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January 30, 1915 RECORD AND GUIDE 197 R. H. F. HALSEY. architect, of Yonkers. N. Y., was injured in an accident at Grand Cen¬ tral Terminal, Wednesday morning, when a suburban train crashed into an empty one at tho depot. THE SCHOOL E'OARD OF ESTIMATE of Paterson. N. J., are considering the problem of appointing a city architect, who will have su¬ pervision of the design and erection of all of tho city's schools. DOUGLAS MACKINTOSH, formerly associ¬ ated with F. M. Andrews & Co.. in Manhattan, and later with Jansen & Abbott, of Pittsburgh, has opened offices for the practice of architec¬ ture in tho Keystone Building, Pittsburgh. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHI¬ TECTS, through its president. R. Clipston Stur¬ gis, of Boston, Mass.. has offered to the Lin¬ coln Highway Association its services in de¬ signing appropriate arches, bridges and tablets for use along the route. ' LUCIUS CLARK MAIX. architect, formerly with Ernest Greene, 5 Beekman st. Manhattan, has opened offices for the practice of his pro¬ fession at Maplewood, N. J., and desires sam¬ ples and catalogues from manufacturers inter¬ ested in the building trades. CERESIT WATERPROOFIXG COMPANY of Chicago has established a X'^ew York office in the Archite^'ts' Building. 101 Park av. The New York manager of the company's business is R. E. Clark, Columbia 10l>ti. a capable and experienced waterproofing: engineer. .lOHXSOX-SHERRANE CO. has recently open¬ ed offices at 38 Park Row for the purpose of conducting a general contracting business. Alex M. Johnson formerlv with the Wills & Marvin Co.. is president of the new company and Olaf Sherrane is secretary and treasurer. J. MARTYX HAEXKE. of Los Angeles, Cal., and Richard U. Sherman, of Utica., N. Y., have formed a partnership for the practice of archi¬ tecture under the name of J. Martyn Haenke Company. Inc., and havo opened offices in the Mills Building, 15 Broad st, Manhattan. CHARLES N. WHIXSTOX. C. E. AND BEN¬ JAMIN H. WHINSTON announce that they are assnciated for the practice of architecture with offices in the Columbia Trust Co. Building at 14Sth st and .3d av. Bronx. Tliey desire to re¬ ceive manufacturers' catalogues and samples. O. C. REINECKE. a pioneer salesman of the hollow metal door and window industry, has connected with the Watson Solar Window Com¬ pany, of Chicago. 111., manufacturers of hollow metal doors and windows, as New York repre¬ sentative, and has opened an office at 1182 Broadway. GEORGE B. FORD, consulting architect to the City Plan Committee of the Board of Alder¬ men, has been appointed by the American In¬ stitute of Architects chairman of a new com¬ mittee on city planning, which will spread the gospel of city planning throughout the country bv organizing sub-committees in every city where there is a local chapter. AX OFFICIAL of the American Radiator Co. says that, taking into consideration the war and tbe depression in the building trade through¬ out 1914. the company will make an excellent showing for the fiscal 'year ending January 31. While it is not expected that net earnings will come up to those of last year, when they amounted to 20.1 per cent, on the common stock, it is understood that a good mareln over the regular 10 per cent, cash dividend will be shown. WALTER F. STICKLES, a prominent archi¬ tect of Mt. Vernon. N. Y., recently formed a nartnership with Clarence J. J. Wolf, of New Rochelle. The new firm will practice under the name of Stickles R- Wolf, and will open a branch office in X'ew Rochelle. Mr, Wolf was formerly a'^sociated with Chester A. Patterson, '^f X'^pw Rnchelle. now of the firm of Patterson & Dula. 15 East 40th st, Manhattan. AMBROSE SWASEY, of Cleveland, one of the foremost builders of tPles<"opes in the world, is the donor of the cift of iR200,000 to be used as a nucleus of the Engineering Foundation, for the advancement of re^iearch work in civil, me- chnni^al, mining and electrical eneineering. The gift was announced nt a meeting held Wednes¬ day evening, in the Engineering Societies Build¬ ing. HARDWARE MEN AT DINNER.