July 15, iSgg.





RECORD AND   GUIDE.





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OF    IN1EREST    TO    THE    BUILDING    TRAOfS.

For work on the New East River Bridge (the third bridge)
$4,000.000 has been authorized by the Board of Estimate,

Thos, O'Neill, the well-known carpenter, builder and gênerai
contractor, has removed his shop aud office to commodious and
centrally-located quarters,  at No. 258 West 28th street.

The Board of Estimate, on Thursday, disapproved of the plans
made by John R, Thomas, the architect of the new Hall of Rec¬
ords, for the interior finish and décoration of tbat structure and
ordered him so to modify them tbat the cost of the completed
building, estimated at about $4,500,000, would be reduced by
about $1.000.000, This action of the Board gf Estimate was
based on a report by Horgan & Slattery, architects, to whom the
Mayor submitted Mr, Thomas's plans.

Dock Department improvements on the carpet include tbe ex-
penditnre of $2,324,7li5,4(! on the great piers near West Wash¬
ington Market. and the widening of South street to 125. This
is fifty-five feet more than its présent width. The improvement
will extend from Rutgers slip to Catharine slip. Pive new piers,
eighty feet wide and 500 feet long, will be built. After their
completion the city will condemn the water front property be¬
tween Pike and Market slips, and on that site other piers—prob¬
ably four—will be  erected.

Samuel I. Rochmovitz, of No. 166 East 3d street, reports an ex-
ceedingly busy season in bis line, which embraces métal ceilings
and wainscot. He always carries a large stock, the product of
several factories. and can match any ceiling shown. His cns¬
tomers include many of the busy East Side builders, such as
Harry Fischl, Harris Fine, A. Silverson, Pay & Stacom, Rosen¬
berg & Feinberg, N. Silverson, H. Wertheim, and others too nu¬
merous to mention. Nearly ail the East Side dancing acadamies
hâve been done by Mr. Rochmovitz, who exécutes ail contracts
quickly   with   the   aid   of   experienced   workmen.

Louis Kirchner, son of the vétéran concreter, Chas. Kirchner,
has recently completed, or Is now executing, contracts for Arti¬
ficial Stone Work for Messrs. Weil & Mayer, J. A. Zimmerman,
Thornton Bros., Poistein & Feinberg, H. Wertheim. B. Klingen¬
stein and otbers. His long apprenticeship with his father
equipped him with the expérience necessary to successfully and
satisfactorily flil ail orders for artificial stone sidewalks, cel¬
lars, areas, yards, garden walks, etc, Louis Kirchner's address is
No. 292,Duncan avenue. Jersey City, N, J., and he will cheer¬
fully furnish estimâtes for contractors, builders and owners.

The guérilla war of the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Associa¬
tion against the New York Stone Trade Association, consisting
of employers, has resulted In tbe surrender of several proprie¬
tors of stone yards, wbo bave consequently resigned from the
latter organizatlon. The union has so far rejected ail offers at
arbitration, although a compromise seems ultimately probable.
The attack is, of course, aimed at tbe Stone Cutters' Society,
the union which maintains an annual agreement with the em¬
ployers, and which is not afliliated witli the Board of Walking
Delegates or the Building Trades Council.

A resolution to extend the time for presenting the report bf the
Commission on New Building Code to August 29th, was adopted
in both chambers of the Municipal Assembly last Tuesday. No¬
tices hâve been sent to the societies and associations that hâve
already asked to be heard on various points, that hearings will
be given July 24th, 27th. 2Sth and 31st, and August 3d, and
that they may individually select any one of those days on
which to be heard through, one or more représentatives. It is
not understood tbat organizations or individuals wbo hâve not
already flled requests for hearings will be heard if they apply for
the Drivilege.

Bonds to the amount of $1,020,000 got through the Council
last Tuesday. but the bulk of the desired Issues were again held
up. Those authorized were $500,000 for Croton Watershed;
$500,000 for East River bridge; $10,000 for gênerai park pur-
poses, and $10,000 for the laying out of Hamilton Fish Park,
Those held up include $2,000,000 for paving; $2,000,000 for Hall
of Records. John Pierce, contractor for the new Hall of Records,
has applied to the Suprême Court for a mandamus to compel
payment of $34,255 for work performed on his contract. A
hearing on the motion has been set for July 19. Tt is antici-
pated tbat this will test the right of the Council to delay action
on bond issues Indeflnitely.

Some eight acres of ground, with frontages on Grand street
and Newtown Creek, of over half a mile, are occupied by Louis
Bossert & Sons" planing mills, warehouses, offices, lumber yards
and docks, and ail are new or modernized to promptly supply
the great demand for ail kinds of house trîm, occasioned by an
increase of .$40,000.000 in the cost of new buildings planned dur¬
ing the first^half of 1899, compared with the same montbs in
1898, Messrs. Eossert's new planîng miH has a frontage of 250
■ feet on Grand street, Is four stories high. of brick, with blue-
stone trimmings, and equipped witb the latest and best machin¬
ery for turning out house trim of ail kinds, including sashes.
doors, stairs, store fronts, flooring, shingles, blinds, mouldings,
brackets. newels, laths, joists, not forgetting the ExcelPîor
Sliding Blind', which is a great favorite wlth builders. The
warehouse, on Grand street, next to the planing mill, is aiso four
stories high, and about 150 feet long, The offices are in a hand-
some building:, two stories high, v/ith mansard roof; the interior
is commodious and especially laid out to suit the requirements
of the business.    The lower. story is trimmed in cypress, and the





second story. including the private offices, in oak. No other con¬
cern hereabouts in this line hâve such commodious quarters and
modem plant as Louis Bossert & Sons.

