April 11, 1914





RECORD AND GUIDE





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THE SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON
CITY PLANNING will be held at Toronto on
May 25-27. The conference is divided into seven
sessions, and speeches will be made by Fred¬
erick L. Olmsted, Andrew Wright Crawford, J.
V. Davies, John A. McCollum, Lawrence Veiller,
R. S. Gourlay and Henry V. Hubbard. Regis¬
tration will be held at the conference headquar¬
ters. Hotel King Bdward. noon. May 25, follow¬
ing which will be made a tour of inspection ot
the city and harbor.





OBITUARY

PATRICK E. M'CORMICK, general contractor,
died suddenly at his home in South Orange, N.
J., Tuesday, April 7. He was born in Ireland
sixty years ago.

DAVID FORCE REED, retired general con¬
tractor, died at the Home for Aged Men and
Couples, 745 Classon av, Brooklyn, Friday. April
3, at the age ot seventy-seven years.

DAVID R. LOSEY. landscape engineer and
contractor,Tiled Tuesday, March 31, at his home,
38 Morris street, Morristown, N. j. Mr. Losey
was seventy-two years of age and a veteran of
the Civil War. AS a landscape contractor, he
laid out a number of large estates in the vicin¬
ity of Morristown.

JAMES J. LYONS, general contractor, 482
Van Buren street Brooklyn, died Thursday, April
2, in St. Catherine's Hospital. Mr. Lyons was
fifty-five years of age and prior to entering the
contracting fleld on his own account, spent fif¬
teen years as foreman for the P. J. Carlin Con¬
struction Co. He is survived by his widow,
three sons and three daughtera.

JOHN D. BALDWIN, president of the B'aldwin
Lumber Co., Jersey City, died at his home In
Hackensack, N. J.. Wednesday, April 8. He
was sixty-three years ot age and had been en¬
gaged in the lumber business tor many years.
Mr. Baldwin was an active member of the Ori-
tani Field Club and the Hackensack Lodge of
Elks. He is survived by his widow, one son
and  one  daughter.

JOHN McNAMBE, formerly a member of the
firm of Crawford & McNamee, general contrac¬
tors, who built sections ot the subways of the
city, died at his home, 237 Jefferson avenue,
Brooklyn, Tuesday, April 7. He was born in
Brooklyn in 1842 and had been a member of the
Board of Education in Brooklyn for twenty-one
years. Mr. McNamee retired from the contract¬
ing business in 1909, but continued his interests
in otber lines, being president ot the Eagle
Warehouse & Storage Co., a trustee ot the
Kings County Trust Co., and a director in the
Brevoort Savings Bank, National Water Meter
Co. and other corporations. He is survived by
his widow, a son and a daughter.

GEORGE W. ROGERS, a general contractor,
died at his home 518 North Broad street, Eliza¬
beth, N. J., Friday. April 3. Mr. Rogers was
born in New York City and was the senior mem¬
ber ot the firm of George W. Rogers & Co., 20
Broadway, Manhattan. The flrm do a general con¬
tracting business, particularly heavy foundation.
dock and terminal .construction. The flrm erect¬
ed the Lehigh Valley R. R. terminal in Jersey
City and docks for the New York Central, Erie
and other railroad companies. Mr. Rogers was
a member of Union League, Engineers and
Whitehall Clubs, the Museum of Natural His¬
tory and the Navy League of Washington. He
is survived by his widow.





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TRADE   AND   TECHNICAL
SOCIETY EVENTS.





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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP BUILDING
OWNERS AND MANAGERS will convene at
Duluth, July 14 ;o 17.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEER
DRAFTSMEN.—Regular meeting third Thurs¬
day of each month. Walter L. Smyth, secre¬
tary, 74 Cortlandt st. New York City.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERING
CONTRACTORS.—Secretary, J. R, Wemlinger,
11 Broadway, New York. Meets lecond Thurs¬
day, In New York, except July and August.

NATIONAL PIPE & SUPPLIES ASSOCIA¬
TION will hold its annual convention April 20-
21 at the Hotel Biltmore, N. Y. C. The sessions
will be held in the music room on the second
floor of the hotel.

