June 21, 1902.





RECORD AND   GUIDE.





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The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved the appropria¬
tion of $250,000 for the erection of a court house on land owned
by the city bounded by i61st st, Brook av, 3d av and the plaza
between Brook and 3d avs; also another appropriation of $200,-
000 for a court house for Richmond, to be erected on land at St.
George bought by the city for a grammar school, whicb the
Board of Education have since decided to be unsuited to that
purpose.

PATERSON, N. J.—Marshall & Eall are having plans pre¬
pared by Heyne & Von Leister, No. 810 Broad st, Newark, for a
3-sty hrick and stone store and offlee building to be erected on
the plot 65x200 on Main st, Paterson, N. J., Immediately oppo¬
site the Post Offlee building. The estimated cost of the structure
is $50,000.

COUNTRT WORK OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTS.
ELIZABETH, N, J.—Bigelow, Wallace & Cotton, No. 1123'
Broadway, have completed plans for a 3-sty brick and stone
club-house to be erected for the Grace P. B. Church, of which
Rev. Dr. Sleeper is the rector. The building is to contain st^am
heat and electric lighting and be fltted with a gymnasium,
swimming pool, reading rooms, etc. The rooflng will be slate,
and the cost about $60,000.

RICHMOND.
Port Richmond.—Harrison av, n s, 33 w Lafayette av, 2-sty
frame dwelling, 25x40, cost $3,200, W. H. Stilt owner. Mari¬
ners Harbor.—Union av, s s, 50 w railroad track. 2-sty hotel,
22x58, cost $2,400, Henry Meyer owner. New Brighton.-Pros¬
pect and Franklin avs, four 2-sty frame dwellings, 22x26 each,
total cost, $7,200, Mrs. C. W. Townsend owner. Tottenville.—
Wood av, e s, 500 s Broadway, 2-sty frame dwelling, 20x38,
cost $2,500, Henry Heldt owner. Woodlock.—4th st. w s. 100 n
Grant av, 2-sty frame dwelling, 25x38, cost $3,000, Michael
Foley owner.





Have you read Wants and Offers, on page   1141-

Product and Appliances.

The advent of the remarkable Masurite, the new explosive,
which under no circumstances or conditions can explode un¬
less at the will of the operator, will not only create confldence in
the minds of citizens whose homes are in the vicinity of exca¬
vations for buildings or tunnelling, but in mining operations.
We do not think that the recent disasters at Tennessee, where
about two hundred and thirty men lost their lives, could have
been possible with Mr. Masury's explosive. In fact, we are sure
of it. The proofs recorded in our issue of the 7th were con¬
clusive.

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Any trust or corporation which permits the lives of human
beings to be at the mercy of an unsafe explosive ought to be
investigated and compelled to use what is absolutely safe under
all circumstances, or yield up their business and undeserved
gains. Invested interests ought not to stand in the way ot
imblic safety or scientific advancement. This is an age of great
things, and Masurite is certainly one of them.

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The soft coal nuisance is another illustration of the determi¬
nation of some companies to disregard the public,or facts which
prove that such things ought not to be. Electricity would solve
the problem for the Manhattan Elevated railroad, or the experts
of the American Stoker Company might prove to the offieials
that loading the air with the choking masses of carbon is false
economy.    This surely ought to tae attractive to Mr. Russell Sage.

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At last we learn with some degree of satisfaction that the
General Electric Company is investigating the possibility of a
practical electric flre pump. We repose implicit confidence in
the power of the General Electric Company to do this, and in
Other ways to save the public from the coal smoke nuisance.

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A portable watchman's clock, which could not be tampered
with, has long been a desideratum. It is claimed for the New¬
man portable clock that it can in nowise tae tampered with,
and moreover has many advantages over any other clocks or
watches used for tbe purpose. If It has all the advantages
claimed for it—why, it is a wonder.

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Paul E. Richter, a mining expert, is about to patent new
methods of reflning and hardening steel without adding to the
cost. We are not permitted to publish details until his patents
are granted, but Mr. Richter may be found at his beautiful
hotel, the Seabourne, at Coney Island Point. This hotel has
heen recently purchased by him, and is referred to on "Wants
and Offers" page.

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A practical automatic fire alarm for the special protection of
stage properties will shortly be placed at the disposal of theatres
hy Edward Morey Bell, the leading man at Mr. Proctor's thea¬
tres. That an actor should be an inventor is interesting, and
doubly so when we know that he is a coming star. His "Captain
Swift," at the Fifth Avenue, will be the event of the coming
week in New Tork city.





Of Interest to the Building Trades.

