the general feeling that un effort should also be made to encourage the lending Institutions to Join together for proper measures insuring the supervision of work upon and inspection of those struc tures upon which money has keen loaned." According, to Mr. Deming, the Improvement in quality of products and workmanship in building has been offset to a considerable extent by the home builders by lowering the sped neation requirements in order to bring the total estimate to a figure permitting the owner to order the Job. Many builders when told that their estimate Is, say, from $2,000 to $5,000 above the expected figure Will resort to cuts In tho materials specified.

These changes, although approved by the owner In his desire for a home, change materially the quality of the finished product and not Infrequently result In dwellings which cannot even be used com fortably for living quarters until ad ditional moneys have been expended TO IMPROVE LONG BEACH PLOT i Edward J. Farrell, as broker, sold for M. L. Llppman a plot of ten lots on Lafayette Boulevard, Long aeacn, to the Aligene Kealty Com pany for Improvement with one family dwellings. Rise in Construction Costs Costs in construction continued to rise in the week Just ended, Engineering News Record re.

ports. The upward trend in all probability will extend through tho (irsf half of 1925. Cost advances have failed to affect cement, which shows a decline for the- week of 10 cents a barrel through the West. Reduction in the hourly rate for common labor-and a plentiful supply of men had no effect whatever on the upward tendency of building costs. The common labor rates stand today at 55 cents an hour, as against 66 4 cents on Dec.

24. For the week ended Dec. 24, large contracts let in the United States for public and private work totaled in value to $46,926,000. In the separate category of large commercial building contracts, the same week was marked by awards totaling $12,945,000. Prices prevailing today include structural Pittsburg, 100 pounds, cement, Chicago, net barrel, pine, New York, 1,000 feet, fir, San Francisco, 1,000 feet, $29.

Construction Work in Progress to Make Corona Great Transportation Center for the drainage of a territory com prising nearly 7,000 acres, extending from Flushing Bay to Forest Hills and Middle Village, It was necessary in building the mammoth outlet mains to tunnel for long distance through a hill section. These outlet mains through 51st st. and Waldron st. cost over $1,500,000. Lateral mains have been laid in all the built-up sections of the community.

There are five or six publio schools in tho village. The oldest is now used as an annex to the Elmhurst High School. There are large brick schools on Alburtis and Fainiew aves, and Forest st. Corona is well sunDliad with New $2,000,000 Theater and Business Block on Culver Depot Site Mark New Era at Resort. Many Important structural changes have taken place along Surf Coney Island, during tho past year which reflect (he demand for modern business buildings and tho progress of the prlnclpul thoroughfare of the famous resort.

Prominent among 'the Improvements Is the group of business buildings erected on the site of the old Culver Depot at W. 5th find new buildings In the vicinity of Luna Park. But the outstanding addition to the avenue is the handsome new theater and office building completed during the past week at Htllwell and Surf estimated to cost $2,000,000. The structure, which combines a theater, otllce section, ballroom, restaurant and roof garden, was built by the Chanln Construction Company of 105 Court st, owners of the Garfield Building, at Court and Rcmsen which is to be replaced by a modern ofllce structure. The Coney Island theater will Have a seating capacity of 2.600.

It will have a stage of sufficient dimensions to accommodate the large Broadway attractions. The roof garden Is to he enclosed in glass. Rellly and Hull, architects, designed the build Ing. BUILT 1.000 HOMES Frank Fox, vice president of Realty Associates, stated that the bulk of construction, which In Itself has Involved an operation of over is of the small, "Ford" house type. Tho directors of the company, In their annual report to the stockholders, state that on account of tho "Ford" house enterprise, resulting in the production of about 1,000 homes of this type within two years, "the company holds approximately 376 purchase money second mortgages and contracts made bv small householders, which are considered among the soundest of the assets of the company, due to the universal effort made to retain a home once a person has secured one." "You will be interested to know," the directors continue in their report, "that a decline In the cost of building construction has begun, also the number of apartments for rent has become noticeable, indicating that tho housing shortage In the better claRS of apartments, at an end; but accommodations to rent for under $10 per room are still under- supplied." WILLS FILED DAVID GOT.DPWtG, 8113 Wth died Deo.

