April 20, 1901.
KECOIID ANI) (UJIDK-
699
I beg to herewith advise all my clients and parties with whom
I api connected In business that Mr. Peter Paffen, of the firm
Paffen & Co., whom I had in my employ as draughtsman, is no
longer In my employ and has no further connection with my of¬
flces. Herrmann Horenburger.—advt.
Building News.
MERCANTILE.
Broadway, west side, from 34th to 35th st. The plot fronting
211.3 on Broadway, 374.4 on 34th st and 267.7 on 35th st, just
purchased by the Central Realty Bond & Trust Co. for R. H.
Macy & Co., will be Improved by the erection of a 10-sty build¬
ing. The George A, Fuller Co. are the general contractors, and
De Lemos & Cordes, No. 130 Fulton st, will probably be the ar¬
chitects.
Broadway, Nos. 72 and 74, The Century Building Co. will erect
a 20-sty building on a plot 4S.6 on Broadway, and having a depth
of 88 feet. The capital stock of the company is $800,000 paid In,
and the directors are G. W. Arthur, J. Edward Wyckoff, Wm. M.
Cramp, of Philadelphia, the shipbuilder; A. Rice, and Frank D.
Mack, consulting engineer of the New York Life Insurance Co.
Three mortgages were recorded—one for $200,000 at 4%% to
Peter Marie, from whom the lot was purchased, and two to the
Title Guarantee and Trust Co. for $650,000 at 5% and $225,000 at
the same rate.
APARTMENTS, PLATS AND TENEMENTS,
Madison av, No. 173, 10-sty brick flreproof apartment house,
lot 25x100: Loyal L. Smith, Waldorf-Astoria, owner; Alfred H.
Taylor, 53 West 33d st, architect.
East Broadway, No 259, 6-sty and basement brick and stone
flat, 25.6x95; cost, $25,000; Solomon Alter, 259 East Broadway,
owner and builder; Horenburger & Straub. 122 Bowery, archi¬
tects.
Gramercy Park, southeast corner of 21st st, brick and stone
flat; Chas. A. Buek, 109 E 42d st, owner; Charles Brendon, 109
E 42d st, architect and builder.
Hamilton st, near Catherine st, 6-sty brick and stone tenement,
34.8x92; Richard R. David, 247 W 325th st, owner, architect and
builder.
Southern Boulevard, near Willis av. and Willis av, cor South¬
ern Boulevard, two 6-sty brlek flats and stores, 25xS6 and SOx
8S.9; cost, $35,000 each; Henry A. Gumbleton, 271 Broadway,
owner; T. W. Ringrose. 142d st and 3d av, architect.
Washington pl, Nos 115-119 W, three 5-sty hrick and stone
flats. 75x98; cost. $60,000; Daniel Rosenbaum, 152 E 30th st, own¬
er and builder; Charles Rentz, 158 4th av, architect.
146th St. north side, 50 ft -east of Morris av, three 4-sty brick
and stone flats, 16.8x76; cost, $8,000 each; Robert Huson, South
Orange, N J. owner and builder; W. C. Dickerson, 149th st and
3d av. architect <plans only).
156th st, southeast corner of Jackson av. three 3-story brick
fiats, corner 33.6x85, two others 27x73; corner will admit of 12
families and Inside houses 10 families; total cost, $71,000; Fred
McCarty, 156th st and Davidson av, owner and builder; W, C.
Dickerson, 149th st and 3d av, architect (plans only).
lllth St. Nos 112 and 114 and 118 and 120 E; Moses Piermont,
who has just purchased this property, will erect two 6-sty tene¬
ments each on lot 33.4x100.10, from plans which were filed by
Sass & Smallheiser, No 23 Park row.
DWELLINGS.
Madison av, northeast corner of 37th st; C. P. H, Gilbert, No.
1123 Broadway, is drawing plans for a 6-sty fireproof American
basement dwelling, on iot 25x100, to be erected for R. De Lamar.
Arthur av, near ISOth st, two 2-3ty frame dwellings, 22x55;
cost, $5,000 each; W. B. Shorer, 1856 Anthony av, owner and
builder; J. J. Vreeiand, Bathgate av, near 177th st, architect
(plans only).
City Island. N. Y.-~One 2-story frame dwelling. 18.6x40; cost,
$3,000; Mr. Strafford, City Island, owner; G. Schwarz. 554 E
ISSth st, architect,
74th St. No 37 E, 4-sty brick, probably flreproof dwelling, 34x
82; this is practically an alteration, as three walls are left stand¬
ing; Mrs Julian Robbins, owner; Grosvenor Atterbury, 18 W
34th st, architect.
ALTERATIONS.
Michael Bernstein, No. 24S Broadway, ig drawing plan's for the
alteration of the old skating rink at the northwest corner of
107th st and Lexington av. The building will be turned Into a
music hall at an expense of about $100,000. William T. Kehoe.
of the Star Theatre, is the lessee.
Madison av, northeast corner of 117th st; Janpole & Werner,
No 206 Broadway, will make extensive alterations to the 5-sty
flat located at this corner. The flrst floor will be altered to stores,
new plumbing throughout the building, tiled bathrooms, and the
entire house will be painted and decorated; Sass & Smallheiser,
No 23 Park row, architects.
64th st. No. 43 East, general alterations to building; Mrs. C. R.
Lowell, owner; Charles A. Piatt. 107 East 27th st, architect.
Estimates are being taken, and Sturgis & Hill Co., 42 East 23d
st, is figuring.