Justice Truax, on Saturday last, made permanent an Injunc-
tion on the Enterprise Association and Progress Association, is¬
sued at the Instance of the National Protective Association of
Steam Fitters and Helpers, and Charles McQueed, because of the
facts givén in tbe following remarks of the Court; "The évi¬
dence shows that the défendants hâve entered into a combina¬
tion wbich in effect prevents and will prevent the plaintiff Mc¬
Queed and tbe other members. of the plaintiff association from
working at his and their trade in the City of New York. In fact,
it was shown that the défendant Cummings (one of the walking
delegates of tbe défendants) threatened to strike against the
members of the plaintiiï association, and the plaintiff McQueed
wberever be found them at work, and that he would not allow
them to work at any job in the city except some small jobs where
Enterprise men were not employed. Such a combination
amounts to a conspiracy, and is unlawful. To prevent one frora
working at any job in this city, except some small jobs where
Enterprise men were not employed is to prevent him from eam-
ing his livelihood In his profession, craft, or business, and such
an act will be enjoined."





Questions and Answers.

BONDSMAN DESIRES TO BE RELEASED.
7*0 the Editor of The Record and Guide:

Three years ago I mortgaged my property and went on the
bond of said mortgage. Since then I hâve disposed of the prop¬
erty, and now would like to be released from the bond, as the
time of the mortgage has expired. Will you Iiindly inform me in
your next issue whether this can be done, and how? Can I
compel the mortgagee to release me?

Answer.—You cannot compel the holder of the mortgage to re¬
lease you. Serve a notice on him that you require him to call
in the mortgage or foreclose the same. If he does neither within
a reasonable time you will hâve a good défense if an action is
brought to foreclose and a deflciency judgment îs asked for
against you.—Law Editor.

HUSBAND'S   RIGHTS IN  WIFE'S  ESTATE.
To the Editor of The Record and Guide:

A girl, seventeen, dies in giving birth to a child. Had she
lived to be twenty-one she would hâve inherited $10,000 from her
father's estate. In case the child dies will tbe husband get the
$10,000? Although the parties lived in New York, her father,
who left the money, lived in Philadelphia, and his will was pro-
bated there,

Answer,—I présume that the girl left no will, and that by the
terms of the father's wili the boquest to her was vested; that is,
the money was hers, but she was not to enjoy it till she was of
âge. In such case the husband would get the $10,000. The terms
of the will may be such tbat the girl would not be entitled to the
money unless she arrived at the âge of twenty-one. In such a
case the husband would get nothing.—Law Editor.

BROKER'S COM..\IISSIOX.
To the Editor of The Record and Guide:

A and B are brokers and bave a client, C, who wants to rent
a house from an owner, D. A offers to D a figure wbich D re¬
fuses to accépt. A then goes to C and says that D will not ac-
cept her figure, but that he would like her to meet D. They
meet and hâve a talk, but she refuses to come up. Later, A
again goes to C and gets her up to D's figure, and A téléphones
D that he has the woman up to his price. He then says he wants
security, A goes to this C again and finds that she has already
rented the house through E, a second broker, at the price which
A already offered owner and without security. Can A claim
commission as having procured the tenant?

Answer,—No.—Law Editor.

STAMPS ON MORTGAGES.
To the Editor of The Record and Guide:

I would be much obliged if you would inform me regarding the
iaw of attaching revenue stamps—first, on bonds; second, on
mortgages; third, on notariés' acknow^ledgments of signatures to
either?

Answer.—1. Under sanction of the ruling of the Internai Rev¬
enue Officie it has become the custom to afflx a 50c. stamp on
the bond where the mortgage is for $1,500, or less, and notify
that fact on the mortgage; where the mortgage is for more than
$],500 it is usual to afflx the requisite stamps to the mortgage
and notify that fact on the bond. The ruling referred to Is to
the effect that both bond and mortgage do not require to be
stamped, but one must, the larger tax requirement prevailing in
ail cases. 2. Twenty-five cents for each $500 in excess of $1,000.
3. Ten cents.—Editor Record and Guide.

To the Ediior of The Record and Guide:

Will you kindly inform us if the enclosed receipt requires a
war tax stamp, given to a tenant without a lease? "New York,
June 27, 1S90. Received from Mr. John Doe the sum of seventy
dollars in payment of rent due June 1 to July 1, 1890, 2d fioor, 21
E. 20th st.............Agents."

Answer.—We think not.—Editor Record and Guide.