July 1, 1916
RECORD AND GUIDE
25
ley & Co. and the Riter-Conley Co. of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
New Brick Association.—With the
object of bettering manufacturing and
market conditions, brick and other clay
products manufacturers in the Raritan
River section of New Jersey have re¬
cently organized the Monmouth Manu¬
facturing Association. The president of
the newly-formed organization is J. A.
Fitzinger, of the National Fireproofing
Company, Lorillard. G. J. Craigen, of
the Craigen Brick Company, Cliffwood,
is first vice-president; B. K. Eskesen, of
the Matawan Tile Company, second vice-
president; C. E. Watrous, of the Mun-
ning-Loeb Company, Matawan, secre¬
tary, and W. A. Gill, of the Renwreck
Company, Keyport, is treasurer.
Thompson-Starrett Co. Obtains Contract.
The general contract for the construc¬
tion of the office building and commer¬
cial hotel to be erected in West 42d
street has been awarded to the Thomp¬
son-Starrett Co., 49 Wall street. This
operation has been planned by Helmie
& Corbett, architects, 190 Montague
street, Brooklyn, for the Bush Terminal
Co., Irving T. Bush, president, 100
Broad street. The plans for this project
call for a structure twenty-nine stories
in height, on a plot 50x99 feet. The
building will occupy Nos. 132-134 West
42d street. Details of this operation
were announced in a recent issue of the
Record and Guide.
Contract for Country Residence.
W. H. Nye, 286 Fifth avenue, Manhat¬
tan, has obtained the general contract
for the construction of a country resi¬
dence group near Greenwich, Conn., for
Harry VV. Croft, president of the Harbi¬
son-Walker Refractories, Pittsburgh,
Pa. The plans and specifications for
this project have been prepared by Jans¬
sen & Abbott, architects, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and call for a group of buildings which
includes a residence, garage and stable,
summer house, swimming pool and a
considerable ainount of grading and
landscape work. The total cost of this
operation is estimated to be in the neigh¬
borhood of $200,000.
Another Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Plans are under way for the erection
of a fifteen-story hotel to be built on
the plot at the northeast corner of Fifth
avenue and S6th street. The property,
which has a frontage of 115 feet on the
avenue and 175 feet in S6th street, has
been acquired on a long term lease by
a syndicate composed of clients of the
Thompson-Starrett Co. and Herbert
Lucas from Baron William Waldorf
Astor. The plans for the projected
building are being prepared by McKim,
Mead & White and Herbert Lucas, asso¬
ciated architects. The cost of the pro¬
posed building is said to be approxi¬
mately $3,000,000, and with the ground
rental the operation will represent the
investment of about $5,000,000.
Plans for Large Harlem Apartment.
Schwartz & Gross and E. N. Marcus,
architects, 347 Fifth avenue, have been
retained to prepare the plans for the
fourteen-story multi-family structure to
be erected at the junction of Edgecombe
and St. Nicholas avenues. The building
will occupy a plot 175x81 feet and will
be of fireproof construction throughout!
The owner of this operation is the Loyal
Building Co., Jacob Frankel, president,
391 East 149th street. The details of
this project have not been determined
at this writing and will be announced in
a later issue of the Record and Guide.
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NO ARCHITECTS SELECTED.
In this department is published advance in¬
formation regarding building projects where
architects have not as yet been selected.
DUNKIRK, N. Y.—The Merrill Silk Co.,
W. R. Garey, Hornell, N. Y., manager, in
charge, contemplates the erection of a
brick and stone factory building, details
for which have not been decided. Archi¬
tect not selected.
CANISTEO, N. T.—The Huguet Silk Co.,
E. J. Grittinger, Hornell, N. T., manager,
contemplates the erection of a 2-sty brick
factory, 30x80 ft, for which no architect
has been selected, and no details decided.
AMSTERDAM, N. T.—St. Casimir'e R. C.
Church, Rev. Father Joseph Zydamovicz,
pastor, 260 East Main st, Amsterdam, con¬
templates the erection of'a 3-sty brick
hall and parish building, 40x85 ft, includ¬
ing stores, in Main st. Cost, $30,000. No
.trchitect selected.
I PLANS FIGURING.
BANKS.
BATSIDE, L. I.—W. W. Knowles, 35
West 39th st, Manhattan, is taking esti¬
mates on general contract to close July
6 for a 2-sty brick and limestone bank
building, 30x60 ft, at the southeast cor
of Lawrence blvd and Bell av for the Bay-
side National Bank, Fredk. Storm, presi¬
dent. Cost, about $20,000.
DWELLINGS.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Kurt Z. Gizycki,
architect, 70 South Broadway, White
Plains, N. Y., ia taking estimates on gen¬
eral contract to close July 10, for a 2^-
sty hollow tile and stucco residence and
garage at White Plains, N. Y., for John G.
MoIIath, 15 Whitehall st, Manhattan, own¬
er. Cost, about $10,000.
BELLPORT, L. I.—E. G. Ecob, 299 Madi¬
son av, Manhattan, architect, is taking
estimates on general contract to close
about July llth, for the 21/2-sty frame
dwelling, 42x26, with wing 13x27 ft, at
Bellport, L. I., for Miss Caroline Ten Eyck,
owner, c/o architect.
NEWBURGH, N. Y.—Delano & Aldrich,
4 East 39th st, Manhattan, architects, are
taking estimates on general contract to
close 10 a. m., July 10, for a 2-sty bricK
and stucco residence, 87x100 ft, for Fred¬
erick S. Delano, owner, c/o architect.
FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
WARNERS, N. J.—The Ammo-Phos
Corpn., K. F. Cooper, vice-president, 200
Sth av, Manhattan, is taking estimates on
general contract to close July 5 for a
chemical plant, consisting of a group of
buildings of various sizes and construc¬
tion. Private plans.
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907 Fifth Avenue
At the corner of Fifth Avenue and 72nd
Street there is being built an apartment
house, unusually luxurious even in this
city of handsome residences
The twelfth floor is considered one of
the finest apartments that has ever
been constructed
Edison Service will, of course, be used
to provide for the varied light and
power requirements of the structure
The New York Edison Company
At Your Service
General Offices
Irving Place and 15th Street
Telephone: Stuyvesant 5600
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