June 20, 1914





RECORD AND  GUIDE





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DWELLINGS.
BRIELLE, N. J.—Poundations are completed
for the 214-sty frame summer residence, 25x45
tt., along the Manasquan River, for William L.
Morgan, T63 Broad st, Newark. Plans pre¬
pared privately.   Cost, about $6,000.

FANWOOD, N. J.—H. D. Bonnell, Martin av,
has had plans prepared privately tor a 2V^-sty
frame residence, 26x40 ft., on Forest road, to
cost  about $5,000.

MORRISTOWN, N. J.—Tracy & Swartwout,
244 Sth av, Manhattan, are preparing plans for
a 2%-sty residence on Normandy Park road for
Pomeroy T. Francis, 103 East 75th st, Manhat¬
tan.    Cost, about $20,000.

PERTH AMBOY, N. J.—Benjamin Levy, care
of architects, is having plans prepared by Gold¬
berger & Grelsen, Angle Building, Perth Am¬
boy, for a 2%-sty frame residence, 24x56 ft.,
on State st, to cost about $7,000.

NBWARK, N. J.—E. T. Boggs. 136 South 4th
st, Philadelphia, Pa., has nearly completed plans
for a 2%-sty brick residence, .36x42 ft., for Her¬
bert Boggs, Kinney Building, Newark, N. J.,
owner, who will take bids on general contract.
Cost,  about $10,000.

PALISADE PARK, N. J.—Plans are being
prepared privately for three 2-sty frame resi¬
dences, 24x26 ft., for Owen B'ros. Sc Ackerman,
■owners and builders. Cost, about $3,500 each.
FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
CARLSTADT, N. J.-The Carlstadt Button
Co., llth st, contemplates rebuilding the 2-
sty reinforced concrete tactory in llth st. De¬
tails  will  be available  later.

HALLS AND CLUBS.
NEWARK, N. J.—Plans have been completed
by Pred Grad, American National Bank Build¬
ing, Newark, tor the 3-%ty brick and limestone
clubhouse, 40x106 ft., and wing 23x20 ft., in
the north side of East Park st, near Division
st, for the Newark Aerio, No. 44, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, 13 West Park st. Cost, about
$35,000.

TOWN OF UNION, N. J.—Joseph Lugosch,
408 Kossuth st, is preparing plans for alter¬
ations and additions to the dance hall at Hud¬
son av and Hackensack Plank rd for George
Miller, on premises. Cost, about $10,000.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
HOB'OKEN, N. J.—William T. Panning, Colt
Building, Paterson, is preparing plans for a
3-sty brick convent in Garden st for the Lady
of Grace R. C. Church, Rev. Father Eugene
Carroll, pastor, 400 Willow av. Cost, about
$65,000.

NEWARK, N. J.—The Board ot Esimate has
approved the appropriation ot $500,000 for the
purchase of property at the northeast corner of
Washington and Academy sts tor a 7-sty brick
and stone administration building, to cost about
$400,000, for the Board of Education of New¬
ark, Chas. P. Taylor, president. E. P. Guilbert.
City Hall, Newark, architect. George W.
Knight, 9 Pranklin st, Newark, engineer.
STABLES AND GARACTES.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Plans have been pre¬
pared privately for a 2-sty brick garage and
residence, 20x52 ft., on Jewett av for C. Smith,
2.36 Jewett av, owner and builder. Cost, about
.$6,000.

STORES. OFFICES AND LOFTS.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Clcarello & Maran¬
gelo, Second National Bank Building, Hoboken,
are preparing plans for three 1-sty brick stores
at 3651^-367 Central av for Mrs. & Mr. David
Bernstein, South st and Cambridge av, owners.
P. W. Woolworth, Woolworth Building. Man¬
battan, is lessee of one store. Cost, about $15,-
000.

Other Cities.

CHURCHES.
VBRBANK, N. Y.—Delano & Aldrich, 4 East
39tb Bt, Manhattan, are preparing plans for a
school and church for Hope Farms, care of
arcbitects. Flans will probably be completed
about July 1.

FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.

WATERLOO, N. Y.—Plans have been com¬
pleted for a 1-sty reinforced concrete hydro
electric plant, 140x80 ft., for the Tracy Develop¬
ment Co., A. M. Patterson, president, 45 Bast
17th st, Manhattan. Central New York Gas &
Electric Co., W. H; Falmer, president, Geneva,
lessee. Barnes ft Smith, 24 James st, Albany,
engineer. F. B. H. Paine, Bngineering Build¬
ing, 114 Liberty st, Manhattan, engineer for
lessees.    Cost,  about $250,000.

