New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
IS. we had all we could do

To I'LL our contracts q,
Have the dealers taken any boycotted brick :?
asked the reporter mo, not yet he SAID.
The action of the delegates in removing uhe
boycott on contract brick will relieve us TO such
a degree that don't want to preclpltate natters
by making an open rupture with the delegates;
| will say, however, that there has been goou
deal of Nerplancks Point brick used In the Guy
since the boycott was established, ana lt is peins
slipped in every day, often to the knoWledge Oh
the handlers and cartmen. ,,,.
George W. Debevoise, superintendent OF ruby
School Buildings said yesterday that he was not
going to advertise for bids school contracts, as
there was no certainty as 10 the ABILITY OF pulu,,
ers to obtain brick. and reasonable terms cOuiu
not be procured lie added that there were ten
schools in course of construction, but most OF
them were nearly completed, so he did not eNs
pect to be much affected by the present scarcity OF
brick. Canda < Kane are furnishing Drlck lor
the school at One e-hundred-and-fifty-s y-seventl-S''
and Courtlandt-ave., and have not failed In the
supply as yet 1t is said that about one million
IpG Tbe Vaf scbool al o Nnetythrst % and Amsterdam
ave. will be delayed. as the builder reported his
inability to get brick. -, A.,
Inquiry at the Building Bureau TeVeanea aI'H tl,S a,
fact that there had been decided fallhg, OH
since the boycott began in the number oI plans
filed by architects for proposed buildings
BUILDINGS BEING ERECTED.
A large number of buildings are now under
construction in the city, which will be affected by
the boycott, if it continues long Between the
Battery and Chambers-st. there are sixteen new
buildings going up, and thlrty-siX under alteIa-
ton. Some of these buildings are costly ana ule
alterations are extensive. Between Chambers ana
Houston sts. there are 1l3 new buildings going
up, and on 115 alterations are being made; De-
tween Houston and Twenty-third sts., 140 new
buildings and f43 undergoing alterations; between
Twenty-third-st. and Fifty-ninth-st., 145 new
buildings and on 1919 alterations; between Fifty
ninth-st. and observation-disclosures east OF
Central Park, 300 buildings ana on twenty
seven alterations; between Flfty-hnth and one
hundred-and-tenth sts, west OF central Park, i4v
new buildings and twcnty-nlne alteratOnS'
between Observation-Disclosures ad the Harlem
River east of Eghth-ave., $40 new buildings ana
thirty-four alterations; between One,huhdfeus
and-tcntl-st and the Harlem River, ana west OF
Eighth-ave., % new buildings and on SIX altera-
tons; north of the Harlem River, 400 new build
ings and ninety-siX alterations are being made.
During the FIRST quarter of the year 1889 there
were ii ed plans for buildings TO cost Sl6,3l 4f2O
The estimated value Of buildings the plans or
which were filed during the same quarter OF tlls
wear is S1s.OsS.097. Two hundred and thirty
nine of the buildings the plans for which were
filed for $50, frame structures. their aggre-
gate value being S377,99j, and the rest were
brick and stone The total expenditure for Dulld-
ing purposes in the city for SO was 500, ,504 s72
The following some of the largest buildings
now going up in the city, winch VIII fe!ulrte !1t
proposed structures that would IN all probability
have been started had the present boycott not
been imposed on material;
st. extending from Nos. Is to 49 Helen L. Phelps Stokes
1, given owner and the estimated value as 100000
April 30 work was begun on number OF dwellings IN
Eichty-cightlst. east cf Tenth.ayc, Robert wallace
owner and sos 600 estmatod value. On April wors
began on row dwelling houses IN Seventy -hth-st, east
of Nntavc John c. Underfed, estimated value IS
$1,000
Jane, Brown Lord Las ned plans for Cnco Buildings at
No. IT, % and 20 South Wiam-st. D. ii. King, lr. Is
the builder in charge and the estimated value is 100000
Work wa, begun on April q flats at No. 700 West
one umIitG and twenty siNth.,t; John and LTne't l.
Beaudct own,s e,umaed val &c, $4,000 WCrA started
on June 20 on the Presbyterian HOSPITAL I'm Fourihave,
between seventcth and sNGtyfrst st'; estimated cost
$4,000 True ha, filed plans for dwelling In
Eighty-Llnthst west OF West Endave, William IL Lai
chantan owner; estimated cost Is slllOOO George b.
Post has plans store In East BouFthst fIea ~
| schcrmuhorn cwner; estimated value. $500 OoO ON
June work started onlcc buildings at Nos 10 10
72i Ffthst The London and Lancashire Fire lnsura'e
Company Is having them built at estimated cost OF
=i2jO COO on June work began on al Office building at
no 2o7 Mcrcct John +. Parsons estimated cost
slGO 600 Thomas Goodwin has hled plans for hotel
At N,nth.avc and Sey,nyf1th-s, owner Jacob Hoths'
child estimated value $4,000.
on b.ne > work begun warehouse at NO. llo
prince..t owner Frank A. Sdtz estimated value
+l5ocoO on June work was begun on a store ana
warehouse Waverly Place and Mercer-'t Inc prop
,rty belong, 70 T. Gallagher estimated value, sllOoOc
Work began on the southwest corner OF beechF
and Merecr.,ts on 600 brick store, the property
NJ Haeh,4 Cohnfod Thomas o. spies hled plans for
hat, ln One.hundred ourteenthstp near ManhH-Ia
ave tn. property Of Hiram NJ Moore value sl'VVVV'
NrKhn Mead White, architects, have HE'D plans ios
, Haptist church Washington square west eSIl'V'u
value sl6Q 600. ON June 10 work was begun on
n,,.ry at Avenue A. Fiftyfourth and fity ith-H''1
,,,u.d " TN. Consumers Brewing Company OF New
York estimated value, S+OO,oOO'
Plan, were nlcd for store and Hats at Madisoh-aNe
and The building Is being put
ND bv Hugh Brady and It's estimated value Is SlOVOoV
plans ar ned by A. Is. ogden & son for Dwelling a'
Ninety ourh.st and Nlnhaye 10 cost slooOVV oeohss
- u.rr,, X <luatrick John c. Pragne has filed plans Tor
fat, and stores at ntycghth-st, near IentIdNe
owner BERNARD l.. Levy; estimated cost sioOOOo Oh
April 20 work began Of dwelling houses IN Nlhul'
ave. near Onc-hundredth.st Frederick G Bourne owner
estimated value, $4,000.
f. +. Donovan, Commissioner OF the Statc 5oafu
of Arbitration, said yesterday that he had not
been called upon by either party IN the contrO-
vcrsy 10 arbitratc, and he preferred not To say
ANYTHING until he had become more conversant
with the case and had been officially informed OF
the trouble
BRICKMAKERS AND THEIR CONTRACTS.