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April 14, 1917
RECORD AND GUIDE
529
and panel tests, and laboratory inspec¬
tions in the afternoon.
The program of the Building Officials'
Conference has not yet been officially
promulgated, but the following has been
planned. The meetings on Wednesday
tlie 9th and on Thursday the 10th are
to be joint meetings with the National
Fire Protection Association. On Wednes¬
day the members of the conference will
visit with the National Fire Protection
Association the Bureau of Standards,
at which time a test on the full size steel
column is to be made, this test being
one of the series made under the aus¬
pices of a committee of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. On Thurs¬
day a joint conference with the Fire Pro¬
tection .Association is to be held at the
New Willard Hotel for the theatre dis¬
cussion. Clarence H. Blackall. archi¬
tect, of Boston, will speak on "Planning
for Safety"; Major Raymond W. Pull¬
man, Superintendent of Police, Washing¬
ton, will speak on "Fire and Police De¬
partment Supervision," and R. S. Robins,
manager of Keith's theatre in Washing¬
ton, on the "Care of Theatres." This is
to be followed by a general discussion.
The main topics for consideration at
the meeting on Friday are to be a de¬
scription of the work of the new Board
of Standards and .Appeals of New York
City by Rudolph P. Miller, chairman of
that Board; a paper on districting, with
special reference to New York's new Zon¬
ing Law. by Alfred Ludwig. SuoerintenJ-
ent of Buildings of Manhattan: a paper
on accidents in the building trades and
their prevention, by A. E. Davidson, and
a discussion of the organization and work
of building departments based on re¬
turns from a questionnaire, by Sidney J.
Williams, inspector. State Department
of Labor, Madison, Wisconsin.
Apartments to Replace Church.
Shampan & Shampan, 772 Broadway,
Brooklyn, have completed plans for three
six-story apartment houses, to occupy
a plot 142 X 132, at the southeast cor¬
ner of Lee avenue and Hooper street,
for M. Solomon & Son. The new struc¬
tures will cost approximately $250,000.
Tlie exterior of the buildings has been
designed in the Italian Renaissance style
with Florentine feeling, and will be con¬
structed witli a cherry red brick with
trimmings of granite and Indiana lime¬
stone. The skylights of the facades will
be especially effective, since they will
be broken by two high towers at each
end of the building and roofed with
Spanish tile. The property is now oc¬
cupied by the edifice of the United Con¬
gregational Church, and is one of the
landmarks of the Eastern District. At
one time a motion picture concern had
almost completed negotiations for ac¬
quiring the property, but the deal was
abandoned.
Obtain Record Order.
What may be the largest single order
of its kind ever placed in this country
for mesh reinforcing has been closed
with the Fireproof Contractors Corpora¬
tion, by Albert Oliver & Son, Inc., sales
agents for the Clinton Wire Cloth Com¬
pany's Structural Products. The order
calls for approximately 1,060,000 square
feet of Clinton Electrically Welded Fab¬
ric, for the floors and roofs, as well as
large quantities of fabrics for structural
steel wrapping, for the new Commodore
Hotel, now in course of construction at
Lexington avenue and 42d street. It is
expected that the delivery of the entire
order will be completed in five months
from June 1, the date of the first deliv¬
ery. The Clinton Welded Fabric was
also used on the Biltmore Hotel and the
McAlpin Hotel.
New Union College Building.
The Amsterdam Building Company,
l40 West 42d street, Manhattan, has ob¬
tained the general contract for the con¬
struction of the three-story stucco on
brick and stone, science building, to be
known as the Butterfield Memorial
Building, at Union College, Schenectady.
N. Y. The new building, which will
measure 57 x 121, has been designed by
George B. Post & Sons, 101 Park ave¬
nue, Manhattan, and with cost $100,000.
Approve New Terminal Plan.
The Public Service Commission has
approved the plans and specifications for
the new terminal for the Putnam Divi¬
sion of the New York Central Railroad,
to be constructed jointly by the railroad
company and the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, west of Sedgwick
avenue, between 161st and 162d streets,
in the Bronx.
PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES.
Queens' Building Activity.
Cantor & Dorfman, 373 Fulton street,
Brooklyn, have completed plans for the
erection of six three-story buildings, to
be located in the north side of Fulton
street, 128 feet east of Bergen avenue, in
the center of the business section in
Jamaica, in the Borough of Queens.
This part of the borough is experienc¬
ing considerable activity. The buildings
will be erected by the Milo Construc¬
tion Company, Joseph Grodsky, presi¬
dent, and will involve an outlav of about
$130,000.
Cass Gilbert, architect, has moved his
offices to 244 Madison avenue, south¬
west corner 38th street.
Hoppin & Koen, architects, now at 244
Sth avenue, will move their oflices on
May 1 to 4 East 43d street.
Donald G. Anderson, architect, for¬
merly at 28 East 49th street, has moved
to 424 Avenue E, Bayonne, N. J., where
he has been appointed school architect.
Ryan-Leahy Company of 491 Grove
street, Jersey City, N. J., has been in¬
corporated to do a general contracting
and construction business. Edward A.
Ryan and James W. Leahy are inter¬
ested.
National Association of Master Steam
and Hot Water Fitters, the Master Steam
and Hot Water Fitters' Association of
the State of New York and the Master
Steam and Hot Water Fitters' Associa-
Edison Current to Serve
Huge Bush Terminal
Structure
Contract with the Central Station for
3500 lights and 375 horsepower has been
made by the Bush Terminal Buildings
Company for its great building- going up
at 132-34 West Forty-second Street. This
"merchandise clearing house" extending
through to Forty-first Street will be
twenty-seven stories high and an impor¬
tant addition to the Times Square section
If a superior electric supply had been
possible, Edison Service would not have
been spoken for. The fact stands that
no other supply could bear comparison.
The great structure which will offer the
last word in convenience and effective¬
ness could hardly have been burdened
with inferior electric service
This contract, with others of recent date
fully as notable, presents a verdict that
cannot be questioned. A service required
for the newest and greatest is the service
for every building. Write us for esti¬
mates. Our engineers and entire organi¬
zation are at public command
The New York Edison Company
At Your Service
Geueral Offices
Irving Place and 15th Street
Telephone: Stuyvesant 5600