The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. xc. SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. No. 1601
Editorial Summary: Pages 65-66
Inadequacy of the Present Salary of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department — Dangers that May Result from Operating the Chicago Freight Subways — Harvard University’s Graduate School of Applied Science — Local Talent is Sometimes Self-effacing — Curious Presentation of an Architect’s Claim for Commission — The English Sparrow Causes a Typhoid Fever Epidemic — The Earthquake at Valparaiso.
The Use of Burned Fire-clay Products in the Fireproofing of
Buildings. — I................................................................................................... 67 The Limits of Fire Insurance......................................................................... 70 A New York Public Bath................. 71 Notes and Clippings............................................................................................ 72 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates:
Rood and Chapel Screens: Plates 26-33 — “The Madison Square” Apartment-house, New York, N. Y. — American Geographical Society’s Building, W. 81st Street, New York, N. Y. — House of C. A. Douglas, Esq., Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. — Interior Views in the Same.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Courtyard: House of C. A. Douglas, Esq., Washington, D. C.
12 West 40TH StreetNEW 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. SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. No. 1601
Editorial Summary: Pages 65-66
Inadequacy of the Present Salary of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department — Dangers that May Result from Operating the Chicago Freight Subways — Harvard University’s Graduate School of Applied Science — Local Talent is Sometimes Self-effacing — Curious Presentation of an Architect’s Claim for Commission — The English Sparrow Causes a Typhoid Fever Epidemic — The Earthquake at Valparaiso.
The Use of Burned Fire-clay Products in the Fireproofing of
Buildings. — I................................................................................................... 67 The Limits of Fire Insurance......................................................................... 70 A New York Public Bath................. 71 Notes and Clippings............................................................................................ 72 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates:
Rood and Chapel Screens: Plates 26-33 — “The Madison Square” Apartment-house, New York, N. Y. — American Geographical Society’s Building, W. 81st Street, New York, N. Y. — House of C. A. Douglas, Esq., Columbia Road, Washington, D. C. — Interior Views in the Same.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Courtyard: House of C. A. Douglas, Esq., Washington, D. C.
12 West 40TH StreetNEW 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.