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— THE — Secretary Wright has organized an efttcient corps of messenger boys to be in constant attendance at headquarters for the use of those in attend Daily Record and Guide ance at the convention. (Published Every Morning during the Convention ot tbe Mational Aesociation Stenographers and typewriters will be in constant attendance at the of Builders.) headquarters and those at the convention desiring their services are requested to use them freely. TELEPHONE ~ Cortlandt 1370. Keep your eye on the letter rack at headquarters, as you may flnd a let Communications should be addressed to ter there for you if you look.
C. W. SWEET, 191 Broadway. The Builders' Exchange, at New Haven, Conn,, has just been admitted a J. T. LINDSEY, BusEuesg Manager. member of the National Association and will be represented in the con vention. MONDAY, FEBKUARY 9, 1891. The Builders' Convention.
The convention which assembles to-day in the Masonic Temple promises to be by far the most important and interesting of the meetingsheldannually by the National Association of Builders, It is expected that about two hundred and fifty delegates and alternates will be present, in addition to a large.contingent of builders from abroad and the representation from this city. In another column we give the roll-call as it stood at the moment of going to press, with a list of the executive officers of the association and the stand ing committees. How vast the industry is that will be represented in this con vention can be seen from the short tables of building statistics given below. A moderate estimate of the amount expended annually in building in the cities that have sent delegations would not fall very far short, if at all, of §300,000,000, This will be the first convention of the kind that has been held in the metropolis. Quite apart from the honor of being selected for The Convention of the National Association of Builders is held at so important a meeting, tbat the convention is held here is, we THE MASONIC TEMPLE, believe, a peculiar piece of good fortune for the building trades of this city. New York is so vast a place, the interests, even in a Northeast comer of 33d street and Sth avenue. single industry, are so various and so scattered that an opportunity Sixth Avenne Elevated R. ti. has a station at 28d street. for bringing its members together and welding them, as it were, into a single mass by the aid of a common purpose seldom presents itself, and a hope is very generally expressed that the members of PROGRAMME FOR THIS DAY—MONDAY. the building trades, having come for once into close contact with one another, it will be easier to carry |,out in the future many- MORNING SESSION. schemes for reforms and organization that have been in the au: for Organ Recital at Masonic Temple, from 9 to 10 o'clock, by Professor years without producing any great results. Goodale. During the convention THE KECOED AND GUIDE will report the Convention called to order by President John J. Tucker, at IU o'clock. proceedings for the National Association, and will issue a daily Opening Prayer, Rev. Talbnt W. Chambers, D, D. paper every morning devoted to the affairs of the convention, of Opening Address, by President John J. Tucker, which tbis is the first number. It will contain a report of each Appointment of Committee on Credentials. day's transactions, all tbe gossip of the convention, illustrations, Presentation of Credentials. special articles on architecture and building, the official announce Adjournment. ments of the executive officers, chairmen of delegations, and many AFTERNOON SESSION. other features of interest to the delegates and their friends. Report of Committee on Credentials. Roll CaU. Building in the United States. Adjournment. I N anticipation of the meeting of the National Association of Immediately after adjournment Mr. F. E. Couover will distribute sou Builders, THE RECORD AND GUIDE prepared a circular request venir badges fmiiished by tLe Mechanics' and Traders' Exchange, of New I ing information a i to the amount of building done in 1690, and York City. A fac-simile of these badges is given above. The silk ribband is orange, and tliB medai and clasp will be of osydized silver for delegates sent a copy thereof to the Mayors, not only of the forty cities rep and of bronze for members, guests and others. resented in this convention, but to some twenty of the other largest cities throughout the country. Our object was to_ascertain as far as After the distribution of badges the Convention will proceed in stages to Col. Auchmuty's New York Trade Schools (for copy