February 14, 1885





The   Record  and Guide.





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W. F. Corwith has sold the lot with front and rear buUdings, No. 188
Greene stieet, to John C. Muller, for $5,700.

The plot on the northwest corner of Lafayette avenue and Steuben stieet,
125x82, has been purchased by Paul C. Grening, for $15,000.

Bulkley & Horton have sold for John Lowitz the three-story stone front
dweUing, No. '228 Washington avenue, 21.9x45x100, to John A. Deraody,
for $14,000; for Wm. F. Porter the three-story brick dwelling, No. 242
Clermont avenue, 20x40x100, to Emma S. Fisher, for $7,500; for Fi-ed. A.
Adams, the two-story frame dwelUng, No. 18.5 Adelphi street, 22x37x78,
to A. MorreU, for $5,000; for George PhiUips the three-story stone front
dweUing, No. 239 Jefferson street, 20x45x100 to Charles Currie, for $14,-
000; and for Rufus Ressigue the tteee-story brick dwelUng No. 212
Claspn avenue, 50x100, to Wm. Gainer for $8,000.





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Out Among the Builders.

"The Fifth Avenue Apartment Company wiU erect an eleven-story apart¬
ment house on the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth stieet.
The buUding wiU have a frontage of 85.9 feet on the avenue and 146 feet
on the street. It will be of a first-class character throughout, and wiU cost
upwards of $600,000. The structure now on the site—formerly occupied by
the Univei-sity Club—wiU shortly be demoUshed to make way for the
improvement.

The Puck building—Me,ssrs. Ottmann, Keppler & Schwarzmann, owners—
instead ot being erected on Pearl street, near Broadway (as previously
reported in The Record and Guide), will be built on property just
purchased by them ou the southwest corner ot Houston and Mulberry
stieets, formerly St Catherine's Convent. The builiUng wiU front 117 feet on
Houston and 138 feet on Mulberry street, by a depth of 138 and 100 feet
respectively. The new structure wiU be seven stories in height, with base¬
ment and sub-basement, and two 100-horse power boilers wiU te placed
under the sidewalk. A driveway is to be constiucted on the Mulberry street
side and two elevators wiU be provided. The entrance floor will be used
and divided into stores, the second and third floors for offices, and the
remainder for press and printing pm'poses. The front wiU te constiucted
in stone, brick and iron. The cost will be about $200,000. The plans are being
drawn by Albert Wagner. The same architect is preparing sketches for a
six-story store building to be buUt in Adelaide, South AustraUa—S.
Mayfield & Sons, owners—to front on Bundle stieet. The dimensions wiU
be 75 by 210 feet. An hydrauUc elevator, the first ever used there, wiU te
placed in the building. The iron work wiU be fumished by Messrs. J. B. &
J. M. Cornell.    The cost will amount to about $65,000.

A seven-story apartment hou.se is to be erected on the north side of Fifty-
seventh street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, by Philip Braender. It
wiU te 50x90 in size, and have a front of brick, stone and terra cotta. The
interior wiU be m hardwood, an elevator, steam-heat aud other improve¬
ments wUl be suppUed, and aU the appoiutmeuts will be of a good character.
The cost has not yet been estimated. The plans are being drawn by John
Brandt. The same architect has the designs for two flve-story brown stone
flats, 25x83 each, to be biult on the north side of Ninety-third stieet, 275
feet west of texington avenue, for Louis Wirth, at a cost of about $40,000.
John G. Prague intends to erect five four story and basement private
dwellings on the north side of Seventy-third street, commencing 87.6 feet
west of Park avenue. They wUl be 17.7x80 each, including an extension,
and wiU have fronts of brick with BelleviUe stone and terra cotta trimmings.
They are estimated to cost about $100,000. Mr. Prague is both architect
and owner.