8, 1K leavln gan etate of 319.83 to his widow. JiHrtha Ooldbers. ELIZABETH 8. HU1QINS. til 17th died July 1524, leaving an ertat of un.

known valuo to a nephew, George C. Edn JULIA DENNY, 73 Cambridge died Dec S3. 1524, leaving an estate of to two eons, Cornelius Denny and Francis Denny. st. sell for from $1,000 to $4,000 a foot front; on Roosevelt from jsno to J1.000.

The United Cigar Stores recently paid $75,000 for 13 lots, corner of Tiernan st. and 'Roose velt four blocks east of the Alburtis ave. station, and on tha easterly frontier of the village. On Jackson ave. 20-foot business lots bring $20,000 and upward.

The principal industrial plants of Corona fire the Tiffatiy Studios and the Tiffany Cilass Works. The big planing and sash and door plants of Johnson Berntson and D. Uins-b'erg employ a large force of men. There are a number of smaller manufacturing plants. William J.

Hamilton, who has been working for the development of Corona for the past 30 years or more, predicts for it a promising future as a home for thousands of persons of moderate means employed in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Its tine transportation system and Its many acres of undeveloped land north of Jackson ave. and south of the Long Island Railroad offer facilities for thousands of newcomers at moderate cost. mm ill mm MM 1111 mm mm tmsm MM: 'mm shape, fronting 121) feet on West End ave. and 00 feet on 105th st.

The facade of the new building, which will will be erected from plans prepared by (ieorire Fred I'elham, will bo face brick with limestone ashlar and trlnv on a base of granite. The architecture will be of pleasing, sim ple design anil will harmonize with the other surrounding high-class ImjhlingB in this locnllty. mam Property Fronts Queensboro Bridge Plaza Structure Built by Cold for Former Owners. The Standard a eel Car Building, fronting on Queensboro Bridge Plaza south, Ely ave. and William st, has been sold to Louis Gold Co, as investment.

It is a remarkable coincidence that Mr, Gold built this building for tho Standard Steel Car number of years ago, and now becomes the purchaser of the property. The brokers in he deal are Cross Brown Co. The building covers an area of 180x186 ft. and contains 138,000 sq. of floor space, which Is fully rented.

Mr. Gold will, however, use part of the rpace for one of his companies as soon as leases expire, will probably lease the balance. A very great change In the locality taken place through sales effected by Cross ft. Brown Co. the blork between Crescent and William and through erection of an office building on I'laxa at the corner of William which will be partly occupied by Queens Chamber of Commerce, Cross Brown Co.

will also have Long Island City offices in tills building and negotiations now in progress make it almost evident that -new building will be occupied representative concerns. The, balance of this block which Is now vacant belongs to- the Consolidated Card and will no doubt be developed In a similar manner. The south side of Queens Plaza not developed, while the north side has been fstabllr.bed with lm-portant buildings. This has been due to the fact. that large corpora tions have purchased extensive areas the south side for their own busi nesses, but through the change bf business and circumstances they have finally relinquished this, side market development, and it is evident that south side of the Plaza will take rank with the north side in importance.

This change was originally brought about by the Frederick Ayer Eatate of Bqston purchasing the Garford Truck Corporation's holdings and reselling them for market improvements. The various changes involved to bring about this result have amounted to over $1,500,000, There is no doubt that the effect the new office building at Crescent and the sale of the Standard Steel Car Company Building Just made is the beginning of great lm provements, not only on the Plaza, but extending tmclc to Harris ave. the south, The Ayer Estate In Boston in its development of this section has been instrumental in erecting buildings to an amount approximating $3,000,000. PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES. An issue of public, utility securities maturing In three months to three years, bearing 4V4 to 5 percent interest and to be retired by the sale preferred stock, shortly will make appearance in the market, it became known today with the information that with funds derived from $4,800,000 issue of serial gold notes purchased by Halsey, Stuart the Central Illinois Public Service Company, one of the larger Insull properties, will acquire all of the outstanding capital stocks, except directors' qualifying shares, of the Quincy (111.) Gas, Electric and Heating Company and the Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway Company.

Public offering to investors by Halsey, Stuart Co. offices East and West will 'be made Boon. The notes, all of $1,000 denomination, will be dated Jan. 2, 1925, and serial maturities of the issue in the amount of $400,000 will be taken up each quarter beginning April 1, 1925, and ending Jan. 1, 1928.

