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RECORD AND GUIDE





May 23, 1914





New Jersey Building News   (Continued).





ing, 40x86 tt, at Bssex av and Henry st, for the
Orange Memorial Hospital, on premises. Bids
wiil be taken by architects about June 15.

NEWARK, N. J.—P. P. Ward, 203 B'roadway,
Manhattan, is preparing plans for a 4-sty brick
addition to the hospital in 10th st, adjoining
the present building of the Women's and Chil¬
dren's Hospital, Central av. Miss Shaw, super¬
intendent.    Cost, about $30,000.

HOBOKEN, N. J.—James Brite, 1170 Broad¬
way, Manhattan, has completed plans for a 3-
sty brick addition to the hospital corner of
Willow av and 4th st for St. Mary's Hospital
of Hoboken. James 'Wheelihan, 767 Montgom¬
ery st, contractor for foundations. Bids will
be taken about May 26 tor superstructure.
Cost, about $200,000.

NEWARK, N. J.—H. V. & J. J. King, Union
Building, have nearly completed plans for al¬
terations and additions to the hospital ward
building and morgue on Fairmount av tor the
Common Council of the City of Newark, Pat¬
rick O'Brien, president. City Hall. Cost, about
$70,000. Bids will probably be taken about
June 1.

SCHOOLS AND  COLLEGES.

PLAINFIELD, N. J.—Wilder & White, 50
Church st, Manhattan, are preparing plans and
will take bids about July 1, for a brick school
on Evergreen av, for the Board ot Education ot
Plainfield, H. R. Conger, clerk. Cost, about
$125,000.

MOUNTAIN LAKE, N. J.-W. B. Pierson, 72
Trinity pl, Manhattan, is preparing plans for
a 1-sty fieldstone public school here in Hanover
Township tor the B'oard ot Education of Han-^
over Township, J. C. Layer, president. Cost,
about $22,000.

PASSAIC, N. J.—John Kelly & Co., P. O.
Building, Passaic, are preparing plans for a
3-sty brick and stone- Industrial Public School
on the Watson site, near Madison st, tor the
Board of Education ot Passaic, B. Flower, presi¬
dent. Runyon & Carey. 845 Broad st, Newark,
are steam and electrical engineers.

STORES,   OFFICES   AND   IOFTS.

NEWARK, N. J.—David 11. Ach, 1 Madison
av, Manhattan, has completed plans for a 2
or 3-sty brick and terra cotta taxpayer, 64x
150 ft. at the northeast corner of Park pl and
East Park st, tor J. P. Meyer, 224 Washington
st, Hoboken.    Cost, about $25,000.

Other Cities.

CHURCHES.

BREWSTER, N. Y.—Robert Reilly, 481 Sth
av, Manhattan, is preparing plans tor a 1%-sty
brick and stone church, 50x100 ft, in Prospect
st, for St. Lawrence R. C. Church, Rev. Father
F P. Phelan, pastor. Prospect st. Cost, about
$30,000.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.—W. J. Beardsley, 49
Market st, has been commissioned to prepare
plans for a church at Upper Cannon st, near
Cherry st, tor St. John's Lutheran Bvangelical
Church, Rev. J. Pred Berman, 309 Fairview av,
pastor.    Cost,  about $20,000.

PUB'LIC   BUILDINGS.

NEWBURGH. N. Y.—The U. S. Government,
Hon. A. S. Burleson, Postmaster General, Capi¬
tol, Washington, D. C.. contemplates the erection
ot a new post office building here, to cost about
$200,000. Oscar Wenderoth, Washington, D. C,
architect.

SCHOOLS   AND   COLLB(?ES.

GREENWICH, CONN.—W. B. Tubby. 81 Pul¬
ton st, Manhattan, has been commissioned, to
prepare plans tor a 2-sty brick and terra cotta
school, 64x76 ft., near Hamilton av, tor the
town of Greenwich. Conn., J. P. Crosby, secre¬
tary.    Cost, about $40,000.





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.





STANDARD PAINT CO., N. Y. C., has moved
its B'oston office from 70 Kilby street to 6 Bea¬
con  street.

THE CINCH EXPANSION BOLT CO. has re¬
cently been absorbed by the National Lead Co.,
Ill B'roadway.

