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1318 RECORD AND GUIDE June 15, 1912 We are experts in laying roofs of coal tar pitch, tarred felt and gravel, slag or tile, and in the appli¬ cation of pitch and felt waterproofing for founda¬ tion and tunnel work. Large "Barrett Specification Roof" Contracts a Specialty BOOKLET ON REQUEST Commonwealth Roofing Co. 17 BATTERY PL.ACE, N. Y. IRON FOUNDRY PATTERN SHOP Brooklyn Vault Light Co. Manufacturers of VAULT LIGHTS, SKYLIGHTS and Patent Light Work of Every Description 270 MONITOR STREET Telephone Connection BROOKLYN A. BATAILLE 6 CO. MAXUFACTUEEES OF Elevator Enclosures Patent Foldine Gates, Wire and Grill Work, in Braas, Bronze and Iron, Bank and Office Railings 587 Hudson Sl., New York Ross Bldg., Cor. Bank St. Tel.. P.01 Chnlsoa WINE BOTTLE RACKS WILLIAM A. HAASE Plumbing Contractor 1513 SECOND AVE. Tel. Call, 2932-79th St. NEW YORK, N. Y, Rapp Construction Co. PATENT FIREPROOF FLOOR ARCHES Tel, ISeSLeno:: 301 E. 94th StieCt ROOF INSURANCE TIN ROOFS Repaired and kept so by the year under guarantee. Tin roofs, lire escapes, iron shut¬ ters, iron fences, Eratings, etc., painted with pure linseed oil paint. Skilled labor, average prices, esti¬ mates cheerfully furnished. Phone 3151 John NEW YORK ROOF REPAIRING CO. L.G.BROWH.T.eas. ardMni. 100 William St., N.Y. ATLANTA CONTRACTING CO. ' Exeavatino, Dirt and Rubbish Removed Sand, Gravel and Broken Stone. FillinK Material. COAL AND WOOD, All kinds of Trucking I Horses and Wagons To Hire. i 1230 East 4Zd Street NEW YORK j Telephone, 846 Munray Hill Telephooe, Spriag 9529 Night Call, Chelsea 3589 Elevator REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES General Mactiinists & Electrician! Tbe James F. Gillespie Co. THIRD ST., Near Sixth Ave., NEW YORK THE RECORD AND GUIDE is tlie oldest paper representing the in¬ terests of Real Estate and B'uilding in New York City, and a standard author¬ ity on matters relating to these branches. PcTBonal and Trade Notes. J. H, SCHEIER, the builder, baa removed hia offices to 12 East 42d street. C. YINGLINO Se SON, manufacturers of the Yiufe-llnf double action shaking Rate, have moved their offices from 150 Broadway, New York City, lo 1100 Broad street, Newark. STERLING CEILI-NG & LATHING CO. re¬ cently moved from 18 East 42d st to 34!> East 23ii st, where they occupy much larger quarters than formerly and earry a large stock of fur¬ ring and lathing. THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION announces an examination July 10 to secure eligibles [rom which to make cer¬ tification to fill a vacancy in the position of laboratory aid aud engineer at $'.)00 per annum, in the forest products laboratory at Madison, Wis. S. PEAESON & SON, the contractors who con¬ structed the Pennaylvania East River tunnels and the National Harbor at Dover, have secured the contract for tbe new port of Valparaiso. Four firms. Including a British, a Franco-Dutch eombinalion of contractors aud a German firm, tendered for the worlt. The amount of the con¬ tract is about §14,000,000 and the time allowed for the coustruction of tbe port is seven years, DE WITT CLINTON OVERBAUGH. formerly president of the Building Material Exchange, died last Friday night at bis residence at Nyack, -N. V. He was born at Saugerties in 1.S40, and before comiog to New York he was a builder in Ulster County, and was presideat of the com¬ panv whieh built the Grand Hotel at Summit station in tbe Catskills. In the early eighties he engaged in the busines of dealing in building materials in tbis cily, as a member ot the Over- baugh-Camp Company, which is now engaged iu a different line. THE HILL DRYER CO, of Worcester, Mass.. and the Hill Canton Dryer -Co. of Canton, Ohio, and Worcester, Mass., have obtained contracts for the installation of their dryers ia 1,5 of the new fire houses In New York City. Mr. B. P. Hill, vice-president of both companies, will in the future spend the greater portion of his time at the New York offices of both companies. S3-S3 6tb st, Long Island City. Associated witb him in tbe selling end will be Mr. John Doherty, who has acted as office manager for the past three years, and Mr. E. R. Rogers, who has just joined the firm's New York ofBce. Dyckman Tract Activity. A buildinjr movement of distinctive im- iportanee is about duo for the Dyckman section. Recent announcements are to the effect that Morris Freeman, who owns the plot of six lots at the southwest corner of Broadway and 20Tth street, plans to erect a six-story elevator apart¬ ment house. The new structure will have a frontage of 100 feet on Broadway ami 150 feet in 207th street. Directly oppo¬ site, at the southeast corner ot Broadway and 207th street, 100x90 feet, T. S. Galardi has had plans prepared for a six-story structure. A few blocks to the north, at the northeast corner of Broadway and 212th street, the Hazel Real Estate Com¬ pany wil! build a six-story elevator house, 118.7x197.9 feet. A Change of Base. The Paterno Construction Co., of w hich Charles Y. Paterno is the head, has branched out from Jlorning-side Heights, and will build an apartment house at the