October 20, 1906





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





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fiflh story bad beeo reached the Tenement House Department
ordered the work slopped, as the law said tbat tenement houses
over three stories iri height must be built with brick, together
with the staircase enclcsure. A compromise was finally i-eached
by building an S-inch brick wall around tbe entire staircase en¬
closure. It is said the walls of concrete have four times the
strength of brick, are monolithic and constitute tbe best fire¬
proof building material known. By the use of concrete every
apartment is made absolutely sound proof, so that quiet and
privacy are assured. These bouses have four families on a floor,
divided into four, six and seven-room apartments, having all
modern improvements, the rents Of which range from ,|10 to
?15 a room per month.





Broadway-Cortlandt May Go as High as the New Singer.

It was reported in building circles tbe past week that there
was under consideration a plan for increasing the heigbt of
the towers on the new Broadway-Cortlandt Building, to be
erected along the south side of Cortlandt st, by six additional
stories. As originally planned, the building was to contain 26
stories in Cortlandt st, with a tower roof rising to 33 stories.
If now the scheme for the extra, stories is carried out, the
shnicture will have a height of 39 stories, but one less than
the nc'iv Singer ifower, 40 '^stories, immediately south, it he
highest building in tbe world. Tbe contract for the structural
steel work on the Broadway-Cortlandt has been awarded to
the American Bridge Co., of 42 Broadway. Tbe V, J. Hedden &
Sons Co., No, 1 Madison av, bave tbe general contract. Francis
H. Kimball is architect.





No Plans Yet Definite for Hotel Breslin Annex.

. BROA.DWAY,—The report announced the past week that
plans were being drawn by Messrs. Clinton & Rusrsell, No. 32
Nassau st, for an 11-sty addition lo be erected to the Hotel
Breslin, at Broadway and 29tli st, adjoining the hotel on the
south, witli a Broadway frontage of 52.9 ft., was denied by
the architects on Thursday. The Record and Guide is informed
that the matter is still indefinitely settled regarding plans.
There is, however, ample room adjoining the Breslin for the
proposed enlargement, and it is eventually expected tbat this
improvement will be carried out.





C. F. Bond Co. to Build Warburg  Residence.

SOTH ST.^—C. F, H, Gilbert. Townsend Building, 1123 Broad¬
way, has awarded to tho C, F. Bond Co., of 136 Liberty st, the
general contract to build tbe 6-sty flreproof residence, 42x100,
at 15 and 17 East 'SOth st, for Paul M. Warburg, of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., to cost in tbe neighborhood of $300,000. Mr. Gilbert
bas charge of all contracts, including the interior decorations,
furnisnings, rugs, carpets, etc. Tbe old buildings on tbe premises
have been wrecked by the New Tork Wrecking House Co. The
contract for steel has been awarded to Milliken Bros., 11 Broad¬
way, and Patrick Norton the excavation.





Contract for 121st Street School and Parish.

121ST ST,—F. A. de Meuron, 87 Main st, Tonkers, N, Y,, has
awarded the general contract for the school and parish house,
3-stys, 65x90 ft., on the north side of 121st st, near Eroadway,
for the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, of which tbe
Rev. Jobn H. Dooley is pastor, to Messrs, Gillespie & Walsh, of
No 1135 Eroadway, The general contract includes everything
but the steel and iron work, which the architect has awarded
as a separate contract to the Lenox Iron W'orks.





Contract for Broadway Garage.

BROADWAY.—The general contract bas been awarded to the
General Supply and Construction Co., 24 State st, for the erec¬
tion of the C)-sty reinforced concrete automobile garage, 50,2i^x
143.6x141.2 t'l, which Jamos Ii. Hay, 71 Ei'oadway, and Nutley,
N. J,, will build at 1618-20 Broadway, and 748-750" Tth av, at a
cost of $105,000. George E, Gibson, 511 Park av, will have the
plumbing contract. Marvin & Davis, 1133 Broadway, ftre the
architects.





Latest Thirty-Fifth Street Improvement.

3'5TH ST.—j. B. Snook's Sons. 73 Nassau st, and J, W.
Boylston, associate architects, are preparing plans for a new
fireproof college building for Dr, Carr, of the New York Col¬
lege of Dental and Oral Surgery, 210 West 42d st, to be erected
on a plot, S0x99.ll ft., at Nos, 302 to 300 East,35tb st, at a
cast of about $200,000. No huiiding contracts have been
awarded.





Carnegie Library for the East Side.

EAST BROADWAY,—Plans are being prepared by Messrs.
Babb, Cook & Willard, 3 West 29tb st, for a 3-sty flreproof
Carnegie library, 45x100 ft., to be erected at Nos, 192-194 East
Broadway and Nos. 181-183 Division st. No flgures have yet
been taken.