of Col. Auchmuty's possible the amount of money expended during oue year in the invitation, programme of entertaiument and some interesting facts con construction of houses, and to guage thereby the importance of the cerning tbese schools which have done such valuable service in the cause buildmg industry, compared with that of the other large indus of technical education see elsewhere iu this paper). tries. In retmning from the New York Trade Schools tbe members of the Con Some five years ago we circulated a similar letter, but the returns vention will visit the Central Tmrn Vereiu and the Industrial Schools therefrom were very meagre, owing principally to the fact that at connected therewith, (See illustrations elsewhere in tbis paper.) the time comparatively few of the cities possessed any building department, and that consequently comparatively few of them EVENING. wereina position to make returns. The attempt has been more Delegates to the Convention will be iu the charge of tbe Committee on successful this year. Buffalo is the largest city without a building .Enter tainment. department which answered our inquiry. In some of the other cities, Lawrence for instance, the returns are simply plausible esti OFFICIAL BULLETIN. mates; and in others they have been compiled from the figures of the Board of Assessors, [Under th-is heading will appear from day to da-y Insti-uotions, The table, however, ia necessarily incomplete, not only because Announcements, etc., fro^n the officers of the Association, Chairmen, we received no answers in a number of cases, but because some of Co-mmittees, etc.) the returns included alterations and some did not. As in the In the proceedings of the convention the Executive Committee have majority of cases, the figures for alterations havenot been received, endeavored to specially select one person to open tbe discussion on each we have excluded them wherever they were separated from the subject offered for consideration; the remaining time devoted to each particular subject will be equally divided between the Exchanges repre totals. One more warning should also be premised. Ina few of the sented in the convention, each delegate being called upon to express his large cities, the returns for which have not been received for 1890, views. we have incorporated the returns for 1889; and iu two instances Resolutions must be presented in writing, in duplicate, both copies signed these figures are approximate, not strictly accui'ate. Of course, i this would be manifestly unfair, if the table was prepared for the by the party presenting the same. purpose of comparing the relative importance of the different cities All votes (imless otherwise ordered) must be announced by the Chairmen •f D«l«g«tioas, as building centres, but we bave had no such intention. iQ Record and Guide. aiwn» February», isai
Hew Vork, N, T 3,607 $74,676,373 ances for this fact It will be seen that the railway industry in this ?«««v'rrtV^N*^j *'937 ^2!6iit?9i respect is not by any means as important as is tbe building industry. chiAgo.111.!...'...:"...•.•.•:::•.".••.•: ii,5S2 '47,39u,ooo , ^ iSfaS'FennV.::::::'::::::; it;So s!;SoSo m new York Trade schook St. Louis, Miss S,994 13,65S,7|I0 SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENTEKPBISE WHICH THE CONVENTION WILL st, Paul. Minn 3,174 9.548,272 .„g,^ TO-DAT. Minneanolis Minn 3,624 7,310,076 Washington, D. C 2,193 6,843,736 The New York Trade Schools, which the delegates to the National Con- Cincinnati, Ohio 2,128 5,125,000 vention will visit this afternoon, were established about nine years ago by Cleveland, Ohio 9,845 a'40o'000 ^'^^- ^^ ^^^^- Auchmuty with tbe object of instructmg young men in Providence°R.'i.'.'..'.'.V.'.V!.'!!!.'!! 581 2'(i26!9.i0 certain trades, and of enabling those already learning those trades to Worcester, Mass 926 1,871,400 improve tbemselves. Cambridge, Mass .' 393 | 'ils'trg "^^^ school is conducted on the principleof teaching thoroughly how work Columbus OhSi.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.''.'.''.'.'.'.'" 997 l^SoO^OSO should be done, and leavmg the quickness and aptitude of a first-class Scranton,'Penn.'.'.'.'.'..'.'.'!.! 473 1J2I4',844 mechanic to be acquired in actual work after leaving the schools. Full Portland, Me 12S ^'oea'jEn wages have been obtained by graduates within six months to two years Richmond, Va 629 • J»9,450 ^^^^ leaving the schools, and this is the strongest recommendation which Lawren'ce,'Mas5".'.'.'.'.!".!"'