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July 18, 1914 RECOKD AND GUIDE 127 PASSAIC—Philip Sobel, 177 Sth st. 3-sty brick, $6,000. NEWARK.—Ella A. Walters, 281 North Sth av. 3-sty frame, $8,000; Abraham Levy, s e cor Hillside av and Runyon st. 3-sty frame. $10.- 000; Charles Mertz, 324-326 Hawthorne av, 3- sty frame, $6,000; Augusta Wagner, 62 Nor¬ wood av, 3-sty frame, $5,000. EAST ORANGE.—Morris Tarnofsky. 200 Rhode Island av, 3-sty frame, $10,000. BAYONNE.—Simon Susser, 168 Av E, 3-sty frame, $5,000. WEST NEW Y'ORK.—John Vitale and George Weiss, s w cor 14th st and Palisade av, two 4- sty brick, $33,000. MONTCLAIR.—James Reid, 20 Pine st, 3-sty brick. $9,000. ^ WEST HOBOKEN.—John Wagner, n side Hague st, 100 ft. w of Clinton av, 3-sty brick, $8,ono. APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS, NEWARK, N. J.—Del Guercio & Gonnelli. 222 Washington st, are preparing plans for a 4-sty tenement, 36x42 ft. at 73 High st. for Luigi Signorini, 79 High st. Cost, about $11,000. NEWARK, N. J.—Chas. L. Steinbrenner, Es¬ sex Building, is preparing plans for a 3-sty flat, 40x40 ft., at the corner of South Orange av and I7th st, for Mrs. A. Kimmerle, 488 South Orange av. Cost, about S12,000. NEWARK, N. J.—Hyman Rosensohn, 800 Broad st, is preparing plans for three 3-sty brick, frame and stucco flats, 26x70 ft. each, at the corner of Lincoln av and May st, for Louis Goldfarb, 800 Broad st. Cost, about $9,- 000 each. DWELLINGS. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Nathan Welitoff. 222 Washington st, Newark, has completed plans for eight 2-sty frame residences, 22x48 ft. each, in Fleet st for Levin & Uslan, 46 Rutgers av, owners and builders. Co«t, about $4,500 each. PERTH AMBOY. N. J,—Goldbergcr & Creisen. 149 New Brunswick av, are preparing plans for a 2i/H-sty hollow tile residence, in Prospect st, for Benjamin Flenberg, Prospect st. Cost, about $5,000. MORRIS PLAINS, N. J.—George S. Drew, State House, Trenton. N. J., is preparing plans for three lV>-sty frame and stucco cottages, 65x 35 ft., for the State of New Jersey, Department of Charities and Corrections. Cost, about $20,- 000. HALLS AND CLUBS. CARTERET, N. J.—Oakley & Son, 280 North Broad st, Elizabeth, have nearly completed plans for a 2-sty brick lodge building. 40x80 ft., for the Knights of Columbus of Carteret, Her¬ man Mayor, Roosevelt, N. J., chairman of building committee. Cost, about $20,000. HOTELS. BALMAR, N. J.—Watson & Huckel. 1211 Walnut st, Philadelphia, Pa., are preparing plans for a 5-sty hotel, 85x100 ft,, on Ocean Front for Paul Zizina, B'elmar. Cost, about $250,000, PUBLIC BUILDINGS. EAST ORANGE, N. J.—Hobart A. Walker, 137 Sth av, Manhattan, has been commissioned to prepare plans for a brick and limestone addition to the library building at Main st and Munn av for the East Orange Public Library, Board of Trustees, Ed. O. Stanley, president. Cost, about $40,000. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. BLOOMFIELD, N. J.—W. W. Rasmussen, 1133 Broadway. Manhattan, has been commis¬ sioned to prepare plans for a school in Grove st. near Bloomfield av. for the Board of Educa¬ tion of the Town of Bloomfield. Charles W. Mar¬ tin. Cost, about $45,000. FLEMINGTOX. X. J.—J. N. Pierson & Son, 95 Smith st, Perth Amboy. have about com¬ pleted plans for a 2-sty brick public school at Hunterdon County, for the B'oard of Education, Gudua Higgins, clerk. Cost, about $45,000. Bids will be advertised for at once. STORES, OFFICES AND LOFTS. PASSAIC. N. J.—H. Preiskel, Hobart Trust H'uilding. is preparing plans for two stores, of¬ fices and flats at 62 2d st, for Jaffe Dunivitch & Kaplan, this place, owner. Cost, about $25,000. RAHWAY, N. J.—David M. Ach, 1 Madison av, Manhattan, has completed revised plans for alterations to the 3-sty brick store building for Gries Bros., this place, owners. NEWARK, N. J.—David M. Ach. 1 Madison av, Manhattan, has completed plans for a 2 or 3-sty brick and terra cotta taxpayer. 64x150 ft., at the northeast corner of Park p! and East Park st, for J. B. Meyer. 