Tlmkon Detroit Realty Bonds. Folds, Buck Co. are offering today a new issue of $1,250,000 Tim-ken Detroit Realty Company first mortgage 6 percent serial gold bonds prices to yield from 6 to 8 percent, The bonds mature serially on Dec. 15 from 1925 to 1934, and principal and interest are unconditionally guaranteed by Henry H. Tlmken and William R.

Tlmken. The company upon completion of this financing will open valuable manufacturing properties in Detroit, Cleveland and Canton, Ohio. Tho proceeds will be used In part pay ment for the purchase of these properties from the Tlmken Detroit Axle vompany, who win (ease for at least the term of these bonds the buildings in Detroit and Cleveland First Mortgnffo Certificates. Robert Garrett Sons and Tucker, Anthony Co. are offering $500,000 first mortgage 5 ,1 percent certifl cates of the Mortgage Company of Maryland, maturing 1928 and 1930, at prices to yield 5.50 percent.

All first mortgages pledged with the trustee as security for these certificates are guaranteed' both principal und Interest at the Maryland Cas ualty Company of Baltimore, of Railway Island Realty on the opposite sldo.on Stuten Is land there Is no development. "An Industrial railroad should be constructed along the west shore of the Boro of Richmond, between Tottensvllle on the south and Holland Hook on the north, connecting with the B. O. Railroad at that point. Along Iho waterfront adjoining this railroad wharves, should be erected, and in the Immediute vicinity warehouses and buildings for the housing of the workers." The City Department of Plant and Structures is making plans for new bridge over the Fresh Kills to take the place of the existing structure.

The new span will be built a short distance to the eastward of the old bridge, which Is still In use, and will cross the creek it the height prescribed by the Federal Government. The new Midland Beach sewer has hem completed after several years of work. The Improvement includes a treatment plant, two pumping stations and five miles of sewers for the relief ot the Dongan Hills section, South Beach and Midland Beach. Sewers are now being laid In Manor Clove Roosevelt ave. and Mahn avo as well as In Hopping Tottenvllle.

Tho sewer in Elm and. Prospect sts. has been Completed. From the boro engineer it Is learned that a contract has been let for paving Richmond ave. with granite b'ocka on a concrete base, but that the work Is being held back so that if the local board takes favorable action on tho sewer the sewer may be built first and the new connections made before the, new pavement la laid.

i churches. The Roman Catholics bave largo churches, the Lady of Sor- row and St. Leo. The former has a fine parochial school and the latter is building a big school for its parish. Among other churches are one Lutheran, one Methodist, one Episcopal, one Baptist and one Union Evangelical.

The place is supplied with a paid fire department, with a fire house and combination motor apparatus, located on Kingsland ave. It has the City of New York water supply from tha plant of the Citizens' Water Supply or Cord Meyer plant, recently taken over by the city, which is occasionally reinforced by a supply from the Catskill system; concreH sidewalks are laid on all tho built-up streets. Prices of real estate are rapidly advancing in the business sections. The Home Realty Company recently sold the two-story office building and lot, 3,700 square feet, on Livonia opposite the elevated station, for $60,000. Lots in the business section of 46th five boros.

This was an increase of 667 projects ond 1236,111,300 over the figures for 1923. Stupendous as this amount of the ctty'a building bill appears, it Is singular that ma terial and labor costs have greatly decreased and that skilled mechanics Instead of being Idle in the major crafts are now in demand, according to the Record and Guide. Throughout the past 12 months all construction agencies and individuals Interested in tho progress of the Industry were a. unit In urging better business methods ana tnereoy dbi-ter buildings. The apprentice movement was ono of the features of the agitation along these lines, and it received constant support from the New York Building Congress and the various trade unions.

Commercial and residential projects led all other types of buildings, a total of 7,519 housing projects being awarded to cost 536,847.600, while commercial Improvements totaled 1,518, to cost between Jan. 1 and Dec, 28. Inclusive. This vast amount of new work was made public and the majority ot the operations started during the past year deBptte reports that there was an overproduction of homes and ofllce and loft accommodations in certain sections of the city. Many of the developments involve the expenditure of millions of dollars, showing the faith that capital has in present-day building conditions, an excellent sign that the industry will not lag during the winter months' and that there will be little unemployment between the present time and spring, when the building situation is always brisk, Contemplated work is also ahead of last year's total, the number of projects announced from Jan.

1 to Dec. 26, being 12.657, to cost another favorable indication that 1925 will be a bsy year In the annals of tho New York market. Materials frtve undergone no radical price chances In the past week. In fact, the holiday season has had a tendency to quiet all markets, but builders and material men look tor sharp reaction during the next few weeks. Steel Is evincing unusual signs of firmness and lumber is following -suit.