.! "!! . - 120 433!oOO . can be made in their favor. Charleston. S. C 105 329.775 The instruction in the Ti-ade Schools is both manual and scientific. There Saginaw, Mich 238 30b,94fi ^^ classes in bricklaying and plastering, the instruction including the (jiQj^lg 61,480 $326 351 691 building of piers, arches, flues, 'firaplaces, setting sills an^ lintels, corbel ling, the strength of walls, thrust ol arches, mixing and properties of In considering a table of this character, it is useless, of course, to mortal-, cement, etc. There are classes in plumbing, the in&truction being go very much into detail, or to claim more than an approximation in lead seams, overcast joints, cup-joints, horizontal wipe and branch joints, to the truth. The building figures of the various cities are not upright wipe joints, etc., caulking, sand bends, etc., as well as drainage, always compiled by people who have had much practice in ventilation, boilers, tanks, pumps, etc. In carpentry the students addition, and in several cases we have discovered errors of which ^^ '^^S^^ the uses of various tools as weU as planing, mortising, a school-bov might be ashamed. Fortunately, however, the possi- tenonmg panel frammg, partition settmg, iaymg floors, eta They ai-e a cn.±iuui uu. a L. • a- I.L. also taught house, sign and fresco pamting—fancy, humg, gildmg, gram- biUty of smair mistakes do not have a sufficient effect on the iijg_ ^^rk m flat colors and polish white, etc. In stone-cubting the student ' general totals to warrant much uneasiness. That about 61,420 is carried through the various stages, first commencing with tbe squaring buildings were erected in twenty-five of our largest cities during ^f g^ irregular block of stone and then finishing the surface in various the past year, and that these buildings cost somewhere near ways, such as rubbed, tooled, bush-hammered, random-pointed, tooth- $236,351,691 is a statement sufficiently near the truth to warrant chiseled, etc. He is then taught to cut chamfers, simple mouldings, return some little generalization. We cannot, indeed, carry out our mouldings, and raised and sunken panels. There are also blacksmith and original intention of comparing the importance of the building tailoring shops, the latter under the agis of the Merchant Tailors'Society, industries to that of the other industries in the country. Even if The delegates will tbis afternoon have an opportunity of seeing the , , • J t • c 11 IT, „ ij „i--ii „„„„i„ „ „„^(. workmanship turned out by the different classes in the various branches, we had received returns in full, there would still remain a vast ,, , ^, ,^ .^ , , ,, , . , . . , „ ,. . 1 . • .1 . 1-1 J and this will show them what a great and valuable work is being accom- number of buildings erected m the country which under any .^^^^ They will take away with them an experience which should lay the circumstances, could not be included m the estimate. Furthermore, fo^,^,
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Trade School Committee of tbe Master Painters' and Decorators' At the Fifth Avenue—Philadelphia, St. Louis, Rochester and Worcester. Society of New York—Messrs. Walter Reid, John Beattie, H. D. Moeller, At tbe Ashland House—Worcester, Providence, Grand Rapids and Sioux Theodore C. Johansmeyer, T. L. Taylor and Joseph Scott. City. Trade School Committee of the Master Freestone Cutters' Association At the Normandy-Baltimore. of New York—Messrs. B. A. Williams, James Hughes and WjUiam Light. Trade School Committee of the Merchant Tailors' Society of New York At the Gilsey House—Rochester, Cleveland (a part of), and Omaha. —L. S. Davidson, chairman; Geo. France, secretary: Andrew Patterson, At the Coleman House—Cleveland (a part of), and St. Joseph. E. N. Doll, A. ff. Muller, Conrad Muller, Jules C. Weiss, Jno. J. Kennedy, At the Continental—Buffalo and Kansas City. J, M, Jenkins, P. Sonnenburg and Berkley R. Merwin, ex-officio. Trade School ' ommittee of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York—Messrs. Thomas J. Fitch, George T. Dollinger, DAILY PROGRAMME B. A. Williams, John H. McGullagh, Carlton W. Nason and Albert G. OF THE Bogert, ex-officio. i'-'IFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Men Who Have Made the Oonvention a Sucoess. OP — I-— THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS. MARC EIDLITZ. Those who bave never been connected with the arrangements for a MONDAY.