James A. Miller & Bro.
135 South Clinton Street, Chicago, 111.
MANUFACTURERS
Fire Retarding Wire Glass Windows
Sheet MetaJ Frames and Sash Skylights, Tile, Slate and Metal Roofing
Weather Vanes, Lightning Rods, Church Grosses, Flag-poles, etc.
Erection and Repairs. Send for Catalogues.
Thomas W. Jones, 180 Front Street,
NEW YORK.
“THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS ”
20 Plates,, folio. Price, $5.00.
Thi American Architect, Publishers,
New York and Boston.
Mineral Wool
FIRE, SOUND and VERMIN PROOF INSULATOR. U. S. Mineral Wool Co.,
143 Liberty Street, NEW YORK.
BUTCHER’S
BOSTON POLISH
Is the best finish made for FLOORS, Interior Woodwork and Furniture
Not brittle; will neither sc rat cb nor deface, like shellac or varnish. Is not soft and sticky, like beeswax. Pefectly transparent,preservingthe natural color and beauty of the wood. Without doubt the most economical and satisfactory Polish known for Hardwood Floors. .
For Sale try Dealers in Paints, Hardware and House-Furnishings.
Send for our FREE BOOKLET, telling of the many advantages of BUTCHER’S BOSTON POLISH.
The Butcher Polish Co.,356 Atlantic Ave.,Boston, Mass. is a superior finish for kitchen and piazza floors
Mention The American Architect and Building New$
Our No. 3 Reviver
that the full cost is kept at the minimum by using the cheapest coal in the best and most efficient machinery. The power-station where this plan is working successfully, according to the Electrical World, is situated on the left bank of the River Irwell, and is contiguous to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the other side. The site adjoins the Outwood coal mine, so that an abundant supply of coal and condensing water is assured. A feature which renders the site chosen particularly advantageous resides in the fact that the local railroad from the mouth of the mine .is some 50 feet above that part of the land on which the power-station is built, so that coal can be taken direcfly from the mine-cars to the grate of the boilers, entirely by gravity. Coal is conveyed from the pit-mouth in trucks which are shunted on to a sidetrack back of the power-house by an electric locomotive, to which is also fitted a 10-ton jibcrane for tipping purposes. At the end of and under the siding is fitted a containinghopper into which the coal from the trucks is emptied. Under this hopper again is a small railway running down an incline, and at right angles to the siding. Coal is conveyed down this in a small truck, into which it is weighed in one-ton lots from the hopper. Gravity takes the truck down the inclined railway into the top of the boilerhouse and over the bunkers, where a toggle on the* truck engages with a trip set at the bunker it is required to fill, and the sides of the bogie fall open and it is emptied practically instantaneously; the empty truck is then returned to its original position under the siding-hopper by a falling weight, which had previously been lifted by the truck on its downward journey. The coal is fed from the bunkers by chutes onto the grates, which are of the chain type, driven by electric
motors. The generating equipment consists of four 2,000-kilowatt turbine-generators, each delivering 500-cycle, three-phase current directly, at 10,000 volts, the transmission pressure. Each set consists of a vertical steam turbine and an alternator, mounted on the same shaft. The main cables from the generators and all the other cable work are fixed to the ceiling of the basement, being thus in sight and at the same time in a safe and convenient position. They are brought through the wall into the switchrooms. These are in three stories, one on the basement-level, one on the engine-floor, and the third in the operating-galley above. In the basement are the potential-transformers. These are for reducing the pressure from the generating voltage to that suitable for operating the volt-meters. These transformers are partitioned off in brick chambers. On the floor above are the first main switches. The current is led directly from the generators to these, which are motoroperated switches, each in its own compartment. Then it goes to the other switches, and from the circuit switches the mains pass out through the walls on to the overhead construction; before leaving the building, they are connected to a lightning-arrester device, for preventing undue rises of pressure, which consists of a series of metal discs placed in a row, with carbon resistances in series, and the end connected with the earth. Already many contracts to supply the current have been entered into, and in one large mill with 75,000 spindles electricity is in competition with steam which runs a mill adjoining.
Queen Victoria Memorial at Mentone. —Sir Thomas Hanbury has offered between $10,000 and $20,000 to build a handsome hall suitable for meetings, bazaars and
dances, in memory of Queen Victoria’s stay at Mentone in the spring of 1885, on condition that the municipality gives the necessary land.
The mayor has accepted the offer, subject to the ratification of the council. The generous gift has aroused great enthusiasm in the town, whose people were deeply devoted to the late Queen.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Abita Springs, La.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by Andrew J. Bryan, New Orleans, for a 4-story hotel, to cost $400,000.
Albany, N. Y.—It is reported that $350,- 000 has been appropriated by the State for the fireproof structure which it is proposed erecting to replace the Normal College Building which was recently destroyed by fire.
Allegheny, Pa. — The Institutional Church-Home has adopted plans for a building in Lacock St. Cost, $40,000. Address A. A. Horne, Beech Ave., Allegheny. l.
Allentown, Pa.—The congregation of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, it is stated, is contemplating the erection of a school and convent, costing about $50,000.
Anderson, S. C.—It is reported that an appropriation of $75,000 has been recommended by the Senate Committee on Public Buildings for the erection of a Federal building in this city.
