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RECORD   AND   GUIDE





June 15, 1912







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PcTBonal and Trade Notes.

J. H, SCHEIER, the builder, baa removed
hia offices  to  12 East 42d street.

C. YINGLINO Se SON, manufacturers of the
Yiufe-llnf double action shaking Rate, have
moved their offices from 150 Broadway, New
York   City,   lo  1100  Broad  street,   Newark.

STERLING CEILI-NG & LATHING CO. re¬
cently moved from 18 East 42d st to 34!> East
23ii st, where they occupy much larger quarters
than formerly and earry a large stock of fur¬
ring  and  lathing.

THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION announces an examination July
10 to secure eligibles [rom which to make cer¬
tification to fill a vacancy in the position of
laboratory aid aud engineer at $'.)00 per annum,
in the forest products laboratory at Madison,
Wis.

S. PEAESON & SON, the contractors who con¬
structed the Pennaylvania East River tunnels
and the National Harbor at Dover, have secured
the contract for tbe new port of Valparaiso.
Four firms. Including a British, a Franco-Dutch
eombinalion of contractors aud a German firm,
tendered for the worlt. The amount of the con¬
tract is about §14,000,000 and the time allowed
for the coustruction of tbe port is seven years,

DE WITT CLINTON OVERBAUGH. formerly
president of the Building Material Exchange,
died last Friday night at bis residence at Nyack,
-N. V. He was born at Saugerties in 1.S40, and
before comiog to New York he was a builder in
Ulster County, and was presideat of the com¬
panv whieh built the Grand Hotel at Summit
station in tbe Catskills. In the early eighties
he engaged in the busines of dealing in building
materials in tbis cily, as a member ot the Over-
baugh-Camp Company, which is now engaged iu
a  different  line.

THE HILL DRYER CO, of Worcester, Mass..
and the Hill Canton Dryer -Co. of Canton, Ohio,
and Worcester, Mass., have obtained contracts
for the installation of their dryers ia 1,5 of the
new fire houses In New York City. Mr. B. P.
Hill, vice-president of both companies, will in
the future spend the greater portion of his time
at the New York offices of both companies. S3-S3
6tb st, Long Island City. Associated witb him
in tbe selling end will be Mr. John Doherty,
who has acted as office manager for the past
three years, and Mr. E. R. Rogers, who has just
joined the firm's New York ofBce.





Dyckman Tract Activity.
A buildinjr movement of distinctive im-
iportanee is about duo for the Dyckman
section. Recent announcements are to
the effect that Morris Freeman, who
owns the plot of six lots at the southwest
corner of Broadway and 20Tth street,
plans to erect a six-story elevator apart¬
ment house. The new structure will have
a frontage of 100 feet on Broadway ami
150 feet in 207th street. Directly oppo¬
site, at the southeast corner ot Broadway
and 207th street, 100x90 feet, T. S. Galardi
has had plans prepared for a six-story
structure. A few blocks to the north, at
the northeast corner of Broadway and
212th street, the Hazel Real Estate Com¬
pany wil! build a six-story elevator
house, 118.7x197.9 feet.





A Change of Base.

The Paterno Construction Co., of w hich
Charles Y. Paterno is the head, has
branched out from Jlorning-side Heights,
and will build an apartment house at the
southwest corner of Se\^nth avenue and
5Sth street. Mornin^sTQe Heights has
nearly reached its limit as a building
field. It is only about ten years since
the movement for the erection of apart¬
ment houses began there, and the Pa-
ternos have had a large part in it. Now
that there are few available sites left,
they have had to change the scene cf
their operations.





Chief Croker's Consistency.

Ex-Fire Chief Edward F. Croker will
be true to his professions in building his
new home at Long Beach. It will be a fire¬
proof d?,'elling, built of the National
Fireproof Company's hollow tile. The
doors, window frames and sashes will he
cf metal and the beams will be of fire¬
proofing material. Not a piece of wood
will be used in the construction of the
house. In case of flre in one room the
door can bo closed and the fire will burn
ilself out.





Canada Cuts Duty on Cement and Lime.

