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sell, architects; the George A. Fuller Company being the con¬
tractor for all of these buildings; Belmont Hotel, Marc Eidlitz &
Son, contractors, Warren & Wetmore, architects; 28th st and
Broadway, Schickel & Ditmars, architects. Various styles of Otis
freight and sidewalk hoists and electric dumb-waiters will also
be installed in these structures. Leading architects, engineers
and building contractors seem to favor the modern Otis vertical
cylinder hydraulic type for passenger service In large office
buildings and hotels.





Building News

APARTMENTS.   FLATS   AND   TENEMENTS.

CANNON ST.—A C-sty brick, stone and terra cotta store ana
tenement building, 41.7x100 feet, is to be erected on the plot Nos.
115 and 117 Cannon st. Plans are being drawn by Bernstein &
Bernstein, No. Ill Broadway. Roth & Klein, No. 21 W. Hous¬
ton st, are the owners.    Cost is to be $40,000.

47TH ST.—John A. Picken, No. 548 West 165th st, who has
just purchased the plot, 40x100. at Nos. 157 and 159 West 47th
st, will erect thereon a 9-sty fireproof apartment hotel. John
Hauser, No. 1961 7th av, has been his architect in previous oper¬
ations.

WEST END AV.—The Collins Building and Construction Co.
will erect a 6-sty apartment house on a plot, 100x100, at the
northwest corner of West End av and 70th st; Henri Fouchaux,
Broadway and 162d st, was their architect for two similar houses
on 140th st, east of 7th av.

AMSTERDAM AV.—Thomas J. Reynolds, corner Lenox av and
135th st, who has purchased the plot, 102,2x100, at the north¬
west corner of Amsterdam av and 79th st, will erect a 9-sty
brick and stone hotel, to cost $300,000, from plans by Henry
Andersen,  No.  1183 Broadway.

AMSTERDAM AV.—Streifler Bros., No. 241 West 143d st, are
drawing plans for a 6-sty apartment house with stores on the
Amsterdam av front, which they will erect on the plot, 49.11x
106.11, on the south side of 160th st, extending from Amsterdam
to St. Nicholas av. The building will cost about $70,000 and
they will be ready for estimates next week,

AMSTERDAM AV.—Clementine Silverman has purchased the
northeast corner of Amsterdam av and 167th st, 119xl01xl00x
36.6,  and will soon erect thereon improvements from plans by
Neville & Bagge,  No. 217 West 125th st.
DWELLINGS.

52D ST.—C. H. P. Gilbert, No. 1123 Broadway, is preparing
plans for a e^^-sty brick and stone fireproof residence, to be 30x
90 ft., to be erected on the south side of 52d st, IOO ft. east of 5th
av, and to be equipped with electric passenger elevator, steam
plant and electric service elevator, tile and copper roofing. Ed¬
ward Holbrook, Broadway and 19th st, is the owner. Cost has
not yet been determined. Last fall Mr. Gilbert was working on
plans for a 14-3ty bachelor apartment house to be erected on this
site, and it was so reported in this column. These plans have
been abandoned.

CONTRACTS AWARDED.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The contract for the entire mechani¬
cal and electrical equipment for the new plant at Philadelphia,
Pa., of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, of Worcester,
Mass., has been placed with Sargent, Conant & Co., of Boston.
Power for the entire plant will be transmitted and distributed
electrically.

ELIZABETH, N. J.—The general contract for erecting the
4-sty flreproof court house, 150x80 ft, granite front, tile roofing,
has been awarded to John H. Parker Co., No. 225 4th av. The
cost Is $488,750. The Chairman Union County Board of Chosen
Freeholders has the matter In charge. Ackerman & Ross, No.
150 Sth av, are the architects.

15TH ST.—The general contract for erecting a 6-sty brick and
stone factory building on the plot, 125x100 ft., on the north side
of loth st, 125 ft. west of Oth av, has been awarded to The
Louis Weber Building Co., No. 1123 Broadway. The building
will contain electric elevators and be equipped to be used as a
factory by the National Biscuit Co., of No. 205 La Salle st,
Chicago, 111., the owners. A Mr. Zimmerman, of the company. Is
the architect. Excavating is now going on.
MISCELLANEOUS.

132D ST.—St. Aloysius's Roman Catholic Church will erect
a new stone church at Nos. 209 to 217 West 132d st, a plot 83.4x
99.11, which they purchased in 1900 for $58,150. The new build¬
ing will cost about $100,000. W. W. Renwick, No. 39 West 27th
st, is the architect.

POINTERS.

CAPE MAT, N. J.—The congregation of St. Mary's R. C.
Church are to erect a $35,000 edifice on their plot, corner Ocean
and  Washington  sts.    No  architect  has been  selected.

