July 26, 1902.
RECORD AND GUIDE.
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PAINT.
There is a good demand for zinc oxides from the home mar¬
ket, but not much from abroad. Heavy orders continue In dry
colors. There is a fairly large volume of business in all the
more important lines,
A new paint factory will be started by local capitalists at New
Castle, Pa,
ATLANTIC AV.—The Columbia Machine ^Vorks, No. 18 FiU-
ton st, Brooklyn, has purchased property, 200x150 ft, comer
Chestnut st and Atlantic av, and will erect thereon brick and
stone factory buildings. John C. Buehler, the President, will
draw the plans.
Building News
APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS.
55TH ST.—E. Gabrilowitz, No. 274 Henry st, will erect a 6-sty
tenement, 40x87.5. to cost $35,000, at Nos. 149 and 151 East 55th
st; Bernstein & Bernstein. No. Ill Broadway, are the architects.
116TH ST.—Neville & Bagge, No. 217 West 125th st, have
drawn plans for a 6-sty brick and stone apartment house, 5(>x
87.11, to be erected on the north side of 116th st, 175 feet east
of Lenox av, by the Astoria Land & Construction Co., No. 347
Jamaica av, Astoria.
IITH AV.—The New Tork Dressed Meat Co., a company in¬
corporated at Albany last week, will erect on a plot with a 200
ft. frontage on Ilth av, between 39th and 40th sts, a $1,000,000
plant. The company was organized with the purpose of pro¬
tecting its members from the effect of actions of the Beef com¬
bine. Mr. Mayer Meyers. 44th st and 1st av, secretary of the
company, says that no architect has been selected.
LEWIS ST.—Plans are being prepared by Bernstein & Bern¬
stein, No. Ill Broadway, for a 6-sty brick, stone and terra cotta
tenement, at Nos. S5-89 Lewis st. Klein & Roth. No. 21 West
Houston st, are the owners. Cost to be about $60,000.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
62D ST.-^ohn K. Turton. No. 1135 Broadway, has received
the general contract for alterations to the residence, No. 135
East 62d st. Mason work, plastering, painting, carpentering,
plumbing, heating, etc., will be required; the cost will be $15,000.
Foster, Gade & Graham. No, 281 4th av, are the architects.
Philip J. Sand is the owner.
64TH ST.^—The general contract for exterior and interior alter¬
ations to the brick and stone residence. No. 163 East G4th st, has
been awarded to John K, Turton, No. 1135 Broadway. Mason
work, plumbing, plastering, heating, carpentering, etc.. will be
required. Foster, Gade & Graham, No. 281 4th av, are the archi¬
tects. Mrs. R. G. Graham is the owner. Cost to be $12,000.
SIST ST,—John K. Turton, No. 1135 Broadway, has received
the general contract for alterations on the brick and stone resi¬
dence. No. 62 West Slst st. Mason work, plumbing, carpen¬
tering, plastering, etc., will be required. Pickering & Walker, No.
1135 Broadway, are the architects, Mrs. Julia G. Walker is the
owner. Cost will be about $20,000.
Patrick Gallagher was the lowest bidder at $87,000 for an ad¬
dition to public school No. 92, Manhattan; other bidders were
Thomas Dwyer. $107,150; Patrick Sullivan, $112,323; Thomas B,
Leahy, $106,743; John H. Goetschius, $111,600; Luke A. Burke,
$92,770; John R. Sheehan & Co., $109,000, For public school No.
51, Queens, William P. McGarry was the lowest bidder, the other
bidders were George Hildebrand, $59,187; John R. Sheehan & Co,,
$68,400; Murdo Tolmie &. James Kerr, $61,800. Contracts for
both will be awarded on Monday to the lowest bidders.
SPRING ST.—The George A. Fuller Co., No. 135 Broadway,
the second lowest bidders on the Butterick Publishing Company's
16-sty flreproof factory, have received the general contract in¬
stead of Wells Bros. Co., as reported, the latter having with¬
drawn. The site is the northwest corner of Spring and Mac¬
dougai sts. etxending to Vandam st. Cost to be $1,000,000. Hor¬
gan & Slattery. No. 1 Madison av, are the architects. The But¬
terick Publishing Co,, No. 17 East 13th st, are the owners.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LEXINGTON AV.—For the 69th Regiment Armory, at Lex¬
ington av, 25th and 26th sts, plans will be submitted in com¬
petition by R. W. Gibson, No. 76 William st; Hunt & Hunt, No,
26 East 21st st; Grosvenor Atterbury, No, IS West 34th st; How-
ells & Stokes, No, 100 William st; and Stoughton & Stoughton,
No, 96 5th av. The building fund is $550,000. The designs
must be submitted on or before Sept. 15th. Post & Harden¬
bergh prepared the plans of competition.
BROOKLYN.
FULTON ST.—The block containing 10 acres, bounded by Ful¬
ton st. Elm and Vandeveer pl, and Woodhaven av, has been
purchased by the Brooklyn Catholic Sisters of the Poor of St.
Francis, A home will be erected thereon at a cost of about
ip-00.000. No architect has been selected as yet.
