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February 13, 1915 RECORD AND GUIDE 277 DWELLINGS. FANWOOD N. J.—E. W. Patterson, 1 Mont¬ gomery st, Jersey City, architect and owner, has about completed plans for a 2y2-sty hollow tile and stucco residence on Paterson rd. Lost, about $4,000. XEWARK, N. J.—Neil J. Convery, Union Building, is preparing plans for a 2y2-sty frame and stucco residence, 30x52 ft., on Clinton pl, for Christian Merz, of Merz Bros. Co., 9 Craw¬ ford St. Cost, about $10,000. PERTH AMBOY, N. J.—Goldberger & Greisen, Angel Building. Perth Amboy. are preparing plans for a 2y2-sty frame residence. 20x42 ft.. in Lowrie st, for John Klusenporf. 3bl Maple St. Cost, about $4,000. EXGLEWOOD, N. J.—Hays & Hoadley, Broad¬ way and OSth st, Manhattan, are preparing plans for a 2V>-sty hollow tile and stucco residence at Lincofn st and Johnson av. for S. A. Sa- lambier, Franklin st. Cost, about $10,000. FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES. NEWARK, N. J.—Aug. M. Kleeman. 741 Broad St. has completed plans for a 2-sty brick factory, 23x93 ft., at 777-79 South ISth st, for Hugo Lindner. 775 South 18th st. Cost, about .^8.000. The architect will take bids about February lo. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Steel work is under way for the 1-sty steel and corrugated iron warehouse on the west side of Westside av, near the Central R. R., for Joseph T. Ryerson & Co 30 Church st, Manhattan. Purdy & Hen¬ derson. 45 East 17th st, Manhattan, structural engineeers. David Henry Building Co., 20* Mar¬ ket st Newark, contractor for foundations and grading. W. W. Farrier Co., 44 Montgomery st. plumbing and heating. Cost, about $20,000. HALLS AND CLUBS. IvE\RNY N. J.—Henry Baechlin. 005 Broad st Newark, architect, will soon take bids for a 2-3ty lodge building, 65x150 ft, on the west side of Kearny av, south of Bergen av. for the Cope^tone^Lodge No. 147. F. & A M Mr. Haf- strom, 170 Pomery av, chairman of building com¬ mittee. Cost, about $50,000. HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS. NEWARK N. J.—The Board of Trustees of Es'sex County Parental Home, Lathrop Ander¬ son 474 Broad st, chairman of building com¬ mittee contemplates the erection of a d-sty Sirental home on Sussex av. between Duryea and Hecker sts. to cost, about $40,000. The name of architect will be announced at a special meeting to be held soon. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. LINDEN, N. J.—J. N. Pierson & Son, 110 Smith st, Perth Amboy, are preparing plans for a 2-sty brick and terra cotta public school for the Board of Education of Linden, Thomas H. Keyes, clerk. EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J.—Ernest Silbey, Palisade Park, N. J., has been commissioned to prepare plans for a 2-sty school for the Borough of East Rutherford Board of Education, Frank Van Roden, president. Cost, about $25,000. STABLES AND GARAGES. NEWARK N. J.—M. B. Silberstein, 17 Market St has completed plans or a 1-sty brick stable and shed at 158 Charlton st, for Cohen Bros., on premises. Cost, about $4,500. THEATRES. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Cicarrclli & Marangel- lo 2d National Bank Building, Hoboken, are preparing plans for a 3-sty theatre, 2jx100x10Cj ft. at 433 Central av. near Bleeeker st, for Her¬ ring & Blumenthal. 30 Union sq, Manhattan. NEWARK, N. J.—H. Baechlin, 665 Broad st. is preparing plans for a l-sty brick and stucco moving picture theatre, 90x100 feet, in North 7th st, near Orange st, for Edward W. McDon¬ ough. 207 Market st. Meyer & Singer Amuse¬ ment Co., 304 Market st, lessee. Other Cities. MUNICIPAL WORK. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.—Plans have been ap¬ proved by the State Board of Health for a sew¬ age disposal plant, consisting of three-fourth of a mile of trunk sewer piping, nitration and sedimentation basin, at Goshen and Middletown rd, for the City of Middletown. George A. John¬ son. 150 Nassau st, Manhattan, engineer. Cost, about $100,000. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. BEACON, N. Y.—Rasmussen & Wayland, 1133 Broadway, Manhattan, aro preparing plans for a 2-sty high school on Fishkill av. for the Board of Education of Beacon, Union Free School Dis¬ trict No. 8. Homer H. Stuart, president. Cost, about $48,000. The owner will advertise for bids absut March 7. PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. THE LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ha? moved its New York offices from 261 Broadway to 30 East 42d st. THE LIBMAN CONTRACTING COMPANY will continue business under the firm name of "The Libman Contracting Company, Inc." STANDARD PAINT CO. will move its offices from 100 William st to the fifth floor of ths Woolworth Building, Broadway and Park pl. about February 20. C. HOWARD CRANE AND PERCIVAL R. PEREIRA. architects, have associated for the practice of their profession and have opened of¬ fices at 500 Fifth av. SID.NEY DIAMANT, consulting engineer, 15 East 40th St. has been appointed a member of Citizens' Union City Plan Committee. MODERN IRON WORKS. INC, 49-51 West 140th St. S. Wasser, president. M. Goldenberg, secretary and treasurer, is the reorganization of the