The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Notes of the Building Trades.


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Notes Of the Building Trades.
Contracts for the erection of an addition
10 the Hawthorne Avenue Public School,
according to the revised plans by the arch1-
tects. j. O'Rourke 81 Son, of Broad ana
Clinton streets. have been awarded TO the
following low bidders: Joseph Oschwald,
mason work; George Landgraf. carpenter
work: Goeller Iron Works, structural iron
work; S Il. Wilson, plumbing; ELIAS
Berla Company, heating and ventilating;
Browe & Co. electrical work; Charles
Stopper, painting. and Joseph Bleecker,
roofing work. According 10 the plans sub
mitted to the Board of Education, a three
story and basement addition, of brick
construction. measuring 40 by 30 feet,
with Il wing measuring " by IS feet III
around dimensions. will be erected, the
floor plans Of which show thirteen class
rooms and an assembly room. The speelh-
cations call for a Stag roof, steam heat,
tiled lavatorles. oak floors, galvanized iron
skylishts. iron stdirways and other mod
ern schoo equipment, including combina-
tion gas and electric lighting. Tit heat
ing and ventilating work will be done
under the supervision of Runyon & Carey,
of lis Market street. as engineers. The
va iOHl VI AiC ~ N'N
tests fees. will be about $105, 900.
Plans have been completed by 7. Cecil
hughes and George Backoff, associate
architects. with offices at % Clinton street,
FOR the erection of a store and apartment
building at 315 Halsey street. The build
ing. which will be of brick construction,
| four stories In height. with a frontage on
% feet and a depth OF 67 feet, will be
owned by Mrs Mary Anderson, of 3if
Halsey street. The entire ground floor
will be occupied as a store, while the
three floors above will each contain an
apartment consisting of five rooms and
bath. In the specifications the architects
have called for a pressed brick front, with
limestone trimmings, galvanized iron cor
nice and skylight. Stag roof, steam heat,
plate glass store front, ranges, slate tubs,
cabinet mantels and other modern i'm
provemeDts. The work will be done under
the supervision of the architects, who es-
innate the cost at $4,000.
Hyman R~osensohn. of 747 Broad street,
has completed plans for the erection of
two attached double fats on Van Verst
place. In the town of Union, which will
be owned and built by Marcus Goodman,
of this city. According to the plans the
buildings will be four stories in height, of
brick construction and measure 56 by 90
feet over all. Each building Will provide
accommodations for six families, there be-
ing two apartments on each floor, consist
ing of four rooms and bath. Tit specihca-
tons call for Stag roofs, galvanized iron
c~ornices slate tubs, dumb walters, ranges,
mantels, fire escapes and all modern Inn
proyements, but no heat. The fronts of
the structures will be faced with buff
eolored pressed brick. trimmed with terra
Gotta. The owner builds by days work
and will buy all materials. 1t is esti-
mated that the cost of both buildings Will
be about $4,000.
William X. Schoenig & Son, of AIS
Springfield avenue, nave completed plans
for Adam Them, a builder of ia Haw-
therne avenue, for the erection of a mod
ern six-famly double fiat, which he will
erect at 1920 Hawthorne avenue. Ac-
to the plans the building will be
of frame construction, three stories in
height and measure 40 feet in width by IS
feet in depth. The building will contain
thirty rooms and six bathrooms, arranged
to ccommodate two families on each floor.
The specifications call for a Stag roof,
tiled bathrooms, dumb waiter, cypress
trim, gas ranges, cabinet mantels and all
improvements, Including steam
heat and gas and electric lighting. The
owner builds by days work and is ready
for bids on all materials required. The
cost of the building is estimated at $4,000.
Five thousand dollars is the estimated
cost placed by the architect, George W.
of % Clinton street, on the pro-
posed alteration and addition to the resi-
dence of ]. A. Manda, at 19l Valley road,
West Orange. The present structure,
which is a frame building two and one
half stories in height, will be entirely reno
waited inside and out, and a frame addition
erected to the rear, which will provide a
and bedroom The specifications
call for steam heat, cabinet m%antels, hard
wood interior trim and floors, and other I'M
provements, including gas and electric
The architect has entire charge
and is open for estimates on the several
contracts.
II. w. Wilkinson, Of ia East Twenty
eighth street, New York, prepared the
plans for the alteration and addition to the
private residence of George Merck, in
Llewellyn Park, West Orange, contracts
for which have been awarded to Charles
Dodd and Adolph Vogel, both of Or
ange, for the mason and carpenter work,
respectively. According to the plans and
specifications a two and one-half story adj
of frame construction, measuring "
by 30 feet in ground dimensions. will be
erected, and general interior Changes made
10 the present dwelling. Every modern inn
provement will be installed, including
steam heat, plate glass, term Gotta. tile
roof, hardwood cabinet trim and mantels,
carved staircase. ornamental plaster work.
gas and electric combination fixtures and
tiled bathrooms. The architect will super
intend the work and award all contracts
not awarded. The cost of the entire i'm
provement is estimated Mt SlS,0OQ-
Plans nave been completed and the archi-