The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
VOL. XC.
AUGUST 4, 1906.
No. 1597
Editorial Summary:
The Seventh International Congress of Architects — International Congress for the Promotion of Hygiene and Salubrity in Dwellings — The Coroner’s Verdict on the Housesmith Murder — Collapse of a Building at South Framingham, Mass — Chemical Action and the Integrity of Concrete — Value of Militia as a Salvage-corps
Death of Mr. Bradley Batsford, Publisher — Boston’s District- Attorney Discovers an Alleged Case of Graft in Cement — Brooklyn Settles an Encroachment Case in its Own Behalf by Condemnation Proceedings.
Short Method of Constructing Three-centred Arches................................ 35 Fire-resistance of Building Constructed with Reinforced-con
crete ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 The Way the Public Encourages Scamping........................................................ 38 The Revival of Sculpture............................................................................................................ 38 Hatshepsu ................................................................................................................................. 39 Notes and Clippings................................................................................................................................. 40 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates:
Renaissance Capitals: Plates 65-72 — Monument to Gen. W. T. Sherman, Washington, D. C. — Equestrian Statues, Washington, D. C. — House of J. R. McLean, Esq., Georgetown, D. C. — House at
22d St. and Florida Ave., Washington, D. C.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Monument to Gen. John A. Logan, Washington, D. C. 12 West 40TH Street
NEW YORK
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1904 at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3. 1870
AND BUILDING NEWS
VOL. XC.
AUGUST 4, 1906.
No. 1597
Editorial Summary:
The Seventh International Congress of Architects — International Congress for the Promotion of Hygiene and Salubrity in Dwellings — The Coroner’s Verdict on the Housesmith Murder — Collapse of a Building at South Framingham, Mass — Chemical Action and the Integrity of Concrete — Value of Militia as a Salvage-corps
Death of Mr. Bradley Batsford, Publisher — Boston’s District- Attorney Discovers an Alleged Case of Graft in Cement — Brooklyn Settles an Encroachment Case in its Own Behalf by Condemnation Proceedings.
Short Method of Constructing Three-centred Arches................................ 35 Fire-resistance of Building Constructed with Reinforced-con
crete ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 The Way the Public Encourages Scamping........................................................ 38 The Revival of Sculpture............................................................................................................ 38 Hatshepsu ................................................................................................................................. 39 Notes and Clippings................................................................................................................................. 40 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, etc. Plates:
Renaissance Capitals: Plates 65-72 — Monument to Gen. W. T. Sherman, Washington, D. C. — Equestrian Statues, Washington, D. C. — House of J. R. McLean, Esq., Georgetown, D. C. — House at
22d St. and Florida Ave., Washington, D. C.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Monument to Gen. John A. Logan, Washington, D. C. 12 West 40TH Street
NEW YORK
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1904 at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3. 1870