April 27, 1918





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





557





CURRENT WHOLESALE PRICES.

CURRENT wholesale prices, prevailing
on the Building- Material Exchange
and elsewhere in the Metropolitan district.
Allowances must be made for yard and
store prices:

Note.—Price   changes   are   indicated  l>y
black-face type.

BRICK   (Cargo   lots,   at   the   wharf,   to
dealers only), per M.:

For retail prices, New York, add cartage
plus 10 per cent.

North  River common..........$l>.00@$9.t>0

Raritation common..........No quotation

Second hand common, per load

of 1,500   .....................$6.00@ ------

Red     face     brick,     rough     or

smooth, car lots.............21.00@------

Buff brick for light courts.....21.00@------

Light colored for fronts.......25.00 @ ■------

CEMENT   (wholesale, 1,000 bbls. lots and
over, alongside dock, N. Y.):
Domestic   Portland,   Spot......$2.55@ ------

Rebate on bags, returned, 10c. bag.
Rosendale   Natural   to   dealers,

wood or duck bags..........$1.15@------

Rebate on bags, returned, 10c. bag.

CRUSHED STONE (500 cu. yds. lots, f. o.
b. alongside dock N. Y., wholesale):
Trap rock,  1@   in.   (Nominal) .. $1.25@$1.35

Trap rock, % in.  (nominal)-----   1.35@   1.45

Bluestone flagging,  per sq.  ft..     .17@   0.18
Bluestone  curbing,  5x16........40@------

HOLLOW   TILE   (fireproofing.    Prices   f.
o. b. factory, Perth Amboy, N. J.):

Exterior—

4x12x12 in., per 1,000.............----

6x12x12 in., per 1,000.............----

8x12x12 in., per 1,000.............----

10x12x12 in., per 1,000............----

12x12x12 in., per 1,000............----

Interior—•

3x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------

4x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------

6x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------

8x12x12 in., per 1,000.............•------

LIME (standard 300-lb. bbls., wholesale):

Eastern common   ..............$2.15 @------

Eastern finishing.............  2.35@------

Hydrated common   (per ton).. . 15.00@i------

Hydrated finishing (per ton). . .16.43fg)------

LINSEED OIL—

City brands, oiled, 5 bbl. lots..$1.55@------

Less  than  5  bbls..............   1.56@------

GRAVEL (500 cu. yd. lots f. o. b. along¬
side dock N. Y., wholesale):

1% in. (nominal).............  $3.00®------

% in.........................No quotation

Paving gravel...............No quotation

P.  S.  C. gravel...............No quotation

Paving stone................No quotation

LUMBER   (wholesale prices, N. Y.).:
Yellow pine (merchantable 1905, f.o.b.N.Y.):

8 to 12 ins., 16 to 20 ft.....$42.00@$55.00

14 to 16 ft.................   63.00@   75.00

Hemlock,  Pa.,   f.   o.   b.   N.  Y.

Base price, per M..........   33.50@   ------

Hemlock,  W.  Va.,  base  price

per M.....................   33.50@   ------

(To mixed cargo price add freight $1.50.)
Spruce, Eastern, random car¬
goes,   narrow   (delivered)..   38.00@   42.00
Wide cargoes   ...............   38.00@   56.00

Add $1.00 per M. for each inch in width
over 12 ins. Add $1.00 per M. for every 2
ft. over 20 ft. in length. Add $1.00 per M.
for  dressing.

Lath (Eastern spruce f. o. b. N. Y.):

Standard  slab   ................$5.00@$5.25

Cypress lumber (by car, t. o. b. N. Y.):

First and seconds,  1-in.....$65.00®------

Cypress   shingles,   6x18,   No.   1

Hearts......................10.00®------

Cypress   shingles,   6x18,   No.   1

Prime   ......................   8.50@------

Quartered oak   ...............95.00@107.00

Plain  oak   ....................75.00®------

Flooring:
White  oak,  quartered,  select.$51.50@$55.50
Red oak, quartered, select...   51.50@  55.50

Maple No.  1.................   47.00@   ------

Yellow   pine.  No.   1,   common

flat   .......................   38.00@   ------

N. C. Pine, flooring, Norfolk. .40.00@   ------

PLASTER—(Basic   prices   to   dealers  at
yard,   Manhattan):
Mason's   finishing   in   100   lbs.

bags,  per  ton...............$17.00®——

Dry Mortar, in  bags, return¬
able at 15c. each, per ton..     8.25@    8.75

Block, 2 in.  (solid), per sq. ft......$0.08

Block,  2-in.   (hollow), per sq. ft.....09

Boards.  ^ in. x 8 ft.................121/2

Boards, %  in. x 8 ft.................ISVz

SAND—
Screened and washed Cow Bay.

