CALIFORNIA REDWOOD LUMBER COSTS NO MORE THAN PINE and will last for generations. Resists fire. Does not SWELL, SHRINK, CHECK or SPLIT, and EXCELS all other woods for BUILDINGS. REDWOOD SHINGLES have no equal. Will last 50 to 75 years. REDWOOD can be bought at retail of the following named dealers: We have in stock and in transit from one to two millions of Redwood and can furnish any sizes required. Read our references from week to week; also write us for descriptive booklet. Telephone Boston 1911. BARTLETT LUMBER CO., Room 409, Exchange Bldg., State St., Boston, Mass. BUILDING INTELLIGENCE. (Advance Rumors Continued.) school-building. It will be a brick structure, costing $14,000. Des Moines, Ia.-C. R. Dewey, architect, is preparing plans for a large modern apartment-house to be built by local capitalists; cost, $100,000. Dighton, Mass.-The School Board will erect a one story and a half frame school-house after plans by J. M. Darling, architect, Fall River; cost, $10,000. Dudley, Mass.- Architects Cutting, Carleton & Cutting. Worcester, are making drawings for a public library building to be erected here. it will be brick with stone trimmings. Duluth, Minn. - The commissioners of St Louis Co. contemplate starting a movement looking toward the erection of a $100,000 court-house. Faribault, Minn. - The plans of A. F. Gauger, architect, St. Paul, have been a cepted for the proposed church to be built by the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Society. It will be a brick and stone structure, 50' x 80', costing $12,000. Janesville, Wis. - Sylvester & Son, of New York, will erect a four-story brick tobacco warehouse, to cost $15,000. Lewiston, Me.- William R. Miller, architect, is preparing plans for a hospital building to be erected for the Sisters of Charity. It will be constructed of brick and stone, be four stories high, 50′ x 200', and cost $50,000. Marshall, Mich. - William A. Otis, architect, has prepared plans for a new high-school building to be erected here, at a cost of about $22,000. Memphis, Tenn.-The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., C. E. Borden, Richmond, Va., gen. mgr., will erect a $100,000 fertilizer factory. Menomonie, Wis.-Senator Strout will erect a public gymnasium and bath, after plans prepared by Architect John Charles. It will be a two-story fireproof building, 60' x 130', costing $35,000. Milwaukee, Wis.- Ferry & Clas, architects, are preparing plans for a large two-story addition to the Republican House. Nebraska City, Neb.- The First Presbyterian Society will erect a brick church, 40' x 70', after plans by Pan & Schippel, architects, Mankato, Minn.; cost, $8,000. New Martinsville, W. Va.- Geo. L. Matheny and M. Douglass, of Martin's Ferry, O., will erect a glass plant at a cost of $50,000. New York, N. Y.-Hugh Lamb, architect, 1291 Broadway, has drawn plans for Mary E. Hanley, care of E. A. Loring, 1270 Broadway, for a large office-building to be erected at Broadway, corner of 33d St. It will be twenty stories high; cost, about $1,250,000. Schickel & Ditmars have drawn plans for a hospital building to be erected at Lexington Ave. and 77th St., for the German Hospital and Dispensary. It will be a five-story brick building, 45' x 81', costing $120,000. Ontanagon, Mich.-Charlton, Gilbert & Demar, (Advance Rumors Continued.) of Milwaukee, are preparing plans for a poor-house for Ontonagon County. It will be a brick and sandstone structure, costing about $15,000. Pembroke, N. H.-Pembroke Academy which was destroyed by fire will probably be rebuilt soon. Plans have been drawn for a modern structure of brick and stone, containing a main building to be used as recitation rooms, etc., and two wings to be used as dormitories; cost, about $25,000. Pittsburgh, Pa.