Members of Local No. 13, Philadelphia, Pa., paying their last respects to our late Brother John Kantz, at Reading, Pa. Benignant Death. Thanking God for life and light, Strength and joyous breath, Shall we not, with reverent lips, Thank Him, too, for death? When would man's injustice cease, Would not life's long sordidness On our spirits pall, If our years should last forever, And the earth were all? On us, withered with life's heat, And our parched souls' dusty leaves Ah, though deep the grave-dust hide -EFFIE SMITH. Bro. C. McDonald, No. 497, of Local Union No. 32, Duluth, Minn., was killed by a fall from a scaffold on Nov. 23, 1909. Bro. W. H. Utley, No. 4074, of Local Union No. 23, Scranton, Pa., was killed Nov. 24, 1909, by falling 40 feet, which caused fracture of spine. Bro. John Dixon Grey, No. 20681, of Local Union No. 52, New York, N. Y., died December 6, 1909, of pulmonary trouble, after an illness of a couple of months. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Bro. Joseph Stacey, No. 19044, of Local Union No. 45, Jersey City, N. J., died December 11, 1909, of congestion of lungs and kidneys. Burial at Adirondacks Junction, Can. Bro. H. H. Pratt, No. 17177, of Local Union No. 40, New York, N. Y., was killed December 11. 1909, by being hit by falling derrick. Burial at St. Michaels Cemetery. Bro. W. S. McCoy, No. 27960, of Local Union No. 72, Seattle, Wash., was killed December 8. 1909, by the turning over of a pile-driver. Burial at Lake View. Bro. J. M. Kielly, No. 19679, of Local Union No. 32, Duluth, Minn, died December 20, 1909. from cancer of the stomach. Bro. Jas. White, No. 829, of Local Union No. 1, Chicago, Ill., died December 15, 1909. Burial at Mt. Carmel. Bro. F. L. Going, No. 8891, of Local Union No. 18, St. Louis, Mo., was killed by a fall on December 27, 1909. Bro. H. M. Thomas, No. 5160, of Local Union No. 18, St. Louis, Mo., was killed by overturning of a derrick car at Yaucapin, Ark., Nov. 30, 1909. Charles Vacker. (Local Union No. 22.) WHEREAS, There has been called from our midst our brother, Chas. Vacker, who at all times was a true union man, and by his loss Local No. 22 will suffer, as he did all in his power to forward the interest of the Iron Workers at large; Resolved, That we extend to the family and friends of Brother Vacker our sincere sympathy; that a copy be sent to his relatives, and a copy to the Bridgemen's Magazine. Farewell brother thou hast left us, And the loss we deeply feel, E. BASEY, great sorrow, the sincere and heartfelt sympathies of the members of Local No. 27, and be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions be presented to the bereaved family; that they be published in our official Magazine and a copy be spread on the minutes of this local in memory of and as a tribute of respect to our departed brother, who has crossed the great divide before us. T. F. SHEA, F. M. ADAMS, J. F. SNIDER, Committee. Committee. Charles C. Henderson. (Local Union No. 27.) WHEREAS, God in His infinite wisdom hath taken from our midst our esteemed friend and brother, Charles C. Henderson, and WHEREAS, The members of Local No. 27 deeply regret the loss of this brother, therefore, be it Resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will of the Almighty God, we sincerely regret the death of our late brother, and shall ever remember him as a true and faithful worker; and be it Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved wife and family of our deceased brother, in this their Albert G. McArdle. (Local Union No. 95.) WHEREAS, It has been the will of the Almighty God in His infinite wisdom to take from our midst Albert G. McArdle, and WHEREAS, By his sad and untimely death we have lost a valuable member and earnest worker in the cause of unionism, Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his wife and family in their sad bereavement. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to our official Magazine and our charter be draped for the period of thirty days as a tribute of respect for our departed brother. DON URQUHART. Е Little Rock, Ark. On December 7 the State Capitol Commission awarded the contract for the completion of the State Capitol building to William Miller & Sons Co., 28 Federal street, Pittsburg, Pa., at $535,718. San Francisco, Cal.-At a recent meeting of the board of supervisors the contract for fireproofing the San Francisco hospital was awarded to Foster & Vogt at $102,897. The Pacific Rolling Mill Co. secured the contract for putting in the steel frame of the jail at $70,660. Bridgeport, Conn.-The Connecticut Co. has awarded a contract to Charles W. Murdock, 839 Chapel street, New Haven, for the construction of its brick and concrete car-houses in Bridgeport, foundations for which have been completed. The building is to cost about $150,000, and will cover 241x331 feet, partly two stories high and partly one. a Chicago, Ill.