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RECORD  AND  GUIDE





June II, Iploj





171ST ST, N. Y. C—Architects Gronen¬
berg & Leuchtag, 7 West 22d st, have
completed plans for the 5-sty apartment
and store buiiding to be erected at the
northwest corner of 171st st and Brook
av for the No. 171st St. & Brook Ave. Co.,
of 111 Broadway, of which L. T. Alton is
president. The building is to be semi-
fireproof, of brick, limestone and terra
cotta construction, 45x90, Estimated cost,
$40,000.    Tbe owners will take bids.

WEBSTER AV, N. T. C—Architects
Goldner & Goldberg, of 704 Jackson av,
have completed plans for Adolph Wexler,
of 204 Bush st, who will erect a 5-sty
tenement house on the east side of Web¬
ster av, 175 ft. north of 179th st. The ■
building will be non-fireproof and of brick
and limestone construction, standing on a
plot 25x114, and will hold 16 families.
The owner builds and is ready for bid% on
all subs and materials.    Cost,  $25,000.

BROOKLTN, N. T.—The general con¬
tract for the 6-sty apartment house, 200x
46, to be erected at the northeast corner
of Emerson pl and Willoughby av for the
Morris Bldg. Co., of 207 Ryerson st,
Brooklyn, from plans by J, E. Ware Sc
Son, 1170 Broadway, N. T. C, has been
awarded to H- J. Smith & Son, of 256 St.
James pl, Brooklyn. The building is to be
semi-fireproof, of brick, limestone and
terra cotta construction and to cost about
$60,000.

WASHINGTON AV, N, Y. C—Plans are
in progress by Goldner & Goldberg, of 704
Jackson av, for a 5-sty tenement, to be
erected at the west side of Washington
av, 125 ft. south of Fletcher st, for Jos¬
eph Frohmer, of 31 Canal st, to cost about
$50,000- The building wiil be non-fire¬
proof, of brick and limestone construction,
50x102, and will hold 27 families. Plans
are expected to be completed shortly. The
owner builds and will take bids on sepa¬
rate contracts and materials,

DRIGGS AV, BROOKLYN.—The general
contract for the 4-sty tenement, to be
erected at the northeast corner of Driggs
av and Oakland st, for Peter Doelger
(brewerj, of 407 Bast 55th st, N. T. C,
fram plans by Chas. Stegmayer, of 168
East 91st Et, N. Y. C, has been awarded
to John Briggs, 187 Jamaica av. Long
Island City- The building is to be of
brick and limestone, 20x43x80x irregular,
one of which will be occupied by a saloon,
will hold 20 families and cost about $30,-
000.

JENNINGS ST, N. T. C—Plans are
about completed by Architect Harry
Howell, of 149th st and Willia av, Bronx,
for a 6-sty tenement and stores to be
erected on the southwest corner of Jen¬
nings st and Stebbins av, for Cioffl Co., of
which Carmine Cioffl is president and
Angelina Cioffi, secretary. The address
is 1116 Intervale av. The building is to
be non-fireproof and of brick and lime¬
stone construction, 69x69 and 38x48, and
wiU be for 25 families. The owner builds
and will take bids on separate contracts.
Estimated cost, $45,000.





Contracts Awarded.

GRERNWICH ST.—F. T. Nesbit & Com¬
pany have obtained from James H. Cruik¬
shank the eeneral contract for the new
8-sty loft building to be erected on the
southeast corner of Morton and Green¬
wich sts. This building will be occupied
by the General Electric Company when
finished,

LOWELL, MASS.—The Raymond Con¬
crete Pile Company, of New Tork, has
obtained the contract for placing 1,400
Raymond concrete piles in the founda¬
tions of a store house to be built for the
Massachusetts Cotton Mills at Lowell,
Mass. Lockwood, Greene & Company,
architects and engineers; Aberthaw Con¬
struction Company, general contractors.

NEWARK, N. J.—W. H. Connolly, of
136   S.   7th   st,   Newark,   N.   J„   has   re¬





ceived the mason contract for the 3-sty
cafe and restaurant to be erected on the
southwest corner of Broad st and Wash¬
ington pi for the Alliance Investment Co,,
of Frenian st, Newark, N. J., from plans
by T. Cecil Hughes and Geo. W. Backoff,
associated, of 22 Clinton st. Newark, N, J.
The building is to be of hrick, limestone
and terra cotta construction, about 26x92x
irregular, and will cost about $90,000.
John W. Vliet, of SS Academy st, New¬
ark, N, J., will do the carpenter work.





Cliui'ches.

STKACUSE, N, Y.—Plans will be start¬
ed this winter for an ediflce for the con¬
gregation of St. Anthony of Pauda, at the
corner of Midland av and West Colvin st,
Syracuse, for which the Rev. Father
Francis J. Quinn is pastor. His address is
1302 Midland av. The buildmg wiil prob¬
ably be erected of stone. Russell & King,
of the Snow Building, Syracuse, are archi¬
tects. Estimated cost, $70,000. It is ex¬
pected that building operations will be
started next spring,

SYRACUSE, N. T.—Contracts have
been awarded for the synagogue to be
erected in this city on University av, at
the corner of Madison st, for the Temple
of Concord, the mason work to Delmoni¬
co Bros., of 901 Danforth st, and the
carpenter work to William Sherlock, of
411 Canal st, Syracuse, The architect is
A. T, Taylor, with offices in the Syracuse
Savings Bank Building. Arnold W. Brun¬
ner, 33 Union sq, N. Y. C, is consulting
architect. Rev. D. A. Guttman is pastor-
Estimated  cost,  $50,000.





