February 13, 1915





RECORD  AND  GUIDE





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DWELLINGS.
FANWOOD N. J.—E. W. Patterson, 1 Mont¬
gomery st, Jersey City, architect and owner,
has about completed plans for a 2y2-sty hollow
tile and stucco residence on Paterson rd. Lost,
about $4,000.

XEWARK, N. J.—Neil J. Convery, Union
Building, is preparing plans for a 2y2-sty frame
and stucco residence, 30x52 ft., on Clinton pl,
for Christian Merz, of Merz Bros. Co., 9 Craw¬
ford St.    Cost,  about $10,000.

PERTH AMBOY, N. J.—Goldberger & Greisen,
Angel Building. Perth Amboy. are preparing
plans for a 2y2-sty frame residence. 20x42 ft..
in Lowrie st, for John Klusenporf. 3bl Maple
St.    Cost, about $4,000.

EXGLEWOOD, N. J.—Hays & Hoadley, Broad¬
way and OSth st, Manhattan, are preparing plans
for a 2V>-sty hollow tile and stucco residence
at Lincofn st and Johnson av. for S. A. Sa-
lambier, Franklin st. Cost, about $10,000.
FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
NEWARK, N. J.—Aug. M. Kleeman. 741 Broad
St. has completed plans for a 2-sty brick factory,
23x93 ft., at 777-79 South ISth st, for Hugo
Lindner. 775 South 18th st. Cost, about .^8.000.
The architect will take bids about February lo.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Steel work is under
way for the 1-sty steel and corrugated iron
warehouse on the west side of Westside av,
near the Central R. R., for Joseph T. Ryerson &
Co 30 Church st, Manhattan. Purdy & Hen¬
derson. 45 East 17th st, Manhattan, structural
engineeers. David Henry Building Co., 20* Mar¬
ket st Newark, contractor for foundations and
grading. W. W. Farrier Co., 44 Montgomery st.
plumbing and heating. Cost, about $20,000.
HALLS AND CLUBS.
IvE\RNY N. J.—Henry Baechlin. 005 Broad
st Newark, architect, will soon take bids for a
2-3ty lodge building, 65x150 ft, on the west side
of Kearny av, south of Bergen av. for the
Cope^tone^Lodge No. 147. F. & A M Mr. Haf-
strom, 170 Pomery av, chairman of building com¬
mittee.     Cost,  about $50,000.

HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.
NEWARK N. J.—The Board of Trustees of
Es'sex County Parental Home, Lathrop Ander¬
son 474 Broad st, chairman of building com¬
mittee contemplates the erection of a d-sty
Sirental home on Sussex av. between Duryea
and Hecker sts. to cost, about $40,000. The name
of architect will be announced at a special
meeting to be held soon.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
LINDEN, N. J.—J. N. Pierson & Son, 110
Smith st, Perth Amboy, are preparing plans for
a 2-sty brick and terra cotta public school for
the Board of Education of Linden, Thomas H.
Keyes, clerk.

EAST  RUTHERFORD,   N.   J.—Ernest   Silbey,
Palisade Park, N. J., has been commissioned to
prepare plans for a 2-sty school for the Borough
of East Rutherford  Board  of  Education,  Frank
Van Roden, president.    Cost, about $25,000.
STABLES   AND    GARAGES.
NEWARK   N. J.—M. B. Silberstein, 17 Market
St   has completed  plans or a 1-sty brick stable
and shed at 158 Charlton st, for Cohen Bros., on
premises.    Cost, about $4,500.
THEATRES.
JERSEY CITY,  N. J.—Cicarrclli & Marangel-
lo    2d   National   Bank   Building,   Hoboken,   are
preparing plans for a 3-sty theatre,  2jx100x10Cj
ft.   at 433 Central av. near Bleeeker st, for Her¬
ring &   Blumenthal. 30 Union sq, Manhattan.

NEWARK, N. J.—H. Baechlin, 665 Broad st.
is preparing plans for a l-sty brick and stucco
moving picture theatre, 90x100 feet, in North
7th st, near Orange st, for Edward W. McDon¬
ough. 207 Market st. Meyer & Singer Amuse¬
ment Co.,  304  Market st,  lessee.

