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948 RECORD AND GUIDE May 23, 1914 New Jersey Building News (Continued). ing, 40x86 tt, at Bssex av and Henry st, for the Orange Memorial Hospital, on premises. Bids wiil be taken by architects about June 15. NEWARK, N. J.—P. P. Ward, 203 B'roadway, Manhattan, is preparing plans for a 4-sty brick addition to the hospital in 10th st, adjoining the present building of the Women's and Chil¬ dren's Hospital, Central av. Miss Shaw, super¬ intendent. Cost, about $30,000. HOBOKEN, N. J.—James Brite, 1170 Broad¬ way, Manhattan, has completed plans for a 3- sty brick addition to the hospital corner of Willow av and 4th st for St. Mary's Hospital of Hoboken. James 'Wheelihan, 767 Montgom¬ ery st, contractor for foundations. Bids will be taken about May 26 tor superstructure. Cost, about $200,000. NEWARK, N. J.—H. V. & J. J. King, Union Building, have nearly completed plans for al¬ terations and additions to the hospital ward building and morgue on Fairmount av tor the Common Council of the City of Newark, Pat¬ rick O'Brien, president. City Hall. Cost, about $70,000. Bids will probably be taken about June 1. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. PLAINFIELD, N. J.—Wilder & White, 50 Church st, Manhattan, are preparing plans and will take bids about July 1, for a brick school on Evergreen av, for the Board ot Education ot Plainfield, H. R. Conger, clerk. Cost, about $125,000. MOUNTAIN LAKE, N. J.-W. B. Pierson, 72 Trinity pl, Manhattan, is preparing plans for a 1-sty fieldstone public school here in Hanover Township tor the B'oard ot Education of Han-^ over Township, J. C. Layer, president. Cost, about $22,000. PASSAIC, N. J.—John Kelly & Co., P. O. Building, Passaic, are preparing plans for a 3-sty brick and stone- Industrial Public School on the Watson site, near Madison st, tor the Board of Education ot Passaic, B. Flower, presi¬ dent. Runyon & Carey. 845 Broad st, Newark, are steam and electrical engineers. STORES, OFFICES AND IOFTS. NEWARK, N. J.—David 11. Ach, 1 Madison av, Manhattan, has completed plans for a 2 or 3-sty brick and terra cotta taxpayer, 64x 150 ft. at the northeast corner of Park pl and East Park st, tor J. P. Meyer, 224 Washington st, Hoboken. Cost, about $25,000. Other Cities. CHURCHES. BREWSTER, N. Y.—Robert Reilly, 481 Sth av, Manhattan, is preparing plans tor a 1%-sty brick and stone church, 50x100 ft, in Prospect st, for St. Lawrence R. C. Church, Rev. Father F P. Phelan, pastor. Prospect st. Cost, about $30,000. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.—W. J. Beardsley, 49 Market st, has been commissioned to prepare plans for a church at Upper Cannon st, near Cherry st, tor St. John's Lutheran Bvangelical Church, Rev. J. Pred Berman, 309 Fairview av, pastor. Cost, about $20,000. PUB'LIC BUILDINGS. NEWBURGH. N. Y.—The U. S. Government, Hon. A. S. Burleson, Postmaster General, Capi¬ tol, Washington, D. C.. contemplates the erection ot a new post office building here, to cost about $200,000. Oscar Wenderoth, Washington, D. C, architect. SCHOOLS AND COLLB(?ES. GREENWICH, CONN.—W. B. Tubby. 81 Pul¬ ton st, Manhattan, has been commissioned, to prepare plans tor a 2-sty brick and terra cotta school, 64x76 ft., near Hamilton av, tor the town of Greenwich. Conn., J. P. Crosby, secre¬ tary. Cost, about $40,000. PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. STANDARD PAINT CO., N. Y. C., has moved its B'oston office from 70 Kilby street to 6 Bea¬ con street. THE CINCH EXPANSION BOLT CO. has re¬ cently been absorbed by the National Lead Co., Ill B'roadway. GIB'SON-STBINGART Construction Co., gen¬ eral contracting, has moved its offices from 118 East 2Sth st to 35 Nassau St. ALBEAT GREY, plumbing contractor, has moved his office and shop from 250 West 17th street to 415 West 40th street. NIEMANN & LUTH. general contractors, have moved their offlces from 25 West 42d st, to