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RECORD   AND   GUIDE





September 29, 1917





CURRENT WHOLESALE PRICES.





CURRENT wholesale prices, prevailing
on the Building Material Exchange
and elsewhere in the Metropolitan district.
Allowances must be made for yard and
store   prices:

Note.—Price   changes   are    indicated  by
black-face  type.

BfUCK   (Cargo   lots,   at   the   wharf,   to
dealers only), per M.:                 ^^«o or

North  River  common..........SS.OOS'^e.^S

Raritan   common   .............   8.50®   9.00

Second hand common, per load

of   1,600   ....................   8.50@------

Red     face    brick,    rough    or

smooth,   car   lots............$21.00®------

Buff  brick  for light  courts...   21.00®------

Light  colored  for  fronts......   l^'^^^f,------

Special   types   ................   36,00®------

CEMENT   (wholesale.  500  bbls.. lots and
over, alongside dock. N. Y.):
Domestic   Portland,   Spot.......$2.12®------

Rebate on bags, returned, 10c. bag.
Rosendale   Natural   to   dealers.

wood or duck bags..........$1.15®^------

Rebate on bags, returned. 10c. bag.

CRUSHED STONE (500 cu. yds. lots. f. o.
b. alongside dock N. Y.. wholesale):

Trap rock, IV2  in-  (nominal)... $1.00 fS)------

Trap rock, % in. (nominal).... ^-^O®-—-
Bluestone flagging, per sq. ft. •1'^® ^-^^
Bluestone   curbing.   5x16........40®-------

HOLLOW  TILE   (fireproofing.   Prices  f.
o. b. factory. Perth Amboy. N. J.):
Exterior—                                                .„„ _„

per 1.000............$87.50

per 1.000. .





DELIVERIES   OF  STEEL   HASTEN

W^ORK   ON   COMMODORE   HOTEL





4x12x12 in.
6x12x12 in..
8x12x12 in., per 1.000.....





10x12x12
12x12x12 in.
Interior—■

3x12x12 in.
4x12x12 in.
6x12x12 in.
8x12x12 in.





per 1.000.,.
per 1.000. . .





122.50
.148.75
.175.00
.218.75





per 1.000............$66.00

per 1.000............   74.25

per 1.000............   99.00

per 1.000............132.00

LIMB   (standard 300-lb. bbls.. wholesale):

Eastern   common   ..............$1.90®------

Eastern  finishing   .............   2.10®------

Hydrated  common   (per  ton). ..12.00®------

Hydrated finishing  (per ton)...15.43® ^------

LINSEED OIL—                       „    ^^^

City Brands, boiled, 5  bbl. lots.$1.22@------

Less  than  5  bbls..............   1.23®------

GRAVEL  (500  cu.  yd.  lots f.  0.  b. along
side  dock  N.  Y..  wholesale):

IV2   in.   (nominal)    ............$1.10®------

34   in........................No quotation

Paving  gravel   (nominal)......$1-25®^

P   S   C  gravel................------@$1.^5

Paving   stone   .................   2.20®   2.40

LUMBER   (Wholesale prices. N. Y.):
Yeiiow pine (merchantable 1905. f.o.b.N.Y.);

8 to 12  ins.. 16  to 20 ft___$40.00@$50.00

14   to   16  ft................   56.00®   70.00

Heart face siding. 4-4 & 6-4 34.00® 36.00
Hemlock. Pa., f. o. b. N. Y.

Base   price,  per M.........   30.50®   •------

Hemlock.  W.  Va..  base  price

per  M.....................30.50®   ------

(To mixed cargo price add freight  $1.50.)
Spruce. Eastern, random car-           ^„„„»„

goes narrow (delivered). .$32.00@$37.00
Wide  Cargoes   ...............   35.00®   38-00

Add $1.00 per M. for each inch in width
over 12 ins. Add $1.00 per M. for every -
ft. over 20 ft. in length. Add $1.00 per M.
for dressing.                      ^        v.   xt   v \.

Lath  (Eastern spruce f. o. o. ri.  Y^.

Standard   slab    ..............vll-^^f*^"^

Cypress   lumber   (by   car, f. o. b. N. y.):

Firsts and seconds.  1-in. . . $57.00{gJ   ■
Cypress  shingles.  6x18.  No.   1  ^^^^^

Hearts  ....................  10.00®   ------

Cypress  shingles.   6x18. No.   1     „ ^^ _

"PriiriA                       ............       8.50^     --------

Quarur^d'oak    ............90.00@|   95.00

Plain oak   ...................   68.00®   73.00

WhUe^'^'oak; quartered.  seUct.$55.00@$59.00
Red oak, quartered, select...   55.00®   59.00

Maple No.   1.................   49.00®    ------

Yellow   pine.  No.   1.   common                 ____

flat               ................   39.00®   ------

N.  C.  P'inerflooring. Norfolk.  40.00®   ------

PLASTER—(Basic   prices   to   dealers   at
yard, Manhattan):
Masons'   finishing   in   100   lbs.           ^*..roA

bags,   per   ton.............   ------@$15.00

Dry  Mortar,  in  bags,  return-

able at 10c, each, per ton.. 6.75® 7 25
Block,  2  in.   (solid), per sq.  ft.....$o.us





per sq.





ft.
ft





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3$0.55





Block, 2-in.  (hollow)

Boards,   i/4   in.  x  8 ft...............