224 Washington st, Hoboken. Cost, about $25,000. THEATRES. UNION HILL. N. J.—Frank G. Hall, 95 River St. Hoboken. contemplates the erection of a brick and stone theatre from plans by Percy A. Vivarttes. 110 4th st. Union Hill. MISCELLANEOUS. SOUTH ORANGE. N. J.—Work has not yet been started on the new Mountain station 1-stv brick, steel and tile, 100x30 ft., for the Dela¬ ware. Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. L. R. Simpson, care of owner, architect. F. H. Hyde, 90 West st, Manhattan, general contractor. Other Cities. CHURCHES. CUBA.—Ludlow & Peabody. 101 Park av, have been commissioned to prepare plans for a Pres- bvterian Church and School by the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Also for a church and school for the same owners at Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. Buildings will be built of brick, timber and tile, of Spanish Mission style. OBITUARY :n]uii IU1I i: UDiiniUDLiuuiiJijaiiuuiJiiLiuiiuiuiu ru iiui 11 iiiu uiuii 111 iiim JOHN MCDOWELL, an inventor, for a num¬ ber of years connected with the Derby Desk Co., died of general debility at his home. ^G Garfield pl, Brooklyn, Saturday, July 11. He was seyenty years old. KURT W. PEUCKERT, architect, senior mem¬ ber of the firm of Peuckert & Wunder, Phila¬ delphia, died at his home in Sharon Hill, Pa., Saturday, July 11, He was born in Germany sixty-six years ago and came to America when a young man. Mr. Peuckert was a member of many German social and fraternal orders. He is survived by his widow and a daughter. JOSEPH SMYTH, general contractor who has been prominent for many years as a builder in the Bedford and Stuyvesant Heights sections of Brooklyn, died at the home of his daughter, 460 Macon st, Thursday, July 9. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, eighty-three years ago and has been a resident of Brooklyn for forty years. He was formerly active in Democratic politics in Brooklyn, and is survived by a son and a daughter. WILLIAM BLEECKER POTTER. founder and manager of the St. Louis Sampling and Testing Works and one of the best known min¬ ing engineers and metallurgists in the United States, died of peritonitis at his home in St. Louis. Tuesday, July 14. He was sixty-eight years old and was a son of the late Bishop Horatio Potter, of the diocese of New York City of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was graduated from Columbia in 1806 and received the honorary degree of doc¬ tor of science from Columbia University in 1904 in recognition of his services in the field of mining and metallurgy. He also was the first professor of mining and metallurgy in Wash¬ ington University when the chair was founded in 1871. JAMES M. KENNEY, for twelve years con¬ struction inspector in the Board of Education, and a recognized authority on building construc¬ tion, died at his home, 320 Columbia st, B'rook¬ lyn, Sunday. July 12, after a long illness. Mr. Kenney, who was an architect and engineer, was born in Middletown, N. Y., fifty-four year.s ago. When a young man he came to Brooklyn and learned the various branches of the building trade with M. Gibbons & Sons, by whom he was long employed, and worked on many of the large buildings constructed by that firm throughout the country. He supervised the erection of Erasmus Hall High School, the Gates Avenue Court, the first Bush Terminal building and the Graves Wall Paper Company factory. Mr. Kenney was a member of the Ninth Assembly District Democratic Association and several fraternal orders. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. TRADE AND TECHNICAL j SOCIETY EVENTS. I CONVENTION OF CITY MANAGERS.