GIB'SON-STBINGART Construction Co., gen¬
eral contracting, has moved its offices from 118
East 2Sth st to 35 Nassau St.

ALBEAT GREY, plumbing contractor, has
moved his office and shop from 250 West 17th
street to 415 West 40th street.

NIEMANN & LUTH. general contractors, have
moved their offlces from 25 West 42d st, to the
Aeolian  Building,  33 West 42d st.

WIGHTMAN & RICHARDS, consulting engi¬
neers in technical advertising, have moved their
offlces trom 29 Broadway, to SO Union square.

RUPP BROS., architects and general con¬
tractors, have moved their offices trom 186
Remsen street to 189 Montague street, Brooklyn.

PETER E. NOSTRAND, consulting engineer.
Shelter Island Heights, L. I., has been appoint¬
ed superintendent of highways tor Suffolk Coun¬
ty, N. Y.

C. MERRITT CURTIS, architect, has moved
his offlces from the 0. C. S. Building to the
new Vinner Building, East Fayette st., Syra¬
cuse, N. Y.

SYRACUSE ENGINEERING CO., engineers
and contractors tor structural steel, has opened
offlces in the new Rosenbloom Building, Syra¬
cuse, N.  Y.

ROSENBERG & ARONSON, masons and gen¬
eral contractors, have moved their offlces from
the Public Bank Building to the Marcus Bliild¬
ing, 121-23 Canal st.

P. G. PAIST. tormerly ot the flrm ot Hewitt,
Granger Sc Paist. architects, has opened an offlce
for the independent practice of his protession
at  1613   Chestnut   st,   Philadelphia,





WILLIAM GREEN, formerly connected with
Geo. Mulligan, general contractor, has opened
an offlce at 59 West S7th street, where he will
conduct a general contracting business.

SYRACUSE BRIDGE 'CO., structural steel en¬
gineers and contractors, has moved its offlces
from the Gurney Building to the ffrifflth B'uild¬
ing, West Onondaga st., Syracuse, N. Y.

CLARENCE TRUE & SON, architects, have
moved their offlces from 109 West SSth street to
the Long Beach Estates Building, northeast cor¬
ner of 42d street and Lexington avenue.

J. DUNCAN PORSYTH, architect, has opened
offlces at 375 South Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y.,
and desires samples and catalogues trom manu¬
facturers interested in the building trades.

COLBY & CRISTIE, inspectors of steel and
re-intorced concrete, Philadelphia, Pa., bave
moved their New York office from 1 Madison
avenue to 51 Bast 42d street.' The firm is rep¬
resented in  New  York by C.  S. Bilyen.

J. LELAND WELLS, heating and ventilating
engineer; Frederick H. Wells, electrical engi¬
neer, and Arthur S. Wells, sanitary engineer,
have opened offices at 245 West 34th street,
where they wiil practice as consulting engi¬
neers.

EDMUND D. FISHER. Deputy Comptroller,
sailed last Saturday on tbe Imperator, to rep¬
resent Comptroller Prendergast at the formal
opening ot the city's exhibit at the Internation¬
al Urban Exposition, at Lyons, Prance. Later
Mr. Fisher will visit London, Paris and Berlin
to interest leading bankers there in New York
City bonds. He will also make a special study
of central banks  in these cities.

FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION.—An in¬
teresting department of the convention ot the
National Association ot Manufacturers at the
Waldorf this week was the Fire-Prevention Ex¬
hibition. The space occupied was not large, but
it was well filled with interesting appliances.
A number ot engineering companies working in
the flre-prevention fleld had exhibits. Various
automatic signal systems were shown, together
with flre-doors and windows, sprinkler heads,
flre extinguishers, valves for "hose lines, stand-
pipes, hose racks, etc., besides a great many
photographs to illustrate the use of preventive
appliances. Fire Commissioner Adamson de¬
livered an address before the convention.
Manufacturers are taking a great Interest in the
subject ot the prevention ot flre and accidents
since the enactment ot the compensation laws.





OBITUARY





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WILLIAM H. PARKS, retired general con¬
tractor, died at his home, 780 Prospect avenue,
Bronx,  Saturday,  May 16,  aged  84.

