New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
Work of Harrison & Meyer.

For instance, how dstinctvely superior
is the work Of Harrison & Meyer, Of No. IS
East 18th street, TO the majority Of experts
in their chosen field. The speciality Of this
firm is laying cement floors and base floors
in loft. office and store buildings and
garages and stables.
What q delight 10 the owners and occu-
pants Of buildings are skilfully laid floors,
where all the materials used have been so
brought into play as to make il possible 10
maintain it economically in its original
state for many years
The work Of Harrison 4; Meyer in many
prominent structures in New York and
, elsewhere has earned for this progressive
firm of specialists the praise Of hundreds
Of architects, builders. owners and large
numbers of other persons identified with
the building trades.
OF course nearly everybody in this coun-
try knows that the Singer Building is one
OF the best known and the third tallest
Office structure in Manhattan.
Until the Metropolitan Tower, at 24th
street and Madison avenue. was built, and
the steel workers on the construction OF
the Woolworth, at Park Place and Broad
way, reached recently the 6l3-foot mark
above the street level, the Singer was the
highest office building in the world There
! fore. no other structure Of any class in
any part Of the globe exceeded it in height
For imposing exterior and interior lines
that building is also widely known. Many
specialists helped to mould them, and
among them was this up-to-date contract
Ing firm Of Harrison & Meyer. II laid the
floor base.
That contract alone is proof positive Of
the merit Of their labors as specialists in
putting down cement floors and cement
floor base.
II you are quick at figuring you will be
able TO get an accurate idea of the extent
of the task of laying floor base in the
Singer Building
The first fourteen floors form the main
part Of the structure, which has a frontage
of about 1872 feet in Broadway and of about
24s.5 feet in Liberty street Consequently
the square foot area of each floor is about
80 472.
Above the main structure is the tower
the height from the street level to the top
of the dome of the tower being exactly
612 feet inch.
The total number of stories is forty-one.
Every detail Of that structure was de-
signed TO reflect in a most forceful manner
the advancement made by specialists in the
building trades in the last twenty or more
years SO, when the contract for the floor
base was to he awarded it was Niven to
Harrison & Meyer.
The company had to be among the lead
ing experts in their line to get the contract.
The heads OF the concern also had to have
unusual executive ability to be able to d.
rect large forces Of skilled woTkingmen 50
that they would do the most efficient work
without moments delay, and to know at
a glance whether the cement to be used
was up to the standard tests or not for the
task at hand.
Hence this speciality requires the neces-
sary capital to undertake big tasks. a d.
recting member or members Of the con-
tracing company Of more than the aver
age business ability, the right number Of
trained workmen to place on jobs at the
most opportune time, and the aim OF both
employer and employe always 20 act 50 as
to win confidence, not only in their ability,
but also integrity.
Harrison & Meyer have been recognized
as experts in laying cement floor and base
since 1902 Among other buildings on which