LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Cha|l--Z.i Copyright No. - siielf-UJ-i-^ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. V A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. T HE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, THE ENACTMENT OF BUILDING LAWS AND ORDINANCES, SANITARY LAWS, THE ANCIENT AND MODERN BUILDING. BUILDING STATISTICS, BOSTON'S VALUATION. A CHAPTER OF BOSTON'S BIG FIRE, FIRE LOSSES, PUBLIC LANDS ACCOUNT. PROMINENT ARCHITECTS. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, BUILDING MATERIALS AND THEIR SOURCE OF SUPPLY. INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS, THE BUILDING AND PLUMBING ASSOCIATIONS. Written by CHARLES S. DAMRELL. ILLUSTRATED. ^v' I I Published by LOL'lS P. HagER, in Boston, 1895 3 \C COPYRIGHTED BY LOUIS P. HAGER AND CHARLES S. DAMRELL. 1S93. PREFACE. HE title of this worlc is surticiently explanatory of its aims and objei't. It is intended as a history of the growth and development of the building interests of the city, with special reference to the progress of the past fifty years. In its preparation, every available source of information that woidd in any way be of assistance has been consulted. Beginning with the very tirst building erected on the site of the city, the growth has been traced down through the succeeding years, showing the various changes in the design and construction of buildings, with more detailed descriptions of those most pronunent in the history of the town and city, together with such improvements ami extensions to the original peninsular as are incident to its building interests. So far as we can learn, this is the first work to be iniblished, devoted exclusively to this subject, and as it has been prepared with great care sliould be of unusual interest and value, containing as it does, not only matters of historical interest, but a large amount of information, and reliable data nowhere else to be foimd accessible to the general public. Beginning with the year of the great fire in 1872, which marked the beginning of a distinctive era in the growth and development of the city, a careful, and very complete record has been made of all the more notable buildings, both public and private, giving a list of mercantile and pulilic buildings costing jilo;),0:)0 or more, and residences costing $40,0(i0 and upwards. Many of these have been described at length in a general way, and in many instances carefully illustrated. Many may wonder why, in giving tliese illustrations, the new .state House extension was omitted, but to such we would state, that owing to the frequent changes that have been made in the plans for this building, no sat- isfactory drawing could be had from which to make an illustration. If in connection with the real subject of the work, we have occasionally inserted matter, whicli, at first might seem foreign to the text, such for instance as many of the hotels, theatres, etc., that are not directly in line with the building interests, it must be remembered that, whatever has tended to increase business, and draw the attention of the public at large to the city, has had its intiuence in promoting its growth and develop- ment, and no other class of buildings have contributed more in a general way toward beautifying and building up the city. To one feature of the work we woidd call particular attention. Herein will be found a complete record of the building laws of the city, together with a sketch of the department of Building Inspection, and many mat- ters relating to the construction, and maintenance of buildings, sanitation etc., also several valuable tables of statistical facts, especially prepareil from official records which will be found of great value. As far as possible, the more notable and historic buildings have been illustrated. Many of the old school buildings shown have been superseded by modern structures, of which a few have been illustrated. In conclusion we would call attention to the sketches of the various firms and individuals, who have in one way or another contributed to the building up of the city. These sketches have all been submitted to the parties to whom they relate, and they have had an opporttmity to make such additions or alterations as they deemed expedient, and if there are those of whose business no descriptive article appears, the omission is due to the fact that the sketch submitted for their approval and correction was not returned to the publisher. For a great deal of the information and many interesting facts contained in the w'ork, we are indebted to the hearty co-operation of many of the well known citizens of Boston, as well as to tlie many valuable historical works, and especially to the newspapers which have given free access to their valuable stores of information on current sidjjects not recorded in the historical works. From this source were obtained many interesting sketches not othervvise obtainable. While it has been our earnest effort to make the work as complete as possible in a single volume, we are aware that there is much more that might be written upon the same subject, and it is sent forth, with the consciousness that whatever defects or deficiencies may be discovered, the author has spared no pains, to make it as rich in facts, as complete in description, as truthful an.l accurate in record, and as readable as l^ossible. TiTK Author. Boston, 189.5. CONTENTS. Sixteen' Hundred and Thirty to Eighteen Hundred and FoRTY-FiyE Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Five to Ekjhteen Hundred and Seventy-Two Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two to Ek;hteen Hundred and Ninety-Five The Great Fire in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Tw The Prolific Sources of Our Great City Fires . Kelation of Construction to Fire Insurance ]!rii,DiNo Laws and Ordinances .... Early ]!uilding Laws ...... The Building Department of the City of Bosti^n Boston Contractors .\nd Builders lUiLDERs' and Contractors' Association m.ister buildeks' association .... 1'lumbing and Sanitation ..... ]NL\sTEi! Plumbers' Assochtion .... P.oston Aiichitects .\nd Architecture Boston Architects ....... FiHE Losses, V.\luation .\ni> J'oi'ulaiion The PuiiLic L.\NDs A( count ..... Those AVho PLwe Built the City .... C'hart. Showino the Inci;ease in Taxakle Yalu.vtion from Building Imi :men'is. (orrosiTE i'.\.(iE) ..... Inde.x to Advertisements and ])esci!ii'tive Articles Index to Illustrations ...... 17 ."^3 53 106 142 L52 162 260 264 284 304 314 322 334 338 3o0 356 360 362 496 516 A Half Century of Boston's Building, INTRODUCTORY. 1630 TO d845. N order to properly introduce tlie reader to the general subject of this book and to set him as it were at the starting point of our view — Boston fifty years ago — it is proposed in this opening chapter to give a brief survey of the development of the city from its foundation to the year 1845, with some remarks upon the more important buildings which were erected during that period, and a brief description of the buildings which composed the city at that time. It is well known that when the first settlers of Boston, under the leadership of Governor Winthrop, fixed upon the point of land which they called Charlestown in honor of Charles T, for a town site, there was then within the original limits of the town of Boston one Eng- lish gentleman. Mr. William Blackstone, living on what was then known as Shawmut, was thus the owner of the first building in Boston; and, as he seems to have lived entirely alone and un- doubtedly erected his house or cottage without other aid than what he may possibly have derived from his Indian neighbors, he is entitled to some consideration as the first builder in Boston. The greater part of Mr. Blackstone's life is shrouded in the obscurity which he seemed to court. A man who preferred solitude to society, and who, as soon as the new settlers of Boston began to increase in numbers, removed farther into the wilderness, he was apparently not over-communicative, even to his new neighbors, as to the events of his previous life. From Edward Johnson's notice of him (" Wonder-working Providence," p. 20) it would appear he was a clergyman of the Church of England, and he is supposed to have been a graduate of Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1G17 and his master's degree in 1G21. He probably came to this country with Capt. Robert Gorges in 1623, and may have gained his title to Shawmut by lease or purchase from Gorges. When or however he came, he had a title which Winthrop and his party respected, since they bought his lands. The new settlers jiassed few less fortunate days than those of their residence in Charles- town. Sickness, lack of food and water soon discouraged them and made them seek for a new location whereon to found their dwellings. At this time Mr. Blackstone, becoming ac- quainted with their needs, visited tliern and advised them to remove to his peninsula. This advice was speedily followed, and in less than two montlis from the time of their arrival the greater part of the settlers had passed from Charlestown to Shawmut and had begun the im- provements necessary for the reception of the rest. When Mr. Blackstone invited the colo- nists to become his neighbors he probably had no thought of betaking himself to other and less IS A HALF CEMTIIV i'V I'.OSTON S BtMr.DINC. civiliziMl suiTmiiii!iuj,'s ; liut ai'tpi- I'cmr years of their company he sold his estate, awl in 1634 removed to Kehoboth. As he is said to have told his neighbors that he "left England because of his dislike of the Lord Bishops but he found that he did not like the Lord Brethren any better," it seems reasonable to suppose that this hermit of the new world was in favor of a broader and more tjolerant freedom that was yet known either to cavalier or roundhead, priest or puritan, "fhc remainder of Mr. Blackstone's life was spent in Rehoboth. Li 1659 he was married by (5overiior Endicott to Mary, the widow of John Stevenson of Boston, with whom he lived until her death in 1673. Mr. Blackstone died two vears later, leaving one son, through whom it is said that he is to- day the ancestor of a quite numerous posterity. Thus lived and Iji?^' ff^- - (lied William Blackstone, not only first settler and the first builder ' y- ' ' - - Mll^L iij- p.iiston, but in a true sense the founder of that city, since it was by liis efforts that (iovernor Winthrop and his party were induced to remove thither fioin their Charlestown settlement. .\s to Mr. Blackstone's house less is known than as to his life. The nature of the improvements in his place were such as to author- ize a belief that he had lived there seven or eight years. Its location was loiiu' a contested ])oint among Boston antiquarians ; but the (pu'stiou was practically settled by the late Nathaniel I. Bowditch, wlio asserts that it was at the bottom of Beacon Street, bounded southerly liy the Common and westerly by the Charles Kiver. The house itself must, from the exigencies of its construction, have been a nide affair at best, and one little calculated to be com- pared with tlie stately and elegant buildings which now occupy lieacon Street and its surrounding territory ; yet such a comparison woidd undoulitedly best illustrate the progress of two and one-half centuries of Boston's buildings. [n the other portions of the territory now inchuh'd mi tlie city limits of I'lOstou there were Inmses or habitations wliicli antedated the settlement of Winthrop's party, but probably noiu; older than that of Mr. Blackstone. Those who arrived in Charlestown in 1629 found Thomas Walford ■■ living in an English house, palisadoed and thatched, situate on tlie south side of the westernmost hill of the East l''ield. a little way up from the Charles Kiver side" (probably on Breed's Hill, near the water). Two years after, he was driven away by the authorities of Massachusetts, probably bir his heretical opinions; thus proving that the (question of priority of title did not greatly trouble ovir doughty jiuritan ancestors. Mr. Samuel Maverick seems to have been the first house owner in East Boston (Xoddle's Island), where he was located before 1629; and he is mentioned in juany places in the early chronicles for his liberal hospitality to the new settlers, many of whom were entertained at his home. In fact he was put to some trouble in 1641 through his hospitality, lieing fined -t'lOO (a part of which was afterward remitted) for admitting to his house two persons who under accusation of crime had escaped from custody. The first houses in Boston proper were nearly all built along the highway to Roxbury (now Washington Street), and upon Tremont Street north of what is now Winter Street. ni'ii.DiNo voi:mf.i;i.v c oi;m.;k DOCK S(aAI:r, ANIi ANN STl;l.l:i (NOW N(.>UTII). A lIAi^K CKNTL'UY (IF. BOSTON'.* KUILDINCi. 19 There were also a tew on the "way leading from the orange tree to tlie ferry'" (now Hanover Street) and the "lowermost higliway" (now North Street). The limits of the town for the first twenty years were within tlie space bounded northerly by what is now Prince Street and southerly by Eliot Street. Tliere was, during this tinie, scarcely a building west of the present Tremont Street. The water, of course, formed the natural boundary on the east. Tlie main streets above mentioned were crossed by a few other short ones, and there were a few lioiises here and there around the great cove and near Milk and Summer streets and Corn Hill (now Fort Hill). As the first settlers of Boston were mainly people of good finnily and accustomed to sub- stantial residences in England, when they commenced building in tlie new town it was generally in the shape of comfortable frame houses; indeed, there were a few houses of brick and stone built very early. Miid houses were only known in the earliest days of the town and were then occupied only by the poorest of the citizens. The houses at first were one story in height, with thatched roofs; but it was not long before those who could afford a more pretentious dwelling began to build tlieir houses with two storie.s in front and a slanting shingled roof running to within one story above ground in the rear. Double (hipped) roofs came afterward into fashion, and the projecting stories (or jetties) orna- mented with pendills at the corners were introduced after the great fire of 1679. At this time new styles of building began to appear, the houses with jetties being frequently rough cast, covered with cement, or pebbles or broken glass; and gables and towers began to be used. Three-story brick houses with arched window caps were now first erected, jjroliably because it became necessary to guard against the fires which had become frequent and dangerous. These older houses were generally built about a large central chimney, which gave a capacious fireplace to every room and an oven to the kitchen. The fireplaces, which were quite large enough to accommodate a whole family around the hearth, were paved with squares of baked clay, and, in the sitting-room or parlor, usually adorned with small Dutch tiles (frequently decorated with scriptural illustration.s), and each had its mantel-shelf. The entrance to the house was usually through a little porch which led into a small entry, through which small dcjors opened into the front rooms, one of which was used as a parlor, or ofteuer as a sleeping chamber for the old folks. The other v/as the living room, and became work-room, sitting-room or dining-room as needed; and through this one entered the back imrt of the house, which was divided off into kitchen, pantiy, dairy, and frequently several chambers. The spinning-wheel and loom, indispensable adjuncts of house- keeping in those days, occupied a part of the garret or second story (if there was one), and the remainder was given up to lodging and store rooms. There were comfortable window seats, built to eke out the chairs, beneath windows glazed with tiny oblong or lozenge-shaped panes of thick and uneven glass, and the china and household ware was stored in br^ffets built in the corner of the room. Probably there is not a single building now standing in Boston in which this interior arrangement can be seen, and in 1845 the building at the corner of Ann (now North) Street and Dock Square was the only one standing which partook in any considerable degree of the architecture pritir to 1700. The description of this building (Dearborn's "Boston Notions," 20 \ HALK CENTUUY OV BOSTONS BITILDINO. ?'>'5^ yiltST HOUSK IN ISOSTUN. p. 39) states that '-the original timber still (1848) supports tlie building and the [)eaks of the roof are the same. The rough-cast plastering has broken glass imbedded in it, on whicli the storms of 1G8 years have made but little impression; the building is o2 feet in length and 17 feet wide. . . . Bendall's Cove novered the whole of Dock Square up to the end of Brattle Street, and the tide-vv^aters rose, on the south and southwest sides, to the narrow side- walk of this Iniilding." fnfortunately this last remnant of the seventeenth century has disappeared before the march of improvement in business properties. Tt was demolished in ISfJO to make room for a larger and more pre- tentious modern structure. The first church (or meeting-house, as it was then called ) in Boston was erected in 1(532, divine services prior to that time being held in jirivate houses. It stood on the site now occupied by Brazer's bloi^k, on the soiith side of State Street, and jirobably nuuained standing about nine or ten years. It is said to iiave had mud walls and a thatched roof, and no further information in regard to its appearance or dimensions appears to be on record. In 1640 a new meeting-house of wood was erected upon Washington Street, where the Rogers building now stands. This building wns destroyed by tire seventy-one years later. About two years later, on the sam<^ site, was built a substantial brick church, which stood until 1808, when it wns torn down and a. new Imilding erected in 1808 on Chauncy Place. The second clumdi, called also thr •■Ohl North," was bni-nt "to ashes" in 1(i7(>, ami reliuilt in 1077. Both of these edifices were of wood. This latter building was torn to pieces for fire- wood by tlie British, during their occupancy of the city at the time of the Revolution; after whicli its parish united with a church then known as the "iS^ew ]5riek," which had been built in 1721. The s\ieC(>ssor to this church, built of stone, in the Gothic style of architecture, was dedicated on the Kith d:iy of September, 1845. Among the pastors of this churcii prior to that (late were Samuel, Increase, ami Cotton Mather, Henry W:ire, Jr.. and Ralph AV;iloined in Boston, tlie (leneral Coui't autlun-iziiig .lohn 11 nil and Robert Sanderson as othcers lor " melting, refyning, and cojning of silver." Steps wert^ then taken to erect a " mint-house," and it was ordered that the "sajd mint-house should lie sett vppou the land of the sajd John Hull;" and when lie should cease to be mint-nuister, the county was to have the ground on which the house stocid. at the valuation of ■• two indefferent men eipially chosen by the Countje and sajd John Hull." Decidedly the most important, ancient landmark in Boston is the Town House, now known as the old State House; and for that reason, as well as from the fact that it stands to-day as closely as possible in its original shape, it merits more tlian a brief notice. As early as lf)34 a lot was set apart for a market-place, on State Street, in front of the tirst meeting-house, and recorded in the Book of Possessions in 1645. Tliis spot was encircled, as at present, by two arms of State (then King) Street, and nothing of its original dimensions has been taken away. During the time prior to the erection of the Town House all public or town n?eetings, as well A HAr.K CKNTUKY OF BOSTONS lHJILniNIS. 21 as the general and great (j^narter courts, were held in the meeting-house. On the southerly side of State Street, at the corner of Washington, lived Capt. Robert Keaynt\ This gentleman died in 1656, and proved by his will that he had justly been considered a public-spirited friend of the city. One of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and a prominent merchant, he left at his death some £4,000 — then considered an enormous for- tune — and which he devised by a will of 158 folio pages written with his own hand (the work of three years !). Providing for his son with one-half of his fortune, the other half was devoted to various public uses; viz., £300 for the Town House, £100 for the Granary, £50 to the free school, £50 to the poor of his church, £100 to Harvard College, and many other bequests and legacies. The £300 to be laid out in building a conduit anil a market-place were to provide a ''Couvimi- ient room or two for the courts to meet in . . . and a convenient room for a library and a gallery or some other handsome room for the elders to meet in ; also a room for an arm- ory." There was also to be a room for merchants, masters of ships and strangers. The selectmen liegan to take action respecting the legacy in 1(!57, appointing a committee " to consider of the modell of the town house to bee built .... :is also to take sul)- scriptions of the inhabitants to propagate such a building." Edward Hutchinson and John Hull were appointed commissioners to attend to the erection of a Town House, and they agreed with Thomas Joy aiul Bartlioloniew I>ernad to erect the building for £400 — £100 of which was to be raised by subscription; but as the work progressed it was discovered that more money would be needed, and £367 lis. was contributed by about one hundred citizens of the town. I'he final cost of the Town House was £680. Ifntortunately no picture of this first Town House is preserved. It is 3() feet wide and 6() feet long, and erected upon 21 pillars, 10 feet high, projecting o feet over the pillars on each side. There was a walk on the to]), about 15 feet in width, with two turrets, and railings about the walk. The details in the s])ecifieation show that the town exercised care to obtain a good and substantial building. The first Town House was completed some time prior to March, 1659, as at that time the selectmen passed an order that no one should smoke or bring fire under or about the Town House. It was repaired in 1667, by order of the Legislature; and in 1671 "a firm whole wall to the bottom of the braces with brick or stone" was ordered, to prevent "inconvenience by rotting the timbers, etc." Tlie lower portion of tlie building appears to have been partitioned off into shops, with a large space reserved for daily exchange. Upstairs were three nxuns ; one for rrovernor and Council, and out; for the Represent- atives, and some anterooms. In 1711 the first building was destroyed in a terrible confiagration. In it had presided I \Nl.l II. IIAI.I.. 22 A HALF (JENTIIKY OF liOSTON S liUILDJNG (ioveinois Eiidicott, Bellinghain, Levcrett, Bradstreet, Aiidros, Pliips, Stougbtoii, Belloinout, and Joseph Dudley. It was the centre of the revolution when the colonists, hearing that William of Orange had landed in England, rebelled against King James and imprisoned his Governor. Although success in tlie English revolution secured immunity for these Boston rebels, yet tlie participants here were ignorant of its result and for more than a month were avowed rebels. Thus was the old Town House the veritable cradle of liberty, and there is no doubt tliat this early struggle for rights greatly influenced the after history of the city and the nation of wliich it is now a j^art. After its destruction in 1711 the Legislature was at once petitioned for "Advice and Direction for the Restoring and Rebuilding of the House for Publick Uses and about the place wliere to set the same." After some preliminary suggestions by commit- tee tlie Ijegislature voted, in March, 1712, that the building be not more than 112 nor less than 110 feet in lengtli; and in November of the same year tliat the committee " fit tlie East Chamber for the Use of His Excellency the Governor and tlie Honorable the Council, the Mid- lUe Chamber for the House, the West Chamber for the Superior and Infe- rior Courts," and that " there be but two offices below stairs in the Prov- ince and Court House now building in Boston, one for the Secretary, the other for the Registry of Deeds." This was the building which is still standing. Its architect and builder are unknown, but its architecture shows markedly the '■ Queen Anne " influence. Neither the fire of 1747 nor the changes in the building have in any way affected its exterior walls. In this chamber presided, from 1711 to 1747, Governors Joseph Dudley, Samuel Shute, Jonathan Belcher, and William Shirley, together with Lieutenant Governors William Taller and William Dummer, Acting Governors ; and here was planned the capture of Louisburg. After the fire of 1747 the reb\iilding was done at the charge of the State, county and town — one-half to the State and the remainder equally between the town and county. All the features of this building have been restored and may be seen by anyone who will take the trouble to examine it. However, prior to the fire of 1747, the town had ceased to regard the Town Hall with undivided pride. In 1740 Peter Faneuil, in view of the need of the town for a market, offered to build such a house at his own charge and present the same to the town. At the town meeting to wliich the acceptance of this generous proposal was left, a bare majority of 7, out of a total of 727 votes, declared in favor of its acceptance. About two years elapsed <;ranitk makkkt iuhisk and faneuii. jiall. A HAI.P CKNTURV OK P.OSTdN' S BlTLrUM;. 23 MCSKIM riii:. liK I;K(1MKIKI.I) ST. before it was finished, and then the town books and papers were moved thereto — Faneuil Hall became the Town Hall, aud the building on State Street beoanie the State Hokkh. At a town meeting held in Faneuil Hall soon after its completion the people atoned for their rather ungracious acceptance of the gift by a vote of thanks, Mr. Faneuil having "at/ a very great expense ei-ected a noble structure, far exceeding his first iiroposal inasmuch as it contains not only a large and sufficient accommodation for a Market-jjlace but has also superadded a spacious and most beautiful Town Hall over it, and several other convenient rooms, etc." At the same time it was voted, "that in testimony of the town's gratitude to Peter Faneuil, Esq., and to perpetuate his memory, that the Hall over the Market-place be named Faneuil Hall and at all times hereafter be called and known bj- that name.'' The original Faneuil Hall was of brick, 100 by 40 feet, and fin- ished so elegantly as to be an ornament that the town might well be proud of. It was destroyed by fire in 17(51, aud was rebuilt by the town in 1703, a cut of tliis second l)uil it was used by the l*>ritish as a tlieatre, until they were obliged to evacuate the town the following year, lu 1805, the need being urgent for a more spacious public building (the Old South Church had been frequently used in cases where large meetings were held), Faneuil Hall was enlarged to its jjresent dimensions. To return to the old State House : During the succeeding years there were souu^ min(u- changes made in its form, but it continued substantially the same until the new State House was erected on Beacon Hill. Then the courts were transferred to the old Court House, on Court Square, and the building let to various tenants. After a dispute with the State as to title to sell the property, the Commonwealth's interest in the iiremises was purchased by the town, and the building was thereafter let for business purposes until 1S30, when, l>oston having become a city and requiring a City Hall, it was decided to use the old State House for that purpose. It was remodeled by Isaiah Rogers and William Washburne, the aildition being patterned after Greek models. It had narrowly escaped destrui-tion by tire in 1S2(), and in 1832 it caught fire, but fortunately the damage was small. After the removal of the City Hall to its School Street site tlie building was again abandoned to trade aud rapidly deteriorated — being defaced by signs and an unsightly mansard roof, while the rooms were greatly subdivided by partitions. In 1881 the city government authorized its restoration, which was hapjjily accomplished, and the old building stands to-day as a relic of the later colonial days, and is occupieil as the home of the Bostonian Society's collections of antiquities. Among the most distinguished of the old houses of Boston was the Old Trdvince House, so called on account of its age, and also because it was used as a residence by the Provincial Governors of Massachusetts. It was originally built for a private residence by Peter Sargeant, Esq., a wealthy Boston merchant, and was completed in 1679, at which time Mr. Sargeant affixed upon the famous iron balustrade over the front door the inscription — 24 A HALF fKNTDKY OF BOSTONS BUILDING. 16 V. S. 71> TUF, MASS. i;KNEKAL JIOSIMTAL, blossom ST. After Mr. Sargeant's death, which occurred in 1713-14, hi.s widow offered the place for sale, and it was purchased by the Province in 1715, as a residence for the newly appointed Governor, Elizeus Burgess, Esq. When the house became the property of the Province it was a magnificent building, .spaciou.s, elegant, and convenient, with the most beautiful surroundings of any mansion in the town. It was a three-story brick building, with high roof and a tall cupola, which was surmounted by an Indian chief with a drawn bow and arrow, made by Deacon Shem Drown — wlio also made the grasshopper on Faneuil Hall. The ap- proach to tlie house was over a stone pavement, and by a long flight of stone steps, into a doorway as magnificent as those of many a royal residence in Europe. Enormous and beautiful sliade trees added much to the elegance of the scene, while the fence in front of the yard was of highly ornamental pattern, and at each end, on the street, stood small buildings used as porter's lodges. But Colonel Burgess never came to America to perform the duties of his office, which he resigned in 1716, and Hon. William Tailer, the Lieutenant Governor, acting in his place, was thus the first occupant of the man- sion house; while Col. Samuel Shute, who received his appointment in October, 1716, was tlie first Governor to occu])y this elegant state residence. After the departure of tlie last Royal Governor, Lord Howe, on March 17, 1776, the building was used for the accommodation of the officers of the American army ; and in 1796, after the erection of the new State House, it was sold to John Peck, who, being unable to make payment, reconveyed the estate, in 1799, to the Commonwealth. In 1811 it was granted, by Act of Legislature, to the Massachusetts General Hospital, by whose trustees it was leased to Daviil Greenough, Esq., in 1817, for a term of ninety-nine years. Erom this time on it was put to all sorts of purposes. The trees were removed, and a row of brick buildings, built upon Washington Street, excluded it from view. Eor some time it was conducted as a tavern by Thomas Waite, and in 1851 the whole building was changed in appearance, having been remodeled inside to accommodate a company of vocalists and the ■outside covered with yellowish mastic. The old furnishings were sold and scattered, and the change was hardly less than was apparent after the fire of 1864, which destroyed the building, leaving only its walls standing. Tlie building was repaired, but without retaining a feature of the old house, which then vanished from sight and has since been slowly fading from memory. Passing with a bare mention of the birtliplace of Eranklin in Milk Street, which was destroyed in 1810, and the Green Dragon Tavern, in which the patriots of the Eevolution A HALK (KNTURY IIF KOSTON S BLILDIXG. used to meet, and which served as Boston's Masonic Hall in the olden time, until it was taken down in 1828, a word is due to the old stone house in Cross Street, which, at the time of its demolishment in 1864, was probably the oldest building remainintj in the city. Althoiigh to a casual observer it appeared to be a wooden house, it was in reality built chiefly of broken stone. Low in structure, a portion only containing two stories, with massive chimneys, built on the outside of the building, outer portions of the house were covered with thick slatestone at the top of each story, while the back part of the house was a wooden "lean-to" erected some time later than the main part of the building. It was originally known as "the Stone House of Deacon John Phillips in the Cross street," and was taken down by the city (to whom it had been devised by its late owner, Elisha Goodman, Esq., in 1849) for the purpose of widening Cross Street. The year 1712 was marked by the erection of two buildings which are both standing- to-day and both in a good state of preservation. The old State House has been already described, and a building which is of equal age now demands more than a passing notice. Probably no building in Boston is more generally known than the " Old Corner Bookstore." The site \ipon which this building is located came, very early in the history of Boston, into the possession of Mr. William Hutchinson, the husband of the famous Ann, and who was obliged, on account of his wife's theological views, to depart from the jurisdiction o"f Massachusetts, finding a refuge in Rhode Island. After passing through several hands it came into the possession of Mr. Thomas Crease, an apothecary, in 1707, and in the great fire of 1711 the buildings thereon were burnt to the ground. Soon afterward ~Mv. Crease erected the brick building which is standing to this _^_ ^J^^s^. day, and which he probably used as a dwelling-house, with a small shop on the Cornhill side. In 178'.( it was occupied by Mr. Herman Brimmer, merchant, and Mr. John Jackson, broker, and was also Mr. Brimmer's residence until 1800. In 1817 the front part of the building was occupied by Dr. Samuel Clarke (father of Rev. James Preeman Clarke) as an apothecary shop, while he resided in the rear portion, and after 1828 the building was leased to Messrs. Carter & Hendee for a bookstore; and, although there have been several changes in the tenants, the busi- ness has remained the same. Returning again to the churches of Boston, there are three old landmarks which deserve especial mention. They are Christ Church, King's Chapel, and the " Old South Meeting House." The first of these is the oldest church edifice now standing in Boston, and was built by Episcopalians in 1723. It is of brick, 70 by 50 feet in size, and with steeple 17o feet high. It was also formerly known as the " North Church." The present steeple is an accurate representation of the original, which was blown down in 1804, and contains a fine chime of eight bells, the first cast for British North America. The interior decoration of the church is unique, and it contains furnishings taken from a Frencli vessel by a British inivateer in 1746, and presented to the church. The Bible, prayer book, and silver now in use were presented by King George II in 1733, while the church secured immortal fame in the history of the Revolution by the lanterns which Paul Revere displayed from its tower. OLD STATE UOUSK. 2(> HALF < K.VI I.I;Y OK J'.OSTON S KLILDING. THE STATK Hl.ll'SK, KKAlOX ST. Tlie (Jld Siiutli Meetiug-liiiuse. at the corner of Washington and ^lilk streets, is most closely associated with the history of tlie struggle for independence. Tlie society was organized in 1069, and a wooden meeting-house was erected soon after, winch was taken down in 1720 and the present brick structure built on the same spot. Here Franklin was baptized, Whitefield preached, Warren delivered his oration in the Boston ilassacre; the '-tea jjarty" started from its walls, and here annual election sermons were preached for many years. So closely was the build- ing identified with the patriot cause that the British soldier.s who occupied Boston took pleasure in degrading it to a riding school. It was providentially S])ared from the great fire of 1S72, which burnt all around it, and almost as miraculously has thus far been preserved from the eipially dangerous march of modern improvement. It has not been used for divine worship since the erection of the society's new edifice in (_k)pley Square. King's Chapel, at the corner of School and Tremont streets, now a Unitarian church, was the first Episcopal church in Xew England, its society having been organized in IGSf) and a little wooden church erected. This structure, enlarged in 1710, was taken down in 17r)4 and replaced by the present structure. Its interior is very (piaint, preserv- ing the old-fashioned high box pews, and high pulpit and sounding-b(iard. Among the other churches standing in 184.") were a few which will give a slight idea of what was, at that time, the popular taste in ecclesiastical architecture. St. I'aul's Church, Iniilt in 1820, is of Grecian style architecture, with Ionic columns, and is liuilt of gray granite, with portico and columns in Potomac sandstone. In 1810 the Hollis Street Church, since partially demolished and partially remodeled into a theatre, and the Park Street Church, at the corner of Tremont and Park streets, were both built : and the West Church, at the corner of Lynde and Cambridge streets, liad been built since 1806. Coming down more closely to the ])eriod our w^ork commences, we find the Bowdoin S(piare Bajitist Church, 1)8 by 73i feet, which cost .$70,000 and is a solid looking building with front of unhammered granite, and which was built in 1810; while the i\It. Vernon Church, on Ashburton Place, was dedicated in 1844. In this church Dwight L. Moody was converted. The first school in Boston was, it is well known, the little one-story building which stood wliere the City Hall now stands, and which, organized in 1635, is to-day alive and thriving under the name of the Boston Latin Scliool. ^Moving across the street to the present location of the Parker House, it came thence in 1844 to the granite building wherein many of our readers obtained their classical education, and where it remained until the dedication of the magnificent new l;)uilding in 1881. The Public Librarv was not opened until 1854; liut the Boston Athemcuni. whi(di resulted from a reading-room established in 1807 by the Anthology Club, was, in 1845. located in Pearl Street, where it remained until the comiiletioii. in 1849, of its jiresent liuilding on Beacon Street. A IIAI,K IKXTUKY OF BOSTON i;rii.i)i\(; 27 Among the publie buildings which liave not as yet been mentioned, the State House is the largest and most important. It stands on the summit of lieaeou Hill, on a lot which was formerly Governor Hancock's cow pasture. The corner stone was laid in 1795 by Paul Eevere as grand master of the ^Masonic fraternity, and with an oration by Gov. Samuel Adams. The building is oblong in shape, 17.'! by 61 feet, of the Corinthian order of architecture, and surmounted by a dome. Its total height is 110 feet, and the lantern is over 200 feet above sea level. The turfed terrace in front of the building is adorned with two fountains, and statues of "Webster and Horace Mann. The original cost was over $133,000; but many expensive improvements and additions have since been made, one of the most imposing of which was the gilding of tlie dome in 1874. A succession of stone terraces, ascending from Beacon Street, ap])roach the main entrance, through which Doric Hallis entered, which contains the battle flags returned from the Civil War, and tablets, statuary, and guns. A more (iomplete description of the interior of the building can be better given when the additions of 1894-5 are descriljed. The Custom House, a large building of granite, in the form of a Greek cross and in the Doric style of architecture, w-as begun in 1S37, but not finished until 184',), at a cost to the United States Government of over .f>l,000,000. It will be described more fully in its place. The old Court House, on Court Street, surrounded by Court Scpiare, is a solid and gloomy granite Irailding, which was erected in 1833, at a cost of about .'$200,000, and was used until the completion of the new Court House, on Pemberton Scpiare, in 1891. It consists of three stories and a basement, and covers an area of 176 by 54 feet. On the Court Street front is a Doric portico, supported by four fluted ])illars, each of which weighs 25 tons. From this place Anthony Burns was returned to slavery, and ninny other __^^^ historic events have occurred about its walls. — ^ -- ^^_^^ The building on the northern corner of Tremont Street and Temple Place was erected in 1832 as a Masonic Tem- ple. It is built of Qixincy granite, and, as originally con- structed, had two towers, 16 feet square and 95 feet high, surmounted by battlements and Y'i'i'i^icles, while the rooms of its five stories were lighted by long arched windows. After the erection of the new Masonic Temple, in 1867, the buildnig was used by the United States Courts until their removal to the Post Cffice building, after which the building was sold for business purposes, and by .slight alterations and raising turned into a spa- cious and handsome dry-goods store. The Massachusetts General Hospital, whicli is to-day perfectly organized of its kind in the United States, bears also the distinction of being, with one exception (the Pennsylvania Hospital), the oldest. It was incorporated in 1811 Ijy a number of public-spirited citizens, at whiter time the corporation was granted the estate of the old Province House in fee simple, on condition that flOO,000 be raised by subscription within ten years, which was done. Three life insurance companies, which were incorporated between 1818 and 1845, were rerpiired to pay to the hosjjital one-third of their net profits, and ruE CUST05I HOUSE, state st. one of the most complete and 28 A HALK CEN'TrKY OF BOSTON ^S BVII.l)IX(i. many gifts aiul bequests were received from private citizens. The hospital stands at the west end of McLean Street, on wliat was furmerly I'rince's pasture. The main buihling, built in 1821. is of Chelmsford granite, fitted for use Viy state prison convicts, and was considered the finest building in New England at the time. In 184() it was enlarged by the addition of two large wings, and other improvements and additions have been since made ; among them the construction, in IST-'i-T."). of the four new piaviliou wards, named the Jackson, "Warren, Bigelow, and Townsend wards, in honor of tlie four doctors who had rendered most valuable services to the hospital. The Boston Dispensary, founded in 1796 and incorporated in ISOl, is also the oldest institution of its kind in the city, and the third oldest in the country. Its central office occupied an old dwelling-house at the corner of Bennet and Ash streets, while it has since extended its branches all over the city. The building used by the Dispensary- is also useful as giving a good representation of the old mansion house of the Xorth End of the early p)art of this century. The Boston Female Asylum, which was instituted in 1800 by a number of eminent ladies for the relief, instruction, and protection of female orphan children, originally occupied a building on Lincoln Street, but in 184G removed to the l)uilding on Washington Street, at the corner of Asylum Street, which building they still occupy. The ilerchants' Exchange building, which was on State Street, was erected in 1842; the building extending, with a public walk or thoroughfare throughout its entire length, 170 feet, into Lindall Street. In 1845 this building contained the Boston Tost ()f!ice, a jniblic reading-room, a tahJa cVIiofe hotel under Ferdinand Gori, and varicms offices for public concerns. The hotels and pdaces of amusement remain to be mentioned. According to a list published in Dearborn's '-Boston Xotions" there were some eighty-five "public-houses" in the city at that time. Among those which are still in existence under the same name will be found the Adams, American, Merrimac, Quincy-, and Revere houses, the United States Hotel, and — but alas! no, the Tremont House cannot be included in our list, as it has just joined with the illustrious company of martyrs in the shape of glorious old landmarks devoured by the rapacious greed of the modern building craze. The Federal Street Theatre, which was built in 17;)3, and which had passed through a checkered existence — being alternatelj' opened as a theatre and closed on account of lack of pi-otit — was, in 1846, being put in readiness for a theatrical season; and the old INIiller Tabernacle, after witnessing the disappointed hopes of the anxious Adventists, had been let to a company of Ethiopian singers (negro minstrels), and they were exhibiting in 1845. In 1832 a building of wood was erected on the corner of Portland and Travers streets for equestrian performances. Tlie enterprise was not a success and the building was remodeled, and, under the name of the Warren Theatre, was successfully conducted by Mr. AVilliam Pelby, who eventually built the large "National Theatre," occupying some 16.000 feet of land. This was erected in 183(i, and was, in 1S4.">, the princii)al theatre in the city. BOSTOX DISPEXSARY, BEXNET AXIl ASH STREETS. A HAI,K CENTURY OF liO.STOX .S liUILDINO. 29 The Boston Museuin, established in 1841 by Moses Kimball, occupieil a Imildiug on the site of the present Horticultural Hall, covering 10,001) feet of land; the lower story being occupied by five stores, while the jNluseuni hall occupied the remaining three stories. The front of the building was ornamented with Corinthian pillars. The present home of the Boston Museum was in process of construction in 1845, and was occupied in the following year. The general topography of the town did not change greatly until after the Kevolution. Towards the end of the last century, in 1784, Shurtleff relates, the Xorth End, which had then '• begun to lose its former prestige and gave unquestionable evidence of decay and unpopu.larity," contained about GSO dwelling-houses and tenements and six meeting-houses; "ISTew Boston,"" now called the old West End, and including Beacon Hill, about 170 dwelling-houses and tenements ; and the " South End," then extending from " Mill Bridge," in Hanover Street, over the old Canal, to the fortifica- tions on "the Neck" near Dover Street, about l'2r>0 dwelling- houses, ten meeting-houses, all the public buildings, and the principal shops and warehouses. Some of the mansion houses in this part of the city, according t(j Shurtleff, would have been considered magnificent in his time. Charles Street was laid out in ISOo, and this proved to be the beginning of a steady growth, which led up to the great improve- ments of the elder Quincy's administration as Mayor, after the town had become a city. In tlie meantime Dorchester Neck and Point were laid out, in 1804. The greater part of what is now South Boston was annexed and tlie city was incorporated. Under the administration of Mayor Quincy, from 1823 to 1829, was built the Quincy Market-house (which was officially called the Faneuil Hall, and thus was the cause of much confusion) ; six new streets were opened and a seventh was enlarged ; the city acquired flats, docks, and wharf rights amounting to 142,000 square feet — all of which was accomplished without any tax debt or burden ui)on the financial resources of the city, and which largely added to its productive property. Foremost among the dwelling-houses standing in Boston in^l845, as an example of the finest mansion house of the later colonial and revolutionary periods, but which unfortunately has been sacrificed to the march of modern improvements, was the " Hancock House." The house was built in 1737, on what afterwards became Beacon Street, by Thonuis Hancock, Esq., who, dying in 1764, left this mansion, with the bulk of his projierty, to his nepliew, John Hancock. Here lived the Alcibiades of the E evolution, with his equally famous wife; this house being, through the days of the Revolution and the early days of the Union, the centre of Boston's most brilliant society, wliile it was also, during Hancock's term as Governor, the executive mansion. In 1851) a strenuous effort was made in the State Legislature to purchase the house for a residence for the Governor, or any other public purpose, but the project failed; and finally, in 18(53, the house was sold and demolished, two large stone mansion houses being erected in its place. THE MERCHAXT S EXCHAXC STATE STREET. 30 A IIALK ( KNTllIV DF F.OSTdN S Bl'll.DIXG. Tlie tirst block of huildiugs erected in Boston was that called the •• Tontine '" Ulock, in Franklin I'lace ; which was a ([uagmire and deemed useless until 1792, when it was drained and laid out as a f,'arden. Tu 179o a syndicate was formetl for the jnirpose of making investments in real estate; and, as a result, the corner stone for two crescent row's of sixteen buildings each, of tliree stories height, was laid, and the buildings erected about an ellijjtical grass plot of 300 S(|uare feet, in the centre of which was a monumental urn to the memory of Dr. Franklin. The second row of brick buildings erected in Boston was on the west side of Court Street, between Howard Street and Bowdoin Square, and was called West Kow. This was in 1800, and South Row, next to the (jld South Church, was built at the same time, and iSTorth Bow, on the west side of Ann (North) Street, in 1802; while four Iniildings next to the I'ai'k Street Church were erected about the same time. ]!y the fall of 1804 the houses at the corner of Park and Beacon streets were built, Hamilton Place in 1806, Bumstead Place immediately after : Pinckney, Hancock, Myrtle, and Mt. Vernon streets, upon the whole extent of which there were but three houses in 1799, were soon covered with blocks of substantial and elegant dwelling-houses. In 1800 Beacon Hill had become the fashionalile (juarter of the town, and, together with the eminence west of it, had been leveled and the earth used to till up the mill ])ond (^where the Union Station is now located), by the Boston ]\Iill Corporation. Certain persons incorporated in 1800 as the Pond Street Corporation, for building Endicott Street to the old Cliarlestown Bridge, a distance of 1980 feet ; and soon after Charlestown Street was built, and the whole area of forty-two acres of made land was covered with dwell- ings and shops, Avhile Copp's Hill was being razed and brick buildings erected in Lynn ( Commercial) Street. Broad Street and India "Wharf and Street were each built by ail incorporated syndicate, and a line of four-story stores built on the west side of Broad Street, from State Street, to Purchase Street, 1473 feet in length. In 1810 was built C!entral Wharf, 1240 by 150 feet, and containing fifty-four stores. While all tins progress was being made, Mr. Cotting, who was the projector of manj' of these plans, projected Market Street (Cornhill). and a block ot stores was erected in 1817 on each side, tliese being the first buildings erected in town in which granite pillars were united to brick walls. In 1819 ]'>rattle Street was opened, and a block of four-story houses, the first built of stone, erected on its north side. Fort Hill Avas improved and sold for dwelling-houses, being called Wash- ington Place, and being built about a green plot 200 feet in dia- meter, ornamented with trees and enclosed by a fence. The neighborhood of the Massachusetts (ieneral Hospital, extending nearly to Craigie's Bridge and North Eussell, Vine, and I'ojdar streets, \vhich had been marsh and pasture grounds, was made into good building lots and covered with substantial houses. Elegant mansit)ns were continually being erected on Beacon Street, and the east side of the Common, known as Colonnade Eow, in 1811 contained lIANi;0('K irOVSE, BKACOX ST. A HALF fENTURV OF BdSTOX's lUILDINd. 31 twentj'-four buildings uniform in size and shape; wbile many squares, fourts, rows, and places, containing from six to twelve buildings each, were erected in various parts of the town. Taking a brief siirvey of the developments of the city of Boston in 1S45, we find that a great deal of building was done about that year. From Dearborn's " Boston Notions " we are able to gather a list of the buildings and other imjirovements at that time and during the immediate preceding years. The granite building at 122 State Street was built in 1823, four stories high and containing one store, by Benjamin Loring. In 1827 the four-story granite building numbered 72 State Street was erected by Andrew J. Allen; and the granite corner block on Washington and Essex streets, three stories in height and containing three stores, was built in 1832. In 1831 the tliree-story granite block containing two stores, at 95 and '.17 Washington Street, was built by John Borland. In 1834 the three-story granite block of six stores, north of Aniory Hall, by Kittredge & lUake ; and in 183/5 Amory Hall was -j^j-^^I^^A^,^^ _A^* y* V^^y- built by Henry Codman. at the corner of West and Washington streets — the latter building having three stores on the lower floor. ^°--, °<^^^°Zp-_ " ^^ and two large halls above for public meetings, and five rooms for ~^ ^«- -- offices. FinsT meetixcj-housk tx bostox. Fulton Street was greatly improved, in 1838. by the erection of several blocks of brick buildings for commercial purposes. Lowell, Billerica and Xassau streets were all formed, and built up with rows of dwelling-houses, between 1835 and 1840 ; and Bath Street, leading from Congress and Water streets and curving easterly to Milk Street, was built up with stores and warehouses. In 1840 was built the two-story granite building, 192 Wasliington Street, by Col. Henry Sargent; and in 1843 the granite block of three four-story stores at the corner of School and Washington streets, by David S. Greenough. Hon. Abbott Lawrence, in 1844, erected the Lawrence Block of two warehouses on Milk Street ; and during the same year Ferry Street, from Ann (North) to Fulton Street, and Barrett and Shoe and Leather streets, were covered with four-storj- warehouses. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in the same year, erected a handsome building on School Street, on the site of the Latin schoolhouse. with the lower stoiy for the society's seed store and with an exhibition hall above. In 1845 was erected the "Cruft Block"" of five four-story granite-front warehouses, on Peace Street, with six dwelling-houses in the rear, Iniilt by ^Iv. Cruft; the "Milk Street Block" of four granite-front stores fronting Federal Street, by William Goddard; "Bowdoin Block,'" comprising three warehouses, on Milk Street, by Andrew Carney ; Morton Block of five warehouses, on Milk Street, by Mr. Pliny Cutler and others; the '-Old South Block" of three warehouses on the Parsonage-house site ; a block of stores on the corner of Milk and Hawley streets, and one on the corner of Milk and Atkinson streets; two four-story granite warehouses, by Hon. Abbott Lawrence, on the site of the Federal Street Baptist Church (which society removed in this year to their new edifice on Rowe Street), and another block of three warehouses on Federal Street nearer the theatre; the "Diamond Block"" of wooden stores at the corner of Union and Hanover streets, erected by Mr. Diamond; the granite block numbered 281. 285 and 287 Washington Street, erected by Franklin Dexter; the granite ,32 A HALF < ENTIKY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIX<;. block on the corner of Boylston and Washington streets, and the two four-story stores north of the Moseley Block, built by John I. Brown; and the granite block of four stores on State Street, built by the Merchants' Bank. In addition to all these, the same year witnessed the erection of granite blocks on the corner of Wilson's Lane and Washington Street, at the west corner of Devonshire and State streets, at 91 W^ishington Street, on Washiugtyn Street south of West Street, at the corner of Washington Street and Spring Lane, and at the corner of State and Broad streets — the latter being built for the firm of Samuel Thaxter & Sou, whose successors are still its occupants. Hanover Street was greatly im])roved by many new buildings, Eichmond Street was widened, and Ann (North) Street, which "has of late years housed the most degraded part of the city population, is under the leveling application of the pick-axe and broom, the clearing off the old rubbisli has begun"' — and new buildings were being erected. In the northwest part of the city great additions were made of land reclaimed from the tide waters and extensive rows of brick buildings erected, among the streets thus built lieing north Charles Street, Livingstone and Auburn streets. Railroad Wharf, next north of Commercial Wharf, was mostly reclaimed i'rom tide water and built on in 1845, having a long range of granite warehouses of four stories on one side, and a hotel on the south range. From these rambling notes and imperfect outlines the reader may be able to form some general idea of the city of Boston as it appeared fifty years ago. The buildings, although substantial, were generally severe in outline, and, while well adapted to the business needs of that day, would be totally inadequate to the bustle and rush of our modern trade. Yet, to the inhabitants of that day, they w^ere beautiful and imposing. The increase of the qualities of grace and beauty in our more recent architecttire shows a niost surprising ccsthetic development of the people all along the line. It will be our duty, in the succeeding chapters, to trace this development step by step. 1845 TO 1872. N the preceding chapter the foundation and early history of the building interests have been briefly sketched, and many of the historic structures mentioned and described, down to a time when the city of Boston, having become in a most literal sense "The Hub of the Universe" — the centre of trade, of commerce, of intelligence, of culture and refinement, of business enterprise and activity — it began to ■ develop along the lines of modern science the architectural and mechanical construction of its buildings. A time since which, as one writer very tersely puts it, "a new and modern architecture in its buildings has largely superseded the old and radical changes have been made in every direction," making this "a most attractive modern city, frankly accorded to be — even by those from other jilaces proud of their own cities — the finest in the country." Coming now to the real subject of this work, " A Half Century of Boston's Building," we find ourselves at a period when the young and ambitious city was enjoying its highest degree of commercial success; when the steam railroad had just begun to develop as a successful enterprise and an important aid to business interests ; when the steamship had become a reality, revolutionizing the carrying trade between this and foreign countries — a trade in which Boston very largely and successfully engaged ; and when, encouraged by many signs of rapidly growing prosperity on every hand, capital was seeking investment here. As a natural consequence the building interests were greatly enhanced and forwarded, and the improvement of real estate holdings was rapidly pushed forward to meet the demands which the increasing business created. Up to this time the buildings had been constructed for the immediate rather than for the future demands, and were neither as large or substantial as are those which have since been erected. While there were, here and there, buildings that, in point of architectural design and mechanical skill in construction, would compare favorably with those of a more modern time, they were the exception and not the rule, and there are few of them now left as landmarks, connecting the present with the past. Old Boston exists only as a historical reality; the new Boston of to-day is the growth of the past fifty years, the development of the modern metropolis upon the foundation which had its origin in the little unpretentious building erected by the Rev. William Blaxton more than two hundred and fifty years ago. During the past fifty years the growth of the city has been gradual, but steady and progressive ; not marked by any of those x^eriodical " booms " which have, in recent j-ears, developed some of our western towns from straggling villages to populous cities in a single decade. Not by the sudden development of some new industry or enterprise, such as has given an impetus to the building interests in other and newer sections, but with the proverbial conservativeness of New Englanders, the building up of the city has been upon a solid and substantial business basis, calculated to produce a metropolis of grand and elegant proportions, A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON' S BUILDING. rrmnmm a model of thrift and beauty, witli a wealtli of magnificent and handsome buildings, both public and private, which have made for tlie city a name and fame, in this respect, unsurpassed by any in the world. The increase in the property valuation of the city during this period has been phenomenally large. In three decades, from IcSlO to 1820, 1840 to 1850, and 1860 to 1870, the valuation of the city more tlian doubled. In 1840 the valuation of the city is given at f 94,581,600. At the present time it is very close on to $1,000,000,000 ; showing that the building up of the city in the past fifty years has added about $905,418,400 to its valuation, or an average of about $18,000,000 per year. This increase is largely represented in buildings and real estate improvements, the developments of which form a very interesting part of tlie history of tlie city. And now let us look over the city as we find it in 1845, and view and describe some of the more prominent buildings erected since that time, together with the development of the city up to the time of the large fire in 1872, which destroyed many of the large business blocks, causing a loss of over $75,000,000, and lay- ing waste a large tract of territory in the business centre of the city. In a previous chapter many of the early buildings have been mentioned and described, giving a general idea of the design and other features, which are more interesting as studies of the early history of building than as showing any particular style or design of architecture, as it was not until the beginning of the present century that we find special attention given to the development of the architectural effect in building, and even then only displayed in public buildings, a number of which still stand as monuments to the pioneer of architectural design in Xew England, Mr. Charles Bulfincdi. Later on, however, as the city grew in population and wealth increased, we find that the art was employed in the design of almost every class of housings, and especially the residences of prosperous and successful business men. At the beginning of the period to which this chapter refers, beginning in 1845, the builder's art had developed considerably and architecture had become an established profession. As examples of the progress which had been made in tliese directions, we have several notable buildings, among them being the old State House, Faneuil Hall, the old County Court House, United States Custom House, and numerous churches, as well as many private buildings, several of which have been mentioned and descriljed in a previous chapter. As the city had at this time arrived at the most prosperous period in its history, it is not surprising that we find the growth of the next few years both rapid and progressive, and a large number of new and handsome buildings being erected, the more prominent of which will here be described without attempt to arrange them in the exact order in which they were built. Among these there are none which impress the beholder more certainly with their massiveness and solidity, than the United States Custom House, with its solid granite walls and FIRST CHURCH. A HALF f'ENTUEY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. 35 substantial proportions. This building was completed in 1847, although begun twelve years before. It was designed by Ammi Young, and is in the form of a Greek cross. It is of the purely Doric style of architecture and at the time it was built was considered a very handsome as well as ornamental building. It is 175 feet long, 95 feet wide at the centre and 75 feet at the ends. Surmounting the main part of the building is a large oval-shaped dome, which, like the rest of the building, is of granite. Around the outside of the building are thirty-two fluted granite columns, 5 feet 4 inches in diameter, and weighing about forty-two tons each. On the interior, supporting the ceiling of the main part of the building, are twelve marble columns, 29 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. The rotunda is in the Grecian-Corinthian style and is 63 feet by 59 feet and 62 feet high. Sufficient has been said of this important building to give an idea of its proportions and its general appearance. At the time it was built it stood at the water's edge, where the tide ebbed and flowed at its very door, while vessels lay at the wharf alongside with their prows almost touching it. But with the development of the great and growing commercial and business interests of the city, more room was required in this immediate vicinity for the great warehouses and storehouses which have since grown u]) around it, and old ocean was crowded back, farther and farther away, until at the present time it stands quite away from the water front, high and dry amid its surround- ings. The cost of this building was $1,073,371, but this great outlay was amply justified, as it is still in good condition and will stand for ages unless the ruthless hand of a progressive and am- bitious generation destroys it to make room for a more modern structure. Among the public buildings with which the city is well sup- j)lied, there are none which have attracted more attention, or of which the Bostonians are more proud, than the City Hall, which ■was dedicated September 17, 1865. At the time it was built it ■was 2)ronounced, by those competent to judge, to be the most elegant municipal building in the country, both as to its architect- ural design and its adaptability to the purposes for which it was constructed. It was designed by G. J. F. Bryant and Arthur Gilman, is of the Italian Renaissance style of architecture, anil cost the city nearly a half-million dollars. The follo'wing descrip- tion of the building is from the book issued by the city, containing the dedicatory exercises, etc. : — " The face of the entire principal front of the building, and that of the west side, are of white granite. The basement on all sides, together with the trimmings of the rear and of the east side, are of the same material ; while the ashlar or face of these two latter facades is of the stone from the old city hall, which occupied a ijortiou of the site on which the present edifice stands. The exterior walls are backed with brick, and are vaulted between the facing and brick. With very few exceptions all the interior partitions are of brick, many of them containing air .spaces which serve for the ventilation of the principal apartments. The THE OLD SOUTH, WASHIXCiTOX 36 A HALF CENTUBY OF BOSTON S BUILDINO. basement, first, second, and third stories are wholly fire-proof, their floors being composed of brick arches laid in cement, supported by iron beams. The staircase halls throughout every story are constructed in a similar )nanner, and, with the stairs, which are of iron, are fire-proof. The floors of the fourth, fifth, and attic stories, are of the best burnetized construction. The roof is also of wood, covered with copper and slate. "The interior finish of the first, or principal story of the building is in butternut. That of all the other stories is of pine, with the exception of counters, furniture, water-closet finish, etc., which is of oak, walnut, chestnut, and Imtternut. The grand entrance is from School Street into the first-story hall, which is leaved with squares of black and white marble; and, as the visitor enters, he beholds the magnificent staircases, which are, perhajjs, the most striking and effective feature of the interior. The construction of the risers and treads and outside stringer is of iron ; the ornamental moulded-face stringers, nowels, rail, and balusters being of solid oak. The continuous platform, which forms the landing in each story, is carried on eight oak columns, covering an iron column within, the columns standing in jiairs, fluted, and having rich Roman Ionic capitals carrying entablatures. The stairs diverge from tlie centre of the hall, opposite the main corridor in the first story, after rising ten stejis, in two separate flights, to the right and left, and are continued thus, in a double flight, to the flfth story. Standing, as they do, in a clear, unobstructed space of twenty- eight feet by seventy-two feet, and lighted above by five elabo- rately coffered and paneled skylight openings in the ceiling of the fifth story, at tlie height of ninety feet from the lower floor, the effect of these staircases is extremely spacious and imposing, and they are probably not equaled, either for dimensions or su])eriority of design and finish, by any in the country. " The dome which surmounts the building is surrounded by a balcony, from which rises a flagstaff, whose height above the ground is two hundred feet. Four well-executed lions' heads look out fiercely from the corners of the balcony, and a magnificent gilded eagle surmounts the centre of its front.'' Another of the notable public buildings, but of an entirely different nature, both as to its architectural design and the purpose for which it was constructed, is the '•' Charles Street Jail," built by the county of Suffolk in 1850-51, at a cost of about a half-million of dollars. This building, although luirdly up to the requirements of the present time, as a model jail, is still in use and is one of the landmarks which never fails to attract the attention of visitors as they approach the city from the west and north. It consists of a central octagonal structure of granite, three stories in height, with four wings radiating from it, each wing being two stories high. Three of these wings contain the cells, and the fourth is fitted up as a residence and office for the sheriff. There is nothing in the general design of this building which gives it any special claim to notice as sliowing the development of art in architecture, but it is nevertheless a good example of the solid and substantial manner in which the earlier buildings of the past half-century were built. CHRIST CHUKCH, SALEM ST. A HALF CENTCfRT OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 37 One of the most costly public buildings in the city, and one which is pointed to with pride by every Bostonian, is the great granite building erected by the United States government for a post-office and sub-treasury. Although this building was not completed at the time of the great fire, it was begun in 1869, and will be described with the other contemporaneous buildings at this time. In the " Boston of To-day," this building was described as a " great granite pile, a composition of pilasters and columns and round arched ornamented windows, covering nearly forty-five thousand feet of land. The facades rise one hundred or more feet above the sidewalk, and the central jtortiou of each reaches a height of one huiulred and twenty-six feet." The building is ornamented with numerous figures representing labor, arts, sciences, etc., which are all of large and impressive proportions. It is an elegant building for the purpose for which it was designed. Its cost was nearly $6,000,000. Boston has always, even in its earliest days, been noted for its interest in and development of intellectual and educational matters, and has always taken great pride in its institutions of this nature. In fact, no city in the world is better supplied in this respect, and certainly no city in America can boast of more elegant and costly structures, or those which show a higher development of modern art in architecture and general appreciation of the beautiful in its work. Among these may be mentioned the building of the Massachusetts Historical Society, which, however, has been entirely remodeled and altogether changed within recent years. It is chiefly of interest only in connection with its liistorical value, the society of which it is the home being the oldest historical society in the country, having been organized in 1791. The building is completely fire-proof, and contains a most valuable collection of historical literature and other __ documents. ISTot far away is the building of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, also the oldest of its kind in the country, which is a dignified and substantial looking structure, erected in 1S64-5. It is of the Gothic style of architecture, and its front walls are embellished with several works of art, adding much to the general effect. This building also contains a library, and halls for the exhibits of horticulture which are held at regular inter- vals. One of the most noted buildings in the city, and in the country as well, is the handsome and substantial Boston Athena3um building, built in 1S49, growing out of the reading-room established by the Anthology Club as far back as 1807. It contains one of the most valu- able libraries in the country, including the library of General George Washington, and many other highly prized collections of literature. The building was designed by Edward C. Cabot, and is of the later Italian style of architecture, presenting "an excellent example of a Palladian palace front, with liigh basement of rusticated piers and round arches carrying an order of Corinthian pilasters with lofty windows between, king's chapp:l, tremont st. 38 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. enibellislied with pedimental caps.'" The first floor is supported on ground arclies of brick, wliieh are set in the solid masonry of the basement. It is three stories higli, and is one of the lightest and most conveniently arranged library buildings in the city. While it is not a public library in any sense, those seeking for information which its collection of books con- tains are admitted, and shown every courtesy that makes it so justly celebrated among litera- teurs and historians. Still another of the notable buildings in this vicinity, although making no pretensions to architectural disiilay, is nevertheless of sufficient importance in connection with the notable buildings of the city to claim a place in the list. This i.s " ' ^"^^^^^ '''^'^''^'^ ' ^° '""^^: the old Music Hall, one of the largest halls in the city, built in 1852. The lack of outward display is more than ." T compensated for in the interior finish, which has a grand and imposing appearance. Special pains were taken, in tlie designing of the great hall, to give good acoustic results, and they are remarkably fine. The liall is 130 feet long, 78 feet wide, and 65 feet high, and has a seating capacity of nearlj' three thousand. The list of notable educational and literary institutions would not be complete without it included one Avith which, perhaps, the general public is more familiar than any other — the Boston Public Library, one of the largest and choicest, in point of the number and variety of its books and manuscripts, in the world, containing at the present time nearly a million volumes ; and although it has recently occupied a new and imposing building, the one which has for so long sheltered it is one of the landmarks of the city which it is to be hoped will be jireserved. This building is a rather plain brick structure, with no pretense to elaboration in its outward appearance, but which was well arranged for the purjjose it was intended to serve. Its dimensions are 128 by 82 feet ; its cost was $365,000. It was built in 1857. One by one the old landnuirks are being removed and their places taken by modern structures. Among the last to "join that innumerable throng" is the old Tremont House, one of the most familiar of the old buildings and the jjioneer first-class hotel in America, as it has always been one of the most popular. At this time, as it is being torn away to make room for an imposing modern business block, as well as because of its association with many of the stirring events of the past half-century, it is deserving of more than a passing notice. At the time it was built there was a dearth of hotel accommodations in the city, and there was a growing public demand for a first-class hotel. In 1824-5 the legislature incorporated a company for the purpose of constructing "a building or buildings to be used as a public hotel,'' Imt it was not until 1828 that the project received any further encouragement. In the spring of that year a fund was raised by popular subscription and the work of construction began. Among those who contributed to this fund were such men as Peter C. Brooks, Daniel Sears, Harrison Gray Otis, Samuel Appleton, Eobert G. Shaw, Samuel T. Armstrong, Samuel A. Eliot, and a long list of the prominent business men and mercantile firms. The corner stone was laid July 4, 1828, and the building was oj>ened to the public on October 16, 1829, a grand ELIOT SCHOOL, NORTH BEXNF.T ST. Established i-jii. Erected i%i%. A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTON S HUILDTNO. 39 dinner being given in honor of the event, presided over by Hon. Josiali Quincy, mayor of the city, ^o better description of the building can be given than by a writer at the time, who says — "The general effect of the exterior of the Tremont Honse is imposing from its magnitude and its just ijroportions ; and the selection and execution of the decorated parts of the facade exhibit the classical taste of the architect, and his judicious adherence to the principles of Grecian architecture." The dining-room was said at the time to be one of the finest in the world, and was 73 feet long, 31 feet wide and 15 feet high. Many interesting and amusing anecdotes are told in connection with this famous old hostelry and those who frequented it. But alas, while it has outlived those who are so closely associated with its early history, it has at last fallen a prey to the march of progress and improvement instituted by the present generation, and will give place to a mammoth modern building, which, let us hope, will be a fitting ^ _ monument, placed upon the spot where once and for so long stood the pride of Boston hotels. The enterprise and executive ability of Boston business men has frequently been shown in meeting the demand for the accommodation of large gatherings, such as the great Peace Jubilee and Musical Festival, when temporary buildings were erected for the XDurpose. These two events -were celebrated in 1869 and 1872. The Peace Jubilee was held in an immense coliseum built especially for the occasion, which was one of the largest buildings of the kind ever erected in the city. Being built for temporary use only, there was no elaborate display of architecture in its design; and, like the building in which was held the great Musical Festival under the direction of P. S. Gilmore, it was a plain structure notable only for its size and seating capacity. Both of these buildings have long since passed away, and the place where they stood is now covered with modern buildings of a more elaborate and ornamental design. Another building of a similar nature was the great Moody and Sankey tabernacle, a large temporary brick structure, capable of seating 0,000 people, in which were held the great revival meetings which created such a religious enthusiasm in the city during the year 1877. Among the old houses of Boston now standing, made notable through their association or as the birthplace and home of some of the famous men who have long since passed away leaving nothing but their names and noble deeds as reminders of their existence, should be mentioned the old-fashioned painted brick hoiise of generous proxiortions located at 20 Hancock Street, where Charles Sumner, one of Massachusetts' greatest lawyers and statesmen, made his home for so many years, and where he died in 1874. This famous old house was also the home for many years of Judge Russell, ex-railroad commissioner and ex-collector of the Port of Boston. There is one class of buildings of which no mention has thus far been made, although they are among the best known and most visited. The theatres of Boston, with one or two exceptions, present but few features which would attract the attention of a passer-by. But what is lacking in the outward appearance is more than compensated for in the lavishness ADAMS SCHOOL, Established i-jil- MASON ST. Erected 1848. 40 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. displayed on the interior finish and furnishings, in which respect they compare favorably with those of any city in the world. The first theatre to be opened in the city was a very modest aifair, being an old stable remodeled into a playhouse. This was in 1792. The first theatre building to be erected was the old Federal Street Theatre, which stood where is now the great business block of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton ; quite a pretentious building for those times, said to have been the finest'playhouse in the country, and was opened in 1794. Next came the old Haymarket Tlieatre, which occupied the site where now stands the elegant Tremont, opened in 1796. This was a large, unattractive wooden building, although with a well-arranged interior. In 1829 one of the most interest- ing of the old-time theatres was opened. It was called the Tremont, and stood on the site of the present Tremont Temple. Next came the Warren, located on Travers Street, a small wooden affair ; but, unlike some of its contempora- ries, it proved a financial success, and in 1836 was replaced by a more pretentious building and the name changed to the National Theatre. The site of the present Gaiety and Bijou Theatre is one which a number of playhouses have occupied, and is wliere the famous old Lion Theatre, opened in 1836, stood. The old Eagle Theatre was the next to be built, and was opened in 1842. Among the other playhouses that have existed from time to time, down to the time of the great fire in 1872, are the Boston Adelphi, the Dramatic Museum, the Aquarial Gardens, Morris Brothers' Opera House, the old Continent- al, the New Tremont (not the present liouse by the same name); besides a score or more of minor museums and halls, wliich had brief existences. Among the theatres of to-day, built during the period to which this chapter is devoted, are the old Howard Athenaeum, erected in 1846, and in its earlier days one of the popular and fashionable theatres of the city. In the same year was built the Boston Museum, which, with its high granite walls, broken with three stories of round arched windows and "adorned by elegant balconies and rows of ground-glass globes like enormous pearls, which at night are luminous witli gas,'' is one of the features which attract the attention of every visitor to the city as he passes up Tremont Street from Scollay Square. It is probably true that no stage in the country has produced such an array of talent as has this, and it is still one of the most popular playhouses frequented by the best class of peopjle. The Boston Theatre comes next, having been built in 18ri4, and is one of the largest theatres in the country. It presents no display of architectural skill in its outward appearance, but the interior is very elegantly and elaborately designed and executed. The Globe Theatre, recently destroyed liy fire, was originally Selwyn's Theatre, and the first building was erected in 18G7. This building was burned in 1873, and then was built tlie Globe, so familiar to every Boston theatre-goer. FRANKLIN SCHOOL Established 1-}%^. WASHINGTON ST. Erected 1845. THE SOUTH END. In no section of the city are there to be found more frequent reminders of " Old Boston," A HALF < E.VTUKY OF HUSTON S lU ILI)IX<;. 41 tlian in what is known as tlie Soutli End. This, at one time, was the most pu]ndar resiilential section; and in tins direction the city K''*"^^'^ until the ISack ISay was opened up, when that at once became the t'ashionalile quarter. There are, however, many very handsome and some very striking buildings, both jiublir and jnivate, at the South End. and in these we see some very good examples "of tlie ' old I-Joston' style of andiitecture.'" Here tliere is a more uniform style of design, both in the business blocks and in the dwellings. Among the notable Iniildings are several of the city institutions, the City Hospital, Boston College, the great Latin and English High schools, and the two schools for girls; also, the imposing Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and several churches of note, hotels, and association buildings, all of which are features in the Boston of to-day and landmarks in the growth of the great city. The Boston City Hosjiital, which was established in 1863-4, is a very handsome group of well designed buildings, constructed at a cost of over $()0(),0()(). The only attempt at architectural display is in the central or administration building, the design of its facade, and the dome which surmounts it, being quite elaborate and ornamental, giving a dignified and sober effect, which is relieved by the beautiful and \vell-ke])t grounds which sur- round it. The Church of the Immaculate Conception, which was one of tlie tirst clnirches in which stone was used as the building material, is without the usual towers and s])ires which are the distinguishing features of such edifices; and its peculiarity in this respect, as well as in its general design, wliicli is without ornamentation, at once attracts attention. It was designed by V. C. Keely, and built in 18G1, at a cost of over $100,000. It is a substantial struc- ture of solid granite. 208 feet long by 88 feet in width. While the outward appearance of this building presents no striking architectural features, the interior is very elabo- rate, and one of the most attractive in the city. It is 70 feet from the floor to the ceiling. There are two rows of Ionic columns, with richly ornamented cajiitals ; and on either side of the elegant marble altar.are three Corinthian colanins with appropriate entablatures and broken arches, surmounted by statues of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, the whole terminated by a silver cross with an adoring augel on each side. The other furnishings are in harmony with the above. In connection with the church, and built by the same society, is Boston College, a plain but substantial structure of brick, presenting little iu the way of architectural display or ornamentation. It was founded in 1863. Its property is valued at over $200,000. Another of the notalde buildings in this vicinity is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the largest of its kind in New England. It is in the early English Gothic style of architecture, cruciform, with nave, transept, aisle, and clerestory. The total length of the building is 364 feet ; width at the transept, 170 feet ; width of nave and aisles, 90 feet ; height to the centre of the roof, 120 feet. This immense structure covers over an acre of ground. The original design .M.\VHp;W SCHOOL, HAWKINS ST. Esta^liskfei 1S03. Erected 1847. H' A IIALK CKNTrivV (iK l;(lsTiiN'S Krll.IHXi.. lias not vft ln'fu fully cavrit-il out. and tlie result is the an-liiteftuval ettVrt is in some respects (lisappointiuji'. There are two towers in front, one of which when eouijileted with its spire will be 300 feet liiuh and the other 2n0. The interi(U' finish and ornamentation is very rieh and lavish. Anion;,; the other cliureh liuildiuLjs in this vicinity are the Tienmnt Street Methodist, built in 1,S()2, designed by Hanimatt Billings, and considered one of tlie most artistic in general appearance; and the Churcdi of the Disciples, one of the least pretentious in outward aiipearanee, but one of the most distinguished in the city, from its having been the one over which one of the most noted preachers in the country presided for so many years — Dr. James Freeman C'hirke. Tt was built in 18(>9. The building now occupied as the New England Conservatory of Music was originally the St. James Hotel, built by Martin Jr. Ballon, in 18()7-S. and at that time one of the finest hotel l)uildings in the city. It is of brick,, plain but attractive in tU'sign, ami one of the interesting features in the locality. (.>ne of the most attractive buildings in this vicinity is tlie great Latin and English High School, the largest structure in the world used as a free pulili'c school ; and near by is the Girls' Latin and High Schiidl building. whi(di is without any attractive features in its design, and onlj' noted as being, at the time of its erection in 1870, the lai'gest. most substantial, and costliest school building in the country. TIlK M'.w WKsr i:m>. I.AI'IN I ) I : II 1' ■iciliiol.. MUMII Nrliipoi. SI. Nil line, liiiiking down upon the Boston of to-day finm the dnine of the State House on Heacon Hill, cm realize the wonderful change that lias taken ]ilace in the brief lieriod of less than tift\' years, transforming the compact little citj- of 114,(100 in 1845, occnjiying a territory about two miles long and one mile wide, into a great metro[)olis covering over thirty-seven sijuare miles, and having a population of over .100,000. That such transformation has taken place, shows how ra^iidly the city has grown, and what wonderful inqirovenients have been made. The increase in the business interests of the city, ci'eafing a demand for more and larger warehouses and business blocks, naturally crowded the residential buildings out from the centre of the city; and, as one after another of the stately residences of the earlier settlers was removed to make way for these, we find the limits of the city being extended in one direction and another, by the erection of new and more elegant residences farther back from the centre of business. T'hus the city grew, until it had comjdetely covered the "little pear-shaped ]ieniiisula "' upon which the town originally stooil; and this firings us down to the time when was begun a series of real estate improvements that added a large tract of land to the citj', which has since become the fashionable residential section — the beautiful Back Bay, with its broad streets and axenues. lined on either side \\ith elegant and costly residences and handsome public buildings. The work of imjiroving this vast territory was undertaken by the State, which had a twofold object in view : the aliatement of a nuisance which had long been a menace to the A II \I.K < KNI'I UV 4.'^ lit'altli cif tlir citv. and tlic aililiridii ot availalile land tor building ijiuikiscs. 'I'lie \v(irk was liegun in lS."i2. and was systi'niatically iilanned and carried out; at an enorniuus I'xjiensi'. to lie sure, Imt the outlay was more than coniiieiisated for in the sale of buildin;,; lots, which at (Jiice became very valuable — the State, alone, realizing nearly $.">,O(M),()O0 therefrom. I ]ion this "made land" have been liuilt some of tlie most elaborately designed buildings to be found in the eouutiT ; numy residences costing more than •"¥ 100.1 )(!(», a,ud a large number of society and ])ublic bvuldings, hotels, etc., representing an outlay of millions of dollars. But, as many of • the more notable ones are of (|uite recent construction, tliey will not be mentioneil at this time, as they will be fully described in another chapter, latei' on. There are a few, however, which were erected )irevious to the year 1872 which will be briefly mentioned liere. Among the earlier buildings to be located in this section were the dignified structure of the Natural History Society, and the Institute of Techuology, both of which are to-day prominent features in the locality which lias siiu-e become noted for the number and elegance of the lauldiugs which have been located there. The Natural History Imilding was the first to l)e erected, and was comjileted in lS(i4. It was designed by W. (t. I'reston. and is a very solid and substantial struc- ture of l)rick, with freestone trimmings. It has a. frontage of lOo feet and is tSO feet in height. The outer walls are ailorned witli Corinthian columns and capitals, and over the main entrance is carved the society's seal, which bears the head of Cuvier. The keystones of all the windows are orna- mented with heads of animals, in well-e.xecuted relief carv- ing.?, and a scul|itured eagle surmounts the jieiliment. The cost of this building was about .$] 00,000. Near i>y stands the original building of the Institute of Techncdogy, designed by.the same andiitect, and very- similar ill its general appearance, being (■onstructed of pressed brick, with freestone trimmings. This building, which was erected in 1 Slid, is but one of a number that have since been found necessary to accommodate the increased number of students which ea(di year are added to its enrollment. In the immediate vicinity are a large numlier of other uotalile buildings, including many of the more costly and elaborate churches, which are a feature in this section. The first of these to be built was the Arlington Street Church, erected in 1S()1. The material is New Jersey freestone, and in its style it resembles some of the old English (dniridies. with its lofty sjiire of symmetrical proportions, rising from the middle of the front of the building. The interior is modeled after the eliundi of Sta. Annunziata at Genoa and is highly ornamental. Emanuel Church, while (uic of the smallest, is of interest from its ]iictiires(iue outward appearance and its ricjily ,0()O. This by !io means concludes the list of costly and elabo- rate church edifices which cluster around this section of the city; but, as the others are of a hxter date, they will come in with otlier buildings to be noticed in a future chapter. TirF. OM) NdUTH KXD. >«'o section of the city has a greater interest, to the visitor seeking out the quaint and historic features, than the old North End, which, while it possesses few features of architect- ural interest, cannot be entirely left .out in a history of the building up of the citj'. Here it was that many of the first houses in the town were built, and many of those still stand- ing date back to a time long before the Revolution: notably, the old Xorth Church, the oldest church building now stand- ing, from wliose belfry windows were displayed the signal lights of the famous Paul Revere on that eventful night in April, 1775; the old Dillaway house, and Christ Church. While, in the streets in this vicinity, are man}- other of the old-time buildings — ancient landmarks, that have long weathered the winds and storms, and escaped the ravages of the ]irogressive sjiirit of succeeding generations that have spared so few of these connecting links between the past and jiresent in their mail struggle for wealth and bxisiness supremacy. It is here that one sees something of the arcliitecture of a century ago, in the quaint old-style houses, with their hip or gambrel roofs, or overhanging stories ; and, to the one interested in tracing the various stages of building in the town and the eitj-, these are of special interest. The growth of the city lias, however, been in the opposite direction; and with few exceptions there are no modern buildings worthy of special notice in this section of thii.'D latin sihuol. south sidf, of srnooL ST. A HAJ.F < KNTIKV OK noSTON S 111' 1 1,1) I NG. 45 the city, except those of so recent constnu-tion as to he ehissed ami described in the chapter coverinw the last twentv-tive veai's. ' : i^T^^^^^:^€i^ TIIK lUSIXESS Si:( TIOX. Thus far no mention has lieen made of one of the most important features in the buihling up of the city — its business houses. Wherever commercial, manufacturing, and mercantile interests centre, there you will usually Hud a flourishing and prosi)erous city; and the more successful are its merchants and tradesmen, the more extensive and elaborate are its buildings. Boston -was one of the first, as it has always been one of the foremost, trade centres in America. To the shrewdness and sagacity, as well as to the activity and enterpi-ise, of the business men of Boston, is due, not only the building up of this great metropolis, with its wealth of magnificent buildings, its beautiful residences and its imposing business blocks, but the building up and extension of these sanu' interests in other parts of the countr}' : f(U- it is Boston capital, and Boston's enterprising men, that have carried forward many of the great building enterprises throughout the country. There is probably no citj- in the world that can point to so many and such model business lilocks as Boston. There are others that can claim larger buildings; but none in which is displayed more artistic taste in con- struction, combined with the most perfect adaptation to the purposes for which they were intended. Most of these are of modern construction, built within the last thirty or forty years; but there were, long before that time, many creditable buildings in which a most successful business had its foundation. During the early history of the town anil the city, the buildings in which the various kinds of business were carried on were, like the other buildings. un])retentious and of rude construction, with no pretense at architectural display or eifect. They served simply as places for doing business, and that was all that their modest owners desired. What is now the centre of trade, covered with closely set stores and warehouses, was once the residential portion of the town. Here, surrounded b}- their spacious and well-kept grounds, were the comfortable dwellings of the wealthier portion of the community. Scattered about, here and there, were the stores and buildings devoted to the trading interests. As the town grew, becoming more and more the great centre of trade and commerce for this part of the country, the number and size of these buildings increased, and gradually they became so numerous as to encroach upon the territory of the dwellings, and eventually these latter were crowded out entirely, to make room for the great business blocks that have since grown uji; only one or two of them now being left — historic landmarks in the progress of the city's development. The great fire of ISTli swept over a large portion of the business part of the city, and destroyed many of the business houses which clustered about this locality'. The only portion of the city in which to-day may be seen the type of building which charncterized the first NiMiiH s( Hour,, r.KLKXAi' (now .1 lisfal'liiligd iSi2. Erected iSj4- OV) ST. 46 HALF ( KNItl;V (IK liusTilXS l;ill,|)lN<; KOWDOIX SCIIIXII., .MVIMJ.K EslabUslied 1 8j i . Erected i S7 the trustees of the Sears fund purchased another large amount of real estate, including the Bradley, Fay, and Andrews estates, and upon this erected another l)lock of buildings. This block had a granite front, and was a very large and imposing building, the interior being fin- ished off with all the improvements suggested by experi- ence. It contained four stores and was numbered 52-;">6 Franklin Street. A little farther up the street was built a handsome granite and brick block, on the old Mansion House estate. This, like its neighbors, was a well designed and well executed piece of architectural work, being in harmony with the style prevailing at the time. Still farther along, at the corner of Franklin and Hawley streets, was built one of the handsomest of the great store buildings erected up to that time. It was five stories in height, with granite front, the facade showing ornamental features that were a credit to the designer, Mr. Bryant, who was the architect for the buildings mentioned above. On the south side of Franklin Street. Xos. 31-or>, was erected a handsome block of eight stores, 220 feet front and 108 feet deep, and five stories high. Unlike the buildings mentioned above, which had fiat roofs, this had a French roof with elaborate cornice-work finish. Jtr. Bryant being the architect. Across Arch Street, next below the above, was another imposing block of stores designed by Mr. Bryant. Extending along the whole front and sujjporting the moulding above the first story was a row of granite pillars, giving a very good effect to the general ajijiear- ance of the building, which was five stories in height with a French roof. The above, with others which were soon after built, added materially to the building up of the city, as well as to its property valuation, and in 1859 property on this street was assessed for nearly four million dollars. Siich growth naturally had the effect to develop other property in the vicinity, and we find Devonshire and aiilk streets being built upon, while a number of new streets were laid out and put through, such as Congress. Federal and I'earl streets, and a view of these streets in 1860 shows them nearly all linilt up with handsome business blocks similar to those mentioned, while along Washington Street there was a con- tinuous row of elegant buildings. This was but the beginning of the building operations which BOVI.STOX S( HOdl,. I'dlJT HII Esttililish-rd \?>i'i. Erected 1^19. 4STllN*s l:r 1 1. Ii I X<:. ]ia\'e siiiCf been so extensively carried on in this section of the eity, resultinic in some s])leni]icl speeimens of tlie builder's art. They are so numerous tliat it is difficult to single out any certain number calling for jiarticular mention : and, as the most notable ones are those which Iiave been erected since the tire in J872. the description of these business houses will be left to a succeeding chapter. The United States Hotel is the oldest of the hotels now in existence, and is to-day, as it has always been, one of the best-known and most popular. Its location is most favorable, being (]uite near the depots. At the time it was built, in 182t), it was the largest hotel in the city and considered to be quite a noteworthy building. The original building has been twice enlarged by the addition of extensions, and at the ])resent time covers nearly two acres of ground. Wliile the older part of tlie buiUling represents the ar(diitecture of the time in which it was built to a certain extent, tlie newer portions are of nioilern design and construction. It is a brick and stcme buihliug, five stones in height, the (diaracteristic features being the portico at the main entrance, which is built out from the main wall and .supported by large granite pillars, the ornamental c(U-uice-work. and the roof, which differs somewliat in style frcun those put upon the buildings of a later date. The interior has been greatly changed and improved from the original, to conform to the demands of modern hotel accommodations, and is first-class in every respect. In the days of AVebster and Sumner it was the popmlar hostelry for notable individuals visiting the city, and it has sheltered many of the most distinguished personages who came liere from time to time. It was at this hotel that Charles Sumner entertained Charles Dickens, and for a consideralde time it was the lioiiie of one of Massachusetts' most able and distinguished statesmen — Daniel Webster. In later years it has become popular as the winter residence of many wealthy families, while it has always had its share of transient visitors. Since it came into tlie hands of its jiresent management many changes and improvements have been made, and to-day it ranks as one of the leading hotels of the city. The American House, on Hanover Street, is also one of the older hotels of the city. It was first built in ISoo, on the historic site of the lionie of General Warren of Revolutionary fame. In 1851 the house was entirely rebuilt and greatly enlarged, covering the site of four former hotel buildings — the old American, the Hanover, Earl's, and the Merchants — and was at the time one of the largest hotels in New England, with a reputation second to none. It has always been a favorite with business men of the town, and always run on the American jilan. There is nothing in its architectural design to attract si)ecial attention; but the interior is handsomely and tastefully finished, with wide corridors, large public reception halls, and all modern conveniences for the comfort and entertainment of guests. To this house, also, belongs the distinction of being the pioneer in the introduction of elevator service, the first elevator in the city being put in here. For more than forty years the American House was managed successfully, and to the very general satisfaction of its jiatrons. by Lewis Eice and his son, Henry ]-!. Kice. Under its present management it has lost none of its (ild-time popularity and has gained largely in jniblic favor and patronage. The Revere House, named after the Revolutionary hero, was built in 1M7, in Bowdoin Square. The original building has been considerablj' altered by improvements, made necessary in the course of progressive years : and it stands to-day an example of all that is modern and convenient, with the reputation of having one of the best hotel equipments in America. In its A IIAl.K (KNTrUV OF BOSTOn's HI' I l,l)IN feet long and 130 feet wide. The handsome entrance forms a special feature of the facade, which is still further heightened bv the li->fty tower, with its ornamental cornice and roofing, in whicdi is also set the dials of the large tower-clock. The interior is finished in a luost elaborate maner, the first floor being given to waiting-rooms, and the second to the offices of the conqtany. The cost of this elegant building was about f SOO.OOd. The original Boston iS; Worcester (now the Albany) depot was a rather plain brick structure, presenting no a,rchitectural features worthy of mention. In 1881 the present st;iti(.in was completed and is one of the best in the city, although not as ornamental in design as the one mentioned ;d)ove. The features of the building are the two large porticoes forming the entrance to the main waiting-room and the fine proportions on every side. The front is of pressed brick, with granite trimmings. The main Imilding is 118i by 140 feet, and contains a vestibule 4'_' by 120 feet and i'2 feet high. On luie side of this is the ladies' waiting-room, 35 by 75 feet, handsomel}' furnished, and provided with three large open fireplaces. On the opposite side is the dining-room, news stand and gentlemen's waiting-room. The second story is fitted up with offices for the various officials of the road. Tlie third story is ;ilso used for office purposes. The train shed, leading directly from the main vestibule, is 444 feet long and 118,V feet wide. Mr. Alexander H. Ksty was the architect for this handsome station building. ijiriiiiwil Jl4J..a_UJiJ RRRE TH?; I'lEKX E la il.I)l-\i., Hl-VTlXi; lu.N -\\i; ■_,^f^'3-:; I'.riLDlXli rOlI.VKli OF ESSEX AN]> KIM.STOX STREETS. f///nnm '(if\ iHQ^ , ggniirraiHuqijymijpm hns FiRrii F. L. AMK-i l;lTI.IilN(i. ((IIIXKII KI\(iST(.l>' AM> llKHFOl;]! STKKKTS. MXCUI.X lll'ILDIXl., r(il;M;i; I.IXI.'dl.X. ES.SKX AXU Tl' FTS STl! K)C1>. A IIAI.K < KNTl'KV (IF HOSTUx's KUII.rilM;. 51 Near by tlip Albany is the station of tlie Old (_'oloiiy road, a handsome brick and stone building, witli liigh arched entrances. It is three stories in height, the first floor being arranged for waiting-rooms, etc., and the upper stories tor the offices of the management. There is very little elaboration in the design of the facade, whidi presents a plain, substantial front. This is one of the oldest of the present station bnildings. Tlie New York & New England station, on Atlantic Avenue, is a. low single-story building, used only as a waiting-room, the offices of the management being located in another Vjuilding near by. Further up the avenue is the new and handsome station of tin- Boston, Kevere Beacli & Lynn road. This building is two stories in heiglit, the facade lieing ornamented by a row of high arched entrances, above the centre one rising a low scpiare tower, into the wall of which is set the large clock dial. The material used is brick and stone, tlie combination giving a most pleasing effect. ( )n tlie north side of tlie city stood, the stations of the Fitchburg and the several divisions of the Boston & Maine .system. The Boston & Maine dej)0t in Haymarket Square is one of the familiar landmarks of the North End. It is a very plain brick structure, two stories in lieight, with a slanting roof. The front of the building is ornamented with sipuire pillars supporting the cornice of the gable, and between these are the arched entrances. It is one of the oldest station buildings in the city, and since the completion of the new Union station has been abandoned as a depot. (.)f the three old stations on Causeway Street the Fitchburg is the oldest and the most dis- tinctive in architectural design. It is a massive structure of undressed granite, and looks more like some grim old castle than a railway station. On each of the four corners rise turret-like towers, which add to the ancient castle-like appearance of the structure. It was built in 1847, and contained at the time a large hall in the second story, in which the famous Jenny Lind concerts were given in IS.'')!). The interior has been several times remodeled and improved, but has at last been abandoned by the road as a station, the trains of this company now coming in at the new Union station. The old Eastern depot, built in 1863, was a low brick building witli a sipiare tower at one corner upon which was a clock. Tliere was nothing elaborate or ornamental in the design, either on the outer walls or in the interior. It was, however, a very conjfortably arranged depot. Tliis building was removed when the new ITnion station was built. The last of the three in this row of old depots is the Lowell, now a part of the great Union station. It was built in 1871, and is 700 feet long by 205 feet wide. It is a handsome building in every way, built of face brick, with trimmings of Nova Scotia freestone, the facade flanked on either side by two massive towers of flne jH-oportions and ornamental design. In the centre of the headhouse is a magnificent and lofty hall, paved with marble and finished in polished liardwood. Around this, on the fir.st floor, are tlie waiting-rooms, restaurant, etc., and in the upper stories the offices of the management. The train shed is very large, with abroad arched roof of truss work having a clear space of 120 feet. This completes the list of stations with the exception of the magnificent new Union station, whicli will be fully described among the later buildings in another part of this work. As late as 1840 tliere were standing in the centre of the city many old houses, familiar 52 A liAl.l- CKXTrUV OK BOSTIin's KITLDINO. laiiiluiarks in the ;^ro\vth anil (Ifveloimieiit of the eity, whieli have since either heen removed to make room tor more modern buildings or so tlioroughly rebuilt and reconstructed as to entirely obliterate their original characteristics. Among these were the old Eastern stage house, built about 1763, and located on Ann Street. It was removed in 1840. The old Feather store, whose history dates back to 168(1, and which at one time was considered a very prominent building, located at the head of Ann Street, .survived its contemporaries until 1860, when it was finally removed. Franklin's shop, on Union Street, one of the famous buildings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, having been built in 1696, stood until 1844, when a portion of it was removed; the remainder — that portion with the old blue ball — standing until 1808, when it was also removed. The Hughes house, Washington Street near Milk, built in KUiO; removed in 1862. The Head house, which was built in 1763, at the corner of what is now Boylston and Tremont streets, was moved in 1840 to Fond Street and, somewhat improved, made to still further serve its purpose. The Hill house, on Jlilk Street, built in 1772; removed in 1846. The old Hancock house, on Beacon Hill, which has already been fully described in another part of this work, built in 1787, and removed in 1863. Deacon Phillips' house, on Cross Street, one of tlie first st(me houses to be built, erected in 16.')0, and torn down in 1864, the material being used to build a church at East lioston. The old Province house, in Province Court, with an interesting liistory, built in 16.S9, purchased by the town in 1716, sold again in 1779, kept as a tavern in 1834, opened as Ordway Hall in 18i')2, partially bumi'd and rebuilt in 1864. The old Ship Tavern — "Noah's Ark" — built in 1646, injured by an "earthipuupie" in 1663, owned by the famous Thomas Hutchinson in 1713, sold to the James family in 1794, and tinally removed when Ann Street was widened in 18i>9. The old Stackpole house, a familiar landmark in what is now Post Office Square, was removed to make room for the new post-office building in 1,S68. The old Williams house, on Washington above Dover Street, was removed in 186(). The Deacon house, one of the later of the old-style houses, is still standing, altliougli recent clianges have made it hardly recognizable as viewed from the street. In bringing this chapter to a close it is projier to state that, while it has not l)een possible, within the limits of the space allotted to this part of the work, to go very thoroughly into the details of the growth of the city, sufficient lias been said to show the progress made, and the more notable buildings mentioned. But this by no means exhausts the list of interesting structures, both public and private, which in architectural design and construction make tliem noticeable features among the buildings of the city-. By the annexation of Charlestown, Roxbury, Dorchester, Brighton, and a number of otiier districts, the city has acquired a large amount of territory, and added a very large number to the list of buildings, some of them quite noted, either in connection with historic associations or from distinctive architectural features; and these must now be considered in connection witli the growth of the city, although they are not herein described. In a little less than seventy -live years, as a city, Boston grew from a population of about 50,000 to one of nearly ten times that number, and its once crooked and tortuous "cow paths" became well-detined streets, built up with miles upon miles of solid and substantial business blocks, public buildings, elegant residences, and magnificent church and society editices, the admiration of the world and the pride of every true citizen. 1872 TO 1895. HE year 1S72 marks the beginning of an important and interesting epoch in the growth and building up of the city of ]>oston. It was in this year, on tlie 9th of Xovember, that the great fire broke out, and, before it was finally extinguished, destroyed over $75,000,000 worth of property, leaving in a heap of smoking and blackened ruins sixty-five acres of territory in the very centre of the business portion of the city, where stood some of the largest and most substantial Inisiness blocks, the fruit of more than a. century of industi-y, thrift, and enterprise. From this terrilde blow to its business interests Boston recovered with a rapidity and siiirit wliich is evidence of the pluck and enter- prise of its business men. Not only was the burned territory soon rebuilt, liut the new buildings were upon a grander and more magnificent scale; and it is here that we see, to-day, man}' examples of modern liusiness blocks that are not excelled elsewhere, either in their arch- itectural design or their construction. They are models of the builder's art. Within the little more than twenty-five years that has elapsed since the fire above mentioned, the city has made the most rajiid growth within its history. The valuation has been more than doubled ; territory has been added and bvult upon; the city has developed in every direction, and especially has it improved and developed the construction of buildings. From the northernmost point of the Charlestowii district to the southern boundary of the Dorchester and Roxbury districts, it is one densely populated and closely built city, in which is represented every style and variety of building, from the comfortable, unpretentious cottage of the mechanic to the palatial residence of the millionaire; from the small and plaiidy built workshop and store building, to the massive and towering business blocks; from the old- fashioned wooden church building to the magnificent edifice of brick and granite. While it is not possible in a single volume to give a complete list and detailed description of all the buildings in the city which present special features making them prominent in tlieir several localities, the following list includes many of this class, the most noted being more particularly described. At the corner of State and Congress streets stands the building of the Tremont National Bank, which was erected in 1878-80, and at that time one of the best office buildings in the city, located as it was in the very centre of the business part. It is a solid granite building, plain, but neat and tasteful in design. The architect was Carl Felimer; the unisons, Hussey & Howe; and the car])enters, Morton & Chesley. The interior is finished for offices, in a rich and ornamental manner. Its estimated cost was $80,000. The ]\Iasou building in Liberty Sipiare is a prominent feature in that locality, standing, as it does, by itself, showing to good advantage the symmetrical and well-proportioned outlines in its design and construction. While it is not elaborate, or possessing specnal features of ornnmentation. it is nevertheless a most attractive office l)uildiug. It is built of brick, with 54 A HALF < KNTllIV (IK KOSTllNS Blli.lUNC. granite triminiiiL;.^. The interior work is of the best ami after tlie most modern anil aiqiroved designs as to material and finish, marble being largely used in the stairs and floors, all of which are made to be as nearly fire-proof as i>ossible. It was Imilt in 1879-82, after designs by William tJ. Preston. The mason work was by T. C. Wait, and the carpentry was by Samuel M. Chesley & t"o. The cost of the building when completed was .'§350,000, and it is owned by William Mason. This is one of the lightest and luost convenient office l)uildings in the city. .Jordan ^: ^larsh liuilding (new jiart), one of the largest retail dry -goods Imildings iu the conntry, was built in 1880-82, and stands on leased land, the jiroperty of Abigail Armstrong, T'his bnihling is of brick and was designed by Samuel .1. F. Thayer. It is a plain but substantial building and was ooustructed by Timothy E. Stuart, mason, and William H. Ste\yavt, carj)enter. Mercantile building, 20-ol Bedford and 77-7!l Chauncy streets, owned by Frederick L. Ames, was designed by Sturgis & ISrigham, ami built by Thomas J. Wliidden & Co., masons, and 1). I). Whitcouib, carpenter. A handsome brick building, fitted with all the C(mveniences as a modern business block, liuilt in 1884, and cost .^ISO.OOO. Mercantile building, 91-93 Federal Street, designed by S. .). F. Thayer, and built by .lames Smith, mason, and Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. The material is brick, with granite trimmings. The building was (Completed in 188.5, at a cost of .1130,000. Owned by Mrs. Anna P. Bigelow. ••The Advertiser" building, 246-248 Washington Street, is the largest and handsomest jiewspaper building in the city, and one of the attractive features of " Xewspai)er Piow." It extends through from Washington to Devonshire Street. It is built of stone and brick, the design being plain, but attractive and imposing. It was built in 1882-3, at a cost of .f 100,000. The architects were P.radlee & Winslow ; the mason, Augustus Lothrop ; and the carpenter, John Ahlen. The building is owned liy G. F. P>emis. Mercantile building, 5ir)-.521 AVashington Street, another of Mr. F^'rederick L. Ames' buildings, was built in ] 883-8;"), at a cost of $180,000. It is a very handsome brick structure, of jilain design, arranged for stores and offices. The architect was H. H. Richardson; the masons, Kumery & Co; and the car]ienters. Creesy & Noyes. Office building, 3 and 4 Hamilton I'laee, Built in 1883-85, and cost .f 110,000. It was designed by liradlee, Winslow & Wetherell; the builders being Neal & Preble, masons, and N. Wilbur, carpenter. W. S. Dexter is trustee of the property. Men^antile building, 94-102 South Street, the ])roperty of Leopold Morse, was designed by Loiris Weissbein, and built iu 1880-83, at a cost of f 75,000. Mercantile building, 391-405 AVasliington Street, built in 1880-83, owned by the heirs of Augustus Hemenway, was designed by Bradlee & Winslow, and built by Thomas J, Wliidden. Cost $1.50,000, Banking-house, propert_y of Kidder, Peabody tS: Co., located on Sewall Place, in the rear of 11.'! Devonshire Street, was built in 1881-83, at a cost of $103,000. Sturgis & Brigham, architects; Thomas d. Wliidden, mason; B. D. Whitcomb, carpenter. Mercantile building, ]u-operty of David ami Henry iS'evins, corner of Chauncy Street and Itowe Place, built in 1881-2, at a cost of .f 92,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart, builder A IIALK CKNTIKV OK PJIIS Ton's l;r 1 1. II I N (i rjo cold storage Imilcliug, property of the Quiucy Market Cold Storage Company, 119-1(57 Commercial Street, built in 1881-83, cost !iiiir>0,000. The design of this building differs somewhat from the general style of mercantile buildings, as it was constructed for a special purpose to which its design and construction had to be adapted. William G. Preston architect: F. A. Taber. mason; William Carpenter, carpenter. Mercantile building, property of Eben D. Jordan and Charles ^Marsh, 48-72 Kingston Street, 71-8") Bedford Street, and l-i) Columbia Street, was one of the largest and handsomest of the many business blocks in the vicinity. It was built of stone and brick, and erected in 1881-83, at a cost of f.SoO.OOO. S. J. F. 'I'hayer, arcliitect; T. ?:. Stuart, liuilder. Destroyed bv tire, Thanksgiving, 1889. Mercantile building, Essex Street, Harrison Avenue, and Chauucy Street, for which ('. I)., G. H. and John Homans are trustees, was built in 18.S2-.". at a cost of .f 90,000. .lolm .\. Fo.\, architect ; T. ff. Whiddeu & Co., builders. Mercantile building, property of F. L. .\nies. r>7C'3 Itedfoiil and ."il-Go Kingston streets, built in 1882-84. cost $140,000. H. H. liicluirdson. architect; Norcross Brothers, builders. Hotel Bristol, located at the corner of Boylston and Clarendon streets, was built in 1879 by James T. Eldredge, after designs furnished by Levi Newcomb & Son. It is a very handsome building; the material being brick, with granite trimmings. It is arranged as an .-iiiartment house, and was built by Standish & Woodbury, at a cost to the owner of $80,000. Hotel Hoffman, at the corner of Columl)us Avenue and Berkeley Street, is one of tlie best of the family hotels : its location being convenient, and its apartments well arranged and cheerful. While there is nothing elaborate in its architectural design, it is attractive and neat in appearance; being Iniilt of pressed brick, with granite trimmings. Its interior is especially well arranged for the purpose for which it was built, the apartments being finished in the best manner i)ossible to nmke them light and agreeable homes. The building was designed by Samuel I). Kelly, the brick and masonry \\ork being done liy Fred H. Tarbox, and the woodwork by Edward S. Sparrow. It was completed in ISSO. at a cost of .fllO.S.OOO. and is owned by Lucinda C. Collamore. Hotel Glendon, a family hotel located on Cazenove Place, off Columbus A\enue. was built in 1881-2. The material is brick, with granite trimmings; the design for the building being furnished by G. W. Page. In the construction of the building Frank Jones was the mason and Stephen Moxon the carpenter. Its cost was $145,000, and it is owned by N. M. Jewett. While its location is not favorable to the disjilay of elaborate architectural features, it is nevertheless one of the handsomest of the apartment houses, and is especially well arranged and convenient. Family hotel, 177 West Chester Park, built in 1881-2, by Mr. David H. McKay, at a cost of $ 8r>,000. Mr. ]\rcKay was his own carpenter in tlie construction of the building. tli(> mason work being done liy Isaac C. Cooper. "The Howland," located at 216 Columbus Avenue, was built in 1881-2, the design for the building being furnished by W. P. Wentworth. In its construction N. E. C)'Sullivan was the mason and John Driscoll the carpenter. Its cost was $90,000, and it is owned by Edwin L. Gerrish. Prinuiry School biiildiug on I'olk Street, in Ward S. This building was erected in 1878-9, after designs furnished by Mr. George A. Clougli. There is notliing elaborate in its outward 56 A HALF ( KNI'IKV 111' I'.dSToN's lU! I I.tll \(;. ai)j)earan('(>, but it is a well-ananj^ed and substantially built sti'Uctnie ; tlie material beiuf; brick, witli st(inp trimming's. Tlio mason work was executed by Donobue Brothers, and the interior woodwork and Hnish by Murphy Brothei-s. Its cost was .'S.'W.OOO; not a large sum, in coiniiariscin with some of the mnre pretentious liuihlings, but sufficiently large to make it a very comfortable school building for ])riin;iry grades. Grammar School building on Cambridge Street, in Ward -5. This building, designed by same architect, Mr. George A. enough, was built in ISTS-SO; a plain brick structure, without sjiecial architectural features, e.xcept in its adaptability to the purpose for which it was intended, in which respect it is well designed and execnited, the mason being Mr. James Fagin and the ear]>enters Landers & Greely. The cost of tlie building was $54,000. The Egleston S(|uare school Ituilding, Ward 23, another of the buildings designed for the city by Mr. George A. (Hough, was I'ompleted in ISS], at aco.stof .'