—MORNING SESSION. national convention will probably hardly realize the vast amount of time, Opening Address by the President, Mr. John J. Tucker. thought and labor connected with the details. There are a thousand and Appointment of Committee on Credentials. one matters to attend to, and had it not been for the fact that the work of perfecting tbe details had beeu in progress for months, things might not Presentation of Credentials. have run as smoothly as they are now doing in the able bands of tbe various Adjournment. committees and their chairmen. AFTERNOON SESSION. There is no one to whom greater credit is due for the success of the Report of Committee on Credentials. arrangements for tbe Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Builders thao Marc Eidlitz. He bas devoted much of bis time, day and Distribution of Souvenir Badges furnished by the Mechanics' and Traders'' night, for weeks past, to the various details connected with the work, and Exchange of New York. this has all beeu done with a quiet unostentatiousness that has won the Vi^it to Col. Auchmuty's New York Trades Schools. admiration of his colleagues. To Marc Eidlitz belongs the credit for being the first to impress upcn tbe TUESDAY.—MORNING SESSION. building interests of this city the value and importance of such an organi Offering of Resolutions. zation as the National Convection of Builders. It was due to his efforts Appointment of Comuiittee to report time and place of next Convention, that the Mason Builders'Association of New York took an active part in and to nominate officers for the coming year. the early organization of the National Association, and he was present in person at Cbicago when the first annual convention took place in that Report of Secretary. city iu 1887. Since then he has taken a strong interest in the welfare and Report of Treasurer. development of the association, and, notwithstanding tbe eirly diffidence ReportofStandinpCommittee. of members of the Mechanics' and Traders' Exchange, he succeeded in con Report of Special Committees. vincing that body of the importance of joining the association, ard now no exchange is m.)re enthusiastic in its support. AFTERNOON SESSION. Mr. Eidlitz has been delegate-at-large from New York to the National Consideration of request of National Association of Fire Engineers for Associat'on ever since its flrst convention. He is Chairman of tbe General appointment of delegates to a Joint Committee nf Fire Engineers, Archi Committee of Arrangement' for the Convention of 1891, Chairman of tbe tects, Builders and Building Inspectors, to frame a uniform building General Committee of the Executive Committee, and ex-officio mem ber of ordinauce. all sub-committees. He is also President of the Building Trades'Club, Consideration of amendment to Art. IV. of the Constitution so that per and has accomplished much to advance \ti growth, and to obtain for it the attention and support of the building interests. Some seventy meetings sons serving a term as president shall become permanent directors. have been held by various committees in counection with the arrange- Presentation of the "Legal Aspects of Boycotts and Strikes," by Mr, merts, both business and social, which have been made for the convention, Jobn L Wilkie, of New York. and he has not lieen absent from a single meeting. WEDNESDAY.—MORNING SESSION. Mr. Eidlitz was bom in Bohemia, and is sisty-flve years old. He came to the United Slates when quite a youth. He commenced business as a Consideration of Report of Committee on Form of Arbitration. mason builder in 185".J, and since then he has erected some of tho most AFTERNOON SESSION. prominent buildings in ^ew York City. Among tbese are lhe Astor Library, Steinway Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, Gallatin Bank, Consideration of Report of Committee on Reforms in Methrds of iSub- Seaman's Savings Bauk, Eagle Fire Insurance Company, Schermerhorn contr acting. and Astor offlce buildings, and the Eden Musee, Lancashire Fu'e Insurance THURSDAY.—MORNING SESSION. Company, Western Electric and other buildings, as well as nearly all the Consideration of Report of Committee on Uniform Contract. largest hospitals fn lhe city. He has also built many prominent residences, Consideration of Report of Committee on Builders' Security Ccmpany, including those of J. Pierpont Morgan, Ogden Gcelet, Robert L, Continuation of discussions which may bave been unfinished at previous Stuart, etc. sessions. During the last few yeai's he has retired from active work in building, AFTERNOON SESSION. having accepted the position of President of tbe Germania Bank. His Report of the Committee on Resolutions. name will continue in the annals of the building community through his sons, Messrs, Otto M. and J. R. Eidlitz, to whom the supervision of his Report of tbe Committee on Time aud Place of next Convention and business has been relegated. on Nomination of Officers. Election of ofBcers. Acceptances to Banquet So Tar Eeceived. Naming