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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 75, no. 1932: March 25, 1905

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632 RECORD AND GUIDE March 25, 1905 have surplus and undivided profits of about $1,400,000. In the last three months the company has sold about $7,500,000 worth of pronerty for itself and allied interests, yielding profits to the amount of about $900,000 for the company, and about $500,000 for those who participated in the various transactions. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President. ■William H, Chesebrough; first vice-president, Charles T. Barney; second vice-president, E. Clifford Potter; treas¬ urer, Oakleigh Thorne; secretary, John M. Stoddard; assist¬ ant treasurer, Clarke G. Dailey. The Executive Committee will be made up as follows: Charles T. Barney, John D. Crimmins, William P. Havemeyer, Charles F. Hoffman, Charles W.^Morse, E. Clifford Potter, Edwin Thorne, Oakleigh Thorn H. Chesebrough. and Willian BUILDING NOTES Rather a thrilling week in building. More haste, the less speed—sometimes. The "smoke test" and the new elevator rule don't go. Spring bas sprung, the rivers have opened, and 'tis time for builders to get busy. Leonard K. Prince, of the Prince Iron Works, is spending some weeks in the south. He will be home in a fortnight. top of the Flatiron Building. Jay H. Morgan, architect for the company, estimates his plans sent to the Building Department at $10,000. Additional partitions will be installed on the top fioor, and a new iron staircase leading to the roof. The Adams Realty Co., 206 Broadway, states, in reference to the block of stores it is about to build in the Bronx, that the- plan of the operation is such as to make this a rendezvous for the shoppers of the neighboring district. There is to be one large market, covering an area of 4,000 sq. ft. The stores wiil vary in size, and the show-window fronts will run from 10 to 17 ft in height. The exact location is on the old Dater Estate. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on Thursday author¬ ized the purchase of the site at Nos. 134 to 13S West SOth st, upon which to build the new Tenderloin Police Station, Board of Estimate in January, appropriated $115,000 for its,' construction. The plans approved and accepted are by Harde' & Short, of No. 3 West 29th st. They have not yet been ad¬ vertized. The old established flrm of J. Reeber's Sons, dealers in second hand building materials, with yard at the foot of East 107th st, have for sale a full set of I-heams and columns, from a nearly new flve story building 75x100; also, 250 15-in. iron beams in various lengths, and in addition to the above a large stock of all materials that enter into the construction of buildings, in¬ cluding store fixtures, may be found. No architect has yet been commissioned to draw plans for the new bank building to be erected on the southwest corner '1 1 PIG. 4.—PAVILION IN THOMAS JHFPERSON PARK. Arnold W. Brunner, Architect. Mr. Elmer A. Darling, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, has had plans prepared for an $80,000 summer hotel, to be built in East Burke, Vt. ■ Twenty-five buildings spoiled out of sixty-flve started be¬ tween December 1 and March 1. Does it pay to build in freez¬ ing weather? Mr. Julius Hurtig, of Hurtig & Seamon, theatrical managers, 147 West 42d st, together with A. L. Wilbur, will build a $1,000,- 000 theatre and hotel in Havana, Cuba. The hotel is to contain 500 rooms. As wfll be noted elsewhere in these columns. Commissioner Woodbury is again asking for figures for constructing the municipal stable and chateau in Brooklyn, the previous bids all having been rejected. Plans are by Messrs. Warren & Wet¬ more, of 3 East 33d st, Manhattan, and call for a building which will be an art acquisition to the borough. The building committee of the American Savings Bank, at Sth av and 42d st, has not yet reached a decision ou plans or architect for the new bank to be erected at No. 115 West 42d St. Several schemes have been submitted and contractors have been flguring and it is expected that something deflnite will be arrived at in the near future. The Building Trades Employers' Association of the Bronx has chosen officers for the ensuing year as follows: Kasimar Loflnk, president; P. W. Siems, first vice-president; Herman Schmitc, second vice-president; M. L. Nikolei, third vice-president; Henry Wright, secretary; Daniel Sherry, treasurer; Captain Charles Baxter, chairman of the governors' committee. The George A. Puller Co. is about to enlarge its draughting room facilities by the addition of a 10 ft. high pent house on the of Sth av and 14th st, for the New York County National Bank, though many applications have been received by the officers. It is somewhat a matter of the future, as Styles & Cash, who oc¬ cupy the adjoining premises, which will be included in the site of the new structure, have not begun work on their new build¬ ing, though plans are nearing completion. The old Boreel Building, too, has begun to yield to the wreck¬ ers' axes, and though partly occupied and not apparent from Broadway, still in the rear it may be seen that the partitions and inside walls are being torn out. Francis Kimball, archi¬ tect for the adjoining new Trinity Building, has prepared plans for a new Boreel which will be a twin to the Trinity Building. The United States Realty & Construction Co. is the owner of the properties. No contracts were let for the 6-sty factory to be built at 607- 615 West 50th st by the John Jacob Astor estate for Kohler & Campbell, piano manufacturers, and it is stated that work will not proceed immediately. Boring & Tilton, of 32 Broadway, filed plans recently for the structure, which was estimated to cost about $50,000. Kohler & Campbell now occupy a large bunding on the northwest corner of SOth st and llth av, and the new building was to have been an addition to this. The New York Metal Ceiling Co,, 537 to 541 West 24th st. New York City, have recently gotten up in an attractive manner a thermometer for presentation to their friends, and the trade at large, that may be interested in their metal ceiling or "enametile." This attractive little souvenir is in keeping with the progressive spirit of this Institution. They are ever alert to both interest and please the public with their products, as well as attract attention to them. They will mail _free a