MECHANICAL
CLEANING
Vacuum Method
For Sweeping
Carpets, Rugs,
Wood and Tile Floors
For Cleaning
Upholstery and
Hangings, and
For Dusting Walls and Ceilings The perfection of simplicity has at last been reached
NO ENGINES
NO SLIDING PARTS NO PACKING NO MOTORS NO PUMPS NO OILING
NO GENERATORS NO WIRING
Dust and dirt are drawn immediately to basement. Occupies very small space. Is perfectly controlled. Is noiseless.
System costs less than any other and is far less expensive to operate.
Plants installed in hotels, office buildings, theaters, clubs, apartments, stores, steamships, institutions and residences.
Write for literature describing our new simplified Mechanical Cleaning System—Vacuum Method.
American Air Cleaning Co. Dept-E
452-454 East Water St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Alexandria, Va.—E. J. Blauvelt, 918 F St., N. W., Washington, D. C., is preparing plans for $125,000 apartment-house to be erected by J. M. Hill, M. B. Harlow, and others; five stories; light buff brick and terra-cotta.
Alpha, Minn.—John Waswo, Clerk, will
receive bids until 4 p. M., June 27, for the erection of a brick school-building on plans by Fremont D. Orff, Architect, Minneapolis.
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Reports state that architect Claire Allen of Jackson, Mich., has been commissioned to prepare plans for a seven-story building to be erected here by State Treasurer Glazier.
Asheville, N. C.—Reports state that the hotel to be erected by Frank Loughran Co. after plans by R. S. Smith will be 100x150 ft.; fireproof construction; steam heat; electric lights; two passenger and one freight elevator; cost, $300,000.
Atlanta, Ga.—It is reported that C. C. McGehee has purchased site, 70x85 ft., on which to erect modern business building.
Plans have been completed for theater previously reported to be erected by W. A. Wimbish, at a cost of $200,000.
The contract to erect the freight depot for the Louisville & Nashville R. R., it is stated, has been awarded to the Ferro Concrete Construction Co., of Cincinnati, O. Probable cost, $400,000.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Seymour and Paul A. Davis, Architects, 1600 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., are working on plans for an addition to the school at Ohio and Lincoln Aves., Atlantic City, N. J. Owners will invite bids soon.
Baltimore, Md.—Bids are asked by the Board of Directors of the Maryland Penitentiary, Baltimore, Md., until 4 p.m., July 5, for erecting the Female Dormitories, etc., at the Maryland Penitentiary, Baltimore, Md. This work to consist of excavation, stonework, brickwork, concrete work, reinforced-concrete, asphalt roofing, metal frames, skylights and wire-glass, steel window-guards, doors, etc., wood floors and interior wood trimmings, plain and ornamental plastering, steel cells, painting, temporary wood fencing, and gates. For which items estimates will be received separately. Charles M. Anderson, Architect, 324 North Charles St., Baltimore.
The German Lutheran Congregation Rev. Karl Kretzmann, 2036 East Hoffman St., has purchased lot at Overler and Spruce Sts., Overlea, and will erect granite church-building on the site, which is 50x145 ft. Mr. Kretzmann is also having plans prepared for another church at Highlandtown.
Isaac Weinberg, 4-6 South Eutaw St. has purchased lot at 3V Hopkins PI. and has commissioned Louis Levi, Architect, 610 American Bldg., Baltimore and South Sts., to prepare nlans and specifications for a five-story brick warehouse to be erected on the site, which is 29x148 ft.
O. F. H. Warner & Co., wholesale paperdealers, 15-19 East Camden St., have com
missioned Henry Brauns, Architect, 414 Professional Building, 330 North Charles St., to prepare plans and specifications for warehouse to be erected at 104 and 106 East Lombard St.; four stories, 46x135 ft.
A five-story, brick, stone and steel addition 150x150 ft., will be erected to the foundry plant of Bartlett, Hayward & Co., at Scott and Pratt Sts. Cost, $150,000.
Plans have been prepared by Architects Simonson & Pietsch, American Building, for the new buildings to be erected at Bayview Hospital, including an administration building, morgue building, four ward pavilion buildings, laundry, etc. Cost, $125,000.
Bangor, Me.—Newman & Harris, of New York, N. Y., it is stated, have prepared plans for the office building which is to be erected on Hammond St. by the Merrill Trust Co.
Bennett, Iowa.—Harfst & Hanssen, Architects, Davenport, have plans for a 40 room hotel to be erected here.
Birmingham, Ala.—The South Side Baptist Church has purchased a lot at Cotton wood Ave. and 19th St., and will erect a $50,000 edifice.
Bloomington, III.—It is stated that plans have been prepared for the proposed Emerson School, to cost about $50,000.
