May l8. 1907





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





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Points   on  the  Mateiial   Mai'ket,

An advance of two cents per gallon has taken place in the
price of Linseed Oil. This is not due to the demand in this coun¬
try, as it is estimated that tbe American requirement is' 25%
less than it was last Spring.

Throughout the United States tbe Portland cement trade is
in good form this spring. A great amount is being taken in the
West, and another great quantity in the South, so that quota¬
tions continue normal and about at the same level as for some
weeks past.

Raw materials used in manufacturing products for the beating
and plumbing trades have advanced in price from 5% on some
grades of iron to as much as 7-5% on brass and bronze, since
Jan. 1, 1905. The cost of raw material used in making electric
light and gas fixtures has advanced about 65% in the same
period, and labor about 12%.

A prominent New Tork machinery man who returned recently
from Europe declares that European manufacturers are crowded
with work, and he gives it as bis opinion that the reason for
prosperity there is the fact that manufacturers in the United
States have not been hotlicring a great deal of late about export
trade, and, consequently, have left the competition largely be¬
tween  English   and   German   manufacturers.





Army War College Ready for Use.

WASHINGTON.—In little more tbam'three years since Presi¬
dent Roosevelt laid its cornerstone, tbe War College of tbe
-United States Army has been finished. Designed by McKi.n,
Mead & Wbite, the War College is the most striking feature of
a great military improvement scheme. It occupies a prominent
site in the Washington Barracks reservation, overlooking ths
Potomac. To this college wili come the picked men, the cream
of Che aimy, to receive instructions in the broader and more
advanced problems of warfare. In architecture and in con¬
struction the "W^ar College is a remarkable creation. Tlie cost
was nearly $700,000, and tbe entire work was done by day
labor under tbe supervision of Maj. John S. Sewell, of the Engi-
n'?er Corps. The building is in the form of a cross, wdth :„
dome at the intersection. The whole is after the Roman basilica
style. Brick and Indiana limestone form tbe exterior walls, and
tbe roof is dark slate. In front and at eacb end is an entrance
pavilion, gable above and massive piers and Ionic columns be¬
neath. On the front, flanking the central pavilion, are pilasters
several feet lower than the Ionic columns.





Siiai-e  &   Triest   Co.   Bid   $1,570,760   for  BlackwcU's   Island
Bridge Approacli,

On Monday Bridge Commissioner Stevenson opened bids for
the construction of tbe Manhattan approach to the new Black¬
well's Island bridge. The lowest bid submitted was that of the
Snare & Triest Co., $1,-576,760. in amount. The contractor must
begin operations within five days of the certification of the con¬
tract, and $100,000 security must be depo.=ited for the faithful
performance of the work, and his contract inust be completed
by March, 1908. Other well known contractors figuring werer
John Peirce Co., $1,749,000; Williams Engineering & Contract¬
ing Co., $l,o90,fl00; Prank Bradley, $1,830,425, and the J. H.
Gray Co., $1,762,000. Maine gray granite similar to the otber
bridge approaches will be used for the facing.





No Ai'chltect Yet for ItaUaii Hospital,

THOMPSON ST.—No plans have yet been drawn or architect
appointed for the new hospital which tbe Italian Benevolent
Institute, of which Celestino Piva, 20 West 16th st. is presi¬
dent, will erect on the easterly block front in Thompson st.
between Wasbington Square south and 3d st, on a plot 209x50
ft. and irregular. The property adjoins the Judson Memorial,
and tbe society w-ill not get possession for about tiiree years
yet, so that definite plans will not be taken up for about a
year or more. A. R. Massiglia is tbe Italian Consul General in
New Tork. The Italian government has contributed $60,000
for the  endowment  of tbe proposed  hospital.





J). C. Weeks & Son WiU Build Geo. J. <JouIU's House.

5TH av.—Contract for the magnificent house which George
J. G-ould is to erect on tbe site of bis present residence, a plot
of 50 ft., fronting on 5fh av. and 125 ft. in 67th St, the northeast
corner, has been awarded to the firm of D. C. Weeks & Son,
of 289 4th av. TTiere will bo 5 stys, the whole exterior being
of buff Bedford Indiana limestone, with a base of iVIilford pink
granite. Tbe entrance will be in the center of the building in
67th St. The estimated cost is placed at about .'i;50O,600. Horace
Trumbauer, 1408 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa., is the
architect.    (See issue March 30, 1907.)





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Conliact foi- Importers  and Traders'  Bank.

BROADWAY.—General contract for tbe erection of the new
6-Bty bank building which tbe Importers and Traders' National
Bank, 303 Broadway, will build at the southwest corner of
Broadway and^Murray st, at a cost of about $500,000, has been
awarded to Marc Eidlitz & Son, of No. 489 Sth av. The old
structure is being demoli.sbed, and work on the new will be-
started at once. The construction will be fireproof, with a mar¬
ble exterior and tile roof. Edward Townsend is president, and
J. H. Freedlander, 244 5th av, is architect. (See issue May 12
3906.)





