New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

the building operations Of these. in the last fGw
years. creating demand that has taxed even lis
fine facilities and resources
The coal business, which. by the way is the elder
brother OF the two departments, some twenty years
sand tons sold per annum. and mainly for h"nSt.-
h0td pan. h ei bF coal pcket with
capacity Of 5000 tons, also steam shovel and
tent delivery service in the shape Of teams.
The general Offices Of the concern occupy ihe whole
OF one Of the aforesaid mansions converted to moo
ern business counting house service 10y the in
improvements and il really seems in an odd sort of
way. which is. however. typical Of the changing
and dlgnhed but icisurely past with the hustlins'
bustlng present.
A LARGE BUILDING CONTRACTOR.
Among the builders in Queens there is none who
has a cleaner record than Charles VILE the
contractor for the Queens County Court
House. now IN process Of erection on Jack
son lie has been in business for hf-
| teen years. and Is fully equipped 10 handle large
contracts promptly and according L. speclhca-
tons as he has done in the nast. when under
the eye Of the people and Of public organizations
Mr. VILE kas stood the and made good.
school buildings: No ii at Rockaway Beach; No.
76 at Laurel Hin; No g. at College Point; No ~.
at Jamaica: No. % Flushing. and No g. at
Little Neck and No l.. at Corona all on Long
Island. All this work has been since the fons2haa &
tion and after the era Of questionable Jops lau
passed. .., 49,, -,-, u..,,a-iog ,.,,,
bs ' epis e Yemen S Of the dome at the New York
Aquarium and placed there the first sea water
.T,a oueene County Court House is the most re
cent and most important work Yet unueTthker nN
NJ Willie. This building OF which an Illustration
je eiven in these pages. % high by l25 wide, with
folr stories basement and tWo-stofy dome. II
- huiIt of brick limestone and granite, with fre-
proof floor. arches aud partlohsr ana VIII s'et
floor construction throughout me INFERIOR oI
The building Will be equipped with freproof stair
cases and elevators: with elaborate electric hglt
and Ventilating systems All lhc interior
,-oo51For will be of wood, with marble trim
wings and marble stairs. The bulldlng VIII De
'rtjstic,lIv decorated with ornamental plaster dec
oraffons A feature is the splendid Supreme Court
poorn and main hall lighted by large cathedral
}ors dcTnee Tho entire building Is built upon
;1ag and details OF a Greek order, and when com
ri,ted viii be credit to Queens borough MI
t11iiia and the architect Peter NJ. Coco. Mr.; Willie
l,ae an office In the Masonic Temple f5uluIls a.
No 24i Jackson avenue. and lives at Noousiue, III
Queens Borough He is Democrat IN poIltcs, a
sSTason ana n member of various other social ana
fraternal organizations
BAGS AND BAGGING FACTORY.
What is said 10 be the largest bags and bagslng
industry In the United States and perhaps In the
u,orId occrpes twelve OF land in Long lsiand
C;tv with 700 feet bulkheaded deep water front.
Tho owners Young & Metzner. selected TINS 10
cation some years ago being the most desir-
r7e for their business and purchased among others
fine historic Bodne property. the famous old H4dh-
sion being now utilized the main Office oulIulhs'
Men of the past generation will recall the Eng
lish castle with square towers and turrets: 1P
posite Biackwelrs Island for II was a nollceapie
landmark as likely be remembers tIo
present Stevens home the Hoboken shore: I1sIe e
now thriving industry prepares the paesnS +o ~.
which in the days when this mansion honorea dis
tingrished guests yet in the swaddling clotness
of its national infancy From the wide portals oi
the parklke entrance wagon loads OF Dass 80 "