CARPETS IN PLAIN COLORS
OUR LARGE STOCK WILL GREATLY INTEREST THE ARCHITECT
WE make a specialty of carpets in plain colors, and have the largest assortment of shades and qualities to be found anywhere in this country.
We recommend the following weaves:
English Angora and Saxonia, 1 yd., 1 1-2
yds ,2 1-4 yds., 3 yds ,4 yds wide. English Velvet, 1 2 ft. wide
French Wilton, 1 metre wide.
Domestic Wilton and Domestic Axminster, 27
and 36 in. wide.
High Pile Axminster, 27 in. wid-. English Durries, 36 in. wide.
English Felt, 48 in. wide.
The variety of shades in our stock is so great that we are enabled to meet the most exacting requirements. Samples and prices upon request.
W. & J. SLOANE
28 EAST NINETEENTH STREET
NEW YORK
INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION
F. W. Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., have patented and are putting on the market a new cap for use with “ready” roofings (such as the Paroid Roofing, which they manufacture). It is made of new sheet steel and is claimed to be practically rust-proof, besides being of . such a form as to give more binding surface than the ordinary round cap.
E. G. Soltmann, 125 East 42d St., New York, has brought out a “Builder’s Uniform Sub-Contract.” This form of contract between builders is approved by the American Institute of Architects and the National Association of Builders.
Albert Oliver, manager of the fireproofing department of the Clinton Wire Cloth Company, of Clinton, Mass., has moved from 150 Nassau Street to more commodious quarters in the Metropolitan Life Building, 1 Madison Avenue, the center of New York’s building interests. The following are some of the more important structures in which the Clinton products have been used throughout : Electric power-house ol the New York Central Railroad, at Yonkers, N. Y. ; plant of the St. Croix Paper Company, Spragues Falls, Me. ; Hamburger Building, Sonneborn Building, Fish & Produce Markets, Baltimore, Md. ; Cityhall, Newark, N. J. ; new plant of the American Can Company, Hermitage Building, Tichenor-Grand Company’s stable, Bliss residence, addition to the Long Acre Hotel, New York; U. S. Naval Coaling Sta
tion, at Sangley Point, Cavite, P. I. ; harbor freight-sheds at Montreal ; new plant of the Singer Manufacturing Company, at St. Johns, Quebec; Wells-Fargo Building, Portland, Ore., and the Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
On October I, 1906, the Universal Portland Cement Company, a new subsidiary company of the United States Steel Corporation, took over the plants and business of the cement department of the Illinois Steel Company, and will continue the manufacture of “Universal” Portland cement. Edward M. Hagar, who has for six years been manager of the cement department of the Illinois Steel Company, is president of the Universal Portland Cement Company, with headquarters in The Rookery, Chicago. The Board of Directors consists of the following: Judge E. H. Gary, Chairman of Board of Directors, U. S. Steel Corporation ; Mr. E. J. Buffington, Persident, Illinois Steel Company; Mr. A. C. Dinkey, President, Carnegie Steel Company ; Mr. T. J. Hyman, Secretary and Treasurer, Illinois Steel Company; Mr. Edgar M. Hagar. President, Universal Portland Cement Company.
The present output of 6,500 barrels a day at South Chicago, 111., and Buffington, Ind., is being increased by a new plant at Buffington with a capacity of 6,000 barrels a day and a plant at Universal, Pa., near Pittsburg, to have a capacity of 4,506 barrels a day. When the new plants are in operation, in the summer of 1907, the total output of the Universal Portland Cement Company will be over 17,000 barrels a day.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Annapolis, Md.—Bids will be received until Oct. 15, by G. Converse, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C., for the first building experiment station, Annapolis. Plans may be obtained at the office of Ernest Flagg, Architect, 35 Wall Street, New York, N. Y., upon a deposit of $10, of which sum $5 will be refunded upon their return.
Athens, Ga.—It is reported that a company has been organized by J. J. C. Mc Mahan, Jas. White and others to erect a hotel. Capital, $100,000.
A new college building is to be erected here for the University Agricultural Department at a cost of $100,000. J. J. Coemer is chairman of the committee in charge.
Baltimore, Md.—Reports state that plans are being prepared for the proposed child’s hospital to be built on the grounds of the Johns Hopkins Hospital by the Harriett Lane Home for Invalid Children. Estimated cost, $250,000.
The Young Men’s Christian Association is going to erect a building at Cathedral and Franklin Streets. Estimated cost $500,000.
Charles E. Cassell & Son, Architects, have prepared plans for a Christian temple, which is to be erected on Fulton Avenue, near Lexington Street.
The Baltimore Country Club, it is reported, has issued $100,000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a club house.
