RECORD  AND  GUIDE.





December 14, 1901.





No. 80, in Queens; also for a building at Prospect av and Sth
av, Brooklyn; and for new laundry building for the county build¬
ing in Flatbush.

The contract for the erection of new public school No. 139, on
the north side of Avenue C, between 13th and 14th sts, Brook¬
lyn, has been awarded to George Hlldebrand, at $119,747.
Other bidders were: Rutan & Heningham, $126,446; John
Thatcher & Son, $127,600; Tolmie & Kerr, $128,810; Louis Wech¬
sler, $131,500; P. J. W^alsh. $125,000; William & Thomas Lamb,
$124,874; William P. McGarry, $126,872; Thos. Cockeriii & Son,
$126,500; Peter Cleary,. $124,593.

Contract for alteration to buildings Nos. 21 and 23 West 34th
st has been secured by Alexander Brown, Jr., 156 Fifth av;
architects,  Lord & Hewlett; Francis H. Leggett, owner.

The  Jackson   Architectural   Iron  Works   have  been  awarded

the contract for the structural ironwork for the new apartment

hotel of the Seaboard Realty Co.,  extending through from 44th

to 45th sts. east of 6th av.    The name for this new hotel has not

yet been decided upon,    Ludlow & Valentine are the architects.

MISCELLANEOUS.

C. E. Huntley, 45th st and 1st av, is drawing plans for recon¬
struction of an S-sty brick and stone fireproof abbatoir and
packing plant on the east side of 1st av and 45th st. East River;
cost, $850,000; The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co. on premises
(Mr. Weil, secretary), owners; L. Levy, consulting engineer.

E. S. Chlid, No. 62 New st. is making sketches for a frame
church on the northwest corner of Burnside and Aqueduct avs,
40x80, cost $8,000, seating capacity 350x330; Rev. Father John
D. Roach, Christie place, Morris Heights, N. T. C,  owner.

BROOKLYN,

Wm. A. Cable, No. 1183 Broadway, N. T. C, is drawing
sketches for a 5-sty brick and stone fireproof preparatory school
on Pulton st and Verona place, 100x100, cost $250,000. The
building will have a library and auditorium, 58x97; shower
baths, swimming tank, 18x56; bowling alleys, gymnasium, 25x
57, and engine room. Brooklyn College Co., care of Edward A.
Alexander, No. 206 Broadway, N. Y. C, owners.

Thomas Bennett, No. 198 SSd st, is drawing plans for a 2-
sty brick and stone store and office building, 25x100, cost $S,000,
to tae erected on 3d av, east side, 25 feet north of S2d st; W. K.
Putnam, 52d st and 3d av, owner. Also for 2-sty frame dwell¬
ing, 27x38, cost $3,500, on the east side of 13th st, 230 south
Avenue C; J.  S. Halstead, No. 62 Kenilworth place, owner.

{Other  Building News  on Page 850.)





Of Interest to the Building Trades.

The Charies R. Hedden Construction Co., authorized capital
$1,000,000, has been Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey.

William D. Grant has on exhibition at his warerooms. No. 206
West 42d st, a fine display of the latest designs in mantels, fire¬
place's, tilea, etc., and architects, huilders and others Interested
are Invited to call and Inspect them.

John W. Rapp has the fireproofing contracts for the following
buildings: Women's hotel, on 29th st, near Madison av; Pabst
Theatre, at SSth st and Grand Circle; Commonwealth and Key¬
stone Buildings, in Philadelphia; and Woodward & Lathrop store,
Washington,   D.  C.

The question of working for general contractors on municipal
work is one that has been brought prominently before the Master
Plumbers' Association. Several city departments have made
plumbing a separate contract, but some departments which have
contracts to give out before the end of the year seem to have in¬
cluded plumbing in  the general work.

"WHY   THEY   WEEP"—WHO?   THE   ARCHITECTS.

Would not any one weep who had twenty-four sections of one
law thrown at him as being violated in the plans for a moderate
alteration to a small building—the change being a desirable one
frora every point of view? This was the fortune of one architect
this week, who had filed in the Department of Buildings plans
for alterations to a 4-sty tenement house on the East Side.
The width of the present building is 2S feet, and the depth 38
feet. It was proposed to add an extension to this building 16
feet In width by 4 stories in height. The interior arrangement
of the existing building was bettered by a brick light-shaft be¬
ing inserted, and altogether the proposed additions and better¬
ments would he unobjectionable from a sanitary standpoint of
view, and perhaps, with one or two exceptions, would not be in
violation of the old Tenement House Act. The new Tenement
House Law being now in operation, the application was properly
disapproved with the following objections, viz.:

L The following sections of Chapter 334, Laws of 1901, must
be complied with: Sections 11, 13, 14, 18. 20, 21, 22, 24 26
32, 33, 53. S4, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 83, 84. 91, 92 and 95.

Another architect, filing plans for a new 6-sty tenement, had
seventy-two objections given against his plan, and in conse¬
quence the project was abandoned.