Boards,   %   in. x 8  ft...............

SAND—
Screened and washed Cow  Bay.
■.   500  cu. yds. lots, wholesale. .$0.50

■'   STRUCTURAL   STEEL   (Plain   material

at tidewater,  cents per lb.):
■Beams & channels up  to 14  in. 4.445@5.195
Beams & channels over 14 in.. 4.445@5.195

Angles 3x2 up to 6x8..........4.445@5.195

Zees   and   tees.................J-!!&8i-JnR

Steel  bars, half extras.........4.445@5.19b

TURPENTINE:
Spot,  in  yard, N.  Y..   per gal.. .$0.44@$0.4.>

WINDOW    GLASS.       Official    discounts
from jobbers* lists:
Single strength, A quality, first three

brackets.........................  S5 %

B   grade,   single   strength,   first   three

brackets    .........................   85%

Grades A and B, larger than the first

three  brackets,  single  thick.......  85%

Double strength. A quality..........   85%

~   qualitv   ..........................   ^5 %





Future Progress Expected to be Rapid.





AFTER lengthy delays occasioned by
inability to obtain delivery of the
required structural steel, the frame work
for the Commodore Hotel is now being
rapidly erected. The structure occupies
a plot 275x208 feet, bounded by 42d
street, Lexington avenue, 43d street and
Depew place and is proceeding from
plans and specifications prepared by
Warren & Wetmore, architects, 16 East
47th street.    The Geo. A. Fuller Co., 949





Moller, Inc., 316 East 65th street, car¬
penter work and wood trim; Jewett Re¬
frigerator Co., 1135 Broadway, refriger¬
ating i!)lant; Troy Laundry Machinery
Co., 131 Center street, laundry equip¬
ment; J. Livingston Co., 70 East 45th
street, electrical installation; Hecla Iron
Works, 118 North llth street, Brooklyn,
ornamental iron and bronze work; Em¬
pire Art Metal Works, College Point,
L. I., hollow metal trim and sash; W.
P.   Nelson    Co..   209   West   23d    street.







Geo.  A.





Fuller Co.,  Builder.                                                            Warren & Wetmore, Architects.

HOTEL COMMODORE IN GRAND CENTRAL    T!?:HMINAL ZONE.

painting, and Norman Seton, Inc., Win¬
field, L. I., roofing and sheet metal work.
Other subcontracts to complete this
operation  will be  awarded later.





Broadway, has charge of construction
under a general contract.

This project is owned by the New
York Central & Hudson River Railroad,
and will be operated under the manage¬
ment of the Bowman Hotel Company,
proprietors of the Hotel Biltmore and
other large hostelries. The new- struc¬
ture will be erected to a height of
twenty-eight stories and will contain
upwards of two thousand rooms. The
kitchens will provide facilities for the
daily preparation of ten thousand meals.
The cost of construction has been placed
at approximately $6,000,000, exclusive of
the value of the property and the cost
of furnishings.

Prominent among the concerns which
have already obtained contracts for the
supply of labor and materials are num¬
bered the following; American Bridge
Co., 30 Church street, structural steel
fabrication; Post & McCord, 101 Park
avenue, steel erection; W. G. Cornell
Co.. Fourth avenue and East 17th street,
plumbing; Baker, Smith & Co., 83 West
Houston street, steam heating and ven¬
tilating; Otis Elevator Co., Eleventh
avenue and West 26th street, electric
elevators and sidewalk lifts; Reliance
Fireproof Door Co., Milton street and
Greenpoint avenue, Brooklyn, kalamein
iron covered window frames and sash;
P. J. Durcan, Inc., 128 West 52d street,
plain and ornamental plastering; Fire¬
proof Products Corporation, 257 East
133d street, reinforced concrete arch
construction; WiUiam Bradley & Son,
Vernon avenue, Long Island City, cut
stone; Lieber & Nobbe. 1328 Broadway,
interior   marble   and   tiling;   Sloane   &





Water Meters.

The Real Estate Board calls atten¬
tion to the fact that the Board of
Aldermen has rejected the proposal of
the Water Commissioner to install
water meters in elevator apartment
houses.

The original proposal of the Water
Commissioner was to install meters in
all apartment houses. Opposition was
so overwhehning that the Commissioner
modified his resolution to apply only to
elevator  houses.

After a number of hearings the Com¬
mittee on General Welfare of the Board
of Aldermen reported against the Com¬
missioner's proposal. The Committee
said:

"Being impressed with the fact that
the public is almost unanimously
opposed to compulsory installation of
water meters in any class of apartment
houses, and. further, being of the opin¬
ion that water should be as free as air,
it recommends the request be rejected."

The Real Estate Board, after con¬
sidering the matter thoroughly through
its City Ordinance Committee, was rep¬
resented at the hearings by J. Irving
Walsh, John H. Hallock and Louis
Schrag. The position taken by the
Real Estate Board was that, while it
believed that some judicious revision
or readjustment of water rates is
warranted, the problem would not be
solved   by   universal   water   metering.





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