The approach of cold weather, which will mean tho clos ing of the Hudson River to- navigation, will undoubtedly bo followed by a rise In brick quotations, which already are hovering around $15 mark per thousand to dealers alongside dock. This is about S19 delivered. All other commodities and products are steady, with no breaks and. few fluctuations. The labor field is free from disputes and bickerings with employers and no Jurisdictional matters are up for settlement.

At this time last year almost all unions were demanding higher wages and, after many parleys and meetings, the men in most instances were suocessful in getting an increase. This stabilized wage costs for the first time in months and the neriod of beace that followed these agreements has been welcomed by both, employer ana employee. Bonuses nave disappeared and is no longer heard of. It is not thought probable that any move will be made to reduce labor costs Until next sum- mcr, it then. COLUMBUS CIRCLE DEALS "The sale or the block front plots at 50th St.

and 7th ave. by the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company and at 60th st. and 8th ave. by the Eighth Avenue Rail-mad Company and the purchase of 16 lots at 67th st. and 8th avo.

by R. Hearst were the main features of the Columbus Circle section during 1924," said Nathan L. Ottinger in discussing the neighborhood. "The outstanding feature of the year, visible to the eye, was the removal of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Hallway spur from 63d et. to 69th st.

The taking away of this structure has made a wonderful imprcoment, not a-lone -helping the light on the direct corners at 6th but also allowing an unobstructed view east and west on 57th which oh ac count of Its slightly undulating surface now gives a majestic sweep to the entire street." Great Consolidated Electric. Dillon, Read as fiscal agent for the Great Consolidated Electric Power (Daido Denryoku Kabushikl Kalsha) announce to JIUlUriQ Ul MIDI IIIUIWOAO I sinking fund gold bonds, series of this company, due Aug. 1, 1944, that notice has been receivea rrom ine Central Union Trust Company of New York, as countersigning agent, that. It has designated bv lot for re. demption on Feb.

1. 1926, $250,000 principal amount of first mortgago 7 percent sinking tuna gom Donns, series A. The numbers of the 11,000 n.eces drawn range from 1 to 14499. The numbers of twe $500 pieces range from 153 to 1042. Electrification To Help Staten According to Theodore 8.

Oxholm, consulting engineer for the Boro of Richmond, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which operates the Statop Island Railway between Bt. Georga and Tottenvllle, has let contracts for the electrification of the road. Ho said: "Much work ori this Improvement has already been accomplished, sn that It is believed that by next May this railroad will be in fulj electrical operation. In connection with this work, live grade-crossings' are being eliminated between Prlnca Ray and Pleasant Plains at a cost of over $1,000,000. "Mavor Hylan proposes to use lines of busses across the boro as feeders to this railroad, and also to the new subway from St.

George to Arlington, to be built by the city. This, to-guther with the trackless trolley system, now In operation In portions of the boro, and which may be extended, will give ideal transportation facilities. The lack of these has been largely responsible for the retarded growth of Staten Island." Mr. Oxholm said a photograph of Staten Island taken from an-airplane showed a. surprising difference In the development between th shoro line of New Jersey along the Arthur Kill and the opposite shore en Staten Island.

"On the New Jorsey side 'there' Is a railroad which has caused the construction1 of manufacturing plants along' the entire 15 miles between Perth Amboy and Elizabeth. Enormous operations are going on along this deup water front, while an Co. ft. and has of st. tho the st the Its the by is on for of st.

on ot its a at NEW I. CITY INDUSTRIES. Hunters rolnt Sheet Metal Works, ,500 feet floor SDace. emDlovinir pflve men, 51 Borden ave. Riverside Ice Company, 303 Dlt mas ave.

Clall, Oakley Allen. Dalnts. painting engineers, 8,600 feet floor' space, employing 25 persons, Nott and Vernon ave. Gotham Braid Works. 6.000.

square feet floor space, employing 20 hands, 90-92 Sunswick St. New York Delteo Auto Ing Corporation, 18,000 square feet-floor space, employing. 20 to 25 hands, 2 30 Moore north of Boulevard. Federal Textile Mills, makers of bookbinders' cloth, factory at Pierce and 11th aves. Sleeper Radio Corporation, 20,000.

square feet floor space at 6th and Washington sts. Electric Safety Razor Corporation. 4.600 square feet "floor space, employing 35 persons. 3d floor 92-94 Sunswick st. Sphinx Lacquer Finishing Cor- poration, 6,000 square feet floor space, employing 10 hands, 2d ave.

