February 2, 1901.





RECORD   AND   GULD*;.





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& W. R. Stewart, Riverside Drive and 83d st, owners; Julius
Munckowitz, 297 West 12Sth st,  architect.

1st av and H3th st, fire repairs to flat, to consist of two new
top stories; D. Tennitti, 2206 2d av, owner; W, O. Tait, 1238
Madison   av,   architect.

Lenox av, northeast corner of 115th st. Samuel Weingart.
proprietor of the "Weingart Institute" at Nos. 22 and 24 East
91st st, who recently purchased the plot 100x100 with dwelling
and stable at this location, will remodel both buildings. The
dwelling will be used for the school and the stable for a gym¬
nasium. On the part of the plot which is vacant he will erect a
5-sty building, Mr. Weingart recently sold the two dwellings.
Nos. 22 and 24 East Olst st,  to Andrew Carnegie.

ESTIMATES  RECEIVABLE.

By the Board of Education, corner of Park av and SOth st, un¬
til February 14, at 4 p. m., for sanitary work, new Public School,
134. southerly side of 18th av, west of Ocean Parkway, Brook¬
lyn. Plans and specifications may be seen at the estimating
room of the Board, corner of Park av and 59th st.

CONTRACTS AWARDED.

Contracts for sewers have been awarded as follows: 156th st,
from Beach av to Prospect av, to P. P. Brennan, No. 721 E.
ISOth st, at $3,695; 171st st, from Webster to Clay av. to
J. C. Rodger, Jr., No. 510 West 151st st, at $19,360; and for
Macombs road, from Inwood av to Cromwell av, to William E,
Welch.  No.  665 Lexington av,  at $6,802,

The contract for the erection of the new buildings of Mount
Sinai Hospital, on the block bounded by Sth and Madison avs,
100th and 101st sts, has been awarded to Norcross Bros., No. 169
Sth av. Arnold W. Brunner, No. 36 Union Square East, is the
architect. There ■will be nine buildings erected on the block at
an expense, including the land, of $1,600,000. Of this amount
all but $225,000 has been subscribed. The following are the offl¬
cers of the hospital: Isaac Wallach, president; Isaac Stern, vice-
president; E. Asiel. treasurer; and Louis M. Josephthal, secre¬
tary,

MISCELLANEOUS.

Stuyvesant st. Nos. 32 and 34, 5-sty brick fireproof school build¬
ing, 50x50; The Hebrew Technical Institute, owner; Mr. and Mrs.
Abraham Steinam, 162 Greene st, donors; Pollard & Steinam, 19
Union sq, architects. This building will be connected with tht
present building on 9th street.





A    NEW    BUILDING     FIRM.

A new building firm, to be known as Charles Brendon & Co.,
was organized on the 2Sth ult., with offlces at No. 109 West 42d
St. The gentlemen composing the firm are Messrs. Charles Bren¬
don and Alexander Milne. The former has been connected for
several years, with Mr. Charles Buek, long recognized as one of
the foremost builders in this city. It will be remembered Mr,
Buek recently finished one of the most successful building oper¬
ations in New York, on the site of the old Columbia College,
East 49tli and SOth sts. The last-named member of the new firm
is a nephew of Mr. Buek. The firm will succeed to the business
of Mr. Buek, who proposes to retire from the active details of
building, but who will, nevertheless, continue to maintain his
office as heretofore at the above address. This will, of course,
prove a great value to the younger firm, inasmuch as they will
be sure to profit from the able advice of so worthy a mentor.
The new firm propose to carry on the building business on the
same conservative business plans of their predecessor. Their
first effort in that direction will be the erection of a handsome
modern five-story American basement dwelling, with all the
latest approved appliances of the up-to-date house, on the lot
recently purchased by them on East Slst st, between Madison
and Park avs.





WATER FOR THE BRONX.

Repeated complaints of scarcity of water !n the Bronx have
led the Board of Public Improvements to announce a special
meeting at ten o'clock this (Saturday) morning on the subject,
to learn the facts. A resolution has been prepared asking the
Municipal Assembly to provide for another pumping station in
that borough. A resolution is now held up in the Board of Al¬
dermen which provides for an appropriation of $80,000 to in¬
crease the Bronx water supply. Commissioner Dalton has said
at various times that immediate action Is necessary, but he
wants to be permitted to make a contract without advertising
for bids.





