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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 69, no. 1789: June 28, 1902

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RECORD AKD GUIDE. June 28, 1902. STH AV AND S4TH ST.—C. T. Wills, 156 Sth av. has con¬ tracted to erect the 4-sty bank building for the Knickerbocker Trust Co.. on the northwest corner of 34th st and Sth av, and all sUb-contracts will be awarded by him. McKim, Mead & White, 160 5th av, are the architects, MISCELLANEOUS. NEWARK, N. J.-The general contract for erecting the City Hail building will be decided on Tuesday, July 1st, by The City Hall Commission. The matter of the stone to be used has not been settled. Two general contractors have submitted flgures: John Pierce, New Tork, $1,279,900; and D. M. Waldron, Newark, N. J.. $1,057,749. The architects are: Mowbray & Uffinger, No. 92 Liberty st, New Tork, and John H. and Wilson C. Ely, No. 800 Broad st, Newark. Among the important contracts to be let and recently let from Henry Ives Cobb's offices. No. 115 Broadway, are: The Marine Barracks, at Annapolis, Md., a flreproof building, about 400 feet long, to Chas. McCaul Co., of Philadelphia; The Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, at "Wasbington, a flreproof building, S stories, 100x200 feet, to Samuel Edmonston, of Washington, D. C. Figures are about to be invited for the interior finish and me¬ clianical plant of the Chicago post-office building, for which the estimated expense is about $2,000,000; for tbe Hartford Deposit Co., of Hartford, Conn., for a 14-sty brick and stone office build¬ ing; also, in a few weeks, for the Mt. Carmel Church Chapel and Rectory, at Mt. Carmel, Penn.. which Is to be flreproof and of white marble. The edifice is owned by the Catholic Church Congregation, of which the Rev. C. D. Gill is pastor, 3STH ST.—Chas. A. Rich, No. 35 Nassau st, will prepare the plans for a costly brick and stone ediflce to be erected at Nos. 325 and 327 E. SSth st; the building will be equipped for a large bath house for the poor, and will contain modern appliances and cost about $60,000. Mrs. A, A. Anderson is the owner, and the building will probably be presented to the Society for Im¬ proving the Condition of the Poor. COUNTRY WORK OF NEW YORK ARCHITECTS. SHARON, CONN.—Plans are being prepared by Hunt & Hunt and J. William Cromwell, No. 28 East 21st st, for a large brick and stone colonial residence, also a stable, 250 feet long, for Thomas B. Hiddin, of the McVickar Realty Trust Co., 24 Nas¬ sau St. LAWRENCE PARK, N. Y.—Satterlee & Schultz, No. 11S5 Broadway, have started on plans for a 214-sty frame building, with sbingle roofing. Acetylene lighting, cabinet work, etc., will be required. Miss Winegar, Lawrence Park, is the owner, and the cost will be about $6,000. Figures will be received by the architects in about two "weeks. BELLE HAVEN, CONN.—Chas. A. Rich is preparing the plans for a 21^-sty frame and stucco residence, 30x100 feet; the specifl¬ cations call for shingle rooflng, electric lighting, open plumbing, hardwood trim, etc. George F. Dominick, of Belle Haven, is the owner; the cost will be about $15,000, and figures will be re¬ ceived in tw^o weeks' time. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—The preliminary plans are being drawn for a new church edifice of brick and stone to be erected on railroad av, for the Memorial M. E. Church, of which Rev. Geo. H. Hite is pastor. C. P. Sherwood, White Plains, is Chair¬ man of tbe Building Coramittee. George Kramer, No. 1 Madison av, is the architect, and the cost will be about $50,000. The present structure will be demolished. POINTERS. BALTIMORE, MD.—Plans are being prepared by H. Allen, architect, of Philadelphia, Pa,, for a 4-sty brick, stone ana terra cotta theatre and hotel building, to be erected on West Franklin st, Baltimore. The cost of the operation will be about $500,000. James L. Kernan, Baltimore, Md,, is the owner. PITTSBURG, PA.—Charles Bickel, No. 524 Pennsylvania av, Pittsburg, Pa., is preparing plans for twenty- brick and steel warehouses to be erected on Carson st, Pittsburg, at a cost of about $2,000,000, for tbe Keystone Commercial Co., of Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, PA.—Egan & Prindeville, No. 85 Dearborn st, Chicago, 111., are preparing plans for a stone cathedral building to be erected on the plot corner of Sth and Craig sts, Pittsburg, for the St. Paul's Roman Catholic congregation. The cost, it is said, will be close to $1,000,000. SOME NEARBY BUILDING, MORRISTOWN, N. J.—Thomas Stephens, Masonic Temple, Camden, N. J., is preparing plans for a 2-sty brick and stone power bouse to be erected for the Camden & Suburban R. R. Co. of Camden, N. J. The building will be semi-flreproof and erected near Morristown, N. J. MONTCLAIR, N. J,—Boxall & Sigler, of Montclair, have re¬ ceived the general contract for erecting a S-sty brick and stone Ofllce building on Bloomfleld av. The cost will be $50,000, L, Seymour Crane, Montclair, is the owner, A. F. Norris, No. 150 Nassau st. New York, is the arcbltect. TRENTON, N, J.—Plans are completed by Henry A. McComb, of Philadelphia, Pa., for the brick and stone church building to be erected for the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. Esti¬ mates are now being received by the architect. OAK POINT, N. T.