Por plans filed see pages 71S and 735,
72d st. No. 39 East, alteration and addition to building; Mrs,
L, Bolton Bangs, owner; James Brown Lord, 160 Sth av, archi¬
tect.
122d st. No. 242 East, fire repairs to hrick factory; Bernhard
Voss. 154 East 53d st. owner; private plans. Owner will let one
general contract; not yet decided when work will be started.
Madison av. No. 2119, corner of 133d st, alteration of 3-sty
brick dwelling to stores and flat, extension, 35x19.11; cost.
$7,000; G. McSorley. 432 West 17th st, owner; Carl P. Johnson, 8
East 42d st,
ESTIMATES RECEIVABLE.
107th st, south side. 100 feet weat of Amsterdam av. P. J. Kil¬
patriek, No. 60 Liberty st. Is taking estimates for hardwood
trim for three 6-sty apartment houses, which he is erecting at
this location, from plans by Wm. C, Hazlett, No. 1133 Broadway.
97th St. north side, 250 feet east of 5th av. Estimates are being
taken for the general contract for a brick and stone church and
rectory, which the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, No.
323 2d av, will erect at this location, from plans by John Berge-
son, Broadway and South 9th st, Brooklyn. D. C. Weeks & Son,
No. 2S9 ith av, are figuring.
By Treasury Department, until 2 p. m.. May 20, for the in¬
stallation of an electric conduit and wiring system for the U. S.
Post OfHce, Annapolis. Md.; until 2 p. m.. May IS, for the instal¬
lation of a conduit and wiring system for the U. S. Post Offlce
building at Streator. 111.; until 2 p. m., June 3. for the construc¬
tion (except heating apparatus, electric wiring and conduits) of
the U. S. public building at Helena. Mont. Drawings and speci¬
flcations may be had on the several jobs, or of James Knox Tay¬
lor, Supervising Architect. Washington, D. C.
By the Board of Education, corner of Park av and SOth st, until
April 29, at 4 p. m., for sanitary work In new addition to public
school 61. on the east side of 3d av, bet 169th and 170th sts,
Bronx; for furniture for new public school 5, Academy and
Lockwood sts, south side of Grand av. Long Island City; for al¬
terations and additions to the heating and ventilating apparatus
in public school 35, Palatine av, bet Prospect and Pulton sts;
and for heating and ventilating apparatus and electric lighting
plant for public school 79, 7th av, btt 14th and 15th sts, Borough
of Queens. ,
The bids which were to have been opened on April 11 at the
Arsenal Building. Central Park, for the completion of the Astor,
Lenox and Lllden Library, in Bryant Park, were returned to the
bidders unopened and new bids will be called for.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Halligan & Son, contractors. No. 549 West 40th st, have been
awarded the contract for excavating the lot No. 235 East 40th st.
The following contracts have been awarded by the Depart¬
ment of Sewers for work in The Bronx: Sewer in Home st, from
Whitlock av to Hoe st, to A. X. Phelan. at $14,585; sewer in
Freeman st. from West Farms road to Westchester av, to A. X,
Phelan. $9,489.10; sewer in Longfellow st, from West Parms
road to Westchester av, to Patrick G. Hannan, at $3,193.40. In
Queens: Sewer In Broadway, between Train's Meadow road and
Thompson av, etc., to P. P. Brennan, at $212,037.50.
The contract for electric elevators for the three 6-sty apart¬
ment houses on 107th st, west of Amsterdam av, which are being
erected by F. J. Kilpatriek, has been awarded to Reddy Elevator
Co., and for steam heating to The Mulhearn Steam Heating Co.
The general contract for the brick and stone telephone station
which the New York Telephone Co. will erect on the south
side of 150th st, 150 feet east of Courtlandt av. on lot 50x100, has
been awarded to D. C. Weeks & Son, No. 289 4th av. C. L. W.
Eidlitz, No, 1123 Broadway, is the architect,
MISCEIiANEOUS.
23d st, Nos 211 to 219 W, extending through to Nos 204 to 212
W 24th st; The Toung Men's Christian Association will erect a
new building on this site to take the place of that sold last week
to The Central Realty Bond and Trust Co. The plot is 93.9x200,
and the new building will probably be seven stories high, but the
general details have not yet been decided upon. Parish &
Schroeder, No 3 W 29th st, are the architects.
BROOKLYN.
Atlantic and Albany avs. new gateway and entrance to hos¬
pital; cost, $2,500; St. John's Hospital and Church Charity Foun¬
dation, owner; Welch, Smith & Provot, 11 East 42d st, architects;
John D. Anderson's Sons, 359 Fulton st, Brooklyn, general con¬
tractors.
Grand av, cor of Lefferts pl. The Church of Our Father Is to
bo greatly enlarged and improved by the extension of its chapel,
which adjoins the church on the corner of Lefferts pl. The
enlargement will Include the addition of an upper story and a
large basement room. Mr. Cole, a trustee, will defray the ex¬
penses as a gift to the.church. No architect has been selected
as yet.
McKibben st. south side. 125 ft east of Leonard st. three 5-sty
brk and stone flats, 35x100; total cost, $60,000; Balleisen & Wex¬
ler. 152 Boerum st. owners and builders; Sass & Smallheiser, 23
Park row, N T City, architects.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit R R Co have purchased 12 acres
from the Bergan farm, bounded by East 49th st. Av M, Utica av
and Fillmore pl. upon which the company intends to build a car
shed to cost $100,000. and to extend south from Av N to Fillmore