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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 64, no. 1635: July 15, 1899

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July 15, iSgg. RECORD AND GUIDE. 83 OF IN1EREST TO THE BUILDING TRAOfS. For work on the New East River Bridge (the third bridge) $4,000.000 has been authorized by the Board of Estimate, Thos, O'Neill, the well-known carpenter, builder and gênerai contractor, has removed his shop aud office to commodious and centrally-located quarters, at No. 258 West 28th street. The Board of Estimate, on Thursday, disapproved of the plans made by John R, Thomas, the architect of the new Hall of Rec¬ ords, for the interior finish and décoration of tbat structure and ordered him so to modify them tbat the cost of the completed building, estimated at about $4,500,000, would be reduced by about $1.000.000, This action of the Board gf Estimate was based on a report by Horgan & Slattery, architects, to whom the Mayor submitted Mr, Thomas's plans. Dock Department improvements on the carpet include tbe ex- penditnre of $2,324,7li5,4(! on the great piers near West Wash¬ ington Market. and the widening of South street to 125. This is fifty-five feet more than its présent width. The improvement will extend from Rutgers slip to Catharine slip. Pive new piers, eighty feet wide and 500 feet long, will be built. After their completion the city will condemn the water front property be¬ tween Pike and Market slips, and on that site other piers—prob¬ ably four—will be erected. Samuel I. Rochmovitz, of No. 166 East 3d street, reports an ex- ceedingly busy season in bis line, which embraces métal ceilings and wainscot. He always carries a large stock, the product of several factories. and can match any ceiling shown. His cns¬ tomers include many of the busy East Side builders, such as Harry Fischl, Harris Fine, A. Silverson, Pay & Stacom, Rosen¬ berg & Feinberg, N. Silverson, H. Wertheim, and others too nu¬ merous to mention. Nearly ail the East Side dancing acadamies hâve been done by Mr. Rochmovitz, who exécutes ail contracts quickly with the aid of experienced workmen. Louis Kirchner, son of the vétéran concreter, Chas. Kirchner, has recently completed, or Is now executing, contracts for Arti¬ ficial Stone Work for Messrs. Weil & Mayer, J. A. Zimmerman, Thornton Bros., Poistein & Feinberg, H. Wertheim. B. Klingen¬ stein and otbers. His long apprenticeship with his father equipped him with the expérience necessary to successfully and satisfactorily flil ail orders for artificial stone sidewalks, cel¬ lars, areas, yards, garden walks, etc, Louis Kirchner's address is No. 292,Duncan avenue. Jersey City, N, J., and he will cheer¬ fully furnish estimâtes for contractors, builders and owners. The guérilla war of the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Associa¬ tion against the New York Stone Trade Association, consisting of employers, has resulted In tbe surrender of several proprie¬ tors of stone yards, wbo bave consequently resigned from the latter organizatlon. The union has so far rejected ail offers at arbitration, although a compromise seems ultimately probable. The attack is, of course, aimed at tbe Stone Cutters' Society, the union which maintains an annual agreement with the em¬ ployers, and which is not afliliated witli the Board of Walking Delegates or the Building Trades Council. A resolution to extend the time for presenting the report bf the Commission on New Building Code to August 29th, was adopted in both chambers of the Municipal Assembly last Tuesday. No¬ tices hâve been sent to the societies and associations that hâve already asked to be heard on various points, that hearings will be given July 24th, 27th. 2Sth and 31st, and August 3d, and that they may individually select any one of those days on which to be heard through, one or more représentatives. It is not understood tbat organizations or individuals wbo hâve not already flled requests for hearings will be heard if they apply for the Drivilege. Bonds to the amount of $1,020,000 got through the Council last Tuesday. but the bulk of the desired Issues were again held up. Those authorized were $500,000 for Croton Watershed; $500,000 for East River bridge; $10,000 for gênerai park pur- poses, and $10,000 for the laying out of Hamilton Fish Park, Those held up include $2,000,000 for paving; $2,000,000 for Hall of Records. John Pierce, contractor for the new Hall of Records, has applied to the Suprême Court for a mandamus to compel payment of $34,255 for work performed on his contract. A hearing on the motion has been set for July 19. Tt is antici- pated tbat this will test the right of the Council to delay action on bond issues Indeflnitely. Some eight acres of ground, with frontages on Grand street and Newtown Creek, of over half a mile, are occupied by Louis Bossert & Sons" planing mills, warehouses, offices, lumber yards and docks, and ail are new or modernized to promptly supply the great demand for ail kinds of house trîm, occasioned by an increase of .