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terra cotta, to be erected at Broadway, 4Sth st and Tth av.
Electric elevators, plate glass, tile roofing, etc., are specifled.
James Brown Lord, No. 160 Sth av,, is the architect; A. D.
Julllard, the owner. Cost will be $350,000. The Studebaker
Bros.   Wagon  Co.,   the  lessee.

MORRISTOWN, N. J,—The J. C. Vreeland Buflding Co., No.
1135 Broadway, have been awarded the building contract by Geo.
A. Freeman, No. 566 Sth av, for the erection of a S-sty brick and
stone residence, witb electric light, tin rooflng, etc. Charles H.
Mellen, Morristown, N. J., is the owner; cost ia $80,000.

79TH ST.—Adams & Warren, No. IS West 34th st, have
awarded to the Andrew J. Robinaon Co., No. 123 E. 23d at, the
■building contract for the 5-3ty brick and limestone fireproof resi¬
dence building to be erected at 63 and G5 E, 79th st. The build¬
ing is to contain electric light, steam heat, and have tile roofing.
Cost about $45,000.    Thatcher M. A. Adams is the owner,

36TH ST. WEST,—The Louis Weber Building Co., No. 1135
Broadway, have been awarded the contract for mason work and
carpentering on the building to be erected at Nos. 527 to 531
W, SGth st. The same is to be a 2-sty brick and stone edifice,
equipped for a packing bouse and offices. Dimensions are 75x
98.9. Werner & Windolph, No. 92 Liberty st, are the architects.
Rohe Bros., No. 266 W. SSd st, are the owners.

MISCELLANEOUS.

45TH ST.—The Building Committee of the Harvard Club have
decided upon plans for a large addition to their present building.
It is planned to erect "Harvard Hall," which will be on West
45th st, in the rear of the present club-house on 44th st. Sub¬
scription Committee has now on hand $50,000. McKim. Mead &
White, No. 160 Sth av, were the architects for the 44th st build¬
ing.

BAXTER ST.—Horenburger & Straub, No. 122 Bowery, are
working on the plans for a T-sty brick and stone stable building,
to cover the plot 50x60x69x irreg., Nos. 150 and 152 Baxter st.
Louis Colden, Wooster and West 3d st, is the owner; the cost
will be $25,000.

S4TH ST.—Welch, Smith & Provot, No. 11 East 42d st. ,are re¬
vising the plans for the new French Hospital, No. 450 to 456
West 34tb St. The lot is 83.4x98.9, and the building was
originally to have been seven stories and basement. It will now
be made eight stories high.

POINTERS.

P. J, Shollar, of Altoona, Pa., has completed plans for the
erection of new buildings for the University of Southern Penn¬
sylvania, at Martjnsburg, Va. Specifications call for steam beat
and  acetylene light.

ERIE. PA,—This place is to have a brick and terra cotta the¬
atre building of five stories from plans by S. H. Woodruff, of
Buffalo, N. T. Oscar Cobb and others, Buffalo, N. T., are the
owners.

COUNTRY   WORK   OF   NEW   YORK   ARCHITECTS.

HARBISON, N. J.—Hill & Stout, No. 1135 Broadway, have
completed plans for a 3-sty brick and stone manufactory, ISOx
62 feet, to be erected for the General Electric Company, the
owners, at Harrison, N. J. Same is to be used as a manufactory
for lamp filaments.

CARNEGIE  LIBRARIES  POR  QUEENS.

The members of the Queens Carnegie Library Committee, Dr.
Walter G. Frey, of L. I. City, and Henry A. Bogart, of Flushing,
are pushing forward the preparatory work as rapidly as pos¬
sible, and expect to have all of the library buildings under way
this year. Lord & Hewlett, Heins & Lafarge, of the N. T.
Central Committee, in charge of the plans, and Tuthill & Hig¬
gins, of Jamaica, of the Queens committee, are preparing the
plans. The sum of $240,000 is allowed for the Queens buildings,
and it is the general opinion that this will be divided between
eight structures, and that these buildings will be located one
each on the lower part of Long Island City and Astoria section,
Jamaica village. Flushing village, Elmhurst, Corona, Ozone Park
and College Point. The apportionment of cost has not been de¬
cided yet, but it has been tentatively proposed that there be
apportioned for the L. I. City buildings, $60,000, for Astoria
$30,000. for Jamaica $40,000, for Plushing $3S,00O, for Elmhurst
$30,000, for College Point $25,000, and for Corona and Ozone
Park $20,000 each.

SOME JERSEY BUILDING.

MONTCLAIR.—A. P. Morris, No. 43 No. Fullerton av. Is work¬
ing on plans for a 3-sty brick and stone store and office building,
90 X 90 ft., to contain all improvements. The specifications call
for steam heating, electric lighting, patent plaster, metal ceil¬
ings, tiling, mosaic and cabinet work, open plumbing, plate
glass, etc.   The cost to be $50,000.