Prank Straub, architect, No. 335 Broadway, would like sam¬
ples, devices and catalogues.

Heins & La Parge have moved their ofHces to No. 30 Eaat
21st  St.

A. A. Gavigan, mason and general contractor, formerly of No,
39 East 42d st, has reraoved to the Townsend Building, No. 1123
Broadway.

American Parquetry Co. have issued an attractive pamphlet,
which, by numerous excellent colored designs, very faithfully
shows the color and other effects of their specialties. The de¬
signs are accompanied by descriptive matter, and the pamphlet
can be obtained on application to the company, at No. 503 Sth av.

Howell & Lawrence, proprietors of the Kalamein Iron Clad
Wood Works, Nos. 422-426 West 15th st, bave heen awarded
three of the most important as well as the largest contracts for
metal covered fireproof doors and windows—Hall of Records,
Saks' Building and Simpson-Crawford Co.'s new store. They
have added 1,000 feet more floor space to their factory.

"LIMOID."

"Limoid" is made from a pure lump lime, thoroughly slacked,
screened, taolted. hydrated and packed in powdered form in
bags, ready for immediate use by the addition of water in suffi¬
cient quantity to form a paste or putty. Its principal character¬
istics are its readiness for immediate use without the slightest
danger of air slacking or pitting on the wails, its perfect season¬
ing, requiring less plaster and hair than ordinary lump lime put¬
ty, and its ataiiity to keep for six months in bags in a dry place
without loss by air slacking or deterioration. It is heing manu¬
factured and put on the market by the Charles Warner Com¬
pany, of No, 80 William st, New Tork, Wilmington (Del.) and
Philadelphia, who believe that it will revolutionize the present
method of handling lime for building purposes, owing to the
economies and advantages resulting from its use, the facility of
handling, doing away with the old-fashioned methods of slacking
and the dangers of air slacking and pitting on the walls; and
they further claim that "Limoid" will be to the lime businesa
what Portland cement has proven to be in the cement business,
for "Limoid," being a pure lirae putty, thoroughly prepared, can
be used for any purpose for which ordinary lime putty is now
used, such as brick mortar, plastering, granulated flnish, float
flnish. white flnish,  etc.

GLASS  BRICKS  AND  STONE WINDOWS.

Jules Henrivaux, who was formerly director of the great
French glass factory at Saint-Gobain, has become the advocate
of a new huilding material, for which he anticipates sooner or
later a prodigious demand. It is a brick made of what he calls
stone-glass. The strength of it is not surpassed by any of the
building stones, for it can sustain as much weight as a granite
block. One of the stone-glass bricks has been found irresistible
to blows with a hammer. Another advantage is that colors of
all varieties can be imparted to the brick, and will enable it to
be used for ornamental purposes. According to M. Henrivaux,
glass can be employed in buildings from the foundations to the
roof. Stone-glass is also applicable to tubes for air, gas. electric
wires, etc. It is needless to say the use of glass bricks has been
recommended for raany years, but it has never been attempted
except on a limited scale. It is remarkable that, while glass is
suggested to serve instead of stone and brick, thin stone has
come into popularity in Germany as a substitute for glass in
faetory windows.

THE BUILDERS' LEAGUE.

At the annual meeting of the Builders' League of New York,
held the 12th Inst., the then present offlcers were re-elected to
succeed themselves for the current year. The reports of the
various committees as to the work done in promoting the growth
of the organization were very satisfactory, and a balance of
nearly $2,000 in the treasury and all bills paid was the best evi¬
dence of its flnancial standing. At this same meeting plans were
discussed to increase the use of the League's facilities during the
coming year, and a series of entertainments were arranged for
which will increase the social features of the organization. The
proposition to increase the initiation fee to $25 was laid over, but
will undoubtedly be adopted at the September naeeting.

ELEVATOR SHAFTS.

Section 96 of the Building Code has been amended to read as
follows; words quoted are new and matter in brackets is omitted:

Section 96—Elevator Enclosures. All elevators hereafter placed
in any building, except such flreproof buildings as have been or
may be hereafter erecied, shall be inclosed in suitable walls of
brick or ivith a suitahle framework of iron and burnt clay filling,
or of such other fireproof material and form of construction as
may he approved by the Department of Buildings, except that the
inclosure walls in non-fireproof buildings "over flve stories high,"
used as warehouses (stores) or factories shall be of brick. If the
inclosure walls are of brick, laid in cement mortar, and not used
as bearing walls, they raay be eight Inches In thickness for not
more than flfty  feet of their uppermost height,   and increasing im