What is Roofing Tin?—How is it Made?
As a Property Owner or Architect did you ever ask these questions and receive a satisfactory reply?
We know there are many men who would like some definite information along these lines, and have therefore, compiled a book entitled “FROM UNDERFOOT TO OVERHEAD” which carefully describes the process of making Roofing Tin from start to finish. The information it contains is invaluable to you if you are interested in building, and we will promptly send you a copy if you will write for it and mention this publication.
By using any of the Brands shown below you can procure the very best protection from the elements. These stencils appear in the corner of the sheet, and you will notice the amount of coating car
ried per box of 20X 28-112 sheets is clearly shown. This protects you from substitution—-a point which we believe you will fully appreciate.
AMERICAN NUMETHODD
B
40 POUNDS COATING
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AMERICAN NUMETHODD D
30 POUNDS COATING
32 POUNDS COATING
American Sheet Sc Tin Plate Company,
1406 Frick Building
PITTSBURGH, PA.
acquired 162x124 feet of ground on the west side of Grand Boulevard, south of Thirty-fifth Street, where they propose erecting an apartment-house. It will be three-story, with an open court, be probably of pressed brick and stone, concrete and structural iron construction, have composition roof, various kinds of hardwood finish, steam heat, marble and mosaic work, wiring for electric light, all the latest conveniences, and cost about $100,000.
Mrs. Bertha H. Palmer, 1300 First National Bank Building, 164 Dearborn Street, it is stated, has had sketches prepared and is contemplating the erection of a building to contain stores, shops and offices, and in the rear an elaborate restaurant, to be built at the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Twenty-second Street. The sketches call for a five-story building, 15OX 161 feet, of fireproof construction, to cost about $250,000.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (Truman P. Gaylord, manager of the Chicago agency, 171 La Salle Street) has had plans prepared for a warehouse to be built at the northeast corner of Morgan and Thirty-sixth Streets. It will be four-story, 80x100 feet, of fireproof steel construction, with concrete and brick exterior, have concrete foundation, composition roof, steam heat, and cost about $75,000. The plans were prepared by Architect H. B. Prach, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and figures will be taken by Mr. Gaylord, Chicago.
Denver, Col.—Laurence C. Phipps is said to be preparing to erect an addition to the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium at an estimated cost of $100,000,
Des Moines, Ia.—The Trustees of the Iowa Children’s Home, it is reported, intend erecting a building to cost about $50,000.
It is reported that the Central States Theatre Company, with a circuit in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, will erect a theatre and hotel building in Des Moines. J. H. Moore, Michigan City, Ind., is interested. The building and equipment will cost $200,000.
It is reported that among contracts yet to be let in connection with the erection of the Fleming Building, at Sixth and Walnut Streets, are the following: Elevators, hardware, light fixtures, painting, plaster, roofing, heating, plumbing, ceiling and wiring. The contract for heating will include the boilers and engines for the electric generators.
Hallett & Rawson, architects, it is stated, are preparing plans for a three-story brick building for the Yeoman Lodge, to be built at Fifth and Park Streets, high basement, stone trimmings, steam heat, gravel roof. Cost, $50,000.
Fitzgerald, Ga.—Messrs. Barbutt & Farmer, it is reported, will erect a five-story office building, to cost $50,000, on the Hansen corner.
Fond du Lac, Wis.—M. O. Pillsbury, architect, of Fond du Lac, it is stated, is nearly ready for bids on the $100,000 threestory brick store building to be erected for the Hill Bros.-DeWitt Dry Goods Company.
The School Board is said to be preparing to erect a high school at a cost of $150,000.
Great Barrington, Mass.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by J. M. Vance, architect, Pittsfield, Mass,, for a
hotel, to cost $250,000. H. C. Eldridge, 341 West Eighty-fourth Street, New York, is interested.
Greenwich, Conn.—Press reports state that the new mansion which William G. Rockefeller, of New York, is to erect for his son, Percy Rockefeller, on his property at Greenwich, Conn., at an estimated cost of about $500,000, is to be personally designed and erected along the architectural ideas of Messrs. Hiss & Weeks, of hi Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. A house built seventyfive years ago, immediately opposite this site, has been remodeled at a cost of about $100,000. The Reinforced Cement Construction Company, 1 Madison Avenue, has the contract for concrete work. Thomas E. Ritch, Greenwich, Conn., the masonry, and H. W. Dederick, Greenwich, the carpentry. The structure will be three stories, 100x250 feet in size.
Houston, Tex.—The erection of a twelve-story steel-frame office building is being considered by the estate of T. H. Scanlan.
Reports state that H. C. Cooke & Son are drawing plans for a five-story building to be erected by Jerry Mitchell.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The Masons, it is reported, have purchased a site at Illinois and North Streets, and intend erecting a temple.
Jackson, Miss.—It is stated that the Southern Construction Company has secured site on which to erect a concrete and stone warehouse, 150x200 feet, fireproof throughout; stables and machine sheds of concrete and gtgne and offifg building sox 150 feet,
As a Property Owner or Architect did you ever ask these questions and receive a satisfactory reply?
