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204 RECORD AND GUIDE July 29, 1905 Building in the Bronx. Comparative statement of plans and specifications for new buildings, filed and acted upon during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904 and the first half of 1905. (Bureau organized January 1, 1902.) ^^1 US'? to o,a oBoa t- o o 4j« o ^S 10 as- OJo5 lag o o CO 010 lio O 'M C O Oi-llOO oo;^h"o rHlOMO C-liM iH M 10 Tf 1-1 00000 0Q020 I- c; t^ O 'O o":r"io"o"o" COM OlO-HWt-l CO-:t< OOOOO 1010 o 10 o CD*COlo"r400" OOCOIOi-- 1-1 r-1 O Tf eOt-iNCOOO C>l 1-1 oiftooin IQOOOi-H ■^01 o 0> CO 15 (m'1010'01 O -rt< IQ OJ O CO rfOOiOCO CO Nrp 0000 OOO-* mot-o letcc/To'' 589,515 1>I i-i 6^ ■*00-*c0 eoo-iH CO 703 10000 IMC 10 CO i-H I- CO I— 10 CO ri ■* 0 co' $23,068, 1--CCOC0 rH CO IC !•- t- 00 0 o DO CO OQOrHl-^i tH iM I'l Tji _ r« — --, I :^. l-l-CCCO T-iCO^ o . . •^ !o o o o lo" CO So -oo o ,00 010 'OO -*t-r 'ido" i-l -O l/i !- OOOOO g It; o o o CO K;C";C0O 0> "'Oiffl'o cOt-'O'—o I - CO M ra rf loci's CI IMC CO i-Oo: c; 1-1-''j;c/5 -fee :i f I Mt-IC-1 SS rHKpq !£> "-"t-I -M ■* i-l>#01MOi-l l-OCtl CD iHrH. rt-* r-iH iHrHIMfJi OD moo -IM ■* Tt<^a>wOTH t-oicoi- CO . >-l-31rHi-lrHTtHCl- C'l f^- 'to O o' °J2 o O 10 in 000 000 100'lli" coHoo C-iMi OON, o o o 3ooe
§""S^ss. 100 ta cio" n - u " ■I > 4-1 " Ui i-' n ^ lUl-l Hi ■ n 00 fi a^a ■ 0 -0 ■u - 5 ^ d y, '—' a> ;; OJ — IP ^ '^ 5; « m' r 5 o. p,9 - .— TQ »-■ SB a ill •S u .2 3 £ S aq Q cQ m fcffi^ui '/j cStooo-n, Si,o The foregoing table shows not only the wonderful mcrease in building this year over any preceding period, hut it also indicates the nature and individual cost of the buildings. Five hundred frame dwellings have been planned, and the average cost of constructing them is $4,400. This is equiv¬ alent to saying that they will be for the most part pretty little dwellings, such as would have cost about three thousand dollars to build ten years ago In any placo outside of New Tork— exclusive of the cost of the land. Five hundred dollars is the usual cost of a site in other towns, and twenty dollars or per¬ haps twenty-five in an exceptionally good location, is what such a house rents for. Ur;;5er metropolitan conditions these dwel¬ lings will command much higher rentals. An unprecedented number will be built in the Bronx this year. Of brick flats costing less than $15,000, plans were filed for only nineteen buildings, with a total cost of .'(i210,000. Going a step lower in the scale it may be noted that the total estimated cost of the forty-two frame flats projected is $259,125. TWO-FAMILT HOUSES, A very notable operation in the Bronx is that of the American Real Estate Company on the line of the elevated division of the Subway, near West Farms, The company has 89 acres, or six: miles of street front. The property is being improved hy grad¬ ing, curbing, sagging, flagging and piping the streets and erect¬ ing houses. It is planned to do two million of dollars' worth of work each year. The first contracts were let six weeks ago. On Faille street the company is erecting from plans of W. D. Johnson twenty three-story two-family brick houses, each 20x 53 ft., intended for the occupation of the owner in the lower part of the house, and for one renting family in the upper part. The upper parts, or fiats, will rent for twenty-five or thirty dollars a month. The plans provide for what is essentially a separate entrance for each family. The company is also build¬ ing twenty flve-story houses. Convention of Home Builders. The delegates at the annual convention of the United States and New York State leagues of co-operating savings and-build¬ ing loan associations, this week, at the Murray Hill Hotel, represented about flve thousand different organizations, showing how the system has spread. The total assets of the local build¬ ing associations in the United States, the secretary said in his, address, is now $600,342,568, w^hich is a net increase for the year of $20,780,474, The total membership is 1,631,048. Superintendent of Banks Kilburn addressed the