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RECORD AND GUTOE





November 23, 1912





HOUSE
WRECKING
DOWN TO
A SCIENCE

We contract with builders,
owners and architects for the
wrecking of buildings—small
or great—from top to curb.
Large forces of skilled work¬
men, under competent fore¬
men, together with modem
appliances and ample hauling
facilities, permit quick work.
System in all branches re¬
duces the bluster of wrecking
to a minimum. Our methods
provide safety to abutting
property and but slight street
encroachment.

We have handled as many
as a dozen big contracts
simultaneously during a single
month.

We guarantee satisfaction and
satisfy the architect, builder
and owners as to terms.
Write us or call us up and we
will have a representative
with you promptly on
appointment.

Jump House Wrecking Co.

45 West Thirty-Fourth St.

NEW YORK
Telephone, GREELEY 3332

Yards: Borden and East Avenue
Long Island City

Telephone 3750 Hunters Point







freight trains. The train load covered
the roof 576 feet long, 90 feet wide, with
tvfo "Ls" each 270 feet long on each end,
forming three sides of a square. The
.genuine Bangor Slate Company will send
illustrated literature to any address on
request.





under their management are not Inclined
to flirt with efficiency. They Insist upon
employing those mediums of accomplish¬
ing things that have been tested and have
been found true.

One of the principal reasons why the
vacuum cleaner has not been used ex¬
tensively by apartment house owners in
the past was the tremendous cost of In¬
stalling a plant and the electrical and
plumbing work In connection therewith.
After several thousands of dollars have
been spent in many cases the expense of
running it was found to be exceedingly
heavy and the machine very often got out
of order. The problem was solved when
the portable machines became perfected
and eugineers have agreed that it costs
over 66%% i^r unit less to operate a
portable vacuum cleaner than it does a
stationary plant. Moreover, the consump¬
tion of current is obviously much lower
and the cost of many portable machines
does not exceed the initial cost of one
stationary plant, which, as a rule, has
from two to five sweeper capacity; that
is to say, that five people for instance
could be using the plant at one time. If
the central plant got out of order, there
could be no cleaning, while on the other
hand, if one portable machine got out of
order, another one could easily be pro¬
vided. The real estate companies are
therefore more inclined as a result of
their experience to handle the portable
machines.

The Santo Electric Appliance Co.
points with pride to the fact that the
Douglas Robinson-Charles S. Brown Co.,
Potter & Co.. the Lowell Realty Co..
the American Real Estate Go., the Garden
City Co., and the No. i Wall Street Co..
among many others are users of their ma¬
chine. A vacuum cleaner that has been
seven years on the market, giving general
satisfaction in that time must have much
merit, not only because it is efficient, light
and simple, but because it is noiseless and
durable.        Literature      describing      this

vacuum cleaner and the guaranty bond
v?hlch is perpetual and not confined to
only one year will be sent upon applica¬
tion to the company at Its office, 186
Madison avenue, at 33d street.





Vacuum Cleaner a Realty Factor.

In this age of progresslveness in build¬
ing design and management the problem
of rapid and effective cleaning of offices,
lofts, showrooms and apartments is one
which centers largely In the profitableness
of the finished structure. The vacuum
cleaner is its only solution, but there is a
question in the minds of every specifier
and-" everj' building manager as to whit
type of vacuum cleaner to emplpy. The „
best answer to this question is an inves-
tigafloli showing what- type leadijig build¬
ing manag'ers ^nd architects areousiQg."

Interests'   having  largie .rf^jJaLJl"?"11 ng'i





BUILDING   MATERIALS.

(Continued   from   page   972.)

of the miners will permit, there should be
a fairly good supply of the steam sizes,
and we do not think there is much prob¬
ability of a marked  increase In price.

"Such Increase as there has been thus
far and probably will be later on is sim¬
ply a legitimate reaction from the ex¬
tremely low prices that have prevailed on
this class of business in the recent past,
due to unlimited competition and perhaps
over-shrewd buying on the part of the
managers. With the elimination, through
failure, of one disturbing factor, the situ¬
ation has been considerably improved and
we surmise that your friends among the
building managers will have to pay a
price more in consonance with the value
of the fuel they purchase.

"They are, as a rule, great folks for
trimming down on the expense account,
but we think they have had their day
with regard to unduly depressed prices on
coal."^F, E. Saward, editor and pro¬
prietor.

Hencken & Willenbrock Co.: "If the
trade will order just what they need for
their immediate requirements, there
should be no cause for anxiety. When
navigation closes in the lake regions
around the first of the month, we expect
considerable improvement in the ship¬
ments of coal."

^ iDIin y. Stephens,'"lnc.: "If the consumers
do not get panicky and demand more than
they really need for immediate use, there
wili in ali probability be enough coal to
go around.

"As far as economical methods of using
coal are concerned, the differences in the
capacity   of   furnaces   and   work   required

'Inake ^Ch-plant "a separate problein. In
general, however, coal can b"fe saved by
banking with pea or buckwheat and by
using steam sizes, which, so far, have been
plentiful in this market.