CHAMBER   OF  COMMERCE   BUILDING.

James B. Baker, No. 156 5th av, has been commissioned to
draw the plans for the new building to be erected on the site of
the old Real Estate Exchange, Nos. 59-65 Liberty st, for the
Chamber of Commerce, for which the building committee is as
follows: John H. Kennedy, Alexander E, Orr, Cornelius N. Bliss.
Charles Stewart Smith. John Crosby Brown, Morris K. Jessup
and S. D. Babcock.





REMOVAL NOTICE.

Coburn & Dodge make the following announcement to the
trade: "Finding that in the last four years our business has
grown to such proportions that it is no longer practical to have
our officc'in one place and warehouse at another, we have leased
a 5-story and basement warehouse at No. 244 Water st, New
York city, where we have moved our office and will carry an
immense stock of all of our many patterns and guarantee to
fil! all orders promptly, either to the trade or contract to put up
and decorate the work complete. Our large experience In this
work, with our new and advantageous facilities, will assure oui
patrons that their orders will have prompt and business-like at¬
tention. We earnestly solicit your inquiries, and always con¬
sider it a favor to estimate, and hope that by strict attention to
business and liberal dealings to merit a continuance of your
favors.





RUSHING    STREET     OPENtNGS.

The Bureau of Street Openings, of which Assistant Corporation
Counsel John P. Dunn is now. and has been for years, the able
head, is pushing work at a great rate. Within a short time Mr.
Dunn has applied for the confirmation of the reports in 80 pro¬
ceedings, the awards in which amounted to $5,095,000—although
the property-owners claimed $9,500,000. Of these reports 72 were
confirmed, and only 8 are on appeal.





BUILDING  TRADES CONFERENCE.

There is to be a conference this (Saturday) evening, at the
rooms of the Builders' League, West 126th st, on the recommen¬
dations of the Charter Revision Commission relating to the De-
jiartment of Buildings. All the associations represented on the
Committee' on Building Code, of which Charles Buek is chair¬
man, have been asked to participate.





The stockholders and officers of the John Bell Company ten¬
dered a reception and dinner, with covers for nine, to Mr. John
J. Bell, their president, at the Waldorf-Astoria, January 24, being
the eve of his departure for an extended trip through the South
and old Mexico. Mr. Bell will spend a short time at Lakewood,
Atlantic City, and other points before beginning his tour through
Mexico. The affair was very enjoyable and all wished Mr. Bell
ail the enjoyment possible during his sojourn in the land of the
Aztecs.

OF    INT-CREST     TO     THE    BUILDING    TRADES.

Isaac A. Hopper is about to leave the city for a long trip in
Florida.

The Metropolitan Pire Proofing Co. inform us that they sup¬
plied and put in the fireproofing of the Atlantic Mutual Build¬
ing, and not the company to whom this work Tvas credited two
weeks ago.

The New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Company has
contracted with the American Bridge Company for two draw
bridges, which are to be operated by gasoline engines, one of
them to be located near New Hamburg, N. T., and the other
one near Little Perry, N. J. Both are through plate girder
bridges with double track,

Richard E. Thibaut, wall paper manufacturer, of Nos. 4S to 52
East 13th st, has opened a branch store at Nos. 607 and 609 Ful¬
ton St. opposite Flatbush av, Brooklyn. This has been made
necessary by Mr. Thibaut's large and growing trade in Brook¬
lyn and Long Island, and is for the convenience of decoratots,
enabling them to have their customers call and select designs.
A full and complete stock will be carried. The store will be
managed by Charles Lawson Young, late of Nevus & Haviland.

Local advices state that an extraordinary building boom is de¬
veloping in Chicago and its vicinage. Architects are extremely
busy getting up plans and specifications for all classes of struc¬
tures, from stately office buildings and apartment houses to in¬
numerable dwellings of all descriptions. A suggestion of the
magnitude of the improvements awaiting the opening of the
building season is contained in the statement made on good au¬
thority that in the spring foundations for 500 flat buildings will
be laid within a radius of a few blocks In one street of the 2Sth
Ward. A special reason exists for this activity, of course. Very
little building was done last year because of the fight between
the contractors and the labor unions, hence the business of this
year will represent a great deal of work which would under more
favorable conditions have been done last year.





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