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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 68, no. 1761: December 14, 1901

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RECORD AND GUIDE. December 14, 1901. No. 80, in Queens; also for a building at Prospect av and Sth av, Brooklyn; and for new laundry building for the county build¬ ing in Flatbush. The contract for the erection of new public school No. 139, on the north side of Avenue C, between 13th and 14th sts, Brook¬ lyn, has been awarded to George Hlldebrand, at $119,747. Other bidders were: Rutan & Heningham, $126,446; John Thatcher & Son, $127,600; Tolmie & Kerr, $128,810; Louis Wech¬ sler, $131,500; P. J. W^alsh. $125,000; William & Thomas Lamb, $124,874; William P. McGarry, $126,872; Thos. Cockeriii & Son, $126,500; Peter Cleary,. $124,593. Contract for alteration to buildings Nos. 21 and 23 West 34th st has been secured by Alexander Brown, Jr., 156 Fifth av; architects, Lord & Hewlett; Francis H. Leggett, owner. The Jackson Architectural Iron Works have been awarded the contract for the structural ironwork for the new apartment hotel of the Seaboard Realty Co., extending through from 44th to 45th sts. east of 6th av. The name for this new hotel has not yet been decided upon, Ludlow & Valentine are the architects. MISCELLANEOUS. C. E. Huntley, 45th st and 1st av, is drawing plans for recon¬ struction of an S-sty brick and stone fireproof abbatoir and packing plant on the east side of 1st av and 45th st. East River; cost, $850,000; The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co. on premises (Mr. Weil, secretary), owners; L. Levy, consulting engineer. E. S. Chlid, No. 62 New st. is making sketches for a frame church on the northwest corner of Burnside and Aqueduct avs, 40x80, cost $8,000, seating capacity 350x330; Rev. Father John D. Roach, Christie place, Morris Heights, N. T. C, owner. BROOKLYN, Wm. A. Cable, No. 1183 Broadway, N. T. C, is drawing sketches for a 5-sty brick and stone fireproof preparatory school on Pulton st and Verona place, 100x100, cost $250,000. The building will have a library and auditorium, 58x97; shower baths, swimming tank, 18x56; bowling alleys, gymnasium, 25x 57, and engine room. Brooklyn College Co., care of Edward A. Alexander, No. 206 Broadway, N. Y. C, owners. Thomas Bennett, No. 198 SSd st, is drawing plans for a 2- sty brick and stone store and office building, 25x100, cost $S,000, to tae erected on 3d av, east side, 25 feet north of S2d st; W. K. Putnam, 52d st and 3d av, owner. Also for 2-sty frame dwell¬ ing, 27x38, cost $3,500, on the east side of 13th st, 230 south Avenue C; J. S. Halstead, No. 62 Kenilworth place, owner. {Other Building News on Page 850.) Of Interest to the Building Trades. The Charies R. Hedden Construction Co., authorized capital $1,000,000, has been Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. William D. Grant has on exhibition at his warerooms. No. 206 West 42d st, a fine display of the latest designs in mantels, fire¬ place's, tilea, etc., and architects, huilders and others Interested are Invited to call and Inspect them. John W. Rapp has the fireproofing contracts for the following buildings: Women's hotel, on 29th st, near Madison av; Pabst Theatre, at SSth st and Grand Circle; Commonwealth and Key¬ stone Buildings, in Philadelphia; and Woodward & Lathrop store, Washington, D. C. The question of working for general contractors on municipal work is one that has been brought prominently before the Master Plumbers' Association. Several city departments have made plumbing a separate contract, but some departments which have contracts to give out before the end of the year seem to have in¬ cluded plumbing in the general work. "WHY THEY WEEP"—WHO? THE ARCHITECTS. Would not any one weep who had twenty-four sections of one law thrown at him as being violated in the plans for a moderate alteration to a small building—the change being a desirable one frora every point of view? This was the fortune of one architect this week, who had filed in the Department of Buildings plans for alterations to a 4-sty tenement house on the East Side. The width of the present building is 2S feet, and the depth 38 feet. It was proposed to add an extension to this building 16 feet In width by 4 stories in height. The interior arrangement of the existing building was bettered by a brick light-shaft be¬ ing inserted, and altogether the proposed additions and better¬ ments would he unobjectionable from a sanitary standpoint of view, and perhaps, with one or two exceptions, would not be in violation of the old Tenement House Act. The new Tenement House Law being now in operation, the application was properly disapproved with the following objections, viz.: L The following sections of Chapter 334, Laws of 1901, must be complied with: Sections 11, 13, 14, 18. 20, 21, 22, 24 26 32, 33, 53. S4, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 83, 84. 