"Of course, a great deal depends upon
the' weather. An open winter should be a
blessing to dealer and consumer both."—•
Alex. J.  Fraser,  secretary.

Thomas Stokes & Sons, Inc.—"The an¬
thracite coal situation at present is very
serious, 0W;lng to the fact of Curtailment
of shipments to the New York market by
thelargefoal carrying railroads.    We are

^Infor'oiei.-h.ow&ver, that ther* will be
larger shipments after November 25th,
and that there is'iio reason for any great
anxiety  upon 'the. part   of -consumers."—

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PROPOSALS





The rate for Advertiangunder thisheadingis 25
cents per line, nonpareil measurement, with a
minimum of four lines. Copy received until 3
P. M. Friday.





NOTICE   TO   CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of Union Free School
District No. 7, (Great Neck), Town of
North Hempstead, Nassau County, N. T.,
at 3 P. M., on Saturday, Dec. 14th, 1912,
for the erection p- ' construction, the
heating and ventilating, the plumbing and
the electrical work necessary for the pro¬
posed new High School building to be
built in Great Neck. Long Island, New
Tork, in accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared therefor by Wil¬
liam T. Towner, Architect, 320 Fifth Ave¬
nue, New Tork City, from whom all fur¬
ther information, plans and specifications
may  be  obtained.

No bid will be considered unless sub¬
mitted in accordance with the require¬
ments of the specifications, nor unless
accompanied by a certified checque for
2% of the amount of the bid, payable to
Arthur J. Ninesling, Treasurer, which
conditions govern the submission of bids
on the general specification, the heating
and ventilating, the plumbing and elec¬
trical   work   alike.

The successful contractor will be re¬
quired to furnish an approved Surety
Company's bond for an amount equal to
not less than one-third of the contract
price, which bond must be satlsfactorv In
its terms and conditions to the above-
named Board of Education and the Archi¬
tect.                                               .           .  ,_,.

A copy of the authorized form of bid
will be furnished to each competing con¬
tractor upon application to the architect
five days before the date set for the re¬
ceiving   of   the   bids.

Five copies of the plans and specifica¬
tions have been furnished the aforesaid
Board of Education, three of wbich are
on file at the present High School build¬
ing in Great Neck and may be seen there
by  the  contractors.

Copies of said plans and specifications
may be had at the Architect's office by
responsible builders only and in the dis¬
cretion of the said Architect by deposit¬
ing with him the sum of Twenty Dollars,
which deposit will be refunded, less the
cost of production of the plans and speci¬
fication upon the return of the said plans
and specifications in good condition, and
upon   receipt  of  a  bid.      .   ^,

The aforesaid Board of Education re¬
serves the right to reject any or all bids,
or to waive any technicality not express¬
ly forbidden by law should they deem It
to their best interests to do so.

(Signed)            RICHARD KEHOE,

President.
JAS.   C.   SPALDING.   Secretary.___________

TREASURT DEPARTMENT. Office of
the Supervising Architect, Washington,
D. C, November 12, 1912.—Sealed pro¬
posals will be received in this office until
3 o'clock p. m. on the 26th day of Decem¬
ber, 1912, and then opened, for the con¬
struction (including plumbing, gas piping,
heating apparatus, electric conduits, and
wiring, and interior lighting flxtures) of
the United States post office at Clarks¬
ville, Tex. The building to be one story,
mezzanine and basement, approximately
3 456 square feet ground area, brick faced,
with stone trimming and tin roof. Copies
ot the drawings and specification may be
obtained from the office of the custodian
of the site at Clarksville. Tex., or at this
office at the discretion of the Supervsing
Architect. OSCAR WENDEROTH, Super-
vising Architect.             __________________

TREASURT DEPARTMENT, Office of
the Supervising Architect, Washington,
D C, November 12, 1912.—Sealed pro¬
posals will be received in this office until
3 o'clock p. m. on the 12th day of Decem¬
ber 1912, and then opened for the instal¬
lation complete nf an electric passenger
elevator in the United States post office
at Florence, Ala., in accordance with the
drawing and specification, copies of which
may be had at this office or at the office
of the custodian, at the discretion of the
Supervising Architect. OSCAR WENDE¬
ROTH,  Supervising  Architect.





Jeremiah Skidmore's Sons: "The coal
situation in the City of New Tork to-day
is a serious one. The shortage which is
a direct result of a long suspension we
feel sure, is as acute now as it will be at
any  time.

"The recent warm weather has helped
the operators in that the amount mined
has been much in excess of the amount
consumed. There has been an attempt
made to ship coal to remote points by
rail and water, which probably cannot be
reached after the present month, at which
time more coal should come to this
Tn fl i*lc & t

"We believe that the consumers should
in every way save as much coal as possi¬
ble, and keep their bins well fliled for
future emergency, but we do not see how
the consumption can in any way be cut
down, as modern handling of business
buildings has generally resulted in a very
e(;pnQniic,.eonsumpti<>n of coal,