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1032 RECORD AND GUIDE November 30, 1912 ajon afrtMt 'tM ^rubraltar is symbolical of Strength. flGnybc ■ brands of ccmmon brick have the fortitude of the Mediterranean Fortress. Their quality makes them impregnable against Time, Frost and Flood. GREATER NEW YORK BRICK CO. Sellers of Gnybco Brands nioK, Murriy HUl. 7BI 103 Park Ave. THE NEW JERSEY TERRA COTTA CO. K. MATHIASEN, Preaident ARCHITECTURAL TERRA - COTTA Tel. 3903-4 Cort. Singer Bldg., 149 Broadway H ENRY MAURER & SON ^--J-'""" Fireproof Building Materials „2^cr^^k Hollow Brick made of Clay for Plat Arches, Par¬ titions, Furring, Etc., Porous Terra Ootta, FJpe Brick, Etc. Office and Depot, 420 E. 23d STREET Works, Maurer, N. J. NEW YORK CARTER, BLACK & AYERS FRONT BRICKS, ENAMELED BRICKS Aichitectural Terra Cotta Fireproofing, Roofins Tilet 1182 Broadway, N.Y. Telephone 7613.7614 Madison Sa Brooklyn Builders Supply Co. Brick, Lime, Cement, Lath Plaster Boards, Etc. 6th St. Basin and Gowanus Canal Tel. 2000, 2001 South BROOKLYN, N. Y. COLLINS, LAVERY & CO. LUMBER AND TIMBER Comb Grain Y. P. Flooring a Specialty New York Office Yards 50 Church Street Jersey City Tel. 5450 Cort. Tel., 1180 Bergen Atlanta Contracting Co. EXCAVATING. DIRT and RUBBISH REMOVED Sand, Gravel and Broken Stone. Filling Material All Kinds of Trucking Done General Contractors and House Wreckera f Telephone 846 Mun^v Hill 230 E. 42nd St. New York WOODBURY GRANITE COMPANY Woodbury Granita Hardwlck White Granite General Manager MainOfiSca: GEO. H. BICKFORD HARDWICK, VT. New York Office: 1 MADISON AVE. Pittsburg Office: 1101 FARMER'S BANE BLDG. A. KLABER & SON MARBLE WORKS 211 VERNON AVENUE, Foot of Ilth Street LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. Telephone, 1S95 Hunters Point THE RECORD AND GUIDE is the oldest paper representing the in¬ terests of Real Estate and Building in New York City, and a standard author¬ ity on matters relating to these branches. ROCKAWAY BEACH.—Washington av, n s. 25 w Neptune av. raise 1-sty bungalow and erect locust post foundation ; cost. $75 ; owner, J. Egnn. Rockaway Beach. Plan No. 1281. ROCKAWAY BliACH.—Waverly av. w s, 225 s Boulevard, raise pitch roof to provide rooms tn attic, gravel roof; cost, $.350; owner, Mrs. Catherine Erower, 19 South Waverly av, Rock¬ away Beach. Plan No. 1278. WINFIELD.—Woodside av, s s, 15 e Flsk av. Install new plumhing In store; cost, $20; owners, Hirschberg & Winderoth, premises. Plan No. 1295. WOODHAVEN.—Broadway, n e cor Walker av. alter Interior partitions to provide for store; cost. $1IX): owner, W. H. Sheridean, premises. Plan No. 1299. WOODHAVEN.—Jamaica av. n w cor Wood¬ land av. erect new concrete founoation under 2- sty frame awelling; cost, J300: owner. Peter Muller. Wooonaven. Plan No. 1271. Richmond. TOMPKINS AV, 472. Tompkinsville. alter electric sign; cost. $2."»; owner. Wm. Elvester, Tompkinsville; owner builds. Plan No. 469. RAILROAD, s s. 147 e Bay av. film Park, brick and frame addition to 1-sty manufacturing building, 28x99 ; cost, $2,800; owner, A. Averett. Elm Park; architect, Cantor Sc Levingson. 30 West .SSth St. N. Y. C.: owner builds. Plan No. 470. Coal chute, 16x24. CANAL ST, w s, 300 s Cedar st, Stapleton, frame alteration to cooper shop; cost, $500; owner, Rubsam & Horrman Brewing Co., Staple- ton ; architect, James Whittord, Crabtree Build- inir St. George; builder, Henry Spruck & Sons, Stanieton. Plan No. 471. Government Work. PARIS. TEX.—Sealed proposals will be re¬ ceived until the Sth day of jan. 1913, for the construction, complete (including plumb¬ ing, gas piping, heating apparatus, electric conduit and wiring, and lighting fixtures), of the annex to the United States postofBce at Paris, Tex. The bui.uing is 2 stys and base¬ ment with a ground area of approximately 7,000 sa ft. Fireproof construction, stone fac¬ ing, tile roof. Drawings and specifications may be obtained from the custo-ian at Paris. Tex., or at the offire of the Supervising Archi¬ tect, Oscar Wenderoth, Wash., D. C. ABILENE. ivANS.