league. He took the ground that with but few exceptions the so-called "National Building Associations" were a decided detriment. '■I am happy to say," said he, "that in my official capacity I have gained their enmity." At the last session the principal topic discussed was "The Tariff Tax on Homes." The author of the leading paper that was read declared that the national tariff on building materials seriously interfered with a wage-earner's efforts to get a house of his own. He said he thought that the man who should he paying $8 or $10 a month for his home was paying $2 or $3 more. Pennsylvania delegates held, on the contrary, that the protective tariff was, in reality, a benefit to the home builder. The subject was referred to a committee to investigate. Other papers were, "Building and Loan Growth; Its Benefits, How Obtained," by L. L. Rankin, of Columbus, "The General Management," by Benjamin H. Jones, of Boston; "Fighting a Boss-Ridden Legislature," by Addison B, Burk, of Philadelphia, The convention will meet next year at Cincinnati The follow¬ ing officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: Frank D. Kingsbury, Corning, N. Y., President; Charles F. Bentley, Grand Island, Neb,, First Vice-President; J. N. C. Shumway, Taylors- ville, II!., Second Vice-President; W. G. Weeks, New Iberia, La,, Third Vice-President; Joseph K. Gamble, Philadelphia, Pa,, Treasurer; Herman F. Cellarius, Cincinnati, Ohio, Secretary; J. W. Sutton, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,, Assistant Secretary. Obituary Notes. Harry Winchester Bailey died suddenly last Tuesday, the 25th inst., at Sound Beach, Conn. He was an officer and director of The Tuttle & Bailey Manufacturing Company, S3 Beekman street, New York City, succeeding in part to the interest of his father, Frank T, Bailey, who died in 1899, and of his grandfather, John D, Bailey, who died in 1895, and who was one of the founders of that company in 1S48 and its president for many years. Mr. Harry W. Bailey was a young man of great industry and business ability, and had been of signal aid in building up the already enormous business ,pf his concern, which is the manu¬ facture of hot air registers and ventilators. He was not only an excellent man of affairs, but a good citizen, and his untimely death is greatly deplored. He leaves, of his immediate family, a wife and two children. Birdsall Cornell, for many years connected with the J. B, & J. M. Cornell Iron Works, in New York,, died July 22, aged 75 years, at his home in Morristown, For the last ten years he lived retired. Mr. Cornell was born and educated in this city. -------------*------------- Tax Rate Fixed. The Board of Aldermen finally determined and officially promul¬ gated this week what the tax rate will be for the fiscal year 1905. The rates for the boroughs, compared with those of the year be¬ fore, follow: Boroufihs, 1905, , 1904. Red e'.ijn. ^!anha:tQn and Eronx......... 1,49051 1.51342 .02291 Prooklyn .................. 1,50264 1.5T296 ,010:i2 Qurens .................... 1,55523 1,57228 .01705 Richmond.................. 1.55S21 1.59281 .03460 -------------------------------4~-----------------------------■ —An interesting job in steel sheet piling is being done for the Tribune Building addition, on the Frankfort st side, as close as possible to the old wall. The piles are of the standard pattern with webs % in, thick, weigh 35 lbs. per square foot and cover 12 lin. in. each. They are received in lengths of 13 ft. 4 in., and "are driven until their tops are 1 ft, above the bottoms of the old footings. This carries the lower ends about S ft. below the lowest point of the new excavations and is considered far enough to prevent any danger of lateral movement. of the sand beneath them. The soil is a mixture of sand and gravel. A steam hammer is used on the driving, which has not been a difficult matter, though close to the old walls. The foundations are being built by D, C, Weeks & Son, general contractors, and the piling by Miller, Daybill & Co., Inc, shorers and contractors, Brooklyn.