- Architects Rutan & Russell have drawn plans for a $40,000 residence to be erected on Shady Ave., Squirrel Hill, by W. H. Schoen, of the Pressed Steel Car Co. Seattle, Wash.-The Danes of this city contemplate the erection of a church, to cost about $20,000. Spokane, Wash. - The Sisters of Providence will erect a modern hospital building, to cost about $100,000. Swissvale, Pa.-G. K. Hemfeldt, of the Carrie furnaces at Rankin, has had plans prepared by Architects Alden & Harlow, Pittsburgh, for a threestory stone and brick residence, to cost $20,000. West Superior, Wis.-The Odd Fellows will erect a lodge building with all modern conveniences, to cost about $20,000. Whitinsville, Mass.-Architects Cutting, Carleton & Cutting, Worcester, have drawn plans for a private residence and stable for Geo. E. Trowbridge. It will be two and one-half stories; estimated cost, $6,000. Worcester, Mass.- Architect John P. Kingston has finished plans for a three-family house for J. Tunberg to be erected on Forbes St. It will be three stories, 30' x 50'; estimated cost, $5,000. Architect J. P. Kingston is drawing plans for a large addition to the factory of J. C. French on Hermon St. It will be brick, two stories, 50' x 70'. Architect O. E. Nault has completed plans for a large apartment-house and business block for Fontaine & Coutes. It will be of brick, four stories, 59' x 68. The first floor will be arranged for stores. Steam heat, open plumbing, gas and electric lights; estimated cost, $20,000. Barker & Nourse have plans for a three-tenement house on Arlington St., for William Schollard. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS. New York, N. Y.-E. Sixty-fourth St., No. 47, twost'y extension, 11' x 20'; $6,000; o.. Mrs. F. C. Barlow, 39 E. 31st St.; a., Howells & Stokes, 47 Cedar St. APARTMENT-HOUSES. Brooklyn, N. Y.- Washington Ave., nr. Sterling Pl., 4 three-st'y bk. aparts., 24/4 x 78' 7", gravel roof, steam; $32,000; o., E. K. Robbins, 111 Hancock St.; a., A. S. Hedman, 371 Fulton St. Carroll St., nr. 8th Ave., 3 five-st'y bk. flats, 23' x 72 6", steam; $75,000; o., Elizabeth Arsip, 224 Sixth Ave.; a., R. Dixon, 213 Montague St. Adams St., cor. Nutria Lane, 2 four-st'y bk. aparts., 25 x 80', gravel roof; $17,400; o., D. E. PATERSON, N. J. Steel Beams 4 inches to 20 inches deep. G. BICKELHOUPT, PATENT METALLIC SKY-LIGHT WORKS. 242 and 245 West 47th Street, New York. Telephone: 675 39th St. a few doors west of Broadway. Send for Catalogue. JACKSON ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED 1840. IRON Pronts for Buildings, Cornices, Lintels and Sills, Doors and Shutters, Girders and Beams, Fire-escape Sidewalk Lights. Artistic work in Wrought and Cast Iron, Brass and Bronze. Foundry and Shops, East 28th and East 29th Sts. BUILDING INTELLIGENCE. (Apartment Houses Continued.) New York, N. Y.- Concord Ave., cor. 147th St., 12 four-st'y bk. & st. flats & stores, 33′ & 36′ x 90' & 95'; $196,000; o., Salvator L'Asperches, Williamsbridge; a., Edw. Wenz, 1491 Third Ave. One Hundred and Twenty-sixth St., nr. Amsterdam Ave., five-st'y bk. flat & store; $20,000; o., Timothy O'Connell, 536 W. 131st St.; a., Harry T. Howell, 138th St. & Brook Ave. Eighty-ninth St., nr. Columbus Ave., 4 five-st'y bk. & st. flats, 27' x 86' 11" & 87' 10"; $109,000; o., C. W. Lindsley, 181 Broadway; a., G. F. Pelham, 503 Fifth Ave. Melrose Ave., cor. 163d St., five-st'y bk. flat & store, 21 x 100'; $25,000; o., Baldwin & Green, 60 W. 109th St.; a., W. C. Dickerson, 149th St. & 3d Ave. E. Fourth St., Nos. 374-380, 3 six-st'y bk. flats & stores, 27' 11" x 