Pleischmann   Realty   &   Construction   Company    Get   105th
Street  Contract.

105TH ST.—Architeet Albert S. Gottlieb, 156 5th av, has
awarded to the Pleischmann Realty & Construction Co., 170
Broadway, general contract to erect a 3-sty fireproof addition,
51.6x44.11 ft., to the westerly end of tbe Home for Aged and
Infirm Hebrews, 125 West 105th st. Excavating is to be started
immediately and the building will be pushed as rapidly as pos¬
sible to completion. Julius Boilin, 396 Broadway; A. Cohen, 142
Water st," and Sol Plant, 35 Nassau st, are directors.





Thompson-Starrett Co. to BuiUl Bank St Stable.

BANK ST.—TTiompson-Starrett Company, 51 Wall st, has
taken the contract to erect a 4^sty brick stable, 61.25x116.67 ft.,
for tbe Meade Transfer Company, of Pier 1, North River, at
Nos. 123 to 127 Bank st, from plans by Messrs. Dodge & Mor¬
rison, of No. S2 Wall. It will be necessary to demolish flve old
buildings on the site. The officers of the company are: C. F.
J. Fleck, president; D. C. Evarts, vice-president; C. F. Walden,
treasurer, and P. J. Bathpl, secretary.    (See issue Sept. 26, 1906.)

Apartments,   Flats and Tenenients.

6tb ST.—Samuel Sass, 23 Park Row, is preparing plans for
two 6-sty flats, 35.6x84 ft., to be erected at Nos. 620-624 East
Oth st, to cost $72,000.

Harry T. Howell. 3d av and 149th st, has on tbe boards
plans for a 5-sty briek tenement for Onofrio Distasio, of 100
Thompson   st.     All   improvements,   to   cost   $13,000.

MORTON ST.—Israel Lippman, 102 West llSth st, will build a
(i-sty 33-family tenement, 50x76 ft., at Nos. 10-12 Morton st, to
cost .$48,000.    E. A. Meyers, 1 Union sq, is planning.

26TH ST.—Kittelplan & Rubinger, 5 Beekman st, will build
a 6-sty flat, at Nos. 141-143 East 20th st, 48.4x85 ft., to cost
•fiO.Odll.     L.  A.  Goidstone,   110 West ,S4th   st,  is architect.

,2D av.—Rosehill Realty Co., 35 Nassau st, will build on west
side of 2d av, 49 ft. west of 40th st, a 6-sty tenement, 49.9x68
ft., to cost $45,000.    Chas. M. Straub, 122 Bowery, is architect.-

40TH ST.—Rosehill Realty Co., 35 Nassau st, will erect two
6-sty flats, 3jx8;j.9 ft, on northside of 40th st, Sl ft. west of 2d
av, to cost $76,000.    Chas. M.  Straub, 122 Bowery, is architect.

BAXTER ST.—Chas. M. Straub, 122 Bowery, has plans for a
6-sty tenement, 24.6x69.2 ft., to be erected at 15 Baxter st, to
cost $25,600.    Vito Antonio Ca'riiperlengo, 89 Park Row, is owner."

THOMPSON ST.—J. M. Robinson, 15 Broad st. is preparing
plans for a 6-sty 36-fainily fiat, .57x88 ft., for D. O. Mills, 634
5th av, lo be erected at Nos. 183-lS3i^ Thompson st, to cost
$.50,000.

134TH ST.—L. F, J. Weiber, 103 East 125tb st, is planning for
a 6-sty fiat, 47x86.11 ft., on northside of 134th st, 178 ft. east of
8th av, for Lordi, Pernetti & DeRespiris Co., 421 East 116th st, to
cost  $.50,600.

27TH ST.—Benj. W. Levitan, 20 West 3Ist st, is making plans
for a 6-sty 3I-family flat, 41.8x85 ft., to be erected at Nos. 313-
315 East 27th st, for James J. Mooney, of .3-33 East 24th st, to
cost .$60,600.

147T'H ST.—Fleischmann Realty & Construction Co., 170 Broad¬
way, will erect on north side of 147tb st, 250 ft. east of Sth av,
a 6-sty .$35,000 fiat, 2."ixS(l.I1 ft. Geo. Fred Pelham, 503 5th av,
is making plans,

5TH ST.—On the north side of 5th st, IOO ft. easl of 2d av,
Hyman & Levin, 1-531 Park av, will build a O-sty 33-family tene¬
ment, -50x84 ft., to cost $45,000. Chas. M. Straub, 122 Bowery,
wdll make plans.

MONROE ST.—Berliner & Greenberg,-147 East 125th st, will
ereet a O-sty flat, 38.2x53.9 ft, at the southeast corner of Monroe
and Montgomery sts, to cost $30,000. Bernstein & Bernstein, 24
East 24tli st, are planning.

COMMERCE ST.—Abraham Baebrach, 64 East Olst st, wiil
build two 6-sty flats, on northside of Conimcrce st. and southside
of Barrow st, 100.2 ft. east of Bedford st, to cost $70,000. M.
Zipkes, 147 4th av, bas plans under way.