INSTITUTE OP OPERATING ENGINEERS.
—Regular meeting lecond Thursday ot each
month. Engineering Societies Building, New
York City. H. B. Collins, secretary, 29 West
39th »t. New York City.

MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION of New
Jersey will hold Its annual convention In Or¬
ange, N. J„ April 23, 1914. V. P. Chrlstofter-
son, Perth Amboy, N. J., secretary.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MA¬
TERIALS.—Atlantic City has been chosen for
thf seventeenth annual meeting ot the Ameri¬
can Society for Testing Materials on June 30-
July 4. Headquarters will be at the Hotel
Traymore.

THE MONTHLY MEETINGS of the American
Society of Engineering Contractors (Inc.) for¬
merly held in the United Engineers' Building,
are now held at the rooms of this society,
11 Broadway, on the^ second Thursday of
each month, except In July and August, at 2
o'clock p. m.

BROOKLYN ENGINEERS' CLUB will hold its
fourth annual exhibition ot engineering ma¬
terials and processes at the club house, 117
Remsen st, B'rooklyn, April 15-22. Many of the
latest inventions applying directly to the engi¬
neering profession will be displayed. The ex¬
hibition is open to the public without charge.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL
Engineers will hold its thirty-first annual con¬
vention in Detroit, Michigan, June 22-26. Cnn-
vention headquarters will be at the Hotel Uadll-
1»C.





THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL DINNER of the
Erooklyn League will be held at Masonic Tem¬
nle, Brooklyn, Friday evening. May 15. Hon.
William Jennings Bryan will be the principal
speaker of the evening.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ENGINEERING
CONTRACTORS will hold its midsummer con¬
vention July 3 and July 4 at Brighton Beach.
Brooklyn . July 3 will be devoted to papers and
discussions of general engineering construction
and Saturday, July 4, will he devotfed to papers
and discussions on "Best Roads."

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY
(Chicago section) held a meeting in the Western
Society of Engineers auditorium, Chicago, Wed¬
nesday, April 7. Papers were read by Thomas
S. Stevens, of Santa Fe; Dr. Nelson M. Black,
ot Milwaukee, and Dr. H. P. Gage, ot Corning,
N, Y.





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RECENT INCORPORATIONS.





CHELSEA CRESIT CO. is a $100,000 cor¬
poration chartered, with offlces in Manhattan, to
do a realty and construction business. The di¬
rectors are Isidor and Ida Blumenkrohn, both
of 790 Riverside Drive, and Abraham L. Taylor.
7."i."> Jennings st. The attorney is Lewis S. Marx,
128 Broadway.

THE FORD PULLEY & HARDWARE CO. has
been incorporated with a capitalization of $10,-
000, with offlces in Manhattan, to manufac¬
ture and deal iu pulleys, apparatus, hardware,
etc., and construction material. 'The papers
were flled by L. D. Ford, Albert Cole, B. P.
Rowland, all of 2-11 West 20th st, and three
others, as directors. J. Walz, 271 West 125th
st, is the company's attorney.





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TRADE LITERATURE





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Mechanical Pioneer Specialists.

Though specialization in manufactur¬
ing is generally believed to be of recent
origin, it found application with the
pioneers in the mechanical field in the
United States. It is found.recorded in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States
History that in 1643, two hundred and
seventy years ago, General Robert Sedg¬
wick with John Winthrop, Jr., estab¬
lished the first furnace and ironworks
in America, at Lynn, Mass.

For ten generations, except when
called to the defense of their country in
the Colonial and Revolutionary wars,
the Sedgwicks have continued -in the*
vcraft, manufacturing from metal and
wood machines and mechanical devices
which have contributed largely to the
wonderful progress of the United States,
handing down from father to son the
skill and experience accumulated during
more than two and a half centuries of
specialized effort.

In 1844, Charles Henry Sedgwick, the
seventh direct descendent of General
Robert Sedgwick, brought the business
to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., its present lo¬
cation. Some years later, Alonzo Sedg¬
wick, son of Charles Henry Sedgwick,
associated with Justus IngersoU Wake-
lee, erected a new plant and concentra¬
ted their united energies on the manu¬
facture of hand power elevators and
dumbwaiters with which they have been
nationally identified ever, since.

