“Unit Girder Frame
PATENTED
The Frame is delivered as one complete unit, all members properly spaced and rigidly attached for the reinforcing of Beams, Girders, Arches, etc.
It is not a Single Trussed Bar, nor a Single Deformed Bar, but a complete reinforcement for Beams, Girders, etc.
“Unit” Socket
PATENTED
The “Unit” Socket supports the “ Unit ” Girder Frame so that the center of action of Reinforcing Metal is exactly located before concreting.
The “Unit” Socket is always available for supporting shafting.
I
F you desire a fireproof factory building or warehouse, you can build the floors of reinforced concrete at 20 per cent, to
25 per cent, less than steel fire proofed with terra cotta, and the rate of insurance will be the same in each case, it will cost 10 per cent, more than slow burning, but will save one-half the rate of insurance.
The construction will be more durable and lasting, as it neither rusts nor rots; having no joints, there is no vibration. To accomplish this result, use the “Unit” Girder Frame, “ Unit ” Socket and local labor. Catalogue mailed upon request.
APPROVED SY THE NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA BUILDING BUREAUS. UNIT CONCRETE STEEL FRAME CO..
1412 Commonwealth Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER TILING
Manufactured under letters Patent 708,472 and sold exclusively by us and
our representatives
Pennsylvania Rubber Co.
JEANNETTE, PA.
MANUFACTURERS and
Business Firms are requested to send us copies of all Catalogues as soon as issued. These will be mentioned in the columns devoted to such information and then placed in our permanent file. Please address,
Catalogue File Dept.,
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
TIMES BUILDING,
NEW YORK.
pared “Imperial” plaster and the mode of handling it; a third tells about “Granite” plasters; the fourth and fifth of “Ivory Cement” plaster and “Eldorado Cement” plaster, respectively; and the sixth describes “Ivory Wood Fiber” plaster in detail and makes strong claims for this material on account of its toughness, elasticity, plasticity, lightness and other good qualities.
A news note from this same company reports the recent holding of a two days’ convention of its selling agents and heads of departments, of whom about 75 were present.
The Merchant & Evans Co., of Philadelphia (successors to the old-established firm of Merchant & Co., Inc.), are just now distributing the new catalogue, called “Roofing Rules—A Hand-book on Sheet Metals in
Building Construction, for Architects, Owners, Engineers and Builders.” As stated by the president of the company, Mr. Evans, in his introduction, the book was prepared to present in plain form the main argument for the use of metal in building construction and the points which will aid in making the best selection for the purpose in view. The book contains useful tables on the weights of various roofing materials, sizes of conductor pipe, etc., and an exceedingly interesting essay on the manufacture of tin and terne plates.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Hotel Built of Mahogany.—The New York Evening Sm says that John E, Bitt
ner, lessee of the Eastern Hotel at Whitehall and South Sts., decided the other day to renovate the house. His plans included several bath-rooms and new decorations in the best chambers. The Eastern has been renovated only about twenty times. It was put up about ninety years ago—but that is further along in the story.
Before he set the contractor at work Mr. Bittner boasted a little about the house. “It must have been put up by a builder that knew his business,” he said. “It’s stood for ninety years, and never a sag to it anywhere. The floors are as straight and true as though they’d been laid yesterday.-- Notice how the other old buildings shake. Well, sir, this is as firm as a new skyscraper. It’s a wonder.”
The contractor agreed with him that it certainly was a wonder, Then he proceed?
PATENTED
The Frame is delivered as one complete unit, all members properly spaced and rigidly attached for the reinforcing of Beams, Girders, Arches, etc.
It is not a Single Trussed Bar, nor a Single Deformed Bar, but a complete reinforcement for Beams, Girders, etc.
“Unit” Socket
PATENTED
The “Unit” Socket supports the “ Unit ” Girder Frame so that the center of action of Reinforcing Metal is exactly located before concreting.
The “Unit” Socket is always available for supporting shafting.
I
F you desire a fireproof factory building or warehouse, you can build the floors of reinforced concrete at 20 per cent, to
25 per cent, less than steel fire proofed with terra cotta, and the rate of insurance will be the same in each case, it will cost 10 per cent, more than slow burning, but will save one-half the rate of insurance.
The construction will be more durable and lasting, as it neither rusts nor rots; having no joints, there is no vibration. To accomplish this result, use the “Unit” Girder Frame, “ Unit ” Socket and local labor. Catalogue mailed upon request.
APPROVED SY THE NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA BUILDING BUREAUS. UNIT CONCRETE STEEL FRAME CO..
1412 Commonwealth Building,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER TILING
Manufactured under letters Patent 708,472 and sold exclusively by us and
our representatives
Pennsylvania Rubber Co.
JEANNETTE, PA.
MANUFACTURERS and
Business Firms are requested to send us copies of all Catalogues as soon as issued. These will be mentioned in the columns devoted to such information and then placed in our permanent file. Please address,
Catalogue File Dept.,
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
TIMES BUILDING,
NEW YORK.
pared “Imperial” plaster and the mode of handling it; a third tells about “Granite” plasters; the fourth and fifth of “Ivory Cement” plaster and “Eldorado Cement” plaster, respectively; and the sixth describes “Ivory Wood Fiber” plaster in detail and makes strong claims for this material on account of its toughness, elasticity, plasticity, lightness and other good qualities.
A news note from this same company reports the recent holding of a two days’ convention of its selling agents and heads of departments, of whom about 75 were present.
The Merchant & Evans Co., of Philadelphia (successors to the old-established firm of Merchant & Co., Inc.), are just now distributing the new catalogue, called “Roofing Rules—A Hand-book on Sheet Metals in
Building Construction, for Architects, Owners, Engineers and Builders.” As stated by the president of the company, Mr. Evans, in his introduction, the book was prepared to present in plain form the main argument for the use of metal in building construction and the points which will aid in making the best selection for the purpose in view. The book contains useful tables on the weights of various roofing materials, sizes of conductor pipe, etc., and an exceedingly interesting essay on the manufacture of tin and terne plates.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Hotel Built of Mahogany.—The New York Evening Sm says that John E, Bitt
ner, lessee of the Eastern Hotel at Whitehall and South Sts., decided the other day to renovate the house. His plans included several bath-rooms and new decorations in the best chambers. The Eastern has been renovated only about twenty times. It was put up about ninety years ago—but that is further along in the story.
Before he set the contractor at work Mr. Bittner boasted a little about the house. “It must have been put up by a builder that knew his business,” he said. “It’s stood for ninety years, and never a sag to it anywhere. The floors are as straight and true as though they’d been laid yesterday.-- Notice how the other old buildings shake. Well, sir, this is as firm as a new skyscraper. It’s a wonder.”
The contractor agreed with him that it certainly was a wonder, Then he proceed?