June 9,1917





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





817





COMMITTEE  ON LUMBER.

THE subcommittee on lumber
under the committee on raw
materials, Council of National De¬
fense, is as follows: Chairman, R.
H. Downman, president, National
Lumber Manufacturers' Associa¬
tion, New Orleans, La.; E. T. Al¬
len, manager. Western Forestry
and Conservation Association,
Portland, Ore.; D. O. Anderson,
lumber manufacturer, Marion, S. C;
W. R. Brown, lumber and paper
manufacturer, Berlin, N. H.; W. E.
Delaney, president, Kentucky Lum¬
ber Co., Lexington, Ky.; Henry S.
Graves, chief forester. United
States Forest Service, Washington,
D. C; J. F. Gregory, logger and
lumber manufacturer, Tacoma,
Wash.; Charles S. Keith, president.
Southern Pine Association, Kansas
City, Mo.; George B. Lewis, lum¬
ber manufacturer, Holyoke, Mass.;
G. S. Long, manager, Weyer¬
haeuser Timber Co., Tacoma,
Wash : W. M. Ritter. president, W.
M Ritter Lumber Co., Welch, W.
Va.; E. A. Self ridge, president.
Northwestern Redwood Co., and
Redwood Manufacturers' Associa¬
tion, San Francisco. Cal. ; W. H.
Sullivan, manager. Great Southern
Lumber Co., Chicago, IIL: C. H.
Worcester, president. C. H. Wor¬
cester Lumber Co., Chicago, 111.





Will Remodel Hotel Renaissance.

Plans have been filed for the recon¬
struction of the liotel Renaissance prop¬
erty at the southwest corner of Fifth ave¬
nue and 43d street, recently purchased by
William Ziegler, Jr. The building \vill
be converted into a high-class office
building of modern type with stores on
the first and second floors. The present
central light court will be built over, and
a large new light court built on the
southerly lot line. The alterations will
cost approximately $250,000 and will be
made from plans bv Rouse & Goldstone,
38 West 32d street'^ architects.





To  Build  Club  Addition.

Marc Eidlitz & Son, 30 East 42d street,
have the general contract for the con¬
struction of the addition to the nine-
story brick and stone clubhouse of tlie
University Club at 6 to 8 West 5Sth
street, from plans by McKim, Mead &
White, 101 Park avenue, architects. The
New York Life Insurance Company has





"LIBERTY  LOAN."

The $5,000,000,000 bond issue of
this year is named "The Liberty
Loan of 1917" because it is. to be
a loan from a free people to be
used in freeing the world. It is
the loan of a liberty-loving people
to be devoted to the establishment
of liberty in Europe and on the
high seas. It is the loan of the
great democracy of the New World
to redress the wrongs and support
the cause of the democracy of the
Old World.





War  Time  Preparations.

The Public Service Commission is co¬
operating with all of the great public
service corporations of New York City,
some forty in number, and in addition
with the New York Telephone Company,
which is not under its jurisdiction, to
the end that there shall be no cessation
of functioning on the part of these great
corporations during the course of hos¬
tilities. The transportation, gas, elec¬
tric and telephone companies of New
York Citv furnish approximately 20 per
cent, of the whole quantity of such ser¬
vice supplied in the entire country. It
is hoped that it may be possible for the
employes of the several utilities corpor¬
ations to be so classified and their -work
adjusted that those within the ages spe¬
cified by the Draft Law may be spared
for military service as far as may be
consistent with keeping these utilities
going. It is also hoped to aid the Gov¬
ernment bv certifying to it such men as
are specialists in their respective lines,
who may be needed for important and
specific  work  by  the   Government.

.A.S a result of a circular to the heads
of the several corporations, setting forth
the urgency of the situation, an informal
conference   was   held   at   the   offices   of
the Public Service Commission last week
at which an organization was formed for
the purpose mentioned above.   The gath¬
ering was addressed by Chairman Oscar
S  Straus, Commissioner Travis H. Whit¬
ney.  George  B.  Cortelyou, president of
the Consolidated Gas Company, and sev¬
eral   others.                                                  . .
Chairman   Straus   in  his  address  said
that if at any time during the war, ow¬
ing to the lack of men or if for any other
cause, there should be a paralysis in the
operation of any of the great public util¬
ities of New York City, the effect will be
felt   far   beyond   New   York   City.     He
pointed out that one highly trained man
could perform at home  functions  more
important  to  the   national  welfare  than
the work of a regiment in the field.

The following executive committee was
named to carry out the project contemi-
plated by the conference: J. W. Lieb,
vice-president of the New York Edison
Companv; Walter R. Addicks, vice-presi¬
dent of the Consolidated Gas Company;
E. .\. Maher, Sr., president of the Third
.\venue Railway Company; T. J. Demp-
sey. Superintendent of Transportation,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company; F. H.
Thurber, New York Telephone Com¬
pany; J. H. Jourdan. engineer. Brooklyn
Union Gas Company, and Wilbur Fisk,
president of the Hudson & Manhattan
Railroad.





loaned to the Club $1,000,000 on its prop¬
erty at the northwest corner of Fifth
avenue and S4th street, which has a front¬
age of 100.5 feet on the avenue, running
irregular to 55th street, where it has a
frontage of 52 feet, the frontage in S4th
street being 174.11 feet.





What About
Coal





If 3^ou have tried to contract for advance
deliveries, you have found it impossible.
If }'OU have secured deliveries at all, you
are fortunate. And yet you have got -to
supply your tenants with electricity

There is one way out of the difficulty
worth thinking about now. Avail your¬
self at once of the service of the Central
Station, and spare yourself further worry.
The Central Station, as in the past, will
provide for its patrons. Our entire re¬
sources are at your command





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