Jones Hewlet Rubber makers of mechanical rubber good and rubber tires, 6,400 square feet of floor space, employing 7 hands, foot of Court st. negnon oc to, jtasDestos israke Service Station. 7.600 sauar feet- floor space, 156 Boulevard. Kue Motors Cornoratlon. aeent for Bethlehem Truck Company, Allentown, 6,000 square feet tloor space, Hulst st.

near Queens blvrl. Freeman Brothers, fine furnlture.v 30,000 square feet floor SDace. em ploying 70 to 75 hands, 295 Ver non ave. (, Colonial, Radio Company, makers of radio aparatus, 12,600 feet of floor space, employing 100 to 150 hands, corner of 10th st. and East, ave.

Universal Shock Eliminator', Company, 44,000 square feet floor, space, employing 40 hands, 310 Vernon ave. Pressteel Engineering Corpora- tlon, steel card index files, 2,600,. square feet, employing 7 persons, part of Tiffin Building. Carroll Box and Lumber Com-' pany, build factory. 120 Degnon Terminal property.

Auromlne Corporation, makers of Aniline dayo stuff, 10,000 square feet of floor space, employing 30 hands, 22 7th st. Offset Oravure Corporation, square feet in Piel Building. T. A Snider, catsup manufac-1 hirers, storage and garage, part of Tiffin Building. Bragg KUesrath Corporation, brakes for, automobile, building' 4930 Van Pelt st.

Nutractor Motor Company, building Hulst st. north of Queens blvd. Fremonte Thread Company, part, of building Pierce and 9th aves. Scientific Apparatus Corporation, part of building Pierce and 9th aves. Phoenix Plush Company, part 1 of Piel Building.

APPRAISALS Estate of ERNESTINE UHLItt, died Jn. 17. 1924, appraised at J91.M1.72, which pamea to three daughters, Ernestine Lamps, Caro- line Uhllg and Klsa Vhlic; two sons, Uustav Uhli gand 'William Uhllg, and others. Estate of ANNA SAKE, died Jan. 21, appraised at $42,162.48, which passes to a.

sister, Magadeline Lannlcr; two brothera--Philip Miller and Henry Miller, and others. Estate of EDITH L. EEANER, died 28, 1S16. appraised tat which to three cousina, Henry Lueders. Franceses, Donn and Maria Mencko.

Batata of CHARLES A. RIPPMAN, died. July 11, 1923, appraised at I33.76l.60, pauses to his widow A. Rippraan, and nine children. Estate ot RJCHARD RYAN, died Jan.

22, 1923, appralBed at t22.368.4S, which passes to his widow, Elllabeth A. Ryan; four daughters. Margaret Markle. Mary Uessner, Ann Lowrie and Jane Ryan; two aona. Jamrs Ryan and Richard Ryan, and others.

WILLS PROBATED Fannie Segal, Mary J. Mitchell, Mary A. Blckford, Frances Adella Murphy, Caroline, J. Thompson, Anita L. F.

Fox, Snlomon Rosenthal, Adam Klein, Louis Hlrsch, Marv L. Bamberger. George W. Rogers, GUella Skllllton, Alfred Jaburg. cover this field.

The lire department Is active In preventing these'; non-conforming uses. Citizens should not complain if the fire department depends to a large extent on inter-" ested citizens bringing cases of vie-' lation to its attention. The fire department properly requires affidavits' Informing It when the non-con-' forming use was begun because nonconforming uses which were car-' ried on before July 25, 1916, when' the zoning law went into operation, can properly be continued. The fire-department notifies the proprietor of the nun-conforming use to quit, and if he does not quit, It has him summoned before the Magistrate's' Court. This' court ean tine or im- prison.

The NEW YORK A COAL RANGE of distinction the ultimate result of more than eighty years' experience in ranee building. Absolutely reliable, with baking qualities that have never been excelled. ABENDROTH BROTHERS Est. 1140 1619 Bedford Brooklyn rnctory at ort thester, N. Y.