An attractive catalogue of absorbing
interest has just been published by the
Sedgwick Machine Works. It is inter¬
esting because of its historic value, and
shows the wonderful progress made in
the mechanical field, and particularly the
development in hand power elevator and
dtimbwaited manufacture and, adapta¬
bility. This booklet will be sent upon
request.

To Rehabilitate Metal Products Co.

President Turner of the United Metal
Products Company, in his annual report
to stockholders, gives assurances that it
will be only a short time when advances
may be resumed on the preferred stock.
The company is said to be making sat¬
isfactory progress in the rehabilitation
of its credit and business and further
progress is indicated in a plan which the
president has in mind for scaling down
the capiitalization of the company by a
reduction in the $5,000,000 common stock.
Speaking of this plan Mr. Turner says
that he suggests that when the proper
time comes the common stock will be
reduced to such an extent that the good
will account may in a large measure be
eliminated. The capital account of the
company shows that "good will" has
been capitalized at $3,813,365. The com¬
mon   stock   outstanding   is   $5,000,000,





which is owned to a great extent by in¬
terests identified with the Assets Realiza¬
tion Company. The entire amount
charged to the good will account, in¬
cluding organization expenses and pat¬
ents, totals $4,543,274. The income ac¬
count for the year shows net profits of
only $33,659, before considering losses on
contracts aggregating $63,000.





Boycotts and the Labor Struggle.

In view of the recent decision of the
courts in the Danbury Hatters' case,
and the consequent concerted action
which is being taken to amend the
Sherman Anti-Trust act so as to exempt
trade unions from liability from dam¬
ages in boycotting cases, the volume on
"Boycotts and the Labor Struggle",
written by Harry W. Laidler, a member
of the New York bar, and published by
John Lane Company, New York, is
just now of special interest to all em¬
ployers of labor. The author deals ex¬
haustively with both the economic and
legal aspects. The book contains an in¬
troduction by Prof. Henry R. Seager,
professor of the trust problem and the
labor  problem   at   Columbia   Universty.

Mr. Laidler traces the interesting
origin of boycotting; describes its em¬
ployment in America, both by traders,
employers and working men; examines
the present status of the common and
statute laws, both on trade and labor
boycotts; sets forth with impartiality
arguments for and against the legality
of boycotting; presents a cross-section
of the labor struggle, showing what
weapons are used in labor disputes, both
by workingmen and employers, and de¬
scribes all of the trade and labor boy¬
cott cases and other conspiracy cases
decided by the federal courts and higher
state courts.





New Ceresit Booklet.

The Ceresit Waterproofing Company,
of Chicago, 111., has issued an interesting
booklet entitled "Waterproofing for
Concrete Houses." The use of cement
stucco and the necessity for safeguard¬
ing against dampness has been dwelt
upon exhaustively.





The Building Height Problem.

Electus D. Litchfield, architect, who
was named eight years ago by the Board
of Aldermen as a member of a commis¬
sion of experts to revise the Building
Code, and who was chairman of the spe¬
cial committee 'having in charge the
particular work of the limiting of height
and area, believes the solution of the
heights of buildings problem is a mat¬
ter of trial and error and slow growth.

"Many of the earlier structures were
designed by men who were not masters
of their profession," he told the members
of the Erooklyn Municipal (Illub, "and
even the leaders in architecture found
the successful treatment of these tower¬
ing structures for the time beyond them.
Moreover, to the man in the street, these
trerrvendous loonstructions seemed un¬
safe in the extreme, and so many of the
American cities passed restrictive ordi¬
nances prohibiting the erection of any
buildings beyond a comparatively mod¬
erate limit of height. Boston, Wash^-
ington, Indianapolis and other cities
were among the number.

"Fortunately no such law was passed
by the City of New York. Of itself,
there is nothing evil in the high build¬
ing. It is only when it is improperly
designed that it is bad, esthetically,
structurally or from other points of
view.

"Take away the towers of New York,
from the now modest firalda of Madison
Square to the towering shapes of the
Metropolitan and Singer towers, and the
splendid bulks of the Candler Building,
the Liberty Tower, and the Bankers
Trust, and much of the outward evi¬
dence of the glory of New York would
disappear."

Mr. Litchfield, however, commended
the work of the members of the Heights
of Building Commission, saying that the
legislation they have recommended is
frauo-ht with great good to the people
of the city.