July 27, 1907.





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PoÍDts on the Material Market.

Looks like a busy fall for everybody.

Last week there arrived S3 barges of Hudson River common
briek, a quantity which was nearly all taken by Monday nigbt
o£ tliis weelĩ. Demand is very good, and the material is going
into îmmediate use. Hence, quotations are advanced over last
week.

While ni officĩal announcement has been made, Howard Elliott,
president o£ the Northern Paeiflc, has confîrmed the report that
'higher rates will be made on and after Oct. 1 on lumber from the
Pacific to the middie west, the Minnesota Transfer and the At-
lantic seaboard.

The lack of interest which has been manifested in the tin plate
market for a number of weeks continues, and terne plates
are specially tiull. Colĩe plates used for manufacturing pur-
poses are moving in fair volume. The reason for the falling
off in demand for terne plates is aseribed largely to the
diminution in building operations.

Builders' hardware is in fair demand. Locally there are some
large buildings being planned, the construction of which, it is
expected, will be begun before the close of the year. These,
when they come, will furnish an amount o£ business that will
compare favorably wĩth extensive work that last year helped
to sweĩl the totals of builders' hardware sales.

President Wright W. Goss, of the Empire Brick and Supply
Co., says that while this year's business in masons' materiais
has left someth'ing to be desired in volume, the requirement has
been mostly for íirst-class construetion. ' General building
throughout the city promises* to increase as the season ati-
vances, and he expects a busy fail.

A meeting o£ tĩie members of the Hudson River Brickraakers'
Association was iield at Newburgh last Friday afternoon. It
was the prevailing opinion that the works should be closed
for the season on Sept. 30. It was also agreed that there should
be no loading or shipping of brick boats on Fridays and Satur-
days, in order to relieve the Monday morning congestion. The
same amount of bricĩi will be sliipped as heretofore, but in-
stead of thirty or forty barges on Monday morning the ship-
ments w'ill be distributed over the week.







P. T. Nesbit & Co. to Build Pive-Míle Boai-dwalk.

The Estates of Long Eeach has awarded to F, T. Nesbit &
Go., of No. 116 Nassau st, a contract to build a íĩve-mile board-
walk at Long Beach, the cost of which is approximated at
$750,000. T'his walk will be tlie only one of its kind. It will
be constructed on reinforeed concrete piles 25 ft. in length,
driven into the sand. On each section of piles there will be a
steel reinforced concrete girder, and on these girders will be
constructed a yellow pine boardwalk, eonsisting of 4x14 bearas,
and 3~in. planking 50 ft. in widtii. On both sides of the walk
there wiU be eonstructed an orna'mental galvanized iron railing
with heavy arc light poles at intervals of 90 ft., and smaller
festoon poles between the larger ones will support a line of
incandescent lĩghts. The Long Beach property is being tie-
veloped as an "all-the-year" resort, anti it is planned to make
it a strong rival of Atlantie City. Contracts for improvements
of various kinds have already been executed, approx'imating
$5,000,000 in amount.





Ricĩiard Deeves & Son to Build Seamen's Homs.

WEST ST.—General contract has just been awartied to Rich-
ard Deeves"& Son, of No. 305 Broadway, for the construction
Of the American Seamen's Priends Society Euilding, to be
situated at the northeast corner of West and Jane sts, oppo-
site the Cunard line piers and the new Chelsea docks built by
the city. The structure will be 8-stys in héight, 35x165 ft. in
'size, and the cost of site, building and furnishings will reach
nearly $325,000. The first story of the building wiU be of a
white granite, subject to samples (unselected). Above the flrst
story limestone and light brick wiU be the raaterîal. Operations
will be started in a few days, and the work wiĩl be pusheti
rapidly. AU sub-contracts will be awarded by the general con-
tractor. The architeets are Messrs. Boring & Tilton, of No. 32
Broadway. Tlie ofBce of the Society is at No. 76 Wal! st. The
Rev, G. McPherson Hunter is in charge, (See also issue July 13
for aceepted desĩgn.)





Twelve-Stoiy Office Structure for Pifth Avenue.

5TH AV.—Messrs. Buehman & Fox, 11 East 59th st, are pre-
paring pĩans for the erection of a 12-sty and basement office
build'ing which the Fleiscliraann Realty & Construction Co.,
owners and genera! contractors, wiU immediately erect at No.
507 5th av, on a plot 3Gxl32 ft., with an all«y mnning to 43d
st. Tĩie building wili be of best fireproof steel frame construc-
'tion, with a facatie of granite, limestone and light briek, electric





elevators, steam heating plant, marble, mosaic and tUe work.
The Fleischmann Company has leased the ground floor and
basement to the Columbia Eank for the term o£ twenty-one
years at an aggregate renta! of $600,000. Demolishing and
clearing the site was started on Priday. The owners wili per-
form the general contract, sub-ĩetting all usua! branches of the
construetion. The estimated cost of the building is $300,000,
and the site is on the east side of the avenue, the third north
of 42d st.