$40,000.000 in the cost of new buildings planned dur¬ ing the first^half of 1899, compared with the same montbs in 1898, Messrs. Eossert's new planîng miH has a frontage of 250 ■ feet on Grand street, Is four stories high. of brick, with blue- stone trimmings, and equipped witb the latest and best machin¬ ery for turning out house trim of ail kinds, including sashes. doors, stairs, store fronts, flooring, shingles, blinds, mouldings, brackets. newels, laths, joists, not forgetting the ExcelPîor Sliding Blind', which is a great favorite wlth builders. The warehouse, on Grand street, next to the planing mill, is aiso four stories high, and about 150 feet long, The offices are in a hand- some building:, two stories high, v/ith mansard roof; the interior is commodious and especially laid out to suit the requirements of the business. The lower. story is trimmed in cypress, and the second story. including the private offices, in oak. No other con¬ cern hereabouts in this line hâve such commodious quarters and modem plant as Louis Bossert & Sons. Justice Truax, on Saturday last, made permanent an Injunc- tion on the Enterprise Association and Progress Association, is¬ sued at the Instance of the National Protective Association of Steam Fitters and Helpers, and Charles McQueed, because of the facts givén in tbe following remarks of the Court; "The évi¬ dence shows that the défendants hâve entered into a combina¬ tion wbich in effect prevents and will prevent the plaintiff Mc¬ Queed and tbe other members. of the plaintiff association from working at his and their trade in the City of New York. In fact, it was shown that the défendant Cummings (one of the walking delegates of tbe défendants) threatened to strike against the members of the plaintiiï association, and the plaintiff McQueed wberever be found them at work, and that he would not allow them to work at any job in the city except some small jobs where Enterprise men were not employed. Such a combination amounts to a conspiracy, and is unlawful. To prevent one frora working at any job in this city, except some small jobs where Enterprise men were not employed is to prevent him from eam- ing his livelihood In his profession, craft, or business, and such an act will be enjoined." Questions and Answers. BONDSMAN DESIRES TO BE RELEASED. 7*0 the Editor of The Record and Guide: Three years ago I mortgaged my property and went on the bond of said mortgage. Since then I hâve disposed of the prop¬ erty, and now would like to be released from the bond, as the time of the mortgage has expired. Will you Iiindly inform me in your next issue whether this can be done, and how? Can I compel the mortgagee to release me? Answer.—You cannot compel the holder of the mortgage to re¬ lease you. Serve a notice on him that you require him to call in the mortgage or foreclose the same. If he does neither within a reasonable time you will hâve a good défense if an action is brought to foreclose and a deflciency judgment îs asked for against you.—Law Editor. HUSBAND'S RIGHTS IN WIFE'S ESTATE. To the Editor of The Record and Guide: A girl, seventeen, dies in giving birth to a child. Had she lived to be twenty-one she would hâve inherited $10,000 from her father's estate. In case the child dies will tbe husband get the $10,000? Although the parties lived in New York, her father, who left the money, lived in Philadelphia, and his will was pro- bated there, Answer,—I présume that the girl left no will, and that by the terms of the father's wili the boquest to her was vested; that is, the money was hers, but she was not to enjoy it till she was of âge. In such case the husband would get the $10,000. The terms of the will may be such tbat the girl would not be entitled to the money unless she arrived at the âge of twenty-one. In such a case the husband would get nothing.—Law Editor. BROKER'S COM..\IISSIOX. To the Editor of The Record and Guide: A and B are brokers and bave a client, C, who wants to rent a house from an owner, D. A offers to D a figure wbich D re¬ fuses to accépt. A then goes to C and says that D will not ac- cept her figure, but that he would like her to meet D. They meet and hâve a talk, but she refuses to come up. Later, A again goes to C and gets her up to D's figure, and A téléphones D that he has the woman up to his price. He then says he wants security, A goes to this C again and finds that she has already rented the house through E, a second broker, at the price which A already offered owner and without security. Can A claim commission as having procured the tenant? Answer,—No.—Law Editor. STAMPS ON MORTGAGES. To the Editor of The Record and Guide: I would be much obliged if you would inform me regarding the iaw of attaching revenue stamps—first, on bonds; second, on mortgages; third, on notariés' acknow^ledgments of signatures to either? Answer.—1. Under sanction of the ruling of the Internai Rev¬ enue Officie it has become the custom to afflx a 50c. stamp on the bond where the mortgage is for $1,500, or less, and notify that fact on the mortgage; where the mortgage is for more than $],500 it is usual to afflx the requisite stamps to the mortgage and notify that fact on the bond. The ruling referred to Is to the effect that both bond and mortgage do not require to be stamped, but one must, the larger tax requirement prevailing in ail cases. 2. Twenty-five cents for each $500 in excess of $1,000. 3. Ten cents.—Editor Record and Guide. To the Ediior of The Record and Guide: Will you kindly inform us if the enclosed receipt requires a war tax stamp, given to a tenant without a lease? "New York, June 27, 1S90. Received from Mr. John Doe the sum of seventy dollars in payment of rent due June 1 to July 1, 1890, 2d fioor, 21 E. 20th st.............Agents." Answer.—We think not.—Editor Record and Guide.