HALLS AND  CLUBS.

GENEVA, N. Y.—I. Edgar HIII, 24 Schnirel
Building, Is preparing sketches for a 3-sty brick,
stone and steel Masonic temple building, S0x90
ft., for tbe Ark Lodge, F. ft A. M., Charles Root,
master.     CoBt,   about  $50,000.

OSEETAK LAKE, N. Y.—The Oseetak Lake
Club, care of Benj. E. Hall, 32 Nassau st, Man¬
hattan, contemplates erecting a club house and
developing a park, including road building and
landscaping here, near Saranac I^ake, to cost
about $800,000.

SCHOOLS   AND   COLLBGBS.

KBBSBVILLE. N. Y.—Fuller & Robinson Co.,
95 State st, Albany, has been commissioned to
Prepare plans for a 2-sty brick and stone high
^chool in Front st for tbe Board of Education
of Keeseville. W. H. Tindale, president. Cost,
about $33,000.





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.





MARGOLIN & SIMERMAN, Inc., general con¬
tractors and builders, have established an
offlce at 373 Saratoga av, Brooklyn, N. Y.

GBORGE H. BICKFORD, President ot the
Woodbury Granite Company, delivered an ad¬
dress on "The Future Industrial Development
of  Vermont,"   on   a  recent  occasion.

B. A. CARPENTER, at one time assistant
secretary of the Thompson-Starrett Co., and
since 1908 vice-presldMit of the Theodor« Star¬





rett Co., has opened offlces at 120 West 32d st,
where he will conduct a general contracting
business.

J. GREENLEAF THORP, architect. East
Hampton, L. I., has. discontinued the practice
of architecture and is preparing to go abroad
for an indefinite period. It Is his Intention at
present to make his home in Italy. Mr. Thorp
has planned many flne country houses in the
eastern part of Long Island, having lived at
East Hampton since his removal from New
York City some years ago.

FRANK REID, civil engineer, has been
made resident engineer for Suffolk county. New
York, and has taken up his residence at Patch¬
ogue, L. I. He will have direct Bupervlslon
of over twenty-six miles ot highway construc¬
tion. This includes the road trom Bluepoint to
Moriches, known as the Bayshore-Brookhaven
road, and other State roads in course of con¬
struction. Mr. Reid has recently been trans¬
ferred from Whit« Plains, N. Y., where he was
in  charge of  Westchester County road work.

BOWKER-TORREY COMPANY, manufac¬
turers and importers of marble, slate and soap-
stone, of Boston, Mass., has been reorganized,
Jacob Schmitt, formerly with William Bradley
St Son, ot New York. City, has joined the flrm
as president and general manager, and he will
be assisted by S. G. Bentley and H. Selgfrled,
of the same flrm, as estimator and shop super-
intelndent respectively. A more progressive
policy is being instituted and new machinery is
being installed, which will enable the flrm to
handle large contracts promptly and efficiently.
ATELIER GUISSART for the study ot ar¬
chitecturai drawing and design has been opened
at 35 Broadway. The atelier will be under
the personai direction of A. Guissart and
Oscar S. Teale, architects. Courses have been
prepared in all branches of architecture, de¬
sign, perspective and rendering. Mr. Guissart
is a graduate of The Ecole des Beaux Arts,
Paris, and Mr. Teale is an instructor at Teach¬
er's College, Columbia University and Me¬
chanics' Institute in addition to being an ar¬
chitect of long experience in New York City.

P. E. PIERCE, consulting civil and metallurg¬
ical engineer, 35 Nassau st. New York, has
terminated his connection with the New Jersey
Zinc Co., in whose employ he has been tor
more than fifteen years in various capacities,
and has opened an office at the above address
to engage in consulting practice in civil and
metallurgical engineering. Mr. Pierce was grad¬
uated from the Columbia School of Mines in
1892. He has been for some time chief engi¬
neer tor the New Jersey Zinc Co. He is a mem¬
ber of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
the American Institute of Mining Engineers,
and the American Society ot Mechanical En¬
gineers.





OBITUARY





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JOH.V J. GEBERT, retired general contrac¬
tor, died of heart disease at his home, 19SA
Schaefer st, Brooklyn, Saturday, June 13. He
was sixty-two years ot age and is survived by
his widow.