1, am ii mmmMmmum Manhattan Project of New Year Mm fl, if i IK it Zone Law Halts Business Invasion of Home Districts: of trade that will be built in the noar future is Nassau Boulevard, laid out on the city map to a width of 160 feet through Corona and to ex tend from Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven ave. to the Nassau County line. This highway will run through the southern section of Corona over an entirely new right of way wnicn tl. city nas already ac quired. It will greatly relieve traffic on Queens Bdulevard and help build up the.

southerly section of Corona. corona, formerly known as West Flushing, is no longer a series of disconnected hamlets but has become a solidly built up urban community; Its broad asphalted streets are well llarhted at nleht nnd hn.ov with traffic on the leading" thor- ougnrares aunng tne day. k. The principal through avenues of Corona running in an easterly and westerly direction are: Jackson, Polk (the old Flushing and Newtown Turnpike), Hayes, Fillmore, Roosevelt, Hunt, Kingsland. North and South Railroad trailing the Long Island Railroad, and south or tne railroad, Corona Lusting, Merrlt, Nlcolls Van Alstyne Martense st.

and Lewis nve. The principal Wghwaya running Ja northerly auu southerly direction are the numbered streets from 46th to 61st and Junction forming the westerly boundary of Corona; Luona running southwest from Roosevelt Is one of the oldest streets in the section and is getting to be an Important business thoroughfare. Other built up highways are. as follows: Sibouitsen, Baylies, Steenwick, Mickle, Darvall, Edson, Ferguson, Gunther, Havemeyer, Lake, Spruce, Biroh, Provoost, Radcllffe, Strong, Tory; others in the Corona Heights section: Bronson, Calloway, Barry-more, Field, Cushinan, Forest Kingston Terrace, Way running from Roosevelt southeasterly to Its intersection with Luona forming a triangle in the business center. Linden Park, comprising between three and four acres with a lake and located in the heart of the community, is bounded on the east by Alburtis west by Culver pi.

and south by Hunt st. and north by Lake street. Among the prominent recent developments Is that of Abraham Krauss, who has built 100 one and two-family houses, costing from to $12,000 each, on what wero formerly known as the Van Winkle and Rapelye farms, on Sothern, Alstyne, and Corona aves. and 98th street, Bis Kealty Developments. The Corona Model Houpes Com pany nas oin two-family brick houses, costing and Roosevelt ave.

Pau, oinpleted or un der construction 100 two-family brick dwellings, costing $1 8.000vln the Junction ave. and st. section. Nearly all of the above named have heen sold before they were completed. A Brooklyn contracting firm has a whole block of apartment houses under construction on 40th near the Junction ave.

station of the elevated railroad. The Straus Building Company has been engaged during thepast year In building- 150 one and two-story, frame and stucco houses In the northerly sermon of Corona, known as East Elmhurst. costing about $10,000 each. A number ure now under construction. Foundations have- been constructed for about 100 high class dwellings on the Leverlcb estate on 43th, 44th, 45th sts.

and Polk uve. Corona Is abundantly favored In tho 'way of transportation facilities, it Is only 30 minutes from. Grand Central Station by the Roosevelt ave. extension and with the 2d ave. at 69th st.

and with the B. M. T. 16 minutes from Pennsylvania Station by the best, express trains of the Long Island Railroad. There is a trolley connection between Corona and Rldgewood only 20 minutes from the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges by the Myrtle ave.

and Broadway Lines. It is connected with Long Island City and tho Queensboro Bridge by trolley over Jackson ave. Corona has three flourishing banks. Mammoth Sewer System. It is said that there are about 100 smaller building operations under way in Corona ranging from single buildings to blocks of five and six.

Corona has one of the finest sewer systems In the city. The big outlet mains in 61st twin tubes, each large enough to admit the passage of a horse and cart through it, provide Corona, comprising the northeasterly section of the old Town of Newtown and containing a popula-" tlon variously estimated at from to 80,000, Is one of the most rapidly growing of Queens Boro. 1 Its growth has been greatly accelerated in the past four or five years by the completion and opera tion of the extension of tho Queens subway, which trings the most easterly section of the community within 30 minutes of Grand Central station fnr sl ntolcal Since then Corona. which was formerly known as West Flushing, a mere hamlet on the line of the Long Island Railroad, has grown by leaps and bounds. Albur tis ave.

station, which is now the terminus of the Roosevelt ave. line, hag become tho center of a populous and bustling business center. Forty-sixth extending to the north from the station, is lined with brick and blocks all the wky to Jackson north of thatie a residential section. Roosevelt ave. is lined with brick business structures for its entire length through Corona.

