MANY A PROBLEM; DOMESTIC AND FINANCIAL, IS SOLVED BY OWNING YOUR OWN HOME
CITY SAID TO BE
ON VERGE OF A
BIG REALTY
Building Operations and Many Changes in Ownerships Ex
pected to Materialize With Warmer Weather
While realty transactions in the
fity and county during the- last few
months have been light, involving
only smaller properties, dealers in
ihe city anticipate a large number
of sales during the coming weeks.
During January and February the
number of deeds filed daily was
■Uightly below the record for 1917,
>ut it is believed that the total for
last year during March and April
ivill be almost equaled this spring.
Some of the sales will probably
>e brought about by the decrease in
'Uilding operations while a number
of other transfers are anticipated
jeeause of the large number of es
ates which will probably be settled
l>y administrators and executors.
A Big Grant
Probably one 01" the most import
int business section transfers to be
ecorded during the past few days
vas the grant from Samuel Fishnian
o the city. A few months ago an
agreement was made by city ofii
ials with Mr. Irishman in which it
vas stipulated that in return for a
trip of ground 105 by 27 feet at the
•orner of Fourth and Chestnut
■treets, a small allfy beside the Mul
>crry street bridge, and the" end of
'herry would be closed and Mr.
•'ishman would be given permission
o erect a buildnig fronting on the
>ridge. The deed which was filed
ontained the grant from Mr. Flsh
nan and will result in widening
"hestnut street at the bridge ap
proach eliminating one of the dan
ferous curves there.
Three other property transactions
vhich are of interest at present are l
hose involving the taking of the
>roperties in the Hardscrabble dis
rict, the viewers' hearings on the
aking of properties in Fifth and in
iValnut streets by the city school
ioard, and the report of awards of
lamages to properties involved in
he construction of the Second and
■'ront street subways at Mulberry
itreet, and the closing of Third 1
treet, Meadow Lane and other high
\ ays.
Experts Give Opinion
In all of these proceedings a nurn-'
ier of realty experts of tli city have
ieen called to give estimates 01" the
alue of properties in the districts!
11 question.
An unusual feature now to be
ettled in connection with the Hard-'
crabble improvement will be the!
rial of suits by the city against
nvners on the east side of Front |
treet, for benefits which will result
rom the wrecking of the buildings
FOR SALE or EXCHANGE
At Surprisingly Low Price and Very Easy Terms
Choice Business C orner & Residence
State Road and Pennsylvania Avenue, West Fairview,
(known as Pyne's Corner). A modern two-and-one-half
story Frame House. Store room and six living rooms with
basement under the entire building, large plot of ground,
54x200 feet. Property is decidedly valuable now and is
bound to double in value within next few years. Plenty of room in
rear for a pair or more of houses, room in front for an additional
house. Prorperty now occupied, hut can give possession April 1.
Enola trolley past the door with frequent service day and night.
Thus it is practical to occupy this house even if you are employed
in Harrisburg, Steelton, Enola or Marysville.
One glance will convince you it is an unusual investment
opportunity.
For business reasons I am positively going to dispose of this
property within the next few weeks, and if in any way interested
oall and submit what you have to exchange or let me quote you a
Snap Price to induce quick buying. Then if you think my figures
too high, make me best offer. Hardly necessary nor advisable to
ask outsiders or tenant as to price and particulars. The undessigned
the owner, will gladly quote same on request. Then should you
feel interested I will arrange with occupant to show you the prop,
erty. x
(The Owner)
A. C. YOUNG—Everything in Real Estate
BOTH PHONES . :'.l NORTH SECOND STREET
The Young Building, Third lloor, Harrisburg, Pn.
Member of The Harrisburg Real Estate Board
Let Us Assist > Our Exceedingly
You In Your Liberal Pay-is-
House Furnishings You-Get-Paid
Planning |jp Credit p liH
with our Immpn.se stocks of |H
home th Jon,p n ie?r^ r to I enables you ;o buy just
from, you will be able to 1 I what you would like to
ifrn P ich i HZ*' in J our \\~jS E. have so that your Home
House furnishings scheme 4Q ... , ~ „
that will bring comfort. will be "The Home that
L'? P ,Vi"® ss nd ponvenjiiico you've planned In vour
at very economical prices. . .
Make this store your friend dreams —a home you knew
we want to be yours. was all your own.
GATELY & FITZGERALD SUPPLY CO.
29-31-33-35 South Second Street
THE DIFFERENT KIND
SATURDAY EVENING, . HABJRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH* 2, 1918.
on the west side and the develop-!
ment of the park at that point.