84'; $76,500; o., Henry Hertz, 99 Nassau St.; a., Schneider & Herter, 46 Bible House. Second Ave., No. 139, six-st'y bk., st. & terra-cotta aparts. & stores; $28,000; o. & b., Chas. Weinstein, 302 Broadway; a., Schneider & Herter, Bible House. One Hundred and Twelfth St., nr. 7th Ave., sevenst'y bk. flat, 50′ x 90′ 11; $120,000; o., Hallahan & Ahearn, 78 W. 131st St.; a., G. M. Robinson, 39 Hancock Pl. Marion Ave., cor. 195th St., 2 four-st'y fr. flats & store, 20 & 30' x 78 & 85'; $30,000; o., Geo. McGregor, 464 Madison Ave.; a., Henry Davidson, 101 W. 21st St. W. Twentieth St., No. 239, six-st'y & base. bk. flat, 26 6 x 62/ 10; $25,000; o.. Chas. Shapiro, 10 Beekman Pl.; a., M. Bernstein, 245 Broadway. Boston, Mass.- Genesee St., Nos. 34-36, 2 three-st❜y bk. dwells., 20′ x 23′ x 45', flat roofs, stoves; $16,000; O., Minnie Spungin; a., F. A. Norcross. Eden St., Nos. 37-43, 4 three-st'y bk. dwells., 21' x 52, flat roofs, stoves; $28,000; o., Max Shoolman et als.; a., F. A. Norcross. Russell St., Nos. 66-70, 3 three-st'y bk. dwells., 21' x 55, flat roofs, stoves; $21,000; o., Max Shoolman et als. Longwood Ave., cor. Brookline Ave., three-st'y bk. dwell., 29′ x 51', flat roof, stoves: $8,000; 0., Martha Stanley; b., Holmes Bros.; a., J. Holmes. Stratford Ave., No. 56, 24-st'y fr. dwell., 32′ x 39′ X 47', pitch roof, furnace; $7,000; o., Florence A. Condy; b., J. A. Condy; a., J. Murray. Kenwood Road, nr. Huntington Ave., two 21-st'y fr. dwells., 28 x 51', pitch roofs, furnaces; $12,000; o., a. & b., J. C. Spillane. Arborway St., cor. Pond St., 24-st'y fr. dwell., 45' x 52', pitch roof, steam; $10,000; o., Joseph Engel; a., R. A. Watson. Waumbeck St., 24-st'y fr. dwell., 29 x 47′, pitch BUILDING INTELLIGENCE. (Houses Continued.) roof, furnace; $6,000; o., Sarah Eaves; a. & b., H. A. Black. Brooklyn, N. Y.-Sterling Pl., nr. Underhill Ave.. 5 three-st'y & base. bk. dwells., 20' x 46', gravel roof; $35,000; o., Bessie L. Martin, 350 Cumberland St.; a., A. S. Hedman, 371 Fulton St. Bedford Ave., nr. Avenue C, two-st'y & attic fr. dwell., 24' x 48', shingle roof, steam; $5,000; o., G. W. Halske, Avenue B & Nostrand Ave.; a., T. J. Sinnott, 409 E. 19th St. Jersey City, N. J.- Boulevard cor. Grifford Ave. 24-st'y fr. dwell., 39′ x 59'; $15,000; Jno. L. Menagh; a., Edw. B. Gumaer, 39 Cortlandt St. Martinsburg, W. Va.-24-st'y fr. dwell, 30′ x 45'; $5,500; o., Edw. Rutledge; a., Child & De Goll, 62 New St. Milwaukee, Wis.- Tenth St., nr. Cedar St., twost'y bk. dwell., 49' x 60', shingle roof, hot water; $10,500; o., B. Dillman; a., R. C. Eschweiler. New York, N. Y.- Riverside Drive, nr. 106th St., three 4-st'y & base. bk. & st. dwells., 25′ x 64′ 4′′ & 68'; $120,000; o., Stewart & Smith, 459 Western Boulevard; a., Hoppin & Koen, 160 Fifth Ave. Fifty-second St., nr. 5th Ave., four-st'y st. dwell., 30 x 64', tile roof; $71,000; o., Rob't Olyphant, 3 E. 65th St.; a., Harney & Purdy, 35 Nassau St. Fifty-second St., nr. Madison Ave., four-st'y bk. dwell., 474x 50′ & 77′; $100,000; o., H. T. Proctor, Williamstown, Mass.; a., Donn Barber, 16 E. 23d St. Eighth Ave., cor. 49th St., 4 two-st'y bk. dwells. & stores, 29′11′′ x 60'; $30,000; o., Cushman Estate Syndicate, 172 Ninth Ave.; a., E. K. Bourne, 18 Broadway. Sixty-third St., nr. 5th Ave., six-st'y & base. bk. & st. dwell., 25′ x 78′ 1′′, brick tile roof; $50,000; o., C. W. Bowen, 130 Fulton St.; a., Heins & La Farge, 5 Beekman St. Clinton Ave., cor. 175th St., two-st'y bk. & st. dwell., 24' x 43'; $12,000; o., L. Lizzio, St. Paul's Pl. & Brook Ave.; a., R. Werner, Webster Ave. Nelson Ave., cor. 167th St., three-st'y fr. dwell. & store, 19' 2" x 47′ 1′′; $5,900; o., Jas. Branigan, Nelson Ave., s 167th St.; a., W. A. Gorman, 1059 Ogden Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. - Thirty-third St., nr. Diamond St., three-st'y st. dwell., 32′ x 79′; $17,000; o., Chas. A. Miller; b., Charles P. Nesbitt. St. Louis, Mo.