ARTHUR L. NORTHROP, flrst assistant en¬
gineer of the State Highway Department, died
in Oswego, Monday, June 13. He was a gradu¬
ate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and
had been connected. with the State Highway
Department since 1900.

JOHN Mcelroy, retired general contractor,
died of acute indigestion at his borne 84 Brad¬
ford av. Flushing, L. I., Sunday, June 14. Mr.
McElroy was seventy-eight years of age and
had been tor a number of years prominent in
Democratic politics in Queens County. He was
a member ot the Shinnecock Democratic Club
and is survived by flve sons.

JACOB RAUTH, retired mason and general
contractor, died at his home, 434 Humboldt st
Brooklyn, Tuesday, June 16, aged 74' years'.'
Mr. Rauth was the contractor for the erection
of some of Brooklyn's notable buildings, chief
of which are Arion Hall, Schwaebischer
Saengerbund Hall and the B'udweiser and Otto
Huber breweries. He was a member ot a num¬
ber of German social and singing societies and
of Dupont Post, G. A. R.





TRADE   AND   TECHNICAL
SOCIETY EVENTS.





AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
will hold its midsummer meeting at Chautau¬
qua, N. Y., .Tuly 9-10.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF E.VGINEER
DRAFTSMEN.-Regular meeting third Thurs¬
day ot each month. Walter L. Smyth, secre¬
tary,  T4 Cortlandt st.  New York City.

BRONX SOCIETY OP ARTS AND SCIENCE
will hold its annual garden party at the Lorrl-
lard Mansion, Bronx Park, Saturday, June 20
(today), from 3 to 6 p. m.

NBW JERSEY STATE AsBociatlon of Mas¬
ter House Painters and Decorators will hold its
annual convention at the Hotel Brunswick. As¬
bury Park, N. J.. July 28-31.

INSTITUTE OF OPERATING ENGINEERS.-
Regular meeting second 'Thursday ot each
month. Bngineering Societies Building, New York
City. H. B. Collins, secretary, 29 West .39th st.
New  York  City.

CONVENTION OP CITY MANAGERS.-City
Manager C. E. Ashburner ot Springfleld, Ohio,
is sending out invitations to city managers
throughout the country to meet in convention
at Springfield,  August 4, 5 and 6, next.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL
BNGINBBRS.-Thirty-flrst annual convention
in Detroit, Michigan, June 22-26. Convention
headquarters will be at the Hotel Cadillac.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDING
OWNERS AND MANAGERS will convene at
Duluth, July M to IT.





STANDARD RATES.

For   Workmen's   Compensation   Insur.
ance.





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ing cleaning and caretaking, also the operation
of elevators, heating, lighting and power ap¬
paratus on the premises), $1.62; private resi¬
dences or private estates (contractors for jani¬
tor work, including cleaning and caretaking,
care of lawns, sidewalks and furnaces and all
other work incidental to the care, custody and
maintenance of the property, no construction or
repair work), $1.62; caisson work for building
foundations, $11.34; carpenters, construction
work (not bridge building), $4.28; carpenters,
interior trim and cabinet work only (away from
shop), $1.:30; carpenters (shop only), $2.01; cel¬
lar excavation, $8.10 ; cement manufacturing in¬
cluding quarrying, with or without blasting;
*rt*^',f.'^^°'% *°'' renovating outside surfaces
of buildings, $8.91; concrete erection (unit sys¬
tem) construction ot concrete columns, beams,
roots, walls and floors in sections including
subsequent erection and placing of same $11 34 ■
concrete hollow block manufacturers, $1.46:
concrete mixers, operation ot. $8.10; concrete
construction, without reinforcement, $6.48 • re¬
inforced concrete construction, $8.10; concrete
work, floors or pavements ot artificial stone or
concrete, not reinforced or self-bearing $3 24 ■
concrete    work     (foundations    for    buildings)'.