A number of realty dealers will i
be called next week again to estimate'
values on the buildings adjoining the!
Technical High School which will!
later be removed and an addition |
built on the ground. The valuations 1
given for the entire tract and the
improvements range from $60,000 to!
almost SIOO,OOO.
The report of the viewers who de- !
cided damages to be awarded to :
property owners affected by the sub
way improvement at Mulberry street J
and the closing of streets below the
Cumberland Valley railroad tracks, |
will be filed in the court records
soon. A number of appeals j
taken It is said.
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"Own Your Own Home" Is
Slogan of Realty Men
Believing that to make a i-omfort- j
alle home for wife and children is j
one of the highest testa of good cit- '
lzcnship and that you cannot make ;
a real hone for wife and kiddies un- :
less you own it yourself, the real 1
estate men of Ilarrisburg will short- I
Jy launch an "Own Your Home" 1
dnmpaign. To this end a proposition ,
will be published more enticing thßii !
anything hitherto put out, say the '
real estate men. It will probably be !
ivodeled somewhat after the Sawyer j
Tark offers in Wllliamsport. The!
Ilarrisburg men are going to emphn- )
size that to own a home is the i
American standard of success in life I
and that the renter "always looks '
upon himself mole or less as a fail- i
ure. To make your rent a portion |
of the amount that you will put into j
a permanent home is their argu
ment.
MAN Y WILLING TO WORK
IX BIG SHIPYARDS!
Despite the need for labor here, a j
great number of men applied to-day j
at the temporary employment office!
established at Third and North j
streets, by Paul Gendell. industrial
agent for the New York Shipbuilding
Company. As many more applica
tions for work came over the phone.
Gendell said that he mostly wanted
boHertnakers and first class ma
chinists, but that he would not take j
away so many men as to cripple the j
industries here. Inexperienced men 1
were plenty enough and a number!
of these were signed up this morn- j
ing to start immediately for the j
shipyards at Camden.
A Home of Character
npiIIS house needs a wide lot as it is 34 feet broad with a depth of 24 feet. The
porch is carried across the entire front to give an effect of seclusion. The en
trance leads into a large square reception hall from which the main staircase ascends.
•Arched openings connect the hall, living room and dining room into one large space for
dancing when desired. Rear stairs from the kitchen are one of the many conveniences.
Wide siding and a stained shingle roofvvith rounded eaves and "thatched" effect
gives a very "homey" tone to this roomy small house.
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With vapor heat, electric lights, oak and gum finish, good plumbing and full base
ment the house can be built for $4600. By using pine trim, hot air heat, pine floors
upstairs and omitting the rounding 'SBB2S3**
caves and curved shingle lines the
uDinukT? raViin || cost can be reduced to about S3BOO. .■stoogt |
* *—This plan was designed by Robin- ImSi
Livm hoom mau. son Greene for the Telegraph. W | || j 1
Address all inquiries to the Tele-
y graph.
War Has Not Interfered
With Realty Activities
Wartimes have not interfered with
lively real cstato transactions, ,ludg
;ng from the operations reported by
one firm, J. E. Gipple, of 1251 Mar
ket street. Four sales which have
been handled lately arc that of the
modern frame house owned by H. A.
liess, IK2B Howard street, sold to F.
C. Goodhart; the. modern three-story
frcme house, 1509 Vernon street, bo
ll ltging to William R. Knox and sold
to S. R. Xoblet; Mrs. Minnie Rom
berger's property at 88 North Eight
eenth street, to Mrs. Annie Xissley.
(,t Middletown: home of D. F. Fred
erick, Market street, sold to
H. R- Teets, of Hagerstown.
Flag Raising Exercise
at Lalance-Grosjean Plant
The 300 employes and guests of
the Lalance-Otosjean plant of this
city held a flag raising at the plant
this morning. A service flag con
taining twenty-two stars, one for
each employe now in the service,
and also a large American flag. An
address and prayer was made by the
ltev. Henry W. A. Hanson, pastor of
the Messiah Lutheran Church. He
urged the* men to be loyal to the
country and also to local interests.
Four employes who have been work
ing for the company for twenty-live
> ears pulled the cords at the flag
raising. The men were: Olie Wag
ner, Edwin Jones, Samuel Garrett
and Crist Jeffries.
