The evening world. Newspaper, May 8, 1920, Page 5

2h , 7 4 A sino0oo00 * FUR MONTES OF, BLDG BOO po, Metropolitan. Projects Break Records, With $124,300,000 in Greater City. the first of the year. f but $45,000,000, Home building in etburban sections is wall above éts normal propor- tion to the total, but in Manhattan and “the congested city districts of Brooklya, the Bronx and Jersey City, ‘where large apartment structures are most in demand, there is very little work under way. This ts traced di- rectly to high rates for money and the difficulty of getting loans cn reason- @ble terms for such projects. City building of multi-family houses of the type urgently needed has been carried on in the past almost exclusively by Speculative builders who invest only a small percentage of their own funds in the operations and borrow the rest. ‘The Money murket has shut them out entirely and there seems to be no other class of builders to take their place. In fact, the oki builders have made the rent crush worse by using thelr capital in the speculative pur- chase of completed houses and raising rents in order to sell them at a quick profit. $124,300,000 FOR ‘BUILDING IN GREATER CITY. In the Greater City, building plans ified for the year to date call for an outlay of §124,300,000 in comparison ‘with $38,200,000 for the corresponding perted last year. In Manhattan where the total is practically all for busi- mess use, the outlay is $66,500,000, of which nearly $16,500,000 is for altera- tions. This compares with the 1919 figures of $9,750,000 for new structures and $5,500,000 for alterations. Brooklyn comes next with $31,850,- 000, the alterations calling for $,- 760,000. Plans a year ago totaled $15,500,000 for now buildings and $2,- 500,000 for alterations, Queens runs well ahead of the Bronx with $16,500,000, of which %1,- 600,000 is for alterations. Its total a year ago fell short of $6,000,000 new structures and $500,000 alterations. Bronx plans call for $8,375,000, with $875,000 alterations, in compdrison with the 1919 record of $2,450,000 new vaildings and alterations. Richmond has $1,000,000 by more than $75,000, the alterations be- ing $12,000. This is just double just year’s volume. TURNING TOWARD BIG RUSH OF HOME BUILDING. Although plans filed and contracta awarded show a discouraging pre- ponderance of business over resi- dential projects, latest work of ur- chitects and promoters reveals a rapidly increasing volume of the much required housings ~F. W. Dodge Company reports covering one :week, showing nearly 500 new proj- ects at an estimated outlay of $33,- 000,000, record over $20,000,000 as resi- dential, but mainly of the private dwelling type. The normal propor- tion of houses would be 30 per cent. of the total, although until the past ~ two weeks it has not averaged 20 per cent. S. W. Straus, who is financing some of the largest projects in this and other cities, says the shortage of homes throughout the country not only adds to the financial burdens of many classes of people but has a general disturbing effect which fos- ters unrest and contributes to lack of production, ‘fn recognition of this fact,” sald he to-day, “some of the langest in- dustrial concerns are moving to solve the housing problem among their employees through various projects, the most promising being based on installment mortgages which call for an initial payment of 10 per cent. of tho cost of the home, the balance in monthly sums during’a period of ten years, the total to be just what the cost stands the corporation. Such plans will help general industrial conditions for as long as the quota of homes is below normal we will be subjected to the dangers of under- production and unrest.” President Allan Robinson of City and Suburban Homes Company, who was manager of the operatinx divi- sion of the United States siousing Corporation during the war, with projects for expenditures over $100,- 000,000, declares the housing problem cannot be solved except by the pro- duction of houses in bulk and the sule of homes by blocks to the Na- tion's industrial population. He says big industrial concerns are being forced to undertake such operations ~-« in both West and Hast and that pri- Jooks for unprecedented bulk home Duilding in the form of communities during the next five years. Mai iRBE> AM cia aly WIDOW CANNOT RENT HOME. Landlords Retase Beenuse She Has Sevem Children, Forced to move from her home at No, 165 Coney Istand Av., Brooklyn, ‘ecause the Iandlord has sold the house, Mrs, Margaret Traynor, a widow and mother, of seven ‘children, the youngest five and the oldest elgiiivoa, has tried for more than two months to find another but always she is met with the timeworn “No, madam; we do not Now children in this house." | Mrs. Traynor {8 a State pensiouer and can afford to pay a moderate rent, put because of the children, no land-| lord will rent rooms to her, For cixht weeks she has walked the streets feven hours a day in search of roo >"ra, ‘Traynor sald last night. M cipal Court Judge Boyce im Deccrn gave Mrs, ‘Traynor a month to find Sther home, and» when told that this vate investors must come to It. fe ; ahs THE BVENIN QR |Answers fo Rent Queries; New Laws Explained for ‘Evening World Readers answers for to-day: estimated outlays on plans filed since | 4 prij, 1920, the house was sold to the present landlord. On May 4 I was Thelr activity establishes new high | notined my rent would be increased volume record... The force of the boom | May 1§ to 25 per tent. of what I paid 48 diastrated by comparison with th® in October. Ploase let me know what