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RECORD  AND  GUIDE





November 30, 1912







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^rubraltar is symbolical of Strength.

flGnybc ■ brands of ccmmon brick have the
fortitude of the Mediterranean Fortress. Their
quality makes them impregnable against
Time, Frost and Flood.

GREATER NEW YORK
BRICK CO.

Sellers of Gnybco Brands

nioK, Murriy HUl. 7BI             103 Park Ave.





THE  NEW JERSEY
TERRA COTTA CO.

K. MATHIASEN, Preaident

ARCHITECTURAL TERRA - COTTA

Tel. 3903-4 Cort.     Singer Bldg., 149 Broadway





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ENRY MAURER & SON ^--J-'"""

Fireproof Building Materials „2^cr^^k

Hollow Brick made of Clay for Plat Arches, Par¬
titions, Furring, Etc., Porous Terra Ootta, FJpe
Brick, Etc.

Office and Depot, 420 E. 23d STREET

Works, Maurer, N. J.                      NEW YORK





CARTER, BLACK & AYERS

FRONT BRICKS, ENAMELED BRICKS

Aichitectural Terra Cotta Fireproofing, Roofins Tilet

1182 Broadway, N.Y.





Telephone
7613.7614 Madison Sa





Brooklyn Builders Supply Co.

Brick, Lime, Cement, Lath
Plaster Boards, Etc.

6th St. Basin and Gowanus Canal
Tel. 2000, 2001 South                    BROOKLYN, N. Y.





COLLINS, LAVERY & CO.

LUMBER AND TIMBER
Comb Grain Y. P. Flooring a Specialty

New York Office                                     Yards

50 Church Street                                Jersey City

Tel. 5450 Cort.                            Tel., 1180 Bergen





Atlanta Contracting Co.

EXCAVATING. DIRT and RUBBISH REMOVED

Sand, Gravel and Broken Stone. Filling Material

All Kinds of Trucking Done

General Contractors and House Wreckera

f               Telephone 846 Mun^v Hill

230 E. 42nd St.                            New York





WOODBURY GRANITE COMPANY

Woodbury Granita
Hardwlck White Granite

General Manager                      MainOfiSca:

GEO. H. BICKFORD             HARDWICK, VT.

New York Office: 1 MADISON AVE.
Pittsburg Office: 1101 FARMER'S BANE BLDG.





A. KLABER & SON

MARBLE WORKS

211 VERNON AVENUE, Foot of Ilth Street
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

Telephone, 1S95 Hunters Point





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ROCKAWAY BEACH.—Washington av, n s.
25 w Neptune av. raise 1-sty bungalow and
erect locust post foundation ; cost. $75 ; owner,
J. Egnn. Rockaway Beach.    Plan No. 1281.

ROCKAWAY BliACH.—Waverly av. w s, 225
s Boulevard, raise pitch roof to provide rooms
tn attic, gravel roof; cost, $.350; owner, Mrs.
Catherine Erower, 19 South Waverly av, Rock¬
away Beach.    Plan No. 1278.

WINFIELD.—Woodside av, s s, 15 e Flsk av.
Install new plumhing In store; cost, $20; owners,
Hirschberg & Winderoth, premises. Plan No.
1295.

WOODHAVEN.—Broadway, n e cor Walker
av. alter Interior partitions to provide for store;
cost. $1IX): owner, W. H. Sheridean, premises.
Plan No.  1299.

WOODHAVEN.—Jamaica av. n w cor Wood¬
land av. erect new concrete founoation under 2-
sty frame awelling; cost, J300: owner. Peter
Muller. Wooonaven.   Plan No. 1271.

Richmond.

TOMPKINS AV, 472. Tompkinsville. alter
electric sign; cost. $2."»; owner. Wm. Elvester,
Tompkinsville; owner builds.    Plan No. 469.

RAILROAD, s s. 147 e Bay av. film Park,
brick and frame addition to 1-sty manufacturing
building, 28x99 ; cost, $2,800; owner, A. Averett.
Elm Park; architect, Cantor Sc Levingson. 30
West .SSth St. N. Y. C.: owner builds. Plan
No. 470.    Coal chute,  16x24.