the Aeolian Building, 33 West 42d st. WIGHTMAN & RICHARDS, consulting engi¬ neers in technical advertising, have moved their offlces trom 29 Broadway, to SO Union square. RUPP BROS., architects and general con¬ tractors, have moved their offices trom 186 Remsen street to 189 Montague street, Brooklyn. PETER E. NOSTRAND, consulting engineer. Shelter Island Heights, L. I., has been appoint¬ ed superintendent of highways tor Suffolk Coun¬ ty, N. Y. C. MERRITT CURTIS, architect, has moved his offlces from the 0. C. S. Building to the new Vinner Building, East Fayette st., Syra¬ cuse, N. Y. SYRACUSE ENGINEERING CO., engineers and contractors tor structural steel, has opened offlces in the new Rosenbloom Building, Syra¬ cuse, N. Y. ROSENBERG & ARONSON, masons and gen¬ eral contractors, have moved their offlces from the Public Bank Building to the Marcus Bliild¬ ing, 121-23 Canal st. P. G. PAIST. tormerly ot the flrm ot Hewitt, Granger Sc Paist. architects, has opened an offlce for the independent practice of his protession at 1613 Chestnut st, Philadelphia, WILLIAM GREEN, formerly connected with Geo. Mulligan, general contractor, has opened an offlce at 59 West S7th street, where he will conduct a general contracting business. SYRACUSE BRIDGE 'CO., structural steel en¬ gineers and contractors, has moved its offlces from the Gurney Building to the ffrifflth B'uild¬ ing, West Onondaga st., Syracuse, N. Y. CLARENCE TRUE & SON, architects, have moved their offlces from 109 West SSth street to the Long Beach Estates Building, northeast cor¬ ner of 42d street and Lexington avenue. J. DUNCAN PORSYTH, architect, has opened offlces at 375 South Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y., and desires samples and catalogues trom manu¬ facturers interested in the building trades. COLBY & CRISTIE, inspectors of steel and re-intorced concrete, Philadelphia, Pa., bave moved their New York office from 1 Madison avenue to 51 Bast 42d street.' The firm is rep¬ resented in New York by C. S. Bilyen. J. LELAND WELLS, heating and ventilating engineer; Frederick H. Wells, electrical engi¬ neer, and Arthur S. Wells, sanitary engineer, have opened offices at 245 West 34th street, where they wiil practice as consulting engi¬ neers. EDMUND D. FISHER. Deputy Comptroller, sailed last Saturday on tbe Imperator, to rep¬ resent Comptroller Prendergast at the formal opening ot the city's exhibit at the Internation¬ al Urban Exposition, at Lyons, Prance. Later Mr. Fisher will visit London, Paris and Berlin to interest leading bankers there in New York City bonds. He will also make a special study of central banks in these cities. FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION.—An in¬ teresting department of the convention ot the National Association ot Manufacturers at the Waldorf this week was the Fire-Prevention Ex¬ hibition. The space occupied was not large, but it was well filled with interesting appliances. A number ot engineering companies working in the flre-prevention fleld had exhibits. Various automatic signal systems were shown, together with flre-doors and windows, sprinkler heads, flre extinguishers, valves for "hose lines, stand- pipes, hose racks, etc., besides a great many photographs to illustrate the use of preventive appliances. Fire Commissioner Adamson de¬ livered an address before the convention. Manufacturers are taking a great Interest in the subject ot the prevention ot flre and accidents since the enactment ot the compensation laws. OBITUARY I WILLIAM H. PARKS, retired general con¬ tractor, died at his home, 780 Prospect avenue, Bronx, Saturday, May 16, aged 84. CHARLES L. PEDEN. architect, for the Buick Motor Co.. and supervisor of construc¬ tion tor the General Motor Co., died ot a complication ot diseases at his home. 603 Han¬ cock St. Brooklyn, Wednesday, May 20. He was forty-eight years ot age and is survived by his widow and one son. DAVID