Riverside Drive and 72d st, 5-story Ameriean basement .dwells
ing to be erected on plot 45.0x00; front to be 34 feet wide; will,
be built, of slow-burning construction; cost, $75,000; Mrs. L. P,
Prentise, owner; C. P. H. Gilbert, Townsend Euilding, architect.

ESTIMATES RECEIVABLE.

By the Park Board, Arsenal Building, Central Park, until 11
a. m. of Friday, June 2, for improvement of park on East lllth
st; for paving with asphalt on Av B; for stone work in Bronx
Park; for paving walks and driveways in Bronx Park, and for
furnishing broken stone and trap screenings for Bronx Park.

Ey the Board of Education, No..,5S5 Broadway, until 4 p. m. of
Monday, June 5, for alterations, repairs, etc., at Public Schools
9, 45, 55, 74, 75, 80, OG, 117 and 127, Borough of Manhattan; also
for erecting additions to Public Schools SS^and 63, Borough of
Brooklyn.                                                            . _. -,               ■-■; ■;      -,, ,' ■^,

CONTRACTS AWARDEQ.                        ■      " '

By the Board of Education, for.aLteratiohs, repairs, etc., in the
following schools; Borough of Manhattan:" No. 4„ James.Hanui-
ton, $2,553; No. 13, James Hanniton, $2,390; No. IS, Thomas Mc¬
Keown, $2,324; No. 22, Tolmie & Kerr, $3,352; No. 23, Tolmie &
Kerr, $2,777; No. 43, James Hannitpn. $2,987; No. 54, Thomas Mc¬
Keown, $1,710; No. 67. Tolmie & Kei-r, $798; No. 72, Tolmie &
Kerr, $914; No. 73, J. G. Maekay, $008;-No. S3, Archibald Bros.,
$2,997; No. 87, Daniel J. Deady, $1,007, and Francis Bros. c& Jel-
let, incorp, $1,749; No. 96, N. T. Steam Fitting Co., $2,695; No.
103, J. P. Hanson, $1,358. In the Eorough of Brooklyn: No. 5,
Blake & Williams, $13,OG0; No. 70, Elake & Williams, $18,763.

ALTERATIONS:

Broadway, SOth and 40tli sts, alteration to Metropolitan Opera
House; work consists in cutting an exit from boxes to the street;
Metropolitan Opera House Co., on premises, owner; J. E. McEl¬
fatrick Se Son, 1402 Broadway, architects.

1st av, southeast corner of 115th st, 4-sty brick extension, 19x
49, and interior alterations to flat; R. Werner, 7 Teasdale pl,
architect.

46th st. No. 143 East, alterations to dwelling; cost, $2,000; John
E. Shea, 33 Vandewater st, owner; F. A. Rooke, 247 West 125th
st, architect (plans only).

BROOKLYN.

Bedford av, southwest cor of Av B, five 2%-sty brick and stone
dwellings, 20x36 and 20x40; total cost, $21,000; George Ei Wilson,
owner;  Harry Madigan, 65 Russell st, architect.

Grace court and Hicks st, interior alteration to 1-sty stone
church; cost, $5,000; Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, owner;
C.  C. Haight, 111 Broadway, N. Y.  City, architect.

19th st, bet Waverly road and Av C, three 2-sty frame dwell¬
ings; cost, $6,000 each; T. B. Ackerson Construction Co., 2448
Church av, owner and builder; architect, not selected.

Union st, north side, 274 feet west of Clinton, alteration to 4-
sty brick and stone flat, 27x75; cost, $7,000; Richard D. Robbins,
924 Sterling pi, owner and builder; Geo. M. Lawton, 95 Lenox
road, architect.

Church av, south side, near Prospect st, 2-story bricli rectory;
Holy Cross R. C. Church, owner; George J. Craigen, East 39th
St. architect.

Washington av, east side, 400 feet south of Montgomery st, 2-
Etory brick hotel, 00x43; cost, $6,910; Stephen M. Hoye, 189 Mon¬
tague st, owner.

Flatbush, two frame, shingle houses, with all improvements;
W. S. Colver, owner; W. A. Lambert, 00 Nassau st, N. Y. City,
architect.





OF  INTEREST  TO  THE  BUILDING TRADES.

Rudolph Werner will remove June 1st to the nortliwest corner
of 3d and Wendover avs.

Bonds to the amount of $500,000 were authorized this week for
continuing work on the new East River Bridge.

Meetings at the Building Trades' Club rooms: Thursday, June
1, at 2 p. m., the Electrical Contractors' Association; Friday,
June 2, at 8 p. m.. the Electrical Examination Board.

A meeting of the Joint Committee on the Building Code will be
held on Thursday, June Sth, at the Builders' League building.
No.   74 West 12eth st.

William A. Lambert, 99 Nassau st, N. Y. City, has recently
drawn plans for a number of new cottages and villas to be
erected in Bogata, Hackensack and Nutley, N. J.

Moore & Landsiedel, architects, have opened an oflice at No.
2861 3d av, and desire samples and catalogues of material. A. N.
Hedley has opened an office at No. 315 Madison av.

Uptown builders will be interested tb learn that I. "Vrasda, of
Nos. 213 and 215 East 42d street, manufacturer of wood mantels,
has opened a showroom at No. 2181 5th avenue, near 133d street,
where he carries a complete line of wood mantels, tiles, gas
grates, logs, etc.

The Manhattan Brass Company has received a contract for
supplying the brass work to" a large commercial buiiding now
being erected by a syndicate in the city of Mexico. The work will
be manufactured at their works here, and representatives of the
company will erect it in the city of Mexico.

