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RECORD AND GUIDE
March 25, 1905
have surplus and undivided profits of about $1,400,000. In the
last three months the company has sold about $7,500,000 worth
of pronerty for itself and allied interests, yielding profits to the
amount of about $900,000 for the company, and about $500,000
for those who participated in the various transactions. The
officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President.
â– William H, Chesebrough; first vice-president, Charles T.
Barney; second vice-president, E. Clifford Potter; treas¬
urer, Oakleigh Thorne; secretary, John M. Stoddard; assist¬
ant treasurer, Clarke G. Dailey. The Executive Committee will
be made up as follows: Charles T. Barney, John D. Crimmins,
William P. Havemeyer, Charles F. Hoffman, Charles W.^Morse,
E. Clifford Potter, Edwin Thorne, Oakleigh Thorn
H. Chesebrough.
and Willian
BUILDING NOTES
Rather a thrilling week in building.
More haste, the less speed—sometimes.
The "smoke test" and the new elevator rule don't go.
Spring bas sprung, the rivers have opened, and 'tis time for
builders to get busy.
Leonard K. Prince, of the Prince Iron Works, is spending
some weeks in the south. He will be home in a fortnight.
top of the Flatiron Building. Jay H. Morgan, architect for the
company, estimates his plans sent to the Building Department
at $10,000. Additional partitions will be installed on the top
fioor, and a new iron staircase leading to the roof.
The Adams Realty Co., 206 Broadway, states, in reference
to the block of stores it is about to build in the Bronx, that the-
plan of the operation is such as to make this a rendezvous for
the shoppers of the neighboring district. There is to be one
large market, covering an area of 4,000 sq. ft. The stores wiil
vary in size, and the show-window fronts will run from 10 to
17 ft in height. The exact location is on the old Dater Estate.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on Thursday author¬
ized the purchase of the site at Nos. 134 to 13S West SOth st,
upon which to build the new Tenderloin Police Station,
Board of Estimate in January, appropriated $115,000 for its,'
construction. The plans approved and accepted are by Harde'
& Short, of No. 3 West 29th st. They have not yet been ad¬
vertized.
The old established flrm of J. Reeber's Sons, dealers in second
hand building materials, with yard at the foot of East 107th st,
have for sale a full set of I-heams and columns, from a nearly
new flve story building 75x100; also, 250 15-in. iron beams in
various lengths, and in addition to the above a large stock of
all materials that enter into the construction of buildings, in¬
cluding store fixtures, may be found.
No architect has yet been commissioned to draw plans for
the new bank building to be erected on the southwest corner
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PIG. 4.—PAVILION IN THOMAS JHFPERSON PARK.
Arnold W. Brunner, Architect.
Mr. Elmer A. Darling, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, has had
plans prepared for an $80,000 summer hotel, to be built in East
Burke, Vt.
â– Twenty-five buildings spoiled out of sixty-flve started be¬
tween December 1 and March 1. Does it pay to build in freez¬
ing weather?
Mr. Julius Hurtig, of Hurtig & Seamon, theatrical managers,
147 West 42d st, together with A. L. Wilbur, will build a $1,000,-
000 theatre and hotel in Havana, Cuba. The hotel is to contain
500 rooms.
As wfll be noted elsewhere in these columns. Commissioner
Woodbury is again asking for figures for constructing the
municipal stable and chateau in Brooklyn, the previous bids all
having been rejected. Plans are by Messrs. Warren & Wet¬
more, of 3 East 33d st, Manhattan, and call for a building which
will be an art acquisition to the borough.
The building committee of the American Savings Bank, at
Sth av and 42d st, has not yet reached a decision ou plans or
architect for the new bank to be erected at No. 115 West 42d
St. Several schemes have been submitted and contractors have
been flguring and it is expected that something deflnite will be
arrived at in the near future.
The Building Trades Employers' Association of the Bronx has
chosen officers for the ensuing year as follows: Kasimar Loflnk,
president; P. W. Siems, first vice-president; Herman Schmitc,
second vice-president; M. L. Nikolei, third vice-president; Henry
Wright, secretary; Daniel Sherry, treasurer; Captain Charles
Baxter, chairman of the governors' committee.
The George A. Puller Co. is about to enlarge its draughting
room facilities by the addition of a 10 ft. high pent house on the
of Sth av and 14th st, for the New York County National Bank,
though many applications have been received by the officers. It
is somewhat a matter of the future, as Styles & Cash, who oc¬
cupy the adjoining premises, which will be included in the site
of the new structure, have not begun work on their new build¬
ing, though plans are nearing completion.
The old Boreel Building, too, has begun to yield to the wreck¬
ers' axes, and though partly occupied and not apparent from
Broadway, still in the rear it may be seen that the partitions
and inside walls are being torn out. Francis Kimball, archi¬
tect for the adjoining new Trinity Building, has prepared plans
for a new Boreel which will be a twin to the Trinity Building.
The United States Realty & Construction Co. is the owner of
the properties.
No contracts were let for the 6-sty factory to be built at 607-
615 West 50th st by the John Jacob Astor estate for Kohler &
Campbell, piano manufacturers, and it is stated that work will
not proceed immediately. Boring & Tilton, of 32 Broadway,
filed plans recently for the structure, which was estimated to
cost about $50,000. Kohler & Campbell now occupy a large
bunding on the northwest corner of SOth st and llth av, and
the new building was to have been an addition to this.
The New York Metal Ceiling Co,, 537 to 541 West 24th st.
New York City, have recently gotten up in an attractive manner
a thermometer for presentation to their friends, and the trade
at large, that may be interested in their metal ceiling or
"enametile." This attractive little souvenir is in keeping
with the progressive spirit of this Institution. They are ever
alert to both interest and please the public with their products,
as well as attract attention to them. They will mail _free a
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