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RECORD AND GUIDE
February 22, 1913
Plans Filed—Alterations, Queens (Continued).
CORONA.—Locust st, n e cor Grand av, erect
bay wlndo-w on front of store and dwelling ; cost,
^2(M. Plan No. 202.
FLUSHING.—La-wrence st, -w s, 25 'W Grove
st 1-sty added to top of dwelling, paroid root;
coet $,"iOO; owner, Aus!ust Deluco, 139 Lawrence
st. Flushing, L. I. Plan No. 210.
L I CITY.—Washington av, 127, repair to
dwelling after fire damage ; cost, $400; owner,
J. Messenger, on premises. Plan No. L03.
L. I. CIT1'.—Bodine st, n w cor Hamilton st,
install new plumbing in stable; cost, $50; own¬
er. Fred Bushman, on premises. Plan No. 212.
L 1 CITY —Purdy st, 26, install new plumb¬
ing ' in' dwelling ; cost, $200; owner, J. Nichol¬
son, on premises. Plan No. 211.
L. I. CITY.—Steinway av, w s, 137 n Ja¬
maica av, erect cellar way to store; cost, $2o;
owner Nathan Marks, Main st, Astoria. Plan
No. 207.
L I CITY.—Franklin st, n s, 125 w Van Alst
av, 'install plumbing in offlce ; cost $15 ; owner,
John Holley, 3 John st, Astoria. Plan No. 213.
RICHMOND HIL.—Jamaica av, n w cor Stott¬
hoff av. install gas fittings in two dwellmgs;
cost $r^0: owners, Bernstein & Jacobs, US
Flushing av, Richmond Hill. Plan Nos 204 and
205.
RICHMOND HILL.—Jamaica av, n s, 40 e
Chestnut st. erect new store fronts; cost, J-W ,
owner, E. B. Dunning, 324 Chestnut st, Rlch-
mon Hill. Plan No. 206.
Richmond.
JERSEY ST, e s, cor of Brook st, Ne'W
Brighton, general alterations to frame store and
dwelling; cost, $1,000; owner, Lembick & Bitz.
jersey Citv Heights, N. J.; architect, John
Davis Tompkinsville; builder, H. J. Lang¬
worthy, Tompkinsville. Plan No. 26.
JOHN ST e s. 50 w Prince st, Stapleton. foun¬
dation to frame dwelling; cost, $300; owner,
Peter Dannachon, Stapleton; builder, Geo. Mc¬
Guire, Stapleton. Plan No. 30.
BAYVIEW AV, e s. 81, 438 s 3d st New
Brighton, addition to frame dwelling; cost, $1.-
SOO; owner and builder, Jas. C. Crabtree, New
Brighton. Plan No. 29.
OSGOOD AV, s 6, 300 e Gordon st. Staple-
ton, rooflng to frame garage; cost, $25; owner,
Moravian Episcopal Church, 40 Osgood av,
Stapleton: builder, C. N. Sperling. Stapleton.
Plan No. 27.
WILLARD AV, n s, 50 w Fisk av. Westerly,
masonry and carpentry to frame dwelling; cost,
$1 200 ; owner, L. B. Tupper. Westerly ; builder,
Andrew Haugland, West New Brighton. Flan
No. 2.5.
ST.\PLETON.—Repairs to Rubsam & Hojr-
man brewery, brick boiler room; cost. $250;
owner. R. & II. Brewery. Stapleton ; architect, J.
Whitford. St. George ; builders, Henry Spruck &
Sons, Stapleton. Plan No. 28.
MUNICIPAL WORK.
SCHEXECTADY, N. Y.—Preliminary plana
have been prepared for the construction ot a
reservoir of two 15,000,000-gallon units, at Be-
vis Hill. Estimated cost, $200,000. Fred W.
Bentley is Superintendent of Water Supply.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y.—The plans ot Fred L.
Comstock have been accepted tor the addition
to he constructed to the Park st school. Work
is to he started immediately.
