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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 91, no. 2345]: February 22, 1913

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432 RECORD AND GUIDE February 22, 1913 Plans Filed—Alterations, Queens (Continued). CORONA.—Locust st, n e cor Grand av, erect bay wlndo-w on front of store and dwelling ; cost, ^2(M. Plan No. 202. FLUSHING.—La-wrence st, -w s, 25 'W Grove st 1-sty added to top of dwelling, paroid root; coet $,"iOO; owner, Aus!ust Deluco, 139 Lawrence st. Flushing, L. I. Plan No. 210. L I CITY.—Washington av, 127, repair to dwelling after fire damage ; cost, $400; owner, J. Messenger, on premises. Plan No. L03. L. I. CIT1'.—Bodine st, n w cor Hamilton st, install new plumbing in stable; cost, $50; own¬ er. Fred Bushman, on premises. Plan No. 212. L 1 CITY —Purdy st, 26, install new plumb¬ ing ' in' dwelling ; cost, $200; owner, J. Nichol¬ son, on premises. Plan No. 211. L. I. CITY.—Steinway av, w s, 137 n Ja¬ maica av, erect cellar way to store; cost, $2o; owner Nathan Marks, Main st, Astoria. Plan No. 207. L I CITY.—Franklin st, n s, 125 w Van Alst av, 'install plumbing in offlce ; cost $15 ; owner, John Holley, 3 John st, Astoria. Plan No. 213. RICHMOND HIL.—Jamaica av, n w cor Stott¬ hoff av. install gas fittings in two dwellmgs; cost $r^0: owners, Bernstein & Jacobs, US Flushing av, Richmond Hill. Plan Nos 204 and 205. RICHMOND HILL.—Jamaica av, n s, 40 e Chestnut st. erect new store fronts; cost, J-W , owner, E. B. Dunning, 324 Chestnut st, Rlch- mon Hill. Plan No. 206. Richmond. JERSEY ST, e s, cor of Brook st, Ne'W Brighton, general alterations to frame store and dwelling; cost, $1,000; owner, Lembick & Bitz. jersey Citv Heights, N. J.; architect, John Davis Tompkinsville; builder, H. J. Lang¬ worthy, Tompkinsville. Plan No. 26. JOHN ST e s. 50 w Prince st, Stapleton. foun¬ dation to frame dwelling; cost, $300; owner, Peter Dannachon, Stapleton; builder, Geo. Mc¬ Guire, Stapleton. Plan No. 30. BAYVIEW AV, e s. 81, 438 s 3d st New Brighton, addition to frame dwelling; cost, $1.- SOO; owner and builder, Jas. C. Crabtree, New Brighton. Plan No. 29. OSGOOD AV, s 6, 300 e Gordon st. Staple- ton, rooflng to frame garage; cost, $25; owner, Moravian Episcopal Church, 40 Osgood av, Stapleton: builder, C. N. Sperling. Stapleton. Plan No. 27. WILLARD AV, n s, 50 w Fisk av. Westerly, masonry and carpentry to frame dwelling; cost, $1 200 ; owner, L. B. Tupper. Westerly ; builder, Andrew Haugland, West New Brighton. Flan No. 2.5. ST.\PLETON.—Repairs to Rubsam & Hojr- man brewery, brick boiler room; cost. $250; owner. R. & II. Brewery. Stapleton ; architect, J. Whitford. St. George ; builders, Henry Spruck & Sons, Stapleton. Plan No. 28. MUNICIPAL WORK. SCHEXECTADY, N. Y.—Preliminary plana have been prepared for the construction ot a reservoir of two 15,000,000-gallon units, at Be- vis Hill. Estimated cost, $200,000. Fred W. Bentley is Superintendent of Water Supply. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. JOHNSTOWN, N. Y.—The plans ot Fred L. Comstock have been accepted tor the addition to he constructed to the Park st school. Work is to he started immediately. COBLESKILL, N. Y.—The selection of a site for the new school building here has been de¬ cided upon. Estimated cost, $68,000. The build¬ ing will tront on Lark st, adjoining the present school grounds. AMSTERDAM, N. Y'.—The plans submitted by Fuller & Robinson, architects, of Albany, for the new school building to be erected here have been approved by the local Board of Education. Bids will be advertised for in a short time. Estimated cost, $50,000. CALEDONIA, N. Y'.—The Board ot Education contemplates the erection ot a 3-sty addition to the high school building. No contracts have been awarded. STORES, OFFICES AND LOFTS. ALBANY, N. Y.—The American Tobacco Co. contemplates the erection ot $50,000 building. ALBANY, N. Y.