Bleeker Iron Works which formerly con¬ ducted tbe business at same address. GEORGE W. TILLSON, consulting engineer of the Borough of Brooklyn. New York City, has recently given a course of six lectures on street paving at Harvard University in connection with Professor George C. Whipple's course in munici¬ pal administration. McDERMOTT & HANNIGAN, general con¬ tractors, of 103 Park avenue, announce that they have enlarged their offices and have provided a sub-contractor's estimating room, with every convenience for tb.e comfort of their customers. A cordial invitation is extended to the building trade to visit their offices. IMPERIAL TRIM COMPANY, INC., 103 East 125th st, manufacturers of a general line of in¬ terior woodwork, is the reorganization of the Niagara Woodworking Co. William B. Foster is the president of the new company and T. J. McCormack. who formerly was the manager for the Niagara Co., is general manager. EDWARD M. HAGAR has resigned the presi¬ dency of the Universal Portland Cement Co., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corpora¬ tion, to become the head of a new company which he is forming to acquire a chain of Portland cement plants covering a large part of the United States. The headquarters of the new company will be in Chicago. CONNORS BROS., general contractors., of 64 West SSth st, have introduced a novel, though entirely practical, scheme to the members of their profession. They have turned the third floor of the SSth st house into a combination offiee and apartment, and are now using it in that connection. Aside from its practicability, it also possesses an economical feature that should appeal to young architects just entering • the field for themselves. As an indication that the venture is catching and likely to spread, the Record and Guide has knowledge of architects who plan similar arrangements by combining with another architect, or draughtsman, thus maintaining an office at night, equipped with lounging quarters, in order to facilitate hurried work and avoid tedious commuting at a late hour. OBITUARY uiiiiuir>iin>riiiiu[iuuniiiiiiiiiuiiuit.....ti|i>uu JOHN M. HACKER, a mechanical engineer, died at his home, 267 Lembeck av, Jersey City, in his eighty-first year. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and three sons. HENRY HOLDER, a building contractor, died after a brief illness at his home, 242 Franklin av. Brooklyn, Thursday, February 4. He was born in Brooklyn sixty-four years ago. He is survived by his widow and a son. GEORGE T. OTIS, a prominent architect, of Rochester, N. Y., died recently at his home, 155 Gorsline st. He was born in 18.52 and practiced his profession for a number of years in Roches¬ ter and vicinity. He is survived by his widow. NORMAN BRUCE REAM, capitalist, and one of tho organizers Of the United States Steel Corporation, died in tbe Presbyterian Hospital Tuesday, February Oth, after a recent operation. He was born in Somerset County, Pa., in 1844 and was a veteran of the Civil War. He was a director in many corporations and an active member of a number of metropolitan clubs. WILLIAM H. BENNETT, a retired general contractor, died after a long illness at his home in Long Branch, N. J., Monday, February 1. He was eighty-one years of age and had lived all of his life in Long Branch. Mr. Bennett was formerly prominent in New Jersey politics and held various public offices. He is survived by two sons and three daughters. JOHN HOPKINS SHEPARD. a prominent landscape architect in central New York, died at his home, 142 Greenwood pl, Syracuse, Mon¬ day, February 1. Death was due to heart dis¬ ease. Mr. Shepard was born in Connecticut sixty-six years ago. He drew the plans for Morningside Cemetery and also planned Oak- wood Cemetery at Chicago, 111., and Riverside Cemetery at Rochester. He leaves two sons and one daughter. J. NEWTON APGAR, general contractor, well known in Dunellen, N. J., and vicinity, died in the Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield. N. J.. Satur¬ day. February 6, following an operation for ap¬ pendicitis two weeks ago. Mr. Apgar was forty- four years of age and bad been a life-long resi¬ dent of Dunellen, N. J. During the last five years he erected tbe Lincoln School in Dunellen. school in Bound Brook and remodeled tho Queen City Hotel in Plainfield. LUKE A. BURKE, senior member of the firm of Luke A. Burke & Sons Company, general con¬ tractors, 25 West 42d st. died at his home, 112 West ilOth St. Monday, February 1. He was fifty- six years of age and for many years had been active as a builder in this city. Many public and semi-public buildings were erected under his direct supervision. Mr. Burke was for many years a familiar figure on the Speedway, and was well known as tho owrfer of record holding trotting horses. EDGAR S. STRUNK. business manager of "The Lighting Journal." died at his home in Harrington Park, N. J., Tuesday, February 9. He came from Reading. Penn., in 1900. and was previously associated with the Hartford Carpet Corporation, the Holophane Glass Company, su¬ perintendent at Copper Flat, Ely, Nev., for the New York & Nevada Copper Company and "The Illuminating Engineer." He was a member of the