—City Manager C. E. Ashburner of Springfield, Ohio, is sendiug out invitations to city managers throughout the country to meet In Cv^nventlon at Springfield, August 4, 5 ahd 6, next. EXECUTIVE BOARD of the International Association of Master House Painters and Deco¬ rators of the United States and Canada, will hold its midsummer meeting at the Hotel Brunswick, Asbury Park, N. J., Thursday, July 30- The principal business of the meeting is to arrange the details and programme for tha 1915 convention of the association. BROOKLYN HARDWARE DEALERS' ASSO¬ CIATION will hold its annual outing at Pleas¬ ure Bay, N. J., on the Shrewsbury River, Wed¬ nesday. July 22. There will be a fine shore dinner served at the Bridgewater Inn, Pleasure Bay. The trip will be made from the foot of Cedar st. North River, by the Sandy Hook steamer to Atlantic Highlands, thence by special train to Pleasure Bay. The tickets are four dol¬ lars each, application for which may be made to H. A. Cornell. 121 Court st, Brooklyn. N. Y. SOCIETY FOR ELECTRICAL DEVELOP¬ MENT, INCORPORATED, announces eight prizes for the best stories, articles or reports on any subject pertaining to commercial elec¬ tricity. The competition is open to employees of members of the Society. There will be one prize of $250, one of $150, one of $50 and five of $10 each. The competition closes on Sep¬ tember 1, 1914. Full particulars may be ob¬ tained by writing to the Competition Editor, Society for Electrical Development, Incorpor¬ ated, 29 West 39th st. New York City, iiiiiii[ii'iii'ii|[i'iiim'"ini''inii'Miiiiiiin[niiiiiiin'"i'"i"'"'"""iii aaiaumuiiiitiiiuaimoiiiiiiiuuimiiiumiiiumimnir PERSONAL AND TRADE j NOTES. I A. C. WEIX, architect, has moved his offices from 160 West OOth st to 188 West 101st st. DULA & PATTERSON, architects, have onened offices in the Anderson Building, 15 East 40th St. SAMUEL GIBSON, general contractor, has opened an office in the Proctor B'uilding. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. MITCHELL CONSTRUCTION CO.. general contracting. 4 Court square, Brooklyn, has changed the firm name to Mitchell, Farreil & Adrian. MAXIMILIAN ZIPKES. architect, has moved his offices from 220 Sth av to more commodious quarters in the Long Beach Building, 405 Lex¬ ington av, corner of 42d st. JAMES PERRY, architect, has discontinupd his office at 3 South Third av. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. He will in future conduct his practice at his home, 349 South Fourth av. JONES & TABOR, architects. Improvement Loan & Trust Co. Building. Galveston, Texas, desire catalogues and samples from manufac¬ turers interested in the building trades. ASSISTANT SECRETARY WALKER of the Public Service Commission is in the far West on his annual vacation, and his assistant, Mr. Clark, is temporarily fllling his chair. NEWTON L. SCHLOSS, mechanical and elec¬ trical engineer in design and supervision of heating, ventilating, lighting, power and re¬ frigerating systems, has recently moved his offices to 25 West 32d ?t. ALEXANDER JOHNSON, chief engineer of the Department of Bridges, and who has been connected with the department since February 1, 1896, has resigned. Austin Lord Bowman has been appointed chief engineer by Commis¬ sioner Kracke to succeed Mr. Johnson. WOODBURY GRANITE CO., Hardwick. Ver¬ mont, has elected William C. Clifford as gen¬ eral manager and George James as treasurer of the company. Both of these offices were left vacant by the recent death of George H. Bickford. The Now York office of the Wood¬ bury Granite Co. is at 101 Park av. HARRY STERNFELD, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the eleventh Paris prize of the Society of Beaux Arts Architects. There were 125 entrants in the competition, students from eighteen cities. The award to Mr. Sternfeld marks >the fourth time that the prize has been won by a student Irom the University of Pennsylvania. The prize, intended for students in the United States under twenty-seven years old, entitles the win¬ ner to a residence of two and one-half years abroad for study and travel. A fund of $2..500 is provided yearly for the purpose. The sub¬ ject of the competition was "A City Hall De¬ signed to Meet the Needs of a Commission Form of Government." The second prize was won by B. Hoyt, of New York, and the third prize by J. Moscowitz, of Xew York. The jury was William