RUST  REMOVERS.
The   following  rust  removers   are   recommended  In  the   direc¬
tions Issued to the United States Artillery:  Cyanide of potash





is most excellent for reinoving rust, and should be made much
use of. Instruments of polished steel may be cleaned as follows:
First, soak, if possible, in a solution of cyanide of potassium in
the proportion of 1 ounce of cyanide to 4 ounces of water. Allow
this to act until all loose rust is I'emoved, and then polish with
cyanide soap. The cyanide soap referred to is made as follows:
Potassium cyanide, precipitated chalk, white castlle soap. Make
a saturated solution of the cyanide and add chalk sufflcient to
make a creamy paste. Add the soap, cut in fine shavings, and
thoroughly incorporate In a mortar. When the mixture is stiff
cease to add soap. It may be well to state that potassium cya¬
nide is a violent poison. For removing rust'from Iron the follow¬
ing is given: Iron may be quickly and easily cleaned by dipping
in or washing ^vith nitric acid 1 part, muriatic acid 1 part and
water 12 parts.    After using wash with clean water.

WHAT GAS  CAN DO.

In a recent lecture In the Royal Victoria Hall, London, Prof.
Lambert described some of the things illuminating gas can do
besides illuminating. He declared that 37 cubic feet of gas will
heat 30 gallons of water from 50 to 110 degrees, will hoil 8 gal-
Ions of water, or make tea for 64 persons. It can develop one
horse-power in an engine for two hours, or lift a weight of 88
tons 10 feet high. It can melt 10 pounds of iron and make a
casting in 20 minutes, or braze a metal joint in 2 minutes, the
work being done in that way much more quickly than,is possible
in furnace or forge. The same amount of gas in a good radiating
stove will comfortably warm a room 16 feet square, in cold
weather, for an hour. It wili also suffice to cook a dinner for
eight persons. These are but some of the things which Prof.
Lambert demonstrated can be done with thirty-seven cubic feet
of gas. And what does that amount of gas cost? At prices now
prevailing in  New York  about SY2 cents.

EFFECTS OF WATER ON BRASS.

Some student of applied chemistry or metallurgy, or soma
atadent of architecture with a taste for chemistry, might
do a service to his fellow citizens by studying the changes
which take place in brass, or, at least, in certain kinds of brass,
under the influence of water. So far as we know, nothing is
said on the subject in any work on the materials of construc¬
tion; yet, as a matter of practice, observant architects often
notice, where plumbers' brass-work has been changed, after
some years of use, that a chemical or molecular transformation
has taken place, involving, apparently, a crystallization of the
metal, the sharp edges of which can be crumbled by the fingers
into a crystalline powder. The screw-threads of compression-
cocks, particularly where used for hot water, are very frequently
affected in this way, so that the screws become loose. That
the trouble Is not due to wear of the thread is shown by the
fact that the screws by which the washers of compression-cocks
are attached to the end of the spindle, although they are not
touched, as a rule, more than one a year, lose their threads
like the others, a crystalline mud under the washer showing
what has happened. In the case of plumbers' brass-work,
where great durability is not expected, and where accuracy of
fit is not essential, the matter is not very serious, unless. In¬
deed, the spontaneous splitting of brass pipes, which often
causes great damage, is due to a similar action; but the samb
t-ansformation of brass is sometimes to be observed in steam-
fittings, and in this case it becomes of great importance.—Ameri¬
can Architect.

NOVEMBER BUILDING PERMITS.

The comparative table taken from a Western exchange is In¬
tended to exhibit the building activities in the chief cities of the
United States, and in two large cities of Canada in November.
Most of these communities show a remarkable amount of con¬
struction work for this time of the year. The average is far
above that of a year ago. It is not as high, however, as the
average for October of this year, but the decrease In November
is natural, considering the cold weather as a bar to rapid build¬
ing operations.    The table follows:

,------1!XH,------,         ,------liKIO.------,      Increase

New York:                            No.          Cost.            No.          Cost.           per ct.

Manhattan and Bronx...   2in      ^^7,120.846        3IT     .i;3.6(iO,003            95

Brooklyn.............     331         1,074,848        419        l,4r)0.785

Chicago.................      478        3.428,77.1         32G        2.611,550             31

Pittsburg       .............     21R        1.321,010           ..            304,910             64

St  Louis................      3.^8           759.301        212           560.278             33

Buffalo..................       ™           562,029          77           S90,5.i0

St   Paul     ...............     113           550,475          57             05.650           475

rincinnati...............    3"^           .o31,700        201           226,640            134

Cleveland  ...............    193           269.610       164           364,195

Vi'ashington..............    213           23.3.-531        201           261,241

Milwaukee...............    119           288..56S          94           .325.8!),^

Kansas City.............     ^'1           390,890        275           317,925             23

□ etrott..............    -'1            4.'51.fiOO       150           250,200             73

Los Angeles..............   362           538,004       146           197,947            172

Atlanta  .................    2.37           113.950        1T5           141,132

brand Rapids............      52           108.305          34             38,760            179

iiipa-henv   ..............■      41            104, loO           . .            .......

New Orleans...............              T9,597           . .            193,286

Toronto  Canada.........        04           409,710          63           200,495            104

Montreal, Canada........        49             88.130          21             00,450              33

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