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December lo, 1910.
RECORD AND GUIDE
999
Awards are expected to be announced
next week.
The new state prison at Wingdale will
take about 3,000 tons of structural ma¬
terial, but the Commission announces that
bids will not be wanted until some time
after the first of the year.
LECTURES ON CONCRETE.
Hardwood Prices Close to Market.
Buyers of hardwood for interior trim
and cabinet work will find prices quoted
by retailers as near rock bottom as it is
possible for them to go. Wholesalers are
quoting to good business on that basis,
realizing that this is the time to encour¬
age, rather than retard, building oper¬
ations. For this reason figures now be¬
ing received by architects, are, for most
grades, liberal.
The buying by retailers is from the
hand-to-mouth order, which has pre¬
vailed for tiiree months. Stocks are not
now heavy. Before Election day they
were considered liberal, but retailers have
not replenished, apparently being satis¬
fied to meet tlieir requirements as they
arrive.
Birch, maple and chestnut are reported
to be very strong- Hardwood flooring is
in very fair demand and present prices
are "well sustained. Mahogany is avail¬
able in any quantities at most yards at
prices quoted last month. There has
been a falling away in inquiry for cy¬
press tank stock and Nos, 1 and 2 selects
are slightly lower as to price. Cargo
Business is scarce, the aggregate move¬
ment of lumber being confined largely to
sales from local wholesale yards offering
facilities which do away with heavy in¬
vestment in stocks by retailers, as one
authority stated.
Yellow pine is firming, although the in¬
creased inquiries arc not yet sufficient
to cause a stiff market- The market for
timbers is stronger- North Carolina pine
shows improvement. Conditions are bet¬
ter at the mills and while good lumber
displays some slight concessions, the
lower grade stocks are closer to lists. The
Winter trade is shaping itself for normal
volume.
Building Stone in Dtdl Market.
The demand for nearly every kind of
building stone is light. This is especially
true of granite, which still rules at 40 to
45 cents a cubic foot. The price of lime¬
stone remains unchanged and no change
is expected in any line for tbe present-
Siate is in a fair market, but the in¬
quiry is apparently for immediate needs.
Marbles are stronger than granites, es¬
pecially those for interior use and the in¬
quiry has been especially strong of late
from architects of large office buildings
in the downtown section and from Bronx
apartment house work.
Terra Cotta Products Haie Good In¬
quiry.
The various terra cotta companies, spe¬
cializing in fireproofing, partition blocks,
architectural and roofing tiles, report a
satisfactory inquiry from out-of-town,
with conditions tending tow-ard an im¬
provement in this city. For cargoes of
fireproof partition material exceeding in
value $1,000 manufacturers are giving
concessions, otherwise the prices run from
4.4 to 8.8, depending upon size. Roofing
tile prices are steady and continue with¬
out change, the best grade being quoted
for $20 a thousand for kiln run and $30
for selected. The architectural terra
cotta companies have been flguring on
many out-of-town operations.
—The Consolidated Gas Company filed
plans this week for its 12-sty brick offlce
and loft building which will be erected
from plans by Henry J. Hardenbergh, at
Irving pl and 15th st It will cost $500,-
009,
At Madisou Square Garden Concert Hall
During the Cement Show.
Public attention is invited by the Asso¬
ciation of American Portland Cement
Manufacturers to the lectures which will
be delivered under the auspices of the
Publicity Committee of that association
in Madison Square Garden Concert Hall
during the Cement Show. The meetings
at which lectures will be delivered will be
held in the afternoons at 3 o'clock and in
the evenings at S-30, from December 15 to
20 inclusive, except Friday evening and
Sunday. Architects, engineers and con¬
tractors will receive cards which will ad¬
mit them to the reserved seat section- Tbe
entrance to the lecture hall will be through
the main entrance to the Cement Show.
The following named gentlemen will
speak:
Mr. Calvin Tomkins, Commissioner of
Docks and Ferries, New Tork City, will
speak on "Transportation Terminals."
Mr. Tomkins will probably take occasion
to bring out some unique details con¬
nected with his recent report to Mayor
Gaynor. What will be of particular in¬
terest to the public will be his plans for
eliminating fhe tracks of the N. T. Central
at llth av and at the same time furnish
better facilities for handling the immense
tonnage entering New York with less
danger of delay to passenger traffic and
loss of life. Some engineering feats
necessary to accomplish ideal terminal
facilities are made possible by Portland
cement concrete-
Mr- Rudolph P. Miller, Building Com¬
missioner. New York City, will speak on
"Fireproofing Materials" without any
partiality as fo their relative merits.
