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nber 25, 1915 RECORD AND GUIDE 1093 CORONA.—Lewis av, s s, 123 e Waldron st, jew foundation to dwelling; cost, .$2U0; owner, M. Legrega, premises. Plan No. 3015. EDGEMERE.—Alvin pl, w s, 100 s Boule¬ vard, w. c. compartments in ten bungalows, new plumbing; cost, $1,000; owner, W. A. Reinhardt, Edgemere. Plan Nos. 3000 to 3009. FLUSHING.—Main st, w s, 25 n Washington st, new store front to dwelling ; cost, $600; owner, C. Dondero, premises. Plan No. 2991. FLUSHING.—Main st, 106, electric, sign, store; cost, $50; owner, ,C. M. Hott', on prem¬ ises. Plan No. 29SS. FLUSHING.—Amity st, s w cor Percy st, interior alterations to' store; cost, $150; own¬ er, D. Martens, premises. Plan No. 3018. L. 1. CITY.—Borden av, 288, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $150; owner, W. B. Raymond Co., premises. Plan No. 3016. L. I. CITY.—Prosepct st, 53, gas piping in dwelling; cost, $50; owner, Mrs. Maas, prem¬ ises. Plan No. 3022. L. I. CITY.—Academy st, 102, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $150; owner, Dutch Reformed Church, premises. Plan No. 3025. L. I. CITY.—10th av, 414, electric sign on store; cost, $G0; owner, A. Recknegel, prem¬ ises. Plan No. 3029. L. I. CITY.—Grand av, n w cor Wth av, new store front; cost, $60 ; owner, J. Hagendorn, on premises. Plan No. 2980. L. I. CITY.—Wth av, w s, 100 s Newtown rd, interior alterations to dwelling ; cost, $800; owner, Mrs. Anna Reges, 304 Grand av, L. 1. City ; architect, T. J. Reidy, 76 Hoyt av, L. 1. City. Plan No. 2093. MIDDLE VILLAGE.—Wayne st, n s, 220 e Hinman st, 1-sty frame extension, 25x15, front shed, slag roof; cost, $400; owner, M. Dubin- sky, premises. Plan No. 3030. MORRIS PARK.—Birch st, e s, 275 s Je¬ rome av, plumbing to two dwellings ; cost, $100 ; owner, A. DeGroot, premises. Plan Nos. 3031- 3032. MORRIS PARK.—Church st, e s, 210 s At¬ lantic av, plumbing to dwelling ; cost, $50; own¬ er, H. Courten, on premises. Plan Nos. 2981- 2982. NEPONSET.—Washington av, s w cor Beach 144th st, interior alterations to dwelling; cost, $500; owner. E. W Sohmer, 277 Broadway, ' F. Clevedon, 132 West r-lan No. 2980. -iilL.—Jamaica av, 3317, elec- . store: cost, $30; owner, H. J. Cul- ^._. a, on premises. Plan No. 2989. RICHMOND HILL.—Welling st, w s, 225 n Jamaica av, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $50; ffwner, J. Schley, premises. Plan No. 2994. RICHMOND HILL.—Cedar av, e s, 125 n Scott st, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $.30; own¬ er, R. W. Aube. premises. Plan No. 2995. RICHMOND HILL.—Napier av. e s, 20O n Brandon st. plumbing to dwelling; cost, $50; owner. J. H. Monford, premises. Plan No. 2997. RICHMOND HILL.—Oxford st, n w cor Brandon av. plumbing to dwelling; cost, $.30; owner, H. Metger, premises. Plan No. 3033. RICHMOND HILL.—Vine St. w s, 300 n Ja¬ maica av, plumhing to dwelling; cost, $50; owner, G. Meehan, premises. Plan No. 3027. RIDGEWOOD.—Myrtle av. 1739, electric sign to store ; cost, $30 ; owner. Myrtle Realty Hold¬ ing Co., on premises. Plan No. 2990. WINFIELD.—Myers av. n w cor Grout av, enclose porcli and interior alterations to dwell¬ ing ; cost, $273 ; owner, J. A. Toppini, on prem¬ ises. Plan No. 2984. WINFIELD.—Burroughs av, s e cor Wood- side av, 2-sty trame extension, 12x28, side dwelling, new plumbing; cost. $500; owner, Augusta Koerber. 1 Burroughs av, Winfleld; architects, E. Rose Sc Son, Grand st, Elmhurst. Plan No. 2985. WOODHAVEN.—Ferry st, e s, 150 n Syosset st, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $.30; owner, A. Neumann, premises. Pian No. 2998. WOODHAVEN.—Dennington av, w s, 725 n Jamaica av, plumbing to dwelling; cost, $.30; owner, G. H. Schmidt, premises. Plan No. 3020. WOODHAVEN.—Ferry st, e s, 210 s Syosset st, plumbing to two dwellings ; cost. $100 ; own¬ er. L. Kilgus, premises. Plan Nos. 3034-35. Richmond. BANK ST. e s, 100 s Jersey st. New Brigh¬ ton., alterations to steel factorv; cost. $100; owner. National Export Co., 78 Broad st, N. Y. C. ; architect and builder. Fred Goess Iron Works, Richmond ter. New Brighton. Plan No. 572. CANAL ST, 108-110, Stapleton. alterations to two brick store and apartments: cost. $2.000: owner and builder. Sam Cohen. 