The American Luxfer Prism Co., with .J^Jew York oflices in the





Mohawk Building, No. 160 Sth av, have just secured an order
from N. Le Erun & Sons, architects, for the installation of sixty-
four windows in the Home Life Building. Tliese windows are to
be equipped with Luxfer Fireproof Electro-glazed Plate Glass,
and will be installed in flreproof window frames.

The Granite Cutters' Association this week obtained a manda¬
mus from Justice Scott of the Supreme Court to compel the East
Ruer Bridge Commission to inquire into their complaint that less
than prevailing rates for wages in the granite trade were being
paid workers on the new East River Bridge. The Court held
however, further, that after investigating, action on the contract
was optional with the Commission.

The Allgnum. Company, successors to the Wheeler Manufac¬
turing Co.,- manufacturers ot. fireproof and sanitary material for
wainscoting halls and vestibules and for ceilings, flooring doors
trim; tiling, bathrooms, etc., have removed to the commodious
factory, Nos. 330 to 334 East OSth street, where they occupy the
entire building, which has been fltted to admirably serve the
business, of the company. The increasing demand for their ma¬
terial necessitated their removal.

At a meeting of the American Brick Company yesterday the
following officers and directors were elected: Oakleigh Thorne
President; Robert Main, Vice-President; Edwin Thorne Treas-^
urer. Board of Directors: Samuel Thorne. Grant E Schley D S
Lamont, Edwin Thorne; R. Somers Hayes, Aaron E Aldrid-e' '
Oakleigh Thorne, Robert Maine. The American Brick Company
will absorb practically all the brick concerns of the Hudson Val¬
ley. Surveys of the plants preparatory to this end are in progress. '^

At a meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday, Commis¬
sioner Livingstone offered a resolution to refer to the Corporation
counsel the ciuestion whether the Board has a right to demaS '
the unexpended bonds of the issues of previous years for build- "
mg purposes^   It has been held that the charter abrogated these
issues,, but Mr. Livingstone maintains that it did not   and that
there is due the Board of Education more than $8,000 000    The '
resolution was  referred  to  the   Committee   on   By-Laws ' with '
power to act,                                        ■    ■-   '  ■               .■■.-. - ,■-   '..";."

Christianson Bros., long established aiid reliable ihariufacturfe^s'"
of window shades,  have  removed their oflice and factory from   '
Nos. 132 and 134 East 125th street to larger and better-equipped
quarters at Nos. 107 and 109 West 125th street, between Lenox
and   7th  avenues.    At  the   new  address   they  will   welcome  old '
customers and solicit the patronage of builders and owners who
require   anything  in   the   window  shade line., The  firm   supply
very many of the most active and successful builders, and make
it a feature to promptly and satisfactorily flll all orders-.   -

Interior plans for the Hall of Records, presented to the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment on Wednesday, call for an esti- ■
mated expenditure of $2,500,000, according to Engineer McLean,
who is quoted as having said that all fhe lighting would be done.
by electricity, and no wood would be used except the doors and
trimmings. The rooms would be in mosiae work, and the halls
in marble. Several varieties of marbie would be used, but for the
greater part of the work the white and dark green marble from
Lake Champlain would be utilized. On the first floor the pre¬
vailing stone would be the light green Connemara, while on the.
second Pavonazza would be greatly used.

The flreproof qualities of steel ceilings were demonstrated in   .
the recent flre at Nos. 507-509 West Broadway, a large S-story
building put up last year and ceiled on all the floors with Norths-    ■
rop's steel ceiling.   The fire was most severe in the fourth floor,
burning out or greatly damaging the stock of clothing and sup¬
plies for its manufacture, the flxtures, etc.    The fire did not get    .
through the ceiling at all, or open any joints, or pull any nails.
The plates most exposed were considerably warped and the paint
on them burnt or smoked, but nothing ignited above them.    Al¬
though tons of water were thrown in, and much of it ran througii
the floors and ceilings, the ceilings below do not show a trace of
it, and only the burnt ceilings need some slight repairs and new
paint.   Ceilings of any other material would have been ruined.' ''

The several disastrous flres of the past few months have led
to a largely increased demand for Kalameined iron-clad wood
work, a material which has long been popular with the leadirig
architects and builders for use as flreproof doors, windows, sash
and partitions. Fitting & Gleckner, proprietors of the Columbia
Kalameined Iron-Clad Wood Works, of Nos. 543 to 549 East
llGth street, experienced and successful workers in this line, "
iiave recently supplied Kalameined iron partitions and doors on
the 18th floor of the Washington Life Euilding, which has been
divided into many rooms; also partitions and windows on the
12th floor of the Postal Telegraph Euilding in the terminal room;
also doors for fhe new buildings. No. 296 Broadway, No. 243
Canal street and No. 87 Maiden lane, all for the Lorillard estate,
M. H. Berry, contractor; Jordan & Giiler, architects; the De ,
Hirsch Home on East G3d street, G. F. Taussig, contractor;.the
Jones Building, corner of Elm and Duane streets; the Sailors'
Snug Harbor ne^v building on University place; numerous ord¬
ers from the Mela Fireproof Partition Co. and a second order for
doors for Sherry's 5tli avenue establishment. Kalameined iron
is especially adapted for use in private houses, and has been used
in the windows and doors of the new Jennings mansion. No, 2
East 72d street, Ernest Flagg, architect; Sloane & Moller, con¬
tractors; and for the dwelling, No. 14 East 77th street, Richard
Deeves &, Sop, contractus. Fitting & Gleckner will gladly fur¬
nish estimates of cost and other particulars, to interested persorig^ -,-





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