—Sealed proposals will • be received until the tth day of January, 1913, for the construction, complete (including plumb¬ ing, gas pipin?' heating apparatus, electric conduit and wiring, interior liKhting fixtures and approaches), of the United States postofflce at Abilene, Kans. The building is 1 sty and basement, with a ground area of aporoximate- ly 5,000 sq ft. Fireproof construction except roof, stone facing, tin root. iJrawings and specifications may be obtained from the cus¬ todian of site at Abilene Kans.. or at the office of the Supervising Architect, Oscar Wenderoth, Wash., D. C. Ptrsonal and Trade Notes. FARB:ER & NURICK. architects, 1028 Gates av, Brooklyn, desire information regarding ter¬ ra cotta materials. THB NEXT MEETING of the New York State Association of Builders will be held in the City of Syracuse the latter part of Jan¬ uary. OTTO M. EIDLITZ, a member of the ar¬ bitration commission which has just rendered a decision in the case of the locomotive en¬ gineers, was president ot the New York Build¬ ing Trades Association when the General Ar¬ bitration plan was first adopted. THB TWEXTY-NINTH annual convention of the International 'Association of Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States and (janada will be helu in the city of Den¬ ver, Col.. February :» to 7, inclusive, 1913. The headquarters will be the Albany Hotel, and the business sessions and exhibition will be held in the Auditorium. AT THE NOVEMBER meeting ot the New York Paint and Varnish Club, the members pre¬ sented to Mr. H. W. Pearson a silver coffee serv¬ ice, as a token ot their appreciation of his work In connection with the New York convention. Mr. Pearson is general manager of the Muralo Company New Brighton, said to be the largest manufacturers of wall coatings in the world. THB OFFICERS and directors ot J. G. White & Co., Inc., believing that the En¬ gineering CJonstruction Department and the Operating Department could be conducted with greater efficiency and proflt if separately in¬ corporated, especially in view of the large and increasing volume of engineering and construc¬ tion work, have recommended that two new cor¬ porations be formed, one to he known as the J. G. White Engineering Corporation, to tske over the first-named department, and the other to he known as the J. G. White Management Corporation, to take over the operating de¬ partment. -------------•------------ Valves. The Crane Company, of this city, and Chicago, publishers of "The Valve World," discuss the sanitary problem of country schools in the November number which should be of interest to architects and builders. The number also contains an article on "What Will the Metric System Cost?" by the editor, which is well worth reading. The article deals with the cost to purchasers of pipe and other building commodities entailed by the change from the standard to the metric system of measurement. Copies may be obtained by addressing the company, 490 Cherry street, or in Chicago. DEPARTMENTAL RULINGS Board of Examlnera. APPEAL 185 of la.i_. Alteration 1351 ot 1912, premises 102-4 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, J. J. Rothschild, appellant. Question of substituting wireglass windows in standard metal frames for iron shutters. APPROVED ON CO.MDITION that all win¬ dows that come within one hundred feet of ad¬ joining property, both horizontally and ver¬ tically, in north and west walls be of wireglass in standard metal frames. APPEAL 191 of 1912. New Building 383 ot 1912, premises 214 East 14th St, and 207-223 East 13th St., Manhattan, George Keister, ap¬ pellant. Question of roofing over a portion ot north court, theatre building. APPROVED ON CONDITION that the pros¬ cenium opening he provided with a rigid fire¬ proof curtain with steel frame covered with asbestos