10S-110 Canal st, Stapleton ; architect. Samuel Levingstc.n, ' West 42d st, N. Y. C. Plan No. 500. CA.NAL ST, B s, 60 e Brook st, Stapleton, alterations to two brick tenements: cost. $1.IK.10; owner and builder, Sam Cohen, 108 Canal st, Stapleton; architect, John Davies, Tompkins¬ ville. Plan No. 367. NEPTUNE ST. e s. 120 s Cedar Grove av. New Dorp Beach, alterations to two frame b'in?'Tl"w« : cost, .$1.30; owner. G. M. Ayent 7'^ West 9.3d st, N. Y. C. ; builder, Theo. Sanjour Great Kills. Plan No. 570. NEW DORP LA, w s. 140 s Cedar Grove av. New Dorp Reach, alterations to frame bunga¬ low ; cost. $73 ; owner. G. M. Avent. 72 West 9.3d st, N. Y. C. ; builder, Theo Sanjour, Great Kills. Plan No. 571. RICHMOND TER. n s. .300 w Broadway, West Brighton, alterations to frame store and dwell¬ ing ; cost. $600; owner. Otto Vitillo. 21 Jeffer¬ son av. Granite Park: builder, Nicola Vitaeco, 21 Jefferson av, Granite Park. Plan No. 502. CENTRAL AV. n s, 200 e Arietta St. Tomp¬ kinsville, alterations to brick dwelling; cost. $400; owner, Paul Sauer, Tompkinsville; archi¬ tects and builders, Karlson Bros., Tompkins¬ ville. Plan No. 569. CHESTNUT AV, s e cor Charles st, Rose¬ bank, alterations to frame store and dwelling; cost, $150; owner and builder, Frank Lanzere, Tompkins av, Rosebank. Plan No. 564. HATFIELD AV, n s, 150 e Nicholas av. Port Richmond, alterations to frame dwelling; cost, .$175; owner, Patrick Boylan, 23 Granate av; architect, John D. Williams, 375 Morning Star rd. Plan No. 565. HILLSIDE AV, n e, 250 s e Amboy, Great Kills, alterations to frame dwelling; cost, $200; owner and builder, A. A. Bryan, Hillside av, Great Kills. Plan No. 563. NELSON AV, n e cor Shore av. Great Kills, alterations to frame hotel ; cost, $75; owner, Ellen Barth, Great Kills; builder, Clias. Wohlschlayd, Great Kills. Plan No. 561. SHORE AV, s e, 600 s e Prince Bay rd. Prince Bay, alterations to hrick factory ; cost, $030; owner and architect, S. S. White D. Mfg. Co., Prince Bay; builder. Central Iron Works, New York City. Plan No. 568. 1 PERSONAL AND TRADE I I NOTES. I W. R. SUTPHEN, electrical contractor, has opened an office and shop at Clinton, N. J. KRAMER BROS. LAMP CO., formerly at 213 Grand st, are now located at 583 Broadway. A. EARL WELLER, formerly acting City En¬ gineer of Schenectady, N. Y., was recently ap¬ pointed City Engineer of Binghamton, N. Y. AMERICAN KALAMEIN WORKS, INC., 99 Kent av, Brooklyn, at its recent meeting elected Louis A. Leavitt, a director and treasurer of the concern. SAFETY ARMORITE CONDUIT CO., Pitts¬ burgh, Pa., has established a district offlce at 30 Church st. New York .City, in charge of William G. Campbell. GUNVALD AUS, consulting structural en¬ gineer, 11 Ea'st 24th st, has incorporated his business which in future will be known as tho Gunvald Aus Co. J. BILLET & CO., general contractors for painting and decorating, have opened offices at 122-124 East 25th st. JOSEPH L. NEAL, architect, has moved his office trom 215'/j 4th av to the People's Bank Building, 307 4th av, Pittsburgh, Pa. WEIL-STRAUSS CORPORATION has been organized to do a general mechanical, electrical engineering and contracting business. The new concern has its offlces at 50 Church st. BRONX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will hold Its regular meetlngB In the Walworth Building, Bergen avenue and 149th street, on the fourth Saturday of each month. CLINTON R. GOODRICH, tormerly construc¬ tion superintendent with James Stewart Sz Co., Inc., 30 Church st, is now associated with the Dale Engineering Co., general contractors, ol Utica, N. Y. A. HALL BERRY, 97 Warren st, has been appointed exclusive Eastern selling agent for the Macaelen Co., to represent the latter in the New England States, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. FRANCIS Y. JOANNES, architect, formerly