CHARLES L. PEDEN. architect, for the
Buick Motor Co.. and supervisor of construc¬
tion tor the General Motor Co., died ot a
complication ot diseases at his home. 603 Han¬
cock St. Brooklyn, Wednesday, May 20. He was
forty-eight years ot age and is survived by his
widow and one son.

DAVID B. McILLWAINB, inventor ot light¬
weight steel tubing, now used in the manufac¬
ture of all bicyi^les. died Tuesday, May 19, after
being in poor health for about one year. He
was seventy-tour years old and lived with his
daughter, Mrs. Paul Manship at 82 West 12th
St. Mr. McIIIwaine was one of the founders
of the Hardware Club in N. Y. C. and a mem¬
ber of many social and  fraternal orders.

JAMBS J. FERRIS, who resigned May 4 from
the City Commission, the body which governs
Jersey City, died suddenly from acute gastritis,
at his home, 596 Jersey avenue, Jersey City,
Friday, May 15. Mr. Ferris was a member of
the flrm of Stillman. Delehanty & Ferris, gen¬
eral contractors, who recently took the contract
for the construction ot buildings in the Stock¬
yards on the Pennsylvania R. R. Co.'s prop¬
erty. Mr. Ferris was born in Ireland, fltty-five
years ago. -He is survived by his widow, flve
sens and three daughters.





TRADE   AND   TECHNICAL         i

SOCIETY EVENTS.                |

SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITY
PLANNING will be held in Toronto.. Ont., May
25-27. Secretary, Flavel Shurtlefl, 19 Congress
street, Boston, Mass.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OP CIVIL ENGI¬
NEERS will hold its annual convention at Bal¬
timore, Md., June 2-5. Secretary, Chas. W.
Hunt, 220 West 57th street, N. Y. C.

NATIONAL DISTRICT HEATING ASSOCIA¬
TION will hold its sixth annual convention at
Rochester, N. Y., May 26-29. Headquarters
■will be at the Seneca Hotel.

MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSOCIATION OP
BROOKLYN has moved to new quarters at 283
Livingston street.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING AND
VENTILATING ENGINEERS will hold its mid¬
summer meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, July 9-11.
Headquarters at the Hotel Statler.

MECHANICS & TRADERS' EXCHANGE, ot
Brooklyn, celebrated its removal to new and
larger quarters in the Arbuckie Building. 367
Fulton st, Thursday, May 21. Many members
and friends ot the association were present. A
buffet luncheon was served trom one to three
o'clock.

NBW YORK CITY ASSOCIATION OF MAS¬
TER STEAM AND HOT WATER FITTERS at
their recent annual meeting elected the follow¬
ing officers for the ensuing year: President, John
E. Jeffrey, vice-president, Joseph G. Geoghegan;
treasurer, William H. Curtin. Directors. John
E. Jeffrey. Joseph G. Geoghegan, William H.
Curtin. M. J. Callahan and J. B. Rutzel; sec¬
retary. Henry B. Combers.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OP ENGINEERING
CONTRACJTORS haa abandoned the plan ot
holding a convention at Brighton Beach, July





3-4. No alternative, arrangements have been
made as yet, and it is likely that no conven¬
tion will be held this year.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ot Sheet Metal
Contractors will hold its annual convention at
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16-19. Headquarters at
the Hotel Gibson.

J. J. BLAOKMORE, secretary ot the United
States Radiator Co., has been appointed secre¬
tary of fhe American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers, succeeding Edwin A.
Scott,  who  recently resigned.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS will hold its thirty-flrst annual
convention in Detroit. Michigan. June 22-26.
Convention headquarters will be at tbe Hotel
Cadillac.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP BUILDING
OWNERS AND MANAGERS will convene at
Duluth. July 14 to 17.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OP ENGINBUiK
DRAFTSMEN.—Regular meeting third Thuri-
day of each month. Walter L. Smyth, lecre-
tary. 74 Cortlandt at. New York City.

INSTITUTE OF OPERATING ENGINBBBB.
—Regular meetlnc aecond Thursday ot each
month, Engineerinc Societies Bulldlns. New
York City. H. E. Colllni, lacretary, 29 West
89th at. New York City.

