October 7, 1922





RECORD    A .\ D    G U I,D E





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Seasonal Decline Indicated by Weekly Building Figures





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statistical Tabulations of F. W. Dodge (
ments But Healthy Gain in

ONSTRUCTION statistics for the local territory for
J the thirty-ninth week of this year shows a slight de¬
cline when compared with previous weeks but the
totals are still considerably higher than those for the cor¬
responding week of last year. Although the figures showing
the number and value of contracts placed for new building
and engineering projects are lower than usual, the totals for
newly contemplated construction shows a healthy gain, which
is indicative of unusual building activity throughout the
autumn and winter months.

The weekly fi.gures of the F. W. Dodge Company, for the
territory including all of New YorkI State and New Jersey.
north of Trenton, for the thirty-ninth week of this year, show
that plans were reported by architects and engineers for 568
new structural projects which will require a total outlay of
more than $22,579,300. In this territory 396 contracts were
placed during the week at an estimated total value of $12,-
208,800.

New York City maintains a high rate of activity when
newly proposed construction is considered and local archi¬
tects reported work  on  plans  for 267 new operations  during





'ompany Show Slight Drop in Connnit-
Contemplated Operations

this week which will involve an outlay of more than $13,714,-
900. The contracts awarded, however, show a slight decline
liy comparison with the totals for previous weeks, there being
144 announced awards at a total valuation of $6,193,600.

The list of 267 new building and engineering operations for
which plans were reported during the thirty-ninth week in¬
cluding 36 stores, offices, lofts, commercial garages and other
business buildings, $2,133,500; 5 schools and colleges, etc.,
S:457,000; 4 hospitals and institutions, $2,310,000; 5 industrial
projects of various types, $240,000; 3 public buildings, $113,000;
S public works and public utilities, $437,000; 4 religious and
memorial buildings, $48,400; 201 residential projects including
apartments, flats and tenements and one- and two-Jamily
dwellings, $7,925,000 and 1 recreational project, $50,000.

.Among the 144 operations for which contracts were awarded
in New York City during the thirty-ninth week of this year
were 19 business buildings of various types. $977,000; 2 educa¬
tional projects, $44,300; 2 hospitals, $16,000; 5 factories and in¬
dustrial buildings, $310,000; 5 public works, $66,000; 4 rehgious
and memorial buildings, $323,400; 106 residential projects in¬
cluding multi-family dwellings and one- and two-family
dwellings, $4,451,500 and 1  recreational project, $5,400.





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.





Tlie Alp Manufacturing Company, New¬
ark. X. J., announces that it has changed
its name to the Continental Electric Com¬
pany,   Inc.

Xorth Eastern Lumber Co., Inc., an¬
nounces its removal from 200 Siegrel street
to the corner of Morg:an avenue and
Sharon  street,  Brooklyn.

Bugene J. Grant, real estate broker and
builder, has been selected by the nominat¬
ing committee of the Brooklyn Real Es¬
tate Board as the president of the board
for   1923.

Col. William Couper has been appointed
temporary executive secretary of the
American Construction Council and is now
engaged with details relative to financing
this organization. Temporary headquar¬
ters are being continued in the Munsey
Building,  Washington,  D.   C.

George A. Bahr has been appointed sec¬
retary of the Long Island Dealers' Asso¬
ciation composed ot dealers in lumber,
coal and building materials. Mr. Bahr will
maintain a headquarters at Valley Stream
and he will devote his entire time to the
affairs of the organization, which has
grown rapidly in membership and influ¬
ence during the past few years.

Greenpoint Moulding Co., manufacturers
of mouldings for the retail trade with
plant at the corner of Greenpoint avenue.
Diamond and Jewell streets, Brooklyn, an¬
nounces the addition of another manufac¬
turing department, which will further in¬
crease their facilities for prompt service
to the trade. This firm also makes a
specialty of planing work and kiln drying
for the retail trade.

The Brooklyn Rdlson Company has com¬
menced the construction of a 400.000 k.w.
steam-turbine station, which will require
an outlay ot approximately $8,000,000. A
plot of two blocks on Hudson avenue,
adjoining the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has
been acquired by this company and is be¬
ing made ready for the power-house struc¬
ture, the completion of the first section
of which i.s scheduled for November, 1923.





avemn-. New Rochelle. will begin at once.
The building will contain fifty-eight
apartment.'?, arranged in suites of 3. 4 and
5 rooms, in addition to which there will
be 10 rooms arranged in doctor's suites
on the ground floor. The corner apart¬
ments facing south will have sun parlors.

