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by Joseph Bermel, does not measure up to the standard held by the commission for works of art in’ the parks.
The commission has approved the designs by Brunner & Aiken, architects, for the East Twenty-third street public bath, and additional designs by Horgan & Slattery for the interior decoration of the Hall of Records.
The design for the Madison Square public-comfort station has been disapproved.
The commission has organized for the year, with the re-election of Robert W. de Forest as president and A. Augustus Healy as vice-president. In place of Loyall Farragut, Howard Mansfield has been elected secretary. Dr. Milo R. Maltbie is, assistant secretary. The new members of the commission are John J. Boyle, sculptor, and Howard Mansfield, layman.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Appleton, Wis.-—Mr. Charles B. Pride, a well-known paper-mill architect of Appleton, was injured in the West Hotel fire at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The Nezvs reports that T. A. Winterrowd was appointed Building Inspector at a meeting of the Board of Public Safety, January 13. This action was taken by the board on the recommendation of three of the five members of the board of examiners. Two refused to- concur in the recommendation and asked that another examination be held.
When the two reports of the examining board were filed, L. W. Cooper, president cf the Board of Safety, delayed taking action, as he said he wished to bring the two sides together to get a unanimous report. The examiners who favored Winterrowd were Blaine Miller, City Engineer; W. P. Jungclaus and Ferd. Smock. Their recommendation was not joined in by L. H. Gibson and P. C. Rubush, architects.
Winterrowd was the only candidate who presented himself for examination, as the word had gone out that Mayor Bookwalter wished him appointed, and the examination
was given merely to comply with the conditions of the building ordinance.
Hoboken, N. J.—Mr. Eugene Ciccarelli, the architect who was retained by the Board of Education, of Hoboken, to draw the plans and supervise the construction of the new school to be built, which action was reconsidered by the new board, had the following to say in reference to the action of the new board:
“I am not worried in any way at try present position, as I firmly believe the gentlemen who comprise the Board of Education will see to it that I get-a .square deal, and that is all I want.”
Taylor, Tex.—For the rejection of his plans and specifications for the building of Taylor’s new city-hall and opera-house and the substitution of other plans instead, Mr. Henry _T. Phelps, architect, of San Antonio, has instituted suit in the District Court at Georgetown against the city of Taylor for damages in the sum of $723, the cost and expense incurred in preparing and presenting such plans and specifications.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Iron Trade .Conditions.— The principal event of last week has been the advance in prices on the greater part of all the lighter finished products. It amounts to $2 a ton on box annealed sheets, $11 a ton on blue annealed sheets, $2 a ton on galvanized sheets, 10 cents a box on tin plate, 10 cents a square on galvanized roofing and $1 a ton on wire products. There are further indications of a revival of buying of pig iron, although the movement is not yet quite general. Cleveland reports sales aggregating25,000 tons, mostly foundry iron for delivery during the first half. Cincinnati notes that pipe shops in the district have taken heavy tonnage, one of them placing 22,500 tons, while others are in the market. Some demand for basic and Bessemer pig has also cropped up in the Central West. In Eastern Pennsylvania sales of basic pig during the week figure up to fully 80,000
tons, which includes about 30,000 tons taken for the Pencoyd Works for the first half of the year. The output of coke and anthracite pig iron in December is shown by reports of production gathered by The Iron Age to have gained only 37,000 gross tons on that of November. The December production was 2,052,397 tons. Being a thirty-one day month, the output should have been larger. The production, however, was checked by the blowing out of furnaces for repairs and by banking-for the holidays. January starts with a weekly capacity for active coke and anthracite furnaces of only 465,669 tons, against 475,814 tons December 1.
How great the activity during the last year has been is reflected well by the figures of production- of the United States Steel Corporation. During 1905 the output of the blast furnaces of the constituent, companies aggregated 10,175,505 gross tons, as compared with 7,975,530 gross tons in 1902, the previous record year. The production of steel ingots reached the enormous total of 11,995,205 gross tons, as compared with 9,743,918 tons in the record year of 1902. It may be interesting to add that there have just been authorized extensions and improvements in plants by the corporation which will add very close to 1,000,000 gross. tons of pig iron, about 535,000 tons of steel ingots and over 760,000 tons of finished iron and steel to the annual capacity. This is exclusive of the enormous plant which is planned for the Chicago district.—The Iron Age.
A Septic Tank at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane.—About two years ago a small sewage-disposal plant was built at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. There are about 800 people at this hospital and the water consumption is about 80,000 gallons daily. The sewage was formerly discharged into a stream 1,500 feet distant, but as there was a very small dry-weather flow the presence of the sewage could be observed for a distance of two miles down the stream by the milky color of the water and by a fungus growth on the
CONCRETE PILING for Building Foundations.
RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE CO. Genl. Offices 155 Adams St.,Chicago.
INSURANCE MATES REDUCED
Our New System of Hollow Tile Construction Eliminates the Vse of Steel
Write for Catalogue showing the Johnson System of Fireproofing suitable for Residences and Offices as well as the largest Warehouse Buildings.