|>.")2,000. Like most of the other school buildings, it is of biirk, the work being done by Griffin & O'Sullivan. The interior woodwork was done by Mr. James .Marston. It is a well-constructed and substantial building, ]dain in design hut well ])ro]jortioned, intended to be useful rather than ornamental — a feature which is well jireserved in most of the city buildings. Primary School building on West Seventh Street, Ward L3. Mr. Clough was also the architect for the city in the construction of this building, and dis])layed the same good taste in its design which he has shown in the Imildings mentioned above. There is no attempt at elaborate ornamentation. It is a plain brick structure, of good proportions, solid and substantial. The masonry in the building is the work of Mr. James Fagin, and the carpentry was executed by Mr. P. F. McGaragle. The cost of the building was $50,000, and it was completed in 1882. Private dwelling, property of (ieorge (). Shattuck, built in 188.3-4, located at 166 Beacon Street, is one of the elegant residence bvuldings in this very fashionable part of the city. It was designed by Cabot & Chandler. Woodbury & Leighton being the masons, and B. 1). Whitcomb the carpenter. J'rivate dwelling, 25 ('ommonwealth Avenue, property of James Lawrence, Inult in 188;>-4. Itotch & Tilden, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; }!. 1). Whitcomb, car])enter. Cost, )f4(»,0(lO. Seminary building. Lake near Kemlrick Street, in Ward 25, ))roperty of the Eight Rev, John J. Williams, built in 1881-84. .1. H. Besarick, architect; James Fagin, builder. (Jhurcli building, Columbus Avenue, corner Berkeley Street, owned b}' the People's Church Society, built in 1883-4, and cost $75,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; Sampson, Clark & Co., masons; S. M. Chesley, carpenter. This, while not costing as much as some of the other church buildings, is a very commodious and well-arranged edifice. It is built of Ijrick. with granite trimmings, and the outlines are broken with gables and niches, giving a very pleasing effect to the general appearance. Private dwelling, 179 Commonwealth Avenue, owned l)y William I). Bradley, built in 1883-4, cost $45,000. Carl Fehmer, architect; James Smith, unison; B. 1). Whitcomb, (^ai'penter. I'rivate dwelling. 223 Commonwealth Avenue, jiroperty of George Higginson. built in 1883-4, cost $45,000. Cabot c^ Chandler, .architects; George F. Shei)ard, mason; B. IX Wiiitcomb, carjjenter. A IIAI.I'' lEXTUKV OF JiOSTDN s BI'ILIPINC. o7 Private dwelling, 245 Jlar] borough Street, property of George K. ]\Iinot, built in 1883-4, cost $40,000. Cabot & Chandler, architects; Woodliurj- & Leighton, builders. Private dwelling, 242 Commonwealth Avenue, property of William G. Saltonstall, built in 188.'-{-4, cost $50,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, masons ; Morton & Chesley, carpenters. This is one of the handsomest and best-designed dwellings on the avenue. Private dwelling, 198 Commonwealth Avenue, owned by Mrs. D. W. Spooner, built in 1881-2, cost $40,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; A. Anderson, carpenter. Nurses' Pavilion, property of the !\rassachusetts General Hos]iital, located on the Hospital grounds on Blossom Street, built in 1882, cost $35,000. Carl Fehmer, architect; James Smith, mason ; A. Hathaway, carpenter. This is a very neatly designed and moderiily constructed building, well adapted to the purpose for which it is intended, but without special ornamentation. Boston Young Women's Christian Association Building, corner of lierkeley and Appleton streets, built in 1883-4. cost $175,000. George F. Meachani. architect; Augustus Lothrop, mason ; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. This is a handsome piece of architecture, considering that it was not built for ornamental jnirposes. It is of brick, with granite trimmings, and is fitted up as a home for young women who are supporting themselves. The building contains a lecture hall, reading-rooms, class-rooms, cafe, etc. Charles A. Kidder, dwelling-house, 209 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1881-2, cost $38,000. Allen & Kenway, architects ; Standish & Woodbury, masons ; B. I). Whitcomb, carpenter. Young's Hotel, 22-24 Court Street, Fifty Associates, owner, built in 1881-2, cost $160,000. Bradlee & Winslow, architects; J. W. Coburn, mason; Whiting Brothers, carpenters. This is one of the best known and most famous of Boston hotels. The building has been added to from time to time. The original portion is of brick, with stone tiinunings ; while tiie new portion is of stone, with a very ornamental front facade on Court Square. H. C. Haven, dwelling-house, corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Exeter Street, built in 1881-2, cost $40,000. J. P. Putnam, architect: H. McLaughlin, mason; McLean Brother.s, carpenters. Charles T. Wlute, dwelling-house. Commonwealth Avenue near Exeter Street, built in 1881-2, cost $35,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; Vinal & Dodge, masons; McNeil Brothers, carpenters . George P. King, dwelling-house, 11 Fairlield Street, built in 1880-81, cost $60,000. W. W. Lewis, architect ; Standish & Woodbury, masons ; John ]\Iorrison, carpenter. One of the handsomest and most ornamental private residences in this section of the city. Exhibition building, property of the New England I^fanufacturers and Mechanics Institute, Huntington Avenue, corner Eogers Avenue, built in 1881, cost $350,000. Alden Frink, architect ; J. H. Coon & Co., masons ; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. This building, which was destroyed by fire several years ago, was a very handsome exhibition building, covering an area of nearly five acres, with available floor space for exhibits of over eight acres. The main entrance opened into an immense vestibule, 134 feet deep and 250 feet wide. This 58 A HALF rEXTlKV OK BOSTON's IJIMLDINC. was divided into tliree hroad avenues, one of which led to the main aish^ of the large central Inulding. The interior of the building was without partitions, leaving the view of the immense hall unobstructed. There are two galleries (53 feet wide running lengthwise of the building, and set in a distance of 63 feet from the walls. The first fair held by the Institute was opened in this building on August 18.1881. The great business depression which came in the following two or three years resulted disastrously to the organization and it was obliged to close up its affairs. The destruction of tlie property was a heavy loss, and removed from existence one of the handsomest buildings of its kind ever erected in the city. Robert Bradley, dwelling-house, 2r>r> Marlborough Street, bidlt in 1883^, cost f 4(»,(>00. Cavl Fehmer. architect; David Connery & Co., masons; Morton & Chesley, carpenters. Cliurch of the Advent, Mt. Vernon Street, built in 1878-9. Sturgis& Brigham, architects; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is a very handsome brick and stone structure, with an interior of brick and freestone. T1ie main body is 7- by 73 fet-t, with a nave 7G feet in height. There is a chapel on the south side, 18 by 33 feet. The tower is 22 feet square and 190 feet high. The general design is odd and unifjue, giving to the building an individuality that is marked and noticeable. Walter Hunuewell, dwelling-house, 261 C'ommonwealth Avenue, l)uilt in 1880-82, cost !S!49.0fl(i. Ci. K. it E. Ct. Shaw, andiitects ; ^'inal & Dodge, nrasons ; Bourne & Levitt, carpenters. Wiuthrop Sargent, dwelling-house, 2I»7 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-8"), cftst $40,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects; David Connery & Co., masons; .John Morrison, carpenter. William 1'. Wesselhoeft. dwelling-house, 176 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883^, cost $40.0(1(1. Charles B. Atwood, architect; Benjamin F. Dewing, mason; Rforton & Chesley, carjjenters. James B. Bell, dwelliug-house, 178 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-4, cost .'J!40,000. Charles B. Atwood, architect; Benjamin F. Dewing, mason; Morton & Chesley, carpenters. W. Bowell Mason, dwelling-houses, 209-211 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-85, cost .f!r)r),O0O. Rotch & Tilden, architects; George G. Xichols, builder. Leopold Morse, dwelling-house, 203 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1883-8."), cost fSHO.OOO. Louis Weissbein, architect; J. H. Kelley, mason; B. D. Whitcomb, carpenter. Schoolhouse. property of the city of Boston, (_) corner of East Fifth Street, built in lssr>, cost f4r>,000. Cliarles J. Batenum, architect; Donohue Brothers, masons; IMcGaragle & Co., carpenters. Hospital building, property of the Massachusetts HouKeopathic Hospital Corporation, East Concord Street, built in 1883-4, cost $56,000. Allen & Kenway, architects; D. Connery & Co., masons; Leander Greeley, carpenter. This has proved to be one of the most satisfactory and convenient hospital buildings ever erected, and is architecturally a very handsome structure, showing the best of taste in the design and adaptability in constructii)n. Hollis Street Church, corner of Newbury and Exeter streets, built in 1883-4, cost $60,000. George F. ileacham, architect; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is one of the churches with an interesting history. The original Hollis Street church was l)uilt in 1732, and was a small wooden affair. This was burned in 1787 and soon rebuilt with a more substantial 5^53^^^- 1-13' YOI'Th's lOJII'AXIIi.N lU II.I'INi.. .ul.lMlU'S AVE. "^mc CIlA.MBEl; OF COMJlEKlK Bl ILI11N(., IMMA STltKET. lOLL'MniA TllHAllSE, \V ASIII N i.Tc IX STIIKKT. JiKriiAxii; AKTs nil. II M'KiioL. i;i;i.\' I iiKiiK sti;i;i;t. A HALF < KNTURY V HOSTOn's HUILDINii. 1884-5, cost #112,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Sampson & Clark, masons; John French, carpenter. This is one of the handsome modern school buildings of the city. Dr. J. C. White, private residence, 259 :\rarlhoroug-li Street, built in 188-1-5, cost .!!40,000. Feahody & Stearns, areliitects ; "SI. C. Grant, mason; William Wood, carpenter. William L. llichardson, private residence, 225 Commonwealth Avenue, cost )|41,()00. I'eabody & Stearns, architects; Woodlniry & Leighton, masons; Andrew Anderson, carpenter. jVIrs. Matthew Eartlett, private residence, 217 Commonwealth Avenue, cost .$40,000. I'eabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, masons ; Andrew Anderson, carpenter. W^illiam H. Allen, private residence, 291 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1884-5. cost $50,000. Allen & Kenway, architects; 1). Connery & Co., masons; B. D. Wliitcomb, carpenter. Cliurcli of the Working Union of Progressive Spiritualists, corner of Exeter and Newbury streets, built in 1S84-5, cost f 185,000. Hartwell & Richardson, architects; Norcross Brothers, Imilders. This building was erected by Marcellus J. Ayer, one of Boston's wealthy merchants, as a headcjuarters for the Union. It is of the Romanesque style of architecture, very large and picturesque in appearance ; tlie material being various colored granite, richly carved and embellislied. Hotel Chatliam, corner of Washington and W^est Concord streets, property of Elizabetli C. Eldridge, built in l§S4-5, cost $100,000. Henry G. Preston, arcliitect; J. H. Coou & Co., masons; Creesy & Noyes, carpenters. Tiiis is one of the modern family hotels whicli liave becomr so popular witliiu the past few years, and is a very handsomely designed and executed structure. J. T. Morse, Jr.. private residence, 14 Fairfield Street, built in 1884-5, cost $46,000. Cabot & Chandler, areliitects; David Connery & Co., masons; S. H. L. Pierce, carpenter. Dormitory for Nurses, property of the city of Boston, Harrison Avenue 'and East Springfield Street, built in 1884-5, cost $45,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; R. R. Mayers & Co.. builders. This is one of the elegant modern buildings in connection witli the City Hospital. Priuutry sehoolhouse, propert}- of the city of Boston, East Brookline and East Newton streets, built in 1884-5, cost $48,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Frank .rones, nu\son; Hamilton & Parker, carpenters. Primary School building, property of the city of Boston, corner of Blossom and Parkuuin streets, built in 1884-5, cost .$55,000. A. H. \'inal, architect; R. R. jNIayers, builder. W. C. Rogers, private dwelling, 2'33 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 188(5-7, cost .$50,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects ; George C. Nichols, builder. Elvira ]?. Skinner, dwelling, 266 Beacon Street, built in 18S6-7, cost $45,000. Shaw & Hunnewell, architects; Lyman D. Willcutt, builder. Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, dwelling-house, 20 Gloucester Street, built in 188()-7, cost $75,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. This is one of the most elaborate and ornamental of the private residences, representing the development of architecture in modern house building. Henry A. WHiitney, dwelling, 261 Marlborough Street, built in 1887-8, cost $45,000. Charles Brigham, architect; L. D. Willcutt, builder. Grammar School building, f)roperty of the city of Boston, locateil on Kenilwortli Street, built in 1882-3. cost $86,000. George A. Clough, architect ; .John Rawson, buihler. One of A HALF CEXTl'RY fll" liO.STflX's IlUILPIXfJ. 61 the many large and handsome school buildings which the city has built within the past few years; well designed and thoronghly built. G-3'mnasiuni, property of the Allen Gymnasium Company, located at the corner of St. Botolph and Garrison streets, built in ]S8(i. cost 5!3;'>,O0(X Cabot & Chandler, architects; Mead, Mason & Co., builders. Storage warehouse, property of the Boston Storage & Warehouse Comi)any, located at the corner of West Chester Park and Westland Street, built in 1881-2, cost $95,000. George F. Fuller, architect; James Smith, builder. This is a large, plain brick building, of a design adapting it to the purpose for which it was erected. '• The Thorndike," owned by the heirs of William H. Tliorndike, 91-92 Boylston Street, built in 1886-7, cost $90,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; Charles J. Lord, builder. The facade of this elegant hotel building presents some very pleasing features, being tastefully and artistically designed, the proportions well calcuhited, and the ornamentation, while not elaborate, well designed and executed. Home for Pauper Boys, jiroperty of the city of Boston, located on Marcella Street opposite Highland, built in 1879-80, cost $95,000. George A. Clougli, architect ; James Fagan, builder. This is a very handsome set of buildings, of modern architectural design, with siifticient ornamentation to make them attractive and homelike. Family hotel, Andrew J. Brown, trustee, corner of Washington and Dudley Streets, built in 1885-6, cost $51,000. Weissbein & Jones, architects; Sampson & Clark, masons; J. McNamara, carpenter. Brewer3% property of John P. Alley, located on Heath Street, built in 1885-6, cost $300,000. Otto Wolf, architect; David Connery & Co., builders. These buildings are notable on account of their size more than from any special features of architecture, although in this resjiect they show good taste both as to general design and execution of workmanship. Hall and office building, 409-415 West Broadway, owned by the estate of Ezra Baker, built in 1S86, cost $;>6,000. Bradlee, Winslow & Witherell, architects ; James Smith, mason ; Clark & Lee, eari)enters. Grammar School building, jiroperty of the city of Boston, Huntington Avenue near Wigglesworth Street, built in 1885-6, cost $95,600. A. H. Vinal, architect; Woodbury & Leighton, masons; John Rawson, carpenter. Another of the handsome school buildings which the city has erected, and which are both an ornament to the architecture of the city and a credit to its educational interests. W. J. Botch, mercantile building, 76-78 Boylston Street, built in 1885-6, cost $71,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart & Co., builders. A handsome brick mercantile block, in the modern style of architecture and finish. Hecht Brothers & Co., mercantile building, 207-209 Federal Street, built in 1885-6, cost $100,000. Weissbein & Jones, architects ; Sampson, Clark & Co., builders. This was one of the largest and handsomest blocks in the vicinity. It was destroyed by fire in January, 1893. F. C. Rogers, private residence, 231 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1885-6, cost $45,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects ; George G. Nichols, builder. Hotel Royal, property of George H. Brooks, 297 Beacon Street, built in 1885-6, cost $150,000. S. D. Kelly, architect; L. P. Soule, builder. 02 A HALF CENTUHY (IK IIciSTHn's 111' I I.DIXfi. Aineviean Unitarian Assofdation building, 25-27 Keai-on Street, built in 1S84-S6, cost $110,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects; Woodbury & Leightoii, builders. This is a liandsome brick and stone office building, and is an attractive feature in the locality. Alexander Moseley, private residence, 282 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1884-86, cost $41,000. Allen & Kenway, an-hitects; T. J. Whidden, builder. Church building, corner of Church Street and Fercival Avenue, Eight Kev. J. J. Williams, owner, built in 1S84-8G, cost $125,000. P. C. Kelly, architect; Michael Feeley, Imilder. Minot School building, property of the city of Boston, Neponset Avenue near Walnut Street, built in 1S84-8G, cost .f 58,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Gideon Currier, mason; ^Morton & Chesley, carpenters. Mollis Street Theatre, owned by Robert V,. Prigham, 14-22 Hollis Street, built in 1885-6, cost $120,000. John R. Hall, architect; M. C. Grant, mason; A. 1*. Anderson, carpenter. This theatre occu]iies the site of the old Hollis Street church, which was demolished in 1885 to make room for the new building. It is outwardly attractive, being well designed and of modern construction. Its principal features are, however, as in most of the tlieatre buildings, more noticeable in the interior than the exterior arrangement and finish. It is one of the handsomest theatres in the city and is ]>atronized by the best class of theatre-goers. Children's Hospital, Huntington Avenue corner of Camden Street, jiroperty of the Children's Hosjiital Cliaritable Institute, built in 1881-8."^, cost $82,000. Bradlee, Winslow & Witherell, architects; J. W. Coburn & Co., builders. A very handsome building of brick; the main building being four stories in height, with a wing three stories high. The Children's Hosjiital was incorjiorated in 18(i9, for the purpose of caring for children suffering with acute diseases, and is one of the most deserving institutions in the city. Kindergarten for the Blind, owned by the Perkins Institution for the Blind, corner of Day and Perkins streets, built in 188()-7, cost $38,000. S. D. Kelley, architect ; Lyman Locke & Co., builders. Mercantile building, owned by Warren P.. Potter, 82-83 Boylston Street, built in 1885-87, cost $120,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; T. E. Stuart & Co., builders. "The Tudor," David Nevins, owner, corner of Joy and Beacon streets, built in 1885-87, cost $300,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect; Augustus Lothrop, builder. This is one of the handsomest of the modern family hotels, and its architectural design is very attractive, making it a prominent feature in the locality. Sisters of tlie Good Sliepherd. charitable institution. Treinont Street corner of Parker Hill Avenue, built in 1885-87, cost $100,000. P. W. Ford, architect; James Fagan, builder. The O'Brien Grammar School, property of the city of Boston, corner of Dudley and Langdon streets, built in 1885-87, cost $115,000. A. H. Vinal, a.rchitect; Sampson & Clark, builders. (-)ue of the handsomest of the school buildings, ornamental in design and of symmetrical proportions. Francis S. Sargent, private dwelling, 42 Hereford Street, built in 1886-7, cost $50,000. Shaw & Hunnewell, architects; George F. Shejiard, builder. Engine liouse and police station, owned by the city nf P.oston, locat("d on Boylston near Hereford Street, built in 1SS6 7, cost .'flOO.OOO. A. H. Vinal. architect: Donohue Brothers, builders. A HAI.F IKN'TUUV OF HOSTIlx's mfll.DlNfi. *).') Warren Avenue Congregational Chureli, corner of Warren Avenue aiul Dale Street, built in 1887-8, cost $(;0,000. J.William BeaLs, architect; J. E. Giddings & Son, builders. While not representing as much outlay of money in construction as many of the other churches, it is a very handsome and ornamental building, well designed and tastefully arranged. Francis Hathaway, mercantile liuilding, (;i2-(j24 Atlantic Avenue, built in 1887-8, cost $175,000. B. F. Dwight, architect; A. Ripley and J. J. Shaw, builders. This is one of the handsome row of mercantile buildings which has grown u]) on the avenue within the past few years, adding much to the locality both as to appearance and the class of business which has in recent years been extended in this direction. Charles Head, private residence, 412 Beacon Street, built in 1887-8, cost $65,000. Shaw & Hunnewell, architects; L. I). Willcutt, builder. Mrs. M. C. Blake, private residence, 414 Beacon Street, built in 1887-8, cost $40,000. Jolin H. Sturgis, architect ; L. D. Willcutt, builder. Fisk building, property of J. W. Fisk, 87-97 State Street, built in 188S-!>, cost $480,000. Peabody & Stearns, architects ; Norcross Brothers, builders. This is one of the first of the "sky-scrapers," of which Boston now has (piite a number, while there are several more in prospect. The facade on State Street ju'esents a solid front of granite which runs up nine stories, with a slanting roof and tower, from which a splendid view of the city and harbor can be obtained. The great arched entrance is one of the features of the building and is very imposing. The front wall is plain above the first story until the eighth story is reached, where there is a balcony b\nlt out froui it. This building is entirely devoted to office purposes, and the interior is handsomely finished off, with every modern convenience, including ele- vators, etc. The material is of the best, and is of tire-resisting construction throughout. From its great height it attracts considerable attention and is one of the landmarks in this section of the city. Frederick L. Ames, mercantile building, Lincoln ami Kssex streets and Essex Place, built in 1889, cost $300,000. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects; Norcross Brothers, builders. '•Boston Ta\ern." pro])ertj- of Daniel L. Demman, Ordway Place and Province Court, built in 1887-8, cost $160,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect ; Webster & Dixon, builders. One of the later hotel buildings, thoroughly fire-resisting, and modern in all its appointments. Mrs. Isabel M. Barnes, private residence, Charlesgate East corner of Marlliorough Street, built in 1889-91, cost $8."i,000. Rotch & Tilden, architects ; M. C. Grant, mason; John Eawson, carpenter. One id' the elegant residences in this fashionable quarter of the city, showing architectural features that make it attractive. William T. Hart, store and apartment building, l;jll-l."'>2;! Washington Street, built in 1889-91, cost $160,000. W. T. Sears, architect; James Smith, builder. One of the handsome apartment houses, with the lower floor finished off for stores. Its architectviral appearance is substantial and ornamental, combining the two features in an artistic manner. D. & H. C. Nevins, mercantile building, 82-84 Chauncy Street, built in 1890-91, cost $140,000. S. J. F. Thayer, architect: C. W. Cole and Flannigan Brothers, builders. Willard White, apartment house, corner of Dudley and Magnolia streets, built in 1887-.S, cost $125,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; .Fames Fagau, builder. Pumping Station, property of the city of Boston, Beacon Street corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue, built in 1887-8, cost $125,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Myers & Baker, builders. G4 A irAi.K < K\Tii;v (>K bostonV i;r ilium;. Home for rauiiev Females, property of tlie city of Boston, located on Long Island in Boston Harbor, built in 1882-88. cost $80,000. A. H. Vinal. architect ; :Myers & Baker, builders. Boylston Market Association, mercantile and mamifacturing building, corner of Washington and Boylston streets, built in 1887-8. Carl Fehmer, architect; Woodbury cSt Leighton, builders. This elegant building occupies the site of the old Boylston Market, which was opened in 1810, and at the time was considered to be --far out of town."' It was a substantial three-story building with a tower. The lower floor was used as a market, while the two upper stories were finished off into a large hall, where were held many of the great musical and other events of the early days of the city. John Quiney Adams was the first president of the association. The present building, which is one of the handsomest business blocks in the city, is built of brown stone and brick, several stories in height, with elaborate and jdeasing architectural finish and ornamentation. It is one of the prominent features in the locality, which attracts tlie attention of the jiasser by on account of its size and general attractive appearance. The cost of this magnificent building was •?280,000. It is a modern structure in every sense of the word, and is a good example of the growth and devel- opment of building in Boston. Henrietta K. White, apartment hcnise, 362 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1890, cost $100,000. Joseph R. & W. P. Eichards, arcliitects ; Thomas E. White, builder. Frank and Albert Frost, family hotel, corner Dudley and Xonquit streets, built in 1890-91, cost .'?97,40O. J. M. Brown, architect ; ]\Iiller Brothers, builders. Eight Eev. J. J. Williams, school building. Lake Street rear of South, built in 1889-90, cost $110,000. J. H. Besarick, architect; Hugh Nawn and James Fagan, builders. Estate of William J. Xiles. store and office building, 2;5-2o School Street, built in 1888-9, cost $110,000. William jNL Bacon, architect ; L. D. Willcutt and ;Morrison & Bacon, builders. Albion building, property of the J. J. Gardner estate, corner of Beacon and Tremont streets, built in 1888. cost .'?200,00O. Cummings & Sears, architects: Whidden, Hill & Co., builders. Everyone is familiar with this towering building, which stands opposite the site of the old Tremont House, and in winch is located the great dry-goods house of Houghton & Duttou. It is an elegant structure both in architectural design and execution. The facades are ornamental, and impress one with their huge proportions and solidity. Cliurch of the Messiah, corner of Falmouth and Gainsborough streets, built in 1890-92. cost .S7r).000. Eotch & Tilden. architects; Melville Grant, mason; E. T. Plummer, carpenter. Schoolhouse. corner of Green and Cheshire streets, owned by the city of Boston, built in 1891-2, cost $90,0(10. A. H. Yinal. ardiitect ; Sampson & Clark, builders. ^lassachusetts Honueopathic Hospital, hospital building, Stoughton Street near Albany, built in 1891-2, cost $60,000. Allen cS: Kenway, architects; Connery & Wentworth, masons; Morrison & Bacon, carpenters. Also another building, designed and built liy the same parties, on East Concord Street, erected in 1891-2. cost $40,000. Thomas E. Proctor, private residence, 271-27.3 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1891-2, cost $65,000. Hart well & Eichardson, architects: >'orcross Brothers, builders. Dr. W. S. Sargent, residence, Charlesgate East corner Beacon Street, built in 1891-2. cost $40,000. W. T. I'eters, architect; C. A. Doilge. mason ; ^Morrison & Bacon, builders. Estate of Peter B. Brigham, mercantile building. 166-198 Portland Street, built in 1891-2, cost $108,000. Hartwell & Eichardson, architects: Connery & Wentworth, builders. A HALF rp:NTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. 65 City of Boston, schoolhoiise, Leyden Street (Oi-ient Heights), built in ISOl-l.': (;ost $55,000. Edward M. AVIieehvright, architect; Myers & P>aker, builders. Farlow V)uilding, owned Ly the estate of John S. Farlow, corner of State Street and Mendiants Kow, built in 1891-2, cost $175,000. W. T. Sears, architect; Woodbury & Leigliton, builders. The material for this building was furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. City of Boston, schoolhouse, corner of St. Botolph and Cuniberlaud streets, built in lS!)l-2, cost $76,000. Edward M. Wheelwright, architect; M. S. & G. N. Miller, builders. Boston University, school of medicine, rear of East Concord and Stoughton streets, built in 1091-2, cost $60,000. William (J. Preston, architect ; Connery & Wentworth, masons ; Ira G. Hersey, carpenter. City of Boston, schoolhouse, Wynum near Centre Street, built in 1S91-2, cost $40,0(10. Plans by the city architect ; Keening & Strout Brothers, builders. The New Riding Club building, Parker corner of Caledonia Street, built in 1891-2. cost $65,000. W. T. Sears, architect ; Woodbury & Leighton, builders. Peter Graft'am, owner and builder, apartment house, corner of Beacon and Dartmouth streets, built in 1889-90, cost $125,000. E. K. & E. W. Blakie, architects. Thomas R. White, building, corner Commonwealth Avenue and West Chester Park, built in 1889-90, cost $150,000. Joseph R. & W. P. Richards, architects ; Thomas R. Wliite, builder. Nathan Mathews, Jr., E.Keter Chambers, corner of Exeter and Blagden streets, built in 1889-90, cost $120,000. Thomas W. Clark, architect; David L. Rand, builder. Tremont Theatre, Abbey & Schoeffel, owners, 176 Tremont Street, built in 1889-90, cost $160,000. J. B. McAlfatrick & Son, of New York, architects ; Smith Brothers, of New York, bviihlers. There have been several theatres by this name in the city, one of them being tliat which stood on the site of the present Tremont Temple, and another nearly where the present theatre now stands. This is one of the handsomest and best arranged play-houses in the city. The principal feature of the exterior is the grand entrance, which is attractive and well designed to give the best effect. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished and furnished, and this is one of the most popular and best patronized of the city theatres. Hotel Nonpareil, George W. Mason, owner, 308-310 Commonwealth Avenue, built in 1889, cost $125,000. Samuel D. Kelley, architect; Thomas R. White, builder. Horace Mann School building, owned by the city of Bo.ston, Newbury Street near Exeter, built in 1888-90, cost $86,000. A. H. Vinal, architect; Connery & Co., builders. This is one of the handsomest of the city school buildings, and was named for one of Boston's most noted and earnest educators. School of Technology building, on Trinity Place near St. James Avenue, built in lS,S9-90, cost $83,000. F. W. Chandler, architect; D. Connery & Co., builders. William Minot, mercantile building, 103-107 Kingston, 2-6 Edinboro, and 99-109 Essex streets, built in 1888-90, cost $110,000. Fred Pope, architect; William H. Stewart, builder. Right Rev. J. J. Williams, residence, corner of Harvard' and Whittemore streets, built in 1888-9, cost $40,000. Thomas O'Grady, Jr., architect ; J. F. O'Brien, builder. Sidney T. Squires, apartment house, 329-331 Tremont Street, built in 1888-9, cost $206,000. T. Griffin, architect; Edward Lynch, builder. Henry Lee et a/., store and office building, 75 BoyLston Street, built in 1887-89, cost $125,000. Snell & Gregerson, architects; Neal & Preble, builders. 66 A HALF (KMl'KY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. Gamaliel Bradfonl, a])ai-tment house, West Chester Park anil Beacon Street, built in 1888-9, cost $110,000. V. Smith, architect; C. A. Dodge, Imilder. Denman "W. Eoss. apartment house, 45 St. James Avenue, built in 1888-1), cost .$150,000. Walker & Best, architects; Weston & Woodwaril, builders. Boston Athletic Association building, corner of Exeter and Blagden streets, built in 1887-8, cost $225,000. John H. Sturgis, architect ; Adeland Phaneuf, builder. One of the handsomest club-houses in the country. The architectural features are original and attractive, and the interior is elegantly and elaborately finished, being equipped with all the latest and best apparatus for athletic exercise and training. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company's building, located in I'ost Office Square, erected in 1874, after plans by Nathaniel J. Bradlee. This is one of the finest office building.s in the city. Tlie material is granite, and the design is in the Renaissance style of architecture. It is five stories in height, surmounted by an iron roof containing two additional stories. It fronts 50 feet on Post Office Square, and 181 feet on Congress Street. The facade on the square is very handsome and is surmounted by a group of statuary. All floors and the roof are of iron beams and brick arches, witli tiled floors. There are three handsome entrances — two on Con- gress Street and one on Post Office Square. These lead to large, spacious hallways and the wide stairwaj's. It has a large Whittier passenger elevator in addition to the stairways. In the basement are the large safe-deposit vaults, arranged especially for the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company — these vaults being fortified and defended by all the appliances and de- vices of modern science against burglary. On the first floor are fine large banking-rooms, and on the second the offices of the insvirance company. The upjier stories are fitted up as offices for architects, lawyers, mill agents, etc. Although one of the earlier of the modern office biiildings, it is one of the most solid, substantial and convenient, and its location one of the very best. The Mutual Life of New York is another of the elegant office buildings in this neighborliood which is conspicuous from its great height, handsome architectural appearance, and the tower which surmounts it. The building fronts on Post Office Square, and its handsome marble tower and gilded balconj- can be seen from almost every part of the city and the harbor. The material is marble and the building is said to be one of the finest in the country. It is seven stories in height, and the facades are elaborate and highly ornamental. The total height of the tower, including the gilded crest and flagstaff, is 234 feet. The balcony, which is 198 feet above the sidewalk, is one of the best outlooks in the city. Another feature of the tower is the great clock with its four dials, each ten feet six inches in diameter, while the hands are five feet and three inches long. This immense clock can be seen at a great distance. The building is most elaborately finished inside, and is of strictly fire- resisting material. The Mutual Life, the owner of this elegant building, was the first life insurance company to do business in the L^nited States, being organized in 1843, and is the largest moneyed concern in the world, with assets of more than $20,000,000 above that of the Bank of England. It has many other equally costly buildings in other large cities throughout the country. Not far from the two above mentioned, on the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, is another of the magnificent insurance office buildings — that of the Equitable Life Assur- A HALF ( K.NTL'ltV (IK HdSTdN S )',LILDINlans were drawn by Messrs. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, and the contract tor building was jilaced in the hands of Messrs. Norcross Bros." The schools of Boston are among the best in the country, the advantages of education being thoroughly appreciated by the citizens and always given careful consideration in the building up and development of the great city institutions. The buildings devoted to educational interests are numerous and elegant, among the more notable of the early ones being the old Boston Latin Scliool, which was founded as far back as 1635. At different times it occupied buildings which have long since been removed, the first one standing on the present site of the City Hall. It was afterwards moved across the street and stood where the magnificent Parker House now stands. Still later it occupied a substantial edifice on Bedford Street, and in 1880 it was removed to the new school building — the most magnificent in the country — more fully descriV)ed elsewhere. The Boston Art Museum, located at the corner of Dartmouth Street and St. James Avenue, in the Back Bay district, is one of the finest art buildings in the country, and with the annex is one of the largest. Architecturally, also, this is one of the handsomest laiildings in the city, and as viewed from Copley Square, upon which it fronts, is attractive and impressive. The material used in the construction of the walls is brick, with a liberal use of red and buff terra cotta imported from England for the jiurpose. All mouldings, copings, etc., are of this material. The facade is ornamented with two \-ery large and handsomely executed relief pieces, representing figures appropriate to the building. One shows the "Genius of Art" illustrating the art and architecture of all nations, both ancient and modern; while the other shows "Art and Industry" joined. In the roundels are the heads of the most distinguished artists and patrons of art, among them America being represented by Copley, Crawford and AU.ston. It was in the construction of this building that the terra cotta work, which gives it a A HALF (EXTURY OF P.OSTON's BUILDING. 69 most distinguished aud tiuished appearance, was first used on so large a scale in this country. The grand entrance is one of the special features. It is approached by rich marble steps. The entrance itself is ornamented with handsome polished granite columns, with rich terra cotta capitals. The cornice, moulding, etc., is handsomel}- designed and adds greatly to the ornamentation of this magnificent building. The interior is finished in the best of taste, and perfectly suited to the purpose for which the various rooms are intended. In this Iniild- ing is one of the finest and most valuable collections of art and anticjuities, sculpture and bric-a-brac in the world. The land on which it stands, containing 91,000 square feet, was given to the city by the Boston AVater Power Company, and was granted by the city to the trust- ees of the corporation formed for the purpose of erecting aud maintaining a museum of fine arts. The money for the buildings has been raised by public subscription, and that portion built in 1871-76 cost about .$250,000, and that in 187.S-9 about $125,000 more. The architects for this elegant structure were Messrs. Sturgis & P>righam. The Medical School of Harvard University is one of the modern buildings in the J^aek Bay district which presents many artistic features in its design and finish. It was designed by Van Brunt & Howe, built in 1882-3, and cost about |!250,000. It is a handsome four-story brick and sandstone structure in the Renaissance style, with picturesque p)avilions, and other ornamental features, and is practically fire-proof. One of the features is the elaborately finished entrance hall with its stately pillars of polished granite. It is one of the most costly and elegant school buildings in the countrj-. The Boston University school on Beacon Hill is among the finest college edifices in Xew England. There are several buildings belonging to the institution. That of the Law School is a plain but substantial looking structure, presenting no special architectural features. The Claflin building is quite a handsome one, with its high arched entrances and imposing front of an ornamental design, while Jacob Sleeper Hall is the crowning glory of the group, with a highly ornamental facade. The material is brick, and it is modern in style. It was dedicated in 1882 with impressive ceremonies. Another building belonging to this institution, but located in another part of the city, is the Boston University School of Medicine, a handsome four-story brick building of pilain design and without special ornamental features. The new English High and Latin Scliool Iniilding, on Warren Avenue, Montgomery and Dartmouth streets, is the pride of Boston's magnificent school system. It is the largest free public school building in the world, and the largest single structure in America devoted to educational purposes. This magnificent set of buildings was designed liy George A. Clough, the city architect, and cost nearly §!1, 000,000 to erect. Work was begun on the building in 1877. The general plan is after the German style of architecture, in the form of a hollow square, with corridors following its outlines. There are forty-eight school-rooms in the building, besides rooms for lecture purposes, and for the school board and its officers. Thirty-six of these school-rooms front on the street, while twelve front on the court formed by the building. The width of the whole building is the width of the room and corridor, insuring good light and the best of ventilation. The court is divided in the centre by corridors connecting with a hall containing two lecture halls of large size. A drill hall and gymnasium connect the Latin and English High buildings. The structure is 423 feet long and 220 feet wide, three stories and basement. The style is of the modern Renaissance, having all the lines 7(1 A HALF (KNirriv or hostox's bi'ii.di.vi;. of strength brought out in stone, the frieze eimrses inhiid with terra eotta. witli a back- ground of Pliiladelphia pressed brick. Each room is surrounded and sejjarated from the next by lieavy brick walls making the whole practically fire-proof. The interior finish is of Michigan oak. The great drill hall, 130 by 62 feet and 30 feet liigh, is one of the features of the building. It is on the ground floor, and with its galleries will accommodate about 3,000 people. Another of the notable school buildings is the Girls' High School, on Newton Street, built in 1860-70, and at that time the largest and costliest school edifice in the country. It is a liandsome five-story brick structure, of plain design but of solid and substantial proportions. The Carter Building. — Few Boston buildings have received the attention that has been given to the structure upon the irregular tract of land bounded by Washington, Water, Devonshire streets and Spring Lane. The negotiatioiis for the land in the first place, as well as the importance of the site, brought it before the public, and the subsequent agitation for the widening of Water Street, and the final widening of Washington Street, kept it there. It is also of interest as having been the first structure to be erected in Boston in which the skeleton system of steel construction has been used. It is also the first in which the li inches thick solid plaster partitions were used. There were, as well, a number of minor details, both in construction and arrangement, which formed a noticeable departure from the type of building which has been followed so long in Boston, though the Carter building presents notliing which has not been tried and approved in other cities. It is essentially a steel structure. It consists, in brief, of a steel frame with bri(;k and terra eotta simply as a filling or skin. Sup])orting columns are made of four pieces of steel, the cross section of one of which is like the letter Z, all riveted to a centre plate. These columns extend through the walls and are joined rigidly by beams in each story, and are also connected by horizontal trusses on tlie flours and vertical trusses in the ])artitions in such manner that the whole structure is rigid an. Grover & Co.'s store and in the restaurant is of papier-mache, modeled and set by the Architectural Decorative Company. The entire floor arches are all of hard terra cotta, and were furnished by the Lorillard Brick Works Company, whose method of manufacture and nature of clay used, produce the highest grade of fire-resisting material which is specified for all first-class buildings. The building is thoroughly fire-resisting in every i-espect. The only wood used at all is for finish, all the construction being of steel, brick or terra cotta. The contents of any one room might be destroyed, but it would -be practically impossible for the fire to spread to any extent. The extreme narrowness of the building on the Devonshire Street end, and the lightness of the first and second stories, were unavoidable in planning a building of this descrii)tion on so small a lot, but the careful and thorough manner in which the whole structure is braced and tied together would seem to preclude any possibility of jar or vibration in any portion of the edifice. The building was erected by Woodbury & Leighton, general contractors, from the plans of Blackall & Newton, andiitects. Massachusetts Hospital Life building, on State Street, opposite the elegant Exchange building, is one of the handsomest as well as largest office buildings on the street. It was built in 180i> Commonwealth Avenue, a handsome brick' and stone structure with its substantial proportions and imposing front, was built in 1884-86, after plans by Peabody & Stearns, at a cost of $75,000. This was one of the earliest private residences on the avenue, but is a model of modern architecture and construction. The design of the exterior is very pleasing, the proportions being well worked out and symmetrical in every feature. The interior is handsomely finished, and is most conveniently and comfortably arranged. Messrs. Woodbury & Leighton were the masons and B. D. Whitcomb did the woodwork. Bowdoin Square Theatre, 179-183 Court Street, is one of the later additions to Boston's handsome theatres, having been constructed in 1891-1!. Like most of this class of buildings, the interior presents the most attractive features. The design for it was furnished by C. H. Blackall. and it is in every way a modern structure, elegantly fitted and arranged with all the conveniences for the production of first-class entertainments. The builders were Woodbury & Leighton and the cost was $75,000. The Ames building, at the corner of Washington ;ind Court streets, is one of the most distinguished buildings in the city, on account of its immense height and ornate design. It is the pro])erty of the Frederick L. Ames estate, was built in 1889-91, after ])lans furnished by Shepley. Rutan & Coolidge, and cost |>560.000, Norcross Brothers being the builders. It occupies a very small ground area, which makes the structure seeni rather out of proportion ; but this is compensated for in the admirable architecture, which shows many features of special value. The massive granite foundation and walls of the ground floor are very imposing, and grand in every particular. The immense arched entrance and windows show beauti- fully designed carvings in the solid granite forming these arches, as well as in the moulding above the third story. The features above this are the large double windows with polished granite columns between, and the elaborately executed coping which finishes the top story of the building. This is the highest building ever erected in the city, it being 196 feet from the street to the top of the coping. It contains .sixteen stories. Three large and rapidly moving elevators make access to any of the floors very easy. Tiie interior work is of the very best, nothing hut fire-resisting material being used, except in the finish around the doors and windows. It is supplied with all the modern conveniences of office l)uildings and is a model structure in every respect. E. V. K. Thayer, residence, at 19 Gloucester Street. Another of the elegant Back Bay houses of modern design and construction. There are few handsomer dwellings in the city, iu point of architectural arrangement. The features are so harmoniously combined, and the execution of the design so skillfully carried out, that the whole is attractive without being too conspicuous. The interior is perfectly arraiiged and elegantly finished. It was built in 1886-7, the plans being furnished by Sturgis & Brigham and the building done by David Connery & Co. Its cost was $120,000. The great stone church, on Warren, Wiuthrop and Soley streets, in the Charlestown district, is one of the special features iu this section of the city. It was begun in 1887 and has taken six years to complete. The material is a light gray granite, and the design is well worked out, giving a splendid effect in the solid and substantial facades. It is one of the largest Catholic churcii edifices in the city and cost $2;>5,000. The interior is handsomely finished. V. C. Ivpeley was the architect and Holmes Brothers the builders. THE BOSTON HEKALD l!UILDIi«G. i;uiM.)ixi: di' siii;i;vK, iitrMi- \ i.nw. TKKMIlNT AXI> WF.ST S 11; F.I/I'S. IlLIMilMi OF S. S. Wlirii; ni'NTAI. ex.. HliVI.S'l'oN STK'KKT. A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDINf;. ih Xo other section of the city contains so many and such elegant apartment houses iis the Back Bay district, and it is in this direction that the city has had its most rapid growth within the past few years. Lately a number of elegant buildings have been erected quite a distance out in this direction, and among them is the splendid apartment honse owned by Albert Geiger, at the corner of Boylston Street and West Chester Park. It is a handsome brick structure, designed by Vinal cSc Tracy, and was built in 181)3, at a cost of $188,000. The iirst floor is occupied by stores, and above are a number of finely finished modern family apartments. The Plymouth Congregational Church and Chajjcl, on Columbia Street at the corner of Rocky Hill Avenue, is a very handsome church edifice, in the modern style of architecture, from ])lans furnished by S. C. Earle. It was built in 1889-93, at a cost to the society of f 09,000, Woodbury & Leighton and McNeil Brothers being the builders. The Mechanic Arts High School, at the corner of Belvidere and Dalton streets, is one of tlie handsomest school buildings in the city, and was completed in 1894 at a cost to the city of Boston of $130,000. City Architect E. M. Wheelwright was the designer and Norcross Bi-otliers were the builders. It is 220 feet long, 90 feet wide, and three stories high. The base of the building is of granite, with the upper stories of red brick and sandstone in alternate layers, giving the structure a very unique and substantial appearance. The roof is of composition material and projects about five feet over the edge of the outer walls. On the Dalton Street front is a very handsome tower, 23 feet stjuare and 112 feet high. The roof of this tower rests on handsome columns with open spaces between, making it a very desirable outlook from which to view the surrounding district. The interior is splendidly finished and the structure is practically fire-proof. Boston & Maine Grain Elevator. — One of the buildings which attracts the attention of everyone going from Charlestown to Chelsea is the immense grain elevator of the Boston & Maine Railroad, next to the largest building of the kind in the world, built by the Sampson- Robinson Company, of Minneapolis, for the railroad company, at a cost, including foiindations, of over $325,000; the foundation alone costing $65,000. Tliis elevator has a capacity of 1,750,000 bushels of grain, is 305 feet long, 98 feet wide, 110 feet high (exclusive of the cupola, wliich adds another 65 feet to its height). It is built of spruce and hard pine, over 5,000,000 feet of lumber, furnished by Wood, Barker & Co., being required, and about 3,000 kegs of nails used in fastening it together. It is sheathed with corrugated galvanized iron and the roof is covered with asbestos, making the whole quite fire-resisting. The latest addition to the buildings of the School of Technology is that erected on Trinity Place near St. James Avenue, in 1892. It is a handsome structure of brick and stone and cost $50,000. F. M. Chandler was the architect and Connery & Wentwortli were the builders. The great brick and stone warehouse, at 299-303 Congress Street, owned by George S. Sheldon et «/.<., is one of the largest in the city and is a very handsomely designed building for the purpose for which it was intended. In this class of buildings more attention is paid to the conveniences and arrangements for storage purposes than to architectural display, and tliis is of plain design but of massive proportions. It was built from plans by B. P. Dwight, in 1891-2, and cost $120,000. The new Reynolds is one of the handsomest, botii in exterioi' design and interior finish, of 7'! A HALF CEXTUKV OK HOSTOn'.S BUILDINC. Boston Iiotels. It stands at 7-15 Boylston Street, and was built in 1891-93, at a cost of $150,000. The liandsome facade is ornamented by a variety of well-designed features, the most striking of which is the grand and imjiosing entrance, with its polished stone columns and carved work. Above this the mouldings and cornice-work are well designed and executed, and the window openings are ornamental, giving a very pleasing effect to the whole. The interior is of the most modern construction and finish, marble and tiling being largely used. The whole is of the most approved fire-resisting material. The elegant rooms and suites are finished in the very best of stj-le, and are all light and comfortable. The latest of modern conveniences are supplied, including elevator service and electric bells for the convenience of guests. The architect was Fred Pope and Lord Brothers were the builders. (_)ne of the latest additions to Back Bay apartment houses is that erected at o73 Com- monwealth Avenue, of which A. W. Savage ef . Lumber furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. The latest addition to the United States Hotel is a handsome brick structure on the Lincoln Street side, and it was completed in 1894, at a cost of $125,000, the builders being Whidden & Ge. This extension adds largely to the capacity of the hotel. The lower fioor is arranged for stores, and the upper floors fitted up into rooms and suites. It is thorotiglily modern in construction and finish, and adds much to the general appearance of this great hotel property. Winslow & Wetherell were the architects. The Exchange Club building, at the corner of Milk and Batterymarch streets, is one of the most elegantly appointed club-houses in the city, and was built in 1893-4, at a cost of $227,000. The building is in the Renaissance style of architecture and very elaborate in design, witii sufficient ornamentation to make it one of the most notable structures in the down-town distri(^t. The basement and ground story are of a light gray sandstone, the special features being in the design of the handsome arched entrances and the general appearance of solidity. Above the first story the material is a light gray brick, decorated with white terra cotta cornices and ornaments of the same material. The structure is six stories in height, and around the Hftli story is a wide and very handsome balcony. It is most elegantly finished and furnished. In the basement is the office of the receiving clerk, and the servants' quarters. On the first floor from the street, reached by an elegant broad stairway, is the superintendent's office, a large hall leading to the elevators, the main reception room, and the elaborate grill hall, which is circular in shape, with a semicircular dome ceiling, richly decorated. On the second floor are the lounging, smoking, reading, and billiard rooms. The third floor contains a number of private dining-rooms, and the retiring and writing rooms. On the fourth floor is the kitchen, and ou the fifth floor there are more dining-rooms, with bath-rooms, dressing-rooms, etc. On the balcony which surrounds this floor can be set dining-tables, and the view from it down the harbor is very fine. The architects for this magnificent building were Ball & Dabney. Whidden & Co. were the masons and the woodwork was done by Ira G. Hersey. Lumber furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. 78 A HALF CENTURY OF B08T0n's BUILDING. Anotlier of the renently erected city sclioo] Vmildings is that on Cambridge Street near Rutherford Avenue, built by Stephen Breiinan and John McNamara, after plans furnished by the city architect. It is a handsome brick structure, of modern design, thoroughly built and eijuipped for school pairposes. The handsome residence of Miss E. E. Sears, at 420 Beacon Street, is one of the latest iidditions to the elegant private residences in that part of the city, and is a special feature of tlie neighborhood. Its architectural design is original and presents many pleasing characteristics. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished, in the best of style; and, as furnished, it is one of the most elegant residences in the city. Peabody & Stearns were the architects and the building was done by McNeil Brothers. It wns completed in 1894, at a cost of f 70,000. All Saints Episcopal Church, at the corner of Ashmont and Bushnell streets, in the Dorchester district, is a very handsome structure of modern design and construction, having been built in 1892-94, from ]ilans by Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, at a cost of $80,000. W. L. Rutan was the builder. Public school building, corner of Brewer and Brewster streets, built in 1892-3, at a cost of •195,000. This is one of the latest of modern school buildings which the city of Boston has lately constructed, and is a liandsome and well-arranged schoolhouse. It was designed by E. M. Wheelwright and built by Sampson, Clark &• Co. The interior is w^ll finished and fitted with the modern conveniences for buildings of this class. The handsome private residence of Herbert M. Sears, at 287-289 Commonwealth Avenue, is one of the later additions to the elaborate dwellings on this most popular residence street. The architecture is of the modern style, very pleasing in effect, but not so pronounced as to give special prominence or attract particular attention. It is a solid and substantial structure, and the interior is handsomely finished and elegantly furnished. It is provided with all the modern conveniences and arrangements. The plans for this building were drawn by Roteh & Tilden, the mason work being done by Connery & Wentworth and the carpentry by Ira G. Hersey. The large and liaudsoine apartment house, at the corner of West Chester Park and Conimonwealth Avenue, is a recent addition to the number of family hotels in this section of the cily and is a very attractive building, well located, facing the beautiful Back Bay Fens. It was built ill 1892-3, after plans furnished by McKay & Dunham, and is owned by Albert Geiger. It is of modern style in architecture, the design showing pleasing effects in the two facades. The interior is finished in the best of style for apartment purposes and has all the modern conveniences, making it a most desirable abode. It was constructed and finished by Keening & Strout Brothers, at a cost of |!84,000. The new Reformatory for Women, on Tremont near Heath Street, is a Catholic institution and is owned by the House of the Good Shepherd. It is a very imposing structure of brick and stone, of modern design, and was built in 1892-3, at a cost of $70,000. The plans were drawn by F. Joseph Untersee and the work of construction was done by Thomas Lyons, mason, and ,Iohn Quinn, carpenter. The handsome new Working Girls' Home liuilding, on Union Park Street near Harrison Avenue, is a well-designed sti'uctiire, built of brick, with handsome trimmings of stone. It is A HALF rENTUKV OF BOSTOn's BiriLDlNG. 79 arranged as a home for working girls, and is most admirably suited to its purpose. It is without special features of architecture, other than those which add to its homelike and comfortable appearance. It was built in 1892-3, at a cost of 180,000, the plans being drawn by William H. McGinty; Keening & Strout Brothers being the builders. The elegant new Smith building, in Court Square, on the site of the old Sherman House, which was for so many years one of the well-known hotels of Boston, is one of the later additions to the handsome office buildings in that section, and is a very substantial and imposing structure. The material is brick and stone, and the facade shows a very pleasing design ; the first floor front being quite ornamental, especially the grand and imposing entrance, which is possibly the most striking feature. The building throughout is of the most approved tire-resist- ing material, marble and colored tiling being largely used in the halls and stairways. The offices are very tastefully finished in the natural wood, and all are light, airy, and conveniently arranged. A large passenger elevator makes access to all parts of the building easy and convenient. It is owned by the heirs of T. L. Smith, and was Imilt in 1892-3, at a cost of $130,000. E. W. Boyden was the architect, J. F. Paul & Co., carpenters, and Miller Brothers and James Smith, masons. The residence of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradley, at 197 Marlborough Street, is a handsome brick structure, of modern design, and is finished in the best of style, having the modern conveniences and arrangements. It was built after plans by J. Lyman Faxon, in 1892^3, at a cost of $40,000 ; H. McLaughlin being the builder. Another of the recently built city schoolhouses is that on Henshaw Street near Centre, in Ward 23. The plans were made by the city architect, and the building shows his good taste in designing buildings of this class. It is not too ornamental, nor so plain as to give it a dreary appearance, but is a combination of the two which is very pleasing, making this one of the best of the later school buildings. It was built in 1891-2, the mason work being clone by Hascal Dodge & Co., and the carpentry by Hersey Brothers. The cost was $85,000. Oliver Ames, residence, corner of Commonwealth Avenue and West Chester Park, built in 1882-84. This is the most elegant and costly residence in the city. The material is a brown- stone, and the two facades are well designed, being of good proportion and symmetrical in every detail. It is, however, on the interior finish and decoration that the architect has shown his skill, and everything about this elegant mansion is of the very best nuiterial and workmanship. The floor of the reception hall is one of the features of the interior, showing handsomely designed inlaid work, giving a very pleasing effect. The woodwork throughout is highly finished and polished. Every apartment is supplied with all the modern conveniences, and nothing that would'add to the comfort and pleasure of the occupants is wanting. At the time this house was built there were very few costly residences in the immediate vicinity, it being at the lower end of the beautiful avenue, at the entrance to the Back Bay Fens, one of the most elegant of the city parks. The plans for this massive and substantial building were made by Carl Fehmer. The mason work was by Norcross Brothers, and the woodwork by Morton & Chesley. Its cost was $200,000. Tlie handsome residence owned by Alexander Cochrane, at 2ri7-259 C'ommonwealth Avenue, is a substantial looking building of modern architectural design, with enough elaboration to make it a noticeable feature as one passes along the great avenue and looks over o«»«*««««*«««««««« 230 STATE ST., BOSTON. TELEPHONE. AWNINGS x^^S^ .^i^ AND FLAGS, TENTS, CANOPIES AND COVERS. 82 A HALF OENTl'KV OK P.OSTOn's BinLDINU. attnat^tive. It is of the Moorish style of areliitecture, the features being taken from the "Alhambra," aud it is this peculiar style that gives it its individuality. It stands at the corner of Washington and Motte streets, the facade of the Washington Street front showing two handsomely designed towers. IJetween the towers, and extending upward two stories, is a magnifioent arched entrance, the upper part of which is an elegant cathedral window of stained glass. Above this is another graceful arch, in which are set windows of handsome design. The front is of pressed brick and terra cotta, supported by cast-iron columns and arches, and the cornices and turrets of the towers are of pure copper. From the richly ornamented vestibule broad stairs, with massive bronze railings and sculpture, lead to the balcony. The interior is elaborately finished and the boxes are conveniently arranged to give a splendid view of the stage, which is very large and jirovided with all the modern equipments^ At the time it was opened it was considered to be one of the handsomest theatres in the city. It is owned by James J. Grace. The architect was Leon H. Lampert, and the building was done by the day, under the supervision of C. M. Brown. It was built in 1891 and cost $180,000. The Charlesgate, located at the corner of Beacon and Charles streets, is one of the most elegant family hotels in the city. It is a seven-story structure of brick and stone, the latter material being used in the lower story and for trimmings. The architecture is original, and shows many features highly ornamental and adding greatly to the attractiveness of the building. The interior arrangement is especially good, no apartment being without plenty of light and air. The finish is rich and well executed, and there are all the modern conveniences which make such apartments most desirable. The first story is arranged for stores, with apartments above, reached either by the handsome stairway or by the elevator. The owners are J. I'. Putnam et els. The architect was J. 1^. Putnam, and (Jibson & Knight were the builders. It was erected in 1891, at a cost of $170,0(>(». The "Youth's Companion" building, at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street, is a very noticeable structure and one of the handsomest buildings in the city. It was built in 1890-92, at a cost of $300,000. The following description is from the neat little souvenir issued by the "Companion": " It is constructed in the first story of red sandstone. The stories above are of a reddish-buff brick, exceedingly soft and pleasant to the eye. In the main or Columbus Avenue front there is a single great entrance, a large, spreading arch, occupying two stories, the ceiling of which is 'coffered' after the manner of the ceiling of the Pantheon at Rome. This arch, with the imposing height and breadth of the building, gives an effect of stateliness to the whole structure. The buff-colored bricks used, together with those from which the clustered columns and other ornamentations are constructed, relieve the great building of any appearance of coldness. They were all made especially for the purpose by Messrs. Fiske, Coleman & Co.. of Boston, and are of four hundred aud twenty-six separate patterns, each made from a spe(ual model. The soft color, so pleasant to the eye, was produced by a mixture of two or three kinds of clay. The red sandstone of the lower story, and out of which many of the decorations are carved, was quarried at Longmeadow. The building is five stories in height above the basement. From the sidewalk to the top of the balustrade around the roof it is 92 feet high. Its greatest length is 207 feet, and its depth is nearly 100 feet. Stepping beneath the broad arch and passing through the large doors we find ourselves in a ADVERTISKMENTS. 83 "^J) ^^v^ ^'^'^v^ y o If o '=y o to Of oi; o > O^ti o vDO olO fo lO ,fo 0]0 ,<;j CARL S. NIELSON. Tclvpliope 604 H&yrrj&rKet. CARL S. NIELSON & CO. Re2^1 E^tZite^ A\ortg^ges, ^pd Ip^ur^pcc. ROOMS, 82 and 8-, ALBION BUILDING, Corner Tremont and Beacon Streets. Boston. 84 A HALF CENTURV OK BOSTOn's BUILDtNli. great entrance vestibule, two stories higli. All about us are walls of polished Tennessee marble, quarried at Knoxville. Opposite the door is a passenger elevator, by the side of which is a marble stairwaj- which leads to the rooms above. A long balcony forms the .seccmd story of the hall, with a stately row of pillars that lend beauty to the first view of the interior. Everything else about the interior is upon the same grand scale, and there is not anotlier paper in the world with such a beautiful building for its home." Standing next to the "Companion" building is the handsome Pope Bicycle building, the architecture of which is highly ornamental and a valuable addition to the city's busines.s edifices. The exterior, with its artistic combination of gray Indiana sandstone, cream-colored brick, and rich terra cotta ornamentations, is excelled by no mercantile structure in the country. The interior is eilpgant in finish, of spacious dimensions, and exceedingly convenient in its arrangements. Bell Telephone Building. — At the corner of Milk and Oliver streets is one of the handsomest of modern office buildings, erected in 1888-91 by the American Bell Telephone Company, at a cost of |;480,000. There are many striking features in the architectural design. The first two stories are of red sandstone, giving the building a most solid and substantial appearance. Above this the material is a light yellowish brick, trimmed with sandstone. A row of high narrow arches extend from the second story nearly to the roof, into which are set the windows. The cornice projects and is ornamental. The entrance to the building on the Milk Street side is a very handsome and elaborate piece of work. On either side of the inner vestibule are polished granite columns, and the paneling of the hallway is of polished marble slabs. The floor is of mottled tiling and very handsome. The interior work corresponds with the exterior in elegance of design and nicety of finish, the material throughout being the best fire- resisting obtainable. An elegant passenger elevator takes the visitor to the top of the building, which is nine stories in height. The offices are finished in a most elaborate style and every convenience is provided. Carl Fehmer was the architect and Connery & Wentworth tlie builders. Next come two more of the school buildings erected by the city in 1891-93. One on Waverly Street, costing f 40, 000, built by Connery & Wentworth and John Eawson; and one on the corner of Lanison and Sumner streets, buiit by Sampson & Clark and John Rawson, costing $80,000. Both are handsome and substantial buildings, of modern design and construction throughout, and are equipped with all conveniences. The Fort Hill building, at the irorner of High and Hartford streets, erected by Andrew J. Weeks in 1801, at a cost of .f 123,0(t0, is a very solid and substantial building, the first two stories being of granite, with red brick above. The features of the exterior are the great polished red granite pillars supporting the two front corners of the building, which are cut away for entrances, and the hamlsome arched entrance in the centre of the front, .\bove is a row of gracefully arched windows. The effect of the design is very attractive. The plans for this were furnished by Shepley, Eutan & Coolidge, and Norcross Brothers were the builders. J. M. Walker's handsome office and store building, at the corner of Boylston Street and Boylston Place, was erected in 1891-93, at a cost of |:245,000. It is an elegant modern office building. The interior finish is elaborate and well designed, and all modern conveniences are provided, ^^'inslow & Wetherell furnished the plans and Woodbury & Leightou were the builders. ADVERTISEMENTS. W. H. KEYES & CO., Cor|trsictorB gind Builders. 17 OTIS STREET. BOSTON. ALBERT B. FRANKLIN, .^ APPARATUS FOR U/armip^ apd l/eptilatii^iij BY STEAM OR WATER. Sheet Metal Work In All Its Branches. 228 Franklin Street, = Boston. ^^^ 86 A HALF ('ENTIIKY OF BOSToN's BUILKINC. Allston Congregational Church, located on Quint Avenue coiner of Brighton Avenue, is a very jnetty modern eliurch building, erected in 1890-91, Woodbury & Leighton being the builders. Its cost was |40,00(). The handsome mercantile building, at the southeast corner of Bedford and Kingston streets, was erected by Eben D. Jordan in 1890-91, at a cost of $180,000. The first two stories are of granite and very handsomely designed, giving it a most solid and substantial appearance. Large granite piers support the third story, and between these are the great plate glass windows of the first and second stories. In the centre of the Bedford Street side is the main entrance, leading to the elevators and stairway. This has a high arching of granite. Above the granite base the material is a yellow brick, with stone trimmings. The Bedford and Kingston .street corner is rounded on a graceful curve, nearly semicircular, and this gives a very pleasing effect in connection with the general outlines. It is six stories and basement in height anil was designed by Winslow & Wetherell, Woodbury & Leighton being the builders. Directly opposite, on the southwest corner of the same streets, stands another large mercantile building, somewhat similar in general design, with the same rounded corner. This building was erected by Frederick L. Ames, in 1890-91, at a cost of .'ti;98,0()0. The material is yellow brick, and tlie piers supi^orting the upper stories are of the same material, fcn-ming high arches to the third story, between which are the windows and entrances. Above the second story are granite columns supporting the window openings. The interior is finished off into large stores on the lower floor, with offices and stores above. The architects were Sliej)ley, Rutan & Coolidge, and the builders Norcross Brothers. Adjoining the above building, on Bedford Street, is another building of similar design and construction, erected by Mr. Ames, costing $120,000. It is somewhat larger than the building just mentioned, but in general construction is the same, being designed and Imilt by the same architects and builders. The Baker Memorial Cluirch, at the c(u-ner of Hancock Street and Cushing Avenue, is one of the handsomest of the modern church buildings, being designed liy J. ^Merrill Brown ami built by John J. Malvin and John S. Lanning & Son. The International Trust Company's new building, on the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, designed by W. C Treston, is the newest of the Boston office buildings, and forms another example of one of those conii)licated modern buildings in which so many recjuirements of the tenants of to-day are iulfilled. The result is one of the handsomest examples of business arcliitecture that has lieen erected in recent years. The i)roportions are admirable; the liuilding has lightness and grace, and is substantial as well; it is firmly su]i])orted. and the lower stories are given plenty of light and the amplest window sjiace without ajipearing to stand upon stilts. The (jruamentation is rich and tastefully developed, growing out of the character of the structure and heightening its expression. Mr. Max Bachinan's two groups in high relief, on the Devonshire Street facade, show his talent for decorative sculpture to admirable advantage. They represent " Security "' and " Fidelity ". and the two female figures that compose each grouj/ express the ideas very simply and beautifully. The jiiers on Milk and Devonshire streets, su])p<)rting the nine stories (if this building, rest upon a foundation of iron beams superposed at right angles to each other, thoroughly surrounded Ijy cement concrete upon a hard-pan clay foundation. Above the sidewalk, piers supporting the Iniilding rest upon ADVERTISEMENTS. 87 yV\.ILT0N Q. BR0WNELL, CONTRACTOR * AND * BUILDER, Office, 17 Otis Street, BOSTON. I^esideipce, \io. 2 Caujre9ee St., (Bedford. estimates at short notice. BURDITT & WILLIAMS Who have been established for nearly THIRTY-FIVE YEARS in a building which has been a hardware store for more than a Hundred Years, offer the LARGEST STOCK and FINEST ASSORTMENT EAST of NEW YORK, of BUILDERS' HARDWARE, and refer to leading PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BUSINESS BLOCKS, FINE DWELLINGS for evidence of their ability to treat with success this important part of building construction. SCHEDULES FIGURED. 20 DOCK SQUARE, ESTIMATES MADE. GOODS MADE TO ORDER. BOSTON. 88 A HALF CENTIKY OF BOSTOn's BUILDING. high plinths of tlie finest polished dark Quincy granite. From that point upwards the exterior shows a construution of buff Indiana limestone. This material is considered one of the finest in quality among the building stones, and is coming much into vogue on that account in New York, Chicago, and other cities. The whole interior of the walls has a lining of perforated brick so as to form air spaces, preventing rapid cooling of the walls and the deposition of moisture. The floors are cojnposed of steel beams supporting perforated terra cotta arches, covered with six inches of solid concrete, supporting terra ootta partitions, making each room and each floor, as well as the entire building, fire-resisting. The roof is fire-proof, and is surrounded by a parapet covered with sheet copper. The roof is tiled similar to the floor, and could be made an attractive roof garden. The style of architecture is a combination of the Renaissance and Runianesque, and the stone carving rich yet chaste and not overdone. The safe deposit department of the Trust Company has an unusually roomy and attractive entrance at the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, the walls being built of glazed ./'aJerece, a new article of manufacture in this country, which is now being made in a manner rivaling the English. The offices and corridors above the second floor are finished in selected quartered oak. The safe deposit vaults, banking-room, and second floor are very handsomely finished in San Domingo mahogany. The mahogany counter and directors' room in the banking-room on the first floor are very beautifully wrought, and harmonize beautifully with the general finish. The entire basement, coupon-rooms, etc., are finished in polished marble and imported English cream tiling, and ample provision is there made for the comfort and convenience of ladies in the way of private dressing-rooms, etc., the furnishings of which were specially designed and made by H. A. Turner & Co., of this city. The building is provided with two specially designed hydraulic elevators, embracing all the latest improvements for safety and convenience, occupying the elevator shaft of English glazed brick running from the safe deposit vaults to the top floor of the building. The plumbing and toilet appliances throughout the building are ample and thoroughlj- provided for. Set bowls and wardrobes, finished in quartered oak, are provided for all the rooms, and hot and cold water upon every floor. The floors of the jmblic portion of the building, from the basement to the roof, are laid in marble mosaic, and the walls are lined with Tennessee marble and English glazed tiles to a height of seven or eight feet above the floors. The walls of the banking-room are treated in a method almost unique in this country. Venetian mosaic is employed upon the walls in a decorative manner, and forms a finish which is practically unalterable. The tessera' are of glass enamel in pieces about one half-inch square, set in Portland cement, and form, practically, an integral part of the building. A damp sponge at any time restores to it the freshness of new work. It was built in 1892-3, by Gooch & Fray, and cost f 250,000. The new Public Library, facing into Copley Square, is a building of which the grand old Commonwealth of Massachusetts may well be proud. The Boston Public Library has long held a place in the front rank of the great institutions of its kind in America, and is one of the largest, in point of the number of volumes contained, in the world. The old building, on Boylston Street, so long a familiar resort for the lovers of literature and the Mecca of students and authors, long ago became too small and crowded to accommodate the growth of the library and its increasing patronage, and it was found necessary to provide more commodious (luarters: and out of this necessity grew the plans for the new and magnificent Imilding. ADVERTISKMENTS. 89 CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION ^ AGENCY. For New England, New York and New Jersey. Advance and Authentic Information concerning all Btiilding an^ Engineering: Knterprises proposed or in progress, obtained by Direct Personal Investi- gation of Travelling Representatives employed for this purpose only. F. W. DODGE & CO. Adopted by leading (irnis as the only Satisfact- ory System yet introduced offering a reliable means of communication Avitli prospective buyers. INVESTIGATE OUR SYSTEM, BOSTON, 146 Franklin St. NEW YORK Canmieyer BiiildinB, (ilh Ave., cor. 'iOtli Street. James W. McArdle, MASON . AND . BUILDER. BOILER SETTING A SPECIALTY. Office (Builders & Contractors' Ass'n) 17 Otis St. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Locker and Store Room 78 Sudbury St. Telephone Haymarket 551. ISAAC N. TUCKER, Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, No. 479 TREMONT ST., BOSTON. OI^a3EE^. bo3c iss. No. 166 Devonshire 5treet. TELEPHONE NO., TREMONT SI. JOSEPH A. INGALLS. PAUL H. KENDRICKEN. INGALLS & KENDRICKEN, Manufacturers of HIGH OR LOW PRESSURE, SELF REOULATING Steam-Heating . Apparatus, FOR HARJIIXfi AND VENTlLATIXti DWELLING HOUSES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOL HOUSES, lEAILIiOAD StATIONS, HILLS, ETC. OFFICE AND MANUFACTORY, 80 and 82 Sudbury Street, BOSTON. 90 A HALF CKNTUKV OF nOSTOtf's BUlLDINi;. As one approaches it from Copley S(iuare its immense proportions and massive walls are almost awe inspiring, and the feeling is more strongly impressed on entering the magnificent vestibule, with its wealth of marble and bronze. Tlie architecture is of the Italian Renaissance style and the building is quadrangular in shape, facing the street on three sides and having a large open court in the centre, in which is a handsome basin and fountaiji, the whole covering considerably over an acre and a half of ground sjiace. This huge structure' has about it an air of dignity and stateliness that cannot fail to impress the beholder. This, together with its purity of style, are its chief architectural features. The material used in its construction is the handsome pinkish-gray granite from the great quarries at Milford. These granite blocks are laid with rustic joints and there is very little attempt at ornamentation in the lower part of the work. l)ut as it rises toward the roof it grows in beauty and magnificencie. The windows below the string course are square topped and of large size, the string course above being greatly enriched by a single band of carved work, while the cornice is a most elaborately designed feature, adding greatly to the general effect. On three sides of the building above the string course is a row of gracefully arched windows, giving the effect of a maguiti(^ent arcade supporting the heavy ornamental (;ornice which projects from above. Tlie roof is of brown Spani.sh tiles. The entrance to the building from the Copley Square side is by three handsome arches, richly ornamented with carved work and surmounted by the great medallion seal of the library, the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, while the beautiful carving is by Mr. John Evans. .\l;)Out the doorways is more of the beautiful carved work, and the nuigniticent vestibule is of solid blocks of Kuo.wille pink marble, the flooring being of the same nuiterial richly inlaid witli Levanto marble. From this vestilmle is a splendid view of tlie grand stairway and hall. The latter, with its high vaulted ceiling of rich mosaic work in colored marble, is one of the pleasing features of the building. The floor of the hall is in white and Breccia marble, into which are worked ornamental brass inlays. On either side of the brciad marble stairway, guarding the entraiice, are the great marble lions, magnificent and im])0sing pieces of sculpture by Louis St. Gaiiidens, which were memorial gifts. Over this stairway is a grand and graceful arch of Ecliaillon and Siena marbles, beautifully wrought. The stairs are of Echaillon marble, with the side paneling of Siena, giving a most grand and impressive effect. The various rooms are niQst beautifully finished, surpassing anything of the kind in the country, the great Bates Hall being the most attractive feature. It is a mag- nificent piece of architectural work, showing a lofty barrel vault ceiling, which, together with the walls, is most l)eautifully and artistically decorated. The other rooms are equally elegant and inviting. This magnificent building was calculated to have a capacity of over 2,000,000 volumes, liesides over 32,900 square feet of floor space for patrons and students. The su- perficial floor area is over four acres, and the stacks for books have about twenty miles of shelving, which can be increased when necessary. The cost of the building is about $2,500,000. The lumber used in its construction was furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. The large power liouse of the West End Street Railway t'ompanj-, on Albany Street and Harrison Avenue, is the largest electric generating plant in the world, and is a magnificent |)iecc of workmanship, from the design of the plans to the installing of the powerful maciiiiiery. It was built by Whidden& Co., masons, and James Nickerson, carpenter, and cost the company .HiSOOjOOO — a, large jiart of which is represented in the equipment. The BOSTON rUHLrc LIBKAIiY, COPI.KY SQUARE. I'.V I'KllMISSION (IF WIIODIU l;V i- LRIGHTON, ISFILIIERS TEC|]XOL<.l(;r nUILDING, BOYLSTOX STKKKT. TlIK liOSTliX .TiJlK'XAI, lUIMlIM; ADVKKTISEMENIS 91 . . The NORTON Door=Check and Spring. CLOSES DOORS WITHOUT SLAMMING. CLOSES DOORS WITHOUT BREAKING OF GLASS. Baltimore, Md. New England States. Charleston, S. C. Chicago, 111. Cincinnati, O. New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. San Francisco, Cal. AGENTS. Charles W. Simpson, 4 So. Frederick St. W. F. Adams & Co., 217 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. King and Hazel Sts. 50 State St. Main and Fifth Sts. 51 Dey St. 22 No. Seventh St. 595 Mission St. M. H. Lazarus, Orr & Lockett Hardware Co., Pickering Hardware Co., E. F. Daniels, S. B. Benar, F. D. Morrell, And other principal cities in the United States. FOR CANADA: Aikenhead Hardware Co., ..... 6 Adelaide St., Toronto, Ont FOR EUROPE AND THE BRITISH COLONIES : J. M. Richards, ...... 46 Holborn Viaduct, London, Eng S^ AGENTS WANTED. flortop Door-(^[7eel\ ai}d Spripc^ ^ompa^y, CHAS. S. PENHALLOW, Treasurer, 505 Sears Building, = Boston, Mass. 92 A HALF CENTURY OK BOSTON'S BUlLmNG. architecture of the building is plain and simple, but on a very grand scale, the plans being drawn by W. G. Preston. The interior is the attractive part of the building, and the features here are the powerful engines, generators, boilers, and other electrical api)aratus, which is on a scale that has not been attempted heretofore. John H. Pray's new building, on Washington Street, of brick and stone, is a handsome addition to the architecture of the business section of the city. It is a thoroughly mrxlern building in every respect, the material being of the best fire-resisting. It was built in 189], after plans furnished by Winslow & Wetherell, Woodbury & Leighton l)eing the builders. It cost $175,000. The handsome office and mercantile building, at 5-6 Hamilton Place, of which John C. Phillips et ah are trustees, was built by L. P. Soule & Son, in 1892-3, at a cost of f90,000. The splendid and substantial building erected by John C. Haynes, at the corner of East and Cove streets, is a brick and stone building for mechanical purposes, and is thoroughly built in the modern style of business blocks, with all conveniences for the transaction of business. It was built by George W. Pope & Co., in 1892-3, and cost $115,000. There is no class of buildings in the city in the construction of which so nuudi attention has been given to the architectural effects as in the elegant churches in the Back Pay district. Trinity Church, at tlie intersection of Huntington Avenue, Boylston and Clarendon .streets, is undoubtedly the best example of church architecture in the country. In style it is purely of the French Romanesque, in the shape of a Latin cross, with a semicircular apse added to the eastern arm. The clerestory is carried by an arcade of two arches. The main feature is the great central tower, which is 211 feet high, and rises from four piers at the crossing of the nave and transept. Tiie whole exterior is very ornamental and elaborate. The interior of the church, as well as the chapel, is finished in black walnut, and the vestibules in ash and oak. The material for the body of the building is Dedham granite, haiulsomely ornamented with brownstone trimmings. The exterior of the apse is ornamented with mosaic work in polished granite. The decorations and interior finish surpass anything of the kind in the country. The building cost $750,000. Gamhi'ill & Richardson, of New York, were the architects. It was completed in 1877. Other prominent church buildings in this vicinity are the First Papti.st Church, at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street, the principal feature of which is the great square tower, 17G feet in height, and very ornamental in design. It is surrounded near the top by a frieze of colossal scul]itares in relief, with Angels of the Jiulgnient at the angles, carrying golden trumpets. The Cdlumbus Avenue Church is another of the handsome churcdi edifices, built of Roxbury stone and very ])rettily designed, having a large square tower, above which rises a tall S])ire. It was erected in 1872 and cost $160,000. The Ohl South Church, successor to the Old South Meeting-house on Washington Street, is one of the most ornate of the Back ]!ay churches. The material is Roxbury stone, with trimmings and ornaments of Connecticut and Ohio freestone. It is in the form of a Latin cross, and in the North Italian Gothic style of architecture. The magnificent tower, 248 feet in height, is one of the striking features. Others are the great doim^ of copper above the intersection of the arms, and the deeply recessed and richly ornamented main entrance in the ADVEKTISKMENT8. 93 ARTHUR D. JONES, Successor to — -^^ CYRUS W. COLE. Mason, Contractor and Builder. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Boiler and Engine Work a Specialty. 76 KINGSTON STREET, Telephone 2320. BOSTON. LOUDON BROTHERS, Plumbers . AND DEALERS IN PLUMBERS' MATERIALS. 34 & 36 PROVINCE STREET, Harry Hunt, Brass . Finisher, MANUFACTURER OF Hose Couplings, Hose Pipes, Lawn Sprinklers and . . . Corporation Water Work. 69 HKyERHILL ST., BOSTON. 3d door from Bromfield St. BOSTON. Brass Pattern and Model Work a Specialty. CYPRESS. Florida Gulf Cypress is the most reliable. Our Solid Cypress Doors are warranted to stand as well or Better than Pine. Our Cypress Shingles and Clapboards are the best in the market. 5end for our book, "Cypress Lumber and its Uses," and mention this paper. THE A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO,, BOSTON, MASS. 94 A HALF rENTl'KV fIF IKiSTOn'm BUILIUNG. front of the. tower; also tlie belt of gray saiulstoiie along the outside walls, handsomely carved — all of which give to tlie edifice a pleasing and unique appearance. The handsomely designed vestibule is paved with red, white and green marbles, and is separated from the nave by a high arched screen of Caen stone supported on Lisbon marble columns. The interior is iinished in cherry and elaborately decorated with frescoing. The roiif is o])en timbered. It was built in 1874 and cost about f o(fO,00(l. In mentioning the buildings devoted to religious purposes the handsome Imilding of the ]>oston Young Men's (Mn-istian Association should not be forgotten. It is located at the corner of lioylston and lierkeley streets. Quiet and tasteful in design, in tlie Scotch Baronial style of architecture, it is a most pleasing and attractive structure. The material is brick and l)rownstoiie, which is very pleasingly blended. The feature of the e.xterior is the handsome entrance on Koylston Street, which is reached by a dignified flight of broad stone stejjs. On the corner of the Imilding, thrown out from the second story, is a well-designed, round-roofed bay window. The interior is handsomely finislied into rooms and halls and a very large gymnasium. The Algon(piiu Club-house, on Commonwealth Avenue, is the most siini]ituous and ornate club building in the city. The facade is patterned after the style of the French during the reign of Louis XIII. It is of brick with light-colored limestone trimmings, and is very ornamental. The elaborately designed and finished entrance is a sjiecial feature. The interior is very elaborate and furnished on a grand scale. The Vendome, one of the most elegant of American hotels, is located on (!ommouwealth Avenue. It is one of the most palatial and elaborately furnished hotels in the world. The fronts of the structure are of white Tuckalioe and Italian marbles, and all doors and windows are elaliorately ornamented with carvings. The design of tlie exterior is elaborate and highly ornamental. The interior is constructed entirely of tire-resisting material and finished in a most superb style. The rotunda is paved with English encaustic tiling, in various colors and designs. It was built by Charles Whitney and cost about $1,000,000. Hotel Brunswick, next to the Vendome, is the most elegant in the city. It was designed by Peabody & Stearns, and built of brick, with heavy sandstone trimmings. The facade shows a very handsome design, with a row of bay windows extending from the second story to the I'Ouf and a handsomely designed moulding at tlie sixth story. The grand central entrance is (Uie of the features, lieing a row of tln'ee arches su})ported by stone columns, tVirniing a vestibule handsomely paved. This is reached by a broad flight of stairs from the street, with heavy brass railings on either side. The interior is finished in a most elaborate style, with marble floors and rich frescoing. It was Imilt in 1874 and cost nearly #1,000,000. The new State House extension is one of the latest additions to the features of Beacon Hill, and is a very elegant and well-constructed building. The exterior is similar in style of architecture to tlie older part. The selection of the material — buff bricks, Vermont marble, and Hallowell granite — for exterior work could not have been more acce])table. They will always bear a cheerful aspect, never to be affected by the rigors of our climate. The interior arrangements have been carefully studied, and are likewise impressive ; tlie sjiace having been allotted with consummate skill, both as regards light, accessibility, and other practical features. Nor have the artistic phases of tlie interior been neglected, as witness the decorations in the A nVKRTISEMENT.S. 95 Vbittier . . t\dicb\n^ . Corppany, ELEVATORS N. Y. OFFICE. 93 LIBERTY ST. WASHINGTON OTFICC. 526 13th ST., N. W. 53 STATE STREET, BOSTON. Among some of the prominent buildings in Boston equipped with the Whittier Elevators are THE MASS. STATE HOUSE COURT HOUSE CITY HALL EXCHANGE BUILDING AM. BELL TELEPHONE B'LD'G FARLOW BUILDING, State St. MASS. HOSPITAL LIFE INS. CO. N. E. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. INTERNATIONAL TRUST CO. CARTER BUILDING AMES BUILDING, Lincoln St. 96 A 11A1,F CENTURY OK BOSTON'S BUIIjDING. coving over the grand stairways, the rich, effective ornamentation and coloring in the representatives' hall, as well as the beauties of the leaded glass and natural wood in the standing finish in the various rooms and oiSces. The granite work is stern and imijosing. The basement story stone is grayish white, of tenacious nature, standing the oxydizing effect of time remarkably. It is susceptible of delicate treatment in carving. But it is in the finish of the interior that the most ehiborate effects are presented. Entering the building, let us pass directly to Eepresentatives' Hall, a description of which will aid the mind in forming a clear conception of the general plan of treatment of the whole edifice. The scheme of design ■ is that of the Italian Renaissance. The frieze around the hall at the top has the names of fifty-three prominent men of Massachusetts' past, baginning with John Carver and ending with Phillips Brooks. The upper coving has symbolic panels, representing law, commerce, war, science, and other emblematic ideas. Above is another line of panels, on which are pictured designs emblematic of the applied arts. The coping over the staircase is graced by a series of entablatures surmounted by an eagle, with national flags above. The prevailing color is a yellowish gray. Back of the speaker's chair is a groundwork of five panels, the resting place of historic framed paintings, which are to be hung later. The ceiling light, oval in shape, is of beautifully tinted glass. In the centre of tlie oval is the seal of the Commonwealth. On each side are designs emblematic of industry and thrift. A series of medallions, one for each of the fourteen counties, surrounds the main design. The rooms of the more important departments are fitted with letter files, closets, drawers, wardrobes, document files and roller shelving made of steel, to insure safety as well as perfectness of operation. Massive mantelpieces in the offices of the treasurer and secretary of state are of steel, enameled a dark green. The library is furnished with about 20,000 feet of steel shelving. In places where it is necessary to relieve the bareness of the steel work, bronze ornamental castings are employed. The finish in the library is in natural mahogany, and the effect is exceedingly rich. The iron railings on the stairways attract the eye at once by their beauty and novelty. The blackness of the iron, occasionally relieved by bronze ornaments, is in fine contrast to the white marble of the stairs and corridors. The basement floors and corridors, together with the sidewalks and approaches, and working places in the building, are of a material called granolithic, a hard gray substance. Another striking feature of the interior ornamentation is the mosaic work on the floors, executed in tiny blocks of stone. The lavatories are wainscoted with seven-foot slabs of Carrara marble. The plumbing is open to view in every detail. Every suite and room is furnished with washbowls and closets. The main toilet room on the third floor, attached to Representatives' Hall, is a thoughtfully planned and admirably executed j)iece of work. The architect who planned this elegant addition to the historic old State House was Mr. Brigham, and Woodbury & Leighton were the builders. The cost was nearly $13,000,000. Lumber used in constructing it was furnished by Wood, Barker & Co. Next to the new State House in point of size and imposing appearance is the magnificent new Court House in Pemberton Square. This immense granite structure was designed by George A. Clough and cost 8:2,519,991.84. It was begun in 1886 and completed in 1895. The exterior shows a most solid and substantial structure of granite, the foundations for which were laid by D. Henry Cram, the masonry of the walls being done by Sampson & Clark. ADVEKTISEMK-NTS. 97 \A\kd XW\\V 11 I I Electric Passenger Elevator. High speed, sate and economical. Perfectly smooth move- ment of the car attained. Brake operated by electricity and controlled bv our patent automatic regulator, which prevents the jar to passengers and machinery so common with high-speed elevators in starting and stopping. Noiseless, and requires but very little attention. Adapted for ofKce buildings, hotels, apart- ment houses, etc. Moore & Wyman Elevator and Machine Works, MANUFACTURERS, ALSO MAKERS (IF Steam, Hydraulic and Belt E LEV A TO R S . OFFICE AND WORKS : Cor. Granite and Richards Streets, SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. Branch Office, 126 Liberty St., New York. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO. MANUFACTURERS OF "CLINTON" Stiffened WJrg Lftth FOR riRE-PROOF CONSTRUCTION. 11-2 INCH IRON PARTITIONS, CONCRETE FLOORS. <&c. Also, every description of Wire Laths, in large and fine mesh Plain, Qalvanized and Japanned. 199 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. FACTORY AT CLINTON, MASS. 98 A HALF CEN'TURV OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. Everything about the buihling is on a very massive scale, and it is a very striking and impressive piece of architectural and mechanical work. The interior is, however, the most interesting part of the building, and is on a grand scale. In the centre, running entirely through the building from Pemberton Square to Somerset Street, is a magnilicent hallway paved with various colored marble, with a high, dome-like ceiling elaborately designed and ornamented. Ilunning in either direction from the centre of this grand hallway are other halls, extending lengthwise of the building, leading to the several departments. These are also paved with stone and are very wide and high. The interior woodwork, done by Morrison & Bacon and Ira G. Hersey, is in the best of style, hard woods being largely used. The building is furnished with every modern device and convenience, a number of elevators being provided in different jiarts of the structure, giving the best of access to the upper stories. In the building are located the various courts and offices of the city and county, and no more elegant building for the purpose has ever been erected. It is-an addition to the public buildings of the city of which the citizens may well be proud. The new Tremont Temple, now in process of erection, will surjjass anything of tlie kind in New England in its architectural and mechanical effects, and with it is associated the history of previous buildings which have occupied the site, making it a most prominent feature. Here stood, years ago, the famous Tremont Theatre mentioned elsewhere, which was later converted into a house of worship. This building was destroyed by lire in 1S79, and a new building — the one so familiar to Bostonians for so many years, and one of the prominent features on Tremont Street until destroyed by fire in 1893 — was erected, at a cost of over 3230,000, in 1880. The present building, now in process of construction, will be a magnificent structure. The facade is of an original design, the first two stories being of Berea light sandstone, with many ornamentations ; one of the principal features being the grand entrance, which is very elaborate, with heavy iron piers on either side. Above the second story and extending to the height of the great auditorium the walls are patterned after the Doge's palace at Venice, the ornamentation being of white terra cotta. The face of the wall has colored marble insets of an ornamental character, and in the centre it is broken by a window set into it, with a projecting balcony. Above this section the material is brick and white terra cotta. Near the top is an ornamented moulding, with a row of handsomely arched windows above, and the whole crowned with a projecting cornice of elaborate design. The interior is to be finished off in a most magnificent manner, providing one of the finest auditoriums in the country, besides smaller halls and offices. On the street floor there will be several stores. In the construction of the present building every effort will be made to have it as near fire-proof as possible, and the material for the interior structural work is iron and tiling, wood being used only in finishing oif the work. The architects for this elegant structure are Blackall & Newton, and the builders are L. P. Soule & Son. At the corner of Washington Street and Hayward Place the President and Fellows of Harvard College have erected a handsome building for office and store purposes, which is a model of modern architecture and mechanical construction. It was erected during 1892-94, at a cost of $100,000, after plans furnished by Fehmer & Page, the builder being L. D. Willcutt. The exterior is similar to that of other buildings of a like nature in the vicinity, and the interior is finished in the best of style, with all modern arrangements and conveniences. ADVERTISEMENTS. 99 J. W. Anderson. F. O. Johnson. ANDERSON & JOHNSON, Practical Plumbers, STEAM AND GAS FITTERS. Hot Water Heating a Specialty. No. 151 Richmond Street, Boston. TELEPHONE, HAYMARKET. No. 270. Order box, No. 159 Mechanics Exchange, 17 Otis Street. All orders promptly attended to. Buff, Gray, Old Gold, Mottled — . AND OTHER COLORS OF Front Brick ANb- Terra Cotta Lime, Cement, Hair, Plaster, &c. piske, Homes 8t Co., 164 DEVONSHIRE STREET. I. F. WOODBURY. Geo. E. Leighton. Woodbury & Leighton, Building (Contractors, No. 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Rooms 50 and 51 BOSTON. 100 . A HALF CENTURY OF HOSTOn's lUILDINf;. Keith's New Theatre is probably one of tlie finest modern play-liouses in tlie conntry. The exterior is cjuite ornamental, being of the Romanesque style of architecture aud constructed of the best hard-pressed brick, with white granite trimmings; the whole set off with artistic ornamental pieces, giving a very pleasing effect. The interior, like most of the theatre buildings, is where the greatest skill in design and finish has been lavished, and in this case it is most beautiful and artistic in every particuhir. Tlie lobby is a most elaborate piece of workmanship and is rich in design and decoration. The auditorium is elegantly arranged and is also handsomely decorated. Every convenience and comfort is provided and all the latest improvements in theatrical effects are adopted. Marble, in various colors and tints, is freely used in the floors and jianeling and the woodwork is rich in design and finish. E. W. Maynard, of New York, was tlie architect. The builders were Adeland Phaneuf, mason, and John Y. Mainland, carpenter. It was erected in 1892-94 and cost .1i>12f),000. The jirivate residence of Mrs. John F. Andrew, at the corner of Cummoiiwealth Avenue and Hereford Street, is one of the palatial dwellings of the fashionable quarter of the city. The walls spring from a foundation of blue stone, a light-colored Ohio freestone being used for the lower sections and trimmings, while the main structure is of Perth Amboy speckled brick of a light shade. The interior is elegantly and elaborately finished and sumptuously furnished. MeKim, Mead & AVhite were the architects and Norcross Brothers the builders. It was erected iu 1884-86, and cost $135,000. In 1890-91 B. Schlesinger erected the elegant apartment house at 176-178 Huntington Avenue. It is a modern brick structure, of plain but attractive design, and very handsomely finished. In most of the a}(artmeiit houses the greater part of the Avork is upon the interior finish and arrangement, no attempt being made at elal>oration in the exterior design, and this is no exception. It is provided with all the modern conveniences, and is very handsomely finished, the arrangement of the apartments being unsurpassed by those of any similar buihling in the city. It was designed by Samuel D. Kelly and built by Keening & Stuart Brothers, at a cost of i!llO,00(». Hotel Copley, at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, designed and built by Fred Pope, in 1890-91, is one of the liandsomest of the later built hotels in the Back Bay district. The architecture is especially attractive and shows many noticeable features, the grand entrance being one of the most prominent. It is of large jiroportions, and is very solidly and substantially built. The interior is unusually well designed and the work well executed. The apartments are commodious and well arranged, and are provided with all the modern conveniences. This is one of the handsomest additions to the arcliitecture of this section of tlie city, which has so many elegant structures. It cost $300,000. Another of the handsome Back Bay houses is that of James W. Converse, at the corner of Beacon and Fairfield streets, built in 1884-5. It is a very neatly designed structure, in the modern style, and was designed Ijy J. H. Besarick. The builders were J. H. Kelley, mason, and Samuel Chesley, ciirpenter. Among the buildings now being erected should be mentioned the elegant ten-story office buihling at the corner of Congress and State sti'cets, whicli, owing to the shape of the structure, is a notable feature. It is very narrow on the State Street front; in this respect resembling the Carter building, on Water and Washington streets. The material is a dark sandstone in STATE HOUSE. POST OFFICE. OITY HALL. FAXEUIL HALL. r()\\i-,i; 11(11 si: wKsr i-.xn sTi;i;i"r ijailwav. i:.\i;iiAN(;i; lu ii.jhm,. k.\( iiAxciK ci.ri: i;ri 1,1.1x0. ADVERTISEMENTS, 101 U/ood, Barker 9 ^o. Wholesale Dealers in CYPRESS SOUTHERN PINE WHITEWOOD. ExGi^apge Bdjildii}!?, c^^^ BOSTON. '^'°^ MILFORD . PINK GRANITE CO., DEALERS IN ROUGH . AND . DRESSED GRANITE Quarries at Milford, = Mass. 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., Room so. Boston. ISAAC WEAVER, Mason and Builder, Estimates given for Building. 4r HANOVER STREET, Room 13. BOSTON. F. WOODBURY PRES. D. HENRY CRAM, 15 Court Square, - BOSTON. Contractor for Railroads, Bridges, Abutments AND Public Worlds HOISTING ENGINES and CRAM'S Patent Derricks TO RENT. Patented May ist, 1888. This is the only derrick patented complete, in the United States. Elas no rival for speed, durability and power. New York OHice, 17 Burling Slip. 102 A HALF CKN'TUKY OF HOSTOu's BUlLDIXti. the lower stories, with a yelkiwish brick above. It is very jilaiu in design, the only ornamentation being the entrances and tlie window ledges. The cornice at the roof projects over the walls and is ornamente.l. It is to be one of the finest office buildings in the vicinity, constructed entirely of fire-resisting material, and fitted with all the modern conveniences. Another building now being erected, which will add materially to the notable office Iniildings in the vicinity of the above, is the new Devonshire building, at the corner of State and Devonshire streets and extending through to Washington Street. It is to be ten stories high, simple and plain in design, the first three stories of granite, and above of cream-colored brick and terra cotta. The windows will be grouped, with wide piers between, and in the top story the group of windows will be terminated by an open colonnade, with the pillars of white marble. The interior is to be of the best fire-proof construction. The finish will be rich and solid, wainscoting of white marble. Terra ootta and marble will be used freely in tlie finish, both inside and out. Tiie building which will occupy the site of the famous old Tremont House will be of a different nature from that which it was intended should be built by Mr. Frederick L. Ames, whose death made a change in the arrangements desirable. Mr. Ames had prepared a set of plans, calling for a magnificent and palatial hotel as a fitting successor to the historic old house which has recently been razed. After his death, however, the plan was given up and the property passed into other hands. A plan has now been prepared and the work of construction begun on a very large office and store building, which, when comj)leted, will be one of the finest in the city. The exterior of this new building will be of very plain and simple design, without attempt at undue ornamentation, no useless expense being put into architectural effects. The walls will be of solid masour3r, with the floors of steel beams, with flat arches of fire-resisting material between. The main staircase will be of a handsome marble, and the first and second floors will be of rich Italian marble. The Masonic Temple, at the corner of Meridian and Eutaw streets, East Boston, is one of the finest Society buildings in the country, in general appearance and arrangements, and the main lodge-room is one of the largest. The architect for the building was Josejjh Robbins, and the design is a pleasing combination of architectural beauty and substantial form. The dimensions of the building are 100 by 108 feet, three stories high, with a flat roof, and the material used was brii'k, with freestone trimmings. No particular effort was made in needless display, in the outward appearance. The only ornamentations are two tablets of freestone between the second and third stories. The jmblic hall, which occupies the rear portion of the first floor, is oO by 90 feet, and is readied by a main entrance about midway of the l)uilding on Meridian Street and by a slight inclined passageway. Tlie second floor is taken up with the Masonic apartments, consisting of two lodge-rooms, preparation rooms, dressing-rooms, lavatories, closets, etc., and is very conveniently arranged. The main lodge-room is located in the northeast corner of the building and is 60 by 73 feet in size. This is said to be the largest lodge-room in the country and is certainly one of the finest. It is 22 feet high, with windows on two sides, and is very ])leasant. The smaller lodge-room, Avhich is 36 by 36 feet, adjoins the larger one on the south, with entrances from the hallways and the main lodge-room. In the rear of the small lodge-room is a library, 28 by 28 feet, with entrances on two sides. The masonry and carpenter work was done by J. Henry Stevenson, to wlioiii was awarded the contract for the entire building. ADVERTISEMENTS. 103 STORTEVAHT SYSTEA ©F HEAT! MG AMD VEH? LATlOHiYAfOHCEO CRCyLATOHOFAIR. ->^ Oor- /\cidr£-SS£S ari. os jo! lows. 0©ST©N / \A§S. Salesrooi^i -'. 34 Oliver OTRter. /\ain Office andV/orks Ja/aaicaIi-ain Otation oostoh /\ass 16 O CahAI- St , C^HICAGO Ij-L.. 91 Liberty 5t , HewYoBe<, \oS llOPTH IhibdDt Phii-ADEil-PHIa , 75 OUEEH VlCTOFIA Ot LoiSDOM CnG. 104 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's BUILDING. Castle Square Hotel and Theatre, Ijuilt in 1894, is one of the most magnificent buildings for the purpose in the country; the theatre being equipped with the very latest devices and arrangements that science and mechanical ingenuity can devise. The theatre was planned by E. M. Maynard, of New York, and cost .f 125,000. The hotel plans were drawn by Winslow & AVitherell and the building cost $60,000. The work of construction and finish was all done by the day, under careful supervision, and is very thorougli and complete. The exterior of the building is of white brick, crowned by an elaborate cornice of handsome design. The main feature of the facade is the imxsosing triiimp)hal archway forming the entrance to the theatre. The opening of this arch is 17 feet wide and 30 feet high to the keystone. On either side are two engaged columns of the Corinthian order, standing upon pedestals 11 feet high and supporting a richly decorated terra cotta frieze and cornice. Between the columns on either side are set a group of six wrought-iron lanterns, masked by grotesque garlands above. The suflBt of the arch has sunken panels, each containing a rosette carrying an electric light. On the inner side of the arch jiiers are panels containing life-size dancing figures in terra cotta relief. The elevators to the hotel run up on the inside of the arch piers, "as do also the broad handsome stairways. The entrance and lobby are floored in marble cube mosaic, with a flowering design inside a heavy border in colors. Tlie auditorium is elaborately finished and ornamented, and so arranged that every seat has a full view of the stage. The stage is probably unsurpassed in this country for its equipment and arrangement, and represents the latest construction. The building is six stories in height, the hotel occupying the floors above the theatre, which is on the ground flbor. The new Union Station, built by the lloston & Maine Railroad Company in 1893-4, is one of the handsomest, as it is the largest, of the railroad stations in the country. It has a frontage on Causeway Street of (580 feet, and including the train shed is 750 feet long; the whole structure covering nearly twelve acres of ground area. The building was constructed to accommodate all the roads running into the north side of the city. Formerly each road had a station of its own, and all except the Lowell had become inadequate and not suited to the times. The new station occupies the site of the old Eastern depot, and extends west and joins the Lowell, which is one of the handsomest depots in the city. The facade of the new part-is ornamental in design and very substantial in every detail. At the northeast corner rises a square tower with a flat roof, and about midway is another tower ornamented with cornices and mouldings. One of the most striking features is the imposing main entrance, built of granite ornamented with carved work. On either side of the great arch are two large fluted columns of granite, 34 feet in height, resting on large stone pedestals. Next to this is the covered carriageway, with a row of arched entrances. The interior is on an immense scale and finished in a most elaborate style, with waiting-rooms and lavatories, the latter being finished in marble. The great train shed is an immense affair, constructed of truss work, with great spans of iron and steel structural work. Tliis train shed covers a large area and accommodates twenty-six tracks. All the arrangements for convenience of passengers and the handling of trains are of the latest modern design, and the five hundred or more trains which daily enter and leave the station are handled with perfect ease, everything working systematically and with precision. Altogether, this is one of the most elegant and best arranged railway stations in the world, and one of which the city may well be proud. ADVERTISEMENTS. 105 flllilll Emeriency Multiple Fire Monitor. Portable Fire Tank. Hand Fire Extinguisher. A Complete Fire Department at a Small Cost. Unequalled in Efficiency. Designed for protecting villages, hotels, steamboat wharfs, freight depots, public buildings, factories, stock farms, racing stables, iso- lated buildings, and duellings where water supply is necessarily limited. Investigate the Emergency Fire Fighting Appliances. Over 30,000 Emergency Hand Fire Extinguishers sold in New England within ten months. 109 actual fires subdued during that time. Hand Extinguisher, factory size, each, $2.00 cottage " " 1.00 ^jEYERSENCY PORTABUE fire tank. Price, f6S.OO. Emergency Multiple Fire Monitor, Price, $400.00. MANUFACTURED BY THE Emergency Fire Extinguisher Co., incorporated.) MANCHESTER, N. H. Correspoiuleuce Solicited. Boston Office, S3 Sudbury Street. THE GREAT FIRE IN 1872. X writing on the primary causes wliicli culminated in the great fire of 1872, together with a description of its salient points as well as on its general management, I do so knowing full Avell that there are living many men who are familiar with the topic ; men who by education, experience, and special training, are thoroughly competent to judge the facts presented. They were within the lines on that memorable night, and consequently enabled to observe and exactly know what was done and what was left undone by the chief in command, in his endeavor to control that fire. The limited space will not permit discussing the subject in as exhaustive a manner as I might otherwise be inclined to do, but I shall endeavor to intelligently present the principal causes which resulted in the greatest local calamity ever experienced in Boston. In treating this subject let me first present the causes, and how they by natural results produced the proper conditions for just such a calamity ; and, secondly, refer to the most terrific engagement by the fire department for superiority over the fire-fiend ever recorded in the annals of this city. The conflict raged for fifteen hours with unrelenting fury, while the department, with its allies from other cities, fought with unflinching heroism and bravery, yielding no point where it was possible to stand, and regarding no sacrifice too great to make, could they but vanquish their merciless enemy. Science, history, and experience teach that magnificent results, as well as terrible calamities, have their origin in small things. Even a mere whisper stirs, imperceptibly, the air around the globe. The simple act of eating an ajiple led to the world's downfall, while a falling one led to its philosophy. Opinions and principles are formed from slight causes, but by them character is shaped and the world subjugated. Our thoughts are our educators, and we are what they make us, and they, finding expression, make public sentiment. A man in this country, whether a citizen by birth or adoption, may raise his standard to whatever height his ambition suggests, but success depends upon his untiring energy; and in liis life's work he has the sympathy, support, and protection of the most catholic government on the face of the globe. Since the brakes were first manned our country has been, pre-eminently, a progressive one. We have seen, on all sides, the old give way to the new; the unpretentious three-story brick building give way to the imposing marble or granite structure of ten stories; the hundred dollar plant with its half dozen employees make room for the million dollar plant with its one thousand employees; the business methods practised by our fathers in the various branches of industry disappear, and our citizens rise from the financial crisis of 1857, able to congratulate each other upon the future business prosperity of our country. We are, therefore, by observation and education taught to look upon this constant change with pleasurable emotion, ADVERTISEMENTS. 107 ROOFINS. Grzivel, Slate apd A^etal. A5PHALT FLOORS Laid with best imported rock asphalt. Artificial Stone, Tar Concrete Walks and Drives. W. A. IVlURTFEbOT, 192 Devonshire St. TELEPHONE 1473. ESTABLISHED 1809. SETH W. FULLER, Electric Motors, Dynamos, Bells, &c., Installed. INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTING A SPECIALTY. SpezvHing Tubes. TELEPHONES AND TRANSMITTERS SOLD OLTRIQHT. 27 Arch Street. BOSTON. IRA G. HERSEY, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, 166 IDevonsliire Street, BOSTON. MILL AND YARD, No. 113 BROADWAY, Cambridgeport, Mass. 108 A IIALI- CENTURY OF BOSTOn's KUILDING. and gratefully acknowledge that tlie mighty achievements accomplished are due to tliat system of government which fosters free sjieech, and maintains free public schools. We also heard the tocsins of war, and read the tidings flashed by wire throughout the length and breadth of out land, that the stars and stripes, the symbol of our union and strength as a republic, had been trailed in the dust. This act proclaimed the dawn of the most gigantic and fratricidal war that ever fell to the lot of the civilized world; and, out of the excitement incidental to this terrible news, we heard the call from the nation's coiumander-in-chief, and a million patriotic men responded who deemed no sacrifice of either blood or treasure too great to make, if they might thereby maintain and transmit to their children the noble heritage bequeathed to them. It was at the close of this terrible straggle which had stee])e(l our soil in the blood of noble patriots, and while our citizens were engaged in building up the waste places made desolate, that Captain John S. Damrell was elected, by the municipality of our city, to take command of one of its most important departments — the Department of Safety. He accepted the trust after carefully weighing its responsibilities, and- entered upon the discharge of its duties with a determination not only to be master of, but master in, the service. It became necessary for him to i)erfect himself in the principles and minor details of the service, so that by a thorough knowledge of the men and material under his command he might bring the department up to a position equal to any and second to none. How well he succeeded can be determined only by his peers ; and they are of that class of gentlemen who surrounded him that night. Becoming absorbed in tlie prosecution of the work and in the study of the tire wastes, for the purpose of fully qualifying himself for the position held, it was clearly evident that our citizens and their representatives in the councils of our city liad but a faint knowledge of the great losses occurring, and he was fully convinced of the indifference of the public, as well as those persons who made it a business to collect premiums from the many to pay the losses sustained by the few. To surmount the causes that produced these disasters became a serious question, and it was a difficult matter to determine the best methods to be adopted to secure the property of our fellow-citizens from further ravages by this element of destruction. Up to this time modern history had not been called on to record the sweeping out or licking up of the whole or part of our American cities. With the improvements in all the mechanical appliances of our age, and the introduction of superior machinery to accomplish work heretofore performed by human muscle, aided by the telegraph and chemistrj^, now the working tools of our fire department, the average citizen dismissed all thoughts that extensive conflagrations could occur, and one asserting otherwise, with the splendid equipment of fire organizations in large cities, was considered an alarmist, and branded as one possessing other motives than the best interests of tlie commimity. It was on July 4, 1866, that the electric .spark communicated the astounding intelligence that the Forest City of Maine — Portland — was being devastated by fire. Its principal business centre, from the Eastern depot to Mount Joy, had been licked up by the flames, and drifted away in smoke out to sea. Its further progress was stopped for want of material to feed on. Such was the news, and the excitement became intense as our citizens gathered around the ADVEKTISEMENTS. ' 109 ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION CO. INCORPORATED. Concrete Engineers and Contractors, 31 State 5treet, Order Box, Master Builders' Exchange, 166 Devonshire St. CONCRETE MASONRY. 'The ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY has introduced to New England the use of Porthmd Cement Concrete as a building material. The great strength, the great lasting qualities, and the resistance to fire and water, presented by this material, combined with its convenience of manipulation, have brought it into general use in European construction; and in this country it has in the past twenty years obtained a rapidly increasing foothold. New England alone has remained loyal to the old methods of masonry construction. The Aberthaw Company, by the application of labor-saving methods, together with engineering skill and an expert knowledge of the material, has widened the field in which Concrete may he economic- ally used in New England. Designs and Estimates furnished and Contracts taken for Foundations, Bridge Piers, and heavy Concrete Masonry of all kinds, fire-proof buildings and floors, self-supporting sidewalks and vault lights (Ransome System), Water-tight Cellars, Granolithic pavements, artificial stone, etc., etc., etc. ABERTHAW COMPANY, BOSTON. OOeri & PRAY, riasons . and . Builders, Office, 166 DEVOHSHIRE ST., ROOM 52, Boston, Mass. Members master builders' association. 