—The Rock Plaster Company, of No. 11 Broadway, have purchased sixty-four lots on the water front at Oak Point. Tbeir engineer is working on the plans for a large brick and stone factory building, operations on which will probably begin in the fall. JERSEY CITT, N. J.—Westinghouse, Cburch, Kerr & Co., No. 26 Cortlandt st, have started on tbe plans for a brick and stone power house to be located at Jersey City, N. J., for the Penn¬ sylvania R. R. Co., No. 85 Cedar st. Figures will be received in about six weeks' time. JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Plans are under way by R. W, Sailer. No. T6 Montgomery st, for two double flats, frame, 3 stories, 25x 56 feet, with extensions, to be erected on Boerum place. Tin rooflng, Rockville plaster, cypress trim, dumb-waiters, patent sidewalk, tiled vestibules, electrical work, etc., will be required. The cost will be about $12,000. SUMMIT, N. J.—Cady & Bertram have been selected as the architects for the Baptist Church, which is to be erected on the plot, corner of Springfield and New England avs. The build¬ ing is to be 45x110 feet, with walls of light N. J. granite, trimmed with Pennsylvania bluestone. The First Baptist Church are the owners. Rev. W. Warren Giles is on the building com¬ mittee. Cost will be about $50,000, MONTCLAIR, N. J.—Plans have been completed by Jesse H. Lockwood, No. 30 Spring st, for a 3-sty brick and stone fire- house, 40x85 feet, to be erected on Bloomfleld av for the Mont¬ clair Fire Department. Slate roofing, hardwood trim, steam heat, patent fioor, electrical work, etc., are specified. The cost will be about $25,000, LAKEWOOD, N, J.—Plans are being prepared by Edward Pierce Casey, No. 1 Nassau st, for a 2-sty and attic brick and frame dwelling, 55x60 feet. Steam heat, electric lighting, etc., will be required. John Gilford is the owner; the cost will be about $25,000, and estimates will be received this week. _ Investors, read Wants and Offers. See page 11S6. Of Interest to the Building Trades, Mowbray & Uffinger, architects. No. 42 Liberty st, have moved into more commodious offices at No. 92 Liberty st. The Board of Estimate yesterday adopted a resolution re¬ jecting Horgan & Slattery's plans for remodeling the Court House and terminating the firm's contract as architect in that operation. Henry Ives Cobb, architect, who has moved bis main office from Wasbington, D. C, to New York, has leased a large suite of offices on the top of the Boreel Building, where he is gradually centering his work, at present scattered over various parts of the country. The Electrical Contractors' Association of New York wiil hold a semi-annual meeting at Albany, July ISth, under the auspices of the Eastern New York Electrical Contractors' Association. The National Electrical Contractors' Association of the United States will hold their annual meeting at the Hotel Walton, Phila¬ delphia, Pa,, July 16th. Thomas Crump, truckman and dealer in old brick, has con¬ tracted for the old brick in the following structures: Old London Street, on Broadway, opposite Washington pl, and the buildings, in the rear, on Lafayette pi; Nos. S2 to S8 Broadway; Lutheran Church, Nos. 45 to 49 West 21st st; annex to Bloomingdale's, on Lexington av, above 59th st; and Continental Brewery, on West ITth and ISth sts. Mr. Crump's office is at No. 662 Water st. Telephone call, T15 Franklin, where prices of old brick and other information may be secured. The American Wood Fireproofing Co. have recently taken a contract for nearly a million feet of lumber to be fireproofed for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s new building, on 2Sd st and 4th av. V. J. Hedden & Sons, of Newark, N. J., are the contractors. This company are also at present treating wood for the Hanover National Bank, 25 stories high, and besides the wood, tbey are fireproofing for high buildings; they are also fireproofing a large amount of wood for the United States Navy to be used on warships. They are also flreprooflng several large orders to go to the West. Messrs. Jobn H. Shipway & Bro,, architectural marble-workers, whose yards and mills are located at 136th st and East River, re¬ port a prosperous state of affairs in the business, evidenced by tbe following important contracts for Interior marble and mosaic work now being perfoimed by them: St. Regis Hotel, comer 55th st and Sth av, Trowbridge & Livingston, architects. This is one of the largest contracts in marble work given out in several years, Kuhn-Loeb Building, cor. Pine and William sts, J, B, Baker, architect; Speyer Building, 24-26 Pine st, De Lemos & Cordes, architects; Macy & Co. store building;, Broadway, S4th to 35th st, De Lemos & Cordes, architects; Lord's Court addition, corner William st and Exchange place, John T. Williams, Jr., architect; Union Club, 5th av and Slst st, John Du Fais and Cass Gilbert, architects; Aeolian Building, Sth av, 34th and 35th sts, Goldwin & Starrett. architects; Ansonia Hotel, Broadway, TSd and T4th sts, W. S. D. Stokes, owner, Paul Duboy, architect; Marie Antoinette Hotel, 68th st and Broadway, Goldwin & Star¬ rett, architects. Pietrowski, Keller & Co., contractors for artiflcial stone and asphalt work, have a record for honest work, promptly and sat¬ isfactorily executed for leading architects, builders and con-