Boston, Mass.—It is reported that the American Peace Society, 31 Beacon St., are planning the erection of a new home for the society, to cost $100,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—F. J. Kelly’s Sons, 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, have obtained the general contract to build for the St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church on the west
CLEANING
Vacuum Method
For Sweeping
Carpets, Rugs,
Wood and Tile Floors
For Cleaning
Upholstery and
Hangings, and
For Dusting Walls and Ceilings The perfection of simplicity has at last been reached
NO ENGINES
NO SLIDING PARTS NO PACKING NO MOTORS NO PUMPS NO OILING
NO GENERATORS NO WIRING
Dust and dirt are drawn immediately to basement. Occupies very small space. Is perfectly controlled. Is noiseless.
System costs less than any other and is far less expensive to operate.
Plants installed in hotels, office buildings, theaters, clubs, apartments, stores, steamships, institutions and residences.
Write for literature describing our new simplified Mechanical Cleaning System—Vacuum Method.
American Air Cleaning Co. Dept-E
452-454 East Water St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Alexandria, Va.—E. J. Blauvelt, 918 F St., N. W., Washington, D. C., is preparing plans for $125,000 apartment-house to be erected by J. M. Hill, M. B. Harlow, and others; five stories; light buff brick and terra-cotta.
Alpha, Minn.—John Waswo, Clerk, will
receive bids until 4 p. M., June 27, for the erection of a brick school-building on plans by Fremont D. Orff, Architect, Minneapolis.
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Reports state that architect Claire Allen of Jackson, Mich., has been commissioned to prepare plans for a seven-story building to be erected here by State Treasurer Glazier.
Asheville, N. C.—Reports state that the hotel to be erected by Frank Loughran Co. after plans by R. S. Smith will be 100x150 ft.; fireproof construction; steam heat; electric lights; two passenger and one freight elevator; cost, $300,000.
Atlanta, Ga.—It is reported that C. C. McGehee has purchased site, 70x85 ft., on which to erect modern business building.
Plans have been completed for theater previously reported to be erected by W. A. Wimbish, at a cost of $200,000.
The contract to erect the freight depot for the Louisville & Nashville R. R., it is stated, has been awarded to the Ferro Concrete Construction Co., of Cincinnati, O. Probable cost, $400,000.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Seymour and Paul A. Davis, Architects, 1600 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., are working on plans for an addition to the school at Ohio and Lincoln Aves., Atlantic City, N. J. Owners will invite bids soon.
Baltimore, Md.—Bids are asked by the Board of Directors of the Maryland Penitentiary, Baltimore, Md., until 4 p.m., July 5, for erecting the Female Dormitories, etc., at the Maryland Penitentiary, Baltimore, Md. This work to consist of excavation, stonework, brickwork, concrete work, reinforced-concrete, asphalt roofing, metal frames, skylights and wire-glass, steel window-guards, doors, etc., wood floors and interior wood trimmings, plain and ornamental plastering, steel cells, painting, temporary wood fencing, and gates. For which items estimates will be received separately. Charles M. Anderson, Architect, 324 North Charles St., Baltimore.
The German Lutheran Congregation Rev. Karl Kretzmann, 2036 East Hoffman St., has purchased lot at Overler and Spruce Sts., Overlea, and will erect granite church-building on the site, which is 50x145 ft. Mr. Kretzmann is also having plans prepared for another church at Highlandtown.
Isaac Weinberg, 4-6 South Eutaw St. has purchased lot at 3V Hopkins PI. and has commissioned Louis Levi, Architect, 610 American Bldg., Baltimore and South Sts., to prepare nlans and specifications for a five-story brick warehouse to be erected on the site, which is 29x148 ft.
O. F. H. Warner & Co., wholesale paperdealers, 15-19 East Camden St., have com
missioned Henry Brauns, Architect, 414 Professional Building, 330 North Charles St., to prepare plans and specifications for warehouse to be erected at 104 and 106 East Lombard St.; four stories, 46x135 ft.
A five-story, brick, stone and steel addition 150x150 ft., will be erected to the foundry plant of Bartlett, Hayward & Co., at Scott and Pratt Sts. Cost, $150,000.
Plans have been prepared by Architects Simonson & Pietsch, American Building, for the new buildings to be erected at Bayview Hospital, including an administration building, morgue building, four ward pavilion buildings, laundry, etc. Cost, $125,000.
Bangor, Me.—Newman & Harris, of New York, N. Y., it is stated, have prepared plans for the office building which is to be erected on Hammond St. by the Merrill Trust Co.
Bennett, Iowa.—Harfst & Hanssen, Architects, Davenport, have plans for a 40 room hotel to be erected here.
Birmingham, Ala.—The South Side Baptist Church has purchased a lot at Cotton wood Ave. and 19th St., and will erect a $50,000 edifice.
Bloomington, III.—It is stated that plans have been prepared for the proposed Emerson School, to cost about $50,000.
Boston, Mass.—It is reported that the American Peace Society, 31 Beacon St., are planning the erection of a new home for the society, to cost $100,000.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—F. J. Kelly’s Sons, 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, have obtained the general contract to build for the St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church on the west