MARCH. 1911
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Bath Portland Cement SCOTT A. WHITE, Qlate Asphalt and Gravel Roofing Pittsburgh Representative, Lewis Building, James Stewart & Go. BOWbES jj GENERAL CONTRACTORS
In Colonial Days there were no "suits" of furni Office and Railway Buildings, ture. Every piece was distinctive, fashioned by the Manufacturing Plants, Reinforced Concrete, Structural Steel, cunning hand of a painstaking craftsman. Chip Terminals and Subways, pendale's delicately carved chairs, Hepplewhite's Dredging, Dock Work, !> !» inlaid sideboards, Sheraton's ornamented desks and Heavy Masonry, Grain Elevators. writing tables, gave that atmosphere of individual ity, taste and comfort, which bespoke exclusiveness OFFICES and refinement. Hudson Terminal Building New York Bank of Commerce Building St. Louis To collectors and lovers of Period Furniture, the Fisher Building Chicago subject is extremely interesting, appealing to an Hibernia Bank Building New Orleans artistic sense 1 ot aroused by other furniture. To First National Bank Building Denver see furniture of this class Bowles' store is a delight Eastern Township Bank Building Montreal ful place to visit this season of the year. I ii HENRY W. OLIVER BUILDING, 535 LIBERTY AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA. (iStysrastr^W'WtfWWsysWs^^ I THE BUILDER 3
Atlantic Terra CoLba Company 1170 Broadway, New York.
Largest. Manufacturers of Architectural Terra Cotta in the World.
Atlantic Service means prompt delivery, complete setting drawings, and every care to insure rapidity of con struction. Atlantic System means that Atlantic Terra Cotta is right when it leaves the factory; every piece is inspected and carefully fittedbefor e shipment. Atlantic Construction means correct construction. Complete Terra Cotta construction drawings, showing joint ing, bonding and anchoring are made on every contract, and submitted to the architect for approval. Atlantic Co-operaLion means intelligent discussion with Architects and Builders on questions that constantly arise in the use of Terra Cotta—and frequently the advice of a Terra Cotta expert is necessary. Atlantic Terra Cotta means the best possible Archi tectural Terra Cotta at the lowest cost possible for the best.
Pittsburgh Representative F. G. EVATT 705 Fulton Building. 4 THE BUILDER ^o-cix) xz>oo«cr>oo
The glowing promises of cement houses Bell 'Phone 211 Cedar. at a low figure have never been fulfilled. 850 North Avenue, West, Allegheny. We offer a frame house, a real home, one that has been erected many times at the figure quoted and that has given invariable
ASSOCIATED WITH satisfaction. DEWAR & CLINTON In our houses you know positively just what you are getting—no guesswork—and AND you know the exact price—no extras. Dewar, Clinton & Alexander Co. We use the best materials only. A PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
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Atlantic Terra Cotta Company 1170 Broadway, N. Y. HOTELi
Architectural Terra Cotta differs in construction from every other struc tural material. For this reason the EUCLID adaption of steel construction to archi tectural terra cotta should be consid ered before the steel contract is let. The Atlantic Company prepares draw Euclid Ave. and E. 14th St. ings on every order, showing the con CLEVELAND, OHIO struction of the entire building in com Official Hotel of the American plete detail. Motor League These drawings, together with pho 300 Rooms—European Plan tographs of all modeled work, are Rates: $1 to $4 Per Day submitted to the architect for ap proval or revision. The architect Headquarters for Auto Tourists passes on every important point before the work goes forward in an Atlantic Many of the leading garages located plant. within one block of the Hotel
Southern Branch District. Manager, Atlanta Terra Cotta Company, F. G. Evatt, East. Point., Ga. 705 Fulton Bldg., Hotel Euclid Co. Pittsburgh FRED. S. AVERY, President. THE BUILDER 5
•^tandafd" Modern Bath Room, Design P40
Plumbing Fixtures "A Fixture for Every Requirement"
Architects and Builders frequently experience difficulty in the selection of really suitable fixtures where extraordinary circumstances exist in the bathroom. This difficulty can be largely overcome by installing ^tandatid" Fixtures. For variety and quality ^ta«davit"fixtures ar e unsurpassed, and no matter what design, their sanitary efficiency and service-value is of the usual high standard.
When specifying ^tandattd" plumbing fixtures make your specification complete and emphatic by insisting upon the *£ta«dand" "Green and Gold" five year, or the "Red and Elack" two year guarantee labels. They are marks of guaranteed quality and insure satisfaction—both for yourself and your customer. Standard cSanitar^ Iflft). Co* Pittsburgh, Pa. Showrooms, Offices and Warehouses:
New York 35-37 W. 31st Street Houston, Tex....Cor. Preston & Smith Sts. Philadelphia 1128 Walnut Street Boston John Hancock Building Pittsburgh 949 Penn Avenue Montreal. Can 215 Coristine Building St Louis 100-102 North Fourth Street Chicago 415 Ashland Block New Orleans Cor. Baronne& St. Joseph Sts. Cleveland 648-fi52 Huron Road, S. E. Louisville 319-323 West Main Street San Francisco, Cal. 1303-04 Metropolis Bldg. Toronto, Can 59 Richmond Street, E. London, Eng..57-60 Holborn Viaduct, E. C. THE BUILDER Wm. Miller & Son's Co.
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530 to 534 Federal Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Bell Phone 1405 Grant.
HOTEL CUMBERLAND THE NEW YORK S. W. Cor. Broadway at 54th Street Near 50th St. Subway Station, 53d St. Elevated and all W. S. TYLER Surface Lines HEADQUARTERS FOR ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.
Only New York Hotel With i f ,$ JjJ Window Screens Throughout. COM PANY
•fa Ideal Location. SJSTW Near Depots, Shops, and Central Park. NEW ANO FIREPROOF ORNAMENTAL Strictly First Class. IRON RATES REASONABLE. All Hardwood Floors and AND BRONZE Oriental Rugs. European Plan.
10 MINUTES WALK TO 20 THEATRES.
Transient Rates, $2.50 with Bath, and Up. Excellent Restaurant. Prices Moderate. BESSEMER BUILDING Send for Booklet. HARRY P. STIMSON R. J. BINGHAM PITTSBURGH, PA. Formerly with Hotel Imperial. Formerly with Hotel Woodward THE BUILDER 7 THK "BELER" Automatic Thermostatic Instantaneous Water Heater. The most simply constructed heater on the market, all parts being accessible by opening the doors (no springs), which comprise the front half of the heater. Our patent Automatic-Thermostatic Pressure Regulator is an entirely new device for the regulation of the gas in Instan taneous Water Heaters, and is constructed without the use of springs -in the water chambers, no plungers to stick or bind, and no stuffing boxes to corrode. Our new Hydro-Carbon Burner, constructed without the use of gauze, and giving the highest efficiency and combustion, is absolutely non-corrosive.
Inspection solicited. Bekr mater fieater go, 311 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA.
THE NICOLA BUILDING CO Building . . Contractors
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341 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh.
