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April 27, 1918 RECORD AND GUIDE 557 CURRENT WHOLESALE PRICES. CURRENT wholesale prices, prevailing on the Building- Material Exchange and elsewhere in the Metropolitan district. Allowances must be made for yard and store prices: Note.—Price changes are indicated l>y black-face type. BRICK (Cargo lots, at the wharf, to dealers only), per M.: For retail prices, New York, add cartage plus 10 per cent. North River common..........$l>.00@$9.t>0 Raritation common..........No quotation Second hand common, per load of 1,500 .....................$6.00@ ------ Red face brick, rough or smooth, car lots.............21.00@------ Buff brick for light courts.....21.00@------ Light colored for fronts.......25.00 @ ■------ CEMENT (wholesale, 1,000 bbls. lots and over, alongside dock, N. Y.): Domestic Portland, Spot......$2.55@ ------ Rebate on bags, returned, 10c. bag. Rosendale Natural to dealers, wood or duck bags..........$1.15@------ Rebate on bags, returned, 10c. bag. CRUSHED STONE (500 cu. yds. lots, f. o. b. alongside dock N. Y., wholesale): Trap rock, 1@ in. (Nominal) .. $1.25@$1.35 Trap rock, % in. (nominal)----- 1.35@ 1.45 Bluestone flagging, per sq. ft.. .17@ 0.18 Bluestone curbing, 5x16........40@------ HOLLOW TILE (fireproofing. Prices f. o. b. factory, Perth Amboy, N. J.): Exterior— 4x12x12 in., per 1,000.............---- 6x12x12 in., per 1,000.............---- 8x12x12 in., per 1,000.............---- 10x12x12 in., per 1,000............---- 12x12x12 in., per 1,000............---- Interior—• 3x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------ 4x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------ 6x12x12 in., per 1,000.............------ 8x12x12 in., per 1,000.............•------ LIME (standard 300-lb. bbls., wholesale): Eastern common ..............$2.15 @------ Eastern finishing............. 2.35@------ Hydrated common (per ton).. . 15.00@i------ Hydrated finishing (per ton). . .16.43fg)------ LINSEED OIL— City brands, oiled, 5 bbl. lots..$1.55@------ Less than 5 bbls.............. 1.56@------ GRAVEL (500 cu. yd. lots f. o. b. along¬ side dock N. Y., wholesale): 1% in. (nominal)............. $3.00®------ % in.........................No quotation Paving gravel...............No quotation P. S. C. gravel...............No quotation Paving stone................No quotation LUMBER (wholesale prices, N. Y.).: Yellow pine (merchantable 1905, f.o.b.N.Y.): 8 to 12 ins., 16 to 20 ft.....$42.00@$55.00 14 to 16 ft................. 63.00@ 75.00 Hemlock, Pa., f. o. b. N. Y. Base price, per M.......... 33.50@ ------ Hemlock, W. Va., base price per M..................... 33.50@ ------ (To mixed cargo price add freight $1.50.) Spruce, Eastern, random car¬ goes, narrow (delivered).. 38.00@ 42.00 Wide cargoes ............... 38.00@ 56.00 Add $1.00 per M. for each inch in width over 12 ins. Add $1.00 per M. for every 2 ft. over 20 ft. in length. Add $1.00 per M. for dressing. Lath (Eastern spruce f. o. b. N. Y.): Standard slab ................$5.00@$5.25 Cypress lumber (by car, t. o. b. N. Y.): First and seconds, 1-in.....$65.00®------ Cypress shingles, 6x18, No. 1 Hearts......................10.00®------ Cypress shingles, 6x18, No. 1 Prime ...................... 8.50@------ Quartered oak ...............95.00@107.00 Plain oak ....................75.00®------ Flooring: White oak, quartered, select.$51.50@$55.50 Red oak, quartered, select... 51.50@ 55.50 Maple No. 1................. 47.00@ ------ Yellow pine. No. 1, common flat ....................... 38.00@ ------ N. C. Pine, flooring, Norfolk. .40.00@ ------ PLASTER—(Basic prices to dealers at yard, Manhattan): Mason's finishing in 100 lbs. bags, per ton...............$17.00®—— Dry Mortar, in bags, return¬ able at 15c. each, per ton.. 8.25@ 8.75 Block, 2 in. (solid), per sq. ft......$0.08 Block, 2-in. (hollow), per sq. ft.....09 Boards. ^ in. x 8 ft.................121/2 Boards, % in. x 8 ft.................ISVz SAND— Screened and washed Cow Bay. 500 cu. yds. lots, wholesale. .