OUR LARGE STOCK WILL GREATLY INTEREST THE ARCHITECT
WE make a specialty of carpets in plain colors, and have the largest assortment of shades and qualities to be found anywhere in this country.
We recommend the following weaves:
English Angora and Saxonia, 1 yd., 1 1-2
yds ,2 1-4 yds., 3 yds ,4 yds wide. English Velvet, 1 2 ft. wide
French Wilton, 1 metre wide.
Domestic Wilton and Domestic Axminster, 27
and 36 in. wide.
High Pile Axminster, 27 in. wid-. English Durries, 36 in. wide.
English Felt, 48 in. wide.
The variety of shades in our stock is so great that we are enabled to meet the most exacting requirements. Samples and prices upon request.
W. & J. SLOANE
28 EAST NINETEENTH STREET
NEW YORK
INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION
F. W. Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., have patented and are putting on the market a new cap for use with “ready” roofings (such as the Paroid Roofing, which they manufacture). It is made of new sheet steel and is claimed to be practically rust-proof, besides being of . such a form as to give more binding surface than the ordinary round cap.
E. G. Soltmann, 125 East 42d St., New York, has brought out a “Builder’s Uniform Sub-Contract.” This form of contract between builders is approved by the American Institute of Architects and the National Association of Builders.
Albert Oliver, manager of the fireproofing department of the Clinton Wire Cloth Company, of Clinton, Mass., has moved from 150 Nassau Street to more commodious quarters in the Metropolitan Life Building, 1 Madison Avenue, the center of New York’s building interests. The following are some of the more important structures in which the Clinton products have been used throughout : Electric power-house ol the New York Central Railroad, at Yonkers, N. Y. ; plant of the St. Croix Paper Company, Spragues Falls, Me. ; Hamburger Building, Sonneborn Building, Fish & Produce Markets, Baltimore, Md. ; Cityhall, Newark, N. J. ; new plant of the American Can Company, Hermitage Building, Tichenor-Grand Company’s stable, Bliss residence, addition to the Long Acre Hotel, New York; U. S. Naval Coaling Sta
tion, at Sangley Point, Cavite, P. I. ; harbor freight-sheds at Montreal ; new plant of the Singer Manufacturing Company, at St. Johns, Quebec; Wells-Fargo Building, Portland, Ore., and the Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
On October I, 1906, the Universal Portland Cement Company, a new subsidiary company of the United States Steel Corporation, took over the plants and business of the cement department of the Illinois Steel Company, and will continue the manufacture of “Universal” Portland cement. Edward M. Hagar, who has for six years been manager of the cement department of the Illinois Steel Company, is president of the Universal Portland Cement Company, with headquarters in The Rookery, Chicago. The Board of Directors consists of the following: Judge E. H. Gary, Chairman of Board of Directors, U. S. Steel Corporation ; Mr. E. J. Buffington, Persident, Illinois Steel Company; Mr. A. C. Dinkey, President, Carnegie Steel Company ; Mr. T. J. Hyman, Secretary and Treasurer, Illinois Steel Company; Mr. Edgar M. Hagar. President, Universal Portland Cement Company.
The present output of 6,500 barrels a day at South Chicago, 111., and Buffington, Ind., is being increased by a new plant at Buffington with a capacity of 6,000 barrels a day and a plant at Universal, Pa., near Pittsburg, to have a capacity of 4,506 barrels a day. When the new plants are in operation, in the summer of 1907, the total output of the Universal Portland Cement Company will be over 17,000 barrels a day.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Annapolis, Md.—Bids will be received until Oct. 15, by G. Converse, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C., for the first building experiment station, Annapolis. Plans may be obtained at the office of Ernest Flagg, Architect, 35 Wall Street, New York, N. Y., upon a deposit of $10, of which sum $5 will be refunded upon their return.
Athens, Ga.—It is reported that a company has been organized by J. J. C. Mc Mahan, Jas. White and others to erect a hotel. Capital, $100,000.
A new college building is to be erected here for the University Agricultural Department at a cost of $100,000. J. J. Coemer is chairman of the committee in charge.
Baltimore, Md.—Reports state that plans are being prepared for the proposed child’s hospital to be built on the grounds of the Johns Hopkins Hospital by the Harriett Lane Home for Invalid Children. Estimated cost, $250,000.
The Young Men’s Christian Association is going to erect a building at Cathedral and Franklin Streets. Estimated cost $500,000.
Charles E. Cassell & Son, Architects, have prepared plans for a Christian temple, which is to be erected on Fulton Avenue, near Lexington Street.
The Baltimore Country Club, it is reported, has issued $100,000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a club house.