COBLESKILL, N. Y.—The selection of a site
for the new school building here has been de¬
cided upon. Estimated cost, $68,000. The build¬
ing will tront on Lark st, adjoining the present
school grounds.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y'.—The plans submitted by
Fuller & Robinson, architects, of Albany, for
the new school building to be erected here have
been approved by the local Board of Education.
Bids will be advertised for in a short time.
Estimated cost, $50,000.
CALEDONIA, N. Y'.—The Board ot Education
contemplates the erection ot a 3-sty addition to
the high school building. No contracts have
been awarded.
STORES, OFFICES AND LOFTS.
ALBANY, N. Y.—The American Tobacco Co.
contemplates the erection ot $50,000 building.
ALBANY, N. Y.—William J. Obenaus. of this
city. Is preparing plans for a 10-sty store and
office building, to be erected at the southwest
corner of South Pearl st and Hudson av, by
Henry Kramrath.
MIDDLETO'WN, N. Y.—Plans have been pre¬
pared for a new building to be erected hy the
Demarest Drygoods Co. on the site ot the Gothic
Hall. It is not expected that work will begin
for about a year.
BATAVIA. N. Y.—H. W. Homelius & Son
Main st. architects, are preparing plans for a
2-sty concrete business building for William
J. Goade, to be erected at 232 Ellicott st. Con¬
struction will be started in the spring.
Other Cities.
B'ANKS.
TROY, N. Y.—The Union National Bank is
having plans prepared for the construction of
a 4-stv brick addition. 150x33 ft., to its present
structure. The estimated cost is $100,000.
WESTFIELD. MASS.—The city has purchased
a site and is having plans prepared by John
L Hyde, ot Westfield. for a new high school.
The estimated cost is $200,000. Additions, esti¬
mated to cost $100,000. are to be made to the
Greenwood and Franklin Schools.
BROOKLINE. MASS.—The Board of Educa¬
tion is having plans prepared by Kilham & Hop¬
kins. 0 Park st, Boston, for the construction of
a school house. It will be of brick, three stories
high, and will be erected at Harvard and Sted¬
man sts. The estimated cost is $100,000.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—The Mclntosli Co.
has purchased a site lOlx.52 ft., at Worthington
and Chestnut sts, and will build a 6-sty offlce
building. The estimated cost is $60,000.
CHURCHES.
COHOES. N. Y'.—The Hebrews of ttiis city
are considering the purchase of property in
Remsen st as a site tor the proposed Jewish
synagogue, which they are to erect at an early
date.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The St. Michael's
Russian Orthodox Church wiil erect a memorial
to the victims of the Titanic. Ground has been
purchased. Plans submitted call for a building
to cost $4.5,000. Rev. J. T. Krohmalmey Is rec¬
tor. Work will start early in March.
FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
CUMMINSVILLE, N. Y.—The Powers Spe¬
cialty Co. is planning to rebuild their shops re¬
cently destroyed by fire.
HALLS AND CLUBS.
POUGHKEEPSIB. N. Y.—Wm. J. Beardsley.
architect, will prepare plans tor the new Pythian
home, to be erected by Armor Lodge No. 107,
K. of P., at the corner ot Mill and North
Hamilton sts.
PLATTSBURGH, N. Y'.—The Plattsburgh Ma¬
sonic Organizations are planning to erect a
temple and have secured an option on the lot
opposite the Y'oung Mens Christian Association
Building at Brinkerhoff and Oak sts. There
are four masonic bodies in Plattsburgh.
WHITEHALL, N. Y.—The plans ot J. Fred
Acker, of Glens Falls, for the new Young Men's
Christian Association building to be erected
here have been accepted by the directors ot
the Association. The cost will be about $16.-
000, and work will be started In tbe near future.
Government Work.
NEW Y'ORK.—Sealed proposals will be re¬
ceived until March 17th, for a noninterfering
local fire-alarm system at the United States
appraisers' warehouse. New York, N. Y., in ac¬
cordance with the specification, copies of which
may be obtained trom the supervising chief en¬
gineer. New York, or at the offlce of the Super¬
vising Architect, O. Wenderoth, Wash., D. C.