500 cu. yds. lots, wholesale. .$1.25@------

STRUCTURAL   STEEL   (Plain   material
at tidewater, cents per lb.):
Beams & channels up to 14 In.3.195® ■—-—

Beams & channels over 14 in..3.195®------

Angles, 3x2 up to 6x8..........3.195®------

Zees  and   tees.................3.195®------

Steel  bars,  half extras.........3.195®------

TURPENTINE:
Spot in yard, N. Y, per gal.. . $0.42@$0.42%

WINDOW    GLASS.       Official     discounts
from   manufacturers'   lists:
Single  strength, A quality,  first three

brackets   ...........................80%

B   grade,   single   strength,   first  three

brackets...........................82%

Grades A and B, larger than the first

three  brackets,  single  thick........79%

Double strength, A quality...........80%

Double strength, B quality...........82%





TESTIMONIAL    DINNER    TO   JOHN   P.   LEO

New Chairman, Board of Standards and Appeals,
Guest of Honor of New York Society of Architects





Chairman of the Board of Standards
and Appeals, John P. Leo, was the guest
of honor at a dinner tendered him last
night at the Aldine Club, 200 Fifth ave¬
nue, by the New York Society of Archi¬
tects. John P. Everett, Esq., legal ad¬
viser to the society was the toastmas-
ter, and about one hundred members
and guests of the society were pres¬
ent. The dinner was all that could be
desired and a particularly interesting
feature of the affair was the presence
at the board of Hon. Rudolph P. Miller,
for many years chairman of the Board
of Standards and Appeals. In his ad¬
dress Mr. Leo said:

"Since assuming office I have tried
to systematize methods and expedite
the matters coming before the board.
I am convinced that the board is a court
of equity rather than one of law and
that common sense and good judgment
should   be   the   keynote   of   all   rulings.





The result of this is that attorneys and
others cite legal opinions and quote
the law only as it applies to the case at
issue.

"When I took hold there were 1,255
resolutions that had never been pub¬
lished as required by law, and of this
number 1,197 had never been even writ¬
ten. Up to April 22 we have succeeded
in cleaning up 58, all of which have been
written and printed, in addition to 113
back cases written but not printed. Ev¬
ery resolution adopted since I took hold
has been written and printed and we
are clearing up the zoning law cases
and will have every one of them out of
the way in two weeks.

"Instead of putting the minutes of
the Thursday meeting in the Bulletin
every two weeks or two weeks after
the meeting, we have been printing them
the same week, thus gaining one week
on the resolutions and minutes instead
of losing time as in the past."





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.





Herbert Reeves, architect, has moved
his offices from 331 Madison avenue to
103 Park avenue.

Waddell & Son, Inc., consulting engi¬
neers, have recently moved their offices
from 165 Broadway to 35 Nassau street.

Marshall N. Shoemaker, architect and
engineer, has moved his offices from 810
Broad street to 207 Market street,
Newark, N. J.

Clarence Luce, architect, has moved
his offices from the Vanderbilt Con¬
course Building, 52 Vanderbilt avenue,
to  1452 Broadway.

C, W. Hunt Company, Inc., has re¬
cently moved its New York offices from
45 Broadway to the Astor Trust Build¬
ing, 501 Fifth avenue.

Charles Money, general contractor,
has moved his offices from the Vander¬
bilt Concourse Building, 52 Vanderbilt
avenue, to 228 West 36th street.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Marshall,
Jr., Washington, D. C, succeeds Lieu¬
tenant-Colonel I. W. Littel, in charge of
the cantonment construction for the
United States Army.