110 A HALF (ENTUKY OK K(ISTON'".S EUILIIINU. several newspaper offices, and scanned each succeeding Lulletin which reported the progress of the fire. A municipal inquest was held, to ascertain the cause and to investigate the management of the fire by the Chief Engineer. The cause was briefly stated: it originated by boys playing with fire-crackers. The management received much commendation and praise on the one hand — harsh and ungenerous criticism on the other. It was learned from His Honor the Mayor of that city, the public pulse was so liigh from the city's great loss, and the fearful privations which many of her citizens were called on to endure, that the sins of neglect on the part of her municipality would have to be expiated by someone ; whether that one would be the Mayor or Chief Engineer he could not then determine. Chief Engineer Rogers was, ultimately, officially guillotined, and the clamors of a certain class who constantly thirst for official scalps subsided, they feeling elated and satisfied. The lesson proved to be, as many others have been before, a nine days' wonder, and passed out of the memory of all but the immediate sufferers. From that time on, to October 9, 1871, the necessaries and luxuries of life were easily obtained from the immense resources of our land, and our citizens' minds were diverted from all thoughts on safety or security in the mad rush for wealth, and absolute blindness seemed to afflict the entire community so that they could not see the impending danger. But on that date our country was shaken by the news of a fearful calamity which had overtaken tlie Garden City of the West. In brief, the city was smouldering in ashes, and hundreds of tliousands of people were driven from their homes by the ceaseless and merciless flames, with no other protection or shelter than that afforded by the broad prairies and heaven's starlit canopy. A noble, proud, and prosperous city, a city of affluence and wealth, was reduced in a single day to distress. This was a thunderbolt, and its reverberations aroused our citizens from their apatliy, and the power of this friend of humanity was now fully understood wlien unchained and uncontrolled. Under the inspiration of the hour the generosity of our citizens was boundless. Public assemblies were convened, resolutions of sympathy unanimously passed, supplemented with munificent donations. Boston's firemen sent by their chief a generous donation to their Cliicago brothers. By the outpouring of beneficence the homeless were cared for and the city once again rose. Phoenix-like, even more beautiful than before. The fire had its origin in a small dilapidated structure used for stabling purposes, and was caused by the overturning of a kerosene lamp. The fire department of that city was arraigned before the bar of public opinion and put on trial. A careful and discriminating jury rendered a verdict of praise and commendation for the heroic service performed, including all from the chief down. On the other hand they were denounced as imbeciles; composed of a. class without education, training, principle, or judgment, and performing their duty as the unthinking horse bears the burden to which he is harnessed; charged with being demoralized and intoxi- cated, and commanded by a chief who had not the power to grasp nor the ability to organize and bring his force into reasonable discipline. This force and cliief were subject to a board of Fire Commissioners. Later on, pressure was brought to bear by insurance men on tlie commission and municipal council to send to New York and secure the services of General Shaler to reorganize, relocate, and strengtlien the department. He responded to the call, but his services AUVEETISEMKNTS. Ill MEAD, MASON & CO. C. H. BELLEDEU, General Contractors . . . ..fc^ and Builders. ^arpe^ter a^d Builder, LARGE WOOD, BRICK and 5 PROVINCE COURT, STONE BUILDINGS, Specialties. Offices: Telephone No. 1426. BOSTON, MASS. BOSTON, 13 EXCHANGE ST. Concord, N. H., at Factory. Manchester, N. tl., 219 Concord Street. New York, 3*J0 Sladison Arenue. WOOD-WORKING FACTOR!, CONCORD, N. H. OfBee and Store Fittings, Store Fronts, ESTABLISHED 1848. and Alteration Jobs a specialty. L. P. SOULE & SON, Building Contractors, LAWRENCE P. SOULE. PARKER F. SOULE. i66 DEVONSHIRE ST., BOSTON. 112 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXO. were of short duration; and suffice it to say that the one upon whom the insurance men and the press had showered unstinting praise of abilit}' as a chief, an organizer and leader, was now deemed to be so incompetent tliat the basket was prepared and hnally received Ins decapitated head. Now, in coming to tlie tire of 1872, it will be necessary to further digress, so that it may be clearly shown what the result of observation jjroduced, and how ample warnings had been given of the liability to such a visitation as had overtaken our sister cities. October 25, 1848, this city, by authority from the General Court, introduced water from Lake Cochituate for tire and domestic purposes. This action of the municipality had its friends and opponents. Certain sections of the city were piped of a size supposed to be commensurate for an adequate supjdy, but it proved to be insufficient for the growth of the city. The water enthusiasts demanded of the city council a reorganization of the fire department. To retain twenty engine companies was a jiiece of municipal folly, for a fire in Boston of any magnitude was impossible. Their requests were complied with, and the department was reorganized. Engine companies were disbanded, and hose companies sidistituted, and one can remember the magnificent equipage of two hose jumpers lashed together with spun yarn, drawn through the streets as a four-wheel hose carriage adapted to tlie new organization. Somehow, and contrary to declarations made, fires still occurred, and manj^ proved very disastrous. The new department soon became the target for severe criticism, and its efficiency was constantly questioned. Ere long the climax was reached, and the citizens set forth, in numerous petitions to tlie City Council, the inadequacy of the water supply. This was found to be so when several hydrants were tajjped at the same time, for the head was so reduced that the streams were not of such pcjwer as to be relied on in emergencies. The engine companies were once again reorganized and the departuient's strength increased to what it was previous to the introduction of Cochituate. AVater-takers were on the increase; new pipes were laid of the same size and the hydrants were of the capacity fiist intro(liu;-ed. up to the tinu^ of the fire in 1872. Xature's antagonist, water, has been ever employed by man for the extinction of tire. Scienct' from time to time luis endeavured to increase its extinguishing jiower by mixing chemicals with it. Many novel inventions having that purpose in new have been presented to the public. Exhibitions have been given to fire departments and the public to show the additional power when aided In' the mixtures. Well-arranged tires lor sxifcessfully proving the merits of their patents obtained for these exhibitors wonderful results, and the press was made iise of to thoroughly advertise the great successes obtained. Inventors and their agents held high carnival, and the future safet\' of our cities was now assured, ))rovided the authorities ado])ted their fire aunihilators and extinguishers. Thoughtful and practical chiefs, wlio had educated themselves upon all points of contact and success as ap[>lied by the laws of nature, while admitting their apparent success, would be recreant to official trust if they did not rise above the clamors made for recognition, and demand a full and adequate supply of water. To attain this end Chief Damrell bent his energies, and in his annual reports of 1S67, 18r>S, and 1869, as well as by a special comnnniication sent to the City Council in 1860. called attention to the weak points in the city's supply. A map of ADVERTISEMEXTS. 113 BOSTON WHARF CO. Capital, $600,000. SURPLUS JANUARY J, 1895, $1,510,752. 2,500,000 FEET OF LAND WITHIN TEN MINUTES* WALK OF BOSTON POST OFFICE FOR SALE AND LEASE. Particularly adapted for niamifacturing and other buijiness ckSlS purposes. Some of the hiry messenger from that department " that when the Water Board was in want of information on the management or the material to be employed in that department they would communicate with him." In referring to this matter after the fire it was a surprise to learn that a gentleman, and one who was president of the Water Board of the city, would deny that he had received a communication from the Chief Engineer upon the matter. Yet the fact remains that it was sent, and the answer returned in the way and manner described and in the presence of three witnesses. Efforts were made to secure the necessary supply in another direction, and the whole question was called to the attention of Mayor Norcross, and it was suggested to him that the money contemplated being spent on building a carriage driveway around Chestnut Hill Reservoir be emploj'ed in repiping this district of the city, with a jiipe of sutticient size to supply the demands made for fire extinguishing purposes. Such a course would better serve the city's interest than the driveway. An ajipeal was also made to Mr. Henry N. Stone, a member of the Common Council from Ward r>, in 1871, and that gentleman presented a report to the Council advising the use of salt water for fire extinguishing purposes, and the erection and maintenance of pumping stations, to embrace the entire section of the city north of Dover Street. The stations were to be located at the foot of Hanover Street, foot of Cambridge Street, foot of State Street, and ^t; ,ti --1 .'-■■■3 1111.11 S( llociL, UKKlllTdX. .''^^'!^. THE KEXSIXfnOX. ( OKXKIt BOVLSTOX AXD EXF.TElt STh'KKTS. 1!V PKHMI'^sKlX HdSIdX llK.lJAI.li. A(;A.SSIZ (illAM.irAK SClKlOL, .lAMAICA ri.AIX. AMf;s Hl'II.niNi:, WASIllXiri'iiN AMI CIlUKT S ril KKTS. i:v l'K.l;.Mlssl(iN IwisiciN IlEIiAI,l>. ADVERTISEMICXTS. 115 SANDSTONES, GRANITES AND MARBLES. J. A. NORCROSS. O. W. NORCROSS. NORCROSS BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS . AND . BUILDERS WORCESTER, MASS. BOSTON OFFICE (established i873) 79 HUNTINGTON AVE. TELEPHONE NO. 262 TREMONT. 116 A HALF (EXTUKY OF BOSTON's BUILDING. junction of Dover and Albany streets, witli twenty-ineli mains and eight'incb brandies, supplied with post hydrants on the same. The hydrant, being equal to four first-class steam fire-engines, with the supjily for them which the plan suggested, would have proved very effective in case of such au emergency as occurred. Of the feasibility and practicability no one doubted. That the necessity existed is undeniable, for after the fire the city complied in many particulars with the demands made, and supplied that territory with proper mains. If the same had been done before the fire, and the Lowery or Hill hydrant had been in use, the steamers could have been massed on that night in batteries of four at each hydrant, witli short lines of hose which coiild have been handled with ease, the friction to overcome would have been slight, and the liursting of the hose correspondingly diminished. This would have given eight streams with an ample supply of water, and the full force and effectiveness of the powerful steamers, instead of but one stream from a hydrant, and a very poor one at that. Another subject engaged the attention of the department, and the Chief Engineer felt it would be in no way disparaging to substantial improvement to officially criticise the defects in construction, in the atteinpt only to beautify the external portions of the buildings and produce something wliicdi was pleasing to the eye. Modern architecture was contributing its full share to the causes of conflagrations, and was responsible in a great degree for the loss of many valuable lives. The walls of these structures, so beautiful and t^ibellished, were thin and uneipial to the strains they were to resist. Party wall as a fire-resisting wall was simply a misonomer. The imaginations of architects must have been sorely taxed as they labtn-ed to ijresent drawings of this style and class of construction, which they were forced to in response to the demands of that class of clients who had suddenly grown rich, and wislied drawings of magnificent shells, not caring how slight or flimsy they miglit be, provided the appearance was striking and attractive. If our citizen builders were called in to estimate on the cost of construction, and their figures were in excess of the price determined on by the capitalist, another class was requested to furnish figures. This latter class were oftentimes builders whose nationality was neither one thing nor another, and their responsibility on a par with their business methods. They would take the contract, complete the work, secure the benefit of the bankrupt law, skip the country, and make room for another gang. This order of construction was met with in all sections of our city, and it is certain that the Budensieks did not all live in New York at this date. Iron and granite were the principal materials used in construction, and without reference to protection from fiame and heat. The thickness of walls corresponded to the avarice or indifference of capitalist or speculator. Internal construction, by the usual methods, consisted of hard pine floor timbers and hard pine upper floors, forming a perfect system of flues throughout, and tlie whole was crowned by the French or Mansard roofs, which averaged from twelve- to twenty feet in height above the walls, and were properly designated, by reason of the material employed, " elevated lumber yards." The elevator wells in use were wooden chimneys, and served as conduits to conduct fire from story to story and to the Mansard roof. By the system adopted for heating they were kept at a temperature of 70° and 80° during the season necessary to use fire for that purpose, while alongside the pipes the temperature ranged ADVERTISEMENTS. 117 DOLBEARE'S Water-Tight Wood Floors. 3,500,000 SQUARE FEET NOW IN ACTUAL USE. D Patented. Stable and Factory Floors Laid and Warranted Tight. ADDRESS FOR CIRCULARS. ETC., WM. L. DOLBEARE, - 522 Atlantic avenue, boston. ^-4 ELIAS BREWER & CO. MANUFACTURER OF Elevators. HYDRAULIC and ELECTRIC ELEVATORS. Hand Elevators, Belt Elevators, HVDRAL'LIC DCMB WAITERS, SHALL P*SSE>GEB ELE- VATORS FOR PRIVATE RESIDENCES. INVALID ELEVATORS A SPECIALTY. ELEVATOR SAFETY DEVICES AMU 11,1, KI.XDS OF ELE. VATOK ROPES. Elevators manufac'ured to suit all localities and ail pur- poses, for Hotels, Offices. Huijding^, Stores, Ware- houses and Private Residences. REPAIRS rl;0.-«rTLY ATTENDED T(». 52 SUDBURY STREET, = BOSTON. Telephone Hayniarket 55S. Send for I'irciilar. BLTINGCO. M^NUWCrURERS OF /St.Louis,No' Rawhide Lace^ea ther AsemtsI^Wl Cma GENERAL MILL SUPPLIES, GEO. J. KELLEY. - Manager. 164 Summer Street, BOSTON, MASS. 118 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. from 80° to 200°. Woodwork in contact with the pipes became chemically changed, desiccation and carbonization followed, and the building was thoroughly prepared for a conflagration ; and in sucli an event they were doomed to swift destruction. The practical relations of landlord and tenant were also duly considered as to risk and responsibility. What is meant by liability and responsibility of landlord and tenant ? A ca)(italist owning a lot of land, value .f 75,000, desired to improve it, and erected a building worth $50,000; his investment then represented $125,000, from which he derived an annual rental. He had by nature a perpetual policy of insurance on four-sixths of his entire investment. Now what had the ea]iitalist or landlord done, directly or indirectly, to secure the safety of the tenant's half a million dollars' worth of goods stored on the premises? Not one dollar had been expendfed by way of precaution against fire. Nevertheless, the owner with his building, representing only two-sixths at stake, established, on general principles, the character of the city for safety and permanency, and this to the mind of the writer was the concrete foundation and jirineipal cause of the fire of 1872. The buildings were oftentimes occupied by several tenants, and, the responsibility being divided, personal care was removed. It was owing to the indifference on the jiart of the capitalist and speculator, whose disposition led them to construct buildings of the class described, that prompted the chief to notify the Board of Underwriters of this city of the great risks they were assuming in writing on such biiildings as first-class insurable property. In answer to the communication sent, an invitation was extended to him to attend a meeting of the board. The opportunity was embraced and their attention called to the facts and the possibility of a sweeping conflagration occurring from tlie slightest cause, if the fire was not checked in its incipiency. Municipal and state records show that efforts were made to secure the enactment of a building law, which would protect the city from further danger in this direction, by the Chief Engineer, and chapter 280 of the Acts of tlie year 1871 was the result. A careful examination was made to discover in what section of the city the largest and most disastrous fires occurred, and the information gleaned soon convinced the chief that the location of the apparatus ought to be radically changed, and brought within a radius of one quarter of a mile of City Hall. A majority of the fires occurring was within that radius, and seventy-five per cent, of Boston's perishable property was within the same territory. It was also a fact that eighty per cent, of the wear and tear of the apparatus, to say nothing about the hiss of valuable time, was occasioned by the distance traveled from outlying hications into this district. He, therefore, asked that the location of the apparatus be changed, and that permanent companies be substituted for call companies, and if permanent companies were not organized to have tenement houses erected in close proximity to the several pieces of apparatus, for the accommodation of the firemen. This was deemed necessary in order to secure the full measure of power and muscle of tlie force in the incipient stages of a fire, when the most active and aggressive work has to be performed. This proposition raised the cry of unnecessary and unqualified extravagance ■ — the fire department was effective and efficient ; and one of the leading journals replied in an editorial to the Chief Engineer as follows: — "What matter to the city of Boston whether Hose Company No. 1 or Hose Company No. 100 sliould succeed in getting a stream of water on to Mrs. Muldoon's feather bed in advance of the other? This rival sjiirit of is/n-if ile i-arjis which seems tti possess the rank and file of our department, AnVKllTISEMEXTS. 110 Connected by Telephone. JOHN J. CUDDIHY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN North ^iV River -^^ Flagging ^^ Stone, AND BLUE STONE, For Walks, Crossings, Chimney-Tops, Wall-Coping, Caps and Sills, Pier Caps, Safi- Floors, Underpinning, Steps, Platforms, and Blue Stone of every description arid dimension. OFFICES: Albany Street, opp. E. Dedham, Mechanics' Exchange, 17 Otis Street, Master Builders' Association, 166 Devonshire Street, WHARF, 562 ALBANY STREET, Boston, Mass. C. D. REDMOND, (^arpepter ^ Builder, Remodelling and Jobbing of all kinds. STORE FRONTS and OFFICE WORK DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. 37 PROVIDENCE STREET, Opp. Providence Depot, Boston, Mass. L D, WILLCUTT & SON, prs. i66 DEVONSHIRE STREET, ROOM 54. Boston. 120 A HALF CENTURY OF KOSTON's ]iUII>DlX(i. is all right and proper ; Init when it seeks to entail upon the city such extravagant expenditure of money for the location of fire apparatiis where the land c-ouhl not be purchased at a less cost than fifty dollars per foot, to say nothing of the cost of erecting new buildings, it is highly absurd, and should meet the condemnation of every tax-paying citizen." October 21, 1872, information was received by wire that an epidemic had made its appearance among the horses in the city of Toronto, Canada. This news was received at first with seeming indifference, but as each succeeding bulletin announced its S].)read and that all horses of that vicinity were seriously affected, the alarm became general. The epidemic spread with fearful rapidity, and in two days after it attacked the horses of Boston, thirty-two of the deiiartment horses were down with the disease. The recpiisite order for the care of the horses was issued, and a special meeting of the Committee on Fire Department was held under notice issued by the chief. The meeting was presided over by Alderman Woolley. The crippled condition of the department was stated to the monbers present, and a sub-committee, consisting of Alderman Clark and Couucilmen Flanders and Hull, were appointed to jn'ocura horses for the dejiartment's use. At a subsequent meeting the sub-committee reported that they had visited all the sales stables in the city, and \yere unable, either by purchase or hire, to secure any sound horses for use. Section 4 of the Fire Ordinance decreed the power to make rules for tlie government and discipline of the department and for the extinguishment of fires, to the Board of Engineers. As it was necessary, a meeting was called of both bodies — the Committee on Fire Department and the Board of Engineers — to take action on the matter affecting the department. The report of the sub-committee was discussed at this conference^ and it was unanimously voted to double the force of the department so that no drawback might exist in the event of a call for its service. The chief, anticipating the action, ha'ext Door to Washington. W. A. Pc2irce & Co. ■JPIumfiprs, No. 7 PROVINCE COURT, Boston, Mass. TELEPHONE NO. 386t. BAY STATE BRICK CO, TELEPHONE, BOSTON 614. Office, 15 COURT SQ., Rooms 19-20 Smith Bldif. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN BRICKS FOR BUILDINGS, SEWERS, PAVING, FRONTS, ETC. ANNUAL CAPACITY, SIXTY MILLIONS. PROMPT DELIVERY, FULL COUNT, LARGE SIZE, SUPERIOR QUALITY. Unequalled Facilities for Handling Large Jobs. ASK FOR OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING. 122 A UALV CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. to seize and take possession of any liorse they could lay hands on and make use of him ; the chief stated that ho would shield them from all responsibility, and if the City Council refused to pay bills caused by such action on tlieir part, he would liquidate them from his own finances. It was necessar}- to issue such an order, as there were Ijut six department horses fit to be taken from their stalls : and it was acted on tliat niglit. November 9, 1872, was one of those beautiful autumn days often expierienced in Xew England. The atmosphere was calm, clear, and exhilarating; not a cloud obscured the sun, and the gentle breezes that were wafted over the city from the hills and valleys surrounding the Charles did not exceed a velocity of seven miles an hour, varying occasionally two to three points of the compass from northwest to north. As the sun went down behind those hills and settled below the valleys a more brilliant sunset was never witnessed. The sick horses were convalescing and bade fair to ultimately recover, and the clouds of distress and fear whicii had hung over the city for a week like a black pall, were gradually lifting, and their silver linings were apparent. Many of the citizens, and especially tliose of the wholesale business centre of the city, had closed their jilaees, the streets were comparatively deserted and surrendered to the care of the guardians of the jjeace. There was no forewarning of impending danger from the common enemy, fire, and the owners and occupants of these supposed mercantile fortresses of brick, stone, and iron, retired at the end of their day's labors to enjoy the comfort and quiet of their respective homes. They, as well as the general public, had long enjoyed freedom from its depredations, which was due to the vigilance and i-sprif de corps that characterized t\ie pcisuniiel of the fire department. But, alas! at the close of this beautiful day, unlocked for and unexpected the enemy ai)peared. and the strong citadels of stone, iron, and brick fell readily at the first attack. At twenty-four minutes past seven o'clock. Assistant Engineer John Keagan announced to the department that a fire was in progress in the vicinity of Box 52, one of the weakest points in the city, and the key-note was sounded, followed by four alarms in rapid succession. The fighting force of the city proper consisted of six steam fire-engines, rated as second class, six hose companies, acting as tenders, and two hook and ladder companies, Warren 1 and Franklin 3, a chief engineer and seven assistant engineers — a total force of one hundred and eighty-five men. Upon receiving the signal, companies not previously notified by the brilliant pyrotechnic, display which illuminated the whole city, hastened to the scene. By reason of a fearful oversight or misapprehension of facts, and the illusion being strengthened by Engine 7 and Hose 2 at work, the fire, as described, had been seen one mile distant, fifteen minutes before the alarm was heard. At whose door that misfortune is chargeable one has never yet been able to discover. By location and seniority the command devolved on Assistant Engineer William A. Green until the arrival of the chief. On reaching the scene the chief made a care- ful survey of the location and extent of the fire, direction of wind, and position of the ajjparatus for effectiveness. He inquired of Caj)tain Green if he could hold the point where he was then located ; he answered he could if he could be furnished with sufficient water to maintain it. The survey revealed a conflagration of a magnitude beyond the power of the force at command to check. Six separate Iniildings were on fire and one was a literal blast furnace. Engine No 4, stationed directly opjiosite the building in whieh the fire originated, was in a ADVERTISEMENTS. 123 NUTTER SSEABURY, Stearn and . . . Hat Water Heating IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Estimates g:iven for Heating Public Buildings, Private Residences and Factories. 51 OLIVER ST., BOSTON, MASS. Telephone No. 1801. Boyce, Gallagher & Co., Plasterers and Stucco Workers Repairing Meatiy an«I Prorpptly Done . • • Office: 178 DEVONSHIRE ST., Room 309, BOSTON. .1. BOYCE, 9 iD^IPsidc St. BOBT. GALLAtJHEU, 43 Georgia St. yVlALe0LM yVleLE/lN, Carpenter and Builder, COAL ELEVATORS AND TOWERS, POCKETS AND SHEDS, RUNS, STAGINGS, A SPECIALTY. DERRICKS AND BOOMS PUT UP AND RIGGED. Jobbing and Repairing Promptly Attended to. No. 50 Charlestown Street, BOSTON. Residence, MEDFORD, MASS. 124 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILI>I>fi;. dangerous position from the scorching heat and explosive granite, and it was unbearable by the engineer in charge. In answer to his question, "What shall I do?" he was ordered to liold his position till the gauge cocks burned off his engine. A stream from the small hose was turned on to the men and engine to protect them, but the granite coping directly overhead exploded and fell, cutting the suction in two. This compelled the company to remove to another position. The apparatus was well located by Actiug Chief Green, it being posted at the hydrants nearest the fire, and no better disposition could be made. Dr. Jenks, a member of the Board of Aldermen, accosting the eliief, said, "Captain, you have got a fearful fire." He was answered, " Yes, and the city is doomed ; this fire will go to the water, for 1 have not sufficient force at my command to stay its progress." He said, "Do you mean what you say ? " The reply was, " I do, and know whereof I speak." He was then and there requested to go to the Union Telegraph Office and request help from every city and town accessible, within fifty miles from this city. He asked again, " Is this a request, or shall I execute this as an order from you as chief?" Captain Damrell replied, "An order, and without delay." Couriers were sent at this time to intercept the Roxbury, Dorchester, South and East Boston wings of the department, and to hasten if possible their presence. On their arrival they were assigned positions where the most effective work could be accomplished. A request was made to the Chief Engineers of the Charlestown and the Cambridge departments, for assistance, and messengers with orders were sent to bring them, and they responded in very quick time. The entire department and auxiliaries were now hard at work. Learning from Alderman Jenks that communication by telegraph was cut off on the Boston & Albany line, Assistant Engineer Allen was sent to request that road to make up a train, send it to Worcester, alarm the cities and towns on the way, and ask for help. The order was executed in a prompt and satisfactory manner, and the other departments reported for duty at an early hour of the night. The key of the fire could now be readily seen and it was determined to hold it at all hazards ; and the departments of Cambridge and Charlestown, including the Navy Yard force, were brought into battery at this point and placed under command of Inspector of Buildings Chamberlin, who had volunteered his services to act in any position; he was ably assisted by Chief Delano, Assistant Engineer Casey of Cambridge, and the Chief Engineer of the Navy Yard. A strong and desperate fight was made here, and when success seemed to crown their efforts, the water gave out and they were obliged to withdraw. An effort was made to hold the position by shutting off all drafts on the supply from other sections, but without success, and they were forced to remove and post the apparatus at other points. At this time (8.30 o'clock) the scene and power of the elements defy description. Granite fronts were exploding, and walls, falling, broke not only the water-mains and branches, thus allowing the water to flow with freedom, but the gas-mains had also succumbed to the shock, and the gas was flowing into cellars and sewers and through drains into the buildings. It was a fight for life. Citizens were growing wild and frantic, making unreasonable demands, offering fabulous sums to desert one position and defend another. Others thoughtlessly opened their stores and invited those who felt inclined to help themselves to the contents. The latter act had a fearful and demoralizing effect upon many, and was satisfying to that particular class that are ever eager to make the most of others' misfortunes. 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Estimates and specifications furnished upon application. Agents wanted. 64 SUDBURY STREET, "Boston, A\zvss. 126 A HALF ( EXTUKY OK }iOST(lx's JU'II.lll XC. The Board of Engineers, Avitliout exception, fought the fire iijion a principle thoroughly nnderstoocl and marked out, and each and every one was familiar with the district, its water supply, the construction of the buildings, and the methods of attack, and plans to be executed in the event of a fire. By this knowledge even the orders of the chief were anticipated. It was charged by the philosophers, the following day and week, that the tire had been fought piecemeal, and without concerted ]ilan. Such a statement was and is a libel cm that board of gentlemen. A council was held at this hour (U.15) and the following orders issued : Assistant Engineer Reagan was to seize all hose to be found in any of the manufacturing establishments in the city and convey it to the City Hall, tliere to establish a hose rendezvous. He was to appoint a corps of assistants to collect all lairsted hose, remove the couplings from the same, lit up the new hose taken, and keep the department supplied. Captain Scott of Engine 6 was ordered to go to East Boston, take possession of the tug-lioat Osborn, bring her to the foot of Summer Street, and, with the assistance of Hook and Ladder 5 men, who were detailed to handle her streams under his orders, protect that section. A re-survey was made of the entire field, the location of the ajiparatus noted, and under whose command. This survey established the fact that currents and counter-currents of air were driving the flames in every direction, on to JIansard roofs, and into every aperture, from whence they would break forth with redoubled energy and fury, and the firemen, overcome for the moment liy blinding heat, would stagger, light their way back to the engine, and, rallying again, make another charge, but with like results. The several currents swept through the streets with the power of a tornado, and new heat centres were being constantly produced. The terrific force of the flames was made nmnifest each succeeding moment, and hnuum power up to this time was impotent to resist their advances. The roar of this Niagara of destruction was appalling, its gigantic volumes of flame held full possession of both sides of the streets, tearing and racing as though each side was striving to outdo the other in its destructive efftn-ts. Gas and air explosions in quick succession, falling walls, and intense heat, made it a terrible experience to that loyal and devoted organization, the fire department. Under such conditions it was impossible to locate a piece of apparatus. For a nnnuent it might be a favorable position, and the next moment it would be utterly impossible to maintain it. It was equally impossible to consolidate or mass any amount of apparatus, for the water supply would not admit of such a movement; as a eonsecpieiice the forces were divided up into small detachments. If there had been, from tlie commeni'ement of the fire n]i tn tln' houi- above referred to (10 o'clock,!'. Ai.), a strong, direct wind, blowing !'(> en- .'!0 miles an hour, it woidd. in jiart, have counteracted and overcome the currents created, and the forces could have been formed into batteries on the plan of the letter A, and more effective work accomplished. The engines from suburban cities were now fast reaidiing the grounds, and were assigned to the reservoirs, as their coujdings could not be ninnected witli ISnston hydrants, and Boston steamers were transferred to the hydrants. The head(piarters of the chief were established on Feileral Street and the engineers were informed of the fact, as well as His Honor the ilayor through City 3Iessenger Peters. A sergeant of police was sent to Captain (i)uinn. Deputy Chief of Police, with a message to have ADVKRTISEMENTS. 127 The Hodgdon Brass Pipe Hanger, FOR SALE BY Dealers in Plumbers' Supplies. MANUFACTURED BY C. W. HODGDON, 164 High St., Boston. BRASS FINISHER AND NICKEL PLATER. Manufacturer of PLUMBERS' BRASS SPECIALTIES. Special Attention Given to PLUMBERS' JOBBING. B. F. Colcord k Co., CARPENTERS and BUILDERS, Shop & Mill, 4rr Tremont St., BOSTON, HASS. Zsta.'blisliea. iSSO. J. H. BURT G. L. BURT. J. H. BURT & CO., Contractors ^'^'^ Builders BLUE HILL AVENUE, MATTAPAN (Ward 24, B.) BOSTON Particular attention paid to fitting: up . . . . . Stores, Offices, Counting Rooms, Banks, &c. DESKS, COUNTERS, TABLES. DRAWERS. CASES. WASH STANDS AND HARD-WOOD DOORS MADE TO ORDER. Jig Sawing, Sawing, Turning, .^c. Repairing neatly and promptly done. TELEPHONE 2T2 TREMONT, 128 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's P.UILDING. liim report to headquarters ini mediately- Upon Captain (^uinn's arrival he was ordered to organize a torce of men to be sworn in as special officers, for the occasion, to take possession of all carpets to be found in the carpet stores, and with them cover buildings exposed to the heat on streets designated, and he was assigned a hook and ladder force and a water battery to keep the same wet. The ladder men uji to this time were employed in protecting buildings from falling brands and cinders. Captain Quiiin left with the understanding that the orders would be execiited ; but, for reasons never satisfactorilj' explained, lie failed to carry out instructions, and, when hunted up, by order, was found at his home on Porter Street. The explosions that were now constantly taking place by the mixture of illuminating gas with air and the expansion of air were very numeroiis, and some were so fearful in tlieir destructive effects, that they were su]}posed by many to be occasioned by gunpowder ; but such was not the fact, and it can only be attributed to the causes stated. A second careful reconnoissance was now made, and the final results of the fire, its extent ;i,nd boundary, established. Judgment was predicated upon what seemed to be the result of the induced currents ; the air was intensely rarefied and its direction upward and powerful ; this formed a vacuum in the entire area alluded to. The inrushing currents filling the vacuum had a velocity of 20 to 30 miles per hour and drew all heat from outward boundaries to the centre or base of the fire ; and the conclusion was reached that Washington, Milk, Devonshire, State, and Broad streets would be the best points to operate from, as the heat would not drive the force away. In a reply to a question of Mr. Clapp of the Boston Journal, and in the presence of Alderman Cutter and His Honor the Mayor, the boundary stated was given by the chief ; and his judgment was confirmed, as the fire did not jmss those points, but was confined to a still smaller area. From the roof of a granite building on Milk Street below Federal the chief was enabled to view the acres of fire and to note the j)oints where effective work could be performed by the department, if massed at them. But he was obliged to make a hasty retreat. On reaching headquarters Captains Green and Smith were summoned to meet him there for the purpose of taking action upon the matter of using gunpowder. Its use as an auxiliary in the extinguishment of fire was certainly a debatable (question. It had proved a decided failure in Chicago, in October, 1871. Information was sought for from all sections of the country, previous to November 9, where it was used, and the reports, without an exception, proved it was disastrous in the extreme. The Board of Engineers, from their knowledge of the district, were unanimous in the oj)inion that gunpowder would not prove an effective auxiliary, on account of the narrow streets and high buildings filled to repletion with mercliandise. In order to droji a building there must be a cavity, and it should be sliored to accomjdish the purpose, otherwise the external walls would be simply blown out, leaving tbe floors and stored mercliandise fully exposed and in a fit condition for a good bonfire. The gas-mains should 111' supplied with shut-off valves, so as to exclude all jiressure of gas from the pipes in the street and buildings; otherwise, it would have a chance to permeate every part of the debris, and falling cinders would easily ignite the mass. The chief was well aware of the fact that no one in this city h;ul any practical experience at sucli kind of work, and felt himself as competent to jierform tlie work as anyone whose exjierience was parallel with his own. ADVERTISEjMEXTS. 129 Mechanics' Iron Foundry Co. ^^'^' MANUFACTURERS OF IROM * CASTINCdS OF ALL KINDS. Licensees and Sole Manufacturers for the New England States of the Bannister Rock- ing Grate, which is more dixrable and can be run with less labor and a smaller amount of fuel than any other grate that has ever been made, as can be proven by the many thousand square ft. now in use in the city of Boston and vicinity. 38 K^i^ble Street, Boston, IWass. F. W. GIBBY President. J. A. CALDWELL Treasurer. 130 A HALF OEXTUEY OF BOSTOX's BtJILDINd. A demand was made for its use to check the five, but personal judgment deprecated it. In the presence of Engineers Smith, Green and Jacobs, and in the presence of His Honor the Mayor, Alderman WooUej-, chairman of the Committee on Fire Department, Alderman Jenks, and Councilmen Burke and Flanders, the manner and way it could be iised, as well as the danger, liability, and responsibility was stated. The cliief asked His Honor the Mayor if gunpowder was used would the government sustain the action of the Board. He said, "Before answering that question I want to ask you as chief what you have done, what you are doing, and what you jjropose to do in addition to using gunpowder." In as brief a manner as possible Chief Damrell gave the working points from the commencement up to the time of speaking, and tlie plans matured for its final suppression. The Mayor's answer was, "I am fully satisfied with your work, and in the use of gunpowder, whatever you may do, the government of the city will sustain you; but I charge you to protect our citizens from its dangers." Captain Clianilierlin was requested to see what buildings were in a fit condition to operate on, and he reported that no place could be found by him where he could, consistently, recommend the use of powder. Captains Green and Smith were detailed to procure powder. A tug-boat was pressed into service to procure the stock in the powder boats, and it was landed at the wharf. Captain Jacobs informed the chief of a Vmilding which could be leveled and it would ])revent the fire reaching the oil stores in that vicinity. He procured eighteen casks of powder and brought it under cover of canvas to the building spoken of. The building was shored, as best it could be in the few moments, the work of mining proceeded with, and a battery of water brought into requisition. The window frames in the rear wall were ou fire at the tiHie. The mine being ready, the bungs were knocked out of the kegs by the heel of the engineer's boot, a newspaper torn into strips constituted the fuses employed. All being in readiness, the engineer was ordered from the Imilding by tlie chief, who, after lighting the fuses, succeeded in jumjiing througli a window. Tliis was the first explosion by gunpowder in the fire of 187L'. Tlie liuilding, being nearly empty of merchandise, was a complete wreck, and the fire was soon extinguished. At this time a sergeant of police notified the chief that His Honor wished to see him at City Hall. He replied that if His Honor wanted to see him he would find him at his temporary headquarters in Post (.>ffice Square. A few minutes later the city messenger, Mr. Alvali Peters, said His Honor and a large number of citizens desired to see him. He then consented to comply Avith tlie request and went to City Hall. The front doors on School Street were closed and locked, and they were ordered to be opened to receive a certain line of goods which was to be sent there for safety. The interview was about twenty minutes in duration. The demand made was to grant authority to certain citizens to enter the fire lines and assist in the removal of goods, blowing up laiildings, or any other work which would aiil or assist in checking the fire. Twenty or thirty passes admitting persons within the lines, to organize for the saving of property or blowing up buildings under the direction of the engineers, were written. "The issuance of such orders was regretted in an liour from the time they were granted; and I have never forgiven myself for tlie mistake made in granting authority of the kind, or even piermission to assist in the work designated, for they called to their aid. unfortunately, some of the most unreasonable cranks that it was ever my misfortune to meet. "Of their earnest wish to do all they could to aid and assist, I have no doubt whatever, as ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 131 WM. T. SWEET Sc GO,, 94 dlatep Stt«€et, Boston, (Dass. SOLE NEW ENGLAND AGENTS FOR THE DE LAMATER-ERICSSON HOT . AIR . PUMPING . ENGINES. THE DE LAMATER-RIDER HOT . AIR . PUMPING . ENGINES. CONTRACTORS FOR SUBURBAN inZKTER SUPPLIES. Edward Lynch, STAIR . BUILDER, 196Freeport St., Ward24, Builders and Contractors' Association, IT OTIS STUEET, BOSTON. Posts, Rails, and Balusters on hand and fur- nished to order. Band Sawing and Turning. Dado, Columns and Piazza work a specialty. HENRY HARRISON, Practical Hot Water, . . . . . . Steam and Gas Fitter Xew Furnaces erected, or old ones repaired. Hot Water apparatus arranged and attached to almost any kind of Hot Air Furnace. Attention given to the etticient heating of laundries, green houses, coach houses, also to kitchen boilers, whether heated by water- back or gas apparatus. Estimates for new work. Jobbing attended to. Good references furnished if desired. HOUSE HEATINQ A SPECIALTY. 24 Lag:ran§:e Street, Boston, Mass. 132 A HALF CEN'TURY OF BOSTOX's BUFLDINfi. their courage and earnest efforts clearly indicated ; but during the time till daylight the recklessness disphij'ed by those handling gunpowder is indescribable. The dejiartment was fast becoming demoralized by its presence and the uncertainties surrounding them. Luckily, however, it was confined to a very small .section of the field of operations. I saw that it was necessary to withdraw all authoritj- granted, aiul did so; and, by a determined fight on my part, ably seconded by Alderman Woolley, who rendered efficient assistance, the department was no longer impeded, and l)y six o'clock in the morning all jwwder had been removed, the feeling of insecxiritv vanished, and confidence was restored." (Speecli of Cltief Danu-ell to the Teteran Fire III en.) The divisions on the southern boundaries under .lacobs, Monroe, Allen, CoUigau, and Shaw were now doing some grand and aggressive work, and their eft'orts were fast telling upon the fire in tliat direction. Communication witli all (quarters was kept open and uninterrupted, and the chief was able to concentrate and gradually mass his entire force upon the lines extending from Washington to Milk. IMilk to Devonshire, Devonshire to State, State to Broad, and Broad to Summer streets. The tide-supply on the State Street and Broad Street lines was complete, and the department was no longer driven back, but fast driving and holding every jjoint gained in attack. The fearful strain which the force was subjected to was apparent, and the reinforcements during the morning hours were well timed and opportune, and a great relief to the exhausted men. The farther spread of the fire was out of the question, and the work of the force was now directed to the inside of buildings which were partially consumed. At 12 o'clock, Sunday, it was officially announced to His Honor the Mayor that the fire was so far under control that any further spread need not be apprehended, and, the ]5oston force being fully sufficient for the occasion, it was proposed to dispense with the assistance tliat had come to their relief. Tlie work continued, success following success, until 4 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, when the first relief was put on duty. A commissar}' was established, and this Avas looked after by Alderman Woolley. Councilmen Burke, Jones, and Flanders. The relieving squads of several military organizations were being posted for the purjiose of keeping back the curious -minded from dangerous localities. And as the shades of night gathered, it brought the lurid glare of the flames with additional vividness, and the scene presented, with tall chimneys and broken fragments of walls in the foreground, was one never to be forgotten. Night wore on, and the fire engines, at their several jjositions, were belching forth flame and smoke. The streets were lieing emptied to some extent of the seemingly riveted throng, and when all things indicated a continuance of the tranquillity which had taken possession of both military and fire forces, the city was again startled by the terrific explosion which had taken place on Summer Street near Washington Street. An alarm was pulled in, followed by three alarms iu rapid succession. It was found that tlie gas connected with a block of stores, which had successfully resisted all advances of the fire-fiend up to this time, had ignited and caused tlie trouble. The front external wall was Idown into the street by the force of it, the merchandise witliin was immediately ignited, and a terrific fire was again in full blast. The surroundings were of such a character that the most serious apprehensions of the result were fully realized. Adjoining this building were the two largest retail dry-goods stores in the city. People again swarmed ADVERTISEMENTS. 133 NOVELTY HIGH GRADE Steam, Hot Water, Hot Air Apparatus • • VENTILATING AND HEATING OF ALL KINDS. B0ST0N * PyRNAGE * GO. 175 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass. Metal Skylights. Absolutely free from leakage from any source. No dripping or sweating. Fire-proof. Ventilating. SHEET METAL WORK For Buildings. E. Van Noorden & Co. 383 Harrison Avenue, BOSTON, - - MASS. C. F. LETTENEY, CARPENTER. '»» *i* House, Store and Office Work. Jobbing Promptly attended to. 34 PROVINCE ST., BOSTON. Over Loudon Bros , 3d door from Bromfield St. 134 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. the streets, and many of the business citizens in West and Winter streets and Temple Phice were panic stricken, and increased the excitement by blocking up those thoroughfares in their mad endeavor to hastily remove their stocks of goods. But the military soon restored quietness by putting a stop to the proceedings. The department fought this second outbreak with more than ordinary courage. One life (a lady residing on the premises) was lost, and a number of firemen were injured. By 4 o'clock Monday morning the fire was so well under control it did not occasion any further apprehension, and the department was again relieved, excepting those detailed for service. Work, by reliefs, was continued until the following Saturday noon. During the entire week the effectiveness of the machinery of the fire engines was unimpaired. This was due to the precaution taken to keep on hand the several parts of the several pieces of the machinery, and the apparatras was kept in constant repair and working order by an expert corps of workmen from the Amoskeag Works, Manchester, !N". H. The chief endeavored to lend whatever assistance and encouragement his presence would give to those actively engaged, and by words of cheer and encouragement stimulate them. No one doubts the power and effectiveness j^roduced by the presence of a chief in command, and an intelligent one will never fail to wield the great good that arises therefrom. Cases are innumerable which can be cited. The late war furnishes an incident of that fact, and it was thoroughly exemplified by the ride of Phil. Sheridan to Winchester. Events of like nature transpired during this ordeal which the force passed through, and it proved of good service to be visited by the chief occasionally. While Captain Damrell was engaged with Captain Jacobs in considering a change of base on the southern boundary, they were approached by Captain Chamberliu, who reported that he was rendering what service he could to the western division under Engineer Shaw and the chief of Charlestown. He thought it would be well for the chief to go around and encourage them bj- his presence ; he went there, ordered the lines to advance, which was done with a hearty cheer, and the ground thus gained was maintained. A summary of tlie day's work of destruction shows that the fire burned over sixty acres of land, the value of which was, in round numbers, $24,365,000. The assessed value of the buildings consumed Avas f 12,745,0(»0. Stored in the buildings was personal property, destroyed or lost, representing an assessed valuation of $38,454,000; to which add $10,000,000, the estimated value of consigned goods not included in the assessed valuation, and we have a grand total of over $60,000,000. The buildings destroyed numbered six hundred, of which five hundred and fifty were separate estates, and occupied by over a thousand business firms. In addition to this, eleven valuable lives were lost in the endeavor to save property; and twenty were injured, some slightly, others seriouslj'. Notwithstanding the losses, Boston's citizens were generous in their donations; for the limits of the fire had hardly been established when tlie munificent sum of eiglity thousand dollars was placed in the liands of a board of trustees for the benefit of those families which had been deprived of husband, father, or brother, and for firemen who were injured while on duty. One word on the fate of those noble firemen who perished in their efforts for the preservation of tlie city. One recalls them in memory with sorrowful emotion, and with to CO CO < r o l- w o CO tu" £ O Q Z. ILI =■ ILI r ADVERTISEMENTS. 1.3.'; EDWIN W. 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H. QREENLEAF & CO., Proprietors. 136 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUILDING. feelings deeper tlian ordinarily awakened by examples of individual sacrifice. In their relations to tlie public as firemen they displayed a loyalty that could not be questioned, and, as was shown, they were ever ready to sacrifice their lives in the faithful discharge of duty. Gratitude for their heroic devotion impresses all hearts. Bostonians realize that in this life they belonged to other communities as well as tlieir own, but death's sacrifice made them Boston's forever. The commissioners appointed to investigate the cause and management of the fire held forty-two consecutive sessions, and extended an invitation to all classes of citizens to attend and recite wliat they knew and what they did not know, but imagined, about the same. The testimony taken was compiled and puldished in a volume of 656 pages, and is certainly as intelligent and comjirehensive, relative to the objects sought for, as the science of astronomy is to the uneducated. In the report they find that the fire began near the elevator in the building where it was first discovered, whether by accident or design they knew not. That a disastrous delay occurred of fifteen minutes after the fire broke out, before an alarm was sounded, but they cannot tell who was responsible for the delay. Tliat faulty construction of the building and especially the elevator well was tlie primary cause of the rapid spread of the fire. That our streets were narrow and our buildings high. That our English neiglibors knew more about Boston's liability to a fire than her citizens or home insurance companies did. Tliat the fire department of Boston was composed of intelligent men, and possessed the knowledge of its being a dangerous locality, and in the judgment of the commission they sliould have taken all necessary precaution by bringing all available force to every fire. This was not done, and because the horses were sick the work of the dejiartment was impeded. That there was not a sufficient water supply, and the chief's request for tlie same was not complied with. Tliat tlie engines were supplied with fuel, for no one steamer failed to make or maintain its steam, altliougli not furnished with coal. That the couplings used by the departments of other cities were of a different style and tlireail from those in use in the Boston department, and consequently were, in a measure, a drawback to their efliciency. That the Chief Engineer was full of courage and slirank from no danger — master of himself, his temper, and Ids faculties; liut while admitting this they felt that the heroism of the assistant engineers was wasted, because they were not directed by a master who was able to grasp the situation. That the firemen were brave to a fault, and language cannot describe their courage and devotion. The story of the engineers of the department was of hardships endured and dangers braved, and more than one of their number proved faithful unto death. That the Chief Engineer did order the withdrawal of one stream from a tenement house and direct it on to a buiUling on ( >liver Street, by so doing, and under liis personal supervision, saving the block and stopping the progress on that line. They were of the opinion that the Chief Engineer in case of a conflagration should establisli his headquarters in a place known to his subordinates, where he could command a view of the conflagration and receive tlieir reports. Tliis would jtrevent confusion, and be more effectual than for the chief to be engaged in the combat. He would then have an opportunity of consulting the superintendents of the several railroads, and do otlier executive work. This they were sorry to saj' was not done as fully as it shouhl have been. That the gas company had considered the necessity of shutting off street l)y street in ADVEBTISEMEXTS. ESTABLISHED 1857. 137 MCDONNELL & SONS, Quarries, Polishing Mill and Works. Producers of the Darkest and Finest Grained Granite IN OUINCY. IT TAKES A SUPERB POLISH, IS VERY DARK AND SHOWS CONTRAST VERY STRONGLY. To induce all our old patrons and others to handle this stock, we offer to send handsome, polished sample FREE with TRIAL ORDER. All our Carved Work done witli Pneumatic Tools and liy our skilled workmen ; this means the finest finish that can be put on Carved Work. Send sketches for estimates in any granite to MCDONNELL & SONS, Quincy, flass. 138 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. case of a conflagration, and placed water valves for that purpose, but from circumstances, coupled with neglect, they were inoperative and consequently a failure. Now, in reviewing the work of this honorable commission in a brief way and in no unkind spirit, one fully concurs in some findings, for warnings had been given and they were a matter of record. All second heartily every word of praise bestowed on the department for its bravery, courage, and devotion, and the worth of the Board of Engineers, and able manner in which they performed all duties devolving on them as division commanders. The statement relating to the varied sizes of couplings was only too true. But the idea advanced that the chief should establish a permanent headquarters and surround himself with a staff, and by aids communicate orders to his subordinates, receive reports and issue orders on any such principle is not ptractical, but inconsistent, and such views could only emanate from the sheerest ignorance of the duties to be performed, and the necessity of the case. Had the demands made by the chief and his Board of Engineers been complied with, and they furnished with the necessaries to overcome such a calamity, who can tell the result '.' If there had been sufficient water when, in the early stages of the fire. Captain Green replied he could hold his position if lie could get water, who can say the result would have been what it was ■' It was the lack of water which lost more than one favorable position, and the key of the fire in particular. Land was afterwards purchased and houses built on it for the accommodation of permanent men. The city has since been jjrovided with large pipes, hydrants have been adopted that were suggested, and buildings constructed as they should be. If the ideas advanced before, and adopted since, had been in existence November 9, who can say it would be recorded as a memorable date in Boston's history. The Chief Engineer was not all-powerful at a fire, a complete autocrat, as declared. "When not in command at a fire his powers ranked no higlier than those of the humblest citizen. He could recommend, he could suggest, but it was the power behind the throne which wielded the sceptre. There is not a single instance recorded wliere the Chief Engineer failed to assume the full responsibilities of the powers decreed. Manj' of the complaints made by citizens were not actuated by any unkind spirit, but from a sense of duty. From their view it seemed as if there was a terrible waste of energy, power, and water, which might have been better utilized and made more effective; but their views were founded on a lack of knowledge of the true conditions. First, the water supply was inadequate. Second, contrary to recommendations, and in direct opposition to the wants of the city, separate hose companies were maintained. Every effort made by the Board of Engineers to consolidate them with engine companies was opposed by citizens, who petitioned the City Council to have them remain as they were. At a small fire in the neighborhood of these companies they were a protection, but when steamers were present and attached to hydrants they were well-nigh useless, as the superior draughting force of the steamers would take nearly all the water in the |iipes, and force enough did not exist to furnish an effective stream to the liose companies; consequently their streams were oftentimes shattered into spray within twenty feet of the pipe. The same was also true when coupled to an engine, and there ADVERTISEMENTS. 139 P ARKER HOUS E, School and Tremont Streets, »S4 J/* if* BOSTON European plan. J. R. WHIPPLE & CO., Proprietors. Young's Hotel, ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. Opposite Head of State St., BOSTON, Centrally and desirably located for business men. Noted for the peculiar excellence of its CUISINE. J. R. WHIPPLE & CO., - - Proprietors. 140 A HALF CENTURY OF ISOSTOn's BUILDING. was not enough water for the steamer's streams. These hose companies were ambitious to do what they could, but the streets on that night from the existing conditions became perfect blow pipes, and the lines of these companies could not be carried up into buildings, so that their attention was directed to the outside of the same, with results as stated ; thus a great deal of water was apparently wasted and force expended. Other complaints were made and a great amount of fault-liuding existed. The commission labored hard to ascertain whether the chief was cool or crazy, as nearly every witness was questioned on that point. He accepted the responsibilities and asked no one to share the burden or odium cast on the management and results of that memorable fire ; and when he could come out of a fire of that kind and character with the full endorsement, without an exception, of the entire force assembled, which represented not only Boston's but nearly fifty other departments, who declared by resolutions, in language not to be misunderstood, that the Chief Engineer proved himself equal to the emergency, and therefore commanded their highest admiration and respect; and when he had the personal endorsement of His Honor, Mayor Gaston, who was in a position to know whereof he spoke, and the endorsement of the Committee on Fire Department, and a complete vindication by an almost unanimous vote of the City Council, which re-elected him chief of the department, it would seem nothing more need be said. ADVERTISEMENTS. C A. DODGE. 141 C. L. WILLIAMS. C. A. DODGE & CO., Successors to VINAL & DODGE. Masons -i- and * Builders, DEALERS IN BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, SAND AND HAIR. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, No. 166 Devonshire Street, Wharf: 244 A STREET. B05T0M. TELEPHONE, 3816 BOSTON. Chas. J. riansfield, PLGABER, Public Buildings and Private Dwellings Fitted up in the most approved manner. DRAINAGE. VENTILATION. 1114 Washington St., Near Dover St. BOSTON, MKSS. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. Marble and Enainel Mosaic Co. [Incorporated according to Laws of State of N. V., Mar. 6, 1893.] MANUFACTURERS OF ^ Roman and Venetian riarble Hosaics . . . QRANITTO AND TERAZZO PAVEHENTS, 65 BEVERLY ST.. Boston, Mass. NEW YORK OFFICE, 235 W. 29th ST. PHILA. BRANCH OFFICES, 1908 10-1 2 N. 5th ST. ROBERT W. IRWIN, Manager. GIUSEPPE IJE PAOLI, Supt. THE PROLIFIC SOURCES OF OUR GREAT CITY FIRES. (The fdUoicing article, wlticli is tni iible jiresentatio/i of a subject which is of the greatest import- ance and concern to propertij oirners at the present time, n-as a-ritfen by Mr. John S. Damrel!, who ivas for screral years at the head of the Boston Fire Department and later chief of the Boston Depjartment for the Inspection of Buildinrjs, in both of ichich jiositions he has had an opportuniti/ of studying the subject most earefnUy. The article is taken from the SPECTATOR, of April 15, 1S93.) ROM the (lawn of civilization history is filled with accounts of tlie devastation wliich has been wrought in the towns and cities of nearly every countrj' in the world by fire. Few cities have escaped its ravages on a large scale, always involving fearful destruction of jirojjerty, and often of valuable lives. How to keep within bounds this most useful servant of man ; and how to jirevent, hold in check, and subdue it when it takes on the form of a destructive conflagration, liave occupied the most earnest attention of thoughtful and learned men in all ages. Tlie ideas of fire prevention by means of fire-resisting construction, and of fire extin- guishment when conflagration occurred, are, therefore, by no means new ones ; but have been realized and acted upon for ages, the best mechanical and engineering talent being invoked for both purposes, and with such goc^d results in some cities of the old world tliat we rai'ely or never read of extensive conflagrations in them. With these facts in mind, is it not natural to ask if it be not ])ossible at this time, in our own country, to protect the large cities, or the districts in them which are closely built and filled with combustilile materials, from the wholesale devastations by fire wliich Ave have witnessed in them within the jiast twenty-five years ? To say that it is not, Avoiild, in my opinion, be a libel upon the genius and intelligence of our age. Tn considering this problem we sliould carefully weigh the causes which liave led up to the disasters in our national experience. It is a fact in jihysics that no substance in nature is absolutely incombustible, though many are relatively so, and that nothing will burn until heated to a tenijierature at whicli it will combine witli oxygen ; and, further, that all solids can be so heated. It. then, niaiidy resolves itself into a question of protection of building materials by fire-resisting substances in order to prevent them from reaching the point of combustion. AVhat is now recognized as fire-proof construction wordd be but little injured by fire or water so jjrotected, while without such protection it would, wlien subject to great heat, inevitably become a heap of smouldering ruins. Experience has dictated that all building material.s should receive fair and just consideration witli reference to their position in the structure and their exposure to heat and the contact of water. Wisiloiu, economj", and jiublic safety demand tliat ADVERTISEMENTS. 143 W. J. FITZPATRICK, D I'RACTICAL Plumber, No. 32 PEMBERTON SQ. Tel. I 104 Haymarket. BOSTON, Orders Promptly Attended To. HOTEL. OXFORD, European Plan. HUNTINGTON AVENUE. EXETER CHAMBERS, American Plan EXETER STREET. SARGENT & CUNNINGHAM, Props. U^"The Haynes, »» SPRINQFIELD, » MAgg I. F. TARBOX, * . . BUILDER . . 68 Cedar Street, Maiden, Mass. -AND- 17 Otis Street, Boston, Mass. Box 23. 144 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON's BITILPING. this knowledge be utilized, and made tlie basis of building construction in the future. Have these terrible lessons not sunk dee]) enough to awaken attention to the perils of ill- constructed cities; or shall we still risk the melting away in smoke of millions upon millions more of accumulated wealth, liefore we come to a realizing sense of dangers of that false economy so rutlilessly jjursued in the building construction of our American cities '/ The rapid and alarming growth and fre(piency of these great fires in our cities necessitate the most stringent regulations as to the safety of life and property in them. Cities that have, up to the present, enjoyed immunity from great conflagrations can only regard it at the present time as a providential dispensation, and not because avarice and ignorance have not held sway and dictated the dangerous construction which prevails in them. If these terrible devastations will awaken our large communities to the perils in which personal ambition, in its mad rush and greed for wealth, has placed them, and these ^jractices are now made to halt, then the terrible losses to which the country has been subjected may, in the end, prove to be of substantial value. The protection of the materials used in building construction is essential to prevent the reaching of the danger point for combustion in case of tire. Properly applied, fire-proof construction Avould be little injured by the action of fire or water. Observation and experience have alike demonstrated that, witliout this protection, the so-called fire-proof structures are usually totally destroyed. All materials, then, which enter into the construction of city buildings, should receive a fair and just consideration as to position, with regard to their liability to contact with heat or water in case of fire. Let me say, just here, that in order to place the i-esponsibility for the calamities by fire constantly overtaking our principal cities where it belongs, the public should not lose sight of the cause that jiroduces the danger and which confronts and surrounds them in tlie combustible character of tlieir buildings, as well as the combustible contents stored in the so-called fire-proof buildings ; as well, also, as those that claim no such distinction, and which line the principal thoroughfares of our cities. Buildings which, with their contents, would seem to be systematically arranged for the rapid spread of eonfiagrations — though, of course, such is not the intention — abound everywhere. Now, if the owners, both of buildings and mercliandise, were forced to bear a large proportion of the losses occasioned by fire occurring on their premises, it would be a just punishment for the false economy jiracticed by them in the erection and maintenance of such inflammable structures. But, unfortunately, a fire loss may in some cases prove to be gain to unscrupulous men; l)ut as such losses are borne by the community — who are seemingly willing victims of unscrupulous methods — it only remains for the community to protect themselves against such wicked ])ractices, or against the results of carelessness and l)ad methods (.)f protection against fire. Will not thinking men, through the medium of the press (which to-day largely moulds public sentiment), demand a radical change and reform along these lines; or will they pass it by with a momentary spasm of horror, and allow, witliout restrictive rebuke, the prevailing desire for cheap and showy construction, to the sacrifice of strength, security and durability, and withal a standing menace to the public safety? Statistics, carefully and accurately compiled, fully Avarraut the statement that the best investment which could be made bv our hirii'i' American cities would be to construct their ADVEKTTSEMEXTS. 145 F.BOUSQUET&CO. JOSHUA SEARS, Masons and Builders, Interior Decorator Tile Settiij?, pire places aqd and Mural Painter. (grates, also propt U/orH. Designs and Estimates Furnished for ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. DWELLINGS, CHURCHES, THEATRES, SC. 17 OTIS STREET, BOSTON. No. irS TREMONT ST., Residence, 23 Windom St., Allston. Telephone 2290. — Rn^N-pON Clark's Hotel fa EUROPEAN PLAN. Washington and Avery Streets, BOSTON, MASS, M. C. CLARK, Proprietor. 14G A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn's BUII-DINCJ. business districts after fires bj- rebuilding them upon approved tire-proof principles, limiting the floor space of all construction to five thousand feet in area, and height of building not to exceed eighty feet, except upon streets in excess of eighty feet in width. If the builders in these cities were compelled by law within the next decade to comply with requirements like these, they would realize upon the outlay a dividend of at least ten per cent. ; and in the follow- ing two decades the entire cost of the outlay, with a like amount of interest, would be realized. This estimate, I may say, is Viased upon the compiled fire losses of the last two decades in our jirincipal cities. If we add to this the cost of insurance and the maintenance of fire departments, the result wouhl be still more emphatically in favor of the change suggested, to say nothing of the security and relief that would accrue to the entire community, in addition to a decided improvement in their architecture. The radical suggestion looking to changes of this character might to some minds seem absurd, but after a careful study of all the facts connected with this matter, this skepticism wonld vanish as the dew before the morning sun. But even with such a change, new problems would still douljtless arise which would demand thoughtful study by those thoroughly qualified to apply the science of chemistry as well as that of mechanics, to reach a solution. But as this would be in the line of true progress, 'and would insure still greater stability of construction and consequent immunity from fire, it would be all the better. In the annual conventions of the fire chiefs of our country the consideration of fire prevention lias occupied a prominent place in their debates, and their united experience found expression as follows: '-That notwithstanding their magnificent equipment with the best and most approved machinery thoroughly adapted to fire extinguishment, manned and manipulated by trained men drilled in fire tactics, and officered by men of experience and judgment, yet, by reason of the structural condition of our American cities, their aggressive work was neutralized, and tlieir efforts set at defiance in the accomplishment of successful work." This is an alarm, sounded by tlie best authority — a national convention of experts, men appointed and trusted with all the community holds sacred, i. e., human life and property, and under circumstances when the coolest and most calculating minds are brought into action. Our fire departments as now organized, witli few exceptions, are the pride and glory of our municipalities. They are excellent as far as they go, but they do not go far enough. Connected with them should be an auxiliary force — a power to be brouglit into requisition when the emergency demands it — i. e., a volume of water in excess of anything that our present organized fire departments can supply. This can be secured by power and pumps in seaport cities, by taking their supply from tide water. This would demand a pipe system for fire service in mercantile, warehouse and manufacturing sections of cities that would stand a sufficient pressure to the square inch, ami throw a volume of water from three to six inches in diameter — a solid body of water eighty to one hundred feet. Connected with these should be stand-pipes and horizontal pipes that would form the bed-mould of every cornice; these pipes perforated so as to afford on the front and rear of all buildings on the line of the thoroughfares in the district designated a kind of portable water wall, which would afford protection against the spread of fire originating from temperatures occasioned by even large bodies of fire. This protection, as an auxiliary to the fire departments, would, in my opinion, secure much greater Fire Insurance Solicited. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 147 First Mortgages on Real Estate Placed. John Mattson, DEALER IN . . REAL ESTATE, 28 SCHOOL STREET, Room 69, BOSTON, MASS. The jyj^or^g Boston Heater W^ A. SANBORN, FOIt WARM AIU ONLY, and tliL- MA- UKK COM H [!N A- TIONHKATEKhere shown (for warm air and Hot Water) . each reccncH Tlie Hiirhest Awartl at World's Fair, (junraiiteed to L^ive peri'i.-ct SMtislaciion in every particular if properly arranged and used. May wo send jou a Oescriptivp CirVu- lar with Keferenccs THE IDEAL METHOD OF HEATING as employed by llie Hot Water Combination Magee Furnace Company, 32-38 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Hanufacturer of and Dealer in ... . Face and Common . Brick. BOX 221, No. 166 Devonshire St., Boston. At Devonshire St., bet. i2 and 2 Wednesdays and Saturdays. YARDS AT MYSTIC AV., SOnERVILLE, AND EXETER, N. H. P. O. Address, 60 Chauiicey Avenue. 148 A HALF CKXTrRY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. immuuity from the disasters that we have heretofore experienced than any other system of protection that I know of. Panics and premiums go hand in hand. Insnrance organizations seem to forget that the best armies that were ever organized and equipped have met their Waterhw sooner or later. Even so to-day the fire organizations of New York and Chicago, claimed as they are by enthusiasts to be invincible, may in the near future be suVijected to the same criticisms, and in turn furnish food for insurance panic-makers that ours have so lately experienced. Insurance is so identified with business methods as to form the completing link in all commercial transactions, and is so thoroughly interwoven with business security and success that separation is impossible; therefore, any questionable practice on the ])art of those having control of the system woulil bring the whole commercial business practice of the country into disrei^ute, and affect the entire people of the nation. Those who would practice methods which are not in keeping with equity or the strictest integrity, should be held responsible to the ijeojile who furnish the capital to cover losses by fire and the casualties incident thereto. Insurance companies are in a manner the servants of the people, and as such are allowed fees as compensation. The people trust them to regulate this special work and protect their interests through legislative enactment, and special insurance regulations based thereon, and have the right to hold them to the strictest account for unprincipled methods in dealing with matters of insurance. If avarice or greed stimulates insurance agents to furnish unprincijded men with insurance in excess of values actually possessed, and receive premiums on i>roperty that does not exist, and by such methods hold out temptation to increase private gains to the detriment of the people, such methods should not only be condemned, but punished, as they tend to encourage indifference and criminal negligence, and to place a premium on wrong-doing. No policy should be issued on buildings or contents by any insurance company in excess of two-thirds of the actual cash value of the same, so that the i>eoi)le be not held liable to pay in excess of two-thirds the actual loss. This rule should be aj'idied where fires originate within the building. No building, or contents stored therein, erected after a certain date, should be insured unless the applicant for insurance presents a certificate, signed by an officer authorized by law to issue the same, that the said Imilding in its construction conforms to the requirement of laws which regulate the external and internal construction of the same. As a summary of facts : Our present methods of utilizing materials in building con.struction are radically wrong. A proper desire for immunity from fire demands that they be abandoned. Iron girders, supported by iron columns, brick arches covered with concrete, with iron truss roof, should not be accepted as fire-proof construction. These are important and underlying truths. In building construction in cities, as now practiced, the architect gives too much attention to external effect, and to the convenience for business in internal construction, and therefore has to adjust his design and construction as near as possible to the laws of meciiaiiics on this line. The cpiestion of protection against assault by fire from without and within seems to have little or no influence upon either the mind of the architect or that of his client. Are we not thus led to believe that they are influenced in their methods of construction Viy the easy system of shifting the burdens of risk for a small consideration onto insurance companies '.' A more ingenious method for quick and complete destruction by fire could not be devised than the general one now practiced in our cities, in ADVERTISEMEXTS. 14<) RP„„^.§y„?El?§.:. Plurnbiog, Gas Fitting and Furnace Work. HOT WATER HEATING FOR DWELLINGS. AGENTS FOR QLENWOOD RANGES and FURNACES. Having special facilities for remodeling old work, and substituting improved open plumbing, we can give extremely low prices on this class of work, as well as on new plumbing of every description. Estimates cheerfully furnished. 45 . GREEN . STREET, Opposite Rockview St., -SPECIALTY ... Jobbing promptly attended to. JAMAICA PLAIN. 150 A HALF (JKNTITRY OF KOSTdN's . liUILriIN<;. what are rated as second-class buildings, the constrnction in wliicli forms admiralile flues that serve as race-conrses for the fire from cellar to attic; hollow jiartitious; in fact, a complete wooden structure upon the inside of brick, stone or iron external construction. Then with such structures filled with infianiniable merchandise, the interior rendered still more highly combustible by the painter and decorator, and what have we on hand? A simple pile of highly ignitable materials. Then by the merest accident a fire in any part of the Vniilding at once tiirns it into a blast furnace. Extensive conflagrations are burdens that an intelligent community ought not to endure, as the power is with them to prevent their occurrence, and thus to remedy the evil. They have proved an almost unbearable burden, and when it is reflected that at least fifty per cent, of this total destruction could have been saved by apjilying jjrojier building methods, it would seem that the application of the knowledge purchased by such costly experience should be no longer delayed, but be promptly applied to the end of all human wisdom and philosophy — the greatest good of the greatest number. ADVERTISEMENTS. 151 J. E. CHRISTEN, Successor to LOUIS CHRISTEN,. Agent for the Germania Fire Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK. General Insurance Broker. 40 MONTGOMERY ST., BOSTON. OFFICE HOURS From 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. and Evenings. ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. The Long-Continued Confidence /~\F leading business men in any under- taking is proof of merit in tliat undertaking. Is it not? Fifty=seven of the leading firms in this country dealing in Building Supplies have advertised for more than Ten Years with- out interruption, in tlie .,_ American Architect, while seven of them have advertised dur- ing more than Eighteen Years. Is not their example worthy of your following.'' [For Advertising rates, address] AMERICAN ARCHITECT & BUILDING NEWS CO., 211 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. The American Architect, [founded in 1876J is published every Saturday at 21 1 Tremont St., Boston, Subscription : Regular edition, $6.00 ; Imperial edition, $10. co; International edition, $25.00 per year. FRANKLIN SMITH, Prest. and Treas. ELMER F. SMITH, Secy. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOClATtON, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET. HOURS, 1 1.30 TO 1.30. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE Buildiosf Jroo WorK, POUAIDRY & A\ACHINE SHOP, Gerard, Farpbarn apd Reading Streets, . . . BOSTON . . . RELATION OF CONSTRUCTION TO FIRE INSURANCE. BY F. C. MOOKE. PKESIDEXT CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE '• SPECTATOR '" OF APRIL 15. 1893. HERE is probably no suliject connected with insurance as to •vvliicL there is so much misapprehension, not only on the part of the public, but on the part of manj- underwriters as well, as the subject indicated by the above caption. The public generally suppose that all of the money recovered from underwriters to reimburse the owners of destroyed property is so much clear gain, and few among those who pay premiums, or among the smaller number who collect loss claims, realize that insurance companies are simply tax collectors, who distribute a burden instead of lifting it. Man}- underwriters, on the other hand, entertain the selfish and short-sighted idea that it is their duty simply to take the risk as they find it, charging a rate which shall measure the probabilities of loss, with a margin for expenses and profit, and that insurance companies have nothing whatever to do either with prevention, construction or extinction. If all risks were detaclied, and the burning of one did not iiecessarilj- involve the destruction of a second and third or larger number of buildings, this theory, from a strictly business standijoint, might be true. It would be a comparatively easy task for an underwriter of ordinary arithmetical education and ability to compute the proper premium which should measure conditions as he finds them ; but it will be conceded by every underwriter of experience that no one in the business, to-day, is capable of ciphering upon the conflagration hazard of cities, and that no premium hitherto obtained, or that maj- be regarded as collectible in the future, judging from the past, will measure the cost of taking risks as he finds them, without reference to the probable areas of a fire, in the cities and towns throughout the country, to which insurance companies must always look for the bulk of their premiums. Without any science or ai-ithmetic whatever, some of the companies who staggered under the fires of Chicago and Boston had accumulated surpluses, after years of effort, which proved sufficient to meet the claims of those disastrous conflagrations ; but a round hundred were found helpless when the census of survivors was published in 1873. Those who succeeded in weathering the storm lost, some of them, amounts equal to four times their capital, and the balance sheet of the trade profit account demonstrated clearly that the ]iioper construction of buildings in the compact portion of cities is of vital importance to the underwriter, who, unable to take the risk as he finds it, must, if he be wise, in a sufficient number of instances to deprive him of a large amount of premium, be compelled to leave the risk as he finds it. Even in the case of detached risks, however — dwelling-houses, churches, school-houses, farm property, etc. — the underwriter will be wise if he suggests methods of construction which will tend to make losses partial instead of total. At prevailing and obtainable rates, if 'K'' ADVERTISEMEXTS. EleKtrop rMf%, Co. ELEVATORS, DIRECT ELECTRIC 153 WORKS: Springfield, Mass. ELECTRIC PUnPING Electric Dumb Waiters.- Push Button Control. Telephone, BostOD, "SS90. 103 rillk StrCCt, BoStOfl. FROST BROS., A. G. ROCKWOOD, Real Estate (SUCCESSOR TO HAWTHORNE 4 SON,) PLUMBER, and riortgages, 35 1-2 PROVINCE STREET, We are constantly building new houses and developing new tracts of land .... BOSTON. TELEPHONE 1918. 31 MILK STREET, . . . BOSTON. UNION WOOD WORKING MILLS. G. T. BURNHAM, Czirpcpter, . Builder . 2^pd . Coptrzictor, STORE FITTINGS, COUNTERS AND DESKS MADE TO ORDER. V© Be-verl^r Street, _ _ _ Boston. 154 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOx's BUIMIIXC. exceeding forty per cent, of fires result in total losses, there will Ite no profit in the business. It is a lamentable fact that simple prerantions, involving slight expenditures of money, are sufficient in the majority of cases to prevent fires from reaching the point of totality, and this being a fact (and it can easily be demonstrated to be a fact) it ought to require no argument that it is in the direct interest of insurance companies to cut down the percentage of total destruction even if they claim that it is not to their interest to ])revent fires ; for it may well be doubted if rates can ever be materially increased to a point which will make it possible for companies to collect a sufficient premium to pay an undue number of total losses out of every thousand risks in force. The kiuiwledge as to the percentage of total burning, which it is so essential for the underwriter to possess in order to fix his rate, can never be brought home to the average ])roperty-owner, whose conception as to tlie freipiency or iufrequency of fires is based upon his own limited observation of risks within the radius of his vision. It, therefore, behooves the underwriter to do something in the way of reducing the number of total fires, and also in the way of confining fires to the buildings in which they start, if not to the floors on which they originate. He may find as much profit by a reduction of losses as by an increase of premium, and the jiroce.ss will be attended with less friction between himself and his client in the conduct of his business. Any underwriter can determine from his own books the truth of the assertion that one-tenth of the amount of money which he pays out annually for fires which are not confined to single buildings would yield him a fair })rofit. He will discover that twenty -two per cent, of his losses are caused by exposures. If the rules of construction which he inculates result in confining fires to the floors on which they start, even in three cases out of ten, he will again make a reasonable profit by a reduced loss ratio as compared with that whicli he has heretofore been paying. He will discover that sixteen per cent, of his losses are due, in the judgment of those who adjust them, to defective flues, and that a like percentage of those fires the cause of winch is reported as unknown (about thirty-five per cent.) and also of the twenty-two per cent, wliich originate outside of his own btiilding, may well be attril)uted to this same cause. If. therefore, he can suggest precautions in the construction of flues which will reduce this large drain upon his resources, he will secure in this direction alone a fair return upon his cajjital. If he argues, selfishly, that a reduction of losses will result eventually in a reduction of rates and, in the absence of rules as to co-insurance, in a reduction in the amount insured, and that, therefore, he ought not to do anything to reduce losses, he will argue unwisely, because, no matter what be the reduction in the loss ratio, there will always be found a sufficient apijrehension of danger on the part of the average owner, sui>pleniented by tlie apprehension of danger on the part of the mortgagee, who has a contingent interest in the building, to make certain that a reasonable premium will be paid. Moreover, he will lose sight of the fact that the general prosperity of the country resulting from the steady accumulation of capital left free for new enterprises will further help his trade profit account, not merely on the premium side, but on the loss side, in a reduction of moral hazard. AVherever a building is destroyed the premiums which would have been received upon it are lost, and even if the building be rejilaced by the money received from the insurance comjjany and that reijuired for the excess of value above insurance subscribed bj- the property-owner, the vacuum caused by the fire is simply filled by drawing upon money which is thus diverted from AUVEKTISEMEXTS. 155 156 A HALF CENTURY OF HOSTON's BUILI>IN(i. further enterprise and new buildings. It maj' safely V)e said that in every year, especially in those years in which expensive conflagrations occur, enterprising men of tlie character who make two blades of grass grow where one grew before, are crippled for life and made helpless for the want of capital which has been dissipated in smoke and ashes. It is seldom that the average reimlnirsement by insurance companies in conflagrations exceeds sixty per cent, of the destruction. Under present conditions of business, men operate largely upon credit, and their own interest in property destroyed is frequently the uninsured interest. The amount recovered from the insurance companies, therefore, goes to pay their debts and leaves them, in too many instances, penniless. It may safely be said that every active, enterprising man who would, if continued in business, be a producer is, if driven out of business, a dead loss to the underwriting interests of the country. Those interests depend more largely upon the general prosperity of the country than any other. It ought not to require argument to demonstrate that the interests of society are community interests; that all members of society, whatever be their calling, should conduct their business with reference to the good of all and in line and harmony with the common welfare. The man who, in the days of the war, furnished the government a shoddy overcoat or a jiaper-soled shoe was scarcely more a traitor to the Republic than the man who cheats his fellows in the same articles to-day. The carpenter or builder who violates the rules of safe construction ami conceals his false workmanship commits a crime against the community, but is not more guilty or culpable than the underwriter who conceals the knowledge gained liy him in his business and contents himself with quietly charging a rate of premium which shall inflict upon careful and honest construction the burden of paying for "skin" building. There can be no (question that if there had been nc> insurance companies in existence during the last century the construction of cities would be more substantial and fire-resisting than at present. Merchants and property-owners generally would have been compelled to take precautious against fire which they have found it more protitable to neglect, because of the cheapness with which they can purchase indemnity. This statement does not ignore the tact that the business of fire insurance is absolutely indispensaVile, with all its faults, to the prosperity of the country, but it deals squarely and frankly with the fact that while insurance has been a necessity and always will be a necessity to all other enterprises, it will never be found in line with its whole duty to the community until it points out the faults of bad construction and, by charging for them, places the proper penalty upon them, and at the same time recognizes, in lower pirices, the merits of those property-owners who build with reference to well-known laws of safety. To conduct the business of insurance in such manner as to mislead the public by extending protection ami immunity to improper construction at the same average price as to buildings of proper character is to make it a business of wreckers, showing false lights on a dangerous coast. There can be no question that the proper conduct of the business of fire insurance by rate tariffs which discriminate as to safe and unsafe construction, recognizing each feature, would be in line witli the interests of all other callings, and would result in such improvements in building methods as would, in time, make such conflagrations as those of Chicago and Boston impossible. The rules of safe construction, from a fire insurance standpoint, are exceedingly simple. ADVURTISEMEXTS. 157 CHARLES LEMMLER, Carpenter and Builder, Residence and Shop, Washington St., near Beach, ROSLINDALE. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. E.W.BAILEY SCO, Doors, WipcIoWS anoors, Window Frames, Oraners, Packinar Boxes, etc. Planing, Sawing, Turning, Fret Sawing, etc. Carving and Pattern Making. Partic- ular attention paid to fitting up Banks, Banking Houses, Offices, Stores, Saloons, etc. Designs and Estimates Fur- nished. Scenic and Theatrical WOOD WORK A Specialty. Originator and Builder of the Famous Boston Ideal BOWLING ALLEYS, TRADE MARK. KefercDCes : Oxford Club, Lynn; Clark's Hotel, Bos- ton; Duffy & McCarthy, Boston ; Norfolk Cycle Club, South Weymouth ; Central Club, Somerville. Junction Maiden and Wareham Streets, South End, BOSTON, MASS. JOHN F. DONLAN, Sanitary ->:: plumber, DRAINAGE and VENTILATION. Hotel Berlsele3r, Corner Boylston and Berkeley Sts. BOSTON. ESTIMATES guPMioLj-rr. ^ REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 160 A HALF f'EXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINO. ~ As if tliis were not sufficient, it is further provided (viJe Sect. 505), that the department of buihlings is authorized to remit any fine or penalty which any person may have incurred, even after such fine or penalty shall have Ijeen imposed by a regularly established court of justice. What wonder is it that under such laws '-skin" builders, even in the metropolis of this unhappy country, disregard simple rules of safety and erect structures intended as habitations, by night and day, for their fellow-creatures that are worse fire-traps than are to be found in Japan, well knowing that even if the destruction by fire does not conceal their crime, they will be permitted under the statute to go scot free? What wonder is it that buildings are being daily erected in Xew York whose flues are covered with wooden furring and plastering in direct violation of the law, and that in one instance it was discovered, in a pretentions office building on Wall Street, that the only front wall of a chimney breast was the wooden lath and plaster — a fact which was fortunately discovered in time to prevent the destruction of the building ? What wonder is it that under a law which provides that every flue shall be lined either with cast-iron or burned clay pipe one joint of such pipe is dexterously manipulated so as to be shifted through successive lengths of the flue in process of construction, and finally lifted out at the top, or else left at that point to deceive those underwriters or building department inspectors who examine (if perchance there be any) to see that the law is complied with ? ADVERTISEMENTS. 161 W. J. SULLIVAN, Cut . Freestone . Contractor, DEALER JN ALL KINDS OF Freestone, Lirpestope aipd A\2irble. DIAMOND STONE SAWING MILL . . . AND STEAM WORKS , . . Cor. of Swett and Island Sts. and Massachusetts Ave. OFFICE, 123 SWETT STREET. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOX 329, - BOSTON, MASS. BUILDING LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE City of Boston. HE following is a cumi>lete and lately revised digest of the statutes and iirdinances relating to the construction, maintenance and inspection of buildings in the city of Boston. CHAPTER 419 OF 1892. CREATION OF DEPARTMENT. Section 1. Tliere shall lie in the city of Boston a department, to be called the inspection of buildings department, which shall lie furnished, at the expense of the city, with office room and such supplies for the transaction of its business as the city council may provide. The compensation of its officers shall be provided for by said city by ordinance.* CHIEF OFFII'EU OF THE DEPARTMENT. Hect. 2. The chief officer of said department shall be called tlie inspector of buildings and shall be either an architect, builder, or civil engineer, and shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the board of aldermen. He shall hold office for the term of three years or until his successor shall be appointed and confirmed, but may be removed by the mayor for malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty. OTHER OFFICERS. Sect. o. The other officers of said dejiartment shall consist of a clerk and such number of assistant inspectors and civil engineers as the city council may from time to time by ordinance determine. All of said officers shall be appointed by the inspector, with the apjiroval of the mayor, and shall hold office during good behavior: but may be removed by the insiieetor, with the approval of the nuiyor, for malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty. .Sect. 4. Xone of the aforesaid officers of the department shall be employed or engaged in any other business, or be interested in any contract for building, or for furnishing materials to be used for building, in the city of Boston. CLERK OF DEPARTMENT. Sect. 5. In case of the temporary absence or disability of the inspector, he may appoint one of the assistant inspectors as his deputy, and such deputy shall, during such absence or disability, exercise all the powers of the inspector. The clerk of the department shall, under the direction of the inspector, have supervision and direction of the other officers and employees of said department. •^^ Section 1. Chapter 4«, 1894. ADVEETISEMEXTS. 163 ^Ai.k NO well appointed house Is complete without having the ^ Blount Boor Cbcck d Sprino. l WRITE ^ ■fiifl^JP FOR BOOK. ► Many thousands in use ^ ...in the principal cities k of the United States^ New England Agents, ^ A.J.WILKINSON &Co{ 4 180, 184, 188 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. ^ GEO. A. CAHILL BUILDER ROOM 6, WOOLSEY BLOCK, JAMAICA PLAIN. Residence. 14 Newbern St. Richard P. Slatterj & Co. PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS, No. rs ESSEX STREET, BOSTON. Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. TELEPHONE NO. 1599. 164 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. Dl'TIES OF THE DErAKTMENT. Sect. G. The in.'^peetor shall keep a record of the business of said department, suV)mit to the city council a yearly report of such business, ascertain all facts and make all returns required by law relative to steam-boilers, and enter, if necessary, upon the jiremises wherein any fire has occurred, in order to investigate the origin of the fire. He may require plans and specifications of any proposed erections or alterations of buildings, to be filed with him, and shall grant permits for such erections or alterations when in conformity with the requirements of this act. Sect. 7. The inspector or his assistants shall examine all buildings in the course of erection or alteration, as often as practicable, and make a record of all violations of this act, with the street and number where such violations are found, with names of the owner, architect, and master mechanics, and all other matters relative thereto. Sect. S. The inspector or his assistants shall examine all buildings reported dangerous or damaged by fire or accident, and make a record of such examinations, stating the nature and amount of such damage, the name of the street and number of the building, with names of the owner and occupant, and the purpose for which it is occupied, and in case of fire the probable origin thereof; shall examine all buildings for which applications have been made for permits to raise, enlarge, alter, build ujion, or tear down, and make a record of such examination. The records required by this section shall always he open to the inspection of the engineers of the fire department or any officer of the city, and of any other parties the value of whose property may be affected i)y the matters to which such records relate. Sei't. 9. The assistant inspectors of buildings shall attend all fires occurring in the districts to whii-h they are respectively assigned; shall rejiort to the chief or assistant engineer of the fire department, and present all information they may have relative to the construction and condition of the premises on fire, and of the adjoining buildings. Sect. 10. It shall be the duty of the engineers, upon the request of the inspector or of the board of appeal hereinafter provided, to make all necessary computations as to the strength of materials, and to furnish expert assistance with regard to the mode of construction of any building subject to the provisions of this act. PLANS AND SPECIFICATrilNS. Sect. 11. The inspector shall not give a permit for the erection of any building until he has carefully iiispecterl the plans and specifications thereof, ascertained tiiat the building has sufficient strength, and that the means of ingress and egress are sufficient. A copy of the plans and sjiecifications of every public building shall be deposited in the oflice of the inspector. The inspector may require any applicant for a permit to give notice of the application to any persons whose interests may be affected by the proposed work. BOAKD OF APPEAL. Sect. 12. There shall be in said Boston a board, to be called the board of appeal from the inspector of buildings, which board shall consist of three members, to be appointed as follows : One person, who shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, and who shall hold his office for three years from the date of his appointment. ADVERTISEMENTS. 365 American Radiator Company, Largest Radiator Manufacturers in the World . Our goods are in nearly every prominent building in the United States of recent construction. Boston Office, 44 Oliver Street. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, CHICAGO, ILL. BRANCHES : New York, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Denver, Minne- apolis, and London, En^. E W. CLARK & CO. Masons and Builders, 714 Carter Building, 7 WATER STREET, BOSTON. John H. Kellar, BUILDER, 704 TOPUFF STREET, DORCHESTER. BENJ. F.TRIPP, MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN. Pattern ^ and ^ Model « Maker, Patterns for all kinds of Building Work. Stairs a Specialty. 17 CHAR DON STREET. Near Revere House, Boston, Mass. 166 A JIALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. One ai-fliitect, who shall be appointed, with the approval of the mayor, by the Boston chapter of the American Society of Architects, such appointment being duly certified by the proper recording officer of said chajiter, rind who shall hold his office for two years from the date of his appointment. One master builder, who shall be appointed, with the approval of the mayor, by the Master Builders' Association, such appointment being duly certified by the proper recording officer of such association, and who shall hold his office for one year from the date of his appointment. The terms of the several members of said board shall be three years each, after the expiration of the first terms. Any member of said board may be removed by the mayor for malfeasance, incapacity, or neglect of duty. Each member of said board shall be paid by the city a compensation of five dollars for each hour of actual service, but not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum. The reasonable expenses of said board, including clerical assistance and office expenses if required, shall be paid by the city of Boston. No member of said board shall sit in a case in which he is interested, and in case of such disqualification, or of the necessary absence of any member, the two other members shall appoint a substitute. If two or" more members are so disqualified or absent, the inspector shall appoint one substitute, the appellant another, and the two so appointed shall, if necessary, appoint a third. Sect. 13. Any applicant for a permit from the inspector of buildings recpiired by this act, whose application has been refused, or any person who has been ordered by the inspector to incur any expense, may, within fifteen days after being notified of such refusal or order, appeal from the decision of the inspector by giving to the inspector notice in writing that he does so appeal. Any person, the value of whose property may be affected by work to be done under any permit granted by the inspector of buildings, may, within three days after the issuing of such permit, appeal by giving to the inspector notice in writing that he does so appeal. All cases in which appeals have been taken as above provided shall be referred to the board of appeal, and said board shall, after hearing, direct the inspector to issue his jjermit under such conditions, if any, as they may require, or to withhold the same. In such cases as are not provided for in this act, and in allowing the use of constructive materials not mentioned in this act, and only in such cases, the board of appeal may exercise discretionary powers. Whenever the inspector shall have rendered a decision involving the construction and effect of any portion of this act, auy citizen of Boston may obtain the opinion of the board of appeal as to the true construction of the language under which said decision was rendered, in the following manner: "Such citizen shall file with the board of appeal an application in writing for such opinion, setting forth the language concerning which an opinion is desired, and also a statement, if practicable, of the construction adopted by the inspector. Such application must be filed within ninety days of the date of the decision referred to. The board shall, after notice to the inspector and svu-h further notice an7>,'; //; Pminds jii:r S'jiuirr Lir/i. On Extreme Fibre, shearing along ^Irain. Compression Perpendic- ular to Grain. White pine and sprure "White oak Yellow pine (long-leav ToO 80 i.->ri loo loO 'd) 1.000 l."o0 250 250 Stresses due to transverse strains condiined with direct tension or compression, not to exceed extreme fibre stresses given alime. • Section 5, Cliapter H'-'; ISiU. ABVEKTISEMEXTS. 171 R. MOORE, R. WOODS. rioore & Woods, ROOFERS, Slate, Tin, Copper and r.nmpflsilion Roofs APPLIED A\D REPAIRED IN THE BEST MANNER. TIN ROOFS PAINTED. , No. 8 Province Court, - Boston. CHAS. J. LORD & CO. Builders, 124 PEMBROKE STREET, BOSTON. W. EMERY & COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Doors, Windows, Door and Window Frames, Blin«ls, Weights, Cor«Js, and Blind Trirpniings. 'ARRIED IN STOCK__. ^ PINE, VVHITEWOOD AND CYPRESS DOORS OAK FRONT DOORS, 11 n . . . CYPRESS FRONT DOORS. Odd Work of All Kinds. DOORS. VENEERED AND SOLID, MADE TO ORDER. 224 FRIEND STREET, . . . BOSTON, MASS. TELEPHONE NO. 1240, HAYMARKET. 172 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. £}i]flerfi<)ii. — Mriil iiliif! or EhiMiciti/. White piue Spruce Yellow pine (long-leiived) White oak 750,000 900,000 1,300,000 SOO.OOO Fi})' I'lisfs u-itli Flat Ends. The stresses given in the following table, in which L^ length of jiost, D^ least diameter of post, and 8 = stress per square inch. White Pine and Spruce. Long-leaved. Yellow Pine. While 0.ik. L. D. s. L. D. S. S. to 10. ... 10 " 35 .... 025 500 to 15 15 " 30 30 " 40 40 ■' 45 45 " 50 l.OOli .S75 750 (•.25 500 750 (;5o 35 " 45 ... . 45 '• 50.... 375 250 500 470 375 WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL. Stresses hi Pounds 2>er Square Inch. Extreme fil)re stress, rolled beams, and shapes 12,000 Tension , 12,000 Compression in flanges of built beams I 10,000 Shearing Direct bearing, including jiiiis :ind rivets . Bending on pins steel. 16,000 15,000 12,000 10,000 18,000 22,500 For columns and members acting as such, ten thousand for iron ami twelve thousand for steel, reduced for ratio of length of column to its least radius of gyration by approved modern formulas. Stresses due to transverse strains, combined witli direct tension or compression, not to exceed extreme fibre stress given above for rolled beams and shapes, or in case of Imilt members the abiive tensi,220 5.910 5,620 5,;!30 5.060 4.810 4.570 4.340 4,120 .3.910 7.350 1 1 G.970 1.2 .... (),59() 1.;; (;,220 1.4 1.5 l.G 17 ... 5,860 5,530 5.200 4.900 l.cS 1,9 2.0 2.1 4,620 4,350 4.100 3.870 ;!.650 2.4 3.440 3.250 3 710 510 .330 150 980 .820 .660 ,520 380 250 .3,720 3.540 :!.:;70 3.210 .•j.oc.o 2,920 2,780 2.660 2.540 2,430 3.080 2.910 2. 760 2.020 2,480 2.360 2.240 2.i;;o 2.030 1.940 Rectangular Column.s. Square Faced Bearings. 8.810 8,(;oo 8.380 8.140 7.910 7,670 7,430 7,190 (;.960 6.7.30 6.490 (i.270 0.O50 5,830 5.02(t 5.420 5.2.30 5.040 4.800 4.0.SO 4 520 4, .3.50 4,200 4.0.-)0 3,910 Rountd and Faced Bearings. 8,320 8.030 7,740 7,450 7,1(J0 (i,870 0,590 0.310 G.040 5,780 5.5;!0 5.280 5.050 4,8.30 4,620 4,410 4,220 4,040 3.870 ;!,700 3.510 3.390 3.250 3.120 2.990 STONEWORK. Sfressrs III Tuns nf Tiru Tli'insii iid I'liini'ls jior Symrrr Foof. First quality, di'cssed lieds and Iniilds. laid solid in cement niortiir. Round Bearings. 7,870 7,540 7,200 0,870 6,450 6,220 5,910 5,020 5,330 5,000 4,810 4,570 4,340 4,120 3,910 3.720 3,540 3,370 .3.210 .3.000 2.020 2.780 2,660 2.540 2.430 ADVERTISEMEXTS. 175 Elijah S. Cowles. Pres. Bhnj. W. Wells, Treas. Chas. Burgher, Sec'y and Supi. Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Co. Sucrf ssors to tlie Boston HiisincKs of thr Antoiiiatir Fire Alarm anil Ext, Co. (Lim.) ami the Initetl States Electric Fire SitrnnI I'o. Operating Automatic and . . ,_ Manual Fire Alarms. Central Station and Superintendent's Office, 111 MILK STREET. Treasurer's Office, 15 CENTRAL WHARF. Insurance Rates Reduced 10/?. APPROVED BY THE Boston Board of Fire Underwriters. PKdTKCTlXi 400 BlILDIXiS IN 1!OSTO\. W. W. DReyWEY, Builder, 49 HOWARD AVENUE, DORCHESTER. W. T. C. Macallen Co. MANUFACTURERS OF SOLID SHEET MICA Insulating Joints ELECTRIC RAILWAY MATERIAL. 416 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. The ^r.icalleii Iiisul.nting Joints have been approved and recommended by the Boards of Fire Underwriters throuyliout the country, and are recoijnized by the trade as the standard insuhuing joint. Telepbop? Boston 3645 ■ L MARTIN S CO, CARPENTERS »« BUILDERS, Office, Hathaway Building:, Room 93, 620 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BOX 754. Builders' and Contractors' Association. Jobbing: promptly attended to. 17() A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. Granite ............... 60 Marble and limestone ............. 40 Sandstone ............... 30 In cases where pnorer mortar is used, to avoid stain from cement, stresses to be less than aliove, and to be apjiroved b\' inspector. In ashlar-faced work no allowance over strength of brickwork is to be made for ashlar less than eiglit inches thick. For eight indies thick and over, the excess over four inches sliall be allowed. BKIc'KWOl.'K. Sfri'tisi>s IN Tons iif Tii-ii Tlioiixanil I'minds p^r S'jiifii'f Foof. First-class work, of hard-biirned bricks, and including piers in which height does not exceed six times the least dimensions, laid in — (, IS'.U. ADVERTISEMEXTS. 179 merchants',, Hotel, No. 13 CHANGE AVENUE, Between STATE STREET, and FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON. H. W. Cottle, Proprietor. L. FOSTER MORSE, KUCTIONEER, * Rczil . Estaite, INSURANCE. 56 Warren Street, BOSTON. A. A. ELSTON & CO. Contractors for Tearing Down and Removal of OLD BUILDINGS. Buildings Razed and Femoved in the Shortest Time. All Kinds uf BIII.UINU .M.iTERIAL Bought aud Solil. YARD AND STOREHOUSE, Broadway, Corner Sixth Street, CAMBRIDGE. Office, 166 Devonshire St., BOSTON. TELEPHONE, 120 SOMERVILLE. fome Buildings Torn Down by A. A. ELSTON & CO. Tremont House, Marlboro Hotel, Adams House, Eoylsion Market, Stock Exchange, Arlington Mills, Lawrence ; On site of new Court House, State House, Public Librarj-, .Ames Building, Fisk Building, Bell Telephone Building, Nites Building. I. SILBERSTEIN^ J. SHOOLMAN, Carpenters, Builders, AND CONTRACTORS. All Orders Promptly Attended To. Residence, 2 MILTON ST., BOSTON. 180 A HALF CEXTUKY OF ISOSTOx's BUILDIXG. effect, and any expense so incurred may be recovered Ijy the city from tlie owner of the defective structure. riLixc. Sect. 27. Where the nature of the ground requires it, all hiiildings shall be supjjorted on foundation piles, not more than tliree feet ajiart on centres in the direction of the wall, and the number, diameter, and bearing of such piles shall be sufficient to support the super- structure proposed. The walls of buildings over seventy feet in height shall rest, where the nature of the ground permits, upon at least three rows of piles, or an equivalent number of piles arranged in less than three rows. The inspector shall determine the grade at which the jiiles shall be cut. All piles shall be capped with block granite levellers, each leveller having a firm bearing on the jiile or piles it covers. The inspector may require any applicant for a permit to ascertain by boring the nature of the ground on which he proposes to build.* FOUXDATIOXS. Skct. 28. The walls and piers of every building shall have a foundation; the bearing of which shall be not less than four feet below any adjoining surface exposed to frost, and such foundation, with tlie superstructure which it sup[iorts, shall not overload the material on which it rests. t Sect. 2'.). The inspector of buildings shall designate in every permit for the erection of a new building, tlie lowest grade at which the cellar bottom of such building may be laid.t Sect. 30. Foundations shall be built of rubble, block granite, or brick, laid in mortar, as provided in sectioft nineteen. Foundation walls of rubble shall not be used in buildings over forty feet in lieight, except third-class Iniildings outside the limits. "Where rubble is used, two-thirds of the bulk of the wall shall be built of through stone, thoroughly bonded. No round or bowlder stime shall be used, and if tlie foundation is on piles, the lower course shall be of block stone not under sixteen inches high. Foundations of rublde shall be twenty-five ])er cent, thicker than is re(juired for granite foundations. Foundations of block granite shall be at least eight inches thicker than the walls next above them to a depth of twelve feet below the street grade; and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be increased four inches in thickness. Foundations of brick shall be at least twelve inches thick, and at least four inches thicker than the walls next alxive them to a depth of twelve feet below the street grade; and for every additional ten feet, or part thereof, deeper, they shall be increased four inclies in thickness. Foundations shall be thick enough to resist any lateral pressure, and the inspector may order an increase of thickness for that purpose. The footing shall be of stone or concrete, or both, ov of concrete and stepped-up brii-kwork, of sutficieiit thickness and area to safely liear the weight to be imposed thereon, and to properly distriliute such weiglit upon the surface on which it rests. If of concrete, the concrete shall not be less than twelve inches thick. If of stone, the stones shall not Ije less than sixteen inches in thickness, and at least twelve inches wider than the bottom width of the foundation walls, and at least twelve inches wider on all sides than the l)ottoiu width of any piers, columns, or posts resting upon them. All footing stones shall be well bedded, and laid crosswise, edge to edge. If stepped-u]i footings of brick are used in jilace of stone, above the concrete, the steps or « Chaiiter 44:'., Section 10, ISiU. t Chaiiter 44:;, Si-rtioii 11. 18(14. i Cliaptt-r 44:'.. Sectiuii iL'. 1S'.I4. ADVERTISKMENTS. 181 F. S. FROST. H. A. LAWRENCE. H. C. HARDXER, I1!.JL'SIlLJ:t^f^I1.5."^ Mathematical Instruments, COLORS, DRAWING PAPERS, BLUE PROCESS PAPERS, T-SQUARES, SCALES, CURVES, TRIANGLES, AND ALL KINDS OF ARCHITECTS" AND ENGINEERS' SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS' MATERIALS AND PICTURE FRAMES, FROST & ADAMS, 37 Cornhill, boston, mass. l.Ml'ORTKRS, WHOLESALE A>D KETAIL DEALERS. >>iv (Uitttlosuc Free on Applioation. W. F. FINNERAN, m Ventilation and Drainage of Buildings a Specialty, MORTON'S BLOCK, 15 Hyde Park Avenue, FOREST HILLS. All orders will receive prompt attention. PETER SCHNEIDER, Carpenter and Contractor, 16 EGLESTON STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN. BROWNVILLE, MONSON, PENN, RED, PURPLE, UNFADING GREEN AND SEA GREEN SLATES, ROOFING TIN, ZINC, SOLDER, NAILS, ELASTIC CEMENT, SNOW GUARDS, SHEET COPPER, ALL WEIGHTS & SIZES I DIMENSION COPPER FURNISHED AT SHORT NOTICE. West End Roofing Co. G. J. WILLIAMS, Propr. Roofing Contractors. Sealers in t^OOfePS' SUppliCS. 232 and 234 CAMBRIDGE STREET, Boston, A\2vss. ROOFING FELT, TARRED PAPER, ROSIN SIZED AND SHEATHING PAPERS, ROOFING PITCH, ROOFING GRAVEL, GRAVEL BAGS, ROOFERS' KETTLES, BUCKETS, LADLES, MOPS. SCRAPERS, BARS. 4C. 182 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON's BUII.IJIXC. offsets, if laid in single courses, shall each not exceed one and a half inches: or if laid in double courses, then each shall not exceed three inches. ( EI.LAKS. Sect. .'Jl. The cellar of every dwelling hereafter built on tilled or made land, or where the grade or nature of the ground requires, shall be sufficiently protected from water and damp by a bed at least two inches thick over the whole, of concrete, cement, and gravel, tar and gravel, or asphalt, or by bricks laid in cement. The space between any floor and the cellar bottom shall be Avell ventilated. No cellar or basement floor of any building shall be constructed below the grade of twelve feet above mean low water; provided, howerer, that the board of aldermen may, by license, subject to revocation by them at any time for sufficient reason of jiublic health, authorize cellar or basement floors to be constructed in buildings, no part of which is to be used as a dwelling, so much below said grade as they may designate in such license. All metal foixndations and all constructional ironwork under ground shall be protected from dampness by concrete, in addition to two coats of red lead, or other material approved by the inspector.* EXCAVATIOXS. Sect. .32. All excavations shall be so protected, by sheet i>iling if necessary, by the persons causing the same to be made, that the adjoining soil shall not cave in by reason of its own weight. It shall be the duty of the owner of every building to furnish, or cause to be furnished, such support that his building shall not be endangered by any excavation: provided, hdirever, that the owner of any building which is endangered by an excavation carried by an adjoining owner more than ten feet below the grade of the street, nmy recover the expense so caused of supporting such building from the jiarties causing such excavations to be made. All permanent excavations within the building limits shall be protected by retaining walls. In case of any failure to comply with the provisions of this section, the inspector may enter upon the jiremises and uuiy furnish such supjiort as the circumstances may require. Any expense so incurred iiuiy be recovered by tlie city from the parties required by law to furnish supp(.irt. in'AI.ITY OF KRICKWORK. Sect. 33. All brickwork shall be of merchantable, well-shaped bricks, well laid and beilded, and well-tilled joints, in mortar, as required by section nineteen, and well flushed up at every course with mortar. Bricks when laid shall be wet or dry, as the inspector may direct. Sect. 34. All walls of bi-ick, stone, or other similar material, shall be well built, jirojierly bonded and tied, ;ind laid with mortar, as rcipiired hy section nineteen. The inside four inches of any wall may, upon a speidal permit issued by the inspector, be built of hard- burnt, hollow, clay bricks, of (juality and dimensious satisfactory to the in.spector, and thoroughly tied and bonded into the wall. BOXDIXO CorRSES. Sect. '.)'■). Every ei:-;hth cnurse, at least, of a bri(d< wall shall be a heading or bonding course, except where walls are faced with face brick, in which case every eighth course shall be bonded with Flemish headers, or by cutting the corners of the face bricdc ami putting in diagonal lu'aders behind the same. * Clianter 44:'., Section 1:3, ism. JAMES SMITH, /T\aso9 . a^d . Builder, Box 233 Master Builders' Association, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 183 TEIyEPHO>E (W. ME«TO>) -231. P. 0. BOX 23S. Room 56, BOSTON, MASS. Residence, 2 Melville Ave., Dorchester. South End Mechanical Wood Works ^ C. E. CLARK, Qarpei^ter a^d Builder, 7S W. DEDHAM STREET, BOSTON, HENRY H. HUNT, Bailder and Gentractsr, Shop Near R. R. Crossing, WEST NEWTON, MASS. All Jobbing Promptly Attended To. BOSTON OFFICE, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET. ARTHUR W. SHEPHEARD, 206 SUMMER STREET, SOMEI^VILLE, MASS. 184 A HALF rEXTUP6Y OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. EXTERXAL VXD FAKTV WALLS OF BlMrK DWELLIXIi-IIOl'SES. Sect. .'iG. The exti'rnal and party walls above the foiiudation of dwelling-houses of the first or second class, hereafter built, not over twenty feet wide, or thirty-three feet high, or forty feet deep, shall be not less than eight inches thick. Such walls of dwellings of the first or second class hereafter built tliirty-three feet or over, but not over sixty feet high, shall be not less than twelve inches thick. Such walls of such dwellings sixty feet or over, but not over seventy feet high, shall be sixteen inches to the height of the top of the second floor, and twelve inches for the remaining height. Such walls of such dwellings seventy feet or over, but not over eighty feet high, -shall be twenty inches to the top of the second floor, sixteen inches to the top of the upper floor, and to within fifteen feet of the roof, and twelve inches the remaining height. Such walls of such dwellings of eighty feet or more in height shall have for the upper eighty feet the thickness required for biuldings between seventy and eighty feet in height, and every section of twenty-five feet or part thereof below such upper eighty feet shall have a thickness of four inches more than is recpiired for the section next above it. EXTERNAL AXD PARTY WALLS OF lUUlK BUILDIXCiS OTHER THAX U WELLINci-HOlSES. Sect. .37. The external and party walls above the foundation of every building of the first or second class hereafter built, other than dwellings, forty feet or less in height, shall be sixteen inches thick to the top of second floor, and twelve inches for the remaining height. Such walls of such buildings of forty feet or over, but not over sixty feet in height, twenty inches to the top of second floor, sixteen inches the remaining height. Such walls of such buildings of sixty feet or over, but not over eighty feet high, twenty-four inches to the top of the first floor, twenty inches to the toj) of the upper floor, and to within fifteen feet of the roof, and sixteen inches above. Such walls of such buildings of eighty feet or more in height shall have for the upper eighty feet the thickness required for Imildings between seventy and eighty feet in height, and every section of twenty-five feet or part thereof below such upper eighty feet shall have a thickness of four inches more ' than is re(|uired for the section next above it. vaulted WALLS. Sect. 38. Vaulted walls shall contain, exclusive of withes, the same amount of material as is recpiired for solid walls, and the walls on either side of the air space in a wall carrying a floor shall be not less than eiglit inches thick, and shall be securely tied together with ties not more than two feet apart.