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338 RECORD AND GUIDE February 26, 1916 CURRENT WHOLESALE PRICES. ? /- URRENT wholesal* prices, prsvalllne C "on the Building Material Exchange and elsewhere In the Metropolitan district at the close of the last month, are as tol- lows In each case the quotations given below were thuse prev;ulins uiJ to i-el).-o, 1916. . ., Note.—Current price changes are Indi¬ cated by black-face type. ,(,-„«,_____ Hudson common .............^b.ovw Raritan common ............ >y • ■"" Second hand common......... 4.00# 5.00 Newark (yard) ...............o^-lSi,?-^^ Front or face .20.00@36.00 Cement (Wholesale, 500 bb s. lots and over, along side dock, N. T.): Domestic Portland, Spot.......$1^®-— Over 30 days...........•......---©*!..- 10c. bag; returns on bags. , „_ , ,_ Mill base............:••,•••• V^l '^ Con. Rosendale Nat. to dealers. l.W®------- Dealers price to job------.......i^ioo------- 7^4C. bag; returns on bags. .„,,„„ AiLpn's Ge^rman ............No Quotation DjckerhSff airman .........No Quotation CRUSHED STONE (BOO cu. yd. lots F. O. B. along side dock N. Y.. wholesa e): Trap rock, 1\, in................stiK 1.10 Trap rock. % in.................st'm qn Bluestone, IVi in................«^S^ i-flO Bluestone. % in............ ■ • • • -firm 1.00 GLASS, Window—from J^bber^.J^st-^^ Window, 1st three brackets.....90-10 All other single thick...........^ Double thick ......... •......;•-r " ^ Plate, discot^nts off lists up to ^^^^^ Plate,"discoun:s'off lists o^^"" g^_j„.5 GRAVEL'(BOO cu.'yd. VoVs' 't.'o. B. along side dock N. Y., wholesale): 1% in...............................»»ig % in.................................SI; P. S. C, gravel........................"■• HOLLOW TILE (flreprooflng. Prices F. 0. B. factory, Perth Amboy, N. J.). Exterior— «nns7n 4x12x12 in.................... * oS« 6x12x12 in....................."?'* 8x12x12 in.....................™S 10x12x12 in................... 'jr? 12x12x12 in....................^o" Interior— so n44 2x12x12 n.................... *»-»JJ 3x12x12 in.................... -Jlr* 4x12x12 in.....................^g 6x12x12 in....................."«" LIME (Standard 300 lb. bbls wholesale): Farnham Cheshire, fi"'shl"S-»l-?^|*j-52,, Eastern common ........... 1-1»® ^-^'^^ Hydrated finishing ......... 8.BO® 9.50 LINSEED OII^- «n-..m <»-sj American Seed City Raw.....*0-i!;@ H^ American Seed City Boiled.....
LUBRICANTS (Mineral): ^„-„^^^.~ Black, refined, summer......$0.12y2@»o.lJ Black, reduced, 27 gravity, ,n..^_____ 35@30, c. t...............,V*" niltT^ Wax: crude ............-Perlb. -O^gJO-OI Cylinder, light filtered. ..... .23® .28 Cylinder, dark, steam, refined.. .17® ..!(> LUMBER (Wholesale prices, New York City): Yellow pine (merchantable 190B. f. o. D. 8 f^o nVn ...........$21.00@$25.50 fi^o 16"a:.:::.........2s.oo@ 32.00 Heart face siding 4-4 & A National Housing Competition. Under the auspices of the National Americanization Committee, 20 West 34th street, plans have been made for holding a National Housing Competition to close May 1, which is open to arch¬ itects, engineers, contractors, etc. This competition will be the first under the Roosevelt America First Fund. Prizes of $1,000, $500 and three of $100 each are offered in the first group, which covers plans for a single family house, a combined family and lodging house, and for a boarding house or community dwelling. The idea is the housing for a new community produced by a new in¬ dustry, many of the large number of emplovees to be needed permanently, the rest from two to five years only. The two most important considera¬ tions in the contest are the welfare of the tenant and the cost to erect the buildings. The wages of the employees for wh'om the houses are designed are understood to be from $2 a day to $30 In the second group prizes of $200 and $100 are offered for a satisfactory substi¬ tute for the derailed freight and cattle cars now used to house construction gangs on railways. The competition will be followed by public exhibits not only of the results of the competition, but also of any plans now in existence, or in process of execution, which architects, engineers or employers may care to exhibit. B-4 ........ Flooring. lE-16x2H & 3 -------® 28.00 13.50® 26.25 -@ 21.50 -® 19.50 Hemlocl?. Pa., f. o. b. N. T. base price, per M........ Hemlock. W. Va,. base price per M..............; ■ ' i' "'"cargies ^*^*«.'^'!. . . "'"^ -------@ 2D.0C (To mixed cargo price add f'-|l«ht »1 f''oO Spruce Canadian . . . v• ■ vi ' v ll^htVra^» Spruce (W. Va. f. o. b. N. Y.. Ughtera^-* limits) : .,7 nr, 2x4, IS and 20 ft...................^-^-"J 9 in., 16 ft. and under.............. ^»o» Add JlOO per M. tor each Inch over 11 Add%1.00 per M. tor every 2 ft. over JO ft. In length. 1x2 shingling lath, rough or dressed one side ....................m '4"> LATH (Eastern spruce f. o. b. N. Y.j: 11/2-in, slab ................. PLASTER—(Basic dealer prices, »t yard, Manhattan): Masons finishing in 100 lb. -„,„^j,i„5o bags, per ton..........^o'-.nl Mill base .................... S-^"® BLOCKS— -0 ng 2 in. (solid) per sq. ft..............♦"•"» 3 in. (hollow) ....................."°„ 4 m. (hollow)..............•.......yi^ Boards % in. thick, per sq. yd.......lo Sc?^en?rand washed Cow Bay. BOO _____ ou. yds. lots, wholesale------:f0.40fB' SLATE (Per Square. N. ■^•)= , . ,^,. 7c Penn, Bansor ribbon .........^i'dai^lA M.inson. Maine, No. 1......... B,50| 7.75 Munson Maine, No. 2......::y,,fl'$^lll SnfaVn^g-green •.•.■.•.•:::::..... \'',l% ^ P:ri"rWrr.-.v.v.:::::: jo|«»S Vermont, sea green............ 3.000 4./!u STRUCTURAL STEEL (Tidewater): Beams & channels up to 14 !" !;■■»'J|^*|; Beams & channels over 14 '"^-^J"'?^ ZH .ingles 3x2 up to 6x8........f*\^^l%ZIZ Zees and tees...............olJ«r^_____ Steel bars, half extras......2.419c@------- Projected Madison Avenue Apartment. Rouse & Goldstone. architects, 40 West 32d street, have been selected to prepare the plans for a thirteen-story apartment to be erected, at the north¬ east corner of Madison avenue and 72d street, for Klein & Jackson, 149 Broad¬ wav. owners. The structure will cover a plot 56x102 feet, and will have a facade of brick, limestone and terra cotta. ihe building will be fireproof in every par¬ ticular'and will include the installation of all the modern housekeeping con¬ veniences. The operation is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $JOU,- 000. ______ Addition to Frick Residence. Carrere & Hastings, architects, 52 Vanderbilt avenue, have prepared pre¬ liminary sketches for a one and one-halt storv addition to the residence of Henry C Frick, on Fifth avenue, between 70th and 71st streets. The addition will be built on a plot with a SO-foot frontage, at 6-8 East 71st street, recently pur¬ chased by Mr. Frick, and ad.ioining his residence on the east. The addition will probably be used as a gallery to house Mr Frick's collection of statuary, ine structure will be designed arid b"'lt.to harmonize with the main buildmg, which was erected about two years ago. Fire Alarm Signal Code. After several months of study the Bureau of Industrial Code has completed its recommendations as to fire alarm signal rules and regulations known as Bulletin No. 5. Hearings will be held in New York, Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo on dates to be announced in the near future. \t present fire alarm signal regulations apply to all buildings regardless of size or heiaht. The proposed rules will create four classes; first, six stories in height or less; second, nine stories or less: third, twelve stories or less; fourth, all other classes of buildings. PERSONAL AND TRADE I NOTES. I ........................... ,.i|.. |.|iTiiTiiT'"niiiii .......iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiUiiimnmniffliTiniiiriir'—-""-'.............................