Makers of High-grade Print Contracts taken for all Classes of Building. ing Plates for Catalogs Office Buildings, Industrial Plants, and Advertising Power Plants, Reinforced Concrete, Etc. Bell Phone Qrant 3158. Purposes.
The JVlalone Stone Co. Steiner & Voegtly Hardware C( Cleveland, Ohio. DEALERS IN QUARRYMEN OF Sargent's Fine Builders' Hardware
Luitink, Acme AMHERST STONE Lane & Coburn
Buff and Gray Building Stone Sliding Door of every description Hangers
Euclid Bluestone Starrett's Machinists' Tools Flagging, Steps, Sills. Tree Brand Plum Creek Liver Rock Cutlery & Razors Manufacturers of PITTSBURG OFFICES Geisey Casement Now Located WINDOW CLOSED. WINDOW OPtN. GIESIYS ELEVATING CASEMENT WINDOW HINGE. WindoW PiVOtS 1102 Farmers Bank Building PATENTED JULY 19"= 1898. STEINER & VOEGTLY, 310 WOOD ST. PmsHURG PA. aflJ gjm[eS Phone, Grant 3542 230-234 Diamond Street PITTSBURG, PA. 10 THE BUILDER 3S*S*S3S**£3S:*£38fe*K 3Sfe«£ SSfe *S38fei3?3Sfc*S3£*S85%*!S 8 A. & S. WILSON CO. if 8 CONTRACTORS 8 8 8 AND BUILDERS 8 8 % 8 8 8 8 8 * 8 8 % I 8 « 8 8 8 8 I 8 9 % BUILDING OF JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL COMPANY, PITTSBUKG, PA. OFFICE BUILDINGS, WAREHOUSES, POWER PLANTS, I 8FINE RESIDENCES, BANK AND OFFICE FIXTURES.
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KIEHNEL & ELLIOTT, ARCHITECTS, PITTSBURGH | THE BVILDER
Vol. 28 PITTSBURGH, PA., MARCH 1911 No. 11
PUBLISHED MONTHLY Gothic, and in Texas, where they are to be built, BY should be very effective. In Gallery N is displayed drawings of the pro T. M. WALKER posed municipal improvements in Pittsburgh by Fred erick Law Olmstead. These drawings are in pencil, LYCEUM BUILDING PITTSBURGH, PA. showing the downtown civic center, with two view of
Entered at the Post ofl'iee at Pittsburgh, Pa., as Second-Class Matter. it, and improvements in Bellefield. The schemes are reasonable and logical to architects, who maintain that they are necessary for our citizens to carry out, SUBSCRIPTION, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, ONE YEAR, $2 if Pittsburgh is to keep pace with other cities east and west. Chicago shows what she is doing in this direction by photographs of parks laid out by Jens GOOD ARCHITECTURE PRESENTED BY Jensen, which should make Pittsburgh people hope PITTSBURGH ARCHITECTURAL CLUB for something in this direction. The sixth exhibition of the Pittsburgh Architec In the large gallery there is a good architectural tural Club, free to the public until the 15th inst., in the rendering of the Pittsburgh Athletic clubhouse by Carnegie Institute galleries, is representative of the Architects Tanssen & Abbott, showing an attractive best efforts of the leading architects of the east and building in the Italian Renaissance style. Pittsburgh, together with interesting contributions The Oakland City Hall, by Palmer & Hornbostel, from Chicago and other cities. The drawings ex is shown by three drawings, well rendered, in India hibited embrace almost every variety of building, ink. The plan of this building is logical, and the ele from monumental public work, schemes of municipal vations are clever and free in the treatment of mod improvement, commercial buildings, buildings of re ern architecture. From Chicago there are a number ligious characters, model homes for workmen, students' of exhibits showing houses and commercial buildings work, allied arts' studies, drawings for mural decora carried out along new lines of design and attractively tions, monuments, works of sculpture and landscape presented in water colors, among them a bank by gardening. The display requires the use of fivelarg e Louis Sullivan, a famous and original architect. galleries on the third floor of the institute. The latest domestic work in Pittsburgh is well To the public the attractive way that the draw represented by photographs and drawings, showing ings are presented to view makes the exhibition of an appreciation for a personal and quiet home quality greater popular interest and assists toward a better equal to the best work done in America. appreciation and understanding of good architecture. The Semple house in Sewickley, by Rutan & Among the notable drawings probably the most Russell, several interesting houses by MacClure & interesting to architects and public alike, are those Spahr and Janssen & Abbott, a house in Sewickley by for the Sage Foundation by Grosvenor Atterbury of R. M. Trimble and the home of Willis King, by New York" showing the scheme of houses in a model George S. Orth & Bros., a house in Massachusetts city for people of moderate incomes amid more attrac by Alden & Harlow, illustrates how successful Pitts tive surroundings than those houses of the present burgh architects are in fitting the surroundings per time. The drawings are made in pencil, in a straight fectly. Another beautiful home in Pittsburgh will be forward and simple style, and show several views of erected for Jacob L. Kendall, in Woodland road. the model city that is now in course of construction In gallery J are shown a full set of plans for the. in the suburbs of New York. new Colfax school by Edward Stotz. These drawings The competitive drawings of the Hudson-Fulton will give to the layman a very good idea of what con Memorial in New York, by Kelsey, Cret & Jallade, are stitutes a set of working drawings for a building of most clever in draftsmanship and rendering. The this character. In this gallery are also displayed the perspective of these drawings is particularly interest competition for a $7,000 hollow tile house, conducted ing as an architectural presentation of the subject. by the club during the past year. The prize in men The Rice Institute, by Cram, Goodhue & Fergu tion drawings show houses of attractive design and son, architects, who designed the new First Baptist well arranged plans and should be of great interest church in Schenley Farms, is shown by a beautifully to the people contemplating the erection of a small rendered perspective. The buildings are a very origi house. nal treatment of Byzantine style with a filling of Altogether the exhibition is one of the best the 14 THE BUILDER club has yet held, and following the plan of the Archi Szekler House. This at once drew public attention to tectural League of New York and the T.-Square Club the beauty and artistic value of the work of the peas of Philadelphia, this is thefirst attempt in Pittsburgh ants and their manner of building. It gave an impetus to hold an annual exhibition of works of architectural to building on their lines, with the result that a num and allied fine arts. ber of the villas erected of late years are purely na John Comes presents a new plan for a Catholic tional in style, and to-day we find in the country a church in his drawing for St. Martin's church in Pitts great demand for everything Hungarian in art and burgh. The perspective shows an edifice carried out decoration. in the early Italian brick architecture. In gallery K In 1896 Odon Lechner designed for Budapest the is the scholarship work of Charles Schwab, of the Hungarian Museum of Arts and Industries. The Carnegie Technical School. Among them are a num style is somewhat Indian in feeling, but the whole ber of water color drawings of European buildings, scheme of decoration is purely Hungarian. This and large measured drawings of some of the most building is important as marking the starting-point interesting details of old buildings abroad. Particu from which modern Hungarian architecture and orna larly well drawn is the doorway of the church of St. ment was to develop. Here, too, are held exhibitions, Maclou of Rouen. not only of native arts and crafts, but those also of In the far gallery is the most recent work of the other countries, so that the public may be kept in architectural students of the Carnegie Technical touch with the work that is being produced beyond Schools, the University of Pennsylvania, the Boston the frontiers. Technical School and the Beaux Arts Society. These At the present time architecture may be said to works show a very commendable improvemnet over be in a state of transition. There is continual prob previous exhibitions and give strong hope toward a ing and searching going on amongst architects, but fast approaching renaissance of American architecture. any movement is welcomed, for it will prevent a re In the entrance gallery are a number of drawings turn to the old condition of stagnation. The gap be