* Sect. 39. In reckoning the thickness of walls ashlar shall not be included unless it be at least eight inches thick. In walls required to be sixteen inches thick or over the full thickness of the ashlar shall be allowed; in walls less than sixteen inches thick only half the thickness of the ashlar shall be included. Ashlar shall be at least four inches thick, and jiropcrly held by metal clamps to the backing, or properly bonded to the same.t IROX OR steel external WALLS. Sect. 40. External walls may be built in ])art of iron or steel, anil when so built niay be of less thickness than is above required for external walls, provided such walls meet the requirements of this act as to strength, and provided that all constructional parts are wholly * Chapter 44:!, Section 14, ls;i4. ' Chapter 44o, Section 1"), 1S!I4. ADVEKTISEMENTS. ISi RMIBANKS. Hay, Goal, Railroad, Platform and Counter Scales, BEAMS, SPRING BALAX ES, SPLIT WOOD PULLEYS, COFFEE MILLS, ALARM MONEY DRAWERS, STORE AND RAILROAD TRUCKS, ( OPYING PRESSES, WATER METERS. 'S7CS BABBITT AND ANTI-FRICTION METALS. FAIRBANKS' RENEWABLE ASBESTOS SEAT GATE YALYES, RENEWABLE ASBESTOS DISC GLOBE AND ANGLE YALYES, YALYES FOR HIGH PRES- SURES, ASBESTOS PACKED BLOW-OFF COCKS FOR BOILERS, PRATT'S SWING CHECK YALYES, HANCOCK INSPIRATORS. The Fairbanks Company, "^ ^ 77 <& 79 MILK STREET, Corner of Federal Street, BOSTON. 18C A HALF CENTURY OF BO.STOn's liUILDIXG. protected from heat by lirirk or terracotta, or by plasteriii'^' tliree-quarters of an incli thick, with iron fnrring and wiring. PAKTV AXD BEARTXO I'AETITKJX WALLS OF JJIIICK BUILDIXGS. Sect. 41. In first and second class buildings all party and bearing partition walls above the foundation shall be of brick, and no such party or partition wall shall hereafter be furred with wood, but all such walls if plastered, shall be plastered on masonry or on metal lathing; prnvided, that wood furrings for nailings may be bedded flush in mortar, leaving no air space behind any woodwork. No wall in any second-class building shall be increased in height unless the entire building is so altered as to conform to the requirements of this act.* Sect. 42. In buildings hereafter built all party walls and the partition walls required by this act shall be built tlirough, and at least thirty inches above or distant from the roof boarding, at the nearest point: shall be entirely covered with stone or metal securely fastened, and corbelled to the outer edge of all projections ; prorlded, that a gutter stone of suitable dimensions and properly balanced may be inserted in plafe of the corbelling ; and prorided, further, that in the case of buildings not over forty-five feet in height the distance that any wall is carried above the roof boarding need not exceed twelve inches.! OPEXIXGS, RECESSES, AXI) lU'TTKESSES. Sect. 43. When openings or recesses, or both, occur in an external wall, or when buttresses are used, the piers shall be of sufficient strength to comply with the clauses of this act, prescribing strength of materials, and not less in thickness than is above specified, and no other portion of the wall shall be less than twelve inches thick in buildings under seventy feet in height, or less than sixteen inches thick in buildings seventy feet or over in height. Sect. 44. No recess, chase, or flue shall be made in any party wall so deep that it will leave the thickness at the back less than eight inches at any point, and no recess, chase, or flue, not vertical, shall be made without the special permit of the inspector. No vertical recess, other than flues, iu stacks, shall be nearer than seven feet to any other recess, unless by special permit of the insjiector. All flues in a party wall shall be lined with terra cotta flue linings, t TRUSSES, COLUMNS, AND GIRDERS. Sect. 45. First and second class buildings hereafter built shall have floor-bearing supports not over thirty feet apart. These supports may be brick walls, trusses, or columns and girders. Such brick walls may be four inches less in thickness tlian is required by this act for external and party walls of the same height, provided tliey comidy with the provisions of this act as to the strength of materials, but in no case less than twelve inches thick. When trusses are used, the walls upon which they rest shall b? at least four inches thicker than is otherwise required by sections thirty-six and thirty-seven, for every addition of tweuty-five feet or part thereof to the length of the tiaiss over thirty feet. BRICK partition WALLS, WHEN NECESSARY. Sect. 46. Second-class buildings hereafter liuilt shall be so divided by brick partition walls of the thickness prescribed for bearing partition walls, and carried thirty inches above » Chapter 4(!4, Section 2, IS'.W. Chapter 44.'!, Section Hi, 1S94. t Chapter 4i;4, Section 3, ISTO. { Chapter 443, Section 17, 1894. ADYERTISKMENTS. 187 ARTISTIC WROUGHT NEk50N,BR0TIHERS, f,„, „„,,3, MANUFACTURERS OF Fancy Wrought Iron Work, Chandeliers, GEM BICYCLES,! I Brackets, Lanterns, Lamps, Andirons, Fences, Etc. Estimates Furnished on Application. 36 BEACH STREET, - BOSTON. Bicycles to Order and Repaired. W. L. CLARK & CO, Masons and Builders, Office, \r MILK STREET, Room 24, BOSTON. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 166 Devonshire Street. James H. Murphy ByiLBER, 36 GOLDSMITH STREET, Jamaica Plain. M. J. KEANE, PRACTICAL^ PLUMBER ol-i Xrcrqont Street. 0pp. Berkeley Street and Odd Fellows' Hall, BOSTON. 188 A HALF CEXTIRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. the roof, that no space inside any sucli building sliall exceed in area eight thousand square feet, and no existing wall in any second-class building shall be removed so as to leave an area not so enclosed of more than eight thousand square feet ; i^rovkled, that in buildings having a height of not over forty-five feet, the height above the roof of the said brick partition walls need not exceed twelve inches.* WALLS now AXCHOKED. Sect. 47. All walls of a first or second class building meeting at an angle shall be united every ten feet of their height by anchors made of at least two inches by half an inch wrought iron sec\irely built into the side or partition walls not less than thirty-six inches, and into the front and rear walls at least one-lialf the thickness of such walls. OPEXIXGS IX PAETY WALLS. Sect. 48. Openings or doorways in party walls or in partition walls required by this act shall not exceed two in number for each floor, and the combined area of such openings on each floor shall not exceed one hundred square feet. Each opening must be provided with two sets of metal-covered doors separated by the tliickness of wall, hung to rabbeted iron frames, or to iron hinges in brick or iron rabbets ; proridcj, that this section shall not apply to theatres. (■OLUMXS. Sect. 40. Every column shall rest upon a cap or plate suftieient to properly distribute the load. Columns set one above another shall have proper connections. All bearing parts of columns or ])Uxtes shall be turned or pilaned to true surfaces. The inspector may require columns to be drilled for inspection. ITERS. Sect. 50. Piers and walls shall have caps or plates, where needed, sufficient to properly distribute the load. FIRE-PKOOFIXn. Sect. 51. All weight-bearing metal in first and second class buildings hereafter built shall be protected liy brick, terra cotta, or ])lastering on metal laths or furring, or other incombustible material approved by the l)oard of appeal: j/mriJa/, however, that the inspector may, with the approval of the board of appeal, authorize the omission of such jirotection from tiie whole or any part of said weight-licaring metal in one-story structures, or in buildings specially designed and constructed for a use which will destroy, nullify, or render useless such form of protection. t Sect. 52. Isolated upright sup[iorts of otiier material than brick, below the first floor in first and second class Imildiugs hereafter erected shall be protected by a jacket of l)rick or terra cotta, at least four inches thick, or by a coating of plaster one inch tlnck on wire or metal liitliing or otlier substantial fire-j]roof materiaLJ Sect. 5,'!. Partitions sui)p)orting floors or roofs sliall rest upim girders, trusses, oi- walls. COKXICKS. Sect. 54. AVhere a wall is finished with a stone cornice, the greatest weight of material of such cornice shall be on tlie insiile of the face of the wall. All cornices hereafter built or * Cliaptor 41)4, Seclioii 4, ISIi.'i. f Clidpter 4t:i, Section IS, 1.SII4. t Cliapter 44:i, Section I'.t, lSil4. JOHN MACK, Jr. A DVERTISEMENTS JAMES W. MOORE. 189 MACK & MOORE, MASONS & CONTRACTORS, Office, 15 COURT SQUARE, Rooms 62 and 63, New Smith Building:. BOSTON. Telephone 3780. Building Repairing, all Branches. JAMES J. GALVIN, Mason and Builder, 16 ST. GERMAINE STREET, BACK BAY. E. W. MONAGHAN, Mason and Plasterer, 86 AUCKLAND STREET, DORCHESTER. TH8MAS G8ND8N, (^optraetor a^d Builder, ESTIMATES FURNISHED. All kinds of Jobbing promptly attended to. JUNCTION BIRCH & BRANDON STS., ROSLINDALE. MASS. RESIDENCE, 88 BIRCH STREET. 190 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXr:. replaced shall be of lirick or other incomb'.istible niateri il, and the walls shall b' parried up to the boarding of the roof; and where the cornice projects above the roof the masonry shall be carried up to the top of the cornice and covered with metal, like parapet walls. FLOOKS. Sect. on. All new or renewed floors shall be so constructed as to carry safely the weight to which the pro])osed use of the building will subject them, and every permit granted shall state for what purpose the building is designed to be used; but the least capacity per sujier- fieial square foot, exclusive of materials, shall be : — For floors of dwellings, fifty pounds. For office floors, one hundred pounds. For floors of public buildiugs, one hundred and fifty ])ounds. For store floors, floors of warehouses and mercantile buildings of like character, drill rooms and riding schools, at least two Inindred and fifty pounds. The weight for floors not iui-luded in this classification shall be determined by said inspec-tor, subject to appeal as pro- vided by law.* Sf.i't. 50. In every building hereafter built or altered, there shall be posted and main- tained in every room used for mechanical or mercantile purposes, the inspector's certificate of the weight-bearing capacity of the floor. Xo part of any floor of such room shall be loaded beyond its cajiacity as certified. • KOOF Ayi> FLOOR TIMBERS. Shot. 57. All roof or floor timbers entering the same j)arty wall from opposite sides shall have at least four inches solid brickwork between the ends of said timbers. Sect. 58. The ends of all wooden floor or roof beams in first and second class buildings shall enter the wall to a depth of at least four inches, unless the wall is properly corbelled so as to give a bearing of at least four inches ; and the ends of all such beams shall be so shaped or arranged that in case of fire they may fall without injury to the wall. Sect. 59. Each floor in first or second class buildings shall have its beams so tied to the walls and to each other with wrought-iron strajjs or ancliors at least three-eighths of an inch thick by one and one-half inch wide, as to form continuous ties across the building not more than ten feet apart. AValls running parallel or nearly parallel with floor beams shall be properly tied once in ten feet to the floor beams by iron straps or anchors of the size above siiecified. HE.iDEKS A XI) TRIMMERS. SiccT. GO. Every wooden header or trimmer more than four feet long, carrying a floor load of over seventy pounds per S(juure foot, shall, at connections with other beams, be hung in stirrup irons and joint bolted. All tail beams and similar beams of wood shall be framed or hung in stirru]) irons. All iron beams shall liavS proper connections. Sect. 61. Cutting for piping or other purposes shall not be done so as to reduce the strength of the supporting imrts below that required by the ]irovisions of this act. Sect. 62. Xo jiart of any floor timber shall be within two inches of any chimney. Xo studding or furring shall lie within one inch of any chimney. Sect. (5.3. Every second-class building hereafter built, except as hereinafter provided, shall have a sufficient fire-stop at each floor, covering the whole floor of each story through all stud partitions and extending to the masonry walls. Every air-duct, except those expressly * Cliaiiter 280, 1893. Approved April 17, IS'.i."). ADVKlvTI.SEJIEXTS. 191 The American Fire-Proofing Co. Sole Owners and Hanufacturers of SALAMANDER J. Q. Merrill's Patent riRE^PROor eoriP25iTioN ■ ^"R Riiildings iJSEiD as linin^i between Floors and upon Walls, Ceilings, Elevators, and Light Shafts, Boiler Rooms, Doors, Shutters, etc. it is Air, Dust, and Vermin Proof, and a Sound-deadener. 166 Devonshire Street, Room 49, Master Builders' Association Euilding:, j*^ BOSTON, MASS. W. D. Lombard, General Manager. J. M. HAZEN, General Western Agent, S41 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. Jobbers 8r ReKailers of % m M A CMANDLE/f OFBAPBFff V»^ ^^6b. 'f^ - N £. Agents ■''^'' ^.e^'^'^^oy "^ PrescoU's Trackless OoorHan^er^ '^ ^^€^s^^^T%^'' ; 15;8:I7 ELIOTST., \>§^t^ll>--^- ■ .Boston, J92 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. sanctioned Ijy tliis act, shall be effectually stopped at each story. Every such lire-stop shall consist of a solid, air-tight cohesive layer, at least one inch thick, of tile, brick, terra cotta, or like fire-made material, plaster, cement, cindei', or ashes, or of a combination of the same, or of equallj' nou-infiammable, non-heat conducting materials, laid between the upper and under floors, or occupying all the space between the timbers under the under floors; procidi'd, that all second-class buildings, hereafter erected of forty-five feet or more in height, wliicli are used above tlie first floor as storage stores, warehouses, or stores for the storage and sale of merchandise, shall have a tight splined or tongued and grooved under floor of ,at least two-inch plank, with an upper floor one-inch thick, matched and breaking joints, and in such buildings fire-stops need not be used ; and in all second-class buildings of the character described, all stairways shall be enclosed in walls or shafts of non-inflammable material, and all openings in said walls or shafts shall be provided with metal-covered doors hung to rabljeted iron frames with irou tliresholds. The foot of each partition, and of each tier of studding or furring, shall be filled solid between the uprights to the full widtii thereof, and to the height of six inches above the floor, with the same incombustibles as above prescrilied for fire-stops, or some combination thereof. The spaces between such parts of floor joists as rest upon partition heads shall be filled with the materials above reciuired. The spaces between stringers of staircases and joists of landings, unless unceiled, shall be so stopped with some of the incombustibles above mentioned, at three jilaces at least in every flight of st.iirs, as to prevent the passage of air.* Sect. G4. Xo part of the roof of any first or second class building hereafter built over sixty feet high, to be used for mercantile, manufacturing, or storage purposes, or as a theatre, hotel, aiiartnient-house, or office building, shall have a pitch of over twenty degrees. All new or renewed roofs shall be so constructed as to bear safely, in addition to the weight of the material, twenty-five pounds per superficial foot of area covered with proper additional allowance for a horizontal wind pressure of thirty jjounds per square foot. All thin glass skylights upon roofs shall be covered by a-wire netting, when in tiie opinion of the inspector such protection is needed. f Sect. 65. The roof of every second-class building hereafter built shall be covered with tin, iron, slate, gravel, composition, or like substantial roofing material not readily inflammable ; if such roof com]irises more than one story, or is over twenty feet in height in any part from the nearest floor, except in a church or drill shed one story in height, in which the top of the first floor is not more than six feet above the grade at the building, such roof shall be of the construction required for first-class buildings. METALLIC LEADERS. Sect. 6(3. All buildings over forty-five feet high shall have suitable water-tight metallic leaders, and all buildings shall have leaders sufficient to carry all the water to the street, gutter, or sewer, in such a manner as not to flow upon the sidewalk, or to cause dampness on any wall, yard, or area. » Cliapter 4(14, Section o, IS'.C. f Cliapter 44:'., Section '20, 18114. ADVERTISEMENTS. 193 Fratus Brothers, pLUiyiBERS, GAS FITTERS, Estimates Given on all New and Old Work. ALL ORDERS PROMI'TLV ATTENDED TO AND SATISFACTION (JUARANTEED. 1 6 NOKTM CENTRE 5T[^EET, BOSTON. HENRY C. DUPONT, Cz^rpepter . . aod Builder, 40 DUNDEE STREET, BACK BAY. Wholesale Dealer in Hard and Soft Lumber. CULLEN BROTHERS & CO. ^ Masons, Builders " and Contractors . . Estimates ;|ivcn on plans for Ijuildintj of all Isinds and remodeling. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Licensed Drain Layers. WM. T. CULLEN, EDW. T. CULLEN, 21 Bmiitnii St.. 2 Harrison Park, Jflr^ftlCfl PUfllN. DORCHESTER. RICHARD A. WHITE, Practical Plumber and Sanitary Engineer. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. 4 BOWER STREET, ROXBURY, MASS. Residence, 39 Bower Street. J 94 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIN(i. OBSERVATION STANDS. Sect. 67. No stagiiifj or stand for observation purposes sliall l)e constructed or occupied n]:)on the roof of any huildinij; in saiil city. _ CHIMNEYS. Sect. 68. ISTo chimney shall l)e corbelled from a wall more than the thickness of the wall, nor l>e liung from a wall less than twelve inches thick, nor rest upon wood. All chimneys shall be built of brick, stone, or other incombustible m iterial. Brick chimneys shall have walls at least eight inches thick, unless terra-cotta flue linings are used, in which case four inches of brickwork may be omitted. Other eliiraneys shall have walls at least eight inches thick, and shall have in addition a lining of four inches of brickwork, or a terra-cotta flue lining. The inside of all brick flues shall have stinck joints. No wood furring shall be used against any chimney or around any chimney in a fi.st or second class building, but the plastering shall be directly on the masonry rirou metal lathing. All chimneys sh.-dl be topped out at least four feet above the highest point of contact with the roof. No nail shall be driven into the masonry of any chimney.* FLUKS. Sect. 69. Flues of ranges and boilers, and other similar flues, shall have the outside exposed to the height of the ceiling, or be ))lastered directly upon the bricks. IlKAliTUS .\NI) TKIJIMER ARCHES. Sect. 70. All hearths shall be supjiorted by trimni'M- arches of bi-ick or stone; or be of single stones at least six inches thick, built into the chimney and supp irted by iron beams, one end of which shall be securely built into the masonry of a, (diimney or an adjoining wall, or which shall otherwise rest upon iiicond)ustible support. The brick jambs of every flrepl.ice, range, or grate opening, shall be at least eight inches wide each, and the backs of such openings shall be at least eight inches thick. All hearths and trimmer arches siiall h} at L-ast twelve inches longer on either side than the width of such openings, and at le.i^t eighteen inches wide in front of the chimney breast. Brickwork over fireplaces and grate openings shall be supported by proper iron bars, or brick or stone arches. Sect. 71. Every chimney flue in which soft coal or wood is burned shall be carried to a height sufficient to protect neighljoring buildings from fire and smoke. HOT-AIR AND SMOKE I'lI'ES AND REIIISTER BOXES. Sect. -72. No smoke-pi[ie shall ])roject through any external wall or window. No smoke- pipe shall pass through any wooden partition, without a soai}stone ring of the thickness of the partition, and extending four inches from the pipe, or a double metal collar of the thickness of the partition, with a ventilated air space of not less than four inches around the jjipe; nor shall be jdaced within eight inches of any wood unless such wood is pl.istere 1 and protected by a metal shield two inches distant from the wood, in which case the smoke-pipe shall not be less than six inches from the wood. The tops of all heating furnaces set in brick shall be covered with brick, supported by iron bars, and so constructed as to be perfectly tight; said covering to be in addition to and not less than six inches from the ordinary covering of the hot-air chamber. The tops of all heating lurnaces not set in brick shall be at least eight inches below » Chapter 443, Section 21, 1894. ADVERTISEMENTS. 195 J. F. ROGERS, Architect and Builder — . 5 . FOLSOM . STREET. ROSLINDALE. SniTH BROTHERS Plain and Ornamental PLASTERERS, Builders' and Contractors' Association. IT OTIS STREET, BOSTON. Residence. Si Glenwav Street. Dorchester. Est»blisbe. In case any freight or jiassenger elevator is not constructed and furnishel in coiniiliance with this act, or has become unsafe, the inspector shall post a conspicuous warning and ])rohibition at each entrance to such elevator. It shall thereafter, xmtil a new written permit is gi\en by the inspector, be a jienal ott'ence hereunder to operate said elevator, or remove or deface said notice. No freight or passenger elevator shall be ojjerated for more than six months after the date of the insi)ect()r"s permit, unless a certificate signed by some elevator builder that the elevator is safe and in good order has been furnished within six months, and is posted in the car or at the entrance. ACCESS TO ROOFS. Skct. so. All buildings over twenty feet high shall have permanent means of access to the roof from the inside. The opening shall be not less than eigliteen inches by thirty inches. ADVKKTISEMEXTS. 199 Hygienic Refrigerator, PATENTED JANUARY, 1893. THE FIRST OF THE KIND SO CONSTRUCTED THAT ALL PARTS USED CAN BE REMOVED FOR CLEANING. Compartments Entirely Separated. No Danger of Tainted Foods or Disagreeable Odors. Entire Construction of Walls consists of our Special Non-Conductive Material, making this the most effective Ice Saving Refrigerator extant. SOLD BY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. MANUFACTURED AND SOLD BY COMPARTMENT^ REMOVED FOR CLI=4M1M -. CT . The Hygienic Refrigerator Co., l|g 35 HHNOiZER ST.. BOSTON. MKSS. W. H. MORSE, Formerly . . . KING & MORSE, 28 A^ERY STREET. BOSTON. Refrigerators on hand and to order. 200 A ir.VLF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINi;. EGEESS. Sect. 81. Every Imilding lipi-eat'tei' built, and every Imildiiig occupied by two or more families, or as a teueiiient, boarding or lodging house, or as a factory or \vorkshop. shall have, Avith reference to its height, condition, construction, surroundings, character of occupation, and number of occupants, sufficient means of egress in case of fire, satisfactory to said inspector.* Sect. 82. Every scliool-house t\yo stories or more high, every chnrch, theatre, public building, hall, jilace of assembly or resort, every building occupied above the second story bj- two or more families, or as a tenement, boarding or lodging house, or as a factory or workshop -where ten or more persons are employed, shall have at least two independent waj's of egress, each accessible from each apartment, and one of which shall be enclosed in brick walls, shall have no interior openings other than the doors of the apartments from which it is an exit, and shall be provided with a ventilating skylight which can be ciperated from the lower hall. All ways of egress from ever}' building shall be kei)t in good rejiair. No obstruction shall be placed upon any way of egress from any building. The inspector may permit stairways built for the purposes of complying Avith this section to project over public ways. Sect. 83. Any owner or lessee responsible for the condition of a building shall be entitled to a certificate, or if the original has been issired, an exhibition of the duplicate thereof on the inspector's records, to the effect that his building is provided with safe means of egress, if and whenever such is the case in the inspector's opinion. Any tenant of or person employed in any private buihling, and, in the case of any jaiblic building or public school, any citizen of Boston, shall be entitled to an exhibition of the inspector's record, and if no certificate has been issiied, may apply to have a certificate or order issued. Sect. 84. Xo explosive cu' inflammable compound or coinbustible material shall be stored or placed under any stairway of any building, or used in any such place or manner as to obstruct or render egress hazardous in case of fire. Sect. 85. The platforms, lamlings, and stairway steps of every fire-escape shall be strong enough to carry a load of seventy pounds to the sipiare foot in addition to the weight of material. r,AY-WINDOWS. Sect. 86. Except as provided in section eighty-two, no bay-window or other structure shall be placed upon any building so as to project over any public way or square, without the permission of the board of alderuien given after due notice and hearing, and then only in such manner as shall be ajiproved by tiie inspector. CNSAI-K BUILDINOS. ETC. Sect. 87. Every structure and part thereof, and appurtenance thereto, within the city of Boston, shall be so constructed an 1 maintained in such repair as not to be dangerous, and the owner of any premises within said city, upon notice from the inspector that such premises are dangerous, shall forthwith remedy the cause Of danger by removal or repair. In case public safety requires immediate acton, the inspector may forthwith, by repair or temporary protection, prevent danger; or may, subject to appeal as provided for in section thirteen, * Chaiiter dH, isno. ADVERTISEMENTS. 201 CI':as. a. Sinclair. Geo, G. Mann, 500 ROOMS. SINCLAIR &. MANN. PROPRItTOBS. TELEPHONE, 1154, HAYMARKET. J. F. SLATTERY. SLATTERY & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Doers, Sashes, Blinds, GLAZED WINDOWS, Door and Window Frames, Mouldings, Glass AND ALL KINDS OF LUMBER. ir, 18& 19 Charlestown St., HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON. Opp. Old Boston & Maine Depot. JOHN J, CRANITCH, Carpenter & Builder, No. 43 MILK STREET, BOSTON, MASS. ROOM 14. -02 A HALF CKXTl-KY OF BOSTOX's Brir.niXG. remove the dangerous structure; and his reasonabk^ and necessary expenses may be recovered by the city of Boston of the owner. Sect. 8S. Any buihling which, by defect, accident, decay, or overUiading. is unsafe, shall be vacated forthwith if and wlien tlie inspector shall so order, notwithstanding an appeal from such order be pending. Tlie inspector shall affix and maintain on the exterior of every such building a conspicuous notice of its character. The removing or rendering illegible of such notice shall be a jienal offence hereunder. Skct. 89. In case of any change, alteration, or addition not in the nature of ordinary repairs, renewals, or restorations, being required luider the terms of this act upon a building wholly or partly under lease containing no provision for such a case, the owner shall pay the expense, and may collect of the lessee an additional rent for the portion so leased etpial to eight per cent, per aunum on that proportion of the sum paitl wliich the leased portion bears to the whole building. THKATIiES. IHliLIC BUILDIXCiS. ETC. Sect. 90. Every building, except armories, and churches wherein the floor of the assembly hall is not more than seven feet above the grade at the principal entrance hereafter so built or altered as to contain an audience or assembly hall, capable of seating eight hundred persons or more, in sight or hearing of the stage, allowing the minimum width for aisles and corridors permitted by this act, and every theatre hereafter built, shall be a first-class building. In all theatres hereafter erected, the level of the stage above the street level shall not exceed tive feet. The audience hall and each compartment, division, and galler}- of every such building shall respectively have at least two independent exits, as far apart as may be. Every such exit shall have a width of at least twenty inches for every hundred persons ■which the hall, compartment, division, or gallery from which it leads is capable of containing: 2>rorit/e(l. tliat two or more exits of the same aggregate width may be substituted for either of the two exits above required. Xone of the exits above required shall be less than five feet wide.* Sect. 91. Every building of the classes referred to by section ninety hereafter built sh.all have a frontage as wide as the widest part of the auditorium or assembly hall, including side passages or lobbies, the whole width and height of which frontage shall be upon a street, court, passageway, or area open to the sky, and at least thirty feet wide opposite the entire frontage. Such court, passageway, or area shall have an unobstructed way at least thirty feet wide, either through a first-class building, without openings into any second or third class building, or wliolly open to the sky. connecting it with a public street at least thirty feet wide. There shall be at least one exit on this front which shall l>e in no case less than five feet in width, and of such greater width as an allowance of twenty inches for each one hundred persons which the building may at any time contain will in the aggregate require. There shall lie another independent exit of the same capacity, or independent exits of the same aggregate capacity, either through a rtrstn-lass building without openings into any second or third class building, or through a passageway open to the sky. All doors shall open outward, and shall not be so placed as to reduce the width of the passage above required. All aisles, stairways, and passages in sucli buildings shall be of even or increasing width toward the exit, at least seven feet high throughout, without obstnietiou below that height, properly arranged for the • Cliapter «;<, Section i!, 1S*U. ADVEKTI.SKMENTS. 20ti McNEIL BROTHERS, BuWdlqq (5oi)traetors, i66 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Telephone Connection. Boston, Mass. MILL AT HARRISON SQ. Joseph Ufheil & Co. Artificial Stone Asphalt Work, ARTIFICIAL STONES LAID DIAMOND SHAPE ALL COLORS ^ Chimney Caps, Wall Caps, Cellars, Sidewalks, Garden Walks, Roofs, Stable Floors, Hall Ways, Fkjors for Breweries, Malt Houses, Etc Office, 25 FANEUIL HALL SQ., Rc:)OM 6. BOSTON, MASS. John A. Stetson. Herbert O. Stetson. A. M. Stetson & Co, Coal, Wood and Lumber, MASONS' MATERIALS, STETSON'S WHARF, First Street, Foot of I St. Office, 44 KILBY ST., BOSTON. 204 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. easy egress of the aiidienee, ami of a width in respect of each division, tjallery, or compartuient, computed according to the above rule. No aisle or passage in such building rising toward its exit, except stairways from story to story and necessary steps in galleries and balconies, shall have a gradient within the auditorium of more than two in ten, nor elsewhere of more than one in ten. Sect. 92. In buildings of the classes referred to in section ninety hereafter built, the cut of the stair stringers shall not exceed seven and tme-lialf inches rise, nor be less than ten and one-half inches tread. Xo winders shall be less than seven inches wide at the narrowest part. There shall be no flights of more than fifteen or less than three steps between landings. Every landing shall be at least four feet wide from step to step. Sect. 93. All stairs and landings of all buildings of the classes referred to liy section ninety hereafter built shall have throughout proper hand rails on both sides firmly secured to walls, or to strong posts and balusters. Stairways twelve feet or more wide shall have one or more intermediate rails not more than eight feet apart and pn-operly supported. Sect. 04. Xo boiler, furnace, engine, or heating apparatus, except steam or hot-air pjipes and radiators, shall be located under the auditorium nor under any passage or stairway of any exit of any building of the classes referred to by section ninety. Sect. 95. The lights for the rear of the auditorium, and for all passages and stairways of exits of every building of the classes referred to by section ninety, hereafter built, shall be independent of the lights of the rest of the auditorium and of the platform or stage, and sliall be so arranged that they cannot be turned down or off from the platform or .stage. Sect. 96. All exits from every building of the classes referred to by section ninety shall be openeil for the rise of every departing audience; and shall have fastenings on the inside only. Plans showing the exits and stairways shall be printed on every programme or playbill. Sect. 97. No temporary seats or other obstriictions shall be allowed in any aisle, passageway, or stairway of a building of the classes referred to by section ninety, and no person shall be allowed to remain in any aisle, passageway, or stairway of any such building during any performance. Sect. 98. The stage of every theatre hereafter built shall be separated from the auditorium by a l.irick wall sixteen inches thick, which wall shall extend the entire width and height of the building, and two feet six inelies above the roof, like a party wall. There shall be no openings through this wall except the curtain opening, and not more than two others, which shall be located at or below the level of the stage ; these latter openings shall not exceed twenty-one superficial feet each, and shall have tinned wood self-closing doors, securely hung to rabl)eted iron frames or rabbets in the brickwork. The finish or decorative features around the curtain opening of every theatre shall be of incombustible materials, well secured to masonry. All scenerj-, curtains, and woodwork of the stage of every theatre sliall be thoroughly covered, and, if practicable, saturated with fire-resisting material. No fixed portion of the stage shall be of wood. Sect. 99. There shall be lobbies adjoining each division of the auditorium of every theatre hereafter built, separated therefrom by a partition of brick or other equally incombustible material, and sufficiently large to furnish standing room for all jiersons that such division may at any time contain. There shall l)e no openings in such partition except such as are reipiired by section ninety, ami such o2)enings shall not be more than eight feet high. BUrLDIXliS OF J3. A. ATKIXSOX & CO., w A s 1 1 1 N ( ;t(>x stke?; r. -i. OLD COLONY STATION', X. V., X. H. .t II. K. R., Iv X !■: V. L A X n S T [{ E K T . llli: IIK.MKXWAY ];i]LD]Xi:. TIJEMOXT AXD COUIJT .STKKKTS. ADVERTISEMEXTS. 205 CARL F. MONK, . Builder . OFFICE, CORNER NORFOLK ST. <& MOUNTAIN AVE., Dorchester. Boston Office, Room 82, Albion Building. I Beacon Street. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. PARK THEATRE, JOHN STETSON, Proprietor & Manag'er. 619 U/a 51719(51:00 Street, i^ear BoylstoQ. Playing Only F1R5T=CLASS STARS AND COMBINATIONS FALL AND WINTER SEASON, 1895-6. Beginning August 26. 206 A HALF rENTURY OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. Sect. 100. The prosceiiiuni or cuvtain opening of eveiy theatre shall have a fire resisting curtain of incombustible material, re-enforced by wire netting, or otherwise strengthened. If of iron, or similar heav_y material, and made to lower from the top, it shall be so contrived as to be stopped securely at a height of seven feet above the stage floor ; the remaining opening being closed by a curtain or valance of iire-resisting fabric. Such curtain shall be raised at the beginning and lowered at the end of each and every performance, and shall be of jiroper material, construction, and mechanism. Sect. 101. All scene docks, carpenter or property shops, and wardrobes of every theatre hereafter built shall be separated from the stage, auditorium, and dressing-room divisions by solid brick walls not less than twelve inches thick, with no openings to the auditorium or dressing-room divisions ; and all openings to the stage shall have tinned wood self-closing doors, securely hung to rabbets in the brickwork. Skot. 102. All rooms in theatres for the use of persons employed therein shall have at least two independent exits. All stage gaslights shall be protected by projjcr nettings. Sect. 103. There shall be one or more ventilators near the centre and above the highest portion of the stage of every theatre, equal in combined area of opening to one-tenth of the area of stage floor. Every such ventilator shall have a valve or louvre so counterbalanced as to ojien automatically, and shall be kept closed, when not in use, by a cord reaching to the promjiter's desk, and readily operated therefrom. Such cord shall be of combustible material, and so arranged that if it is severeil the ventilator will open automatically. Sect. 104. There shall be at least two two-inch high-service standpipes on the stage of every theatre, with ample i)rovision of hose and nozzles at each level of the stage on each side, and the water shall be kept turned on during the occupation of the building by any audience. The said pipes shall have two gates, one above the other, with a proper test or waste valve; the lower gate to be kept open at all times. The ]iroscenium opening of every theatre shall be provided with a two and one-half inch perforated iron pipe or etpiivalent equipment of automatic or oj)en sprinklers, as the inspector may direct, so constructed as to form when in ojiei'atidu a complete water curtain for the entire proscenium opening, and there shall be for the rest of the stage a complete system of tire apparatus and perforated iron pipes, automatic or open sprinklers. Said pipes or sprinklers shall be supplied with water by high- pressure service, and lie at all times ready for use. Sect. 105. Every hall, auditorium, or room of every building hereafter erected for or converted to use as a school-house, factory, theatre, or place of public assembly or entertainment shall liave in continuiius operation wlule oceuitied a system of ventilation ^o contrived as to provide fifty cubic feet per minute of outer air for each light other than an electric light for each occupant. TKXEJIEXT A.XK L0Di;lX(; HOUSES. Sect. 10(3. Every building in the city of Boston hereafter built, any portion of which is to be occupied aljove the second story by more than one family, shall be a first or second class building, and every building hereafter erected or enlarged, to be occupied as a lodging-house, a tenement-house, or dwelling-house, with a height of sixty-five feet above the cellar bottom, anil every such building when the basement or first story is occupied for other than domestic ADVERTISEMENTS. ?07 Walter S. Sampson, (Successor to Sampson, Clark & Co.) Mason. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION, 166 Devonshire Street, 53 STATE ST., ROOM 934, TEL. 1025. BOSTON. Telephone No. 604 Haymarket.- Nicholas White, BUILDER, Room 83, ALBION BUILDING. Cor. Tremont and Beacon Sts., BOSTON. CRAWFORD & YOUNG, plumbers, HND SHNITHRY ENGINEERS. 18 POST OFFICE SQUARE, 321 WARREN STREET, BOSTON. Crawford House. EUROPEAN PLAN. Scollay Square, Boston, Mass. Crawford Hoqsc, ccntrall'f located for all Depots. Tbeatres, 3ti'eet Cars, and points of interest. All modern im- provements. Ti)oroagI)lv first-class. Qoodwin & Rimbach, Propr's, 208 A HALF CEXTUEY OF BO.STOn's BUILDIXG. purposes, sluill have the basement and first story constructed in the manner provided for a first-class buikling in section twenty-three of this act.* Sect. 107. The exterior walls of every building hereafter erected for or converted to use as a tenement or lodging house, and not having an exposure or an oj)en space, street, court, or passageway more than twenty feet in width shall not exceed thirty feet in height. Sect. 108. ISTo building hereafter erected for or converted to use as a tenement or lodging liouse, and no building hereafter enlarged for said purposes, shall occupy above the level of the second floor more than thi-ee-fourths of the area of the lot measured to the middle line of the street or streets, or passageways, on which it abuts. Every such building shall have on at least two exposures, on land of the owner or as part of public ways, open spaces of at least ten feet in width, which spaces shall have an aggregate length of one foot for every twenty-five- square feet of superficial area actually occupied by the building. Such spaces shall be open to the sky, and shall remain landiminished so long as the building is occupied as a tenement or lodging house. Sect. 109. Every existing tenement or lodging house shall have in every sleeping-room, not communicating directly with the external air, two ventilating or transom windows of not less than six square feet area each, one opening into another room or passage having an external window of not less than six square feet area, with movalile sashes. No transom window shall be placed in a j)artition wall enclosing a main stairway. Sect. 110. Every room in every tenement or lodging house hereafter built, and in every building hereafter altered to be used as such, shall be not less than eight feet in height in the clear in every story, except that in the attic it may be less than eight feet high for one-half the area of the room. Every such room shall have one or more windows on an open-air space with an area at least one-tenth as great as that of the room. The top of at least one window on such air space in each room shall be at least seven feet six inches from the floor, and the upper sash of the same window shall be movable. Sect. 111. Xo building of which any part is used for storage or sale of hay, straw, hemp, flax, shavings, burning-fluid, turpentine, camphene, or any inflammable oil or other highly combustible substance, shall be occupied in any part as a dwelling, tenement, or lodging house, except that rooms for coachmen or grooms may be allowed in private stables authorized by this act, upon special permit from the inspector. Se. ADVERTISEMENTS. 213 W. J. JOBLING, Carpenter & Builder 1 I PAY50N AYENCJE, DORCHESTER. Estimates Furnished for Wood . . . . . . or Brick Buildings. p. \V. HAVES. J. J. MULVEE. HAYES S MULVEE. piijmbers, Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. 526 DUDLEY STREET, ROXBURY. All Orders Promptly Attended To. ROBERT BLACK, Plzistcrer ^pd . . . Stucco WorKer. NO. 16 HLBION STREET. ROXBURY, MASS. Samuel T. Chipman, CARPENTER AND BUILDER. No. 45 CREIGHTON STREET, ROXBURY. Jobbing: of all kinds Promptly attended to. 214 A HALF CEXTtlRY OF BOSTON'S ISUILDIXi;. fi-incli pipe 20 pounds per foot. 8-ineh pipe 33i- pounds per foot. 10-indi pipe 45 pounds per foot. 12-ineh pipe 54 pounds per foot. Drain-pipes shall be pioperly secured by irons to walls, laid in trenches to uniform grade, or sus])ended to floor timbers by strong iron hangers. Every drain-pipe shall be supplied with a suitable ti'ap, placed with an accessible clean-out, at or nenr the point where it leaves the building, and shall have a jiroper fall. Drain-pipes shall be carried above the roof open and undiminished in size, and to a sufficient height not less than two feet above the roof, and not less tlian five feet above the top of any window within fifteen feet. Changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes, and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes shall be made with Y branches. All drain-pipes shall be exposed to sight where practicable within the building, and shall not Ije exposed to pressure where they pass through walls. Every part of every drain-pipe below a cellar floor shall be laid in a brick trench with a concrete base, and shall be accessible tlirough sufficient unattached covers. Sect. 126. Rain-water leaders when connected with soil or drain pipes shall be suitably trapped. Sect. 127. Iron pipes iised in plumbing shall, before being put in place, he first tested by the water or kerosene test, and then i-oated inside and out with coal-tar ijitch, applied hot, or with paint, or with some equivalent substance.* Joints of wrought iron pipes shall be made by screwing the same into double heavy cast-iron fittings tapped with standard screw thread ; joints of cast-iron pipes shall be made by thoroughly calking the same with molten lead ; joints of lead pipes with iron jiipes shall be made by soldering the same into brass ferrules, and calking the feri-ules to cast-iron pipes or screwing them to wrought-ii'on pijjes. Sect. 128. The waste-pipe of each and every sink, basin, bath-tub, water-closet, slop- hopper, and of each set of trays or other fixtures, shall be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be j)laced as near as practicable to the fixture that it serves. Traps shall be ja-otected from siphonage or air pressure by special cast-iron air-pipes of a size not less than the waste-pipes they serve p)laced outside or below the trap. Lead air-j)ipes may be used only where they are exposed to view. Air-pipes foi' water-closet traps shall be of two-inch bore if thirty feet or less in length, and of three-inch bore if more than thirty feet in length. Air- pipes shall be run as direct as practicable. Two or more air-pipes may be connected together or with a drain-pipe; but in every case of connection with a drain-pipe such connectiim shall be above the upper fixture of the building. Sect. 129. Drip or overflow jupes, fr(un safes under water-closets and other fixtures, or from tanks or cisterns, shall be run to some place in open sight, and in no case shall any such pipe be connected directly with a drain-pipe. Xo waste pipe from a refrigerator, or other receptacle in which provisions are stored, sliall be connected with a drain-pijie or other waste- pipe. Sect. 130. Every water-closet, or line of water-closets on the same floor, shall be supplied with water from a tank or cistern, and shall have a flushing-pipe of not less than one inch in diameter; but this reipiirement shall not aiiply to water-closets substituted for vaults, where * Chapter 2!I7, Section '_', isii.i. ADVERTISEMENTS. 215 R. E. COCHRAN, Real Estate Agent, Auctioneer, and Insurance Broker. Office, 3726 WASHINGTON STREET, Opposite Forest Hills Station, Providence Dirision, >'. Y., >'. H. & H. R. R. INSURANCE PLACED IN THE MOST RELIABLE OFFICES AT VERY LOWEST TERMS. nortgages negotiated at the very lowest possible terms. C. H. HAMPTON, (^arpepter a^d Builder, 4 WESTFORD STREET, ALLSTON, MASS. AU orders prornptlY attended to and first- class \va">rls guaranteed. ESTIHATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. HAMPTON HOUSE, HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON. E. P. WHITE, Proprietor. AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PLANS. American plan $2 per day. Rooms 75 cents and upwards according to location. JOS. H. DAVIS, 17 OTIS STREET, BOSTON. Some of the buildings which I have plastered are the English High and Latin School Buildings; the Mason Building; the Boston Art and Elys- ium Club Buildings ; the Hotels Copley and Reynolds; the Union Station, etc. 216 A HALF CENTUKY OF B0.'^T0N'S BUILDIXG. tlie same are located outside of the Imilding proper; and such water-closets may be arranged so as to receive their sujiply directly from the main, with proper fixtures ajiproved by the inspector, the water board, and the board of health. Sect. 131. Every privy-vault shall be of brick and cement, of a capacity not less than eighty cubic feet, of easy access, convenient to open and clean, and made tight. The inside shall be at least two feet from the next lot and from any public or private way. Sect. 132. No steam-exhaust sliall be connected witli any public sewer or with any soil or waste pipe or drain which communicates with a public sewer. Sect. 133. Water-pipes in exposed ])laces shall be properly protected from frost. Sect. 134. A grease-trap shall be constructed under the sink of every hotel, eating-house, restaurant, or public cooking establishment, so as to be easily accessible for inspection and cleaning. Sect. 135. All ordinances and parts of ordinances of the city of Boston now in force relating to the building limits and the inspection and survey of buildings shall remain in force until amended or repealed liy said city. Said city may, by ordinance, regulate the management and inspection of elevator hoistways and elevator shafts in said city. The officers of the department for the inspection of buildings of said city shall continue to hold office for the terms for wliich they were appointed, and until their successors are appointed in accordance with this act, unless sooner removed. IX.JUXCTIOXS. Sect. 13(5. Any court having eipiity jurisdiction, in term time or vacation, may, on the application of the city of Boston, by its attorney, by any suitable process or decree in equity, enforce the provisions of this act, and may, on such ai^plication, issue an injunction to restrain the erection, alteration, use. or occupation of any building or structure in the city of Boston, erected, altered, maintained, or used in violation of this act.* penalty. Sect. 137. Any person who shall build or alter any wall, building or other structure, or part thereof, in violation of any provision of this act, or who shall, after twenty-four hours' notice from the inspector, maintain or use any such wall, building, or other stnicture, or part thereof, so built or altered, or shall violate any provision of this act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be paid into the treasury of the city of Boston. REPEALS. Sect. 138. Sections forty to fifty-three inclusive of chapter one hundred and two of the PuV)lic Statutes are hereby repealed in so far as they relate to the city of Boston. Chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ten, chajiter three hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, chaiiter one hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy -eight, chapter two hunilred and, fifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chapter one hundred and seventy-three and chapter two hundred and fifty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the acts of the year eighteen Inindred ami eighty-four, chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the acts of * Chapter 17(1, Section 1, lSi«. MASOX \- KAMLIX lU'II.DIXG, noYLSTIIX STIMCET. ,ir~ m^^m. ^m AWS^^ 7 \ ? - - > N iliZZ ' ADVERTISEMENTS. 217 BERRY & FERGUSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Akron Sewer Pipe, Lime, Cement, AND MASONS' SUPPLIES. OFFICE, 102 STATE STREET, - - BOSTON. Wharf, 37 to 45 Medford Street, CHARLESTOWN. Lime and Cement stock used in the erection of the Worthington Building was furnished by us. Foundation of this building was made with our QERMANIA GERMAN PORTLAND CEMENT. R X. JULIEN, Carpenter and Builder. 22 VERNON STREET, Roxbury, Mass. JOBBING . PROMPTLY . ATTENDED . TO. Residence, 1 77 Warren Street. 218 A HALF CENTCKY OF BOSTOX's BVILDIXG. the year eighteen hundred and ei,ichty-tive, sections two, four, and five to ten inclusive of cliaptei- three hundred and eighty -two of the acts of the same year, chapter tliree hundred and sixteen of the acts of the year eighteen Iiundred and eighty-eiglit, so far as it rehites to the city of Boston, sections one to eight inclusive of chapter four hundred and twentj'-six of the acts of the same year, so far as they relate to the city of Boston, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed All provisions of this act which are the same in effect as those hereinbefore repealed shall be Cdustrued as coutimiations and re-enactments, and in all such cases the pirovisions shall take effect as of the date when they were first enacted. No repeal hereby enacted shall have the effect of reviving any act or part of an act heretofore repealed. AjyprocetJ hij Goccrnor. June 16. 1802. This act took effect July 16, 1892. A. CHAPTEE 382, ACTS OF 1885. Thh Act took effect June 19, 1885. AX -iCT IX KELATIOX TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IX BUILDIXGS IX THE CITY OF BOSTON. Section 1. Every V)uilding in the city of Boston used as a dwelling, tenement, or lodging house, or where persons are employed, shall have at all times such number of good and sufficient water-closets, earth-closets, or privies as the board of health of said city may determine; but the occupants of any two or more of aii}^ such buildings may use such closets or privies in common, provided the access is easy and direct; and said board shall not require more than one such closet or privy for every twenty persons. Sect. o. No building in the city of Boston shall be converted into, or used for a tenement or lodging house, unless, in addition to the other requirements of law, it conforms to the provisions of this act. Sect. 11. Eveiy such building shall have adequate chimneys running through every floor, with an ojien fireplace or grate, or place for a stove, properly connected with one of said cliimneys, for every family and set of apartments: shall have proper conveniences and non- combustible recejjtacles for ashes and rubbish; shall have water furnished at one or more places in such house, or in the yard thereof, so that the same may be adequate and reasonably convenient for the use of the occupants thereof; and shall have the floor of the cellar properly cemented, so as to be water tight. Sect. 12. Every such building used for a tenement or lodging house shall have suitable receptacles for garbage and other refuse matter, and shall not be used as a place of storage for any combustible article, or any article dangerous to life or detrimental to health; nor shall any horse, cow, calf, swine, pig, sheep, or goat be kept in said building. Sect. 1;>. Every such building, and the yard, court, passage, area, and alleys, belonging to the same, shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage, or other refuse matter, to the satisfaction of the board of health. Sect. 14. The tenant of any lodging-house or tenement-house shall thoroughly cleanse all V'< 'T w ■..J". ^^ ^ 11 ^^ ; 1 "1 '^ i "^ SB ,,.j ^ ^ »,-l.,l, :i^i: rtJ'i^ Zlgij jf^S^v .j ^■r J ^ x ■<^ .&i^iji:£':.»' .1^ - ■• .<' ^WSt-k**?; BUILDINC; OF I'AUTER, CAIITKU & KIMIAM. Mi:i;l;I M Ac STItEET. '§^ L ■I 'AT ..._-^ PKOVIDENCE STATION N. V., N. II. .V II. U. It., I'AKK MiL AL;E. C(INSK];.VATIIKV OF MISII', KAST NKWl'DX s'l'KKKT. I.NII.KIOE VIEW OK HOLLIS STUKET THEAll.l.. ADVERTISEMENTS. 219 HOI ! I^ ^^' THEATRE. m. M. V-/ 1— < 1—^ -i. ^-^ ISAAC B. RICH, Proprietor and Manager. Boston s Faivorite Tbez^tre! PATRONIZED BY THE VERY BEST PEOPLE and the . . . MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL HIQH-CLASS PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, Playing only the Representative Attractions of America and Europe. THE FOLLOWING AKE SO-tlE OF THE ATTRACTIONS THAT WILL POSITIVELY APPEAR AT THIS THEATRE DURING THE SEASON OF 1895-96. Miss ADA BEHAN, In her repertoire. Under the persona] management of Augustin Daly, Esq. JULIA MARLOWE TABER, In Shakesperian Productions. Hiss OLGA NETHERSOLE, Iq a new play and repertoire. "PALMER COX'S BROWNIES." Mr. E. H. SOTHERN, In a new play. Mr. JOHN DREW, In a new play and repertoire. Mr. NAT. C. GOODWIN, In new Comedies. Mr. PETER F. DAILEV, In "THE NIGHT CLERK.' LYCEUM THEATRE STOCK CO., In their repertoire. EMPIRE THEATRE STOCK CO. In their repertoire. The Great London Success, "THE SHOP GIRL." BICE'S "1492.' Qopley Sqijare jlotel, ii03T0?i, inA33. A NEW HOUSE, of the highest class, ■'*■ conclucted on the American and Eu- ropean systems. Strictly Fireproof, and replete with all modern appointments. Located in the fashionable Back Bay dis- trict, it is but twti) minutes from the Hunt- ington Avenue Station of the Boston Albany Railroad, and five to eight minutes from the principal shopping centres, places of amusement and depots. 300 elegantly furnished rooms, single and efi sut'ie, with private parlors and baths. F. S. RISTEEN & CO., Proprietors. J. C. CAMERON, ■JPIasfpppr, C ALDER STREET, Dorchester, Mass. 220 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BdSTOX's BUILDING. tlie rooms, floors, windows, and doors of the house, or part of the liouse, of which he is the tenant, to the satisfaetion of the board of health; and the owner or lessee shall well and sufficiently, to the satisfaction of said board, whitewash or otherwise cleanse the walls and ceilings thereof once at least in every year in the months of April or May, and have the privies, drains, and cesspools kept in good order and the passages and stairs kept clean and in good condition. Sect. 15. The owner, agent of the owner, and keeper of any lodging or tenement house, or part thereof, shall, when any person in such house is sick of fever, or of any infectious, pestilential, or contagious disease, and such sickness is known to such owner, agent, or keeper, give immediate notice thereof to the board of health, and thereupon said board shall cause the same to be inspected, and cleansed or disinfected at the ex])ense of the owner, in such manner as they may deem necessary ; and may also cause the blankets, bedding, and bedclothes used by any such sick jjerson to be thoroughly cleansed, scoured, and fumigated, and, in extreme cases, to be destroyed. Sect. 1(3. The halls on each floor of every such building shall open directly to the external air, with suitable windows, and shall have no room or other obstruction at the end, unless sufficient light and ventilation is otherwise provided for said halls in a manner approved by the board of health. Sf;cT. 17. Xo person shall, without a permit from the l)oard of health, let or occupy, or suffer to be occupied, separately as a dwelling or place of lodging and sleeping, any cellar or underground room whatsoever, unless the same be in every part thereof at least seven feet in height, measured from the floor to the ceiling thereof ; nor unless the same shall have been so let or occupied before the passage of this act, nor unless the same be for at least one foot of its height above the surface of the street or ground adjoining, or nearest to the same; nor unless there be, outside of and adjoining the said vault, cellar, or room, and extending along the entire frontage thereof, and upwards from six inches below the level of the floor thereof, up to the surface of the said street or ground, an open space of at least two feet and six inches wide in every part ; nor unless the same be well and effectually drained by means of a drain, the uppermost part of which is one foot at lea.st below the level of the floor of such vault, cellar, or room ; nor unless there is a clear space of not less than one foot below the level of the floor, except where the same is cemented ; nor unless there be appurtenant to such vault, cellar, or room the use of a water-closet or privy, kept and provided as in this act required ; nor unless the same have an external window ojjening of at least nine superficial feet clear of the sash frame, in which window opening there shall be fitted a frame filled in with glazed sashes, at least four and a half superficial feet of which shall Ije made so as to open for the purpose of ventilation; providrd, ho/rcrrr, that in case of an inner or back vault, cellar, or room, let or occupied along with a front vault, cellar, or room, as a part of the same letting or occupation, it shall be a sufficient compliance with the provisions of this act if the front room is provided with a window as hereinbefore provided, and if the said back vault, cellar, or room is connected with the front vault, cellar, or room, by a (h)or, and also by a proper ventilating or transom window, and, where practicable, also connected by a proper ventilating or transom window, or by some hall or passage, with the external air; -provided further, that in any area adjoining a vault, cellar, or underground room, there may be steps necessary for access to ADVEKTISEMENTS. 221 J. M. BEMIS, President. H. H. THORNTON, Supt. G. B. ROBERTS, Treas. ROBERTS IRON WORKS CO. Boiler Makers, Machinists and GENERAL IRON WORKERS, Plate and Sheet Iron Work of all descriptions. STEAM BOILERS, From 3 to I'Jo H. P. on hand and shipped on orders at short notice. No. 92 Main Street, CAMBRIDQEPORT, MASS, U. S. A. Telephone, 432^2 Cambridge. Charles E. Qoold, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, 165 WESTVILLE STREET, Dorchester. P. P. KELLY, Bailding . GentraGtQr, EXCHANQE_BU1LDINQ, STATE STREET, BOSTOri. ROOM 1 101. ELEVENTH FLOOR. ESTABLISHED 1873. INCORPORATED J. W. Bailey & Sons Co. WOOD MANTELS, Interior and Exterior Finish ON' HiM> AND J1.\DE TO ORDER. /4 CHARLESTOWN ST., (HAYMARKET SQUARE,) Telephone Connection. BOSTON. 999 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BTILDIXG. such vault, cellar, or room, if tlie same be so placed as not to be over, across, or opposite to said external window, and so as to allow between every part of such steps and the external wall of such vault, cellar, or room a clear space of six inches at least, and if the rise of said steps is open; and prorii/eJ fin-fh/'i; that over or across any such area there may be steps necessary for access to any building above the vault, cellar, or room, to which such area adjoins, if the same be so placed as not to be over, across, or opjDOsite to any such external window. Sect. 18. The board of health shall have authority, to make such other regulations as to cellars, and the ventilation and overcrowding of tenement and lodging houses and buildings where persons are employed, as they deem necessary, subject, however, to the laws relating to building in the city of Boston. Sect. 19. Every owner and agent, or person having charge, of a tenement or lodging house shall leave his address with the board of health, and shall have legibly posted on the wall or in the entry of such tenement or lodging house the name and address of such owner and of the agent or person having charge of the same; and service upon parties whose address is out of the city, of any papers or notice required by this act, or any act relating to the preservation- of health, or. by any proceedings to enforce any of their provisions, shall be sufficient, if made by sending a copy of such paper or notice through the mail to the address of the person or persons so designated as owner, agent, or person having charge of such tenement or lodging liouse ; and service upon jjarties whose address is in the city, by leaving such copy at said address. Sect. 20. Every officer of the board of health, and every officer upon whom any duty or authority is conferred, shall have free access to every part of any lodging or tenement house, when required, in the proper execution of the duties of his office. Sect. 21. Any court having equity jurisdiction, in term time or vacation, may, on the application of the board of liealth, by any suitable process of decree in equity, enforce the provisions of this act, and nmy, on such application, issue an injunction to restrain the use or occupation of any building or structure in the city of Boston, erected, altered, or used in violation of this act. Sect. 22. Any person violating any provision of this act sl]all be punished by a tine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by confinement in the house of correction not exceeding sixty days, unless another penalty is specifically provided herein. Sect. 2.3. Every member of said board of health, and every inspector acting under said board, shall before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath before the city clerk of said city that he will faithfully and impartially discharge such duties, and the city iderk shall make and keep a record of such oath. Every member of said board and every such inspector who enters upon or disi-harges such duties without having taken and subscribed such oath shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars ; but such omission shall not render invalid any act or ])roceeding of such bourd. B. CHAPTER 348, ACTS OF 1887. AX ACT kelatixi; to. fences and other structures erected to annoy, and for the abatement of nuisances. He if eiKii'ti'd, efi'.. (in fo/Znirs : Section 1. Anv fence or other structure in the nature of a fence, unnecessarily exceeding ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN FUOHS. WM. E. SCRIBNER, Mason and Builder, LEXINGTON STREET, AUBURNDALE. p. O. Box 237. The Falmouth House, BUR OPE. AN PIS AN. Rooms, 75 cents, $1.00 and $2.00 per day. FIRST-CLASS CAFE AND DINING-ROOM. MODERATE PRICES. Qatjseu/ay . ar^d . [^asl^ua . Streets, 0pp. Union Depot, BOSTON, - MASS. 223 JOSEPH WANGLER. FUOHS & WANGLER, Carpenters . . . and Builders, 44 WALDEN STREET. Boston Highlands. Estimates Cheerfully Given. Jobbing Promptly Attended To. WILLIAM C. HEBB, CONTRACTOR BUILDER, Jobbing of all kinds Personally attended to. ESTIHATES FURNISHED. Office and Factory, 34 Lagrange St., BOSTON, MASS. 22-4 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDINIi. six feet in height, maliciously erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property, shall be deemed a jirivate nuisance. Sect. 2. Any such owner or occupant, injured either in his comfort or the enjoyment of his estate by such nuisance, may have an action of tort for the damage sustained thereby', and the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty of the 'Public Statutes concerning actions for jjrivate nuisances shall be applicable thereto. Approved June 2, 18S7. c. CHAl'TER 89, ACTS OF 1889. AX AIT RELATING TO THE USE OF BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR STABLES. Be it ciKK'ted, etc., asfolhnvs: Section 1. Xo person shall hereafter occupy or use any building in the city of Boston for a stable unless first authorized thereto by the board of health of said city, and in such case only to the extent so authorized; provhJed, that this act shall not prevent any such occupation and use authorized by law at the time of the passage of this act, to the extent so authorized. Sect. 2. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five dollars for each and every day that such violation continues, and any court having jurisdiction in equity may restrain such use and occupation. Sect. 3. Chapter three hundred and sixty -nine of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, chapter one hundred and ninety-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sect. 4. This act shall take effect ujion its passage. Jjiproi'ei! JLn-rli 8, 1889. D. CHAPTER 129, ACTS OF 1889. AX ACT KELATING TO BUILDINGS IN THE PUBLIC PARKS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. lie it enacted, ete.. as foUoirs : Section 1. The park commissioners of the city of Boston may erect in the parks of said city that now are or hereafter may be under their control, except the common, public garden, and public squares, structures for the shelter and refreshment of persons frequenting such parks and for other park purposes, of such materials and in such places as in the opinion of the fire commissioners of said city do not endanger buildings beyond the linuts of the ])ark. Section sixteen of chapter fifty-four of the Public Statutes and chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five shall not apply to such buildings. Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its i)assage. Approved Murch 19, 1889. E. SECTIOX 9, CHAPTER 323, OF 1891. AS A -MEN DEI) BY SECTION 4, CHAl'TER 418, ACTS (IF 1892. Section 9. If any building shall hereafter be placed or erected in said city at a grade ADVEKTISEMKXTS. !lyJ!i!JMnte. ""' •'^lo.T'"''^ MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINERY, BOILER AND BUILDING CASTINGS SOIL PIPE AND PITTINGS Wholesale Dealers in Plumbers' Materials, EARTHEN WARE, BRASS WORK, BATH TUBS, COPPER AND IRON BOILERS. Cor. First and C Streets, Telephoiic sTfi Tremont. SOUTH BOSTON. PUTCHER'S Boston Polish IS THE BEST FINISH FOR FLOORS, Interior Wood Work and Furniture. Put up, ready for use, in cans of convenient size, with directions. MANUFACTURED BY THE Butcber Polisb Cornp^Wf 9 HAVERHILL STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 226 A HALF (EXTrRY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. other than the grade therefor, recorded in the office of the city surveyor, and which the city surveyor shall furnish on the request of the owner of the land on which the building is to be placed, or if any building shall be jilaced or erected within the boundaries of any way shown on any of the plans hereinbefore provided for, after tlie tiling of the plan as aforesaid, and not removed at the expense of the owner when required by said board of street commissioners, no damage occasioned to the estate, of which the land on which the building was so jilaced formed a part at the date of the first advertisement of the first notice given by said board, relating to the plan on which any j)art of said estate is shown, or to any part of said estate, by any subsequent establishment of any grade of any highway or by any subsequent change of any grade of any highway, shall lie recovered, or be paid to tlie owner of the whole or of any part of such estate. vSect. 11. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Aj,prore THE SUPEKVISIOX OF THE BUSINESS OF Pl^UMBIKIi. Bi' it rixirfcd. etc.. iifs fat loirs : Sei'I'iox 1. No person, firm, nr corporation shall engage in or work at the business of plumbing, either as a master or employing plumber, or as a journeyman ])hiuiber, unless such person, firm, or corijoratiou has received a license or certificate tlierefor in accordance witli the jjrovisions of this act. The words •• practical plumber." as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean a person who has learned the business of idnmbing, by working for at least two vears either as an apprentice or under a verbal agreement for instruction, and who has then worked for at least one year as a first-class journeyman plumber. The word •• journeyman," as used in this act, shall be deemed to mean one who personally does any work in plumliing which is subject to inspection, under chapter four hundred and nineteen of tlie acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two. or under any ordinance, liy-law, rule, or regulation made under the authority nf tliis act. Sect. 2. Any person not engaged in or working at the business of plumbing prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and desiring to engage in or work at said liusiness, either as a master or emplojing plumber, or as a journeyman plumber, shall apply to the board of health having jurisdiction in the locality where he intends to engage in or work at said business, except in cities or towns where the inspector of buildings has control of the enforcement of the regulations regarding plumbing, where such application shall be made to tlie inspector of buildings, and shall, at such time and place as may be designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such applications shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifications for such business. On or before the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four every master or employing plumber, and every journeyman plumber, engaged in or working at the business of plumbing in this Commonwealth prior to the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety- three, and desiring to engage in or work at said business in any city or town where licenses for jjlumliers are retpiired, shall personally register his name and address at the office of the board of health or of the inspector of buildings to whom applications f2 A IIAI.K CEXTUKV OF BOSTON S lU'll.DTNC. continued in-aetical experience, eitlier as masters or as journeymen, during the years next preceding the (h\te of appointment, and who shall hold office until removed by said board or inspector for cause, which must be shown. All such inspectors shall before appointment be subjected to an examination before the civil service commission. The compensation of such inspectors shall be determined by the board or inspector appointing them, subject to the approval of the city council or selectmen, and shall be paid from the treasury of their respective cities or towns. Said inspectors shall inspect all plumbing work for which permits are hereafter granted within their respective jurisdiction, in process of construction, alteration, or repair, and shall re])ort to said board or inspector all violations of any law, ordinance, liy-law. rule, or regulation relating to plumbing work ; and also perform such other appropu'iate duties as may be required. The approval of any plumbing by any other inspectors than those provided for under this act shall not be deemed a compliance with the provisions thereof. SiciT. C). Xo insj:)ector of ]ilumbing in any city or town shall insp)ect or approve any plumbing work done Ijy himself, or any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him, but in each city or town subject to the jirovisious of this act the board of health shall appoint an additional inspector of plundiing, in the same manner and subject to the same qualifications as the regular inspector of plumbing, whose dut\' it shall be to inspect, in the manner prescribed in this act, phuubing work done by the regular inspector or any person by whom he is employed, or who is employed by or with him. Said additional insjjector shall have authority to act in case of the absence or inability of the regular inspector, and shall receive for his services such compensation as the regular inspector would for a like duty. The provisions of this section shall not apiply to any city or town which has heretofore estalilished or may hereafter establish an annual sahuy for the position of inspector of plumbing, and in any such city or town no inspector of plumbing shall engage in or work at the business of plumbing. Skit. 7. Each city or town of live thousand inhabitants or more, and every town having a .system of water supply or sewerage, shall liy ordinance or by-law, within six months from the passage of this act, prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction, alteration, and insp)ection of all pipes, tanks, favicets, valves, and other fixtures by and through which waste water or sewage is used and carried; and provide that no such I3ipes, tanks, faucets, valves, or other fixtures shall be placed in any building in such city or town exce])t in accordance with pdans which shall be approved by the board of health of such city or town, or the inspector of buildings, where such inspector has control of the enforcements of the regulations regarding plumbing; and shall further provide that no plumbing work shall be done, except in the case of repair of leaks, without a permit being first issued therefor, upon such terms and coiulitions as such cities or towns shall prescribe. I^ut nothing in this section shall prevent boards of liealth from making such rules and regidations in regard to plumbing and house drainage hitherto authorized by law, which are not inconsistent with any ordinance or liydaw made under the authority of this section by the respective cities or towns within wliicli such boards of health have jurisdiction. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the city of Itoston or to any officer or board thereof. Skit. S. Any person violating any provision of this act, or any ordinance, by-law. rule, or legulation made thereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a line .•sa>,. ADVERTISEMENTS. 133 J, S, DELANY & SON. (H. W. DELANY.) Practical Plumbers and Gas Fitters. 6 1-2 Stamford St., Boston. Residence, 33 Winter Street, ■> Ea^t Cambridge. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO IN CITY OR COUNTRY. REFERENCES GIVEN IF DESIRED. JOHN S. RICE, Carpenter & Builder, ro CIRCUIT STREET, Roxbury. DECKER BROS. Carpenters ... and Builders, Shop, rear 61 Warren Street, Residence, 783 Washington St., DORCHESTER. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention. T^'^Automatic Gas Machine Co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE AMERICAN GAS MACHINE, The Only Automatic Gas Machine Made. FOR LIGHTING HOUSES, CHURCHES, FACTORIES, PUBLIC HALLS, &c., &c. ALSO, THE AMERICAN GAS CARBURETTOR, For Enriching Coal or Water Gas. Improving tlie Liglit. Making a Large Saving to the Consniner. 112 BEDFORD STREET, BOSTON, - MASS. 234 A HALF CKXTURY OF BOSTOx's BVILDIN'O. not exceeding fifty dollars for ear-li and every violation thereof, and if sucli person has received a license nnder tliis act his license may be revoked l)y the board or inspector issuing the same ; and if sueli violation was committed in a city or town otlier than that where he received his license, the board of health or inspector of buildings having jurisdiction may forbid him to engage in or work at the liusiness of plumbing for a period not exceeding one year in the city or town wliere the violation was committed. If any person to whom a certificate has been issued under this act violate any provision thereof, or any ordinance, by-law, rule, or regulation made thereunder, either tlie board of health or inspector of Iniildings issuing Ids certificate, or the board of health or ins}iector of buildings liaving jurisdiction where such violation was committed, may forbid him to engage in or work at the business of plumbing in such city or town for a period not exceeding one year. Any person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing in any city or town wliere lie has been forbidden so to do under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for every such offence. Any city or town mentioned in section three of this act refusing to comidy with any of the jirovisions of this act shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars to the use of the Commonwealth for every month during wliich such neglect may continue. Skit. 9. The provisions of this act shall apply to all persons wlio are now or may lie hereafter learning tlie business of plumbing, when tliey are sent out to do the work of a journeyman plumber. Sect. 10. Any person now holding an apjiointment as inspector of plumbing may retain his position, and, without furtlier examination, be deemed to have been appointed under tliis act. Sf.i'T. 11. The boards of health and inspectors of buildings liereinliefore mentioned may ex[)eiid such portion of all fees collected by them under this act as sliall V)ecome necessary to properly perform all duties imposed by the passage of this act. The said boards or inspectors shall annually, before the first day of June, make a full report in detail to their respective cities or towns of all their proceedings during the year under this act. Sect. 12. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. The provisions of this act so far as thej- are the same as those of cliapter four hundred and seventy- seven of the acts of the year eigliteeii hundred and ninety-three shall be construed as a contiiniation of that chajiter and not as new enactments. Appvoi-ed Jniie 6. 1894. I. CHAPTER 462 OF ACTS OF 1893. AX ACT TO AUTHOKIZK THE ESTABLISH JIEXT OF A BriLDIX(;-LIXE OX PUBLIC WAYS. Be it enacted, etc., us foUoirs : Sectiox 1. The board or officers liaving authority to lay out city or town ways may. in the manner prescribed liy law for giving notice of an intention to lay out any such way, give notice of an intention to establish a building-line parallel to, and not more than twenty-five feet distant from, any exterior line of a highway or city or town way, and after said notice may pass a vote establishing such building-line, and in the case of a city, upon the recording of said vote in the records of the city, or in a town, upon tlie acceptance of said vote by the ADVEKTISEMENTS. JAMES M. THAYER, (Inventor Thayer Hot-\\ater Heater.) MANUFACTURER OF Thayer's . Tip -top . Hot -Water . . Heater, , . 94 PEARL STREET. Boston, Mass. Telephone 70 79. J. E. QUINTON, Qarpe^ter a^d Builder, OFFICE A.ND STORE FITTING. Estimates furnished on new Work. ;^=A11 orders for Jobbing- promptly attended to. Residence, 22 BLUE HILL AVE., ROXBURY. ANDREW J. GRANARA, plumber, SANITARY DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION. 149 NORTH STREET, Cor. Fulton Place, BOSTON. Gas Fitting and Jobbing Promptly Attended To * JOHN E, KELLY, Garpeiiter and Bailder, 188 SYCAMORE STREET, Roslindaie, A\ass. 23C) A HALF CENTrr.Y OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. inhabitants of the town at a town-meeting called as provided by law, said building-line shall be established; and until another building-line shall thereafter be established in the same manner, no structure shall thereafter be erected, placed, or maintained between such building-line and such way. except that steps, windows, porticos, and such usual projections ajipurtenant to the front wall of a building, may be allowed in such restricted space, to the extent prescribed in the vote establishing such building-line. Sect. 2. Any person sustaining damage by reason of the estaljlishmeut of such building- line shall have the same remedies for obtaining payment therefor as may be prescribed by law for obtaining payment for damages sustained by the laying out of a highwaj- in such city or town. Sect. .3. This act shall take effect in anj' city Avhen accepted by the city council thereof, and in any town when accepted by a majority of the legal voters thereof present and voting thereon at a tiiwn-meeting called for that pur[iose. Approved June 9, 1893. J. CHAPTER 2.57 OF ACTS OF 1894. AX ACT KEL.VTIXC; Tl) THE KRElTIOX Oft ALTER ATIOX I IF STRTCTURES OF THE CITV OF UltSTOX. Be It enacted., etc., an fallows : Sectiox 1. The supreme judicial court, or any justice thereof, and the siijierior court, or any justice thereof, in term time or vacation, shall, on the ajiplicatiim of the city of Boston by its attorney, have jurisdiction in e(|uity to enforce or prevent the violation of the provisions of the acts relating to the erection or alteration of buildings or other structures in the city of Boston, and may, on such application, restrain the erection, alteration, use, or occupation of any such building or structure which is being or has been erected or altered in violation of any of the provisions of said acts. Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April IG. 1894. K. CHAPTER 387 OF ACTS OF 1894. AX' ACT RELATIVE TO FfKE-ESCAPES IX SCHOOL-HOL^SES. Be it enacted, etc., as folloics: In case a school-house situated in any city has not been provided with a safe and proper way of egress or other means of escape from fire, as required by chapter four hundred and twent3'-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, within six months after the written notice therein provided for, the mayor of such city, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of said act, may, upon petition of one hundred citizens or taxpayers in said cit\-, authorize the expenditure upon any such school-house of not exceeding fifteen per cent, of the cost thereof, payable from any moneys in the treasnry of s«id city not otherwise apjiropriated. Sects. 1 to 8, inclusive, so far as they relate to Boston, of Chajiter 42(i of 1888, repealed by section 138, chapter 419, 1892. Passed June 1(3, 1892. Apin-nvcd Mn/ 4, 1894. ADVEUrrsEMEXTS. »o)° Co °)° OIX(;-H0USES IX CASE OF FIRE. Be if I'liacted, fff., as follows: Sectiox 1. Every owner, lessee, proprietor, or manager of a lodging-house containing ten or more rooms above the second story shall, on or before the tirst day of October in tlie year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, place or cause to be placed, a knotted rope or other better appliance for use as a fire-escape, in every room in said lodging-house used as a lodging- room, except rooms on the ground floor. Such rope or other better appliance shall be securely fastened, coiled, and exposed, and shall contain knots and a loop, and shall conform in size and length and in all other respects to the requirements of section one of chapter three hundred and seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety. Sect. 2. The provisions of sections t\yo and three of said chapter three hundred and seven shall be applicable to the jiiMivisions of section one of this act. Ajqiroved Mui/ 4. 1S94. M. CHAPTER 414 OF ACTS OF 1894. AX ACT TO REGUL.\TE PUBLIC L(II)(;lXfrHOUSF,S IX THE CITY OF BOSTr)X-. Be It enacted, He, as folhncs: Section 1. Every building in the city of Boston not licensed as an inn, in which ten or more persons are lodged for a price for a single night of twenty-five cents or less for each person, shall be deemed a public lodging-house within the meaning of this act. Sect. 2. The board of police for said city may license persons to keep public lodging- houses in said city. No fee shall be charged for such license, and it shall expire on the thirtieth day of April next after the granting of the same. Every such license shall specify the street or other place, and the number of the building, or give some other particular description thereof, where the licensee shall exercise his employment ; and the license shall not protect a person exercising his employment in any other place than that so S[)ecified. Sect. 3. Xo such license shall be granted until the insi)ector of buildings of said city has certified that the building is provided witli sufficient means to escape in case of fire, and that suitable appliances are provided for extinguishing fires and for giving alarm to the inmates in case of fire ; and said inspector may from time to time require such alterations to lie made or such additional appliances to be provided as may in his judgment be necessary for the protection of life and property in case of fire. Sect. 4. Xo such license shall be granted until the board of health has certified that the building is provided with a sufficient number of water-closets and urinals, and with good and sufficient means of ventilation ; and said board may from time to time require the licensee to thoroughly cleanse and disinfect all parts of said building and the furniture therein, to the satisfaction of said board. Sect. 5. In every public lodging-house a register shall be kept in which shall be entered the name and address of each lodger, together with the time of his arrival and departure, and such register shall at all times be open to the inspection of the police. ADVER-TISEMENTS. 2;j9 Norton Iron Co. Steel Structures and Architectural IRON WORK, Office and Works, SECOND ST.. EAST EVERETT, MASS. Members of Master Builders' Association. RUFUS H. ORNE. CHARLES LAWRENCE. Orne & Lawrence, MASONS . AND . BUILDERS, 17 OTIS STREET, Telephone 1892. Boston. C. L. McKAY, Cz^rpcpter apci Builder, Residence, 8 SORRENTO ST., ALLSTON. Houses For Sale in Brookline. BIXBY BROTHERS Carpenters and Builders 335 FOURTH STREET, South Boston, - Mass. J. J. BIXBY, 846 E. FOURTH ST. "Plans and Estimates for Construction fiirnished at short notice, for all kinds of Building Enterprises." 240 A HALF CEXTVRY OV EOSTOx's BUILDIXU. Se<'t. C). The keeper of every public lodging-house shall at all times when required by any ofRcer of the building department, the health department, or the police department, give him free access to said house or any part thereof. Sect. 7. Whoever presumes to keep a public lodging-house, or is concerned or in any way interested therein, without being duly licensed as hereinbefore provided, shall be punished by line not exceeding one hundred dollars; and any keeper of a public lodging- house who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars, and the licensing board shall immediately revoke his license. Sect. S. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved .May 111, 1894. N. CHAPTEE 309 ( IF ACTS (JF 1894. AX AIT IOXCEKXIX(i THE STOKAfiE OF PETKOLEUM OK AXY OF ITS PKODUCTS, AS]) THE EliECTIOX AXD USE OF I;UILDIX(;S THEREFOR. Be it enacted, etc., tts ftiUows : Sectiox 1. No building for the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude ))etroleuni, or any of its products, shall be erected in any city or town unless the mayor and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, prescribing the place where such building shall be erected, and the pjarticular location, materials, and construction thereof, witli such regulations as tn the height of chimneys, dimensions of building, and protection against fire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood; and no building heretofore erected and not now used for the storage, keeping, manufacture, or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, shall be hereafter used for any of said purposes in any city or town, unless the mayor and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, with such regulations as to the height of chimneys and protection against tire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhotxl. Skit. 2. Any license, as hereinbefore provided for, may be granted on a written ap[ilicatii)n, and shall be recorded in the records of the city or town. Upon application for such license the mayor and aldermen nr selectmen shall assign a time and place for the consideration of the same, and cause at least fourteen days" public notice thereof to be given at the expense of the applicant, in such manner as they may direct, in order that all persons interested may be heard thereon. Sect. 3. Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in- the business of, or using a building for, the storage, keeping, manufacture, or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, in any city or town, shall cnnform to such regulations as to the height of chimneys and protection against fire as the mayor and aldermen or selectmen of such city or town shall deem necessary for the safety of the neighliorhood ; but no regulations which the mayor and aldermen or selectmen have not now authority to impose shall be imposed upon or apply to a building or premises now and heretofore rrsed for the business aforesaid. Sect. 4. Any jierson erecting, occupying, or using a building, or occupying or using a building erected, in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any license or regulations granted or made as hereinbefore jirovided, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred ADVEKTISEMENTS Box 73, Builders' and Contractors' Association, 17 OTIS STREET, 241 CHARLES LOGUE, And Builder, OFFICE AND STORE FITTING A SPECIALTY. 353 Commercial Street, BOSTON. All kinds of jobbing; promptly attended to. Ames & Joscelyn, CARPENTERS and JOBBERS, Circular and Band Sawing. WOOD TURNING, ETC. 3 iQdia Square, r^ear Broad Street, BOSTON. Jobbing orders will receive prompt attention. William R. Maxwell, MANl-FACTtRER OF ANn DEALER IN FACE AND COnnON BRICK, Aouldcd and Paving I^ricl^s a ^P^-'cialtv. FIREPLACE BRICK ALWAYS ON HAND. Brick Yard, Medford, Mass. Residence, 30 Hedford St , Medford. BOSTON ADDRESS, Master Builders' Association, 166 DEVONSHIRE ST. HlRA^r A. J.OVERING. )!ARRISON LOVERING. WILLIAM G. SOULE. Lovering Bros. & Soule, IMl'OKTKRS OI-- PLATE, WINDOW and . . PICTURE GLASS, CLEAR BEVELED PLATES. 73 Portland Street, Boston. PLATE WAREHOUSE, 34 and 36 Farnsworth Street. 242 A }IAr.F I EXTURY Ol'" BOSTOx's lini.DrXG. dollars, or liy imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding one month, or by both, in the discretion of the court. Skct. 5. The supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, or the siiperior court, or a justice thereof, in term time or vacation, may, by injunction or other suitable process in equity, restrain the erection, occupation, or use of a building, or the occupation or use of a building erected, in violation of the provisions of this act, or of any license or regulations granted or made as hereinbefore provided. Sect. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage. A]>j,roi'e'/ JIai/ 18, IS'.U. 0. CHAl'TER 444 OF ACTS OF 1894. Seitio.x ~>. The tire marshal, the hre commissioners of the city of Boston, the board of fire engineers in all towns and cities where such board is established, and the mayor and aldermen in cities and the selectmen in towns where no board of fire engineers exists, shall have the right at all reasonable hours, for the pjurposes of examination, to enter into and upon all buildings and jiremises within their jurisdiction. Whenever any of said officers shall find in any building or upon anj' premises combustible material or inflammable conditions dangeroiis to the safety of such buildings or premises they shall order the same to be removed or remedied, and such order shall be forthwith complied with by the owner or occupant of said building or premises : iiniriflcil, hnwerer, that if the said owner or occupant shall deem liimself aggrieved by such order he may, within twenty-four hours, appeal to the fire marshal, and the cause of the complaint shall be at once investigated by the direction of the latter, and unless by his autliority tiie order of the board above named is revoked, such order shall remain in force and be forthwith complied with by said owner or occupant. The fire marshal, fire commissioner, fire engineers, mayor, and aldermen, or selectmen, as afore- said shall make an immediate investigation as to the presence of combustible material or the existence of inflammable conditions in any building or upon any premises under their jvirisdiction, upon complaint of any person having an interest in said buildings or premises or property adjacent thereto. Any owner or occupant of buildings or premises, failing to comply witli the orders of the authorities above specified, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each day's neglect. P. CHAl'TER 90, ACTS OF 1890. AX ACT IX UELATKiX TO THE EMI'LOYMEXT OF CUSTODIANS OF ELEVATORS. Be it I'liarfed, i'fi\, as fnUoirs : Section 1. Xo person, firm or corporation shall employ or permit any person under fifteen years of age to have the care, custody, management or operation of any elevator, or shall employ or permit any person under eighteen j'ears of age to have the care, custody, manage- ment or operation of any elevator running at a speed of over two hundred feet a minute. Sect. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this act shall forfeit a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence. Api,roi-e'l March 13, 1890. ADVERTISEMENTS. 243 C. BOULTEHHODSE, ^arpeoter -AND- ^ guilder, 5 HOWARD PLACE, ROXBURY. D, M, OCONNELL, Contractor'4uil(ler 19 Winship Street, BRIGHTON, MASS. H. R. RUGGLES, Contractor and Builder, Residence, 158 BIGELOW STREET, BRIGHTON. AH Jobbing tlone promptly and in the best ma?i- ncr. We also make a specialty of all kinds of Office Furniture, Desks, Book Cases, Store Fittings, Screens, Etc. PLANS AND ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. Shop, 352 to 356 Washington Street. TIMOTHY DESMOND, Architect and Builder, 832 PARKER STREET, ROXBURY. 244 A HALF CEXTCItV OF BOSTOx's BUILDI.VG. Q. CHAPTER 337, ACTS OF 1894. AX AIT liELATIVK TO FIRE ESCAPES ]N SCHOOLHOUSES. Be it eiKiiinl, etc., iit< folloics : In case a schoolliouse situated in any city has not lieen provided witli a safe and proper way of egress or other means of escape from tire, as required by chapter four hundred and twenty-six of the acts of tlie year eighteen hundred and eighty-eiglit, witliin six montlis after the written notice therein provided for, tlie mayor of such city, for the purpose of carr}-- ing out the provisions of said act, may, upon petition of one hundred citizens or taxpayers in said city, authorize the expenditure upon any such schoolhouse of not exceeding fifteen per cent, of the cost tliereof, payable from any moneys in tlie treasury of said city not otherwise oppropriated. Ai^proi-ed May 4, 1894. R. CHAPTEU 399, ACTS OF 1894. AX ACT < OXCERXINIl THE STORAfiK OF J'ETROLEUM OR AXY OF ITS PRODUCTS AXD THE ERECTIOX AXD USE OF nriLDIXliS THEREFOR. Be it enacted, etc.. ns fnlloirs : Sectiox 1. No building for the storage, keeping, manufai'ture or refining of crude i)etni- leum, or any of its products, shall be erected in any city or town unless the nia3'or and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, prescribing the place where such building shall be erected, and the particular location, materials and construction thereof, with such regulations as to the height of chimneys, dimensions of building and protection against fire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood ; and no building heretofore erected and not now used for the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, shall be hereafter used for any of said purposes in any city or town, unless the mayor and aldermen or selectmen thereof have granted a license therefor, with such regulations as to the height of chimneys and jirotection against fire as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood. Sect. 2. Any license, as hereinbefore provided for, may be granted on a written applica- tion, and shall be recorded in the records of the city or town. Upon application for such license the mayor and aldermen and selectmen shall assign a time and place for the consideration of the same, and cause at least fourteen days' public notice thereof to be given at the expense of the applicant, in such manner as they may direct, in order that all persons interested may be heard thereon. Sect. 3. Any person, firm or cfU'poration engaged in the business of, or using a building for, the storage, keeping, manufacture or refining of crude petroleum, or any of its products, in any city or town shall conform to such regulations as to the height of chimneys and protection against fire as the maj'or and aldermen or selectmen of such city or town shall deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood ; but no regulations which the mayor and aldermen or selectmen have not now authority to impose shall be imposed upon or apply to a building or premises now and heretofore used for the Inisiness aforesaid. ADVEKTISKMENTS. 245 THOMAS J. JOHNSON, DEALER IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, WINDOW AND DOOR FRAHES. 77) WASH/NGTON ST., Boston. Estimates . Promptly . Furnished. Telephone . Connection. MORRIS GUTLON, Real Estate & Builder, Residence, 13 Montrose Street. ROXBURY, MASS. Charles E. Qould, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, 765 WESTVILLE STREET, Dorchester. CRUISKSHANK & TEED, Carpenters and Builders, 1 CARLOS STREET, Or No. 3 Dorr St., DORCHESTER. 24() A HALF CEXTCnV OF BOSTOX"s BUILDIXG. Sect. 4. Any person erecting, occupying or using a building, or occupying or using a building erected, in violation of the ])ro\'isions of this act, or of any license or regulations granted or made as hereinliefore jirovided. shall be punished byline not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction not exceeding one month, or by both, in the discretion of the court. Sect. 5. The supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, or the superior court, or a justice thereof, in term time or vacation, may, by injunction or other suitable process in equity, restrain the erection, occupation or use of a building, or tlie occujjation or use of a building erected, in violation of the provisions of this a-t, or of any license or regulations granted or made as hereinbefore provided. Sect. (>. This act shall take effect upon i)assage. Ajyprored Muij 18, 1894. S. CHAPTER 481. ACTS OF 1894. AX ACT IX KELATIOX TO THE IXSPECTIOX HEl'ARTMEXTS OF THE DISTRICT POLICE AXI) THE IXSPECTIOX OK liUILDINGS. ]U It innctrd. I'ff., as fiiUoirs : Section- 44. Every owner, lessee, proprietor or manager of a hotel situated in this Commonwealth, which is not otherwise suitably provided with fire escapes for the protection of human life in case of fire, or of a lodging house containing ten or more rooms above the second story, shall place or cause to be placed a knotterl rope or other better appliance for use as a fire escape in every room of said hotel used as lodging room, except rooms on the ground floor, which knotted rope or other better aiipliance shall be securely fastened at one end of it to a suitable iron hook or eye to be securely screwed into one of the joists or timbers next adjoining the frame of the window, or one of the windows of said room at least five feet from the floor, which rope shall be at all times kept coiled and exposed to the plain view of any occupant of said room; the coil to be fastened in such manner as to be easily and ipiickly loosened and uncoiled; such rope shall contain knots not more than eighteen inches apart, and a loop on the end at least three inches in length, and shall not be less than one-half inch in diameter and of sufficient length to rea(di from such window to the ground. Such rope, iron hook or eye and fastenings shall be of sufficient strength to sustain a weight of four hundred jiounds, and there shall be plain directions how to use such rope or other better appli- ance j)rinted and posted within six inches of the hook or eye to which the rope is fastened. Sect. 45. It shall be the duty of the inspector of buildings of every city or town in the Commonwealth, or if there is no such officer, of the chief engineer of the fire department of every city or town in the Commonwealth, in the month of Jtay of each year to inspect every room of every hotel and lodging house of ten or more rooms above the second story, in the city or town in which he is performing the duty of inspector of buildings, or of chief engineer, and to ascertain if the provisions of this act are complied with, and to report the condition of the rope or other better appliance to the chief of the district police. Sect. 58. Any person violating the provisions of sections forty-four and forty-five of this act as to fire ropes in hotels shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. ^ tes^ i:'. 4±5-i,^v-':'' ,-S^ .1^^ III, ADVEKTISKME>fTS. 247 T. F. WALSH, D. D. KEARNS, . . . Architects . . . 165 Tremont Street, Rooms 30 and 31, BOSTON, MASS. ESTABLrSHED 1891. -^ E. A. BENNETT, PLASTERING. G. S. Haliwell, CARPENTER ^^ ^^ * '^ AND BUMLDER, -^ ^ MASON o «- COUNTERS BUILT. BRICKLHYINC. BUILDINGS REMODELED. Whitewashing, Whitening . . . and Coloring. Residence, 1403 Dorchester Avenue. 27 FULTON STREET, Boston, Mass. SEND FOR A COPY Schools and Schoolboys of Old Boston Published by LOUIS p. HAGER, 12 Pearl Street, - - Boston. A\ass. 24S A HALF CEXTIFY OF BOSTOX's BlILDING. or liy imprisiiiiment in the county jail or liou?e of forreption for not more than six montlis. or by botli sucli tine and imprisonment. Sect. 6.'3. Section eleven of eliapter one hundi-eil and three, and sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, twenty-one, twenty- two and twenty-four of chapter one hundred and four of the Public Statutes ; chapters two- hundred and eight and two hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two; chapter one Imndred and seventy-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three ; chapter tifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four ; chapters one hundred and seventy-three and two hundred and sixty of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six;, chajiters one hundred and thirteen, three hundred and ninety-nine and four hundred and twenty -six of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; chapters eighty-three, one hundred and seventy-nine, three hundred and seven and four hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety; cha])ter three liundred and two of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one ; chapters one hundred and eleven, one hirndred and ninety-nine and three hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety -three, and chaptei-s three hundred and thirty-seven and three hundred and forty-one of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed, Approred Juui' 16, 1894. T, CHAPTER L'l.!, ACTS OF 1895. AX ACT RELATIVE To THE Lie KXSlXli AX]> 1;L:(;VLATIX(; OK STABLES TX ( ITIES, Be it ClUtftrd, etc., (IS fo^lous: Sectiox 1, Xo person shall hereafter erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in any city whose population exceeds fifty thousand, unless first licensed so to do by the board of health of said city, and in such case only to the extent so licensed. Sect. 2. The foregoing provisions shall not be construed to prevent any such occujiation and use which may be authorized by law at the time of the passage of this act to the extent and by tlie person or persons so authorized: prorldfid, however, that the board of health of any such city may make such regulations or orders respecting the drainage, ventilation, number of animals, and the storage and handling of manure, in any existing stables in their respective cities as in their judgment the public health reijuires. Sect. 3. AVlioever vi(dates the provisions of this act or of any regulation or order made pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such offence continues; and any court having e(juity jurisdiction may restrain any such erection, occupation or use contrary to the provisions of this act. Approved Ajtril 4, 18'.)."). u. CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF 1895. AX ACT RELATIVE TO LAYIX. Every such wooden building to be a block of two or mm-e dwelling-houses shall have In-ick walls between the houses not less than eight inches thick, built up to the under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid and embedded in mortar ujion the walls or built uji twelve inches above the roof and covered with metallic covering. Skct. 37. Every such wooden building to be used for any purpose other than that of a dwelling-house shall not exceed fifty-tive feet in height from the grade of the street or place upon which it is to be erected, nor shall an)- wall thereof (unless uuide of In-ick at least twelve inches thick, and built up to the under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid and embedded in mortar upon the Avail or Imilt up twelve inches above the roof and covered with metallic covering) be nearer than four feet to any other wooden building which is less than twenty-five feet in height, nor nearer than ten feet to any other wooden building which is twenty-five feet or more in height, but the exception hereinbefore mentioned shall not apply to stables. Skct. 38. Every such wooden building, to l)e used for any purpose other than that of a dwelling-house built in a range of more than fifty feet, shall have an intercepting brick wall not less than twelve inches thick Inult up to the under side of the roof covering, and the said covering laid and eml)edded in nrortar upon the wall or built up twelve inches above the roof, and covered with metallic covering. Sect. 39. The requirements contained in the preceding five sections shall not apply to buildings erected or jilaced at a distance of fifty feet or more from every other building, and from every street or way used for public j)assage. A nVKRTISEMEXTS. J. E. WILBUR. Carpenter and Builder, 13 BALLOU AVENUE, DORCHESTER. FRITZ KlJHNER, i/lRPENTER 4^ ^ andSUILDER, Jobbing Promptly Attended To. Estimates Furnished, Residence, = 8 CHESTNUT AVENUE, MATHEW MORTON, Carpenter and Builder, 20 JniLLIT STREET, .DORCHESTER. Warren D. Vinal, REAL ESTATE, 54 . Devonshire . Street, BOSTON, MASS. XScorxi S. 258 D. EEVISED ORDINANCES OP 1892, CHAPTEE 43. No person shall conneet any steam exhaust pipe with any ventilating, waste, or drain pipe in a building-, inside of the tra}) of the drain-pipe placed near the foundation wall of the building. No person shall discharge anj' waste water or water from a sink or water-closet, except through a drain into a sewer or cesspool, or in accordance with a permit from the board of health. DRAINS. No person shall discharge into a public drain or sewer any steam, nor any other matter or thing wliich m;iy tend to cause an obstruction thereof, or a deposit therein, or any injury thereto. OPEXIXIjS IX, AND PR0.T?:€TI0XS IXTO STREETS. No person shall make any permanent excavation under the surface of a street, the inner face of the wall of which extends farther under the street than to a line eighteen inches inside the line of the outer edge of the curbstone or sidewalk. No person shall place or maintain a grating in a street, the spaces between the bars of which are more than one inch in width ; nor shall he extend any such grating more than eighteen inches from a building into a street. No person shall make a coal-hole or other opening in a street, except in accordance with a permit from the superintendent of streets. No person shall maintain an entrance to his estate by steps descending immediately from or near the line of a public street, unless the same is securely guarded. No person shall erect any canopy, awning, shade, shade-frame, or shade-curtain in any street, except in accordance with a permit from the superintendent of streets. No person shall insert a sign in any sidewalk, nor place or maintain a sign, show-bill, lantern, show-board, goods, wares, or other articles, so as to project into or overhang any street, except in accordance with a permit from the board of aldermen. No person shall oiien, occupy, or use any portion of a street, except in accordance with a permit from the superintendent of streets, nor without exhibiting such permit to any police ofRcer, when recpiested by him so to do. WOdDEX iiriLDIXIiS. No person shall erect, or in any manner alter a wooden building outside the building limits of the city, in violation of the requirements of the ordinances of the city, nor except in accordance with a permit from the inspector of buildings. I'EXALTY FOR VIOLATIOXS. .Whoever violates any provision of section eighty-four of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each offence, and whoever violates any provision of any other section of this chapter shall Vie punished liy a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence, and not only the person actually doing the prohibited thing, but also his employer and every other person concerned in so doing shall be punished by the said fine. Approv<'2, are given all the laws relating to buildings that have been passed b}' the General Court. While many of these have either been repealed or become inactive, thej- are interesting in connection with the growth of the town and city. Space will not admit of all of these laws being given in full, and with few exceptions only the title of the act will be given, ns from that the purpose of the law can be seen. ADVERTISEMEN'TS. 2G1 CHISHOLM & SULLIVAN, Carpenters and Builders, Jobbing Promptly Attended To. RESIDENCES: A. C. Chbholm, IS IIMGLESIDE STREET, Wm. Sullivan, 206 HEATH STREET, ROXBURY. J. C. STOREY, \V. H. STORE^•. J. C. STOREY & CO. Oni.v Manufacturers of PHOErilX . BRAnD Roofing :•: Materials, DRY SHEATHING PAPER, TARRED SHEATHING PAPER, DEADENING FELT. Rosin=Sized Paper, Coal-Tar, Pipe Cement, Concrete Paving flaterials. NO. /O STATE STREET, Boston.. FACTORY AT SOUTH BOSTON, First St., between B and C Sts. John M. Brauneis, CARPENTER . . ANb BUILDER, 936 PARKER STREET, ROXBURY. Repairing Promptly Attended To. JOHN W. COSDEN & CO. Sanitary Plumbers, STEAH AND GAS FITTERS. 246 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., AND 293 HANOVER ST., Telephone Connections. BOSTON. Residence, 78 St. Stephen St. 2G2 A HALF CEXTURY DF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXG. Ill 1()'.)2 the above law, entitled '-An Act for Building witli Stone or Brick in the Town of Boston, and Preventing Fire."' was passed, and is the first one recorded in the "Special Laws " referred to. 1810, chapter 124. An act to jireveiit livery stables being erected in certain places in the town of Boston. 1817, chapter 171. An act to secure the town of Boston from damage by tire. Quite a time seems to have intervened before any further laws were found necessary, except such as related to the storage in buildings of certain combustible materials, and those of a similar nature not directly concerning the construction of buildings. 1860, chapter 109. An act to amend " An act to prevent livery stables from being erected in certain places in the Town of Boston."' 1869, chapter 369. An act concerning the erection of stables in the city of Boston. 1871, chapiter 280. An act to provide for the regulation and inspection of buildings, the more effectual prevention of tire, and the better preservation of life and property in the city of Boston. This act created a department for the survey and inspection of buildings. l;llll,|il.\(l. ciOr.-VIIsIK I Al. WllAKl- AMI ATLANTIC AVEXUE, \;\ ri:i;M issKix ui- m. f. suli.iva.n. ADVERTISEMENTS. 2G3 ERASTUS E. PIPER, CARPENTER BUILDER, All kinds of Repairs and Alterations. 101 WEST BROOKLINE STREET, Boston. RESIDENCE, 45 RUTLAND STREET. R. B. MOORHOUSE, CARPENTER, SHOP, 58 TROY STREET, Near Corner Albany, BOSTON DAVID CURRIER, Carpenter & Builder, GENERAL JOBBER, Residence, 21 HOWE STREET, DORCHESTER. M. F. SULLIVAN, Qarpepter a^d Builder, 65 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BOSTON. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. i( )W few realize the extent and full import of tins particular department of tlie eity, and why ? Because the masses are not as individuals brouglit into business relations with it nor in contact with its members, and yet those who have liad to do with it can only in part speak of the immense amount of business transacted and duties performed. AVliat are the duties that are being jierformeil daily? From the first intimation of the owner's intention to build, and while the jjlans are being drawn, interviews are often had witli the department on matters pertaining to the construction of the law and its a])plication to the proposed structure, and preliminary plans are frequently features of these consultations. Upon completion of the plans and specifications, an application is nuide at the office for a permit, and a copy of the plans and sjiecifications must be filed witli the application. Eefore a permit can be granted the plans must be approved, and tliis means a minute examination into the proposed method of construction, quality and strength of materials, loads imposed, etc. ; and this examination often requires a boring or sounding of the soil to ascertain its condition, in order to properly determine the method and character of foundation and the loads that can be safely imposed. Tlie present building law of Boston defines that the "foundation, with the superstructure which it supports, shall not overload tlu:' material on wliich it rests: " while the law of New York reads: " Good, solid, natural earth shall be deemed to safely sustain a load of four tons to the superficial foot, or as otherwise determined by tlie superintendent of buildings." After being satisfied on this point and, if piling is required, that tlie piling is of sufficient number of rows and proper distance on centres, tlie grade for cutting off said piles is determined; and in establishing this grade the point in consideration is the proper and sufficient covering of the ])iles in summer with tide or soil water. The general established grade in Boston is five (5) but is subject to change by the Inspector, who has full authority to establish sucli grades. We now come to the foundation. Eubble work may be used in buildings less than forty feet in height and in third-class buildings outside the building limit, and in no instance are round or boulder stones allowed. Bubble must be twenty-five per cent, thicker than granite fo\indations. Granite is re(piired to be in block stones and at least eight inches thicker than the wall overhead. Brick foundations must be at least twelve inches in thickness and four inches thicker than the wall overhead. Footings shall be stone or concrete, or both, or of concrete and stepped-up brickwork. Granite block stone footings are most commonly used, and must b? not less than sixteen inches in thickness, and at least twelve inches wider than tlie bottom width of foundation Avail, and are to be well bedded, laid crosswise, edge to edge. The walls overhead must lie of the prescribed thickness for the height intended and the ADVERTISEMENTS. .'65 C. K. JEWETT, Prbs. N. M. JEWETT, Treas. Jewett Lumber Co. nanufacturers of and Dealers '" ^ LUMBER AND Builders' Wood=work, HARDWOOD AND PINE DOORS, WINDOWS, FRAMES, GUTTERS, MOULDINGS. OFFICE, WHARF AND FACTORY. QLENDON STREET, EAST BOSTON. Ttlephone, East Boston >(i. 2. At 166 DEVONSHIRE ST.. BOSTON, Room 57, 12.30 to 2 o'clock. JoJ^Q J. Qoo9 9 (?o., Coptr^ctorSr . . . HMD . . . Builders. Jobbing promptly attended to. Oice: No. 7 EXCHANGE PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. H. A. SLAKIN, HASON, BUILDER, AND CONTRACTOR. All Kinds of Building Work promptly attended to. E5TI/w^ATES FURNISHED. OFI^ICE : Room No. 41. Take Elevator. 7 WATER STREET, Room 913 CARTER BUILDINQ, BOSTON, MASS. H. S. HUSSEY, BUILDING •• .AND Jobbing" Mason, 183 a HARRISON AVE, BOSTON. Office Hours 12 to i. L'GG A HALF CKXTL-ltY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. purpose of buililing, together with an additional thickness of four inclies for every twent_y-five feet or part thereof to the length of a truss over thirty feet, when trusses are used. Floor- bearing partition walls may he of four inches less thickness than reipiired for external and party walls of same height, provided the total thickness is not less than twelve inches. Next comes the constnietion of floors and roof and computation of materials used and method of use as to their strength and complying with the standards as established by law If the building is of steel-frame construction the computations are of particular moment and require in some instances the assistance of an engineer. Next comes the construction of flues and fireplaces, stairways and elevators, to see that the reiiuirements of law are complied with in these respects, and this is followed by the examination of pdans as to egress, light and air exposures, and other special requirements relating to particidar classes of buildings. Finally the method of plumbing is considered and if the plans and specifications show the building to conform to the requirements of law and the location has been approved as in accordance with application tiled, a permit is granted and recorded, and the inspection by the district inspector commenced. This work is divided into construction, jilumbing, elevators, egress and boilers, and in addition to this is the prosecution and special divisions. On construction the duties consist of "an examination as often as }iracticable " of the building in process of construction or alteration and a rejiort of all vi(dations of law; an inspection as to whether the materials used are as specified and in compliance with statute requirements, and as to whether the law is met in letter and spirit, and that all violations whether of omission or commission, are complied with or removed. IMemoranda are kejit of each day's observations, and at the completion of the building a final report is made, giving a complete and full description of the structure from foundation to apex, from wall to wall, and story by story, and is accompanied with plans. Plumbing inspection consists of approving the applications for work to be performed, an examination of work during its progress to see that proper materials are being used and in a sanitary manner, aiul testing of the work before it is used to see that the pipes are sound, free from holes, and that the joints are tight. A final is rendered on plumbing work at the completion of the building. Elevators and lioistways are inspected with reference to the safety devices to cars, doors gates or bars to openings in shafts, vertical red-painted iron bars to external windows, incombustilile constructed shafts, or the lining of existing wooden shafts with metal, the examination of the machinery for hoisting the car and the filing of complaints for violations, as well as the jilacarding of elevators and prohibiting their use. A report is made on all elevator accidents, but this work comes especially under the head of special work. In the examination of Ijuildings as to egress much care is taken to get a plan of the premises as they exist, and the matter is carefully weighed as to the possibilities and probabilities in case of fire or panic. Lights and gongs must be placed and regulated, and balconies and step-ladders constructed to afford the necessary relief in case of emergency. Eequisitions are is.snearticularly giving the cause of fire, with a view, if in faulty construction, to remedy it in the future; further, to assist the engineers of the fire department by imparting such knowledge as may be possible as to condition of building on fire, and assisting the chief with advice as to the danger from falling walls, etc., and in case of necessity to protect the public from danger by removing or securing the dangerous structure. Xot onlj- must the department attend fires, but all accidents — whether by lightning, flood, explosions of gas or boiler explosions, falling of elevator cars, or injury to persons on or about buildings from any cause directly or indirectly resulting from anything attached to or connected with a building — must be examined and reported on, and this is what constitutes the special division. Under this head may be mentioned the explosion on Hanover Street, where it was necessary for the department, in order to ascertain the cause, to hold several examinations and place witnesses under oath, listen to direct and cross examinations and summing up of attorneys representing interested parties, in addition to the inspecl;ion of premises, and these hearings extended over a period of several weeks. Again, during the overflow of Stony Brook, for over three days ten members of the department, under the direction of the clerk of the dejjartment, remained constantly on duty (day and niglit), patrolling hy foot or in boat the entire district every two hours, making police station No. 10 the headquarters. This surveillance was necessary in order to i^revent any accident to buildings by the rushing waters undermining the foundations and washing out the supports. Afterward, when the flood had receded, a detailed examination was made of every building damaged, and this work alone constituted eight large volumes of records. The records were of great value to the city in the settling of claims, as the estimates of damage were made by exjierts and the i)articulars were all given. During this time several buildings were secured temporarily, liy order of the department, until the\- could be jiermanently secured by the owners. Several of the large fires have required more than the ordinaiy fire report, and the specials on these matters are exceedingly interesting and valuable. A description of each and every building damaged is given, and the fire and its cause described from incipiency to finish. The construction of the buildings and their weak and strong points are noted, and the fullest history of the fire given. Plans, surveys and yjliotographs are features of these reports and make records of inestimable value. Elevator and all other accidents appear in this division and often form the ground support t>f a suit at law, as the inspectors are summoned with these records into court to testify as experts. The office work is of a nature hard to describe, as no two days are alike; but, aside from the routine of taking applications, listing and indexing them, examining plans, recording and filing documents, indexing the records and granting permits, the time is consumed in consultations, and these take such a wide field that it is impossible to describe it. The correspondence is of no small moment, and the closing of comiilaints, preparing cases for in-osecution or injunctions for the law department are a part of this work. ^^ ""^^ 4 m B^ if '^^'V^ d fri/f •■!-'t'l f -iT'r'F- k'lt'j' t-l fc'-J ,1-1 4i ' kO :^/^-Lfei['i;^=:tj ^ i,U.H..:ti.:iTi |- f^>1 ,!:_] it' 'i > fcfc^ SOP QQO NKw FiKK ]ii:i'Ai;tment iiKAi»i,ir.\Kii i;s. i;];isisiox i;o>Tiix uKUAin. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 2C9 W. F. COTHER. J. H. VAIL. Boston Galvanizing Works, f\o. 145 pult09 S^-» BOSTON, = = MASS. GALVANIZING DONE TO ORDER. All orders promptly attended to. Estimates Furnished for all Classes of Work. Jerome Decorative Co. FRESCOING, DECORATIVE . . . . . AND PLAIN PAINTING. Composition Relief Worl^. Nev Designs. 