-2-st'y bk. & st. dwell., 30 x 54', slate roof, hot water; $6,000; a., G. Blair Ridington. Wausau, Wis.-Two-st'y fr. dwell.. 48' x 54, bingle roof, hot water; $12.000; o., C. B. Yawkey; a., Van Ryn & De Gelleke, Milwaukee. Yonkers, N. Y.-2-st'y fr. dwell., 28' x 40'; $6,000; o., F. R. Heinrichs, a., A. J. Van Suetendale. OFFICE BUILDINGS. Boston, Mass.- Washington St., Nos. 277-279. bk. office-building, 28′ x 31 x 50', flat roof, steam; $10,000; 0., A. S. Porter & Co.; b., Thos. Dolan & Co.; a., H. S. Ball. New York. N. Y.-E. Forty-second St., Nos. 5-7, en-st'y & base. bk. & st. office-build ings, 60′ x 94′, 86 Lake St., CHICAGO. There are TWO and ONLY TWO absolutely safe ma- The Improved Rider Hot Air Engine.. The Improved Ericsson Hot Air Engine. . 40 N. 7th St., PHILADELPHIA. BUILDING INTELLIGENCE. (Office-buildings Continued.) Teniente Rey, 71, HAVANA, CUBA. tile roof; $250,000; o., Jos. Milbank, Greenwich, Conn.; a., Chas. A. Rich, 35 Nassau St. STABLES. St. Louis, Mo.-Two & three-st'y bk. & limest. livery stable, 100 x 130', comp. roof; $8,000; o., W. F. Little; a., A. Blair Ridington. STORES. Parkersburg, W. Va.- Market St., three-st'y bk. & st. store & office building, 25' x 110', tin roof, gas heat; $10,000; o., J. M. McKinney; a., Wm. H. Patton. Waterloo, Ia. - Two-st'y bk. business block, 60' x 22A Pitt St., SYDNEY, N. S. W. COMPETITIONS. HOT WATER AND STEAM HEATERS FOR BUILDINGS OF ANY SIZE PROPOSALS. Treasury Department, Office of the Supervising Ar692 Craig St., MONTREAL. P. Q.chitect, Washington, D. C., July 6, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 30th day of July, 1900, and then opened, for furnishing the heating and ventilating apparatus complete in place, for the U. S. Post-office building at Newport, Kentucky, in accordance with drawings and specification, copies of which may be had at this office or at the office of the Superintendent at Newport, Kentucky, at the discretion of the Supervising Architect. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervis x 82, gravel roof, steam; $15.000; .. O. C. Miller A and E. S. Phelps; a., Murphy & Ralston. TENEMENT-HOUSES. Brooklyn, N. Y.-Morrell St., nr. Varet St., five- New York, N. Y.-St. Mark's Pl., No. 109, six-st'y Amsterdam Ave., cor. 146th St., 2 five-st'y bk. tenements & stores, 24' 10" & 25' x 85 & 95'; $48,000; o., Niels Hansen, 1770 Amsterdam Ave.; a., E. L. Angell, 245 Broadway. One Hundred and Forty-second St., nr. Willis Ave.. 3 five-st'y bk. & st. tenements, 25' x 83; $54,000; o., M. M. Brodie, Linwood, L. I.; a., Richard R. Davis, 247 W. 125th St. Seventy-fourth St., nr. 1st Ave., 8 six-st'y & base. bk. tenement, 25' x 85' 4"; $200,000; o., Sobel & Kean, 1487 First Ave.; a., M. Bernstein, 245 Broad RMORY. 1283 [At Key West, Fla.] Plans and specifications will be received until September 6th, for a brick armory building. GEO. W. REYNOLDS, county clerk. 1283 PROPOSALS. Treasury Department, Office of the Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., July 11, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 25th day of July, 1900, and then opened, for furnishing and delivering the drafting materials required in accordance with the specification and schedule, copies of which may be had at this office. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervising Architect. 