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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 82, no. 2119: October 24, 1908

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784 KECORD AND GODE October 24, 1908. of Portland cement to be used in the construction of the dam. The low limit of delivery has been nine barrels a day. Alsen also has a contract to furnish 00,000 bbls. for a government contract at Buffalo. As noted elsewhere, the John P. Kane Co. has recently closed a number of large contracts for the Trowel Brand, including 108,000 bbls. for the Catskill aqueduct, 25,000 for the Belnord apart¬ ment house, and 10,000 for the Everett Building. CEMENT. Rosendale, or Natural, la wood, per bbl ...........................@ J0.95 Portland, Domeatlc, In cloth* ........ 1-48 (•AI! standard American Portland Cement Companies repurchase cloth sacks at tte rate of 7% centa each, or 50 cents a barrel.) Manufacturers' Quotations; The following special quotations, for cargo lots Id cloth, are furnished by agents of the brands. and they, not we, are responsible for the ac¬ curacy ot the figures given l Atlas Portland .................. 51-48® $1.55 Alsen (American) Portland ....... 1-48 .... Vulcanite ........................ 1.48 1.53 Trowel Portland ................. 1.48 ------ Nazareth ................................ Dragon Portland ................ 1.48 -... Atlantic ......................... 1-48 ------ Dyckerhoff (German) Portland. ... 2.45 .... Alsen (German) Portland.......... 2.35 ..,. IRON, STEEL, ETC.—Reports from the Lehigh and Schuylkill valleys indi¬ cate a much improved condition of af¬ fairs in the pig-iron situation tliere. Leading furnaces have now reduced their stocks to a minimum, while the orders on the books at their present capacity is sufficient to carry them well over the first quarter of next year. Structural orders for buildings have been less numerous this w-eek, but rail¬ road business has taken a decided up¬ ward turn. The McClintic-Marshall Con¬ struction Co. has secured two contracts, amounting to 5,500 tons: one for 1,500 tons for the second section of the office building for the Grand Central Station in New York, and the other for 4,000 tons for the Keithsburg bridge for the Iowa Central. It is understood that Levering & Garrigues have secured the contract for the 5,000 tons for the erec¬ tion of the Bitz-Carlton hotels in this city, instead of Miliiken Bros., as at flrst reported. It is reported that the bids for the structural material for the Grand Cen¬ tral Depot were around $44 a ton for fabricating, or $6 a ton less than the basis of the preceding New York Central contract, which was let six months ago. The same road is now asking bids on 2,000 tons additional for its terminal work. Bids by fabricating structural mills have gone in on the pier sheds to be constructed by the Central Railroad of New Jersey at New York, and tenders are being received for similar work by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Railroad bridge work, upon which tenders have been made, calling for 1G,000 tons, is still pending. In iron bars the demand continues light, but the market remains steady. The small business is done mainly at 1.45c. base half extras at tidewater, or 1.30c. base Pittsburg, with store prices nominal at 1,75c. base half extras. PIG IRON. The followine are the nominal delivered prices at tidewater tor shipment during the next few months. Southern prices delivered. New York, Brooklyn or Jersey City, include lighterage; North er n: No. 1 X Jersey City............S17.25@:i;n.75 No. 2 Foundry x Jersey City...... 16.75 17.00 No. 2 Plain ...................... 15.75 16.25 Southern: No. 1 Foundry, steamship dock... 17.50 17.75 No. 2 Foundry, spot............ 16.75 17.2o No. 3 Foundry .................. 15.75 16.25 STRUCTURAL. From store. Beams and Channels, 15-tn. and under ........................ Sl,76@ 52.25 Angles .......................... 1,76 2.25 Tees ............................. 