with Marc Eidlitz & Son, builders, 30 East 42d st, has severed his connection with that organi¬ zation and has opened an office for the practice of architecture at 52 Vanderbilt av. WILLIAM MAYER, JR,, architect. West New York, N. J., at a recent meeting of the Board Council of that town, suggested that the of present building code be revised. The board has taken the matter under advisement. GEORGE P. KENNEDY, vice-president of the Chatham & Phoenix National Bank, will sever his connection with that institution on January 1, 1916, to enter as a partner in the flrm of G. X. Mathews St Co., well known builders ol Ridgewood, L. 1. EDWIN JEN.NINGS has opened an office for the practice of his profession as consulting en¬ gineer at 835 Broadway. He was formerly chief engineer of a bridge works and for twelve years was connected with the Department of Bridges of New York City. L. K. COMSTOCK & CO., 30 Church st, en¬ gineers, have temporarily closed their Canadian office, which has been in charge of O. H. Linton. Mr. Linton has enlisted with the Canadian con¬ tingent and will shortly sail tor Europe to take his part in the War Zone. JOHN IHLDER, fleld secretary of the Na¬ tional Housing Association, recently appeared before the housing committee of the Board of Trade of the City of Passaic, N. J., and dis¬ cussed the proposed plan to revise the huiiding code of that municipality. A. G. HILLBERG. 13 Park Row, hydraulic engineer, has been retained to design the pro¬ posed :10,000-hp. hydroelectric plant at the mouth of the White Rock Canyon on the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico, contemplated by the Rio Grande Light, Heat & Power Com¬ pany. CHARLES C. CLARK, architect, and a mem¬ her of the flrm ot Clark Sz Arms, 21 West 45th st, was seriously in.iured last Sunday night by falling down the elevator shaft of tlie huiiding in which his offlce is located. He thought that the elevator was at the first floor, stepped into the shaft and fell into the basement. His partner. John T. Arms, was with him and went to his assistance. He was taken to thc Poly¬ clinic Hospital where he was found to be suf¬ fering from contusions and an injured spine. GENERAL CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION had many public men at their annual dinner at the Biltmore last Saturday night. The dinner was notable in this respect. The Mayor, the Comptroller, the Public Service Commissioners, Senator Thompson and his Legislative Investi¬ gating Committee were noteworthy attendants, John D. Crimmins is president of tbe organi¬ zation. The entrance to the dining room was rearranged to represent a subway excavation. About five hundred were present, mostly public works contractors. A vaudeville entertainment was given. NEW YORK EDISON COMPANY, under the direction of Arthur Williams, general commer¬ cial manager, has inaugurated a new course of lectures in the curriculum of its commercial school on electric appliances. During the sea¬ son the lectures will be as follows : January 6, ■■Domestic Heating by Electricity" ; January 20, "The Heating Bureau^'; February 3, '■Vibra¬ tors and Small Motors" ; February 17, '■Heat¬ ing Appliances and Vacuum Cleaners"; March 2, "Heating Appliances and Vacuum Clean¬ ers" ; March 16, ■■Washing Machines and Dish- Washers" ; April 13, "Electric Signs"; April 27 and May 11, "Home Economics." HOLOPHANE WORKS of General Electric Co. announces that it will change its nam.d January 1, 1916, to Ivanhoe-Regent Works of General Electric Co. This change wa? made necessary by tbe expiration, on that date, ot the contract through which the General Electric- C'o. possessed exclusive rights to manufacture and sell Holophane prismatic glass. The Gen¬ eral Electric Co. will continue to manufacture and sell Regent glass and Ivanhoe metal re¬ flectors ; aud, although its right to handle Holo¬ phane prismatic is no longer an exclusive one, it will continue to furnish this line also. In its organization the Ivanhoe-Regent Works ot General Electric Co. is in every respect the same as the hitherto known by the name ot the Holophane Works of General Electric Co. r"'''....."'