and election of directors. Unfinished business. Hon. J. H. V, Arnold, President Board of Aldermen; Messrs. Thos. C. FRIDAY. T. Grain, Chamberlain New York City; Oliver Barrett, Guy Gulgiu, and Richard T. Davies, Treasurer, Officers Gen. Soc. M. & T.; Robert Sinclair, Visit to the Builders' Eschange of Philadelphia, for inspection of its Piesident, and Hiram Snyder, Treasurer, Officers Building Materia! Building Material Exhibit, Trade Schools, etc, Exchange; Dirdsal Comell, Thos. E. Crimmins, Hon. Grover Cleveland, S ATURD AY. —MO RNING. Hon. Wm. H. Webb, Hon, Andrew Carnegie, Hon. John L. Wilk'e, Hon. Final meeting for action ou any unfi.nished business. Ashbel P. Fitch, Hon. John Dar. agh, Hon Carlisle Norwood, Hon. Gen, D. Butterfield, Rev. Talbot Chambers, Messrs, C, W, Sweet, H, W. Adjournment. Desmond, J, T, Lindsey, W. T. Comstock, Foster Coates, Montgomery Schuyler, A. J. Post, H, G. Gabay, MitcheU Halliday, Leopold Eidlitz. Geo. B. Post, David Jardioe, A. P. De Oench, R, W. Gibson, Chas, Debe THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS. voise, L. De Loppet Berg, W. Rutherford Mead, James E. Ware, C, L. W. Eidlitz, J. W. Bessell, James Curran, »Vm. E. Eldred, Cbas. T. Galloway, OFFICERS, 1890. Wm. A. Gaskell, Wm. H. Hand, James I. Healy, Edw. Jeans, Geo. F. Kreischer, Daniel J. Kane, Joseph H. Lougbman, Henry Maurer, John M. President, JOHN J. TUCKER, Mossman, Donald Mitchell, Jobn E, Nicholson, James Tbornpson, Thus. E. 37 West 13th Street, New York, N, Y, Trippler, Jr., Edw. B. Tompkins, Chai'les A. Tucker, John A. Taylor, R, W. Treffenbegr, J. W. Vaughn, Fred'k Van Court, Geo. T, Wills, Horatio First Vice-President, ARTHUR MCALLISTER, Watson, Jacob V. Meyers, 20 Newton Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Second Vice-President, ANTHONY ITTNER, 8 North Seventh Street, St. Louis, Mo, For the information of those desiring to communicate with the delegates from other cities, we give below the hotels at which they are staying. In Secretary, WM. H, SATWABD, some cases the delegates from a particular city are not at the same hotel, 164 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. and those desiring to reach them, by letter or in person, should take note of this: Treasurer, GEORGE TAPPER, At the Imperial Hotel—Cincinnati, Boston, Cbicago and St. Paul. 159 La Salle Street, Chicago, DL Record and Guide. February 9, 1891
The Central Turn "Verein-^To be visited by the Co-nvention to-day.
STANDING COMMITTEES. DIRECTORS, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. WM, HARKNESS, JR., Philadelphia, Pa. E. L, BAKTIETT, Baltimore, Md, L. P. SOUDE, Boston, Mass, 247 South 7th Street. JAMES BOLAND, Buffalo, N. Y. F. J. ASHFIELD, Brooklyn, N. Y. 427 Elk Street. JAMES BOLAND, Buffalo, N. Y, Kansas City, Mo. Charleston, S. C. WM. A. KELLY, D. A. J. SULLIVAN, 1316 Charlotte Street. Cbicago, Dl. GEORGE C. FRUSSING, Cincinnati, Ohio. COMMTTTBE ON METHOD OF SUB-CONTRACTING. LAWRENCE GRACE, Cleveland, Ohio, R. H, JENKS, JAMES A. MILLER, Chicago, Dl. Denver, Col. 131-129 South Clinton Street. G. F. LEDUB, Detroit, Mich. STAGY REEVES, Philadelphia, Pa. W. J. STAPLETON, East Saginaw, Mich. Builders' Exchange. GEORGE C. ZWERK, Grand Rapids, Mich. W. A. KELLY, Kansas City, Mo. H. E. DORAN, Indianapolis, Ind. JAKES E. SHOVBR, Builders' Exchange. Kansas City, Mo. SAMUEL FARQUHAR, Boston, Mass, WM. A. EELLT, Lowell, Mass. JAMES W, BENNETT, 164 Devonshire Street. Louisville, Ky. ABRAHAM RASNER, Pittsburg, Pa. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, Milwaukee, Wis. Builders' Exchange. CLIFFORD CHASE, Minneapolis, Minn. BARCLAY COOPER, • New York. N. Y. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. MARC EIDLITZ, Omaha, Neb. W. J. STAPLETON, Detroit, Mich. RICHARD SMITH, Philadelphia, Pa. 97 Cherry Street. WM. HARKNESS, JR,. Providence, R. I. D. J. HAMILTON, Pittsburg, Pa. J. S. HUDSON, Portlanu, Me, Builders' Exchange. A. D. SMITH, Pittsburg, Pa. JOHN DECLUE, St. Joseph, Mo. D. J. HAMILTON, Rochester, N. Y. 9th Street. W. H. GORSLLNE, Sions City, Iowa. COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM CONTRACT. FRANK CLARK, St. Joseph, Mo. GEORGE C. PRUSSIKG, Chicago, 111, JOHN DECLOE, St. Louis, Mo. 13 National Life Building. T. J. KELLY, St. Paul, Minn. A. MCALLISTER, Cleveland, Ohio. M. G. CRMG, Syracuse, N. Y. 20 Newton Street. JOHN MOORE, Washington, D. C, MARC EIDLITZ, New York, N, T. THOMASJ, KING, Wheeling, W, Va, 123 East 72d Street. Wilmington, DeL COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS. ARCHIBALD S.tREEB, WorssEter, Mase, W. H, GORSLINE, Rochester, N, T, 243 P»wera BuUding, ?ebruary;e,"188r Record and Guide.
