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RECORD AND GUIDE
February 26, 1916
CURRENT WHOLESALE PRICES. ?
/- URRENT wholesal* prices, prsvalllne
C "on the Building Material Exchange
and elsewhere In the Metropolitan district
at the close of the last month, are as tol-
lows In each case the quotations given
below were thuse prev;ulins uiJ to i-el).-o,
1916. . .,
Note.—Current price changes are Indi¬
cated by black-face type. ,(,-„«,_____
Hudson common .............^b.ovw
Raritan common ............ >y • â– ""
Second hand common......... 4.00# 5.00
Newark (yard) ...............o^-lSi,?-^^
Front or face
.20.00@36.00
Cement (Wholesale, 500 bb s. lots and
over, along side dock, N. T.):
Domestic Portland, Spot.......$1^®-—
Over 30 days...........•......---©*!..-
10c. bag; returns on bags. , „_ , ,_
Mill base............:••,•••• V^l '^
Con. Rosendale Nat. to dealers. l.W®-------
Dealers price to job------.......i^ioo-------
7^4C. bag; returns on bags. .„,,„„
AiLpn's Ge^rman ............No Quotation
DjckerhSff airman .........No Quotation
CRUSHED STONE (BOO cu. yd. lots F. O.
B. along side dock N. Y.. wholesa e):
Trap rock, 1\, in................stiK 1.10
Trap rock. % in.................st'm qn
Bluestone, IVi in................«^S^ i-flO
Bluestone. % in............ â– • • • -firm 1.00
GLASS, Window—from J^bber^.J^st-^^
Window, 1st three brackets.....90-10
All other single thick...........^
Double thick ......... •......;•-r " ^
Plate, discot^nts off lists up to ^^^^^
Plate,"discoun:s'off lists o^^"" g^_j„.5
GRAVEL'(BOO cu.'yd. VoVs' 't.'o. B. along
side dock N. Y., wholesale):
1% in...............................»»ig
% in.................................SI;
P. S. C, gravel........................"â– •
HOLLOW TILE (flreprooflng. Prices F.
0. B. factory, Perth Amboy, N. J.).
Exterior— «nns7n
4x12x12 in.................... * oS«
6x12x12 in....................."?'*
8x12x12 in.....................™S
10x12x12 in................... 'jr?
12x12x12 in....................^o"
Interior— so n44
2x12x12 n.................... *»-»JJ
3x12x12 in.................... -Jlr*
4x12x12 in.....................^g
6x12x12 in....................."«"
LIME (Standard 300 lb. bbls wholesale):
Farnham Cheshire, fi"'shl"S-»l-?^|*j-52,,
Eastern common ........... 1-1»® ^-^'^^
Hydrated finishing ......... 8.BO® 9.50
LINSEED OII^- «n-..m <»-sj
American Seed City Raw.....*0-i!;@ H^
American Seed City Boiled.....<o@ ..*>
LUBRICANTS (Mineral): ^„-„^^^.~
Black, refined, summer......$0.12y2@»o.lJ
Black, reduced, 27 gravity, ,n..^_____
35@30, c. t...............,V*" niltT^
Wax: crude ............-Perlb. -O^gJO-OI
Cylinder, light filtered. ..... .23® .28
Cylinder, dark, steam, refined.. .17® ..!(>
LUMBER (Wholesale prices, New York
City):
Yellow pine (merchantable 190B. f. o. D.
8 f^o nVn ...........$21.00@$25.50
fi^o 16"a:.:::.........2s.oo@ 32.00
Heart face siding 4-4 &
A National Housing Competition.
Under the auspices of the National
Americanization Committee, 20 West
34th street, plans have been made for
holding a National Housing Competition
to close May 1, which is open to arch¬
itects, engineers, contractors, etc. This
competition will be the first under the
Roosevelt America First Fund. Prizes
of $1,000, $500 and three of $100 each
are offered in the first group, which
covers plans for a single family house,
a combined family and lodging house,
and for a boarding house or community
dwelling. The idea is the housing for a
new community produced by a new in¬
dustry, many of the large number of
emplovees to be needed permanently,
the rest from two to five years only.