LORIMER ST.—Plans are about completed by Frank Straub,
No. 335 Broadway, for an alteration to the frame and brick resi¬
dence and shop building, No, 349 Lorimer st. New foundations,
plumbing, plastering, carpentering, painting, etc, will be re¬
quired. Abraham Newman, No. 103 Ralph st, Brooklyn, is the
owner. The cost will be $1,500.
HALSET ST.—Plans are being prepared for a brick and atone
automobile stable to be erected at No. 534 Halsey st for The
Moser Palace Carriage Co., No, 536 Halsey st. Wm. J, Moser is
the owner.
For plans flled see pages 244 and X.
COUNTRY WORK OF XEW YORK ARCHITECTS.
PARK HILL, N. T.—Plans are being prepared by Adolf F, A,
Leicht. No. 21 State st, for a 2-sty stone and frame residence,
60x35, to be erected at Park Hill, near Yonkers, N. T., at a cost
of about $10,000, for the American Real Eatate Co., No. 290
Broadway.
SOME NEARBY BUILDING.
SOUTHAMPTON, L. I.—At Captain's Neck Point, near thia
place, a commodious hotel is to be erected by a stock company
recently formed here. An architect has not as yet been selected,
but property has been purchased.
CHATHAM. N. J.—The Presbyterian Church of Chatham is to
have a new edifice through, the generosity of Joseph W. Ogden,
Morristown, N. J., who will be the donor of the building, and
terior finish and decorations.
William C. Wallace, of the same place, who will present the in-
POINTERS.
LOCK HAVEN, PA.—The Congregation of St. John's Reformed
Church are to erect an edifice from plans by Robert Cole, of
Bellefonte, Pa.
Harry T. Howell of 138th st and 3d av, N. T., is the architect
for the new Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran church and par¬
sonage, to be erected on the southwest corner Brown pl and
137th st. Borough of Bronx, covering a plot 50x95 feet. Its style
is to be of the modern Gothic architecture, and it will be con¬
structed entirely of Tuckahoe marble with steel truss roof and
spire framing. Cost $70,000, The Rev, A. Arthur King is the
pastor, residence 143d st and St, Ann's av.
JACKSON, MISS.—The University of Mississippi, Robert B.
Fulton. Chancellor, are to erect brick and stone University
buildings at that place from plans by Theodore C. Link, St.
Louis, Mo. The cost will be $50,000.
EL PASO, TEXAS.—The Guarantee Trust Co,, of El Paso, are
to erect a steel frame, brick and stone offlce building from plans
by Isaac F. Taylor & Co., of St. Louis, Mo. The cost will be
$100,000.
SHAMOKIN. PA.—A 4-sty brick plant is to be erected at this
place by William P. Taubel, of Riverside, N. J, The site has
been purchased, and plans will be drawn at once. Cost will be
about $25,000.
FREDERICK, MD,—The congregation of St. John's Catholic
Church have decided to erect a brick and stone parish house on
East 2d St. The plans are to be drawn at once. No architect
has been selected as yet.
RICHMOND.
Plans were filed for new buildings in this Borough as follows:
New Brighton—Hamilton av, n s, 100 w St, Marks pi, 2-sty frame
dwelling, 24x44, cost $5,500, John M. Fraser owner, Totten-
ville^Hoppiing av, n e cor Patten av, 2-sty frame dwelling, 28x
33, cost $2,600, George F. Scull owner, Rosebank—Vermont av,
e s, 100 n Pennsylvania av, 2-sty brick dwelling, 24x33, cost
$2,500. G. Marinillo owner. West New Brighton—Caroline st, e
s, 125 s Castleton av, 2-sty frame dwelling. 19x43, cost $2,000,
John J. Donovan owner, Chelsea—Math'son Manufacturing Co.
factory building (brick and frame) smelting works, cost $2,600.
Of Interc-jt to the Building Trades.
Henry A. Boyd Co., dealers in metal ceilings and sidewalls,
have opened an office and showroom at No. 171 West 26th st,
near 7th av. Telephone 2173a Madison sq.
Hugh Lamb, the well-known architect, has moved from No. 40
Broadway to the Gill Building, Nos, 9, 11 and 13 Maiden Lane.
Mr. Lamb's new telephone number is 7314 Courtlandt.
Thomas Edison, it is reported, has begun the manufacture of
cement by his new process, which it is said he will be able to
supply at figures much below those quoted for cements already
in the market.
Justice Hall, in the Supreme Court, Thursday, denied the ap¬
plication of Richard S. Newcombe, a taxpayer, for writ of man¬
damus to compel Perez M. Stewart, Superintedent of Buildings,
to carry out the provisions of the Building Code. The complaint
was that Mr. Stewart was not insisting upon the use of properly
fireproofed wood in certain buildings over 12 stories and 150
feet high.
THE NEW SIGN' ORDINANCE,
Mayor Low, July 14th, approved the ordinance of the Board of
Aldermen, passed July 1st, amending section 144 of the Build¬
ing Code, so far as it relates to fences and signs, and the ordi¬
nance ia of force and effect from date of approval. The re¬
quirements regarding erection of signs and fences are now the
following:
Fences, signs or bill boards shall not be at any point over ten feet
above the adjoining ground: except that when any fence, sign or bill
hoard shall be constructed entirely of metal or of wood covered on alt
sides with sheet metal, including the uprights, supports and braces