1.81 2.35 Zeea ............................. I.,'?! ____ BAR IRON FROM STORE (National Classiflca- ^ tion). ROtTND AND SQUARE iRON. 1 to 1^. base price...................@ Jl.SO Vi to % In........................ 1-lOc. extra 1 to J%, base price (nominal)........@ S1.75 FLAT IRON. IV. to 4 in. s % to 1 in., base price ____ 1.90 IV, to 4 X Yi X 5-16............... 2-lOc extra 2 to 4 in. X 1% to 2 In............. 5-lOc extra 4Vi to 6 In. s 11-16 to 1% In...... 4-10c extra Norway Bars..................... 3,60 8.75 Norway Shapes .................. 3.75 4.00 Machinery Steel, Iron flnish, base .... 1.90 Soft Steel Bars, base or ordy slzea .... 1.90 Tool Steel, regular quality........ 7.00 ------ Tool Steel, extra quality.......... 13.00 .... SOFT S;TEBL SHEETTS. Yi and heavier ....................... 2.55 3-16 ................................ 2.65 No. 8 ............................... 2.65 Blue Annealed: No. 8............................ 2.50 ____ No. 10............................ 2.50 ------ No. 12............................ 2.55 ------ No. 14............................ 2.60 ------ No. 16............................ 2.70 ------ ,—One Pass B.G. cleaned-, Cold Rolled. American. ............ $2.90 $3.S0 ............ 2.95 3.40 3.00 3.05 3.10 3.20 3.35 3.40 3.45 3.50 RUSSIA. PLANISHED. ETC. Genuine Russia, according to as¬ sortment, per lb................... Ili4@14 Patent Planished, per lb------A, lOc; B, 9c.. net Galvanized Iron jobbing, price......70 and 10% Metal Laths, per sq. yd..................22@24 SOLDERS. Case. Open. Half and Half..................... 19Mi @ 20 No. 1 ............................ n% 18 SPELTER. Ton lots ......................... 5% 5% TERNE PLATES. N. B.—The following prices are for IC 20x28, the rate for 144x20 being half as much. IX Is usually held at J2 per box advance for 8 to 10 lbs. coatine and $2.fi0 to $3 advance for 15 lb. and upward. The following are approximating basis quotations, and proper allowance must be made for special brands, small lots, etc.; About 40-lb. coating..................@$17.10 About 30-lb coating.................. 15.00 About 20-lb. coaling.................. 13.50 Aboul I5-Ib. coating.............. 10.70 1L25 ^bout S-Ib, coating, box.............. 8.70 PIG LEAD. Ton lots .......................... 4% 4 Less ............................. 5 0%, LUMBER.—That retail stocks of hard¬ woods are small is the most encouraging fact at present for wholesale dealers in this market. "While this fact is a phophecy of large orders from the yards wlien the tide fairly turns, business still remains far below normal in tbis depart¬ ment. Building orders are at present tiuiet. Prices for North Carolina pine are taking on a certain firmness. The local hemlock market is featureless. Advices frora Southeastern yellow pine sections report continued improvement in demand and a strengthening tendency on the part of prices. This does not mean the arrival of normal business, but the maintenance of a certain artificial relationship between supply and re¬ quirements, to obtain a reasonable profit in all branches of the trade. Mr. J. Sher loch Davis, of the Cross, Ireland Co., has been elected president of the New York Lumber Trade Associa¬ tion for the flfth time. The other officers elected are: First vice-president, John F. Steeves; second vice-president, Russell J. Perrine: treasurer, Charles F. Fischer; trustees—John L. Cutler, David M. Res- seguie, William P. Youngs, Isaac P. Vanderbeck, Guy Loomis, William S. Wandel, Hammond Talbot, Gulian Ross, R. S. Wiiite, Rowland McClave, Louis Bossert, James H. Pittinger, John Egan, William H. Simonson, A. P. Bigelow, Al¬ bro J. Newton, C. "W. Wilson, E. M. Wiley, Peter A. Smith, Frederick W. Starr, John J. Cooney, Edwin D. Mac- murray, Waldron Williams, George C. Lavery, William F. Clarke, Homer A, Millard. John C. Creveling, William S. Van Clief, Allan H. Church, Treadwell D. Carpenter, P. Moore. The C. E. Ross Lumber Co., a new cor¬ poration, has succeeded to the business of the Ross Lumber Co., at 303-19 West 115th st, Manhattan. The incorporators are C. E. Ross and wife and J. O'Keefe. B. L. Stafford has opened a