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RECORD  AND  GUIDE
 

December 54, 1910-
 

Hospitals and Asylums.

BROOKLYN.—The City will soon ad¬
vertise for bids for the general construc¬
tion of the brick, fireproof 1-sly hospital,
102x33 ft, at the northeast corner of
Kingston av and Winthrop st, to cost
about $75,000. Percy Griffin. 30 Church
st,   Manhattan,   architeci.

BUFFALO, N. T,—The Lafayette Gen¬
eral Hospital Association, Inc., Dr. H. C.
Booth, president, 350 Ashland av, con¬
template extensive improvements to the
Riverside Hospital, No.  113 Lafayele av.
 

tional Bank at Kidgewood. Estimated
cost is about $20,000. Peter Zabriskie,
is chairman building committee.
 

Mis cellaneoiis.

HUDSON PALLS, N. T.—Breeze & Mai¬
lory, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., will take
bids about Jan, 5 for an addition to the
public school at Hudson Falls, for the
Board of Education, to cost about $30,-
000.

IIGTH ST, N. Y. C—David Stone, arch¬
itect, 127 Bible House, will take bids
about Dec. 22, for the completion of the
theatre building for the Mitral Realty
Sc Const- Co., at Nos. 11-13 East llGlh
st, to cost about $50,000;  2-stys,  brick.

MECHANICSVILLE. N. Y.—The Me¬
chanicsville Manufacturers National Bank,
William L. Howland, president, contem¬
plate the erection of a $30,000 building at
this place. Hoggson Bros-, 7 East 44th st,
Manhattan, have been retained as con¬
tracting designers.

MASSENA, N. Y.—The Long Sault De¬
velopment Co., 99 John st, Manhattan,
Henry K. Spalding, manager, contem-
,plate the erection of a hydro-elec tri)c
piant, including three power houses, of
about 500,000 H.P.., in the vicinity of
Massena. J. W. Rickey, at the site, is
chief engineer.

PASSAIC, N, J.—The Roman CathoHc
Church, Rev. John Salerno, 361 Oak st,
pastor, wiil erect a new brick, terra
cotta and granite edifice, to cost about
$20,000. Joseph De Rose, IlO Ellison st,
Paterson, N- J., has completed the plans.
Bids will be received by the owner In
the early Spring-
 

Stables and Garages.

166TH ST, N. Y. C—Wm- H- Gompert,
2102 Broadway, has prepared plans for
a 2-sty brick stable, 25x89 ft, for James
Butler, 390 Washington sl, to be erected
in the north side of IGGth st, 145 ft east
of Audubon av. No contract has yet
been issued-

BROOKLYN-—Shampan & Shampan,
772 Broadway, Brooklyn, are preparing
plans for a 2-sty brick stable to be erect¬
ed on the north side of Metropolitan av,
169 ft east of Driggs av, running through
North 4th st, Brooklyn. The facade will
be finished with a cream color Kittaning
brick trimmed with Wyoming Bluestone.
 

Stores, Offices and Lofts.

COURTLANDT AV, N- Y. C.—The Cen¬
tral Union Gas Co., 350 Alexander av, is
taking bids on the general contract for
the conslruction of the new office build¬
ing, lOGxloO ft, to be located at the north¬
west corner of Courtlandt av and 14Sth
st, the Bronx. Estimated cost is placed
at .$140,000.

IITH AV, N. Y. C—No contracts have
yet been issued for the S-sty loft build¬
ing -which John J- Badiey, 118 West 57th
st, will erect at Nos. 599-603 llth av, to
cost .$120,000. Wm. M. Farrar, 1269
Broadway, has completed plans.

36TH ST, N. Y- C—Buchman & Fox,
11 East 59th st, have completed plans for
the 22-sty store and Ioft building, 59.5x
89.S ft., wdiich Edward West Browning,
IS West 57th st, will erect at Nos. 141-
145 West 36th st, at a cost of $250,000,

RIDGEWOOD, N. J,—Frederick W.
Wentworth, 140 Market st, Paterson, N.
J., is preparing plans for a 3-sty brick
and limestone post-office with apartments
50x80 ft, to be erected by the First Na-
 

Bids Opened.

MANHATTAN. — The School Board
opened bids Dec. 10 for alterations to
offices of sanitary, heating, electrical and
repair divisions, of the Building Bureau,
seventh floor, hall of the Board of Edu¬
cation, Manhattan. M, D. Lundin sub¬
mitted the lowest bid, amounting to $1,-
715.

MANHATTAN.—All bids submitted for
alterations and repairs in the DeWitt
Clinton High School, Manhattan, were
laid over. The lowest figure was from J.
I.   Valentine,   at  $20,2&tl.

MANHATTAN,—Bids opened Dec. 19 for
additions, repairs and alterations to sani¬
tary work in Public Schools, 20, 30 and
46, Manhattan, were laid over.