—Over five hundred members and guests of the Allied Metropolitan Hardware Association attended the second annual banquet at the Hotel Astor Tues¬ day night. The dinner was presided over by T. G. Duncan of the Brooklyn Hardware Deal¬ ers Association, who introduced as principal speaker Jurlirn W. H. Speer of New Jersey, who snoke nn "What Concerted Action Can Do to Eliminate Business Evils." PLATE GLASS MEX DINE.—After an all- day conference at the Hotel St. George the salesmen of the branch of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company concluded their day's business with a dinner given In their honor by the company's directors. Monday evening. The local manager, Rodger Underwood, acted as toast- master at the banquet and gave a short in¬ troductory address, which was of a very humor¬ ous nature. Other speakers included R. T. <^nnley. J. Harrv Cook. Joseph L. Meehan and Harrv-King. - Those entertaining were William Perser, Harrv J. Green, James T. Sherwin arid Edward D. Vankuren. iuiiini[ii..'Di]iUjiimiil j OBITUARY j JOSEPH W. BROWN, a retired general con¬ tractor, died of a complication of diseases, at bis h-.me. 112 South 8th st. Brooklyn. Tuesday. January 20. He was born In Montgomery, Ind. seventy-three years ago, and is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. JOHN M. MACK, financier, municipal con¬ tractor and a prominent figure in the asphalt W^r several years ago. died at his home in Philadelphia, after a brief illness, Wednesday January 27. Death was due to an affection of the liver. He was sixty-two years old and is survived by his widow and seven children. Mr. Mack was president of the Mack Paving Com¬ pany, organizer of the National Asphalt Com¬ pany, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and numerous other corporations dealing iu public utilities. JOHN S. SCHAEFFER. civil engineer, died after a brief illness, at his home in Xewark, N. J., Monday. January 18. He was born in Stillwater. .\. J., and was graduated with a de¬ gree of civil engineer from Rensselaer Poly¬ technic Institute, of Troy. N. Y., in ISOO.'He was twice elected city surveyor of Newark, and was chief engineer for tho building of the high service reservoirs and present intercepting sew¬ erage system. For several years he was con¬ struction engineer for the Delaware. Lacka¬ wanna and Western Railroad Company, also chief engineer of concrete bridge construction for the Pittsburgh. Shawmut and Western Rail¬ road. WILLIAM H. W. YOUXGS. a retired archi¬ tect, formerly a member of the firm of Youngs & Cable, died at the home of his daughter, at Stamford. Conn., Saturday, January 23. Mr. Young was born in Aurelius. N. Y.. seventy-three years ago. and practiced his profession in New York and vicinity for many years with signal success. He was the designer of a number of the city's first tall buildings, notable among which were Aldrich Court. 41-45 Broadway; the Columbia n'uikling. at 29 Broadway ; the Mor¬ ris Building : and the Hartford Building, at Broadway nnd 17th st. He was the father of Frederick T. Younes. of the firm of Jacob & Youngs, prominent builders of this city. He is survived by three sons and five daughters. TRADE AND TECHNICAL SOCIETY EVENTS. I EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of the Chicago Cement Show will be held at the Coli¬ seum February 10-17. TECHNICAL LEAGUE OF AMERICA.—Regu¬ lar meetings third Friday of each month. Wal¬ ter L. Smyth, secretary, 74 Cortiandt st. N. Y. C IXTERSTAirE MANTLE & TILE DEALERS" ASSOCIATION will hold its twelfth annual con¬ vention in Baltimore. Md., February 9 to 11. inclusive. .MATIONAL BUILDERS' SUPPLY ASSOCIA¬ TION.—The annual convention will be held In Chicago, III., February 8-0. 