CANAL ST, w s, 300 s Cedar st, Stapleton,
frame alteration to cooper shop; cost, $500;
owner, Rubsam & Horrman Brewing Co., Staple-
ton ; architect, James Whittord, Crabtree Build-
inir St. George; builder, Henry Spruck & Sons,
Stanieton.    Plan  No. 471.





Government Work.

PARIS. TEX.—Sealed proposals will be re¬
ceived until the Sth day of jan. 1913, for
the construction, complete (including plumb¬
ing, gas piping, heating apparatus, electric
conduit and wiring, and lighting fixtures), of
the annex to the United States postofBce at
Paris, Tex. The bui.uing is 2 stys and base¬
ment with a ground area of approximately
7,000 sa ft. Fireproof construction, stone fac¬
ing, tile roof. Drawings and specifications
may be obtained from the custo-ian at Paris.
Tex., or at the offire of the Supervising Archi¬
tect,  Oscar Wenderoth,  Wash.,  D.  C.

ABILENE. ivANS.—Sealed proposals will • be
received until the tth day of January, 1913,
for the construction, complete (including plumb¬
ing, gas pipin?' heating apparatus, electric
conduit and wiring, interior liKhting fixtures
and approaches), of the United States postofflce
at Abilene, Kans. The building is 1 sty and
basement, with a ground area of aporoximate-
ly 5,000 sq ft. Fireproof construction except
roof, stone facing, tin root. iJrawings and
specifications may be obtained from the cus¬
todian of site at Abilene Kans.. or at the
office of the Supervising Architect, Oscar
Wenderoth,  Wash.,   D.  C.

Ptrsonal and Trade Notes.

FARB:ER & NURICK. architects, 1028 Gates
av, Brooklyn, desire information regarding ter¬
ra cotta materials.

THB NEXT MEETING of the New York
State Association of Builders will be held in
the City of Syracuse the latter part of Jan¬
uary.

OTTO M. EIDLITZ, a member of the ar¬
bitration commission which has just rendered
a decision in the case of the locomotive en¬
gineers, was president ot the New York Build¬
ing Trades Association when the General Ar¬
bitration   plan   was   first  adopted.

THB TWEXTY-NINTH annual convention of
the International 'Association of Master House
Painters and Decorators of the United States
and (janada will be helu in the city of Den¬
ver, Col.. February :» to 7, inclusive, 1913.
The headquarters will be the Albany Hotel, and
the business sessions and exhibition will be
held in the Auditorium.

AT THE NOVEMBER meeting ot the New
York Paint and Varnish Club, the members pre¬
sented to Mr. H. W. Pearson a silver coffee serv¬
ice, as a token ot their appreciation of his work
In connection with the New York convention.
Mr. Pearson is general manager of the Muralo
Company New Brighton, said to be the
largest manufacturers of wall coatings in the
world.

THB OFFICERS and directors ot J. G.
White & Co., Inc., believing that the En¬
gineering CJonstruction Department and the
Operating Department could be conducted with
greater efficiency and proflt if separately in¬
corporated, especially in view of the large and
increasing volume of engineering and construc¬
tion work, have recommended that two new cor¬
porations be formed, one to he known as the
J. G. White Engineering Corporation, to tske
over the first-named department, and the other
to he known as the J. G. White Management
Corporation, to take over the operating de¬
partment.

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Valves.

The Crane Company, of this city, and
Chicago, publishers of "The Valve World,"
discuss the sanitary problem of country
schools in the November number which
should be of interest to architects and
builders. The number also contains an
article on "What Will the Metric System
Cost?" by the editor, which is well worth
reading. The article deals with the cost
to purchasers of pipe and other building
commodities entailed by the change from
the standard to the metric system of
measurement. Copies may be obtained by
addressing the company, 490 Cherry
street, or in Chicago.





DEPARTMENTAL RULINGS





Board  of Examlnera.

APPEAL 185 of la.i_. Alteration 1351 ot 1912,
premises 102-4 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, J. J.
Rothschild,  appellant.

Question of substituting wireglass windows in
standard metal frames for iron shutters.

APPROVED ON CO.MDITION that all win¬
dows that come within one hundred feet of ad¬
joining property, both horizontally and ver¬
tically, in north and west walls be of wireglass
in standard metal frames.

APPEAL 191 of 1912. New Building 383 ot
1912, premises 214 East 14th St, and 207-223
East 13th St., Manhattan, George Keister, ap¬
pellant.

