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All
methods of control
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Otis Elevator Company
New York Office: 17 Battery Place
The Best Architects Specify
the kind of fittings that they feel will give the greatest amount of satisfaction to their clients. In a good many cases the superior
ity of one product over another is largely a matter of opinion; but this is not true of Ventilators.
The Burt Ventilator
in its five years of existence has achieved the enviable reputation of being the best ventilator made. It has made more friends among architects, builders, factory owners, etc., than all the other ventilators combined.
Architects will find it to their own interest, as well as that of their clients, to write for our ventilator booklet and full information as to the many distinctive features of the Burt Ventilator.
Write today for our 64*page general cata= logue, and let us tell you more about it.
The Burt Mfg. Co., 550 Main St., AKron, Ohio. Largest Manufacturers of Oil Filters and Exhaust Heads in the World.
Agencies in nearly all the principal cities of the World.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Adrian, Mich.—It is reported that the proposed high school will cost about $50,000. Architect, A. Bradley, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Agnews, Cal.—The State Lunacy Commission, at San Jose is reported to be in favor of rebuilding the State Hospital at Agnews of steel frame and concrete. Howard & Galloway are the architects.
Altoona, Pa.—R. B. Watson & Co. have obtained a permit to erect a five-story office building and hall at Twelfth and Spruce streets for the Grand Order of United Odd Fellows. Cost, $90,000. Watson & Hazelton, of Chicago, 111., are the architects.
Alva, O. T.—The Science Hall and Library Building to be erected at the Northwestern Normal School, T. W. Conway, president, will be 64x144 feet; ordinary construction; fan-blast-heating plant; electric fixtures; cost, $45,000. S . A. Layton, El Reno, O. T., it is reported, is preparing plans.
Amherst, Mass.—Plans are being drawn by McKim & Mead, architects, of New York, for a new biological and geological laboratory to be built in the spring by Amherst College. The site selected is on the south side of the campus. The contracts have not yet been let.
Ashtabula, Ohio.—The Joseph Schneible Engineering Company, of New York,
N. Y., will move to Ashtabula, Ohio, where they will erect a $100,000 plant, including building where the engineering work is done and plans are drawn; factory for the manufacture of brewery apparatus, iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. Mr. Greeley, manager.
Atlanta, Ga.—The erection of an auditorium and armory is reported under consideration.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Seymour and Paul A. Davis, of Philadelphia, Pa., have prepared plans for the Atlantic City Hospital, which provide for a five-story stone, brick and terra-cotta fire-proof building 143x71 ft. to cost $75,000.
Avondale (Cincinnati Postoffice), Ohio. —Reports state that George T. Alter has secured an option on the Van Antwerp homestead, corner of Forest and Lewisham avenues, and plans for a 6oo-room hotel are being made by Samuel Hannaford & Sons, architects. The building will cost $500,000.
Baltimore, Md.—The tobacco warehouse to be erected by the Maryland State Tobacco Warehouse Building Commission at Charles, Perry, Conway and Light streets, is to be an eight-story fire-proof building, 155x310 ft. Estimated cost, $300,000.
Owens & Sisco, Continental Trust Building, have received bids for a three-story reinforced concrete addition to a bakery for Rice Bros. & Co. It is to be 30x100 ft.
The Crown Cork & Seal Company, 1501- 1523 Guilford avenue, it is reported, will build an additional four or five-story build ing to its plant. Cost, $175,000. Charles
M. Anderson, architect, 324 North Charles street.
Barboursville, Ky.—The proposed administration building for Union College will cost about $50,000. Architects, Brown & Davis, Fosdick Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Belgrade Lakes, Me.—It is reported that the Hotel Belgrade is to be enlarged to nearly double its present capacity before the opening of next season. A steamheating plant will also be installed.
Bellevue, Ohio.—The Conway Stive Company, Toledo, Ohio, is figuring on removing to Bellevue, Ohio, where arrangements are under way for the erection of a factory building 80x300 ft. The company agrees to spend $50,000 if the citizens meet certain requirements, which haye already
been provided for. m.
Beverly, Mass.—F. L. Whitcomb, 166 Devonshire street, Boston, is reported to have secured the contract to erect a $100,000 residence at Beverly for Frederick Ayor, of Boston.
Billings, Mont.—The Masons, it is stated, will erect a temple to cost $85,000.
Binghamton, N. Y.—The Board of Managers and Superintendent Charles G. Wagner, of the Binghamton State Hospital, have recommended to the S tate Lunacy Commission at Albany that changes and improvements be made at a cost of $112,000.