Sons of Jove, a fraternal organization of the electrical industry, and of the Illuminating En¬ gineering Society. He is survived by his widow ar\d a son. EUGENE C. GARDNER, a widely known architect and the author of a number of books on architectural subjects, died at his home in Springfield, Mass., Sunday, February 7. He was born at Ashfield. Mass., March 2S, 1SS6, and had been a resident of Springfield for a number of years, and was the architect of many promi¬ nent buildings in that city and vicinity. In 1901 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. From 1885 to 1SS7 he edited TTie Builder, at Holyoke, Mass. Among Mr. G'ardner's publications are "Homes and How to Make Them," "Illustrated Homes,'* "Home In¬ teriors," "House That Jack Built," "Town and Country School Houses" and "Common Sense in Church Building." GEORGE ALLEN, senior member of the firm of George Allen &. Son, general contractors, 1245 Park av, died at his home Saturday, February 6. He was born in Ireland fifty-eight years ago and came to this country thirty years ago. Mr. Allen established his firm five years later, and during the last few years had assisted in the construction of many of the important buildings of this city, among them being the power houses of the New York Edison Company, the Inter¬ borough Rapid Transit and the Metropolitan Street Railways, and the power plant of the Woolworth Building. He was a member of the Twenty-sixth Assembly District Democratic Club and Livingston Lodge, No. 657. F. and A. M. Mr. Allen is survived by his widow, four sons and six daughters. I TRADE AND TECHNICAL | I SOCIETY EVENTS. | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS will hold its midwinter convention in New York City. February 17-19, inclusive. Secretary, F. L. Hutchinson, 33 West 39th st. BRONX CHAMBER OP COMMERCE will hold Its regular meetings In the Walworth Build¬ ing. Bergen avenue and 149th street, on the fourth Saturday ot each month. "MADE IN THE U. S. A." INDUSTRIAL EX¬ POSITION will be held in Grand Central Pal¬ ace March 6-13. President, H. A. Cochrane, Fifth Avenue Building, New York. NEW YORK STATE RETAIL HARDWARE ASSOCIATION will hold its annual convention at Syracuse February 16th to 19th, inclusive. Head¬ quarters at the Yates Hotel. Secretary, John B. Foley, Kirk Building, Syracuse, N. Y. NEW YORK CHAPTER, AMERICAN SO¬ CIETY OF HEATING AND VENTILATINCT EN¬ GINEERS, regular meeting third Monday of each month, Engineering Societies' Building. 29 West 39th St. THE AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS' ASSO- 'CIATION will hold a joint meeting with the American Highway Association at some 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. LUMBER INTERESTS.—A conference of the ■ lumber industries has been called for February 24 and 25 in Chicago, under the leadership of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. The object of the 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 MANUFACTURERS' 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. of Alton. III., and Theodore A. Randall ot Indian¬ apolis, constitute the committee of arrangements. The association will also bring to Detroit the National Paving Brick Manufactureri* Associa¬ tion, the National Clay Machinery Associa¬ tion, and the American Ceramic Society. MID-WEST CEMENT SHOW.—The ninth an¬ nual Mid-West Cement Show will be held at Omaha, Neb., March 2 to 6 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 3, 4 and 5. Further information regarding the convention and show may be had from Frank Whipperman. secre¬ tary and treasurer, 2Sth av and Sahler Bt, Omaha. AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE held its eleventh annual convention in Chicago February 9 to 12. The convention considered the subjects of concrete roads and bridges, reinforced con¬ crete tests and design, concrete in architecture, and concrete plant, management and costs. Among others the convention heard addresses by C. A. P. Turner. T. A. Smith, of the Turner Construction Company ; William P. Anderson, of the Ferro-Concrete Construction Company, and Alfred D. Flinn, of the New York Board of Water Supply. The convention was held in con¬ nection with the eighth annual Chicago cement show, which will be held February 10 to 17. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS OF KINGS COUNTY held their annual diner at the Hop¬ kinson Mansion, 428 Hopkinson av, Saturday evening, February 0, with about 500 present, including women of the members' families. William B. Roth, manager of the Brownsville branch of tho State Bank, was toastmaster. and introduced the following speakers: Frank Bailey. Patrick J. Carlin, Superintendent of Buildings ; Tliomas H. Hickey, Deputy Tenement House Commissioner; Simon H. Kugel, presi¬ dent of the Brownsville B'oard of Trade; Audley Clarke, Alderman Isidore M. Rosenblum. ex- Alderman Alexander S. Drescher and Assembly¬ man Nathan B. Finkelstein. The officers of the organization are: Joseph I. Aaron, president: Abraham Brumer. vice-president; Abraham Kaplan, treasurer; Jacob Oxfeld. secretary. The reception committee included Morris Wein- burg. chairman; Abraham Kaplan, Abraham Brumer and Louis Halterin.