Other Cities.

MUNICIPAL WORK.

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.—Plans have been ap¬
proved by the State Board of Health for a sew¬
age disposal plant, consisting of three-fourth of
a mile of trunk sewer piping, nitration and
sedimentation basin, at Goshen and Middletown
rd, for the City of Middletown. George A. John¬
son. 150 Nassau st, Manhattan, engineer. Cost,
about $100,000.

SCHOOLS   AND   COLLEGES.

BEACON, N. Y.—Rasmussen & Wayland, 1133
Broadway, Manhattan, aro preparing plans for
a 2-sty high school on Fishkill av. for the Board
of Education of Beacon, Union Free School Dis¬
trict No. 8. Homer H. Stuart, president. Cost,
about $48,000. The owner will advertise for
bids absut March 7.





PERSONAL AND TRADE

NOTES.





THE LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ha?
moved its New York offices from 261 Broadway
to 30 East 42d st.

THE    LIBMAN    CONTRACTING    COMPANY

will   continue  business  under  the  firm  name  of
"The Libman Contracting Company, Inc."

STANDARD PAINT CO. will move its offices
from 100 William st to the fifth floor of ths
Woolworth Building, Broadway and Park pl.
about  February 20.

C. HOWARD CRANE AND PERCIVAL R.
PEREIRA. architects, have associated for the
practice of their profession and have opened of¬
fices at 500 Fifth av.

SID.NEY DIAMANT, consulting engineer, 15
East 40th St. has been appointed a member of
Citizens'  Union  City  Plan   Committee.





MODERN IRON WORKS. INC, 49-51 West
140th St. S. Wasser, president. M. Goldenberg,
secretary and treasurer, is the reorganization
of the Bleeker Iron Works which formerly con¬
ducted tbe business at same address.

GEORGE W. TILLSON, consulting engineer of
the Borough of Brooklyn. New York City, has
recently given a course of six lectures on street
paving at Harvard University in connection with
Professor George C. Whipple's course in munici¬
pal   administration.

McDERMOTT & HANNIGAN, general con¬
tractors, of 103 Park avenue, announce that they
have enlarged their offices and have provided
a sub-contractor's estimating room, with every
convenience for tb.e comfort of their customers.
A cordial invitation is extended to the building
trade to visit their offices.

IMPERIAL TRIM COMPANY, INC., 103 East
125th st, manufacturers of a general line of in¬
terior woodwork, is the reorganization of the
Niagara Woodworking Co. William B. Foster is
the president of the new company and T. J.
McCormack. who formerly was the manager for
the Niagara Co.,  is general manager.

EDWARD M. HAGAR has resigned the presi¬
dency of the Universal Portland Cement Co., a
subsidiary of the United States Steel Corpora¬
tion, to become the head of a new company which
he is forming to acquire a chain of Portland
cement plants covering a large part of the United
States. The headquarters of the new company
will be in Chicago.

CONNORS BROS., general contractors., of 64
West SSth st, have introduced a novel, though
entirely practical, scheme to the members of
their profession. They have turned the third
floor of the SSth st house into a combination
offiee and apartment, and are now using it in
that connection. Aside from its practicability,
it also possesses an economical feature that
should appeal to young architects just entering
• the field for themselves. As an indication that
the venture is catching and likely to spread, the
Record and Guide has knowledge of architects
who plan similar arrangements by combining
with another architect, or draughtsman, thus
maintaining an office at night, equipped with
lounging quarters, in order to facilitate hurried
work and avoid tedious commuting at a late
hour.





OBITUARY

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JOHN M. HACKER, a mechanical engineer,
died at his home, 267 Lembeck av, Jersey City,
in his eighty-first year. He is survived by his
widow, two daughters and three sons.

HENRY HOLDER, a building contractor,
died after a brief illness at his home, 242
Franklin av. Brooklyn, Thursday, February 4.
He was born in Brooklyn sixty-four years ago.
He is survived by his widow and a son.

GEORGE T. OTIS, a prominent architect, of
Rochester, N. Y., died recently at his home, 155
Gorsline st. He was born in 18.52 and practiced
his profession for a number of years in Roches¬
ter and vicinity.    He is survived by his widow.