Contractors, building private residences,  flats
or   apartments,   with   or   without   stores,   one-
story  stores  and  stores with  oflices  above   pri¬
vate   stables   and   private   garages,   exclusively,
and buildings not mercantile or factory, all not
exceeding three stories and basement in height
where    outside    walls    above    foundations    are
wholly or in part ot masonry or concrete, includ¬
ing jobbing work connected therewith  (no blast¬
ing),   $4.2] ;   trame   residences,   flats   or   apart¬
ments,  with  or without stores, one-story stores
and   stores   with   offices   above,   private   stables
and private garages,  exclusively,  and buildings
not mercantile or tactory, all not exceeding three
stones  and  basement  in height,  including Job¬
bing work connected  therewith,  $3.24;  contrac¬
tors,  general, where all work is sub-contracted
or  where   contractor   performs   work   involving
more than  one  manual   classification:   (a)   for
watchman and timekeepers only, $6.4S •   (b)  for
superintendent,   watchman   and  cleaner's,   $6 48-
cornices   and   skylights,    erection   and   repair'
$b.l6;     dumbwaiters, installation, $3.24; dwell¬
ings   of   every   description,   when   occupied   hy
three or more families,  $1.10;  electrical equip¬
ment,   installation   and   repairs,  $1.30;   elevator
erection,   passenger   or   freight,   $3.24;   fire   es¬
capes, erection and repair, $8.10; flreproof con¬
struction,   by   means   ot   wire-lathing   and   con-
, creting, $6.48; flreproot construction, reinforced
or   suspended   concrete   floors,   $8.10;   flreproot
door  and shutter  manufacturers,  wood covered
with   sheet   metal,   $3.24;   fireproof   equipment
manufacturers, including herring-bone   and ex¬
panded  metal   products,   metal   furniture,   filing
equipment   and   wood-working,   $4.05;   fireproof
shutter, erection and repair, $8.10; fireproofing
tile   construction   and   repair,   $6.48;   foundry
iron, $2.T2;  furnaces   (heaters or stoves),  put¬
ting  together  and   setting  up   in   private   resi¬
dences only,  $1.30;  galvanized  iron and sheet-
iron workers, erection and repair (no tank erec¬
tion),   $6.16;   gas   and   electric   fixture   manu¬
facturers,   $1.62;   gas   and   steam-fitters   (shop
only),  $1.30;   gas,   steam  and  hot-water  appa¬
ratus    fitters,    and    installation   of   ventilating
plants (shop and outside), $1.30; glaziers (away
from shop), $4.0o; hod hoists, installation, oper¬
ation   and  removal   ot  hod   elevators   and   con¬
struction  hoists,  $6.16;   hotels,   excluding laun¬
dry,   40c.;   iron   work,   erecting   balconies,   fire
escapes,   railings,   staircases,   coal   chutes    iron
shutters,   $8.10;   iron   work,   erecting  steel   and
iron trame structures, $13.TT; iron work   orna¬
mental, erection within buildings, $4.05; jobbing
work   on   buildings,   other   than   private   resi¬
dences,   excluding   iron   and   steel   erection   and
the demolition of buildings, $6.16;  lime  manu¬
facturers, $4.86; lumber dealers, coal merchants
building or other material dealers receiving or
shipping by land and water, $4.05; lumber yard
employees   (commercial   yards   only),   no   mill
hazard,.  $1.62;   machine   shops,   with   foundry,
$2.07;  machine shops, without foundry,  $1.36
Marble cutters and polishers   (no quarrying)
$1.T8; marble and stone setters, away from shori
(no blasting), $6.16; marble and stone setters.
Inside construction only, $1.62; marble and stone
work, decoration in place only, .$4.05; masonry
work, $6.16; metal ceiline manufacturers, $2 43 •
metal ceiling work, installation away from shop'
$4.05; offlce buildings. $1.10; painters, painting
steel structures and bridges exclusively, $13.TT;
painting   and   decorating,   interior   work   exclu-^
sively, away from shop. $1..30: cement quarries
with or without blastine. $8.10; quarries, blue-
stone,   granite   or   marble   for   monumental   or
J5?iy°^   purposes,   with   or   without   blasting.
$6.48;   real   estat.'>  agent  employees,, outside  of
office, including collector, no construction work
lOc.;     refrigerating     machinery,     installaUon!
J4.54:    sash,    door    and    blind    manufacturers,
$.3.43: scaffolds,  installation,  oneration  and  re¬
moval,     $8.10;      sewer     building,      maximum
depth    of    excavation.    T    feet   at   any    point,
I i?Lj      s^wer     buildine.      limit     of      depth,
$12.96;    iron    and    steel    works,    shop,    fab-
rioatinff   and   assembling   stru?turel   iron   and
steel, $0.67; Iron and steel works, shop, manu¬
facturing   ornamental   brass,   bronze   and   Iron
work   exclusively,   $1.78;    stone    cutters    and
polishers,   $1.T8;   subway,   construction   of    for
passenger   and   freight   traffic,   tunneling 'only
$13.28;   tile work,  for  decorative  floors,   wain¬
scoting and interior decoration. $1.02; tinsmiths
away from shop, $8.16; tinsmith shop, not other-