B. McILLWAINB, inventor ot light¬ weight steel tubing, now used in the manufac¬ ture of all bicyi^les. died Tuesday, May 19, after being in poor health for about one year. He was seventy-tour years old and lived with his daughter, Mrs. Paul Manship at 82 West 12th St. Mr. McIIIwaine was one of the founders of the Hardware Club in N. Y. C. and a mem¬ ber of many social and fraternal orders. JAMBS J. FERRIS, who resigned May 4 from the City Commission, the body which governs Jersey City, died suddenly from acute gastritis, at his home, 596 Jersey avenue, Jersey City, Friday, May 15. Mr. Ferris was a member of the flrm of Stillman. Delehanty & Ferris, gen¬ eral contractors, who recently took the contract for the construction ot buildings in the Stock¬ yards on the Pennsylvania R. R. Co.'s prop¬ erty. Mr. Ferris was born in Ireland, fltty-five years ago. -He is survived by his widow, flve sens and three daughters. TRADE AND TECHNICAL i SOCIETY EVENTS. | SIXTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITY PLANNING will be held in Toronto.. Ont., May 25-27. Secretary, Flavel Shurtlefl, 19 Congress street, Boston, Mass. AMERICAN SOCIETY OP CIVIL ENGI¬ NEERS will hold its annual convention at Bal¬ timore, Md., June 2-5. Secretary, Chas. W. Hunt, 220 West 57th street, N. Y. C. NATIONAL DISTRICT HEATING ASSOCIA¬ TION will hold its sixth annual convention at Rochester, N. Y., May 26-29. Headquarters ■will be at the Seneca Hotel. MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSOCIATION OP BROOKLYN has moved to new quarters at 283 Livingston street. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS will hold its mid¬ summer meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, July 9-11. Headquarters at the Hotel Statler. MECHANICS & TRADERS' EXCHANGE, ot Brooklyn, celebrated its removal to new and larger quarters in the Arbuckie Building. 367 Fulton st, Thursday, May 21. Many members and friends ot the association were present. A buffet luncheon was served trom one to three o'clock. NBW YORK CITY ASSOCIATION OF MAS¬ TER STEAM AND HOT WATER FITTERS at their recent annual meeting elected the follow¬ ing officers for the ensuing year: President, John E. Jeffrey, vice-president, Joseph G. Geoghegan; treasurer, William H. Curtin. Directors. John E. Jeffrey. Joseph G. Geoghegan, William H. Curtin. M. J. Callahan and J. B. Rutzel; sec¬ retary. Henry B. Combers. AMERICAN SOCIETY OP ENGINEERING CONTRACJTORS haa abandoned the plan ot holding a convention at Brighton Beach, July 3-4. No alternative, arrangements have been made as yet, and it is likely that no conven¬ tion will be held this year. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ot Sheet Metal Contractors will hold its annual convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16-19. Headquarters at the Hotel Gibson. J. J. BLAOKMORE, secretary ot the United States Radiator Co., has been appointed secre¬ tary of fhe American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, succeeding Edwin A. Scott, who recently resigned. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS will hold its thirty-flrst annual convention in Detroit. Michigan. June 22-26. Convention headquarters will be at tbe Hotel Cadillac. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS will convene at Duluth. July 14 to 17. AMERICAN SOCIETY OP ENGINBUiK DRAFTSMEN.—Regular meeting third Thuri- day of each month. Walter L. Smyth, lecre- tary. 74 Cortlandt at. New York City. INSTITUTE OF OPERATING ENGINBBBB. —Regular meetlnc aecond Thursday ot each month, Engineerinc Societies Bulldlns. New York City. H. E. Colllni, lacretary, 29 West 89th at. New York City. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MA¬ TERIALS.—Atlantic City haa been chosen for the seventeenth annual meeting of the Ameri¬ can Society tor Testing Materials on June 30- . July 4. Headquarteri will be at the Hotel Traymore. BROOKLYN LEAGUE, executive offices and Meeting Rooms are now in the new Terminal Building, SO Court street, Brooklyn, on the sixth floor, rooms 610-11. