Building Age Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...traffic at this point. The East St. Louis Elevator Co. are about introducing the electric light in their elevator. This is believed to be the first cose of its employment for this purpose. The Shipment or slate from Slatington and vicinity for the week ending February 18 was as follows: Hoofing slate, 1139 squares: school slate. 519 cases; blackboards, 7 cases: flagging, 13-2 pieces. The slate trade is exceedingly brisk, and manufacturers have difficulty in filling the orders. Avondale, Ohio, is to have a new school-bouse; cost, about $6000. One or The effects of the higher prices of labor and materials in New York at the present time than during the past few months has been the abandonment of the Metropolitan Opera House enterprise. The chance in the plans of its projectors occurred after the land had been bought and the plans perfected and operations commenced. No doubt the same causes will influence other building operations in this city. Almost every large contractor has several instances of this character to relate and all tell the same story. In the case of the Opera House, the original estimate was $1,050,000. The president states, however, that owing to the high prices of labor and materials at the present time the cost would be $1,525,00a The Hubert Home Club Association is about building a large apartment house on the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-fourth street. It will have a front of 50 feet on the avenue, and will occupy a plot 100 feet square. The cost of the building is estimated at $800,000. I The Large Number of building permits which I are being issued from week to week In Boston indicate an early start in the building business the present year. Those who are well informed exj poet a veritable building boom in that city. The M...