The two most important considera¬
tions in the contest are the welfare of
the tenant and the cost to erect the
buildings. The wages of the employees
for wh'om the houses are designed are
understood to be from $2 a day to $30
In the second group prizes of $200 and
$100 are offered for a satisfactory substi¬
tute for the derailed freight and cattle
cars now used to house construction
gangs on railways. The competition will
be followed by public exhibits not only
of the results of the competition, but
also of any plans now in existence, or in
process of execution, which architects,
engineers or employers may care to
exhibit.
B-4 ........
Flooring. lE-16x2H & 3
-------® 28.00
13.50® 26.25
-@ 21.50
-® 19.50
Hemlocl?. Pa., f. o. b. N. T.
base price, per M........
Hemlock. W. Va,. base price
per M..............; â– ' i'
"'"cargies ^*^*«.'^'!. . . "'"^ -------@ 2D.0C
(To mixed cargo price add f'-|l«ht »1 f''oO
Spruce Canadian . . . v• â– vi ' v ll^htVra^»
Spruce (W. Va. f. o. b. N. Y.. Ughtera^-*
limits) : .,7 nr,
2x4, IS and 20 ft...................^-^-"J
9 in., 16 ft. and under.............. ^»o»
Add JlOO per M. tor each Inch over 11
Add%1.00 per M. tor every 2 ft. over JO
ft. In length.
1x2 shingling lath, rough or dressed
one side ....................m '4">
LATH (Eastern spruce f. o. b. N. Y.j:
11/2-in, slab .................
PLASTER—(Basic dealer prices, »t
yard, Manhattan):
Masons finishing in 100 lb. -„,„^j,i„5o
bags, per ton..........^o'-.nl
Mill base .................... S-^"®
BLOCKS— -0 ng
2 in. (solid) per sq. ft..............♦"•"»
3 in. (hollow) ....................."°„
4 m. (hollow)..............•.......yi^
Boards % in. thick, per sq. yd.......lo
Sc?^en?rand washed Cow Bay. BOO _____
ou. yds. lots, wholesale------:f0.40fB'
SLATE (Per Square. N. â– ^•)= , . ,^,. 7c
Penn, Bansor ribbon .........^i'dai^lA
M.inson. Maine, No. 1......... B,50| 7.75
Munson Maine, No. 2......::y,,fl'$^lll
SnfaVn^g-green •.•.â– .•.•:::::..... \'',l% ^
P:ri"rWrr.-.v.v.:::::: jo|«»S
Vermont, sea green............ 3.000 4./!u
STRUCTURAL STEEL (Tidewater):
Beams & channels up to 14 !" !;â– â– »'J|^*|;
Beams & channels over 14 '"^-^J"'?^ ZH
.ingles 3x2 up to 6x8........f*\^^l%ZIZ
Zees and tees...............olJ«r^_____
Steel bars, half extras......2.419c@-------
Projected Madison Avenue Apartment.
Rouse & Goldstone. architects, 40
West 32d street, have been selected to
prepare the plans for a thirteen-story
apartment to be erected, at the north¬
east corner of Madison avenue and 72d
street, for Klein & Jackson, 149 Broad¬
wav. owners. The structure will cover
a plot 56x102 feet, and will have a facade
of brick, limestone and terra cotta. ihe
building will be fireproof in every par¬
ticular'and will include the installation
of all the modern housekeeping con¬
veniences. The operation is expected
to cost in the neighborhood of $JOU,-
000. ______
Addition to Frick Residence.
Carrere & Hastings, architects, 52
Vanderbilt avenue, have prepared pre¬
liminary sketches for a one and one-halt
storv addition to the residence of Henry
C Frick, on Fifth avenue, between 70th
and 71st streets. The addition will be
built on a plot with a SO-foot frontage,
at 6-8 East 71st street, recently pur¬
chased by Mr. Frick, and ad.ioining his
residence on the east. The addition will
probably be used as a gallery to house
Mr Frick's collection of statuary, ine
structure will be designed arid b"'lt.to
harmonize with the main buildmg, which
was erected about two years ago.
Fire Alarm Signal Code.
After several months of study the
Bureau of Industrial Code has completed
its recommendations as to fire alarm
signal rules and regulations known as
Bulletin No. 5. Hearings will be held in
New York, Albany, Utica, Syracuse,
Rochester and Buffalo on dates to be
announced in the near future.
