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May l8. 1907 RECORD AND GUIDE 967 "Vi^^' ""S^E^" THE REALM OF BUILDING ^1 _i3vSL Points on the Mateiial Mai'ket, An advance of two cents per gallon has taken place in the price of Linseed Oil. This is not due to the demand in this coun¬ try, as it is estimated that tbe American requirement is' 25% less than it was last Spring. Throughout the United States tbe Portland cement trade is in good form this spring. A great amount is being taken in the West, and another great quantity in the South, so that quota¬ tions continue normal and about at the same level as for some weeks past. Raw materials used in manufacturing products for the beating and plumbing trades have advanced in price from 5% on some grades of iron to as much as 7-5% on brass and bronze, since Jan. 1, 1905. The cost of raw material used in making electric light and gas fixtures has advanced about 65% in the same period, and labor about 12%. A prominent New Tork machinery man who returned recently from Europe declares that European manufacturers are crowded with work, and he gives it as bis opinion that the reason for prosperity there is the fact that manufacturers in the United States have not been hotlicring a great deal of late about export trade, and, consequently, have left the competition largely be¬ tween English and German manufacturers. Army War College Ready for Use. WASHINGTON.—In little more tbam'three years since Presi¬ dent Roosevelt laid its cornerstone, tbe War College of tbe -United States Army has been finished. Designed by McKi.n, Mead & Wbite, the War College is the most striking feature of a great military improvement scheme. It occupies a prominent site in the Washington Barracks reservation, overlooking ths Potomac. To this college wili come the picked men, the cream of Che aimy, to receive instructions in the broader and more advanced problems of warfare. In architecture and in con¬ struction the "W^ar College is a remarkable creation. Tlie cost was nearly $700,000, and tbe entire work was done by day labor under tbe supervision of Maj. John S. Sewell, of the Engi- n'?er Corps. The building is in the form of a cross, wdth :„ dome at the intersection. The whole is after the Roman basilica style. Brick and Indiana limestone form tbe exterior walls, and tbe roof is dark slate. In front and at eacb end is an entrance pavilion, gable above and massive piers and Ionic columns be¬ neath. On the front, flanking the central pavilion, are pilasters several feet lower than the Ionic columns. Siiai-e & Triest Co. Bid $1,570,760 for BlackwcU's Island Bridge Approacli, On Monday Bridge Commissioner Stevenson opened bids for the construction of tbe Manhattan approach to the new Black¬ well's Island bridge. The lowest bid submitted was that of the Snare & Triest Co., $1,-576,760. in amount. The contractor must begin operations within five days of the certification of the con¬ tract, and $100,000 security must be depo.=ited for the faithful performance of the work, and his contract inust be completed by March, 1908. Other well known contractors figuring werer John Peirce Co., $1,749,000; Williams Engineering & Contract¬ ing Co., $l,o90,fl00; Prank Bradley, $1,830,425, and the J. H. Gray Co., $1,762,000. Maine gray granite similar to the otber bridge approaches will be used for the facing. No Ai'chltect Yet for ItaUaii Hospital, THOMPSON ST.—No plans have yet been drawn or architect appointed for the new hospital which tbe Italian Benevolent Institute, of which Celestino Piva, 20 West 16th st. is presi¬ dent, will erect on the easterly block front in Thompson st. between Wasbington Square south and 3d st, on a plot 209x50 ft. and irregular. The property adjoins the Judson Memorial, and tbe society w-ill not get possession for about tiiree years yet, so that definite plans will not be taken up for about a year or more. A. R. Massiglia is tbe Italian Consul General in New Tork. The Italian government has contributed $60,000 for the endowment of tbe proposed hospital. J). C. Weeks & Son WiU Build Geo. J.