—William J. Obenaus. of this city. Is preparing plans for a 10-sty store and office building, to be erected at the southwest corner of South Pearl st and Hudson av, by Henry Kramrath. MIDDLETO'WN, N. Y.—Plans have been pre¬ pared for a new building to be erected hy the Demarest Drygoods Co. on the site ot the Gothic Hall. It is not expected that work will begin for about a year. BATAVIA. N. Y.—H. W. Homelius & Son Main st. architects, are preparing plans for a 2-sty concrete business building for William J. Goade, to be erected at 232 Ellicott st. Con¬ struction will be started in the spring. Other Cities. B'ANKS. TROY, N. Y.—The Union National Bank is having plans prepared for the construction of a 4-stv brick addition. 150x33 ft., to its present structure. The estimated cost is $100,000. WESTFIELD. MASS.—The city has purchased a site and is having plans prepared by John L Hyde, ot Westfield. for a new high school. The estimated cost is $200,000. Additions, esti¬ mated to cost $100,000. are to be made to the Greenwood and Franklin Schools. BROOKLINE. MASS.—The Board of Educa¬ tion is having plans prepared by Kilham & Hop¬ kins. 0 Park st, Boston, for the construction of a school house. It will be of brick, three stories high, and will be erected at Harvard and Sted¬ man sts. The estimated cost is $100,000. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—The Mclntosli Co. has purchased a site lOlx.52 ft., at Worthington and Chestnut sts, and will build a 6-sty offlce building. The estimated cost is $60,000. CHURCHES. COHOES. N. Y'.—The Hebrews of ttiis city are considering the purchase of property in Remsen st as a site tor the proposed Jewish synagogue, which they are to erect at an early date. PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church wiil erect a memorial to the victims of the Titanic. Ground has been purchased. Plans submitted call for a building to cost $4.5,000. Rev. J. T. Krohmalmey Is rec¬ tor. Work will start early in March. FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES. CUMMINSVILLE, N. Y.—The Powers Spe¬ cialty Co. is planning to rebuild their shops re¬ cently destroyed by fire. HALLS AND CLUBS. POUGHKEEPSIB. N. Y.—Wm. J. Beardsley. architect, will prepare plans tor the new Pythian home, to be erected by Armor Lodge No. 107, K. of P., at the corner ot Mill and North Hamilton sts. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y'.—The Plattsburgh Ma¬ sonic Organizations are planning to erect a temple and have secured an option on the lot opposite the Y'oung Mens Christian Association Building at Brinkerhoff and Oak sts. There are four masonic bodies in Plattsburgh. WHITEHALL, N. Y.—The plans ot J. Fred Acker, of Glens Falls, for the new Young Men's Christian Association building to be erected here have been accepted by the directors ot the Association. The cost will be about $16.- 000, and work will be started In tbe near future. Government Work. NEW Y'ORK.—Sealed proposals will be re¬ ceived until March 17th, for a noninterfering local fire-alarm system at the United States appraisers' warehouse. New York, N. Y., in ac¬ cordance with the specification, copies of which may be obtained trom the supervising chief en¬ gineer. New York, or at the offlce of the Super¬ vising Architect, O. Wenderoth, Wash., D. C. TIFTON, GA.—Sealed proposals will be re¬ ceived until March 25. for the construction, complete (including plumbing, gas piping, heat¬ ing apparatus, electric conduits and wiring, in¬ terior lighting fixtures, and approaches), of the United States Post Offlce at Tifton. Georgia. The building is to be of 1-sty, basement and mezzanine, and have a ground area of approxi¬ mately 4,400 sq. ft. ; fireproof first floor, stona and brick facing and tin and tile roof. Draw¬ ings may be obtained from the Custodian ot site at Tifton. Georgia, or at the offlce of the Supervision .^.rchitect, 0. Wenderoth, Wash., IX C. DAYTON, OHIO.