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James R. Waterlow
| Name | James R. Waterlow |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Sixth Avenue 881 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Immobilienmakler |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet als "Real Estate Broker and House Agent, etc.". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 234] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1862 |
Gründung |
| 1864 |
Umzug in die Sixth Avenue 881 |
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Kommentar |
| Vermittlung von Immobilien |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The real estate business in all large and important cities is regarded as one of the most important factors of advancement, especially by property holders and capitalists seeking judicious investments. One of the oldest established and reliable houses in this enterprise is that of Mr. James R. Water-low, which was founded in 1862 by the present proprietor, and is today the oldest established real estate house on Sixth Avenue. Mr. Waterlow is a gentleman of the high-eat standing, who has made a study of the law of real estate and also of the relations of landlord and tenant, and he can be engaged with implicit confidence in all matters pertaining thereto. Mr. Waterlow began business, while the late civil war was still raging, in a small office in Nassau Street, but with great far-sightedness into the growth of our great city, some twenty years ago, he removed his office up to the present block where it is now, and has aver since been situated. At the time of his removal up town to his present location, it may fairly be said, he was almost out of town, as all around him on both sides, and north of him, were vacant lots and high rocks, and many a time was he taunted by his former associates down town with the question " How is the country up town?" and also many of his friends and acquaintances predicted he would not be able to succeed in that location; but, with a strong determination to succeed, he has by hard work and perseverance accomplished and built up for himself, and now has one of the best established businesses in his line up town. He makes a specialty of taking charge of and managing real estate, whether for small capitalists or large or small estates, and renting and collecting rents and attending to the repairs thereof, a branch of the business with which he is very familiar, having a thorough knowledge of all essential alterations and repairs necessary in and about all kinds of buildings from cellar to roof; and also of the value of all repairs, and to this branch of the business he still gives his personal attention. Mr. Waterlow was always a prudent and conservative man, never going into any of the many enterprises and speculations so prevalent between 1868 and 1872, and which eventually brought on the panic of 1873; and it was about this time that his success began to be. assured, for quite a number of real estate brokers and agents, as well as real estate owners, utterly failed and had to succumb to the times, but Mr. Waterlow kept afloat and succeeded in getting a large part of the business which the others lost through their failures, etc. He has now a rent-roll of over a thousand tenants, and, as an agent, he points with pride to the fact that he has charge of property belonging to some branch or other of two of the wealthiest families in this city, and he also has one of each family as a tenant, viz.; a Vanderbilt and a Lorillard. He also gives careful attention to the sale and exchange of properties, and also effects insurance in any of the principal offices, and is prompt and efficient as a general business agent. Moreover he lends money on bond and mortgage, and also specially represents the Continental Fire Insurance Company. He conducts business on fixed principles, which have materially contributed to gain for him the confidence of those who frequent his large and elegant offices. In addition to his real estate and insurance business he carries on a successful coal trade, and supplies families and others with all kinds of first-class coal and kindling wood at the lowest market prices. All orders are promptly filled, and it is the endeavor of the concern to merit by the strictest principles of mercantile honor and fair dealing a continuance of the support it already enjoys. Personally, Mr. Waterlow is greatly respected for his kind and courteous manners and strict integrity, and has always identified himself with any movement conducive to the good and welfare of his fellow citizens. The business is conducted on the broad basis of equity, and those forming relations with this house may rest assured that their interests will be carefully considered and guarded. Mr. Waterlow is also quite a prominent freemason, and is far advanced in that mystic brotherhood. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 234] |
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