AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE.





Vol. XIII.                    NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1874.                        No. 305





Safety Hotel and Store





Accidents avoided if Rope, Belt, and Engine break.
No nice adjustment requiring constant attention. Price
one-third less than others claiming to be safe.

Manufacturer? of Pumps, Engines, Boilers, and Hoist¬
ing Machinery for every conceivable use. Contractors',
Planters', Wreckers', Miners', Builders' Pumping and
Hoisting Outats. Address WM. D. ANDREWS &
BRO., 414 Water Street, New York.

Brown's Cable Carriages for Coal Yards, Mines, Quar¬
ries, Ac, &c.







PATENT

SAFETY
HOISTING

MACHINEEY.

Otis Bros. & Go.
848B'dway,N.Y^S





PASSENGER AND FREIGHT

FOR HOTELS,   OFFICE BUILDINGS,  STORES,
APARTMENTS AND PRIVATE HOUSES.

The only Machine in use combining PERFECT
SAFETY with smooth, rapid, noiseless movement, and
greatest economv iu fuel and maintenance. Special
adaptation for STORES, FACTORIES, FURNACES,
AND MINES.





BUENA VESTA

FKEE-STONE WORKS,

JOHN M. MUELLER, Proprietor.

STONE-YARD AND STEAM-MILl,

S. W. cor. llth Avemie and 60tliSt., IT. Y.

BLOCK STONE, S.4WED STONE, CUT STONE.





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R. W. FORBES,

LUMBER  OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

for SHIPPING or DOMESTIC USE,

At Wholesale or Retail.

Yard, Cor. of West 29th Street aiid llth Ave..

I>oTVix-To-\vn   Ofiloe.

14  SOVTH  WIZBIAM STREET.





The undersigned gives special attention to Real

Estate as agent, taking the general charge and super¬
vision of Houses and Stores, collecting Rents, &c.
References of the highest order furnished for ability,
experience, and integrity. ThtJ care of Estates, large
or small is solicited.

JAMES R. EDWARDS,

Real Estate Broker and Agent,
09 West 23d Street.





Door and Window Trimmings, Sills and Lintels, Flag-
ing and Steps, Ashlar and Water-table, CONSTANT-

-jY on hand and furnished at short

NOTICE.

Estimates given for Stone-Feonts, and Sa-winq for
THE Trade.

1 aim sole proprietor of "Buena Vista Free-Stone
Quarry," situated near Buena Vista, Scioto Co.. Ohio,
and, with my improved facilities, am prepared to deliver
in New Yorlc 100 car loads evkry week;.

The FINEST GRAINED, the MOST DURABLE, and the
most BEAUTIFUL Building Stoue offered to the people of
New York. Free from defects, blemishes, and disinte¬
grating properties. Subjected to repeated tests, it stands
a pressure of 3,00O POUNDS more to the sq^uare inch
than Brown Stone of Connecticut. In a fire it is supe¬
rior to all other stone.

The following buildings, among others in New York
city, exhibit the stone, viz.: St. Luke's Home, corner
OfMadison AvenueandSilth Street, the church adjoining,
twelve houses corner Madison Avenue and 64th Street,
and my otHce front, corner Blevent.k Ave. and (iOth St.

Call and examine the Stone. Samplfes furnished free.
Terms reasonable.   Addres, Box No. 8, Station G, N.Y.

DAnTeL    BERDSALL,

(Late of the fir..      John Lloyd & Sons)

BSAL ESTATE BROKER,

No. 345 BROADWAY,

(Room 4.)                       ,.     .,^     Cor. Leonard Street.





GOODWIN & DREW,





Residence and Office, 108 and 110 West Twenty-fifth St.,
near Sixth Av., New York.





JACOB APPELL & CO.,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,

217 WEST 23d STREET.   _„^^

Comer Eighth Avenue,                             NEW YORK,





Manufacturers k Builders' Bank,

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, S500.000,

916 Third Avenue and 55th St.,





TRANSACTS A





GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS

John Davidson, Pres.   C. A. Waterburt, Cashier;





TRADES' SAVINGS BANK,

West Twenty-third St., near EigMli Av,,
Have declared their usual Dividend of

SEVEN (7) PER CENT.,
Payable JANUARY 20. The business of this Bank in¬
creased more than one-half. In safety, equal to the best
institutions. MONEY DEPOSITED or DR.\WN AT
ANY TIME, INTEREST FROM DATE OF DEPOSIT,
thus saving accounts opened or transferred to this Bank
from loss of intftrest. Deposits before January 20 draw
interest from January 1. Accounts opened of any
amount and drawn against bv check when desired.