—Sealed proposals will be received until March 10, for the mechanical equipment (except elevators and lifts) of the United States Post Offlce and Court House at Dayton, Ohio, in accordance witli drawings which may be obtained at the offlce ot the Superintendent of Construction, Dayton, Ohio, or at the offlce of the Supervising Architect, O. Wenderoth, Washington, D. C. I TRADE LITERATURE ! PERSONAL AND TRADE I NOTES. I icnimiiiimmiiiiiiniiiii imii iim"''™i™ii''°'n'iiinjiumiiMiniiiimioTi[niiuiuiii[riiiii', JACOB & YOUNGS, 1133 Broadway, build¬ ers will move their offlces about March 15, to the Cuyler Building, 116 West 32d street. JOSEPH BAUDO & BROS., stone masons and contractors, formerly of 199 Scholes st, Brook¬ lyn, have moved to 456 13th av, Astoria, L. I. FRANK EURICH, JR., architect, formerly with John T. Howland, Jr., of Jersey City, N. J., has opened an offlce at 200 Fifth avenue, New York City. Reports indicate that the annual meeting ot the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers As¬ sociation which is to be held at Atlantic City, on Thursday and Friday, March 6 and i, will be one of the largest conventions ever held by the association. The annual meeting and banquet of the New Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Association will be held in Newark, N. J., Feb. 26, with busi¬ ness session in the afternoon and banquet in the evening. Both events will be held at the Wash¬ ington Cafe, Broad st and Military Park. New- CLIFFORD F. MOORE, Assistant Engineer, Topographical Bureau ot the Borough of Queens. New York City, has been promoted to Chief Engineer at a salary ot $6,000 per an¬ num. Mr. Moore entered the city service in WOO as a transitman with engineering staff ot the Department of Finance. JOHN M CARRERE, the architect, of the firm ot Carrere & Hastings, who died on March 1 1^111 at the Presbyterian Hospital from in¬ juries sustained when his ^^ was struck by a street car, left an estate valued at $331,020, ac¬ cording to the transfer tax appraiser, whose re¬ port was filed in the Surrogate's Court this week. Mrs. Carrere and two daughters were the beneficiaries. GEORGE A. STEVENS, the senior statistician of the State Department of Labor, has prepared ?or a newspaper syndicate a study of a modern rade union, namely the New York Typo.graph- ical Union No. 6. Mr. Stevens has written a number of works on industrial subjects, includ¬ ing a history of arbitration in the building trades of New Y'ork, a history of immigration^ "Social Settlements," and Growth of Industry in New Y'ork State. ASA G. CANDLER, of Atlanta, Ga., was the guest In whose honor a dinner was given on Wednesday evening at the Hotel Astor. The festivity was arranged to celebrate the comple¬ tion ot the Candler Building In West 42d street, and was given by the architects, the builders and the real estate firm which represents Mr. Candler in New York. Oscar D. & Herbert V. Dike One vear ago, the first day of February ]91'> the contracts with the architects and builders were signed. There were few. at tlnat time who believed that a 25-story offlce build¬ ing west ot Broadway would be a success, but the same sagacity which made the Candler Building ot Atlanta the most successful offlce building In the South, with a rent loss for last year of less than one per cent., ran true in this New Y'ork venture, the influence of which is already being felt In 42d street. The only note of sadness was struck when Mr. Candler spoke with feeling of the great loss caused by the death of Arthur E. Willauer. head ot the firm of architects, a loss both personal and to the profession. Mr. Cauldwell. of the Cauld¬ well-Wingate Company, spoke on the construc¬ tion ot the building, and George Lee Bready spoke for the architects. Oscar D. Dike was toastmaster, and all voted the dinner a great success. riiiiimjiiruiiiwu^^iiuii.uiuCuwii.MiMiniiinwuiiii,,! Grand Central Column Construction. The Engineering Record of February 1 (price 15 cents. 