Society for Electrical Development,
Inc., will hold its annual meeting Tues¬
day, May 14, at 11 a. m., at the offices
in the Engineering Societies* Building,
29 West 39th street.

Bryant Fleming, architect, 1318
Prudential Building, Buffalo, N. Y., will
move his office about May 1 to Wyo¬
ming, N. Y., and will eventually open
offices in New York City.

American Concrete Institute will hold
its fourteenth annual convention at the
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, N. J.,
June 27 to 29. Secretary, Henry B.
Aivord, 27 School street, Boston, Mass.

Heyl & Patterson, Inc., Pittsburgh,
Pa., announce the opening of a sales
office at 90 West street. New York, in
charge of Raymond E. Brown, contract¬
ing engineer, who will devote particular
attention to wharf, shipbuilding and
other special cranes.

Clough-Bourne Corporation, 101 Park
avenue, Manhattan, has obtained a con¬
tract for the construction of two hang¬
ars and the other necessary equipment
for the Aero Mail Service of the U. S.
Treasury Department, at Belmont Park.
L. L, recently designated by the authori¬
ties as an aero mail station.

Nathaniel Dane, C. E., treasurer of the
United Fireproofing Company, 8 West
40th street, has recently been commis¬
sioned captain in the Quartermaster
Department, U. S. A., and has been
assigned to construction work on the
new hospital buildings on Staten Island,
for which the Thompson-Starrett Com¬
pany has the general contract.





George A. Fuller Co. recently obtained
the general contract for the construc¬
tion of the First National Bank Build¬
ing at Tulsa", Okla., to cost about $400,-
000, and also a contract to build the
wood alcohol plant at Lyles Station,
Term., for the Bon Air Coal & Iron Co.
This operation will involve approxi¬
mately $750,000.

J. Waldo Smith was recently awarded

the John Fritz Medal for his achieve¬
ment as engineer in the construction of
the Catskill Aqueduct for New York
City. The medal is awarded annually
for distinguished work in engineering
fields, and was established in 1902 in
honor of John Fritz of Bethlehem, Pa.
The jury of award consisted of repre¬
sentatives of the four national societies
of civil, mining, mechanical and elec¬
trical engineers.

G. V. P. Lansing, 508 West 112th street,
has been appointed New York repre¬
sentative for the F. S. Payne Co., eleva¬
tor manufacturer, Cambridge, Mass.
This concern has manufactured eleva¬
tors for the past fifteen years and has
been closely identified with the stand¬
ardization of the electrically operated
elevators. The engineering department
of this concern developed the low-speed
direct current motor and also the appli¬
cation of the counter electro-motive
force control now known as the car-
switch control and used on practically
all elevators of standard make.





GOVERNMENT WORK.

Advance  Information   relative  to
operations for Federal Authorities.





BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Brooklyn Line Im¬
provement Corp., 1607 45th st, has the gen¬
eral contract for a 1-sty frame isolation
hospital, 26x59, at City Park Camp, for
the U. S. Government, Navy Dept., C. W.
Parks, Chief of Bureau of Yards and
Docks, Washington, D. C, owner, from
privately prepared plans.   Cost, $6,000.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.—U. S. Government,
Navy Dept., Dept. of Public Works. C. W.
Parks, officer. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, les¬
see, contemplates erecting frame barracks,
mess halls and dispensary bldgs on ground
two miles long and 100x400 ft wide, on
Shore rd, from 65th st to Fort Hamilton
av, from privately prepared plans. The
Park Dept., Brooklyn Borough, William P.
Grell, pres.. Municipal Bldg, Manhattan,
is the owner of the land. An appropria¬
tion of $1,400,000 has been asked for and
details will be available later.

TOMPKINSVILLE. S. T.—U. S. Govern¬
ment, Joseph T. Yates, Light House In¬
spector, Tompkinsville, S. I., owner, is tak¬
ing bids on the general contract, to close
2 p. m.. May 7. for a 3-sty brick office and
laboratory bldg, 55x30, from privately pre¬
pared plans. Pershing Construction Co.,
309 Broadway, Manhattan, is figuring the
general contract and desires bids on all
subs.   Cost. $21,000.