PI AX REI> CROSS DRIVE
The high price of wool for which
commodity the Red Cross in Harris
burg lias already spent. $22,000, is
one prime reason for a new cam
paign to secure funds which will be
started all over the nation in the
week beginning May 6. It is aimed
to raise a total of $100,000,000, and
Harrisburg will make a great effort
to enroll every man, woman and
child in the city.
Give Farewell Party
to Soldier on Furlough
.
EDWIN* CROW
Edwin Crow, 1512 Green street,
will leave in a short time, for Camp
( Johnston. Florida, where lie is sta
! tioned with the Headquarters
Guard Company. Mr. and Mrs. C.
j It. Haney, Marysville ,* tendered a
; farewell party to him last night. The
| following guests were present:
Misses Edna Henry and Lulu Mid
don, Edwin Crow, Roger Eppley,
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Haney, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Carmiehael, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Brownliill, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Fisher, Airs. W. B. Fortenbaugh,
Daniel Fisher, Jr., Cleon Forten
baugh, and Mr._ and Mrs. C. R.
Haney.
SMICKER IS PROMOTED
Leßoy D. Smucker. son of the
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Albert
Smucker, 1311 Vernon street, had
i the honor this week of being the
i youngest man at the Reserve Offio
ers Training school, of the Fifth
Naval district, to receive a commis
sion. His title now is warrant officer
and he has been assigned as execu
j tive officer on one of the new subma
! rine chasers booked for oversea serv
ice. Smucker enlisted last May,
leaving Syracuse University in his
junior year. In a few months he was
made master-at-arms and in No
vember was recommended to the Re
serve Officers Training School, at
Jamestown, Va. He graduated on
Thursday with high rank.
WOMEN MACCABEES INSTALL
OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR
White's Hall, Verbeke and James
streets, was the scene of the annual
meeting of the Harrisburg Review,
No. 257, Woman's Benefit Associa
tion of the Maccabees last night,
when officers were elected followed
by an entertaining program. Mrs.
May Hickok and Mrs. Irene Brenne
man were the chief speakers. In
stallation services were conducted by
Past Commander Matilda Bates, and
Mrs. Charlotte Brucebank, lady of
ceremonies.
The complete list of newly-elected
officers is as follows:
Commander, Mrs. Annn Worrell;
lieutenant commander, Mrs. Eliza
beth Murlatt; house commander,
Frances Marshall; record keeper,
Mrs. Irene Brenneman; secretary,
Mrs. Nettie Hippie; lady-at-arms,
Mrs. Anna Bumgartner; sergeant,
Mrs. Sarah Wilson; chaplain, Mrs.
Flora Cussaek; sentinel Mrs. Mary
Warner; picket, Mrs. Elizabeth Fink.
Y.M.C.A.to Hear Address
by College Professor
Prof. H. F. Ober, professor of
biological sciences at Lebanon Val
ley College, Annville, will speak be
fore the men's mass meeting in
Kahnestock's hall at 3.30 o'clock to
morrow afternoon. Ills subject will
be "The Only Great Tragedy in a
Man's Life."
Abner W. Hartman, bass soloist,
and director of the choir at Mes
siah Lutheran Church, will sin# sev
eral bass solo*
RECORD GETS
A BIG BOOST!
Building Permit Issued For!
Construction of Junior • j
High School
Harrisburg's building record for
March got a big boost yesterday
when Augustus Wildman, contrac
tor for the erection of the new
| Junior High School at Nineteenth
J and Chestnut streets, took out a
! permit for the construction work.
Last year during March the total
! amount of work started did not
. total $200,000, while the permit is
! sued yesterday was for almost $300,-
! 000. It is anticipated by a number
lof contractors that quite a few
i smaller structures will be built dur-
I ing the spring and the permits taken
j out this month.
j Reports from many cities indi
l cate that the buildings which are
| going up now are only those which
j are absolutely necessary. This in-
I eludes manufacturing plants, gar
i ages, warehouses, additions and re
modeling work. Scarcity of labor
, and materials is responsible for this
. trend in the building situation with
, the result that the number of resi
dences which are started decrease.
Last year's building report evidenced
' the fact the contractors said. While
the city established'a new record
a study of the work which was
' [ started indicated that two big build
-1 | ings—the Penn-Harris Hotel, and
I the Evangelical Publishing plant—•
• j arc to cost more than a million dol
■ I lars.
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jfH Member Harrisburg Real Estate Board
ALL IDLE HOUSES !
NEEDED BY U. S. !
BE TAKEN OVER
New Law Also Authorizes the !