and photographs by the sculptors and mural painters. tween the Academic and the National in modern Hun Among them are some beautifully executed studies in garian Architecture is a wide one, and it will be some pencil for decorations by Mr. Blashfield, and some time before it disappears. But much is being done by mural studies in color by Mr. Piexotto. From the means of exhibitions, lectures and publications to sculptors there is shown an excellent photograph of a propagate the ideas of Lechner, and the future holds statue of Lincoln by A. Weinman, and some other out considerable promise. decorative sculptures for the Hotel Astor by Isidore Among the modern men there are some who have Konti. done good work both in architecture and decoration. In their buildings two distinct styles may be easily recognized, one the purely Hungarian and the other HUNGARIAN ARCHITECTURE AND DECO mainly influenced by the leading English architects, RATION. whose work is chiefly known to them through the channels of The Studio. Eduard Wigand is now in By A. S. Levetus. distant Transylvania, where he is erecting workmen's The wave of modernism in art which swept over model homes, purely Hungarian in style; Professor Germany and Austria twelve years ago could not fail Gera Maroti in Mexico is building a theatre, which, to affect Hungary, in spite of the continual political from the models, promises to be highly original and unrest which existed in that country. For some time characteristic. He has spent some time there and has previously there had been signs of dissatisfaction met with warm encouragement in his work. Josef amongst the architects, and a growing desire for the Vago, Geza Marcus, Bela Malnai, Marcell Homor. development of the true Hungarian spirit in decora and Bela Lajta are all producing excellent work, the tive art was showing itself in some quarters. The last-named having planned the Jewish cemetery in man who acted as leader of this movement was Fczol, Budapest. Of the purely decorative artists Aladar and he was commissioned to carry out the Redoute in Kriesch and Sandor Nagy deserve a foremost place. Budapest. He openly avowed his purpose of creating They are members of the little artists' colony in a real Hungarian style in architecture, and, in spite of Godollo. the strong opposition of the Academy, he kept to his intentions. Be he found little sympathy, and had but few followers. Nevertheless, the Redoute re PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTS mains as a lasting sign of the struggle. In originality of conception it is unique, though in character the AND SCHEDULE OF PROPER CHARGES edifice leans rather to the Oriental than what is 1. The architect's professional services consist usually considered the Hungarian style. This Fczol of the necessary conferences, the preparation of pre justified by saying that as the Magyars originally liminary studies, working drawings, specifications, came from the East, the style and ornament must large scale and full size detail drawings, and of the necessarily show the influence of the Orient. general direction and supervision of the work, for A fresh impulse was given to Hungarian national which, except as hereinafter mentioned, the minimum art in 1896, when preparations were being made for the charge, based upon the total cost of the work com Millenium Exhibition. Here was an opportunity to plete is six per cent. show the world that there existed such a thing as real 2. ^ On residential work, on alterations to exist Hungarian ornament, characteristic of the nation. ing buildings, on monuments, furniture, decorative Just at this time, too, Josef Huszkawere published his and cabinet work and landscape architecture, it is "famous work, The Hungarian Ornament and the proper to make a higher charge than above indicated. T I-I E B U I L D E R 15
3. The architect is entitled to compensation for HINTS FOR MAKING A GARDEN PLAN. articles purchased under his direction, even though not designed by him. When making your plan for the garden remember that the picturesque character of a garden may be 4. If an operation is conducted under separate marred as much' by sins of commission as by sins of contracts, rather than under a general contract, it is omission. There are gardens in which no ex proper to charge a special fee in addition to the pense has been spared to insure a splendid suc charges mentioned elsewhere in this schedule. cession of bloom, but which have been utterly 5. Where the architect is not otherwise retained, ruined by the introduction of garish and in consultation fees for professional advice are to be paid congruous accessories. The smaller the plot, the in proportion to the importance of the questions in stronger, apparently, the temptation to import these volved and services rendered. eyesores. The garden-maker cannot be too watchful against the use of inharmonious features. Such acces 6. Where heating, ventilating, mechanical, struc sories as summer-houses, arches, pergolas, dials, and tural, electrical and sanitary problems are of such a garden seats should be designed to suit the garden, nature as to require the services of a specialist, the and their details and mode of construction should be owner is to pay for such services. Chemical and me simple and unostentatious. Paint should be used chanical tests and surveys, when required, are to be sparingly if at all, and its color should be chosen so paid for by the owner. as not to compete with the flowers. I have seen a 7. Necessary traveling expenses are to be paid wide expanse of trellis painted canary-yellow, which by the owner. for crudity and ill-taste would be hard to match, yet 8. If, after a definite scheme has been approved, the perpetrator was content to grow nasturtiums upon changes in drawings, specifications or other docu it! ments are required by the owner; or if the architect The so-called "rustic" work is rarely in good be put to extra labor or expense by the delinquency or taste. If the summer-house is to be decorated, allow insolvency of a contractor, the architect shall be paid some pretty creeper to scramble over it, softening its for such additional services and expense. outline and load it with bloom. Terra-cotta, china, and cast-iron vases are gen 9. Payments to the architect are due as his work erally out of scale in a small garden, and never quite progresses in the following order: Upon completion of satisfactory unless associated with a terrace wall or the preliminary studies, one-fifth of the entire some similar structure. In most cases their place fee upon completion of specifications and gen could be advantageously filled by stout oaken tubs. eral working drawings (exclusive of details), The gardener must be hopelessly depraved if he admit two-fifths additional, the remainder being due such objects as minerals, mechanical models, and sea- from time to time in proportion to the amount shells into his garden. of service rendered. Until an actual estimate is received, charges are based upon the proposed cost Given discretion in excluding the inartistic and of the work and payments received are on account of incongruous, there may be still room for mistakes in the use of garden accessories. They may be selected the entire fee. so as not to be in proper scale with the g'arden, or with 10. In case of the abandonment or suspension that part of the garden in which they are to be in of the work, the basis of settlement is to be as follows : stalled. Good proportion is largely a matter of intui For preliminary studies, a fee in accordance with the tion, though a sense offitness ma y come from know character and magnitude of the work; for preliminary ledge, and good sense. The golden rules are : Use be studies, specifications and general working drawings fore ornament; simplicity; appropriateness; sound (exclusive of details), three-fifths of the fee for com construction ; scale. plete services. As every garden picture must have a focus, I at 11. The supervision of an architect (as distin tach much value to the summer-house. It makes a guished from the continuous personal superintendence very natural terminal to the principal path, and is which may be secured by the employment of a clerk- therefore "led up to" in such a way as to enhance its of-the-works or superintendent of construction) means usefulness. Again, the pointed roof is admirably such inspection by the architect or his deputy, of work adapted