June ly, 191 r.





RECORD   AND  GUIDE





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have been  approved by tbe Bureau of Buildings,
N.  Y.:

Less than
Per  100 sq.   ft,:                      Carload,        Carload,

No.     4.....................    §1.22             $2,86

No.  24.....................      1.48               1-SO

No.   27......................38               1,17

No,  26.....................      1.20               1.45

Paints,   Oils   and   Dressings.

LINSEED   OIL.-City.

Raw,   per  gal....................$0.90 and ,$0,91

Boiled American,   per  gal.........91 and     .92

WHITE  LEAD.

American  dry,  per gal.,  in  oil........    3'/4 cents

100,  250 and 500 Ib.  kegs,  per gal____    7^ cents

In 25 and 50 lb. kegs in oil, per gal,.   8 cents

VARNISHES,

Lucas' Workwell  brand,  outside...........§4,.iO

Lucas'   Workwell   brand,   inside............  3,00

Lucas'   Workwell   floor.....................  3,00

Lucas'  Workwell  wax  finish...............  3.00

CONCRETE FLOOR DRESSING,     (List,)
Lucas' cement filler (Pat.), per gai. In bbl.

lots    ..................................§1.75

Lucas' cement filler  (Pat,), per 5 gal. cans.  I.80
Lucas' cement filler  (Pat.), per 1 gal, can..  2.00

Lucas'   floor   paint,   per   bbl...............  1.7.1

Lucas' floor paint, per 5 gals.............. 1.83

Lucas'   floor   paiut,   per   1  gal.............  2.00

•'Cement   Filler,"   Patented.....1.75    1.S5    2,00

5 fc 10 one
Barrel,  gals,  gal,

"Tocolith,"   Patented    ..........$2,00 §2,10 $2.23

"Liquid   Kenerit,"   Patented____2.00    2.10    2.25

"Pigment Cement Filler,"  Pat. .  1.75    1.85    2.00
"Cement Floor  Paint,"  Pat____1.73    1.85   2.00





Stone.





SAND,

Cu. Yd.
Screened  Cow  Bay,  sharp,  delivered along

side deep water docks. N, Y..........$0,23

Same  delivered along side shallow water

docks, N,  Y...........................35

White quartz   ............................60

White  quartz,   grit.............,..........75

GRAVEL,—Washed    ....................85

BLUE STONE.—There is a scarcity ol stone
in tbe Hudson River quarries, owing to the pur¬
chase by tbe State ot the Harriman Park trad,
A month ago the price was a cent a square foot
lower than it is at present. Some dealers are
getting 19 cents, although it can be bought for
17 and IS cents. Promiscuous shapes of build¬
ing and foundation stone now sell for 65 to 70
cents a lineal foot. Stone 5 x 20 in. by 5 ins,
thick sells for 50 cents,

GR.\NITE.—Prices are without change at 40 to
45 cents per sq. ft. dock, N. Y.. for promiscu¬
ous run of quarry stock, Milford pink is quoted
at -§1  for promiscuous sizes.

LIMESTONE.—Prices are unchanged at 85
cents a cu. yd. dock, N. Y, Dressed limestone
brings from $l-,25 to $1,50 a cu,  yd,

INTERIOR  STONES.
Marble flooring ready to lay.50 to 75 cts, a sq, ft.

Italian   .....................70 to 90 eta. a sq. ft,

Tennessee    .................           65 cts, a sq, ft.

Ordinary   stair    ............           24 cts, a sq, ft.





CRUSHED  STONE   (Full cargo  lots of 300 cu,
yds,   along  side  dock,   N.  Y.)

VA in.  Hudson trap........   85 cents per cu. yd.

%   lu.   Hudson   trap..........    90 cts. per cu.yd.





Terra   Colta   and   Tile.

HOLLOW TILE.—The demaud for this ma¬
terial has increased twenty per cent, within
the last two months and prices may not long
remain at the following levels; (F. O. B. Perth
Amboy.)
Size.                                                  Per block in cents.

4 X  13 X 12.................              5.23

0 X 12 X 12.................              6.6

8 x 12 X  12.................              8.9

10 s  12 X 12.................            10,5

12 X 12 X 12.................            12.1





FLREPROOFING  PARTITION   BLOCKS   (f,   o.
b. Perth Amboy),—Small orders.