1015. Headquarters at Hnfel Sherman NATIOXAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY OP THE UXITED STAT'ES has addressed a petition to the European belligerents for the preservation of works of art. THE MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE ROCKAWAYS was recently organized and a certificate of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State ASSOCIATION OF MASTER PLUMB'ERS OF XEW YORK. Manhattan branch, will hold a barn dance at the Lexington Assembly Rooms. Wednesday evening. February 3. BRONX CllAMBER OF COMMERCE will hold its regular meetings In tbe Walworth I uild- Ing. Bergen avenue and 149th street, on the fourth Saturday of each month. "MADE IX THE U S. A." INDUSTRIAL EX¬ POSITION will be held in Grand Central Pal¬ ace March 0-13. President, H. A. Cochrane, Fifth Avenue Building. New York. NEW YORK CHAPTER, AMERICA X SO- riETY OF HEATING AND VEXTILATIXG EN¬ GINEERS, reerular meeting third Monday of each month. Engineering Societies' Building 29 We=:t .39th St. AMEBIC AX IXSTTTUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS will hold its midwinter conven¬ tion in New York City. February 17-19 in¬ clusive. Secretary, F. L. Hutchinson, 33 West 30th St. The board of directors will be : C. F. Adams, Trenton; R. P. Ward. Dover: Charles R, New¬ man. Passaic ; Benjamin F. Sprague, Long Branch, and H. C. Heiderick. Xewark. Mr Paehling, of Xewark. was selected as the state director to the national association convention. THE AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS' ASSO¬ CIATION will hold a joint meeting with the American Highway .Association at som.> time during the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The meet¬ ing will be held either in San Francisco or Oak¬ land. Committees have been formed and details are now under consideration. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Master House Palatera and Decorators of the United <2tate« nnf\ ranada will meet In nnnnat -'nnven- tlon In Washington. D. C. Feb. 9 to 12. lOL^S. The heqdnnnrters will he nt the Hnfel Rale!eh. A. H. McGhan, Corcoran Bulldine. Washington^ D P., chairman of Convention Committee. ELEf^TRICAL rOVTRACTORS' ASSOC 1 \- TTOX OF NEW JERSEY, at its annual me Cing and convention recently held in Pas'^aic, N. J., elected the following officers for 1915: Elmer P. Strang. Camden, presif^ent : Charles R. Xew¬ man, Passaic, vi^e-president : Paul H. Paeh¬ ling. Newark, treasurer, and J. VahDyk, As¬ bury Park, treasurer. rORNEI L SOCIETY OF CIVIL EXGIXEERS held its tenth annual dinner and reunion at tbe Hotel McAlpin Friday evehiner, January **'' Prof. Cha^rles D. Marx of Leland Stanford Uni¬ versity.- recently elected president of the Ameri¬ can Society of Civil Engineers, was the guest of honor Other speakers were Dean Haske'l of Cornell. Prof. George F. Swain of Hnrva'f nn'i John F. Moaklcy. athletic trainer of Cor¬ nell. VATTOVAL TJME MANITFACTTTRERS' AS- SOTATTON—Tbe annunl meetine wiO be ^eld in Wn-^hington. D. C Feb. 3-4. at the New Will¬ ard Hotel. Ore of the obfe'^t^ \t U desired f-Q attain Is to convert the Treasiirv DepTrt'iient to tbe use ef Ume !n tbe con"rete of nubile buildinGrs. The Secretary Is Frederick K Ir¬ vine, Chicago, III. LUMBER INTERESTS.—A conference of the lumber Industries has been called for February 24 and 25 in Chicago, under the leadersnip of the National Lumber Manufacturers* Association. The object of tbe meeting . is to establish a permanent advertising bureau to acquaint the public with the uses and advantages over other materials of all forest products. NATIONAL BRICK MA.XUFACTURERS' AS¬ SOCIATION will hold its annual convention at Detroit. February 14 to 20. William B. Wreford, of the Detroit Brick Manufacturers* Association, in co-operation with President Eben Rodgers, ot Alton, III., and Theodore A. Randall ot Indian¬ apolis, constitute the committee or arrangements. The association will also bring to Detroit the National Paving Brick Manufacturers" Associa¬ tion, the National Clay Machinery Associa¬ tion, and the American Ceramic Society. MID-WEST CE.MEXT SHOW.—The ninth an¬ nual Mid-West Cement Show will be held at Omaha, Xeb.. March 2 to t> under the auspices of the Mid-West Cement Users' Association. The convention of cement users, for which a program of papers already has been arranged, is .scheduled for March li, 4 and 5. Further information regarding the convention and show may be had from Frank Whipperman, secre¬ tary and treasurer, 28th av and Sahler st, Umaha. ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF XEW YORIi: will hold its annual exhibition in the Fine .Arts Building. 