NORMAN BRUCE REAM, capitalist, and one
of tho organizers Of the United States Steel
Corporation, died in tbe Presbyterian Hospital
Tuesday, February Oth, after a recent operation.
He was born in Somerset County, Pa., in 1844
and was a veteran of the Civil War. He was
a director in many corporations and an active
member of a number of metropolitan clubs.

WILLIAM H. BENNETT, a retired general
contractor, died after a long illness at his home
in Long Branch, N. J., Monday, February 1. He
was eighty-one years of age and had lived all
of his life in Long Branch. Mr. Bennett was
formerly prominent in New Jersey politics and
held various public offices. He is survived by
two sons and three daughters.

JOHN HOPKINS SHEPARD. a prominent
landscape architect in central New York, died
at his home, 142 Greenwood pl, Syracuse, Mon¬
day, February 1. Death was due to heart dis¬
ease. Mr. Shepard was born in Connecticut
sixty-six years ago. He drew the plans for
Morningside Cemetery and also planned Oak-
wood Cemetery at Chicago, 111., and Riverside
Cemetery at Rochester. He leaves two sons and
one  daughter.

J. NEWTON APGAR, general contractor, well
known in Dunellen, N. J., and vicinity, died in
the Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield. N. J.. Satur¬
day. February 6, following an operation for ap¬
pendicitis two weeks ago. Mr. Apgar was forty-
four years of age and bad been a life-long resi¬
dent of Dunellen, N. J. During the last five
years he erected tbe Lincoln School in Dunellen.
school in Bound Brook and remodeled tho Queen
City  Hotel   in  Plainfield.

LUKE A. BURKE, senior member of the firm
of Luke A. Burke & Sons Company, general con¬
tractors, 25 West 42d st. died at his home, 112
West ilOth St. Monday, February 1. He was fifty-
six years of age and for many years had been
active as a builder in this city. Many public
and semi-public buildings were erected under
his direct supervision. Mr. Burke was for many
years a familiar figure on the Speedway, and
was well known as tho owrfer of record holding
trotting horses.

EDGAR S. STRUNK. business manager of
"The Lighting Journal." died at his home in
Harrington Park, N. J., Tuesday, February 9.
He came from Reading. Penn., in 1900. and was
previously associated with the Hartford Carpet
Corporation, the Holophane Glass Company, su¬
perintendent at Copper Flat, Ely, Nev., for the
New York & Nevada Copper Company and "The
Illuminating Engineer." He was a member of
the Sons of Jove, a fraternal organization of the
electrical industry, and of the Illuminating En¬
gineering Society. He is survived by his widow
ar\d  a son.





EUGENE C. GARDNER, a widely known
architect and the author of a number of books
on architectural subjects, died at his home in
Springfield, Mass., Sunday, February 7. He was
born at Ashfield. Mass., March 2S, 1SS6, and
had been a resident of Springfield for a number
of years, and was the architect of many promi¬
nent buildings in that city and vicinity. In 1901
he was a member of the Massachusetts House of
Representatives. From 1885 to 1SS7 he edited
TTie Builder, at Holyoke, Mass. Among Mr.
G'ardner's publications are "Homes and How to
Make Them," "Illustrated Homes,'* "Home In¬
teriors," "House That Jack Built," "Town and
Country School Houses" and "Common Sense in
Church   Building."

GEORGE ALLEN, senior member of the firm
of George Allen &. Son, general contractors, 1245
Park av, died at his home Saturday, February
6. He was born in Ireland fifty-eight years ago
and came to this country thirty years ago. Mr.
Allen established his firm five years later, and
during the last few years had assisted in the
construction of many of the important buildings
of this city, among them being the power houses
of the New York Edison Company, the Inter¬
borough Rapid Transit and the Metropolitan
Street Railways, and the power plant of the
Woolworth Building. He was a member of the
Twenty-sixth Assembly District Democratic
Club and Livingston Lodge, No. 657. F. and
A. M. Mr. Allen is survived by his widow,
four sons and six daughters.