2   X  12  X 12..................              4.4

3   X  12  X  1-2..................              44

4   X  12 X  12..................              ii.

6  X  12 X 12..................              0 6

8  X  12  X  12..................              8,8

Note,—For quantities over $1,000 worth con¬
cessions   are   made.

FLUE LINING (f. o. b. mill).—Discounts from
lists is S3 per cent. In New York they can be
had in small lots at 78 per cent, discount,

ROOFING TILE (f, o. b. factory).—Prices are
steady,   but   the   demand   is   increasing.

Promenade   .....................,$20 a thousand

Promenade,   selected   ............$30 a thousand

No. 2, smooth surface, but not suitable for
promenade purposes,  $12 a thousand.

Vitrified tile, unglaaed, French or Spanish type,
§8.50 a thousand.

Glass tile, 60 cents each.





Roofing   Slate.

(Quotations are "per square" or 100 sq, ft. or
roofing surface in carload lots on the sizes ia
general use.)

Bangor,  Genuine    No. 1..........4.00 to    6.30

Brownsville Sc Monson Mine......4.50 to   7.50

Chapman,   No,   1   ................  4.50 to    5.50

Peach   Botiom    .................. 5.00 to   6.30

Red,  No.   1   ......................10.50 to 12,00

Unfading  Green   ................4,00 to    5.50

Waterproofing.

ASPHALTUM  ...........$25 lo ,'i;27 per net ton

ACID  PROOF  COATING. .$1,25  per gal,  in  bbla

do. in gal. cans.................$1.40 per gal.

Portland cement "waterproofing... ,7 cents per lb.

nearest   R.   R,
ROOFING CEMENT...............§23 per ton





NEW   IDEAS   IN   TRADE   LITERATURE.





Season's Catalogues Reflect  Progress in Printing and Illustrating as Well as in
the Manufacture of Building Materials—Fine Examples of the Printers' Art.





NEW catalogues now coming from the
press are, as a rule, larger and more
perfect typographically than last year's
issues. Indeed, some of them, lilce those
of the Ya'lc & Towne, Russell & Ei-win
and otlier large houses, are not less not¬
able as examples of progress in the art
of l>ookniaking than as records of me¬
chanical inventions in trades allied to
the huilding industry- One has only to
glance at a collection of publications of
big firms to he convinced of the truth of
the statement frequently made by pub¬
lishers that the finest work in printing
and illustrating is done now-a-days in
catalogues.

In the trade publications for the cur¬
rent year the phantom photograph large¬
ly supersedes the drawing. It harmonizes
better with photographic cuts and lends
itself better to showing exterior views.
In sorae catalogues colortype illustrations
are used, parSicularly in portraying such
lines as rough surfaced front briclt, con¬
crete surface finishes and certain iorms
of metal trim finished to simulate woods.
Some houses are issuing catalogues in
sections, each section being hound in
cloth. This meets in an economical way
the wants of persons answering adver¬
tisements of class materials.

Universities are paying more attention
to building and equipment matters in
their bulletins. One of these is from
the University of Illinois and is a timely
and valuable paper on "Spontaneous
Combustion of Coal." A notable instance
of high-class of bookmalting is "Glimpses
of New York," issued by the New York
Edison Company. It is well written and
contains interesting information about
Gotham not generally known. Two tone
illustrations are used and the whole is
printed on vellum, with an artistic em¬
bossed paper cover. Incidentally, the
book reveals some of the applications to
which  the Edison service is put.

Judging by the catalogues at hand,
splendid progress was made in 1900-10,
not only in the manufacture of building
materials and equipment, but in the art
of imparting a knowledge of this progress
to architects,   builders and owners.





SPONTANEOUS   COAL   COMBUSTION
IN   BUILDINGS.

Owners of buildings always realize tlie
possibility of the spontaneous combus¬
tion of the vast ciuantities of coal stored
in the sub-cellars or bins. Tliis is an
ever present danger and one most difficult
of solution. Furthermore, it is a matter
which   is   very   little   understood.

Bulletin No, 46, just issued by the
University of Illinois, deals with tliis sub¬
ject 'exhaustively in fill'ty-seven pages
fully illustrated with diagrams showing
temperature, and going, at length, into
the causes of spontaneous combustion.
The work is hy S, W. Parr and F. W.
Kressmann, Some of the chapter titles
give comprehensive ideas of the scope
of   the   work.