for constituting the apex or summit of the in studios and shops or a building or other work in garden picture. This particularly applies to new process of erection, completion or alteration, as he gardens, before it is possible to utilize the trees as finds necessary to ascertain whether it is being exe conspicuous elements in the picture. Make the summer- cuted in general conformity with his drawings and house weather-proof, and place it so that its open side specifications or directions. He has authority to re is in shade. ject any part of the work which does not so conform It is often feasible to so wed the kitchen garden and to order its removal and reconstruction. He has to the flower ground that it materially helps authority to act in emergencies that may arise in the the garden picture. In small gardens the appar course of construction, to order necessary changes, ent size of the garden is reduced if the vege and to define-the intent and meaning of the drawings table ground is screened off. On the other hand, and specifications. On operations where a clerk-of- if left in full view, it contrasts too conspecuously with the-works or superintendent of construction is re the flower ground. It is best to take both factors into quired, the architect shall employ such assistance at consideration when making the garden design, and to the owner's expense. blend the flower and kitchen garden. In this way 12. Drawings and specifications, as instruments the garden vistas may be lengthened without curtail of service, are the property of the architect. ing the vegetable space. 16 THE BUILDER
There is only one other point to emphasize, and That which constitutes abuse to one set of -interests that has reference to garden management rather than must, in exact ratio, unfairly benefit some other set of to garden making. I refer to what some gardeners interests ; and it would be idle to assume that those call "tidiness." The striving after a neat, trim and benefited by a given custom would abandon the pre well-kept garden is apt to lead the gardener into a rogatives long enjoyed without molestation because ruthless trimming and pinching of plants. It is one of those abused saw fit to protest in unison. For exam the things which can be too well done. The truly ar ple, employers do not abandon those privileges with tistic garden is one in which the plant has full scope which long-established custom has invested them as to develop its character. It wants elbow-room, and rights because labor unions deny that those privileges has no respect for artificial boundaries. It is a sin to are rights and attack them as abuses. The equity of curb and mutilate a plant, because it pushes out its relations must first be defined as fully as possible, foliage across the path. The occasional plant which and subsequent effort, whether protestation or action, has more than repaid your care by exceeding its neigh must be confined within its limits to insure success. bor in vigor of growth deserves encouragement. Let Long-standing conditions which the builder believes it sprawl; it will soften the edge of your border and adverse to his interests mustfirst b e defined, and the redeem the straightness of its line. principle of right established as a basis of action be And lastly, beware of the too liberal pruning of fore the first step toward correction can be taken. trees and shrubs. To trim all trees to a uniform shape The builder mustfirst kno w what should be corrected is to destroy their individuality and charm, and to in before he can correct it. troduce the very essence of formality into the garden. Without careful investigation and a manifest de W. S. Rogers. sire to establish equitable relations only with those with whom he is thrown into business contact, a sweeping attack is dommed to failure because he lacks HOW BUILDING TRADES ABUSES CAN BE the proper understanding of his position necessary to REMEDIED. its defense. Such has too often been the action of builders' exchanges, and, as an inevitable result, they A large majority of the builders in this country have utterly failed to secure the object for which they are willing to admit the theoretical value of the organ are established or to justify their existence. Failure ization and the associated effort which is its out by its members to understand that consistent and un growth; they are willing to concede that a body of ending labor is the price of success in obtaining the men working in unison for a given end are incom ends sought by an organization of builders, just as parably more efficient than a like number working these characteristics are necessary to success in busi individually and under differing methods ; they recog ness and in anything else, presages failure of the or nize the endless complications that needlessly exist in ganization ; and experience has shown that the major the conduct of their business, and yet in most cases ity of builders' exchanges that have failed of success the sum of their action is a few spasms of objection, have failed from this cause. short-lived and ill-directed, says the Builders' Bulletin. The first duty of the builders' exchange is to Up to the present time, with relatively few exceptions, establish a platform upon which its members can rest united action by builders has been like an eruption. unassailable from any standpoint of justice, and then Some particular condition has become so intolerable, to stand firmly upon it. The eradication of the abuses and so aggravated by their submission to it, that they which exist in the building business, from the build are drawn together by a common feeling of exaspera ers point of view, depends almost entirely upon tion, and with one accord strike out against the condi the builders themselves; and it is a self-evident fact tion to which the}' object. that as long as abuses are tolerated and offenses When affairs are running along with no more against justice condoned, so long will abuses than the usual amount of friction and builders are not exist and multiply. Careful organization, in which menaced by some particular danger, they seem to be each member knows the full significance of member unable to discriminate between those interests which ship and is willing to abide by its responsibilities, is belong particularly to the individual and those which the surest means to give sufficient weight to united belong to builders in common ; and, as a natural re action to insure success. sult, they fail to differentiate when acting together, under some hastily conceived form of organization, for the exchange at the outset in order that its princi PROPOSED ACADEMIC AND SCHENLEY ples and purposes may be given due weight; but it is DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. a fatal mistake to attempt to include every builder in the community in the beginning simply for the sake The proposed Academic and Schenley District of numbers. High School building is the first of the various dis The abuses existing- in the customs under which trict high schools to be built by the city under the the building business is transacted to-day are the program adopted by the Central Board of Education natural outcome of years of neglect on the part of the in the matter of locating High Schools in different builders themselves, and when the fact is considered sections of the city. it must be admitted that the mere establishment of an This method of establishing district high, schools organization for their correction is not sufficient to was adopted after a thorough investigation by the end them at once. Long existing customs, by virtue Special Committee and a very comprehensive report of their existence, are frequently accepted as justifi to the Board setting forth the many advantages of able, and any attack upon them is strongly opposed abandoning the original proposition of one large cen- bv those whose prerogatives thereunder are assailed. (Continued on Page 37). i - -'^^§Sllllii&& HOUSE FOR JOHN WORTHINGTON, ESQ., PITTSBURGH
LOUIS STEVENS, ARCHITECT, PITTSBURGH VIEW IN LIVING ROOM
VIEW IN HALL HOUSE FOR JOHN WORTHINGTON, ESQ., PITTSBURGH
LOUIS STEVENS, ARCHITECT, PITTSBURGH LODGE ROOM, MASONIC TEMPLE, ERIE
BANQUET HALL, MASONIC TEMPLE, ERIE
ALDEN & HARLOW, ARCHITECTS, PITTSBURGH ADAMS DINING ROOM
C. P. BRANGWYN, DESIGNER, PITTSBURGH
GEORGIAN DINING ROOM HENRY BRYANT, DESIGNER, PITTSBURGH RESIDENCE FOR MRS. SARAH COCHRAN, DAWSON, PA.