S. W. Straus & Co. have underwritten
a flrst mortgage Oy, per cent, serial bond
issue of $300,000 on the land and build¬
ing, constituting a first lien on net annual
earnings. The term of the loan is two
to twelve years. Thomas J. Steen is the
builder and Electus T. Litchfleld & Rogers
are the architects. A number of promin¬
ent citizens of Xew Rochelle have sub¬
scribed for stock in the company and
the enterprise is looked upon as more or
less of a public-spirited one. The bonds
. are the direct obligation of the Pintard
Apartments. Inc.. of which the following
prominent New Rochelle citizens are of¬
ficers: Pres.. Edward Reynolds; vice-pres¬
ident. Daniel W. Tierney; secretary. Alien
J. Steen: treasurer. Martin Tierney. In
connection with their flrst mortgage loan
S.  W.  Straus  &  Co.  said:

"There is an unusual demand for this
type of improvement in New Rochelle, and
the indications are that the Pintard Apart¬
ments will be fully rented upon comple¬
tion. The building is advantageously lo¬
cated near a restricted residential park
which has been developed with very beau¬
tiful private homes. Due to the steady
concentration of building activity in the
Grand Central Zone, there is an insistent
demand from business men of that district,
who prefer suburban life, for living ac¬
commodations within easy commuting dis¬
tance   such   as  New  Rochelle  offers."





TRADE AND TECHNICAL
SOCIETY EVENTS.





J.nTKe Apartment for New Rochelle

Construction of a six-story and basement
apartment house on land fronting 152.5 feet
on   Main  street   and   100   feet  on   Pintard





IVoted   Theatre   Architect   Dies

William H. McElfatrick, one of the most
prominent theatre architects in the United
States, died at his home. 309 Sterling place,
Brooklyn. Thursday, September 28. Mr.
McElfatrick was formerly in partnership
with his father, who also specialized in
the design of theatres. During his years
of active practice he planned hundreds of
playhouses in this country and Canada,
among which are the Manhattan and Lex¬
ington Opera houses, Fordham and Colum¬
bia theatres and the Bushwick. Prospect
and Madison theatres in Brooklyn. He
was sixty-eight years of age and was
born in Fort Wayne. Ind.. coming to New
York in 1887. Mr. McElfatrick was a
member of many professional societies
and civic organizations. He is survived
by  his   widow.





National Association of Klectrieal Con¬
tractors and Dealers will hold its annual
conv^ention at the Hotel Sinton, Cincin¬
nati, O., October  18 to 20 inclusive.

New Vork State Retail Hardware As¬
sociation will hold its annual convention
and exposition at Rochester, February 20
to   23,   inclusive,   next   year.

National Retail Lumber Dealers' Asso¬
ciation will hold its annual meeting at
Cleveland, Ohio, October 25 to 27 inclus¬
ive. The plans for this meeting are
now in preparation and will be an¬
nounced later.

The Buildingr Mnnaj^ers and Owners As¬
sociation of Nevy York will hold its reg¬
ular monthly dinner meeting at the Ad¬
vertising Club. 47 West 25th street. Tues¬
day evening. October 10th, at 6.30 sharp.
The speaker will be Frank J. Milman,
Ph.D.. an authority on coal production,
who will have for his subject "A Mile
Under the Earth." This lecture will in¬
clude 125 artistic stereopticon slides, col¬
ored by a f.-vmous artist, showing the com¬
plete method and process of mining an¬
thracite coal, thousands of feet under
the surface of the earth. The miners are
seen actu,Tlly at work in the chamber
and incidents of their daily lite are de¬
picted and described. The problem of
underground transportation, including
mule, electric and compressed air engines,
is  treated.

"Own-Vonr-Home" Exposition—The fifth
annual "Own-Your-Home" Exposition will
be held in the Sixty-ninth Regiment
.\rmory, April 21 to 28, 1923, and will be
conducted by the real estate boards of
the Metropolitan district, according to
Robert H. Sexton, managing director. The
.Vdministration Committee, which will be
in charge of the plans for this exposition,
is as follows: Charles G, Edwards and
AVilliam C Demorest, Real Estate Board
ot Xew York; James B. Fisher and Wil¬
liam H. Cary, Brooklyn Board of Real
Kstate Brokers; Stephen Yates and Gran¬
ville H. Rome, Long Island Real Estate
Board; Stephen L. Angell and Edward R.
Fiske. Westchester County Realty Board;
Theodore Van Winkle, Northern New Jer¬
sey Realtors; .Arthur S. Hughes, Passaic
Board of Realtors. Charles G. Edwards
is the chairman of tjiis  committee.