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Particulars   of  the  Heam  Building in   14tli   Street.

14TH ST.—Wrecking was completed on Thursday oÊ this week
of the old buildings Nos. 8-10-12 West 14th st. on which the
new Hearji store building is to be erected. This part of the
work was started on July 1. The new structure is to be six
stories, of best flreproof eonstruction. The mason work has
been awarded to John T. Brady & Co., of 4 East 42d st. J. B,
& J. M. Cornell, 26th st anti llth av, have obtained the iron
work, and the Otis Elevator Co., 17 Battery pl, elevators. No
other contracts have yet been plaeed, Jno, E. Snook's Sons,
73 Nassau st, are the architects in charge of the work.





Latest Iraprovement for West 57th Street.

57TH ST.—Messrs. PoUard ,& Steinman, of 234 5th av, are
preparing plans for improving No. 130 West 57th st with a
12-sty high-e!a.ĩs elevator apartment house, to cost in the
neighborhood o£ $500,000. The structure in the front will be
seven stories and the rear will run up to twelve stories. Work
wiU be startod as soon as plans are approved. A corporation
o£ whieh P. McL. MerriII, 259 5th av, is seeretary, are the owners.





More  High-Class  Apartments  for   148tli  Street.

148TH ST,—Messrs. NeviU^ & Bagge, 217 West 12oth st, are
now preparing plans for the construction of two high-class
apartment houses for Emanuel M. Krulewitch, 145th st and St.
Nieholas av, to be situated on the south sĩde of 14Sth st, 75 ft.
east o£ Convent av, to cost in the neighborhood of $300,000,
Steam heat, electric lighting, tiumb waîters, marble, mosaic and
hardwood flnish, and al! up-to-date improvements.





Elizabeth Street Barracks to Be Kemodeled.

ELIZAEETH ST,—The row of 5-sty tenements Nos. 260 to
268 Elizabeth st, for many years known as the barracks, and
owned by George J. Kenney, of 80 East Houston st, are to be
cleaned out and entirely remodeled. Plans for these improve-
ments are now being drawn by B, W. Berger & Son, Eible House.





Contract for the Lackawanna's Scrantou Sfatlon.

P. T). Hyde, 5-7 East 42d st, Manhattan, has obtained the
genera! contract to erect a passenger depot for the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western R. R. at Scranton, Pa. The ■esttmated
cost is placed at $500,000.





Apartments, Plats and Tenements.

THOMPSON ST.—J. M. Robinson, 15 Broad st, Is preparing
plans for a 6-sty flat for D. O. MiUs, 634 5th av, to be erected
at Nos. 183-183^ Thompson st, to cost $55,000.

13TH ST.—Joseph Walkenberg, 96 Av C, wiU soon erect on
13th st, south siúe, 70 £t. west of Av C, a 6-sty flat, same to
cost $75,000. Geo. Fred Pelham, 503 5th av, is making the
plans.

3D AV.—Messrs. Radcliffe & Kelley, 3 West 29th st, are pre-,
paring plans  for three  6-sty tenements   for  Wm.   Eradley,   329
West 68th st, same to be situated at Nos, 322 to 332 3d av, at
a eost of $125,000.

AMSTERDAM AV.—Abraham Silverson, 391 Central Park
West, will build two 6-sty flat buildings on Amsterdam av,
northwest eorner 156th st, to cost $130,000. Geo. Pred Pelham,
503 5th av, will make the plans,

ST. NICHOLAS AV.—W. J. Casey, 1953 7th av, v/m soon be-
gin the erection o£ a 6-sty apartment house at St, Nicholas av,
northwest corner o£ 184th st, same to cost $175,000. NeviIIe &
Bagge, 217 West 125th st, are making plans.

DELANCET ST.—Jacob H. Amsler, 105S Jackson av, is pre-
paring plans for a 6-sty tenement for Rosa H. Susswein and
Oscar Hermann, 450 East 105th st, to be erected at the north-
east corner of Delancey and Mott sts, same to eost $40,000.

OLD EROADWAT.—Maxrail'ian Zipkes, 147 4th av, has plans
on the boards for tbree 6-sty store and flat buildings for the
Fleischman Realty anti Construction Company, of 171 Broad-
way. Euildings wiU be arranged for 6 families on each floor
and will be erected at Old Eroadway and 130th st, on plot 125x
100 ft., to cost $175,000. Plans will be ready at owner's office
in about two weeks. Owners will take all estimates and have
charge.