$1.25@------ STRUCTURAL STEEL (Plain material at tidewater, cents per lb.): Beams & channels up to 14 In.3.195® ■—-— Beams & channels over 14 in..3.195®------ Angles, 3x2 up to 6x8..........3.195®------ Zees and tees.................3.195®------ Steel bars, half extras.........3.195®------ TURPENTINE: Spot in yard, N. Y, per gal.. . $0.42@$0.42% WINDOW GLASS. Official discounts from manufacturers' lists: Single strength, A quality, first three brackets ...........................80% B grade, single strength, first three brackets...........................82% Grades A and B, larger than the first three brackets, single thick........79% Double strength, A quality...........80% Double strength, B quality...........82% TESTIMONIAL DINNER TO JOHN P. LEO New Chairman, Board of Standards and Appeals, Guest of Honor of New York Society of Architects Chairman of the Board of Standards and Appeals, John P. Leo, was the guest of honor at a dinner tendered him last night at the Aldine Club, 200 Fifth ave¬ nue, by the New York Society of Archi¬ tects. John P. Everett, Esq., legal ad¬ viser to the society was the toastmas- ter, and about one hundred members and guests of the society were pres¬ ent. The dinner was all that could be desired and a particularly interesting feature of the affair was the presence at the board of Hon. Rudolph P. Miller, for many years chairman of the Board of Standards and Appeals. In his ad¬ dress Mr. Leo said: "Since assuming office I have tried to systematize methods and expedite the matters coming before the board. I am convinced that the board is a court of equity rather than one of law and that common sense and good judgment should be the keynote of all rulings. The result of this is that attorneys and others cite legal opinions and quote the law only as it applies to the case at issue. "When I took hold there were 1,255 resolutions that had never been pub¬ lished as required by law, and of this number 1,197 had never been even writ¬ ten. Up to April 22 we have succeeded in cleaning up 58, all of which have been written and printed, in addition to 113 back cases written but not printed. Ev¬ ery resolution adopted since I took hold has been written and printed and we are clearing up the zoning law cases and will have every one of them out of the way in two weeks. "Instead of putting the minutes of the Thursday meeting in the Bulletin every two weeks or two weeks after the meeting, we have been printing them the same week, thus gaining one week on the resolutions and minutes instead of losing time as in the past." PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES. Herbert Reeves, architect, has moved his offices from 331 Madison avenue to 103 Park avenue. Waddell & Son, Inc., consulting engi¬ neers, have recently moved their offices from 165 Broadway to 35 Nassau street. Marshall N. Shoemaker, architect and engineer, has moved his offices from 810 Broad street to 207 Market street, Newark, N. J. Clarence Luce, architect, has moved his offices from the Vanderbilt Con¬ course Building, 52 Vanderbilt avenue, to 1452 Broadway. C, W. Hunt Company, Inc., has re¬ cently moved its New York offices from 45 Broadway to the Astor Trust Build¬ ing, 501 Fifth avenue. Charles Money, general contractor, has moved his offices from the Vander¬ bilt Concourse Building, 52 Vanderbilt avenue, to 228 West 36th street. Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Marshall, Jr., Washington, D. C, succeeds Lieu¬ tenant-Colonel I. W. Littel, in charge of the cantonment construction for the United States Army. Society for Electrical Development, Inc., will hold its annual meeting Tues¬ day, May 14, at 11 a. m., at the offices in the Engineering Societies* Building, 29 West 39th street. Bryant Fleming, architect, 1318 Prudential Building, Buffalo, N. Y., will move his office about May 1 to Wyo¬ ming, N. Y., and will eventually open offices in New York City. American Concrete Institute will hold its fourteenth annual convention at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, N. J., June 27 to 29. Secretary, Henry B. Aivord, 27 School street, Boston, Mass. Heyl & Patterson, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., announce the opening of a sales office at 90 West street. New York, in charge of Raymond E. Brown, contract¬ ing engineer, who will devote particular attention to wharf, shipbuilding and other special cranes. Clough-Bourne Corporation, 101 Park avenue, Manhattan, has obtained a con¬ tract for the construction of two hang¬ ars and the other necessary equipment for the Aero Mail Service of the U. S. Treasury Department, at Belmont Park. L. L, recently designated by the authori¬ ties as an aero mail station. Nathaniel Dane, C. E., treasurer of the United Fireproofing Company, 8 West 40th street, has recently been commis¬ sioned captain in the Quartermaster Department, U. S. A., and has been assigned to construction work on the new hospital buildings on Staten Island, for which the Thompson-Starrett Com¬ pany has the general contract. George A. Fuller Co. recently obtained the general contract for the construc¬ tion of the First National Bank Build¬ ing at Tulsa", Okla., to cost about $400,- 000, and also a contract to build the wood alcohol plant at Lyles Station, Term., for the Bon Air Coal & Iron Co. This operation will involve approxi¬ mately $750,000. J. Waldo Smith was recently awarded the John Fritz Medal for his achieve¬ ment as engineer in the construction of the Catskill Aqueduct for New York City. The medal is awarded annually for distinguished work in engineering fields, and was established in 1902 in honor of John Fritz of Bethlehem, Pa. The jury of award consisted of repre¬ sentatives of the four national societies of civil, mining, mechanical and elec¬ trical engineers. G. V. P. Lansing, 508 West 112th street, has been appointed New York repre¬ sentative for the F. S. Payne Co., eleva¬ tor manufacturer, Cambridge, Mass. This concern has manufactured eleva¬ tors for the past fifteen years and has been closely identified with the stand¬ ardization of the electrically operated elevators. The engineering department of this concern developed the low-speed direct current motor and also the appli¬ cation of the counter electro-motive force control now known as the car- switch control and used on practically all elevators of standard make. GOVERNMENT WORK. Advance Information relative to operations for Federal Authorities. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—Brooklyn Line Im¬ provement Corp., 1607 45th st, has the gen¬ eral contract for a 1-sty frame isolation hospital, 26x59, at City Park Camp, for the U. S. Government, Navy Dept., C. W. Parks, Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C, owner, from privately prepared plans. Cost, $6,000. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—U. S. Government, Navy Dept., Dept. of Public Works. C. W. Parks, officer. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, les¬ see, contemplates erecting frame barracks, mess halls and dispensary bldgs on ground two miles long and 100x400 ft wide, on Shore rd, from 65th st to Fort Hamilton av, from privately prepared plans. The Park Dept., Brooklyn Borough, William P. Grell, pres.. Municipal Bldg, Manhattan, is the owner of the land. An appropria¬ tion of $1,400,000 has been asked for and details will be available later. TOMPKINSVILLE. S. T.—U. S. Govern¬ ment, Joseph T. Yates, Light House In¬ spector, Tompkinsville, S. I., owner, is tak¬ ing bids on the general contract, to close 2 p. m.. May 7. for a 3-sty brick office and laboratory bldg, 55x30, from privately pre¬ pared plans. Pershing Construction Co., 309 Broadway, Manhattan, is figuring the general contract and desires bids on all subs. Cost. $21,000.