Chapter No, 1 deals with general de¬
scriptions and methods of apparatus used
in experimental investigations and the
following chapter treats and deals of the
experiment. Another chapter presents a
discussion and presentation of data ob¬
tained, and the subject of tlie oxidation
of sulphur aud the resulting heat incre¬
ment is taken up, in cliapter four. Chap¬
ters five, six, seven and eight have to
do with deal of analytical processes for
the oxidation of sulphur, additional ex¬
periment on mixed sizes of coal, a study
of possible detriments, and additional
data,   respectively.

The remainder of the work is taken up
with the conclusions and an appendix with
an historical review, including a summary
of opinions. For copies of bulletin ad¬
dress the Engineering Experiment Station,
Urbana,  III,





A NEW REVOLVING DOOR.
The Van Kannel Revolving Door Com¬
pany, which has recently been taken over
by the J, F. Blanchard Company, is pre¬
paring a new catalogue illustrating its au¬
tomatic collapsible panic-proof revolving
door. The catalogue will show the door
in its normal revolving position, permit¬
ting instantaneous exit and entrance and
absolutely preventing the passage of air.
Another view will illustrate the same door
in its collapsed position caused by a slight
pressure against the lateral panels swing¬
ing the entire door into a space six inches
wide. Even the curving sides of the en¬
closure collapses under tliis pressure so
that automatically the entire space of exit
is open   to  its  fullest  capacity.





eraily mastered even by experienced car¬
penters. The Russell Jennings Manufac¬
turing Company, of Chester, Conn., has
just issued a very instructive illustrated
booklet on "How to Sharpen Auger Bits
aud How to Cave for Them."





UNDERGROUND PIPING.
The question of protecting pipes against
the action of electrolysis in buildings and
in streets is an important one to owners
of all types of buildings. Pipes are fre¬
quently buried in cement and where this
action taltes place it is necessary to have
them fully protected, so as to save repair
bills. The Portland Stoneware Company,
of Portland and Boston, has just publish¬
ed a new catalogue dealing with its sys¬
tem of underground pipe protection known
as the Portland Sectional Conduit System.





LONG-WEAR DUMBWAITER ROPES.
Owners of apartment houses frequently
have calls to replenish rope on dumb¬
waiters, owing to the fact that either
the rope installed is too large for the
pulley, that the pulley surface is rough
and wears through the rope or that loads
too heavy for the capacity of the lift
have been placed upon it. A great deal,
however, depends upon the kind of rope
used in the first place. There is a high
grade rope which is fully described in a
new booklet issued by tiie Plymouth Cord¬
age Company, Plymouth, iVTass., entitled
"The Rope You Can Trust." The booklet
contains some interesting facts for the
consumer as well as for the dealer and
jobber.





FOR   USERS   OF   AUGER   BITS.

The   average   user  of  auger  bits   thinks

that   when   its   points   become   dull   it   is

time   to   buy   a   new  one,   simply   because

the art of sharpening old bits is not gen-





A NOVELTY IN GARAGE DOORS.

The Reliance Ball Bearing Door Hanger
Company, of New York, is out with its
new 1911 catalogue. This contains twice
as many pages as last year's issue.

An ingenious device evolved by tlie Re¬
liance Company since last year, is a triple
hanger carrier whereby three doors are
hung on a single hanger, the center door
alone being attached to it, while the other
two doors swing on hinges fastened di¬
rectly to the center door. This appears
to be an exceptionally appropriate device
for garage doors or for closing large open¬
ings in churches and Sunday school rooms,
day school rooms or residences as a nine-
foot opening can be covered by such doors
with only three feet of pocket room, into
which   to  slide the folded doors.

Several new styles of elevator door loclis
are shown in the new catalogue. One of
these is designed to- do away with the
noise and rattle so often heard in all kinds
of buildings. Another ncw lock can he
operated from the left side of the shaft.
Although the operator cannot open the
door from the car side when it is locked,
neither can anyone in the Ioft open it even
if unloclted. thus eliminating accidents.
The mechanism is operated by a rod in¬
side of a liolloTv tube. This prevents
any one reaching through the grill and
unlocking the door.