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Apartments. Flats and Tenements.

53d st,—Hillman & Golding, 124 Bowery, -will build on the
south side of 53d st, 100 ft. west of 2d av, a 6-sty 22-family ten¬
ement, to cost $35,000. Bernstein & Bernstein, 24 East 23d st,
are   preparing  plans.

MADISON ST.—James Shea, 72 Market st, will erect on the
south side of Madison st, 122 ft, east of Catherine st, a 6-sty
l7-family tenement, to cost $25,000. Bernstein & Bernstein, 24
East 23d st, will make the plans.

BLEECKER ST.—John Ph. Voelker, 079 3d av, is preparing
plans for a 6-sty tenement for Jobn L. Fogliosso, John Gar-
borlno, and Joseph Raft'a, 144 Macdougal st, to be erected at 191-
195 Bleecker st, to cost $30,000.

J. E. Kliest, New Rochelle, N, Y., has completed plans and
the owner, George Fearnschild, New Rochelle, Is r^dy for
flgures on a brick, stone and steel fireproof 5-sty apartment
house to be situated on Sickles av, New Rochelle.





' Churches.

GRAND BOULEVARD,-—G. H. Streeton, 289 4th av, ia taking
figures on the general contract for an addition for the Church
of the Saint Philip Neri on the Grand Boulevard and Concourse,
Bi-onx.

BUSHWICK AV".—Dodge & Morrison, 82 Wall st, have been
commissioned by the Grace English Evangelical Lutheran
Church to prepare plans for a new edifice to be erected at Bush¬
wick av and Wierfield st, Brooklyn, to cost about $30,000. Rev.
C.  F, Interman is pastor.

54TtI ST.—Plans are ready by Rossiter & Wright, 110 East
23d st, for the li/^-sty church building, 75x57, which the Amity
Baptist Church, SOS West 54th st, will erect on Ihe south side
of 54th St. 150 ft, west of 8th av, to cost $45,000. Brick ex¬
terior, tar and gravel roof, steam heat, etc. No contracts have
been awarded.





Mercantile.

BROADWAY.—-Figures on the general contract are being
received by Webster & Vadito, 160 Stb av, for alterations to
tbe mercantile building southeast corner Broadway and 46th st,
for Simpson & Co., 225 Park Row.    No contracts let.





Factories.

TIMPSON PL.—Plans are ready by Geo. Keister, 11 West
29Lh st, for lbe G-sty factory, 130x70, to be erected by the New
York Chartered Co., Ill Broadway, on the south side ot Timpson
pl,   belween 145th and 146th sts, Bronx.

Joseph Eroome, consulting engineer, 123 Liberty st, is pre¬
paring plans and will soon be ready for separate estimates for
a 2-sty factory, 92x100 ft., for the Cook Spring Co., 247 Centre
st, Manhattan, to be erected at 9tb and Division sts, Jereey
City, N, J.

Tbe H. F. Taintor Mfg, Co., 200 Water st, Manhattan, is now
ready to take flgures on a manufacturing plant consisting of
four buildings as follows; Factory, 127x3t)6 ft,; power house,
46x78 ft,; two storehouses, 6Qx90 ft, and 80x356 ft., to be
erected at Bayonne, N, J, F, S, Hinds, 19 Milk st, Boston,
Mass., prepared tbe plans.





Stables.

Prank A, Rooke, 489 Sth av, is taking separat-e flgures on a
3-sty stable, 30x200, for W. L. Burns, Porlcbester, N, Y., to be
er.'cted in that city.

GSTH ST.—No contracts have yet been-made for tbe erection
of a 5-sty side extension 50x95 ft., and adding 1-sty to the 4-sty
stable of James Butler, on the soutb side of GSth st, 325 ft,
west of Amsterdam av, estimated to cost $30,000, Wm. Gom-
pert, 2102 Broadway, is architect.





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Miscellaneous.

64TH ST.—The New York Edison Co., 55 Duane st, Chas, F.
Hoppe, architect, are preparing plans for a 4-sty flreproof sub¬
station to be situated on East 64th st, near 3d av.

H. O, Moyer, architect and engineer, Brooklyn, is preparing
plans for a cement pov^-er plant, for the Edison Compa.ny, to be
erected at New Village, N. J.    Estimated  cost, $250,000,

Grosvenor Atterbury, 20 West 43d st, Manhattan, has plans
ready for former Mayor Seth Low's country bouse, to be
erected at Bedford, N. Y. It will cost about $85,000 and will
be ready for occupancy by spring.

Donn Barber, 24 East 23d at, Manhattan, and Edward T.
Hapgood, of Hartford, Conn., have been selected as associate
architects to design plans for a new building for the Connecticut
State Library and Supreme Court, at Hartford, Conn.

The Board of Directors of the German Theological Seminary,