Coiu't Houses and Jails.

CHESHIRE, CONN,—It is announced
that plans for the proposed state reform¬
atory to be built at Cheshire, Conn,, un¬
der a state appropriation, are nearly
ready and bids will be asked for shortly.
W. D. Johnson, 20 State st, Hartford,
Conn., is architect.

ELIZABETHTOWN, N. T,—The general
contract for the jail and County Clerk's
building and Sheriff's residence, to cost
$50,000, and to be erected at Elizabeth-
town, N. T., for the Board of Supervisors
of Essex Co., of which C, Thurman Leland
is chairman, has been awarded to Lina-
han & Burnham, of Glens Palls, N. T., at
$37,320. The contract for jail work and
steel awarded to Stewart Jail Works, Cin¬
cinnati, Ohio, $8,950. Coulter Se West-
hoff, Saranac Lake, N. Y,, are the archi¬
tects.

Dwellings.

KRUGER AV, N. Y. C—L. Del Gaudio,
of Tremont and Webster avs, is drawing
plans for a frame dwelling, 25x50, to be
erected on the east side of KJruger av,
200 feet south of Van Nest av. Esti¬
mated cost, $5,000-

OSTH ST, N. T. C.-The general contract
for a 6-sty brick residence, 25x68. to be
erected at 41 East 6Sth st for Edw. W.
Sparrow, of 120 East 70th st, from plans
by Parish & Schroeder, 12 West Slst st,
has been awarded to Wm. Crawford Co.,
5-7 East 42d st.    Estimated cost, $60,000.

LEONIA, N. J,—The general contract
for the nine dwellings being built on
speculation, to be erected at Leonia, N. J.,
for the Leonia Heights Land Co., at the
site, has been awarded to Geo. Clark, of
Leonia, N. J. Plans are private and the
buildings are of wood construction, all to¬
gether costing about $40,000.

GLEN COVE, L. I.—John V, Schaefer,
Jr,, & Co., 5 West Slst st, are the build¬
ers of the new country residence for Cap¬
tain J. R. De Lamar, at Glen Cove. The
house is to be three stories, 90x90, stucco
finish. C. P, H. Gilbert, 1123 Broadway,
New York, is the architect. The owner's
business  address Is 43 Exchange pl.

BROOK AV, N. Y. C.—J. E. Ditmans,
architect,   111   Sth   av,    Manhattan,   will





soon be ready for bids for a doctor's
house to he erected for the Sisters of the
Poor of St. Francis, at Brook av and 143d
St. The building will be of brick and
granite (non-fireproof), four stories, OOx
40, and is estimated to cost $25,000.

OLD MILL PARK, L. L—Shampan Se
Shampan, architects, 227 Broadway,
Brooklyn, are preparing plans for two 2-
sty and basement stucco residences, to be
erected on the site known as the East
Side of Hemlock av, 160 feet north of
Stanley av, and two 2-sty and basement
frame residences to be erected on the
west side of Pine st, 180 feet south of
Vienna av, at Old Mill Park, Brooklyn,
for the Schwenk Construction Company.
The facades of the buildings will be de¬
signed on a mission style of architecture,
finished in stucco, composed of the Johns-
Manville asbestos and a shingle roof. The
buildings will be erected on a plot of SOx
100 feet, situated so that there will be a
terrace which will have ornamentations,
also grass and fiowers. The buildings
will be equipped with a furnace heating
apparatus and arranged for one family.
The owners are now ready for bids.
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Brief and Personal.

St. Raymond's parochial school at West¬
chester is a new example of note of deco¬
rative brickwork, here used in comhina-
tion with terra cotta.

Alonzo W. Damon, the new president of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters,
is president of the Springfield Fire and
Marine Insurance Co.

The grade of Superintendent of Build¬
ings has been established in the office of
the President of the Borough of Rich¬
mond at a salary of $3,000.

The National Association of Master
Steam and Hot Water Fitters will meet in
tw-enty-second annual convention at the
St. Charles Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J.,
June IS,  14, 15 and 16.

An address delivered hy Benjamin A,
Howes, engineer, on "Reinforced Concrete
Houses," has been reprinted as a pamph¬
let for gratuitous distribution by the Vul¬
canite Portland Cement Company, whose
offices are in the Flatiron Building.

Dexter Brothers Co., manufacturers of
English shingle stains and Petrifax
waterproof cement and brick coating, an¬
nounce the removal of their New Tork
office to Room 702, 1133 Broadway, cor
26th St. Mr, Arthur Brandt is the man¬
ager.    Telephone,   Madison  Sq,  5978.

At the recent conventions of machinery
manufacturers, the optimistic feeling
which has developed in the trade has been
reflected in the way of tightening of de¬
livery terms and withdrawals of conces¬
sions. The action of foreign buyers com¬
ing into the market at this time is taken
as an indication that some of them were
very short of stock. Just now the ex¬
port business in this territory is better
than it has been at any time this year.

George Aitchison, architect, died in
London on May 16. Mr. Aitchison was
one of the leaders among English archi¬
tects, and his death will be everywhere
acknowledged as a great loss to the pro¬
fession he so much honored. He held for
a number of years the position of Pro¬
fessor of Architecture at the Royal
Aeademy.

A strike of the machinists of the Otis
Elevator Company ordered by District
No. 15 of New^ York and Vicinity of the
International Association of Machinists for
an advance of 25 per cent, in wages went
into effect Monday morning. The repre¬
sentatives of the district reports that 800
men have quit in Tonkers, 400 in Buffalo
and 3(XI In Harrison and that the ma¬
chinists have struck in the repair shops at
27th st and 10th av, Manhattan.