1283 PENITENTIARY. [At Walla Walla, Wash.] SC 1282 [At New York, N. Y.] Bids will be received until July 23d, for erecting School 134, Boro. of Brooklyn, and School 184, Boro. of Manhattan. RICHARD H. ADAMS, Chmn. Com. of Bldgs., Bd. Educ. A 1282 RMORY. COURT-HOUSE. 1282 [At Blue Ridge, Ga.] Sealed bids will be received until August 21st, for the erection of a court-house for Fannin County. THOS. J. WILSON, ordinary. ENGINE-HOUSE. 1284 [At Washington, D. C.) Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the commissioners until July 21, for constructing 1282 a chemical engine house for the fire-department. HENRY B. F. MACFARLAND, et al., commis sioners. FIR [At Waco, Tex.] Plans will be received by the Commissioner's Court IREPROOFING. of McLennon County until August 11th, for a court-house. J. N. GALLAGHER, county judge. HOTEL 1284 [At Greenville, Minn.] Plans are invited until August 5th for a hotel. JAMES ROBERTSHAW. 1284 1282 [At Philadelphia, Pa.] Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be received until August 4th, for roofing over and putting floors in the courtyard of the fireproof building at Schuylkill Arsenal, also for rearrangement of Inspecting and Issuing Department at Schuylkill Arsenal. LT. COL. JOHN V. FUREY, Deputy Quartermaster, General U. S. Army. 1283 1282 Treasury Department, Office Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., July 9th, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 7th day of August, 1900, and then opened, for the erection and completion (except electric work, heating, water supply and other pipes) of Covered Way and Ferry House at the U. S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, in accordance with the drawings and specification, copies of which may be had at this office, or the office of Messrs. Boring & Tilton. architects, 32 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervising Architect. 1282 Treasury Department, Office Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., July 9th, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 7th day of August, 1900, and then opened, for the construction including heating and ventilating, but excepting electric-light wiring, of Surgeon's House at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, in accordance with the drawings and specification, copies of which may be had at this office or the office of Messrs. Boring & Tilton, architects, 32 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervising Architect. 1282 Treasury Department, Office Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., July 9th, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 7th day of August, 1900, and then opened, for the the electric-light wiring of a Hospital Outbuilding construction except heating and ventilating and at the U. S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, in accordance with the drawings and specification, copies of which may be had at this office or the office of Boring & Tilton, architects, 32 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervising Architect. 1282 Treasury Department, Office Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C., July 9, 1900. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock P. M. on the 7th day of August, 1900, and then opened, for the heating and ventilating work for the following buildings: Hospital, Hospital Outbuilding. Kitchen and Restaurant, Bath-house and Laundry Building, Connecting Corridor and Covered Ways at the U. S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, in accordance with the drawings and specification, copies of which may be had at this office or at the office of Boring & Tilton, architects, 32 Broadway, New York, N. Y. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, Supervising Architect. |