New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
sexauer G. Lemke, Specialists.

Manhattan STRUCTURES.
sexauer G. Lemke, Specialists.
While this present epoch In the building
industry is called the steel and cement age
the fact is little known that more IRON Is
used in the construction or many cidsse'
of buildings than ever before.
It would take many columns 20 specify
how much iron enters into the makeup Oh
III. modern Office and lott building not
only I'm Manhattan. bat in every part vi
this country Ant many more columns
could easily be filled with a description OF
the many building conyenences ana ar
tlstic effects produced by the ingenuity VI
the ornamental iror work plants
In this class of work among the iorelhos'
specialists are SeXauer * Lemke' lheS
have been acknowledged for many years 10
be among the most efficient manufacturers
of ornamental iron work. their speciality
being the turning out Of material for ONCE
and loft buildings.
4 dav spent at their plant at Astoria VIII
repay any one who is in any way idehtlneu
with building or who may likely be caileu
unon TO accent a position with some con-
StruCtlOn COMPANY ti6h6NN -
the loft and office areas Of this and "ther
cities If one cannot possibly WISH II ''''
rerson. however, will readily be able TO see
why Sexauer & Lemke have been so justly
and loudly praised by making casual IN
spection of the up-to-date lott ana olhCe
regions Of the greater city.
The concern is now supplying the orna-
mental iron work for the Times Annex At
Nos. PIT and 2l9 West iSd street; at the
Hess Building. at the southwest corner OF
9th street and Fourth avenue; at the
structure being built by the Realty hold-
ing Company, at the northwest corner oi
ooth street and Fourth avenue at tHe
En,net Building at the southeast corner OF
ooth street and Madison avenue; at Auer-
bacb's candy factory. in Eleventh avenue
from 18th TO 9Th street. which. by the
way. is the largest candy factory IN the
world. according TO many experts OH oo"-
struction. and also at the Lcwisohn Buil'-
ing. at No. ll3 to 10 West iOth street anu
No ia 10 llS West ilst street
Every one Of those structures FORMS d"
important unit of the model group OF Man
haitian buildings Of this year They now
ever. are only d few Of business structures
for which the company Is furnishing 'he
ornamental iron work.
This fact tells better than many words
Of the estimate held by scores OF arciH'e1''
and builders as 10 what the plant oil sex
auer & Lemke can do
4 builder who recently Inspected the
plant OF these manufacturers said TO
Tribune reporter last week: 1t is almost
needless 10 say that Sexauer Lemke
have large and exceptionally we'll
eoutpped factory at Astoria, Long Island
consider Il 10 be thoroughly equipped IN
avery respect in order to turn out the pest
work in the shortest possible time. kno"
all my acquaintances In the trahe hoIu "''''-
~ to the same opinion.
'T have had many business relations
with the company. and often, when my
tasks required that do them In less u'ne
than usual. was always helped In my
efforts 70 attain that object by this manu-
featuring company.
The plant occupies about twenty lots
or somewhat more than an acre.
eft has we'll designed docking and Hight
,-ooa facilities Those facilities mean
much in the cost Of production and trans
portatfon charges Without them extra
burdens would he placed on the expense Of
manufacturing. as the cost OF producing
and delivering govern the market hgures
y, the output Of this and similar plants
This is one reason that the prices OF Sex
auer e. Leulke for ornamental iron "ork
are the lowest and yet the quality Is al
ways excellent
Briefly. they have the plant In which
n do good work. the artisans capable OF
reproducing general and special designs
and the ways and means OF having all
orders delivered promptly
IAN the various departments arc under
the management Of men az vast expert
ence
Among the buildings lately completed for
which the ornamental iron work Vas fur
nished by Sexauer & Lemke arc the Fran
els Building. al SD street and Firth ave-
nue.. the Schweinler Press Building. at
Hudson. Clarkson and Leroy streets the
loft structure Nos. >. 1 and s West Eth
street and the loft building at the north
east corner Of 18th street and Fifth avenue.
at the southeast corner OF 18th street and
sixth avenue and at No - 10 u Madison
Square North.
Now. as 20 some OF their out-of-town
contracts They furnished the ornamental
iron work for the university at Worcester
Mass; the municipal buildings at Spring
cola Mass and the Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute, at Troy, y. Y.
"Sexauer & Lemke are certainly abreast
OF the times"