- Henry C. Pelton, architect, has moved his offices from 8 West 38th street to 37 West 39th street. Carl Rust Parker, landscape architect, Portland, Maine, has opened a branch of¬ fice at Springfield, Mass. George Jung, plumbing contractor, 3924 Park avenue, is spending a winter vacation r.'. Hot Springs, Ark. Miles W. Beemer, New Jersey iene- ment House Commissioner, was recent¬ ly reappointed bv Governor Fielder. _ ' Eclipse Light Company will move its office and showroom about May 1 from 258 Grand street to 583-7 Broadway. Harry J. Sprung, architect, announces the removal of his office to 44 Court street, Brooklyn. Telephone, Main 4339. Robert W. Boyd, consulting engineer, has moved his office from 105 West 40th street to the Singer Building, 149 Broad¬ way. Neil J. Convery, architect, has moved his offices from the Union Building, to the Ordway Building, 207 Market street, Newark, N. J. Jos. Duke Harrison, architect, has moved his offices from 2248 Broadway to the Vanderbilt Concourse Building, 52 Vanderbilt avenue. Francis W. Collins, consulting engi¬ neer, 50 Church street, has been ap¬ pointed consulting engineer of the Ro¬ anoke Waterworks Co., Roanoke, Va. Thomas J. Furey, heating and plumb¬ ing contractor, has recently moved his oflice and shop from 505 East 17th street to larger quarters at 420 East 17th street. L. C. Russo, plumbing contractor, has fitted up a handsome office and show¬ room at 169 Mulberry street. His shop at 173 Mulberry street has been retained. Joseph E. Schmitt, Jr., plumbing and heating contractor, Lindenhurst, L. I., desires catalogues from manufacturers and jobbers in the plumbing supply lines. Northvirestern Electric Equipment Co., Chicago, 111., manufacturer of the Mar¬ tin rotary converter, has moved its New York oflice from 30 East 42d street to 1457 Broadway. Lenher Engineering Co., sales agent for the S. Flory Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of hoists and cablesways, has moved its oflice from 100 Broadway to 95 Liberty street. George Backer, builder, has moved his oflices from 56 West 45th street to the new building which he recently erected at the southeast corner of Seventh ave¬ nue and 49th street. Edgar A. Newberry and Thomas A. Foster, architects, have formed a part¬ nership for the joint practice of their profession, and have opened offices in the Miners' Bank Building, Wilkes- Barre, Pa. P. A. McCauley, plumbing and heat¬ ing contractor, 394 Halsey street, Brooklyn, desires catalogues and sam¬ ples from manufacturers and jobbers interested in the supply and specialty business. Edward J. Muller, treasurer of the Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co., paints, 119 West 40th street, has retired after thirty-two years of active participation in the affairs of the company. He has been succeeded by Albert J. Ford. O. F. Sieder, for the last three years assistant structural engineer for the Levering & Garrigues Co., engineers and contractors for structural steel, 552 West 23d street, has been appointed chief structural engineer for that concern.^ George W. Bacon, of the engineering firm of Ford, Bacon & Davis, 115 Broad¬ way, has joined the export department of J. P. Morgan & Co., which is largely devoted to the purchase of supplies for the Allies. Mr. Bacon will retain his connection with his old firm, although he will devote all of his time to the Morgan interests. Lane Schofield was recently appointed manager of the New York office of Harvey Hubbell. Inc., 30 East 42nd street. He was formerly district man¬ ager for the Westinghouse Lamp Co., at Cincinnati, C. and was also the former manager of detail and supply tor the Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur¬ ing Co.. at Baltimore, Md. Alfred Craven, Chief Engineer of the Public Service Commission for the l-irst District, has gone South to recuperate from the after-effects of an attack ot grippe. Mr. Craven went back to his official duties before he had fully re¬ covered, with the result that he had a relapse, and his physician has now or¬ dered a change of climate to msure his recovery.