44 WARREN AVENUE, BOSTON, MASS. J. R. JEROME, Manager. DARLOW BROS. piy/T\ber5, 'i Steam pitter5, . j^isro . Sanitary Er}<^\Y)eers. 940 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., CAnBRIDGE, A\/\SS. AND Estimates Funiislied. Inquiries Solicited. J. M. E. MORRILL, ^optr^ctor P uildgr , No. i48 CENTRE ST. °sr.?r?cr Boston, Mass. Estimates Furnished on Large Public Buildings and Fine Private Residences. ^ ^ 270 A HALF CKXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXfJ. When it is known tliat in the hist decade alone there have been 10o,7S7 permits granted, and that these permits occasioned 396,212 examinations and 69,263 reports, some idea of the work accomplished may be gained. Bnt to realize in any great degree what the work of the department is, and of the immense value it is to the city in protecting the citizens from fire accident and loss of life, an acquaintance must be had individually with its workings and the force. A much more exhaustive account might be given of the department and its workings, but sufficient is known to place it in the foremost rank of departments for responsibilities and importance. The department was organized Oct. 2, 1871, after the attention of the City Council and Legislature had been repeatedly called to it by the chief of the fire department in his annual reports, by special messages and personal exhortations, and the public liad Ijeen aroused to the necessity of a building law. Many interests were joined in this work, and as a result the act of 1871, chapter 280— " An act to provide for the regiilation and inspection of buildings, the more effectual prevention of fire and the better preservation of life and property in the city of Boston" — was passed. The department organized with Mr. David W. Chamberlin as inspector, and Wm. H. Lee as clerk of department. The force consisted of two assistant inspectors. Mr. Oliver L. Shaw succeeded Mr. Chamberlin, and in turn was succeeded by the present incumbent, Capt. John S. Damrell, in 1877. Since Captain Damrell first took charge, the department in every respect duties, responsibilities and members — has increased three hundred per cent. ; and the success of the department, standing second to none, is largely due to the knowledge of building constru-ction, fires and their causes and methods of extinguishing same, the means necessary to prevent future catastrophes, the ability and tact to enforce the iron-clad building laws without making them obnoxious, possessed by the inspector, assisted by his able and discreet body of inspectors and clerks. Year after year the necessity for amending the laws became ajiparent, and in 1885, and again in 18'.t2, an entire revision and compilation of the building statutes was deemed advisable. The experience of Boston with her building statutes and the enforcing of them is being reiterated all o.ver the world ; and as long as new and progressive forms of construction continue to be presented, just so long will all laws be found to be inadequate to meet every emergency wliich may arise. When the public become well educated to the terms, conditions, and necessities of such a law, its advantages to them as a whole and as individuals, the city will immediately feel the improved conditions, and many of the annoying and disturbing features will disappear. There is no point so tender to mankind as the dollar, and to be forced to appropriate it in excess of any thought or inclination so to do, unless the necessity and desirabilitv is clearly understood, makes that man or woman an enemy to the law and blinds them to the good and honest intent of the executive enforcing it. The following is the roster of the deimrtment: John S. Damrell Commissioner of Buildings. diaries S. Damrell Clerk of Department. Michael W. Fitzsimmons Supervisor of Plans. Levi W. Shaw _ ■ • Supervisor of Egress. James J. I'arrv . .....■• Supervisor of Construction. ADVERTISEMENTS. 271 J. J. JOHNSTON, BUILDER. HOUSES for SALE AND TO RENT 65 BAINBRIDGE STREET, ROXBURY, MASS. LEACE W. EDDY & CO. Carpenters and Builders Office, 709 Dudley St., DORCHESTER. Dudley Street Station. Shop, 283 Quincy St., ROXBURY. Bird Street Station. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF JOBBING. Shops open from 7.00 to 9.15 A. M. E. A. CLARK, ,# * ANbiUILDER, 24 LONGFELLOW STREET, FIELD'S CORNER. ^T. DUFFN> Carpenters 9 Upiop Street, EVERETT, Mass. 272 A HALF ( EXTIIIY OF BOSTOX's BUILDI.VG. William IF rye . . . . . ' . . (Senior) Deinity Inspector of Buildings Hartford Davenport ........... •' '' George W. GrifRn " " " John Kelley " " " Nahum M. Morrison ........." '•' " James H. Collins '•' " " Thomas A. Slater .........'• " " Matthew Walsh Michael H. Hartnett " " William 1!. Bothamlv •' John J. Eea^an ........." " " Henr}- L. Jones ........." '' '' Abraham T. Rogers ....■..'..." '• " John T. Daly u u « Patrick 11. Costello •• '■ " George ilcDonnell .........■' " " J. Homer Edgerly ........... ■'■ " John I!. Fitzpatrick '• •• " The clerical force consists of: George M. Barnard, J. E. S. Damrell. Frank L. W^ells, James j\I. Burr, Barrie W. Cotter. John H. Mahoney, James 1' Keliher, Frank Gargan, James T. Mm-tagh, Kittie L. Wells, Winnie D. Harrison, Isahelhi E. Kelley. PERSONAL SKKTI IIKS. First, and at the head of this department, comes Capt. John S. Damrell. He was born in Boston and educated in her public schools. In early age he was orphaned. He worked on a farm in Haverhill until he was ten years of age, and then, in order to learn the trade of carpenter, he was apprenticed to Isaac ]SIelvin of Cambridge. At the end of his apprenticeship he came to Boston as a master builder, forming in 18o6 a copartnership with James Long, ex-aldermau of Somerville, which was dissolved eighteen years later. At this time attachments were placed upon his working capital and real estate, on account of his connection with explosion of Iniildings with powder in the great Boston tire of 1872. and he was seriously embarrassed in his building operations on that account. In 18o0 he was united in marriage with Susan Emily Hill of Cambridge. Three daughters and two sons were born,. of whom only two sons are now living. From his boyhood he took a deep interest in matters pertaining to fires, and in 1848 he joined Hero Engine Company No. G. ]\Ir. D.imreirs father and his father's brothers were also members of the Boston tire department. After filling all subordinate positions in the grade of membership, he was elected in ISGS chief engineer of the fire de]iartment, and continued thus until it was placed under a commission in 1874. At Baltimore, in 187.''>, he was unanimously elected first president of the conventi ,\7 J ■ii''"i'%iPi! Pile Driver, Wharf ii Bridge Builder A/VD GENERAL CONTRACTOR, Office, 13^ Prescott St., EAST BOSTON. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. 274 A UATA' CEXTCRY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXO. houomvy lueinber of the Xational Lancers, a member of tlie Boston Veteran Fusileers, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Captain Damrell is one of the best known men iu Boston, being connected with the Odd Fellows, Eoyal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Red Men, and is a Mason of the Thirty-second degree, and a Knight Templar. Since the organization of the Golden Eule Alliance he has been president of the supreme parliament. He is also connected with many other social and charitable organizations, and has been a State trustee of the School for Feeble-minded for the past fifteen years. His connection with the fire department has undoubtedly doue most in winning him liis enviable reiiutation. (.)f the science of extinguishing fires he has at all times been considered a master, while at the present time he ranks second to none as a building inspector and is actively and earn- estly engaged in forwarding all measures looking to the safety, beauty and advancement of tliis city and country iu its building interests. Charles Stanhope Damrell, Clerk of the Depart- ment, was born in Boston. He was educated in the jiublic »^^ * schools, and after graduating from the P^nglish High ^j»^ ,.^ School took an advanced course. He first entered business in the real estate office of his father, and was subsequently ajipointed to a clerkship in the office of the inspector of buildings. In October, 1881, he was appointed chief clerk, which position he now holds, having the manage- ment of the department under the inspector, and having passed through the several grades. At present he is a member of the Boston Athletic Association, Washington Lodge of Odd Fellows (of which he is a Past Noble Grand), Hobomok Tribe of Bed Men, :Mt. Lebanon Lodge, St. I'aul's Eoyal Arch Chapter of Masons and Boston Com- 3uandery of Knight Templars. He is a justice of tlie peace. Levi "Woodbury Shaw was born in New Durham, N. H. He learned the trade of building witli his father, was educated in the town schools and AYolfboro Academy, >^T -// (/ J/7/ y)^/^/l / ^ ^ ^^^^^ '''^"^^ ^° Boston in July, 1S50. He entered the fire ' / J^,^^<^:X^ l/iy^'^iy LC^L^<>^ department in 1852. He has served over twenty years in the file department, three years as assistant engineer under Chief Engineer Damrell. He was established iu the building business in 1805 with John W. Morrison, under the firm name of L. W. Shaw & Co. The firm was dissolved in 1874, and the business continued by L. "W. Shaw until 1877. when he was appointed as an assistant inspector in this department. Xahum M. Morrison was born in Durham, N. H. He early came to Boston and learned the carpenter's and builder's trade. He constructed such notable buildings as the Boston Free I'liblic Librarv ami the Simmons and Eialto buildings. He erected several school-houses and ADVKKTISEMENTS. JAMES H. MARBLE, CARPENTER . . AND BUILDER, 77 JOY ST. BOSTON. MASS. Prompt attention given to all orders. J. J. SHAW. Appraiser and Builder, 17 EXCHANGE PLACE, TELEPHONE. BOSTON. Established 1S36. ISAAC RILEY, (Successor to Baird & Riley.) Plumber, 5a9itary Ei^i^ir^eer, No. 85 JOY STREET, -Near Cambridge Street. Telephone ; 294 HATMARKET. BOSTON. ESTAIILISHED 1S4O. Wn. J. ROUNDS, A\^soo & Wbiteper, No. 75 Joy St., BOSTON, MASS. Ranges, Grates, Furnaces and Boilers Set. LICENSED DRAINLAYER. 276 A HALF (EXTrRY OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. police stations for the city of Boston, and also several large mercantile buildings in the business section of the city. He is an ex-member of the common council, is a veteran fireman and a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and a Knight Templar Freemason. He was at one time a first assistant assessor. He entered the department as assistant inspector in 1882. Matthew Walsh was born in Ireland. He carried on the plumbing business in Boston and Charlestown for many years, and became associated with the department in I880. He is an ex-member of the common coimcils of Charlestown and Boston, and is a veteran, having served as sergeant in the Fifth Massachusetts Eegiment, Company A, and as captain in the Ninth Volunteer Militia. John Kelley was born in Ireland. For many years he carried on the mason and building business in Boston and Charlestown. He erected the large Tudor building on Water Street, and altered the Catholic church on Bunker Hill Street. He was emploj-ed thirteen years in the United States navy yard, and is an ex-member of the common council and a veteran fireman. James J. Barrj' was bm-n in England. He was a mason and carried on building operations. He is an ex-meraber of the common council, aud served seventeen years in the State militia through all grades to captain, which position he held for eight years and six months. He is also actively connected with the Montgomery Liglit Guard Veteran Association, having for two years served as colonel. William Frye, senior assistant inspector of buildings, was born in Salem, iNIass. He was foreman for Mr. Xathaniel Adams, mason and builder, of Boston, and was appointed to his present office in 1873. Hartford Davenport was born in Dorchester, ^Mass. He was a carpenter and buililer of well-known ability, and entered the department in 1873, ranking with Assistant Inspector Frye. He is a ^lason. Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, veteran fireman, and a member of the Dorchester and Massachusetts Yacht clubs. George W. Griffin was born in Dorchester. He entered the department in 1874, previous to which time he was employed as mason and builder. He is a member of the Order of Free- masons and of the Kniglits of Pythias. Michael W. FitzSimmons was born in Boston. He learned the architect's profession in the office of Messrs. Suell & Gregerson, having served with them for ten years. Upon leaving them he embarked in liusiness for himself as an architect, which he continued until entering the department in 1878. Mr. FitzSimmons was paymaster of the First Battalion of Cavalry, on the staff of Major Young, and clerk of the Pvoxbury Veteran Association. He is also a member of the Eoxburj' Pieal Estate Association. John B. Fitzpatrick was born in Bangor. Me., and educated in the public schools of that city. He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at the age of fifteen and served four years ; was honorably discharged. Went to work in Charlestown navy yard as machinist, serving eight years ; afterward invented several patents. Became interested in business with A. D. Puffer of Boston. In 1891 was appointed a building inspector. John H. ]Mahoney was born in Boston, educated in the pidilic schools and took a course in mechanical drawing at evening drawing school. He entered the employ of Fred A. Hatch, architect, in 1887, and was employed by the city architect from fall of 1887 until transferred to building department in 1892. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 277 THOMAS O'LEARY, BUILDER 121 Commt St., ROXBURY, - - - MASS. GEO. H, BARKER, CONTRACTOR, Carpenter and Builder, f^o. 34 Beuerly St., BOSTON, MASS. J. E. SWEENEY, Carpenter AND Builder. 12 Oak Grove Terrace, ROXBURY, ^\ASS. T. J. JIalotie d Co., Gutters and Conductors PUT UP AND REPAIRED. m Slate, Metal & Gravel Roofing N Ventilating and Elevator Well Tinning. 2 BARRETT 5T. f^Z.^L BOSTON. Order Box, 12 CHAPMAN ST., 36 Brattle St. Charlestown. Best Kefereiices given if required. lilb A HALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTON" S BUILDING. Frank L. Wells was born in Boston, educated in the public seliools, and entered the office of the city messenger in 1879. He was transferred to the building department in ISSl. He is secretary of the Clover Club of Boston, and a member of other social organizations ; has a wide circle of ueipiaintance and is very popular. Thomas A. Slater was born in Boston and educated in the jiublie schools. He entered the navy in 1861, served eighteen months, and was honorably discharged for sickness. He went into the business of stone cutting, and renuiined in same until appointed inspector in I880. James H. Collins was born in Eastham, Mass., educated in the common schools, and apprenticed to Jonathan F. Locke of Boston. After serving for four years he entered business for himself. He constructed the Charlestown, Chelsea, Reading and Watertown gas works, and Iniilt over seventy brick dwellings; also built brick manufactory in Medford for Peter Hubljell. He was contractor for the mason work on the machine shop of Otis Tuits while the present head of the department. Captain Damrell, did the carpentering and mill- wrighting. In 18(:)8 he became superintendent of the Bay State Brick Company, making 50,000,000 brick per year ; which position he held for ten years. Was elected an alderman of the city of Cambridge for the years 1S73-4, serving on committee on public buildings (chairman). Entered the building department in 1882. J. Homer Edgerly was born in Dover, X. H., and educated in the common schools. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the United States as a private, and, after serving with marked distinction for four years and three months, was honorably discharged with the rank of captain and brevet major. Was breveted major on the field, at the storming of Fort Fisher, for hauling down the rebel flag and "leading a forlorn hope." This act was afterward ratified by Congress. Previous promotions were granted for meritorious conduct ; ])articular]y that of captain, by order of General Butler, at the battle of New Market Heights, Va. Major, then Lieutenant, Edgerly placed a skirmish line nearer the city of Eichniond than the Union troops had ever before been. This was in 1804. under General Butler; and he was, in addition, especially mentioned in general orders. He served on the staff of Major General Hawley of Connecticut, now United States senator, as assistant provost marshal at Wilmington, N. C. Was bearer of dispatches for an exchange of prisoners at the North Fork of Cape Fear River, when 10,000 Union prisoners were released. AVas in charge, by special orders, of boat infantry on jiicket duty around Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston. This duty was done at night, and was not only extremely hazardous but unlike any other duty performed during the war. He captured a rebel picket in front of Petersburg just previous to the explosion of the Crater, l)y special desire of General Butler, who was looking for necessary information relative to the rebel forces. Was offered at the end of the war, by Major General Terry, the position of second lieutenant in the Regulars, but declined. Since the war Major Edgerly has held important positions in civil life, and was for years master mechanic in the Charlestowu navy yard. He is at present a building inspector, having been appointed in 1891. Abraham T. Rogers was born in Boston, and educated in the common schools and French's Commercial College. After graduating from school he entered the employ of his father, carpentering, where he remained for over twelve years. He was apptiinted deputy ADVEKTISEMEXTS. LEE TINGLEY, Painter and Decorator, HOUSE and SIGN Residence: No. 1 WHE BLOCK AVE, DORCHESTER. CARPENTER ^^ # BUILDERS, 23 Beverly Street, and i66 Devonshire St., Master Builders' Association, Box 204, BOSTON. Geo. L. Richardson. Wm. N. Young JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FRANKLIN S. PHELPS & CO., 15 DOANE STREET, BOSTON. Telephone Connection. Fire and Marine Insurance Underwriters. Particular attention paid to assured's interests in settling losses. liest companies. Lowest rates. Agents of London Assurance Corporation. {Marine.} Franklin S. Pheh'-s, Notaries J.\MEs F. Phelps, Public. ARTHUR W, JOSLIN, Architect »»- Builder, 32 Ruggles St., ROXBURY, MASS. Hours : 7 to 9 a. jr.. dailv. 280 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's BUILDING. inspector in 1888, liavin.i;- previously served as a clerli in the department. He is associated with Inspector Costello in the inspection and supervision of elevators. Was a member of the common council in 1880-82. Patrick H. Costello was born in Ireland, and educated in the Roxbury public schools. He served his time with Levi Chubbuek and George ^Mason, in heating and ventila- ting, and was afterward assistant foreman for Mr. Chubbuek. Carried on business as heating and ventilating engineer in Hotel Pelham for five years, and entered the building department in 1888 as an inspector. "Was a member of the common council in 1885. He is a member of the Eoyal Arcanum, a Knight of Honor, and belongs to several other social and beneficial organizations. Is an ex-lieutenant in the Montgomery Light Guard Veteran Association. George McDonnell was born in Ireland, and educated in the Boston public schools. Entered the service of the United States when a boy at the age of fourteen, and served for two years and two months ; was honorably discharged. After the war he learned the carpentering trade with his father. He carried on the business of carpentering with his father, and afterward alone, for a period of twenty years, until he was appointed inspector in the architectural department under Bateman. He was connected with that department for six years, until transferred to the liuilding department in 1889. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor and of several other organizations. John J. Reagan was born in Boston, and educated in the public schools. He first entered the employ of Jolm A. Whippde, piiotographer, and remained with him for four years ; then entered the sliop of W. H. Greenleaf, plumber, serving full time and remaining in his employ for a period of twenty years, until appointed a building inspector in 1887. Michael H. Hartnett was born in Ireland, and was educated there. He came to America at the age of nine years and entered the grocery store of Lawrence McCarthy. Four years later he was aiijirenticed to Thomas Floyd, remaining full time. He then went to California, mining. He returned to the East and engaged in business as master plumber. Mr. Hartnett was appointed a building inspector in 1883. While in business he did the plumbing in some of tlie largest buildings in Boston, and was recognized as one of the leading plumbers, Henry L. Jones was born in Litchfield, Me. Soon removed to Belfast, Me., where he received his education in the public schools. At eighteen he commenced to learn the trade of house and sliip Vtuilding, at whicli he worked as apprentice and journeyman until 18fi2, when he removed to Boston, working as journeyman until 18GS. He then went into business fur himself, continuing until sliortly before lie was app)ointed building inspector, in February, 1887. Barrie W. Cotter was born in Cork, Ire., in 1837, and educated in the luiblic schools of Xew York City. He entered the L^nited States army, Seventh Infantry, in 1855, and was lionorably discharged in 1857, as first sergeant. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Eleventh Infantry, Regulars, and was promoted to sergeant, and then transferred to the Thirteenth New York Artillery, and was later made sergeant major and appointed adjutant witli rank of second lieutenant of same regiment, with wliich rank he was honorably discharged at close of war. In 18(;9 lie again entered the United States service in the Marine Corps, and ADVERTISEMENTS. 281 Telegraph, Hay View, Mass.. Organized 1S64. Telephone, 1 53 Gloucester, Mass. Capital Sjoo.ooo. ROCKPORT GRANITE CO. DEALERS IN ROUGH, HAMMERED& POLISHED PAVING BLOCKS OF ALL KINDS. CHARLES S. ROGERS, Treasurer and General flanager. Main Office, ROCKPORT, MASS. BRANCH OFFICES: Worthington Building, 51 State Street, Boston. Master Builders' Association, Boston. Bay View, Mass. New York Office, 3S Park Row, Room 76. QUARRIES AT Rockport, Mass. Pigeon Cove, Mass. Bay View. Mass., formerly Cape Ann Granite Co.'s Quarries Red Granite Quarries, Jonesport, Maine. LANESVILLE GRANITE COMPANY, CHARLES H. ANDREWS, Agent, Residence, PIGEON COVE, DEALERS IN E30"cra-i3: % HAMMERED X GRANITE t AND PAVING STONES of all DESCRIPTIONS. OrnCE and QUARRIES : Lanesville, = = Hass. JONAS H FRENCH, President. SCOTT WEBBER, Qen'l Sup't. aEOROE E. CRAIO, Treasurer. LEANDER K. WASS. 5up't of riaine Quarries. Cape Ann Granite Company, Granite . FURNISH RANDOM and DIMENSION. Building-, Monumental . . . and Polished Work. Also Manufacturers of GRANITE PAVING BLOCKS. Simmons Building, 40 WATER STREET, Room 44. BOSTON, MASS. QUARRIES: GRAY GRANITE, Pigeon Cove (Cape Ann), Mass. BLACK GRANITE, Addison, Maine. RED GRANITE, Great Head Harbor Island, Jonesport, flaine. R.E.CHERRY, Plastering ^ Brick Work ^ Jobbing, No. 4 GREENWICH PLACE, Field's Corner. 282 A HALF f EXTUKV OF BOSTOx's BUILDISG. was immediately made first sergeant. He took part in tlie Darien expedition in 1871-2, and served continuously until 1884. He entered the building department in 1885. Mr. Cotter is a Mason and a member of several military veteran associations. John T. Daly was born in South Boston, and attended the public schools there and in the Eo.\bury district, to which his parents removed, until 18G7. He then went to San Fran- cisco, where he remained until October, 1869, when he returned to Boston. He began his mechanical career while there, entering the printing profession and serving at the various branches — book, job and newspaper — until 1883, when he entered the building department as a clerk and served in that capacity imtil 1888, when he was appointed a building inspector. Wliile acting as clerk he was especially assigned to perform such work as the assessors were required to do under the law when it was transferred to the building department. He attended the evening school of drawing on Tennyson Street for two years, learning mechanical and architectural drawing. He is prominent in the Catholic Foresters. William B. Bothamley was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng., and came to America in 1841. He attended the old Mayliew School until he was fifteen years of age, after which he served an apprenticeship of six years at the plumber's trade, with his father. After learning the trade he worked for his father as a journeyman and afterwards became a partner in the business. Later he was in business for himself. He has always been identified with the ijlumbing business. He entered the department in 1883. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar. ADVERTISEMENTS. 283 CHARLES E. MOSS, MANUl-'ACTUKER AND 1>KAI.1,R IN Blue Process Paper and Cloths, PREPARED AND UNPREPARED. Drawing Papers. Tracing Cloths. BLUE PRINTING, Drawings Reproduced. Black Line. 14 BROKD STREET. Telephone Boston, 2403, Bostotl, flass. HOTEL BELLEVUE, EUROPEAN PLAN, 17 to 23 Beacon St., Boston. This House is most faiwrahlv situated on tJie higli fiart of Beacon Hill, near State House, and opfosile Boston At/icfu€it7n. Rooms Singly and en suite with special rates by the Season. Transient Quests accommodated at all times. Special attention given to Club and Private Dinner Parties, Weddings and Receptions Cuisine and service unsurpassed. JOSEPH W. SniTH, Proprietor. 5end for Illustrated Circular. CUTTER & PARKER, /WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IM Doors, Window^. Blind?. Door and Window Frames, Blind Trim- mings, Sash Cord, Wood Shelves, Window Weights, etc. 232 & 234 Friend St., Near Union Station, BOSTON. Geo. E. Norris. Chas. E. Wright. HARD WOOD DOORS A SPECIALTY. J. BULLEY, C^rpcpter aod Builder, JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Estimates Furnished on Old or New Worl<. Cor. Bickford and Centre Sts., JAMAICA PLAIN. BOSTON CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. HERE seems to have been a neglect on the part of historians to include those prominent as buihlers in the sketches of Boston's early growtli and development, and very little is to be found from which facts relating to them or their work can be obtained. That they were well skilled in the craft is beyond a question, for the structures they erected have, many of them, stood for more than a hundred years, and many of them were good for a longer period. The carpenter and builder of a century or more ago was an important tradesman, for he had not only to construct the building but also to prepare tlie plans, if any were used. There were no architects in those days. The buildings were seldom of more than one story, but they were thoroughly built, and sufficient timber was used to make several buildings such as are being put up at the present time. At the present time there are a very large number of contractors and builders in the city, and many of them have a national reputation. Among some of the contractors and builders of fifty years ago who were most prominent we find the names of Joseph Cobnrn, Luther Slade, Francis Winter, Standish & Woodbury, Greenleaf, Gushing & Adams. Luther A. Koby, Jeremiah Harrigan and Charles T. Derry. Those who make up the list to-day are too well known to need further introduction. The following is the list : CARPENTERS AXI) BUILDEUS. Allien, John, 45 Way Allen, Amos, 416 Main Allen, H. C. 120S Harrison av. Ames, H., 7 Ferdinand Ames & Joscelyn, 3 India wharf Anderson, A. G., 1131 Tremont Andrews & Sharkey, 80 North Archer, Albert B., 143^ Main Armstrong, E. K., 125 Albany Ayers, A. A., 2 Starr lane, J. P. Ayers, M. D., (iST Centre. J. P., and li Babcock, P. L., 17 Willard pi. Bagnall & Webster, 295 Border Bailey, Paul, 68 Bremen Balch, Frederick, 14 AYebster av. Barker & Dodge, 34 Beverlv Otis Barnes & Boyd, rear 1400 Tremont Bass, John, 1221 Dorchester av. Bates, James W., jr., 64 Broad Beer, N. H., rear 1350 Washington Bell, J. R., 483^ Tremont Belledeu, C. H., 5 I'rovince ct. Belyea. F. W., 71 Chestnut Bennett. S. P. Co., Chestnut, cor. Charles Berrigan, E. D.. 114 Broad Berry. D. A., 154 K Berry, Jacob W., 473 Cambridge, Alls. Berry, John AV-., 22 Hiehborn Berry & Watson, 116 Devonshire Bertram, James, 330 AV. Broadway Bickers, Joseph P., 303 Commercial Bixby, T. H. & J. J., 335 AV. Fourth Blackwood, L 0.. 75 AA'est Dedham ADVERTISEMENTS. 285 Francis F. Morton Snccessor to Morton & Chesley, BUILDERS. For upwards of thirty years senior part- ner of this well-known firm, he has had large experience in building the finest dwellings, stores and public buildings. He has at his command one of the largest and best-equipped factories in the country, and is prepared to make Entire Contracts for Buildings of every Class ; ALSO FOR THE Finest Cabinet Work For Interior House or Office Fittings. ^'a.ctory and. Office : 108 to 114 E. DEDHAM STREET, BOSTOn^T. J. A. McLELLAN, *t> 'i» CARPENTER AND * * BUILDER, BOYLSTON TERRACE, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. T. J. MORGAN^ . . . AND . . . CAS FITTER. CORRUGATED CONDUCTOR PIPES. Estimates Furnished. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. NEP0N5ET AYENCJE, MOUNT HOPE. David Craig. Henry Conlev. Telephone 3042. CRAIG &CONLEY, -fPLUMBERS4^ THE DURHAM SYSTEM of DRAINAGE. 115 PURCHASE ST., BOSTON, MASS. ?S6 A HALF TEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. Blair, Anios H., IST.") Dordiester av. Blanchard, James T.. Starr lane Blodgett. C. H.. 1202 Harrison av. Bogart, I. H., 166 Devonshire lioulter, Leroy S., Warren, eoi'. Taber Bourne, Geo. F., 148 Mt. Vernon Bower, Alfred H., 201 Green, J. P. Bowers & McGonnell, 17 Otis Bowman. George H., S Hawley pi. Boyd. J. J., (!44 E. Fourth Bracelin. Charles, 201 Mass. av. Brady. James H., 70 Station Brazillian, J. S., 117 Jlerrimac Breen, Thomas, 37 Haverhill Briggs Bros., 166 Devonshire Brown Bros., 204 Ashland, Eos. Brown, C. F., 4.3 Dorchester Brown, Eben F., 16 Holborn Brown, G. A., 2 Alexander Brown, Jesse J., 9 Shirley Brown, S. E., 131 W. Brookline Brown, T. S., 40 State, room 32 Brownell, M. C, 17 Otis Bruiidage, Geo. B., ooO Atlantic av. P>ruty, John W.. S9 Church Biilvan. W. C, 19 Beach Burgoyne, J. C., 84 Chardon Burke Bros.. 27 Hancock, Dor. Burnham, G. T., 76 Beverly ]!urt, J. H. & Co., Blue Hill av., near Eiver. Mat., and 166 Devonshire Cain, D. H., 87 Warren, Eox. Campbell, J. T., 21 Pynchon Campbell &' Hurley, 209 Essex Campbell & ^Maclean. 134 Euggles Cannon, X.. 84 West Canton Carter, Thomas A., 4o Hyde I'ark av. and 3766 Washington Chadwick & Stillings, 31 Equitable bldg. Cliamberlain, W. A., 128 ^Maiden Chandler, Moses E., rear 30 Bedford Chapman, E. M., 350 and 457 Blue Hill av. Chapman, J. M., 6 ^Mechanics row Chute & Bagloe, 16 Waltham Clark, Alexander J., 94 W. Cedar Clark, Charles E., 75 W. Dedham Clark, C. Everett, 166 Devonshire Clark, F. O., 113 Devonshire, rni. 41 Clark, H. S. & X., 271^ E. Eighth Clark & Lee, 166 Devonshire Coburn, J. F., 93 Chapman Coffin, U. H., 10 Yarmouth Colcord, B. F. & Co.. 477A Tremont CoUiiigs, C. W., 104 Travers Collins, Sylvanus. 78 Kingston Connell, Wm. A., 16.^ Avery Corbett, P. F., 33 Hawkins Costello, Eiohard, 250 Sumner, E. B. Cottier, W. L., 58 Troy Cox, H. Xorman, rear 4 Clarendon Cranitch, J(.ihn J., 43 Milk Creber, F. C, 41 Eustis Creesy & Noyes, 59 Wareham Cressey, D. M., 65 Joy Croweil, J. W., 52 Charles Currier, Chas. E., 166 Devonshire Currier & McFawn, 21 Wareham Curtis, T. J. & Co., 35 Wareham Cutler, V. M., 15 Xewton, Faneuil Dame, George, 21 Conway, Eos. Damon, C. A., 32 Tyler Damon, George F., 254 Border Damrell, T., rear 1274 Washington D.inforth, W. E., 325 Washington, rm. 12 Darling Bros., 166 Devonshire Daunt, John A., 345 E Davenport, Samuel, 39 Taylor, Xep. Decker Bros., rear 147 Dudley D'Entremont, Andrew, 45 Gurney Delano & Little, 410 E. Third Dclorie. H. H., 1878 Dorchester av. DeLue, George V., 106 Harrison av. DeLue, James, 3 Wheeler DeLue, William H., 85 South Dixon. W. R., 97 W, Canton Doane. D. O., 16 Xortli Centre 71 "SR f- 1^'H ^*,i, ft? THE riKlUXDIKK. BOVLSTOX .STREKT. ■3'^' iijiiiiiiii:^,, Lijlsii iJJJji!iliin>IJ -I K J J J J J J J 8 i I r T ( a a "3 IIY PEllMISSIOX OF WI! \ I l,\\ .11- h\i il.\,\|;|.; liCli.l ttiaiT, liKoW.V A CKOSSLEY, STATE AND KILliV ^THKET.S. S5 ';i "1 ? o ADVERTISEMENTS. 287 Delorey Brothers, . . . AND . . . Interior Decorators Ci 226 PLEASANT STREET, Near Providence Depot, B05T0ri. W. E. Delorev. F. X. Delorey. REFERENCES : Hotel Reynolds, Hotel Brunswick, Oxford, Exeter Chambers, and American House. GEORGE M. TUFTS, CONTRACTOR Carpenter and Builder, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON. Telephone Connection NORCROSS BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS Charles River Stone Co, Feeelon Morris, Manager, Steam Stone Works, BROOKLINE STREET, CAMBRIDGEPORT, - - MASS. Rail Connections with all Railroads entering Boston. DEALERS IN riarble, Red and Grey Granite. Cut and Polished. Buff, Brown and Red Sandstone, Blue and BulT Indiana Limestone, New York State Bluestone. OFFICE: RricfAn ORDER BOX : 79 Hunting:ton Ave. DUolUU. i66 Devonshire St. Telephone; Telephone: Works, Cambridge 517-2. Office, Tremont 262. Charles E. Woodman, Carpenter-^ Builder, 52 Winchester St., Cor. Fenliiuiud St. BOSTON. Jobbing of all kincLs promptly done. 288 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING Doherty, M., 181 Cliarlestown Donalme, T. & Co., 80 Hudson Donovan's, I). J., Sons, 34 School Dooley, J. A., Bentley, Br. Douglass, Angus, 159 Lenox Drake, Herman, 406 Border Drisko, Alonzo S., 16 Thayer Drisko, 0. H. & Son, 166 Devonshire Dunn, I. H., Bay, Dor. Dunn, II. ()., 381 Harrison av. Dwyer, James W., 6 Broadway ct. Eadie, Wm., Boston, cor. E. Cottage Eaton, Charles F., 116 Moreland Eaton, Wm. T., 734 E. Broadway and rear 602 E. Third Eddy, L. W. & Co., 709 Dudley and 283 Quincy, Dor. Eisnor & Kaulback, 61 Wareham Ellis, John, 18 Taber Ellis, Thomas, rear 256 Federal Emery, A. J., rear 65 W. Dedham Etter, H. G., 11 Braiutree, Alls. Faulkner, E., 544 E. Ninth Fennell, William, 84 Chardon Fleming. C. W., 65 F Flynn, John J., Woolsey block, J. P., and 17 Otis Folsom & Frost, 152 Mt. Vernon Foss, E. S., 16 Huntington av. and 40 Warren av. Fossett, M. H., 4350 Washington, W. Pv. Fowler, Daniel S., 108 State Frame & McPherson, 99 Border Eraser, A. C, rear 245 Market, Br. Frederickson, James T., 17 Otis (floor layer) Frost, W. B., 7 Hamilton Fuller, Charles C, 14 Dennis Fuller, H. L., 2 Bread Fuller, Lorin L., 53 State, rm. 1011 Galloupe, William H., 101 North Gately, John, 112 South, J. P. Geldert, Alden, 380 Warren, Pox. Gerry & Northup, 51 Bristol Gibson, A., Bickford, cor. Centre, Pox. Gifford & Lawrence, 166 Devonshire Gilbert, C, 120 Northampton Gillis Bros., 17 Otis Gillis, Daniel J., 96 Quincy, Pox. Gilpatrick, J. W., 125 Merrimac Goodman, Isaac, 350 Harrison av. Goodwin, C. G., 24 Church Goodwin, Wilbur, 172 Putnam, E. B. Gordon, William, 66 Appleton Gould Bros., 178 Devonshire, rm. 614 Gove, C. A., 120 Chelsea, E. B. Grace, Wm. O. D., 46 Park, Chsn. Gray, N. H., 35 Haverhill Greenlaw, Alfred N., 62 Kittredge, Pos. Greenlaw, William C, Warren, cor. Taber, Pox. Gregory, E. P., 75 W. Dedham Griffiths, Thomas, 21 Harvard pi. Haddock, James F., 627 Washington, Dor. Haddock, W. H., 12 Edson Hadlock, J. E., & Co. 114 Water Hale, Pichard L., 148 Dover Haliwell & Seaman, 27 Fulton Hall, Morris B., 244 Washington, rm. 26 Hall, Wm. H., 390 Cambridge, Alls. Hamilton, George W., 5 Sydney, Dor. Hamilton, Isaac G., 4 Mall Hammond, C. A., 647 E. Fourth Hampe, L. M., 625 Dorchester av. Hargrave, C. F., 331 Border Harmon. I. & H. M., 22 Pemberton sq. Harvey, A. F. (estate), 63^ Chestnut Hathaway, A , 77 River Hawes, B., li Oxford Head, J. T. J., 389 Tremont Hebb, William C, 34 LaGrange Hersee Bros., 4267 Washington Hersey, Ira G., 166 Devonshire Herthel, F. W., 33 Endicott Heustis, Joseph, 5 Change av. Hildreth, J. W., eS: Son, 397 Atlantic av. Hill, Granville D., 35 Wareham X X D ADVERTISEMENTS. 289 The William G. Bell Co. Designers and Headquarters in New England for Store Fixtures. A K C YOU About to open a New Store ? |_J(^ C, O I w U rx. Old store need to be re-arranged and new fixtures put in ? A r\ t Y LJ U in doubt as to arranging your store more convenient and attractive, strictly modern in appearance ? COME TO US! You'll get a MODERN store — one that attracts and increases your trade — convenient, prac- tical and an excellent investment tor yourself. OUR ROLL-TOP BIN COUNTERS A LL OUR SECTIONAL SHELVING /\^ TTRACT OUR ELEGANT PANELED COUNTER ^^m-TTENTlON OUR SPICE DRAWER CABINETS If yoii contemplate fitting a NEW store call in and let us design it for you and give an estimate as to cost. We can furnish everything complete from flour to ceiling — in so short a time it will sur- ])rise you. The William Q. Bell Company, Store Fitters and Designers, 48 to 54 Commercial Street, BOSTON, HASS. Long Distance Telephone. 290 A HALF CEXTTRY OF BOSTOX S JiUILDIXG. Hill, J. W.. 06 South Eden Hill, S. L., 7 Wesley, S. B. Hine, E. B., 8 Creek sq. Hird, D. W., 235 Federal Hobart. Washington E., 520 Atlantic av. Holbrook & Harlow, 33 H Holden, H. A., CO Piedmont Holland, J. B., 2722 Washington Holmes. Chester D., 20 Creek sq. Home, Charles H.. 19i Beach Home. K. F.. 9."') West Dedham Horton, Henry T., 142 Tyler Hosmer, Jerome C, KJO Devonshire Howard Bros., 412 Dorchester av. Hughsnn, William, 121 Eliot Hunt. H. D., 7 Broad Hunt. H. H.. KU; Devonshire Hurley, C. D., 43 Chapman Hutchinson, D. A., 299 E. Ninth Hutchinson, L. M'.. S4 Chardon Jackson, James, 121 Kuggles Jackson, AV. H. & Co., 70 Kilhy. rm. 79 James, William, 119 Richmond Jefferson, W. J., 50 Winslow, Box. Jeffery, J. A., 8(U Bedford Johnson, Frederick. 84 Chestnut Johnson, W. C. 52 Ciiarles Jones, A. E.. 110 Portland Jordan. .Vhiani. rear 135 Boylston, J. 1'. Joslin, Artbur W., 32 Kuggles Joyce, Alonzo, 114 Water Joyce, T. A., 120 Shawmut a^-. Julien, Frank X., 22 Vernon, Ko.x. Junkins, Wm. P., 55 Broadway ext. Keene, J. P.. 70 Chickatawbut Keith, A. W., 40 Huntington av. Kellard, J. W., 25 Columliia, Dor. Kelley & MeKinnon, 10(3 Devonshire Kellough, W. J., 143 Harrison av. Kempton, Herbert, 37 Orleans Kenney, Samuel C. 18 Decatur, E. B. Keyes, Thomas, 43 Foundry Keyes, W. H. & Co., 17 Otis Kiley, Thomas, 49 Friend Kinney, A. F., 138^^ Dover Laming & Mc Ilroy, 20 Blue Hill av. Landels, W., 319 Adams, Dor. Landick, William G., 9 Lime Lavean, Edward, 2 Barrett Laws, VV. H. H.. 244 Federal Lecain, O. R., 10 Palmer Lemmler, Charles, 235 Pynchon Lent, W. Ashford. :Millet Letteney, C. F., 34 Province Lewis Bros., 163 F Lewis, W. L., Hyde, S. B. Libby, Levi L., 17 (.)tis Littlefield, Elisha, 166 Devonshire Lockhart, W. & Co., IS Harvard pi. Logne, Charles, 353 Commercial Long, John, 21 Xortli Russell Lord, S. C, 19 Bower Lothrop, H., 235 Federal Low, W. A. & Son, 130 Harrison av. Lowe, Cx. C, 23 Soley, Chsn. Lowe, Thomas C., 28 Edinboro Lowell, C. W. & Co., 197 Green, J. P. Lynch & Booth, 2668 Washington Mabie, William I., 31 Milk, rm. 19 !Macauley, William A., 112 Evans ^NlacDonald, John, 44 Kilby MacDonald, J. W., 39 Curve Macdonald, M. F., 37 Fleet Macdonald, W. A., 168 Harrison av. Macintyre. Archibald. 1812 Washington ]\Iackay, Jothan F., South, near railroad, Ros. :Macker, F. B., 241 Washington, Dor. Macomber. W. A., 2 l!}-ron Magill, S. C., 63 Charlestown Mahoney, A. M., Taber, cor. Warren, Rox. JIainhind, John Y.. 73 Wareham aiul 166 Devonshire Marble, James H., 77 Joy IMarsh Bros. & Son, 356 Boston :Marston, J. M. & Co., 26 Vernon, Rox. ilartin, John G., 53 Chaucer, E. B. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 291 p^ URNHAM & DAV IS, Masons and Builders. •New Grammar School Building- ■Newton Highlaho5 Mass- Estimates given On all kinds of ilason work. Box 68, Builders' and Contrac= tors' Exchange, 17 Otis Street, Boston. Residences, E. P. BURNHAn, 25 Park Street, Newton. GEO. M. DAVIS, 7 Arthur Street, Somerville. McKay Bros., Carpenters and Builders, DEALERS IN Lumber, Builders' Hardware, Brick, Lime, Cement, &c. JOBBI/H© PROA\PTLY ATTEfHDED TO. 26 Geneva Ave., (Grove Hall) Dorchester. RESIDENCES: A. C. HcKay, 26 Elmont St., J. L. McKay, 472 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester. Roxbury. 292 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BUILDIXT; Martin. L. & Co., 3o Lincoln Mathews, J. H., 3.'-! Endicott Mattey, A., 13 North Grove Maynard, J. B., 80 School, Chsn. McAleer, P., 21 Province McCabe, D. S., 40 Fnlton McConnell, Williiini A., 17 Otis (floor layer) McCormack, K., 88 Clinton McDonald, Angus D., 80 I'leasant McDonald, L., rear ()66 E. Broadway McDonald, "William, Burney McEhvain, John, 89 Cliapman McFarland, W. T., 124 Broad McGaw, John, 130 Charlestowu McGilvray & Conners, 26 Vernon McGonigie, Charles, 80 Blackstone McGregor, John B., 108 Worcester Mclnnis, J. & G., 201 Paris Molntosli, A. N. & Co., 2 Creek sq. McKay, John B., Elm, cor. Seaverns av. McKenzie, A., 5 Van Rensselaer pi. McKenzie & Biesty, 121 Eliot McKim, 1). J., 2r)() Washington McKim. Wni. T., 494 Harrison av. McLaren, A., 13.") Bonier McLaughlin, JNIanus. 437 Duilley McLaughlin. T. B., 71 W. Dedham McLean, Isaac, l.'>2 Charlestown McLean, Malcolm. ^>0 Cluirlestown McLean, William J., 117 Mcrrimac McLellan, Jas. ]).. Wareham, cor. Maiden McLeod, William A.. 4210 Washington McNabb, Hugh J., 438 Geneva av. MciSTamara, John. (Jl Wareham McXeil Bros.. 196 Freeport and 166 Devon- shire McNutt, J. J., Wareham, cor. Maiden McNutt, AV. L.. 2566 Washington Mead, Charles 11., 39 Court, rm. 12 Melanson, P. H. & Co., 149^ Northampton Merrill Bros., Parknnin, Dor. Merrill, Luther j\r., 244 Washington Merritt, George. 149 Dudley Merz, Gottlieb, 306 Centre Miller & Ladd, 1()6 Devon.shire Milner, A. Murray, (542 Washington, Dor. jNIinton, A. G., 17 Harvard pi. Mitchell, W. S., Eailroad, cor. Willow, W. R. Mitchell & Sutherland, 299 Devonshire Moorhouse, R. B., 58 Troj- Morcombe, F. T., 8.") South Morgan, Charles R., 25 Bowker Morgan, P., 54 A Morrill, F. G., 398 Centre, Dor. Morrill, John M. E., 148 Centre, Dor. INLorrison, Cornelius E., 23 Pitts Morrison, George AV., 65 AVarehani Morrison & Rackley, 191 Dadle}^ Rox. Morton, F. F., 114 E. Dedham Mosher & Young, 39 Green, J. P. Moulton, E. F., Glenway, near AVhite, Dor. Moulton & Webb, 57 Bristol Munroe, Henry, 18 Chapman pi. Murphy, J., 389 Tremont Mur])liy, Stephen, 481 Tremont Murphy, Thomas H., 611 Parker Mnrrny, Geo. F. & Co., 21 Wareham ^luriay, AV. H., 61 Wareham Murtagh, Peter, 212 AA'ashington, Dor. Newln', Tlionias H.. 803 Saratoga Nichols. John, 166 Devonshire (floor layer) Nicholson. Jos. & Co., 127A Tremont Nickerson, D. E., 17 North Russell Nixon, James, 166 Devonshire Norcross Bros., 79 Huntington av. ; order box, 166 Devonshire Norris, James H.. 17 I'leasant , Nowcll, George, 14 St. James av. Noyes, C. A. & Co., 8 Province ct. Oakman's, H. 1'., Suns, 3 Oakman, Nep. O'Brien, M. J., 818 Parker O'Brien, Peter F., 18 Cambria O'Conn.dl, D. iM., 19 AA^inship, Br. G'Dwyer, Robert, 58 Troy O'Hearu, Patrick, 1154 AA'ashington, Dor. Oliver, George AA'., 33 Nelson ADVEKTISEMENTS. 293 George W. Studley. Warren Stupley. STUDLEY BROS., Carpenters and Builders, GENERAL JOBBING. 71 Park St., - Harrison Sq. DORCHESTER, MASS. FRED C. WARREN, eONTRAeTOR ANB BUILBER 72 U/eof^am Street, FOREST HILLS, MASS. Jobbing promptly attended to. M. ELSTON & SON, Coptrzictors • : FOK THE : Tearing Down and Removal % of OLD BUILDINGS. YARD: FISKE WHARF. MAIN ST. Corner Pioneer Street CAMBRIDGEPORT. Boston Office : 17 OTIS STREET. Kstablished 1839. ENOCH ROBINSON, 39 ai^d 41 Qori7l;?ill, Manuf.icturer and Itcaleri HOUSE AND CABINET HARDWARE, CUT GLASS DOOR KNOBS, French Patterns. BRASS BOOK KNOBS and ESCUTCHEONS, Colonial Patterns, BRASS HANDLES and LATCHES FOR OUTSIDE DOORS. . . . OF ALL THE ipld styles BRASS JAHB HOOKS, etc., etc. Send for Illustrated Circular. 294 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S Bl'ILDIXCi. Oliver, John. 1206 Harrison av. Olpin, S. J., 165 F Osgood, J. W.. 5 Aiulersoii Page, David 1'.. 507 Medford, Chsn. Palmer, E. A.. 2692 Wasliiiigton Patterson, G. A., Do Travers Payne, John P., 71 Wareliam Peard, William, 153 Dorchester av. Peck, A. v.. Clarendon, near St. James av. Peebles, Samuel, 21 Bowker Pendergast, C. H., 54 Charles Percival, J. D., 14 Broadway ext. Phaneuf, A., 113 Devonshire Pliilbrick, Jo.sejih, 193 Warren, Eox. Piper, Erastus E., 101 W. Brookline Pitts, Benj. V.. 215 Princeton, E. B. Place, Morrill F.. 7 Brond Plunimei-, A. 11.. 16 Eiver, L. M. Plummer, E. B.. jr.. 89 Church Poland, D. E. & Co.. US Water Pope, Jame.s, rear 1147 Adams, L. M. Porter & McTnnis, 588 Shawmnt av. Potter, J. E.. 31i Faneuil Hall s(i. and 7 Exchange pi. Potts, B. W., 1131 Tremont I'ride. C. W.. 75 West Dedham Proctoi-, Jolm H. & Co..!Mt. Washiiigtnn av., cor. (Jranite Purdy, AVilliam A., 10 Waltham Quin, John. 132 Cambridge st., E. C. Eandlett, F. H., 457A Dudley Eankiii, H. B., 84 Erpiitable l)ldg. Eankin, Jose])li S., 33 Doane Eauson, J. D., 303 Commercial Eayner, A. W., 166 Devonshire Eayner. Thomas, 633 East Fourth Bead, Alton G.. 165 Dudley Eedmond, C. D., 37 Providence Eice, Thomas & Co., 7 Watei', rm. 416 Eichards, A. S., 194 Bowdoin, Dor. Eichardson & Young, 23 Beverly Eichmoiul, William & Co., 54 Devonshire. rm. 29 Bicker. E. F., 416 :\[ain Eidley, L. W., 97 Chapman Eoberts, C. F.,5 E. Springfield and 11 Dudley Eoberts, H., 16 Harvard jd. Eobiiison, John A.. 393 Federal Eobinson, L. D., 394 West First Eobinson, N. C, 217 Pleasant Eogers, Alex., Hillburu, Ros. Eoss, Henry F., 166 Devonshire Eoss, Thomas A., 102 Seaverns av. Eoundy, E. J.. 6() School, J. P. Euggles, H. E., Bigelow, Br. Eutan. William L., 120 Tremont, rm. 502 Sanby, William, 213^ Commercial Schurman, Isaac, 2004 Dorchester av. Scott, James G., 76A- Essex Seldon, Edmund W., 134 Eliot Seward, Samuel, 31 Bowker Shapleigh, John AV., 166 Devonshire Sharp, Henry A., 148 Border Shaw. C. H., 124 Broad Shaw. John J., 17 Exchange pi. Shaw. Joseph P.. 162 Green, J. P. Sheehan. J. H., 128 Maiden Sheehy, Thomas, 58 Troy Silva. Joachim. 25 Eoxbury Simmons, G. H., Ill Kingston Simpson & Kervin, 112 Harrison av. Sims. Thomas, 1706 Washington Smith, Edward, 14 Spring Park av. Smith, James J., 2208 Washington Smith, William H., 43 Euggles Snow, C. E., 11 Washburn Soulis, B. P., 38 Grove Spear, George A.. Bellevue, cor. Centre, W. E. Spence. A., 25 Faneuil Hall sip Sj^enceley, W. S., 53 Sawyer Sprague, Isaac, 147 Dudley, Eox. Stanwood & Morin, 10 East Springfield Starbird, G. M., 292 Main Stark, H. W., rear 348 Congress Stedman. A., rear 75 West Dedham A D VERTISEMENTS. 295 PATRICK v- JOYCE, Stope AVa^sop Coptrzictor. GRADING, BLASTING and EXCAVATING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 64 Savin Street, ROXBURY, - - A\ASS. REASONABLE TERMS. TO MY PATRONS. I beg to inform you that I am pre- pared to attend to all orders for any repairs you may require on your estate. Send a postal card and I will call and see you and estimate on your work. Thanking you for past favors, I remain Yours respectfully, ISAAC H. DUNN, CARPENTER, 1149 Dorchester Ave. Residence, No. 30 HECLA STREET, ^orcliester. (Also furnish plans and siiecitieatioii.s.) DEAN BROS., Practical Plumbers, Cor Wheatland Ave. and Whitfield Street, UNDER HOTEL HASKELL, DORCHESTER, MASS. ToToToiDag- a Specia-ltsr. Orders by Mail promptly attended to. G. J. Dean, J. \V. De.^n. P. G. LYNCH, ^arpepter AND ^- guilder, 228 Ninth Street, SOUTH BOSTON. 296 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUII.DIXf;. Stedmaii. Walter. 12 Cherry Steves, (ieo. H. & Co., ."> Hammond Stoclr) Federal Vallee, Francis, 1196 Harrison av. Vanghan & Silvei', 356 Blue Hill av. Vickery, J. A. & Son, 17 (Jtis Wadleigh. H. S.. Abattoir, Br. Waketiehl. J. H.. 31i Bowker Ward, R. D. & Co.. 161 Pynchon Warner, William H., 10 Conway Warnoek, James, 99 Oliver Watson, A., 21 Wareham Watts, Simeon, 193 Westein av. Webster, D. P., 58 Troy Weldon, C. L., 68 Broad Wells, Edward E.. 18 Pitts Weltcli. Henry, 11 I'leasant West, D. S., 2 Bromfield Whidden, J. B., rear 256 C Whidden & Co., 101 Milk Whitconib, E. Noyes & Co., 29 Wareham Whitcomb, F. L., 166 Devonshire White. G. G., Brooks, cor. Bremen White, Joseph A.. Blossom pi., rear 17 Blos- som Wilcox, G. T. 1).. 57 Harvard, Chsn. Wilkinson, L.. 110 Portland Williams, Jas., 59 Harvard, Chsn. Williams. J. H.. 180 Albany Wills. R. J., 4507 Washington, Ros. Wilson Bros., 2080 Washington Wilson, John B., 43 Chelsea, Chsn. Wisdom. J. E., 86 Chardon Witherspoon, E. P>., 35 Wareham Wood, Andrew, 36 Cambridge, Chsn. Wood, Benj., 42 Shepard. Brighton Wood, J. H.. 41 Beverly Wnodall, John. 42 Dorchester av. Woodbury & Leighton, 166 Devonshire, works 121 Maiden Woodman, C. E., 52 AVinchester Wylie, Charles, 33 Province Wyman, J. A., 51 Buckingham Wyman, H. N., rear ()43 Washington, Dor. Yerrick, J., 72 Hamjiden Young Bros., .3 Winchester Masons, Coloreks, and Whiteners. Bailey & Co., 6 Bowker Baker, George G., 166 Devonshire Barker, George H., (580 Saratoga Barrett, U., 389 Trem(jnt Baxter, Clias. W., rear 30 Bedford Bennett, E. A., 1403 Dorchester av. Blaisdell, George S., 80 Minot, Nep. Bosquet, Fred, 17 Otis Brackett, G. A. & S. W., 59 Warren, Rox. Brennan, S. & Co., 179 Candiridge Bresnahan, P. & Co., 93 Travers ADVERTISEMENTS. 297 John Shearman, ^ ANblUILDER, lin Beacon street, anTsT Between Kent Paul Sts. LONGWOOD. MASS. FURNITURE REPAIRING AND JOBBING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. E5TinATE5 PROMPTLY QIVEN. T. E. Johnston, GAS FITTER, HOT WATER HEATl/MG, No. 142 Dorchester Avenue, SOUTH BOSTON. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. M. COOPER, CARPENTER * AMD BUILDER, flo. 44 Stillfnar) 5t„ BOSTON, MASS. All kinds of Jobs done in the neatest manner. Joseph Rosenberger, AND House Decorzitive Paiipter, NO. 34 LAGRANGE ST., BOSTON, HASS., 298 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON S Bl'ILUIXG. Bi-oad, S. F., 227 W. r.roadway Brown, William, 4 Silver Bullock. C. K.. 094 Centre, J. P. Burnham & Davis, 17 Otis Burns, J. & Sou, 158 W. Seventh Carlson, J. G., 45 FortLnul Carlton, G. E., 40 TrumliuU and 137 W. Brookline Chubbuck, James T.,-jNronson, Mat. Clark, Wm. L. & Co., 17 Milk, rra. 24 Cleary, Peter R., 690 Dorchester av. Cleverly, T. F., 786 Washington. Dor. Cole, Cyrus \V., 73 Essex Couuery, David, 56 Charles Connery & Wentworth. 22 Pemberton s^i. Connolly, T. H., 43 Warreu, Box. Cooke, Charles M., 166 Devonshire Corbett, Thomas, 1052 Washington Cox, W. B., 226 Pleasant Curtin, D. T.. 9 Greenwood av. J. 1'. Curtis, Thomas S., 57 River Cutting, Bardwell, & Co., 166 Devon.shire Davison, H. E., 36 Cohasset Day, C. E., 328 Chelsea, E. B. Dean, George A.. 45 Howard av. Dearborn Bros. & Co., 17 ( »tis Dennett, Erastus & Son. 10 Cliardon Dewing, Benjamin F.. 17 Otis Dix, Milo S., 373 Tremont Dodge, Charles A., 244 A and 166 Devonshire Dodge, Charles H.. 160 Devonshire and 23 Common Dodge, George, IS Harvard, Dor. Donahue Bros., 17 Otis Donovan & Brock, 38 Wintlirop, Chsn. Driscoll, K., 17 (.)tis Emery & Stuart, 166 Devonshire Evans, F., 277 Prineeton. E. B. Pagan, James, 166 Devonshire Fessenden & Lihby. 55 Harvard, Chsn. Gannon Bros.. 17 (_)tis. Gardner. Labau L., 16 Hanson George. E. A., 12i- Chardon Gilnian. J. J., 6i Chardon Gilnicire. J., 588 Shawmut av. Gooeh & Pray, 166 Devonshire Hall, Levi, 6 Creek sq. Holmes Bros., 7 Water Hussey, H. S., 183 A Harrison av. Hutehius, B. D. & Co., 1920 Washiugton Jackson, Robert, 127A Tremont Jacobs, David H. & Son.l()6 Devonshire, rm. oo Jacobs, J. S. & Son. 100 Devonshire Jenkins, G., 7 Province Jenkins, Joseph W., 1502 Dorchester av. Johnson Bros., 100 Devoushire Jones, Arthur D., 70 Kingston Jones, David C, 4 Sawyer Jones, E. M., 75 Warren, Rox. Keening & Strout Bros., 100 Devonshire Kelley, John, 166 Devonshire Knight, C. H. & Co., 3S Rossiter. Lake, A. F., 23 Adams. Dor. Laplante, Frank, 437 Dudley Leighton, F. J., rear 38 Warren, Rox. Litchfield. E. M., 139 W. Brookline Litchfield, T. T.. 11 Cliapman pi. Littlefield, R., head of Tufts wharf Lombard. J. H., 85 W'arren, Rox. Lorden, D. P., 135 Dover Lovering, J. P., 100 Devonshire Lowe, E. J., 894 Tremont Lunt. J. W. & J. R., 11 Roxbury Lynch. E.. 211 W. Springfield Lyons, Thomas J.. KiO Devonshire Mack & Moore, 22 Chapman pi. Mansfield, S. W., 25 Harvard ^larston, L. K., 10() Devoushire JIayers, Robert R. & Co.. 18 Dix, Dor. ^McArdle. James AV.. 78 Sudlniry ileCoy. James E., KW; Devoushire McDonough. P., rear 512 Tremont :McDowell. 1!. H., Bernard ]M<-Govern, L., 407 E. Third McHugh, D. J., 24 Travers AI)Vf;KTISEMEXTS. 299 Established 1841. E. B. BADGER & SONS, plain and Architectural Slieet Metal Worl(s, METALLIC SKYLIGHTS. As Coppersmiths we manufacture STEAM JACKET KETTLES (Copper and Iron), DYERS' CYLINDERS, LADLES, &c. STEAM COILS for Evaporating and Cooling, VACUUM PANS, STEAM COPPER PIPING (Mill and Ship Work), SUGAR HOUSE WORK, COPPER BATH AND WASH BOILERS, MIXING MACHINES, DISTILLING APPARATUS, &c., &c. As Architectural Sheet Metal Workers we manufacture Copper and Iron Bay Windows, Copper and Iron Gutters and Conductors, Copper and Iron Cornices, Spinning and Stamped Work, Copper and Iron Skylights, Copper and Iron Towers and Roofs, Copper and Iron Ventilators and Ventilating Pipe. 63 PITTS STREET, hav^'-a'r''k"e°t''I'89 BOSTON, MASS. S. D. Uii'k». S. F. Hicks. Coppersmiths and Cornice flakers, METHL SKYLIGHTS. &C. 9 to 17 Bowker Street, BOSTON, MASS, * CHAS. KING & CO., • ^ -f Plumbers *)- 162 Sumner Street, EAST BOSTON. 300 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON S lUII.DIXG. McLaughlin, H., 15 Appleton McMurtiy, Alex., l(i Sliepavd, Br. Merritt & Jarvis. 12 Marshall Miller, M. S. & Ct. N., 16G Devonshire Moore tS: Eushtou, 73 Sudbury Morrison & Jacobs. llH Province Morse, G. H., 213 K ]\Iurra,y, Edward, li Stoddard Neale & Preble, 1G6 Devonshire Kew England Masonry Co., 8 Oliver O'Heam & Joy, 327 W. Fourth Oliver, Walter I., 72 Kneeland Orne & Lawrence, 17 (_)tis Packard, J. Henry, 4238 Washington Page, G. & J. W., 213 Pleasant Park, Frank E., 922 E;ist Broadway Parsons, C. E., 19 Bowker Phaneuf, A., 113 Devonshire Pickett, George T., 17 Otis Pierce, Frederic L. & Son, 827 Adams. Dor. Pierce, L. A.. 421 Border and 1 Falcon (builder) Poggi, John & Son, 113 W. Brookline Potter. William S., 5 Mechanics row Powers, Eilw., 11 Harrison av. ext. Pvand, I)avid L., 17 Otis Bobbins, Nathaniel jNI., 778 Dudley Eooney, John A., 229 Devonshire Boot, W. A. & H. A., 166 Devonshire Rounds. T. 1!.. 7.") Joy Pvyan, iM., llS W. Seventh Sawyer, J. E., 142 Dudley and 2385 Washing- ton Sawyer, William K.. 37 (iates Sawyer, Wm. H., 160 Devonshire Shepard, Geo. F., 1()6 Devonshire Slakin, Henry A., 17 Otis Slattery, M. J., 360 Boston Slyne, M., 182 W. Third Smitli, Edward M., 17 Otis Smith, James, 166 Devonshire Soule, L. P. & Son, 166 Devonshire Stearns, W. A. & Co., 91 Northamiiton Stearns & Waterman, 17 Otis Stephens, Green B., 1149 Washington Stoddard, Elliot, 28 Bromfield Strout, E. E., 1()6 Devonshire Stuart, Charles H., P. (). Box 3174 Sullivan, Cornelius P.. 17 Otis Sutherland, John, 17 Otis Tarbox, H. E., Wood, cor. Main Temple, George A., 296 Main Varnerin, J., 43 AVarren, Box. Vinal, J. M., 483 Tremont Vinal, W. H., Dale, cor. Washington Wakeman, John, 166 Devonshire Warren, Briggs T., 31 Endicott Watson, J. T., 125 Dover Weaver, Isaac, 47 Hanover Weaver, L. M., Freeport, cor. Dorchester av., Dor. Webster, Dixon, & Co., 166 Devonshire Wells, T. B.. 62 Joy Weston, \V. S. & Co., 127A Tremont Whidden & Co., 101 Milk White, George H., 6i E Springfield Whitehouse, Frank W.. 247 Princeton. E. B., locker, 109 IMorris Wiley, Robert R.. 12 Soley, Chsn. Willcutt, L. D. & Son, 1 W> Devonshire Wood, John F.. Putnam, cor. Bremen Young, Jolm H., S7 Hudson I'LASTEKERS. Boyce, Gallagher. & Co., 178 Devonshire, rm. 309 Brooks, C. 1'., Wood. cor. ]\Iain, Chsn. Brown. 0., 17 Otis Carlen, Geo., jr., ft. Princeton. E. B. Crowley & Grady. 17 Otis Davis, J. H., 17 Otis Dowd, Thomas, 78 Sudbury Downey & Walsh, 43 Warren. Rox. Doyle, Lawrence, 146 jMt. Yeruon Finn, John S., 482 Tremont FoUan. John J,, 87 Green, J. P. £X-(i<)V. OLIVER AMKS" KKSII.EXCK, COUSEU M AsS Al 11 rsKTTs AM. r ( I M .\ 1( 1 \ W E A 1 , T H A \- 1: X I • i: S . MV r'El;MI>sl(l\ llo-Tnx IIHIJAI.Ii. KESII.ENCK OI. THE I.ATE F. L. AMES. . CM M. .X UK A l.T 11 AVKM E. I!V I'K|:MISSI(iX lidSlON IlF.l; A 1,1). 4'. c - T-;:. .\i:\v ti;k:\ioxt temi'le. tkkmoxt stuket. r.v i'i:k_mis-ii.v i;ii~tiix iiki:ai.I). \E\V AKJIOKV, FIKST CORl'S OF CADKTS, CdLI'M BTS AVEXinC. ny I'ERMissio.v bostox iiEnAi.D. A D VEETISE M ENTS . 301 MELVIN D. AYERS, Carpenter and Builder, 687 Centre Street, JAMAICA PLAIN, NO. 17 OTIS ST., BOSTON. ([^^ Jobbing in all its branches promptly attended to. Particular attention given to packing Furniture for Slnpi)ing-. Doors, Sashes and Blinds. Door and Window Frames. Hardware, and Hard and Soft Wood Lumber constantly on lumd. Mitchell & Sutherland, 4^BDILDERS4- 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., AND 299 DEVONSHIRE ST., THE MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. Boston. Special Dinner, i2 to 3. St. Nicholas Hotel, EUROPEAN PLAN, Province St. ^"""^"^ City Hall. BOSTON, MASS. JOHN F. KILDUFF, Proprietor I^^roilcd Ivivc Lobster and Aastf Ale. PRIVATE DINING ROOMS. J. H. LYONS, Sanitary Plumbing, steam ai^d |Hot U/at(?r ]\e^^\i)<^, 312 ADAMS STREET, DORCHESTER. MASS. Jobbing promptly attended to. S()2 A HALF CEXTL'KY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Ford, J. J. & Co., 17 Otis Gonzalo. A. M. & Co.. 35 Medford. Chsn. Hayes, AVilliain D., 31 Cliipraan Kennedy, Jolm, 17 Otis IMaek, Jolm, 22 Chapman pi. MacKay, D., 217 Pleasant MeInto.sli, David. 166 Devonshire McLean. Allan G.,rear 127 Paris Morrison, E. G. & Son, 166 Devonshire Mnllen, George P., 159 London Navas, Joseph C. & Co., 155 Havre . O'Brien, James, 17 Otis O'Halloran, Michael, 124 Chelsea, Chsn. O'Malley, M. J., 17 Otis Parker, Thomas & Co., 166 Devonshire Patterson, George H. c& Son, 24 Fnller, Dor. Quigley, A. P., 3173 Washington Eeardon, Edward, 17 Otis Eoss, Thomas, ]7 Otis Smith Bros., 17 Otis Townsend, J. H., 17 Otis Washington, A. L., 198 Shavvmut av. ADVKRTISEMEXTS. 303 FRANK G. COBURN, Successor to the late Joseph W. Coburn, Building^- comtractor. ORNAMENTAL and COMMON BRICK WORK A SPECIALTY. No. 113 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MASS. PERRY, MATTHEWS & BUSKIRK CO, AND DEALERS IN INDIANA OOLITIC LIMESTONE, Three Hundred Carloads Shipped to New England last year. QUARRIES AT BEDFORD, INDIANA. H. LIMyOOD STILES, -'^,.T.V:'-° MASTER BUILDERS' EXCHA^GE, 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., BOSTON. AREY BROTHERS, No. 713 East Fourth Street, SOUTH BOSTON. Between K and L, next door to Hose 12, Stoves i< Ranges ^ Furnaces AND KITCHEN FURNISHING GOODS. PLUMBING, TIN ROOFING .^m^ STOVE and FURNACE WORK. Jobbing and Repairing done with Satisfaction, and Personal Attention Given when Required. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. Benj. L. .\rey. Austin Arey. G. D. CROUSS, Carpenter and Builder. Jobbing promptly attended to. Residence and Shop : o7 RockweU St., DORCHESTER, - MASS. BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION. HIS association, wliifli was organized more than fifty years ago, is now located in pleasant and convenient rooms at 17 Otis Street. Facts relating to its early history are very meagre, but we take the following sketch from a little book issued by the Exchange, whicli gives some interesting facts. Tlie first meeting place was around the pump, below the State House, on State Street, which has long since been removed. The severity of oixr New England climate caused them to seek a more comfortable place to hold their meetings, and a room was secured in the basement, or cellar, near the old pump, and occupied l>y Mr. C. K. Nichols, the builder of the old "Cockerel" church, so called, on Hanover Street, which was taken down several years ago to make room for a iiu)re modern structure. This place was known as the "hole in the ground" and as meetings were held but twice each week, "Wednesdays and Saturdays," it served their purpose for several years, when new quarters were taken on the corner of State and Devonshire streets. After a ten years' stay at this place, more comfortable quarters were secured on the corner of StHte Street and what was tlien called Wilson's Lane. The march of improvement demanded the extension of Devonshire Street to Dock Square, and they were forced to look for a new home. Eooms were secured on Court Street, near Franklin Avenue, where the Exchange remained until 1873, when the increase in meml)ership required more commodious quarters, and the location. .'!5 Hawley Street, was leased and fitted up for their accommodation. An act of inc(u-pi>ration was granted by the Legislature of 1881. under wliichthe association reorganized. By referring to the membershiii list of the early days of the Exchange we find the names of such contractors and builders as Josepli Coburn, Luther Slade, Francis Winter, and firms such as Standish iS; Woodbury, and Greenleaf, Cushing & Adams, who have left behind them a rep\itation long to be remembered. And to-day following in their illustrious footsteps may be found at the association on every business day contractors and tradesmen representing every mechanical industry. Among those of the first mendiers of the association, who are still active in business pursuits, we find Luther A. Koby, Jeremiah Harrigan and Capt. Cliarles T. Derry. Mr. Koby, in tlie early days of his business career, furnished timber and lumber for the ship-building industry at ISfedford. Mass., when such men as Samuel Lapham, Jotham Stetson, Paul Curtis, Thatcher ]\[agoon, and James 0. Curtis, all now deceased, were in their prime and largely engaged in the building of vessels. For a great mM,ny years the shiii industry of East Boston has depended largely upon Mr. Eoby for its sui)ply of timber. Besides the large amount of ship timber supplied by him, for more than twenty years he furnished all the ]:iiles which the wljarves and bridges of the North Eiul of Boston rest upon. Jeremiah Harrigan. one of the pioneers of the roofing trade, was a member of the association for nearly forty years. (_)ne more of the older members, who is entitled to special mention, is Capt. Charles T. Derry, who became a member when the association met around the '• old pump "' on State Street. ADVERTI'^EMKNTS. 305 J. H. Daly. ESTABLISHED 1873. M. Daly, Manager. DALY & CO. GRAVEL. SLATE AND TIN ^00 F E RS. Gutters and Roofs Made Proof Against Back Water. lOOS Tremortt Street, atnci 25 Oa-Toot St., Boston.. Branch Shops, cor. Culvert and Downing Sts., Boston, and li>7 (ireen St., Jamaica Plain. All orders promptly and personally attended to. m X o X > z o m > o m CD o ft- o 3 n w ^ W. A. MASON & SON, CIVIL ENGINEEI[S k^ SUI^YEYORS, sueve70es of mechanics' wohe. Central Square, No. 603 Main Street, cambridgeport, mass. Residence, Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the r.otanical Garden. ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. Information of value to every property owner. I We have saved tlie original notes anil plans of all Surveys by us since ISS'.i, also, a vast collection of copies and other information, from which we are prepared to re- establish old boundaries as well as new ones. L, Anything in our line promflly and accu^iUely attemic.i lo. jj oOG A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BUILDING. The rooms of the association are fitted up witl: all the iiuprovemeiits and conveniences of a modern private office, for the use of the members and their patrons. The membership fee, or annual assessment, is forty dollars, or less than fourteen cents per day, making the most desirable and economical headquarters in Boston. Besides the above advantages you are brought in daily contact, during change hour, with all the leading manufacturers, dealers and contractors in Boston and vieinitv. BLUE STONE PINNERS AND CELLAR STONE. Callaghan, Timothy A. McCarthy, William J. BOILER SETTING. McArdle. James W. BLACKSMITHS AND .MACIIINISTS. ^Miller & Shaw. builders' finish m(.puldini;s. etc. Perkins iS: Pearson. brick MANUFAI'TURERS. Cofrau, Xoah M. & Co. De Kosay, I). Warren. Poster, Oliver S. Granite State Brick Co. Thomas Brothers. Washburn, D. &Sou. l;l;l(K AND TILE DEALKRS. Ham & Carter. Morse, P. G. & Co. Waldo Brothers. BKIDliE AND WHARF BUILDERS. Blaisdell, Frank H. Belleveu, Augustus & Co. Derry, Cliarles T. Hayes, J. N. & Co. Miller, William L. Kowe, Tliomas A. Buggies, Thomas E. Scully, John T. Shaw, Josiah. Sutherlaiiil. John. Trumbull & Ryan. Young, Benjamin. ELECTRICIANS. Merrill & Dailey. Box SHOCKS. Smith, W. L. & Co. BUILDING MATERIALS. (SECOND-HAND.) Elston, jNIiehael & Son. BUILDING RAZERS. Elston, Michael & Son. BUILDING MOVERS. Cavanagh, John & Son. Building Moving Co. Cavanagh. George E. Sole}', John. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. Ayers, ]\[elvin J). Bowers & McConnell. . Brownell, Milton C. Plynn, John J. Gillis Brothers. Ke.yes, Wm. H. & Co. Libliy, Levi L. Logue, Charles. Martin, L. & Co. iMcXainara, John. jMcDonald, Angus. Tarbox, Ivory P. Thomas Brothers. Vickery, J.' A. & Son. CHARCOAL. Welch. James H. (Successor to Chaffee iSr Cummings.) ADVERTISEMENTS. 307 New Hotel Randolph. Remodelled and Refurnished. European Plan.^_^^^^ Nos. 84 to 88 Friend St. Cor. Washington Street. B05TOr4. RANDOLPH E. MALONE CO., Proprietors. C. I. SCOTT, rianager. T. W. O'CONNOR, DEALKR IN Doors, Windows and Blinds, Wood A\antels, Shelves, Piazza Columns, Stair Stock, Venetian Blinds, etc. FRAMES for Wood and Brick Buildings. 214 Friend St., BOSTON. ElisM Douglas & Co., Masons ^ Builders, No. 3 Dexter Av., North Woburn, - - Mass. ALL KINDS OF Repairing Alterations and General Jobbing, Estimates given for all kinds of Mason Work. William J. Dolan, ♦ Decora^tor. i£biircb anc* fjonsc 2nural Decoration, In Oil and Distemper Colors. SpccialfY: CnyPxCH DECOI\ATION. 224 Tremont Street, BOSTON, MASS. SHOP, 50 WINCHESTER STREET. oOS A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTON S BlILDIXd CONTRACTORS RAILROADS AND WATER- WORKS. Cheney, Ethan K. Miller, William L. O'Biieii, James "W. Tnimljull & Ryan. Ward, William H. COPPF.RS^IITHS AND (iALVANIZED IRON WORKERS. Hill & :\reGinty. Mullen. Jolin H. Sullivan & Callahan. Van Noorilen, E. & Co. DEIUUCKS, KNCJINES AND HOISTINO MAI IIINERY FOR S.\LE OR Til LET. Cavanagh, James E. Cheney, Ethan E. Hickey, James. Rollins. Charles C. Trumbnll & Ryan. Ward. William H. Williams. Charles H. DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. Slattery & Co. DRAIN AND SEWER PIPE. P>erry & Ferguson. Cuddihy, John J. Ham & Carter. Waldo Brothers. EXCAVATORS AND TEAMSTERS. Callaghan, Timothy A. Dooley, F. Donovan, John. Fletcher, Calvin G. Liunehan, Charles. O'Riorden. Fatriek. SeuUy, John T. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sutherland, John. FLOOR LAYERS. Fredrickson, James T. MeConnell, William A. FREE STONE AND MARBLE. Consolidated Stone Co. Coughlan. Frank G. Harrington, John. Carew, Jeremiah & Co. Walsh & Hughes. CJENERAL CONTRACTORS. Cavanagh. John & Co. Cheney, Ethan R. Davis, Robert A. Hayes, J. N. & Co. Miller, William L. O'Brien, James W. Eowe, Thomas A. Sutherland, John. Trumbull & Ryan. Ward, William H. CiRANITE DEALERS. Consolidated Stone Co. Deny, Charles T. Ford, Austin & Son. Fallon, John & Son. Fletcher, Calvin G. Harrington, John. Lahey Brothers. Lombard. S. cS: R. J. Scully, John T. (JRANITE CITTERS JOBBING. Ford. Austin & Son. Harrington, John. Lahey, James. Lombard, S. c^' R. J. INSIRANCE. Appleton, Samuel. Lovett, Henry H. IRON FliUNDERS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK. Chelmsford Foundry Co. LATHERS. Christie, John & Son. !Mr('luskey, James & Son. Walls & Letteney. ADVEKTISEMEUTS. 309 L. McINNES, aod Builder, 152 O STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. Established iS^i. •XHE Kotiler Furnace & Steam Heating Co. Original Manufacturers of the Kohler Double Radiating Surface AND Patent Combination Steam, Hot "Water, and Hot Air Heating Apparatus. Warerooms : 93 UNION STREET, ^ear Havmarket Sq. AND 164 BLACKSTONE ST. BOSTON, MASS. Works: EL3IW00D ST., ROXBURY. Joseph Kohler. Joseph E. Ilertig. Joseph Cleve. Telephone Connection. GEO. E. WEAVER, 50 Milton Av., DORCHESTER, MASS. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. Magneso-Calcite Fire-Proof Co., Manufacturers of MAGNESO-CALCITE FOR BUILDINGS. Used as Lining between Floors and upon Walls, Ceilings, Elevators, Doors, etc. Non-eonductor of heat. Sound and vermin proof. Sole New England Agents for MARTIN PROCESS FIRE=PROOP PAINTS, KALCITES and LIQUIDS. Send for Color Cards and Circulars with prices. i66 DEVONSHIRE ST., Room 41, Master Builders' Association. 310 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTO>J S BUILUIXfi. LUMBER DEALEKS. Eoby, Luther A. & Son. Stetson, Alplieiis M. & Co. Smith, W. L. & Co. Stearns, A. T., Lumljer Co. MONUMEXTAL AND CEMETERY WORK. Gallon, John & Son. Harrington, John. Lahey, James. MASOXS AXD BUILDERS. Bousquet, Fred. Brennan, Stephen & Co. Burnham & Davis. Crane, William. Dearborn Brothers & Co. Dewing, Benjamin F. Donahue Brothers. Driscoll, Kerrens. Gannon Brothers. McArdle, James W. Orne & Lawrence. Rand, David L. Stearns & Waterman. Sullivan, Cornelius P. Thomas Brothers. masons" supplies. Berry & Ferguson. Ham & Carter. King's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar Co. Morse, R. G. & Co. Norcross, William C. Waldo Brotliers. METAL LATHIXG. Eastern Expanded ]\[etal Co. NORTH RIVER FLA(;i;lNcj AND BLUE STONE. Cuddihy, John J. Ford, Austin & Son. Maher Brothers. llIiXAMEXTAL STONE CARVING. Walsli & Hughes. PAIXTEKS AXD DECORATORS. Callaglian, Thomas. Wliite. John. I'AVERS STOXE, BRICK AND COXCRETE. Grant, James & Co. PILE DIGGING. Donovan, John. Sutherland, John. PILE DRIVERS. Belleveu, Augustus & Co. Crowley, Timothy C. Hayes, John N. & Co. Miller, William L. Nay, B. F. & Co. Ellis, William H. & Co. Ruggles, Thomas E. Scully, John T. Young, Benjamin. PILES, TELEGRAPH POLES, ETC. Ellis, William H. & Co. Nay, B. F. & Co. Roby, Lnther A. & Son. Scully, Jolm T. PLASTERING HAIR. Ham & Carter. Morse, R. G. lS; Co. Rogers, John H. Waldo Brothers. PLASTERERS, WHITENERS AXD STUCCO WORKERS. Brown, Ottaway. Crowley & Grady. Davis, Jose])li H. Doyle, Lawrence. Dowd, Thomas. Furd, J. J. & Co. O'Brien, James. O'Malley, Michael J. Ross, Thomas. Reardon, Edward. Smith, Edward M. ADVERTISEMENTS. 311 C|ilet?rist 9 Saylor, Manufacturers and Jobbers of STEAM, GAS . AND Plumbing Materials, Cor. HIGH & CONGRESS STS, BOSTON, MASS. T. H. CONNOLLY, Mason and Builder, 43 U/arre9 St. Jobbing promptly attended to. Residence: No. 87 EDGWOOD STREET, ROXBURY, MASS. Established 1841. A. HATHAIAY'S SONS, Successors to A. Hathaway, Carpenters and Builders, No. 77 River St., BOSTON, MASS. Williams & Daly, . . ROOFERS . CONDUCTORS AND GUTTERS Put up and Repaired. I5epa-iri3n.g- a, Specia,lt3r. No. 180 DUDLEY ST., RO X BU RY . Telephone 271 Eoxbury. 312 A HALF CENTLTRY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG Smith Brotliers. Towiiseml, J. H. • PLUMBEHS AND <:AS FITTEHS. Sullivan & Callahan. l'AVIX(i AXI) EIMiE STOXE. Fletcher, Calvin G. Grant, James & Co. Lahey Brothers. Lombari.l, S. & E. J. Quinr-y Pavin z D m > o m n w W. A. MASON & SON, ^ CIVIL ENGINEEI[S Af(D SUI[YEYORS, SDEVETOES OF llEOHANICS' WOEE. Central Square, No. 003 Maim Street, cam bridgeport, mass. Residence. Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the fjotanical Garden. ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. Information of value to every property owner, We liave saved tlie original notes and plans of all Surveys by us since 183'.i, also, a vast collection of copies and otherinformation. from which we are prepared to re- establish old boundaries as well as new ones. ^ Anything in oitr line promptly and acciiyately attended to. ^ 306 A HALF CEXTl'RT OF BOSTON S BUILDING. The rooms of the association are fitted up with all the improveiuents and conveniences of a modern jirivate office, for the use of the members and tlieir imtrons. The membership fee, or annual assessment, is forty dollars, or less than fourteen cents per day, making the most desirable and economical headquarters in Boston. Besides the above advantages you are brought in daily contact, during change hour, with all the leading manufacturers, dealers and contractors in Boston and vicinitv. BLUF, STOXE PINNERS AND CELLAR STONE. Callaghan, Timothy A. McCarthy, William J. BOILER SETTING. McArdle, James W. BLACKSMITHS AND MACHINISTS. Miller & Shaw. builders' finish :M(iULI>INIiS. ETC. Perkins & Pearson. BRICK MANUF.\c TURERS. Cof ran, Noah M. & Co. De Rosay, D. Warren. Foster, Oliver S. Granite St.ite Brick Co. Thomas Brothers. Washburn, D. & Son. BRICK AND TILE DEALERS. Ham & Carter. IMorse. R. G. & Co. Waldo Brothers. BRIDGE AND WH.\KF BUILDERS. Blaisdell, Frank H. Belleveu, Augustus & Co. Deny, Charles T. Hayes, J. N. >.*t Co. IMiller, William L. Rowe, Thomas A. Ruggles, Thomas E. Scully, John T. Shaw, Josiali. Sutherland. John. Trumbull & Ryan. Young, Benjamin. ELECTRICIANS. Merrill & Dailey. Bi)X SHOOKS. Smith, W. L. & Co. BUILDING MATERIALS. (SECOND-HAND.) Elston. Michael & Son. BUILDING RAZERS. Elston, Michael & Son. BUILDING M((VERS. Cavanagh, John & Son, Building Moving Co. Cavanagh, George R. Soley, John. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. Ayers, ]Melvin D. Bowers & McConnell. Brownell, Milton C. Flyiin, John J. Gillis Brothers. Keyes, Win. H. & Co. Lihby, Levi L. Logue, Charles. Martin, L. & Co. McXamara, John. McDonald, Angus. Tarbox, Ivory F. Thomas Brothers. Yickery, J. A. & Son. CHARCOAL. Welch, James H. (Successor to Chaffee & Ciimmings.) ADVERTISEMENTS. 307 New Hotel Randolph. Remodelled and Refurnished. European Plan.__^^^^^ Nos. 84 to 88 Friend St. Cor. Washington Street. B05T0ri. RANDOLPH E. MALONE CO., Proprietors. C. I. SCOTT, nanager. T. W. O'CONNOR, DEALER IN Doors, Windows and Blinds, Woo (ilJAVKL. Bailey, James T. & Co. Harrington, Jeremiah & Son. Libby, Levi L. Martin, George. Riley, Joseph E. SAXD, GRAVEL AXD LOAM. Donovan, John. Pooley, 1'. Linnehaii, Charles. Meany Brothers. O'Riorden, Patrick. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. SEA WALL BUILDEltS. Derry, Charles T. Eowe, Thomas A. Trumbull & Ryan. White, Joseph H. SEWEK COXTR ACTORS. Cavanagh, Joliu & Co. Davis, Robert A. Linnehan, Charles. STAIR BUILDERS. Lynch, Edward. STEAM PUMPS, STEAM DRILLS, HOD ELEVATORS, ETC. FOR SALE OR TO LET. Cheney, Ethan R. Hickey, James. Rollins, Charles C. Trumbull & Kyan. Ward, William H. STOXE MASIIXS. Crane, William. Sutherland, John. STOXE POIXTEKS AXD CLEAXEKS OF MASOXRV. Pickett, George T. TERRA COTTA. Waldii lirothers. TILE SKTTIXO AXD FIRE PLACES. Bousquct. Fred. Stearns & Waterman. WHITE WASHIXf; AXD WATER PAIXTIXG. Smith, Edward M. WOOD AXD COAL. ]\Iorse, R. G. & Co. O'Riorden, I'atrick. A DVERTISEilENTS. 3J3 william sanby, Carpenter AND Builder^ OFFICE, STORE AND MARKET WORK. 213i Commercial St., BOSTON. S. p. Small. A. T. Small. SMALL BROTHERS, Practical Plumbers. Prompt personal attention given to all orders. Estimates Furnished at sliort notice. Notify l)y Postal. 262 Broadway, M. E. Rideout & Co, MOULDINGS of every description, CAMBRIDGEPOKT. Connected by Telephone. EVERETT, MASS. Kiln and Air-Dried Lumber. j\\\ Hii^ds of OrijameQtal U/ood. M. E. Rideout. Chas. M, Conant. Edmund J. Cogan, ^Zirpepter AND Builder, 52 Springfield St., SOMERVILLE. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. jHIS association was organized l;y members of tlie ileclianics' Exchange ■who were not wliolly satisfied with the manner in whicli that association was being con- ducted, and they organized the Master Builders' Association in 1885, with a membership of sixt\--eight. The association has grown very rapidly and owns the building on Devonsliire Street, which lias been described in a previous part of this work. The purjjose of the new organization is and ever has been to make membershiiJ in the association a reasonable assurance to the public of the skill, honesty and responsibility of its members ; to jirovide methods and means wherebj' members may secure fair dealing among themselves and between themselves and the public; and also to secure uniformity of action on such general principles as may from time to time be decided upon as best for the welfare of all concerned. From that beginning the new organization has steadily advanced, until now it is one of the most respected organizations of birsiness men in the city. Its membership has increased from sixty-eight to about three hundred firms, while many a])plicants for admission have V)een refused as nndesirable. The association have an elegant "Exchange" room fitted up in the second story of their building, which is open to members and is well patronized. Following is a list of present niemhers : Aberthaw Construction Co., Concrete Work. American Fire I'roofing Co., Eoom 49, M. 15. A. Building. Appleton, Samuel, Enijiloyers' Liability Insurance. Bacon & Co., Iron Merchants. Badger, E. B. & Son, Copper Workers. Bailey, E. W. & Co., Doors, Windows and Blinds. Baker, George, G., ]\Iason Builder. Baldwin & Emerson, North River Blue Stone. Barker, William ]'., Granite Worker. ISarnard, George A., lioofer. Barbour-Stockwell Co.. Iron Workers. Bay State Brick Co., Brick Manufacturers. Bearse, Owen & Son, Lumber. Berry & Ferguson, Masons' Sn^jplies. Eerrj- & Watson, Carpenter Builders. Blacker & Shepard, Lumber. BLiir, Isaac, & Co., Building Movers. Blandford Brick and Tile Co., Brick ]\Ianu- facturers. Bogart, I. H., Carpenter Builder. Boston Plate and Window Glass Co., Win- dow Glass. Bosworth & French. I'lumbers. Bowker, Torrey & Co., ^larble Workers. Briggs Brothers, Stair Builders. Brookfield Brick Co., Brick Manufacturers. Back, T. H. & Co., Lumber. Buerkel & Co., Plumbers and Steam Fitters. Bugbee, Charles M., & Co., Lumber. Burditt cV' Williams, Hardware. Btirt. J. H., & Co., Carpenter Builders. Butler, Philip H., & Co., Marble Workers. ADVERTISEMENTS. 315 Works: RUSSELL, MASS. Boston & Albany R. R. Master Builders' Association. Blandford Brick and Tile Co. Manufacturers of Plain and Ornamental BUILDING BRICK, Of any desired Color, from Pure Clays, BUFF AND WHITE A SPECIALTY. Fire Brick and Fire Tiles OF F.VF.RV DESCKirriON. Office: 12 WATER ST., BOSTON, HASS., Springfield Salesroom, 67 LYMAN ST. O. W. NoRCRoss, A. J. Park, President, Treasurer, G. L. TwiCHELL, Manager. John Y. Gillespie, DEALER IN Furnaces, Ranges and Stoves. .A.JL.S.O Plumbing and Plumbers' Materials. EDWARD EVERETT SQ., 277 Boston St. ""o^^^: BOSTON, MASS. All orders by Mail promptly attended to. WILLIAM T. EATON, ByiLBER * * . . . AND . . . eONTRABTOR Established iS6S. John Hancock Building, Room 313, 178 Devonshire St., 35 Federal St., BOSTON. Pilgrim Hall Building, 734 Broadway, - - South Boston. N. McKINNON, CARPENTER BUILDER, AND Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 229 Washington St., BROOKLINE. X£esl!a.exi.ce : 230 DUDLEY ST., ROXBURY. 316 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX S BriLDIXG. Burke Bros., Carpenter Builders. Campbell, P. J., & Sons, Freestone Workers. Cnpe Ann Granite Co., Granite. Carew, Josejili F., Freestone Worker. Carnegie Steel Co. (Limited), Iron Merchants. Cari)enter, William, Building Superintend- ent. Casey, Thomas, Brick Manufacturer. Cavanagh, George H., Pile Driver, etc. Cavanagh, John, & Son, Building- Moving Co. Central Xew England Brick E.xchange Co. Chandler & Barber, Hardware. Charles Eiver Stone Co., Freestone Workers. Chequasset Lumber Co., Lumlier. Christie, John, & Son, Lathers. Clark, C. Everett, & Co., General Contractors, Boom 42, M. B. A. Building. Clark, Cyrus T., & Co., Painters. Clark & Lee, Carpenter Builders. Chirk & Smith, Lumber. Clark, W. L., cSt Co., Mason Builders. Cleveland Stone Co., Stone Dealers. Clinton Wire Cloth Co. Connery & Wentworth, jNfason Builders. Connecticut River Lumber Co., Luml)er. Consolidated Stone Co. Cooke, Cliarles M., INIason Builder. Corning, E., & Co., Iron Merchants. Crafts, Henry's Sons, Masons' Supplies. Croft, James T., & Co., Iron Workers. Cuildihy, J. J.. Xortli Kiver lilue Stone. Cunningham, Banks & Co., Lund)er. Currier, Charles E., Carpenter Builder. Curtis & P<)pe, Lumber. Cutler, Frank E., Painter. Cutting, Bardwell & Co., General (Contract- ors. Dalton-IngersoU Co., Plumbers' Supplies. Darling Brothers, General Contractors. Davis, James A., & Co.. Cement, Coal and Coke. Day, George H., Brick Manufacturer and Dealer. D'Este & Seeley Co., Plumbers' Supplies. Dickey, A., & Co., Stair Builders. Dodge, Charles A., Mason Builder. Dodge, Chas. H., Mason Builder. Drisko, Alonzo S., Carjieuter Builder. Drisko, O. H., & Son, Carpenter Builders, Boom 32, M. B. A. Building. Eddy, Otis, Lumber. Edmester, E. B., ISrick ^Manufacturer. Emery & Stuart, Mason Builders. Fagan, James, j\Iason Builder. Farquhar, John's Sons, Inc't'd, Roofers. Fiske, Homes & Co., Brick and Terra Cotta. Fuller, Seth W., Electrical Engineer, Bells and Speaking Tubes. Gardner, A. M., Hardware Co., Hardware. Gerry & Xorthup, Carpenter Builders. Gifford & Lawrence, Carpenter Builders. Gooch & Pray, Mason Builders, Room ."»2, M. B. A. Building. Godfrey Electric Construction Co., Electrical Engineers, Bells and Tubes. Graham & Cameron, Stair Builders. Granite Railway Co., Granite, Room 48, M. B. A. P.uilding. Granite State Brick Co., Brick ^lanufacturers. Gray & Stebbins, Lumber. Grigg, Joseph W., Slate, Tiles, etc. Haberstroh, L., & Son, Painters. Hall, Charles E., & Co., Marble Workers. Hallowell Granite Co., Granite. Ham & Carter, Masons' Supplies. Ham, L. M., & Co., Iron Workers. Hammond, Edw. J., & Co., Lumber. Hannon, Frank J., Sand and Gravel. Harrington, Robinson & Co., Iron Merchants. Hersey, Ira G., Carpenter Builder. Room 43, M. B. A. Building. Hicks, S. D., & Son, Coj)per Workers. Hind, Thos. J., Roofer. Holt & Bugbee, Lumber. Hosmer, Jerome C, Carpenter Builder, Room 56. M. B. A. Building. ADVERTISEMENTS. 317 GEO. G. BAKER, '4^ "4^ 4- ANb iUILDER, 166 Devonshire St., BOSTON. Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates Furnished. C. A. HAMMOND, Garperiter and Bailder, Jobbing- promptly attended to at reasonable prices. Shop 641 E. FOURTH ST., Between Jay and I Streets, Residence, 532 East 5th Street, SOUTH BOSTON. storm Windows taken off and Stored away. WINDOW SCREENS made to order. Frank L. Whitcomb, CONTRACTOR * AMD- BUILDER, 166 Devonshire St., 113 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDOEPORT. P. F. HANLON, Carpenter ond Builder. Jobbing promptly attended to. ESTIMATES FURMSHEI). No. 33 DIX ST., Dorchester District, BOSTON, MASS. 31S A HALF CKNTtRY OF BOSTON S BlILDIXft Huckins, P. 8.. & Co.. Hard I'ine Lumber. Hunter. J. B., & Co., Hardware, Eooni 43, M. B. A. Building. Hursli, C. S., Brick Dealer. Hussey, Henry, & Co., l*linnber.s. Hunt, H. H., Carpenter Builder. Jacobs, David H., & Son, Mason Builders, Boom 33, M. B. A. Building. James & Abbot, Lumber and Brick. James & Marra, Freestone AVorkers. Jarvis Engineering Co., Boilers and Engines. Jewett Lumber Co., Lumber, Boom 57. ^L B. A. Building. Julius. H. W., Manufacturing Co., Fire Troofing. Johnson Brothers, Mason Builders. Johnson, William A., Plumber. Kelly. John, Mason Builder, Room 53, Isl. B. A. Building. Kelly & McKinnon, Carjienter Builders. Kenrick Bros., I'lumbers. Keening & Strout Brothers, Jlason Builders. King's "Windsor Cement Dry ^Mortar Co., Wall Plaster, Boom 44, M. B. A. Build- ing. Lally & Montague, Masonry Pointers. Lamb, B. F., & Co., Lumber. Lanesville Granite Co., Granite. Lawrence & Wiggin, Lumber. Leatherbee, C. W. (Trustee), Lumber. Lewis, Edwin C., Electrical Engineer. Lombard, S. & E. J., Granite Quarries. Lovering, Jonathan P., JIason Builder, Boom 32, M. B. A. Building. Lumb, William & Co., Plumbers. Lyons, Thomas J., "Mason P.uihler. Lyons, Walter S., Granite Worker. Macauley, George W., Moldings. Magneso-Calcite Fireproof Co.. Boom 41. M. B. A. Building. Mainland, John Y., Car])enter Builder. Room 52, M. B. A. Building. Mauson, S. T.. & Co., Lumbi-r. !Marstou. L. K., ^Nfason Builder. Maxwell, W. R.. Brick Manufacturer. McConnell, "\Vm. A. McCoy, James E., Mason Builder. Mcintosh, David, Plasterer, Room 31, M. B- A. Building. ;\rcKay, J. J., Granite Jobber. !McLauthlin, George T., & Co., Iron Workers. McLellan, James D., Carpenter Builder. IMcLoughlin, John, Gas Fitter. McMahon, Chas., Teamster. IVIcXeil Brothers, Carpenter Builders. INIcNutt, J. J., Carpenter Buildei-. ^NlcQuesten, Geo., & Co., Hard Pine Lumber. Meany, E. F., & Co., Freestone Workers. jMerriam, F. A., & Co., Masons' Supplies. Meyer, Sniffen Co. (Limited), Plumbers' Sujv plies, ^lilford Pink (iranite Co., Room 51, M. B. A. Building. ]\[iller & Ladd, Carpenter Builders. Miller. M. S. & G. N., IMason Builders. ^Miller, William L., Pile Driver, etc. Mitchell & Sutherland, Carpenter Builders. ^Morrison, George W., Carpenter Builder. Morrison, E. G., & Son, Plasterers. Morse, R. G., & Co., Masons' Supplies. Morss & Whyte, Wire Workers. Morton F. F., Carpenter Builder. Murdock Parlor Grate Co., Tiles, etc. Nawn, Hugh, Teamster and Excavator. Neal & Preble, Mason Builders. New England Adamant Co., Room 32, M. B. A. Building. New Jersey Steel & Iron Co., Iron Worker, Room 41, M. B. A. Building. Nichols, John G., Floor Layer. Nixon, James, Carjienter Builder. Noreross Brothers, General Contractors. Norcioss. AV. C., Masons' Supplies. Norton, F. A., Pile Driver, etc. Norton Iron Co., Iron AVorkers. Norton, Wm. A., 15iidt;e and Wharf Builder. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 319 Miles Steam Boiler and Plate Iron Works. A STREET, BOSTON. MILES PATENT BOILERS AND HEATERS. STILLS, DRYERS, EVAPORATORS. Oil Refining and Sugar Refiners' Work a Specialty. The Columbia Architectural it Building Association. ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, Ames Building, Room 40, BOSTON, HASS. 0-. TD. IMIITOHEI-iL, nyEanag-er. 520 A HALF CENTLTRY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Nugent, James, Latlier. O'Brien, D. A., & Son, Roofers. O'Connell & Smith, Gas Fitters. O'Riordon, Patrick, Saiid and Gravel. Page, D. P., Carjienter Builder. Palmer, I'arker & Co., Liimber. Parker, Charles 8., & Sons, Roofers. Parker, Thomas, & Co., Plasterers. Parry Brothers & Co., Brick Manufacturers. Perkins, Geo. W., Gas Fitter. Periy, Lewis F., & Whitney, Painters. Perry, Matthews & Buskirk Co., Limestone. Perth Amhoy Terra Cotta Co. Pickett, Joseph J., Masonry Pointer. Pickett, Robert H., Masonry Pointer. Pigeon Hill Granite Co., Granite. Plummer, R. B.. Jr,, Carpenter Builder. Power, Richard, & Son, Marble Workers. Pratt, Amasa, & Co., Doors, Windows and Blinds. Rayner, A. W., Stair Builder, Redding, Baird & Co., Stained Glass. Rhines, J. B., & Co., Lumber. Richardson & Young, Carpenter Builders. Ricker, E., Son & Co., Granite Workers. Riley, H.'s Sons., Roofers. Riley, James M., & Co., Roofers. Roby, L. A., & Son., Lumber. Rockport Granite Co., Granite. Rogers Brothers. Rogers, 0. T., Granite Co,, Granite. Root, W. A. & 11. A., ]\rason Builders. Ross, Henry F.. Co., Carpenter Builders. Room 49, M. B. A. Building. Ross, Joseph, Bridge and Wharf Builder. Rutan, AVm. L., Mason Builder. Sampson, Walter S., iNfason Builder. Sanborn, William A., Brick Manufacturer. Sands, Martin W., Brick Manufacturer. Sawyer, E. D., & Co., Lumber. Sayward, William H.. ]\Iason Builder. Room 33, ^I. B. A. Building. Seaboard Lumber Co., Lumber. Shaler & Hall (Quarry Co.. Stone Dealers. Shapleigh, Jolm W., Builder. Sheldon, H. E., Granite Worker, Room 48, M. B. A. Building. Shepard, George F., Mason Builder. Sherriffs, William E., Plumber. Simpson Brotliers, Asphalt, Room 58, IM. B. A. Building. Smitli-Carleton Iron Co., Iron Workers, Room 33, M. B. A. Building. Smith, G. W. & F., Iron Co., Iron Workers. Smith, James, IMason Builder, Room 56, M. B. A. Building. Smith & Lovett, Iron Workers. Somerset & Johnsonburg Mfg. Co., Brick> Room 45, M. B. A. Building. Soule, L. P., & Son., Mason Builders, Room 31, M. B. A. Building. Stearns, A. T., Lumber Co., Lumber, Room 40, M. B. A. Building. Stetson, A. M., & Co., Lumber. Strout, E. E., Mason Builder. Sullivan, William J., Freestone Worker. Swan, F. A., Electrical Engineer. Sweatt & Gould, Granite Workers. Treworgy, Wm. H., Lumber. Tucker, Isaac N., Plumlier. Tucker, J., & Son, Plumbers. Tufts, George M., Carpenter Builder. Tyler, B. F., & Sons, Lumber. AVakeman, John, Stone Mason. Waldo Brothers, Masons' Supplies, etc. Wallburg & Sherry, Painters. Warren, 'm. C, & Co., Hardware. Washburn, D., & Sons, Brick Manufacturers. Weston & Bigelow, Lumber. Wliitcomb, E., Xoyes & Co., Carpenter Builders. Wliitcomb, Frank L., Carpenter Builder. Whittier Machine Co., Elevators, Machinery. Wight, Edward A., Lumber. Willcutt, Lyman D., & Son, Mason Builders, Room 54, M. B. A. Building. Wingate, James I., & Son, Painters. Witlierspoon, E. B., Carpenter Builder. AVooil, Barker & Co., Lumber. Woodbury cS: Leighton, General Contractors, Room 51, M. B. A. Building. AIiVKKTISEMENTS. .'•121 i, r M JEROME REDDING. HARVEV REDDING. ESTABLISHED 1868. JEROME REDDING & CO., 48 Hanover Street, Boston. Electrical « Engineers ANT) MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS. Electric Light and Power Machinery for Buildings, designed and installed in tlie best manner. Specifications and Plans for the installation of Electric Light or Po-vver Machinerv, including all details, fur- nishetl when tlesired. Hotels, Churches, Schools and other Buildings wired and fitted coinplete with Electric Lighting, Gas Lighting, Fire Alarm and other Electrical Apparatus. Fonr Circuit Switcli Boaril for Insiilat*"*! Klcctric Li;;ht Phuit. Estimates and all information Furnislied on Application. Richard Holmes. John Holmes. Address P. O. Box 1816. Stephen Holmes. HOLMES BROS., guilders an d Contractors , CARPENTERS' SHOP AND MASONS' YARD. ISl, 1.Q3 ds IST Ca."bot Street, Office, 7 Water Street, BOSTON. PLUMBING AND SANITATION. HE sanitary conditiou of Bostou will bear favorable comparison with that of any city ill the countiy. The laws are very strict in regard to the plumbing and other sanitary arrangements and the plumbers are held to a close observance of the of the laws. The sanitary affairs of the city are under the supervision of the boanl of healtli while the construction of plumbing is under the supervision of the building dej^artment. One of the most important trades in connection with modern building is that of the sanitary plumber, and it holds a prominent position in the building up of the city. Speaking of the matter, a writer in the Architectural Record says: "It engages the attention of the architect in a marked degree, partlj- because of the newly awakened interest in all that pertains to healthy home surroundings, but in a greater measure becaiise of the fact that in the princi- pal cities of the country the practice of the trade of plumbing is regulated by law, and architect, owner and plumber are bound to an adherence to the requirements of the State })lumbing law or the municipal ordinance, according to circumstances. At first sight, the prominence given to the plumbing work in a building suggests an inquiry as to the ' reason why.' This is easily explained. The purpose to be effected by the work of the i^lumber is the safe removal of the sewage and waste matters of the house to the public sewer or some other accepted place of deposit, the introduction of a proper water supply, and the exclusion from the building of sewer air, laden as it is with the germs of disease.' Although the conditions and progressive methods of the present time are far in advance of those of ancient times, still the matter of a proper regard for health by sanitary arrange- ments was not wholly disregarded bj' the ancients. The same writer quoted above says: " Sewerage and drainage, water supply in dwellings, exclusion of sewer gas and ventilation of sewers, all of which are dwelt upon at tlie present day as being indispensable to healthy living, were enjoyed as far back as a thousand years or more before the Christian era. The great sewer of ancient Eonie, the Cloaca Maxima, commenced 2,500 years ago, and still existing, bears evidence to the importance attached to sewage works, and it is worthy of note that the existence of sewer gas was as well known to the ancients as to the sanitarians of our own time. In Justinian's 'Digest,' completed Anno Domino 534, it is stated that 'the Prator took care that all sewers should be cleaned and repaired for the health of the citizens, because uncleaned or unrepaired sewers threaten a pestilential atmosphere and are dangerous.' " In the same manner the water supply for use in houses was made a matter of paramount importance, and in Koine, in the closing days of the Eepublie, there were no less than nine aipieducts traversing the city and supplying water in the houses. In the reign of the Em- peror Augustus the water system was as closely regulated as it is to-day in most of our American cities. Severe penalties for misuse of water were imposed, and rules adopted for its distribution were formulated and enforced with the utmost exactness." ADVERTISEMENTS. 323 BUILDING • • CONTRACTORS, Master Builders' Association, 1 66 Devonshire St., DAILY FROM 12 to 1. OFFICE : No. 42 DUNLOW ST., ROXBURY, - - A\ASS. Telephone, Roxbury 262. Henry McGahey. LOUIS H.JACOBS, plumber, 9 WALDEN STREET, Roxbury. McGAHEY & BYRNE John B. Byrne. ) ■• ■■• fiASONS, iONTRACTORS &n !2! b H 05 t^ 2 <{ > (D !2| H b K 10 r+ H (D (D <+ b W M !^ b CO O hTJ td b M o o ^> 2 C II O 3> c ni ■3 <^ £» ■3 in ri- 5» 5' •3 C3 O r m 0) pi a: D Q m < z 326 A IIAI.F CENTURY OK HOSTOX S Hni.DINT.. lialfi>eniiyT and for working a clove for furnaces, titjijjetroijhcs, belfries and conduit pipes one penny, and for the waste of a wey of lead when newly molten he shall have an allowance of two cloves as has been the usage heretofore. " Also, that no one for singular profit shall engross lead coming to the same city for sale to the damage of the Commonalty, Imt that all persons of this said trade as well poor or rich as may wish shall be jjartners tlierein at their desire. And that no one liiiuself or by another shall buy old lead that is on sale or shall be within the said city or without to sell it again to the folks of the said trade and enhance the price of lead to the damage of all the Commonalty. "Also that no one of the said trade sliall buy stri])pt'd lead of the assistants to tilers, 'laggers' or masons or of women who cannot find warranty for the same. And if any shall do so himself or by Ins servants, or if anyone be found stealing lead, tin or nails in the place wliere he works he shall be ousted from the said trade forever at tlie will and ordinance of the gooil folks of such trade. " Also, that no one of the said trade shall oust another from his work undertaken or begun or shall take away his customers or his employers to his damage by enticement through carpenters, masons, tilers or other persons, as he would answer for damage so inflicted by good consideration of the masters of the trade. " And if anyone shall b.' found guilty under anyone of the articles aforesaid let him pay to the Chamber of Guildhall in London for the first offense forty pence, for the second half a mark, for the third twenty shillings and for the fourth ten pounds or else forswear the trade." So far as can be learned this statute still stands, there being no record of its repeal. This was, as near as can be learned, the beginning of i)lumbing legislation. It appears from the records relating to the introduction of water pipes for dwelling houses and other buildings, that these were at first '• no larger than a goose quill "' and the plumbers business in this line was rather limited. But as the demand increased and the water supply was made more plentiful and certain by the use of metal mains, his business increased. The history of the sanitation and sanitary legislation in America dates back to a verj- early jieriod in the settlement of the country, but there was not much of interest recorded until the middle of the eighteenth century, at which time we find several of the larger cities building water works and arranging for a supply for general use; and this, of course, opened up the business for the plumbers, and their trade began to assume considerable importance in connec- tion with the building up of the cities. As the laws relating to the plumbing trade are printed in connection with the building laws, we will not repeat them here. The plumbers of Boston are among the best in country, and the nullity of work dons speaks well for their skill and ability, as well as for the careful regard thev have for the laws regulating the trade. Following is a list of the plumbers of the city: Adcock, John H.. 40 LaGrange. Anderson & Johnson, 144 Kicliniond. Arkinson, W. F., & Co., .51 Buckingham. Baker, W. F., & Co., 42 Piirk, Chsn. Baldwin, Charles E., 35 Clarendon. Barnctt, B.,91 Leverett. Barrett, John K.. l.'ll Federal. Barry, Joseph W., 1 Park, Chsn. Bartlett, F. S., & Co., 5 Bennington. Bassnett, John, 42 Bow. Bates, B. G., 1(53 Veinon. Bollington, F. A., 19 G. ADVEKTISEMENTS. Tbe Huptipgtop. ^opI Henry, Center, G. W., 290 E. Eighth. Clark, J. J., 171 Charlestown. Cleaves, Stephen A., rear O.'H Washingtrin. Dor. Clegg, Sanuud, 1(1 Eist. Cluney, James C, 6 Union Park st. Cobb, F. E., Eiver, cor. Oakland, Mat. Cobleigh, B. F., Jr., Brandon, corner P>irch, Eos. Collins, D. H., 232 Connuercial. Collins, :\r. & H. H.. 121 Dudley. Collins, jr. W.,20 Tufts. Chsn. Conlon, John P., & Co., 3 Stoddard. Connor, James, 89 West Concord. Coojier. Jolm. 144 Harrison av., residence 11 Mills, Eox. Cosden, John W.. & Co., 293 Hanover and 246 Massacliusetts av. Costa Bros., 40 Warren, Eox. Craig & Conley, 115 Purchase. Crawford, John, 41 Howard. Crawford & Young, 321 Warren, Eox. Cionin, D. S., 2132 Washington. Cronin, C. H., 85 Charles. Crosby, M. D., 172 Pynchon. Crowley, Jas. J., 88 Boylston, J. P. Crowley, Timothy, 333 North. Crozier, I. W., 30 West Canton. Cummings, Jas., 1101 Dorchester av. Cunningham, L., 570 Shawmnt av. Darlow, George W., 2 Sheiiard, Br. Dean Bros., Whitfield. Delany, J. S., 6i Staniford. Densmore, C. B., 300 Codraan. Denvir, E. F., rear 15 Main. Devlin, Thomas, 392 Commercial. Doherty, John A., 862 Dorchester av. Donlan, John P., under Hotel Berkeley. Donnelly & McCart, 467 Main. Dooley. Thomas F., 49 Eiver. Dorsey, Bernard, Neponset av., near Minot. Driscoll, C. F., & Co., 100 Essex. Drury, Thomas J., & Co., 60 Endicott. Duggan, Edward, Linden Park st. Duggan, P. J., 288 Harrison av. Duggan, Thomas H., 141 Dartmouth. Dwyer, J. F., 114 Market, Br. Dwyer, William, 82 Chardon. Edgarton, John, 187i Centre. Fallon, Joseph M., 734 Centre, J. P. 'Parrell. M. F., 188 Sumner, E. B. Finkelstein, C. J., & Cros., 18 X. Centre. Gaddis, L., 78 Harrison av. Gallagher, Thomas S., & Co., 22 Travers. ADVERTISEMENTS. 329 G. H. Cutting. E. J. Bardwell. B.C. Fisk. W. \V. Carter. Cutting, Bardwell & Co. Buildipg * * Copstructioa Worcester, Mass. Boston Address : 166 DEVONSHIRE ST. Master Builders' Association. Office, II Foster St. Incorporated under the Laws of Massachusetts. O. S. Kendall, Vice-President. Telephone No. 3956. Turners Falls Brick Company, MANUFACTURERS OF P'red W. Wellington, President. Geo. L. Allen, Treasurer. Henrv E. Smith, Secretary. R. D. Kimball, Manager. AA55AC[ia5ETT5 HEATING and VENTILATING CO, ENQ1NEEK5 AND CoNTKA^TOK5 FOR THE Ventilation and Warming of State, City or Town Buildings. School-House Heating, Ventilating and Sanitary Apparatus, Proprietors of Patent Ventilated Water Closets, Urinals, etc. Plans and specifications prepared and estimates furnished promptly. EXCHANGE BUILDING, Room 502, 53 State Street, Boston.. Sand and Water Struck Brick, AND DE.M.ERS IN Front Brick, Terra Cotta and Clay Products of every Description. AND General Contractors and Builders' Supplies. No. 34 SCHOOL STREET, Room 16, BOSTON. J. N. Cahill, p. F. Welch. G. A. OLSEN, -^ MASON 4- 261 Bolton St., SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. Jobbing promptly attended to. 330 A HALF CE.VTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Gay, C. M., 06 Warien, Rox. Geai'ty & Smaling, L'5 Pitts. Gibson, L. i;., cS; Sou 1 158 Wash., L. M. Godfrey & Thomas, 7(59 Centre. Goldstein, Josepli, 7 Kooliester. Granara, Andrew, 149 Xorth. Grant, John B., 3 Wheeler. Greenleaf. William H., 17 Charles. Griffith, W. H., & Co., 97 Cuniliridge. Gunning, M., 10 Bennet. Handy, L. S.,C>m :\lain. Hauna, W. J., & Son, 709 Boylston. Harold, Michael, 20 LaGrange. Hartiiett. Florence J., 3 Shawmut. Hartnett, John. 126 London, E. B. Hawthorne & Co., 65 Federal. Hayes, James H., 793 Tremont. Hayes & Mulvee, 626 Dudley, Henderson, J. B,, 131 Chelsea, Chsn. Hersum, Arthur L., 27 Province. Hoifecker, A., 107 Clinton, Rox. Horgan, D. A., 187 Warren, Rox. Houghton, J. Y.. & Sou, 99 Green, J. 1', Howe, H. A., 226 E. Eighth. Hoyt, F. J., Standish. Hurley, P. G., 121 Pyuchon. Hussey, Henry, & Co., 71 Kingston. Johuson, Wm. A., 77 Dover. Johnson, Wm. B., 17 Maiden. Johnston, T. E., 142 Dorchester av. Jones, James G., 4 Scltool, Chsn. Keane, M. J., 514 Tremont. Kearney, il. 0., 4 Blossom. Kelleher & Gardner, 347i Shawmnt av. Kelle}', John J., 4 Washington, Dor. Kelley, J. 1'., 10 Roxbury. Kelly, Edward C, 195 Centre. Kelly, Johu C, 1246 Tremont. Kelly, M. T., 30 Prince. Kenney, John J., 15 Lauriat av. Kenrick Bros., 166 Devonsliire. Keyes, W. F.. 1156 Harrison av. Kiernan, T. J., 64 ^leridiau. Killian, Johu H., 95 Eustis. King, Chas., & Co., 152 Sumner, E. B. Kinnaly, Daniel J., 12() Emerson. LaChapelle, A. P., 289 Causeway, Leishman, A., 40 Pleasant. Lenuon, James P., 692 Parker. Lewis, D. J., 22 Marshall. Loudon Bros., 36 Province. Lovett, T. F., 192 Shawmnt av. Lowelh R. SL. 36 Brattle. Lnmb, William, & Co., 1 Province ct. and 16 Province st. Lutted, T. & W., 154 F. Lyons, John H., 312 Adams, Dor. Madden, T. F., 509 Dudley, IMahan, Charles, 84 Water. .Maloney, R. H., 212 Dover. Manning, John, 342 Shawmut av. ^Mansfield, C. J., 1114 Washington. McAllister, W. J., 202 Pleasant. McCarthy, D. J., 50 Dearborn. ^IcCanley, E. J., 309 Chelsea, E. B. jMeCoole, Jidin C, 60 Park sq. McDonald, Jas. A., 53 Maverick sq. McDonald, Thomas H., 1644 Washington. McGouigle, H. J., 173 Endicott. McGonigle, W. F., 9 Staniford. McKeuna, William X., & Co., 60 Anderson. Mc\'arish & Hennigan, 88 Main. Mendelzwig, I., 19 S. Margin. Jlillner, James N., 6 Chestnut Hill av. ]\Iills, Wm., & Co., 235 Washington. Mitchell, Frank, 191 Endicott. Moore, Edward, & Co., 18 Causeway. Mulkern, M. J., 14 Devonshire. Mungovan, James G., 65 Albany. ^Murphy, P. H., 3 Buckingham. 3Iurtagh, W. J., 7 Clinrch. Nelligan, M. W.. 272 E. Xettles, Stephen, 707 Tremont. Xewton, William, 1387 AVashington. Nolan & Bleu, 37 Cambridge. Noonaii, D. W.. 216 London. ADVEltTlSKMENTS. 331 New Jersey Steel and Iron Co., 1G6 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON. WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL BEAMS, CHANNELS, ANGLES, TEES, ZEES, HERCHANT IRON, CHAIN, RIVETS, BOLTS, ETC., ETC — CONSTRUCTORS OF Bridges, Roofs, other Iron il Steel Structures. New York Office, 17 Burling Slip; Cooper, Hewitt & Co. HETROPOLITAN FIRE=PROOFINQ CO., Boston Office, 166 Devonshire Street. Reference : COOPER, HEWITT & CO., 17 BURLING SLIP, NEW YORK. BARBOUR--STOCKWELL CO., Iron Founders i! Machinists MANUFACTURERS OF Builders' Cast Iron Work of all Descriptions, T'^ . i /> u -J i. n» Order Box at 166 Devonshire St.» Factory at Carabndgeport, Mass. boston. Rooms of riaster Builders' Association. Quantities taken off and Estimates furnished from Architects' plans. 332 A HALF C'ENTLTRT OF BOSTON S BUII.DIXG. O'Bi-ien, G. E., 4 Charle.stown. O'Connell, James, 40;') irarket, Br. O'Mealey, L. E., 10 West Detlham. O'Neil, James, 961 Treinont. O'Rourke, Frank, & Co., 397 Chelsea, E. B. Payne Bros., 59 Roxbury. Pearce, E. J., 181 Cabot. Pearce, W. A., & Co., 7 Province ct. Perry, J. P., & Co., 123 Devonshire. Pierce & Cox, 143 Kingston. Politsky, L. W., & Co., 70 Priuce- Purrington, G. L., & Co., 5 Bennington. Eafferty, Thomas, 177 Blackstone. Ray, J. S., 100 Westville. Reardou, T. F., 331 Harrison av. Reardon, W. B., 384A Warren, Eox. Richards, D. H., 2731 Wasliington. Richards, Wm. H., 233(> AVashington. Riley, E. A., 145 Albany. Riley, Jas. H., & Co., 10 Minot, Nep. Riley, Peter A., 8 Walnut av. Riley & Hill, 85 Joy. Roekwood, Albert G., 35i Province. Roulston, George E., 1101 Dor. av. Roweu Bros., 45 Green, J. P. Rnssell, Daniel, 18 Howard. Ryan, James F., 12A Cherry. Schlicht & McPhail, 679 Saratoga. Scigliano, M. P., 119 Richmond. Scott, A. J. & A., 6 West Canton. Shannon, D.. 98 West Dedhani. Sharpp, T. E., 4 Province ct. Shea & Smith, 331 Washington, Br. Sheridan, W. R., 4, Broad. Sheriffs, Wm. E., 70 Broad. Slattery, Richard P., & Co., 78 Esses. Smith, Charles, 42 Cabot. Smith & Forbes, 107 AVest Dedham and 4 Ivanhoe. Snow, Henry H., 163 F. Spear, B. P., & Sou, 90 Warren, Chsn. Stanley, J. E., 1875 Dorchester av. Steele, William, 1 Baker jil., Rox. Sullivan & Callahan, 166 Devonshire and 8 Tyler. Tague John J., 7 Bunker Hill. Theall, Geo. H., & Co., 778 Tremont. Thornton, B. J., 2947 Washington. Titus, Frank A., 143 Main. Toland, John A., 202 Adams, Dor. Tombs, H. W., 717 Tremont. Toucliet, Albert E., 1 Byron. Towle, L. J., 30 Beach. Trainer, Wm., & Co., 3 Park Sq. Tucker, Isaac N., 479 Tremont. Tucker, J., & Sons, 14 Brattle sq. Tully, John K., 1398 Tremont. TurnbuU, Frank, Bellevue, near Centre, W. R. Tute, Thomas J., 77 Church. Vogel, Joseph P., 135 W. Brookline. Waitt, W. H., & Co., 18 Zeigler. Walters, Isaac J.. & Co., South, opp. Birch, Ros. Walters, John J., 119 Xorthampton. Walters, J. A., & Co., 24 Burroughs, J. P. Ward, T. F., 157 Green, J. P. Waters, William, Jr., & Co., 104 Sumner, E. B. Williams, Albert, 486 Dudley. Wilson, George A., 73 Essex. Wood, William H., 157 Emerson. Woods. J. F., 13 Hancock. Dor. ADVERTISEMENTS 333 Brigham's Hotel, 'Sf" FOR TRAVELLING .-. AND ■. COnnERClAL HEN. 642 WASHINGTON ST., Opposite Boylston St. 3>To. 2 Herse3r ^lace. Off Essex Street. BOSTON, MASS. BUSH & WILLEY, Proprietors. Stephen J. Llppincott, PAINTER . . . AND . . . PAPER ^^ HANGER. Interior Decoration in all its Branches. OFFICE : 39 DUNDEE ST., BOSTON, MASS. New • Marlboro 4- HOTEL "¥ Cor. WA^MINdTON and HARVARD ,3X3. BOTTOM, W. A. YOUNG, Proprietor. AVA55. S. P. TRAFTON, CarpenterandBuilder^ store ■^TT'orHs A SPECIALTY. SHOP: No. 33 Hawkins St., B05T0r(. THE MASTER PLUMBERS ASSOCIATION. HE blaster Plumbers' Assoc-iatinn was organized in 1883. The object of the association is practically the same as that of the other trade associations, to advance the interests of the trade, and bring the different members together for mutual benefits. It now includes in its membership most of the recognized plumbers of the city and has done a great deal of good to the trade in general. The officers of the association are: David Smith, president; Daniel Shannon, treasurer; John W. Cosden, financial secretary ; Wm. A. Tucker, recording secretary; E. F. Brown, corresponding secretary. Followinsr is a list of members : Adcock, John H. Anderson, J. W. Baldwin, C. E. Boyd, J. S. Boyd, Eobert E. Boyd, William. Bramliidl, William. Bray, C. A. Bronnvich. Clias. l^f. Briiwn, Piobert F. Buerkel. J. F. Cantwell, M. Carey, Thomas. Carley, P. F. Carruthers, Henry. Collins, H. H. Conlon, J. P. Cosden, John W. Costa. Joseph E. Coughlin. T. J. Cobb, F. E. Cooper, Jolni. Craig, David. Cram, A. W. Crawford, .Tolm. Crawford, James, Cronin, C. H. Crosby, ^r. D. Crowley, J. J. Crowley, Timothy. Crozirr, I. W. Cunningham, L. Curtain, A. F. Darlow, George W. Davliu, M. F. Davlin, James F. Denvir, E. F. Donlon, J. F. Drury, Thomas J. Dngan. 1'. J. Duggan, T. H. Dwyer, J. F. Dwyer. T. E. Fiuneran, Wm. F. Finnerty, Daniel G. Fitzpatrick, Wm. J. Forbes, George C. Fratus, Manuel S. French, J. Warren. French, W. H. Gillespie, Jolin Y. Gr.inara, Andrew. Green, C. A. Greenleaf, AVm. H. ADVERTISEMENTS. 335 J. Q. (^olemai}, General ^^ Contractor. /^LU KIND? OF'' ROCK EXCAVATION A SPPXIALTY. Roxbury Building Stone for Sale ; LEDGE AT PARKER HILL. TeajonirLg- of sill l^ixid-S. Hoisting Engines, ttq Steam Derricks and Steam Drills LET. Estimates given on all Public Works. Residence: Corner Coiumbus Avenue and Ritchie Street, ROXBURY, MASS. j. varnerin, 5tomeA\a5on OFFICE ; 43 Warren Street, RESIDENCE : 285 NORFOLK AVE., ROXBURY, MASS. r ^ W. A. MASON & SON, CIVIL ENGINEE[[S A^D SUI[YEYORS, SnitVETOES OF MECHANICS' WOES. 631 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS. Residence, Raymond St., Old Cambridge, near the Botanical Garden. ESTABLISHED A. D., 1839. Information of value to every property owner. We liave saveil the original notes and plans of all Surveys by us since 1839, also, a vast collection of copies and other information, from which we are prepared to re- establish old boundaries as well as new ones. \. A nythittg in our line frontftly and acc-wately attended lo. ^ 336 A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Griffith, ^\m. H. Hartnett, T. J. Hatch, H. X. Hayes, J. H. Hayes, Patrick W. Hoffecker, A. Hooper, Forrest. Horgaii, D. A. Hoyt, F. J. Hurley, David F. Johnson, F. 0. Johnson, W. A. Jolmson, W. B. Johnston. T. E. Keane, M. J. Kelly, Edward C. Kelly, J. C. Kelly, M. F. Kelley, J. J. Kelley, J. P. Kenrick, A. E. Kenrick. ^I. F. Kinnaly, D. J. Knowles, Alfred H. Killian. .Tohn H. Keyes, Win. F. LaChappelle, A. P. Lewis. 1). J. Linnehan, C. J. London, A. Luiuli, ^Yillianl. ]\Ianstiehl, V. J. Martin, Thomas F. McCoole, John (_'. iMcDoiiald. T. n. MeKeima, W. N. McLan;j:hlin, J. V. Meech, J. H. Mills. Edwin. Mifcdiell. Will. H. Moore, Edward. Mulvey, James J. Nettles. S. O'Connell, James. O'Mealley, L. E. O'Neill, James. Pearce, W. A. Perry, James P. Pierce, F. H. Poole, J. G. Eafferty, Thomas. Phodes, J. Eicliards, Wm. H. Riley, Isaac. Eussell, D. Shannon, Daniel. Sliarpe, Thomas E. Slmttuek, E. W. Shamiessay, J. C. .Shea, Artliur. Sheriffs, Win. E. Smith, David. Smith, Hubert T. Stanley, John. Steele, Wm. Tailored, James P. 'J'lieall, (ieorge H. Thompson. George E. Tieniey, J. J. Titus, Frank A. Tombs, Henry W. Touehet. Albert E. Tucker, Isaac N. Tucker, James. Tucker, J. C. M. Tucker, Nathl W. Tucker, Wm. A. Tulh', Jolm K. Tute, Thomas J. Vogel, J. P. Whalen, Michael J. Wilkinsdu, W. J. Williams. A. Wilson, Gi'orge. Winn. P. H. Woods, Jas. T. Young, J. H. H0X0l:.4KV .AIEMBEES. Daeey, James F. Locke, AV. S. Train or, Win. ADVERTISEMENTS. 337 THOMAS J. THORN, ^zirpepter _ ^ B^Jl^er, 107 West Cottage Street, ROXBURY, MASS. A. H. HOYT & CO., Manufacturers of Hydraulic, Electric, Belt, Carriage, Sidewalk and Hand-Power Elevators. 'i[ APARTMENT LIFTS AND DUMB WAITERS. Special facilities for furnishing ^^ Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters, Iron Wp3^==f 1 1 !, Door Frames and Well Ways. Immediate attention given to orders for Inspection and Elevator Repairing. i39 Pearl St, Boston. J. B. HOLLAND, CARPENTER. Store and Office Fitting a Specialty. ALL KINDS OF JOBBING. 2722 Washington Street, BOSTON, ... - MASS. CHAS. COOPER, FURNACES and RANGES REPAIRED. O-TiJ^T^S, X^iaTIITG-S, etc. G MAIN STREET, Churlestown Dist., Boston, Mass. MANUs Mclaughlin, Carpenter and Builder. ~x Shop, rear 20 BLUE HILL AVE., Entrance off Dudley St., ripp. Woodward Avenue. Residence, No. 3 BROOK PLACE, Boston Highlands. N. B. — Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. T. J. COUQHLIN, IlKAI.KR IN Stoves, Ranges Kiti^of Stove Repairs, Sanitary Plumbing and Jobbing in all Its Branches. Tin, Crocliery, Wooden, Granite, Iron & Agate Ware. 107 WEST BROADWAY, Between B & C Streets, SOUTH BOSTON, - . MASS. BOSTON ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE. FIILE the Boston of to-day is one of the, most beautiful cities in the world from an architectural point of view, display ing, as it do -s, many ol the most perfect examples of tlie art, the Boston of twocenturi s age cuntuined bvxt little to attract the eye in the design and constrnction of the bnildiiigs wliicli gave little else than the merest shelter to their owners and their families. It is nnh. tlier fnre, liecause of their elaborate de- sign or outwardly attractive apjiearance that we are inten sted in those early hoiises and other buildings ; but because of the associations that cluster about tliem, and for the part they played in the early history of the country. The early pioneers — tliose noble, heroic, and self-sacritic- iug men and women, who by their own self-denial, their love ol liberty, and their devotion to a grand and noble purjjose, laid the foundation for the great metropolis which has since been built — had but little use for the services of a skilled architect in the designing and construction of the rude log lionses wliich at first served as a shelter for themselves and their families. They, however, served the immediate necessity, and within these humble dwellings was bred and fostered tliat spirit of loyalty and patriotism which, in the eventful years that followed, gave to this country the freedom and liberty which characterizes it among the nations of the world as at once the most j^rogressive and patriotic — the "land of the free and the home of the brave." But the same spirit which at first prompted the early settlers to deeds of self-denial and self-sacrifice, prompted them to the development of more elaborate conveniences and comforts as they saw the fruits of their labor increasing and the means for supjilying their wants more abundant. Even then, there was no display of extravagant outward show. It was to escape tins, and its accompanying evils, that they had left their mother country, where they had learned to look upon it as the blazonry of "low ambition and the pride of kings." We learn from the few illustrations which have preserved for us the general appearance of the first houses erected in Boston, that they were of a single story in height, built of logs and with low thatched roofs, the most primitive construction of civilized men. But they were the homes of a noble race. The next type of building was a frame structure with a rude chimney of logs, plastered with mu IKlTKL, CdHMlil S AVF.Nl'K. ^^m^^ ^^^^'M^^ ^ UXiXKl) STAIES IIOIKI.. liKAi. 11 SXlJliET, ADVERTISEMENTS. 341 C. H. DODGE, Coptraictor zvod Builder, OFFICES : 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., Box 59, 23 COMMON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. TELEPHONE 1001 TREMONT. John Hancock Life Insurance Co. Building-, Devonsliire St., Boston, Stone Worlt and Masonry built by C. H. Dodge. Anthony J. McDougall, Carpenter and Bailder, RESIDENCE : 69 MIDDLE STREET, SOUTH BOSTON. THOMAS F. KEARNEY, Builder, 312 Washington Street, DORCHESTER, MASS. PARKER A PAGE. Dealers in HARDWOOD # LUMBER, Agents for Forman & Curtis' Perfect Maple Flooring. 30 & 32 LANCASTER STREET, Yard, First Street, East Cambridge. rriis^Kri-te: Boston. Mass. Campbell & Hurley, Carpenters and Builders, 209 Essex Street, BOSTON. Store and Office Work of all kinds. Jobbing promptly attended to. J. T. CROFT A CO., Blacksmiths and Machinists, IRON WORK for BUILDINGS. Wrought and Cast Iron Fences, Crestings, Fire Escapes, Stable Work, Window Guards, Sash Bars, Bolts, Hangers, etc. HYATT LIGHTS MADE TO ORDER. 47 BRISTOL STREET, BOSTON. Jobbing- of all kinds promptly attended to. J. COOPER, Practical # Plumber, NO. 144 HARRISON AVE., Formerly at 12S Harrison Ave., BOSTON. Sa.13.lt3.r37- ''77'orlE a. SpecLa.lt37-. 342 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTOn's BUILUIXC. Bulfincli tlie honor of being among tlie designers of some of the most artistic and elaborate strnctnres ever erected, and like him they have left their impress on the architecture of the city. One of the first to follow in the long procession of professional arcdiitects, who have done their share in the great work of building up the city, was the son of a Petersham (Mass.) carpenter, Solomon Willard. Mr. Willard was a natural mechanic. He was a good scholar, and long before he became famous as an architect he had gained distinction as a carver in wood and stone, being his own instructor. Among the productions of this nature which gained him a rejnitation which still lasts, are the Ionic capitals of St. Paul's, one of the oldest churches in the city ; the wooden capitals of the Park Street Church steeple, and the marble panels in the front of what is now the Somerset Club building. Beside these, he made a model of the Capitol at Washington and models of the famous old Parthenons at Athens and Kome. At one time he gave lessons in designing, and later established himself as an architect. Among the more prominent structures for which he furnished the designs are Bunker Hill Monument, the old United States bank building, the old County Court House, and St. Paul's Church. A contemporary and co-laborer of Mr. Willard's was Alexander Parris, who it appears had practiced his profession in other places previous to his coming to Boston in 1815. Mr. Parris combined the art of engineer with that of an architect, and the results of his work are about equally divided between the two professions. In connection with Mr. Willard he built St. Paul's. He was also builder of Quincy Market, the Marine Hospital at Chelsea, the Arsenal at Watertown, and many others. As an engineer he was for many years the constructing engineer, under the United States government, at the Charlestown navy yard. Another of the old-time architects, more noted for the books which he wrote upon the- subject tliau for anything in the actual ])ractiee of his profession, was Mr. Asher Benjamin. In this respect he gained both fame and fortune, as many of his books, — notably "The American Builder's Companion ; the five orders of Architecture, with great alteration both in size and expense, etc.,'" the "Kudiments of Architecture,'' the "Practice of Architecture," the "Builder's Guide," and the "Architect; or Practical House Carpenter," — ran through several editions, and are still consulted. The architect of the Tremont House, the Mechanics' Exchange, and a number of other less important buildings in the centre of the city, was Isaiah Rogers. Most of the work of the architects above mentioned was executed in the Greek style of architecture and covers a time of which Mr. Cummings, in the "Memorial History of Boston," says, " It will be observed that this was the age in Boston of a sort of Greek revival, when not only churches like St. I'aul's and jmblic buildings like the Court House, the Bank, and the Tremont House, but even dwelling-houses must be fitted out with a portico of columns in the severest cast of Doric. Often, as in the case of the Court House, this was the only attempt at architecture in the whole building; often, as in the ease of innumerable suburban houses, the great wooden columns, three or four feet in diameter, were backed by a front wall pierced by three stories of parlor and bed-room windows. Perhaps no absurdity of fashion in architecture was ever more prepostei'ous than this." Following this rather too free display of the gloomy Greek style of design came the ADVERTISEMENTS. 343 Est&blish9oston Architectural Club, its object being the studj' and ])romotion of architecture and the allied arts and to bring into social relations those interested in this object. In this club are included nearly all of the recognized architects of the city, and they have a very jjleasant club-room on Tremont Place. The club has done a great deal for the development of the art and is in a very flourishing condition. Following is a LIST OF ME.MIiEKS. Willard r. Adden. Chas. H. Alden, Jr. Will 8. Aldvich. Francis E. Allen. i;. D. Andri'ws. Walter Atherton. H. P. Ball. Geo. E. Barton. John W. Bemis. E. E. I!enton. C. H. Black alb Dwight Blaney. Allan E. Boone. Geo. F. Bos worth A. H. ISowditcli. Samuel J. Brown. H. W. C. Browne. W. E. Cabot. Jos. E. Chandler. J. II. Chapman. AVilliam Chester Chase. Eugene L. Clark. Stepjhen Codniau. Eobert Coit. Ernest L. Coiid(.)n. Ed. Percy Dana. Alfred L. Darrow. Chas. B. Dunham. ADVERTISEMENTS. 345 R. D. WARD & CO., CARPENTERS BUILDERS, 5hop, 161 Pynchon Street, NEAR NEW HEATH ST. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Residence, 56 Bromley Park. P. O'HEARN, .. Builder .. 1152 MKSHINGTON STREET. Dorchester District, BOSTON, MASS. Jobbing Promptly Attended To. J. n.& G.F.LANE, (Successors to J. H. LANE,) Masons and Builders, WHITENING, WHITEWASHING, COLORING AND PLASTERING. Drains Laid & Cellars Ccrneptec] Shop, 63i BARTLETT ST., Near Norfolk House. BOSTON HIGHLANDS. Orders Prorpptly Atter)^- Howe, Kansas City, I\fo. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 349 OTIS EDDY, DEALER IN Easterr} ar^d U/(^5t:(^r9 Cunit»<^r, NO. 241 FREKPOKT STREET, Dorchester District, IJoston. P. O. Address, DORCHESTER, MASS. Boston Office, i66 DEVONSHIRE STREET. A. S. N. ESTES, Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. special attontitin triTOii to the Develoijinont nf Water Poner. Consultations, Examinations, Surveys, Plans, Reports, Esti- mates. Designs and Specifications for Water- Works, Sewers, Mills, Dams, Roads and Bridges. Landscape Engineering, Estates Surveyed, Boundaries Established. Measurements of Masonry and Construction Superintended. 199 WASHINGTON STREET, CoR. COURT, Room 503 Sears Building, IBOSTOl^T, - . H-^-A-SS. Tel. Boston 3,S60. Branch Office, Central Block, Newtonville, Mass. Donald MacDonald, Agt., 5TAINEb QLA55 WORKJ, 400 NORTHAMPTON STREET, BOSTON. COLEMAN <& MURPHY, PLUMBING. steam and Gas Fitting. Hot Water Heating:. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. 3 SHAWMUT ST., BOSTON. Also ATLANTIC ST., ATLANTIC. F. C. CREBER, Architect ^n^ Builder, 98 BLUE HILL AVENUE. Shop, 41 Eustis Street, Boston Highbnds. Plans and Specifications at Short Notice. DAVID P. PAGE, Formerly Pack N: Litti.efielh, Iptgrlor # # Fipisb. Mouldings, Stairs, Mantels, Bank and Store Fittings, 507 & 509 MEDFORD STREET, Charlestown District. Master Builders Ass'n, 166 Devonshire St., Boston. Edward F. McKenna, Practical Plumber, Successor to John Hartnett, 126 LONDON ST., - EAST BOSTON. Estimates Given. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. A. F. KINNEY, CARPENTER AND BUILDER, 138 1-2 DOVER ST., Near Washino-t,,,,, BOSTON, - - MASS. BOSTON ARCHITECTS. Abbott, Geo. E., 53 Tremont, nu. 8. Alcock & Mr-Kay, 28 Franklin, Alls. Allen, Francis E., 220 Devonsliire. Andrews, Jaqnes & Eantoul, 8 Beacon. Api)leton, Daniel, 220 Devonshire. Atkinson, William, 31 Milk, rni. 24. Atuood, H. H., 53 State, rm. G41. Austin, Charles D., 309 Washington. Avery, Geo. A., 82 Devonsliire. Bacon, Willard M., 85 Water, rm. 53. Bailey, R. M., 150 Devonshire, rm. 39A. Ball & Dabney, 7 Park. Bateman, Clias. J., 7 Exchange jjI. Beal, C. E., 209 Washington, rm. 36. Beal, J. W., 55 Kilby, rra. 48. Benton, Edward E., 27 Doane. Besariek, J. H., 33 Bedford. Besarick, Wm. H., 14 Kilby. BigeloTv, H. F., 120 Tremont, rni. G13. Binney, Arthur, 181 Tremont. Blaokall & Newton, 17 jVIusic HhII bldg. Blaikie, E. K. & W. E., 53 State, rm. 1104. Bowditch, Arthur H., 85 Devonshire. Bowser, A. Merrill, 7 Water, rm. 712. Boyden, E. X., 35 Congress, rm. 47. liriggs, Luther, 10 Federal. Brigham, Cliarles W., 27 ]Mt. Vernon. ISrowu, ,J. Merrill. 53 State, rm. 1112. lirown, Samuel J., 35 Congress. Bryant, G. J. F., 28 State, rm. 45. Ihirr & Sise, 1 Beacon. Cabot, Everett & Mead, CO Devimshire, rm. 9. Cahill, Geo. A., Woolsey blk.. J. P. Cai)en, G. Walter. 7 Water, rm. 80G. Chandler, J. E., 85 Devon.shire. Cliapnian iS; Frazer, 89 State, rm. 105. Chase, W. Chester, 304 Boylston. Clark, Eugene L., 50 Bromfield. Clark. G. F., & Co., 43 Milk (marine). Clark, Henry P., 110 Tremont. Clark, T. M., 22 Congress. Clarke, William E., 28 School. Clarke & Crosby, 17 Milk. Clough, Geo. A., 53 Tremont, rm. 8. Cobb, Albert W., 54 Devonsliire. Codman, Stephen E. H., 37 Studio bldg. Coit, Robert, 113 Devonsliire. Colby, Herbert W., 296 Boylston. Columbia Architectural and Building Associa- tion, 22 School, rm. 12. Copeland, Fred W., 42 Court. Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, 53 State, rm. 1110. Darrow, Alfred L., 113 Devonsliire. Dinsiiiore, William W., 28 School. Dow, L. A., 85 Devonshire. Driver & Dwiglit, 6 Beacon. Earp, N. S., 1 Devonshire. Eastman, Charles H., 103 Milk. Eastman, J. S., 16 Decatur, E. B. Eaton, John F., 28 State, rm. 45. Emerson, Wm. E., 131 Tremont. Evans, William E., South, corner Carolina av., J. P. Faxon, .John L., 7 Exchange pi. Fehmer & I'age, 87 Milk, rm. 46. Fernald, Albert C, 186 Devonshire. Fisher, Amos B., 625 Washington, Dor. Fitzgerald, E. J., 53 State, rm. 641. Footman, F. X., 27 School, rm. 49. Forbush, Walter R., & Hathaway, Harold W. 6 Beacon. ADVERTISEMENTS. 351 Thomas Keylor & Co., (^arpepter a^d Builder, 138 Washington St., BRIGHTON. P. M. BROWN, ROBERT ST., ROSLINDALE, • MASS. MARTIN J. CURLEY, Szirpepter^Builder, Mozart Avenue, ROSLINDALE. JOHN CALLAHAN, PluinMng, Gas Fitting & Furnace Work. Stoves, Ranges, P'urnaces, Oil Stoves, Copper Boilers, and Kitchen Furnishing Goods, NO. 78 DOVER STREET, Between Washington St. and Shawniut Ave. J. P. KELLEY, # Plumber and Sanitary Engineer * Dealer in Water Closets, Boilers, Baths, Sinks, Etc. 10 Roxbury St., Boston tiigh lands. Estimates made for Work at Short Notice, and First-class References Given. Jobbing promptly attended to. Refrigerators, Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces Cleaned, Lined and Repaired. Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, and Copper Work to order. All Orders promptly attended to. SAMUEL G. BALDREY, praetieal l^oofer. Residence, OLNEY STREET, DORCHESTER. Agent for the New England Felt Roofing Works' " Bee Hive Brand " Felt, and Composition Roofing. Prompt attention given to orders by Mail. J. P. CAMPBELL, CarpenterMBuilder, 26 Boylston Street, JAMAICA PLAIN. G. A. BARRON, CONTRACTOR ^-Z BUILDER, Plans and Estimates Furnished on Application. .Jobbing promptly and neatly done. Highland St., Dorchester. A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDINC. Pord, r. W.. 6r>7 Washington. Fowler, .T. C. 5 MERRIMAC ST., BOSTON. Stores axL^ 0£S.ces X'ltted. XT-p. Refrigerators, Counters, Desks, Tables, Window Screens, Door Screens and Signs made lu Order. Store fronts pui in. Restau- rants fitted up. Als'i, Jobbing in and out of Tovvn promptly at- tended to. Dwellings Kemodelled, Markets Fitted up, Benches and l^locks made. Postal Cards and Letters will receive imme- diate atteniion. Estimates given if desired. RESIDENCE, 45 PRESCOTT ST., Darling Bros., Contractors %n. Smith. F. H., 144 Boylston. Smitli, J F. & G. H., 22 School Smith, (.). F., 23 Court, rm. 41 S. Snell & Gregerson, 15 Studio hhlg. Spoffor(h John C, 13 Exchange. Stanwood & Morin, 10 E;ist Springfield. Staten, Fred H., 149 Bennington. Stephenson, H. ]\I., 17 Pemberton sti. Stickney & Austin, 50 Br73.00 102.872.00 90.008,01) 128. (■,(•)(;. 00 184.08.3.00 231,191.00 22G.33S.O0 172.993.00 222,293.00 .300,525.00 123,060.00 386.107.00 492,849.00 515,167.00 150.772.00 537,604.00 409..355.00 258.2;!1.00 390.657.00 761.370.00 521,;;83.00 617.213.00 1,107,569.00 $.32,052.00 140.004.00 77,973.00 102.072.00 <)0,008.00 128,66(;.00 184,083.00 231,191.00 226,338.00 172,993.00 222,293.00 300.525.00 123.660.00 386,107.00 492.849.00 515,167.00 150,772.00 .537,604.00 409.355.00 2.58,231.01) 390,657.00 761,370.00 521,383.00 617.213.00 1,107.569.00 VALUATIOX. Personal Estate. Keal Estate. $18,775,800 19,929.800 22.540,000 21.450.