Thom & Wilson have the plans uuder way for two five-story brick and
brown stone tenements, '25x84 each, to be erected on tho south side of Forty-
ninth street, 135 feet east of Ninth avenue, for George Kick, at a cost of
$32,000; a five-story brick and brown stone flat, 25x85, to be built at No.
846 West Forty-eighth sti'eet, for Theodore Riehl, to cost $18,000; a five-
story brick and browni stone fiat, 25x82, to be built at No. 310 West Fiftieth
stieet, for Martin Karl, to cost $18,000; a five-story brick and brown stone
tenement and store, '25x76.6, with fom'-story shop in rear, size of lot 1.50
feet, to be built ou the west side of First aveuue, 75 feet south of Twenty-
third street, for John Kreeb, at a cost of $22,000, and a five-story brick and
brown stone tenement, 25x76.6, to be buUt on the east side of Seventh
aveuue, 25 feet south of TMi-ty-second street, for James J. Morison, to cost
about $17,000.

Cleverdon & Putzel are drawing the plans for eight tteee-story and base¬
ment brick and stone private dwellings to be erected on the southwest cor¬
ner of Sixth avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-third stieet. Six wUl
front on the avenue, four having a dimension of 16x45 each, and the
remainder 18x45, whUe two will front on the street, teing of the same size
as the latter. The estimated cost of this improvement to the owner, R.
WUson, is $75,000.

Wm. Schickel has the plans under way for a four-story brick dwelling and
stores, to be buUt for Jote D. Crimnuus, on One Huudi-ed and Sixteenth
street and New avenue, near the Eighth avenue " L " road station.

GiUie & Walker intend to improve five lots on the north side of Sixty-
second stieet, 100 feet west of Ninth avenue, probably by the erection of
fiats.

A. B. Ogden has the plans for two five-story brick and brown stone tene¬
ments, 28x70 each, to be buUt on the north side of Nineteenth street, 150
feet west of Tenth avenue, for Wm. E. Keys, at a cost of $26,000.

John G. Prague has the sketches on the boards for a four-story brick
stone and terra cotta hardware store, 18.4x100, to be built at Newburgh-on-
the-Hudson, for J. P. Andrews, and for a cottage to be buUt for J. W.
Elsworth, at Baj'onne, L. I.

Francis M. Wilmurt wiU improve the lot on the south side of Sixty-
second stieet, '200 feet east of Tenth avenue.

Lederle & Co. have the plans on the teards for a five-story brick and
stone teuM^nt, 35x61, to be buUt at No. 35 Mulberry stieet, for Pius C.
Volta, a)w«t of about $14,000.

ThoroiBK- Jsickson intends to erect a six-story and basement bmldiug
and stoiiB','at'No, 178 Pearl stieet, to form an adi     on to the structure





erected by bim last year, adjoining. The front wiU be of brick and stone.
Mr. Jackson wUl be both architect and owner.

Emest W. Greis is drawing the sketches for a five-story brick and brown
stone tenement, with stores, 35x70.6, to be buUt at No. 151 Essex street for
Mrs. Hanselmami, at a cost of $15,000.

Gilbert & Thompson are preparing the plan-: for alterations to flve flats on
Fifty-eighth stieet, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, for C. W. Dayton, to
cost about $'20,000.

Brooklyn.

E. P. Gaylor is  preparing plaus for  a  one-story brick roUer skating

rink,  100x190, to be   erected on the  corner of Fifth avenue and Union

"reet, for Mr. Wilson, and a three-story brick flat, 33x33.8, with a three-

t 5ry brick extension, 16.6x11.4, to te erected on  South First street, for

Tv    Baker.

} I Paul C. Grening will improve the lots just purchased by him on the
northwest corner of Latayette avenue and Steuben stieet, by the erection
of six four-story brick fiats; the corner wiU te 34x70 and the others each
20x70 each.

J. N. Longhi intends to erect a two-story brick and terra cotta dweUing
in the Italian Renaissance, size, 40x45, on the comer of WUloughby and
Yates avenues, and to cost about $'23,000, from plans by GUbert & Thomp¬
son.





A nmnber of persons interested in the buUcUng trade have drafted a
Mechanics' Lien Act whicli they wiU endeavor to get through the Legislature
this session. The bill is styled " An Act to secure the payment of
mechanics, laborers and workmen who performed work or furnished
material towards the erection, altering or repairing of buUdings, wharves,
vaults or other structures in the city and county of New York and in
Kings, Queens and Westchester Counties."
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Special Notices.

