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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 100, no. 2585: Articles]: September 29, 1917

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410 RECORD AND GUIDE September 29, 1917 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 by black-face type. BfUCK (Cargo lots, at the wharf, to dealers only), per M.: ^^«o or North River common..........SS.OOS'^e.^S Raritan common ............. 8.50® 9.00 Second hand common, per load of 1,600 .................... 8.50@------ Red face brick, rough or smooth, car lots............$21.00®------ Buff brick for light courts... 21.00®------ Light colored for fronts...... l^'^^^f,------ Special types ................ 36,00®------ CEMENT (wholesale. 500 bbls.. lots and over, alongside dock. N. Y.): Domestic Portland, Spot.......$2.12®------ 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, IV2 in- (nominal)... $1.00 fS)------ Trap rock, % in. (nominal).... ^-^O®-—- Bluestone flagging, per sq. ft. •1'^® ^-^^ Bluestone curbing. 5x16........40®------- HOLLOW TILE (fireproofing. Prices f. o. b. factory. Perth Amboy. N. J.): Exterior— .„„ _„ per 1.000............$87.50 per 1.000. . DELIVERIES OF STEEL HASTEN W^ORK ON COMMODORE HOTEL 4x12x12 in. 6x12x12 in.. 8x12x12 in., per 1.000..... 10x12x12 12x12x12 in. Interior—■ 3x12x12 in. 4x12x12 in. 6x12x12 in. 8x12x12 in. per 1.000.,. per 1.000. . . 122.50 .148.75 .175.00 .218.75 per 1.000............$66.00 per 1.000............ 74.25 per 1.000............ 99.00 per 1.000............132.00 LIMB (standard 300-lb. bbls.. wholesale): Eastern common ..............$1.90®------ Eastern finishing ............. 2.10®------ Hydrated common (per ton). ..12.00®------ Hydrated finishing (per ton)...15.43® ^------ LINSEED OIL— „ ^^^ City Brands, boiled, 5 bbl. lots.$1.22@------ Less than 5 bbls.............. 1.23®------ GRAVEL (500 cu. yd. lots f. 0. b. along side dock N. Y.. wholesale): IV2 in. (nominal) ............$1.10®------ 34 in........................No quotation Paving gravel (nominal)......$1-25®^ P S C gravel................------@$1.^5 Paving stone ................. 2.20® 2.40 LUMBER (Wholesale prices. N. Y.): Yeiiow pine (merchantable 1905. f.o.b.N.Y.); 8 to 12 ins.. 16 to 20 ft___$40.00@$50.00 14 to 16 ft................ 56.00® 70.00 Heart face siding. 4-4 & 6-4 34.00® 36.00 Hemlock. Pa., f. o. b. N. Y. Base price, per M......... 30.50® •------ Hemlock. W. Va.. base price per M.....................30.50® ------ (To mixed cargo price add freight $1.50.) Spruce. Eastern, random car- ^„„„»„ goes narrow (delivered). .$32.00@$37.00 Wide Cargoes ............... 35.00® 38-00 Add $1.00 per M. for each inch in width over 12 ins. Add $1.00 per M. for every - ft. over 20 ft. in length. Add $1.00 per M. for dressing. ^ v. xt v \. Lath (Eastern spruce f. o. o. ri. Y^. Standard slab ..............vll-^^f*^"^ Cypress lumber (by car, f. o. b. N. y.): Firsts and seconds. 1-in. . . $57.00{gJ ■ Cypress shingles. 6x18. No. 1 ^^^^^ Hearts .................... 10.00® ------ Cypress shingles. 6x18. No. 1 „ ^^ _ "PriiriA ............ 8.50^ -------- Quarur^d'oak ............90.00@| 95.00 Plain oak ................... 68.00® 73.00 WhUe^'^'oak; quartered. seUct.$55.00@$59.00 Red oak, quartered, select... 55.00® 59.00 Maple No. 1................. 49.00® ------ Yellow pine. No. 1. common ____ flat ................ 39.00® ------ N. C. P'inerflooring. Norfolk. 40.00® ------ PLASTER—(Basic prices to dealers at yard, Manhattan): Masons' finishing in 100 lbs. ^*..roA bags, per ton............. ------@$15.00 Dry Mortar, in bags, return- able at 10c, each, per ton.. 6.75® 7 25 Block, 2 in. (solid), per sq. ft.....$o.us per sq. ft. ft .09 .12y2 .15% 3$0.55 Block, 2-in. (hollow) Boards, i/4 in. x 8 ft............... Boards, % in. x 8 ft............... SAND— Screened and washed Cow Bay. ■. 500 cu. yds. lots, wholesale. .$0.50 ■' STRUCTURAL STEEL (Plain material at tidewater, cents per lb.): ■Beams & channels up to 14 in. 4.445@5.195 Beams & channels over 14 in.. 4.445@5.195 Angles 3x2 up to 6x8..........4.445@5.195 Zees and tees.................J-!!&8i-JnR Steel bars, half extras.........4.445@5.19b TURPENTINE: Spot, in yard, N. Y.. per gal.. .$0.44@$0.4.