pen. work for the corresponding period |i ao, Just year when their plans called for! Answer—tt you pay the last, in- crease you will have been increased more than 25 per cent, in a year, which the law presumes to be op- pressive and unjust. Suggest to your landlord that you pay am increase of 26 per cent. of $22 and if he doesn't accept you may allow the matter to be adjusted in court. M. M. S—On April 1, 1919, my rent was raised from $19 to $21 and on Oct. 1, 1919, it was raised to $25. By May 11 was up to $30 a month, but refused to pay the last increase. I offered 25 per cent. of $21, which the landlord accepted. I have been served witn notice to get out by June 1. We have no heat or hot water and have to do our own janitor service. What advice? Answer—Since the landlord has ac- cepted the increase you offered, some Judge hold he is bound to it for a year; others that the case is still open. Do not leave your apartment until the landlord has forced the mat~ ter into court. It is probable you will get o favorable decision. €. L. Z—My landlord has written me demanding that I let him know by May 15 whether I will sign a lease next October at a 25 per cent. in- crease over what I am paying now. Can he compel me to do this? I really don't know what I will do next October. Answer—No; he cannot compel you to do so uniess there is a clause in this year’s lease which provides for some such notice. A. W. years ago I made a lease with my landiord which expires this October. I have the privilege of renewing for two more years on tho same conditions, according to a clause in the lease. The landlord claims he is entitled to an increase of 25 per cent., notwithstanding the provisions of the lease. Can he raise me? Answer—Tiiis is a disputed point among Municipal Judges. Some hold he can, others he can't. Your best plan would be to find out the opinion of the Judge for your district and be governed accordingly. J. C. A.—Kindly let me know if I have any redress in this case. April, 1919, we have paid. Answer—Some Mu: hold that since you Followine are the questions and i A. L. C—On May 15, 1919, I was Builders in the metropolitan dis-|raiseq to $22 and on Oct. 15 of the ttict crowsed $150,000,000 this week 19 | same year I was raised to $24. In can I put her out? ‘Arewer— ‘You can institute eviction against her, but if she in the m it is le she would be nm from thirty to nit days to find another place. anywhere CONDENSED MILK “The MILK that SAVES the SUGAR” HERE is no reason why you cannot en- joy your morning cup of Coffee or Cocoa, if you have “Eagle Brand” in the house. It makes you independent of any sugar shortage, For sale at all dealers THE BORDEN COMPANY There is no chance of profiteering in my In | business. 1 sell my specialti¢s at the same my rent was $21, and inl May, 1920) It was raleed to $28; which pal Judges ive paid the in- crease you are bound to pay it for a. year; others hold under the law pro- pere of it as 1 always have. If the cat aii goes up, es sugar and other things have, I adjust my prices accord- ingly, always remembering that 1 am en- titled to a just profit for knowing how to SaltoNuts and Chocolate differ- viding for an equitable rental you can , ¢ntly from anybody else. yet have it adjusted. [t would be wise | to learn the opinion of the Judge for your district and be governed ac- cordingly. I don't suppose you regard my specialties as mecessities, such as bread, butter, groceries, meats, clothes, shoes, etc—but you ought to J, B.—In October, 1919, I signed a |feeard them és ectmery 19. 39 happi year's lease at $70. T am just in re- ceipt of a letter from a law firm stat- ing that the property has been sold and saying if [ wish to remain I must Pay $1,300 annually beginning Oct. 1, 1920. I do not believe the house was | sold, and think it a mere trick to get My understanding the rent higher. of the law is that rents cannot be raised more than 25 per cent. over at they were a year before unless e landlord shows he needs a greater advance. Answer—Your understanding of the many of you do, because my business is growing all the time at. my four storee— three on the west side of Brosdvay ear 30th, 45th and 99th Streets, and one in Herald Square, 6th Ave. near 35th Street. Salto-Nuts, besides being delicious dainties, are real food: Price—mixed—$2.25 the lb. Italian Chocolates (the bitter-sweet kind), $1.50 the Ib. Supreme Chocolates, $2.00 the lb. Matince Idols (Nutted Chocolates), $2.50 law is correct, and this is the law |‘ [b. wales wre apply Ad ged ous, oe Aw store serves Soda Fountain ialties not sign new lease, but let the | of all kinds F landlord show in court the, neccesity | retiree ane One stores in Herald Square, for the increase. M. C. B.—On April 1, 1919, our rent was $18 and by February, 1920, it had been raised to $22, and now the owner informs me he will raise it to $25. Is he justified in so doing? He has not done any cleaning in woven years, and goodness “knows the place needs it. Answer—The law presumes an in- crease of more than 26 per cent, over the amount you paid the year pre- vious to be unjustified and oppres- sive. This would apply to your case. Refuse to pay the last “aise and make the landlord prove in court he is fair in asking it. P. P. C.