October 10, 1914





RECORD  AND  GUIDE





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Architects   Organize  for  War  Relief.

The American Artists* Committee,
made up of sculptors, painters, archi¬
tects and other art workers, has been
organized to raise funds for the imme¬
diate relief of families of the soldier-
artists now serving with the French
armies. On the committee among oth¬
ers are Daniel Chester French, Charles
Dana Gibson, Cass Gilbert, Herbert
Adams, J. William Fosdick, Louis C.
Tiffany, Maitland Armstrong and J, Car¬
roll Beckwith. This committee, which
is composed mostly of members of the
National Academy of Design, has estab¬
lished a headquarters in the American
Fine Arts Buildino-, 215 West 57th street.
William Bailey Faxon is the treasurer.

Another appeal for the same purpose
is made by a committee, the personnel of
which includes Henry F. Hornbostel.
president of the Society of Beaux Arts
Architects; William T. Dannat, president
of the Paris Society of American Paint¬
ers; J. William Fosdick, president of the
Societe des Anciens de I'Academie Jul¬
ian, and Joseph H. Freedlander, presi¬
dent of the American Group of Archi¬
tects Diplomaed by The French Gov¬
ernment. This committee is also affili¬
ated with the brotherhood in Paris.





embankment to the Sunnyside yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

The bridge will join the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad with those of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, thus connecting the Boroughs
of Queens and Brooklyn directly with
New England and the West.





Furniture House to Build.

The Grand Rapids Furniture Com¬
pany, now located in West 32d street,
has secured a building site at 18 to 20
East ^50th street, measuring 56.2x100.5
feet, 70 feet west of Madison avenue.
The company will improve the property
with a twelve-story structure for its ex¬
clusive occupancy.





PROPOSALS





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P. M. Friday.





Hell Gate Bridge.

The masonry for Hell Gate Bridge,
including the piers and abutments, has
been largely completed and the steel
work has been carried forward from
p-rade at the north end to the Bronx
Kills, where they are erecting the false
work for the bridge over the Kills. No
steelwork has yet been placed beyond
that point. More than 100,000 tons of
steel will be used altogether.

The bridge begins at USth street in
the Bronx and crosses the Bronx Kills
on concrete piers of from fifty to seven¬
ty-five feet in height. The viaduct in
Queens extends easterly to Second ave¬
nue in Long Island City, the streets be¬
ing arched over with concrete. The
bridge will terminate at Stemler avenue
in Long Island Cit■'^ the tracks being
carried from that point upon an earthen





NOTICl!:   TO   CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for New Boiler. Stack,
etc., at the Binghamton State Hospital.
Bing-hamton, New Tork. will be received
by the State Hospital Commission, Capitol.
Albany, New York, until Monday, Oct. 19,
1914,  at  3   p.   m.,   when  they  will   be  pub¬





licly opened and read. Proposals shall be
enclosed in an envelope furnished by the
State Architect and shall be accompanied
by certified check in the sum of 5% of
the amount of bid and the contractors to
whom the awards are made will be re¬
quired to furnish surety company bonds In
the sum of 50% of the amount of contract
within thirty (30) days after official notice
of award of contract and in accordance
with the terms of Specification No. 2064.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids. Drawings and specifications may be
consulted at the New York office of the
Department of Architecture, Room 1224
Woolworth Building, at the office of the
Department of Architecture. Capitol, Al¬
bany. N. Y., and at the Binghamton State
Hospital, Binghamton, N. Y. Drawings and
specifications may be obtained at the De¬
partment of Architecture, Capitol, Albany,
N. Y., on reasonable notice to and in the
discretion of the State Architect, Lewis P.
Pilcher, Capitol. Albany, J^. Y.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Supervis¬
ing Architect's Office. Washington. D. C,
October 1, 1914.—Sealed proposals will be
opened in this office at 3 p. m., November
10, 1914, for the construction complete (in¬
cluding mechanical equipment, lighting
fixtures, and approaches) of a two-story
and basement stone, terra-cotta, and
brick-faced building of 6.000 square feet
ground area, fireproof except roof, com¬
position roof, for the United States post-
office at Canton, 111, Drawings and speci¬
fications may be obtained from the cus¬
todian at Canton. 111., or at this office, at
the discretion of the Supervising Archi¬
tect.   O.  Wenderoth,  Washington, D.  C.





L. S. Bing» President





A. M. Bing, Treasure





Bing & Bing Construction Co.^ k.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

119 West 40th Street, N. Y.

Telephone 6410 Bryant

All types of construction, including reinforced concrmte





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