yellow pine office at 32 Broadway, and will specialize in the export trade. The injunction granted the Paciiic Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association against the Hill and Harriman lines from enforcing certain rates for the transpor¬ tation of lumber from California and Washington to the East and Southwest has been sustained by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of California. It suspends the collection of the increased rates until after a decision has been made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Lumber Manufacturers' Association alleged in its complaint that the several railroads mentioned in the bill are con¬ trolled by the Northern and the Southern Pacific companies. The lumbermen also asserted that the increase in rates was decided upon by both companies; that there was no competition between the two great lines, and that they both acted in concert. Both the Harriman and Hili lines, according to the lumbermen, agreed to increase the rate of transporting lum¬ ber to the East and Southwest 10 cents a hundred pounds, and 5 cents a hundred pounds on shingles. This rate was to have gone into effect Nov. 1, 1907. STONE.—A number of firms have been favored with Tvork enough to keep them going for a long period, but small work in all departments is the great need. Business is being taken at all the stages between the quarry and the building at minimum figures. The contract for the limestone for the Emigrant Savings Bank has gone to George Brown & Co., 1123 Broadway, to whom Sherwood will furnish the stone in the rough. Charles T. Wills (Inc.) is general contractor. William Bradley & Son. 90 West st, have the contract for the limestone in the new Belnord apart¬ ment house, from the George A. Fuller Co., general contractor. Twenty-five thousand cubic feet will be required. The stonework on the Fifth Avenue Euiiding is well advanced on the 23d and 24th st sides. The setters are close on the heels of the iron erectors. Evidently the limestone is being furnished by the quarry, and being cut at the yards, with dispatch. The work, so far as it has come out, is highly Spoken of in the trade. Particu¬ larly the stone itself is of flne color and very uniform. Henry Hanlien & Son are doing the cutting, and Perry, Matthews & Van Buskirk, 1 Madison av, are fur¬ nishing the rough stone from their Bed¬ ford quarries. James G. Doak & Co., of Philadelphia, took the contract for the Trenton City Hall. The building will have a marble superstructure on a granite base. The stone sub-contracts will be handled by local firms. Granite for building stone, both rough and dressed, sold by the producers, was valued in 1907 at .$6,033,301, a decrease of $2,396,660, as compared with the value of the output in the year 190G. Although Vermont reported the largest output ot dressed granite for building, Maine and Massachusetts both exceeded Vermont In the total value of granite building stone, both rough and dressed. STONH.—Wholesale rates, delivered at New York. Nova Scotia in rough, per cu. ft____S0.90@$... Ohio freestone .....................85 ,90 Minnesota freestone ................75 Longmeadow freestone .............85 Brownstone. Portland. Conn.........00 .75 Scotch redstone .................. 1-05 T^ake Superior redstone ............ 1.10 ... Granite, Maine .....................45 .60 Granite, grev ......................BO .BO Granite, black ......................75 3.fl Granite. Milford pink................ 1.00 Granite, Picton Island red............. 1.00 Granite, Picton Island, pinlt..........- 1.00 Limestone, buff and blue...............80 Kentucky limestone....................9C Caen .............................. 1.25 1.75 Portage or Warsaw stone...........90 Vermont white building marble____ 1.00 1.50 Soulh Dover building marble.:......1.25 Bennington building marblo........ 1.25 Georgia building marble............ 1.40 2.00 Tennessee marble ................. 2.35 2.50 Wyoming bluestone ...................90 Hudson River bluestone (promlscu- ous sizes, per cu. ft.).......... .oO