THE W. G. WILKINS COMPANY, ARCHITECTS, PITTSBURGH
CENTRAL PAVILION, CITY HOSPITAL, MARSHALSEA
KIEHNEL & ELLIOTT, ARCHITECTS, PITTSBURGH PROPOSED ACADEMIC & SCHENLl
F. J. OSTERLING, ARCHITECT Y DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
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(Continued from Page 16). a large auditorium with a seating capacity of 2,500, to tral High School Building of sixty rooms, and in lieu be used during commencements for the school grad thereof taking the schools to the children, avoiding uates, thereby obviating the necessity of renting Car thereby the extra car fare, and increasing the attend negie Music Hall or a theater as has been the cus ance of the schools at least 25 per cent, and further tom in the past.
BEDFORD AVENUE BARRACKS COSTING $36,000.00.
RIVER SIDE SCHOOL, BETWEEN TWO RAILROADS. accomplishing a saving of over a $1,000,000.00 to the Bids have been received by the Board for the taxpayers. erection and complextion of this building after public The proposed building upon the Magee property advertising for a period of about four weeks, and in addition to being one of the district high schools, seven bids were submitted by prominent builders. is also to be used for the higher grades of educational While final awarding of the contract is still held courses, or the graduating classes, and is to contain in abeyance by the Court, the architect has reliable 38 THE BUILDER information from some of the bidders that the bids Scholars are now compelled to occupy temporary will fall $100,000.00 below the estimated cost of $600,- and scattered quarters (some in basement rooms) in 000.00 which has been fixed as the limit for the cost the following districts : of the building. Osceola School Building 5 rooms The proposed building will cover an area of about Lincoln School Building 4 rooms 190 ft. front by 254 ft. depth. Letsche School Building 2 rooms The auditorium is placed in the center of the Riverside School Building 4 rooms building, surrounded by corridors from 15 ft. to 20 ft. The average rent paid for the above 15 rooms was in width. $50.00 a month. The class rooms are placed between the corridors A number of temporary rooms have been pro and the exterior walls of the building, and are lighted vided in the attic of the Fifth Avenue High School by five large windows each. The ceilings are 14 ft. Building. clear in height. A temporary frame barracks of eight rooms was The construction of the building is steel frame, recently built adjoining the old Central Hig'h School and absolutelyfire-proof throughout. on Bedford Avenue which was built about sixty years The heating, ventilating, plumbing and sanitary ago. The Board of Directors of the Highland Sub- appliances are of the most modern design and type. School are now building an expensive school building The building is to be placed back from Forbes for the express purpose of renting the rooms to the St. about 75 ft., and away from the Junction Railroad Central Board for high school purposes. and Forbes Street bridge 150 ft., avoiding any re The money necessary for the new buildings has taining walls and admitting of easy access to the already been contributed by the taxpayers and has Ground Floor of the building, avoiding outside steps. been lying in the City Treasury for the past five The exterior is to be built of gray brick, with gray years drawing but 2 per cent interest from the city stone trimmings. banks. The style of architecture in which the building is When the Central Board sold the Friendship designed is Tudor-Gothic, simple in outline, and of a avenue school property, they tore down the fences style specially adapted for school buildings. It has and grandstands, which as second-hand lumber was been suggested that all of the various district build worth hardly five hundred dollars at that time, and ings be carried out in the same style of architecture, moved it to the Magee property, where it has laid ex which admits of large windows and plenty of light in posed to the elements for the past five years carefully the school rooms, simple cornices and trimmings, and guarded by a watchman at $60.00 a month. avoiding the usual deterioration of material, which now prevails in the various jumbled school architec LICENSING ARCHITECTS IN LOUISIANA. ture throughout the city. The plans of the building provide as follows: Louisiana has recently been added to the States The Ground Floor contains four domestic science enacting laws for the licensing of architects, it being rooms; four manual training rooms, boys' and girls' thefirst o f the Southern States to pass an ordinance recreation and lunch rooms, three book and storage of this nature. Acoording to the definition of the act rooms; boys' and girls' toilet rooms, and janitors' an architect is one who "professes to practice his pro room and four exits, and four stairways. The boiler, fession or who advertises and holds himself out as engine and fan rooms are in the sub-basement. such." Before entering upon the practice of archi The first floor contains nine class rooms, with tecture he must present to the Board of Architectural cloak rooms; one study room, principal's office and Examiners a diploma from an architectural college or private office, with toilet; director's room, with toilet school of good standing or shall pass a satisfactory ex room; reception room, faculty room, teachers' study amination before the board upon the subjects of archi and retiring room, toilet rooms for boys and girls; four tectural engineering, architectural design, archi stairways and four exits and the auditorium, with a tectural history and architectural drawing. seating capacity of about 2,500, with dressing rooms. The certificate of the Board of Examiners, which The secondfloor contains eleven class rooms, with consists of five members, entitles the holder to prac cloak rooms, one study room, one large library with tice as an architect in the State of Louisiana. alcove, one teachers' study and retiring room, boys' All persons practicing architecture in the State and girls' toilet rooms, three stairways. before the passage of the ordinance were required The third floor contains three class rooms, three within 90 days after its promulgation to register with drawing rooms, three rooms for physical laboratories, the clerk of the District Court of the parish within three rooms for chemical laboratories, one lecture which they resided and upon the appointment of the room, one study room, one teachers' study and retir Board of Architectural Examiners to notify the board ing room, boys' and girls' toilet room and three stair of such registration. ways. Every licensed architect in the State desiring to The necessity for additional high school facilities continue the practice of his profession must annually, has been apparent for years, in fact the Central Board during the time he shall continue in such practice, pay of Education has been trying to erect a building for to the secretary of the board during the month of the past fifteen years. They have during this time January a fee of $5 and the secretary shall thereupon purchased three different sites, abandoning them one issue such licensed architect a certificate of renewal after another and employed about fourteen different of license for the term of one year. Any licensed archi architects to prepare plans from time to time, involv tect who fails to have his license renewed during the ing the city with claims aggregating about $138,- month of January in each year is liable to have his 000.00. license revoked, although the failure to renew his li- T H E U I L D E R
