ness at the office now occupied by Lindsey & Son. While in Los Angeles, recently, Mr. Lindsey became so favorably impressed with the city that he decided to locate there and has opened an office.
Pittsfield, Mass. — Mr. Oliver L. Butler, of the firm of Wilson & Butler, architects, has gone to Garrison-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., where he will be located for at least a year and a half.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Old Building Materials. — In the rebuilding of San Francisco methods of economical levelling and construction have been practised to a greater degree, probably, than at any other time and place. A typical instance, says the Engineering Record, is the work done on the Crocker Building, standing at the corner of Post and Market Streets. This structure, which is ten stories in height, with a frontage of about 200 feet, escaped any serious damage from the earthquake, but was gutted by fire. The frame of the building being intact, nothing more was necessary than a reconstruction of its interior, and the contractors hit upon the profitable plan of utilizing for concrete mixture all bricks, tiling, stonework and flooring which had to be removed. Suitable apparatus was therefore installed, and as fast as the work of tearing down made this material available it went directly to a Gates breaker fed from bins supplied by chutes from various sections of the building. After being crushed to the desired firmness the product of the
breaker passed to a mixer, and as the concrete issued from the latter it was taken by a system of elevators and conveyors to all parts of the building where needed. The significant feature of this process lies in the fact that from the moment the material was taken from the walls and floors until the time it again became a part of the structure, there was not the slightest break or loss in its handling.
An installation similar to this, but of relatively greater importance because on a larger scale, was made by Allis-Chalmers Company at Chicago, when the old Cook County court-house was dismantled. This temporary crushing plant, purchased by the contractors in charge of the work, J. A. McMahon & Co., of Chicago, consisted of two breakers, an elevator and a revolving screen, all driven by electric motors. There was a breaker for doing the first crushing and one for handling rejections. The two were set together on the same level and discharged into an elevator measuring 49 feet between centers which conveyed the material to a dust-jacketed iron frame screen having 1½-inch perforations. The stone was reduced to 1¼-inch size for concrete and the dust sold for use with it in place of sand. The oversize material was discharged on a belt conveyor, which carried it back to where it was fed into the smaller breaker. The plant was located in the center of the building, where it was easy of. access for handling the stone as fast as the building was torn down. The crushed product was discharged into bins placed directly under the screen, from
which it could be readily loaded into wagons. The contractors found this plant a profitable one, as they were able to sell the crushed rock right in the center of Chicago; in fact, toward the close they did not remove any of the material from the premises, but disposed of it to the firm putting up new structure.
An Unusual Roundhouse. —Squaring the circle is an operation which expert mathematicians have deemed impossible. But that opinion may need revision. An English railroad company has just built for its locomotives a rectangular roundhouse. — N. Y. Tribune.
The Standley Dam Near Denver. — According to plans perfected by the local contracting firm of J. G. White & Co. and Chicago and Denver financiers, there is to be constructed near Denver the biggest dam in the world. It will not be as long as the Nile dam at Assouan, nor will it be as high as some others, but it will excel all constructed or under construction in area presented to the water. It is intended to irrigate more than 100, 000 acres of land. The dam will be known as the Standley dam, taking its name from Joseph Standley, a Denver banker, and one of the earliest projectors of the enterprise. It will be built at a point nine miles northwest of Denver, and will confine the flow of five rivers. It will have a length of a mile and a quarter, a height of 150 feet, and 5, 000, 009 cubic feet of material will be required for
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Pittsfield, Mass. — Mr. Oliver L. Butler, of the firm of Wilson & Butler, architects, has gone to Garrison-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., where he will be located for at least a year and a half.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
Old Building Materials. — In the rebuilding of San Francisco methods of economical levelling and construction have been practised to a greater degree, probably, than at any other time and place. A typical instance, says the Engineering Record, is the work done on the Crocker Building, standing at the corner of Post and Market Streets. This structure, which is ten stories in height, with a frontage of about 200 feet, escaped any serious damage from the earthquake, but was gutted by fire. The frame of the building being intact, nothing more was necessary than a reconstruction of its interior, and the contractors hit upon the profitable plan of utilizing for concrete mixture all bricks, tiling, stonework and flooring which had to be removed. Suitable apparatus was therefore installed, and as fast as the work of tearing down made this material available it went directly to a Gates breaker fed from bins supplied by chutes from various sections of the building. After being crushed to the desired firmness the product of the
breaker passed to a mixer, and as the concrete issued from the latter it was taken by a system of elevators and conveyors to all parts of the building where needed. The significant feature of this process lies in the fact that from the moment the material was taken from the walls and floors until the time it again became a part of the structure, there was not the slightest break or loss in its handling.
An installation similar to this, but of relatively greater importance because on a larger scale, was made by Allis-Chalmers Company at Chicago, when the old Cook County court-house was dismantled. This temporary crushing plant, purchased by the contractors in charge of the work, J. A. McMahon & Co., of Chicago, consisted of two breakers, an elevator and a revolving screen, all driven by electric motors. There was a breaker for doing the first crushing and one for handling rejections. The two were set together on the same level and discharged into an elevator measuring 49 feet between centers which conveyed the material to a dust-jacketed iron frame screen having 1½-inch perforations. The stone was reduced to 1¼-inch size for concrete and the dust sold for use with it in place of sand. The oversize material was discharged on a belt conveyor, which carried it back to where it was fed into the smaller breaker. The plant was located in the center of the building, where it was easy of. access for handling the stone as fast as the building was torn down. The crushed product was discharged into bins placed directly under the screen, from
which it could be readily loaded into wagons. The contractors found this plant a profitable one, as they were able to sell the crushed rock right in the center of Chicago; in fact, toward the close they did not remove any of the material from the premises, but disposed of it to the firm putting up new structure.
An Unusual Roundhouse. —Squaring the circle is an operation which expert mathematicians have deemed impossible. But that opinion may need revision. An English railroad company has just built for its locomotives a rectangular roundhouse. — N. Y. Tribune.
The Standley Dam Near Denver. — According to plans perfected by the local contracting firm of J. G. White & Co. and Chicago and Denver financiers, there is to be constructed near Denver the biggest dam in the world. It will not be as long as the Nile dam at Assouan, nor will it be as high as some others, but it will excel all constructed or under construction in area presented to the water. It is intended to irrigate more than 100, 000 acres of land. The dam will be known as the Standley dam, taking its name from Joseph Standley, a Denver banker, and one of the earliest projectors of the enterprise. It will be built at a point nine miles northwest of Denver, and will confine the flow of five rivers. It will have a length of a mile and a quarter, a height of 150 feet, and 5, 000, 009 cubic feet of material will be required for
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advertising has taught the public to regard “Standard Porcelain Enameling over Iron as a new and superior method in the manufacture of plumbing equipment. Therefore in suggesting Standard Fixtures for residence or public building you are merely offering the owner what he already considers the best.
PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S. A.
‘Standard’ Plate P. 545 Porcelain Enameled “Recess” Design Lavatory, with Slab, Bowl, Overflow, Back and Ends all in one piece, Nickel-plated “Torrance” pattern Fuller Faucets with China Handles and Indexes, Supply Pipes, Keystone Waste with China Handle and “P” Trap with Waste and Vent to Wall. Designed for use in Alcoves, Closets and Wardrobes in offices, hotels and other public buildings.