Archbold, O.—Plans will soon be completed by Architect W. R. Dowling, Toledo,
for the construction of a brick and stone
135 South Clinton Street, Chicago, 111.
MANUFACTURERS
Fire Retarding Wire Glass Windows
Sheet MetaJ Frames and Sash Skylights, Tile, Slate and Metal Roofing
Weather Vanes, Lightning Rods, Church Grosses, Flag-poles, etc.
Erection and Repairs. Send for Catalogues.
Thomas W. Jones, 180 Front Street,
NEW YORK.
“THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS ”
20 Plates,, folio. Price, $5.00.
Thi American Architect, Publishers,
New York and Boston.
Mineral Wool
FIRE, SOUND and VERMIN PROOF INSULATOR. U. S. Mineral Wool Co.,
143 Liberty Street, NEW YORK.
BUTCHER’S
BOSTON POLISH
Is the best finish made for FLOORS, Interior Woodwork and Furniture
Not brittle; will neither sc rat cb nor deface, like shellac or varnish. Is not soft and sticky, like beeswax. Pefectly transparent,preservingthe natural color and beauty of the wood. Without doubt the most economical and satisfactory Polish known for Hardwood Floors. .
For Sale try Dealers in Paints, Hardware and House-Furnishings.
Send for our FREE BOOKLET, telling of the many advantages of BUTCHER’S BOSTON POLISH.
The Butcher Polish Co.,356 Atlantic Ave.,Boston, Mass. is a superior finish for kitchen and piazza floors
Mention The American Architect and Building New$
Our No. 3 Reviver
that the full cost is kept at the minimum by using the cheapest coal in the best and most efficient machinery. The power-station where this plan is working successfully, according to the Electrical World, is situated on the left bank of the River Irwell, and is contiguous to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on the other side. The site adjoins the Outwood coal mine, so that an abundant supply of coal and condensing water is assured. A feature which renders the site chosen particularly advantageous resides in the fact that the local railroad from the mouth of the mine .is some 50 feet above that part of the land on which the power-station is built, so that coal can be taken direcfly from the mine-cars to the grate of the boilers, entirely by gravity. Coal is conveyed from the pit-mouth in trucks which are shunted on to a sidetrack back of the power-house by an electric locomotive, to which is also fitted a 10-ton jibcrane for tipping purposes. At the end of and under the siding is fitted a containinghopper into which the coal from the trucks is emptied. Under this hopper again is a small railway running down an incline, and at right angles to the siding. Coal is conveyed down this in a small truck, into which it is weighed in one-ton lots from the hopper. Gravity takes the truck down the inclined railway into the top of the boilerhouse and over the bunkers, where a toggle on the* truck engages with a trip set at the bunker it is required to fill, and the sides of the bogie fall open and it is emptied practically instantaneously; the empty truck is then returned to its original position under the siding-hopper by a falling weight, which had previously been lifted by the truck on its downward journey. The coal is fed from the bunkers by chutes onto the grates, which are of the chain type, driven by electric
motors. The generating equipment consists of four 2,000-kilowatt turbine-generators, each delivering 500-cycle, three-phase current directly, at 10,000 volts, the transmission pressure. Each set consists of a vertical steam turbine and an alternator, mounted on the same shaft. The main cables from the generators and all the other cable work are fixed to the ceiling of the basement, being thus in sight and at the same time in a safe and convenient position. They are brought through the wall into the switchrooms. These are in three stories, one on the basement-level, one on the engine-floor, and the third in the operating-galley above. In the basement are the potential-transformers. These are for reducing the pressure from the generating voltage to that suitable for operating the volt-meters. These transformers are partitioned off in brick chambers. On the floor above are the first main switches. The current is led directly from the generators to these, which are motoroperated switches, each in its own compartment. Then it goes to the other switches, and from the circuit switches the mains pass out through the walls on to the overhead construction; before leaving the building, they are connected to a lightning-arrester device, for preventing undue rises of pressure, which consists of a series of metal discs placed in a row, with carbon resistances in series, and the end connected with the earth. Already many contracts to supply the current have been entered into, and in one large mill with 75,000 spindles electricity is in competition with steam which runs a mill adjoining.
Queen Victoria Memorial at Mentone. —Sir Thomas Hanbury has offered between $10,000 and $20,000 to build a handsome hall suitable for meetings, bazaars and
dances, in memory of Queen Victoria’s stay at Mentone in the spring of 1885, on condition that the municipality gives the necessary land.
The mayor has accepted the offer, subject to the ratification of the council. The generous gift has aroused great enthusiasm in the town, whose people were deeply devoted to the late Queen.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Abita Springs, La.—It is reported that plans are being prepared by Andrew J. Bryan, New Orleans, for a 4-story hotel, to cost $400,000.
Albany, N. Y.—It is reported that $350,- 000 has been appropriated by the State for the fireproof structure which it is proposed erecting to replace the Normal College Building which was recently destroyed by fire.
Allegheny, Pa. — The Institutional Church-Home has adopted plans for a building in Lacock St. Cost, $40,000. Address A. A. Horne, Beech Ave., Allegheny. l.
Allentown, Pa.—The congregation of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, it is stated, is contemplating the erection of a school and convent, costing about $50,000.
Anderson, S. C.—It is reported that an appropriation of $75,000 has been recommended by the Senate Committee on Public Buildings for the erection of a Federal building in this city.
Archbold, O.—Plans will soon be completed by Architect W. R. Dowling, Toledo,
for the construction of a brick and stone