Col. J- Hollis Wells, who is prominently
known in architectural, engineering and
military circles, will speak on "The
Largest Commercial -Building in the
World." Among the tremendous offlce
buildings which have been erected, it is
left to the reader to guess which building
is referred to.
Mr. E. P. Goodrich, Consulting Engi¬
neer for the City of New York, will speak
on "Large Reinforced Concrete Build¬
ings." The magnitude of these buildings
will undoubtedly be astounding to the
audience.
Dr. Logan Waller Page, Director of the
Offlce of Public Roads, Agricultural De¬
partment, Washington, will speak on "The
Part Played by Concrete in Rural High¬
ways." It will probably be instructive to
note that a great improvement in the
method of building rural highways has
been brought about by the use of concrete
for retaining walls, culverts and bridges.
Chas. "Wisch, formerly Chief Municipal
Architect at Cologne, Germany, will lec¬
ture in the German language on the sub¬
ject of "The Age of Cement." A large
number of Germans In this country have
undertaken concrete construction in its
various forms. It will be of undoubted
interest to them to hear of concrete con¬
struction abroad and the possibilities for
architectural effects in concrete in this
country, explained in their mother tongue.
A BANQUET AT THE HOTEL ASTOR.
In connection with the convention of
the National Association of Cement
Users, which is to open next "Wednesday
in Madison Square Garden, a banquet
will be held at the Hotel Astor on the
evening of Thursday, December 15, at
7 o'clock, at which addresses will be de¬
livered by the following named:
Hon. John Purroy Mitchel, president of
the Board of Aldermen of the City of
New Tork; John M. Carrere, of-Carrere
& Hastings, architects; Charles Battell
Loomis: Robert W. de Forest, president
of the Sage Foundation Homes Co. and
president of the Art Commission of the
City of New York; John G. Morron, prpsl^.
dent of the Atlas Portland Cement Co.:
Benjamin D. Traitel, president of the
Building Trades Employers' Association
of the City of New Tork.
The price por plate will be $.5, and the
banquet will be open to all engineers,
contractors, architects, and in fact any¬
one interested, or associated with the
manufacture .ind use of cement, Tt is ex¬
pected that tbe members of tbe Associa¬
tion of American Portland Cement Manu¬
facturers, as well as all the exhibitors
at the Cement Show, together with tfte
members of the Masters' League of Ce¬
ment Workers of this city and the mem¬
bers of the Cement Users' Association
will attend the banquet.
Keeping Promises Brings Success.
I-I. E- Wallace, Jr-, president of the Star
Blueprint Company, when asked for an
opinion regarding the state of business,
by a Record and Guide reporter recently,
said:
"There is nothing the matter witb busi¬
ness. The trouble is with business metb¬
ods. An eminent prelate said the need of
the day was a more universal habit of
truth-speaking in the business world.
From the experience of my own com¬
pany I know this to be one of the prin¬
cipal, if not the chief factor, in present-
day commercial success.
"We manufacture blueprints for archi¬
tects, engineers and art workers' draw¬
ings. Starting on September 14. 190S, we
entered upon a field that offered disad¬
vantages and contingencies that would
discourage most men. But we figured
that if we could give a trustworthy ser¬
vice it was bound to succeed. To make
such a service reliable it was necessary
that we keep our promises to our cus¬
tomers. If we said a blueprint would be
finished at such a time, that blueprint
would be ready for delivery on the minute
specified, even though we had to use the
resources of our whole establishment in
getting out that one job."
This company started in modest offices
at 42 Broadway. Later it established a
branch at 114 East 23d st, which ulti¬
mately became its headquarters when
business in the downtown district became
too heavy for its meagre accommodations.
It finally became necessary to establish
its downtown office in larger quarters at
123 Liberty st. This company operates
its plant up to midnight, and frequently
all night in order to have jobs ready at
the time promised.
any People
Want to Study
Real Estate
They want to know what it
means to buy and sell property,
all about contracts, deeds
mortgage, etc.
There is a book which tells
all about this, "Guide tc
Buyers and Sellers of ReaS
Estate," by Geo. W. Van Siclen
It Costs One Dollar
THE RECORD AND GUIDE