December 20, 1902.





RECORD  AND   GUIDE.





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ribs and a thin flange which prevents the screw drawing the ad¬
juster into the wood, and at the same time admits of a close ad¬
justment of screens. The Ives patent stop adjuster has recently
been used in some of the largest buiidings, notably the Frick
and the Farmers' Bank buildings of Pittsburg. The H. B. Ives
Co., New Haven, Conn., will be pleased to send a neatly mounted
model of their adjuster to all who may be Interested to apply.

At the meeting of the Board of Estimate on Friday, the ques¬
tion of substituting marble for Keene's cement in the interior
of the buiiding was considered. John Pierce, the builder, ex¬
plained the difference in cost as follows: "The price of this
marble work Is $247,293.88, fhom which is deducted the cost of
the cement work omitted^$22,761.41—leaving the net cost of the
change $224.5iJ2.47." Mr. Peirce recommended also that the archi¬
traves in the lower stories be moulded, as in the origlnai plans,
instead of plain. This change was made by Horgan & Slattery
by order of Mayor Van Wyck, as it effected a saving of $10,500.
John D. Crimmins, the President of the Hall of Records Associa¬
tion, spoke in favor of returning to the original plans, which
specified marbie. He said that marble should be substituted, as
it was much more durable and cleaner than cement. The matter
was referred to Engineer Lewis and Borough President Cantor,

Mr. A. Muller writes to us as follows: "In your issue of 13th
inst., under the headline 'Of Interest to the Building Trade,' you
give the conclusions reached by the 'Engineering Record,' based
on the result of extended experiments made by the Insurance
Engineering Experiment Station, in Boston, of which conclu¬
sions the first reads: "Neat Portland cement, even in thin layers.
Is an elfective preventive of rusting.' This would seem to prove
the claim that as Portland cement requires for setting a certain
proportion of humidity or moisture which it attracts with
avidity, when such cement is applied to the Iron or steel it ab¬
sorbs ail humidity found in the surface of the iron, and after
setting, absolutely prevents any further moisture from reaching
the iron.

"As rust is simply a product of the influence of water, and the
atmosphere H. O. + Pe ^ Fe O., by preventing such combina¬
tions we also prevent rust, but to increase the adherence of the
cement the iron must be clean."

N. & G. Taylor Company, of Philadelphia, who have been
largely interested in the Maryland Sheet &. Steel Company of
Cumberland. Md., have leased that company's plants, the change
taking effect on January 1 next. This property is a very ex¬
tensive one, comprising open hearth furnaces, plate mills, sheet
mills, foundry and plant for the manufacture of harrow disks.
They will operate the works on a more extensive scale, doubling
the output of sheets and washers, and expect in the near future
to add one or more open hearth furnaces of sufficient capacity
to also supply their black plate mills adjoining this property
with all the tin bars they use. For this purpose a new bar mill
will be erected. James B. Strawbridge, who for many years past
has been the general superintendent of the various steel works
at Middletown, Ohio, will on January 1 move here and become
general superintendent of the plant. N. i& G. Taylor Company
have been running their black plate mills uninterruptedly and
continuously for the last three years with which to supply their
tin plate works at Philadelphia and they have in contemplation
the adding of two more mills, giving them a ten-mill plant and,
of course, necessitating the addition of corresponding finishing
ends. They wiil employ some SOO men in the two plants, the
annual pay roll running close to .ffi0O,0OO, with an output reach¬
ing nearly .'>O,O0O tons annually of their different products. The
firm have a very complete tin plate works In Philadelphia using
26 tinning stacks.

RECORn   .MONTH   l.S   SCHOOL  BUILDING.

The •ommittee on buildings, William Lummis, chairman, and
the Board of Education generally, intend to make December a
record month in the matter of letting contracts for new school
buildings. In ail the erection of nine new structures, accommo¬
dating 15,200 children and costing .111,500,000, will be begun this
month, unless specifications are delayed by the printers. The
schools to be erected are as follows: Manhattan, Nos. 183, 106
and 24. Brooklyn. Nos. 119, 91, 144 and 145. Queens, No. 81.
Richmond, No. 34. Of these, contracts for Nos. 183 and 81 were
awarded this week. The remainder will be advertised soon, and
acted upon at a special meeting of the executive committee to be
called Dee. 28 or 29.

USING   WHITE   I.ICAIJ   IN   Fit.\NCE.

The Uinister of Commerce and Industry has submitted for
signature by the President of the French Republic the follow¬
ing decree regulating the use of white lead for house painting,
accompanied by a report stating that the text has been approved
by the Consultative Committee of Arts and Manufactures and
also by the Council of State, while the last-named body has for
the present declined to sanction total interdiction of the dele¬
terious substance in question. Article 1—In painting shop.=!.
white lead must only be used in the state of paste. Article 2—
The direct use by hand of products with white lead base is for¬
bidden in house painting works. Article 3—The dry scraping
and rubbing with pumice stone of white lead paint are for¬
bidden. Article 4—For wet scraping and rubbing with pumice
stone, and generally for ail work of white lead painting, the mas¬
ters must provide overalls to be used exclusively for the work.





and must enjoin their use on the men, having these overalls
frequently washed and kept in good condition. Ali that is neces¬
sary to ensure cleanliness must be provided for the men at the
spot where the work is carried on. The tools and appliances are
to be kept In a good state of cleanliness, but without dry scrap¬
ing. Article 5—The masters must have the text of the present
decree posted up in the iocalltieswhere menare takenon and paid.
Article 6—The Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts and Tete-
graphs is charged with the execution of the present decree, which
will be inserted in the "Bulletin des Lois" and the "Journal Of-
flciel" of the French Republic—Journal of the Society of Arts.