southwest corner of Se\^nth avenue and 5Sth street. Mornin^sTQe Heights has nearly reached its limit as a building field. It is only about ten years since the movement for the erection of apart¬ ment houses began there, and the Pa- ternos have had a large part in it. Now that there are few available sites left, they have had to change the scene cf their operations. Chief Croker's Consistency. Ex-Fire Chief Edward F. Croker will be true to his professions in building his new home at Long Beach. It will be a fire¬ proof d?,'elling, built of the National Fireproof Company's hollow tile. The doors, window frames and sashes will he cf metal and the beams will be of fire¬ proofing material. Not a piece of wood will be used in the construction of the house. In case of flre in one room the door can bo closed and the fire will burn ilself out. Canada Cuts Duty on Cement and Lime. The Canadian government makes the important announcement that it has de¬ cided "to grant for a limited period, a re¬ mission of one-half the duty paid upon Portland cement and hydraulic or water lime in barrels, bags or casks." The re¬ duction is made in response to an over¬ whelming demand from the West, where sufficient Canadian cement cannot be had for building operations. TRADE LITERATURE ElillKon MnT^dn nud Gera LntupN. Bulletin 4947, just issued by the Gen¬ eral Electric Company is devoted to the Illumination of electric railway cars and the advantages possessed by Edison Mazda and Gem lamps for this service. The bulletin contains illustrations show¬ ing the illumination of cars by these two types of lamps, as compared with that resulting from the use of the old carbon filament lamp. The bulletin should be of great interest to railway men and should help solve their lighting problems. "MunielDiil Mnrket Policy." Under the auspices of the City Club of New York, a pamphlet under this title has been prepared and is being distributed by Hon. Cyrus C. Miller, President of the Borough of The Bronx. Copies may be obtained by addressing the Eorough Pres¬ ident. Mlnlii]^ Eliif;lneer»' Bulletin. The May issue of the "Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers" is being distributed from the offices at 29 West 39th street. New York. The bul¬ letin contains interesting articles by Charles A. Stewart. B. G. Klugh, Walter S. Landis, Felix A. Vogel, Joseph W. Richards and N. V. Hansell. "The Prodnctlon of Mica in J»I1." An advanced chapter in the "Mineral Resources of the United States for 1911." entitled "The Production of Mica in 1911." by Douglas B. Stewart is ready for dis¬ tribution. The publication is issued by the Department of the Interior—U. S. Geo¬ logical Survey, George Otis Smith, di¬ rector, W^ashington, D. C. Testing of Clay Refractories- Bulletin number 7, Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards is being dis¬ tributed by the Department of Commerce and Labor, S. W. Stratton. director, from the Government Printing Office at Wash¬ ington. This bulletin treats of tests of clay refractories, with special reference to their load ca'rying capacity at furnace temperatures. The work is by A, V. Bleininger, Ceramic Chemist, and G. H. Brown, Assistant Ceramic Chemist of the Bureau of Standards. Wood-Using Indn.strlea. "Wood-using Industries and National Forests of Arkansas" is the title of ad¬ vanced bulletins just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture of which Henry S. Graves is Forester. It is divided into two parts; part one, "Uses and Sup¬ ply of Wood in Arkansas" by J. T. Har¬ ris, 'Statistician, and Hu Maxwell, Ex¬ pert, and part two, "Timber Resources of the National Forests in Arkansas" by Francis Kiefer, Forest Supervisor. Electrical Engineers. The amendments to the constitution of the American Institute of Electrical En¬ gineers are included in the contents of the May bulletin ot the American Insti¬ tute. Copies may be obtained by address¬ ing the secretary of the American Insti¬ tute of Electrical Engineers at 33 West 39th street, New Tork. Price per copy, $1.00. Tlie Production of Grapliitc. The Department of the Inferior—U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C, is issuing advanced chapter from "Mineral Resources of the United States" by Ed¬ son S. Bastin. Copies may be obtained by addressing the bureau at Washington. Pavlns; and Roads. The Texas Company is issuing a book¬ let describing roads made with their Texaco road compound and announces that they have changed the date of pub¬ lication to quarterly. The next issue will be dated at August 1st, but issued in July. The size will be. altered to agree with standard catalogue file size 2-in. by 9-in. All communications should be addressed to editorial department. Texas Company, 17 Battery place, New York. Xciv Conorete Mixers. The Ransome Concrete Machinery Co. a,re putting on the market two new types of portable concrete mixers, Nos. 60 and 61. These designs embrace many new ideas collected by the Ransome Company in cooperation with street paving engi¬ neers and contractors. Full descriptions will be sent on request to the Ransome Concrete Machinery Co.. Dunellen, N. J.