PLAINFIELD.—Wm. H. Clum &. Son, No. 28 Somerset st, have
about completed plans for a 2-sty and attic frame cottage to be
erected on So. Tth st for James C. Manning. The plans call for
shingle roofing, furnace, hardwood trim, electric lighting, open
plumbing, etc.    The cost is to be $4,500,

Fred. L. Lancaster, of The First National Bank Building, has
drawn plans for a 2-sty and attic frame dwelling, 30x40 feet,
containing all modern improvements. The speciflcations require
stained  shingle   exterior,  hardwood    finish     throughout,     open





plumbing, electric light, furnace, etc. Chas. B. Pope is the
owner, and building operations on the lot corner Craig place and
Grove st will begin in a few weeks.    All contracts are open.

Edward V. French is at work on a semi-fireproof extension of
brick to cost $3,000. The specifications will require steam heat
5or both main building and extension, skylights, Sackett's wall
board, electric lighting, open plumbing, etc, I, H, Boehm, Front
st, Plainfield, is the owner. Figures will be received in about
two weeks.

E. H. Gilbert, of Orange, N, J., has about completed plans for
rebuilding The Babcock Building, No. 240 W. Front st. The
speciflcations will require steam heating, electric lighting, elec¬
tric elevator, tile roofing, carpentering, mason ^vork, terra cotta,
iron columns and beams, etc. Mrs. Geo, H. Babcock, of Plain-
field, is the owner, and the cost will be $80,000.

PATERSON.—Cbarles F. Edwards has completed plans for a
modern 5-sty brick and stone department store building to con¬
tain electric light plant, electric elevators, steam heat, hardwood
cabinet' work, plate glass, etc. M. J. Carey & Co., No 1135
Broadway, have submitted a $50,000 estimate for the mason
woik. The building is 125x119, and operations are to begin
soon.    Meyer Bros., of this place, are the owners.





You 'will find it in Wants and Offers^ on page S50.

Labor Troubles,

TEMPORARY  PEACE  OBTAINED  BY  COMPROMISES.

Although the plasterers and the plasterers' laborers returned to
work this week, relations between them and tbeir employers are
stiil strained to a considerable degree. As the matter stands
now neither side has won a real victory and the fight may not
be over. The laborers have received half their demanded ad¬
vance in wages and are now getting $3.25 a day. Tbey wanted
an increase of from $3 to $3.50. On the other hand, the em¬
ployers have gained the concession that the laborers will, when
necessary, prepare the journeymen's material before 8 o'clock
in tbe morning in order that the latter may get to work on time.
The main questions which the employers raised, viz.; that the
laborers' organization should place itself in control of the plas¬
terers' association; that the plasterers should sign a two-years'
agreement with the employers; and that employers might either
not be compelled to pay fares and board to their men on out-of-
town jobs, or be permitted, as is now not the case, to employ local
craftsmen, were not decided. There is to be a meeting some time
in the near future between committees of the employers and era-
ployed to discuss these points, but employers are not very hope¬
ful of the result. A prominent mason builder yesterday ex¬
pressed regret that the employers had not held out a little longer,
saying that it was his belief that in another week they would
have gained every one of the disputed points. The Employing
Plasterers' Association was, however, influenced by a number
of its memhers who had jobs on hand in wliich further delay
meant large financial loss.

The statement appears in the current issue of the Metal
Worker that "with many men out of employment at present and
not too much work in sight the journeymen plumbers are asking
$4.50 a day, with a half-holiday on Saturday, the same to com¬
mence May 15." At the office of A. H. Brown, President of the
local employers' association, it was stated tbat an agreement
had been made by the terms of which the plumbers are to receive
$4.25 a day after June 1st, an increase of 50 cents a day. No
more helpers are to be engaged, but those at present employed
are to be retained.

The striking carpenters who have been working on tbe wood
trim on the Ansonia Hotel, Broadway and TSd st, returned to
work last Saturday. Mr. Sinclair, of Watt & Sinclair, who have
the contract, says that he is not at liberty to state the terms
of the agreement arrived at. On Friday, April 2Sth, just prior to
tbe ending of the strike, Mr. Sinclair said the chief cause of the
workmen's complaint was the presence of non-union hardware
on the doors when they reached the job from out of town. He
thought then that the difficulty would be overcome by the re¬
moval of the hardware.

One or two in building trades' lines requiring office room and
space for samples can get cheap rent at No. 113 East 2Tth st.
Apply between 3 and 4r,

Of  Interest to the Building Trades.

J, A. Martin-Cook, architect, has opened an office at No. 1135
Broadway.

Pickering & Wallter, architects, have moved to the IStli floor
of No. 1135 Broadway.

The J, C. Vreeland Building Co, have opened offices at No.
1135 Broadway, 14th floor.

Charles E. Griffith, of Charles E, Griffith & Son, real estate
agents, is president of the Port Richmond National Bank, which
began business on Monday with 44 accounts and deposits ag¬
gregating $83,538.11,

F. A. Hyde Tiling Co. have removed to No. 113 E. 2Tth st,
where they are fitting up a flne showroom. A notable example
is tbeir work in the elevator shafts of the Mutual Life Building,





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