Boston, Mass.—The Board of Managers of the Franklin Fund, of which Dr. Henry S. Pritchett is a member, has been authorized to have detailed plans prepared for a four-story building, 160x100 ft., to be
Hydraulic, Electric, Steam, Belted,
All
methods of control
Passenger or
Freight
Otis Elevator Company
New York Office: 17 Battery Place
The Best Architects Specify
the kind of fittings that they feel will give the greatest amount of satisfaction to their clients. In a good many cases the superior
ity of one product over another is largely a matter of opinion; but this is not true of Ventilators.
The Burt Ventilator
in its five years of existence has achieved the enviable reputation of being the best ventilator made. It has made more friends among architects, builders, factory owners, etc., than all the other ventilators combined.
Architects will find it to their own interest, as well as that of their clients, to write for our ventilator booklet and full information as to the many distinctive features of the Burt Ventilator.
Write today for our 64*page general cata= logue, and let us tell you more about it.
The Burt Mfg. Co., 550 Main St., AKron, Ohio. Largest Manufacturers of Oil Filters and Exhaust Heads in the World.
Agencies in nearly all the principal cities of the World.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities.)
Adrian, Mich.—It is reported that the proposed high school will cost about $50,000. Architect, A. Bradley, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Agnews, Cal.—The State Lunacy Commission, at San Jose is reported to be in favor of rebuilding the State Hospital at Agnews of steel frame and concrete. Howard & Galloway are the architects.
Altoona, Pa.—R. B. Watson & Co. have obtained a permit to erect a five-story office building and hall at Twelfth and Spruce streets for the Grand Order of United Odd Fellows. Cost, $90,000. Watson & Hazelton, of Chicago, 111., are the architects.
Alva, O. T.—The Science Hall and Library Building to be erected at the Northwestern Normal School, T. W. Conway, president, will be 64x144 feet; ordinary construction; fan-blast-heating plant; electric fixtures; cost, $45,000. S . A. Layton, El Reno, O. T., it is reported, is preparing plans.
Amherst, Mass.—Plans are being drawn by McKim & Mead, architects, of New York, for a new biological and geological laboratory to be built in the spring by Amherst College. The site selected is on the south side of the campus. The contracts have not yet been let.
Ashtabula, Ohio.—The Joseph Schneible Engineering Company, of New York,
N. Y., will move to Ashtabula, Ohio, where they will erect a $100,000 plant, including building where the engineering work is done and plans are drawn; factory for the manufacture of brewery apparatus, iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. Mr. Greeley, manager.
Atlanta, Ga.—The erection of an auditorium and armory is reported under consideration.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Seymour and Paul A. Davis, of Philadelphia, Pa., have prepared plans for the Atlantic City Hospital, which provide for a five-story stone, brick and terra-cotta fire-proof building 143x71 ft. to cost $75,000.
Avondale (Cincinnati Postoffice), Ohio. —Reports state that George T. Alter has secured an option on the Van Antwerp homestead, corner of Forest and Lewisham avenues, and plans for a 6oo-room hotel are being made by Samuel Hannaford & Sons, architects. The building will cost $500,000.
Baltimore, Md.—The tobacco warehouse to be erected by the Maryland State Tobacco Warehouse Building Commission at Charles, Perry, Conway and Light streets, is to be an eight-story fire-proof building, 155x310 ft. Estimated cost, $300,000.
Owens & Sisco, Continental Trust Building, have received bids for a three-story reinforced concrete addition to a bakery for Rice Bros. & Co. It is to be 30x100 ft.
The Crown Cork & Seal Company, 1501- 1523 Guilford avenue, it is reported, will build an additional four or five-story build ing to its plant. Cost, $175,000. Charles
M. Anderson, architect, 324 North Charles street.
Barboursville, Ky.—The proposed administration building for Union College will cost about $50,000. Architects, Brown & Davis, Fosdick Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Belgrade Lakes, Me.—It is reported that the Hotel Belgrade is to be enlarged to nearly double its present capacity before the opening of next season. A steamheating plant will also be installed.
Bellevue, Ohio.—The Conway Stive Company, Toledo, Ohio, is figuring on removing to Bellevue, Ohio, where arrangements are under way for the erection of a factory building 80x300 ft. The company agrees to spend $50,000 if the citizens meet certain requirements, which haye already
been provided for. m.
Beverly, Mass.—F. L. Whitcomb, 166 Devonshire street, Boston, is reported to have secured the contract to erect a $100,000 residence at Beverly for Frederick Ayor, of Boston.
Billings, Mont.—The Masons, it is stated, will erect a temple to cost $85,000.
Binghamton, N. Y.—The Board of Managers and Superintendent Charles G. Wagner, of the Binghamton State Hospital, have recommended to the S tate Lunacy Commission at Albany that changes and improvements be made at a cost of $112,000.
Boston, Mass.—The Board of Managers of the Franklin Fund, of which Dr. Henry S. Pritchett is a member, has been authorized to have detailed plans prepared for a four-story building, 160x100 ft., to be