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RECORD AND  GUIDE





February 13, 1904





.'■ 97th st, n fi, 100 e Madison av, 6-sly and cellar brk and stone
apartments; George Brown, 1931 Broadway; ar't, Geo Pred Pelham,
SOS 5ih av,—A.

5tb av. No 972,' G-sty brk and stone dwelling; Payne Whitney;
ar'ts,   McKim,   Mead   &  White,   100 Sth  av.—D.

5th av. e s, 32.2 s 79th sl, 6-sty brk dwelling; J C Lyons, 4-6 E
42d st;  ar'ts, McKim, Mead & White, 100 Sth av.—D.

Sth av. n e cor 87th st, 4-sty brk and stone dwelling; Henry
Phipps. Jr. 3 E SOth st; ar'ts, Trowbridge & Livingston, 424 Sth av;
b-'rs. Marc Eidlitz & Son. 489 Sth av.—D.

Slh av, s e cor 92d st, 3-sty and attic brk and stone dwelling; I
Townsend Burden, 10 Washington sq; ar't, Horace Trumbauer, Land
Title Bldg, Philadelphia, Pa,—C.

Sth av, Nos 3072 and 1073. two Sy^-sty brk and stone dwellings;
John C Umberneld, 305 W 105th sl; ar't, Wm Saneer,'123 B 23d sl.
—E.    Interior trim.

' Park av s w cor 98th st, two O-sty and cellar brk and stone tene¬
ments; Mechanics' and Traders' Realty Co. 92 Rivington sl; ar'l,
Geo Fred Peiham, 503 Sth av.—C.





tions. The notice issued last December by the Manhattan Dis¬
trict Council of the Brotherhood, reads as follows:

"It is a well-known fact that the practice of awarding con¬
tracts for wood trim, doors, parquet fiooring, stairs and interior
decorations to firms who conduct their business on a system of
low wages and long hours has for the last 15 years, or more,
been of great detriment to both employers and employees in the
woodworking line of this city.

"This obnoxious practice is daily encroaching upon us with more
disastrous effect. Many of our city manufacturers who former¬
ly carried on a prosperous business are to-day running their
plants with greatly reduced forces, while some of them have
entirely been driven out of business. The prevailing custom of
awarding contracts for material to out-of-town flrms has done
enoi-mous injury, not only to our own craft, nay! also house
owners and the entire business community are affected by it, in¬
asmuch as through its effect thousands of our citizens are thrown







RECREATION PAVILION AT RICHMOND BEACH PARK.
; M. Schwab's gift,                                               Charles A. Pratt, Architect.





2d av. No 1317, 7-sty brk loft building; Sobel & Kean, 68 Edge¬
combe av;  ar't, Jacob H Amsler, 875 Washington av.—D.

2d av. w B, 92d and 93d sts, 5-sty brk and slone refrigerating
house; George Ehret, 23o B 92d st; ar't, Julius Kastner, 1133
Broadway,—3d tier and granite base.

1st av, n w cor 93d st, 5-sty brk workshops and stores; Adam
Happel, on premises; ar'ts, Kurtzer & RenLz, Spring st and Bowery.
—Nol started.     Site vacant.





The Labor Situation.

If there should be, by any possibility, trouble in the spring
among the carpenters and joiners, it will not affect members
of the general Building Trades Employers' Association, Some
fresh rumors regarding the old contention over the use of "out¬
side trim" having been circulated during the week, inquiries
for the Record and Guide resulted in obtaining tjuite reassur¬
ing statements. At the offlce of the Association a letter which
was recently sent out to architects and builders was referred
to as covering the whole matter. This letter contains the fol¬
lowing:

"We beg to call your attention to the fact that our association
has now a working agreement with all of the representative
unions connected with the building trade industry In this city.
One feature of the agreement is a provision that ail difflculties
and disputes arising on buildings between our members and their
workmen shall be submitted to an arbitration board and adjusted
withcut a cessation of work. We facl that through this agree¬
ment and the strength of cur association, our members are now
in a position lo carry to successful completion any contracts
that you may place in their hands without unnecessary delays
through strikes or other causes such as have been a menace and
a cause of trouble in the building industry during recent years."

Secretary D. A. Featherstone of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners agreed that the warning sent out last December to
builders, architects and manufacturers of wood trim, parquet
flooring and interior decorations, was not intended to presage a
strike, and under the present agreement could hold no conse¬
quences for the members of the association, inasmuch as the
Brotherhood, so far as the Manhattan District Council is concern¬
ed, which, however, is the only district council in the city affili¬
ated with the association. The Brotherhood could, if so disposed,
make trouble for non-members of the association in any of
the boroughs, but Mr. Featherstone conveyed the impression
that the notice was only what it purported to be—a warning.
No boycott or strike had been ordered and he could not statt;
that there would be any.

The Secretary further said that the negotiations for uniting
Brotherhood and Amalgamated carpenters throughout the coun¬
try on the flrst of January, 1905, were proceeding, and, mean¬
while, the two great bodies were working in perfect har¬
mony. At present they were voting on working rules, and a de¬
cision would be announced on the 26th instant, when the polls
would close.    Already the same card is used in both organiza-





out of employment and bereft of an opportunity to provide tht, ]
necessaries of life.

"Therefore, the above organization has taken steps to stop this I
practice,   and   warns  all  parties,  when  awarding  contracts,  to
see that the label of the United  Brotherhood  of Carpenters .
placed on  all material so as to avoid any complications here¬
after.

"We also declare any and all material made under the rules
of the Amalgamated Wood Workers as unfair, and caution you
not to be misled into accepting it as union made goods, as it
will not be handled by union men, who are determined not to
recognize that cheap organization or any of its product. We
are respectfully yours, D. A. Featherstone, Secy."

riaterial  Marltet.

ARCHITECTURAL STEEL.

The Insurance Experiment Station at Boston has concluded
some tests of steel corrosion, the results of which are stated by
Prof. Charles L. Norton in a pamphlet just issued. The decision
is as follows;

"It would seem that if we admit that from a severe trial of a
short duration we may judge relatively of the effects of the less
severe but stronger test of time, it cannot be questioned that
structural steel is safe from corrosion if incased in a sound sheet
of good concrete, at least for a period of years so long as to make
the subject of more interest to our great-grandchildren's children
than to us. We know that bare steel does nol rust and fall
down over night, and that much of the steel standing has been
bare of everything that could protect it, for long years, and it
seems to me beyond question that steel properly covered in con¬
crete may well be expected to last far longer than the changes
in our cities wiii allow any building to remain."

There is also a note by Dr. Edward Atkinson, in regard to
electrolysis, saying:

"Whether or not the steel footings or supports of high build¬
ings, when imbedded in damp ground, may be corroded by elec¬
trolysis from leaking currents from an electric trolley track, is a
problem which requires immediate solution. If there is such
a danger it may perhaps be met in existing buildings by incas¬
ing the footings of such buildings in an asphalt concrete, abso¬
lutely impervious to moisture. Dry steel may carry electric cur¬
rents without injury- The electrolysis or dissociation of the
steel occurs when the current leaves the metal, passing into
damp ground or other wet substances. Possibly a remedy, if this
evil exists, may be found by attaching a conducting wire to the
steel footing, and thus carrying the electricity derived from the
trolley track to some other point. Of course such currents
should be cut off if possible lest they cause danger in steel-
framed buildings above the footings or supports.

After this contractors and builders will he inclined to dismiss
the vague fears they have had regarding the matters discussed,'