> WINDOW GLASS. Official discounts from jobbers* lists: Single strength, A quality, first three brackets......................... S5 % B grade, single strength, first three brackets ......................... 85% Grades A and B, larger than the first three brackets, single thick....... 85% Double strength. A quality.......... 85% ~ qualitv .......................... ^5 % Future Progress Expected to be Rapid. AFTER lengthy delays occasioned by inability to obtain delivery of the required structural steel, the frame work for the Commodore Hotel is now being rapidly erected. The structure occupies a plot 275x208 feet, bounded by 42d street, Lexington avenue, 43d street and Depew place and is proceeding from plans and specifications prepared by Warren & Wetmore, architects, 16 East 47th street. The Geo. A. Fuller Co., 949 Moller, Inc., 316 East 65th street, car¬ penter work and wood trim; Jewett Re¬ frigerator Co., 1135 Broadway, refriger¬ ating i!)lant; Troy Laundry Machinery Co., 131 Center street, laundry equip¬ ment; J. Livingston Co., 70 East 45th street, electrical installation; Hecla Iron Works, 118 North llth street, Brooklyn, ornamental iron and bronze work; Em¬ pire Art Metal Works, College Point, L. I., hollow metal trim and sash; W. P. Nelson Co.. 209 West 23d street. Geo. A. Fuller Co., Builder. Warren & Wetmore, Architects. HOTEL COMMODORE IN GRAND CENTRAL T!?:HMINAL ZONE. painting, and Norman Seton, Inc., Win¬ field, L. I., roofing and sheet metal work. Other subcontracts to complete this operation will be awarded later. Broadway, has charge of construction under a general contract. This project is owned by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, and will be operated under the manage¬ ment of the Bowman Hotel Company, proprietors of the Hotel Biltmore and other large hostelries. The new- struc¬ ture will be erected to a height of twenty-eight stories and will contain upwards of two thousand rooms. The kitchens will provide facilities for the daily preparation of ten thousand meals. The cost of construction has been placed at approximately $6,000,000, exclusive of the value of the property and the cost of furnishings. Prominent among the concerns which have already obtained contracts for the supply of labor and materials are num¬ bered the following; American Bridge Co., 30 Church street, structural steel fabrication; Post & McCord, 101 Park avenue, steel erection; W. G. Cornell Co.. Fourth avenue and East 17th street, plumbing; Baker, Smith & Co., 83 West Houston street, steam heating and ven¬ tilating; Otis Elevator Co., Eleventh avenue and West 26th street, electric elevators and sidewalk lifts; Reliance Fireproof Door Co., Milton street and Greenpoint avenue, Brooklyn, kalamein iron covered window frames and sash; P. J. Durcan, Inc., 128 West 52d street, plain and ornamental plastering; Fire¬ proof Products Corporation, 257 East 133d street, reinforced concrete arch construction; WiUiam Bradley & Son, Vernon avenue, Long Island City, cut stone; Lieber & Nobbe. 1328 Broadway, interior marble and tiling; Sloane & Water Meters. The Real Estate Board calls atten¬ tion to the fact that the Board of Aldermen has rejected the proposal of the Water Commissioner to install water meters in elevator apartment houses. The original proposal of the Water Commissioner was to install meters in all apartment houses. Opposition was so overwhehning that the Commissioner modified his resolution to apply only to elevator houses. After a number of hearings the Com¬ mittee on General Welfare of the Board of Aldermen reported against the Com¬ missioner's proposal. The Committee said: "Being impressed with the fact that the public is almost unanimously opposed to compulsory installation of water meters in any class of apartment houses, and. further, being of the opin¬ ion that water should be as free as air, it recommends the request be rejected." The Real Estate Board, after con¬ sidering the matter thoroughly through its City Ordinance Committee, was rep¬ resented at the hearings by J. Irving Walsh, John H. Hallock and Louis Schrag. The position taken by the Real Estate Board was that, while it believed that some judicious revision or readjustment of water rates is warranted, the problem would not be solved by universal water metering. B RECORD AND GUIDE QUOTATIONS ARE ACCKPTIQD AS OFFICIAL BY BUILDING MATERIAL EXCHANGES.