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638 RECORD AND GUIDE .May 5, 1917 Geo. A. Fuller Coinpany Fireproof Building Construction OFFICES: New York Boston Philadelphia Chattanooga Kansas City Montreal,Can. Winnipeg,Can. Baltimore Washington Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Atlanta Toronto, Can. Ritch-HughesCo EXPERT ADVICE AND SERVICE INSURANCE AND BONDS FOR BUILDING OPERATIONS Architects' Bldg 101 PARK AVE Edward Corning, Charles F. Berger, C.E., President. Vice-President. Edward Corning Company 'Builders 52 VANDERBILT AVENUE NEW YORK Edward P. Corning, Clinton L. Frobisher, Treasurer. Secretary. Telephone, Farragut 3024 The Goodman Co. CARPENTERS BUILDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO MODERN STORE FRONTS A SPECIALTY References Furnished on Application 1151 Broadway New York CHARLES E. KNOX Consulting Engineer For Electrical Equipment. Elevators, Industrial Plants 101 Park Avenue, New York »r« correct In tlieir assumption that th« order of placing it responsible for th« rxceptlon«lly dense concrete which they achieve, but to others it seems that th« tilectiYentii of the method is due not • o much to the order of placing of th« tnateriali •> to the length of time taken between placing of the separate com- poncnti, which added together make th« total length of time of mixing somewhat longer than in the normal mixing ol concrete. Building Statistics. Comparative statistics of building and engineering operations in New York, New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin. Michigan, Minnesota, North and Soutli Dakota and portions of Missouri and eastern Kansas, as com¬ piled by the F. W. Dodge Company: Contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1917, $-167,298,000: contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1916, $324,665,500; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1915, $344,095,100; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1914, $228,710,000; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1913, $285,388,000; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1912, $232,249,500; contracts awarded Januarv 1 to May 1, 1911, $254,275,813; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1910, $256,838,804. Comparative statistics of building and engineering operations in New York State and nortiiern New Jersey, as compiled by the F. W. Dodge Com¬ pany: Contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1917, $95,475,000; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1916, $37,911,500; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1915, $47,202,500; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1914, $40,474,000; contracts awarded Tanuary 1 to May 1, 1913. $101,521,000; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1912, $66,627,500; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1911, $68,870,500; contracts awarded January 1 to May 1, 1910, $81,238,000. Grade Crossing. The Public Service Commission has approved a report of its Acting Chief Engineer, together with an opinion by Commissioner Henry W. Hodge, and has adopted a resolution authorizing a certificate of completion of the work on the alterations of the former dangerous grade crossin,g on the Long Island Rail¬ road at Fresh Pond road and Metropoli¬ tan avenue, Bushwick Junction. The report of the Acting Chief Engineer shows that partial pavments have been made for the work, but that $40,080.72 is due the railroad company from the State, and $34,048.96 is due the company from the city. Under the grade cross¬ ing law the city and the State each bear one-quarter and the railroad company bears one-half the cost. While the total expenditures by the Long Island Rail¬ road for the work are $596,692.87, only $482,345.93 was found to be a proper char.ge necessitated by the elimination. The city and the State each pay one- quarter of the last named sum, the re¬ mainder being borne by the railroad. Canarsie Dwelling Project. Schenck & Mead, _ 105 West 40th street, have plans in progress for twenty, two and two and one-half story brick dwellings, to measure 16 x 23 and 18 .X 50 feet each, to house respectively one and two families in the Canarsie section of the Mill Basin for the At¬ lantic Gulf and Pacific Company, Mill Island, Brooklyn, owner. The houses will cost about $2,000 eacli. The operation will probably go ahead soon, since it is understood that bids on the general contract will be taken by the owner about Maj' 12. Approve Armory Alteration. The Municipal .\rt Commission has approved the plans for remodeling the big armory of the Eighth Coast Ar¬ tillery, which covers the block bounded by Madison and Park avenues, and 94th and 95th streets, from plans by Pilcher & Tachau, 109 Lexington avenue, at an estimated cost of $280,000. The build¬ ing will be used by the men of Squad¬ ron A of the New York National Guard, who had been occupying the Madison end of the property before they were sent to perform patrol duty at the Mexican border. The plans call for an increase in the area of the drill floor, additional stores, the remodeling of officers' quarters, besides the build¬ in.g of a new gallery. Obtain Hospital Contract. Tlic George A. Fuller Company, 949 Broadway, has the general contract for the hospital to be built on the property known as Columbia Oval, at Bainbridge avenue and East Gun Hill Road, The Bronx, for the Columbia University, N. M. Butler, president, Morningside Heights, Manhattan, owner, from plans by Charles Butler, 15 East 23rd street, architect. PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. L. E. Tucker, engineer, has moved from 141 Broadway to 29 Broadway. Ame Delhi, architect, formerly at 257 Broadway, has moved to 154 Nassau street. Sims Construction Company, S. Weis- enber.g, president, has opened offices at 1170 Broadway. F. T. Ley Company, general con¬ tractor, has moved to new offices at 18 West 45th street. Trowbridge & Ackerman, architects, liave moved from 62 West 45th street to 18 W'est 45th street. Fred F. French Company has moved its offices from 529 Courtlandt avenue to 299 Madison avenue. Staridard Lumber Company has moved its offices from 30 Church street to the Fifth avenue Building. Tracey & Swartwout, architects, have moved their oflices from 244 Fifth av¬ enue to 18 West 34th street. Isaac A. Hopper's Sons, general con¬ tractors, have moved their offices from 1451 Broadway to 15 East 40th street. O. C. Gonnelli, architect, formerly of 800 Broad street, Newark has moved his ofifice to 189 Market street, in that city. Isko Corporation, distributor of Isko, the electric refrigerating unit, has moved its offices and salesroom to 9 Central Park West. Charles S. Vought has been appointed assistant .general manager of sales of the .American Steel Export Company, Wool- worth Building. H. A. Howard has been appointed manager of the New England olfice of the C. & C. Electric Manufacturing Com¬ pany, Garwood, N. J. M. B. Feinson has assumed super¬ vision of the service department of the New York E.xterminating Company, 360 Fifth avenue. He has severed his con¬ nection with all other concerns in this line of business. Charles E. Knox has been appointed consulting engineer for the elevators and electrical equipment in the Commo¬ dore Hotel. Mr. Knox is acting in a similar capacity for the new Pennsyl¬ vania Hotel project. A. L. Libman, engaged in the realty and construction line for twenty years, has rented the entire second floor of 112 West 46th street as the location of his new offices, owing to the need for larger space and greater facilities. The firm of Austin & Kanter, con¬ tracting electrical engineers of 87 Fifth street. Long Island City, has been dis¬ solved, and Mr. Austin has taken R. E. Moore into partnership. The business will be continued under the name of Austin & Moore at the same address. Cruikshank & Fraser, building con¬ struction, 103 Park avenue, dissolved their co-partnership on May 1, by mu¬ tual consent. .^11 unfinished contracts will be completed by the firm. Clinton M. Cruikshank and Charles S. Fraser, of the old partnership, are continuing in