-Mrs. Charles Netcher, who owns the Boston Store, will add, on State street, thirteen-story annex, which is to be established at a cost of approximately $1,500,000. Holabird & Roche, Monadnock block, are architects, and the contracts for its erection have been let to John Griffiths & Sons, 135 Adams street. Baltimore, Md.-The Pitts Building Co., of New York, has been awarded the contract by the Johns Hopkins hospital trustees, to build the Phipps dispensary on the hospital grounds on North Broadway, Baltimore, at a cost of about $500,000. Kansas City, Mo.-The Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. Co. has awarded contracts for constructing a five-span steel bridge over Red river, Texas, to the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co. Wichita, Kan.-Richards, McCarty & Bulford, the Ruggery, Columbus, Ohio, architects, have let the contract for the ten-story reinforced concrete building for the Beacon Building Co., to the Selden-Breck Co., Fullerton building, St. Louis, Mo., on their bid of $270.000, exclusive of fittings and fixtures. Is Angeles, Cal.-A contract to furnish, for about $115,500, a total of 1,650 tons of steel for use in the construction of a building at the northwest corner of Sixth and Spring streets, for the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, has been awarded to the Llewellyn Iron Works. Construction will be begun February 1, and will be completed in a year. The cost will be about $500.000. It is planned to make the building eleven stories high, with a frontage of 60 feet on Spring street and depth of 165 feet on Sixth street. The American Bridge Co., 30 Church street, New York, N. Y., has been awarded the contract for the Alexander Hotel, to be erected at Los Angeles, Cal., requiring 1,500 tons of steel. The Baker Iron Works has been awarded the contract for the steel to be used in the ten-story Chester building to be erected at the northeast corner of Fifth and Spring streets. Santa Fe, N. M.-The board of county commissioners of Bernalillo county has awarded to the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Leavenworth, Kan., contract for the construction of two steel bridges over the Rio Grande, at Barelas and near Alameda, at $81,873. Buffalo, N. Y.-The Niagara Brewing Co., John Hagen, president, 308 Elk street, has completed plans and awarded contract to Joseph Dunfee, 852 Ellicott Square building, for construction of a brewing plant to be erected at Clinton street and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R., at a cost of $300,000. New York, N. Y.-Contract has been awarded by C. B. J. Snyder, superintendent school buildings, department of education, for the general construction, etc., of new public school No. 77. on the southerly side of Covert avenue, between Center and George streets, Ridgewood Park, Boro of Queens, to the Bottsfords-Dickinson So., 1170 Broadway, New York, at $282,642. The contract for furnishing and erecting the structural steel for a twelve-story loft building, at 317-323 East Thirty-fourth street, has been awarded to the Baltimore Bridge Co., 68 Broad street, New York. The James Stewart Co., 30 Church street, has the general contract to construct two fireproof office buildings to be erected at Lexington avenue, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth streets, for the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Exchange, of 949 Broadway. The two structures will contain twelve stories each, and the cost will be about $4,000,000. Balcom & Darrows, 314 Madison avenue, are the steel engineers. W. J. Taylor & Co., 5 East Forty-second street, has the general contract for the twelve-story fireproof apartment house to be erected at the southeast corner of Park avenue and Seventysixth street, for the 829 Park Avenue Co. Pickering & Walker, 103 Park avenue, are architects. Estimated cost, $600,000. The contract for the structural steel for a twelve-story apartment building for the Emsworth Construction Co.. at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and 113th street, has been awarded to the Baltimore Bridge Co., 68 Broad street. New York. Neville & Bagge, 217 West 125th street, are architects. A contract has been let to the Baltimore Bridge Co., 68 Broad street, New York, for furnishing and erecting the structural steel work of a sixstory hotel building at 45 East Forty-first street, for the Athens Hotel Co. N. C. Mellen is archi tect, 45 West Thirty-fourth street, and the E. E. Paul Co., 289 Fourth avenue, are the general contractors. The C. L. Gray Construction Co. has been awarded the contract for the erection of twelvestory office building and theater at the southeast corner of Broadway and Forty-third street. The cost is estimated approximately at $1,000,000. Springfield, Mo.