AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE..





Vol. YIII.                   NEW  YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1871.                     No. 19.7.







SAFETY HOISTING





OTIS =BI10THEB.S & CO.,

PATiiii^EES   AND   SOLE    MANUFACTUEEES,

.348 BROiJbWAT^-IsrE-nr Yoek.

J^ASSMWGBM'-: BLBVATOMS

I EOE  HOTELS.   OFFICE   BUILDINGS,   >iTOEES,
APABTilENTS, AND  PRIVATE HOUSES.

The only Machine in use cornbining perfect safety with
smoothness, noiselessne.ss, rapidity of movement, and the
greatest economy in the use of fuel.

Safety Hoisting Machinery for Merchandise and
Freight, for Stores, Manufactories, Furnaces, and Mines.

2,000 no-w in wse.







N? 48 EA'ST I4iy ST

SOUTH UNION  SQUARE.





LUMBEE AT WHOLESALE,

ALSO,   LARGE MANUFACTURERS.
Orders filled   direct  from Canada, Michigan, Chicago,
and Oswego, o?a'water or raill

PENNSYLYANIA LAND AGENCY.

TO^¥Eif.§13i!ffl>   I1SS.€>TSIEI£§,
NO. 62 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
No. 311; Walnut St.,           1        No. 1 Albany Terrace,

■               Phila.     I                              London.

Special attention ^ven to purchase and sale of Pennsyl¬
vania Lands, (rcologicat Reports and Surveys made. Tax¬
es paid.   Titles examined.  ,■■

A.  KLA;B1:R,

Steamlarble & Marbleizing Works,

.IfOS. 134 AND'136 EAST 18TH STREET,
New York.

-BET. THIED, AVEi AND,myiNG.PLACE.
Mantels, Grates and Fenders, Mdnnments, Head-stonps,
Floor-Tiles, Marble Counters, and Wainscoting for Hotels
and Banks, etc., etc.





THOMAS J. STEWART,
REAL    ESTATE    BROKER.

'•• Address

NO. 158 WEST 21st STREET.

Specittlty^ Business property and lots.   Investment? of
capital judiciously made,<and Warranting large returns.





PLAIN AND ENCAIISTIC,
For f ubllc Slulldings aiid Siwellings,

AS LAID BY US IN

The Capitol at Washington,

And in nwneronsCHUECHES, BANKS, .and DWELL-  1
\. INGS in every pairtof the country, j

Glazod ar.d Enamelled Tiles for.MANTELS. HEARTHS,
WAINSCOTING, &c., and for.EXTEiftlOIS. UEC-
©I£A.TIO.\.

I^ILLER  & COATES,

279 PEAIBSj ST., New Yovli.'
TI-IB









ARE MADE'

m EVERY CONCEIVABLE FORM,

AND OF THE

MOST EFFECTUAL GONSTHUCTION.

Are now in use on many of the finest Buildings in New
York and other Eastern cities.

Illustrated Sheet and Catalogue on appli¬
cation.   ,





75 EIGHTH AVEIfUE.





Painters' and Artists' Supplies,

1366 and 1368 IBSS.OA»\«rAY,

Between 3Tth and 38th Streets.





1193 Broadway, Apollo Building,

Importer of the best and heaviest grades of

PORTLAND  CEMENT.

The attention of Architects, Engineers, and Builders is
called to this superior Cement.

SEISTD     FOJB     CIRGXJI.AJB.





Prize Encaustic and Mosaic Tiling.

The undersigned begs to call attention to the Tiles manu¬
factured by T.' & R. BOOTE, Burslem, StafEordshire, Eng¬
land, for which they have been awarded Prize Medals in
all the "World's Fairs ever held.

" T. & B. BOOTE, by their patpnt process, are making
ENCAUSTIG AND- PLAIN FLOORING TILES of the
hai-dest texture and the finest tints (equal to Enamel tints),
which can be inlaid any depth, ensuring durability, and at
a much cheaper rate than hitherto charged.'"
"For Churches, Entrance Halls, Vestibules, &c., &c."

Designs and Estimates supplied without charge, and ex¬
perienced Pavers sent to suit purchasers. A large as.sorted
stock alwaj's en harid.    Samples can be seen at the office of

EDWARD   BOOTE,

VS   lytiarray   Street,   N'e'w   York.
Marble men supplied at low rates.





Wells' Patent and all. other kinds of Copper and Gal¬
vanized Iron. Not an accident in 20 year.s. American
Eence Co. Fence; H.B.iBrown's'.'Always Cool;" Stove
Lifters and Stove Dampers at wholesale and retail.

MARTIN WELLS & CO., Sensral Agents,

55 Dey st) New York; or 36 Elison St., Paterson, N.J.





jrOHN  TRIMBIili: & SON,

iVSahogany & Lumber Dealers,

llTU AVENUE, Cor. 24th STEEET.
Walnut," Oak, Ash, Cherry, Cedar, Buttenmt, Maple.









CHOUSE   PAINTERS,

!I)ccoratov0, etc. .

SPECIAL DESIGNS  FOB

Church Furniture, etc.







New York.                 tilllll|lllliiig.(fg





A. M. eANK-iMSOW,

Union  Carpet-Cleaning  Machine.

9 East 19th st., bet. Broadway and Fifth ave.. New York.
(Establisliccl inlSBl.) Carpets taken up, cleaned, and re-
laid. Every Carpet cleaned by thl'; Machine iscleaned under
Che personal supei-\'ision of t'lH Proprietor. ■ Carpets aro
thoroughly beaten by this Machine free from all dust- and
moths. Carpets carefully par'ced and preservedfrdm the
moth and kept on storage on r.svsonable terms. No charge
for Cartage to any part of the city. O rders by post promptly
ittended to.                 A N.^ HANKINSON, Proprietor.





G. B. SANFORB,





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17tli Street and 7tli Ave., New York,

Centre Flowers, Trasses, Pendants, Metiallions, Cornice and

Panel Enrichments, etc.
Contracts to any extent taken in all parta of the conntry.
N.B.—All country orders boxed and carefnlly packed.
Jobbing and repairing of every description done at. tho
shortest notice.                                       ;

Box 16i2, MECHANICS AXIJ TR.VDERS' EXOnAKSE.





R. W. FORBES & CO.,

LTJMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOfe
SHIPPING OR DOMESTIC USE,

AT ■yS-nOT.ESAI.K OB RETAIL.
COBNER,  OF WEST 29tii STREET & Htm  AYBNUE.
■    14 SOUTH WILLI.AM STEEET.        ,   "





MAITUFACTTJRESS' AHD BUILDERS'
FIRE INSURANCE CO.

CASH CAPITAL.     .       .       .       §200,000.
Principal Office, No. SOT BRO.ADWAY.     Branch Offlceis,
No. 890 Third Avenue, and Avenue C, coi". 7th St.
Insures aijainst loss or  dam=ige by fire' on the most
reasonable terms.         EDWARD V. LOEW, President.

J. J^AY NESTELL, Secretary.





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Real Estate and Insiiraiice Ageat,

200 VAKICK-STREET.
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