New Yorkers have always had a high regard for the open grate Are, and
in this city few houses exist which do not contain one or more grates.
Still tho small amount of heat that is utiUzed for health and comfort in
rooms warmed by grates has caused their general disuse, especiaUy in
country houses, except for ornamental purposes. Grates are, however, now
made that have aU the heating power of stoves or smaU furnaces and they
have been and are at the present time in nse in our most northern latitudes
for thoroughly heating large and exposed rooms and even for heating rooms
situated on different floors. These grates, of which the Jackson Heat-saving
and Ventilating Grate is the best type, have chambers below, ateve
and on all sides ot the fire into which the air from out of doors is admitted,
and being there heated is carried into the room through an open
panel in the frame of the grate, or carried tteough a pipe, located in the
smoke fine, to a register in the room ateve. These grates, manufactured
by Edwin A. Jackson & Bro., of No. 77 Beekman stieet, have been very
extensively introduced into country houses tteoughout the United States,
and are in this city replacing in many instances grates of the old-fashioned
construction. The iUustrated catalogues of the ateve firm give fuU descrip¬
tions of their utiUty and value, and of the health and economy which re¬
sults from their use.

The destruction of Gillis & Geoghegan's offices on the 4th inst., wUl in no
wise interfere with the workings of their business. Their factory is practicaUy
intact, and they are ready as before, to furnish and erect heating apparatus.
Their temporary office is at No. 137 Spiing stieet, where all communica¬
tions can be addie6.sed.

The particular attention of architects, builders and owrners of property,
is called to the waterproofing process, of the Brick and Stone Waterproof¬
ing Company. This process has received the highest encomiums for the
past five yeai-s from architects, civil engineers and others aU over the coun¬
try. It is based ou scientific principles, is capable of speedy appUcation and
perfectly effective in its action. Moreover, it improves the face of the
stone and leaves it in a clean, sound and solid condition. The company has
given a good deal of attention to brown stone fronts and stoops which they
can make water and weatherproof, so that they wUl te unaffected by the
destiuctive influences of rain, frost, gases, fungoid grovrths, eto. It can te
applied with equal success to all kinds of brick and stone. Hospitals, asylums,
damp houses, public in.stitutions, monuments and statuary have had the
waterproofing applied to their fronts and surfaces. The substance used in
tieating the buUdings is a soUd compound differing from aU oils, paints and
other solutions. The metliod of application is to heat the wall so as to
evaporate its hmuidity and render it absorbent, thus causing the water¬
proofing material to remain ui a melted or liquid state until it is absorbed
into the pores, after penetrating which, to the depth at one-quarter of an
inch, it gradually hardens, tecomes colorless and invisible, renders the
surface hard and durable, and prevents disintegration by precluding the
entiance and subsequent evaporation of moisture. This company also
cleans stained and decayed buUdings, or marble and stone in any form.
Catalogues giving a full description of the process, which wiU te found
interesting reading to those concerned, can be had on appUcation to the
company, at No. 55 Broadway, or No. 886 Eighth avenue, where every
explanation will be afforded.

Aitificial stone work of whatever description can be obtained from John
H. Sturk, at his works No. 174 East Eighty-seventh stieet, city. He makes
a specialty of John J. SchiUingei's patent concrete water-tight cellars for
breweries, malt and ice houses and stable fioors.

Geo. B. Cteistman, the well-known carpenter and builder, has, owing to
the increase in his business, purchased a lot on the east side of Second
avenue, north of Sixty-third sti-eet, and has commenced the erection thereon
of a flve-stoiy brick workshop. Mr. Christman, it may te rememtered,
recently secured the contiact to buUd the schoolhouse on the south side of
One Hundred and Tenth stieet, tetween Second and Third avenues,
amounting to $113,000. He contiacts for work in its entirety, including
the masonry, carpentry, etc. He is now prepared to furnish tiim and
window frames for new buildings on the most advantageous terms. His
shop is at No. 55 First stieet, and his office at No. 331 East Fifty-flfth
stieet.