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RECORD AND GtJIDiB.
March i6, 1901.
Piatt st. Nob. 9 and 11, and John'st, Nos. 102 and 104, altera¬
tions to business building, to consist of new store front; McMann
& Taylor, 42 Cliff st, owners; R. S. Townsend, 29 East 19th st,
architect; Isaac A. Hopper & Son, 119 West 125th st, general con¬
tractors,
ESTIMATES RECEIVABLE.
By Treasury Department, Washington, D. C, until April 2d,
at 2 p, m„ for the construction (except heating apparatus, elec¬
tric wiring and conduits) of the U. S. Post-Office at Clinton,
Iowa; until April Oth, at 2 p. m., for the construction (except
heating apparatus, electric wiring and conduits), of the U. S,
Post-Office at Oakland, Cal.; and until April 17th, at 2 p. m., for
furnishig the heating and ventilating apparatus complete in
place, for the U. S. Post-Office at New Brighton, Pa. Drawings
and specifications may be had of James Knox Taylor, Supervising
Architect.
By the Board of Education, corner of Park av and iinth st,
until March 25th, at 4 p, m., for erecting new Public School 186,
on 145th and 146th sts, between Amsterdara av and Broadway,
Manhattan;" and for sanitary work at new Public School 79, 7th
av, between lith and 15th sts, Whitestone, Borough of Queens.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the estimating room of
the Board, corner of Park av and 59th st.
By the Department of Parks, Arsenal Building, Central Park,
until March 21st, at 11 a. m., for grading grounds, constructing,
regulating, grading and paving walks and roads, furnishing and
laying Iron water-pipes, constructing basin for statuary foun¬
tain, erecting garden fountain and drinking fountain, construct¬
ing stone seats, etc., in fronl of the Museum Building, and cor¬
nice and roof ornaments on Botanical Museum in the Botanical
Gardens, in Bronx Park, In the City of New Tork; for grading
gi-ounds, constructing, regulating, grading and paving walks,
constructing retaining wall, erecting iron railing, etc., in small
park between Fulton and Franklin avs and 167th st; for fur¬
nishing all labor and all materials for erecting iron pipe rail¬
ing on portions of retaining walls along the Spuyten Duyvil Park¬
way, Jn the 24th Ward, in the City of New York; for paving with
rock asphalt mastic the gutters of a portion of the West Drive,
in Central Park; for cutting and finishing four windows in the
westerly wall of the new east wing and extension of the Metro¬
politan Museum of Art, in the Central Park.
â– CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The contract for constructing the 40th st vault for the boiler
and engine-rooms and other rooms for the New Tork Public Li¬
brary, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, has been awarded
to H. Probst.
The following contracts have been awarded by the Board of
Education: For sanitary work in public school No. 134, Brooklyn,
to James Fay at $9,493; for alterations to No. 134 Henry st, to
Patrick Sullivan at $3,386; and_for supplying glass to public-
schools in Manhattan and The Bronx, to Joseph Elias at $2,475.
, MISCELLANEOUS.
20th Bt, No. 216 'Bast, 4-sty brick fireproof day nursery, 22,2^
x73; Wayside Day Nursery, 216 East 20th st, owner; William
Strom, 39 Cortlandt st, architect.
46th st West, near 9th av, 6-sty brick and stone T. M. C. A.
building, 25 or 50x100; Toung Men's Christian Association, 8
West 29th st, owner; Prof. Boice, of Columbia, and Dr. Hyde, of
Madison av, members of the Building Committee; Howells &
Stokes, 47 Cedar st, architects. Architects have prepared two dif¬
ferent plans, but nothing has yet been decided.
56th st, south side, 125 feet'east of 10th av. brick and stone
club-house and home for boys, on plot 32x100; Mission of the Im¬
maculate Virgin, 2 Lafayette pl, owner; Schickel & Ditmars, 111
5th av, architects; Jas. D. Murphy, 1181 Broadway, will probably
be the general contractor.
75th st, No. 110 East, 3-sty brick and S'tone stable, 25x100, to
contain 7 stalls; C. W. Romeyn, 55 Broadway, architect.
BROOKLTN.
Prospect Park South, brick and stone dwelling; Frederick W.
Rowe, 257 Broadway, owner; Waiker & Morris, 44 Pine st, N. T,
City, architects.
Brighton Beach, 1-sty frame and glass exhibition buildijig, lOlx
4(1; Brighton Beach Racing Association, 215 Montague st, owner;
Frank H. Quinby, 99 Nassau st, N. T. City, architect.
Grand st, near Bushwick av, 4-sty brick and stone tenement
and stores, 30x65; cost, $15,000; Martin Schwendel, Grand st,
near Bushwick av, owner; Hugo Smith, 830 Broadway archi¬
tect
Harrison av. No. 168, 4-sty brick and stone fiat and store, 25x
67; Joseph Storcb, 583 Broadway, owner; Hugo Smith, 853
Broadway, architect.
Ralph av, south aide, 120 feet east of Fairview av, 2-sty frame
dwelling, 25x45; cost, $3,000; Knorr Brothers, 249 Scholes st,
owners and builders; W. B. Wills, 17 Troutman st, architect.