at least three inches thick and capable of sustaining ten pounds pressure per square foot over its entire surface ; that a water cur¬ tain he provided in front of the rear windows on the 14th Street building, on the second and third stories; that at least three galvanized iron ventilators, not less than four feet in diameter, he placed in the ceiling of the foyer; and that the north wall enclosing the foyer be built of brick not less than twelve inches thick. APPEAL 192 of 1912, New Building 529 of 1912, premises 2.3-25 Beaver St. and 58-62 New St., Manhattan, Messrs. Rouse & Goldstone, ap¬ pellants. Question of constructing a pent house on roof of 12-story store and office huildina, the pent house to be used as a janitor's apartment. Section 105. APPROVED. APPEAL 193 ot 1912, New Building 699 ot 1912. premises southeast corner Fox and Barrette Streets, The Bronx, S. Behrman, ap¬ pellant. Question of dumbwaiter shaft construction. APPROVED. APPEAL 195 of 1912. Alteration 2482 ot 1912, premises 1826-1828 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, John Hauser, appellant. Question of altering non-fireproof dwellings tor hospital purposes, without complying with Section 105 Code. DISAPPROVED. APPEAL 196 of 1912, New Building 1132 of 1912, premises Twombley Place, Queens, Her¬ bert R. Brewster, appellant. Question ot courts in a theatre. Section 109. APPROVED ON CONDITION that one row of seats be eliminated in the orchestra, for the purpose of forming a cross-aisle, where marked in red on plan; that an additional exit door be provided on Twombley Place, where indi¬ cated in red on main fioor plan ; that a row of seats be omitted in the l)alcony, forming a cross-aisle at point indicated in red on bal¬ cony plan: and that staircases be provided from balcony to the mezzanine on both sides of the house, as indicated in red on balcony plan. APPEAL 197 of 1912, New Building 597 ot 1912, premises 633-635 Park Avenue, Manhat¬ tan, S. Fullerton Weaver, appellant. Question ot constructing a 12-story and base¬ ment apartment house, non-fireproof wood floors and trim. Basement entrance. Section 105. APPROVED ON CONDITION that no pent house shall be placed upon the root. APPEAL 198 of 1912. Alteration 797 of 1912. premises 32 East 32d Street, Manhattan, David Stone, appellant. Question of construction of canopy. APPROVED as to the method of construction. APPEAL 199. Withdrawn. APPEAL 200 ot 1912, New Building 602 of ini2, premises northwest corner West End Ave¬ nue and 85th Street, Manhattan, Messrs. Schwartz & Gross, appellants. Question ot constructing a 12-story and base¬ ment apartment house, basement entrance. Sec¬ tion 105. APPROVED ON CONDITION that the pent house be eliminated. TRADE LITERATURE Boiler Efficiency. The counter-current or multi-stage principle in steam generation, toward the adoption of which there appears to be a tendency in recent practice, is discussed in a pamphlet entitled "The Best Propor¬ tions of Boiler and Economizer Surface," issued by the Green Fuel Economizer Company, of Matteawan, N. Y. In this booklet a method is developed for deter¬ mining the proper limits of boiler and economizer surface and it is shown that the most economical results are obtained from a boiler properly proportioned for transmitting the heat of evaporation, with an economizer for progressively warming the feed water. The practical result Is a boiler four to six feet per boiler horse power, discharging gases at 600 to 700 de¬ grees P. to an economizer in which they are cooled to 300 degrees F. or lower, de¬ pending upon whether or not mechanical draft is used. It is pointed out that the economizer transfers two or three times as much heat as could the same amount of additional boiler surface at the same point in the travel of the gases, because of the greater temperature head available between gases and steam, the result being greater steam making efficiency at lower cost.