The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XC.
JULY 28, 1906.
No. 1596
Editorial Summary:
The Moore Vacuum Tube Incandescent Light — White Light Rays Destructive of the Visual Purple — The Claim of Smithmeyer & Pelz vs. the United States — Enforcing the Eight-hour Law in Government Work — Selection of an Architect for the Brooklyn Public Library — The Effect of Increased Transportation Facilities on the Size of House Lots — A Strike Against Stone Dressing at Quarries.
Smithmeyer & Pelz vs. the United States............................................ 27 Lilian Cities — XVII: Ferrara — III.......................................................... 29 Colored Exterior Decoration....................................................................................................... 31 Notes and Clippings.................................................................................................................................. 32 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates:
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Newark, N. J. — West Front of the Same — North Side of the Same — Plan and East Elevation of the Same — Cross Section Through Transepts of the Same — Cross Section Through Nave of the Same — Details of Nave Gable Window — Details of Transept Gables — House of R. J. Foster, Esq., Scranton, Pa. — Plans of the Same — Peoples Trust Company’s Building, Brooklyn, N. Y. — Interior Views in the Same.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Monument to General W. T. Sherman, Washington, D. C. 12 West 40 TH Street
NEW YORK
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XC.
JULY 28, 1906.
No. 1596
Editorial Summary:
The Moore Vacuum Tube Incandescent Light — White Light Rays Destructive of the Visual Purple — The Claim of Smithmeyer & Pelz vs. the United States — Enforcing the Eight-hour Law in Government Work — Selection of an Architect for the Brooklyn Public Library — The Effect of Increased Transportation Facilities on the Size of House Lots — A Strike Against Stone Dressing at Quarries.
Smithmeyer & Pelz vs. the United States............................................ 27 Lilian Cities — XVII: Ferrara — III.......................................................... 29 Colored Exterior Decoration....................................................................................................... 31 Notes and Clippings.................................................................................................................................. 32 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates:
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Newark, N. J. — West Front of the Same — North Side of the Same — Plan and East Elevation of the Same — Cross Section Through Transepts of the Same — Cross Section Through Nave of the Same — Details of Nave Gable Window — Details of Transept Gables — House of R. J. Foster, Esq., Scranton, Pa. — Plans of the Same — Peoples Trust Company’s Building, Brooklyn, N. Y. — Interior Views in the Same.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Monument to General W. T. Sherman, Washington, D. C. 12 West 40 TH Street
NEW YORK