BELLEFONT, PA.—Plans have been completed by Edward
Hazelhurst, of Philadelphia, for an auditorium to be erected for
the Pennsylvania State College. Charles M, Schwab, president
United States Steel Corporation, is the donor. The cost is to be
$100,000.





SOME NEARBY BUILDING.

ATLANTIC CITT, N. J.—A mammoth flreproof hotel is talked
of to be erected on the site between Chelsea and Ventor, with
theatre and iron pier built In connection with the same. The
totai cost is estimated at $500,000. The Interested parties are
Anton Lutz, Charles Krischler and T. J. Ford, of Pittsburg, Pa.

NORTH SPRING LAKE, N. J.—Plans are completed by
Brouse & Arend, Trenton, N. J., for a 3-sty brick and frame
sanitarium, 138x31 ft., to contain baths and swimming pool,
steam heating, electric lighting, etc. Enamel brick, tiling, steel
ceilings, etc., will be required. The Seacroft Co., Clarence P.
King, Prest., are the owners.    Cost about $40,000.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.—The Hibernia Trust and Banking Co.
of this city are having plans drafted by D, H. Burnham, 1142
Rookery Building, Chicago, 111., for a new bank edifice to cost
$300,000.    J. B. Castles is president of the bank.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—Architect W. H. Hawkins, of this
city, is preparing plans for a new church edifice for the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church. The building Is to be of brick
and slone and cost $30,000.

TROT, N. T.—Plans are being prepared by Demers & Cam-
paigne, No. 2 Harmony Hall, Troy, for a new edifice to be built
In Upper Troy for the Olivet Presbyterian Church Congrega¬
tion.

Isaac Pursell Philadelphia, Penn,, Is preparing plans for a
church to be erected at the corner of Franklin av and 2d st. New
Brighton, S. I. The material used in its construction will be
either Germantown stone or Holmesberg granite. Dimensions,
llSy^xOO. The cost has not yet been estimated. Rev. F- W.
Crowdey, New Brighton, is the clergyman In charge.

EL PASO, TEX.—A 1-sty brick and terra cotta library building
is to be erected here. It is a Carnegie gift. Trustees of the El
Paso Public Library are in charge of the matter.

COUNTRY WORK  OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTS.

MORRISTOWN, N. J.—Plans are completed by Petit & Green,
No. 11 East 33d st, for a 2-sty frame and stone residence to
contain latest Improvements and cost about $15,000. Gustave
E. Kissell, Morristown, N. J., Is the owner. Contracts will be
awarded in 10 days or 2 weeks.

MORGANTOWN, W. VA.—Plans are completed by F. R. Com¬
stock, No. 20 East 42d st, for a brick and stone church and par¬
sonage to be erected at Morgantown for the First Methodist
Episcopal Church Congregation. George C. Sturgis is Chairman
of the Building Committee.





Fire  at P. &  F. Corbin's  OHice.

Early on Friday morning of last week a greater portion of
the interior of the office of P. & F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn.,
was destroyed by fire. The Purchasing and Sales Department
suffered the heaviest losses, many papers relating to orders be¬
ing consumed, together with the entire collection of catalogues
of the Purchasing Department of the American Hardware Cor¬
poration. Manufacturers are requested to send copies of their
catalogues to the Purchasing Agent. A. N. Abbe, to replace those
lost.





Questions and Answers.

We must remind our correspondents that we cannot answer anony¬
mous communications. Readers must also remember that communica¬
tions to us cannot invariably be answered the week they are received.

WATER-CLOSETS   IN   TENEMENTS.
To the Editor of The Record and Guide:

If you have a cold water tenement, four families on a floor,
three and four rooms, one toilet on a floor, can they, under the
new law, make you put in another toilet? Is this required?
Thus compelling you to take a room of one of the suites for this
toilet?

Answer,—If by "toilet" water-closet is meant, yes. Section 100
of law says: "There shall be provided at least one water-closet
for every two families in every now existing tenement house."—
Editor Record and Guide.





EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

To the Editor of The Resord and Guide:

(1) How far have the condemnation proceedings regarding
properties taken for the approach to the East River Bridge by
the city over a year ago advanced? (2) Can payment for same
be expected in the near future? (3) Can you suggest anything
which could be done to hurry matters, and relieve a number of
property-owners of this injustice?

Answer.—Presuming Williamsburg or Delancey st bridge Is re¬
ferred to, it may be stated that (1) Commission has adjourned
until Sept. 9th, when taking of testimony will be resumed. (2)
No. (3) We believe Corporation Counsel is doing all he possibly
can to bring this proceeding to a conclusion, and while we sym¬
pathize with owners whose income has been taken away from
them, in the present condition of the law cannot suggest any¬
thing that will help them.—Editor Record and Guide.