NATIONAL FIREPROOFING CO., Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.. New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore Cleveland Canton Minneapolis
We Desig n a,nd Build all Types of GREENHOUSES
Burnham-Hitching s-Pierson Co.
Broadway and 26tH St„ NEW YORK
by Joseph Bermel, does not measure up to the standard held by the commission for works of art in’ the parks.
The commission has approved the designs by Brunner & Aiken, architects, for the East Twenty-third street public bath, and additional designs by Horgan & Slattery for the interior decoration of the Hall of Records.
The design for the Madison Square public-comfort station has been disapproved.
The commission has organized for the year, with the re-election of Robert W. de Forest as president and A. Augustus Healy as vice-president. In place of Loyall Farragut, Howard Mansfield has been elected secretary. Dr. Milo R. Maltbie is, assistant secretary. The new members of the commission are John J. Boyle, sculptor, and Howard Mansfield, layman.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Appleton, Wis.-—Mr. Charles B. Pride, a well-known paper-mill architect of Appleton, was injured in the West Hotel fire at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The Nezvs reports that T. A. Winterrowd was appointed Building Inspector at a meeting of the Board of Public Safety, January 13. This action was taken by the board on the recommendation of three of the five members of the board of examiners. Two refused to- concur in the recommendation and asked that another examination be held.
When the two reports of the examining board were filed, L. W. Cooper, president cf the Board of Safety, delayed taking action, as he said he wished to bring the two sides together to get a unanimous report. The examiners who favored Winterrowd were Blaine Miller, City Engineer; W. P. Jungclaus and Ferd. Smock. Their recommendation was not joined in by L. H. Gibson and P. C. Rubush, architects.
Winterrowd was the only candidate who presented himself for examination, as the word had gone out that Mayor Bookwalter wished him appointed, and the examination
was given merely to comply with the conditions of the building ordinance.
Hoboken, N. J.—Mr. Eugene Ciccarelli, the architect who was retained by the Board of Education, of Hoboken, to draw the plans and supervise the construction of the new school to be built, which action was reconsidered by the new board, had the following to say in reference to the action of the new board:
“I am not worried in any way at try present position, as I firmly believe the gentlemen who comprise the Board of Education will see to it that I get-a .square deal, and that is all I want.”
Taylor, Tex.—For the rejection of his plans and specifications for the building of Taylor’s new city-hall and opera-house and the substitution of other plans instead, Mr. Henry _T. Phelps, architect, of San Antonio, has instituted suit in the District Court at Georgetown against the city of Taylor for damages in the sum of $723, the cost and expense incurred in preparing and presenting such plans and specifications.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Iron Trade .Conditions.— The principal event of last week has been the advance in prices on the greater part of all the lighter finished products. It amounts to $2 a ton on box annealed sheets, $11 a ton on blue annealed sheets, $2 a ton on galvanized sheets, 10 cents a box on tin plate, 10 cents a square on galvanized roofing and $1 a ton on wire products. There are further indications of a revival of buying of pig iron, although the movement is not yet quite general. Cleveland reports sales aggregating25,000 tons, mostly foundry iron for delivery during the first half. Cincinnati notes that pipe shops in the district have taken heavy tonnage, one of them placing 22,500 tons, while others are in the market. Some demand for basic and Bessemer pig has also cropped up in the Central West. In Eastern Pennsylvania sales of basic pig during the week figure up to fully 80,000
tons, which includes about 30,000 tons taken for the Pencoyd Works for the first half of the year. The output of coke and anthracite pig iron in December is shown by reports of production gathered by The Iron Age to have gained only 37,000 gross tons on that of November. The December production was 2,052,397 tons. Being a thirty-one day month, the output should have been larger. The production, however, was checked by the blowing out of furnaces for repairs and by banking-for the holidays. January starts with a weekly capacity for active coke and anthracite furnaces of only 465,669 tons, against 475,814 tons December 1.
How great the activity during the last year has been is reflected well by the figures of production- of the United States Steel Corporation. During 1905 the output of the blast furnaces of the constituent, companies aggregated 10,175,505 gross tons, as compared with 7,975,530 gross tons in 1902, the previous record year. The production of steel ingots reached the enormous total of 11,995,205 gross tons, as compared with 9,743,918 tons in the record year of 1902. It may be interesting to add that there have just been authorized extensions and improvements in plants by the corporation which will add very close to 1,000,000 gross. tons of pig iron, about 535,000 tons of steel ingots and over 760,000 tons of finished iron and steel to the annual capacity. This is exclusive of the enormous plant which is planned for the Chicago district.—The Iron Age.
A Septic Tank at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane.—About two years ago a small sewage-disposal plant was built at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. There are about 800 people at this hospital and the water consumption is about 80,000 gallons daily. The sewage was formerly discharged into a stream 1,500 feet distant, but as there was a very small dry-weather flow the presence of the sewage could be observed for a distance of two miles down the stream by the milky color of the water and by a fungus growth on the