Question of roofing over a portion ot north
court,   theatre  building.

APPROVED ON CONDITION that the pros¬
cenium opening he provided with a rigid fire¬
proof curtain with steel frame covered with
asbestos at least three inches thick and capable
of sustaining ten pounds pressure per square
foot over its entire surface ; that a water cur¬
tain he provided in front of the rear windows
on the 14th Street building, on the second and
third stories; that at least three galvanized
iron ventilators, not less than four feet in
diameter, he placed in the ceiling of the foyer;
and that the north wall enclosing the foyer be
built of brick not less than twelve inches thick.

APPEAL 192 of 1912, New Building 529 of
1912, premises 2.3-25 Beaver St. and 58-62 New
St., Manhattan, Messrs. Rouse & Goldstone, ap¬
pellants.

Question of constructing a pent house on
roof of 12-story store and office huildina, the
pent house to be used as a janitor's apartment.
Section 105.

APPROVED.

APPEAL 193 ot 1912, New Building 699 ot
1912. premises southeast corner Fox and
Barrette Streets, The Bronx, S. Behrman, ap¬
pellant.

Question of dumbwaiter shaft construction.

APPROVED.

APPEAL 195 of 1912. Alteration 2482 ot
1912, premises 1826-1828 Lexington Avenue,
Manhattan,   John  Hauser,   appellant.

Question of altering non-fireproof dwellings
tor hospital purposes, without complying with
Section   105   Code.

DISAPPROVED.

APPEAL 196 of 1912, New Building 1132 of
1912, premises Twombley Place, Queens, Her¬
bert R. Brewster, appellant.

Question ot courts in a theatre.    Section 109.

APPROVED ON CONDITION that one row
of seats be eliminated in the orchestra, for the
purpose of forming a cross-aisle, where marked
in red on plan; that an additional exit door
be provided on Twombley Place, where indi¬
cated in red on main fioor plan ; that a row of
seats be omitted in the l)alcony, forming a
cross-aisle at point indicated in red on bal¬
cony plan: and that staircases be provided
from balcony to the mezzanine on both sides
of the house, as indicated in red on balcony
plan.

APPEAL 197 of 1912, New Building 597 ot
1912, premises 633-635 Park Avenue, Manhat¬
tan,   S.   Fullerton  Weaver,  appellant.

Question ot constructing a 12-story and base¬
ment apartment house, non-fireproof wood
floors and trim. Basement entrance. Section
105.

APPROVED ON CONDITION that no pent
house   shall   be   placed   upon   the  root.

APPEAL 198 of 1912. Alteration 797 of 1912.
premises 32 East 32d Street, Manhattan, David
Stone,  appellant.

Question  of  construction  of  canopy.

APPROVED as to the method of construction.

APPEAL 199.    Withdrawn.

APPEAL 200 ot 1912, New Building 602 of
ini2, premises northwest corner West End Ave¬
nue and 85th Street, Manhattan, Messrs.
Schwartz &  Gross,  appellants.

Question ot constructing a 12-story and base¬
ment apartment house, basement entrance. Sec¬
tion   105.

APPROVED ON CONDITION that the pent
house  be  eliminated.





TRADE LITERATURE





Boiler  Efficiency.

The counter-current or multi-stage
principle in steam generation, toward the
adoption of which there appears to be a
tendency in recent practice, is discussed
in a pamphlet entitled "The Best Propor¬
tions of Boiler and Economizer Surface,"
issued by the Green Fuel Economizer
Company, of Matteawan, N. Y. In this
booklet a method is developed for deter¬
mining the proper limits of boiler and
economizer surface and it is shown that
the most economical results are obtained
from a boiler properly proportioned for
transmitting the heat of evaporation, with
an economizer for progressively warming
the feed water. The practical result Is a
boiler four to six feet per boiler horse
power, discharging gases at 600 to 700 de¬
grees P. to an economizer in which they
are cooled to 300 degrees F. or lower, de¬
pending upon whether or not mechanical
draft is used. It is pointed out that the
economizer transfers two or three times
as much heat as could the same amount
of additional boiler surface at the same
point in the travel of the gases, because
of the greater temperature head available
between gases and steam, the result being
greater steam making efficiency at lower
cost.