We know there are many men who would like some definite information along these lines, and have therefore, compiled a book entitled “FROM UNDERFOOT TO OVERHEAD” which carefully describes the process of making Roofing Tin from start to finish. The information it contains is invaluable to you if you are interested in building, and we will promptly send you a copy if you will write for it and mention this publication.
By using any of the Brands shown below you can procure the very best protection from the elements. These stencils appear in the corner of the sheet, and you will notice the amount of coating car
ried per box of 20X 28-112 sheets is clearly shown. This protects you from substitution—-a point which we believe you will fully appreciate.
AMERICAN NUMETHODD
B
40 POUNDS COATING
©
AMERICAN NUMETHODD D
30 POUNDS COATING
32 POUNDS COATING
American Sheet Sc Tin Plate Company,
1406 Frick Building
PITTSBURGH, PA.
acquired 162x124 feet of ground on the west side of Grand Boulevard, south of Thirty-fifth Street, where they propose erecting an apartment-house. It will be three-story, with an open court, be probably of pressed brick and stone, concrete and structural iron construction, have composition roof, various kinds of hardwood finish, steam heat, marble and mosaic work, wiring for electric light, all the latest conveniences, and cost about $100,000.
Mrs. Bertha H. Palmer, 1300 First National Bank Building, 164 Dearborn Street, it is stated, has had sketches prepared and is contemplating the erection of a building to contain stores, shops and offices, and in the rear an elaborate restaurant, to be built at the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Twenty-second Street. The sketches call for a five-story building, 15OX 161 feet, of fireproof construction, to cost about $250,000.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (Truman P. Gaylord, manager of the Chicago agency, 171 La Salle Street) has had plans prepared for a warehouse to be built at the northeast corner of Morgan and Thirty-sixth Streets. It will be four-story, 80x100 feet, of fireproof steel construction, with concrete and brick exterior, have concrete foundation, composition roof, steam heat, and cost about $75,000. The plans were prepared by Architect H. B. Prach, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and figures will be taken by Mr. Gaylord, Chicago.
Denver, Col.—Laurence C. Phipps is said to be preparing to erect an addition to the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium at an estimated cost of $100,000,
Des Moines, Ia.—The Trustees of the Iowa Children’s Home, it is reported, intend erecting a building to cost about $50,000.
It is reported that the Central States Theatre Company, with a circuit in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, will erect a theatre and hotel building in Des Moines. J. H. Moore, Michigan City, Ind., is interested. The building and equipment will cost $200,000.
It is reported that among contracts yet to be let in connection with the erection of the Fleming Building, at Sixth and Walnut Streets, are the following: Elevators, hardware, light fixtures, painting, plaster, roofing, heating, plumbing, ceiling and wiring. The contract for heating will include the boilers and engines for the electric generators.
Hallett & Rawson, architects, it is stated, are preparing plans for a three-story brick building for the Yeoman Lodge, to be built at Fifth and Park Streets, high basement, stone trimmings, steam heat, gravel roof. Cost, $50,000.
Fitzgerald, Ga.—Messrs. Barbutt & Farmer, it is reported, will erect a five-story office building, to cost $50,000, on the Hansen corner.
Fond du Lac, Wis.—M. O. Pillsbury, architect, of Fond du Lac, it is stated, is nearly ready for bids on the $100,000 threestory brick store building to be erected for the Hill Bros.-DeWitt Dry Goods Company.
The School Board is said to be preparing to erect a high school at a cost of $150,000.
Great Barrington, Mass.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by J. M. Vance, architect, Pittsfield, Mass,, for a
hotel, to cost $250,000. H. C. Eldridge, 341 West Eighty-fourth Street, New York, is interested.
Greenwich, Conn.—Press reports state that the new mansion which William G. Rockefeller, of New York, is to erect for his son, Percy Rockefeller, on his property at Greenwich, Conn., at an estimated cost of about $500,000, is to be personally designed and erected along the architectural ideas of Messrs. Hiss & Weeks, of hi Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. A house built seventyfive years ago, immediately opposite this site, has been remodeled at a cost of about $100,000. The Reinforced Cement Construction Company, 1 Madison Avenue, has the contract for concrete work. Thomas E. Ritch, Greenwich, Conn., the masonry, and H. W. Dederick, Greenwich, the carpentry. The structure will be three stories, 100x250 feet in size.
Houston, Tex.—The erection of a twelve-story steel-frame office building is being considered by the estate of T. H. Scanlan.
Reports state that H. C. Cooke & Son are drawing plans for a five-story building to be erected by Jerry Mitchell.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The Masons, it is reported, have purchased a site at Illinois and North Streets, and intend erecting a temple.
Jackson, Miss.—It is stated that the Southern Construction Company has secured site on which to erect a concrete and stone warehouse, 150x200 feet, fireproof throughout; stables and machine sheds of concrete and gtgne and offifg building sox 150 feet,