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H, W. EDDY, Worcester, Mass. EOLL-CALL OF DELEGATES 8 Norwich Street. TO BARCLAY COOPER, Minneapolis, Minn. 1111 Hennepin Avenue. FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF COMMITTEE ON FORM OF ARBITRATION. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS, J. MILTON BLAIR, Cincinnati, Ohio. NEW YORK CITY. Builders' Exchange, ANTHONT ITTNER, St. Louis, Mo. BALTIMORE, MD. Builders' Exchange, Delegates. Alternates. GEORGE C. PRDSSINQ, Chicago, 111, 1. F. ADAMS, P. M. WAMBLE, JR., 13 National Life Building, I. HELTY, GEO. W. STARR, JEPF. I, WALSH. MAEC EIDLITZ, New York, N, Y, I. S. FILBERT. 128 East 72d Street, BOSTON, MASS, DAVID A. WOELPPER, Philadelphia, Pa. Delegates. Alternates. Builders' Eschange. O. W. NORCROSS, IRAG. HERSEV, * ELISHA LITTLEFIELD, la.'iAC F. PPOODBURT, COMMITTEE ON BUILDERS' SURETY COMPANY. E. NOYES WHITCOMB, LOUIS F. PERRY, JAMBS SMITH. GEORGE H. ELDER, A. MCALLISTER, Chairman, Cleveland, Ohio. BUFFALO, N. Y. 30 Newton Street. Delegates. Alternates. GEORGE C. PRUSSING, Chicago, 111. JOHN FEIST, C, I. CLOSE, 13 National Life Building, C. A. RUPP. M. T. BYRNE, J. MILTON BLAIR, Cincinnafi, Ohio. 45 Johnson Building. CHICAGfO, ILL. EDWARD E. SCRIBNBR, St, Paul, Minn, Delegates. Alternates. 355-361 Washington Street. GEORGE C. PRUSSINQ- -at large, J*HN J. TUCKER, New York, N. Y. W. P, KETCHAM, GEORGE A. FOLLER, 87 West 12th Street. GEORGE TAPPER, H. MARTIN, JOHN S. STEVENS, • Philadelphia, Pa. JOSEPH DOWNET, C B. KIMBALL, 130 Nortb 6tb Street, JOHN RAWLE, JOHN ANGUS, WILLIAM H, SATTOARD, Boston, Mess, W. H, ALSIP, C, C. BISHOP, 164 Davonsbire Stroet, C, W, GiHOBLSl, W. il. CMLLY, CO
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M. B. MADDEN, J. B. SIMPSON, ST, LOUIS, MO. R. ViERLING, R. H. HUMPHREY, Delegates. F. E. SPOONER, J. G. MCCARTHY, ANTHONY ITTNER, W. G OLDIE, D. FREEMAN, J. B. LEGG, D. V. PURINGTON, E. KjRK, JR., WM, M, ANDERSON, P. B. WIGHT. W. G. OLIVER. WM. A. RUTTER, , CINCINNATI, OHIO. -' WM. J. BAKER, Delegates. Alternates. PATRICK MULCAHY, D, W. C. BELLVILLB, ROBRRT CARLISLE, ST. PAUL, MINN. Delegates. Alternates. B. D. TIPPETT, CHA^. B. STEVENSON. EDWARD E. SCRIBNER. GEORGE J. GRANT, SAMUEL TAPPAN, CLEVELAND, OHIO, J. W. MAONSON, S. P. SPATES, Delegate. Alternate. JOHN H. DONOHUE. WM. M. YOUNG. "SIOUX CITY, IOWA. C. C. DEWSTOE. S. TOWSON. Delegates. Alternates. DENVER, COL, FRANK CLARK, P. F. BECK, Delegates. Alternates. I. A. HARRIS. GEO. BUCHANAN. JOHN D. MCGILVRAT, WM. J. HILL, SYRACUSE, N. Y. R, C, GREENLIE. WM. Or. PARKHURST. Delegates. Alternates. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. JOHN MOORE. Delegates. Alternates. H, F. CRAWFORD, J. A, ISLEY, H. M, REYNOLDS, J. B. WARE, JAME 1 E. BAKER, C, F, WiscBOON, JR. JAMES CURTIS. JOHN RAWSON. WASHINGTON, D. 0. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Delegates. Alternates. Delegates. Alternates. CHAS. A. LANG LEY, FRED. W. PSLLING, P,. M. KUHN. D. T. MCCARTHY, MORGAN THOMAS, GEO. W. STANLEY. H. A. JONES. ALBERT STEPHENS. KANSAS CITY, MO. WILMINGTON, DEL, Delegates. Alternates. Delegates. • Altei-}iatcs. IJ. T, GRUBLB, ALFRED GANTHOROP, B. F. SWAlN, JOHN T. SEDDON, A. L, JOHNSON. WM, H. FOULK. DAVID PULLMAN, A, O. SmTH, WORCESTER, MASS. W. U. LOWVETT, GEORGE DUGAN, Delegates. Alternates. CAPT. GOSS. C. A. BROCKETT. JASPPR DARLING, C. A. VAUGHN, LOUISVILLE, KY. WM. E. DEARBORN. GEORGE D. WEBB, Delegates. Alternates. JESSE