The Canadian government makes the
important announcement that it has de¬
cided "to grant for a limited period, a re¬
mission of one-half the duty paid upon
Portland cement and hydraulic or water
lime in barrels, bags or casks." The re¬
duction is made in response to an over¬
whelming demand from the West, where
sufficient Canadian cement cannot be had
for building operations.





TRADE LITERATURE





ElillKon  MnT^dn   nud   Gera  LntupN.

Bulletin 4947, just issued by the Gen¬
eral Electric Company is devoted to the
Illumination of electric railway cars and
the advantages possessed by Edison
Mazda and Gem lamps for this service.
The bulletin contains illustrations show¬
ing the illumination of cars by these two
types of lamps, as compared with that
resulting from the use of the old carbon
filament lamp. The bulletin should be of
great interest to railway men and should
help   solve   their   lighting   problems.





"MunielDiil   Mnrket   Policy."

Under the auspices of the City Club
of New York, a pamphlet under this title
has been prepared and is being distributed
by Hon. Cyrus C. Miller, President of the
Borough of The Bronx. Copies may be
obtained by addressing the Eorough Pres¬
ident.





Mlnlii]^  Eliif;lneer»'  Bulletin.

The May issue of the "Bulletin of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers"
is being distributed from the offices at
29 West 39th street. New York. The bul¬
letin contains interesting articles by
Charles A. Stewart. B. G. Klugh, Walter
S. Landis, Felix A. Vogel, Joseph W.
Richards  and  N.  V.  Hansell.





"The   Prodnctlon   of  Mica   in   J»I1."

An advanced chapter in the "Mineral
Resources of the United States for 1911."
entitled "The Production of Mica in 1911."
by Douglas B. Stewart is ready for dis¬
tribution. The publication is issued by
the Department of the Interior—U. S. Geo¬
logical Survey, George Otis Smith, di¬
rector, W^ashington,  D.  C.





Testing of Clay Refractories-
Bulletin number 7, Technologic Papers
of the Bureau of Standards is being dis¬
tributed by the Department of Commerce
and Labor, S. W. Stratton. director, from
the Government Printing Office at Wash¬
ington. This bulletin treats of tests of
clay refractories, with special reference
to their load ca'rying capacity at furnace
temperatures. The work is by A, V.
Bleininger, Ceramic Chemist, and G. H.
Brown, Assistant Ceramic Chemist of the
Bureau  of Standards.





Wood-Using  Indn.strlea.

"Wood-using Industries and National
Forests of Arkansas" is the title of ad¬
vanced bulletins just issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture of which
Henry S. Graves is Forester. It is divided
into two parts; part one, "Uses and Sup¬
ply of Wood in Arkansas" by J. T. Har¬
ris, 'Statistician, and Hu Maxwell, Ex¬
pert, and part two, "Timber Resources
of the National Forests in Arkansas" by
Francis   Kiefer,   Forest   Supervisor.

Electrical  Engineers.

The amendments to the constitution of
the American Institute of Electrical En¬
gineers are included in the contents of
the May bulletin ot the American Insti¬
tute. Copies may be obtained by address¬
ing the secretary of the American Insti¬
tute of Electrical Engineers at 33 West
39th street, New Tork. Price per copy,
$1.00.

Tlie   Production   of   Grapliitc.

The Department of the Inferior—U. S.
Geological Survey, Washington, D. C, is
issuing advanced chapter from "Mineral
Resources of the United States" by Ed¬
son S. Bastin. Copies may be obtained
by addressing the bureau at Washington.

Pavlns;  and  Roads.

The Texas Company is issuing a book¬
let describing roads made with their
Texaco road compound and announces
that they have changed the date of pub¬
lication to quarterly. The next issue will
be dated at August 1st, but issued in July.
The size will be. altered to agree with
standard catalogue file size 2-in. by 9-in.
All communications should be addressed
to editorial department. Texas Company,
17 Battery place, New York.

Xciv   Conorete   Mixers.

The Ransome Concrete Machinery Co.
a,re putting on the market two new types
of portable concrete mixers, Nos. 60 and
61. These designs embrace many new
ideas collected by the Ransome Company
in cooperation with street paving engi¬
neers and contractors. Full descriptions
will be sent on request to the Ransome
Concrete Machinery  Co..  Dunellen,  N.  J.