cense in proper time shall not deprive the architect architectural correctness in connection with "-ood man of renewal thereafter, but the fee in that case is $10. tels shald be observed in all cases possible but the The list of licensed architects will be published people m all cases do not go in for correctness of ar annually in the month of April by the Board of Archi chitectural detail in their mantels or other details in tectural Examiners. the building of their homes. The mantelpiece is con The penalty for practicing without a certificate is sidered by people of taste to be the centerpiece of the a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or im decorative scheme in the modern home and its selec prisonment for not less than 30 days or not more than tion should be a matter of careful thought. 90 days for each offense. _ We know of no other piece of furniture that re The ordinance does not apply to architects of quires so much skill in its selection, and from a deal other States or Territories when associated with or ers standpoint the writer believes that more care is consulting with any registered architect of Louisiana. taken in buying the mantel for a home than anything else in the house. Where an architect is employed to RATE RULING AIDS TRADE supervise the house and its building, he is consulted by the owner to pass on the mantels and is always a Mr. Corey does not believe the rulings in the help to the buyer. In a good many cases, the archi freight rate cases will be detrimental to the general tect infers or believes, that to get good designs he business of the country. must make them, and makes this suggestion before "It is my opinion that they will accelerate rather inspecting the stock of the dealer and thereby causes than retard commercial and industrial progress," he the owner to spend unnecessary money for'suitable said. "The decision is the partial solution of an designs. economic problem that has been clouding the business A glance at a local dealer's stock often shows the horizon for several years. architect that the manufacturers of wood mantels are "It is a step in the right direction and will assist at the present time, placing before the public, through materially in placing the country's business on a more the dealers, designs that are architecturally correct substantial foundation. It will establish transporta both as to design and construction. A few years a^o tion and manufacturing on a better basis. the conditions were different; the stock mantels "The rapid expansion in commerce and industry shown were made to sell and were designed for sell in the last ten years has been natural, but the eco ing purposes only; therefore each and every manu nomic side of the question has been lost sight of and facturer simply made the staple selling designs try there has been a growing tendency to extravagance. ing in most cases to make showy designs, large and "The problem of reducing operating costs to meet woody, without regard for architectural design or changed conditions should be taken up more energet beauty. The manufacturer now realizes that designs ically. The results cannot be otherwise than helpful. must be made in keeping with the usual architectural Business should be more uniform; there will be a run of houses being built throughout the country and check to inflation, and with more economic operations at the present time the stock mantels shown "are a the United States will be in a stronger position to great improvement on past efforts and the makers compete with the great commercial marts abroad." as well as dealers, are educating the people by fur nishing wood mantels that are architecturally beauti ARCHITECTURAL CORRECTNESS OF WOOD ful satisfying to the cultivated eye and pleasing to the MANTELS architects. At the present time there is no excuse for the The architectural correctness of the wood mantelhome builder to display bad taste in the details that go is a subject that brings up thoughts pertaining to this to make an artistic home; he has at his command the line of business that wouldfill a very good-sized book; architects of his city, also the architectural literature therefore, the writer will endeavor to submit, in as of the country; he can easily cultivate his taste by few words as possible, his ideas on the subject, reading, and if not able to employ an architect he can gathered from several years' experience in selling the closely observe the taste displayed by his more fortu wood mantel, says W. J. Northcross, in a recent issue nate neighbors. of Construction News. It is generally conceded by The manufacturer is compelled to respond to the those of experience that wood is the most desirable demands of the public as to the class and style of his material to use for the mantelpiece. It lends itself designs, and if the people demand mantels that follow readily to treatment in an architectural way, and as closely good architectural style, then he makes them. the majority of interiors are invariably finished in The day of the showy, nondescript furniture style wood, the harmonious effect is better carried out by of wood mantels, with the "stuck-on," band-sawed the use of the wood mantel than it could possibly be imitation carvings and serpentine shelves, has about by using marble, iron, stone or other material for its passed, and all dealers are glad of it. The architec construction. tural correctness of the wood mantel is now being fea As to the architectural correctness of the wood tured by all up-to-date makers—the factories are^alert mantel, this is always a question of cultivated ideas and are ever on the lookout for men who are good de and good taste ; it must show skill in design and con signers and who make the specialty of designing man struction, and should harmonize with its surroundings ; tels their sole profession. The designer who hat good artistic excellence should be shown in its proportions ideas is always in demand, as manufacturers are al of parts and in its decorative treatment of details ; its ways in the market for his services. The usual cus o-eneral plan and design should be in accordance with tom formerly pursued by the mantel factory in getting either the general principles of good taste, or the pre out new designs was to have his "traveling man" cof- scriptions of custom or tradition. It is a fact that the lect cuts and make sketches of all the "good sellers" 40 THE BUILDER during his travels, and when he came in he explained task, and yet when it came to fitting together the his collection to the boss, who then called in the fore debris of a building which had stood as high as a man of the shop, who was "dandy in drawing"," and thirty-story skyscraper, their knowledge did not help then they blocked out the new designs with the idea them very much. Oftentimes earnest discussions of making "good sellers" that would beat his com would arise among them as to whether a certain step petitors. or a particular stone had been reset at the proper The architectural correctness of design was never height, for it was their purpose to bring back the old considered, or thought of; therefore a lot of mantels Campanile, not to make a new one, and even the frac were produced that had no architectural beauty what tion of an inch was deemed important. ever. The present designs of wood mantels are, in It has been estimated that there were 1,200,000 the majority of cases, designs that are architecturally bricks in the Campanile, and as nearly every one of beautiful and correct, and are designed by men who these were broken into two or more pieces, the task make a study of the wood mantel and its requirements. offitting them together must have been prodigious. Blouses are often built that do not follow any Some idea of the almost insurmountable difficulty special style or period of architecture, and in such involved in this work may be gathered from the fact cases the correctness of the design of mantels must that Sansovino's celebrated statue of the Madonna, be left to the good taste of owner and suggestions of which was made of terra cotta and which had adorned the dealer. Simple designs that are neat and that the interior of the famous Loggia, was broken into show good construction and that arefinished properly more than sixteen hundred pieces. All the pieces are never in bad taste. were carefully sifted out of the ruins and laid aside It is not necessary, at the present time, for the and the arduous task offitting' them together was architect to make a practice of designing wood man undertaken by a sculptor of high repute. It took him tels ; he can follow any architectural idea in mantels thirteen months to solve the puzzle, part of the time and find them in stock in all large centers where well being spent infinding small fragments which he found selected stocks are carried. Some cases demand a to be missing in the progress of his work, but now the special mantel to carry out certain architectural ideas beautiful statue is fully restored and will continue, of the architect, both as to detail and special size, and no doubt, to enthrall its worshippers as it had done when such a case occurs the architect should in all for a thousand years or more. cases have his local dealer make and furnish the Another feat, almost equally remarkable, was the special mantel, and not let this class of work be exe restoration of the bronze gate of the Logetta of San- cuted by the mill and lumber furnishers. The mill sovino, which was twisted and broken almost beyond man is making mantels, special and otherwise, in nine conceivable repair when the Campanile collapsed. cases out of ten, does not figure properly on the size One of the lions which adorned it was smashed into of tile and grates used, and therefore his efforts at a thousand pieces. Although it took months of hard mantel-building are usually a bad job. The dealer and patient work, the gate and its embellishments knows the requirements of the mantel as to the correct have now been completely