August 23, 1919





RECORD     AND    GUIDE





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Week's Total for Construction More Than $25,000,000

Figures Drop in Planning Activity and Estimating, But Number and Value of

Contracts Awarded Hold to Average





STRIKES in the building trades and the recent inclement
weather conditions have been in a measure responsible
for the drop in the totals for new building and engineer¬
ing construction projects noticeable last week. There 'was
a decided falling off in all phases of activity but it was most
pronounced in those groups including the new operations for
which plans were being prepared, and the projects out for
estimates.

According to the weekly report of new construction pre¬
pared by the F. W. Dodge Company, for the territory includ¬
ing alI_of New York State and New Jersey, north of Trenton,
there was during the week of August 9 to 15 inclusive a total
of 221 new building and engineering projects announced to
the trade for which plans were being prepared. These oper¬
ations represent an expenditure of approximately $5,464,000,
During the same period there were 139 operations in the
hands of contractors for estimates that together will call for
an outlay of $7,852,000. The contracts reported as placed dur¬
ing the week numbered 224 and will require an expenditure
of $11,869,410.

The group of 221 buildings for which plans were announced
as being prepared included 15 hotels, clubs and institutions,
$1,156,500; 30 stables and garages, $595,500; 16 factory and in¬





dustrial buildings, $657,000; 1 public improvement, $25,000; 127
residential projects involving apartments and one and two-
family dwellings, $2,141,000; 12 churches, schools and theatres,
$419,000 and 20 storfe, office, loft and banking buildings,
$470,000.

Among the 139 operations in the hands of contractors for
estimates during the week of August 9 to 15 were included
1 bridge, $70,000; 4 Federal, State and municipal projects,
$90,000; 11 stables and garages, $322,000; 11 factory and indus¬
trial buildings, $3,896,500; 50 public improvements such as
street openings, sewers, sidewalks, water and lighting mains,
etc., $1,056,500; 35 residential projects, $466,500; 17 churches,
schools and theatres, $1,700,000 and 10 store, office, loft and
banking  buildings,  $250,500.

Included in the list of 224 operations for which contracts
were awarded were 4 bridges and culverts, $94,000; 9 hotels,
clubs and institutions, $3,130,500; 4 Federal, State and muni¬
cipal projects, $143,000; 10 stables and garages, $204,500; 19
factory and industrial buildings, $607,000; 36 public improve¬
ments, $2,170,410; 90 i;esidential operations including multi-
family dwellings and one and two-family dwellings, $3,308,-
500; 23 churches, schools and theatres, $626,000 and 29 store,
office, Ioft and banking buildings, $1,045,500.





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.





Rector Electric Company announce that
it has moved its main office to 327 Atlan¬
tic avenue, Brooklyn, and that the old
quarters, at Sl Washing-ton street, New
York,  will  be  retained  as a  branch  office.

Julius Hanvood, B.S.. C<E„ recently
succeeded to the management of Frank E.
Towle & Son, civil engineers and sur¬
veyors, 99 Warren street. Mr. Harwood
was formerly connected with Mr. Towle
and until recently with the engineer!n.g'
staff of the Public Service Commission of
New York. He is prepared to conduct a
general engineering- practice and super¬
vise  any  class  of  engineering   w^ork.

Fouiid:itioii Co,^ Woolworth Bldg., New
Tork City, announces that it has estab¬
lished offices at 16 Rue de La P^pini^re,
Paris, and is prepared to undertake oper¬
ations in European countries. American
corporations contemplating- engineering or
construction work abroad can arrange at
the New York office of the Foundation
Co. for the carrying out of the details
of the project. The French organization,
which operates under the name of "Fonda-
tions. Constructions, Travaux Publiques."
includes engineers who have had years
of  experience with  the  Foundation  Co.





Major  Paterno   to   Keyunie   BuililiniL;.