215 West 57th st. February 7 to 27. The annual dinner of the league wi"ll be held Friday evening. February 5. The exhibition this year will contain many things of interest t^ lovers of art as well as to those interested in the building trades. Among the prominent works will be designs for mural paintings for the Panama Pacific Exposition by Edward Sim¬ mons and Frank Vincent Drummond. Draw¬ ings for several new buildings will also be dis¬ played, notably the Morgan bank, at Broad and Wall st^ ; the Church of St. Vincent, at 05th st and Lexington av, and the Seaside Hospital, at Xew Dorp. Staten Island. Arnold W. Brun¬ ner will display his drawings for the proposed bridge for the New York Connecting Railroad and Arthur Crisp his sketches for the decora¬ tions at the Belasco Theatre. I RECENT INCOiePORATlONS. j "JjriKMiiiimiii.m GERMAIN HOUSE & HOME BUILDIXG......CO.' is a .1!1.»0,U00 corporation chartered with offices in Manhattan to do a realty and construction business. The directors arc Max Germansky, 9 Church St. Aaron A. Jaffe. 170 East Broadway, and Louis Schwartz. .347 Lorimer st, Brooklyn' The attorney is Isaac Josephson, 5 Beekman st. THE MULLER ESTATES CO. has been in¬ corporated with $4U,ui;0 capital stock to do a realty and construction business with offices in Richmond. The directors are Niiholas Mul¬ ler. Jr., Edward N. Muller, Flora C. Muller, all of 1:^3 Henderson av. New Brighton and one other. The attorney is Frank I. Smith, -0 Richmond av," Port Richmond. SELMA REALTY CO., realty and construc¬ tion, with offices in Manhattan, has been chart¬ ered to do business with a capitalization of $2;>,00u. The directors are Max Henry Salzer -333 Bushwick av. Brooklyn ; Isidor J. Green¬ berg. 22 East lllth st. Manhattan; and Amy Brody. 1.532 Minford pl. Bronx. David Drechs- ler. 140 Nassau st, attorney. VICO REALTY CO. has been chartered with offices in Manhattan to do a realty and con¬ struction business with .i;iG.y>'t(t capital stock. The directors are Pasquale Gargiulo. MOO 3d St. Brooklyn; Jas. Tnmbetta. 423 East 118th St. and Max Plotkin. 54 East 122d st. Anthony J. Romagna, 277 Broadway, attorney. PUBLIC REALTY & IMPROVEMENT CO. has been chartered with .$ln.000 capital stock to do a realty, construction and brokerage busi¬ ness with offices in Manhattan. The directors are Chas. Walder. 712 East 170th st. Barnett Wolf, care of Chas. Walder, and Maurb-e Daiu 12*^7 Franklin av. Andrew J. Albert, 453 Trt- mont st, attorney. ROLSOM REALTY CO. is a $25,000 company chartered with offices in Manhattan to do a realty and construction business. Arthur S. Cox Leon Stern and Jacob S. Rosenthal, all of 27 William st. directors. J. S. Rosenthal, Tem¬ ple Court, attorney. ELKON REALTY CORPORATION has filed papers with .l;i(in.000 capital stock to do a realty and construction busine'^s with offices in Man¬ hattan. The directors are Christopher A. Con¬ nell and Ellen Connell. both of 30ii West 100th St. Jos. F. Connell, 308 Lakeview av, Rock¬ ville Centre, X. Y.. and one other. The attor¬ neys are SomerviUe & SomerviUe 102 Mon¬ tague St. C. A. HOLDIXG CO. has been chartered with Jfillt.O'yo capital stock to r'o a realtv and con¬ struction bus'n-^ss with offices in Brooklyn. The directors are Harry Wvnkonn ir.~iO Ea t Oth st Morris Goet^. 'Ml East 2';tii st. and Loui4 Stone. 29SA Hart st, all of Trooklvn. The at¬ torney is Morris Goetz. 241 East 20th st Brook¬ lyn. HEMPSTE4D PARK CO. is a .SilOn.OOO cor¬ poration chartered with office: in Manhattan to do a general real estite business. The direc¬ tors are WilMim R. Jackson, T ester N. Selie. Margaret ^icKi^^hin. anr^ two others, all of :i!>] Fulton St. Brooklyn. The attorneys are Hirsh Xewman & Ren^-s. 391 Fulton st. Brooklyn. IXLAXD ROAD REALTY CO. has been in- cornorated with .«10 00f) capital stock to do a realtv and cnnstmcti'^n hn^incs^ with "ffif^es in Brooklyn Samuel Davidson, 1590 Pitkin av. Mnrris Feinstein. 1598 Pitkin pv. nnd teo Ru¬ dolph, 209 Snedike*- av. .nil nf Brenklvn are the fMrectnrs. Meyer C. Loskowitz, 1787 Pitkin av, Brooklvn. attorney. OCEAN & BAV REALTY CORPORATION is the name of a SlO.OfO company chartered with offices in Manhattan t-. do a "realty and con¬ struction husiness. The directors ore Louis Bqche. 2.504 7th av. Manhattan. Max Bache and Lilian Bache. both of 1019 East 10th st. Brook¬ lyn. The attorneys are Kramer & Bourke 220 Broadway, Manhattan.