(;o(_ 25,24 (;.20( 29,779,00( 25,()15.200 24,104,200 22.626,000 23.023,200 28,369,200 29.510.800 31.6(i5.200 31.789.800 34,895.000 33,272,200 32,859,200 33,248,600 34,157.400 3(;.048,600 41,223,800 42.372,600 4(;,402.3()0 .53,957,300 .58.720.000 64,595,900 67,324,800 71. .3.52.700 74,907.100 78, 588. .500 76,9S(),S()I) 9l).423..300 99.283,000 105,580,900 105.480,500 108.398.100 101.208.800 105.018. 100 112.969.700 108,078,000 112,579,000 $23,364,400 25,367,000 27,303^800 30.992.000 .34.203.000 .36,061,400 35,908.000 36.953,800 36.960,000 37,(i75,O00 .39,145.200 40.966.40( 4.3.140.60( 47,552,800 53,370,000 56,311,600 57,372,400 58,577,800 60,424.200 61,9G3,()00 65,499,90( 67.673,400 72,048.000 89,991,400 90,1]9.(;00 97,764,500 100,403.200 102,827.500 1()5.093.4()0 1()9,.3.58,.500 110.(;9;).200 116,090.900 127,730,200 136,351.300 143.681.700 149.713.800 153.505,.3O0 158.410,900 16.3.891,.".O0 167.682,100 163,638,000 Total. $42.140.20( 44.890.800 49.842.80(: o2,442.6()(: 59.449.20( 6,5,858,400 61,523.200 61.068,000 59,586,000 60,698.200 67,514.400 70,477.200 74,805.800 79,.'!02.600 88.265,000 89.583,800 90.231.600 91,826,400 94,581.600 98.006,600 106,723.700 110.04(;.000 118,450,.300 135,948,700 148,839,600 162,360,400 167.728.000 174.180.200 180,000.500 187.947,000 187,680,000 20(!.514,200 27.013.200 241.932.200 249,162,500 58.11l'.900 54,714.100 263,429.000 276..S61.0I1() 275,760.100 276,217,000 rOPULA- TION. .>s.: 61,392 78.603 93.383 114,366 136.881 160.490 177,840 ADVEKTISKMENTS. 357 W. E. BERTWELL & CO., AGENTS FOR THE IDEAL HEATER. DATING Engineers. AND DEALERS IN I Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus. \ J 5' Charlestown Street, .BOSTON. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. \ W. E. B ERTWELL. W. F. Crane. JAMES BERTRAM, CARPENTER, 330 BROADWAY, SO. BOSTON. Jobbing promptly attended to. Residence, 675 E. Seventh St., So. Boston. FRED W. BELYEA, Carpenter and Builder, 71 CHESTNUT ST., BOSTON. In Belmont Spring-Water Building. CiRrENTER WORK IN ALL ITS liRANCHES PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO AT REASONAKLE RATES. All kinds of Furniture Work a Specialty, JOSEPH W. BARRY, Successor to James P. Moran, Practical it Plumber, NO. 1 PARK ST., Charlestown Di.st., BOSTON, MASS. Orders from any part of the City, or out of Town, for fitting up Bath Rooms, Wash Trays, \\'ash Bowls, Shower Baths, Bath Boilers. Water Closets, Marble Slabs, etc., promptly and faith- fully attended to. Estimates cheerfully given. Jobbing carefully executed. 1. H. BOGART, Carpenter and Builder, iczr XV , ^vXa.ster ^-uLil^ers' ^^ssocia-tloan.. NO, 160 DEVONSHIRE ST,, BOSTON. Jobbing- solicited and promptly attended to. 358 A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. FIRE LOSSES— CONTINUED. 14] ISS i;;] YEAK 1863 1864 1865 1866 221 1867 64 1868284 1869293 1870385 187l|497 ] 872^549 187364(1 18 74 '620 I87r>!38( 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 ]882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 18<)0 18i)l 1892 1893 1894 601 483 LOSS PEKSliNAL. $317,287.00 312,286.35 560.528.00 406.606.56 62],;!2].62 1,189,548.52 (;24.062.76 793.524.00 388,462.00 t308. 103.00 718.074.00 84r>.488.0(» 3;;6,(;o5.78 773,317.79 774.522.98 884,062.37 986,2 12.. 34 677,126.79 450,375.89 791,440 47 3,577.317.02 037.462.20 1.169,355.82 584,444.62 3.619,716.00 853,467 S3 LO.SS KEAL. §369.429.00 858,381.00 559.749.00 681,554.00 408,500.00 t402.1 15.00 83,825.75 125,437.00 295.043.00 397.722.50 143.978.17 791.405.00 450.028.50 424,979.00 l.-)2.810.00 179,844.00 209,120.00 l;!5.786.00 1.30,500.04 185,518. tt9 358^459.20 217,191.23 246,042.71 412,096.26 240.078.22 240.236.25 1,242.129.65 451.425.09 342,318.69 261.950.50 1,405,048.95 S3':9.429.00 858,;;,si.oo 55'.).749.00 (181.554.00 408,560.00 402,115.00 406,112.75 437,723.35 855,571.00 704,329.00 765,289.79 2.680,95.3.52 1,074.091.26 1,218.503.00 541.272.(^0 487,947.00 927,194.00 982.274.00 467,105.82 958,8;!5.8S 1,132,982.18 1,101 253.60 l,2;!2,2.-.5.05 1,089,196.05 690.454.11 l,031.(;7(x72 4.819,446.67 1.088.887.29 1,512.074.51 840,-395.12 5.024,765.04 ].726,(;27.56 Personal Estate. Beal Estate. VALUATION. 1 32.882.700 169,624.500 15o.377,600|182,072.3()0 170.263,875 201,628.900 189.595,130J225,767,215 194.358,400 250,587,700 205 937,900,287,635,800 217,469,700 332.051.900 Total. 102,507,200 ;:-!2!449,900 171. 892.775 415,3(;2,345 444,946,100 493.573,700 549..511,600 218.496,300 365,593,100 584,089.400 217.448,(;i00'395.214,950 612,033,550 2.39.440. 850|443. 283,450 682,724.300 '00'470.0S6.200 693.831,400 244,554,900;554.200.150 798,755.050 2.3.5,020.895,558,941.000 793.9(11.895 222.838,310|526.157.900 748,996,210 205,433,386 481,407,200 686,840,586 190.070,966|440.375,900(i30,446,866 184.575,692428,777,000 613.322.692 202,092,395 437, 370,100!639,462. 495 210,165!997 455.3S8.600J(365,5.i4.597 204,793,812 467,704,150 672,497,9(12 204,1 13,771 478.318,900,682,432,671 1 94.526,058 488.130,600 682.656,658 1 89,605,672 495.973,400 685,579,072 193,118,060 517,503,275 710.621,335 200.471.3421547.171,175 747.(542,517 201.439,273 563. ()43,275 201. (;33.769. 593,799,975 202.051.525 619.990.275 2(.)4, 831,040 6>50.2."8, 375 213,695,8291680.279.875 21(;,331, 476 707.76?" 204.365.192' 764.-152,548 795.4;!3.744 822,041,800 855,(i69!415 893,975.704 751924,09.3,751 v43,85o|928, 109,042 POPUL.U TION. 192.318 ^50,520 341,919 362,839 390,393 448.477 * From 1838 to 1867 the ye.iv ended September l.-;t. t From tliis date the year ended December 31st. t From tliis date the year ended March 1st. ADVERTISEMENTS. 359 CHARLES E. WOODMAN, ^zirpcpter AND ^;- B^»l^^»'' 9 FERDINAND ST., Cor. Fayette St., Kcar the Bridge, BOSTON. Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. TH03IAS CARE Y, PLUMBER, ANI> HEALER IN IFl-a.m.Toixig- IMIateria-l. Jobbing done on the most reasonable terms. ^ CnntT^ri^ faithfully executed. 1160 TREMONT ST., BOSTON HIGHLANDS. E. M. CHAPMAN, Carpenter and Builder, Jobbing in all its Branches promptly attended to. Residence, 35 EDQEWOOD STREET, SHOP, 3.50 BLUE HILL AVE., BOSTON, Roxbury District. NEW ENGLAND ADAMANT CO, MANUFACTURERS OF Adahant Wall Plaster, 166 Devonshire Street, BOSTON, MASS. Works, First St., Foot of E, So. Boston. N. J. BROCKWAY, General Manager. JOHN A. McLELLAN, Czirpepter and Builder, Residence : 140 MARCELLA Street, ROXBORY. MORTON BROTHERS, PLASTERERS, 1 I^3i 405 17297 15 525 1S049 3 363 13094 16 104 18048 4 467 12842 17 264 15638 5 216 12412 IS 204 1 6035 6 204 LS477 19 220 23016 i 114 13145 20 726 24335 S 113 13026 21 856 22930 9 138 12660 •*•» 1361 20011 10 215 8l'05 23 8204 24997 11 511 21660 24 5652 29638 12 244 12585 25 2855 12032 13 598 22375 Total, Square miles 448.47' ADVERTISEMENTS. JAHAICA 361 Hot Water Attachment * For Furnaces. «• /^UR HOT WATER A; ^— ^ I'uinaces consists of a ATTACHMENT for a hollow disc or huh, tapped at its circumference to receive fourteen ij inch pipes or spokes, which may be extended the diameter of the interior of the furnace, and closed at their outer ends ; the hub, or disc, is also tapped at its axis two inches for flow and return pipes. This combination placed with the spokes horizontal above the feed door of furnace, interferes in no way with the operation of the fur- nace, while it is exposed to the direct ravs of the fire, and can be readily applied to any make of furnace already in use. A large number of references can be furnished on application. J. F. HOUGHTON & SON, 99 GREEN STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. THOSE WHO HAVE BUILT THE CITY. HE liistoiy of Boston's building would not be complete, neither would it do justice to the cause, were mention not to be made of the many well-known and honorable men and firms who have contributed so much to tlie cause by their skill and handi<'raft. Tlie construction of a modern Imilding calls upon a variety of differ- ent trades to make it a perfect structure, one meeting all the re(|uirements and needs of modern life and business. The mason, the carpenter, the plumber, the gas fitter, the sanitary engineer, and the dealer in heating and ventilating apparatus, with many others, are all called upon to do their respective parts in the construction and equipment of the modern building, whether intended for mercantile purposes or as a home for those who make up the hundreds of thousands of good and true citizens of a great metropolis like the city of Boston. And it can be honestly asserted that no city has a larger number, or more thoroughly competent and trustworthy artisans than the city of Boston. Many of them are men of long and practical experience at their trades, with a name and reputation that is world-wide, while those who have not reached that distinction are rapidly coming to the front and will one day be ec[ually well-known beyond the limits of their own state. It is a matter of which the citizens of the city may well be proud, that its buildings, l)oth public and private, are among the best in the world, manj' of them being accounted superior to any in the country. Our public library is not excelled in any other city in the Union, our court house is one of the best and most substantial to be found anywhere, many of our great public institutions have a world-wide re]mtation for architectural and mechanical perfection, while our churches, schools, and. residences compare favorably with those of any other city in the country. These facts are due largely to the supericu' class of workmen and those who have had their construction in charge. It is with pleasure, therefore, that we call attention to the many individuals and concerns who have been instrumental in bringing about such results. A great deal of time has been sjient in collecting the facts and data from which the following sketches have been compiled, and a fairly complete list of the different trades and those engaged in tliem is here i)resented. The Abekthaw CoxsTitrcxiox Comp.vnt, engineers and contractors in concrete masonry and members of the Master Builders' Association. The office of this company is at 31 State street. The Aberthaw C'ompany have introduced into New England the use of concrete as a building material, and by means of improved methods and machinery are extending it into a most varied and extensive field of usefulness. Concrete has. up to a very recent date, been little used in New England, and its many virtues have scarcely been appreciated. The Aberthaw Company is a firm of graduated engineers, who have undertaken to use concrete in a scientific manner, and to bring this fine building materiiil into the prominence it deserves. ADVERTISEMENTS. 363 Morrison & Rackley, CoptrE^ctors an. Badoeu & Sdxs. formerly Kicks & Badger. cop])ersniiths and architectural sheet metal Avorkers. have been doing Inisiness since 1841 and are one of the best known concerns in the business, liaving done a great amount of Avork for the building trades, and having a business extending all over the United States, and reaching as far as Canada, the Sandwich Islands, Brazil and the West Indies. Their phuit is located at ()3, Cm, and 07 I'itts street, and is one of tlie best equijiped plants for the production of everything in the line of slieet metal and copper work in the country. Among the things Avhich they are engaged in manufacturing are copper steam work, coils, vacuum pans, dyers' cylinders, steam jacket kettles, ship oi,L THE VENDOJIE. ADVKRTISEMENTS. 3G5 George W. Branch, Plumbers Gas Fitter, PLUMBING MATERIAL FURNISHED AND PUT UP AT SHORT NOTICE. 20 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Estimates Given If Desired. WILLIAM BOYD. Practical Plumber, 1198 HARRISON AVENUE, Boston Highlands. Personal attention given to Ventilatinjr House Drains. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. Residence, 34 HARVARD ST., Dorchester. ■\7s7". H. T E E Ij , Formerly with the late W. A. Rawson, HOUSE and DECORATIVE PAINTING, ©raioins an«l Glazing. 9 LIME STREET, Off Brimmer, BOStOXL. JAMES P. T A NCR ED, Tin and Sheet Iron Worker. Dealer in Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces, Kitclien Furnishing Goods, Etc. .A.H OrAers prorcptl^ a,tte33-a.ea. to. 272 BROADWAY, between C and D Sts., Tin Roofing. SOUTH BOSTON. Conductors. WILLIAM FENNELL, ^arpe^ter a^d Builder, WOOD TURNING of every description. Counting Rooms Fitted up at Short Notice. Orders for Jobbing promptly attended to. 19 HARVARD PLACE, - BOSTON. Opposite Old South Church. S. A. HOLT. HOLT & BUQBEE, DEALERS IN por(^i(^9 a^d Do/Tji^stic; U/oods, 49, 51 and 53 Haverhill St., Cor. Travers, BOSTON. Mahogany, Rosewood, Boxwood, Sweet Gum, Letter Wood, Black Walnut, Spanish Cedar, Red Cedar , Lignumviic-E, Tulip Wood, Chestnut, M.iple. Ash. Cherry, White Wood, Ebony, Cocoa, Fustic, Holly, Satin Wood. Lumber Wharf and Dry House, EAST ST., East Cambriiljye. John B. McGregor, CARPENTER ^1 BUILDER, Refrigerators Built and Repaired. Office and Store Fitting. Door and Window Screens. Jobl-iing of all kinds promptly attended to. FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. 108 WORCESTEK STREET, BOSTON. GEO F. DOYLE, CARPENTER AND BUILDER. 43 DIX STREET, DORCHESTER. 306 A }IALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. ventilators and piping, architectural copper and iron work of all kinds, and among the buildings into the construction of which the material furnished by them has entered are the Quincy House, Richards Building, International Triist Building, Ames Building, Worthington Building, Youth's Companion Building, and many others of equal note. They have a very large force of .skilled workmen constantly kept busy in supplying the demand for their products, and do a great deal of order work for the building trades. They are sufficiently well known to need little introduction and their reputation has long been established as among the leading manufacturers in their line. They are thoroughly reliable and tlieir business is conducted on the most honorable basis. The large brick mauufacturing business now carried on by D. Warren DeEosay, was establislied by his father, L. E. DeEosay, in 1880. In 1883, the firm became L. E. DeEosay & Sou, and in 1890, D. Warren DeEosay bought out his father's interest in the business and has since conducted it alone. The business carried on is that of the manufacture of brick for buildings and sewers. The yards are located at 62, 64, and 66 Dublin street, Cambridge. The business has greatly increased in the past few years and the yards now turn out an enormous product every year, most of which is taken within a radius of twenty miles of Boston. Steam power is used in tlie manufacture of the bricks, and the plant is provided with every modern facility for the rapid and satisfactory production of the best quality of common and sewer brick, for which there is a ready and ever increasing market. Among some of the buildings into the construction of which these brick have entered are the new Court House on Somerset street, the Agassiz School house at Brookline, and the Kent School building in Somerville, Irving Terrace Buildings, Kirkland Avenue, Cambridge, and a great many others equally well known and prominent. The yards have also furnished the brick for a great many of the sewers in and around Boston. The location of the plant so close to a favorable market gives it many advantages over those which have to send their product from a distance, and the well- known quality of these lirick make, them sought after by contractors and builders. Mr. DeEosajr has had many years of practical experience in the business and is well and favorably known to the trade as an honorable man. The r>osTox I.elting Comi'axy lias been in business for nearly seventy years, having been establislied in 1828. Tlie company is the original manufacturer of mechanical rubber goods of all kinds, such as rubber belting, hose, packing, etc., in the United States, and does a very large and con- stantly increasing business. The company has a large store and its general offices at 256, 258, 260 Devonshire street, Boston, and a branch store at 100 Chambers street. New York. Agencies are located in nearly all of the large cities of this country, and also in Europe — large stocks of goods being carried at all these places, so tliat orders may be tilled and the trade sujjjjlied at short notice. A specialty is made of all kinds of fire hose and perforated rubber mats, and the Boston Belting Company's goods in both of these lines are to be seen in many of the large public buildings throughout the country. The manufacturing agent and general manager of the company, James Bennett Forsyth, has been connected with the business nearly a third of a century and has invented niucli of the ADVERTISEMENTS. 367 (ierry 9 fiortf^up, CARPENTERS, 51 Bristol AND -— ^ 166 Devonshire Streets, BO 5TO n. Graham & Cameron, Stair Builders, And Manufacturers of Wood Turning:, Variety Moulding, Band Sawing:, etc. 145 to 153 BORDER STREET, Telephone 134 E. B. EAST BOSTON. THOMAS J. LONG & CO., Tin Plate, Sheet Iron & Copper Workers, Furnaces, Stoves, Ranges and Grates. Steam, Gas and Water Piping. Drainage. Plumbing. Con- ductors. Tin Roofing. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating. Ventilator and Chimney Tops. 46 WARREN AVE., BOSTON, MASS. Telephone Tremont f52. JAMES O'NEILL, Plumber and 'Y' Gas Fitter, DRAINAGE and VENTILATION a Specialty. 934 Tremont St., Boston. Estia33.a.tes CjaeerfTj.1137- ^■o.raa.islied.. Jobbing promptly attended to, and all kinds of Gas Fixtures. W. T. & R. A. DAVIS, General # Contractors Waterworks, Sewers, Electric i'd Railroads, Masonry, Grading, and all Public Work, 15 COURT SQUARE, BOSTON, MASS. p. 0. BOX, 2178. W. E. DANFORTH, CARPENTER .V .t* Office and Store Fitting. Camera Repairing. General Jobbing. Glazing. // Province Court, or 325 Washington St. Room 12. Opposite Miik .Street. Boston, Mass. H. L. Bkarse. H. A. Aldrich. OWEN BEARSE & SON, Established 1836. Mahogany and Western Hardwoods, 401 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON, - MASS. BRAMHALL <& CO., piu/T)bers apd das pitters, Dealers in STOVES, FURNACES and RANGES. Agents for the Richardson & Boynton cele= brated Perfect Furnaces, Heaters and Ranges. 10 & 13 BLUE HILL AVE., Near Dudley .Street, BOSTON. 368 A HALF CENTURY OF B0STON"s BUILDINIi. machinery and many of the piocesses which are now in general u.se in the rubber manufactur- ing industry. The productions of this company enjoy a world-wide reputation for their excellence, and the character and reliability of this old established house is too well known to need further comment. TiiEiiE are few firms in this country that have a record in the contracting and building line that is equal to that of the Norcross Brothers of Worcester, Mass. It is only necessary to mention a few of the many notable buildings which they have erected to show the extent of their business in this line, and their ability in constructing tlie largest of buildings. One of the first large contracts and tlie one which gave them great notoriety all over the country, was that of the elegant and enormous county buildings at Pittsburgh, Pa. These buildings cost .$2,500,000, and were completed in a most satisfactory and highly creditable manner by this firm. Another of the handsome buildings which they have erected is the magnificent Trinity Church. These are but two samples of the work done by this firm, but they are sufficient to establisli their rejiutation as builders beyond a question. In 1873 they e.stablished an office in this city at 79 Huntington avenue, and have done a very large amount of building in tlie city since that time. They own several large granite and sandstone quarries. At Worcester they have their main office and woodworking plant. They have built structures all over the country, making a specialty of public buildings, libraries, churches, .state and government buildings, etc. Following is a partial list of the buildings that have been erected by this firm, all of which cost over f 100,0110 : Hampden County Court House at Springfield, Mass, ; Albany City Hall, Albany, N, Y. ; Alleghany County Couit House and Jail, Pittsburg, Pa.; Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; Union Kailroad Station, Hartford, Ct. ; Boston & Albany Eail- road Station at Springfield, !Mass.; the Exchange Building, the Ames Building, tlie Ames Building on Lincoln street, all in Boston; Union League Club House in New York City; Algon(iuiu Club House, Boston; "Kellogg Terrace,'' Great Barrington, Mass. ; Worcester High School; Harvard College Law School; Marshall Field Building, Chicago; New York Life Insui-ance Buildings at Onuiha, Neb., and Kansas City; Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, White Plains, N. Y. In addition to these tliey have built a very large number of others, including some of the most elegant and costly residences in different parts of the country, and are now buihling the new Tiemont Building and the new Devonshire Building in this city, a new building for Columbia College, a new art building at Washington, the New England Building at Cleveland, and the State Mutual Insurance Building at Worcester. This firm prol)ably have the most complete facilitirs for the construction of large buildings of any concern in tlie country. Altiiouoh hoisting machinery has been in common use during the last century, the high- speed passenger elevator is of a comparatively recent date, and is the result of tlie demand for ra[iid transit to the ujiper stories of the lofty buihlings which are constructed to give increased store and office room in the centres of our large cities. Here the land is of great and increasing cost, but it would lie of far less value were it not for the elevator service, which lands the passenger at the desired point without fatigue or loss of time. Among the iii,\ iiii>Tii.\ iiKitAi.n. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 369 J. M. Marston & Co., Patent Hand Foot Power Mach inery. 24-inch Power Band Saws and Circular Saw Bench. AGENTS FOR Huther Brothers' Adjustable Grooving Saws Champion Quick Action VISE. 20-inch Hand and Foot Power BAND SAW. Weight 350 lbs. Floor space 27 inches by 44 inches. Height, 5 feet S inches. Gears are automatic machine cut from solid iron. Saw pulleys are 20 inches diameter, turned and covered with endless rubber bands. Will cut to centre of 40-inch circle; 7 in. under upper saw guide. One roller guide furnished with each machine. Send for Illustrated Price-Llst. MANUFACTURERS OF J.MJarston&Co. 225Ruggles St., BOSTON, MASS. 370 A nAI,F CEXTURY OF BOSTOx's Bl'ILDIXG. earliest and most prominent maimfaeturers of passenger and freight elevators the Whittier Machine Comiiany of Boston holds an important and honorable position, not only as having been one of the pioneers in the business, bnt as having kept in the front rank of progress in the design and construction of the safest and most efficient forms of apparatus. The foundation of their business was laid in 1838, when Pratt & Chubbuck began in a conqiarativel}' small way their iron-working industry in Koxlniry. A few years after the firm was elianged to Chubbuck & Campbell, and in 1859 Charles Whittier became interested in the business as a partner and it was for many years conducted under the firm name of Campbell, Whittier & Company. The business having gradually increased, in July, 1874, a company was formally organized, called the Wiiittier iMachine Company, with Charles Whittier as president. In 1884 the works were increased by the addition of the foundry and part of the machine shop of the Boston Machine Company, South Boston. The manufacture of elevators having become so much a sjiecialty as to demand almost the entire attention of the company, in 1892 it was decided to remove the manufacturing, department entirel}- to South Boston and the offices to the Exchange Building on State street, Boston. New and well-equipi)ed machine and woodworking shops, iron and brass foundries, togetlier with an experience of over a rpiarter of a century in the manufacture of elevators, place this comjiany in position to give purchasers the best products of workmanship and material. The company manufactures passenger and freight elevators to be operated by steam, hydraulic power, electricity, belt or hand power, and has equipped some of the largest buildings in Boston, New York and Washington. Among some of the most prominent of these buildings may be named: The Massachusetts State House, Suffolk County Court House, City Hall, State Street Exchange, Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, International Trust Company, American Bell Telephone Building, Union Station, Exchange Club, of Boston, Hotel Waldorf, Bloomingdale Brothers, jNIetropolitan Life Insurance Company, of New York, Inter-Ocean Building, National Capitol Investment Company, Washington Loan and Trust Company of Washington. Thk well-known firm of Rowen Brothers, contractors and jobbers in plumbing and heating, located at 45 Green street, Jamaica Plain, was established in 1885, and the members of the firm are John M. and Edward G-, Rowen, As both members of the firm are experienced and practical workmen they have built up a very large business and gained a reputation that is second to none in their line. In the ten years that they have been in business they have filled some very large contracts for plumbing, and in the line of sanitary work, alwaj-s to the entire satisfaction of the parties for whom the work was done. A great deal of attention is now given to the perfect ])lumbing and sanitary equipment of buildings, and to meet the requirements of the law, and at the same time have the work done so that it will insure permanence and develop no fault which will endanger the health of the occupants of the building, requires a thorough and experienced workman and one tliat will not slight the work in order to make an extra dollar, regardless of his reputation. Any work done by the Rowen Brothers can be relied upon to be done thoroughly and honestly, and it is their reputation for this class of work that has brought them the very best patronage among the builders. They have all the facilities for doing anything in the line of plumbing, either on repairs or new ADVERTISEMENTS. 371 GEO. H. FIELD, Pbes. W. T. BABCOCK, Treas. M. P. WRIGHT, SOPT. O. T. Rogers Granite Co., -DEAI.ERS IN- ,,iirninJ 3B3 |iij}|MItJIJ3i_ GRANITE For Building and Monumental Purposes. Granite used in Polished Plinth of International Trust Co. Building came from these Quarries. Quarries at WEST QUINCY, MASS. Large Monumental Work a Specialty. international trust co. Building. P. O. Address, West Quincy, Mass. Also, Box 212, Master Builders' Ass'n, 166 Devonshire St. C. H. HAKDWICK & CO., Fine Granite Monuments, I'.ii-BIjXITS ana. lijZ.A.'Si^'^i'RS . Quarry Street, QUINCY, MASS. WORK and STOCK of FINEST GRADE. All Shades of Quincy and other Granites Furnished. Our stock is a dark, rich, beautiful blue. BURKE BROS. Carpenters and Builders, 27 HANCOCK ST., DORCHESTER. Box 27, Master BuiltJers' Association, A/o. 166 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. W. E. BuRKii. II. W.Burke. John & William Blesty, Carpenters AND Builders^ 201 GREEN STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN. 372 A HALF CENTrRY OF BOSTOx'.S liUILDIXO. work. Among some of the buildings for which they liave done the plumbing are quite a number of the city school buildings, station house 13, engine house 28, and many others, beside a large number of the very best office and store buildings, private residences, etc. There is no job in their line too large for them to figure on and tliej" are constantly employed ou large contracts in and arinmd ISoston. They have also facilities for doing the piping for steam or hot water heating and this is one of their specialties. Thej' have a force of skilled and competent workmen always ready, so that they are alile to execute their contracts jn'omptly. They are always pleased to furnish estimates for plumbing and heating, and their prices are as low for the work as is consistent with first-class materials and workmanship. The Faikb.axks Company, whose Boston office is at 77-79 Milk street, has a history cover- ing more than seventy j'ears. Until about 1831, when Thaddeus Fairbanks devised the ijlatform scale, now in general use, the contrivances for weighing quantities were comparatively crude and unreliable, and this had retarded the large mercantile transactions of commerce. The scale invented by Fairbanks, in the perfection to which it has been brought, and in the wide scope of its adaptation, has been an important agent in the wonderful progress made within the last half century. The necessity for a weighing device of this kind was first Ijrought to his attention while in business with his brother at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where they had a small factory and mill, and were engaged in manufacturing a machine for dressing hemp and also operating a plant for hemp dressing. The straw was jjurchased from the farmers by the ton and the means of weighing it was by the old-fashioned " beam scales," that were neither convenient or reliable. The attention of Thaddeus Fairbanks was drawn to the rudeness of this metliod, and, being a mechanic by nature, he went to work to invent a scale which would be more convenient and accurate; which resulted in the production of a i>latform scale that met all the requirements, and in 1831 the firm of E. & T. Fairbanks relinquished all their other business and devoted themselves to the manvrfacture and sale of the scales, for which there was at once a very great demand because of their convenience and accuracy. The business increased very rapidly, and from that time to the present the Fairbanks scales have been the standard, and they have been in demand in every country all over the world. The product of the company has been extended and added to, until every variety of weighing instrument is now included in its list of more than four hundred styles and designs, from the most tiny and deli- cate instrixments, for the use of chemists and jewelers, to the great track scales, having plat- forms one hundred and fifty feet long, that are able to weigh a freight train while it is in motion. In Chicago there are more than two hundred ho^jper scales, which in the past ten years have weighed more thanthirtj" thousand million pounds of grain; and in the great stockyards in the same city the Fairbanks scales have, within nine years, weighed nearly ten thousand million jjounds of live stock. Whole droves of cattle and flocks of sheep are driven onto these im- mense scales at once. The Fairbanks scales are sent to every country, and are to be found in the stores and offices, on the wharves and along the railroads of Europe. They are the standard in India, China and Japan, in the East and West Indies, Australia, Africa and South America. The company has its warehouses in all the princijial cities of the United States, and has its representatives in every country in the world. Some idea of the extent of the busi- ness can be had from the following facts : In 1830 the shop, which included office, salesroom and everything, was a wooden structure sixty by twentj'-five feet, having about fifteen hundred f f f f ' Sfii r' rr-r-: __ ''"b * PP III PWIi » r I'l^K I 1^1 I Li'i\(;, SIATI-; sTi:i;i.T, •'"^r^iLuj^^ llENln' I,. l'JKl;<'l'; SCIHHII,, WASH IN(.'l'(i\, ( (iKMOl;. WKI.I.S A \' I'.V T i:. 1 in l;( 1 1 Is ri:i;. ijv I'EiiMissui.N OF iri,i,i!;i; a \vai!i:i;n \vai;.min<. a.nu xion it i,Ai'i.N(i rciMi'ANv. kosto.n. I'KlXi'K S( HIHII,. IIXKIKI; STKKK.T. BY I'EI:M1SSI().\ FtlLLEK A WAIJIIKX \\A|;M1.\(. AXli \'E.N TH, ATI N( i roMl'A.W. l:osl(IX. ADVERTISEMENTS. EMl>iiii;. YORK METAL LATH. 76 Sudbury Street, Telephone Hayiuarket 554. BOSTON. 378 A HALF CEXTL'RY OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. Master Builders' Association Iniilding, at IGfi Devonshire street, are fitted up in the best of shape for the transaction of their large and constantly increasing business. Here they have facilities for making estimates and working out the details for new buildings. Home of the large public and mercantile buildings erected by them are: Boston Public Library. Coplej- S(iuare; Elliot Congregational Church, at Newton ; Saint Stephen's Church, at Lynn ; S;iint I'aul's Church, at Concord, X. H. ; Boylston Market Association building, at the corner of Washington and Boylston streets ; Brown, Durrell building, Kingston and Essex streets ; the Farlow liuilding on State street, and the Carter building on Washington, Water and Devonshire streets. - They were also the builders of the Bowdoin Square Theatre, a number of the elegant residences in the IJack Bay district, and are now constructing a handsome store and office building at the corner of Tremont and Winter streets. They are always ^ileased to furnish estimates for constructing buildings of any sort. Amox*; the firms engaged in the different branches of the building business in Boston and New England none, as general contractors and builders, are more widely known than W. H. Keyes & Company, who do a general contracting and building business, and who have erected a great number of large private and public buildings in this city and vicinity. They have had numv years of practical experience in their trade and have always been identified with the building interests. The building trade has been very good for several years past, and this firm have been doing a constantly increasing business ever since they were first established; gaining, also, in their reputation as skillful and conscientious workmen, fulfilling all their contracts to the entire satisfaction of all interested parties. They have an otfice at 17 Otis street, where they can be consulted at all times and where they are prepared to give estimates for all kinds of buildings. No subject in connection with the erection and e(pupment of school, college, and other public buildings, is receiving more attention at the present time than that of warming, ventilating, ami sanitarj- requirements. Upon these, more than upon anything else, depends the health and comfort of those who are obliged to spend a considerable portion of their time in the rooms of these buildings. Great progress has been made in the methods and apparatus for securing the best results in these respects, and in the erection and equipment of new buildings the matter is given most careful consideration. In fact so important is it that in most st;ites there are stringent laws in reference to the ventilation and sanitary arrangement of buildings to be constructed for public occupancy. With the large number of ".systems" now on the market, eacli one claiming to produce the most perfect results, it is not always an easy matter to select the one which will give the best satisfaction under all conditions. It is, however, safe as well as wise to give preference to those which have the endorsement of the best authorities on the subject, and which have stood the test in actual practice for a number of years. Among those who have been most successful in meeting modern requirements in the warming, ventilation, and sanitary appliances for public buildings, none have a better repiitation tlian the Fuller lS; Warren Warming and Ventilating Company, with main offices at Troy, New York, and 4." Milk street, Boston ; and associate offices in New York, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago, and Amherst, Nova Scotia. They have equipped many public ADVERTISEMENTS. 379 EUROPEAN PLAN. Cor. Beach Street and Harrison Ave., BOSTON. Nicely Furnished Rooms by tlie Day or Weel[, WINES AND LIQUORS. F. L. RoBElNS, Proprietor. E. F. Gn.MAN, Manager. CHAS. D. DENSMORE & CO., Dealers in Doors, U/ii^dovus . ar)d Bli9d5, 183 BLACKSTONE ST., BOSTON, MASS. EDWIN FORD and FRED'K BROOKS . Glass Mosaics, Stained Glass. Walker Building, no Boylston St., DUo 1 UIn, WM. D. MORRISON, GENERAL AND House Painting Glazing, 208 WASHINGTON ST., near the Bridge, BROOKLINE, MASS. Orders left at shop, or by mail, promptly attended to. O'NEIL & SONS, pliJmbi9(§!i||^ardu;a^(?, 1391 DORCHESTER AVENUE, FIELD'S CORNER. Charles F. Roberts, Carpenter^ Builder, WIRE DOOR AND WINDOW SCREENS Made to Order and Repaired. 5 East Springfield St. and II Dudley St., Near Washington St., BOSTON. Falconer Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers of lQea9des(:eot lamp$ ■:-^ >y- * iiiB Camp SoeKets. OFFICE : 17 Wendell Street. BOSTON, FACTORY : / Hartford Street. MASS. 380 A HALF CEXTURV OF BOSTON'S BriLliI\(i. as well as private buildings all over the country with tlieir system for heating and ventilating and sanitary arrangements, and in every case they have given the best of satisfaction. Their system has l)een reduced to a scientific basis and every possible requirement provided for. These facts liave become so well known and established tliat tlie company is given the jireference by the best authorities when consulted upon the matter. This company is always ready to supply estimates, make plans, and give any other intorniation upon the subject of warming, ventilating, or sanitary arrangements, having in its emploj^ some of the most expert and experienced engineers, who have made a specialtj- of tliese jiarticular subjects. Those desiring to consult them can address the company at any of its offices as mentioned above and prompt attention will be given them. E. Estabkook's Sons are the proprietors of tlie old and well-known City Iron Foundry, nuinufacturHrs of machinery castings of all kinds, boiler and building castings, soil pipe and fittings, and dealers in plumbers' supplies, earthen ware, brass work, copper and iron boilers, batli tubs, etc., etc. Tlie works are located at the corner of First and C streets, South Boston, and are very extensive, being e(piipped witli all the latest and most improved modern appliances for doing first-class work in their line. They have a very extensive trade all over New England in plumbers' supjilies, and have a very liigh reiiutation for the superior qualitj' and workmansliip in all their goods. They have furnished a very large amount of plumbers' supplies for building purposes to the trade in this city, and in this line they carry a large stock, and are prepared to make to order any special design required, on short notice. The mem- bers of the firm are E. L., G. L. and F. Estabrook, who give tlieir personal attention to every detail of the work. They are all men of practical experience in the business. The HYfiiENic Refrioerators, manufactured by the Hygienic Refrigerator Company, 35 Hanover street, have been before the public for more than two years, and during that time have met witli unqualified favor and have been highly commended and approved by all who have seen or used them. The}' are constructed upon the best of scientific principles, and their operation has proven them to be far superior to anj-thing in the line of refrigerators j'et produced. Each compartment of the refrigerator is separate and all removable, thus allowing the thorough cleansing of the whole, keeping every part sweet and perfectly clean. The consumption of ice is materially lessened, and it is therefore much more economical. They are perfectly insulated, and the system for circulating the cold air is such that the very best results are secured. They are thoroughly and carefully constructed in every part. The company furnish catalogues and prices, together with any other desired information, on application. Isaac Klaik & Company, the well-known building movers, whose ofiiee and yard are at 444 Harrison avenue, have done a very extensive business in the line of moving buildings and similar work. Tliey have had many years of experience in this particular line and have all the necessary facilities for doing the work quickly and safely. Tlieir business includes the raising and moving of buildings, raising of roofs, also the moving and placing in position boilers and otlier heavy machinery. They have special ec[uipnients for doing this class of work. Tliis company have done a very large business in this city witliin the past few years, and the demand for their services is constantly increasing. They are always pleased to give estimates and to make contracts for work in their line. ADVEKTISKMENTS. 38] 5^ BRENNAN & CO.. j MASONS AND i BUILDERS. *•« General Contractors. 179 Cambridge Street, 17 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 382 A HALF CEXTURY OF B0STOS"s KUILDIXG. OxE of the leading lirms dealing in all kinds of masons' supplies, lime, cement, drain pipe, etc., is that of Berry & Ferguson, wlio have been established in the business since 1885, liaving their large yards and storehouses at 37 to 45 Medford street, Charlestown. This firm are iSTew England agents for Standard Akron Sewer Pipe and make shipments in car-load lots direct from works ; also carry at their wharf a large stock of all sizes of these goods, from wliich they are prepared to till all orders proniiatly and in any quantity. They are also large importers of German and English Portland Cements, receiving shipments at steamship docks in Boston, from ^\•llich they can supply the trade at lowest prices. The firm have an extensive trade all over New England and their business is constantly increasing, as they carry the largest line and best quality of everything which they handle and have the facilities for supplying the trade promptly. Among some of the buildings which have been supplied witli materials by them are the new State House Extension, Tremont building, Worthington building, Ames building, City Hospital, the new ^McLean Asylum buildings at Waverley, the Somerville, Brookline, and Medford high school buildings, and many others. The firm is thoroughly reliable and has a splendid reputation for honorable dealing. Handling materials in such large quantities they are able to sell at very low prices. This, together with their established reputation for promptness and the quality of the goods dealt in, has been the means of increasing their business until they now do the largest business of any concern in the city in their line. Among tlie many materials in use tor sheathing or deadening, tliere is none wliich gives better and more satisfactory results than Cabot's Sheathing •' Quilt '', manufactured and for sale by Samuel Cabot, 70 Kilby street. (.)ne layer of this is equal to six layers of rosin-sized paper and better than three of the best wool felt for sheathing or deadening, and it costs less than a cent a foot. Mr. Cabot is always pleased to furnish samples of tlie goods and give any desired information tliat may be required. The Barbour-Stockwell Companv, large iron founders and machinists, located in Cambridge, have been in business since 1882, and are now (me of the largest concerns of tlie kind in this vicinity. Tliey have a very large plant, thoroughly equipped with all tlie latest and most improved machinery and apjiliances for doing all kinds of iron work, making a specialty of builders' cast-iron materials. They have furnished the iron structural material for a great many of the large buildings in this city, including the Fisk, Proctor, Devonshire, and Tremont buildings. Their facilities are such that they can fill orders for this kind of materials very promptly, and their trade is constantly increasing. Their machine shop is one of the best equipped in Xew England, and a large force of skilled mechanics are constantly employed to fill the orders for their supplies which come from all parts of New England. The Amerii ax Fire-i-roofixi; Coiii'.\xv, 166 Devonshire street, are the sole owners and manufacturers of J. G. Merrill's " Salamander" fire-proof composition, for use in building. It is considered to be one of the very best materials for the purpose manufactured, and is highly endorsed by the building trade everywhere. It is used as a lining between floors, and upon walls, ceilings, elevators, and light shafts, boiler rooms, doors, shutters, etc. It is air, dust, and vermin proof, and is also a sound deadener. The comjiany have the facilities for manufactur- ing the goods in large quantities and their brisiness is constantly increasing, orders being ADVERTISEMEXTS. 383 D.Warren DeRosay Ijjai J^_/ STEAM BRICK MANUFACTURER. iC&MBH ID,G£ .,M M^ Ofl&ce and Works : 62, 64, 66 Dublin Street, Cambridge, Telephone 532-4 Cambridge. B05T0r( OFFICE, 17 OTIS 5TREET. Boston Telephone 1392. ||||||fteE:'»'*»i| a^d PA^l^ ANQU5 CRAWFORD, CARPENTER BUILDER, AND DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, ALMONT STREET, MATTAPAN. WILLIAM BASSETT REAL ESTATE DEALER, 39 Dundee Street, BOSTON. 384 A HALF CEXTTRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. received from all over the country. Any information desired can be obtained by applying to the office, where W. D. Lombard, the efficient general manager, is always pleased to meet those in want of anything in this line. The following architects, owners, and builders have used the " Salamander " fire-proof composition for buildings : — Boston & Maine K. E. Station. John Hancock Life Ins. Co. Apartment Houses, Chambers St. W. D. Vinal's Dwellings, Beacon St. L.M. Merrill's Dwellings, Commonwealth Ave. L. L. Fuller's Apartments, St. Botolph St. Town of Wakefield High School. Leno.x Shoe Factory, Lynn. T. L. Connolly's Apartment Houses, Reed St. J. Eennison & Co."s Elevator Shaft, Hanover St. J. B. May's Stable, Tremont & Apjjleton Sts. Apartment Houses, Tremont & Parker Sts. Apartment Houses, Humboldt St. Apartment Houses and Stores, Charter St. J. Eoessle's Stores, 597 Washington St. Apartment Houses, 75 to 70 Eoxbury St., T. T. Maguire. Addition E. H. White & Co.'s Store, Wash- ington St., J. Wm. Beal, Arcliiteet. Spaulding's Hotel, Brockton. And many others. The Xortox Ikdx Compaxy, with office and works at East Everett, are thoroughly equipped for furnishing and erecting all kinds of steel structures and architectural iron work. The massive steel structure of the Devonshire building, the Exchange Club building, and other prominent buildings in Boston and vicinity, have been framed entire at the works of this compan}'. They have also furnished and erected some of the finest ornamental iron work in Boston and throughout New England. The ornamental grilles, elevator fronts, balustrades, etc., in the Ames building. Youth's Companion building. Chamber of Commerce, Exchange Club building, and numerous other buildings, are good examides of the character and quality of their work. Connected with their plant the company has an electro-plating department of large cajiacity, so that all kinds of bronze and copjier plating, oxidizing, etc., can be furnished promptly. Tlie company makes a specialty of bronze grilles, elevator work, etc. Designs for all classes of steel structures, bridges, roof trusses, etc., are cheerfully furnislied upon application. ( »XE of the largest contracting and building firms in the city is that of the McXeil lirothers, who have constructed a very large number of the most elegant and costly liuildings in this city, as well as niany in other jiarts of New England aiul New York. The Inisiness was established in ISOS, and the office of the firm is in the blaster Builders" Association building, at IGG Devonshire street. The following are among the most important buildings erected by this firm.- The elegant residem-es of William D. Sloane, John S. Barnes, Charles Larnier, and George H. Morgan, at Lenox, Mass.; residences of Cornelius Yanderbilt, F. W. Vanderbilt, Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, J. ]M. Fiske, H. H. Cook. AVilliam Gamewell, G. M. Hutton, and A. B. Emmons, at Newport, E. I.: the residences of Charles Francis Adams, H. C. Jackson, >Irs. H. Keyes, C. T. White, J. A. Beebe, Charles Head, H. H. Fay, Miss E. E. Sears, R. H. Wliite, and many others, in this city ; residences of J. S. Barnes, James A. Garland, and Charles Lanier, at New York. Among the mercantile and public buildings are the Hemenway, n^ ~ -=F ?r I>KVii\SII11;K P.rU.DINC, COKXEK DEVOXSHIKE and state STIIEETS, NOW I'.E1X(: KKKi'TKll. liY PERMISSION BOSTON IIEHAI.I). HOMEOPATH 1 1 I US PENS ARV. UY I'EinilssKlX !!il-. OPff •n ,-' lie I'KUPLE S TK.MI'LF. ( IIKT II OIUSI' ), ClJU-JIBrS AVK. BV rERMlSSKIX l!OST(l.\ HEIIAI.ll. ADVERTISKMENTS. ;58o D. W. THOMAS, ^eal listate lUeal<^r, 39 Dundee Street, Residence, 19 Follen Street, BOSTON. ELMUS C. OLIVER, Practical '- Plumber GAS FITTER, 7 MORRIS ST., NEAR BROADWAY, EVERETT. ^-X-Xj ^J^OXe:K G-TT-^Se-A-iTTEETX). ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON ALL WORK. Park Square Hotel, European Plan, OPPOSITE PROVIDENCE DEPOT, Bcston. Nicely Furnished Rooms By the Day or Week. Q. W. BIXBY, Proprietor. WM. HUGHSON, CarpenteMBuilder, 121 Eliot street. Remodeling and Jobbing a Specialty, f-irders will receive personal and prompt attention. FRANCIS VALLEE, (^arpe^ter a^d Builder, Special Attention given to Jobbing. Residence, 81 DUDLEY ST. liyf) HARRISON AVE., C .1. Dudley St., BOSTON HIGHLANDS. 386 A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXft. Chiekeriiig, Potter, Hunuewell, and E. H. White Imiklings, the Parker House, Boston Post Office and Sub-Treasury, Boston Eeal Estate Trust buihling. in this city, and a very large list of notable buildings in other cities. This firm is widely known as one of the most reliable and trustworthy, and has a very high reputation for the promptness with which all contracts are carried forward. Tlieir business has very largely increased in the past few years and they are now engaged on several large contracts. The business carried on l)y tlie well-known firm of S. L. Holt & Company, at 67 Sudbury .street, was established in 1870, and has been one of tlie most successful business concerns in the line of steam machinery and motive power in tlie city. There have been a number of changes in the members of the firm, although Mr. Holt has always been at the head. E. G. Lamson was the partner at the time the business was established, but he sold his interest to John ]S". Coffin in 1872, and in 1873 Mr. Coffin sold his interest to S. G-. Jones. In 1875 Holt bought Jones' interest and continued the business alone until 1888. when lie admitted E. E. Bart as a partner. Five years later Holt bought Bart's interest and again continued alone until 1895, when he took D. M. Willard into partnership, and these constitute the firm at the present time. Mr. Holt is one of the best known and most reliable men in the business and has built up a splendid trade, having customers all over the United States and Canada. The firm deal in all kinds of steam machinery and motive power, both as manufacturers ami agents for some of the larger builders of machinery in their line. During the twenty-five years that the firm has been doing business it has sold an immense amount of nmchinery, furnishing the complete steam plants for a large number of manufacturing establishments in different parts of the country. With his long experience in the business Mr. Holt is thoroughly familiar with the requirements of the trade and carries a large stock of the very best machineiy, which lie is prepared to furnish at short notice. Among the contractors and manufacturers of apparatus for heating and ventilating buildings, there are none who have done a more extensive business in this line than Albert B. Franklin. 228 Franklin street, Boston. In addition to warming and ventilating apparatus he also does all kinds of sheet metal work. Mr. Franklin had the contract for the heating and ventilating apparatus for the new extension of the Massachusetts State House, and completed it to the entire satisfaction of those who liad the matter in charge, and tlie system is pronounced to be wonderfully perfect, both as to details and results obtained. In addition to the above work Mr. Franklin was also the successful contractor for the lieating and ventilating apparatus in tlie buildings for the State Asylum for Chronic Insane, which are located at Medfield, Massachusetts. Tliere are some twenty-four buildings in this contract, covering an area of fifty acres. He has also the contract for heating and ventilating the new hospital buildings at tlie Vermont State Insane Asylum, Waterlniry. Yerniont. While Mr. Franklin has been successful in securing some of the largest work ever let in the State of Massachusetts, the same care and attention is given to the heating and ventilating of all his work, wliieh includes all classes of buildings, among which may be mentioned the following : Norfolk County Court House, Dedham ; Middlesex County Probate Cvv. S I O- 3^ S ^K- /^duertisii}(? Si^i? (^o^traetors. Office and Marble Tablet Lettering J^ BrPECI-^LT-y. A. DOUGLASS, ^airpep tgr _ AND 159 Lenox Street, Boston. EDWARD DUGGAN, Plumber ^-^Jas Fitting, 6 Linden Park St., ROXBURY, MASS. 388 A HALF CEXTURT OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. Technology, Engineering Building; Worcester Academy, "Worcester; Eindge Public Library, Cambridge; Providence Athletic Club, Providence, R. I.; Oxford Club, Lynn; Allston Club. Allston ; Theta Delta Chi Club House, Tufts College ; Y. M. C. A. Building, Melrose ; Y. M. C. A. Building, Maiden ; Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, Turkey ; Central Turkey, College, Aintab, Turkej- ; Xorth China College, Tungcho, China; Stone Building, Boston; Fraklin Savings Bank. Boston; Watertown National Bank, Watertown ; Millers River National Bank, Athol ; "The Gables," Brookline; First Parish Church, Wakefield; Central Congregational Church, Newtonville ; Grove Hall Universalist Church, Dorchester; Saint Ann's Church and Rectory, Waterbury, Connecticut; North Avenue Congregational Church, Cambridge; Lynn Congregational Church, Lynn; Eoxbury Presbyterian Church, Eoxbury; Saint Mary's Home for the Aged, West Hartford, Connecticut; Pilgrim Church, Dorchester; Old Oxford Hotel, Fryeburg, Maine. Also the residences of Doctor F. W. Payne, Brookline; C. A. Coffin, Lynn; A. W. Beard, Lexington; D. B. Wesson, Springfield; Lester Leland, Boston; N. P. Jones, Melrose; Chester W. Kingsley, Cambridge ; D. W. Butler, \7oods Holl ; D. B. Flint, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston; Hon. S. C. Lawrence, Medford; Fiske Warren, Harvard; E. B. Holmes, Brookline; F. J. Bartlett, Maiden, and hundreds of others which space forbids us to name at this time. Among the nianj' school-houses which Mr. Franklin lias lieated and ventilated we may mention the following : Dillaway School, George Putnam School, Parker Street School, Hyde School, Joshua Bates School, Bowdoin Schuol, Winchell School, Bennett District School, Cushnian School, Everett School, Florence Street School, Shaw School, Hillside School, Austin Primary School, Morton Street School, all in the city of Boston; Maiden High School (new). Maiden; State Normal School, Farmington, Maine; State Normal School, New Haven, Connecticut; Winslow Street School, Worcester; Woodlawn School, Worcester ; Luther Y. Bell School, Somerville ; Wyman School, Winchester; Yinton Street School, Melrose; High School, Melrose; L^nion Street School Reading; High School, Reading; Gleason School, Medford; High School, Laconia, New Hampshire ; Parker School, Janmica Plain. Joseph H. Davis, who has an office at 17 Otis street, in the building of the Mechanics' Exchange, of wliich he is a member, is one of the best known and most thoroughly competent plasterers in the city. He is engaged to do the work on many of the large buildings of modern construction, and his business is increasing. Among some of the more notable buildings upon which he has been engaged are the English High and Latin School, one of the largest school buildings in the country; the handsome Mason building on Kilby street; the Boston Art and the Elj'siuin Club buildings, two very fine structures; Hotels Copley and Reynolds ; the new Union Station, and many others equally prominent. Mr. Davis has few equals as a workman, and the superior manner in wliich he does all work entrusted to him speaks very highly for his skill and trustworthiness. John a. Stp:tson and Herbert 0. Stetson, doing business under the firm name of A. M. Stetson & Co., are dealers in wood, coal and lumber, and masons" materials. They carry a very large stock of the above and have the facilities for filling all orders promptly. They ADVERTISEMENTS. 389 W. J. McLEAN, Carpenter ^ilB Builder, Coal Sheds, Elevators and Factories, Brick or Wooden Buildings. Jobbing promptly attended to on reasonable terms, in or out of town. Shop, lir MERRIMAC ST., Residence, 32 CONCORD AVE., Somerville, livi:. -^ n E IS nsr , Plurnber zipd Gais Fitter, Drainagfe and Ventilation a Specialty. NO. 208 DARTMOUTH ST., Near Hunlington Ave. BOSTON. Formerly with 1. N. Tucker. HENRY C. ALLEN, Cz^rpepter ziod Builder, WARREN ST. & HARRISON AY., BOSTON, MASS. Residence, 527 Massachusetts Avenue. Jobbing done with Neatness and Dispatch. J. B. WILLIAMS, 66 Trinity Terrace, Copley Sq., Boston. HOUSE, STORE and OFFICE Paintingftand* Decorating, Furniture Cleaned and Polished. Graining, Glazing, Tinting, Coloring, Kalsomining, Whitening, Paper- Hanging, Whitewashing. Front Doors and Vestibules Cleaned and Polished. All the above executed with Neatness and Dispatch. ESTIMATES FURNISHED FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK. Successor to WIGHT & WASHBURN, W'liolesaie and Retail Dealers in EASTERN and WESTERN LUMBER. Maple Flooring- and Pine Roofing a Specialty. Particular attention paid to filling orders for Frames and other Dimension Lumber, in Cargo and Car Lots. OFFICE & YARD: 118 MALDEN ST., Member Master Builders' Association, 166 DEVONSHIRE ST. BOSTON. J. <£ W. VAN M ALDER, 4- painters, -r ESTIHATES FURNISHED For all kinds of Plain and Decorative Painting. ;; Orders for Sign Painting, Graining, Gilding and Paper Hanging promptly attended to. J. VAN MALDBR, WM. M. VAN MALDER, 38 Harvard St., 7 Julian Street, DORCHESTER. RO.XBURV. 41 Withlngton St., Dorchester, and 60 H'inslon St., Roxburf. JAMES C. SMITH, 5LATE, Metal and * •*- .- ^C0nP051T10N RGDriNQ. 113 WARREN ST., ROXBURY, 93 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON. Copper Gutters and Conductors, also Cornices and Chimney Tops made and put up. Ventilators and Skylights. EDWAED E. WELLS, CARPENTER ■'^ * SHOP, NO. IS PITTS STREET. Residence, No. 34 West Ced.vr Street. BOSTON. AH orders for Jobbing, by mail or otherwise, promptly attended to. r>90 A HALF ( ENTfRY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. Imsiness lias been estalilished since 1S3(>, and the firm is well known to the trade generally. They do a very extensive business, having enstoniers all over the ISfew England States. Their long experience in the business gives them many advantages, and they are always ui) to the times in everything in their line. They have furnished the material for a great many of the large buildings in this vicinity, and have a splendid reputation among the trade. Their office is at 44 Ivilby street, and their storehouses and yards are at Stetson's "Wharf, foot of I street, South Boston. William J. Sullivan, the well-known freestone contractor, 123 Swett street, has been established in business since 1880, and during that time has done a very large business in his special line, his trade not being limited to any one locality or section of the country. He makes a specialty of limestone and all kinds of sandstone, and is a contractor for building where this material is used. These materials are now used very extensively for building purposes, either for the main walls, trimmings, or for interior finish. Among some of the most notable of the modern buildings for which he has furnished the materials in his line are the International Trust, at the corner of Milk and Devonshire streets, one of the handsomest and most elaborate of the great office buildings in the city; the Registry of Deeds l)iulding in Cambridge, a solid and substantial structure, which is as near fire-proof in its construction as is possible ; the new Worthington building on State street, which is just being completed, and in wliich the .sandstone work shows to good advantage : the new Tremont Temple, the fac^ade of which is original in design, and in the construction of which large quantities of stone have been used; the Farlow, Ames, and E. H. "White & Company buildings, all of which are handsome and elaborately constructed buildings. These, however, are only a small part of the buildings which Mr. Sullivan has assisted in erecting and for which he has furnished -the stone work. He is always pleased to give estimates. The Boston Fire-proofing C'imi'axy, IfiO Devonshire street, are manufacturers of ^^lorous wares for floor arches, partitions, furring for outside walls, roofiug tiles, and covering for boilers. The requirements of modern building construction make the use of some kind of fire-proof materials an almost absolute necessity, and there has been a growing demand for the product of this company, whicli has a recognized standing among the building trades. The materials are all of the best possible construction to secure the results, and have been tested sufficiently to prove their reliability under all circumstances. This company has furnished the materials for a very large nundier of the modern structures in this city and have a very extensive trade all over the country. They have large factories at Eevere. where all tlieir goods are made, and which are kept constantly busy in supjjlying the demand. One of the largest firms in the city engaged in the production of building iron work, liaving a large and well-eciuipped foundry and machine shop for the purpose, is the firm of G. W. & F. Smith Iron Compau}-, whose works are located on Gerard, Farnham and Beading streets, Boston. This company do a general foundry and machine business, and manufacture all kinds of iron work for building purposes. They are members of the Master Builders' Association, and are well known to the building trade of the city. The works are among the largest in Xew England and a very extensive business is done. They have furnished the iron work for a lartje numl)er of the modern buildini's in this citv and vicinitv, including; Boston ADVERTISEMENTS. 391 A. B. EVANS & CO., Slate, Metal, » » AND Gravel RooFiNa Gutters and Conductors put up and Repaired. Ventilating, Shutter and Elevator Well Tinning. ToTD'bLM.gr ^romptl^T" -A-ttend.ed. to. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. 19 FIVER STREET, Off Beacon St., Residence, 31 GREENWICH ST., Roxbury Wst. EDWARD AYLW A RD, PIzisterer, Whitening, Coloring and Wliitewashing PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 10 CHELSEA ST., CHARLESTOWN. Lime, Sand, Mortar, Putty, Whitening and Plaster Paris for Sale. ROBINSON & CO., • PAINTING • 78 W. SPRINGFIELD ST., B05T0ri. Plumber ^— ^ DEALER IN STOVES = RANGES = FURNACES, HARDWARE. TINWARE. Tin Roofing, etc., promptly attended to. 360 CAMBRIDGE STREET, ALLSTON. ROBERT H. PICKETT, Cleaning ■. AND . Pointing BRICK \A/'ALLS A SPECIALTY. Master Builders' Association, 166 Devonsfiire Street, Boston, IMass. T. L. HICKEY <& CO., CARYINQ ANb AObELINQ Pafier-Mache London Putty and Pla5Ter. 49 warehah street, BOSTON. F. W. STRICKLAND & CO,, CARPENTER5 AMI BUILDER5^ Jobbing: of all kinds done in the best manner. Near Cor. Washington St. BOSTON. 112 IDover Street, ^'" *=-'• H. H. Porter. A. H. McInnes. PORTER & McINNES, Carpenters and Builders, Particular attention paid to Jobbing'. 119 NORTHAMPTON STREET, Cor. Washington St. BOSTON, MASS. 392 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Post Office, City Hall, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hospit:il Life Insurance Compan_y. Etpiitable Building, Globe Building, Transcript Building. Herald Building, Boylstou Building. Keith's Theatre, HoUis Street Theatre, Jefferson Building, Mason Building, Concord State Prison. T. S. Bkow.v, carjienter ami Imililer, at 40 State street, has gained a high reputation by the high principles upwn which his business is conducted, doing none but first-class work and aiming to give satisfaction wherever he is emiiloyed. Mr. Jlrown has devoted his whole life to the trade for winch he seems specially well adapted, and has been in business as a contractor and builder since 1872, when he established hiiuself at the West End. Later he removed to a more desirable location : his business having greatly increa.sed meanwhile, owing to the enviable reputation which he estal)lished for doing the liest of work. In his present location he has steadily gained in the amount of business done. Anu)ng some of the buildings which he has erected are the Lockhart Ijlock on Causeway street, the Jlorse school-house on Canterbury street, the city school building on Genesee street, Hotel Hamp- ton, and the block of houses for Moses Williams on Battery street. Mr. Brown is a native of the state of Maine, is a member of the G. A. R., and also the F. and A. ]\I. ami lioyal Arcanum. The Norton Door Check ami Spring is acknowledged ti) be the best device yet introduced for closing doors automatically and without slamming or breaking the glass. It has Ijeen on the market several years and during that time the sales have been very large, the trade extending all over the world. It is a very simple device and can be readily attached to any style or size of swinging door. They are largely used by railroad companies for closing car doors, and almost every public building has them. Their use on doors in jaiblic buildings, and wherever doors are made with glass panels, is almost a necessity, as it not only keeps the door closed, but prevents any possibility of slamming and consequent breaking of the glass. Its construction is so simple and it is so well designed and put together that it does not readily get out of tirder or fail to woik. It is manufactured by the Norton Door Check and Spring Company, whose office is at 505 Sears building, corner of Washington and Court streets. The company has its agents in all the principal cities in America, also in Canada, Earo])e and the British Colonies. Catologues and prices will l)e furnished on application either to the company or any of its agencies. The firm of S. D. Hicks & Son was established in 1849 by Samuel D. Hicks, his son lieing taken into the firm a few years ago. The firm do a very large business in copper work (if all kinds, and nmnufacture copper and galvanized iron trimmings for building purposes. They have recently moved into a new and larger shop, provided with all the latest and most improved facilities for the prompt and satisfactory production of materials. Among some of LOC K II A 1!T B l' I LI) I Nl i. adv?;rtisi:ments. 393 Maverick House. last ^cst^n. A. B. FOSTER, /vVapRger. ALWAYS COOL. SITUATED NEAR the WATER. TRANSIENT ROOMS PER DAY $2.00. 75c. and upwards. Specla.! I^SLtes for FerTn a.3a.e3a.t ^oa.x^ers. D. J. FITZGERALD, piijn\t)er AND Sanitary E9(^i9eer, 2692 Washington St., NEAR DALE ST. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Residence, 7 CHAD WICK ST., BOSTON. DAVID GUTROW, Carpenter and Builder, Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. RESIDENCE, 15 DKACTT ST., J. E. STANLEY, Practical # Plumber .i^xTD O-as IFitter. 1875 Dorchester Ave., - - Ashmont. Estimates Furnished. Jobbing promptly attended to. Residence, 6 WRENTHAM ST. LEWIS C. WATT, No. 59 Leverett Street, BOSTON , MASS. AA . HAROLD, Plurnber \ GziS Fitter, Rear 20 LAORANOE ST., BOSTON. LATEST SANITARY DRAINAGE and VENTILATION A SPECIALTY. Jobbing promptly attended t(> Estimates furnished on application. Residence, 1615 WASHINGTON STREET. Arthur P. Olson, CARPENTER ^^ BUILDER, 64 BrooKsid(^ |^u^F)d(^, JAMAICA PLAIN. 394 A HALF CEXTntY OF BOSTON'S BUII-DIXG. the buildings for which they have supplied materials are the new State House extension ; Exchange building, State street ; New Court House, Pemberton square, and many public and private Ijuildings. Their trade extends all over New England. Their office and works are at 9 to 17 Bowker street. EisKK, Humes & Company, KU Devonshire street, are engaged in the sale of the higher gi-ades of liuilding bricks, such as buff, gray, old gold, mottled, and other colors of front brick and terra cotta. They handh' tliese materials in large quantities, and have a large stock on hand at all times from whicli orders can be pu-omptlj- filled. Their business in these lines is very extensive and reaches all over New England. Tliey also deal in lime, cement, hair, plaster, and other building materials of this nature, which they are prepared to furnish in any quantity at sliort notice. They have done a very successful and constantly increasing business and arc well known to the building trade, among which they liave a very high leputation for square and honoraV)le dealing. The BosTdN Blue Bkixt Compaxv commenced business tliree years ago and soon worked up quite a trade, which has rapidly increased until it is now doing a very large business. It introduced electric light printing for use in dark and cloudy days; but after a trial it was discontinued by reason of its cost, and as a substitute a very sensitive jiaper was used on such da3"s. Jlany experiments were then made to produce a good black and white print, so mxich desired by engineers and surveyors. After a great many failures, and at great exjiense, success was at last achieved and now tliey are enjoying tlie fruits of their labor, having the greater part of the trade. The largest printing frame in the New England States, and perliaj)s in the country, has been i)ut into operation in order to keep up with the constant increase in their business. Their latest acquisition is the sole agency for the New England States for the jMackey Print Paper Company, of Pittsburgh, which is recog- nized as the largest inqiorting and manul'acturing concern of blue print paper and clotli, l)lack print paper, detail papier, and tracing cloth in the countr}'. The sujierior quality of these goods and the thorough reliability of this company has created such a denuind in New England that it was deemed advisable to open a depot for their supplies, and the offer was made to the Boston Blue Print Comjiany. who accepted, and now keep a large and complete stock of paper and cloth in all widths and all ol the first cpiality (no sccoiuls being kept or sold by them). With tlie V)est of facilities, best material to work with, combined with promptness and courteous treatment, tlie company is doing a large and constantly growing business. TiiK firm of William Lunib & Company is one of tlie oldest and licst-known in the plumbing business. Tlie members of the firm are William Lumb and William H. ^litchell, both practical men and well known to tlie trade, and members of the Master Plumbers' Association. Tliey have one of tlie best e(|uipped shopis in the city and do a very large business, paying especial attention to sanitary work, in which they have liad a long and practical experience. They have done some of the largest jobs of plumbing and have a very higli reputation for the th Province street and 1 Province court. In addition to doing a general plumbing business they do a large amount of contract work and are always pleased to make plans and furnish estimates, both in jilumbing and hot-water heating, they being engaged also in the heating of liouses by hot water. ADVERTrSKMENTS. 395 FELICE J. PORTUNATO, Carpenter and Builder, -i- .-. No. 207 Blue Hill Avenue .-. :: MOUNT PLEASANT ;: WALTER 8TEDMAN, Carpenter^ Builder, 12 CHERRY ST., wash^S^ro,, st. BOSTON. Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. J. A. SUTHERLAND, Carpenter and Bailder, 63 BAKTLETT ST., Near Norfolk House, Boston Highlands. Particular attention given to Jobbing, Shafting, and setting up all kinds of Machinery. J. EDWIN SWAN, Successor to Charles Tileston, Plumbing:, -i' Gas Fitting-, steam ar^d jHot U/ater ^leatii}?, Furnaces, Ranges, Tin Plate and Sheet Iron Work. lUl WASHINGTON ST., Cor. River St. DORCHESTER L. M. Telephone, Jo-3 Milton. J. W. HANDY, Mason and Builder. Plastering, Concreting. Chimneys Repaired. All kinds of Jobbing done at short notice. OFFK E, HARVARD Si^UARE, BROOKLINE. JAMES H. HAYES, Sanitary Draipa^e ai^d l/(?9tilatio9. Gas Fitting, Globes, Burners atid Fixtures. 793 Tremont Street, B0S'T'03>T. Particular attention given to House Drainage and Water Service. Tei.ei'Hone No. 122S. Establibbed 1S74. W. H. TREWORGY, MANUFACTURER Of HARDWOOD - LUHBER, Whitewood, Hickory, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Ash, Oak, North Carolina Pine and Cypress, CAR AND CARGO LOTS. NO. 30 KILBY STREET, Represented by PJflctnn CHARLES C. RUGGLES. DUMUll. JAMES B. HAND, jHous?, 5199 9 Deeoratiue pai^ti^r. Giaining, Glazing, Whitening .tnd Coloring. WASHINGTON STREET, BROOKLINE. 306 A HALF CKXXrEY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. Amoxm the luamifaeturers of plumliers' supplies who have huilt iiji an excellent trade in their line none have a better custom than C. W. Hodgdon, located at 104 High street. He is a manufacturer of brass specialties for plumbers' use, one of his specialties being the jiopular and welhknown Hodgdon Brass Pipe Hanger, whiidi he manufactures, and which is sold by all dealers in plumbers' supplies. In addition to his specialties he also gives special attention to plumbers' jobbing and nickel plating. He has the best of facilities for turning out hrst-class work, and has a ver)- high reputation for his products. In his advertisement on another i^age may be seen an illustration of the brass pipe hanger, which is one of the best on the market and is having a very large sale. J. A. Vi('K?:i:y iv: Sox, who are members of the ^Mechanics' Exchange, are among the well known carpenters and builders who have assisted in the building n\> of the city, and do a very extensive business. They are at the rooms of the Exchange, 17 Otis street, between 12 and 1 r. M. each day, where they can be consulted, or may be addressed at their residence, 3 Sewall street, off Xeponset avenue, Dorchester. They have been in business for several years and have established a reputation for thoroughness and honesty in their transactions which has won for them the custom of a large number of the real estate owners, who emplciy them in the construction of buildings of all kinds. They are well ecpiipped for the business and have all the facilities for doing work promptly and m first-class shape, as is testified to in the many handsome buildings which they have erected within the past tew years. There is notliing in their line whiidi they are not thoroughly capable of doing, and they are always ready to submit plans and make estimates when called upon to do so. TriE firm of C. .V. Dodge & Company succeeded the firm of Vinal & Dodge iu ISSo, the Imsiness having been established in 1870 by Vinal & Dodge. The comjiany are dealers in building materials of all kinds, and in addition to this are also extensively engaged in contracting and building, furnishing the labor and materials, doing not only the wood work l)ut the masonry as well. The present members of the firm are C, A. Dodge and C. L. Williams, and the office is at 1G(> Devonshire street, with yards and shoj) at 1.'44 A street, South Boston. A large stock of building materials are always kept on hand, and builders are supplied at wholesale prices. Among some of the numerous buildings which they have erected and furnished the materials for are the Emerson Piano Factory, Kennedy & Clark's stable (one of the largest and best arranged stables in the citj-). Hotel Austerfield. the Boston Button Company's building, the great Atlas Storage Warehouses on Boston wharf, and a very large number (d' other erjually notable buildings in the city. They have never extended their trade outside of the city very much, as the local trade has given them a very liberal patronage. C)ne of the specialties which they handle is the P>uilders' Adjustable Staging, which is a great convenience and is now used by most of the larger builders. Jlr. Dodge has been connected with the building interests of Boston for a great many j-ears, and is well known and highly respected by every member of the trade and the business men in general. His partner, Mr. Williams, is also a welhknown business man and thoroughly acquainted with the needs and requirements of the trade which they supply. The facilities for handling orders are of the best, and promptness is one of the features of their dealings. The business has increased considerablj" within the jiast few years, and they now enjoj- one of the best trades in their line in the citv. ADVERTISEMENTS. 397 T. L. BARLOW, iUILDER, ^9 Dracut Street, ASHMONT. |^ot U/atQr 55 1-2 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass. JACOB NAGEL, • AVASON • No. 16 MANSUR STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN. JOSEPH IMHOF, A\2isoo 2^pcl Builder, 14 Armstrong Street, JAMAICA PLAIN. CLARK & SMITH, Manufacturers of Band Sawed 0. Mahogany Lumber. ALSO, DEALERS IN FOKEH.X AND DOMESTIC CABINET W2?D5 AND VENEEK5, COR. BEVERLY and TKAVERS STS., Boston.. D. N. PALMER, :e=> lu "cr 3x^ ^ E lE^ GAS FITTER, 483 TREMOXT ST., Near Dover St. Drainage and Ventilation a Specialty. Telephone, Tremont 1102. JOHN EDGEKTON, piu/T)ber arjd Qas pitter, Jobbing promptly attended to. Particular attention given to Drainage and Ventilation. 187 1-2 Centre St., BOSTON. SstLmsLtes F\3.r2ilsli.e5.. 308 A HALF rEXTUEY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. Ix coniier-tion witli tlie luiilding up of Boston, especially the moilern structures in the constru« paki oi' liik m:\v i mon staiki.n. i alskway sti;ekt. ADVERTISEMENTS. 399 W. F. Webster Cement Co. Manufacturers of Webster's Original Elastic Cement, For Bedding Slates, Pointing Stone, Wood, Iron, and Repairing Leaky Roofs and Cliimneys. FACTORY : ALBANY STKEP^T, CAMBRIDGEPORT, - - MASS. (_;eo. H. Smith. \V. A. Tower. SMITH & TOWER, f ROOFERS 4 Slate, Tin, Copper and Composition Roofs Applied and Repaired. Office, 112 Northampton St., BOSTON. CHARLES BRACELIN. Carpenter and Builder, Repairs of all kinds executed promptly. FURNITURE REPilltliD. JOBBIMi OF .4LI; KINDS. 201 MASSACHUSETTS AYE., f)pp. Caledonia St.. Baclc Bay, BOSTON, - - MASS. Seaboard EiUiviber So., FAIRFORD RIFT FLOORING. MANUFACTURERS OF Exchange Building, STATE ST. IB O S T O 2;T. Main Office, 12 Broadway, New York. Yard, Charlestown, Mass. C. W. RODLIFF, Manager Boston Branch. J. J. HILL & CO., CABINET MAKERS, MANUFACTURRRS OF Wood nantels. Custom Furniture. Bank, Store and Office Fitting. Interior Finish. •i6 k 30 THAYER ST., BOSTON. D. L. REARDON, Plumbing I stoves i Tinware. 35^ Broadway, 50. BOSTON. S. A. RICE. CARPENTER ^^ ^^ Jobbing and Repairing of all kinds. Store Fittings. Furniture Repaired. Residence, 93 FAYERWEATHER ST., Shop, Church St.. - Cambridge, Mass. WM. BALMER'S NEW BLOCK. JAMES J. LOGAN, Plumbers Gas Fitter, 203 HAMPDEN ST., BOSTON. Latest Sanitary Drainage & Ventilation a Specialty. 400 A HALF CENTUKy OK BOSTON S BUILIUXC. been sold in Xew England witliin twelve mouths, and in that time one Imndred and forty- three actual tires have been subdued by their use. This sjjeaks very higlily for the apparatus and is an excellent recommendation for their general adoption by villages and towns that have no other means of fighting a conflagration, which is liable at any time to break out and destroy property where its loss will be most keenly felt. Not only this, but wherever such protection is afforded the rates of insurance are invarialdy made lower. The different styles of apparatus are made with special reference to use where regular fire department apparatus is not at hand. 1'hey are also made in different sizes, according to the use to which they are to b? put. The Hand Extinguishers are of two sizes; the Factory, which sells at .f2 each, and the Cottage at f 1. The Portable Fire Tank, which is arranged to be readily carried about, sells at #Go, and the Emergency Multijjle Fire Monitor, wdiich is arranged on wheels so that it can be drawn about l)y hand, sells at $400. The conip)any are always pleased to demonstrate the efficiency and value of their apparatus, and to give any and all information desired. Towns looking for the most economical, efficient and satisfactory apparatus should correspond with this company. Thk Hollis iStreet Theatre, which occujiies the historic spot where the old chirrch by the same name stood for so many years, is one of the most deservedly jiopular theatres in the city. Located well up-town. it is ])atronized by the very best class of people, and the attractions are always the best that can be had. The proprietor and manager, Isaac B. Eich, is one of the best known and most popular men in the business. He has made the Hollis a jiopular resort and the most successful of all high-class places of amuse- ment in the city, playing only the representative combinations of America and Eiirdpe. The coming season at this house — 1895-6 — promises to be ahead of any that have preceded it in the number of well-known attractions. Everything will be done to keep up the high reputation whiidi this theatre has gained since it was opened tij the public. The Bay State Biiuic Comi-axy, a corporation having its office at Smith building, 1;") Court square, and operating brick yards in C.'ambridge and Medford, is one of the largest, if not the largest, maiuifactories of this immensely necessarj' supply for biuhlers. Established in 1.SG3, the progress of the company has been steadily forward, until to-day their annual capacity amounts to sixty million. They have unequalled facilities for handling the largest jobs and have constantly kept abreast of all improvements in methods of manufacture and are using to-day the best machinery anywhere obtainable. The result is a superior quality of brick, which they are able to supply at a most reasonable price owing to the immense volume of their business. Their business reputation is of the highest, and their customers are sure of prompt delivery, full count, and entire value for their money. So largely have the bricks manufactured by this company (jbtained possession of the market, that it would be difficult to mention a single building of importance in Boston into the Her. Every Contractor should see our Hand Boring Machine. PEARL SQUARE AUGER MFG. CO., 24 Kingston Street, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. Factory, Rocliester, N. H. W. J. HAYWARD, MasonandContractor. STONE & BRICK WORK. CONCRETINQ AND GRADING. Jones Avenue, JOSEPH J, PICKETT, pointer and (^leaner of A^asonry, BOX 194, Ma.'-ter Builders' Ass'n Rijoms, 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., BOSTON. Residence, 2 i Western Ave., Cambridgeport. Dorcliester. J. T. PHELAN, 5a9i(:ary plumber, 1 7 Brattle Square, CAMBRIDGE. TESTING OF SOIL and DRAIN PIPES By Patented Process. 402 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's BIILDIXG. construction of wliicli tliey liave not gone, and their trade stretches out int(.i all the surround- ina; territory. They have facilities for manufacturing brick of all .sizes and descriptions, but in all kinds nianufa<'ture only the highest grade of goods. They are too well known to all Boston builders to need any especial recommendation, and it is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the materials to be used in any building if the contractor agrees to use the Bay State bricks. The welbknown firm of Carpenter- Morton Co., dealers in paints, oils and varnishes, has a history extending over fift3--five years. Tt was founded in 1840 by Eleazar F. Pratt. In 184,'-) it became Pratt & Eogers ; in 184(j, Pratt, Rogers & Co.; in 1849, Banker, Crocker & Co.; in 1852, Banker & Carpenter ; and in 18()o, Carpenter, Woodward & Morton. In 1892 it was incorjiorated undin- the laws of Massachusetts, with a capital of flOOjOOO. George 0. Carpenter becoming the president, John D. Morton, treasurer, and these, with Frederic H. Newton, Edwin A. Kogers, and George C. Morton, directors. The business of the house was begun at ~> Broad street. l>ut in the following year it was removeil to 107 and 109 State street, where it remained for about tliirty years. In August, 1861, the building was destroyed by fire, but a new building was immediately erecteter5^ Builders, Particular attention paid to Fitting up Stores, Offices and Counting: Rooms. Case Work of all kinds. Office Furniture Made and Repaired. 18 HARVARD PLACE, u no«r. BOSTON. Opposite Old South Church. MILTON F. REYNOLDS, Cop tractor _anci Builder, BROOKLIME, f^f\SS. Robert Mackenzie, Plurnber 2ir?cl ^fc. — Ga^s Fitter. Sperial Attontinn irivcii lo Hmise Urninapc jmhI Ventilation. 201 Massachusetts Ave., opp. Caledonia St., Back Bay, BOSTON, MASS. Ord-ers prcixi.ptl3r a.ttei5.3.ed. to- Fales Combustion Co. Manufacturers of Qast IroQ ar^d $iee\ \l}ar[r\ pir ai^d Qombir^atioi} |H(?ater5. 5i Charlestown St. E. R. GREGORY.' CarpenterMBuilder, 75 West Dedham St., Up one i-liciit, Room 2. BOSTON. A. W. FORREST, MANUFACTURER OF Copper I Galvanized Cornices, SkjUghts, Ventilators, Conductors, Gutters, Tin and Copper Roofing. 43G HARRISON AVENUE, 404 A JtALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTOX's BUILDINT,. ing of offices, banks, etc., with all the necessary furniture and cabinet work, and their prices are as low as are consistent with good material and workmanship. TuK I'osTox Whakf Compaxv was organized in 183<.>, and aci[uired its lands fronr the Commonwealth of ^lassachnsetts and completed the filling of the same in the year 1872. For manv years it devoted its propertj- exclusively to the storage of sugar and molasses, which at the time paid the stockholders handsomely. Some twelve years ago it began using its property for other purposes, and during tliis time there are few places in the city of Boston on which building operations have been carried on to such an extent as here. The ])roperty embraces some three million feet of land ; and in the last ten years on considerable jiarts of this have been built substantial Ijrick wareliouses. factories, and other structures for business purposes. It is estimated that upon its oavu lands, and upon lots sold by it, there h;is been spent in new buiklings in the past decade at least .'if!2.(»()0.(l()0. Upon its property are now located tlie public warehouses of the Atlas Stores and Williams Stores, and the i)rivate warehouses of such considerable concerns as Jordan. ISIarsh & Co., Shepard, Xorwell & Co., Jones, McDnffee & Stratton, r>roAvn, Durrell & Co., Dudley. Bnttelle & Hurd, r.a,xter, Stoner & Schenkelberger. the American Itadiator Co.. Smith & "Winchester Co., American l>ell Telephone Co., New England Telephone & Telegrapli Co., Horace Partridge & Co., Hamburger Bros., Boutwell Bros., Lombard iS: Co., and many others. There are also here located the factories of Pierce & Son. C. L. Hauthaway & Sons, Chase & Co. Corporation, Boston Button Co., Consolidated Electric Co., i\Ioore & AVyman Elevator Co., Bay State Belting Co., Pabst Brewing Co., Eochester Brewing Co., Albert & J. ]\r. Anderson, the very large plant of the Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., Simpson Bros., and many others. There are also located upon its wharves Curran & Burton, agents for the Norfolk i-S; Western Eailroad Co., L. G. Burnham & Co.. Stillman F. Kelley & Co., H. Gore & Co.. and Charles A. Dodge. On other 2>arts of the property are located the extensive stables of the American Exjiress Company, the Herdic Phaeton Company, Flanders & Co., Handy & Waterlionse, and others. The property is all held b}' the company for improvement for business purposes, and the company is at all times ready to erect buildings suited to the wants of desirable tenants. The capital of the company is .f GOO, 000, and it has a surplus of over $1,500,000. The present officers are as follows: Presiilent, Hon. Charles Theodore Eussell; treasurer, Joseph B. Eussell ; clerk, Charles Lowell: and the follov.ing ilirectors: Charles Theodore Eussell, A. C. A\'as]djurn, John ]M. Clark, Edwin F. Atkins. Josei)h B. Eussell, Solon (•. Eichardson. Waldron liates, J. Willard Pierce, Arthur Hobart, Charles Van Brunt, and William L. Chase. The Amk,i;icax Eadiatiir Comt.v.xv. wliose principal office is at 111 to llo Lake street, Chicago, and Boston office at 44 r)liver street, was organized in 1892, being formed from the Michigan Eadiator and Iron INIanufaeturing (Company, the Pierce Steam Heating Comjiany and the Detroit Eadiator Company, and is the largest manufacturer of radiators in the world. They make r;idiators for steam and hnt-water heating of every description, and do an immense business in this line, sending their products to every civilized country in the world. They have snpi)lied a large majority of the radiators used in the Inuldings that have been put up in this city during the ])ast five years, and their business is steadily increasing in this part of the countiy. Being the most extensive nmnufacturers of this line of goods the}' are prepared AUVKKTISEMENTS. 405 JAMES WARNOCK, c ARPEMTER AHBGEfiERAL JOBBER, 99 OLIVER STREET, Fort Hill Sq., Office Work a Specialty. BOSTON. WILLIAM HENNESSEY, Jobbing Mason -» Plasterer, Residence, Drains, Furnaces, 125 CABOT ST. Ranges & Boilers Set. SHOP, 32 CABOT STREET, Junction of Tremont St. ROXBURY. EMERY & STUART, Successors to T. E. Stuart & Co , BUILDERS, 166 DEVONSHIRE ST., B O 5T Ori. JOHN A. EMERY, Residence, 166 Huntington Ave. HOLIAN BROTHERS, GALVANIZERS, I0& 12 FULTON ST., EO^Tonsr. Arthur L. Hersum, Fornierlv with Hawthorne S: Son, SANITARY PLUMBER •.>r PROVINCE ST., HOSTOX. DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION A SPECIALTY. All orders promptly attended to. TELEPHONE NO. 1450. Pluavbing. 70 BROAD ST., BOSTON. Special attention given to Waste Pipes, Drain.^, Water Closets and Ventilation. Brarvcli Ofa.ce a.t H-j.ll, IL^ass. E. W. SELDON, . BUILDER^ store aoioNoston. and in the sehool-houses of Somerville. and Tufts Library of Weymouth, Mass. The firm is composed of J. J. and M. H. Cuddihy, and has been established for thirty years, during twelve of which their business has been conducted at their juesent location on Albany street, where their wharf is situated. They also have offices at the Mechanics' Ex- change, 17 Otis street, and at tlic l\Iaster Builders' Association, 166 Devonshire street. . It is a recognized feature that heat or frost have little or no effect on this stone, and it has no eiinal for sidewalks and crossing stones, as its extensive use in all cities will bear witness. Tup: Amkiuca.v Gas Mai in>;K. mamifactured by the Automatic Gas Machine Company, 112 Bedford street, has lieen largely introduced and become well and favorably known in the New England States, and it is claimcil by tlie coni|iany to be tlie only automatic , gas machine made ADVERTJSEMKNTS. 407 Established 1S37. J. 0. WETHERBEE, Successor to Loyal Lovejov i*t Co, Clapboards, Shingles, Spruce, Eastern and Western Pine; Spruce, Birch and Hard Pine Floors, and Kiln Dried Stock, CALIFORNIA REDWOOD SHINGLES and LUMBER. 182 CAUSEWAY ST., First Wharf East of Fitchburg Depot. BOSTON, - • • MHSS. PARRY BROS. &. CO., DEALERS IN Brick OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Agents for the Sale of Eastern Brick. !0 BROAD ST., BOSTON. Belmont, Mass.; Concord Ave., Cambridge; Foot of Raymond Street, Cambridge; Concord, N. H. LALLY <& MONTAGUE, STONE ; POINTERS. Neatly Cleaned and Pointed. MASTER builders' ASSOCIATION, 166 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Box 126, BOSTON, MASS. T. J. LaLLY. H. MoNTAC.fE. E. C. McQINNISS, ROOFER. TI3S3- ana. Particular attention paid to Repairing Roofs. Residence, 40 COURTLAND .ST., F.VERETT. Office, 86 CHARDON ST., BOSTON, = MASS. Slate, Tin an^I Gravel ROOFER Gutters and Conductors made and put up. ES-epa.irlari.g' a, Specia,lt3r. NO. \U LAMARTINE STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN. ARCHITECTURAL and GENERAL MJood Qaruir;^, . 34 BEVERLY ST., BOSTON. Estimates Given. JOHN FEENEY, Slate, Tin, Copper and Composition Ofkice: near 15 NORTH OROVE ST. Cambridge St. drders left at I,o\\don I'.ros,, Plumbers, 36 ProvinLe .'^t. Residence, 31 Blossom St. BOSTON. Gutter and Conductor Pipes put up and repaired. 408 A HALF CEXTTKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. in this coiuitry, requiring no r-ure or attention whatever, and the only machine that can make a iierfeet illuminating- gas for fifty cents ])er thousand feet, from the fact that it uses up every (Iroji of oil. none having to he drawn off or w-asted, as with all other machines. These machines are especially adapted to the lighting of dwellingdiouses. hotels, churches aud factories, either for lighting, heating or cooking. There are a great many of them in use in and around Boston, and the company refer to these to prove that they are correct in mak- ing this statement. Parties interested should correspond with the company, who will furnish all desired information. Walter S. Sa.mtsox does a general lousiness as a. mason and builder, having his office at ;-).'! State street. Mr. Samjisou is one of the best known men in the business, having been identified with the trade for a great many years, and having an established reputation which ]jlaces him in the front raidv among the masons of the city. He has built a great many structures iu different parts of the city aud has all the facilities for doing first-class work proiu[itly and to the entire satisfaction of those by whom he is employed. Mr. Saiii)ison is a member of the Master Builders" Association and has a wide acquaintance among the trade. He is prepared to make estimates du anything iu his line and take CI infracts for doing all kinds of masonry work, which he executes in the most skillful and workmaidike manner. NuTTEK & Seabukv do a general business in steam and hot-water heating in all its branches. They have had years of practical experience, aud with the best of facilities aud the latest modern improved appliances for doing the work are specially well fitted to do anything in the line of putting in a heating system, doing all the work in connection with the pdant. They make a speciality of efpiipping public buildings, private residences and factories with ht-ating systems. They have in their employ a force of the most skilled w^orkmen, and do nothing but first-class work, as is testified to by the many very large contracts which they have fulfilled to tlie entire satisfaction of their customers. They have furnished the heating system for a very large number of the largest and Ijest houses and office buildings in this city, among them being the Grand Opera House, Boston : Hotel Graft'am, Beacon and Boylston streets, Boston ; Hotel Erickson, Commonwealth avenue, Boston ; Hotel Majestic, New York City (the largest hotel in New York) ; Joseph Jefferson's ])rivate residence. Buzzard's Bay, and the John V. Webber liouse, Corey Hill. This firm at present have a large amount of work on hand, and are always ready to furnish jilans and estimates. Their office and shop is at ")1 Oliver street, and their telephone number is 1801. coriiT HolsE. 1!Y I'EI!MI>SIOX OF W.\LTKi; s. f-AMrSO.N A HALF (EXTL'KY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 409 The Bdsiox AnoMATir Fikk Alakm Compaxv, 111 :\[ilk street and 1,', Ceiitval wharf, wliicli succeeded to the Boston business of the Automatic Fire Ahirni and Extinguisher Company and the United States Electric Fire Signal Company, are doing an extensive and in- creasing business in supplying the larger buildings with automatic and manual fire alarms of the latest and most improved kind, which have received the unqualified endorsement of tlie insurance companies and been adopted by more than four hundred buildings in and around Boston. The foundation of an automatic fire ahirm is the tliermostat, or Iieat\letector, and the .system introduced by this company has been developed to a wonderful degree of iMn-fection. The thermostats can be adjusted to any degree of temperature and are arran^ged at short inter- vals along the ceiling of every room, so that any excessive heat, such as is caused by a fire in any one of these rooms, sets the system in operation and tlie proj.cr jiarties are at once notified Jf the fact. In this way a fire lias no chance of getting under headway before it is discovered. The company Iiave equipped a very large number of the largest buildings with their system, and in all cases it has proven a very eflicient safeguard, preventing what might otherwise have been a very serious conflagration. The company are always pleased to give any information and furnish estimates when applied to. They have a force of skilled workmen to install tlie system in buildings and are recommended to the jiublic by the insurance companies, whose appreciation is shown by a reduction of ten per cent, on insurance rates. OxE of the best known firms in the manufacture of architectural sheet metal work, in this part of the country, is that of E. Van Xoorden & Co.. 38.3 to 387 Harrison avenue. The busi- ness was established in 1873, and has grown to be a very large and important industry, employ- ing a large force of skilled workmen in getting out the specialties, such as metal skvliohts, ventilators, shingles, ceilings, etc. These goods have a very high reputation among the tirade and are largely used m the construction of modern buildings, especially in the large towns and cities throughout New England, although the trade which the concern enjoys is not confined to this territory, for large shipments are made to the West and South. Tli'ere are some very handsome buildings in this city that have been furnished with the product of this company, and the quality of the work speaks for itself. Among such buildings are the Manufacturers' Bank building, National Rockland liank, Bay State Tyi^e Foundry.^ Boston Button Company, Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Mechanics' Iron Foundry, Standard Cordage Company King s Brewery, City Hospital, Elysium Club building, Institute of Technology, New Eno-land Conservatory of Music, New Public Library, Palace Theatre, Agassiz Museum, Cambridge Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Castle S.piare Theatre. A. Shumaii & Co., Armstrono- Transfer Company, B. A. Atkinson & Co., Bigelow. Kennard & Co.. Boston Gas Light Company, Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad, R. H. White & Co.. Silver Grill, Country Club, Brookline, Jordan, Marsh & Co., and the Masonic Temple. Nothing but the best of material is used, and with the long experience of the company everything is np to date in design and finish. With every facility for doing anything in this line the company are able to take contracts for special work with the assurance that it will be done in a satisfactory manner in every way. The company will furnish catalogues of materials carried in stock when applied to, or will make estimates on special designs if desired. Ix 1884 Charies Lemmler established the business as contractor and builder which he has since carried on with such marked success. Few men that started in at the time he did have 410 A HALF CENTIRY OF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXr,. been more successful or built up a better business. Witli years of i^ractieal experience at the trade, he was especially fitted to carry on the business in a way to make it both profitable and satisfactory. He has liuilt a very large number of structures of all kinds, including many very handsome residences throughout Xew England, and has won the esteem of the building jiublic by his straightforward and businessdike transactions. Beginning in a small way lie has bialt up a trade wliich is to-day one of the best in his line, and it is constantly increasing each year. He has the facilities for doing all kinds of building, and is always pleased to make plans and estimates when called upon to do so. His shop and residence are on Washington street, near Beach street, Eoslimlale. Avhere he can lie consulted by those about to build. The many advantages of cypress Avood for building purposes have become very generally known, and its durability for certain purposes — notably for shingles, gutters, and cnnduct- ors — is superior to that of any fither material commonly used. The leading house making a specialty of this lumlier and its jirodncts is The A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, whose president and founder, A. T. Stearns, was the pioneer in the intro- duction of cypress into New England. The business was established by Mr. Steariis in 1849, and was incorporated as a stnck cnmpany in 1883. The business comprises lumber yards, planing and moulding mills, a door, sash and blind factory, etc., and the company manufactures sheathing, flooring, clapboarding, gutters and condu'-tors (under their own patents), mfiuldings, and fittings of all kinds, and all varieties of lumber used by carpenters and builders. Its suppl}- is obtained from large mills in the South, and its drydiouses at iSTeponset contain over a million feet, while with mills containing new and imjiroved macliinery no exjiense is siKired in reaching the best results. The main office of the company, its mills and wharves are at Neponset, ]Mass. ; and it has. also, two offices in the city jjroper — at 166 Devonshire street and 104 Friend street — at either of which latter places its goods can be inspected by those who cannot visit the works at Xeponset. Cypress shingles manufactured by the company will last three or four times as long as pine or cedar, while its cypress gutters and conductors are better and more durable than tliose of tin or galvanized iron. All correspondence of the company is conducted from Xejionset, where all mail should be addressed! Its trade extends throughout the Xew England and Middle States. Persons intruding to build should not fail to first see for themselves what tliis company has to offer. Buildings finished in cypress from The A. T. Stearns Lumber Company are as follows: Tublic Library at Nahant ; Town Hall at Essex: Episcopal churches at Dorchester, Quincy, and other places; Unitari-an Chundi at Brighton; Congregational Church at Someiville; Swedenborgian Church at Xewton; schoobhouses at Everett, Quincy, Cambridge, Brighton, and other places; and residences, hotels, and business buildings too numerous to mentitni. ]\Iaxv belts are needed to turn the many wheels which keep our mills emjiloyed, and many a,re the makers of such a necessity; but among the leaders in this trade may be mentioned the Shultz Belting Company. This company, which was established in St. Louis in 1S7C, consists of the following offi- cials: J. A. J. Shultz, president, and B. C. Alvord, secretary and treasurer. MUTUAL LIFE 1^'S L'll-V XCE LL1LI>J-M_., 31 1 I K >l 1:1,1 1'. s'-' --.V llini.Dl.Ni: liF TlIK IMIPIC >1AXI KArTI'l;r\<; <(l.. ( iil.l M i;r.s AVE. I MAIN Ill'l-'K !•: AMI WIIKICS (IF THE 1!. F. STFUTEVAXT CO., JAMAICA I'L.ilN. A HALF CENTUKV OF BOSTON'S BlJILDIXti. 411 They are wholesale ami retail manufacturers of lielting ami mill supi)lies. making a spe- cialty of raw-hide belting and lace, leather. Particularly valuable is their patent leather pulley covering, which prevents loss of speed and is much more durable and effective than any similar article. The company is located at 1()4 Summer street, Boston, Mass., :ind their goods are shipped all over the world. George J. Kelley is the manager. The business of dealing in second-hand building nuiterial is ipiite an extensive one in this city, and one of the largest dealers is Augustus F. Lash, wlio has been engaged in this line of building material for nearly fifty years. Some idea of the extent of the business may be obtaine. F. C'ldeord & Co., carpenters and builders, was established in ISliO at 434 Tremont street. Tliey have since moved to 477 Tremont street, where they are at the present time. They do a general business in carp)entry and building, and have done the work in their line on nuuiy of the representative buildings in the city and elsewhere. Among some of the buildings upon whieli they have been engaged are tlie old Post Ofiice, State Street Stock Exchange building, Kialto building on Devonshire street opposite the Post Office, the Equitable building, the Fisk building. Odd Fellows building, Paine Memorial, John Hancock building, Masonic Temple, Berkeley Temple, the Phoenix building, Albion, Boylston, Chamber of Commerce and Carter buildings, and many others. They stand high among the reputable building firms in the city and have an enviable reputation for first-class workmanship. Tlie firm is one of the oldest in the business and has contributed many fine liuihlings to the growth of the city. The firm of J. M. JIarston & Co. was established in 1844, and up to 1885 was engaged in the building business, having in that time constructed a great many residences in Eoxbury and vicinity. Since 1885 the business has been principally in tlie manufacture and sale of hand, foot and steam power machinery, one of the specialties being the Marston patents. The company now do a very large business in the machinery line, having a trade which extends all over the world. The ;Marstou patent hand and loot power wood-working machinery is well known and extensively used everywhere, and the large shops of the company are kept constantly busy filling orders for new machines, which includes hand and foot power circular saws and hand saws. These macliines are of the latest improved patterns and are especially adapted to shops where steam power is not used. They are thoroughly built "of tlie best material, and warranted. INIr. Marston has had a very large experience in the business and knows all the requirements of foot power machinery. The factory and office of the company are located at 226 to 230 llnggles street, Edxbury. The company issue a very neat A HALF CENTUKV OF ISOSTOX's BUILDIXG. 413 illustrated catalogue, giving all the particulars about the machiuery uianufacturt^il aud for sale, which they are pleased to mail to anyone interested on application. BoroE, Gallaghek & Co., of 178 Devonshire street, plasterers, during the past twelve years have been identified with some of the largest buildings, not only in Boston, but also in New York, New Jersey, and the New England States. Notable among these in Boston are the Youth's Companion building, Cullis building, the Hotel Ilkley on Huntington avenue, Smith building in Court stjuare, Charlesgate Hotel, Hotel Beresford, and Kossuth Hall. They did the plastering on the John Stetson building, head house at City Point, and the Worthington building on State street. They have had some large contracts from Norcross Brothers. In New York, the Bloomingdale Asylum (seven large buildings). Also, JMrs. E. F. Shepiard's house at Scarborough; Mr. H. McKay Twombly's house at Madison, N. J.; Institution for Savings at Hartford, Conn. ; Savings Bank at Norwich, Conn. ; the Industrial Trust Company and Telephone buildings at Providence, E. I. ; and they are now at work on the Brookline High School. They continually aim to maintain a reputation for reliability and first-class work. BixBY Brothers, 335 West Fourth street, South Boston, began business in 1887, doing a general business as carpenters and liuildcrs. The^" have erected buildings in the following places : Newton, Somerville, Dorchester, Everett, and South Boston. Thay have done a great deal of work in this city and vicinity and have a very high reputation among the trade. They make a specialty of private resich'nces and tenement houses and their business is constantly increasing. They have also performed contracts on several public buildings, among which are the following : The Jewish Synagogue, Union Park street ; South Baptist Church, South Boston; and Washington \'illage Methodist Episcopal Church. Clark's Hotel is one of the well-known down-town hotels, being centrally and conven- iently located on Washington and Avery streets, near the theatres, and where the various electric lines pass the door, making it very convenient for everyone to reach. The l-.ouse is well arranged, ami has all the modern conveniences, passenger elevators, etc., which make the modern hotel so much more convenient and desirable than the old-fashioned hostelries. The rooms are all large and very pleasant, being elegantly finished and furnished. This house is a very jDopular resort for traveling and business men, and its well-appointed dining-rooms are well patronized. It is run on the European plan, and has one of the best restaurants connected to be found in the city. The proprietor, M. C. Clark, is one of the l)est-known landlords in the city and has establislied a reputation for his house second to none. His long experience in the business has acquainted him with all the requirements of a first-class hotel and he has the very best class of patronage. William T. Sweet tt Co., 94 Water street, are dealers in hot-air inimping engines, also gas and gasoline power engines and parts. In addition to dealing in these machines they are also prepared to do repairing of all kinds. The business was established in 1887, and since that time Mr. Sweet has sold many thousands of these machines, for one purpose or another, and they have always given the best of satisfaction. They are the sole New England agents for the Allman Gas Engine, aud for the hot-air pumping engine manufactured by the De 414 A HALF CEXTUI'.Y OF I'.OSTOX's BUII.DIXt;. Laniater Iron Works. These engines are especially intended for pnmping water, and are especially adapted for fnrnisliing water to the upper floors of hoiises in cities and towns. (3ne of them will furnish ample water to the highest part of the house; and from a sanitary point of view, and as a protection in case of tire, they are invaluable. The firm make a specialty of pvitting in these machines, and are prepared to do all the necessary pijiing and plumbing in connection therewith. Among some of the customers who have been srij)plied witli these engines are: Mr. Josepjli Jefferson, the noted actor, at Buzzard's Bay, where the engine is used in j)umping water to liis residence; William A. Fiench, Camden, Me.; George P. Gardner, John Parkinson, and Horace S. Crowell (Mr. Crowell lias two of the machines at his place in AVoods Holl) ; R. M. Morse, Falmouth, ]\[ass. ; J. M. Forbes, two liot-air engines; Henrj- S. Russell, Milton, Mass. ; Tobey Club, ]\Ionument, Mass. ; Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Mass. ; J. Edward Searles, Jfarion, ^Nfass. All orders received by this firm are promptly filled, and the work personally superintended by Mr. Sweet, whose long exjjerience makes him one of the best engineers in the city. Till-: firm of William A. I\Iason & Son, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, is one of tlie oldest concerns now iu tlie business in this section, having been established in 18.'!9. Tlie ]iresent firm name was adopted in 1871. This firm has done a vast amount of business, in the nearly sixty years that it has been in existence, and tliey have tlie original notes of all work done in that time, as well as a vast collection of work by otlier surveyors, which forms a very val- uable reference book, from which they are prepared to re-establish old boundaries as well as to make new ones. Tlie business includes civil engineering, surveying, and the measurement of mechanics' work ; and the concern is in a jiosition to furnish surveys and plans for the division of estates, jjlans, specifications, and contracts for work, lay out the foundations for buildings, etc. Tlie office of the firm is at fi31 ^Massachusetts avenue, Central square, CamViridgejiort, and all orders are assured promjit and careful attention, all work being accurately and skillfully performed by competent and experienced workmen. Aside from private residences, apartment houses, etc., the firm has laid out the foundation lines for the Ikiston Woven Hose and Rubber Company's buildings ; the Sewall & Day Cordage works at Allston; a building for Ginn & Co., school-book publishers, at Cambridgeport ; Caverly Hall, students' dormitory, Harvard Square ; Ware Hall, students" dormitory, Old Cambridge; and several of the college biiildings, such as the Fay Atheneum, Conant Hall, Perkins Hall. Law Library, and others. Thp: firm of E. Hodge & Co., who have been engaged in the business of manufacturing boilers and plate iron work since 1864, have furnished a great many plants, and specimens of their work may be found in all kinds of manufactories and public and private buildings all over the United States. This house makes locomotive and stationary boilers, smoke fiues, water tanks and stand-pipes, and has amjile facilities at its sho]is for the proper and satis- factory execution of orders in any branch of tlie business. The jilain cylinder boiler and the two-flue boiler have been replaced by the horizontal return tubular, loconnitive, and vertical tubular types. In addition to tliese styles the house also manufactures the Manning Vertical Boiler, which has recently become popular in New England, and all kinds of marine boilers. Tlie shops cif the comiiany are located lai Liverjiool street. East Boston, and John E. Lynch is A HALP' CENTlTKY OF BOSTOX's BLTLDIXG. 41i"5 the sole partner. Among their manj- cnstomers may be mentioned tlie West End Street Rail- way Company; the Dominion Coal Company; Rockport Granite Company; Otis Brothers Company, New York ; City of Boston ; Revere Beanh & Lynn and Boston & Maine railroads ; Mexican Central Railway ; Brookline Gas Light Company ; B. F. Sturtevant Company ; Nau- tasket Beach Steamboat Company ; D. T. Church, Tiverton, R. I. ; New York Safety Steam Tower Company; Edison Electric Light Comjjany ; the Lock wood Manufacturing Company; Jordan, Marsh & Co. ; Massachusetts General Hospital ; United States Post Office and Sub- treasury ; Boston & Bangor Steamship Company; Kennebec Steamboat Company; New Bed- ford, Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard Steamboat Company. Their trade extends all over the United States and Canada. W. S. Eexdle, well known as a successful and competent pile driver, wliai-f and bridge builder, has been established in business since 1889, and in that time has done a great deal of work all over New England. Among some of the contracts which he has filled are founda- tions for the Sturtevant Blower Manufacturing Company's factory at Dorchester, the Central Fire Station at ^Melrose, aiul the Boston "Woven Hose and Rubber Company's factory at East Camln-idge ; also, abutment foundations for the Dover Street Bridge, and about two hundred others all over the State. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable worknmn, and has all the facilities for doing the heaviest work in his line. He has had contracts for the following cities and towns, viz.: Boston, Lynn, Jfelrose, Nahant, and Waltliani, and also for the United States Government. He is always pleased to furnish estimates for work in any part of New Eugland. TiiEKE was a time when New Eugland did quite a business in iron working, but tlie larger part of that business has long since been removed to other sections of the country nearer the source of the raw materials. Tliere is one line of manufacture which has, however, remained in this section and is one of the important industries. Among those engaged in the business referred to, none are better or more widely known than George Miles, the manufacturer of steam boilers and all kinds of plate iron work. His plant is located at the corner of Richard and Baldwin streets. South Boston, and the business was established by him in 1869. He has always done a very large business, and it has been increasing within the last few years. His iwoduct goes all over the United States and Canada, and among some of the local buildings whicli he has equipped are the Boston Herald, Globe, Journal, and Advertiser buildings, Hotel Thorudike, -the Thorndike building, and the plants for the American Sugar Refining Company in ];oston. New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans, besides many other buildings eqiuilly prominent. His product includes boilers, feed-water heaters, evaporators, pulp stills, etc., and he has one of the best-equipped plants for the manufacture of these specialties in the country. Having been for so many years identified with the business, and having among his customers some of the largest concerns in all parts of the country, Mr. Miles is well known everywhere, and has always had a splendid reputation as a business man. W. A. MniTFELDT, at 192 Devonshire street, does a general rooting Inisiness, eitlier gravel, slate, or metal. He also lays floors of asphalt, using the very best imported rock asphalt. He has had a long experience in this line of work and thoroughly understands his business. In aildition to the above he lays artificial stone, tar and concrete walks and drives. He has 410 A HAH^ CENTURY OF BOSTON' S BUILDING. worked up a very extensive biisineFs witliiii the past few years, doing work all over Xew Eng- land, wherever there is a demand for anything in his line. He employs the Lest of skilled workmen and uses none 1 nt first-class materials, having laid walks, floors, or roofing on or about many of the best buildings in Boston. Among such being those of Hecht Brothers; S. S. Pierce, Central wharf : Hotels Chesterfield, Erickson, Belvoir, and West Gate; Ellicut Cottage, Franklin I'ark: Administration building. Back Bay Park; head' house, Marine Park, South Boston ; and Cambridge High School building. TiiF, C'dI'ley Si,irAi;K Hotel, which has Init recently lieen opened to the public, is one of the finest first-class hotels in the city, and its location, in the very centre of the most aristo- ci'atic part of the famous Back Bay, makes it one of the most desirable places at which to stop. It is a new house of the highest class, and ]irovides for its V-iatrons on either the American or European jilan. It is thor- (lughly built, and is strictly fire-proof, and is re[)lete with all the modern ap- pointments for a house of this class. It is convenient to the railroad stations, trading centres, and places of amusement, and the electric car service is nowdieve more complete and convenient than here. The house has three hundred elegantly furnished rooms, single and en suite, with private parlors and liaths. All the fur- nishings are new and of the very best. The jiroprietors, F. S. Eisteen c^ Co., are well known in the business, and allow nothing to be leit undone that will add til tlie comfort and convenience of their guests or the i)oindarity of the house. The ^Massachusetts Heatinc: and Vextilatixo Comi'Anv. a coi-])oration formed under the Massachusetts laws, in ISy2, for the purpose of designing, man- ufacturing and installing heating, ventil- ating and sanitary apparatus for schools, state, city, town and county buildings, has done a very successful business and its ap|)aratus is in practical use all o\er the New England and ^Middle States, giving the very best of satisfacti Q< O P. -«-• a > (D P. "3 >< o pq ft 03 Remember We take the lead in the manufacture and sale of Scientific and Electrical Instruments In the United States, as we invent and not Imitate, and Our stock comprises Physical and Chemical Apparatus of every description for use in Colleges, Schools and Manufactories. All kinds of Electrical Instruments and Supplies for Railroad, Telephone and Medical use, as well as Fire and Burglar Alarm and Standard Testing Apparatus. We ai'e centrally located at 141 Franklin, corner Federal Street, BOSTON, MASS , .And only two minutes" walk from the Post Ottice. ZiEGLER Electric Co., Manufacturers, Dealers and Importers. ESTABLISHED 1872. The R. Woodman Manufacturing i Supply Co. Manufacturers of and Dealers in LIGHT RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES. 63 Oliver and 37 Wendell Sts., Boston, Mass. Lead Car Seals and Car-Sealing Presses, Woodman's Patent Nun-clogable and Hudson's and Pond's Improved Ticket Punches, Check Protectors, Ribbon Stamps, Perforating Stamps, Railroad Baggage Checks, Hotel and Restaurant Checks, Pew Numbers, Coat. Skate and Pool Checks, Badges, in Cold, Silver and Nickel, Woodman & Hudson's Patent Improved Speed Indicators Three Drouze and SiUor Medals, and Diplomas, have been awarded these iroods hj the MasKJi- chusetts Charitable Slecbauic Association, anartnership with him, and the present firm consists of John, Jerome J., and John J. McNamara. The firm holds a membership in the Mechanics' Exchange, and has an office at the rooms of the association at 17 Otis street. Very many of the largest and handsomest of Boston's great business and other blocks ^ ^^^^^^^ have been built by this company, and these J^M V 'HHRPlst' '^^'^ '^^ \i&^'^ proof of their skill and work- jfWf ■''^^^^^^ - manship. Included in the list of these ^ W buildings are the Hecht building on Fed- " --^ ■ -*^ eral street, one of the largest and most thoroughly constructed business structures in the neighborhood; Temple Adath Israel, the handsome church building on Hunt- ington avenue; tlie large building of the Leopold jMorse Company in Brattle square ; tlie city scliool buildings ou Eustis and Morton streets and at Sullivan scjuare in Charlestown; hotels Dunbar, Adelphia, and Landor, all of them large and hand- some biuldings showing the best of work- mansliip; L. Prang's house on Center street ; E. Van Horn's house at Dedham; the Soldiers' Home in Clielsea ; McCormick's brewery in Roxbury ; St. Botolph Hall, on St. Botolph street, J. B. Dsborn's liuilding at the corner of South and Beach streets; the Ashmont engine house; .lOHN McXAMARA. A nVEKTISKM KNTS. 41',) JohnMcNamara&Sons John J. McNamaua. Jerome J. JLcXamaka. CARPENTERS and GENERAL • CONTRACTORS, 61 Wareham St., and 1 7 Otis Street, BOSTON. 420 A HALF CENTURV OF P.OSTOn's BUILDING. Roslindale engine house ; engine lioiise on Monument street in Charlestown ; patrol liouse at Station 13 ; ten apartment houses for Thomas Parker in Roxbury ; eight apartment houses at City Point for John MpNamara; Six apai-tment houses for Godfrey Morse on Hanover street; five liandsome private residences on Huntington avenue; seven on St. Botolph street; and a large number of others in and around Boston. Witli such a showing of elegant build- ings to their credit it is not to be wondered at that this concern liave a reputation as contractors and builders which places them very near tlie head of tlie list. Mr. MoNamara, Sr., is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and his son Jolin J. is a iiieniber of the Eoyal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen, and others. M. Elston & Son are contractors for tlie tearing down and removal of old buildings, hav- ing all the facilities for doing the heaviest work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. They have done a great deal of work in and around Boston and are well-known and reliable. Their yard is at Fiske wharf. Main street, coiner of Pioneer street, Carabridgeport. Geor(;e H. 1'akkkk, 34 Beverly street, Boston, does a general business as a carpenter and builder. He has liad years of practical experience at tlie business and tliorouglily understands all the det:iils of the trade. He lias done a great deal of iiuilding in and around this city, and is prepared to take contracts for the construction of buildings of all kinds. Among some of the buildings erected are the following : 9I)i) Club House, Charlestown, Mass. ; (Officers' Quar- ters, L, M, N, and 0, Charlestown Navy Yard; Essex Town Hall and Memorial Building, Essex, Mass.; also a number of large freight liouses for the New York & New England Eaih'oad in different sections of tire country. Ci'TTEi; & 1'akkek, 232 and 234 Friend street, are wholesale and retail dealers in doors, windows, blinds, door and window frames, blind trimmings, sash cord, wood shelves, window weights, etc. Thej' make a specialty of liardwood doors, and have a large and well-assorted stock from which orders can be promptly tilled. They furnish a great many of the builders with everytliing iu their line and do a very large business all over New England. The business now carried on by M. E. Eidout & Co. has been in successful operation for nearly fii'tj' years, having been established about 1850 by D. Osborn. Several changes have since been made in the name and owuershiji of the plant, but the business has gone on just the same. The tinu operate a moulding and planing mill and are the manufacturers of Parker's Weather Strips, wliich have had a very large sale all over New England. The company fur- nish a large amount of the builders' finish, mouldings, brackets, hardwood, hard-pine and spruce flooring, etc.. used in Boston and vicinity, having special facilities for getting out this kind of stork in the very best shape, from thoroughly seasoned material. Both members of the firm are men of experience in the business. Mr. Eidout has been closely identified with tlie busi- ness interests of Cambridge for many years. Charles jM. Conant, the other member of the firm, has lieen connected with the concern since 18S4, and a i)artner since 1893. The mills and office are located ou State street, Cambridgeport. Among the buildings furnished bj^ this firm are the fine apartment houses on the corner of Marlborough and Exeter streets, and on the cor- ner of Boylston street and Massachusetts avenue; St. Cecilia's Church, Back Bay; Cambridge Mutual Insurance Company's building, Cambridge; and hundreds of fine residences in Brook- line, Newton and Cambridge. [I c 4^ irr ^^4 f i ^ '' < Wr]^n V ,3 '1;?^%^ -^1 SIS ^iS ' i" ^ jaf ~1 pf' 1 ^'!;^ hh s 5 ; 1 '^' f EXETEU CIIAIMBEKS, E.XETEU STREET. I!Y PEKMISSIIIX (IF sAItfiENT A CU XXIX(i II A \I, I'liOPKIETOI!; FIKST CnURCII OF CHRIST, (sCrENTISX), FALMOUTH AND NORWAY STS. BV PERMISSION OF FI.'ANKLIN I. WELCH, ARCHITECT, COSTOX. l^KMIilMI. i>l- .1. .1. >IAN"WOlir>. BLTLT I!V jriLTON C. BI!I)\VXELL. RKM IlKXCE OF K. P. BAMiS. lUTLT ]!Y MIl.TdX r. F.I;( iWXKI.T.. A HALF CEXTUKV OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. 