Jackson the oldest business thoroughfare trav ersed by the Flushing and Long! Island City trolley line, ic llneu wnn three-story business blocks In the North Elmhurst and Corona sections. One of the. most. Important Improvement undertakings for the near future is the extension of the Roosevelt ave. line to Flushing.

The work of construction" over the meadows to the abutments of the proposed bridge over Flushing Creek is nearly completed and the excavation of the tunnel under Amity Flushing, from the meadows east of the Creek to Main st. is complete and the excavation for the Main st. station is progressing raDidlv. All of the other por tions of the work will be completed ahead of the bridge. Bids are to be asked for the construction of the bridge over the creek on Jan.

20. The 'bridge will be a double decked structure, the lower floor to be used for the transit railroad ana tne up oer for the highway. The railroad level is to be completed und ready fnr the oDeration of trains wttntn 226 days. This will largely Increase tie traffic, over the line. Big B.

K. Storage Yard. Another big undertaking IS the construction by the city of the mammoth' railroad storage yard and repair shops on the meadows norm of Roosevelt live, to cover over 20 acres, to be three blocks In length, between Hewlett and lllverslde aves and to have a storage capacity for 700 cars of the I. R. T.

and B. M. T. subway systems. The contract for the foundation, abutments and fill for the first section to accommodate 200 cars was awarded on Dec.

20. by the transit Commission to Lust bad er Construction Company at 13 and the work will be pushed rap-Idly to completion, A largo force will be employed at the yard, in the repair shops and as car cleaners and inspectors. The completion of this yard will permit of the operation of express trains over the third track of the Roosevelt ave. lino, which track now has to be taken Up for the storage of cars when not In use. ItMs expected that the express trains will make the run between.

Corona and Grand Central station in Manhattan in 20 minutes or less. Another undertaking contemplated by the Long Island Railroad Is the building of the big freight terminal yard on the meadows adjacent to Its present tracks. Tills is dependent upon the city's consent to the elimination of several streets laid out. across the meadows on the city map but not physically opened. The company is now transporting much of Its less than carload lots from central distributing stations on the North Shore division, to other stations by motor trucks where It is found to be less expensive and more efficient.

The company contemplates elevating Its tracks through Corona in the not far distant future. It Is expected that the meadows. 850 acres or more of which have heen filled in with ashes and refuse by the Brooklyn Ash Removal Com pany and by the Degnon Construction Company by material dredged from Flushing Buy, will eventuajly be covered with Industrial plants. Corona is gradually expanding Jri that direction. On of the great through arteries wmmmmmmam mBmmmwm 11 1 a mlm By EDWARD M.

BASSETT. The zoning maps show residence districts in which can be built only residences, clubs, churches, schools, hospitals, etc. In these districts, since July 25, 1916, a business building cannot be built, a dwelling cannot be altered into a business building, nor can a business use be started in a dwelling. The question often arises whether home callings like a doctor's or aeniisi office will he prevented In a residence district. Can a music teacher put up a small sign? Can an architect carry on his business at home.

Can a sculptor or artiut mako and sell his works from his home In a residence district? What is the rroper line between a home colling which will bo allowed and a business that will be prevented. The zoning resolution states that In a residence district no building shall be used for any other than dwellings, clubs, churches, and for tho accessory uses customary thereto. long as the home calling is customary incident to tho use of the building as a home there will be no infraction of the law. The zoning resolution Is reasonable in this respect and is designed to prevent hardship to professional men and others who customarily do their work at home as an incident. This leniency of tho law is often taken advantage of by business men who try to sail as close to the wind as posslblo by establishing a business In a resilience, district.

Signs will often tell the story as to whether the business Is merely an Incident to the dwelling use or whether the dwelling is Incident to the business. The zoning resolution delegates tho enforcement of tho law in this respect to the tire department. This is not because the non-conforming uses are related to fire hazard, but because It seemed better to have a single department, like the fire department, prevent these Improper uses than to have five different build ing departments in the different boros milium 99m Among the large apartment buildings soon to be started in Manhattan is the 15-story structure to be built ut tha southeast corner ot 105th st. and West End ave. at cost of about $1,500,000, by the West End Avenue Corporation, of which Michael Campngna Is president.

The building will contain On suites, divided into three, and six rooms each. The Jand is slightly Irregular In.