TIFTON, GA.—Sealed proposals will be re¬
ceived until March 25. for the construction,
complete (including plumbing, gas piping, heat¬
ing apparatus, electric conduits and wiring, in¬
terior lighting fixtures, and approaches), of the
United States Post Offlce at Tifton. Georgia.
The building is to be of 1-sty, basement and
mezzanine, and have a ground area of approxi¬
mately 4,400 sq. ft. ; fireproof first floor, stona
and brick facing and tin and tile roof. Draw¬
ings may be obtained from the Custodian ot
site at Tifton. Georgia, or at the offlce of the
Supervision .^.rchitect, 0. Wenderoth, Wash.,
IX C.
DAYTON, OHIO.—Sealed proposals will be
received until March 10, for the mechanical
equipment (except elevators and lifts) of the
United States Post Offlce and Court House at
Dayton, Ohio, in accordance witli drawings
which may be obtained at the offlce ot the
Superintendent of Construction, Dayton, Ohio,
or at the offlce of the Supervising Architect, O.
Wenderoth, Washington, D. C.
I TRADE LITERATURE !
PERSONAL AND TRADE I
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JACOB & YOUNGS, 1133 Broadway, build¬
ers will move their offlces about March 15, to
the Cuyler Building, 116 West 32d street.
JOSEPH BAUDO & BROS., stone masons and
contractors, formerly of 199 Scholes st, Brook¬
lyn, have moved to 456 13th av, Astoria, L. I.
FRANK EURICH, JR., architect, formerly
with John T. Howland, Jr., of Jersey City, N.
J., has opened an offlce at 200 Fifth avenue,
New York City.
Reports indicate that the annual meeting ot
the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers As¬
sociation which is to be held at Atlantic City,
on Thursday and Friday, March 6 and i, will
be one of the largest conventions ever held
by the association.
The annual meeting and banquet of the New
Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Association will
be held in Newark, N. J., Feb. 26, with busi¬
ness session in the afternoon and banquet in the
evening. Both events will be held at the Wash¬
ington Cafe, Broad st and Military Park. New-
CLIFFORD F. MOORE, Assistant Engineer,
Topographical Bureau ot the Borough of
Queens. New York City, has been promoted to
Chief Engineer at a salary ot $6,000 per an¬
num. Mr. Moore entered the city service in
WOO as a transitman with engineering staff ot
the Department of Finance.
JOHN M CARRERE, the architect, of the
firm ot Carrere & Hastings, who died on March
1 1^111 at the Presbyterian Hospital from in¬
juries sustained when his ^^ was struck by a
street car, left an estate valued at $331,020, ac¬
cording to the transfer tax appraiser, whose re¬
port was filed in the Surrogate's Court this
week. Mrs. Carrere and two daughters were the
beneficiaries.
GEORGE A. STEVENS, the senior statistician
of the State Department of Labor, has prepared
?or a newspaper syndicate a study of a modern
rade union, namely the New York Typo.graph-
ical Union No. 6. Mr. Stevens has written a
number of works on industrial subjects, includ¬
ing a history of arbitration in the building
trades of New Y'ork, a history of immigration^
"Social Settlements," and Growth of Industry in
New Y'ork State.
ASA G. CANDLER, of Atlanta, Ga., was the
guest In whose honor a dinner was given on
Wednesday evening at the Hotel Astor. The
festivity was arranged to celebrate the comple¬
tion ot the Candler Building In West 42d street,
and was given by the architects, the builders
and the real estate firm which represents Mr.
Candler in New York. Oscar D. & Herbert V.