Building   News.

MERC.^.NTILE.

STH AV.—Buchman & Fox, No. 11 East 59th st, are preparing
plans for an 11-sty store and loft building to be erected on the
northwest corner of Sth av and 21st st, the present site of the
Union Club. The building wiil be a steel-frame structure, flre¬
proof throughout, with an exterior of brick, stone and terra
cotta. The Hudson Realty Co., 135 Broadway, are the owners,
and will receive all estimates. Jan, 1st the work of removing the
present building will be begun, and the construction of the new
one pushed rapidly forward,

BARCLAY ST.—J. B. Mooney. 103 Bast 125th at, is making
preliminary sketches for a 7-sty store and loft building to be
built for George 'W. Loft, No. 54 Barclay st. on a plot 106.7x
22.10xl03.9x 1 inch, on the southeast corner of West Broadway
and Barclay st. The proposed building will be a steel-frame, flre¬
proof structure, with two elevators, and on the flrst floor tho
West Broadway front of 106.7 will be one large display window
connected by arches with his present store. Final plans will be
delayed till after Jan. 1, 1903.

GOERCK ST.—Annie Aronowitz will erect a 7-sty factory, on
lot 25x100, at No. 34 Goerck st.

APARTMENTS, FL.4TS  AND TENEMENTS.

26TH ST.—Alfred E. Badt, No. 1 Union Square, has drawn
plans for a 6-sty brick tenement, 50x85.6, to be erected at Nob.
319 and 321 W^est 26th st for Louis J. Marx, No. 302 Broadway.
It was recently announced that Mr. Marx would erect a stable
here.

CORNELIA ST.—Jacob Fenelite, No. 864 Lexington av, will
erect a 6-sty tenement, 42,2x85.6, at Nos. 29 and 29V1> Cornelia st.
from plans by W. H. Boylan, No. 60 Liberty st.

106TH ST.—Miller & Mofsenson, No. 2 West 113th st, will erect
a 6-sty apartment house, 75xS7.5, to cost $70,000, at Nos. 206 lo
210 West lOOth st, from plans by Bernstein & Bernstein, No. Ill
Broadway.

HESTER ST.—Isaac Kleinfeld, No. 290 Bowery, will erect a
6-sty tenement, 42.8x45.5, at Nos. 107 and 109 Hester st, north¬
west corner of Eldridge st, from plans by Horenburger & Straub,
No. 122 Eowery.

112TH ST.—George F. Pelham, No. 503 5th av, is drawing plans
for a 6-sty elevator apartment house and a 5-sty flat, each 50x
88, to be erected on the south side of 112th st, 100 feet east of
Sth av, at a cost of $110,000. Henry and Robert Arnstein are
the owners.

ISTH ST.—Michael Larkin & Son will erect two 6-sty and
basement tenements, on a plot 80x92, on the south side of IStb
st, 80 feet west of 1st av, to cost $90,000; George P. Pelham, No.
503 5th av. Is the architect.

ELDRIDGE ST.—Abraham Silverson, Nos. 192 and 194 Bow¬
ery, will erect two 6-sty tenementa with stores, each 37x88, at
Nos. 231 to 235 Eldridge st, at a cost of $70,000; George F. Pel¬
ham, No. 503 Sth av, is the architect.

21ST ST.—Samuel Parnass and Morris Bernstein will erect a
6-sty tenement, on lot 40x92, at Nos. 338 and 340 East 21st st.
Lippman & Gold make him a building loan of $18,000.

DWELLINGS.
5TH AV.-R. W. Gibson, 76 William st, is the architect for the
Morton F. Plant house, to be built on the southeast corner of
5th av and 52d st, on a plot 50x100. Mr. Gibson states that he
can give no particulars of the proposed building, as no details of
size, shape, material, etc., have been decided upon. The flnal
plans wiil not be completed before next spring.

ALTEIRATIONS.

14TH ST.—John Ph. Voelker, 979 3d av, Is preparing plans for
extensive alterations to buildings at the northeast corner of 14th
st and Union square, for Mr. Joseph Schmitt, owner.

SPRUCE ST.—"The New Tork Commercial," 396 Broadway,
will make extensive alterations to the 5-sty buiiding, No. ,8
Spruce st, for its own occupancy, Feb, 1, 1903. Mr. Haines, of
the company, and Horace S. Ely &, Co. have the work in charge.
The  estimated cost  is about $10,000.

ESTIMATES RECEIVABLE.

Sealed bids will be received by the Superintendent of School
Buililings at the office of the Department of Education, Park av
and ."lllth st, until 12 o'clock noon, on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1902, for:

Manhattan.—Improving  lots  on  the south  side  of  Bast  1033

F'lr  plans filed  see pages 951 and X.