Seizure of Transit Lines
to Shipyards
Washington, March 2. —Before
proceeding with construction of
housing for shipyard workers the
shipping board, it was announced
last night, will commandeer all
available empty hotels, apartment j
houses and residences in cities near
where ships are being built. In
this way it is expected to supply ac
commodations immediately for
thousands of workmen.
The $50,000,000 housing bill,
signed by President Wilson, author
izes the board to commandeer not
only houses and land, but transpor
tation systems as well. It is entirely
likely that land on which houses
are to be built will be command
eered in most instances to prevent
speculative prices.
The shipping board already has
made a survey of housing facilities
in the neighborhood of ship plants
and is ready to take whatever is
available immediately. Compensa
tion will be determined by the
Emergency Fleet Corportion's divi
sion of public service under J. Rog
ers Flannery.
In commandeering houses, the
board will go into the suburbs and J
to summer resorts where many!
houses and hotels have been empty j
all the winter. Some houses avail- !
able for accommodating ship !
workers have not been used here- |
tofofe, because the owners have j
asked exorbitant prices.
Returns to Camp After
a Ten-Day Furlough
PHILLIP if. TROUP
Phillip R. Troup, who is now in
the Regular Army, has just returned
to camp, after a 10-day furlough,
spent with his mother who lives at
2115 Moore street. Miss Grace M.
Sprout gave a farewell party for
Mr. Troup last evening. Piano solos
and recitations were features of the
evening. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. John Grissinger and son,
Charles; Mr. and Mrs. Moeslein,
Miss Martina Moeslein, Mrs. Lucinda
Troup, John Troup, Miss Helen Mc-
Colley, Mrs. George B. Sprout, Gil
bert Sprout, Miss Grace Sprout and
Miss Edith Houck.
MRS. CHROXISTER DIES
New Cumbertand, Pa., March 2.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Chronister, aged 74
years, died at the home of her niece,
Mrs. John Wentz, in Rosemont ave
nue, yesterday. She is survived by
four brothers, Lewis Smith, of New
Cumberland; Eli Smith, of York;
George Smith, of Mt. Royal, and
Clinton Smith, of Harrisburg. Fu
neral services will be held to-mor
row afternoon at 2.30 at Red Mount
Church, York county, where burial
will be made. The Rev. A. R. Ayres,
o fthe New Cumberland United
Brethren Church, will be in charge.
Mayor Investigates Law
Regarding Signs on the
City's Business Buildings
Mayor Keister'S investigation into;
legislation in third-class cities in j
the state, and in larger citlrs out-'
side the state, which regulates the!
size of electric signs used in front oi
business places is causing comment
among contractors, realty dealers
FOR
A Delightful Home at a Very Reasonable Priec. Three-story
brick (single house) with nine rooms, pantry, two baths, steani
heat, gas and electricity, cemented cellar with hot and cold water
laundry, front porch. I.ot 80x120 feet. Inspection by appoint
ment.
MILLER BROTHERS &CO Real Estate
INSURANCE
Member Harrisburs Real Estate Board
FOR SALE
212 C Pcnn St.—3-storv brick, 8 rooms and bath; front and
rear porches. Price #2,000
2114 Pcnn St. —3-story brick, 8 rooms and bath, hot and cold
water; porches. Price $2,000
1017 Green St.—3-story brick, 10 rooms and bath, gas and
electric light. Price $.">,500
1929 Green St.—3-story brick, 9 rooms and bath, hot and cold
water, electric and gas lighting, front porch. Good as
new. Price $4,200
412 Delaware St.—6-room frame house, corner property.
Price < $1,200
531 Violet St.—3-story frame, 8 rooms and hew bath, newly
papered and painted. Price, SI,OOO. Rents for sl6
per month.
2017 North Seventh St.—3-story frame, 8 rooms, bath, hot
and cold water, steam heat, stable on rear of lot. Price,
$2,300. Rents for $21.00.
M. A. 1 OUGHT
272 fNORTH STREET
MEMBER OF HARRISBURG REAL ESTATE OOAItl)
and propc-rty owners in the business
( ctlon.
>!i\vor Ke'sler announced his in
tiVition i.f introducing an ordinance
-. .fuhitinr; tho ■ :•/(>. distance extend- /
n?c b'ynd a building ntl imposing
u tax on tliam. The e'.f.y oUV'a! d
• •lc.red that some of the signs now
used in the city for advertising" pur
poses weigh several tons and are en
tirely too heavy for t'ne buiidinir*
to which they are attached. In tlrtf
future, he said, all signs which ara
erected should first be inspected.
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