2^0 West 30th street) contains an article on Columns in the Grand Central Termi¬ nal. It deals with the subject of providing possible future extension of 23 stories above the lofty concourse and tells in an interesting way by detailed sketches and diagrams how tha columns are braced to form several wind re- eisting towers. The portal construction, girder bases and their deep riveted girder connections also offer very interesting details to the archi¬ tect having to do with methods of types of steel construction. Steel Work of Novel Desi;;n. Comparatively little has been published re¬ garding novel steel conetruction of the Seamen's Church Institute at Coenties slip and South street. New York, of which Warren & Wetmore are the architects. Balcom & Darrows are the engineers. An article describing a steel-cage construction having cantilever foundation gird¬ ers with grillage fulcrums on continuous pneu¬ matic calesions, wall piers, trusses, and double plate girders carrying 7-story columns, and cantilever supports for a 12-story corner tower, appears with illustrations in the Eneineering Renord of February 3 (price 10 cents, 239 West .39th street) showing the different types of col¬ umn framing. Dixon-s Catalog Ready. The new 1013 Dixon graphite catalog is now ready for distribution by the Dixon Crucible Company of .Jersey City. It is designed to in¬ terest jobbers, purchasing agents, and others, interested in graphite crucibles, paint lubri¬ cants and pencils. It contains 100 pages of type and illustrations. Its chief value lies in the fact that it shows new applications for the use of graphite in many departments of build¬ ing construction. Lead Pencils for Fine Work, A lead pencil which meets with the exact¬ ing requirements of artists, architectfi and draftsmen is pretty sure to find ready appre¬ ciation with the general pencil using public. This has been demonstrated by the big demand for Venus drawing pencils. This brand of pencils was designed particularly for work where smoothness and absolute uniformity of lead is essential and in their manufacture the finest quality of graphite is employed and treated to give it great durability, smoothness and an absolute uniformity of hardness for each dif¬ ferent grade. The American Lead Pencil Co., of New York, will send further information re¬ garding pencil perfection for particular writ¬ ing or drawing requirements upon application. Burglar Alarm Circuits. The Electrical Review for February 15 (price, 10 cents, 13 Park Row) contains an article on page 349 by George Reed on the subject of Burglar Alarm Circuits, so explained as to give the architect an intimate idea of how this detail is worked out in practice. On page 350 is an article by V. Spath, describing the rewiring of a house with rigid circuit. The same number contains an article on page 344 on the investi¬ gation that the New York Edison Company Is making into the subject of electrotherapeutics. Sniall Gas Engine Power. Power, of date February 18 (price, 5 cents, 505 Pearl street) contains an article on Mis¬ leading Indicator Diagrams on page 226 by L. (Trosshaum and an article by M. W. Xltz on the Operating Cost of a Small Gas Engine Plant. In this article records which may he of value to architects having supervision over the instal¬ lation of small power plants are published. Freezing Process for Foundations. A description of what is believed to be the first application of the freezing process for con¬ structing a building foundation; the method used for the substructure of a department store in Berlin, Germany, appears in the Engineering News of .January 30 (price. 15 cents, 505 Pearl street). The article on page 214 tells just how the work was done and discusses difference in cost between the freezing and the pneumatic- caisson- processes. (Continued on page 434.)