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION will hold its annual convention at the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich., June 15-18. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MASTER PLUMBERS will hold its annual convention at Atlantic City, N. J., June 16-18. Headquarters at Hotel Rudolf. NEW JERSEY MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSO¬ CIATION will hold its annual convention at the Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic City, N. J., June 15. MASTER STEAM AND HOT WATER FIT¬ TERS' ASSOCIATION will hold its annual con¬ vention at Atlantic City. N. J., June 10-13. Headquarters at the St. Charles Hotel. THE MONTHLY MEETINGS of the American Society ot Engineering Contractors (Inc.) for¬ merly held in the United Engineers' Building, are now held at tbe rooms ot this aociety, 11 Broadway, on the second Thursday of each month, except in July and August, at 2 o'clock p. m. Secretary, J. R. Wemlinger, 11 Broadway, New York. NATIONAL HARDWARE ASSOCIATION meets at Hotel Statler. Buffalo, Thursday, June 18. The New York Central will run a special train from Chicago on the evening of June 17, which will carry large delegations from the South and pick up large contingents en route. There will be the usual representative attend¬ ance trom the hardwood producing sections of the Southwest and Nashville lumbermen, who are on a "boost" trip, will include the Buffalo convention in their itinerary. BROOKLYN- CHAPTER, American Institute ot Architects, William P. Bannister, president, has sent a communication to Borough President Pounds of Brooklyn, in which it asked that the architect for the proposed new County Court House be chosen by competition. The Chapter as a body feels that in a woi-k ot such Impor¬ tance the design and plan should be selected by a jury of experts in architecture and not by one individual. AMERICAN SOCIETY ot Engineers. Archi¬ tects and Constructors at their flrst regular meeting, held at the United Engineering Bldg., May 12, elected the following offlcers to serve during the current years: President Major Samuel S. Hatfleld. assistant engineer V. S. A.; 1st vice-president. Oliver Randolph Parry, archi¬ tect: 2d vice-president. Chas. N. Green. M. A. S. C. E.; Sd vice-president. Louis P. Hackadorn, constructor; treasurer, Chas. F. Dingman; sec¬ retary, T. Hugh Boorman, C. B.; foreign cor. secretary. Col. J. W. Howard, U. S. A.; chap¬ lain, Edmund Banks Smith, IJ. S. A. BROOKLYN ENGINEERS* CLUB held its regular informal library talk Thursday evening at the club house. The speaker of the evening was Paul H. Graef, who addressed the mem¬ bers on the subject ot "Workmen's Compen¬ sation Insurance in New York." RECENT INCORPORATIONS. miimimmniiinnBB BREAKWATER PATENTS CORPORATION Is a $150,000 company, chartered to do general en¬ gineering, contracting and construction business with offlces in Manhattan. The directors are Chas G. Painter, 1.50 West 47th st, Manhattan, Gifford B. McKay, 99 Fairview av. Jersey City. N J , and Edwin C. Randall, 16 Monticello av, Jersey City, N. J. J. G. Roe, 128 Broadway, at¬ torney. COMET CONSTRUCTION CO. haa been in- corporated with $25,000 capital stock to do a general contracting and construction business with offlces In Manhattan. The directors are Jacob Auerbach. 949 Hoe av, Bronx, Chaa. Auerbach, 728 East 156th at, and William B. Stites. 77 River st. Hoboken. N. J., who Ja also the attorney tor the company. HERDSTONE REALTY CORPORATION has filed incorporation papers with a capitalization of $10,000 with offices in Manhattan to do a roaltv and construction business. Leo Stein, 220 West 98th st, Herbert L. Stein, Woodmere, L I., and Leo G. Rosenblatt, 150 West 79th at. directors. M. S. & I. S, Isaacs, 52 William »v, attorneys.