BROOKLYN.-The lowest bids received
Dec, 19 for alterations and repairs to
public schools in Brooklyn were as
follows: P. S. 9, A, W. King, $923;
P. S. 26, James S. Newman, $2,030; P- S.
77, Geo. Stanton, $773; P- S. 89, Jacob D.
Kiausner, $672; P. S. 106, James S. New¬
man, $1,SS9; P. S. 108, W. C. Redlich,
.$632; P. S. 122, B. Diamond, $1,144; P. S.
162, A. J. Ormond, $487.     -
 

Government Work.

MANHATTAN,—Office of the Supervis¬
ing Architect, Washington, D. C.—Sealed
proposals will be received Jan. 3 for the
installation of a conduit and electric wir¬
ing systeni in the U. S. Assay Office, New
York, N. Y. James Knox Taylor, Super¬
vising Architect,

INDEPENDENCE, KAN.—Sealed pro¬
posals will be received Jan. 28 for the
construction, complete (including plumb¬
ing, gas-piping, heating apparatus and
electric conduits and wiring), of the U. S-
Post Office at Independence, Kan. James
Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect,
Washington, D. C.

STEVENS POINT, WIS.—OfRce of tlie
Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C.
Sealed proposals will be received January
25 for the construction complete (includ¬
ing plumbing, gas piping, healing appa¬
ratus, electric conduits and wiring), of the
United States Post Office at Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, in accordance with drawings
and specifications, copies of whicii may
be obtained from the custodian of site at
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, or at this of¬
fice. James Knox Taylor, Supervising
Architect,
 

MmJclpa! Work.

BROOKLYN.—On Thursday. Dec. 29,
estimates will be received by the Park
Board for laibor and materials for the
erection and completion of a comfort sta¬
tion located in McKinley Park, Brook-
iyn-

BROOKLYN.—Estimates will be re¬
ceived by the Commissioner of Water
Supply, Gas and Electricity Friday, Dec.
SO, for furnishing and delivering 360
lamp-posts, brackets and parts thereof,
in the Borough of Brooklyn,

MANHATTAN.—Bids will be received
by the Fire Commissioner Thursday, Dec.
29, for repair to quarters of Engine Com¬
pany 33, 42 and 44 Great Jones st; En¬
gine Company 37, S3 Lawrence st; En¬
gine Company 72,  22 East 12th  st.

RICHMOND,—Bids will be received by
the President of the Borough of Rich¬
mond Tuesday, Jan. 10, for labor and ma¬
terials required for the construction of
the furnaces, steam boilers and appur¬
tenances of the Clifton destructor. Bor¬
ough of Richmond.
 

Court tbis week. Canavan Brothers, ex¬
cavators, of 51S Wesl 56th st, had
brought suit against the Fifth Avenue
Building Company and the Hedden Con¬
struction Company, of 1 Madison av,
lo recover $80,000 for extra work done
in excavating for the foundations for
the building at Broadway, 23d st and 3th
av. Judge Whitney made no decision,
but gave the plaintiffs, at their request,
permission to amend their motion.

This was looked upon by counsel for
the defendants as a virtual victory. How¬
ard Mansfield, of the law firm of Lord,
Day and Lord, 49 Wall st, was counsel
for the Hedden Conslruction Company
and J. H. T. Martin, of Newark, was the
atlorney of record-
When the claim was flrst made by Can¬
avan Brothers, the Fifth Avenue Build¬
ing Company referred the matter to its
architects, Maynicke Sc Franke, of 25
East 26th st. While sorae points in
the contention were arbitrated, the al¬
legation that there was more work than
called for in the contract was strongly
denied by the architects, who urged that
this be taken to law, if necessary, as their
specifications were so drawn as to en¬
able them to rely with perfect equan¬
imity upon the accuracy of that docu¬
ment. "Arbitration usually results in a
compromise," said Mr. Franke to a Rec¬
ord and Guide reporter, "and we wanted
no compromise upon a point on whicii
we were positive, we were in the right-
Judge Whitney's reference in the mat¬
ter shows were were correct in our posi¬
tion."

Numerous cases of this kind have come
up in the past and in almost every case
arbitration and consequent compromise
have followed, because the language of
the specifications gave a loophole to the
contending parties.
 

—The advantages of gypsum as a fire¬
proof material are set forth in a recent
pamphlet hy H. C. Perring, an associate
member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers. He catalogues the special
features of gypsum plaster in general,
which makes the material desirable as
fireprooflng, as low conductivity of heat,
low coefficient of expansion, resistances
to water, incombustibility, lightness,
strength, plasticity and cheapness. The
low conductivity of heat makes gypsum
plaster specially useful for the protection
of structural steelwork, while its slight
expansive property prevents it from
cracking or buckling at high tempera¬
tures. Considering the good features of
gypsum products from the fire-retardant
standpoint, their low cost and the extent
to which the material is found, it is evi¬
dent that gypsum should play an im¬
portant part in the growing fireproof con¬
struction of the country.
 

Architecls Specifications Sustained.

A case at law which contained several
points of interest to architects was term¬
inated by Judge Whitney in the Supreme
 

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