-George W. Caldwell, of Columbus, Ind., has been awarded the contract for the erection of a ten-story building at the northwest corner of St. Louis and Jefferson streets. Albany, N. Y.-Contracts have been awarded on the barge canal as follows: Contract No. 54, Scott Bros., Baldwinville, N. Y., $250,590; Contract No. 69, I. A. Hodge & Co., Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., $240,061; Contract No. 72, Shanley-Morrisey, Inc., 527 Fifth avenue, New York, $1,192,758; Contract No. 2E, Holler & Shepard, 414 Ellwanger and Barry building, Rochester, N. Y., $261,668. As a general proposition all contracts on the barge canal contain some structural steel. Jersey City, N. J.-W. Ames & Co., 312 Washington street, Jersey City, N. J., have awarded to V. J. Hedden & Sons' Co., Metropolitan Life Tower, New York, the contract for the erection of the following buildings: Spike and bolt shop, brick and steel, one story, 60x280 feet; mill building, steel, one story, 50x200 feet. These structures comprise part of the new plant to be erected for the company, manufacturing spikes, bolts and bar iron, on Communipaw avenue, Jersey City: Brewster, Ohio.-Judge R. W. Tayler, receiver for the Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co., has authorized a contract with Westinghouse. Church, Kerr & Co., 10 Bridge street, New York, $1,000,000 for the construction and equipment of the railway company's proposed locomotive shops at Brewster. at Philadelphia, Pa.-The John B. Stetson Co., hat manufacturers, will begin work immediately on an addition to its plant at Montgomery and Germantown avenues, which will cost $250,000. The contract for steel work has been let to the American Bridge Co., 50 Church street, New York. The Friedberger-Aaron Mfg. Co. has bought a tract containing about 31 acres, at the northwest corner of Eighteenth and Courtland streets, as a site for a plant, costing about $300,000, the contract for which has been awarded to the William Steele & Sons Co., 1600 Arch street. It is the intention of the company to cover the entire tract. The first buildings to be erected, work pon which will be begun shortly after January 1, will be a three-story manufacturing building, of reinforced concrete, 62x350 feet in dimensions, and a power house 50x100 feet. Columbia. 8. C.-The Seaboard Air Line Railway will spend about $500,000 on the construction of the proposed Lincoln street viaduct, which will extend 4,900 feet from Senate street to a point about 50 feet outside of city limits. The superstructure will be of steel, requiring 5,260 tons. Cost, about $350,000. Pennsylvania Steel Co., Girard Trust building, Philadelphia, Pa., has contract for superstructure. North Yakima, Wash.-The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., 95 Yesler Way, Seattle, Wash., has the contract for building the new North Coast bridge across the Columbia east of town below the Snake river. Cost, $75,000. Superior, Wis.-Contract for the construction of one of the merchandise sheds to be erected on the Soo docks on Connors Point has been let to McLeod & Smith, of Duluth, Minn. There will be two merchandise sheds on the docks, but only one of them will be constructed this season. Contract for the docks was awarded to Whitney Bros., of Superior, and the docks are now nearing completion. Allouez, Wis.-Contract for rebuilding the upper portion of Great Northern Ry. Co.'s ore dock No. 2 at Allouez has been awarded to Schmidt Bros. & Hill, of Superior, Wis. No. 2 is the center dock at Allouez. Estimated cost, $300,000. Manistee, Mich.--The contract for placing the concrete piles and foundations for the United States postoffice has been awarded to the Raymond Concrete Pile Co., of New York and Chicago. Mount Vernon, Ill.-Walter C. Arthur, president, has let a contract to the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., Park building, Pittsburg, Pa., for the construction of buildings for the proposed $1,000,000 plant of the Mount Vernon Car Mfg. Co. The buildings are to be completed in five months. Pittsburg, Pa.--The American Bridge Co. has been awarded contract for the steel bridge on a branch of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway, running from Keating Summit, Pa., to Potato Creek. Springfield, Mass.-Fred T. Ley & Co. have been awarded the contract for the erection of the Hotel Kimball, which is to be erected at the corner of Chestnut and Bridge streets. The building will be about 116x186 feet. Vancouver, B. C., Can.-The Canadian Bridge Co., of Walkerville, Ont., Canada, have been awarded the contract for the superstructure bridge False Creek, between Bridge and Beatty streets, at their bid of $439,210. over The Workingman's Clothes. There's a hole in the top Of the workingman's hat; There's a patch on the sleeve So I guess it won't hurt. In the crowd on the street -E. C. Murphy. |