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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 82, no. 2127: December 19, 1908

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1264 RECORD AND GUIDE December 19,1908 ting the concrete to stiffen up between the batches. Even an interruption of an hour in the middle of a hot day has been known to form a joint wliicb will allow water to pass. If continuous worii is impractic¬ able, the old surface of the concrete must be thoroughly cleaned of all dirt and spokesman for the flrst named association and M. E. Gregory, of Corning, N, Y., for the second association, "It is liard to say what a raile of brick pavement will cost," Mr. Blair said. "It cannot be accurately estimated what a mile of macadam pavement will cost, but relatively speaking the brick will cost FIG. 3.—STONY BROOK SEWER WORK. (Pine Cone Hydrated Lime.) laitance or partially set cement, so as to expose the concrete. A layer of neat cement paste of soft consistency, or else of 1:1 mortar, should be then spread upon tlie old concrete after thoroughly wetting it, and the new concrete laid before this mortar has stiffened. Banquet of Civic Federation. President-elect Taft was tlie principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Civic Federation last Tuesday, at the Hotel Astor. Capital and labor were well represented, both in the attendance and the addresses. President-elect Taft em¬ phasized tbe necessity of enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust law. John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers were among the labor speakers. Other speakers Tvere Messrs. Andrew Carnegie, August Bel¬ mont and President Ingalls. of the "Big Four" railroad system. The dinner was one of the most successful ever held by the organization. Hon. Seth Low pre¬ sided. from 10 to 15 per cent, more than the macadam. What we do emphasize is that a properly constructed briclt pavement eliminates the cost of repair. "In Indiana the cost of repairing maca¬ dam roads for one year is between $3,- 000,000 and $4,000,000. In the outlying districts around Cleveland there are iZO miles of country road paved with brick. It is the best road for automobile riding." The brick men state that no change in the present highway law would be neces¬ sary to substitute brick for macadam. Tliey say it is within the jurisdiction of the new State Highway Commission. Brick Manufacturers Before the Governor. The claims of brick manufacturers who declare that roads improved with vitrified brick are the most economical and dur¬ able were presented to Governor Hughes by a delegation representing the National Paving Brick Manufacturers' Association and the National Brick Manufacturers' Association. W. P. Blair, secretary, was Elevator Becoming Ubiquitous Those who have not traveled in other countries and have rather hazy views about the stage of civilization found else¬ where than in Europe and America may associate the speedy electric elevator ex¬ clusively with the modern fireproof sky¬ scrapers of the big cities. Hotv mucli they err is indicated by tlie foreign or¬ ders received by the Otis Co. Por ex¬ ample, within a comparative short time a passenger elevator was shipped for use in one of the business blocks of Shanghai, China; another will be used for the Taiwan Railroad, Tokio, Japan; two ■will be forwarded shortly to Tokio to be in¬ stalled in the Military Arsenal, as well as two for the Yokohama Harbor Works; the largest sugar plantation of Guanica Central, Porto Rico, is equipped with an Otis electric elevator of the direct-cur¬ rent direct-connected type; recent ship¬ ments were passenger elevators to Cal¬ cutta, India and Rangoon, Burmah; the new Queen's Hotel at Kandy, Ceylon, is to have a modern passenger equipment; a small car and apparatus were installed in Manila recently. Other orders were for a freight elevator to be sent to Dalny, Manchuria, the town blown up by the Russians in the recent Russo-Japa¬ nese war; two electric hoists for the new steel plant at Dowlais, Wales, these being of the very latest type, with double drums and automatic slow-down device. How Are Prism Lights Put in Place? The illustration indicates the four principal stages in the construction of Schwickart's "Sun-Burst" prism, manu¬ factured by the Universal Foundry Co., 283-287 Scholes st. Brooklyn. Beginning at the bottom the flrst section shows the interlocking bars, the second shows the loose glass prisms rising on these bars, the third shows the flrst application of the cement to hold tlie prisms in place, and the fourth or top section shows the finislied construction. Fuller details will be given in the issue of January 9. PROJECTED BUILDINGS The first name ia that of the ow'r; ar't stands for architect; m'n for mason; c'r for carpenter, and b'r for builder. When character of roof is not mentioned, it Is to be understood that the roof is to be of tin. BOROUGH OP MANHATTAN. SOUTH OP 14TH STREET. Goerck st, s w cor Rivington st, 7-sty brk and stone store and lofts. 24.6x64: cost, $3o,000; Kramer & Roekmore, 35 Nassau st; ar't, Geo Fred Pelham, 503 Sth a.v.—545. Washington st, s w cor Morton st, 2-sty brk and stone store and of¬ fice buikling, SO^IOO; cost, $20,000: Calliorine E S Stuyvesant ct al, 3 E 57th st; ar't. J B Snooks, 73 Nassau st.—542. BETWEEN UTH AND 59TH STREETS. 28tli St. No 514 W, 2-sty brk and stone stable. 25x23.9; cost, $2,500; Charity Orgariizalion Soc. 105 E 22d st; ar't, Grosvenor Atterbury. 20 W 43d st.-539. S6tli Bt, Nos 140-144 E, fi-sty brk and stone dwelling, 67x87.5. gravel roof; cost, $125,000; E F Parson and R C Slack, 149 E 56tli st; ar'ts, Lawlor & Haase, G9 Wall st,—535. BETWEEN 59TH AND 125TH STREETS, BAST OF CTH AVENUH. 104tli st, n s, 563 e 1st av. 2-sty concrete and brk store aod storage building, 50x95: cost, $3,000; Angeio Guiliano and Giuseppe Guil- iano, 239 E 120th st; ar't, G W Spitzer, 500 Sth av.—540. IIOTH TO 125TH STREET. BETWEEN 5TH AND STH AVENUES. Morningside av, s w cor 122d st, G-sty brk aud stone apartment house. 72.5x321.11; cost, $150,000; The W Axelrod Realty Co, 321 W 92a Bt; ar't, Geo Fred Pelliam, 503 Sth av.—538. NORTH OF 125TH STRBET. 127th St. No 50 W, 6-sty brk and stono tenement, 25xSfi.ll; cost, $18,000; Ruff Sc Hochster, 52 W 120tli st; ar't L P J Weiher, 103 E 125tli St.—537. 170th st, n s. 100 w Audubon av, 6-sty brk and stone tenement, 75x 87; cost, $125,000; John Yule, 943 Grant av; ar'ts, Cocker Sc Mar¬ tin Cooke. 2010 Sth av.—541. Broadway, a w cor 103d st, O-sly brk and stone apartment house, 99.11x115, slag roof; cost, $225,000; Henry T Bulman, 21 Fort Washington av; ar'ts, Schwartz Sc Gross. 347 5th av.—544. St Nicholas av, e s, 434,3 n 141st st, G-sty brk and stone tenement, 50x87, slag room; cost, $75,000; Gracehull Realty Co, 299 Broad¬ way; ar'ts, Schwartz & Gross, 347 5th av.—543.