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MaylMSn4 Record and Guide. SOI kniw nie by nome only, or by reputation, ui well na *ime who know me pernnnnlly arc npt to assuciat« theeu jndgmcntnitsif tnkcn againxt uip. which is llll error. I have uever been sued, conBOqiiently no judKiDcnta could have lieen tak^n agaiust me. The name of John F. Doylr. wliethor written or spoken, appears to stand for mo alone, as Iot many years I happen tobe Ihe only oneoE that nunciu the city, hrncr ynn will confer a tavor by slatintt in your next issue that the John V. Doyle who is in trouble with his creditors is not the John V. Poyle, who. for the past thirty years, hus been in tho real estatobusU ness in this city. John F. Doylr, of John F. Doylk & Son. The Diamond Exchange BoildinglTo. 14 Hatdts Lane. A few slops oti' from Broadway into Miiideu lane hriiiits one into the heart o( the dia-ruiid and jewelry trade, and here, towerinit ubovu all the surrouudiuK biiildinffs is the jniposing Diamond nt ZUamond FjrAimge BnllditiJ, ,Vo. H Xaidtn LatK. Ku'hanite, built and owned by Hnssrs. Boehm & Coon, of No. 49 Maiden lano, upou which a swanu of workmen are now pnttins the lost tinishing touches. Ono stops instinctively to take n second and proluoKcd view ot this linildinu. so admirably does it sci-m to be adapted to the uses and pecnliar requirements of thu Irade in diamonds, precious stones and other Jewelry. Von learn wilh satisfaelion that it is'ot Hre-proof eonHtnictiou; with steel and irou frame work and hollow-brick floor arches; aiHssire walls; iron Etairwt.ys wilh marble treads; iron elevator inclosure—ornamental, of course, and mosaio floors and maible waiu- seoting in all the halls. Since the trade re intres the useof massive flre and burglar proof eafee, of the hcftvicBl patient, the builOuiK ha< been specially planned and cotia true ted to slaud thu heaviest possible pressure from those sources. Vtoui fhe strecl you observe that the choicest o( modem uintcrinls ot office buildiug conslnictiou have l)Oen iiseil in artistic combina¬ tion to produce the higlily ornate and imposing front. Granite, polished and carved, in Ihu main story, with two bronio eagles a-piuion outhe capitals; • richly carr cd light red freestone archeil second story; symmetrical piers of Boman mottled brick, with double, iron-framed bays between, through severalsucceediiift stories, and a massive bnlcooy and cornice above inlhehly iiioldc
ilet room oueach lloor,lavatoiies in each suite of ofHces. electric lights, gas, Hteam-heiit. moil chutes, iiiiartetf d oak trim on hard-tinisheil white walls, reflecting rather than nlimn-li- ing the light that ia so valuable to the trade iu gems: oak Hoars, double and nniqne ctystalized plate glass partitioiis, are thu fentnnw. Altogether, the Diamond Kxehange, a picture of which is published herewith, isa building perfectly adapted to tbe business for whkh it was intended. The sHire and most of the oOtccs nte alrcndy reutird to and occiipied by rcprescntativo diamond and jewelry linns, nnd thus Ihe building hhs now become thu " Diamond Exchange " in fact.~ iVommii«icaled.i picas short trip tu London, ^ BtiildiDg Trade RotoB. Surely vfo are makiug progress in the art andscieuce of cor- striiclion very rapidly! One of the buildinga torn down to make way for ihe American Wurety Building wnsa six-story stnicturo. tbe floors ot which were of iron I iMiums. nith hollow-brick Hat are hea. Tbis wns itself n modern Ure-pruuf buildiug. and intended wben baill lo l:ist many generalious. At Ihii rale ten-story Ure-proof liuildinge will bl! incumbrances upou tho ground tbey occupy iu another decade. The Uuited States Mort.-ir Supply VtK has Iwen awarded tbe con¬ tract for supplying its machine iiiiide mortar for the bricklaying by Charles A. Cowen, builder, for iiso in a bandsoma apartment hcnso now being erected by him for Johu II. Odell at KIsl street and Wt&t Eud avenue. On May 1 Mr. II. V. Maylnnd retired trom the tirm n atreet; addition.to Police (Jaielle Bnilding on Pearl street; the Condiac, 131) Bth avenue. No. 256 Bth avenue.aod tbe ofQcos of Architecli Kimball & Thompson in the new Manhattan Lite Bnilding on Broadway, aud elevator shatts and partitions in many other lice buildings, The compauy make a specialty of two-Inch patent solid Hre-proof partitions, which are eou.structed without wire or metal latli. Mr. JohuJ R'iberts is pc'sideat of thn Docking Kin- Proof Constnictlon C-J. and Mr. Henry M, Tostovim, tbo bnildor, is aecrotary. , , . , The ludustriiil Brick Co., ot No. 40 fioutb street, are mannfuctniers of buH'and all colors of front nnd oruameDtal briuk, paving brick aud terra cotta, that pronnscsto bo extensively used in this city and vicinity. Tbe stale color brick usod in the ]£tb street extension lo St. Fraucis Xavler's College, aro from the extenaive and well- eniiipped works of tbe Industrial Co., at May's Landing, N. .'. Likewise the ttoman hutl'brick and lerra colto used in iho Ueniorii I Hospital on Classon aveuue, Brooklyn, and tbe grantt^t colored briik in several flats ou Westchester und Union avenues. Mr, H. F. Mo\ - land, of iifi7 4tbav(nue, late of Engelhardt A. Mayland, is scllirg agent for New York City and vicinity for the Industrial Brick Co. Attention'is directed to tho card ou the lost ontsido page of this paper, of the welt-known and sncceMful dealers in masons' bnilding materials—Candee &. Smith, whose main office is at the foot of EaHt 26th street, and the olbcr yards at tbe foot of East TiSd street and l.'J.'Sth street nnd Mott Haven Canal. Tho nieuiborsof the Hrm rre Col. tieorge Moore Smith, Francis N. Howland and David B. Arnold, tho s'.mior partner. Mr. JuUus A. Candee, having retired a few months ago, so that his death on Tuesday last at Stamford, Conr., in his eigntietb year full ot honors, will make no change in the busi¬ ness of the tlrm. Builder8.contractorBandothers requiring anything ju tbe ui3°ons' building material line should remember Candee &, (Smith's a