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

BROOKLYN LEAGUE, executive offices and
Meeting Rooms are now in the new Terminal
Building, SO Court street, Brooklyn, on the
sixth floor,  rooms 610-11.

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS'
ASSOCIATION will hold its annual convention
at the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich., June 15-18.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MASTER
PLUMBERS will hold its annual convention at
Atlantic City, N. J., June 16-18. Headquarters
at Hotel  Rudolf.

NEW JERSEY MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSO¬
CIATION will hold its annual convention at the
Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic City, N. J., June 15.

MASTER STEAM AND HOT WATER FIT¬
TERS' ASSOCIATION will hold its annual con¬
vention at Atlantic City. N. J., June 10-13.
Headquarters at the St. Charles Hotel.

THE MONTHLY MEETINGS of the American
Society ot Engineering Contractors (Inc.) for¬
merly held in the United Engineers' Building,
are now held at tbe rooms ot this aociety,
11 Broadway, on the second Thursday of
each month, except in July and August, at 2
o'clock p. m. Secretary, J. R. Wemlinger, 11
Broadway, New York.

NATIONAL HARDWARE ASSOCIATION
meets at Hotel Statler. Buffalo, Thursday, June
18. The New York Central will run a special
train from Chicago on the evening of June 17,
which will carry large delegations from the
South and pick up large contingents en route.
There will be the usual representative attend¬
ance trom the hardwood producing sections of
the Southwest and Nashville lumbermen, who
are on a "boost" trip, will include the Buffalo
convention in their itinerary.

BROOKLYN- CHAPTER, American Institute
ot Architects, William P. Bannister, president,
has sent a communication to Borough President
Pounds of Brooklyn, in which it asked that the
architect for the proposed new County Court
House be chosen by competition. The Chapter
as a body feels that in a woi-k ot such Impor¬
tance the design and plan should be selected by
a jury of experts in architecture and not by
one individual.

AMERICAN SOCIETY ot Engineers. Archi¬
tects and Constructors at their flrst regular
meeting, held at the United Engineering Bldg.,
May 12, elected the following offlcers to serve
during the current years: President Major
Samuel S. Hatfleld. assistant engineer V. S. A.;
1st vice-president. Oliver Randolph Parry, archi¬
tect: 2d vice-president. Chas. N. Green. M. A. S.
C. E.; Sd vice-president. Louis P. Hackadorn,
constructor; treasurer, Chas. F. Dingman; sec¬
retary, T. Hugh Boorman, C. B.; foreign cor.
secretary. Col. J. W. Howard, U. S. A.; chap¬
lain, Edmund Banks Smith, IJ. S. A.

BROOKLYN ENGINEERS* CLUB held its
regular informal library talk Thursday evening
at the club house. The speaker of the evening
was Paul H. Graef, who addressed the mem¬
bers on the subject ot "Workmen's Compen¬
sation Insurance in New York."











RECENT INCORPORATIONS.





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BREAKWATER PATENTS CORPORATION Is
a $150,000 company, chartered to do general en¬
gineering, contracting and construction business
with offlces in Manhattan. The directors are
Chas G. Painter, 1.50 West 47th st, Manhattan,
Gifford B. McKay, 99 Fairview av. Jersey City.
N J , and Edwin C. Randall, 16 Monticello av,
Jersey City, N. J. J. G. Roe, 128 Broadway, at¬
torney.

COMET CONSTRUCTION CO. haa been in-
corporated with $25,000 capital stock to do a
general contracting and construction business
with offlces In Manhattan. The directors are
Jacob Auerbach. 949 Hoe av, Bronx, Chaa.
Auerbach, 728 East 156th at, and William B.
Stites. 77 River st. Hoboken. N. J., who Ja also
the attorney tor the company.

HERDSTONE REALTY CORPORATION has
filed incorporation papers with a capitalization
of $10,000 with offices in Manhattan to do a
roaltv and construction business. Leo Stein,
220 West 98th st, Herbert L. Stein, Woodmere,
L I., and Leo G. Rosenblatt, 150 West 79th at.
directors. M. S. & I. S, Isaacs, 52 William »v,
attorneys.