restored. trimming, and is the proper one to carry out the archi But it was not only in the statuary and the deco tect's ideas on special mantels. rations of the Campanile that these jig-saw methods were adopted. The big tower itself, standing 323 feet WHAT THE OLD CAMPANILE WAS high, was put together again in the same manner, the identical bricks which had done service for a thousand Nine years ago the Campanile, the famous bell years being utilized in the restoration as far as it was tower of Venice, suddenly collapsed, and what had possible. The bricks used in the construction of the been for ten centuries one of the artistic wonders of Campanile were ten times the size of the bricks to Europe was reduced in a moment to a gigantic scrap which we are accustomed. heap. While the old material was used wherever possi To-day Venice again has its Campanile, and it is ble in the rebuilding of the famous bell tower, modern the same Campanile in every respect that fell nine construction methods were employed, as a repetition years ago. of the faulty methods of a thousand years ago would This is not a miracle—although it must seem like only have invited a recurrence of the disaster. one to the Venetians who, nine years ago, regarded The fall of the Campanile had been predicted the destruction of their beloved Campanile as an irre numbers of time by prominent architects who were parable loss. It is simply the solution of the most familiar with the manner in which it had been built. gigantic jig-saw puzzle ever conceived—a jig-saw To dispel these rumors, the Venetian authorities had puzzle consisting of several million pieces, upon which the foundations of the Campanile thoroughly exam a whole nation has been working for nine years before ined in 1885, and when they found that these founda an interested audience comprising practically the rest tions were as solid as when they were first put in of the civilized world. place in the tenth century, they declared that there The new Campanile is nothing more or less than was no cause for alarm and that the beloved Cam the old Campanilefitted together again, piece by piece, panile was good for another thousand years anyway. stone by stone and brick by brick. The famous archi But in less than a score of years afterward—on tects of Europe collaborated in working out the puz July 12, 1902—the great bell tower collapsed, and the zle, and every fragment of marble, or brick, or bronze investigation that followed showed that the accident was carefully scrutinized by them in their efforts to wasn't due to any weakness in the foundations, but replace it where it had originally belonged. Almost to the poor mortar that had been used between the every detail of the old Campanile was familiar to the bricks and marble. Prior to 14-05 the mortar used in European architects and other experts engaged in the Venice was made of the white lime from the Istrian THE BUILDER 41 limestone, which had no hydraulic qualities, and as thousands of visitors will wish to see the tower and the Campanile of St. Mark's had been completed long hear its bells. before, it was apparent that only this poor mortar This is not thefirst acciden t that has happened had been used. to the Campanile for when it was still covered with a Modern architects knew this and gave due warn wooden roof it was struck by lightning several times, ing, but the officialsfinding tha t the foundations were and set on fire—but without serious damage. all right, regarded the building as safe. They did not When the Campanile is re-opened on April 25, realize that it, was only a question of time before the there will be great rejoicing and a general holiday in bricks and stones of this high tower would begin to Venice, for that famous city has mourned the ruined slip, and that when they did there was nothing to tower more than Rome mourned for destroyed stop the ruin. Pompeii. The ancient foundations proved as solid as ever, It has been a work, not only of patriotism, but of for they had been built most carefully. The builders loving association to rebuild the Campanile out of the had dug down to the stiff clay, and over the whole very debris that constituted its walls. area of the footings of the tower they had driven piles of white poplar, ten to eleven inches in diameter, PITTSBURGH CAPITAL TO BUILD HOTEL. nearly touching one another. On the top of these a level platform was formed by two layers of oak trees Pittsburgh capital, it is announced, will build a roughly squared, the upper layer being placed cross $1,000,000 hotel at Erie, Pa., next summer. The com wise of the lower. When examined in 1885, all this pany will be known as the Hotel Jerome. On its wood was found to be as sound as the day it was board of directors are: Grant McCargo, president of put down. the Fort Pitt Hotel Company of Pittsburgh; C. A. Blanchard, manager of the Fort Pitt, and W. C. The original tower was begun in the early part Pattison, assistant manager of the Fort Pitt. C. R. of the tenth century and completed by the middle of Miller of the Fort Pitt Hotel Company, is not a direct the twelfth century. The belfry was erected and fin or, but is interested in the enterprise. Other directors ished by Bartolomeo Buono, 1517. The tower was are: Frank H. Pavne of the Metric Metal Works, of brick, but the belfry and surmounting pyramid Erie; Otto F. Behrend, Frank D. Schultz, John W. were of marble. The total height was 323 feet, and Galbraith, John S. Curtis, Erie, and George P. Spittal the tower was but 42 feet square at the base. It was ot Philadelphia, Pa., who is president of the company. this small foundation, coupled with the poor mortar The new hotel is to be 10 stories high, with a roof used, which was responsible for the disaster. As garden which can be enclosed in the winter. Mr. every one knows, there is a constant tug of gravity Blanchard of the Fort Pitt Hotel verified the report upon the highest portion of a tower with an insuffi that the hotel would be built. Ground for it will be cient base, and this constant force pulling at the mar broken some time in the spring. It is expected the ble and bricks high up on the tower, gradually loos hotel will be open in the early fall. , ened the marble and bricks, held together so poorly by the dried-out, miserable mortar, until at last the tower cracked and then slipped down into ruins, bringing all with it into a mass of debris. When it fell four of the five bells in the belfry were smashed, and much of the famous Logetta of Sansovino, at the bottom of the tower, was damaged. W. H. HOFFMAN CO. The angel which stood on the summit of the pyramid, made of gilded copper, with head and feet of bronze, DECORATORS while broken, has been put together again, and will stand in its old place. In reconstructing the Campanile no scaffolding FARMERS BANK BUILDING was used on the interior, but a movable sliding plat form, which was pushed up as the work progressed. There are no stairways in the rebuilt tower, but a series of ramps, or inclined planes, by which the visi tor climbs upward. There are no windows, but slits in the walls to light the interior. LOUIS B. TITZEL The most artistic work about the Campanile was the loggia of Sansovino, a kind of vestibule to the Painter Campanile built by Sansovino in thefifteenth century. The four historic bronze statues which adorned this HARD WOOD loggia, though badly injured, have also been repaired FINISHER and occupy their original positions as "good as new." The large bricks, about ten times the size of our bricks, have been used again, those destroyed in the No. 30 East Robinson Street crash being replaced by new ones of the same size North Side and shape. PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA The reconstruction of the Campanile will have f-oQ OCedar Residence Bell Telephone Telephones cost more than $400,000 when completed, but Venice °° (North 21 Glenshw will have again her most beloved monument, and 42 THE BUILDER Patterson nisi REIZENS TEIN Window Boxes
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MANUFACTURERS Or MANTELS and TILING HIGH GRADE GRAY, BUFF, MOTTLED AND RED BRICK. 955 Liberty Street,
Empire Building PITTSBURGH, PA. PITTSBURGH,PA.
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MARBLE AND MOSAIC WORK FINE MANTEL AND FIREPLACE WORK TILES FOR FLOORS, WALLS, BATH ROOMS, ETC. 1 Twin City Art GlassWorks We solicit opportunity from Archi tects and Builders to estimate Corner SANDUSKY and ROBINSON Streets
FIFTH FLOOR, HEEREN BUILDING P. S. A. PBONE 515 NORTH ALLEGHENY, PA. Penn Ave. and Eighth St., Pittsburgh, Pa. BELL PHONE 334-R CCDAR
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P. & A. TELEPHONE 757
W. W. MILLER ROOFING ROOF PAINTING General Contractor W. H. KNODELL TINNER 540 WINEBIDDLE AVENUE, E. E. 510 East Diamond Street ALLEGHENY, PA.