421 MiLTOX C. Bkownell, one of Boston's well-known and most liiglily esteemed contractors and builders, a prominent member of the Builders' and Coutraetors' Exchange, and a business man with a high reijutatiou for square and honorable dealing, has been identified with the building interests of Boston and vicinity for many years, during which he has constructed a large number of buildings, including some very handsome and elegantly finished private residences, which are excellent examples of the builders' art. He has an office at the rooms of the Mechanics' Exchange, 17 Otis street, and also at his residence, 2 Lawrence street, Medford. He does a general business as contractor and builder, and his business has gi'own very rapidly within the past few years. His long experience and well-known ability give him a very high standing among the trade, and with the best of facilities for doing first-class work he is kept very busy all the time. He is always pleased to furnisli plans and estimates, which he does at short notice, and his contracts are always fulfilled with promptness and to the satisfaction of all interested parties. Few men have a better reputation for thoroughness and reliability than Mr. Browuell, and he justly deserves the reputation wjiich he has gained by many years of faithful devotion to the business. E. E. CocHKAx, 3726 Washington street, does a general business as a real estate agent, auctioneer, and insurance broker. He has had a long experience in the business and is well known. He places insurance in all the most reliable companies, and negotiates loans and mortgages on real estate. He does a very large amount of business, which he is constantly increasing. He is known as a thoroughly square and reliable business man, and his customers are among the best classes. GoocH & Pray, masons and builders, with an office at IfiC Devonsliire street, room 52, are among the well-known firms in the city who have Ijuilt up a splendid business and made a reputation whicli places them in the front rank in the trade. They have done a large amount of building, having received many important contracts which have required experience and ability as well as the employment of a large force of workmen. The firm are members of the Master Builders' Association, which is a guarantee of their honesty and responsibility. They have been identified with the building interests of the city for many years and have contributed a large share to the building up of the city, some of the handsomest blocks and large buildings having been constructed by them. Tliey take contracts for the complete work, doing the masonry and carpenter work, and they have the facilities for doing the heaviest work in connection with building. Their business has increased very rapiiUy within the past few years, and they are now at work on large contracts wdiich will take some time to complete. The Clixton Wire Cloth Compaxy are the largest manufacturers of the wire lath which is now being called for in connection with the construction of modern "fire-proof" buildings. Their "Clinton" stiffened wire lath is being very generally used throughout the country and has a very high reputation among the trade. At the large factory of the company at Clinton, Mass., are the facilities for the manufacture of everything in the line of wire lath, wire screens, iron wire partitions, etc. Tlie works are the most complete and extensive in the country and the product goes all over the w^orld. The Boston office is located at 199 Washington street. The company have complete facilities for the production of the above goods, either plain, galvanized, or japanned, and are doing a very large business at the present time. 422 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. Cakl S. Nielsox & Co., 1 Beacon street, do a geueral real estate, insurance, and building business. In the line of building they make a specialty of improving suburban property by building upon it and selling the buildings on the most favorable terms. In this way this company has helped many a man to own a home of his own, who would never have had one otherwise. It has a large number of houses in different suburbs around Boston, which it offers to those looking for a house either as a home or for an investment. Among the buildings which this company has erected are a large brick block in Chelsea; a brick block on Chelsea street, near Broadway, in Everett; a large school-house on Beachem street, for the city of Everett; a large store and apartment block on Broadway, near Everett square, in Everett; a large block on the corner of Broadway and Ferry street; also, one on Broadway, near Ferry street; a large block on Ferry street, containing stores and apartments; and about two hundred dwelling-houses, also in Everett. In 1894 the office was moved from Everett to Boston and the work of developing jirop- erty in Dorchester begun, where the company has quite a number of very desirable houses all ready for occupancy. Mr. Nielson is one of the most wide-awake and enterprising men in the business to-day, and he has done more in building up suburban districts than any other man or company. The buildings which he puts up are of the very best in design and finish, well built in every particular. Mr. Nielson established the busi- ness, which he has since built up and made so successful, in 18SS. A specialty is made of buildiug houses for sale, an Dorchester avenue. South I.oston. The company holds a membership in the Master ]!uilders" Association and Mechanics' Exchange, and has a branch office at Braintree, Mass. The business is one requiring a great deal of skill and experience, and there are but few cou- cerns in this part of the connti-y able to take such contracts as are taken by this company, who have all the facilities for doing the largest work. Locis E. BoYDEX, 18 Brattle sc[uare, does a general business as a plumber anil sanitary engineer, having established the business in 1892. Mr. Boyden is a thoroughly practical and competent workman, having had years of experience in the Imsiness and thoroughly under- standing all the details of the wcu'k required. He has done the work on a great many of the large buildings in this city and vicinity, aiul has a very liigh reputation for the skillful and satisfactory manner in which the work has been done. His trade extends all over the eastern ]iart of tlie state and is constantly increasing. He makes a specialty of house plumbing and has all the facilities for doing the work in a scientific manner. He attends to all orders promi)tly. Among others, he has done the work on P. H. Prior's residence. Monument square, Charlestown ; H. T. Allen & Co.'s block of fourteen dwelling-houses and stores, on the cor- ner of Cambridge and Linden streets, Allston ; and H. T. Allen & Co.'s block of dwellings on Beacon street in Allston. DiccKKi; Brotheks, carpenters and builders, have a shop at the rear of Gl Warren street, where they have facilities for doing all kinds of carpentry and jobbing. The firm consists of William H. and Herliert Decker, both practical and experienced workmen, and they have been established in business since 1884. They have built a number of large structures and resi- dences in different parts of the city, and have a reputation for doing first-class work. This firm have built up a very good business, which is increasing each year. As builders they stand very high in the trade, and have a r(q>utation for thoroughness and rclialiility second to none. They are always ])leased to furnish estimates and give any information which may be desired by those about to build or rejiair buildings, and their prices are as low as is consistent with first- class materials and workmanship. ADVr.RTISKMKNTS. 425 The John Cavanagh & Son Building Moving Co. Building: Movers 1 Contractors, OFFICE AND YARD: 473 Dorchester Ave., SOUTH BOSTON. _„. I ( 166 Devonshire St., (Master Builders' Association). ( 17 Otis Street, (Mechanics' Exchange;. CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. John Cavanagh, Pres. \Vm. H. Cavanagh, Sec. and Treas. John W. Priesing. Gustave W. Priesing. J, W, PRIESING & SON, Architects and Builders, 1 3 Armstrong Street, PLANS FURNISHED. SPECIFICATIONS DRAWN. T A ^A A T ^^ A DI ATM ESTIMATES GIVEN. JA/VlAlLA rLAllN 42G A HALF CENTITRY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. Stephen Bkennan is one of the well-known masons and buiklers, wlio has been identified with the building interests of Boston and vicinity for a great many years and is a member of the Mechanics' Association, with an office at the rooms of the association, 17 Otis street. He also has an office at 179 Cambridge street. He is engaged in doing a general business as a mason and builder, having established the business in 1882. He has erected a great many buildings all over Xew England, but has done more here in Boston than anywhere else. Among some of the more notable buildings which he has erected are St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Academy at Allston Heights, five school buildings for the city of Boston, the Open Ward and Surgical building at the City Hospital, tlie White building on Boylston street, the Ware Hall in Cambridge, and many others. Mr. Brennan is a man who has had a great many years of practical experience in the building business, and he is a thoroughly competent and reliable niau in every resi)ect. There are few men in the business who have been more successful than Mr. Brennan, and lie has built up a very large and constantly increasing trade. As a builder he is acknowledged as one of the best, and the great number of large and prominent buildings which he has erected speak very highly for his skill and ability. The Huntington, one of the finest of the handsome and well-appointed Back Bay hotels, is very conveniently located, at the corner of Copley square and Huntington avenue. It is in the very centre of the fashionable resi- dential portion of the city, near the public library, art museum, etc., and on the line of all the electrics coming down town. The house is elegantly fitted and fur- nished, having all the modern conveniences, and being thoroughly modern in all its appointments. Charles A. Jones is the proprietor, and he has made the house one of the most popular and best patronized. Nothing is wanting for the convenience and comfort of the guest. TheRobekts IronWork.s Company a re probably one of the l)est known boiler makers, machinists, and general iron workers in this part of the country, having been in business for a great many years and always doing a very large and constantly increasing l)usiness in the various lines. The large plant of the company is located at 92 Main street, Cambridgeport, and is one of the best erpiipped, in every department, to be found anywhere. They manufacture steam boilers for all ]iurposes, in capacity from three to one hundred and twenty-five horse-power, and keep a stock on hand from wliicli orders can be filled very promptly. They also have facilities for making to order anything in this line, of any size and for any purpose. The large machine shops in connection with the [ilate and sheet iron works enable them to do anything in the line of iron working witli promptness and satisfaction. Charles King & Co., 162 Summer street, are among the well-known plumbers and sani- tary engineers wlio have done a great deal of work in ami around the city. They are prepared to do all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work in a careful and scientific manner. With years of practical experience and skillful workmen they guarantee satisfaction. THE HUNTINGTON. ■ r. MAHV S DIlliCH, CHARI.ESTOW.V. 1!Y rEI!MI<-l(iN l'.i)~10N iiki;ai.I). A HALF CENTURY O I' BOSTOx's BUILDING. 427 McDonnell & Sons, established in 1857, tlic well-known architects ami builders of monu- ments, with lari,'e quarries at (^uincy, Mass., and Barre, Vt., are probal)ly the largest dealeis in granite and marble for monumental and building purposes in New England. In addition to the product of their own quarries, they are also large importers of Italian marble and statuary, and have furnished many of the largest and handsomest monuments in the country. Tliey have yards and otlices in Jiuffalo, X. Y. One of the representative monuments which this concern have erected is the handsome soldiers' monument at Buffalo, which is eighty -eight feet high and cost $50,000. Being the owners of the quarries from which the granite is taken, as well as having the facilities for working it, this concern have a decided advantage over many of their competitors in tiie speedy execution of orders, and in quoting close estimates. They have in their employ one of the best and most experienced monumental designers and architects, and under his personal supervision are enabled to submit drawings and plans perfectly proportioned, original in design and chaste in appearance. They have made the monumental work a special study, and some of tlie latest productions in this line show to what a degree of perfection they have developed the art. In the line of building material they are able to furnish marble and granite of a superior quality and in any quantity, of a grade that is acknowledged to be of the highest standard. There is no granite produced in this country superior to the famous Quincy granite, which has been known and used for more than seventy-five years. They are also pleased to submit designs and estimates on all classes of building and monumental work, and are prepared to set monumental and cemetery work in any part of the country. The well-known firm of Chandler & Barber, located at 15 and 17 Eliot street, Boston, was established in 1888, and consists of Milton A. Chandler and D. Fletcher Barber. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of builders' hardware and manual training appa- ratus. They are also New England agents for Prescotts' sliding-door hangers and other appli- ances. They have supplied the hardware used in many of the public buildings in Boston; also, in the Castle Square Theatre, Tremont Theatre, and many other buildings in this city and elsewhere. Their trade is very extensive, and comes from all parts of the country. A large stock of the best grade of goods in the several lines is constantly carried, and the firm have a splendid reputation for reliability and square dealing, which is deservedly appreciated by their many customers. One of the specialties dealt in is Sloyd and manual training school tools and supplies, and in this line they carry a very large and complete assortment of the latest and most improved appliances. In filling all orders for tools they are carefully selected with a view to their usefulness and the work to be accomplished. Catalogues, illustrating the differ- ent tools and ajipliances, together with price lists, are furnished on application, and satisfaction is guaranteed those wdio purchase their supplies from this house. The firm of Gershom T. Burnham & Co., contractors, carpenters, and Ijuilders, was estab- lished in 1858. The firm name has been changed, first to Snow & Burnham, and then to G. T. Burnham & Co., as at present. The office of the company is at 7G Beverly street. Mr. Rufus M. Meguire, who was at one^ time a member of this firm, was an officer of the Boston Fusiliers and went to the front Avith his company in the late war, where he served three years. He died soon after returning home. Among the buildings which have been erected or upon which the wood work has been ilone by this firm are the Custom House at Barnstable, the 428 A HALF ( EXTURY OF BOSTON' S BUILDIXC,. Mutual Life Insurancf Compan}- of Xew York's building in Boston ; the Luther Y. Bell Gram- mar School in Somerville, the George C. Richardson block on Devonshire street, several Imild- ings for the Sears estate, George C. iticliardson's house on Beacon street. ]\Irs. Abigail Armstrong's store Imilding on ^Yashington street, tlie building occupied by ^MaeuUar, Parker & Williams, the Bromtiehl School building at Harvard, and nniny others. This list of buildings is sufficient to show the class of work done by this well-known firm. Holmes Brothehs, contractors and builders, 7 Water street, began business in 1876, and have been a most successful firm, building during the past nineteen years some of the handsome modern church and institute buiklings. wliicli have given them a reputation for workmanship second to none. Among some of these structures Avhich are particularly worth}' of mention are the Institute Imilding at Yalley Falls ; St. Francis' Church, New Haven ; St. ^Mary's Church, Dedham; the First Presbyterian Church; St. Marj-'s Church, Chapel and Par- sonage ; the People's Chapel, one of the largest and handsomest church buildings in the city; the Sailor's Home at East Boston; the Harris Cres- cent, on Harold street; St. Augustine's school building on E street ; St. ilary's Church, Charles- town; and a very large number of other churches, school buildings, apart- ment hotels, gymnasiums, private residences, etc.. all over New England. Tliey are contractors and builders for doing all kinds of construction work, whether of stone, brick, or wood, and have a large force of skilled workmen in their employ, so that they are able to guarantee their work and in this way they have built up their trade, and to-day they hold a place in the front rank of prominent builders in the city. The firm of Chute & Bagloe, carpenters and builders, was established in 1888, and the office of the firm is at IG Walthaui street. They do a general business in carpentry and build- iuo-, and among the buildings which they have erected are the block numbered 278t)-27<.)0 FIRST ri;F,SBVrKl;lAX lTUl:i II. A HALF CES'TUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 429 AVasliington street, in the Roxbury district; that at the corner of School and Washington streets, at Jamaica J'lain ; and tlie one at 24 Elmore street, iu Eoxbury. The firm has an excellent reputation for workmanship, and there are many buildings in the erection of which they have been emjiloyed to do the wood work that are evidences of their skill and workman- ship. In connection with their other business they are the Boston agents for the Bailey Clothes Reel, one of the most improved and convenient reels on the market. This reel fastens to the door or window, and by its arrangement all the (dothes are put upon it in the house, saving the trouble of going out of doors to hang the clothes, a convenience tliat is appreciated in the winter time when there is snow on the ground, or in blocks where it is necessary to go down several flights of stairs to hang the clothes by the old method. They are always l^leased to furnish any desired information when applied to. Their trade extends all over Xew England, and is very large. M. F. Si'LLivAN, 65 Atlantic avenue, Ijegan business iu 1870, and does a general business as carpenter and builder. He has built a number of large and notable buildings in different parts of the citj-, including the buildings at the corner of Charter and Foster streets, corner of Margaret and Prince streets, corner of Vine street and Mt. Pleasant avenue, the Washington Hall in South Boston, and a building for the Commercial Wharf Company. He has a very high reputation among the trade, and is a man of high standing in tlie communit}-. Ben.tamin Rockwell, 14 Learned street, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, and is well known in Dorchester, where he has done a great deal of work, both in the erection of new buiklings and in general repairs and jobbing. He is a thoroughlj- competent and reliable workman, and has a high reputation among the trade. J. F. Houghton & Sox, 99 Green street, Jamaica Plain, make a specialty of lieating appa- ratus by hot-water circulation, in connection with old furnaces or by sujiplying direct jilants for the purpose. Their system is one which presents many features recommending it, both for economy and the results obtained. One of their specialties is the Jamaica Hot Water Attachment, which consists of a hollow disc or liub, tapped at its circumference to receive fourteen one and a quarter inch pipes or spokes, which may be extended the diameter of the interior of the furnace, and closed at their outer ends ; flow and return pipes are also provided for. This device can be applied to any of the ordinary makes of furnaces, nuiking them heaters for hot-water circulation ; thus saving the expense of an entire new plant, where it is desired to change the system. Having given special attention to tl)is line of work, and being fitted up with the tools and appliances for its successful prosecution, this concern is in a posi- tion to do this work in the best and most satisfactory manner. Wliile they make a specialty of the above work they are also prepared to do a general plumbing business, and have exe- ciited many large contracts in both lines. With more than thirty years' experience they are qualified to undertake any contract, and the confidence which the public have in their ability and the satisfaction which their work has invariably given is the best recommendation of their skill and workmanship. Among some of the more important buildings which they have equipped are the elegant bowling alley of the Jamaica Club; Arcanum Hall, one of the 'finest society buildings in the city ; three of the apartment houses of F. Mattern ; besides stables and studios, private dwellings and business blocks, in different parts of the city. Tliey are 430 A HALF CENTURY^ OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. manufacturers of the devices which they deal in, and keep skilled workmeii to do the work. The Jamaica Hot Water Attachment is a very simple device, and when attached to an ordinary furnace makes it equal to a boiler built especially for the purpose and saves a great amount of expense. They have a large number of these in use in the city and surrounding towns, and have some very flattering testimonials from those who have used the attachment in connection with the different styles of hot-air furnaces. Houghton & Son are always glad to show their attachments and to give any information in regard to them that may be desired. C. H. Belledeu, .5 Province court, Boston, does a general line of building, carpenter and cabinet work, making a specialty of office and store fittings, store fronts, and alteration jobs. He has had a large experience in this line of work which has fitted him for it especially. He has done a good business in his line in the city, having fitted and altered a great number of buildings and stores in the past few years, doing the Avork in a most satisfactory and workman- like manner. He has the best of facilities for doing work in his line, and his business is growing rapidly. His customers are some of the largest property owners in the city. The Park Theatre, under the management of the veteran manager, ]\Ir. John Stetson, is one of the most popular places of amusement in the city. Mr. Stetson's long experience in the theatre business lias made him thoroughly acquainted with the requirements and demands of modern play-houses, and he never offers the public anything but the very best in the way of talent or entertainment. The Park is one of the liandsomest theatres in the country, and thousands of dollars have been spent in furnishing and equipping it to nuike it one of the most attractive and enjoyable. The ijopularity which it has gained, and the high class of talent employed, both speak very highly for the house and the management. The fall and winter season of 1895-6 opens August 26, and Mr. Stetson promises to make it one of the most enjoyable and attractive in the history of Boston theatres. The firm of Lovering Brothers & Soule, consisting of Hiram A. Lovering, Harrison Lovering, and William G. Soule, are extensive dealers in plate glass to be used in buildings of all kinds. Tliey have a trade which extends all over New England, and among some of tlie buildings in tliis city wliich have been supplied by them are the White biulding on Boylston street, Roughan building in Charlestown, Mason & Hamlin building on Boylston street, the Pitts, Kimball & Lewis building on Washington street, and many others. They carry a very large stock of plate glass and fill all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. The old and reliable Eockport Granite Companj% which has been establislied since 186-4, has its quarries at Cape Ann and elsewhere. This company do a very large quarrying business and furnish granite in the rough or dressed in any way that may be required, and have a very extensive trade all over this country and considerable export. The granite used in the Boston Post Office, Suffolk County Court House, the Charlestown State Prison, and a great many other equally prominent buildings, came from the quarries owned by them. They are now furnisliing the stone for the Boston subway, and the dressed granite for the foundation of the new Tremont building and several new school buildings. Tliis company furnisli a very large part of the stone for building purposes in this section of tlie country, and have the best of facilities for getting out the material jiromptly and in the very best manner. The Cape Ann granite has a very liigli n ]iutation ;is a building stone, being very solid and taking a splendid finish. A HALF CEN^TUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXG. 431 Kixg's Windsor Cement Dry Mortar is a preijared cement, for plastering walls, ceilings, or solid partitions, and is ready for immediate use by adding water only. It is ver}- miicli harder than lime mortar, more dense, and saves valuable time in the completion of a building by its quick drying. This cement is being highly recommended, by those in authority, for use in connection with wire lath as a fire-jiroof material. It is applied in the same manner as lime mortar and by the same workmen. Its reputation is established and merits recognized. The following are a few of the many buildings in this city throughout which this material has recently been used : New Tremont Temple, New Union Station, Carter building, Traveller building, Castle Square Theatre, Belvoir and AVestgate hotels. City Hospital buildings, school- houses, the First Church of Christ, the Boston Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany's block, and the extensive addition to E. H. White's block on Wasliington street. The office of the company is at 16(5 Devonshire street. The Quinc\- House is one of the best conducted hotels in New England. It is noted for its excellence and elaborate ajipointments. It is situated in the very heart of the city, two minutes' walk from Faneuil Hall, near all principal points of interest, and street cars pass the door to depots and all parts of tlie city. The proprietors pride themselves on the reputation of the cuisine and table, which is of the best in New England, everything being served on the most liberal scale. The fire-escape equipment consists of a system of outside iron stairways and balconies, pass- ing immediately in front of the windows on every floor, and leading from the roofs of the vast caravansary to witliin easy reach of the ground. The stairways and balconies are amply pro- tected with balustrades and guard rails, so that a child of five could easily reach the ground from any floor without any danger greater than accompanies descending any flight of stairs. Twenty -eight gongs, conveniently located in the corridors so as instantly to communicate an alarm to all parts of tlie house, are subjected to a weekly test at noon, each Saturday, to demonstrate that they are in working order. Captain Damrell and his able assistant, Levi W. Shaw, have superintended the construction of these tire escapes from start to finish, and the proprietors of the Quincy, Sinclair & Mann, express the highest measure of grateful apprecia- tion of the department's thoroughly intelligent and skillful work in laying out and directing the progress of this improvement, the money cost of which reaches the surprising sum of $12,000. The Lanesville Granite Compaxy. who.se yards are at Lanesville, i\Iass., have furnished a great deal of building material for the local trade. The business was established in 1873, and the firm deal in rough and liammered granite for building purposes, taking contracts for all kinds of work in this line. Among some of the work which they have done are the foundations for the new Tremont House block, and many others. The Boston office is at the Master Builders' Association, 16(3 Devonshire street. One of the firms dealing in materials that are largely used by all contractors and builders, and in all offices, is Frost & Adams, 37 Cornhill. They are dealers in all kinds of mathemat- ical instruments, T-squares, scales, curves, triangles, and all kinds of architects' and engineers' supplies, drawing paper, blue-process paper, artists' materials, and picture frames. They issue a neat catalogue of their goods, which they send to customers on apjjlication. 432 A HALF CENTURY OF UOSTON ,S BUILDING. The Butcher Polish Company, 9 Haverhill street, are nianufactuvers of the celebrated Butcher Polish, acknowledged to be the best finish, for floors, interior wood work, and furniture. It is put up iu cans of convenient size, ready for use, and is sold by all dealers in painters' supplies. This polish has been very extensively used in this city and has always given the very best of satisfaction. The old Merchants' Hotel, at 13 Change avenue, is one of the oldest and best known hotels in the business part of the city and has a large patronage. It is centrally located and very convenient for those having business in or around the market and stock exchange. H. W. Cottle is the proprietor, and he spares no pains or expense to make his house one of the best. Sargent & Cunningham, are the proprietors of several hotels. One of these is the Hotel Oxford, on Huntington aveiiue, one of the modern hotel structures in this most desirable part of the city. It is handsomely finished and elegantly fur- nished, and is run on the European plan. Another is the Exeter Chambers, on Exeter street, one of the most popular of the Back Bay hotels, being very elaborately furnished and having every mod- ern convenience. It is a favorite resort for society people and is run on the American plan. Its location is one of the best, being convenient to reach from any part of the city. They are also proprietors of the famous " The Haynes," hotel in Springfield, Mass. This is one of the best located and most liberally patron- ized hotels in Springfield. Joseph Ufheil & Co. are well known to the trade as dealers in artificial stone, and contractors for stone and asphalt work of all kinds. They do a large business in the line of laying sidewalks, cellars, roofs, floors, hallways, etc. They make a specialty of artificial stone work laid in colors, and their business is constantly increasing. Their office is located at 2o Faneuil Hall square, where they are always pleased to meet customers, give estimates, and show samples. This firm has done work on Hartford, Egleston, and School streets ; also, at American Brewery and Norfolk Brewery, etc. XicHOL.As White, whose exjierience as a builder fits him to do anything iu tlie line of building, has been identified with the building trade for many j-ears and is a thoroughly competent and reliable business man. He has done a great deal of building in and around Boston and has a splendid reputation among the trade. His office is at the corner of Tremont and Beacon streets, in the Albion Iniilding. John M,\ck, Jr., and Jamks W. Moore, doing business under the firm name of Mack & Moore, with an office in tlie new Smith building at Court square, are among the well-known masons and contractors who have done a great deal of building in and around the city, always giving tlie very best of satisfaction wherever employed. They also do a general business in bnilding rejiairing in all its branches. They are called in competition by all the leading architects, having gained a wide reputation for close figuring and first-class workmanshii), as they employ only the best workmen. hotel oxford. Hi- iff W^ii'ii^i^'^ 'i'Sfw ■Kt'__a_-B— -Bu.J-P E^/^ l£_. HOTEL BELVOIE, BEACOX STKEET. BY PERMISSION BlISTOX HEItALli. KOSSUTH HALL, TREMONT STREET, ROXBURY. BY PEl;_\IISSIOX BOSTON HERALD. *Hy, tms'' _^^^.^?Hlf^J mOIK OI'" MK. .TdllN FI>I<. AliAMS >Tl;KI':r. lin.TuN. LUILT IIV .1. M. K. MdKltll.l.. A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTON" S BUILDING. 433 The Folsom Snow Guard Company, of this city, are the manufacturers of the patent snow guards that are now being used nn all the modern slate-roof Iniildings, and they have done an immense business in this line since the introduction of the guard, which is the only practical roof snow guard on the market. The city of Boston has adopted them for use on all the later school buildings ; and besides these, the Irvington street armory, the First Spiritual Temple, the Park square station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and many other prominent biiildings, have been furnished with the guards by this company. The guard itself is a very simple little device, but it is very effective; and, where a slate roof is used, it is found to be a perfect guard against the dangerous snow-slides that give a great deal of unpleasant- ness unless something is done to prevent them from coming down upon the heads of passers-by. All the modern buildings are supplied with this little device, and it has given the best of satisfaction wherever used. J. M. E. MoKKiLL, 148 Centre street, Dorchester district, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, making a specialty of large public buildings and fine private residences. He has had years of experience in the eonstrvietion of the above class of buildings, and is thoroughly competent to do the work in a first-class manner. He is always pleased to furnish estimates on anything in the line of building. Among the dealers in building materials wlio have a very extensive and constantly increasing trade all through New Eng- land, are Ham & Carter, dealers in brick, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sand, sewer and drain pipe; etc. They have two depots for the sale of these goods, one at 561) Albany street and another at 82 Clifton street, at Dudley station. Tliis company have been in the business a great many years and are widely and favorably known to the building trade. They carry a very large stock of all kinds of materials mentioned and fill all orders promptly. Their facilities are the very best for carrying on this kind of a business, and their methods are such as to meet the approval of their large and growing list of customers and patrons. They have supplied materials in their line for a great many of the modern structures in this eitv and thev have always given the very best of satisfaction. Richard P. Slatteuv & Co., 78 Essex street, do a general business in plumbing and gas fitting, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation. The firm has a splendid reputation for the skillful manner in which they attend to all orders, and tliey have done a large amount of work in and around the city. They are experts in the line of drainage and ventilation, and in this line have a very large trade. Among the real estate dealers who have worked up a large business in the past few years none have been more successful than Frost P>rothers, 31 Milk street. They do a general busi- ness in real estate and mortgages, making a specialty of building and selling new houses on .T. M. K. moerill. 434 A HALF C?:NTUEV OF BOSTOX S BUILDIXG. easy terms and developing ne^v tracts of land. This has been a very important feature in the real estate business for the past few years, as the demand for suburban houses has been rapid- ly increasing. This firm has developed a number of very desirable tracts of land in the suburban districts, bnilding houses and stores thereon and selling them for homes and busi- ness purposes ; among -which are the stores Xos. 90, 92, 94 and 96 South street ; Hotel Guildford, 220 Clarendon street; Hotel Denmark, Dudley street; and forty or fifty desirable houses at the Dudley street station, besides many smaller houses in other districts. They have been very successful in disposing of their houses, as they build none but first-class ones and offer them at very reasonable prices. John Mattsox, dealer in real estate, 28 School street. The real estate interests of Boston and its many pretty suburbs are in a most prosperous condition and are rapidly growing in value. Among the youngest, best known and most prosperous of those engaged in the busi- ness as real estate agents is Mr. Mattson, whose office is located at 28 School street. He possesses a thorough knowledge of the values of real estate, and he has carried through suc- cessfully many important transactions in this line. Mr. Mattson has constructed a large assortment of homes for sale in the various suburbs and makes a specialty of foreclosure sales, and building residences in the suburbs and selling them on easy terms. Jlr. IMattson has always a large assortment of city and suburban estates for sale. He conducts a general business in buying, selling, leasing, and e.xchanging property of all kinds, collecting rents, securing tenants, negotiating loans and mortgages, assuming the management of estates, and effecting fire insurance in all first-class com- panies, including the German-American, of Xew York, for which he is agent. He first came to Boston in 1884. He is a member of several masonic bodies, being a member of the JMassachnsetts Consistory and Boston Commandery of Knights Templars, and is the i)resident of the Swedish Building Society. Mr. Mattson is doubtless the most puslung and enterprising real estate dealer in Boston, and is Well deserving of the success he has achieved. ]Mr. jMattson is also the sole owner and publisher of the Argus, the leading Swedish newspaper in New England. The first coi)y appeared about three years ago. It has proven a great success from the verj- start. JOHX MATTSOX. The Jakvis Exgixeerixg Cujipaxv is well known to the steam users throughout the country, and it is not necessary to recount the many contracts they have taken and carried to comi^letion to the satisfaction of all parties interested. The com- pany make a specialty of equijjping electric light and power jilants, and also expert setting of steam boilers for mills and factories. They also work in connection witli the steam heating and ventilating contractors, having special facilities for the steam-pipe trenches and plaster ducts for hot-air transmission, controlling all radiation. Twenty years" continuous business in Boston is enough to establish their reliability, not mentioning their many agencies in differ- ent parts of the country. The company have a large plant for the manufacture of the sjiecial- ties in their line and where all fitting up and rejiair work is done. This company have done a A DVEBTISEMENTS. 435 K. M. Jarvis, Pres. J. X. Pratt, Treas. and Gen'l Mgr. JARVIS ENGINEERING CO., 6i OLIVER ST., BOSTON. Engineers and Contractors, BOILER SETTING AND JOBBING MASON WORK A SPECIALTY. Jarvis Patent Furnace, Korting^'s Induction Condenser, Watson & Miiller Trap, Armington & Sims Engine, American Feed Water Heaters, Korting Double Tube Injector, Nat'l Rocking Grate Bars, Sheffield Grate Bars. Steam Boilers, New World Power Pumps, and other Steam Supplies. GEO. H. LINCOLN & CO., Webster, Dixon & Co., IRON ^^ FOUNDERS, Trea,d.s, ISisers MASONS BUILDING IRON WORK. -fBUILDERS4- Estimates Furnished from Patterns, Foundry, Alger Street, 466 Broadway, SOUTH BOSTON. CHELSEA, ■ ■ MASS. 436 A UAI.K CKXITKV OK HOST0x"s lU' ILI) I XG. very large amount of work in this city in couuectiou with the eiiuipping of buildings and manufaeturiug plants with sti>ani and electric apparatus and have a trade which extends all over the country. The Jarvis Patent Furnace, of which they are proprietors, has had a long and successful career, and is aecej)ted as one of the satisfactory appliances for the cousuuiptimi i>f snu)kc. and at the same time adds to the •efficiency of the boilers. The idea of increasing the space for combustion, by raising the boilers from the grates, was first adopted by them in this country, and to-day all intelligent boiler builders have adopted the plan. A boiler, of whatever design, set bj- this company will ha\e every device known to combine strength, efficiency, and economy. In ct)unectiou with their regular work they have the agency for L. Schutte & Co."s steam jet apparatus for the New England States; also, the xVnierican Feed Water Heater, manufac- tured by the AVhitloc'lv ('oil Fipe Company, Elmwood, Ct. This company has from the first handled first-class goods, among the nu)st noted being the Armington iS: Sims Automatic Engine, which is favorably known and useil in connection with electric light and power plants in about every country on the globe. W. A. i^ H. A. RoiiT are among the best known building contractors in New England, and have erected a great many of the most prominent buildings in Boston and other cities. They began business in 1872, and since that time have been prominently identified with the building trade. Among the buildings which they have erected are the Court House at Worcester; town halls at Canton, Stoughton, and 'W'alpole; the Brewster Memorial Hall and Academy building at Wolfboro, N, H.; the Children's Hospital and the Elysium Club building; the Aged Couple's Home ; Kossuth Hall : and the following hotels and business blocks in this city: Hotel Adelphi, Comfort, Kugby, Eustis, and Young's ; business blocks for L. 1'. Hollander, Copenhagen, Whitney, Eichards, Kobinson, Curtis, Ferdinand's Blue Store, and numy others; manufacturing establishments for French & Ward and Draper Brothers, Canton; Whittier Machine Company and Boston Cordage Company, South Jioston ; Kennedy's Cracker Works, Cambridge ; and many others. The firm has made a specdalty of l)uilding breweries, having erected them for A. J. Hougldon & Co., Norfolk Brewing Coni))any, American Brewing Company, Revere Brewery, Elmwood Spring Brewery, Koessle's, and several others. They have also erected a great numy private residences and other costly buildings all over New England. The jMaoee Fi'KN.\ce Compaxy is too well known to need any further introduction to the public. The business was first established in 18(57, and for nearly thirty years the Magee fur- nace has been recognized as the standard all over the country. The specialties of the company are furnaces and ranges for dwelling-houses, and in these lines they have always been at the head of the procession. I'robably no concern in New England can approach them in the ex- tent of business done. They do a wholesale business chiefly, and their trade extends all over the United States. They have agents in all the j'rincipal cities and towns in the country, through whom they reach the trade. The first Magee ranges were made in 1856, but the pre- sent corjioration was not formed until 18()7. Mr. ,John Magee, the original patentee of these goods and for many years actively and successfully engaged in their nuximfacture, has retired from the business. The present officers of the company are Frank A. Magee, president; Albert N. Parliu, treasurer. A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx's UUILDIXG. 437 OxE of tlie largest iron-working plants in New England is tliat of the Mechanics' Iron Foundry Coni]jany, located at 38 Kciiible street. This company are manufacturers of iron castings of all kinds, and are licensees and sole manufacturers for New England of the Ban- nister Rocking Grate, which is more durable and can be run with less labor and a smaller amount of fuel than any otlier grate that has ever been put on the market, as can be jiroven by the many thousand stpuire feet now in use in tlie city of Boston and vicinity. This foundry is well equipped for doing large and heavy work, and has all the modern apjiliances for doing it in the best and most satisfactory manner. The product of tlie company goes all over New England, and their trade is constantly increasing. The plant has been established over forty-five years and its products have become well known to the trade, among whom it has a high reputation. Tlie officers of the company arc F. W. (iiliby, president; J. A. (Jald- well, treasurer. BuiLDUKs and contractors are always looking i'or iiiforniation I'clating to Iniilding and engineering enterprises, and in order to supply this information in a reliable form a system has been adopted by F. W. Dodge & Co. for tliis express purpose. It is known as the Con- struction Information Agency, and its information covers New England, New York, and New Jersey. Advance and authentic information, concerning all building and engineering enter- prises proposed or in progress, is obtained by direct personal investigation by traveling repre- sentatives employed for this special purpose. Tlie information thus obtained is furnished to subscribers, thus enabling them to know wliat is needed in their line. The agency is patron- ized by the leading firms, as being the only satisfactory system yet introduced offering a reli- able means of communication witli prospective buyers. The Boston office is at 14G Franklin street, and the New York office in Cammeyer building. Sixth avenue, corner Twentieth street, where an entire floor is occupied as the New York Building Material Exhibit, the only institu- tion of its kind in New York. The firm is always pleased to give any desired information to the trade in relation to the workings and benefits of the system, which has a rapidly growing patronage among the best representatives of the building and engineering trades throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey. This is certainly a great help to those who are engaged in the manufacture and sale of building materials of all kinds in these times, when it is ijnportant to keep posted in order to secure business. The Asbestos Pai'ek Company, 71 Kilby street, are manufacturers of and dealers in all kinds of asbestos goods, making a specialty of asbestos steam-pipe and boiler covering. They have a very extensive trade all over the country, and their goods are in general use in steam ]dants in this city. Tlie company are well known to the trade and have a very high reputa- tion for their jn'oduct. Tliey are always pleased to (piote jiriccs on anything in their line when requested to do so. E. A. Carlisle, Pope & Co., as successors to Levi Boles & Son, continue the business established by the latter firm as dealers in doors, glazed wimlows, blinds, window and door frames, weights, cords, etc., and are also importers of foreign window glass. Their place of business is at Haymarket square, on the corner of Sudbury street. They do a very large and constantl}' increasing business, and are one of the oldest and most reliable firms in tlie busi- ness. 438 A HALF CKNTURY OF liOSTOx's KUILDIXG. ^Ieai>, ^Iasox & Co., general contractors and builders, are among the largest eoncerus in this line of biTsiness in this part of the country. They have a large wood-working factory at Concord. X. H. Their offices are at the factory: at ^fanchester, X. H.; at 820 Madison avenue, Xew York; and at 13 Exchange street, Boston. They make a specialty of large wood brick, and stone buildings, having the facilities for completing contracts for every part of the construction work and keeping a large force of skilled mechanics in their employ. They have bnilt a number of large buildings in this city, and are well known to the trade all through the country. The system of electric heat alarms manufactured by the Electric Heat Alarm Companj', 14") High street, is the most perfect system ever invented, and is highly endorsed by the insurance companies and professional men generally. The system consists of an electrically controlled device, which gives an alarm automatically whenever the room in which it is located becomes overheated, either from the breaking out of a fire or any other cause liable to result in a tire. These alarms are for use in mills, factories, stores, warehouses, hotels, private dwell- ings, and jiublic buildings. There is also manufactured a journal alarm, for giving an alarm in case of overlieated bearings in mills and factories. The company issue a very ueat little catalogue, giving a full and detailed description of the sj-stem, which they mail on application. The system is endorsed by the I'nited States Government, and by such men and firms as Governor Morton of X"ew York, the Pullman Palace Car Company, Johnson & Howe Lumber Company, Vernon Worsted Com])any, the chief of the Boston Fire Department, and a great many others, including many prominent insurance companies. Great comfort is derived, in many of our modern buildings, by the use of awnings, which shut out the strong rays of the sun, yet do not materially darken the room nor interfere with the admission of air from the windows. Probablj- a greater part of such ajjpliances in use in Boston to-day are manufactured by the house of Robert ^filler iS: Co., of 230 State street, who have been established since 1847, and who have supplied their goods all over tlie country, increasing with their business their reputation as manufacturers of standard goods. In addition to the manufacture of awnings, this house also nuike all styles of tents, from the simple "A"' tent to the elaborate fancy patterns of palmetto and bell tents. They are also headquarters for all kinds of sails, which tliey are cajiable of supplying for the smallest yacht or canoe or for the largest merchant vessel ; and also for the best quality of bunting flags, in all patterns, national flags. Union Jacks, and j-acht ensigns. They also manufacture gymnasium mats, with which they have supplied the gymnasiums of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association and many other leading gymnasiums all over the United States (•• Roberts '' Gymnasium Mat a specialty-). Special mail bags for business houses are made to order in any size. They occupy at present over three stories of floor space, and make a specialty of tak- ing down and putting up awnings, storing and insuring, and with the best of references from largest business houses they hold the confidence of the public. The well-known hardware firm of Burditt & 'Williams, located at 20 Dock square, is one of the oldest in the citv, having been established for more than thirtv-five years in a building A HALF CENTUBY OF BOSTOx'S BLULDrNCi. 439 which has been a hardware store for more than a hundred years. They carry the largest and most complete line of builders' hardware east of New York, and have a very extensive trade all over New England. They have the facilities for making goods to order, and are prep)ared to make estimates and figure schedules. They have furnished tlie hardware for a very large number of the notable buildings in the city, as well as for the private residences. Their assortment is very complete, and when anything not carried in stock is required it is made to order, all work of this kind being skillfull}' and promptly done. The following list gives a few of the prominent buildings, the hardware for which was furnished by this enterprising house: Exchange building, State street; Chamber of Commerce; Sears building, Washington street; Rogers building, AVashington street; Farlow building, State street; Hotels Victoria and Eoyal ; Smith building. A. BiLAFSKY is one of the well-known contractors of the city, who lias built up a very large business, and has the esteem and respect of the pulilic and the trade in general. His office is at 27 School street. He is always pleased to make estimates on buildings of all kinds, and has the facilities for doing vv'ork of this kind promptly and in the very best of style. He has built a great many structures in different parts of the city, and has a very high reputation among the trade. He has had many years of experience, and is a careful and conscientious builder. Many of the modern buildings in the North and West Ends of this city have been erected under his supervision, and at present the block being erected on Westland avenue, at the Back Bay, will be the model apartment house of the city. C. D. Redmond, o7 Providence street, does a general business as carpenter and builder' making a specialty of putting in store fronts, office work, and general jobbing and remodeling. He has the best of facilities for doing this class of work, and with years of experience to aid him is able to do the work in a most skillful and satisfactory manner. He has done a great deal of work for many of the best houses in the city, and has a very high reputation for honesty and square dealing. OxE of the most important jiieces of apparatus in connection with the equipment of mod- ern buildings is the elevator. Every building of modern design and construction, intended, for business purposes, has to be provided with an elevator for the accommodation of its ten. ants. Among those who are the largest manufacturers of elevators for all purposes are the Moore & Wyman Elevator and Machine Works, corner of Granite and Richards streets. South Boston, who are the successors of Otis Tufts, the inventor of the passenger elevator. They are makers of the latest aiul most improved pattern of electric passenger elevator, which com- bines the highest speed with economy in operation and the most perfect safety. The move- ment of the car is perfectly smooth, and it is provided with a brake operated by electricity, and a patent automatic regulator, which prevents all jar to passengers as well as to the machinery. It is almost perfectly noiseless, and is especially adapted to office buildings and private res- idences. During the past few years this company have put in a very large number of their elevators in this city, and they have given the best of satisfaction in every instance. The company also make steam, hydraulic, aiul belt elevators, and their trade is all over the coun- try. The works at South Boston are very large, and thoroughly equipped with all the latest and most improved nuxchinery and appliances for the prompt and satisfactory production of 440 A HALF CEXTIRY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. » elevat( I's and maelnneiT, and thf^y employ a large force of skilled workmen, who are kept busy tilling orders for their g-oods. Catalogues and prices will be furnished on application. Some of the jn-ominent buildings in this city using the elevators built and erected by this company are the following : The large dry-goods house of Jordan, Maish & Co. (for whom they have built over twenty jiassenger and freight elevators, and who without doubt have the finest elevators in this city), Taylor building, Sears building, Mr. John Stetson's Hotel Savoy, Bowdoin building, Carney Hospital, Wentworth building. Stone building, and over six hun- dred otlier office and mercantile buildings and warehouses in this city alone. FiiAXK G. Coiu'iiN, successor to Joseph W. Cuburn, mason Iniilder and contractor, has a reccu'd for skill, integrity, and first-class mechanical ability as a builder, extending over a period of seventy-one years. This house, which was established in 1824, has left the imprint of its skillful haiuliwork upon several of the landmai-ks of Boston. It has constructeil build- ings calling for a thorough mastery of the art of mason constniction in this and other states, during its long, successful, and highly creditable career. Probably the most noteworthy and enduring structures of masonry that permanently attest to tlie ability of the house, are Bunker Hill ]\[iinument, the lighthouses erected by order of the government along the coast of Maine, the old Fitch- burg depot, and the Boston Museum. The masonry on eitlier one of these works called for both technical and mechanical ability. That the buildings were constructed iu a manner creditable to the city of Boston, the United States, anil to the house of Frank G. Coburn, can be vouched for by the thousands who have for years visited the Boston ^Nfuseum, the old Fitchburg depot, and the many thousands wlio have visited, and who will in the future visit. Bunker Hill Monument. In more recent years the house has added to its i)restige and reputation, as first-rlass mason builders, by the erection of a large num- ber of buildings in many of the towns of Massachusetts. A few buildings among the number that it has placed to its credit within recent date are the large carriage factory (if Henderson Brothers in Nortli Cambridge, the George W. Durrell school-house in Sduierville, the Jledford police station, and nunu:'rinis higli-class brick houses in Bniokline. Proliably no builder in the city of J>ost(>n has a i)rouder or more successful history. All who do business with this house will obtain all that their contract calls for, both in material and skill; and its reputation for square dealing is perhaps a higher and more enduring tribute than is Bunker Hill Monument, which is such a strik- ingly prominent testimonial to its constructive and meclianical ability. A. G. KocKWOop, who has succeeded Hawthorne & Son in the plumbing business at 35 1-2 Province street, is a practical plumber of long experience and with a good reputation as a FltANK O. COIUIIJN. A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOx"s BUILDING. 441 careful and skillful workman. He does a general lmsine.ss in the line of plumbing and sanitary work, and has a very good trade among the best class of customers. He has all the facilities for doing first-class work, and has completed a number of large contracts in the city, giving the best of satisfaction to all concerned. He makes a specialty of house phimbing and has gained a reputation for reliability and satisfactory work which has won him the patronage of the very best class of trade. His prices aje reasonable and he is very prompt in perforuiing his contracts. W. A. Sanborn, manufacturer of and dealer in face and common brick, has furnished the brick for a large number of the latest and most noted buildings in this city and throughout New England. He has large yards at Somerviile, and also at Exeter, N. H. He is a member of the Master Builders' Association, and has an order box at the rooms, 166 Devonshire street, Boston. His post-office address is 60 Chauncey avenue, Somerviile. Among some of the modern buildings for which lie lias furnished material are the new court house in this city, the Irving apartment house at 64 Huntington avenue. Dr. Byrant's house on Beacon street, Asa Potter's house on Commonwealth avenue, and a very large number of others. He makes a specialty of pressed brick and a high grade of selected common brick, and has a trade all over the New England States. A sample of his selected common brick, may be seen in the building corner of Lincoln and Essex streets. Mr. Sanborn has been in the business since 1875, when he established himself iis above. He is well known to the building trade and is a highly honored and respected business man. The firm of Crawford & Young, plumbers, 18 Po§t Office square and 321 Warren street, was established in 1889, and consists of James Crawford and Joseph H. Young, both men of long and practical experience in the trade. They are at present doing a very large and con- stantly increasing business, and have the liest class of customers in the city on their list. They have completed some very large contracts for pbnubing and have been wonderfully successful in a business way. They make a specialty of sanitary work and have every facility for the prompt and satisfactory completion of such work. Among some of the notable buildings which they have done the plumbing work for are the Copley Square Hotel and Hotel Reynolds, two of the largest and finest hotels in the city, and the Christian Scientist Church. All of these are large and important buildings and required a large amount of work, which had to be done in the very best mannei-. The company are prepared to take contracts for all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work, and keep a force of skilled workmen, so that aU work is promptly and skillfully performed. They are always pleased to give estimates, and their prices are as low iis are consistent with first-class materials and workmanship. Among the well known and extensive contractors and builders in this part of the country is the firm of L. P. Soule & Son. I'liis firm are members of the Master Builders' Association, and their office is in the association building at 166 Devonshire street. They have erected some of the notable buildings, both jiidilic and private, in this city. They have been in business many years, have grown up with the city, and have always been identified with its building interests. No firm stands higher in the jiublic esteem and patronage, and they deserve the flattering reputation which their long and honorable career has won for them. They are now engaged on several large contracts, and are always to the front whenever there 442 A HALF CEXTITRV OF BOSTOX's BriLDIXC. is a large or important buildin.t,' contract to be let. They have the facilities for doing all kinds of building complete, and the many handsome buildings which they have erected are the best recommendation of their skill ami business ability, which is beyond question. Fred. "W. Belyea, 71 Chestnut street, is well known in connection with the work of remodeling old buildings and the building of new ones; among them being the carpenter work on the Stone, Equitable, Union Bicycle and Art Mtiseum buildings. He has been established in the business for the past three years and since then has assisted in the construction of a great many of the new buildings that have been built in the cit^^ during that time, and has also remodeled quite a number of older buildings. He is known as a careful and experi- enced workman and has built up a very good trade in his line. The firm of Delorey Brothers, painters and decorators, was established in 1884, and their office is now at 226 Pleasant street. They have done a very successful and constantly increasing business from the start, and are now among the best-known painters and decorators in the city, having been employed rrpon many of the largest and most particular jobs of this kind. They are thoroughly practical and have the highest degree of artistic taste, which is an important jiart of the trade. Among some of the buildings which they have worked ujion are the Hotel Reynolds, Abbotsford Hotel, Hotel Brunswick, the Oxford, the United States Hotel, Exeter Chambers, the Charlesgate Hotel, and the American House, for all of which they furnished the interior painting and decorating. These are sufficiently good examples of their workmanship to show the taste and skill which they display in their work, and are also the best recommendations to tlie public of their ability. They are not confined to the city for their patronage, as they have customers all over jS'ew England. There is a growing demand for elaborate interior decoration, and almost everj^ modern building shows more or less of it. This, of course, calls for a greater amount of labor in tliis trade, and also for a high class of workmen. Delorey Brothers are prepared to take contracts for anything in this line, and are always pleased to give estimates when called upon to do so. Small Brothers, 262 Broadway, Everett, do a general business as practical plumliers, giving their personal attention to all work under their charge. They have had a large experience and are both practical workmen. The}- have done a great deal of the plumbing and sanitary work in Everett and other cities, and have always given the very best of satisfactioiL Charles E. Gould, 165 Westville street. Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, having been estalilished in the trade for several years, during which time he has built quite a number of houses and done a great deal of carpenter work. He does all kinds of jobbing and repair work, and attends to all orders promptly. .ToHX Shekmax, 1177 Beacon street, Longwood, does a general business as a carpenter and Imilder, having facilities for doing all kinds of work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. He also does all kinds of furniture repairing and jobbing. He has had years of practical ex- perience in all departments of the work, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. Estimates are given for all kinds of work. Among some of the houses he has built we may mention that of Charles H. Stearns, Brookline, cost flO.OOO; one for Jolm Wood, Jamaica Plain, cost f 7.O00; and one for Sidnev Smith, Newton, cost .'14.000. THE JOHN C. PAIGE INSURAXc K l;r 1 ],I) I X( ;, KILBV STREET. 55 S _ O -1 >5 r. O A HALF CENTLEY OF IKISTOx's BLTILDIXG. 443 W. E. Bertwell & Co., 51 Cliailestowu street, do a general business in steam and hot- water heating, being extensive contractors for the installing of plants in large or small build- ings, and they have equipped a very large number of the modern buildings with their system. They make a specialty of the Ideal Boiler, which is acknowledged to be one of the best, most economical, and efficient heaters now on the market. This firm did all the piping on the boil- ers at the new library in this city, and also at the toAvn hall in Arlington, both of which are very large buildings, and in which none but the best apparatus would be acceptable. The business was established in 1892, and has been steadily increasing, under able management and the best of care in the execution of all contracts, none but first-class workmen being employed. The firm have built up a very extensive business, with a trade which extends all over New England, and have made a rejijutatiou second to none for the quality of work and strict business principles. They have some very large contracts on hand, and are constantly adding to their facilities for the prompt filling of all orders for goods in their line. JcsEPH A. IxGALLS and Paul H. Kendrickex, under the firm name of Ingalls & Kendric- ken, steam and hot-water heating engineers, are manufacturers of high and low pressure, self- regulating steam and hot-water apparatus, for warming and ventilating dwelling-houses, public buildings, hospitals, school-houses, railroad stations, factories, etc., and in their line are well and favorably known to the building trade all over New England. They have equipped a very large number of important buildings with their apparatus, and it has always been done to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Their facilities are unsurpassed, and with years of prac- tical experience in the business they know the needs of the trade and are always up to the times in everything in their line. The office and manufactory are located at 80 and 82 Sud- bury street. The factory is one of the best equipped for the manufacture of steam-heating apparatus in this part of the country. They are always pleased to make plans and estimates and take contracts for supplying heating and ventilating jalants complete, and have recently been awarded the contract for heating the Tremont building and Union Institution for Savings in this city. M. W. Saxds, the brick manufacturer at North Cambridge, has furnished the bricks for some very notable buildings, and he is among the most successful manufacturers in that line in New England. In the construction of the Charitable Mechanic Association building, the ex- posed or front bricks were manufactured by ilr. Sands. All the bricks in the construction of the Boston Art Club and the School of Technology buildings also came from Mr. Sands' yard. The front bricks in the Quiney Market cold storage building; the exposed bricks, which were twelve inches long, in the Trinity parsonage building; and those for the new State Armory, off Columbus avenue, which required 3,000,000 common bricks and which is a handsome structure, were also made at this yard. Mr. Sands also got all the contracts to furnish the city of Newton with bricks for the metropolitan system of sewerage, which took four successive years to com- plete and which required 10,000,000 bricks. He obtained the contract to furnish the bricks used in several of the Harvard College buildings — such as Sever Hall, which required 2,500,000 bricks, and the Jefferson Laboratory, in the construction of which 2,000,000 bricks were needed — and in the new City Hall at Cambridge, wheie 1,500,000 common bricks were used; the bricks for the Cambridge Hospital and the Public Library, and all the exposed bricks' in 444 A HALF CENTUKY OF BOSTON S BUrLDIXG. tile Harvard Gymnasium; wliile tlie library buildings in Arlington and Brookline and the Ames' Library iu North Easton contain the bricks manufactured at the above yard. Outside of this city a large number of buildings, including Mrs. Emmons lUaine's elegant new residence at Chicago, and a residence in Buffalo, X. Y., costing $100,000, were built with exposed bricks of Mr. Rands' make. These are sufficient to show the class of traile which Mr. Sands supplies, and it is because of the superior quality of his product that he is able to keep and increase his customers in the face of the present competition, which is very strong, especially here in Bos- ton. He has the best of facilities for turning out bricks in large quantities, and has a trade which extends as far west as Chicago. Tx 1889 the Boston Furnace Company succeeded to the business of Moses Pond & Co., one of the oldest firms in the business, having been established more than fifty years when the change was made. The business carried on is that of the manufacture, sale and installation of ail kinds of heating and cooking apparatus, and they do a very extensive business all through New England, to which territory they confine themselves almost entirely. The company make a specialty of the manufacture of Novelty steam, hot-water, and hot-air apparatus, domestic stoves and ranges, and in these have a great variety, suited to all demands and made iu the latest ami most improved patterns. The goods maile by this company have been supplied to most of the latest and most well-equipped hotels, restaurants, school buildings, and private residences, and have always given the very best of satisfaction. Among some of the more notable buildings that have been furnished with their apparatus, for one purpose or another, are the Frost Hospital. Dorchester Club, the school buildings at Taunton and Dedham, the Boston Athletic Club building, the Eichiuond street and Horace Mann school buildings, some of the school buildings at Canton, and a large number of other large buildings all over New England. The officers of the corporation are : Abram C. Mott, president ; Eichard E. Warner, vice-president; W. McK. Barbour, treasurer ; Charles H. Hanson, secretary. The office and warerooms are at 175 Hanover street. E. J. Flkwellixg, 2 Lake street, Brighton, does all kinds of carpenter and jobbing work, and is also prepared to do building of all kinds. He has built up a very good business, which is constantly increasing, and is very highly spoken of as a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. He is always pleased to make estimates for new^ buildings, and attends to all orders jiromptly and in a very satisfactory manner. L. Martix & Co., G20 Atlantic avenue, in the Hathaway building, do a general business as carpenters and builders, paying especial attention to jobbing of all kinds. The firm are mem- bers of the Builders' and Contractors' Association, and have an excellent run of trade. They have had many years of practical experience in this city, and are prepared to do anything in their line jiromptly and in a most satisfactory manner. The largest retail dealer in wall papers in New England is Thomas F. Swan, 12 Cornhill. He carries a very large and complete stock of all the latest patterns of wall papers, and sells them at the lowest prices. He has a very large trade and supplies all the large builders with materials in his line. He has had a long experience in the business, and knows what is wanted in his line and keeps up with the times in the selection of his stock. Buying in large quanti- ties he is able to take advantage of the market and give his customers the benetit. A HALF CEXTL^KY OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXG. ' 445 The William G-. Bell Company, 48 to 54 Comraereial street, store fitters and designers. This company are without donbt the largest company in this part of the country in this line of business, and their trade is very large. They have fitted up a great many stores all over New England and the West. They carry a large stock of everything in the line of store fittings and furnishings, and employ skillful designers to make plans and arrangements for new stores. They make a specialty of designing and fitting grocery and provision stores complete from floor to ceiling, furnishing show cases, counters, refrigerators, cash and credit registers, scales and balances, roll-top desks for the office, etc. Among the many stores which they have designed and fitted, a splendid example of their skill and utility of design is that of C. W. Boyce, at Buffalo, X. Y. This is one of the largest stores in the city, and is most elegantly fitted and furnished. Everything for convenience as well as for attractiveness is complete in every detail. All the designs are original and are models of beauty and usefulness. This company have all the facilities for the complete equipment of stores, and carry a very large assortment of everything needed. It is astonishing to see to what a degree of perfection this company have carried the art of store fitting and the amount of business that is done. They are continually receiving orders from all over the United States for their goods and in a great many cases are given the entire work of designing and fitting new stores. A large share of the success of a business depends upon the appearance of the place in which the business is carried on, and the conveniences which it offers for doing business. It is not everyone that has the taste, knowledge, and skill to design and equip a grocery or provision store, and it is therefore a matter of interest to everyone in the business to know where he can have the work done in a skillful and satisfactory manner. The .William G. Bell Com- pany are always pleased to hear from those contemplating the fitting up of a new store or the re-arrangement of an old one, and are prepared to make ^ilans, suggestions, and estimates as to the cost of such equipment, and when given the work aim to do it in a satisfactory manner. There are in this city many examples of the work done by this comijany, as well as the superior qualit}' of the goods furnished by them. They make special designes for refriger- ators, coolers, meat chests, etc., and are always up to date in everything. They issue a cata- logue giving full information as to the goods they handle, and solicit correspondence from the trade when in want of anything in their line. James W. McArdle does a general business as a mason and builder, making a specialty of boiler setting. He is a member of the Builders' and Contractors' Association and has an office at the association building, 17 Otis street. Having made a specialty of boiler setting for a number of years he has the experience and skill necessary to i^erform this important work in the very best manner. He has done a very large business in this line within the past few years, and has a very high reputation among the trade. He also does a general jobbing business as a mason and builder, attending to all orders promptly and faithfully. The business has been established several j-ears and is constantly increasing. Mr. McArdle is well known to the building trades and has been identified with the business for many 3-ears. A few of the buildings erected are : Brick dwelling-house for John J. Coffin, Charles street, Boston ; business block for Allen & Hall, Boston ; storehouse for Bay State Tiling Company, Boston. He basset boilers in Hotel Thorndike, Boston; Theological College, Xewton Centre; Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Xew Jersey ; Young Men's Christian Association, Middletown, 44 G A HALF ( KXTIKY OF EOSTOX S BlILDIXG. V '„U) Coini. ; Primary' Scliool, CumLerland ]\[ills. Jle. ; Huntington Woolen ]\Iills, Huntington, M;iss. ; Gilt Edge Stamping Company, Millis, Mass.; Aged Ladies' Home, Boston. He also did the mason work connected with the steam heating in the Cadet Amory, Boston, and set and did mason work for Harvard estate. 59 Franklin street, Boston. The Pakkek House, fronting on School and Treniont streets, is a very large, six-story marble- front edifice, containing nearly three hundred rooms, including many large drawing-rooms and suites. It was established in 1854, by Harvey D. Parker, but is at present conducted by J. E. Whipple & Co., who are also pro- prietors of Young's Hotel. The house is run on the European plan, and the restaurant is one of the finest in tlie country, while the cuisine is unsurpassed. The cafe is a favorite resort for bus- iness men and politicians ; and at times, such as election nights, it becomes crowded ami the scene is an animated one. The rooms and apartments are all large, light and airy, and furnished iu the most elaborate style. This has been one of the most successful of American hotels, and many very eminent guests have availed themselves of its hospitality. Here, as at Young's, there are many private dining-rooms, where and societies of the city meet and dine. Parker's is one of las always held among the hotels ■?■ 5: rillO PAIlKEl; HOUSK, some of the noted clubs the older houses, and on account of the prestige which it of the city has become the favorite hostelry among the notable people who come here from time to time, and its patronage has steadily increased, several additions having been made necessary to accommodate the grooving trade. Under its present management it has not only held its former high standing and patronage, but its reputation has been extended and it has a world-wide fame. Yorxu's Hotel is one of the most favored houses in the city for business and professional men, being located in the very centre of the business section, and it lias a very high reinitation A HALF CENTURY OF BO.ST0x".S BUILDIN(;. 447 for its elegant appointments and unsurpassed, cuisine. It is also one of the largest houses, having over two hundred and twenty-five rooms, with a large number of sumptuously fur- nished suites. There are several large dining-rooms, some of them arranged for private parties and clubs, of which many are accommodated. The house is run on the European plan, and is a favorite resort for business men. A few years ago a large addition was made to the build- ing, and this has been opened for the convenience of lady guests, with elegant furnishings and large, i^leasant dining-rooms. Quite a number of the noted dining clubs have their headquar- ters here, and these include some of the leading society people who have long been patrons. of the house. The house was founded by George Young, whose name it bears; but he retired from the business several years ago, and the house is now under the proprietorship of J. E. "Whipple & Co. Mr. Whipple is one of the best-known hotel men in the country, and has established a reputation for the houses in whioli lie is interested that has made them deserv- edly famous and given them a world-wide name. The house is located at the head of State street, with entrances from Washington and Court streets and Court square. For more than twenty-five years William Hughson has been connected with the building trade in this city, having established the business in 1870. He does a general jobbing and re- modeling business, and liis long experience in these lines has given him advantages possessed by but few others. His ability and skillfvdness have become so well known that he is in great demand wherever work in his line is to be done and has built u^i a very extensive business. He has done many very successful jobs in the way of remodeling old buildings, and has always given the very best of satisfaction wherever he has been emj^loyed. There is, in a city like Boston, a great deal of work to be done in the way of general jobbing and repair work, and this calls for good workmen. Mr. Hughson has all the facilities for doing everything in his line with promptness and in the very best manner. His office and shop are at 121 Eliot street, and here he has all the tools and other conveniences for getting out work in his line. He is alwaj-s pleased to give estimates, and will do work as cheajily as is consistent with good materials and workmanship. With the elaborately designed architectural iron work whicli is now so niucli used in the ornamentation of buildings, it requires considerable skill and taste to furnish the designs and patterns necessary for the work. This is now a specialty with some, and among those who have been most successful in this line is Benjamin F. Trijip, whose place of business is at 17 Char- don street, Boston. Mr. Tripp is a practical mechanical drauglitsman, pattern and model maker, and has facilities for doing turning, jig, band, and circular saw work. The business was established in 1888, and among the contracts which have been successfully filled may be mentioned the patterns for the stairs in the Xew Court House, Castle Square Hotel, E. H. White's new store, and many of the largest and most elaborate of the family hotels. So well known has his work become that he has filled orders as far away as Chicago, while he has a sjjlendid trade in all parts of i^ew England, where most of his work is done. Malcolm McLean, carjjenter and builder, 50 Charlestown street, has been in the business for the past twenty years, and during that time has built up a trade in this line which includes the best class of work in the city. A thoroughly practical and experienced man at the start, he was able to secure and hold the custom of manv of the most extensive builders, and the 448 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. high grade of work done has estaV)lished for him a reputation which has placed him in the front rank as a contractor and bnihler. Among the biiikling operations which he has made a specialtj' are coal elevators and towers (of wliich he has built a large number in this city and vicinity), docks and sheds, runs and stagings. These are buildings calling for special experi- ence and knowledge as well as a high grade of workmanship, and the very large number of these which he has been employed to construct, and which have been completed to the entire satis- faction of the owners, is evidence of his ability. These are, however, only a small part of the work done, for lie has been a very active participant in the building trades, doing the carpen- ter work on many of the large buildings for which Boston has become noted in the past few years, always performing his work with the same conscientious degree of perfection and skill. Few men in the trade have a better reinitation lor honesty and reliability than Mr. McLean, and he is one of the busiest men in the trade. In addition to contracting and building he does a general jobbing business. O.xE of tlie best known lumljcr dealers in the city is tlie firm of Wood, Barker & Co., with an office in the new Exchange building on State street. This firm have furnished lumber for a great many of the largest buildings in the city and do an extensive business all over New England. The Boston Jlcrahl, under date of December oO, 1894, said of this concern, in relation to filling the order for lumber for the State House : ■' One might think that the resource.s of the company were taxed heavily to supply such a quantity of material, but the writer happens to know that this firm has been called upon within two years to furnish not only lumber for the State House, but for the Boston & JIaine Elevator, the Union Station, the State buildings at Waverly, and the group of five buildings which form the manufactories erected by S. P. Wormwood, Esq., on A street, South Boston. These structures required on the aggregate over ten million feet of lumber. Such items rarely get into print, but will give an idea of the enormous lumber transactions that are constantly going on in tliis city.'' J. F. I'oi.sEV, 32 Oliver street, does a general business in the line of heating and ventila- tion, making a specialty of the hot-blast system. This system is acknowledged to be one of tlie best in use, and has been adopted by a great many builders in this vicinity. The work done by Mr. Polsey is of the very highest order, and all the latest and most improved methods and devices are made use of. He furnishes blowers and exhaust fans of all kinds and for all purjjoses. He is prepared to do eitlier large or small work, and is always pleased to submit estimates in competition with otliers in tlie same line. His facilities are such that he is en- abled to make as low figures as can be given for first-class work and materials. He has had years of experience, and is well-known to the trade as a thoroughly competent and reliable business man. D. Henry Cram, the inventor of the Cram Patent Derrick, the only derrick patented complete in the United States, is one of the best known contractors for railroads, bridges, abutments, and public works of all kinds in the country. He has completed a very large number of extensive contracts in the above line, and has gained a world-wide reputation for his patent derrick used on this kind of work. The Cram derrick has been selected by the managers of the great Paris Exposition, to be held in 1900, for work in connection with the A HALF CEXTrRY OF I:OSTOX S BUII.DIN(;. 449 construction of the exposition buildings — a very liigh i-eeomniendation indeed. Among some of the Boston conti'ncts wiiicli he has completed are the foundations of the new court house and tlie new public library. His derricks have been used on the Union Station, AVorthington building, and many of our big structures, as well as in the construction of the Beacon street extension, bridges, etc. : also, a contract in Canada for the AVelland Canal. And in the States lie has put in all the stone work on the Xew York Central, Delaware & Lackawanna, Reading, Pennsylvania, ZSTew York & Xew Haven railroads, wliich included the entire Vanderbilt system. Mr. Cram has done a very extensive business within the past few years, and is at present engaged on some very large contracts. His office is at lo Court square, in the elegant new Smith building. The John C. DkLaxev Mouldin(; Ciuii'axv is a ilassaehusetts corporation organized and established in 1889, having its place of business at 75, 77, and 79 Wareham street and on Plympton street. SiTice this company began business it has been closely connected with the building up of the city, in that it has furnished a very large amount of interior wood work and wood work of all kinds. They make a specialty of the manufacture of builders' finish of all kinds, hardwood flooring and hardwood doors, their plant being equipped with the latest and most improved machinery for the manufacture of mouldings and builders' finish, and the com- pany have a large trade all over Xew England, selling direct to build- ers. This business has grown very rapidly in the past few years and has come to be quite an important industry, emjjloying a large amount of capital and a force of skilled workmen. The business of the company has grown to such an extent that it has increased its original caijital since it was chartered in 1889, and is now one of tlie largest concerns engaged in this line of manufacture in this part of the country. In the production of their goods they use none but the best of materials, and it takes quite a large anuiunt of lumber to supply the demands for the finished wood work which they deal in. They furnish the interior wood work for the best of tlie modern ])rivate residences, and this trade alone is (piite large. The}' are always pleased to give estimates on anything in their line, and their prices are as low as is consistent with good material and workniaushij). W. F. Arkixson & Co., 51 Buckingham street, do a general business as plumbers and sanitary engineers. They are prepared to take contracts for the complete ecpiijiment of buildings Avith everything in the line of sanitary plumbing, and have done many STich jobs, giving the very best of satisfaction in ever}' instance. They have all the facilities and necessary equipnimt for getting out everything connected with the business. They also do a general jobbing business, and attend to all work in tliis line prom]itly and in a workmanlike manner. They are always pleased to furnish plans and make estimates. Attention is called to their facilities in the examination of tlie sanitary con- ditions of public and private buildings with their patented testing pump. W. E. Maxwell, whose Ijrick yards are at Medford, Mass., is a manufacturer and dealer in face and common brick, making a specialty of moulded and jjaving brick, and carries a large lOHX C. DELAXEI 450 A HALF CKNTCRV OF BOSTON S BUILDING. stock of the above. The same yard that he now operates has been used for the purpose of briek-making since the early part of this century, and the bricks made at the yard, if phiced end to end, would more than completely circle the world. Among some of the buildings in this city for which he has furnished the brick are the new City Hospital ; the addition to the Massachusetts General Hospital; addition to the Boston & Albany station ; the new Hicks building on Bowker street; Phillips South Bapitist Church ; Boston Post Oftice, interior work ; Wortliington building, interior work ; Algonquin Club House : and many of the residences and other buildings throughout the city. KicHAKii A. White, 4 Bower street, is a well known plumber and sanitary engineer, with many years of practical experience, who has built up a very large and constantly increasing business in his line. He is prepared to take contracts for large or small jobs, and has the reputation of doing the very best work and attending to all orders promptly. He is always pleased to furnish plans and estimates when called upon to do so. Fkkd C. Wakrex, 76 Wenham street, has been identified with the building trade for several years as a carjienter, contractor, and builder. He is well known as one of the best carpenters and builders in the business, thoroughly competent and reliable in every resjject. He does nothing but first-class work and attends to all orders promptly. W. J. JoBi.ixo, 11 Payson avenue, does a general business as carpenter and builder, liaving all the facilities for doing first-class work promptly and in tlie most ajiproved and skillful manner. He has done a great deal of building in and around Boston, and is always pleased to furnish plans and estimates for wood or brick buildings of all kinds. Thomas J. Loxo & Co., 46 Warren avenue, are manufacturers of furnaces, stoves, ranges, "rates, etc., and do a general line of repairing of all kinds. They are also tin plate, sheet iron and copper workers. They have the best of facilities for doing all kinds of work in their line, and are also prepared to do steam, gas and water piping, drainage plumbing, tin roofing, hot- air, steam and hot-water heating, etc. Among some of the buildings which have been fitted up by them are the Boston Young ■Woman's Cliristiau Association, Odd Fellows Hall, Union Hall, Grand Army Hall, the Dental College, and many other public and private buildings. Their products are in demand all over the United States and South America, and they do a very ex- tensive brrsiness in manufacturing their specialties, which have been growing in public favor very rapidly. H. H. Mathews, manufacturer of and dealer in roofing slates and slate jn-oducts of every color and description, with an office in the new and elegant John Hancock building, 178 Devon- shire street, is doing a large and constantly increasing business. Slate is growing in favor as a roofing material, especially since it can now be obtained in several reliable colors. Mr. Mathews makes a specialty of the unfading green and bright red colors. His quarries in Vermont and New York State are fully equipped with the most approved machinery, and he lias facilities for producing large quantities of high-grade roofing slates in the best colors which have ever been discovered in this countiy. His slates have been used in nearly all the large cities of the United States, and they can be seen to good advantage on many of the finest buildings in Boston and the suburbs. A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's BTJILDIXIi. 451 W. E. Daxkokth, .'525 Washington street, room 12, also 11 Provinee oourt, does a general line of carpenter work, making a specialty of camera repairing. He also does glazing, office fitting, repairing, etc. He estahlislied the business which he is now engaged in about two years ago, and since that time has built up quite a large trade, especially in the line of camera repairing. Since the use of cameras has become such a popular fad, the business of repairing them has grown to be quite an important industry, and Mr. Danforth lias the best of facilities for doing this class of work; besides, he has had a long experience, which enal)les liim to do the work promptly and in the best manner. He h;is done a great many jobs of .store and office fitting in this city and is looked u]ion as one of the best of workmen in tliis line. W. H. Tkkwokoy, wholesale lumber dealer, .30 Kilby street, is one of the largest dealers in both hard and soft lumber in the city, selling direct from the mills which lie either controls or represents as selling agent. Owning and operating from the stump to the retitil yard he con- trols his own grading and sorting and drying, which lie does with an express view to the New England trade. He has constantly on hand at the mills a large variety of oak, ash, maple, cherry, walnut, Iiickory, whitewood and Nortli Carolina pine, with facilities for sliipping to all points at short notice and in any quantity'. He has large mills for dressing and manufac- turing lumber to suit any market, and it is all highly graded and properly manufactured in every particular. He makes a specialty of Xortli Carolina jiine ;ind cypress in cargo lots, and is sole agent for The I'eregoy Lumber Company of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Treworgy has luxd along experience iu the lumber business, having been establislied in Boston since 1874, so that he is thoroughly acquainted with the needs and demands of the New England trade. He has done a very successful and constantly increasing business and has a very high reputation for honorable dealing. NoRCROss Brothers are the proprietors, and Freelon Morris, manager, of the Charles River Stone Company, located on Brookline street. Cambridgeport, where they liave a large steam and electric plant thoroughly equipped with tlie latest improvements for doing all kinds of stone work. The companj' deal in all kinds of marble, and also red and gray granite, and have the facilities for cutting and polishing it f2 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOX's i;rrr.DiX(;. Boston, ]Mass. ; Coix-oran Art GalleiT, 'Wasliingtoii. D. C. ; Tiinity Cluircli. Boston, Mass. ; Mount Yeriion Church, Boston, Mass.; State Street Church, Porthand, Me.; St. John's Church, Northampton, Mass.; Bradlej' building-, Tremont street, Boston, Mass.; Pray building, Wasliington street, Boston, Mass. ; Farlow building, State street, Boston, Mass.; Walker Art building, BrunsT\-ick, Me. ; Uphani Memorial building, Waverlj', IMass. ; Women's Intermediate building, Waverly, Mass. ; Administration building, Waverly, Mass. ; Bowditch Wards, Waverly, Mass. ; Belknap House, Waverly, Mass. ; Ames building. Court street, lioston. Mass. ; Ames building, Bedford street, Boston, Mass. ; Youth's Companion building, Boston, Mass. ; Algonquin Club, Boston, Mass. ; Biding Club, Parker street, Boston, Mass. ; Hon. John F. Andrew's residence, Boston, Mass. ; Thomas E. Proctor's residence, Boston, Mass. ; Elliot F. Shepard's residence, Scarboro, X. Y. ; Minot residence, Boston, Mass. ; Hall residence, Beacon street, Boston, Mass. ; eight houses. Bay State road, Boston, Mass.; Sears residence, Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; Hogg residence. Commonwealth avenue, Boston, Mass.; Burden residence, Newport, B. I. ; Clark moniiment. Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass. ; Shaw monument, Boston Common. Boston, Mass. ; John Hancock monument. Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. ; Mutual Insurance Company's building, Fitchburg, Mass. : State Mutual Life Insurance building, Worcester, jMass. ; Xew York Life Insurance Iniildiug, Xew York, X. v.; Perkins Hall, Cambridge, Mass.; Conant Hall, Cambridge, Mass.; Hammock School building, Lexington, Mass. ; Charlesgate Hotel, Beacon street, Boston. Mass. The painting and decoration of churches, halls, and private residences, in a style to meet the demands of the present day, reqnires an artist of taste and experience. W. J. Dolan, who established himself in business in this city in 1889, has, b}- the refined and artistic work which he has done, gained a rejnitation second to none as a jiainter and decorator of interiors. He makes a specialty of church decoration, and is therefore able to produce the very best results, true in proportion and relation to the architecture, refined and harmonious in color, original in design, and effective in treatment. He has done the decorating on a very large number of the handsome church buildings in the citj-, all of which are recognized as examples of the highest artistic merit. He is always ready to furnish sketches and estimates, and guarantees satisfaction both in regard to price and qualitj- of workmanship. His trade is principally confined to the Xew England States, although he has done considerable work outside of this. His office is at 224 Tremont street, Boston. The Mai:ble axd Examel jMosaic Compaxy, which was organized under the laws of tlie State of Xew York, INIarch 6, 1893, and located at 6o Beverly street, Boston. Mass., are manu- facturers of Eoman and Yenetian marble mosaics for floors, walls, and ceilings. They make these beautiful pieces of mosaic in every variety of pattern and design, and it is rapidly coming into use everywhere for floors, walls, and ceilings in the modern bviilt structures. Being incombustible it is a most desirable material for such work, especially in the great oftice and public buildings where this is one of the important considerations. This material has been used very freely in man}- of the later buildings in this city and has attracted a great deal of attention from its beautiful effect. Among some of the buildings in this city which have used the materials manufactured bj- this company are the Castle S(piare Theatre, in which the l)eau- tiful patterns are one of the most attractive features in the finish of this splendid theatre A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. 453 building ; Clark's Hotel, another of the notable structures of the city in the finish of which a large amount of money was exj^ended; and many others. The facilities of this company are unsurpassed and their business has increased very rapidly since the quality and beauty of their product have been known and appreciated. WiLLi.\M Gordon, 66 Appleton street, in addition to being a painter and carpenter, is also engaged in the care of real estate. This is a business in which a man who is capable of doing the necessary re])airs about the property is especially valuable, and no one is better equipped for this work than Mr. Gordon. He has been a resident of the city for more than twenty years and is thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of the different properties, and has had chai-ge of some of the largest of them for a number of years. He has had considerable experience as a carpenter and builder, and is also a good painter. With all these trades he has built up a very good business, which is constantly increasing. He makes a specialty of the care and necessary repairs on buildings, and is known as an honest and conscientious workman. He has always given the very best of satisfaction wherever he has been employed, and has a reputation second to none for the skill and promptness with which he accomj)lishes the work upon which he is employed. Before Mr. Gordon came to Bcjston he was an extensive builder in Concord, N. H. Among the later tirms to engage in the electrical business in IJoston is tliat of W. T. C. Macallen Comp;nn', established in 1S91. and located at 416 Atlantic avenue. The firm con- sists of a companj-, with Louis McCarthy, treasurer, and Gardner W. Prouty, .secretary, and the special line of manufacture is insulijting joints and electric raihvaj' material, with a trade wliich extends all over the United States and Canada. They have also filled a number of orders from foreign countries. With the development of electricitj', not only as a motive power for street railways but for the many devices used in large buildings and elsewhere, specialties in these lines have become a very important line of manufacture, and this comp;iny has many valuable devices and patents which they control that have proven so successful and important that they have been adopted very generally and are to be found in most of the modern buildings eciuipped with electrical apparatus. One of tiieir specialties is solid sheet mica insulation, which is used in insulating all the devices of their manufacture. The busi- ness of the company is increasing very rapidly, and their goods are unsurpassed in quality of material and workmanship. Among the plumbers who have built up a good trade in the last ten or fifteen years through careful attention to business and tirst-class workmanship, there are few that have been more successful than Fratus Brothers, who established themselves in business in 1886, with a shop and ofRce at 18 North Centre street. They do a general plumbing business, including all kinds of sanitary work, jobbing and repairing. With long experience and all the facilities for doing the best work in their line they have built up a large trade, having done the plumbing in some of the best of the private residences in the city as well as in the large olRce and mercantile buildings. They are prepared to take contracts for the entire equipment of buildings with all necessary sanitary work and have a force of skilled workmen for such jobs. Their business is constantly increasing and they alwaj-s keep up with the times in the latest improvements either in materials or methods of doing the work. They are 454 A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOM's BUILDING. always ])leased to give estimates, either on large or small contraets, and have an excellent reputation for square dealing and skillful workmanship. Amox(; the best known and longest established firms of contractors and builders in the city is that of J. H. Burt & Co., established in 1850. The office of the concern is at Mattapan. Mr. S\imner A. Burt, who was a member of the firm for several years, died iu 1886, and the members are now J. H. and G. L. Burt. The business consists in the erection of the best class of buildings, of which they have built many in Eoxbury, Dorchester, Milton, Quincy, Dedham, West lloxbury, Isorwood and Walpole. Very many of the elegant residences, churches and blocks in the above-named places are monuments to the skill and workmanship of this well-known firm of builders. They cater for tlie best class of buildings, and have a reputation second to none for honesty and integrity. During the time tliat this firm have been in business the city has had its greatest growth in the district which lias lieen the seat of their labors, and they have contributed in no small measure to the number of beautiful buildings which are an ornament to this one of the most desirable residential portions of the city. Few firms have had a longer existence, and few liave more creditably fulfilled the purpose for which they have been organized. Thk well-known firm of E. W. Bailey & Co., manufacturers and dealers in doors, windows, blinds, etc., was established in ]846. The original firm was Bailey lS: Jenkins. It was later changed to Job F. Bailey, J. W. Bailey, then to Bailey & Hussey, and later to E. W. Bailey & Co., as at present. The office is located at 24 Kneeland street. This long-established firm deal in doors, windows and blinds, and have a most excellent trade, which includes all of Xew England. They liave furnished materials in their line for a great many of the most prominent buildings in this city and have always given the best of satisfaction. They have facilities for handling large orders promptly and have the reputation of doing one of the larg- est businesses in tliis line of any concern in the city. Having been for so many years con- nected with the trade they are familiar with the needs and requirements and are always prepared to meet them. All their stock is of the very best quality and made in a thorough and workmanlike manner. Their business is constantly increasing and has grown from a very small beginning to its present proportions by a careful attention to customers and maintaining the standard of tlie goods dealt in. Among some of the buildings in the three years are the Knapp Terraces, Brookline ; Young ^Men's Christian Association building, Maiden; Avery School, Dedham ; also school-houses at Hingham and Braiutree ; new buildings at City Hospitiil, ]Medford Police Station : new houses of A'inahs on ISeacon, :Mountford and Ivy streets: and "Whitnuinn's new house at Brockton. Mr. Isaac "Weavki;, the well-known mason and builder, wlmse office is located at 47 Han- over .street, is one of the extensive builders who has been identified with the building trade of the city for many years and has a very high reputation for the thoroughness and skill with which he fulfills all his contracts. He has done a great deal of building in this vicinity and has always been very successful, giving the best of satisfaction wherever he has been em- ployed. He thoroughly understands all parts of the trade and gives his personal supervision to the work of construction. He is always pleased to furnish plans and make estimates for buildings of all kinds. He is looked upon as one of the best builders in the city and has the confidence of the trade and the public. A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOn's BUILDINO. 455 Amokg the well-known firms of carpenters and Iniilders that of W. 0. Hagaboom & Co. holds a very prominent place, although one of the latest to enter the field. Both members of tlie firm are experienced men and well known to the trade ; Mr. Livingston having formerly been engaged in the same business at Newport, Vt., while Mr. Hagaboom has been doing business here for some time. They make a specialty of store and othce fitting and general jobbing, and have started out with very promising prospects for doing a large business in these lines. Theyhave a shop and office at 49 Wareham street, which is fitted up with all the necessary tools and equipments for doing the best of work, and they give their personal attention to all contracts. They have already done some very fine jobs of store and office fitting and interior work, which shows the class of work they do. Among their customers are some of the largest builders and property owners in the city, and they are kept constantly busy, with an increasing demand for their services. They are always pleased to give estimates on any kind of car- penter work and their prices are as Imv as is consistent witli first-class materials and good workmanship. Edwin W. Gray, 79 North street, makes a specialty of building and fitting up cold-storage houses, refrigerators, and markets. He began the business in 1879, and since that time has built up a very large trade all over the New England and Middle States. Among some of the buildings which he has erected are three cold-storage houses for the Cudahy Packing Company in New York, Brooklyn, and I'rovidence; plants for the Swift Beef Company at Attleliorough. Fawtucket, New Bedford and Fall Eiver; besides buildings in this city for Francis Batchelder & Co., J. Donnelly & Co., and A. B. Parker «& Son. He is now doing considerable hotel refrigerator work in the White Mountains and the near-by resorts, and his trade in that direction is increasing all the time. All his iron work is done by experienced mechanics at his works on Merchants' Kow, where he has complete facilities for turning out all classes of blacksmithiug, etc. This enables him to compete with any on the market in putting up and making overhead tramways, rollers and switches, for wholesale meat markets and slaughter-houses. Having catered to the wants of the trade for so many years he has become thoroughly familiar with its needs and require- ments, and has the facilities for doing the work promptly and satisfactorily. In addition to this' specialty as above mentioned he does a general line of store and market work, in fitting and furnishing the interiors with all the necessary equipments in the way of fixtures, etc., carrying at his salesroom a full line of spring balances, counter scales, knives, saws, cleavers, meat slicers, canister scoops, cabinets, money drawers, cash registers, etc. IxTERiOK finish is one of the important things in the building of a house at the present time, and the manufacture of wood mantels, mouldings and building trimmings is now made a specialty by a large number of concerns in the city, among whom are the J. W. Bailey & Sons Company, located at 14 Charlestown street. The business was established in 187o by E. W. Bailey & Co. January, 1875, the business was purchased by J. AV. Bailey & Son (Edward S. Bailey). W. L. Bailey was admitted as a partner in 188(3. Two years later Mr. J. W. Bailey died, and the same year (1888) the company was incorporated. The members of the corporation are : Edward S. Bailey, president ; Willard L. Bailey, treasurer ; and Joseph S. Parker, secretary. The specialty is wood nuxntels, mouldings and building trimmings of all 4r>G A HALF CKXTIKY OF BOSTOX .S BUILDING. kinds, of which a large stock is always carried. The\- also do a large amount of order work. Their trade is mostly in New England, although they have filled a number of orders to go to foreign countries. Their long experience in the hnsiness and their splendid facilities for gettin'g out first-class work enable them to meet the demands of the trade in a most satisfac- tory manner. The firm of Darling Brothers, consisting of D. W. & J. T. Darling, although a "Worcester concern, are well-known in this city w'here they have received some very large contracts. They began liusiness in 1S70, and Avitliin a few years were among the largest contractors and builders in New England, and received many contracts for public buildings in different parts of the country. Their work, which includes many large buildings in this city, is all of the very best class, and they have a very high reputation among the trade. No job is too large for them to figure on and they are prejiared to do work in any part of the country. They make a specialty of public buildings, such as court houses, libraries, railway stations, post offices, school buildings, and the larger and more costly residences. In these lines they have probably done as much building as any other firm in the business, and the reputation which they have established for workmanship and honesty in their business transactions has put them in the way to get many contracts without competition. They are always pleased to sul)init plans and give estimates. Althouoh electricity is a compar.atively recent element in the business world, so far as its present development is concerned, yet it has been in use to a certain extent for hundreds of years, and one of the oldest estaldishments in the city in the electrical business is that of Seth W. Fuller, having been established in 1809. At the ]iresent time he deals in electric motors, dvnamos, bells, etc. He makes a specialty of incandescent electric lighting, and does a general electrical business. He sells and places in position for use. telephones and transmitters, etc. His place of business is at 27 Arch street. The following buildings have recently been fitted with electric appliances by this firm: New Public Library, Boston; Kossuth Hall, Boston; Hotel Belvoir, Boston ; Hotel Westgate, Boston; Clark's Hotel, Boston; Searles Laboratory buihling. Bowdoin College; Havemeyer School, Greenwich, Ct.; Theological Library, Newton; and many others. The firm of Craig & Conley, which -was established in t89.'i, consists of David Craig and Henrv Conley. both practical plumbers, and is located at 115 Purchase street. The business carried on is that of general plumbing and sanitary work of all kinds, and the firm take contracts for doing anything in this line. As both members of the firm have had many years of i)ractical experience in this line they are well prepared to fullfil contracts promptly and in a thoroughly practical and scientific manner. They do work all over New England, having recently completed several large contracts in IVfaine, including the plumbing of the Searles Scientific building at Bowdoin College, the new Post Oftice at Lewiston, and in Massachusetts the new^ Merchants' National Bank and the telephone buildings at New Bedford and Brockton, the Haymarket Exchange, the A and B buildings at Wales wharf, and the Mechanic Arts High School building, all in this city; besides a very large number of private residences and other buiUlings of more or less note throughout New England. At the present time they have the contracts for the ijlumbing of the new Tremont Temple, and the new Empire Hotel in this city. The fact that they are able to secure and complete with satisfaction such large and ■ 3t -as -a '3 -i ■fc_ -:- -= a31 jglM|jr :'^^ St? ^f :|^^^ 7 A HALF CENTUl;V OF 1!0.ST».\ S BUILDIXfi. 457 particular jobs as those luentioiied a\)Ove, is a sufficient guarantee of their ability and the (luality of work done. Altliough they Jiave not been in the business as long as some of the other concerns in the same line, they are having their share of the work and doing a steadily increasing business. They are making a reputation whieh will secure for them the best class of customers and are well thought of by the trade generally. Tlieir shop is equipped with all the latest tools and appliances necessary for the .skillful performance of work in their line, and they have a force of skilled workmen which insures satisfactory jilumbing. They are always pleased to give estimates and make plans when called upon to do .-o and their terms are as low as are consistent with good work. They make a specialty of the Durham System of House Di-ainage, which is well known throughout New England. Parkeu & Page, wholesale and retail hardwood lumber, dowels, etc., .jO and 32 Lancaster street, established their business in 1882 and have lieen a very successful concern, doing a large and increasing business each year, as tlie demand for their products has increased with the enlarged amount of building which is each year being done. They have the best of facilities for liaudling lumber, either in large or small quantities, and having been identified with the trade for over fifteen years they are well acquainted with the needs and requirements of the New England trade, and keep in stock a large line of hardwood lumber for building purposes. They also manufacture to a considerable extent, getting out the stock to suit their customers or to fill orders. They have an excellent reputation for promptness and square dealing which has been earned by a careful attention to business and an earnest effort to please their customers. JoHx W. AxDERSOxand Frank 0. Johxsox, under the firm name of Anderson & Johnson, carry on a business as practical plumbers at 151 Eichmond street. In addition to th4ir plumbing business they do steam and gas fitting, making a specialty of hot-water heating. Both members of the firm are men of long and practical experience and have always done a very large business, taking many large contracts, which have been comi^leted to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. They are experts in the line of hot-water heating, and a great many of the notable buildings in this city and vicinity have been equipped complete bv them. Their facilities for doing this kind of work are the very best that experience and up-to-date methods can supply, and they employ none but the most competent and skillful workmen. William Saxby, who has been doing business since 1876 as a carpenter and builder, is well known to the trade and the public in general and has a very high reputation for honesty and square dealing. He has built a great number of houses, including thirty on St. John and other streets in Jamaica Plain, and a number of others in different jmrts of the city, and at Eastern Point, Gloucester, Mass. His trade extends over a territory within thirty miles of Boston and his business is constantly increasing. His shop and office are at 213 1-2 Commercial street. Amoxg the large contractors and builders who have erected some of the handsome mercan- tile and office buildings in the city is James Smitli, whose office is at IGG Devonshire .street. Mr. Smith, who was born in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, established the business in which he is now engaged in 1873, and since that time has succeeded in securing some of the largest contracts for buildings that have been given out. Among some of the more notable ir.s A HALF ( EML RY OF KOSTOX S BlILDIXG buildings wliicli lie has erected are the handsome IMontgomerj- block at the corner of Channcy and Snmmer streets: the Sears building at the corner of Court and AVashingtoii streets, one of the handsomest and most centrally located office bnildings in the city; the Stone building, at the corner of Franklin and Arch streets; Wales wharf on Federal street, and the Cumner & Jones building on Chauncy street ami Eowe Place. Also, Baker's chocolate mill at ^Milton ; first section of Boston Storage Warehouse on Massachusetts avenue; Doliber-Goodale building; and the extensive factories, in Canton, of Elijah jNIorse. All of these buildings are prominent among the modern structures that have grown up in the business section of the city, and the work of construction reipiired the best of skill and workmanship, which is plainly evident from their appearance. Mr. Smith has gained a very enviable reputation as a builder, and as a square and conscientious business man. His l)usiness is not confined to this city, as he has put up many large and handsouie bnildings in the surrounding towns, all of which speak for the high class of work which he does. Hotel Belle- vuE, 17 to 23 Bea- con street, is one of the most favor- ably located hotels in the city, lieiug on high ground, near the State House and all the large bus- iness houses, the;itres, etc. It is run on the European plan, having a cuisine that is unsur- passed. The rooms are all large and airy, and are arranged to be used singly or en suite. The arrangements for the accommoda- tion of transient guests are ample, and good rooms HOTEL BELLEVL-E. OXE OF THE SUITES. gj.g alwaVS tO be had. Special attention is given to the entertainment of clubs and private dinner parties, weddings and receptions, the several dinmg-rooius being conveniently arranged for this purpose. ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 459 Pennock Electric Li§:ht The Cheapest and Safest Electric Power ... IN THE WORLD. NOTHING IN SIGHT . . TO COMPETE WITH IT. and Power Systems. Keep your Eye npon rte Pennock Systems for Electric Lighting and Electric Railways. LARGE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS A SPECIALTY. COST OF PLANT COMPLETE. Capacity of Plant. 500 LIGHTS. Total Cost of Insfallalion. Cost Per Lamp. $6.00 Maintenance per Lamp per 3 ear, including lator $3.00 1000 LIGHTS. 5,000 5.00 2.00 3000 LIGHTS. 9,000 3.00 1.50 .5000 LIGHTS. 10,000 ,'.00 1.00 TERMS OF CONTRACT. ONE-THIRD IN ADVANCE; ONE-THIRD WHEN GOODS ARE DELIVERED ON THE GROUND ; BALANCE IN 30 DAYS FROM THE STARTING OF THE PLANT. We can produce Electric Light so clieap tliat no invention or system can compete with us. OUR PATENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS PROVE THIS. Pennock Electric Company, Address ; 208-209 Carter Building, BOSTON, MASS. 460 A HALF CEXTL'RV OF BOSTOX's BUILDIXO. Joseph W. Smith is the proprietor, and lie has won a splendid reputation for his house by his efforts to make it tirst-class in every respect. The 0. T. Eooers Gkaxite Cumpaxy, whose large quarries are located at Quinc^-. are extensively engaged in the quarrying of granite for monumental and building puri^oses, mak- ing a specialty of large monumental work. The quarries belonging to this company were opened in 1.S23, and iiave furnished the granite for a very large number of buildings during the nearly seventy-iive years that thej' have been worked for this imrpose. A splendid sample of the beautiful granite from these (piarries is seen in the highly polished plinths in the splen- did International Trust Company building at the corner of ^Nlilk and Devonsliire streets in this city, as shown in the illustration on another page. In the construction of the elegant and very large office buildings which are now being Viuilt all over the country, granite is one of the important materials used, both in the structural work and for the exterior trimmings and interior finish, and nowhere in the country is it found in more abundance and of a better quality than in the famous Quinc\- quarries, which are among the oldest to be worked for this purpose. The stone from these quarries is of a very tine qualitj' and takes a very high polish, which makes it especially well adapted for building or monumental jairposes. Tliis company is one of the largest concerns engaged in the business, and they have fur- nished the materials for some of the largest of the great office buildings in Boston and other cities throughout tlie country. The furnishing of granite for building purposes is, however, only a small jmrt of the business which they carry on. Granite monumental work is made a specialty, and in this line they do a very extensive business, having built a large number of the soldiers' monuments that are scattered about over the country, as well as many of the more costly and elegant private monuments. Thej- are equipped for furnishing the work complete, taking it from the quarries and working it out according to design, and polishing it in the best of style. They are always pleased to give estimates for work, either for buildings or monuments, and have always made it a point to do only first-class work. GiLcHKisT & Tavi.ou, located at the corner of High and Congress streets, are manufac- turers and dealers in all kinds of steam, gas, and plumbing materials, and water-works sup- plies. They carry a large stock of all the standard makes of materials; which, with their large factory at South Framingham, enables them to fill all orders promptly. They do a very large business, having customers all over Xew England, OxE of the necessaries in all modern buildings is a handy and convenient fire extinguisher. The Excelsior Eire Extinguisher, manufactured by the Excelsior Fire Extinguisher Company of New York City, is acknowledged to be one of the best hand extinguishers made. It is always readj' for instant use, and unless opened and used retains its full strength for years without re-charging. The Boston office is at 17 Exchange place. This machine has been adopted by some of the most prominent buildings and private establishments in the city. The jobbing house of Thomas J, Johnson, doors, windows, blinds, etc, is a long-established concern, having been located at 771 AVashington street for the past quarter of a centurj', Thej- carry a large stock on hand, and are in a position to fill orders promptly and well. The firm has the confidence of a large number of builders, not a few of whom have been dealing with the house from the time of its establishment. ♦C3 r r- I — 1- ,. — f^^tsim XiiiBCIr'llP 1^ ADVEKTISEMEXTS. 461 BOSTON AND MAINE -TZj^XX^-IEZOj^TD. The Great Railroad System of New England REACHES ALL THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CENTRES OF EASTERN AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE GREAT TOURIST ROUTE TO THE Seashore, Lake and Mountain Regions. Lowest rates ^5- •5!= * ■BETWEEN- New England Points ani The West, Northwest and Southwest. Fast Daily Trains with through Sleeping Cars attached, between THE SHORTEST AND ONLY LINE RUNNING THROUGH SLEEPING CARS BETWEEN BOSTON AND MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL .^a. Only One Change of Cars to the Pacific Coast. D. J. FLANDERS, Geu'l Pass, and Ticket Agl. 4C2 A HALF CEXTUIIY OF BOSTON S BUILDIXG. The firm of Loiulon Ih-otliers, jilumbers, consisting of Archibald. James W.. and John I. Loudon, hicated at .'U and 3(i Province street, was established in 1872. They have always done a very extensive business and are among the largest contracting plumbers in the city, having done the work in a number of the notable buildings iu New England and Canada. The memViers of the firm are all practical workmen, and have had a large experience in the trade. Tliey have a shop which is fitted up with all the modern appliances for doing all kinds of work in their line, and keej) a force of skilled workmen constantly employed. They make a specialty of large contract work, in connection with the construction of new buildings, and liave si)ecial facilities for doing scientific sanitary work in all its branches. They are mem- bers of the Master Plumbers' Association, and enjoy the confidence and patronage of a very extensive trade. Their business has grown very rapidly Avithin the last few years, and they now have all the work they can do all the year through. They are always pleased to make plans and estimates when called upon to do so. Gekkv & XoRTHKop, 51 Bristol and ICG Devonshire streets, are among the well-known contractors and builders of the city, having been in business since 1886. Among some of the buildings which they have erected, are a large warehouse on Commercial street for the Consti- tution Wharf Company, the New England building on Summer street extension, alterations and additions on the Master Builders' Association Irailding on Devonshire street, the new fire department headquarters building on Bristol street, and a very large number of other notable Iniildings in different 2)arts of the city. ALri;f:D F. Kixxey established the business now conducted by him at 138^ Dover .street, in 1888. He does a general carpenter and building business, making a specialty of the altera- tion and repair of buildings, having completed many contracts in this line in this citj^ and vicinity, one of which was the remodeling several years ago of the dome of tlie Itialto building, putting in twelve circle top windows. He does work all over the State, and has the best of facilities for doing the work promptly and in a most satisfactory manner. Amoxi: those who have contributed consideraVily to the building up of the city ^fr. Isaac H. Dunn, who has been in business since 1870, has done his share, having built about one hundred houses in Boston and vicinity. He makes a specialty of dwelling-houses and factories, and has a very high reputation for square and honoralde dealing, as well as the promptness with which he fulfills his contracts. His place of business is at 114!