\t present fire alarm signal regulations
apply to all buildings regardless of size
or heiaht. The proposed rules will create
four classes; first, six stories in height
or less; second, nine stories or less:
third, twelve stories or less; fourth, all
other classes of buildings.
PERSONAL AND TRADE I
NOTES. I
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Henry C. Pelton, architect, has moved
his offices from 8 West 38th street to
37 West 39th street.
Carl Rust Parker, landscape architect,
Portland, Maine, has opened a branch of¬
fice at Springfield, Mass.
George Jung, plumbing contractor,
3924 Park avenue, is spending a winter
vacation r.'. Hot Springs, Ark.
Miles W. Beemer, New Jersey iene-
ment House Commissioner, was recent¬
ly reappointed bv Governor Fielder. _
' Eclipse Light Company will move its
office and showroom about May 1 from
258 Grand street to 583-7 Broadway.
Harry J. Sprung, architect, announces
the removal of his office to 44 Court
street, Brooklyn. Telephone, Main 4339.
Robert W. Boyd, consulting engineer,
has moved his office from 105 West 40th
street to the Singer Building, 149 Broad¬
way.
Neil J. Convery, architect, has moved
his offices from the Union Building, to
the Ordway Building, 207 Market street,
Newark, N. J.
Jos. Duke Harrison, architect, has
moved his offices from 2248 Broadway
to the Vanderbilt Concourse Building,
52 Vanderbilt avenue.
Francis W. Collins, consulting engi¬
neer, 50 Church street, has been ap¬
pointed consulting engineer of the Ro¬
anoke Waterworks Co., Roanoke, Va.
Thomas J. Furey, heating and plumb¬
ing contractor, has recently moved his
oflice and shop from 505 East 17th street
to larger quarters at 420 East 17th street.
L. C. Russo, plumbing contractor, has
fitted up a handsome office and show¬
room at 169 Mulberry street. His shop
at 173 Mulberry street has been retained.
Joseph E. Schmitt, Jr., plumbing and
heating contractor, Lindenhurst, L. I.,
desires catalogues from manufacturers
and jobbers in the plumbing supply
lines.
Northvirestern Electric Equipment Co.,
Chicago, 111., manufacturer of the Mar¬
tin rotary converter, has moved its New
York oflice from 30 East 42d street to
1457 Broadway.
Lenher Engineering Co., sales agent
for the S. Flory Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturer of hoists and cablesways,
has moved its oflice from 100 Broadway
to 95 Liberty street.
George Backer, builder, has moved his
oflices from 56 West 45th street to the
new building which he recently erected
at the southeast corner of Seventh ave¬
nue and 49th street.
Edgar A. Newberry and Thomas A.
Foster, architects, have formed a part¬
nership for the joint practice of their
profession, and have opened offices in
the Miners' Bank Building, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
P. A. McCauley, plumbing and heat¬
ing contractor, 394 Halsey street,
Brooklyn, desires catalogues and sam¬
ples from manufacturers and jobbers
interested in the supply and specialty
business.
Edward J. Muller, treasurer of the
Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co., paints,
119 West 40th street, has retired after
thirty-two years of active participation
in the affairs of the company. He has
been succeeded by Albert J. Ford.
O. F. Sieder, for the last three years
assistant structural engineer for the
Levering & Garrigues Co., engineers and
contractors for structural steel, 552 West
23d street, has been appointed chief
structural engineer for that concern.^
George W. Bacon, of the engineering
firm of Ford, Bacon & Davis, 115 Broad¬
way, has joined the export department
of J. P. Morgan & Co., which is largely
devoted to the purchase of supplies for
the Allies. Mr. Bacon will retain his
connection with his old firm, although
he will devote all of his time to the
Morgan interests.
Lane Schofield was recently appointed
manager of the New York office of
Harvey Hubbell. Inc., 30 East 42nd
street. He was formerly district man¬
ager for the Westinghouse Lamp Co., at
Cincinnati, C. and was also the former
manager of detail and supply tor the
Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur¬
ing Co.. at Baltimore, Md.
Alfred Craven, Chief Engineer of the
Public Service Commission for the l-irst
District, has gone South to recuperate
from the after-effects of an attack ot
grippe. Mr. Craven went back to his
official duties before he had fully re¬
covered, with the result that he had a
relapse, and his physician has now or¬
dered a change of climate to msure his
recovery.