I        TRADE   AND   TECHNICAL          |

I                 SOCIETY EVENTS.                |

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS will hold its midwinter convention
in New York City. February 17-19, inclusive.
Secretary, F. L. Hutchinson, 33 West 39th st.

BRONX CHAMBER OP COMMERCE will hold
Its regular meetings In the Walworth Build¬
ing. Bergen avenue and 149th street, on the
fourth  Saturday ot each month.

"MADE IN THE U. S. A." INDUSTRIAL EX¬
POSITION will be held in Grand Central Pal¬
ace March 6-13. President, H. A. Cochrane,
Fifth  Avenue   Building,   New  York.

NEW YORK STATE RETAIL HARDWARE
ASSOCIATION will hold its annual convention at
Syracuse February 16th to 19th, inclusive. Head¬
quarters at the Yates Hotel. Secretary, John B.
Foley, Kirk Building, Syracuse, N. Y.

NEW YORK CHAPTER, AMERICAN SO¬
CIETY OF HEATING AND VENTILATINCT EN¬
GINEERS, regular meeting third Monday of
each month, Engineering Societies' Building. 29
West 39th St.

THE AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS' ASSO-
'CIATION will hold a joint meeting with the
American Highway Association at some time
during the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The meet¬
ing will be held either in San Francisco or Oak¬
land. Committees have been formed and details
are now under consideration.

LUMBER INTERESTS.—A conference of the
■ lumber industries has been called for February
24 and 25 in Chicago, under the leadership of
the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association.
The object of the meeting is to establish a
permanent advertising bureau to acquaint the
public with the uses and advantages over other
materials of all forest products.

NATIONAL BRICK MANUFACTURERS' AS¬
SOCIATION will hold its annual convention at
Detroit. February 14 to 20. William B. Wreford.
of the Detroit Brick Manufacturers' Association.
in co-operation with President Eben Rodgers. of
Alton. III., and Theodore A. Randall ot Indian¬
apolis, constitute the committee of arrangements.
The association will also bring to Detroit the
National Paving Brick Manufactureri* Associa¬
tion, the National Clay Machinery Associa¬
tion, and the American Ceramic Society.

MID-WEST CEMENT SHOW.—The ninth an¬
nual Mid-West Cement Show will be held at
Omaha, Neb., March 2 to 6 under the auspices
of the Mid-West Cement Users' Association,
The convention of cement users, for which a
program of papers already has been arranged,
is scheduled for March 3, 4 and 5. Further
information regarding the convention and show
may be had from Frank Whipperman. secre¬
tary and treasurer, 2Sth av and Sahler Bt,
Omaha.

AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE held its
eleventh annual convention in Chicago February
9 to 12. The convention considered the subjects
of concrete roads and bridges, reinforced con¬
crete tests and design, concrete in architecture,
and concrete plant, management and costs.
Among others the convention heard addresses
by C. A. P. Turner. T. A. Smith, of the Turner
Construction Company ; William P. Anderson, of
the Ferro-Concrete Construction Company, and
Alfred D. Flinn, of the New York Board of
Water Supply. The convention was held in con¬
nection with the eighth annual Chicago cement
show, which will be held February 10 to 17.

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS OF KINGS
COUNTY held their annual diner at the Hop¬
kinson Mansion, 428 Hopkinson av, Saturday
evening, February 0, with about 500 present,
including women of the members' families.
William B. Roth, manager of the Brownsville
branch of tho State Bank, was toastmaster.
and introduced the following speakers: Frank
Bailey. Patrick J. Carlin, Superintendent of
Buildings ; Tliomas H. Hickey, Deputy Tenement
House Commissioner; Simon H. Kugel, presi¬
dent of the Brownsville B'oard of Trade; Audley
Clarke, Alderman Isidore M. Rosenblum. ex-
Alderman Alexander S. Drescher and Assembly¬
man Nathan B. Finkelstein. The officers of the
organization are: Joseph I. Aaron, president:
Abraham Brumer. vice-president; Abraham
Kaplan, treasurer; Jacob Oxfeld. secretary.
The reception committee included Morris Wein-
burg. chairman; Abraham Kaplan, Abraham
Brumer and Louis Halterin.