.............™"........'...........".......""""tiiiiwiiiiiu.......u.....iiramt........t......ir.......^.....niiiiiH,.....„.......t,......i„iiii„m,......,......i,„innmnn i OBITUARY. I '^^.....'......"".....""....."...............'....."MllllHininiii......mmm.......lmi„i^.....<,i^muimmiiiu,liiiii.iimi[i,i.....,.....mim......mi.....l......millliwJ JOHN STOKES COPE, a landscape archi¬ tect prominent in Philadelphia, Pa., died ot heart disease at his home in Germantown, Pa , Friday, December 17. He was born in Ger¬ mantown fifty-eight years ago. WESLEY V. DEGRAIfP, a general contrac¬ tor well known in the North Shore section ol Long Island, died at his home in Oyster Bay, L. I., Saturday, December 18. He was born in Samt Remy, N. Y. He is survived by his widow and three children. CORNELIUS CROCHERON, repair superin¬ tendent of the buildings owned bv the Trinity Church Corporation, a position held by him for the last forty years, died at his home in New Spring Hill, S. 1., Monday, December 20. He was eighty-one years old. EDSON LAWRENCE, a retired building con¬ tractor, prominent in Brooklyn, died Monday December 20, at Goldens Bridge, N. Y., while on a visit. Mr. Lawrence was born in Cross River, N. Y., seventy-five years ago and had been a resident of Brooklyn for the last thirty years. He is survived by his widow, lour sons and two daughters. JOHN J. MCCARTHY,-SR., a retired general contractor and a former County Inspector of Highways, of Essex County, N. J., died after an Illness from heart disease, at his home in Belleville. N. J., Sunday, December 19 He was born m Ireland in 1844 and came to this coun¬ try about fifty years ago. He is survived by his widow, a son and two daughters. GEORGE N. STEINMETZ. a retired con¬ tracting engineer, died of Brighfs disease at his home 465 West End av, Sunday, Decem- her 19. He was born in Seagertown, Pa., flfty- five years ago, and was in the contracting business all his lite. Mr. Steinmetz was thi contractor for the building of the Galveston, ■Te-x., sea-wall and for the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. He retired three years ago and came to this city to live. He is survived by his TRADE AND TECHNICAL SOCIETY EVENTS. A-J^m^ YORK RETAIL HARDWARE ASSOCI- Bnff?.^ m' '^'"'y v"^ '""'"'>' convention at Buffalo N. Y February 15-18, 1916. Secre¬ tary, John B. Foley, Syracuse, N. Y. SOCIETY OF CONSTRUCTORS OP FEDE¬ RAL BUILDINGS will hold its annual con¬ vention at Washington, D. c, January 3-6 Headquarters will be at the Hotel Ebbitt TIOM'^i'?n'^,^,H''^I''^°'="^; SUPPLY ASSOCIA¬ TION will hold Its annua! convention at Cleve- Lt ?h» M ,^, =r.7 ^'"^°' l-'^"' Headquarters at the Hotel Statler. R.^fiHr'"^ M^ CONFERENCE on Concrete Road ?.. iq'°,!.,«'" •'<= '^'^I'J at Chicago, 111., February 15-18, 1916. .1 P. Beck, 208 South La Salle st, Chicago, secretary of the Advisory Committee wilt^,!'^,'?'^'^^-^^'^"^'^^ OFCIVIL ENGINEERS will holcl Its sixty-third annual meeting in New York City .lanuary 19-20, 1916. Furfher par¬ ticulars of this meeting will be announced in a later issue. ..,„'^'J'^"^'^'''fO^AL CUT STONE CONTRAC¬ TORS' AND QUARRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OP NORTH AMERICA. INC., will hold its tllTr^ teenth annual convention at the Hotel Tray¬ more, Atiantic City, N. J., January 19-20, IDIG. .T-T^nFr^.^'^'^'''^ CHAPTER, AMERICAN INSTI¬ TUTE OF ARCHITECTS, regular meeting sec¬ ond Wednesday of each month, except July August and September, at the Fine Arts Build¬ ing, 215 West 57th st. NATION.-^L ASSOCIATION OP BUILDERS- EXCHANGES will hold its annual convention at the Hotel Emerson. Baltimore. Md., February 22-24, 1910. Secretary, J. M. Vollmer, Louis¬ ville. Ky- RRTAIL LUMBER DEALERS' ASSOCIA¬ TION of the State of New York will hold its annual convention at Poughkeepsie. N. 3' Jan¬ uary 20-2S. 1910. The Programme Com'mittee is preparing an interesting programme tor each sessions of the meeting.