SMITH. JOSEPH H. PETER. A Siory Ab ut Building Stone—In Daily Chapters. THOMAS ARMSTRONG, CHAPTER I. LOWELL, MASS, During the Conventiou of tlie National Association of Builders it is our' Delegates. Alternates. purpose to notice, iu the limited space at our disposal, tbe subject of JOHN H. COGGESHALL, building stones, oae probably as little written about as any in the very JAS. W. BENNETT. many other elements wbich go to make up the perfect aud completed WM. H. STAPLES. buildiog, and yet one which vexes tbe architect more, and with which MILWAUKEE, WIS. most of that overworked profession is more bored by solicitors for patron Delegates. Alternates. age than auy other; nor when one stops to analyze the question are these L. I. MILLER, ARTHUR H. VOGEL, conditions tobe much vroudered at. G. DUNK. C. F. KINDT. The kinds, qualities and quantities of each variety and the varieties of MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. building stones are legion. Each day almost something new is presented, Delegates. Alternates. either of now quarries of well-known kinds of rocks or uew varieties, so GEORGE W, LIBBY, H, N, LEIGHTON, tbat instead of, as in the past it was a question of how best to utilize, shape E, E, DODSON. I, S. BOWER, and fashion Ooi'neclicut brown stone, or how to adapt North River blue stoue, or how Jersey could he worked io and get within the limit of the F. R. PETTEBONE. "appropriation ;" tbe questions now are, how can the existing surround- NEW YORK, N, Y,' irgs be best made to serve as a background or setting for tbe building or Delegates. Alternates. system on which I am eugaged, and with what stones can I bring out the RICHARD DEEVES, C. T. WILLS, effects of the particular buildings my client or I saw when abroad. DANIEL HERBERT, C. ANDRUSS, WILLIAM C. SMITH, A. G. BOGERT, Witb tbe mjre scbolaidy and traveled clientage and professionals, the JNO. J. ROJJERTS, JNO. MCGLENSET, taste has broadened, and where th-> sombre brown stone of fifty (or sav twenty-five) years ago was good enough for the best, it nowisin agreat A. DICKINSON, J. J. MANOR, meaiure relegated to the tenement or tbe cheaper grade of dwelUngs; A. T. CAMPBELL, E. P. LEONARD, indeed to distasteful has it become to some architects, that tbey decline to GEO. MOOEE SMITH. J. M. CANDA. name it in their specifications; and although such ai'e the conditions, it is OMAHA. NEB. considered as and kept in stock by the general stone-cutter as the standard D.J agates. Alternates. stou'-. RICHARD ?MITH, With lhe more traveled and artistic architects, those who are the observ . ACOB J. JOBST, ers, tbe light shades bave been for the last few years the most popular, and A. SCHALL. to carry out their ideas the oolitic limestones from Indiana and Kentucky PHILADELPHIA, PA. bavefouod great favor. These under analysis show something better than Delegates. Alternates. tbe Portland and Bath English oolites, such as were employed in the erec WM. HARKNESS, JR —at large, tion of old Peterboro Cathedral (eighth century) and St. Paul's, London STACY REEVES, JOHN KISTERBOCK, (seveuteenth century), showing from 93 to 98 per cent of pure carbonite JOHN S. STEVENS. F. M. HARRIS, of lime. CHAS, GILLINGHAM, D. L. WORLPPKR. By far the largest field, as well as the oue producing the best of this ^ URItELL DOBBI\S, WM. B. IRVINE, variety, is a^, Bedford, the couuty seat of Lawrence Couuty, Indiana, SAMUEL HART, JOHN J. WEAVER, where are located around this pleasant