Dike One vear ago, the first day of February
]91'> the contracts with the architects and
builders were signed. There were few. at tlnat
time who believed that a 25-story offlce build¬
ing west ot Broadway would be a success, but
the same sagacity which made the Candler
Building ot Atlanta the most successful offlce
building In the South, with a rent loss for
last year of less than one per cent., ran true
in this New Y'ork venture, the influence of which
is already being felt In 42d street. The only
note of sadness was struck when Mr. Candler
spoke with feeling of the great loss caused by
the death of Arthur E. Willauer. head ot the
firm of architects, a loss both personal and
to the profession. Mr. Cauldwell. of the Cauld¬
well-Wingate Company, spoke on the construc¬
tion ot the building, and George Lee Bready
spoke for the architects. Oscar D. Dike was
toastmaster, and all voted the dinner a great
success.
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Grand Central Column Construction.
The Engineering Record of February 1 (price
15 cents. 2^0 West 30th street) contains an
article on Columns in the Grand Central Termi¬
nal. It deals with the subject of providing
possible future extension of 23 stories above
the lofty concourse and tells in an interesting
way by detailed sketches and diagrams how tha
columns are braced to form several wind re-
eisting towers. The portal construction, girder
bases and their deep riveted girder connections
also offer very interesting details to the archi¬
tect having to do with methods of types of steel
construction.
Steel Work of Novel Desi;;n.
Comparatively little has been published re¬
garding novel steel conetruction of the Seamen's
Church Institute at Coenties slip and South
street. New York, of which Warren & Wetmore
are the architects. Balcom & Darrows are the
engineers. An article describing a steel-cage
construction having cantilever foundation gird¬
ers with grillage fulcrums on continuous pneu¬
matic calesions, wall piers, trusses, and double
plate girders carrying 7-story columns, and
cantilever supports for a 12-story corner tower,
appears with illustrations in the Eneineering
Renord of February 3 (price 10 cents, 239 West
.39th street) showing the different types of col¬
umn framing.
Dixon-s Catalog Ready.
The new 1013 Dixon graphite catalog is now
ready for distribution by the Dixon Crucible
Company of .Jersey City. It is designed to in¬
terest jobbers, purchasing agents, and others,
interested in graphite crucibles, paint lubri¬
cants and pencils. It contains 100 pages of
type and illustrations. Its chief value lies in
the fact that it shows new applications for the
use of graphite in many departments of build¬
ing construction.
Lead Pencils for Fine Work,
A lead pencil which meets with the exact¬
ing requirements of artists, architectfi and
draftsmen is pretty sure to find ready appre¬
ciation with the general pencil using public.
This has been demonstrated by the big demand
for Venus drawing pencils. This brand of
pencils was designed particularly for work where
smoothness and absolute uniformity of lead is
essential and in their manufacture the finest
quality of graphite is employed and treated to
give it great durability, smoothness and an
absolute uniformity of hardness for each dif¬
ferent grade. The American Lead Pencil Co.,
of New York, will send further information re¬
garding pencil perfection for particular writ¬
ing or drawing requirements upon application.
Burglar Alarm Circuits.
The Electrical Review for February 15 (price,
10 cents, 13 Park Row) contains an article on
page 349 by George Reed on the subject of
Burglar Alarm Circuits, so explained as to give
the architect an intimate idea of how this detail
is worked out in practice. On page 350 is an
article by V. Spath, describing the rewiring of
a house with rigid circuit. The same number
contains an article on page 344 on the investi¬
gation that the New York Edison Company Is
making into the subject of electrotherapeutics.
Sniall Gas Engine Power.
Power, of date February 18 (price, 5 cents,
505 Pearl street) contains an article on Mis¬
leading Indicator Diagrams on page 226 by L.
(Trosshaum and an article by M. W. Xltz on the
Operating Cost of a Small Gas Engine Plant. In
this article records which may he of value to
architects having supervision over the instal¬
lation of small power plants are published.
Freezing Process for Foundations.
A description of what is believed to be the
first application of the freezing process for con¬
structing a building foundation; the method
used for the substructure of a department store
in Berlin, Germany, appears in the Engineering
News of .January 30 (price. 15 cents, 505 Pearl
street). The article on page 214 tells just how
the work was done and discusses difference in
cost between the freezing and the pneumatic-
caisson- processes.
(Continued on page 434.)