C. B. Le BARON, Pres't.
I. M. Freese, Sec'y.





MANUPACTrRED  BT

STEWART & CO.,

Works, extending through, from W. 18th to

19th St., near llth Av., New York.

Office, 539 "West 18th St.

Down-Town Depot, 269 Pearl St., near Fulton St,

SPECIALTIES.—STEAM PRESSED DRAIN-PIPE,
from 2 to ?8 inches in diameter, with all necessary fit¬
tings.

TERRA COTTA WARE.—Garden Vases and Statua¬
ry, Rustics, Fountains, Plain and Ornamental Chimney
Tops, &c., &c.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.





ESTATES TAKEN IN CHARGE.







JOSIAH N. CHRISTMA

STEAM STONE t

WYTHE AV., COR. RUTLE
BEOOKLYIf, E. D.

The undersigned haviu" recently pu'u
improved machinery, including, the fit
STONE-SAW CUTTER ever erected in
prepared to work any kind of Freestone,
orders to fill can rely that our late imprc'
unusual facilities will insure the utmot
promptnesB, aad econosay.





H. & J, L. YOUNG'S

Kecipi'ocatins

DIAMOND SAW MACHINE

roB

SAWINC   STONE,

AWARDED

THE GREAT MEDAL OF HONOR

At the 4l6t Aunual Exhibition of the

American Institute, 18T2.

These machines do their work at one-quarter of the
cost of the same by hand, and at oue-third of the cost
by the best other machinery.

All the Machines already furnished are giving full sat¬
isfaction to the purchasers.
A list of stone yai'ds furnished on application where
these saws are in daily use, and where parties inter¬
ested can learn the facts. We invite the most thorough
examination, as the facts are beyond credence until the
operation of the machine has received a personal esam-
ination.

HUGH & JAS. L. YOUNG,
Pateutees,
Cor. of 57th St. and Third Av.,
''Manufacturers' and Builders' Bank" Building.







WILLIAMS   &  MILLER,

QUA.»rtY 31 DEIST,

AND   WHOLESALE   DEALERS  IN

miwim SToiTE,

Ohio stone from Amherst and Berea Quarries,

GRAlSriTE,   MARBLE,   &c.

Office, No. 247 Broadway,

Chas. P. Williams,   )                                          xtwttt ■^■r^T•■n-

Chas. D. Miller, Jr. \                             ^^W YORK.

MIITTOFS. TILES,

PLAIN AND ENCAUSTIC,
For PuWic Buildings antl Dwellings,

As laid by us in

The Capitol at Washington,

And in numerous Churches, Banks, and Dwellings in
every part of the coiiutry.

Glazed and Enamelled Tiles for Mantels, Heartha,
Wainscotiujj, &c., and for Exterior Decoration.

MILLER & COATES,

370 I»eai*l Stx'eet, r»J"ew York,





TATE & OSBORNE,

All kinds of American and Imported Marble, Granite;
Cane Stone, Brown Stone, Ohio and Dorchester, and ail
other Stones, cut and set to order in any part of the
country or city.

91st Si 92a STS., EAST EIVEE, NEW YORK.

We claim to have unusual facilities for doing work
cheaply, accurately, and quickly, as our STEAM DIA¬
MOND STONE-SAW CUTTER, the first brought into
use in this city, works most successfully. Those having
business in our line are respectfully invited to inspect
the quality of our work, and give us an opportunity to
make estimates.





GOTHIC FURNACE

FOR   WARMING   CHURCHES,    SCHOOLS,   AND

DWELLINGS.

Is Powerful, Economical, and free from Gas.

Highest Award American Institute, 186&.

ALEX. M. LESLEY, Manufacturer,

224 and 826 West 23d Street, New York. (Send for book-