The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Voi. xc. NOVEMBER 24, 1906. no. 1613.
Editorial Summary : Pages 161-162
Jerry-building in Brooklyn Stopped—Public Responsibility for the Building-laws—The Italian Government to Excavate Herculaneum —A General Height-limit Law for Massachusetts — Insurance Against Explosion Not Legally Procurable in Massachusetts—The . Disintegrating Effect of Oil on Concrete—Peace Palace Award
Enjoined.
Building in Earthquake Countries.—III............................................ 163 The Development of Iron and Steel Roofs in England.—1............ 165 Probing the Pennsylvania Capitol Scandal.............................................. 167
Communication ............................................................................................................... 168
Suing for Breach of Implied Contract.
Notes and Clippings...................................................................................... 168 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates :
High-school Building, Fairhaven, Mass. : Four Plates—Post-office and General-office Building for the New York Central R. R., New York, N. Y. : Four Plates.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
Entrance Front of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Holland—American Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland—The University, Utrecht, Holland—The Crystal Palace and the Amstel Bridge, Amsterdam, Holland.
12 West 40TH Street
NEW YORK
Entered u second class matter November IS, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y„ under the Act of Congress, March X, 1879.
AND BUILDING NEWS
Voi. xc. NOVEMBER 24, 1906. no. 1613.
Editorial Summary : Pages 161-162
Jerry-building in Brooklyn Stopped—Public Responsibility for the Building-laws—The Italian Government to Excavate Herculaneum —A General Height-limit Law for Massachusetts — Insurance Against Explosion Not Legally Procurable in Massachusetts—The . Disintegrating Effect of Oil on Concrete—Peace Palace Award
Enjoined.
Building in Earthquake Countries.—III............................................ 163 The Development of Iron and Steel Roofs in England.—1............ 165 Probing the Pennsylvania Capitol Scandal.............................................. 167
Communication ............................................................................................................... 168
Suing for Breach of Implied Contract.
Notes and Clippings...................................................................................... 168 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates :
High-school Building, Fairhaven, Mass. : Four Plates—Post-office and General-office Building for the New York Central R. R., New York, N. Y. : Four Plates.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
Entrance Front of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Holland—American Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland—The University, Utrecht, Holland—The Crystal Palace and the Amstel Bridge, Amsterdam, Holland.
12 West 40TH Street
NEW YORK
Entered u second class matter November IS, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y„ under the Act of Congress, March X, 1879.