Now that Major Francis S. Paterno has
been i^el eased from the United States
Army he plans to immediately resume his
place in the building industry of this city
that he left at the time this country en¬
tered the war. As president of the Pa¬
terno & Son Contracting Coixipany he has
purchased several choice sites on the
upper west side for development with
high class modern multi-family dwellings.

Major Paterno has been closely identi¬
fied with building affairs in New York
City for many years. From 1909 to 1917
he   'was   vice-president   of   the   Paterno   &





TRADE AND TECHNICAL
SOCIETY EVENTS.





Hearing   Before   Appeals   Board

The high cost of coal has encouraged,
within recent months, a greater use of
oil for fuel purposes, and many factories
are seeking to install oil-burning equip¬
ments. O^vners and managrers of such
properties are applying in increasing
numbers to the Bureau of Hazardous
Trades and the Fire Department for per¬
mission to install such equipment. The
Fire Department has turned over the re¬
quests for action to the Board of Stand¬
ards and Appeals, which has prepared a
tentative draft designed to cover such
cases,

A hearing with respect to the draft will
be held by the Board of Standards and
Appeals in the Municipal Building- on
Wednesday. September 3, at 10 o'clock.
Th© board has printed a number of com¬
plete coines of the tentative draft, which
may be had upon application through
William Wirt Mills, secretary, room 916,
Municipal   Building.







MAJOR FRANCIS S.  PATERNO.

Son Contracting Com pan y» and upon the
death of his father, the late Michael Pa¬
terno, in February. 1917, assumed the
presidency of that firm. During these
years the firm constructed a large num¬
ber of apartment houses in the vicinity of
Columbia University and on Washington
Heights. Tn 1916 Mr. Paterno enrolled in
the citizens' tf:iining camp at Platts¬
burgh, and after completing the full
course 'was commissionecl captain in the
Officers Reserve Corps. Just as soon as
war was declared Captain Paterno was
called  to  the  colors  and  was  detailed  to





American Society of Meehanieal Engi¬
neers—Monthly meeting the second Tues¬
day of each month. Calvin W. Rice, sec*
retary, 29  West 39th street.

New York State RetaU Hardware Asso¬
ciation will hold its annual convention and
exhibition at Syracuse, N. Y., February 17
to 20, inclusive. Headquarters will be at
the Onondaga Hotel. The exhibition will
be in the State Armory in JefEerson street.
John B. Foley, 607 City Bank Building,
Syracuse. N,  Y.,  secretary.

American   Rond   Builders'   Ai^sociation   is

perfecting the plans for the forthcoming
Seventeenth Annual Convention, Tenth
American Good Roads Congress and the
Eleventh Good Roads Show that is sched¬
uled to be held in the First Regiment Ar¬
mory, Louisville, Ky., February 9 to 13,
1920. E. L. Powers. 150 Nassau street. New
York City,  secretary.

i'aphank. L. L, to'start the work of build¬
ing _ the big cantonment later known as
Camp Upton. Upon the completion of this
great task he was placed in direct charge
as constructing quartermaster of some of
the big emergency hospitals for the army,
among which were included the base hos¬
pital at Fox Hills. S. I.; the Hotel Nassau,
at Long Beach, L. I.; the hospital at Lake-
wood. N. J., and the tuberculosis hospital
at Markleton, Pa. Since the armistice was
signed he has been occupied with the clos¬
ing of the above hospitals and restoring
them to their original conditions, nego¬
tiating with the owners regarding dam¬
ages and other settlements. Last month
he was placed on the inactive list with the
rank   of  major  in  the  Reserve  Corps.

Major Paterno is now making the pre¬
liminary arrangements for the construc¬
tion of a hi^ii class six-story elevator
apartment on the north corner of River¬
side drive and 141th street. This plot is
100x128 feet, and the structure that is
scheduled to be erected upon it will con¬
tain forty-eight living units. The project
will cost upward of $400,000. This is one
of the properties that the firm of Paterno
& Son had planned to improve before the
outbreak of the war. but the conditions
since that time have made progress on
this site impossible until the present time.