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June 21, 1902. RECORD AND GUIDE. "45 The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday approved the appropria¬ tion of $250,000 for the erection of a court house on land owned by the city bounded by i61st st, Brook av, 3d av and the plaza between Brook and 3d avs; also another appropriation of $200,- 000 for a court house for Richmond, to be erected on land at St. George bought by the city for a grammar school, whicb the Board of Education have since decided to be unsuited to that purpose. PATERSON, N. J.—Marshall & Eall are having plans pre¬ pared by Heyne & Von Leister, No. 810 Broad st, Newark, for a 3-sty hrick and stone store and offlee building to be erected on the plot 65x200 on Main st, Paterson, N. J., Immediately oppo¬ site the Post Offlee building. The estimated cost of the structure is $50,000. COUNTRT WORK OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTS. ELIZABETH, N, J.—Bigelow, Wallace & Cotton, No. 1123' Broadway, have completed plans for a 3-sty brick and stone club-house to be erected for the Grace P. B. Church, of which Rev. Dr. Sleeper is the rector. The building is to contain st^am heat and electric lighting and be fltted with a gymnasium, swimming pool, reading rooms, etc. The rooflng will be slate, and the cost about $60,000. RICHMOND. Port Richmond.—Harrison av, n s, 33 w Lafayette av, 2-sty frame dwelling, 25x40, cost $3,200, W. H. Stilt owner. Mari¬ ners Harbor.—Union av, s s, 50 w railroad track. 2-sty hotel, 22x58, cost $2,400, Henry Meyer owner. New Brighton.-Pros¬ pect and Franklin avs, four 2-sty frame dwellings, 22x26 each, total cost, $7,200, Mrs. C. W. Townsend owner. Tottenville.— Wood av, e s, 500 s Broadway, 2-sty frame dwelling, 20x38, cost $2,500, Henry Heldt owner. Woodlock.—4th st. w s. 100 n Grant av, 2-sty frame dwelling, 25x38, cost $3,000, Michael Foley owner. Have you read Wants and Offers, on page 1141- Product and Appliances. The advent of the remarkable Masurite, the new explosive, which under no circumstances or conditions can explode un¬ less at the will of the operator, will not only create confldence in the minds of citizens whose homes are in the vicinity of exca¬ vations for buildings or tunnelling, but in mining operations. We do not think that the recent disasters at Tennessee, where about two hundred and thirty men lost their lives, could have been possible with Mr. Masury's explosive. In fact, we are sure of it. The proofs recorded in our issue of the 7th were con¬ clusive. » * * Any trust or corporation which permits the lives of human beings to be at the mercy of an unsafe explosive ought to be investigated and compelled to use what is absolutely safe under all circumstances, or yield up their business and undeserved gains. Invested interests ought not to stand in the way ot imblic safety or scientific advancement. This is an age of great things, and Masurite is certainly one of them. s « * The soft coal nuisance is another illustration of the determi¬ nation of some companies to disregard the public,or facts which prove that such things ought not to be. Electricity would solve the problem for the Manhattan Elevated railroad, or the experts of the American Stoker Company might prove to the offieials that loading the air with the choking masses of carbon is false economy. This surely ought to tae attractive to Mr. Russell Sage. « H; >N At last we learn with some degree of satisfaction that the General Electric Company is investigating the possibility of a practical electric flre pump. We repose implicit confidence in the power of the General Electric Company to do this, and in Other ways to save the public from the coal smoke nuisance. « « * A portable watchman's clock, which could not be tampered with, has long been a desideratum. It is claimed for the New¬ man portable clock that it can in nowise tae tampered with, and moreover has many advantages over any other clocks or watches used for tbe purpose. If It has all the advantages claimed for it—why, it is a wonder. * * * Paul E. Richter, a mining expert, is about to patent new methods of reflning and hardening steel without adding to the cost. We are not permitted to publish details until his patents are granted, but Mr. Richter may be found at his beautiful hotel, the Seabourne, at Coney Island Point. This hotel has heen recently purchased by him, and is referred to on "Wants and Offers" page. « « * A practical automatic fire alarm for the special protection of stage properties will shortly be placed at the disposal of theatres hy Edward Morey Bell, the leading man at Mr. Proctor's thea¬ tres. That an actor should be an inventor is interesting, and doubly so when we know that he is a coming star. His "Captain Swift," at the Fifth Avenue, will be the event of the coming week in New Tork city. Of Interest to the Building Trades. Prank Straub, architect, No. 335 Broadway, would like sam¬ ples, devices and catalogues. Heins & La Parge have moved their ofHces to No. 30 Eaat 21st St. A. A. Gavigan, mason and general contractor, formerly of No, 39 East 42d st, has reraoved to the Townsend Building, No. 1123 Broadway. American Parquetry Co. have issued an attractive pamphlet, which, by numerous excellent colored designs, very faithfully shows the color and other effects of their specialties. The de¬ signs are accompanied by descriptive matter, and the pamphlet can be obtained on application to the company, at No. 503 Sth av. Howell & Lawrence, proprietors of the Kalamein Iron Clad Wood Works, Nos. 422-426 West 15th st, bave heen awarded three of the most important as well as the largest contracts for metal covered fireproof doors and windows—Hall of Records, Saks' Building and Simpson-Crawford Co.'s new store. They have added 1,000 feet more floor space to their factory. "LIMOID." "Limoid" is made from a pure lump lime, thoroughly slacked, screened, taolted. hydrated and packed in powdered form in bags, ready for immediate use by the addition of water in suffi¬ cient quantity to form a paste or putty. Its principal character¬ istics are its readiness for immediate use without the slightest danger of air slacking or pitting on the wails, its perfect season¬ ing, requiring less plaster and hair than ordinary lump lime put¬ ty, and its ataiiity to keep for six months in bags in a dry place without loss by air slacking or deterioration. It is heing manu¬ factured and put on the market by the Charles Warner Com¬ pany, of No, 80 William st, New Tork, Wilmington (Del.) and Philadelphia, who believe that it will revolutionize the present method of handling lime for building purposes, owing to the economies and advantages resulting from its use, the facility of handling, doing away with the old-fashioned methods of slacking and the dangers of air slacking and pitting on the walls; and they further claim that "Limoid" will be to the lime businesa what Portland cement has proven to be in the cement business, for "Limoid," being a pure lirae putty, thoroughly prepared, can be used for any purpose for which ordinary lime putty is now used, such as brick mortar, plastering, granulated flnish, float flnish. white flnish, etc. GLASS BRICKS AND STONE WINDOWS. Jules Henrivaux, who was formerly director of the great French glass factory at Saint-Gobain, has become the advocate of a new huilding material, for which he anticipates sooner or later a prodigious demand. It is a brick made of what he calls stone-glass. The strength of it is not surpassed by any of the building stones, for it can sustain as much weight as a granite block. One of the stone-glass bricks has been found irresistible to blows with a hammer. Another advantage is that colors of all varieties can be imparted to the brick, and will enable it to be used for ornamental purposes. According to M. Henrivaux, glass can be employed in buildings from the foundations to the roof. Stone-glass is also applicable to tubes for air, gas. electric wires, etc. It is needless to say the use of glass bricks has been recommended for raany years, but it has never been attempted except on a limited scale. It is remarkable that, while glass is suggested to serve instead of stone and brick, thin stone has come into popularity in Germany as a substitute for glass in faetory windows. THE BUILDERS' LEAGUE. At the annual meeting of the Builders' League of New York, held the 12th Inst., the then present offlcers were re-elected to succeed themselves for the current year. The reports of the various committees as to the work done in promoting the growth of the organization were very satisfactory, and a balance of nearly $2,000 in the treasury and all bills paid was the best evi¬ dence of its flnancial standing. At this same meeting plans were discussed to increase the use of the League's facilities during the coming year, and a series of entertainments were arranged for which will increase the social features of the organization. The proposition to increase the initiation fee to $25 was laid over, but will undoubtedly be adopted at the September naeeting. ELEVATOR SHAFTS. Section 96 of the Building Code has been amended to read as follows; words quoted are new and matter in brackets is omitted: Section 96—Elevator Enclosures. All elevators hereafter placed in any building, except such flreproof buildings as have been or may be hereafter erecied, shall be inclosed in suitable walls of brick or ivith a suitahle framework of iron and burnt clay filling, or of such other fireproof material and form of construction as may he approved by the Department of Buildings, except that the inclosure walls in non-fireproof buildings "over flve stories high," used as warehouses (stores) or factories shall be of brick. If the inclosure walls are of brick, laid in cement mortar, and not used as bearing walls, they raay be eight Inches In thickness for not more than flfty feet of their uppermost height, and increasing im