A Town Clock run by Man-power. — “His father was a fine old man who had been to South America, but who was devoting his old age to acting as the works of the clock in the piazza. It was he who rang those many, many bells we heard and puzzled over. Some forty rapid, highpitched bells at eighteen minutes before one; seven bells of deeper tone at six minutes after three, and so on. Adelaide had asked Archangelo to explain these seeming irregularities, and had learned that the bells were only intended to approximate the hour; that his father was old and occasionally forgot, and rang too little or too much; also, that he was but a man, and that hunger sometimes came gnawing at his vitals at, say, quarter before twelve, whereupon he rang for twelve o’clock and wandered home to his spaghetti. His appetite also accounted for occasional delays in the bell for one o’clock. Suppose Archangelo’s mother was late in the cooking of the midday meal. Could his father return to the piazza without his luncheon? And what does a quarter of an hour matter, after all? In Capri it is truly dolce far niente. ”— Scribner’s Magazine.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities. )
Albany, Ga. — T. W. Smith & Co., Columbus, Ga., it is stated, are preparing plans for office building and warehouse to be erected by F. F. Putney; three stories.
85 × 210 feet, with frontage of 119 feet; pressed brick and granite; three electric elevators.
Albany, N. Y. — Reports state that D. A. Thompson has had plans prepared for a $125, 000 orphan asylum building.
Asbury Park, N. J. — Architect Clarence W. Brazer, of 1133 Broadway, New York, has, as the result of a competition, been commissioned to act as the architect for the new stone church for the Trinity Episcopal congregation. Probable complete cost between $50, 000 and $75, 000. Bids will not be asked before November.
Asheville, N. C. — Reports state that a $300, 000 hotel is proposed for the corner of Walnut and Hayward Streets. It will be built by Frank Loughran, of the Swannanoa and Berkeley Hotels.
Atlanta, Ga. — We are advised that B. A. Pugin & Son, of Atlanta, are the architects of the Baptist Tabernacle recently reported to be erected in this city. The same architects are preparing plans for the infirmary to be erected at a cost of $50, 000, and the Auditorium to be erected at a cost of $250, 000 to $300, 000.
Baltimore. Md. — The Fuller Memorial Baptist Church, B. P. Robertson, pastor, 1116 North Fulton Avenue, will erect its new church building at Fulton Avenue and Winchester Street by subcontracts; stone exterior; structural iron and steel; tin and slate roof; sanitary plumbing; heating system. Morris & Clifford, architects, Equitable Building, Calvert and Fayette Streets, will superintend the construction.
Plans have been prepared by Architect J. Evans Sperry, Calvert Building, for the erection of a three-story $100, 000 mansion, 40 x 70, at 6 East Eager Street, for the Misses Marburg.
Bangor, Me. — The Tarrantine Club, of Bangor, it is reported, is planning the erection of a new clubhouse on Park Street. It is to have granite foundations and to be constructed of red Harvard brick with white terra cotta trimmings. Cost estimated at $50, 000.
Bay City, Mich. — Bids will be received until about September 1 by Clark & Munger, architects, Shearer Block, for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. to cost about $50, 000.
Binghamton, N. Y. — E. W. Van Slyke is reported to have submitted to the Board of Education plans for the erection of the Robinson Street School; estimated cost of structure $52, 500.
Boston, Mass. — Plans are being prepared by Maginnis, Walsh & Sullivan, 100 Boylston Street, for the new building for hospital purposes to be erected on ground near the present Boston City Hospital, and will be ready for figures about the middle of August. The money for this purpose was given by L. G. Burnham, and the amount is in the neighborhood of $150, 000.
It is reported that the Henry H. Cummings Machine & Sub-Target Gun Company intends to erect a $60, 000 manufacturing plant on East First Street, South Boston.
Reports state that a large commercial building is to be erected by New York par
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BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities. )
Albany, Ga. — T. W. Smith & Co., Columbus, Ga., it is stated, are preparing plans for office building and warehouse to be erected by F. F. Putney; three stories.
85 × 210 feet, with frontage of 119 feet; pressed brick and granite; three electric elevators.
Albany, N. Y. — Reports state that D. A. Thompson has had plans prepared for a $125, 000 orphan asylum building.
Asbury Park, N. J. — Architect Clarence W. Brazer, of 1133 Broadway, New York, has, as the result of a competition, been commissioned to act as the architect for the new stone church for the Trinity Episcopal congregation. Probable complete cost between $50, 000 and $75, 000. Bids will not be asked before November.
Asheville, N. C. — Reports state that a $300, 000 hotel is proposed for the corner of Walnut and Hayward Streets. It will be built by Frank Loughran, of the Swannanoa and Berkeley Hotels.
Atlanta, Ga. — We are advised that B. A. Pugin & Son, of Atlanta, are the architects of the Baptist Tabernacle recently reported to be erected in this city. The same architects are preparing plans for the infirmary to be erected at a cost of $50, 000, and the Auditorium to be erected at a cost of $250, 000 to $300, 000.
Baltimore. Md. — The Fuller Memorial Baptist Church, B. P. Robertson, pastor, 1116 North Fulton Avenue, will erect its new church building at Fulton Avenue and Winchester Street by subcontracts; stone exterior; structural iron and steel; tin and slate roof; sanitary plumbing; heating system. Morris & Clifford, architects, Equitable Building, Calvert and Fayette Streets, will superintend the construction.
Plans have been prepared by Architect J. Evans Sperry, Calvert Building, for the erection of a three-story $100, 000 mansion, 40 x 70, at 6 East Eager Street, for the Misses Marburg.
Bangor, Me. — The Tarrantine Club, of Bangor, it is reported, is planning the erection of a new clubhouse on Park Street. It is to have granite foundations and to be constructed of red Harvard brick with white terra cotta trimmings. Cost estimated at $50, 000.
Bay City, Mich. — Bids will be received until about September 1 by Clark & Munger, architects, Shearer Block, for the erection of a Y. M. C. A. to cost about $50, 000.
Binghamton, N. Y. — E. W. Van Slyke is reported to have submitted to the Board of Education plans for the erection of the Robinson Street School; estimated cost of structure $52, 500.
Boston, Mass. — Plans are being prepared by Maginnis, Walsh & Sullivan, 100 Boylston Street, for the new building for hospital purposes to be erected on ground near the present Boston City Hospital, and will be ready for figures about the middle of August. The money for this purpose was given by L. G. Burnham, and the amount is in the neighborhood of $150, 000.
It is reported that the Henry H. Cummings Machine & Sub-Target Gun Company intends to erect a $60, 000 manufacturing plant on East First Street, South Boston.
Reports state that a large commercial building is to be erected by New York par
Have Yon Foundation Trouble?
The $20, 000, 000 State Capitol at Albany, N. Y., is tumbling to ruin, although scarcely completed, largely because of poor foundation.
Raymond Concrete Piling is “Permanent as the Pyramids. ” Every pile is a perfect monolith of concrete.
No driving on the concrete. No settlement after they are put in place. Our Book of Facts tells all about the Raymond system — free on request — use the coupon.
Raymond Concrete Pile Co.
135 Adams Street
CHICAGO ILL.
New York Office, 71 Nassau St.
Telephone:
840 Cortlandt.
RAYMOND CONCRETE PILING FOR NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS MD
ERNEST FLAGG, Architect