Reid av, 20 feet south of McDonough st, five 3-sty brick and
atone two-family dwellings, 16x55; cost, $60,000 each; Doherty
Brothers, 286 Flatbush av, owners and builders; Axel Hedman,
Arbuckle Building, architect. The Doherty Brothers will also
build, from plans by the same architect, a 4-sty brick and stone
flat, 29x81, to cost $12,000. The fiat will adjoin the flve dwell-
Ings.
COUNTRT WORK OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTS.
Newmark, N. J.—Forest Hill, 2^-sty frame dwelling, 23x45; coat,
^,500; Seymour Hollenbeek, owner; H, E. Davis, 253 Broadway,
architect.
Pelham Heights. N. Y.—One 3-sty frame dwelling; C. A. Winch,
The American Ice Co., 131 East 23d st. owner; A. G. C Fletcher,
1135 Broadway, architect,
NEW JERSEY.
Newark.—Norfolk st, Nos. 15-17, three 2-sty brick flats; cost,
$10,000; Mrs. Francis Bein, owner; Henry Baechlin, architect.-----
Tth st, No. 292 South, and Nos. 161-163 South 6th st, three 2^-sty
frame two-family dwellings; total cost, $12,000; Otto Bernz;,
owner.
Newark, N. J.—Chadwick av, 2i^-sty frame dwelling; cost, $5,-
U0(J; Serial Investment Co., owner; Hurd & Sutton, architects.-----
North Gth St. corner of Dickinson st, flve 2-sty brick and stone
two-family dwellings; total cost, $20,000; John L. PfelfEer, owner;
Arthur Connelly, architect.
For plans flled see pages 472 and 487.
OF INTEREST 10 THE BUILDING TRADES.
The Building Materials Exchange is now in its new quarters, on
the sixth floor of the Bowling Green Building.
The Chicago, St. Paul & Missouri Railway have placed a con¬
tract for thirty-six bridges with the American Bridge Oo.
Tomkins Brothers, of No. 257 Broadway, agents for the sale
of Ohio vitrified sewer pipe, also handle land tile and cements.
Their facilities are of the hest and their prices right. Telephone
1177 Cortlandt calls Tomkins Brothers.
The Rockland-Rockport Lime Co. has absorbed by purchase the
property of Perry Bros,, lime manufacturers of Rockland, Me.,
who are well known to the trade. O. F, Perry, formerly the New
Tork representative of Perry Bros., is now salesman and general
representative of the Rockland-Rockport Lime Co. in this city.
The Court of Appeals yesterday decided In the case of Ralph
J. Treat vs. Controller Coler, of New Tork City, that the law
requiring the use of stone dressed in this State in the per¬
formance of public contracts within the State, and prohibiting
the use of stone dressed in other States on such work is unconsti¬
tutional.
President H. C. Fry, of the National Glass Company, accord¬
ing to a Pittsburg dispatch, has tendered his resignation as presi¬
dent of that company on account of friction among the officials
of the corporation. In an Interview Mr. Fry announced his In¬
tention to erect an independent glass plant at Rochester, Beaver
county. Pa.
The annual election of offlcers of the Building Materials' Ex¬
change will be held on the second Monday of April, when 13 trus¬
tees, a president, vice-president and treasurer will be chosen.
President Robert B. Waldo has appointed the following nominat¬
ing committee: H. B, Homan, Wm. H. Barnes, Chas. E. Murtagh,
Orin F. Perry, and Frank Sears.
The Berger Mfg. Co. recently executed expeditiously a large
contract for metal ceilings for Dunham Se Buckley, dry goods, at
No. 340 Broadway. Though this contract called for 60,000 feet
of metal ceiling it was all delivered and put in place in 9 days.
The company claims to keep on hand the largest stock in the
country at their 5-story warehouse. No. 227 Bast 22d st,
John W. Rapp patent flreproofing is finding increased favor in
the trade, both on account of its economy, quality and the rapid-
tiy with which it can he put in place. One of the contracts re¬
cently obtained by John W. Rapp was that for the extensive
fireproofing of the new Mt. Sinai Hospital, on the block 5th and
Madison avs and 100th and 101st sts, 201.10x420, consisting of a
group of nine buildings including administration pavilion, chil¬
dren's pavilion, isolation and surgical pavilion, private hospital,
kitchen building, pathological building, and dispensary.
Frank H. Boyle, manufacturer of iron, bronze and brass work
for buildings, of Nos. 418 and 420 West 27th st, who makes a
specialty of ornamental and artistic iron, has done some very
creditable work in his line the past year, his first in husiness for
himself. A few of his contracts were: Railing and grilles at No.
320 "W^est 107th st, for Renwick, Aspinwall &. Owen, architects;
cast-iron front and marquee at No. 17 West SOth st, for John
A. Hamilton, architect; railing and gates at No. 15 Lexington av,
for O. T, Mackey & Co., buildera; and a handsome door and
screen, at No. 17 East 54th at, for Snelling & Potter, architects.
The high class work executed nowadays in private and seml-
Iiublic buildings has developed ao that specialists are frequently
sought to plan and supervise the several parts of the work.
Foremost in the list stands the Building & Sanitary Inspection
Co., of No. 874 Broadway. They designed and supervised the
plumbing and ventilation of the new Tale Club, on West 44th'
st, planned by Architects Tracy & Swartout; the Hyde residence,
at Madison av and 40th st, N. C. Mellen, architect, both of which
are nearly finished, and have in hand the palatial Riverside
Drive residence now building for Isaac L. Rice, after plans by
H«rt8 & Tallent.