little town of ^,000, about fifteen GEORGE WATSON, PETER GRAY. quarries, which in the aggregate produce more stone than is quai-ried in PORTLAND, ME. aoyolher town in tbis country. So great bas been the demand for this Delayates. stone tbat the supply has been closely drawn upon, aud tbe quarries worked J. J. FEENEY, to their fullest capacity and only closed with weather too severe to longer R w JACKSON. eonlinue. till now it takes tbe greater part of tbe rolling stock of one rail PEORIA, ILL. road with the assistance of two other recently completed roids to haul the Delegates product of this immense business to market—the market, tbe whole country VALENTINE JOBST, east of the Rockies, estending as tbe trade ,;oes from Denver to .Boston, I'. B HASBROOK. PROVIDENCE, R. I. from St. Paul to New Orleans, and in fact the writer estimated ou ii' building in San Francisco requiring about .^0,000 cubic feet witbin the past Delegates Alternates. two years. F C- MARKHAM, . BPBNCEI B, HOPKINS, (To be continued.) JAMES C. GASF. JAMES D. STUART. • ROCHESTER, N. Y. FOR INFOBMATION ABOUT Delegates. Alternates. WM H. GOHSLINE, C. W. VORSHALL, H. H. EDGERTON, F. P. STATTMAK, U. S. MAIL CHUTES F. C. SEITZ. T. W. FiNNCANE. WHICH ARE ST. JOSEPH, MO, A Dbce^sltyln office buildings and botels, Delegates. write to tlie sole makers, W. S. ELLIOTT, A THE CUTLER M'E'G CO., Rochester, N.Y, D. E. MARSHALL. PATENTED. AUTHORIZED. 20 Record and Guide. February 9, 1891 LAWRENCE CEMENT CO. The Oldest and Largest Establishment in the United States,
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New York Produce Exchange. Esses County Insane Asylum, New Jersey. Fourth Avenue Hors^f Oar Stables, New York Citv New York Mercantile Exchange. i^ew York Hospital. United -=?tates Electric Light Buildings, Newark N J London, Livetpool and. Globe Insurance Co. building. Yosemitft Apartment House, G2d St. and Park A v., Clark's Mile End Thread Works, Newark N J Central Railroad Terminus Station at Jersey City, N J. New York. Nairn Linoleum Works. Newark N J Tribune Building-. New Jersey State Insane Asyliun at Morris Plains, Edison Electric Plants at Newark and Orange N J William K. Vanderbilt, esd St. and Stb av., New York, N.J. Henry Clausen's Malt Hou^c, rist St. and E^st River. City and Country Seat, Oakdale, L. I. St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Piaza Hotel. 59tb St. and Stli Av New York [imes Building, New York. St. Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, N, Y. Deutscber Verein, SBtb St. and 6th Av , New'York. ia:oRSTA <& soisr. PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUEACTURERS OF THE "Morstatt" Sliding and Folding Blind. The "MORSTATT" patent ADJUSTABLE SPRING SUPPORT is the only support known which can be applied to blinds or sashes of any weight, retaining them at any height desired. The improveed "ACME" SLAT which is applied to all blinds of our manufacture, is the best slat made WITHOUT CENTRE ROD which will retain any position required. Visitors to this Convention and builders, architects and house-owners in general are invited to call at our factory, where we shall be pleased to show our goods.
227 and 229 WEST 29th SL, Bet 7th and Sth Av$„ New York, 33 Record and Guide. February 9, 1891 JLYRE & FISHER CO., • MAMUB'ACTDEEES OF- IFixie IPa.ce IBx^icHs: Buff, Ochre, Eed, Drab, Gray, Old &old. Bronze and Mottled, both Plain and Moulded.
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