PITTSBURGH CONDUCTORS REPAIRING GUTTERS
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Bel Phone Brady 355. P. & A. Phone Chester 68. DuKane Pvustic DuKane Standard DuKane Hollow BRUCKMAN LUMBER GO.
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
Building and Hardwood Lumber, Mill Work
Yards ; West Market Street and Preble Avenue
Office : Preble Avenue near Island Avenue ALLEGHENY, PA. McKEESPORT BRICK CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. McKEESPORT, PA.
P. LEGOULLON LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, FISK 90 SUCCESSOR TO W. B. LUPTON & CO. VILSACK, MARTIN & COMPANY ACTINOLITE, ASPHALT, SLATE, Ornamental Iron and Wire Works, TILE AND GRAVEL Iron Stairs and Railing, Fire Proof Porches and Escapes, ROOFERS Fencing and Entrance Gates. Work of Every Descrip DEALER IN tion for General Contractors and Builders. ROOFING SLATE AND ROOFING MATERIALS ROOMS 614 BESSEMER BUILDING 3222 TO 3238 PENN AVENUE PITTSBURG, PA. TELEPHONE 539 PITTSBURGH, PA.
T. W. JONES PATTERSON & SHAW STAIR BUILDER BUILDERS and
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2603 PENN AVENUE No. 30 East Robinson Street, North, PITTSBURGH, PA. PITTSBURGH.
W. H. HOFFMANN TELEPHON ES : Bell, 1353 Court-P. 4. A. 22S2 Main RODGERS SAND COMPANY Decorator DEALERS AND SHIPPERS OF P5JFy ALL KINDS OF SAND AND GRAVEL FARMERS BANK BUILDING BY BOAT, RAIL OR WAGON PITTSBURGH. 123 Water Street PITTSBURGH, PA. T I-I E U I L D E R 49
HIGH GRADE Patterson Coal & Supply Co, GAS RANGES, GAR KAN<:|,;s F" ZFMTTH ' '''URNACI'JS ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS AND LAUNDRY STOVES C OA L Phoenix Portland Cement, Washington Building Lime, Stephenson Manufacturing Co. Ideal Wall Plaster, Lime, Cement, Sand, Sewer JOHN C. BASH, Manager. Pipe, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Grate Tile, Etc.
Bell L. D. Telephone 860 Cedar 207 - 209 Sandusky St. 1 222 Grant Ave., ALLEGHENY, PA. P. & A. Telephone 696 Norlr, ALLEGHENY, PENN'A. I'hones : Bell, 218 Cedar ; P. & A.. 213 North.
BELL PHONE 4690 COURT. PHONE 215-R WALNUT ANDREW HILL & SONS J. a DAVIS CO. Mantels, Tiles and Fire Places Wall Paper and Interior Decorations TILE FLOORS AMD WALLS A SPECIALTY
50J SAILOR BUILDING 114 Wabash Avenue, 432 WOOD STREET West End, PITTSBURG, PA.
George A. Cochrane, Jr. Rob't K. Cochrane. Goehring & Bartley
George A. Cochrane Co. EVERY KIND OF
General Building Contractors Builders' Hardware and Structural Iron WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Hardware, Painters' Supplies, Brushes, Window 1210-1216 WASHINGTON AVENUE, and Plate Glass. ALLEGHENY, PA, 6203 PENN AVENUE, EAST END, Both Phones : Bell 341 Highland Telephones : P. & A.. Chester 127 ; Bell, Brady 127. PITTSBURGHP. & A. 341 East
Enterprise (Contracting (jo. AllBiMy Cornice ii SIAM Go. ALBERT KLICKER, Manager, Sheet Metal Window Frames and Sash. Pile Driving, Trestle and Dock Building, All Architectural Sheet Metal Work. Excavating, Dredging, Seep Wells Slate, Tin, Gravel and Slag Roofing. and Concrete Work. Metallic Skylights, Galvanized Iron and Copper Cornices. S GRANT AVEl and BOQUET ST^; Fulton Building, PITTSBURGH, PA. Thones : Bell. 1957 R Cedar. P. & A., 1161 North. BELL 2694 GRANT. A LLEGH EN Y, PA. 50 THE BUILDER
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HOUSES SX $3,500 to $250,000 are being bmlt FIREPROOF WITH Terra Cotta Hollow Tile Even if you do not build fireproof throughout, you will find Hollow Tile an extremely valuable material for wall and partition construction. BEAD THIS ARTICLE THROUGH—THEN ASK FOR OUR BOOK Besides the inestimable value of their being fireproof, buildings of Hollow Tile throughout are better than frame, brick and wood, or concrete-and-wood, because they are of ENDURING MASONRY CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT By reason of the indestructibility of the material and their substantial construction, these houses COST FAR LESS FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS than is the case with buildings of frame or brick-and-wood. Floors of wooden joist construction warp and crack. Floors of Fireproof Terra Cotta Hollow Tile endure for all time. Exteriors of frame houses must be painted frequently; walls of Cement Coated Terra Cotta Hollow Tile, never. Walls of wood, stone, concrete or brick absorb, retain and carry to the interior of the house the frost of Winter and heat of Summer. The air space in walls of Terra Cotta Hollow Tile furnishes complete insulation against atmospheric conditions, thereby reducing the co st of heating to a minumum, and buildings of this mater ial compared with brick, frame, stone, concrete or a combination of all four are WARMER IN WINTER—COOLER IN SUMMER Houses with walls of brick, stone, concrete or frame, must be "furred" or lined with wood to be plastered, and they carry sound vibrations and are subject to the penetration and ravages of vermin. Terra Cotta Houses require no furring, the plaster being applied directo to the Hollow Tile, and they are MOISTURE PROOF—SOUND PROOF—VERMIN PROOF Wfeen it is considered that a residence with all these advantages and completely Fireproof can be built at as low a cost as one of brick-and-wood, concrete, or frame, is it not worth while to talk with your architect about this modern construction? All competent architects are familiar with methods o± designing and building houses of Terra Cotta Hollow Tile. A copy of our book showing how houses are constructed of Fireproof Terra Cotta Tile will be sent upon request. Notional Fireproofina Company MANUFACTURERS OF TERRA COTTA HOLLOW TILE Contractors for Construction of Fireproof Buildings. The largest Company in the world devoted exclusively to the business Pittsburghof fireproof, Fulto constructionn Building. . Capital—Twelve anChicagod one-hal, Com'fl MillioNationanl DollarsBank Bnildlng. . Philadelphia, Land Title Building. New York, Flatiron Building. Washington, D. C, Colorado Bnildlng. Minneapolis, Lumber Exchange. Boston, Old South Building. Cleveland, Cuyahoga Building. Cincinnati, Union Trust Bnildlng. Los Angeles, Union Trust Building. St. Louis, Bank of Commerce Bnildlng. Toronto, Can., Traders Bank Building. San Francisco. Monadnork Bnildlng. London, Eng.. 27 Chancery Lane. 26 Factories throughout the United Statea.