Emerson. Wendell P. Blagden. F. H. B'osworth, Jr.. E. S. Hewitt. G". S. Chappell, William Lamb. Arthur C. Nash and J. C. Levi. The exhibition of the drawings will be at 16 East 33d st until July 24. CDlMUUIBIIUUUllUU LU n iu u rf iihj»e»hiHi | |i hi|1[U||I11 I Ulllllll HIUIIL miUfttUUUIIl UlUlil RECENT INCORPORATIONS. jnitrRingTniinrriiiiiimriiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinriiniiinnninilliiiiriiiliirMiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiirrriuiiiriiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnitiifiiiiirriiiiiii [rriMiiiniiiimmiimmnnni; MADEIRA REALTY CORPN. has been incor¬ porated with $10,000 to do a realty and con¬ struction business with offices in Manhattan. The directors are Kathryn, A. Murphy. Edward Gates and Leo Koenig. 1 Madison av. Wood¬ ford, Bovee & Butcher, 1 Madison av, attorneys. THE LIEBOWITZ REALTY CO. has been chartered to do a realty and construction busi¬ ness with $15,000 capital stock with offices in Manhattan. Isidor Liebowitz, Isaac Liebowitz and Ethel Liebowitz, all of 150 Nassau st, are the directors. Schleider & Schleider, 150 Nas¬ sau st, attornevs. OLD DOMINION REALTY CORPN. is a S25,- OifO company chartered with offices in Manhat¬ tan to do a realty, construction, brokerage and insurance business with Cecilia G. Allen, Rich¬ ard B. Allen and George W. Power. 29 West 34th St. as directors. Henry Best, 60 Wall st, attorney. CATHCART AND MEAGHER have filed in¬ corporation papers to do a plastering, lathing, furring and repairing building business with a capitalization of $10,000. Offices in Manhattan. The directors are Jos. M. Cathcart and Thomas J. Meagher, both of 5 East 42d st, and Jacob Aronson, 70 East 4Sth st, who is also the at¬ torney. JOHN A. McCarthy & co. have been char¬ tered with .$25,000 capital stock to deal in build¬ ing materials, general contracting and construc¬ tion with offices in Manhattan. The directors are John A. McCarthy. Frank J. Higgins and Wm. J. Allen, all of 357 Rivington st. The at¬ torneys are Griggs, Baldwin & Baldwin, 27 Pine St. THE GORDON ENGINEERING CORPN. is a $12,000 company chartered to do engineering and contracting with offices in Manhattan. The papers were filed by John H. Knox. 103 West 7Sth st, Wm. M. Card, 4;30 West SSth st, Wm. M. C. Marsh, 2.38 West 73d st, and one other, as directors. Thos. F. Carroty, 286 President st, Brooklyn, attorney. Cheaper Electricity for New York. There has been constructed a gen¬ erating station at Haute, Pa., for the purpose of utilizing refuse coal from the breakers and washers where commercial sizes of anthracite coal are prepared. The project of electric-energy supply from waste fuel has been carried out intelli¬ gently and on a scale large enough to reap the substantial advantages of the plan, says the Electrical World. The plant is located in the anthracite terri¬ tory of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, to which the Lehigh Naviga¬ tion Electric Company is allied, and is skillfully laid out for the production of energy at a low cost. The fuel is conveyed to the furnaces in a simple manner, for a trestle carries a track of standard gauge equipment directly over the bunkers in the upper part of the boiler house, so that the fuel can be run in on cars and dumped directly into the bunkers, whence it is fed by gravity to the fire room. There is no need for any considerable coal storage, inasmuch as the mine is nearby and can be reached at any time. Every ton of coal burned in this plant repre¬ sents a genuine saving, a reduction in the drain on the world's supply of coal, to say nothing of abolition of an eco¬ nomic waste in carrying fuel when such transportation is really unnecessary. When one realizes that New York City is less than a hundred miles from this plant, the possibilities of disposing of the output are obvious. The Hauto plant represents a serious and well- planned effort to realize a dream of conservation which has troubled the sleep of engineers for &t least twenty years past.