91, 92 and 95. Another architect, filing plans for a new 6-sty tenement, had seventy-two objections given against his plan, and in conse¬ quence the project was abandoned. RUST REMOVERS. The following rust removers are recommended In the direc¬ tions Issued to the United States Artillery: Cyanide of potash is most excellent for reinoving rust, and should be made much use of. Instruments of polished steel may be cleaned as follows: First, soak, if possible, in a solution of cyanide of potassium in the proportion of 1 ounce of cyanide to 4 ounces of water. Allow this to act until all loose rust is I'emoved, and then polish with cyanide soap. The cyanide soap referred to is made as follows: Potassium cyanide, precipitated chalk, white castlle soap. Make a saturated solution of the cyanide and add chalk sufflcient to make a creamy paste. Add the soap, cut in fine shavings, and thoroughly incorporate In a mortar. When the mixture is stiff cease to add soap. It may be well to state that potassium cya¬ nide is a violent poison. For removing rust'from Iron the follow¬ ing is given: Iron may be quickly and easily cleaned by dipping in or washing ^vith nitric acid 1 part, muriatic acid 1 part and water 12 parts. After using wash with clean water. WHAT GAS CAN DO. In a recent lecture In the Royal Victoria Hall, London, Prof. Lambert described some of the things illuminating gas can do besides illuminating. He declared that 37 cubic feet of gas will heat 30 gallons of water from 50 to 110 degrees, will hoil 8 gal- Ions of water, or make tea for 64 persons. It can develop one horse-power in an engine for two hours, or lift a weight of 88 tons 10 feet high. It can melt 10 pounds of iron and make a casting in 20 minutes, or braze a metal joint in 2 minutes, the work being done in that way much more quickly than,is possible in furnace or forge. The same amount of gas in a good radiating stove will comfortably warm a room 16 feet square, in cold weather, for an hour. It wili also suffice to cook a dinner for eight persons. These are but some of the things which Prof. Lambert demonstrated can be done with thirty-seven cubic feet of gas. And what does that amount of gas cost? At prices now prevailing in New York about SY2 cents. EFFECTS OF WATER ON BRASS. Some student of applied chemistry or metallurgy, or soma atadent of architecture with a taste for chemistry, might do a service to his fellow citizens by studying the changes which take place in brass, or, at least, in certain kinds of brass, under the influence of water. So far as we know, nothing is said on the subject in any work on the materials of construc¬ tion; yet, as a matter of practice, observant architects often notice, where plumbers' brass-work has been changed, after some years of use, that a chemical or molecular transformation has taken place, involving, apparently, a crystallization of the metal, the sharp edges of which can be crumbled by the fingers into a crystalline powder. The screw-threads of compression- cocks, particularly where used for hot water, are very frequently affected in this way, so that the screws become loose. That the trouble Is not due to wear of the thread is shown by the fact that the screws by which the washers of compression-cocks are attached to the end of the spindle, although they are not touched, as a rule, more than one a year, lose their threads like the others, a crystalline mud under the washer showing what has happened. In the case of plumbers' brass-work, where great durability is not expected, and where accuracy of fit is not essential, the matter is not very serious, unless. In¬ deed, the spontaneous splitting of brass pipes, which often causes great damage, is due to a similar action; but the samb t-ansformation of brass is sometimes to be observed in steam- fittings, and in this case it becomes of great importance.—Ameri¬ can Architect. NOVEMBER BUILDING PERMITS. The comparative table taken from a Western exchange is In¬ tended to exhibit the building activities in the chief cities of the United States, and in two large cities of Canada in November. Most of these communities show a remarkable amount of con¬ struction work for this time of the year. The average is far above that of a year ago. It is not as high, however, as the average for October of this year, but the decrease In November is natural, considering the cold weather as a bar to rapid build¬ ing operations. The table follows: ,------1!XH,------, ,------liKIO.------, Increase New York: No. Cost. No. Cost. per ct. Manhattan and Bronx... 2in ^^7,120.846 3IT .i;3.6(iO,003 95 Brooklyn............. 331 1,074,848 419 l,4r)0.785 Chicago................. 478 3.428,77.1 32G 2.611,550 31 Pittsburg ............. 21R 1.321,010 .. 304,910 64 St Louis................ 3.^8 759.301 212 560.278 33 Buffalo.................. ™ 562,029 77 S90,5.i0 St Paul ............... 113 550,475 57 05.650 475 rincinnati............... 3"^ .o31,700 201 226,640 134 Cleveland ............... 193 269.610 164 364,195 Vi'ashington.............. 213 23.3.-531 201 261,241 Milwaukee............... 119 288..56S 94 .325.8!),^ Kansas City............. ^'1 390,890 275 317,925 23 □ etrott.............. -'1 4.'51.fiOO 150 250,200 73 Los Angeles.............. 362 538,004 146 197,947 172 Atlanta ................. 2.37 113.950 1T5 141,132 brand Rapids............ 52 108.305 34 38,760 179 iiipa-henv ..............■ 41 104, loO . . ....... New Orleans............... T9,597 . . 193,286 Toronto Canada......... 04 409,710 63 200,495 104 Montreal, Canada........ 49 88.130 21 00,450 33 COPIES WANTED. For copies of index to volume 41 of the Record and Guide de¬ livered at our office in good condition, we will pay 50 cents each. Also 10 cents per copy for numbers 930, 1251. 1415 and 1421. RECORD AND GUIDE, 14 Vesey St., City.