—On May 1, 1919, my rent was raised to $30 by a new landlord and in October of that year it was raised to $33. ‘The house was sold again and the new owner made the ‘rent $43. The matter was adjusted before the Mayor's Commi‘tee, a rental of $38 being fixed. Thx house is sold fain and June 1 the rent will bu $43. The new landlord says he bought the house in consideration of the raise and he is going to raise us in October again, What recourse have we? Answer—The raise, including the last one, is almost 50 per cent. and the law looks upon it as oppressive and unjust. Withhold payment of the last increase and have the matter adjusted in court. If the case goes against you the landlord cannot evict you. A proper rental will be fixed. E. Was impossible he refused to issue a n Frank, eight, is] y ill, and Mrs, Traynor said last ‘she is ‘heartbroken. and tea from noon until 7P. M, every day.~ i “Hatch, he pays the parcel post.” Send for Booklet, Sincerely yours, R. L. HATCH. Herald Square, 6th Ave., at 35th St. Telephone, Greeley 241, $200 SEASHORE suburban "property as Ieoa “than “one Prenent cling. ale. "Ain ‘efering some Rar Bayon dry hore directly arom ry H ‘and. opposite Staten” Toland, ots are within tow Minutes of fine bathing trolley nine through the ‘andthe station 1s 6 minutes | away; near” schools. churches, io thy payments. For nave’ of “this “property and ‘tree teket. to gla dara the undersigned or came Sunday""itay Ooh, at Ita Ate to Room be taken out free ee ou Of ‘ll expense to SN ART ae” BRUCE: Biendae {y ——<————— Real Estate OWN YOURHOME and be your own landlord. Easier than most persens realize, A Wonderful Assortment of opportunities to the land upon wh a home or buy o bullt is offered the ‘To-Morrow's Sund: ither buy to build addy caders of World. 1,000 Separate Real Estate Offers For Sale & Wanted * Broadway at Ninth, New York It’s going straight on—this People’s Sale—accumu- lating momentum, volume and enthusiasm as it goes. It’s reaching homes all over the country. Visitors in New York from nearly every state are taking advan- tage of it. Even better still—the movement is spreading into city after city, and town after town—where local stores are reducing their prices. Letters and telegrams and telephone messages from stores near and far are asking permission to use our advertising and our name in making a “20 per cent. deduction on all our stocks, just as you have done in New York and Philadelphia.” Go to it! It will all help to break the iron back- bone of high prices and bring them, down. « NO! Weare not letting our stocks runout! In the first five days of May we have taken into our two. stores $2,703,876 (two and three quarter million dollars) of new goods which we have placed on sale marked just as they would be marked were no such sale going on—and offered subject to the 20 per cent. discount. And we stand ready to buy a million dollars more a week if the goods are right and the prices meet ours. This is the big news—get it straight: The United Press and Associated Press and many special wire services have sent the news broadcast, and we are now getting a flood of clippings showing the widespread interest in the movement. Even box manufacturers pre co-operating by offer- ing us a discount on package boxes during the sale. And great manufacturers who at first were startled and looked on the whole scheme as a great impossible vision are now saying: “It looks as if you are really accomplishing the big thing. Let us know of a way v help you.” Everything you need—for ‘yourself, your family, your home, for gifts to others—every- thing in all our twenty million dollar retail stocks—everything in the two big Wanamaker buildings—everything is offered at a deduction of | 20 per cent. from the price at time of purchase. The Great Sale continues Monda Everything in the Wanamaker Stores at 20 per cent. less (Except a very few articles on which prices are fixed by the makers) Polat 5 sein “ey Store Hours 9 to'6 ‘What’s Happening in the Down-Stairs Store . During the Sale at [F yon could hear the teldfione calls, read the letters, and see the manufacturers that are — a us good merchandise un vou vea Many nities are | rent of this effort to break the backoore of high prices. ‘ ewe ST ba wii eOFey are taking in new merchandise daily, ei E W ing it at regular prices, and offering it at’! (J 20 per cent. off: In many instances, we have i in special purchases of low-price merchandise, marked. them at avons wholesale cost, and offered. the lots to you at 20 per cent. off. i 7 * ees MAYY housewives who were here the first, have been here many times since. “I’m stocking yp. the entire house,” one of them “and I'll be back tomorrow.” ‘This is the way thinking people view the situation, arid profit by the deduction. x / *“* © HE May White Sale began a day before this 20 4 per cent, off was announced. White Sale prices are always less than regular; and now they are 20 per cent. lower still. ©The busy around the counters tell the tale. Yes! Everything in the Down-Stairs Store Is 20 per cent. Off Except a very few articles restricted by manufacturers OE of the happiest features about this offer is the satisfaction expressed by the public. Hundreds of people tell us their appreciation daily; and the crowds that cover almost every foot of selling space bear evidence of their earnest co-operation. ate FATHERS, mothers, sisters, brothers—every- body shares in this opportunity, because the regular Wanamaker stocks of good, dependable merchandise are yours to choose from at 20 per cent. off. Nothing is held back; that isn’t the Wana- maker way. MONPAY will bea good day to come. A day’s rest will freshen up everybody, place things in order, and prepare the lower-price Down-Stairs Store for another happy, interesting day. * * * séy'VE saved on the very things I had to have,” was one mother's comment. GOOD! A saving on necessary things is true economy. derprice, would er A as Iti Ce a Soe |