> Dorchester avenue. (JwKX Beakse cS; Sox. 4(11 Albany street and 17 Wareham street, have been doing busi- ness for nearly sixty years. Tliey are dealers in mahogany and western hardwoods of all kinds, both air and kiln dried. Among the notable buildings for which they have supplied material are the new extension to the State House, the International Trust building, the Exchange and Fiske buildin.us, the Algompiin Club building, and many others in and around Boston. Tliey have a very extensive trade, making a specialty of mahogany of all kinds. "W. F. Fixxekax, l.") Hyde Park avenue. Forest Hills, does a general plumbing and san- itary engineering business, making a specialty of the ventilation and drainage of buildings. He takes contracts for the comjilete equipping of buildings witli ventilating apiiaratus, which he does in the best manner and very promptly. A HALF CEXTURY OF RflSTOx's EUILDIXC. 463 CoxLAx & Maybeck, 65 Wareliain street, do a very large business in architectural and ornamental wood carving and papier mache. This kind of work is coming into more general use than formerly and this firm are doing a very good business, having tlie best of facilities for turning out the very best of work. They also make plaster ornaments of all kinds for interior decoration, and have a very lugh reputation for skill and taste displayed in working out designs in any of the above nuiterials. Joux J. McNuTT, who has been established in the Inisiness of l)iiilder and manufacturer of wood mouldings, brackets, counters, sashes, doors, Jdinds, packing boxes, etc., since 1844, has one of the best and most completely equipped plants for thi.s class of work in the city. He makes a specialty of novelty wood work of all kinds, paying especial attention to scenic and theatrical wood work, being the originator and builder of the famous Boston Ideal Bowl- ing Alleys. His place of business is at the junction of Maiden and Wareham streets, at the South End. The Crawford House, one of the leading down-town hotels, was established in ISO? bv Henry Stumcke and Henry Goodwin. After the death of the senior member a new firm was formed, which still exists as Goodwin & Pdmbach. The policy of this firm has lieen contin- ually progressive in every department, and no pains have been spared in making this a desira- ble home for both transient and permanent guests. The house is conducted on tlie European plan, and rooms may be had for $1 and upwards. The capacity of the several dining-rooms has lately been increased, and there are private dining-rooms for large or small parties. The gentlemen's cafe, corner of Court and Brattle streets, and the ladies' lunch at 17 Brattle street, are special features of this house. Fortunate in its location, and desirable in its appointments, popular as a resort for the traveling public and the hungry local patron, the management will endeavor as in the past to maintain its popularity by promptly serving the best which the market affords, at prices which will insure satisfaction. M. J. Wmalex, 1.")78 Tremont street, is a well-known plumber and sanitary engineer, wlio has done a great deal of work all over tlie city. He is prepared to take contracts for i^hindj- ing and sanitary work of all kinds, whicli he executes promptly and in a thoroughly scientific manner. He gives his personal attention to drainage and repair work, and is a square and honest business man. T. H. CoxxoLLY, 43 Warren street, does a general business as a mason and builder, luiv- ing been in the business for several years, during which time be lias built u]i a verv good trade. He is a thoroughly competent and relialile workman, and is well-known in Eoxbury and vicinity. He does all kinds of jobbing and repair work, attending to all orders promptlv. Mr. Connolly is also an expert railroad contractor, and has built some of the largest bridges on the Boston & INfaine and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads. Mr. Connolly has built some of tlie largest sewers in this vicinity. Eraxk B. Kelley, Gurney street, corner Tremont, Koxbury, does a general business as a house, sign, and decorative painter, grainer and glazier. Air. Kelley has had many yeai's of practical experience and is a thoroughly first-class workman. He lias built up a very good business which is constantly increasing. 464 A HALF CEXTUKY OF BOSTOX'S BUILDIXG. G. A. Bakrox, Hiijliland street. Dorcliester, is a contractor and builder ■ndio has done a great deal of building- in and around the city, making a specialty of suburban residences. He does all kinds of jobbing and repairs, and furnishes plans and estimates for anj'thing in his line upiou application. MoETOx IJnoTHERs, 1 Knoll street, Roslindale, were established two years ago and are plasterers, doing the work for a great many builders. They are ])ractical workmen, employing only first-class help, and have clone the plastering in a great many of the largest and best buildings in Roslindale and Jamaica Plain. They have built up a very good trade, which is constantly increasing. They attend to all orders projuptly and in a satisfactory manner. OxE of the large contractors and builders who has been identified with the birilding interests of the city since 1S8S, when he established the business which he has since carried on very successfully, is ^fr. John J. Flynn. a member of tlie ^lechanics' Exchange, with an office at the Exchange building, 17 Otis street. He has built a great many of the handsome Iniildings in this city and all over Xew England. He makes a siiecialty of taking contracts for buildings of all kinds, and has the best of facilities for doing tlie work complete. He has a splendid reputation among the trade and is a skillful builder, having had a great many years of practical exjjerience, which have ably fitted him for the business. He is prepared to furnish plans and estimates for the erection of public or private buildings, and is engaged on several large contracts at tlie present time. Among some of the buildings we find he has erected are the Glen Road school-house, Brighton police station, Thornton street school-honse, Third street school-house at South Boston, Long Island hosi)ital and dormitory. At present he is building the Franklin Park refectory, and the City Hospital surgical and alien wards buildings; also the old AVest Church on Cambridge street, for the trustees of the public library. Ja.mes Bektram established the carpenter and building business now carried on by him at 330 Broadway, South Boston, in 1887. He does a general business in carpentry and jobbing, nraking a specialty of building and store fittings and repair work, in wliieli he has built up (piite an extensive trade, having done a great deal of this kind of work in and around the city, always in a most satisfactory and worknumlike manner. This is a line of work rerpiiring special skill and experience, and Mv. Bertram is well (pialified in these respects, being a practical and skillful workman. I\I(i0RE & AVooDs. roofing and roofing materials, 8 Province court, have Ijeen established in Ijusiness since 188."), the members of the firm being R. Moore and R. M. AVoods. The roofing trade has grown to be a very important one in these days, wlien very few modern buildings are covered with tlie old style of roofing, especially in the cities where the building laws are very particular as to tlie material used for this purpose. To do this kind of work requires special skill and experience, as well as tools and materials, so that it has become a special department in tlie buililers" trade. There are few firms that have had a wider experience in this special line of work than IMoore & Woods, and tlie large number of buildings which they have roofed in the city, especially the larger and better class, is sufficient evidence that they are tliorough masters of the trade and have the confidence of the public requiring work in their line. They do a general roofing business and have a force of skilled and experienced workmen in their empdoy, so tliat they are at all times prepared to contract for work in their line A HALF CENTIIKY OF KIIKTOX's liUlLDlXti. 405 with the assurance that the contract will be fulfilled to the satisfaction of the customer and with credit to themselves. There are few firms in the business that enjoy a better patronnge or have a better reputation than iVfoore & Woods. They have Iniilt \i[i a trade which extends all over the state, and have performed several large contracts within the past year. They are always glad to give estimates and other information when called upon, and their prices are as low as is consistent with good work. An important consideration in the equipment of a modern building is tlie heating apparatus. Economy in space, fuel, and attention, as well as the arrangements for circidation of hot and cold air, are important featiires in the selection of a furnriee. The Felton Low Furnace, patented in 1885, contains all the best features of the old furnace and many improvements which the long experience and careful study of the inventor has proved of the most value, and tliis is now one of the best furnaces for house heating on the market. The improvements in this furnace consist of an interior arrangement which separates the hot-air chamber into two compartments connected with the fines through the outer chamber of the radiator, thus forcing circulation. By this arrangement all the cold air, instead of passing unheated to the hot-air pipes, is now forced to pass between the outer and inner radiator. This insures a constant circulation of pure air at all times and gives the most satisfactory results. The care of the furnace is very simple and can lie done by any one. P>. W. Felton, 2 and 4 Warren street, Boston, is the manufacturer, and he will cheei'fiilly i'urnish all information and estimates on ajiplication. AiioN'ii the oldest firms in the insurance business, and one which has always enjoyed a most enviable reputation for its straightforwardness in business, is that of Franklin S. I'helps ct Co., established in 184."), having its office at the present time at 15 Doane street, where it has all the conveniences for the transaction of the large annnmt of business which is done each year, and which lias been steadily increasing from year to year. They were located at 55 State street, in the old Mechanics' E.xchange Iniihling, for many years; and later, for fifteen years, occupied rooms at 53 State street in the same building. In 1888-9 the office was removed to its present location. All kinds of insurance business is transacted, and risks placed in the best companies in the country. The firm are agents ior the London Assurance Corporation, of England, one of the strongest and most reliable companies doing business in this country. Their list of companies for which they write ] olicies is cpiite lai'ge, and they have the confidence of both the imblic and the companies which they represent. They have paid out a large amount of money to policy holders during the fifty years they have been in business, and all their transactions have baen most satisfactory to all concerned. The firm consists of Franklin S. I'helps and his son, James F. I'helps. Hf.xky H. Hunt has been engaged in the building business since 1880, when he established the business, which has since been conducted by him without any change in a most suceesful manner. His headquarters are at West Xewton, but his business is all over this part of the state, and he has done some very large jobs in the way of new buildings. He makes a specialty of contracting and building, and has the facilities for doing this class of work with promptness and satisfaction to those by whom he is employed. He is well and very favoraldy known to the trade, and has an excellent reputation for tluu-oughness and reliability. He has 4(;6 A }I.\LF I ENTtRV OK liOSTUX .s lUILDIXfJ. been connected with the buihling of manj- ot the modern buihlings in this city and is a pvactical and skilled workman. He has bnilt up a very large trade which is constantly increasing. His wonderful success is largely due to his careful and strict attention to busi- ness and his efforts to please his customers by doing only hrst-class work. Amoxc; the carpenters making a specialty of house, store and office work, none have a bet- ter reputation for tirst-class workmanship than C. F. Letteney, M Province street. He does a general business in the line of carpenter and repair work, fitting up stores and offices, finishing the interior of houses, etc. He has had a long experience in this class of work and his trade has increased very rapidly, owing to the excellent reputation which he has established for promptness and satisfactory work. Tliere is nothing in his line that he has not the facilities for doing in first-class shajie, and he has done a great many excellent jobs, which are proof of his ability. .He has won an enviable place among the members oi the trade, all of whom hold him in high esteem. Five years ago M. H. Gulesian established the business whicli he now carries on at 12 to 1() Waltliam street, where he is engaged in cornice making and general coppersmithing. He has a large plant which is well equipped with everything necessary to the trade, and does a very large and constantly increasing business. The use of copper for building trimmings has been growing in favor for the past few years and the manufacture of the materials is c]uite an important trade, recjuiring experience and skill as well as a thorough knowledge of the business and the requirements of the trade. ^Mr. Gulesian has liad many years of practical experience and is thoroughly acquainted with the business, so that he has been able to build up a very good trade in his special line, and his goods are in demand all over the state. Among some of the buildings which he has furnished with materials are : Kossuth Hall, Copley Square Hotel, and many other equally notable buildings. He manufactures quite extensively, and the cornice work which he turns out is in great demand. The largest part of his trade is order work and he has many of the largest builders as his customers. The firm of A. C. & M. L. Felkin, sign painters and manufacturers of brass signs, 114 Water street, was established by AV. C. Felkin in 18G8. They are manufacturers of signs of every description, and are also sole agents for the patent white enameled letters and enameled iron signs which have come to be very jiopular within the past few years. When the business was first established the denumd for brass signs was very limited, but at the present time they are in good demand and this company has worked up an excellent trade in this vicinity. Among their customers are such firms as the Massachusetts Title Insurance Company, the Broadway Bank, Fall Eiver Line, Southern Pacific Bail Road Company, Doliber-Goodale Company, Henry F. ^Miller, Boston JSIavine Insurance Company, Fiske Homes Comimny, A. G. Van ^S'ostrand, Boylston Brewery, Wilson Brothers, and a great many of the large corpora- tions wlio use numerous signs of various kinds for advertising purposes. They have the facilities for turning out any numlier and variety of signs, and are doing a constantly increasing business. With an experience of many years in the business this company know what is wanted and keep up with the tiun^s in style and designs. Stephex J. LippiNCOTT, 39 Dundee street, does a general business as a painter and paper hano-er, having a very large trade and doing none but first-class work. Mr. Lippincott is a HALF I EXTlllY OF l;OSTOX S BUII.DIXC 4(;7 thoroughly practic-;il anil c-oinpetent workman and lias done the work on many of the best houses in the city. He is always ph'ascil to make estimates, and attends to all orders in a prompt and satisfactory manner. The new Hotel Savoy, which is being built liy ,Mr. .lolin Stetson, will be one of the handsomest of modern hotel Iniildiugs in the country. The location was well chosen, and the construction of the building, which is to be very large and well arranged, will be done in the very best manner that modern science and skill can accomplish. The architectural design shows a building not only ornamental but substantial and well proportioned. The interior arrangement is equally well carried out, every room and suite being planned with a view to comfort, convenience, and health. The building through- out will be constructed of the very best tire-resisting material, making it as near fire-proof as is possible. The eipiipment and furnishings will lie of the very best, and the decorations elaborate and elegant. Those who know Mr. Stetson are aware that he will be satisfied with nothing short of the very best, and in this particular instance he will no doubt endeavor to realize the highest ideal of utility and elegance. The building will be equipped throughout with all the latest and most improved appliances for the convenience and comfort of the guest, and electricity will play an important part in tliis equijiment. The city already has some very elegant hotels, but since they have been built many new ideas have been brought out and great advancement in the art of building and furnishing has been made, all of which are to be taken advantage of in this new addition to the great hotels of the city. M.\CtAH?:y & Bykne, lOS Main street, Cambridgeport, are masons, contractors and builders, making a specialty of setting boilers and furnaces, erecting steam chimneys, engine foundations, etc. Tliey also do all kinds of jobbing, attending to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. They have done a great deal of work in and around l>oston and are well-known to the trade generally. Some of their buildings are the A. F. Morse five story building, Massachu- setts avenue; the Allen & Endicott ]\[ill on Albany street, four stories; Jlr. .1 . J. McXamee's Building, Post Office, Harvard square. Cambridge ; the Roberts Iron Works Building, Main Street, Cam- bridge, and the Fitzgerauld Building, on Massachusetts avenue. F. X. JiLiEN-, '22 Vernon street, Eoxbury, does a general bus- iness as a carjjenter and builder. He has done a great deal of work in these lines in this city and vicinity and is well known to the trade generally. He does all kinds of building, house finisliing, etc., and also does all kinds of jobbing and repair work. He lias special facilities for doing this kind of work i^romptly and in a most satisfactory manner. He has had manj' years of practical MiiTEr, SAVOY. 4GS A HALF (KyTLKV OF BOSTOn's BUILDIXG. experience in the building trade and is a thoroughly competent and reliable business man. He is always pleased to furnish plans and estimates for the construction of new buildings or for the remodeling or repair of those already built, and atteu'ls to all orders promptly. His residence is at 177 Warren street. L. W. and C. E. Eddy doing business as L. W. Ed Barton street, and 23 Willard street, 27 and 61 Lowell street, 5 Cotting street, 306 Hanover street, and 479 to 499 Hanover street; also, Caledonia block, Lewis street extension. A. S. N. EsTEs, civil and hydraulic engineer, at 199 Washington street, in the Sears building, makes a specialty of developing water jjowers, making examinations surveys, plans, reports and estinmtes, designs and specifications for water works, sewers, mills, dams. etc. Air. Estes has had a very large experience and is a practical engineer whose ability has been called into play in many of the large cities and towns throughout Xew England, where his knowledge of engineering has been very useful. Till-; BosTox Galvaxizixo AVouks which were established in 1886, are located at 145 Fulton Street, and do a general business in galvanizing and sheet iron work. The business was formerly owned and conducted by "William McFee, who sold out to the present company consisting of W. F. Cuther and J. H. Vail, in 1895. The company do a very large and constantly increasing business, their goods being in demand all over Xew England and New York state. Among some of the buildings furnished with materials by this company are : the Chamber of Commerce, Castle Sc^uare Theatre, Dormitory at Harvard College, ^'anderbilt Villa at Newport. They have also furnished materials used in the construction of buildings by John Farquhar's Sons, E. 1). Hicks & Son, Xorcross Brothers, G. Vi'. & F. Smith Iron Co,, and many others. The works are equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery and appliances for the ra^nd and satisfactory production of first-class work, and the company have a very high reputation for square and honorable dealing, Amoxg the well-knciwn and most extensive plumbers and sanitary engineers in the city :Mr. Isaac X^. Tucker stands in the front ranks. He has been identified with the trade for a great many years and is one of the most thorough and practical men in the business. He makes a specialty of the highest grade of sanitary engineering, and in this line has completed a great Iir I i,i>iN(; 17'.i-4'.i'.i II ANii\ i-;i,- siiikkt. M. A. SI, AKIN, i;i II.IIF.I;, lu I i.hi.m; :;(irp iiax(>\ i:i; sijjket. M. A. sr.AKIN, lUII,I)i;i!. ALDAAY 5VILni/\o- M A_ 3l.A1U'>> f^VlLDLI* \\^rJT e- Cp.v>.'oc^ At^.iiTcciJ 1 ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ i :, i r 1 r t I'.riLiiiNii I, i:\vis sruKKT i;.\ii;.vsiiiN. M. A. SI.AKIX. r.l If.DEI!. ADVERTISKMKXTS. 4G9 ■1^ S73S?1 w»w. "v^'- .fJL' ... -^ THK WINDK.nMKKK, BDVLSTON STREET AM) MASSAI IllSETTS AVENUE. L. G ADDIS, T. DUFF, Plumbing^-^Gas Fitting. Manufacturer of Carpenter, XlaiL, SJn-eet IroriL a-nfL Copper T.Vare. MAGNOLIA PLACE, FURNACES, RANGES and STOVES REPAIRED. 19 Harrison Avenue, - Boston, Mass. EVERETT, MASS. 470 A HALF lEXTUKY DF BOS70x"s BUILDIXG. mauy large eontrai'ts in tliis city and vicinity, among tliem being Exchange Building, Xew I'ublic Library. Ericson Hotel, Hotel Savoy, Master Builders" Exchange, Ames Buildings, Kingston street, Farknv Building, State street. He is a member of the Master Builders' Asso- ciation and has an order box at the Association rooms, IGO Devonshire street. His shop and main office are at 479 Tremont street, where he carries a large line of general "plumbing ma- terial and sanitary appliances. He is prepared to make plans and furnish estimates on large or small contracts, and lias the facilities for completing all su(!h contracts jiroraptly and in a satisfactory manner. The plumbing business conducted by William J. Fitzpatrick at 32 Pemberton square was established in 1889, and until two years ago he had a partner associated with him in the busi- ness. His specialty is first-class plumbing and he has done the work in many of the later large buildings of the city in a most satisfactory manner, showing him to be a thorough master of the trade. He is also the maker of a device or apparatus for testing the plumbing in old buildings. His trade extends all over New England, and the reputation lie has pstablislitd by skillful and thorough work brings to him the best class of business. WiLLARD Ames and William Joscelyn, under the firm name of Ames & Joscelyn, at 3 India square, do a general business as jobbing carpenters. They do everything in the line of carpenter work, and since they began business in 1889, have built up a very large trade in their line. The}- are both practical and experienced workmen and have a very high reputation for square and honorable dealing. They have done work for many of the best houses in the city, and given the best of satisfaction. Amoxg the large retail lumlier dealers in the Dorchester district, having a very extensive trade among the builders, is .Mr. Otis Eddy, whose yards are at 244 Freejiort street. The business was established in 18C9 and has been constantly increasing ever since. A large stock of all kinds of lumber used in building is always carried and can be furnished promptly and at short notice. E. AY. Clark >S; Co.. the well-known masons and builders, whose office is at 7 Water street, in the elegant new Carter building, are among those who have contributed a great deal to the building up of the city, having erected a number of very handsome edifices. The firm is one of the best known and most reliable, and has an excellent reputation for a s\iperior (piality of work. OxE of the best known and most successful places of amusement iu America is that owned bv Stone & Shaw and known as "Austin & Stone's Museum." It is located on Tremont Row, Sf'ollny Square, and, is open both day and evening. Tlrere is a stage jierformance everj- hour by the best talent, and all the leading curiosities of the day are to be seen in the Lecture Hall, connected with the Theatre. The admission is only ten cents, and there is not another place (tf amusement in the city that attracts more jieople or gives better satisfaction than this. It was established in 1883, and has always been conducted in a thoroughly respectable and business-like manner. With the march of improvements in building, has come the conservation of wasted energy, and the wasted energy of walking up several flights of stairs is a thing of the past. No modern business building or hotel is considered complete without an elevator, and in the A HALF CEXTLRV OF BOSTON's BUILDINT.. 471 manufacture of these silent servants, which are now more of a necessity than a convenience, Mr. Elias Brewer, who has been engaged in the same business for twenty-one years, has kejit ahead of the times. Mr. ISrewer manufactures Hydraulic, Steam, Belt, and Hand electric elevators, and has introduced liis elevators into about one hundred hotels and private residences in Boston, and about fifty similar buildings in Xew York City. Among the Boston buildings which contain elevators of his manufacture may be mentioned the following hotels: Sanford, Graffani, Regent, Glenwood. Windermere, Garfield, Rand, Exeter, I'almerston, and the Charlesgate, Columbia theatre building, 224 Tremout and 228 Tremont street, the Stratford and 845 Boylston street. Their elevators are all made under patents of Mr. lirewer's inventions, and his safety devices which are also patented, are peculiarlj' valuable. Mr. Brewer is located at 52 Sudbury St., Boston, and his trade extends not only through this country bvit also into Canada. J. E. Chkistkx has succeeded to the business of Louis Christen, as agent for the Germania Fire Insurance Company of New York, an^ also transacts a general insurance brokerage busi- ness, with an office at 40 Montgomery street. Orders received by mail are promptly attended to, and business is placed in the best companies. J. E. Christen is thoroughly reliable and has the confidence and patronage of the best class of customers. A OKEAT deal of polished brass work is now being used in the finish and decoration of buildings, and the business is one requiring both skill and experience. Mr. Harry Hunt whose place of business is at 69 Haverhill street, has one of the most complete plants for do- ing this class of work to be found in this part of the country. He is a brass finisher and manufacturer of specialties, such as hose couplings, hose pipes, lawn sprinklers, and corpora- tion water work of all kinds. He makes a specialty of brass pattern and model work, having the best of facilities for doing everything in this line in a first-class manner. Having had many years of practical experience in these lines he is able to do the work in a scientific and highly satisfactory manner. He is always pleased to make estimates and furnish plans when desired. L. Foster Morse, whose office, is at 5G Warren street, is an Auctioneer, Real Estate, and Insurance broker. He has been in the business for more than a cpiarter of a century — was one of the Commissioners for the City of Boston on the subject of Annexation of Charlestown, West Roxbur}% and Brighton — sold at one Auction Sale land in the city of Boston, to the amount of over f 1,000,000. A. McLellax, 254 Albany street, Boston, does all kinds of teaming, having a large number of heavy teams for doing general trucking, and being emploj'ed by many of the largest concerns in the city. He also has wharfage and storage for lumber, conveniently located and well arranged for general accommodation. Thomas J. Thokx, 107 West Cottage .street, Roxbury, does all kinds of building and car- penter work. He has had many years of practical experience as a builder and is well known in this city, where he has erected a number of buildings. He does all kinds of jobbing and repair work, store and office fitting, house finishing, etc. 472 A HALF CKNTUKV OF BOSTON S Bl-JLl) I ,\ed sliop for this class of work ; and also man- ufacture standard electrical testing instru- ments for electrical companies, colleges, schools and laboratories, and are also pre- pared at all times to do electric lighting, telegraphic Avork, making and putting in fire alarm apparatus, annunciators, call magnetos, switch bnards, indicators, burglar alarms, dynamos for power and hand use, bells, batteries, line and insulated magnet wire, and electric sui^plies of all kinds. They also have a department for the repairing of all kinds of electric instru- ments, which is done by experienced and skillful workmen. Their aim is to do only first-class work, securing the liighest degree of excellence, and guarantee satisfaction in every detail. In the line of special apparatus culled lor in the text-books of Professor A. P. Gage, on jjhysics, this company manufacture all the apparatus called therein, and are prepared to fill all oiders promptly. They do a very large business in all parts of the J0 THE 7.ik(;lek electric IOJIPANY. 474 A HALF CEXTfEV OF BOSTOX's BUILDTXr,. United States and Canada, giving employment to a large number of skilled mechanics. The company has the finest show room in New England, and at all times carries a complete stock to equil a physical or chemical laboratory. The business is constantly increasing, and the company is building up a rejiutation second to none in this country for the variety and excel- lence of its production. KoKERT Black, plasterer and stucco worker, 16 Albion street, Eoxbury, has built up a very extensive and constantl}' increasing business in his trade. He is one of the most practical and skillful workmen and is thoroughly reliable in ever}' respect. He has been engaged on some of the best work in the city, his work being chiefly in the Back Bay and Brookline, and has always given the very best of satisfaction. D. G. S(iUiKE, 10 "Waterlow street, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, having constructed a number of very fine buildings in different parts of the city and vicinit\'. He has all the facilities for doing all kinds of carpenter work promptly and in a most satisfactory manner, also jolibing of all kinds, such as store and office fittings, house finishing, and general repairing. F. J. Herthel, Jr., does a general business as a real estate and insurance broker, and in the negotiation of loans and mortgages. He is a man well known in his line of business and has built up a large patronage. He has had the handling of a large amount of real estate and has been wonderfuUv successful in its management and sale. He has an office at 227 Washington street, and also one at 212 Kuggles street. George Williajis, 3 Troviuce court, does a general business as a house, sign and fresco painter, grainer and glazier. He has built up a very large and constantly increasing business and has a very high reputation among the trade as a competent and skillful workman, thoroughly honest and relialile in all his dealings. He has done a great deal of work in and around Boston, and has always given the very best of satisfaction. C. A. Bray, loo Eliot street, does a general business as a sanitary plumber and gas fitter, and has a very extensive trade, having built up an excellent business in the past few years. He is a thoroughly piractical and reliable workman and has done some very large jobs in and around Boston, which attest his skill and reliability. He is well and favorably known to the trade and has an excellent reputation as a square and honest business man. Mr. Bray did all the work in the handsome residence of Councilman Sullivan at lOl) Webster street, East Boston, at a cost of nearl}- $4,000. All of the material was selected and work laid out according to Mr. Bray's ideas and it is called one of the finest jobs in the city. He also did the work in the residence of IVtr. Charles P. ]>rightnian at Eall River, and the Harvard Dental College building on North (rrove street. Alexaxder McGiLVRAY, 4 Draper court, Dorchester, is a builder of long and practical experience, who has done a great deal in the way of adding to the growth of the buildings of Boston and vicinity. He does a general business in this line and has the facilities for the prompt and satisfactory construction of buildings of all kinds. He is always pleased to give estimates on new work, and is thorougldy competent and reliable. A HALF CEXTIRY OF BOSTOx'S BUILDING. 475 Smith Brothers, memliers of the Mechanics' Exchange, liaving tlieir headquarters at the rooms of the association, 17 Otis street, are engaged in the business of plain and ornamental plasterers, and are recognized as among the leading concerns in the business. They have done a great deal of excellent work on many of the modern buildings in the city and their business is constantly increasing. J. H. Holmes, 505 Shawmut avenue, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, having been in the business for several years and built up a very successful and constantly increasing trade. He is a thoroughly practical and reliable business man and has done a great deal of building in and around Boston. He has the facilities for furnishing the plans and specifications for biiildings of all kinds, and doing the construction work promptly and in a very satisfactory manner. Mr. Holmes is one of the best known and highly respected men in the business, and has as his customers many of the largest real estate owners. He makes a specialty of dwelling houses and tenement blocks, and does general jobliing and repair work of all kinds. Mr. Chaeles E. Moss, 14 Broad street, manufactures blue process paper and cloths and is also engaged in the reproduction of drawings by the blue jDrinting process and the process for giving a black line on a white ground. He has taken the prints for a very large number of the most prominent buildings all over the country, and has the best of facilities for doing all kinds of work in this line. He also carries a large line of detail drawing papers and tracing cloths. He is always pleased to give any information in relation to this class of work and furnish estimates upon application. He has had large experience and is widely known to the trade for the excellence of his workmanship. His business has greatly increased in the last few years and he keeps up with the times in everything pertaining to his trade. The E. Woodman Maxufacturixi; & Supply Co., 63 Oliver street, was established in 1872, and is engaged in the manufacture of fancy hardware, specialties, railroad, office and mill sujiplies. One of the specialties is the manufacture of railroad ticket punches, and the coiupany have a very large variety of styles and designs in this line. Their goods are in use all over the country, and they have over six thousand in use on the West End Koad of Boston; also on the Lynn cV- Boston, East Jliddlesex, and most of the other street railroads in this vicinity using ticket punches. They also manufacture pew numbers and yjlates of every description, in endless varietj' of shapes and in all kinds of metals: in gold, silver, nickel, or bronze plate, or aluminum. This house has the advantage over a great many other manufacturers, as they make and design their own special tools, dies, etc., etc., for the nmnufacture of these and other goods, wJiich will in the majority of cases enable them to quote lower prices for first-class work. Mr. Woodman is one of the best-known inventors in this line of goods, and the company do a very large business. The company have fourteen patents on ticket punches, speed indicators, car seals and car sealing presses, perforating stamjis, multiple rubber stamps, holders, etc. Special tools and machines are also made for the manufacture of jiatented articles, etc. Xew inventions are developed. The company made for a number of years all tlie lead seals and wire fastenings used by the United States Treasury Department in sealing bonded cars, etc. This called for more than a million a year. A very complete catalogue is issued, which will be sent to anyone on application. 476 A HALF CEXTtaiY OF BOSTOx'.S BlILDIXU. G. S. Haliwell, 27 Fiiltou street, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, making a specialty of fitting up stores and offices, having all the facilities for making and setting up counters and fixtures of all kinds. He is always pleased to make estimates for new work or for the remodeling of old buildings. Mr. Haliwell lias had a large experience and is a very skilled workman, doing nothing but first-cdass work. jMelvix ]). Avers, 687 Centre street, and 17 Otis street, does a general business as carpenter and builder, also all kinds of jobbing. He pays particular attention to packing furniture for shipping, and has constantly on hand a large assortment of doors, sash, blinds, door and window frames, hardware, and hard and soft lumber. He attends to all orders promptly and is doing a large and constantly increasing business. Among the buildings which he has erected are Paul Lincoln house. Park Place; Daniel Smatley house, Green street; New England Teleplume & Telegraph Company, Albion street ; Xew England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Farnsworth street; Xew England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Chardon street; Nathan Stone, three houses, Greenough place; Col. T. L. Livermore house, Alveston street; E. K. Eose house, Thomas street; Eailej' L. Paige, two houses, Lester i)lace; Eiley's house. Jamaica street : Patton's house, Jamaica street. Among the well-known and successful plumbers of the city none enjoj' a better reputation for first-class workmanship than John Cooper, who has been identified with the ti'ade since 1872 when he established himself in business at 19 Milk street. Later he removed to his present location at 144 Harrison avenue where he has since been. He has done the jjlumbing in some of the large modern buildings in a most satisfactory manner and is well known in the adjoining towns within a radius of forty miles of Boston. He does a very extensive business and stands very high in the trade as a man of skill and experience. Geok(;e W. and "\Vaki;e\ Sttdley, doing business under the firm najue of Studley Brothers, at 71 Park street, Dorchester, do carpenter work of all kinds, also building, having established a very good business in and around Dorchester, where they are well known as thoroughly competent and reliable business men. They pay special attention to jobbing and repair work, and are always pleased to make estimates. One of the oldest and best known builders in the city and one who has done his share in building up the place, is Mr. L F. Tarbox. Mr. Tarbox is a member of the Builders' and Contractors' Association, and his Boston office is at the rooms of the Exchange, 17 Otis street. His residence is at 68 Cedar street, Maiden. He has been identified with the building interests of the city and vicinity for a great many years, and is everywhere looked upon as a man of ability and one of unquestioned reputation. He has built a great many lioiises and is thoroughly acquainted with the demands of the present time in the construction of buildings and the methods of doing the work. He is a contractor and builder and has done work in his line all over New England. i\L J. MuLKERN, who has been established in the business of general plumbing for the pa.st six years, has been very successful and is one of the best known men in the trade. He is a careful and skillful workman and has done some very fine plumbing in this city and vicinity. He makes a specialty of sanitary work and has the best of facilities for doing the work promptly and in the most satisfactory manner. A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTOn"s BUILDINCi. 477 Joshua Sears, one of Boston's best known and most skillful decorators and painters, lias an office at 178 Tremont street. Mr. Sears has had a very large experience iu interior decoration, and with his natural ability and taste as an artist, is especially well fitted to the work to which he has given his time and attention for so many years. It is not to be wondered at, that a man who has built up for himself such an enviable reputation in his special line, finds his services in demand, where there is a job requiring just the ability which he is known to possess. Interior decoration is to-day an important trade, as the modern ideas of interior finish call for a very high degree of artistic taste and ability. Mr. Sears has done the decorating and painting in many of the modern buildings of Boston, both public and private, and always to the entire satisfaction of those for whom the work was done. He makes a specialty of relief and papier mache work, which is at present much used in the better and more costly buildings. A. C. CnisHOLM and William Sullivax, doing business under the iinn name of Chishohu & Sullivan, do a general business as carpenters and builders, including all kinds of jobbing- and repair work. They have the best of facilities for doing everything in the woodworking line and are both experienced and practical workmen. They have done a great deal of work in Eoxbury and vicinity. Mr. Cliisholm resides at 15 Ingleside street, and Mr. Sullivan at 208 Heath street. The Chem-Electric Manufacturing Company, 17 Batterjuuarch street, are manufacturers of all kinds of electric batteries, including faradaic medical, bichromate, storage and chloride of silver batteries, electric advertising signs, electric non-winding clocks, push buttons, switches and current reverses, new electric annunciator for hotels, etc., etc. Their goods are all of the newest and most improved designs. They issue a catalogue which will be sent on application. James H. Murphy, one of the well-known builders located at Jamaica Plain, has worked up a very large and constantly increasing business and enjoys a splendid reputation for the high class of workmanship which characterizes all his work. He has done a great deal of building in different parts of the city and is spoken of very highly by all who have ever em- ployed him. He has all the facilities for doing tirst-class work, and is a reliable anropulsion, with the result that it very soon began to equip its entire system for electricity. Thus this company became the pioneer in the electric street railroading field, and it stands to-day, without a rival as the largest and most complete system of electric street railways in the world. The tracks of this company measure something over 275 miles in length, covering not only the city proper but reaching out into the suburban districts. To give an idea of the amount of business done by this great system, it may be stated that over 137,000,000 jiassen- gers are carried yearly, and at a single point on Tremont street, where many of the lines centre, 4,735 cars pass daily. Tlie development of the West End system has been very rapid since the introduction of electricity as the motive power, and although the equipment cost millions of dollars, it has proven a good investment and no where in the world is there a better or more efficient system. A very important part of the equipment are the power houses, and the great central power station, in many respects surpassing anything of the kind in the world, is worthy of a detailed description. It is located on Albany street, extending through to Harrison avenue, and covers a very large ground area. The old buildings of the Hinckley Locomotive Works, being utilized for offices, a shop for repairs, etc., and adjoining this are the buildings contain- ing the engines, boilers, dynamos, and other equipments. The great boiler bouse is of brick and masonry of the most solid construction, with walls two feet thick. It is two hundred by eighty-five feet, with the roof of a single span iron truss and contains about one hundred and seventy-five tons of iron. It is calculated to stand a very large strain either from a load of snow or a wind pressure. Within this great structure are set the batteries of boilers capable of generating twenty thousand horse jiower. These boilers are of the latest and most improved styles, and are a wonderful combination. But to the general jmblic, the most interesting part of the equipment of this great plant, which is capable of generating power, greater than many of the largest water jiowers in the country, are the engines and electric generators. These are truly wonderful pieces of mechanism. The main engines are of the Reynolds-Corliss type, built by the Edward P. Allis Company, of Milwaukee, Wis. The details of their construct- ion are not of special interest to the general reader, but a few of their proportions, will give some idea of their enormous size and j)ower. The fly-wheels are twenty-eight feet in diameter, and ten feet and seven inches across, upon which run the two great belts, and weigh eighty tons. 486 A UAhV CKXTURY OF BOSTON'S BVILIUNG. These wheels carry two of the largest belts ever seen in this part of the country, each one being fifty-four inches wide and one hundred and fifty feet long. The foundations for these immense engines are very solid and built with the greatest care. In addition to the large engines above, there are ten smaller engines of four hundred horse jiower each. In the dynamo room are the generators which are of the general electric multipolar type. Tliere are eighteen six hundred horse power each, forty one hundred horse power each, fur- nishing a generating capacity of over fourteen thousand horse power. An additional four thousand horse power is to be added shortly. These facts will give a general idea of the plant which is undoubtedly one of the largest electric generating stations in the country. This, however, is only one of the nnmerorrs stations which are required to supply the electric current for the operation of the three thousand or more cars of the system. The first power station which was equipped for this purpose is the one located at AUston. This one, while not so large or important as those since equipped, was the one from which the current was supplied for some time, while tlie trial of electricity as a motive power was being made. This ])lant is quite small when compiared with the one mentidued al)ove. its capacity being only about twelve hundred horse power. There is also a station at East Cambridge, whieli supplies the lines riuming into Cani- liridge, Cliarlestown and Somerville. In its general construction and equipment, this station is similar to the great central station, although it is at present only partially developed, only being supplied with machinery to furnish about forty-tive hundred horse power. It is planned, however, for enlargement when required. At East Boston is located another power house, from which the power is furnished for the running of cars in tlie East Boston division, and is entirely independent of any other i)art of the .system. The engines at this station are three in number, of the tandem compound type, and furnishing three hundred horse power each. The generators are of the General Electric M. P. type, direct connected, and of two linndred K.W. each. There is also being constructed and equipped another power station in Cliarlestown. with a ca])acity of about three tliousand horse power, which can be increased from six hundred to eight thousand liorse power. The company has tliirty-six electric car houses, located in different parts of the territory covered by its lines, and tliese are all of modern construction, thoroughly ecjuipped with all the conveniences for handling the cars. In connection with the car house is a repair shop, thoroughly equipped for keeping the cars always in proper repair. The present officers of the company are: Samuel Little. President; Prentiss Cummings, Vice President; C. S. Sergeant, general manager; J. H. Goudsjieed, treasurer; H. L. Wilson, auditor. J.AMES Tucker & Sons, 14 Brattle square, do a general plumbing business, and are one of the best-known firms in the city having a very large trade and doing the very best of work. They carry a large stock of phunbing materials at their store in Brattle square, and contract for doing all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work. Specimens of tliis firm's work can be found in the following buildings and residences. The following is a list of buildings and residences in which tlicy Iiave performed the plumbing, viz. : John Hancock building, Hemenway building, new boiler house. City Hospital, Parental School for Boys, Working Girl's Home, dormitories at Austin & Pierce Farms, A IIALK CEXTIKY OK UOSTON's BUIIiDINCi. 487 Bi'ookline High Scliool building, Young's Hotel, Quincy House, Wm. T. Hart, Commonwealth avenue; Dr. F. I. Knight, Beacon street; Geo. R. Harris, Brcokline ; Austin Corbin, Newport, N. H. ; A. G. Briggs, Beacon street; Jas. M. Little, Commonwealth avenue. The New England Adamant Company are manufacturers of Adamant A\'all Plaster. This material is used for jilastering purjjoses, and is far superior to lime and hair mortar, be- ing practically indestructible and fire-proof. It is supplied ready for use by the company. It has been used extensively throughout the New England States, in all classes of buildings, and has given the greatest satisfaction. Adamant was used exclusively in the Ames Building at the corner of Court and Washington streets, in Keith's New Theatre, the Tremont Theatre, and the lirown-Durrell building, in Boston; in the Anson Phelps Stokes residence (the largest in New England) at Lenox, the High School at Worcestei-, Gushing Academy at Ashburnham, and thousands of other buildings. The works of the company are located on First street, South Boston, and their office is at lfi6 Devonshire street. 0. E. FuRisEK, 68 Humboldt avenue, Roxbury. is a well-known builder and architect, who has planned and constructed a great many buildings in Roxbury and vicinity, having been in the business a number of years, and becoming well known everywhere. He does iptite a business in building brick apartments, and has a large number for sale most of the time. He reeenth' built nine butt'l)rirk apartment liouses on Huntington and Parker Hill avenues. A. Hathaway's Sons, as successors to the business established by Mr. A. Hathaway in 1841, do a general business as carpenters and builders. This is one of the oldest concerns in the business and is well-known everywhere. This firm have built a great many houses and business blocks in and around this citj-. The office is located at 77 River street. W. L. Clark & Co. are among the well-known masons and builders who are members of the Master Builders' Association, having a box at the association rooms, 16() Devonshire street. Their office is at 17 ililk street. They have done a great deal of work in this city and vicin- ity and are well-known to the trade generally. They have a very high reputation for skill and workmanship, and their liusiness is constantly increasing. Ckuickshank & Teed are well-known among the carpenters and builders in tlie Dorchester district, and have built up a large business and done a great deal of building in different parts of the city and suburbs. They have a number of customers among the large property owners, for whom they do all the work in their line, always giving the very best of satisfaction. Their place of business is at I Carlos street, Dorchester. James J. Galvin is well known as a mason and builder, who has had many years of practi- cal experience in the business, and is very highly esteemed by every one with whom lie has ever done business. He has done a great deal of building in different sections of the city and his business is constantly increasing. He has facilities for doing everything in the line of masonrj- work neatly and promptl3^ His office is at IG Saint Germain street. During the year 1894, from July till June of 1895,. he erected forty -three jjrivate houses on the Boulevard in Brook- line, which were built of brick and freestone. These houses represented in volume some three quarters of a million of dollars. 4SS A HALF CKNTUKY OF BOSTON'S BUILDING. ^1('\'ai!isu i& Hkxnigan, 88 Maine street, Charlestown, are the successors to the gas tit- ting anil jihnubing business formerl_y conducted In' William H. Poole & Co. In addition to doing all kinds of plumbing and sanitary work, the tirni are also dealers in gas stoves, gas fix- tures, and lamji goods, carrying a large stock of the very best manufacture in these lines. G. Mekz, 30G Centre street, Jamaica Plain, does a general business as a carpenter and bnilder, doing all kinds of carpenter work either in the line of new buildings or jobbing and repairs. He has a great deal of experience and is a thoroughly competent and reliable work- man. Mr. Merz is very highly sj)oken of by every one for whom he has worked, and is well- known to the trade generally. Buknham & Davis, masons and builders, make a specialty of brick and stone buildings, of which they have erected a great many in and around Boston. Among the buildings which they have constructed the new gramurar school building (see illustration on page 291), at Xew- ton Highlands, is a splendid example of the class of work they do. It is a very handsome structure, and is very thoroughly built. Also the women's dormitory at Tufts College and the Refectory building at Franklin Park (partially completed). The firm are members of the Builders' and Contractors' Association, and have an order box at the rooms of this association, 17 Otis street. Orders left here receive promjit attention. Mr. Burnham resides at 25 Park street. Newton (telephone call 86-4, Newton), and Mr. Davis at 7 Arthur street, Somerville. Albekt E. Touchet, rear 70 Beacon street, does a general plumbing business, having been in the trade for several years, is a thoroughly practical and competent workman. He ]«ys especial attention to drainage and ventilation, giving his personal attention to all orders. He is always jdeased to make estimates for new work. Chakles Coopeu, r> Main street, Charlestown, does a general plumbing and gas fitting business, and is one of the best known men in the trade in Charlestown. He also does all kinds of furnace and range repairing, and deals in grates, lirnngs. etc. He is a thoroughly (■onii)etent and reliable workman in every respect. BitiiiiiAMS Hotel, G42 Washington street, is one of the most popular hotels in the city for traveliug and commercial men, and is very liberally patronized. It is centrally located and is fitted up with all the modern arrangements for the convenience and accommodation of its guests. The n oms are all large and well fnrnished, and the proprietors, Messrs. Bush and Willey, are well-known hotel men who have made the house very popular. It is run on the European i)lan and its cuisine is unsur]jassed. Everything is done to make the house attract- ive and its patrons are among the best class of peojjle. It is a favorite meeting place for business and professional men, its nearness to the large business houses, theatres, etc., making it especiall}' desirable to the traveling public. Amcini: the well-known firms engaged in the ]ilumbing business is that of J. S. Delany & 8ons, whose place of business is at 6 1-2 Staniford street. This firm have been in business for a great many years and have always done the very best class of work. In the line of plumbing and gas fitting, they have no superiors and their business is constantly increasing. They also do a general jobbing business, receiving work from the city and vicinity, which they do promptly and satisfactorily. A JIALK CEXTUKY OK HOSTrookline ; I. H. Allard's stable, 707 Dudley street, Dorchester; I!. K. Cleveland's stible, Northampton. The Maveiuck House, in East Boston, has been one of the favorite hotels of the city for more than forty years; built to accommodate the ocean traveler more especially. It is a large brick structure, six stories in height, and contains two hundred rooms. Located on high ground, near the water, where it gets the beneflt of the ocean breeze, in summer it is one of the coolest houses in the city. The upper stor\' commands a view of ten miles of the coun- trj- and ocean. The rooms are all exceptionally large and this is an ideal summer hotel. It is thoroughly furnished and equipped in the best of style, every convenience being furnished for the comfort and pleasure oi its patrons. The dining-room is large and very pleasant, and the cuisine is unsurpassed. The proprietor is a hotel man of long ex])erience. and spares no piains to keep the house up to its standard reputation of excellence. 492 A HALF CENTL'RY OF BOSTON'S BUILDIXO. Jamks 0' Nkill. 991 Tiemont street, Boston, does all kinds ol idunibing and gas fitting, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation. He also deals in all kinds of gas fixtures, and is always pleased to make estimates for new work. He also does all kinds- of jobbing and re- pair work in a first-class and satisfactory manner. M. D. Citosj'.v. 101 I'ynchon street, is a jjlumber and sanitary engineer, doing all kinds of plumbing, gas fitting, etc., also all kinds of jobbing. He lias done a great deal of work all through Jamaica Plain, and is well known as a skillfnl and reliable workman. He has been establislied in business since 1(SS9 and has built up a very good trade. TuK Falcoxer MANiiFAoston. the largest railway station in tiie country and one of the largest in the world. Some idea of the immense proportions of this great structure may be had from the tact that it covers nearly nine acres of giound space, being five hundred and sixty-seven feet by six hundred and fifty-five feet. The architecture of this magnificent structure is original and (inique. jn-esenting many attractive features, prominent among which is the magnificent cen- tral tower and arcliway, the latter being the largest archway in this country, having a width of thirty-five feet and a heiglit of forty -five feet from pavement to apiex. Everything is on the same grand scale. There are ample waiting rooms, finished in marble and polished hard wood, well arranged and thoroughly equipped toilet rooms, restaurants, news stands, etc., etc. The great train shed with its twenty-three tracks is one of the marvels of the great enterprise. This measures five hundred and eighty -nine by five hundred and sixty-seven feet, covered witli a specially designed roof, which is supported by immense steel columns. During a single hour in the afternoon, there arrive and depart from this station sixty-six trains. ADVKKTISEMENTS. 495 Standard Wire Lathing, THE ONLY WIRE LATHING WITH STIFFENING BAR WOVEN IN. Special Lathing carried in stock for use in Furring Outside Brick Walls, Cornices, Partitions, etc. THE ROEBLING PATENT Fire=Proof Floor Construction, STRONGEST, LIGHTEST, LOWEST IN COST. Approved by the Inspection of Buildings Department of all Large Cities, for the Highest Buildings. Correspondence solicited and contracts made for all work where Wire Lathinjj can be used, including Floors, Partitions, .Suspended Ceilings, Cornice ^^'ork, etc. MANUFACTURED BY ID,. .,^ TRENTON, N. J, Boston Office, 69 Pearl Street. 4<)(; A HALF I KNTUltY OF BOSTON's BUII-DIXG. TiiK well-kiiowu tinu of Darlow r.rotliers, 940 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge, are engaged iu business as plumbers, steam fitters, and sanitary engineers. They have a very laro-e business and are well known in Boston aud vicinity, where they have done a great deal (if very fine work. They are always jdeased to answer inquiries and make estimates on any- thing in their line. A few of the many houses in which they have done the work are: the residence of Kev. J. L. Chamberlain, Magnolia, Manchester-by-the Sea ; Jackson's Villas, Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton, owned by Nat. Jackson, Esq. Mathkw Moktox, 20 Millit street, Dorchester, does a general business as carpenter and builder, contracting for the erection of new buildings, or tlie repairing and finishing of old buildings. He has had many years of experience in and around the city, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. He is always pleased to make estimates on work to be done, and is very prompt iu carrying out his contracts. A:\iox(i the buildings which i\Ir. It. B. Plummer, Jr., the builder and contractor at 89 Church street, has erected, are: tlie Agas.siz Museum at Cambridge ; the Children's Hospital at Wellesley; Church of the Messiah ; the Gibson school building at Dorchester; Agassiz School Jamaica Plain; the business blocks at the corner of Harrison avenue and Exeter place, corner of Essex and Columbia streets, besides assisting in the building of many of the elegant private residences on Beacon street and Commonwealth avenue, also Oliver Ames' house. North Easton ; (Jharles E. Adams' residence, Lincoln ; A. S. Bigelow's house, Cohasset. He does a ijeneral business in contracting and building, and takes contracts anywhere in Boston or vicinity. Nklson IhiOTiiEKS, 36 Beach street, are manufacturers of artistic wrought iron work of all kinds. Fancy wrought iron work for building purjioses, chandeliers, brackets, lanterns, andirons, fences, etc. They also nmnufacture the Gem Bicycles, making machines to order, also doing repairs on bicycles. They have all the necessary facilities for doing first-class work iironqitly aiul in a most s;itisfactory manner. T. J. MoKiiAN, Neponset avenue. Mount Hope, does a general business as a plumber aud gas fitter. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. Mr. ilorgan has had a very large experience, and has done a great deal of work in Boston and vicinity. He is well-known to tlie trade generally and is very highly siiokeu of as a skillful workman. J. C. Camkhox is well known to the building trade as one of the best and most compe- tent plasterers in the city, and has built up a very large and constantly increasing business. He is a thoroughly competent and rtdiable workman, who has had years of experience and has done a great deal of work in and around liostou. His jilace of business is on Calder street, Dorchester. A. A. Elstox & Co. are contractors for tlie tearing down ami removal of buildings, and are also dealers in all kinds of building materials. Their office is at IClJ Devonshire street, and their yards and store houses, at the corner of Sixth street and Broadway, Cambridge. This is quite an imjiortant business, and the firm have done a great amount of work in their line within the past two years. Some of the more notable buildings wliich they have razed are the old Tremont House, old ^Marlboro Hotel, old Adams_House, old Boylston nuirket, old Py>Jf^^.^-^J ^ .4- ^ Js/.^y /? .'-/^ /^..» . .V?, . .v„', ^ .»„ r^^^t^cA'*^*-^^ c-*^_-^i. » /^^ JLiL^ ^,^&L.^^ -^-^^-^>, z-J / ^. I np 1 me 7k'/*. tiff t'r* tof t^V<~ 4 t ^v... i'y.^-;/ /r ty / >^ /s- A fi \ f.^ \ \ /z \ II \ If! \ o 1 \ / / s- \ 7 \ L / 6 \ 1 ^ \ V 1 ^ V. vi' •^ s^ J V^. / A HALF rKNTlRY OF BOSTOX's BlULDIXr,. 497 Stock Exchange, Arlington JMills at Lawrence; buildings on the site of the new Court House, new State House, Tublic Library, Ames building, Fisk building, Bell Telephone build- ing, and many others. They always have on hand a large amount of building materials secured in tearing down old structures which they sell at very reasonable prices. 'I'hey have the best of facilities for doing this kind of work and do it at the shortest notice. In 1880 J. W. Crii,PATi;irK established the business which he has since carried on at 125 Merrimac street, making a specialty of store and office fittings, house repairing and building. His business has grown very rapidly and he has done a large amount of work in ]>oston and surrounding towns. In the line of building he luis erected several large tenement houses, in Somerville and Chelsea, all of which are of the better class of tenement houses, requiring the best of workmanship and materials. He makes a s})ecialty, however, of store and office fittings, and in this line, has probably the largest business of any one in the city. The firm of Jehome Redding & Co., electrical engineers and contractors, was estaVilished in 18G8, by .Jerome and Harvey Redding, who have remained together in tiie business ever since. This firm manufacture and deal in all kinds of electrical goods, making a specialty of electric watchman's clocks, electro mechanical gongs, annunciators, batteries, etc., also electric lighting apparatus. Their goods are in use all over the United States. They have installed electric lighting, licll, and other electrical apparatus in a very large number of the churches, schools, public buildings, and dwelling houses, in this city and vicinitj'. Among the buildings which they have equipped are : The Industrial Training ScIukjI at Xewton Highlands ; Gram- mar School at Medford; Faulkner School at JMalden; Maplewood School at Maiden; Central Club at Somerville ; Kernwood Club at Maiden ; Trinity Church in this city ; Channing Church at Newton; Burnham buildingon Tremont street; Houghton & Button's stores ; Lally & Collins building, corner Bedford and Washington streets; New King biulding, corner ililk and Broad streets; J\Iarston"s restaurant, Brattle street; Simmons building, Tremont street; E. D. Jor- dan's residence, Corey Hill ; Henry D. Cobb's residence, Newton ; Frank Bartlett's residence. Maiden. They have also installed a number of isolated electric lighting plants, among them being one for the Revere Brew^ery at East Boston, Union Brewery and American Brewery at Roxbury, Public Market at Manchestei', N. H., Jacol) Wirth's restaurant on Eliot street, in this city. Their celebrated fire alarm for awakening the guests in hotels in case of fire, has been introduced in almost every hotel and large lodging house in this city and is being intro- duced throughout the country. The company is well known everywhere and its business is rapidly increasing, keeping its large force of skilled workmen constantly busy. The main office and store is at -IS Hanover street. There have been six generations of the Redding family in this city, and they are well and favorably known as among the oldest and most reliable families, which have done business here for so many years. Since the recent developments in electrical science have brought this department of trade into such prominence, the Beddings have been in the front ranks in all the improvements, and are to-day among the foremost concerns in the business. (rEo. F. Doyle, 43 Dix street, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and builder; and his work commends itself, as he is a first-class workman and very well known, and his specialty is working for the owner's interest. -<^c^ .-^^ '^x— t/^/t,*^M3.^*-eA>-^ iyoA.'-A^^^ ^^....^^/^i^/'i^ -/— ^^ ^.^,; Hi ■ /«7/ 1 1, n7f AW 1 /n't t ] I ''^^3^ W^ [^ry^ f 1, A /8fo 1 r '.... Z^''/ 1 "^■-"-)' 7^ "■""~ '** -r-rf 1^ A 17 A / \ -f iL A 1 \ is- T A [ / v \ /V \ / \ Y \ n L / y \ \ n \ / V. J II \ 1 1 1 in \ J / o ) \ / r V r 1 s- \ / — f- \ / 6 \ r^ \ V i il V, / J "V J ^7 ^ 1 408 A HALF CEXTI'RY OK BOSTON' S IM'ILDIXG. E. K. GiiF.ftOHV, 7") West Dedliam street, Boston, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, general jobbing and repairing. He has a well-equipped shop, where he is prepared to do all kinds of WTjod work, ami in the very best manner. He does store and office fitting, house finishing, etc., and attends to all orders promptly and personally. John 1>. ;^^(■GKEG0K, 108 Worcester street, Boston, does general carpenter and building work and jobbing of all kinds. He makes a specialty of building and repairing refrigerators, fitting up oltices and stores, making window and door screens, etc. He is a skillful workman and is very prompt in attending to orders. Felick.I. Poktuxato, 207 Blue Hill avenue. Mount I'leasant, does all kinds of carpenter work, including building, jobbing and repairing. He is a very skillful workman, and has built up a very large and constantly increasing business. He is always ready to make estimates ior new construction or repair work and attends to all orders promptly. W. H. Tf.ki., 9 Lime street, Boston, was formerly with the late W. A. Eawsonbut, and is now engaged in liusiness for himself, doing house and decorative j.aiuting, graining and glaz- in". Mr. Teel has had years of practical experience in the business and is a careful and skill- ful Avorknmn. He attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. Specimens (if his work can be found on the Simmons estate, 40 Water street, and the Goddard estate, 19 Milk street. I). J. FiTzoEKALD, 2692 Washington street, is a practical plumber and sanitary engineer, and although being a young man he comnumds a large business among the best class of cus- tomers. He has been in the business many years and is prejiared to do anything in the line of plumbing, repairing and general jobbing, in a prompt and satisfactory manner ; estimates are cheerfully furnished and all orders by mail promptly attended to. The W. F. Webstei: Cejiknt CoMrAxv. with a well-'.-quipped factory on Albany street, Uambridgeport, are the sole manufacturers of Webster's Original Elastic Cement for bedding slates, pointing stone, wood, iron, and repairing leaky roofs and chimneys. This cement has been extensively used in this city and vicinity, and the company has a very large trade all (iver tlie country. The KdHi.Ei; Fukxace axd Steam He.\tinc; Company was established in 1851, and are the original uranufacturers of the Kohler Double Radiating Surface Hot Air Furnace, and pat- ent combination steam, hot water, and hot air heating apparatus. The company do a very large business all over the country, and the works, which are thoroughly equipped with all the moolton street. South Boston, does all kinils of mason work, luuing built up a very good business, and become well-known to the trade generally. He is a workman of long and practical experience, and is thoroughly competent and reliable He is always jileased to make estimates on any kind of mason work and attends to all orders iironij)tly. Hkxry Hakhison, who established himself iu business in 1S'.)4, as a practical hot water, steam, and gas fitter, is a man with the best of experience in his line, having been in the em- ploy of two of the largest concerns in the city in this line for several years, doing a great deal of work, for which he has received much jjraise. Since beginning business on his own account, he has tilled several contracts in a most satisfactory manner, and has recently secured two rpiite large contracts fur gas work. He makes a specialty of house heating, setting new furnaces, arranging and installing hot water ajiparatus of all kinds, and does all kinds of general repair work, in a neat and workmanlike manner, guaranteeing satisfaction. He has several letters from parties for whom he has done work in his line, speaking in the highest terms of the work done, and the leliahility of j\Ir. Harrison as a business man. His place of business is at 24 Lagrange street, and all orders, either by mail or otherwise, will receive prompt and careful attention. William T. Eatox who has been identified with the building trade since 18(58, is one of the best known contractors and builders iu the city. He has an office at 178 Devonshire street, in the Hancock Building, and also in the Pilgrim Hall Building, 731 Broadway, South Boston. He does a general b\isiness as a carpenter, contractor and biiilder, and has erected a number of the well-known buildings iu this city. Amog them being the Hotel Eaton, Hawes, Baxter. Hawthorn, Elsmere, Pilgrim Ibdl, and manj- others. He takes contracts for work anywhere in this state and is a tlioro\ighly com[ietent and ndiable workman. A HALF CENTURV OF BOSTOx's BUILDINO. 501 John E. Kelly, 188 Sycamore street, Roslindale, late of the firm of Kelly and McKeuna does a general business as a carpenter, having done a very large business in these lines in and around Boston. He is a thoroughly practical and reliable builder, and has the respect and confidence of all who know him. He is prepared to make estimates and take contracts for the erection of all kinds of buildings, and does the work promptly and satisfactorily. Andrew J. Geanara, 149 North street, corner Fulton place, does a general business as a plumber and sanitary engineer. He is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman, with years of practical experience in the business. He does all kinds of sanitary drainage, ventila- tion and plumbing work, also, gas fitting and jobbing. All orders are promptly attended to and work is guaranteed satisfactory. The Brown Brothers, at 194 Poplar street. Eoslindale, do a general business as con- tractors, carpenters and builders, and have liuilt up a very large and constantly increasing business. They are well known to the trade, and have the respect and confidence of their large list of customers and the public in general. They have had a great deal of experience in tlie line of building, and luive constructed a great many buildings in and around Boston, John J. Cranitch, 43 Milk street, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, hav- ing taken a great many cortracts for buildings, in this city and vicinity, which he has per- formed promptly and to the entire satisfaction of those by whom he was employed. He is well known to the trade generally, and stands very high as a carpenter and builder. He is always pleased to furnish estimates for the construction of buildings of all kinds, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. H. S. HussEV, 183A Harrison avenue, is a well-known building and jobbing mason, who has a very large business, which is constantly increasing. He has had a very large and prac- tical experience, and is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman. He is always ready to make estimates and take contracts for any kind of work in liis line, and attends to all orders promptly. Among the plumbers who have built up a large and increasing business none have been more successful than W. A. Pearce & Co., whose office and shop is at 7 Province court, where they have every facility for doing all kinds of jilumbing work in the most scientific manner. They make a specialty of all sanitary work, taking contracts for the comislete ecpiipment of buildings with everj-thing in this line. The firm of Daly & Co., engaged in the roofing business, was establisheil in 187.'!, and tliey do a verj- large business, which extends all over the state, and gives employment to a large number of workmen. They do roofing of all kinds, using gravel, slate, tin or any of the other roofing materials, furnishing the materials as well as laying them. They have offices at 1006 Tremont street, 25 Cabot street, Eoxbury, and 197 Green street, J.amaioa Plain. Among some of the large contracts for roofing which they have completed, are the Boston Belting Company's building, Pfaff's Brewery, Rockland Brewery, the Legion of Honor Hall building, a number of very extensive hotels, etc., for Mr. Patrick Meehan, Jamaica Plain, and a very large number of other equally notable buildings in this city and elsewhere. They keep a large force of skilled workmen constantly employed and probably do as large a business in 502 A ]IAI>F CKXTUKY OF BOSTON S BUILDING. tliis line as any concern in this city. Tlieir facilities are inisiir]iassed, and tliey are able to handle the largest contracts with ease and promptness. There is nothing in the way of roof- ing that tliis company are not able to do, and they are always pleased to give estimates on any- thing in this line. F. W. Stjjickland, 112 Dover street, who established liis i)resent business in 1891, is a well-known carpenter and builder. Among the buildings which he has assisted in con- structing, are the Knapp schoolhouse at Somerville, a large building in Waltham, and a great many notable structures in this city and vicinity. He makes a specialty of bowling alleys, remodeling buildings and general jobbing, having a large trade in Boston and in the suburbs. CiiAHLKs J. Mansfield, the well-known jjlumber, does a general plumbing business, mak- ing a s])p(dalty of fitting up in the most approved manner public and private buildings. His place of business is at 1114 Washington street, near Dover, witli telephone connections. All orders promptly attended to. Ghoui;k a. Cauill, room (i, Woolsey P>lock, Jamaica I'lain. is a carpenter and builder, prepared to do all kinds of building in a first-class manner. Mr. Cahill has been in the business for a number of years and thoroughly understands every detail in connection with the proper construction of buildings. His residence is at 14 Newbery street. The Hampton House, located in Haymarket Square, is one of the largest and best hotels in this liart of the city, and has a veiy large patronage. It is run on both the American and European plan, and the rooms are all large and airy, well furnished, and the house is provided with all the modern con- veniences. Mr. E. V. White, the jiroprietor, is a well- known Iiotel man, and does everything to make his house attractive and home like. 'J'nioTiiY Desmond, o Sachem street, I'arker Hill, is an architect and builder, who has not only designed but built a great many of the handsome houses in Ivoxbury and vicinity. He thoroughly understands the business and is prepared to do anything in his line promptly and in a satisfactory manner. He is always ]ileascd to make plans and estinmtes for the erection of new buildings of all kinds. Thomas Cakev, 1160 Tremont street, does a general plumbing business and deals in all kinds of plumbing materials. He carries a large stock of supplies from which he can fill all orders promptly. He also does all kinds of jobbing ami repair work, and attends to all orders without delay. The extensive business carried on by Edmund W. Seldon, with an office at 1,'!4 Eliot street, was established in 1887, and has been constantly increasing ever since. He is one of the best known builders in the city, making a specialty of remodeling and building structures of all THE HAMPTON HOISE. A HALF CENTUUV OF BOSTON'S nuILDIXG. 503 kinds. He has done many very large jobs in tlie way of remodelling old buildings, and has been wonderfully successful in the work. This is a line of the builders' trade that requires special experience, and Mr. Seldon has been long known as an expert in this line. He is also a carpenter and builder, and has erected a number of very handsome buildings within the past few years, one of tliem being the elegant Institute of Savings building, on Treniont street, at the corner of Lagrange. The Charles River Ikox Works, wliich have been established since 1860, are well-known manufacturers of steam boilers and plate iron work of every description. The works are located at Cambridgepovt, and are equipped with all the latest and most improved machinery and appliances for doing iron work. The company does a very large business. Frank L. Whitlomb, 113 Broadway, Cambridgeport, and 1()() Devonshire street, does a general business as contractor, carpenter and builder. The business was established in 1886, and lias been very successful. Mr. Whitcomb is well known among tlie trade and is very highly spoken of by all who know him. John S. Eice is one of the well-known carpenters and builders who has built up a very extensive business in this city and vicinity, catering to the best class of trade. He has built a great many houses in this city and Eoxbury, and is very highly spoken of by all who have employed him in any capacity. His place of business is at 70 Circuit street, Eoxbury. L. J. (>'Toiii,K and Fkaxk Vose, under the firm name of O'Toole & Vose, do a verj' large business in the construction of apartment houses, stores, office buildings, etc., which they offer either for sale or rent. They have built a great many of the finest apartment houses in the suburbs of the city, and in this way added a great deal to the building up of the place. These buildings they have either rented or sold and then others have been put up. In this way they are constantly adding to the number of buildings, and they are of the very best class. As they do their own building, they do more careful and thorough work than when it is done on contract, and all their houses are fitted up in the very best of style with all the modern conveniences. They have had a great many years of practical experience in this kind of business, and know just what kind of buildings are demanded and suited to the times. They always have on hand a number of apartment houses for sale, also stores and suites for rent, and their terms are very liberal. The office is located at the corner of Northampton street and Hati-ison avenue. T. Griffiths, 24 Harvard Place, opposite the Old South Church, Boston, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, making a specialt}' of building regulation bowling alleys, and fitting and finishing stores and offices. He has the very best of facilities for doing the work, and is a first-class workman, competent and reliable. He has erected bowling alleys for the Melrose Highlands club-house; 999 Artillery club-house, Charlestown; Arlington boat club; Glendon club, Everett; and Carruths', at 46 Hanover street. David Ci'RKMej;, 21 Howe street, is a carpenter, builder and general jobber, having all the facilities for doing this class of work in the best manner and very promptlj". He is a thor- oughly competent and reliable workman and is well known in Dorchester, where he has built up a very good business which is constantly being increased. This gentleman can refer to the r>Oi A HALF CKNTURV OF BOSTON'S BUILDI.Nli. folluwiug parties for whom he has done work : Mr. Franklin King, i-orner of Milk and India streets ; Mr. Roderick A. Pepjier, treasurer Boston and Bangor Steamship Companj-, Foster's wharf; ^Ir. E. 1'. Ewing, 50 Lawrence avenue, Dorchester; ]\Ir. F. I!. Snow, 54 Lawrence avemre, Dorchester; Mr. E. M. Davenport, Wheaton avenne, Dorchester; Mr. Horace M. Beckford, 71 Kilby street; Mr. Charles A. Cooley, treaserer Bay State Loan Company, 3 School street; Mr. Edwin L Lewis, architect, 9 Park street ; Mr. William Bearick, architect. An entirely novel device for the perfect combustion of coal is the warm air and combina- tion heaters manufactured by the Fales Combustion Company, 51 Charlestown street, Boston. By the construction of the fire box, which is on an entirely new arrangement, almost perfect combustion is secured and a great saving of coal is made. Economy in fuel is one of the most desirable considerations in the purcliase of a house-heating ajiparatus, and in this heater it is secured in a greater degree than in any other furnace now on the market. It is constructed on carefully studied scientific i)rinciples, and has been brought to a wonderful state of ])erfection. It is easily cared for, and gives an even temperature which is easily nuiintained and controlled. Patuk'k Joyce is one of the well-known stone masons and contractors of Eoxl)ury, who has been established in business since 1887. He has done a great deal of work in this city and vicinity, including the stone work on All Soul's Church, Roxbury, the addition to the Barnum Museum at Tuft's College, H. E. Hardwick's Iiouse, Quincy, and many others. He is a thor- oughly competent and reliable worknuui. with many years of jiractical experience, and is highly spoken of by everyone. OsK of the well-known Iniilders and masons in tlie Dorchester district, is Mr. W. AV. Dromey, at 49 Howard avenue. He is a ])ractical workman and has had a great many years of experience in and around the city, where he has done a great deal of building. He has the facilities f(ir doing all kinds of work in his line promjitly and in a most satisfactory manner. P. W. Haves and J. J. Milvee, under the firm name of Hayes & Mulvee, do a general plumbing business, paying especial attention to drainage and ventilation, a department of the trade in which tliey have had a long and practical experience, having done a great deal of work in this line ;ind having the best of facilities for carryng on tlie work in a scientific and satisfactory mannei-. Tlreir jilace of Imsiness is at 520 Dudley .street, Roxbury, where they attend to all orders promptly. R. B. Mt)oi!norsE, who has a carpenter slioiJ at 58 Troy street, near the corner of Albany, lias the facilities for doing all kinds of carjjenter work in a neat and satisfactory manner. He makes a specialty of jobbing and repair woi-k, his shop being fitted up with the necessary tools, etc., for doing this kind of work. Joiix Y. Gillespie, 277 Boston street, Dorchester district, deals in furnaces, ranges, stoves, etc., also plumlting and plumber's materials of all kinds, and orders by mail or other- wise are always ]iromj)tly filled. Mr. Gillespie has built uj> a very large and constantly increasing business and is well known to the trade. 1-3 \'\ VIKW HI' TllK inillXK H\I.I, ( ' A K-lKl I'S?: (iF TIIK WEST KM). ]^ (IL]) P;ASTKKN SiAilci.N, Ji. iV M. 1;. It., !• OJ;M KUL Y UN TilE .SITE OF THE UMON ST.VTIUN. A HALF I KNJl I;Y OF 1;(IST0n's BUIL1)I.\<:. 505 Delorv Bkotheks, 22(> Pleasunt street, are well-known painters and decorators. Thej- make a specialty of interior decorations and have done a great deal of tliis class of work in and around Boston. They are very highly spoken of by their many customers and are doing a large and constantly increasing business. Their customers are among the largest and best- known property-owners, and their work is all first-class. The references of this firm are: Hotel Brunswick, Hotel lleynolds, Hotel Oxford, Abbottsford Hotel, American House, United States Hotel, Exeter Ohambars, and others. Charles E. Woodman, 9 Ferdinand street, is another of the well-known carpenters and builders who has been identified with the building interests of "Boston for many years, and has put up a great many buildings in and around Boston. He does all kinds of building and jobbing work, having the facilities for i)erforming the work promptly and in a satisfactory- manner. He has had years of practical experience and is a thoroughly comjietent and I'eliable business man. Chakles H. Dodge, who established the business in which he is now engaged in 1870, is one of the well-known builders who has done a great deal of work in this city and vicinity. He does a general business as a contractor, mason and builder, and among the buildings which he has assisted in erecting are the John Hancock building on Devonshire street, the Art Museum, Wellesley College, Mason building, Watertown public library, and min}' others. He has an office at 23 Common street, and also at the Master Builders' Association, 1G0 Devonshire street. L. Gaddis, 19 Harrison avenue, does a general plumbing and gas fitting business and is also a manufacturer of tin, sheet iron and copper ware of all kinds. He also does repairing and jobbing, repairing stoves, ranges and furnaces. He is a first-class workman and attends to all orders in a prompt and satisfactory manner. J. 0. Wethekbee, successor to the old firm of Loyal Lovejoy & Company, of which firm he was a member, is located at 182 Causeway street. He carries a large stock of all kinds of building materials, including eastern and western pine, spruce timber and flooring, hard pine flooring and kiln dried stock. Mr. Wetherbee has one of the best lumber yards in the city and furnishes a large amount direct to the builder and consumer. The business has been estab- lished since 1837, and the yard is well known to everyone in the business. A good stock of California redwood shingles and lumber is carried, and orders are ])romptly tilled, either for large or small lots. Fkaxcis F. Morton, who in 1892 suceeeiled to the business of ]VIorton >!t Chesley, one of the largest contracting and building firms in Boston and New York, is probably one of the best-known men in the business. The business was established in 1859, and tlie firm had a large business both here and in New York, having built a large number of ottice and business blocks and private residences in both cities. In 1892, the firm was dissolved, Mr. Morton taking the Boston business and Mr. Chesley the New York. The ottice is at 108 East Dedham street. Mr. Morton takes contracts for all kinds of building construction, and among some of the more notable structures which have been erected are the Providence U. E. station in this city, the Lowell station, the Providence City Hall at Providence, and ex-Governor Ames' elegant residence, and about three hundred on the Back Bay. Tiie reputation of this firm is 506 A }[ALF CEXTLRY OF BOSTON'S BUII.DIXG. too well known to need further eomnient, and Mv. Morton will, no doubt, maintain this reputation. J. M. & G. F. Lane, who have a shop at (33 1-2 Bartlett street, Boston Highlands, do a general business as masons and builders, also whitening, whitewashing, coloring, and plaster- ing. They also do drain-laying, and cellar cementing of all kinds. Their shop is equipped with all the facilities for doing work in their line in a first-class and satisfactor_y manner. Chaklks F. Kobeets, o East Springfield street and 11 Dudley street, is a carpenter and builder, doing all kinds of building and repair work, also making wire door and window screens to order. He is well equipped for doing the work in his line in a first-class and satisfactory manner and has a very good patronage. ArsTi.v FoKD & Sox are dealers in North Kiver flagging, blue stone and granite, and are a')-ents for Bar Harbor red granite. Their Boston office is at 17 Otis street, and their main office and wharf at 31 to 39 Main street. Cambridge. Tliey carry a very large stock, and are prepared to fill all orders promptly. The Godfrey Electric Coxstkuctiox Cojipaxy is the successor to the business of the Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company, which was for many years one of the largest and best-known electric companies in the city. The company does a general electrical business and has built up a very large trade all over New England. The place of business is at 38 Bedford street. Neal & Preble, successors to James 1'. Neal, do a general business as masons and builders, making a specialty of setting and repairing boilers, furnaces, ranges and grates. They also do all kinds of jobbing at short notice. Their office is in the Master Builders' Asso- ciation building, 166 Devonsliire street. C. H. Hakdwick & Co., are manufacturers and dealers in fine granite monuments, tablets and markers. They use the very finest grade of granite, and their work is first-class in every respect. They furnish all grades of Quincj- and other granites, and have the very best of facilities for finishing the work to suit customers. There is no handsomer or better. quality of granite for monumental work than the well-known Quincy granite, and this company carries a large stock of it whicli they are prepared to work up in any design required. They have a large force of skilled workmen and are always pleased to furnish designs and make estimates when called upon to do so. J. J. Kexxey, 1") Lauriat avenue, Dorchester, does a general Imsiness as a practical plumber and sanitary engineer. He is well known to the trade and has a very high reputation as a competent and reliable workman. He has a very large patronage and his business is con- stantly increasing. He is always pleased to make estimates, and guarantees first-class work. Costa Brothers, 40 Warren street, Roxburj', are engaged in tlie plumbing and tinsmith- ing business, and also deal in furnaces, ranges, and all kinds of tin ware, refrigerators and oil stoves, being agents for the well-known Lehigh Furnace. Tliey make a specialty of repairing smoky chimneys, and do all kinds of joblnug and repair work. The telephone number is 41-4 Roxbury. A HALF CEXTUKY OF IIOSTO.n's lUII.DING. 507 Slatteby & Co., 17, 18 and 19 Cliarlestowii street, are iiianni'yctiirers of aiul dealers in doors, sash, blinds, glazed windows, door and window frames, mouldings, glass and all kinds of lumber. This firm has been established for many years and has always done a very large business. Their trade extends all over New England and they supply contractors and builders with everything in their line, having the facilities for filling orders for large or small amounts promptly and satisfactorily. The Columbia Akchitectukal axd Building Associatiox, with an office in the Ames liuilding, Corner of Covirt and Washington streets, do all kinds of architectural and building work, making the plans and contracting for the erection of houses, blocks or business build- ings. The company has established an excellent reputation in our community. Parties desir- ing to have new buildings erected, plans and estimates made, will find this association compe- tent and reliable in every respect. Mr. G. D. Mitchell is the manager, and is a well-known business man, who has had considerable experience in the building trade. J. \V. Handy, with an office in Harvard square, Brookline, is a contractor, mason and builder. He does plastering, concreting, chimney building and repairing, also all kinds of jobbing. He is prepared to furnish estimates and take contracts for anything in his line, and attends to all orders jn-omptly and in a satisfactory manner. The Blaxdfokd Bkick and Tile Company are among the largest manufacturers of plain and ornamental building brick, of any desired color, from pure clays, making a specialty of buff and white, which are at present very much in demand for building purposes, and guaran- teed to keep their color. The company also make fire brick and fire tiles of every descrip- tion. They do a very large business, having offices at 72 Water street, Boston, and at 67 Lyman street, Springfield, Mass. They have furnished the brick and tiling for a great many of the prominent buildings in this city, and have a large trade all over New England. The yards and works are at Russell, Mass., on the line of the Boston & Albany railroad, giving them the very best of shipping facilities. The officers of this company are O. W. Norcross, ])resident ; A. J. Parks, treasurer; and (t. L. Twichell, manager. J. H. Brown, 84 Chardon street, Boston, is the successor to the carpentering and jobbing business formerly conducted by T. S. Brown. Mr. Brown makes a specialty of fitting up stores, offices and counting rooms, and is a first-i'lass workman. He has a very good trade and attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory' manner. J. F. Rogers, 5 Folsom street, Roslindale. does a general business as an architect and builder. For the last ten years he has had a great deal of practical experience, and is thoroughly competent to take full charge of building operations, furnishing the plans and attending to all tlie details of the work, either old or new. He is always pleased to furnish plans and make estimates for all kinds of buildings. A. G. MiNTON, 17 Harvard idace, Boston, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, making a specialty of fitting up stores, offices and counting rooms. He has the very V)est facilities for doing the work, and makes counters, desks, shelving, etc.. to order. He is always pleased to make plans and estimates, and is very prompt in attending to orders. 5(»8 A HALF (EXTURV OF BOSTON' S l'.L'ILDIN(r. \Vii,LiAM Bassktt, .■)',) Dundee street, Boston, is a dealer m real estate, making a sjiecialty of suburltan i)ro])ert\'. He has constantly on hand a very large nundier of desirable resi- denees, Luildiug lots, and other property for sale, and is always pleased t(j show them to any one looking for such, either as investments, or homes. William ('. Hkiu:, whose office and factory is at ;>4 Lagrange street, does a general busi- ness as a carpenter and builder. He also does all kinds of jobbing, having the facilities for getting out tlie stock and doing the work promptly and in a very satisfactorj' manner. He has had a large experience in the trade and is a thoroughly reliable and competent workman. Gko. W. UijAxiH, 20 Union street, Boston, does a general business as a iiractical iiluniber and gas fitter. Mr. Branch is a man of long experience in the business and is thoroughly competent and reliable. He is prepared to furnish tlie materials as well as do the work, and has a large trade in Boston and suburban towns. Some of the large buildings that Mr. Brancli has done work in are: Robert Treat Paine's residence at Waltham, Mass.; American Kubber Works, Cambridge, Mass.: Dr. Bryant's liouse, Cohasset, Mass.; and several others. Some of the lai'ge buildings that Mr. Branch has (h:)ne since being in business for himself, are the Searles jVIansion at Block Island, Rhode Island; Everett Piano Company, Boston, Mass.; Dr. Charles ilinot's house and stable, at Milton. Mass.; and Mrs. A. R. Thayer's liouse, at Tiverton, Ehode Island; also Mr. Kichards' house, Cambridge, Mass. CuMMixGs & MoREHOusK, of Bostou, do a gen- eral business as contractors and builders, doing all kinds of construction work in this city or else- «liere. They have been in the business for a nuiul.)ei- of years and are now well established and well known, having done a great deal of work which has given them a splendid reputation and been the means of securing for them a constantly increasing amount of business in their line. They have the facilities for furnishing plans and de- signs for residences or otlier buildings, and doing ;dl the work in connection with their prompt and satisfactory construction. In addition to buildings for others, they have a number of houses for sale, all of which arc in desirable locations, thoroughly built and ecpiipped with the modern conveniences. An_yone desiring to engage with a thoroughly competent and reliable firm for the construction of a building of any kind will find ('umniiiigs iV .Morehouse one of the l)est and sijuarest in the city. They have an office ;it 22 Ehnont street, Dorchester, and j\Ir. Cammings' residence is at 10 Durham street, Boston. The Beckwitii Eluvatou Company, 19 Pearl street, manufacturers and dealers in electric, hydraulic, belt and hand power, passenger and freight elevators of all kinds. The elevators made by this company are carefully constructed, the best of materials being used, and IJL'ILr l;V (UMMI-NOs \ Mol.'Kllorslv A HALF CENTURY OF BOSTON's BUILDIN(;. 509 everything in the way of modern improvements and safety devices are provided. They make a specialty of Beckwitli automatic and half-automatio gates and d(Jors, whicli arc especially recommended for safety and convenience. They are simple, cheap, durable and efficient. The mechanism is so constructed that the gate cannot get out of its guides, but is raised and low- ered smootlily without any sudden drt)p, and is not affected by rust and grease as all gravity gates nnist be. If anything obstructs the gate, the elevator passes on without damage to gate or obstacle, entirely eliminating the danger attending the use of any other wholly automatic gate. There are over live thousand in use in mills and business houses in New England. The company do all kinds of repairs on elevators, whether of their own or other manufacture, furnish fire-proof shutters, tin lining, ventilators, red iron bars, ropes, etc., and have all the facilities for doing tlie work promi)tly and skillfully. Isaac G. Hamilton does all kinds of carpenter and building work. He has a shop at 4 Mall street, corner of Harrison avenue, Boston, where he has facilities for doing all kinds of jobbing and repair work. He is prepared to do store, office and counting room fitting, and attends to all orders for anything in his line very promptly. Thomas H. jMcDoxald vS: Compaxv, 1644 Washington street, Boston, are practical plumb- ers and sanitary engineers, making a specialty of drainage and ventilation, also open plumbing of all kinds. Estimates furnished at short notice. Among the buildings which they have done are: Deerfield Hotel, James Street; Dr. T. M. Roach's house, Commonwealth A venue ; and Thornton Academy of Music, f^aco, Maine. James C. Smith, 113 Warren street, Pvoxbury, and 93 Albany street, Boston, does all kinds of roofing and repair work, using slate, metal or composition. He also makes and puts up cop- per gutters and conductors, cornices and chimney tops, ventilators and sky -lights. Mi: Smitii does a very large and constantly increasing business and is very well known to the Iniilding trade generally. Eobeht H. Pickett, makes a specialty of cleaning and pointing masonry, paying particu- lar attention to brick work. Mr. Pickett has an order box at the Master Builders' Associ- ation rooms, 166 Devonshire street, and all orders left there will receive his prompt and ] er- sonal attention. He has a very good business and does first-class work. The old and well-known firm of Waldo Brothers, dealers in building materials, was estab- lished in 1874, and has always done a very large and successful business. This company are importers and dealers in all kinds of building materials, and reju'esent the I'erth Amboy Terra Cotta Company. Among some of the more prominent buildings for which they have furnished the material are : terra cotta and front brick for Boston Public Library, Tremont Temple, Jordan Building on Bedford street. King Building on Broad street; J. T. Andrew's residence on Common- wealth avenue; Hastings Hall, Cambridge; Bell Telephone Building, John Hancock Building, and many others. They have also furnished the fire proofing for the Globe, Albion, Bell Tele- phone Buildings and tlie Boston Tavern. This concern is the largest dealer in building mate- rials in New England, and are doing a very large and constantly increasing business. \ 510 A HALF CENTLTKV OF BOSTOX's BUILDING. The rapid and widespread development of the construction of large office buildings within the past few years, has led to the design of various types of floor construction, in which a com- bination of lightness, strength, fire-proofing and economy are aimed at. These types may be divided into two classes : First, the well known hollow firebrick arch construction ; second, a concrete arch strengthened by metal in some form or other. After years of experimenting with concrete in various forms, Mr. Wm. Orr, superintendent of the New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., invented and patented the Roebling Fire Proof Floor Con- struction, believing it to be superior to any known method, from the high efficiency resultant from its application of scientific principles, and the consequent lessening of the dead weight of the floors and partitions in a building, as compared with the methods heretofore in vogue. The purpose of the Eoebling method is security for life and property again.st fire, and the collapsing of heavily-loaded buildings. That it secures the results for which it is designed, will be ap]>arent to any architect or engineer, who will examine into the construction as used on some of the large buildings in this city, during the past year. The Roebling Standard Wire Lathing needs no introduction to the architects and builders of this city, as its superior ipialities, for use in fire-proof construction have long since been well demonstrated. Special forms of wire lathing are manufactured and carried in stock, for use on any work where wire lathing can be employed, and special plans drawn when reipiired. The New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., manufacturers of the above construction and also of the lathing, have during the past year opened an office at C9 Pearl street, this city. The factory and nuiin office are in Trenton, N. J. D. L. Reakdon, 355 Broadway, South Boston, does a general business as a plumber and dealer in plumbers' supplies, stoves and tin ware. He carries a good stock and is able to fill all orders promptly. He has been in the business for a number of years in South Boston, and is well known as a sipuire and honoraljle business man. Henkv C. Allex, at the corner of Warren street and Harrison avenue, does a general busi- ness as a carpenter and builder, also all kinds of jobbing and repair work. He is prepared to take contracts for the erection of new buildings or the repair and refitting of old ones, and is a first-class workman in every respect. Arthur P. Olsox, 64 Brookside avenue, Jamaca Plain, is a carpenter and builder, being prepared to erect buildings or do repairing and jobbing. He thoroughly understands the business and is reliable in every respect. He has done a great deal of work in Jamaica Plain, and is well known in that vicinity. He is always ready to draught plans and make estimates for new work when called upon to do so, and attends to all orders promptly. Geo. W. Perkixs, 21 Avery street, corner of Mason, Boston, makes a specialty of gas pijs- ing, either the putting in of new pipe or repairing old. He has had a great many years of practical experience at this particular branch of the plumbing trade and thoroughly under- stands every detail of the work. He has an order box at the Master Builders' Association, 166 Devonshire street. A HALF CENTURY OF UOSTOx's BUILDING. 511 Francis Vall?:k, 1196 Harrison avenue, at the corner of Dudley street, Boston Highlands, is a cariienter and builder, doing all kinds of wood work, office and store fitting, house finish- ing and repairing, and general jobbing of all kinds. He pays special attention to jobbing and rejiair work, and is a first-class workman. Spraoue & NuoENT, Haymarket square, are well known as sign painters and advertis- ing sign contractors. They make a specialty of office and marble tablet lettering, and do a verj- extensive business all over the city, and are also prepared to do work anywhere in New England. John Callahan, 7S Dover street, does plumbing, gas fitting and furnace work, and deals in stoves, ranges, furnaces, oil stoves, copper boilers, and kitchen furnishing goods. He has a shop where he does all kinds of repairing, and does tin plate, sheet iron, and copper work to order. He is an experienced workman and attends to all orders ])romptly. A. B. Evans & Co., 19 River street, off Beacon street, does slate, metal and gravel roofing, ami general jobbing in the line of tin and sheet metal work. He puts up and repairs gutters and conductors, ventilators, shutters, and elevator well tinning, etc. They have the very best facilities for doing the work in a iirst-class manner, and their trade extends all over the citj- and beyond. The following is a partial list of buildings which they have done work upon : Hopkinson School, 29 Chestnut street; Paine Memorial building. Appleton street, the dog and cat home, Brighton; The Curtis, ilt. Vernon street; the Tavern Club, I'oylston place; and a large nuniber of other buildings. John Feenky, 15 North Grove street, does a general roofing business, using either slate, tin, cojpper or composition. He also puts up gutters and conductor pipes, and does a general repairing trade. He has built up a very good business and is very highly spoken of by all who have employed him in any capacity. He has done the work on the following buildings : Massachusetts General Hospital, City Hospital, L. M. Merrill's buildings on Xewbury street, Marlboro street. Commonwealth avenue and Beacon street; Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth avenue ; West End Street Eailroad car staldes in Everett, Huntington avenue. Grove Hall, Brighton and Mount Auburn; all work on the estate of George F. Parkman. 33 Beacon street; Lucy's buildings, corner of Eustis street and Harrison avenue ; the John Trull estate ; C. E. Eicli- ards' estates on Hammond street, Kilby street, State street and Washington street; Basset and Thomas buildings on West Newbury street, ^Marlboro street and Beacon street extensicn, and also Parker street; the Charles C. Whitney estate, and several others. James Flynn, 76 Sudbury street, does all kinds of architectural iron and metal work, and is the manufacturer of Flynn's patent folding fire escape ladder, iron buildings and bridges, iron beams and columns, iron stairs, jail work, railings, fences, finals and erestings, and all kinds of builders' iron work, blacksmithing and jobbing. Some of the buildings for which Mr. Flynn has furnished the iron work, are the Brighton High School, Somerville High School, iron stairs for Court House, Boston, stairs and ornamental railings for Castle Square Theatre, iron stairs in new building at corner of Winter and Tremont streets, and Trinity Church, Boston. 'tVJ A llAl.K CKXI'l'KV I'K KOSTOXS Bf 1 LD I NC. I'AKiiv BiioTHiiKs & CoMTJ-NV, 10 Bioail Street, Boston, are dealers in all kinds of brick, and are also agents for the sale of eastern brick. The company have yards at Belmont, Cambridge, and at Concord. Xew Hampshire, and have a capacity of two hundred and fifty thousand per day. They do a verj- large business, having a good tiade in and around Boston. They are prepared to fill orders for brick in large or small quantities, and for any purpose, and all orders are jiromptly attented to. J. 1?. Williams, (U) Trinity Terrace, Coi)ley sijuare, Boston, does all kinds of house, store and office jiainting and decorating, graining, glazing, tinting, coloring, lialsomining, whitening, paper hanging, white-washing, etc. He also cleans and polishes furniture, trout doors, vesti- Indes, etc. yiv. "Williams is prepared to furnish estimates for anything in his line and guar- antee satisfaction in the execution of the work. He employs only first-class workmen, and specimens of his work can be seen at the Victoria, Kensington, Hamilton, Oxford, Exter Chambers. Thorndike, Bark Square, Cohnnbian, Huntington, Abbotsford, Ludlow, Algonquin Club, the Atlantic Hotel. Nanta.sket; (Jrundeman studios. Copley Hall; Exchange Building, State street; Emmanuel Church, Somerville; Episcopal Church, Hyde Park; the Berwick, Commodore Knights yacht, "The Kittie", and Dixon Brothers' boats, Women's Educational Iinlustrial Union building, Boston & Maine Eailroad Company, and Young Men's Christian Association. Waltkk Stedmax, 12 Cherry street, near AVashington, does all kinds of carpenter and building work, general jobbing and repairing. He is prepared to do store, office and counting- room fitting, house furnishing, etc. He is well-known as a careful and skillful workman, and is thoroughly reliable in every respect. •losiAH EiiODES, 360 Cambridge street, Allston, is a plumber and dealer in stoves, ranges, furnaces, hardware, tinware, etc. He is also prepared to do tin roofing, and repair work of all kinds. Ho has good facilities fordoing the work in a first-class manner, and guarantees satis- faction. Benxktt & EiCE. o.^ 1-2 Sudbury street, Boston, do all kinds of work in connection with steam and hot water heating, and combination heating, having the facilities for doing all kinds of pipe and coil bending, boiler setting, etc. They do a very large business and are employed by the largest builders in fitting up new buildings with heating apparatus. Specimens of this firm's work can be found in the John Carter buiUling, 100 Federal street. Walker, Oakley & Co., South street, and the attractive residences of JIajor Chadwick, at Cushing avenue, Dor- chester, and Arthur Jones, corner of Washington street and Gardner road, Brookline. C. H. Hardwick & Co. are manufacturers and dealers in fine granite monuments, tablets and markers. They use the very finest grade of granite, and their work is first-class in every respect. Tliey furnish all grades of Quincy and other granites, and have the very best facili- ties for finishing the work to suit customers. There is no handsomer or better qualitv of granite for monumental work than the well-known Quincy granite, and this company carrj- a large stock of it. whieli they are prepared to work up in any design retpiired. They have a large force of skilled workmen, and are always pleased to furnish designs and make estimates when called upon to do so. A HALF CENTrRV OF BOSTOx's BUILDIXG. 513 J. T. PitF.LAX of 17 Brattle square, Cambridge, is a well known practical plumber and san- itary engineer, having had twenty -six j-ears ex]ierience, has a very large and growing business all over Xew England. He makes a specialty of remodeling the plumbing of residences. Soil and drain pipes tested by a patented process. The Pennock Electric Company, with offices in the new Carter Building, at the corner of Washington and Water streets, are the manufacturers and dealers in the Pennock Electric Light and Power s^'stems, which are at present attracting the attention of everyone interested in the electrical business. This system it is claimed by the company furnishes cheap and safe electric power, and is adapted to all kinds of electric work wherever power is used. All the inventions and improvements of this company are thoroughly covered by letters patent, and this company is the sole owner and manufacturer. A specialty is made of installing electric lighting plants, the great economy of the system being one of the features. As showing the comparative cost of this system over all others, the company give the following figures as the cost of a plant complete. A plant with a capacity of 500 lights, costs ^3,000, the cost per lamp being $(>.()(), and the maintenance per lamp per j'ear, including labor, B3. Larger plants cost less in proportion, as for instance a 5000 light plant is put in for $10,000, making the cost per lamp only $2.00, and the average cost of maintenance per lamp per year, including the labor, is reduced to only $1.00. They are always pleased to hear from those interested in electric light or power plants, and are ready to make estimates and plans for the com- plete installation of lighting or power plants. E. H. Hii.LS, 34 Beverly street, Boston, does all kinds of architectural and general wood carving, making a specialty of high grade work for decorative purposes, in the new and elegant office buildings that are now being bviilt all over the citj'. Mr. Hills has done a great deal of work for Boston builders and is very well-known to the trade. Charles Wylie, carpenter and builder, 33 Province street, off School or Bromfield streets, was first established in 1870, at 2 Jackson place, off Winter street. He has been a carpenter for fifty years and has done a great deal of work in this city. He rebuilt the Burnham building at 74 Tremont street, next to Tremont Temple, and others, and razed the building corner of Tremont and School streets, formerly on the site of the new addition to the Parker House. He has electric jaives in his well-equipped shop. He does all kinds of wood work, remodeling stores and buildings, making and putting in store fixtures, making and repairing photograph cameras, and does all kinds of jobbing and general repair work. Edward E. Wells, with a shop at 10 Pitts street, Boston, is prepared to do all kinds of carpenter work, office and store fitting, house finishing, jobbing and repairing of all kinds. He has the facilities for doing work of this kind in a first-class manner, and attends to all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. T. J. Faequhaksox, Branch avenue, Dorchester, does a general business as a carpenter and builder, general jobbing and repair work of all kinds. He is prepared to furnish plans and make estimates for the construction of all kinds of new buildings, and has the very best of facilities for doing the work in a prompt and satisfactory manner. r)14 A HAI.r CKNTUKY OF UOSTON's BlILDIKG. JosEi'ii J. ricKETT floes a very good business as a pointer and cleaner of masonry. This is an important part of the work in finishing np a brick or stone building, and needs to be done carefully and by a man of experience. ^Nfr. Pickett has had years of experience and is well-known to the trade. He has an order box at the Master Builders' Association rooms, 166 Devonshire street, and resides at 21 AVestern avenue, Cambridgeport. Mr. Pickett has done, work on the New Old South Church, New Court House, Xew Public Library, store of E. H. White & Co., and many others. The Pearl Squake Auoer Cojipaxy, with a factory at Eochester, N. H. and a Boston office at 24 Kingston street, are just introducing a novelty in the way of augers. Tliis new tool is very simple in construction, and yet it accomplishes wonderfiil results. It is the only anger that makes a square hole, mortise, or gain, with a rotary motion, and the improvement in this company's hand and power boring machine is equally great over those now in use, as their augers are superior to the old style auger. These augers are made of the best English steel, and all the bearings are case hardened, and all parts are interchangeable. The spindle is hollow, to be filled with oil to keeij the tool from heating when run at a high rate of speed and in hard wood. The spur point is detachable and can be renewed for a few cents when worn out without throwing away the tool. The auger for boring square holes can be instantly changed to bore ordinary round holes, so that either round or s(]uare holes can be bored with the same tool. Another point about these augers is, tliat they are made with adjustable feed for soft or hard wood. Every carpenter and builder should send for a circular, and be convinced of the great sav- ing in time and labor gained by the use of this auger. The company nuake augers of all kinds, both round and square, also jiower and hand boring machines. These augers and bits are made for use in ordinary bit braces, hand boring machines, and for ]iower mortising and boring in mill work. Tlie demand for these augers is very large, and comes from all over the country, the com- pany lieing kei)t very busy filling orders. The company is always pleased to show its goods and the work they are capable of doing, and will send descriptive circulars, etc., upon re(piest, to any address. Kdw.vkd DiMioAX, 6 Linden Park street, Eoxbury, does a genei'al business as a practical ]iliimber, gas fitter and sanitary engineer, being prepared to do anything in this line in a neat and workmanlike manner. He has ha 1 years of experience at the trade and always gives the best of satisfaction. He has built up a very good business which is constantly increasing. The 1'aek Si,)rAi;K Hotel, located oiiposite the Providence depot in Park Square, has a large number of furnished rooms, and every modern convenience for the accommodation of the guests. It is run on the European plan, and its cafe is first-class. The location of the house is convenient, lieing near the depots, and only a few minutes' walk from the business centre of the city. G. W. Bixby is the proprietor, and he has made the house very popular. Geouoe G. Baker is one of the well-known masons and builders, having an office in the ]\Iaster Builders' Association Building at 166 Devonshire street, Boston. !Mr. Baker is ])re- jiared to take contracts for the erection of all kinds of buildings, and also does all kinds of jobbing. He is always )jleased to make jilans and estimates when called upon to do so. A HALF CENTL'EV OF BOSTOX .S BUILDrXG. 515 Arthuk L. Hersum, 27 Province street, Boston, does all kinds of sanitary plumbing, mak- ing a specialty of drainage and ventilation, :^[r. Hersum was formerly with Hawthorne & Son, and has had years of practical experience, so that he is able to do the work in a most skillful and scientific manner. He attends to all orders personally, and is very prompt in doing the work. Mr. Hersum has done plumbing in the four-story building of J. K. & C. L. Hersum, 43 Western avenue, Cambridgeport ; at W. G. Harris's house. Beach street, Revere; and has done considerable work for A. L. IMurdock, some of which was at the corner of Huntington avenue and Gainsborough street ; also the residence at Magnolia, Mass., of Professor Moore, of Harvard College ; and a great many others. Collins & Richards, 129 Portland street, are engaged in metal working, doing all kinds of fancy brass, bronze, iron and wire work for building purposes, store fitting, etc. They have the very best of facilities for doing this kind of work in a first-class and satisfactory manner. Deax Bkotheks, corner of Wheatland avenue and Whitfield street, Dorchester, do a general biisiness as practical plumbers, making a specialty of jobbing work. Both members of the firm are practical and experienced workmen, and do nothing but first-class work. They have built up a very good business, and are well-known in Dorchester and vicinity. The firm of L. D. Willcntt & Son, contractors and builders, are among the best known and most extensive builders in the city. The firm is a member of the Master Builders' Association, and has its office in the Association building at 166 Devonshire street. This firm built a very large number of the best and most costly residences in the city, several of them costing more than f 100,000. They take siaecial pains with all their work to have it first-class in every respect, and the large patronage which they have testifies to the success with which their efforts in this direction have met. They stand very high among the trade and have in' excellent reputation for square and honorable dealing. Their facilities and experience adapt them especially to the construction of private residences of the best class finish. They are always pleased to submit plans and estimates. OxE of the expert and practical contractors for steam and hot water heating apparatus in New England is Thomas Ferrie, 72 Pearl street, who has had years of experience in the business and is thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the work. He has equipped a very large number of buildings in and around Boston and is very highly spoken of by all. He fur- nishes plans and specifications for all kinds of heating apparatus, and with his long experience he is able to do this work in a most scientific manner. Mr. Ferrie has built up a very laro-e patronage, and has as his customers some of the best and most extensive builders. Index to Advertisements and Descriptive Articles. Ads. Articles. Abertliaw Construeiion Co lOii Mi Adams House JoT 4 1 1 Ali.Mii. M 3S!1 Alien, lleiiiy . 38i> .">10 Aiiii'iioan .Viohitect Jc Building News Co " 151 Amoriean Fire Proofing Co., The 19\ ■>S'2 Anioriean liadiator Co lt'>.') 404 Ames iV: Joseelyn 241 470 Anderson A- .lohnson '.i!> 4."i7 Arkinson. \V. F. A Co l."j'.> 44!i Armstrong, I). H. * Co :!4T -Vsbeslos Paper Co. The 12.") 4;!7 Austin A Stone's Museum Iil7 470 Automatic (ias Maeliine Co., The. . . .2:!.'; 40ii Arey Brothers .SO;; 4M Ayers, Melvin I) 301 47ii Aylward. Edward 301 Ra.lger, E. 1>. A- Sons 20!1 304 Bailey. K. \V. i<: Co l.")7 4.".4 Bailey. .T. W. A .Sons Co 221 4.V) Baker. (Jeor^e (i . , 317 .">14 lialdrey, Sauuiel (i 3.t1 4!)3 Harliour-Stoekwell Co 331 382 Barker. George H 277 420 Barlow, T. 1 307 484 Barron, G. \ 3.51 404 Barry. Joseph W 357 400 Bassett, Wllliaiu 383 .508 Bay State Brick Co 121 400 Bearse. Owen it .Son 3i>7 4()2 Beckwith Elevator Co 211 .508 Bell. William (i. Co.. The 280 445 Belledue, C. H Ill 430 Belyea. Fred W :;.-,7 442 Bennett, E. .\ 247 Bennett it Kice 307 512 Bertram. .lames 357 4iU Bertwell. W. E. A- Co 3.57 443 Berry it Ferguson 217 382 Biesty. John it William 371 Bilafsky. B . 1.50 430 BixViy Brothers 230 41.'! .-Yds. .Articles. Black, Robert 213 474 Blair, Isaac it Co 155 380 Blandford Brick it Tile Co 315 .507 Bogart, 1. H 357 472 Boston .\i«omatic Fire Alarm Co. .. .175 400 Boston Belting Vo 227 300 Boston Blue Print Co 273 304 Boston Fire Proofing Co 177 :'.00 Boston Furnace Co 133 444 Boston Galvanizing Works 200 408 Boston Hotel 370 Boston it Maine Bailroad 401 403 Boston Wharf Co U3 404 Boultenhonse, C 243 Bourne, (;eorge F 355 402 Bousquet F. ct Co 145 Boyce, William J 355 472 Boyce. Gallagher it Co 123 413 Boyd, K. E 330 Boyd. William 305 Boyden, I,. E 207 424 Bracelin. Charles 300 Bramhall A Co 307 Branch, (ieorge W 365 508 Brauueis, John M 201 Bray. C. A 220 474 Brennan, S. it Co 381 420 Brewer, Elias & Co 117 470 Brigham's Hotel 333 488 Brown Brothers 105 501 Brown, Joseph 330 Brown, J. H 303 507 Brown, P. M 351 IJrown. Kobert F 177 482 Brown, T. S 227 302 Brownell Milton C 87 421 Buckley, Daniel 355 Bidley, J 283 Burditt it Williams 87 4;58 Burke Brothers 371 Burnham it Davis 201 488 Burnham, (i. T 153 427 Burt, J. H. it Co 127 454 IXDEX TO ADVERTISEMKNTS AND DESCRIPTIVE AKTICLES. 517 Butcher Polish Co 225 Cabot, Samuol 173 Caliill, George A 163 Callaghan, Thomas 339 Callahan, John 351 Cameron, J. C 21!) Campbell, J. P 331 Campbell & Hurley 341 Cape Ann Granite Co 281 Carey, Thomas 359 Carlisle, E. A., Pope & Co 157 Carpenter-Morton Co 125 Castle Square Hotel Castle Square Theatre 479 Cavanagh, John, & Son BuiUiini; Mov- ing Co., The 425 Chandler & Barber 191 Chapman, C. C 339 Chapman, E. M 359 Charles River Iron Works 355 C;harles Kiver Stone Co 287 Chem-Eleetric Manufacturing Co 173 Cherry, R. E 281 Chipman, Samuel T 213 Chisholm & Sullivan 201 Christen, J. E 131 Chute & Bagloe Clark, C. E 183 Clark, E. A 271 Clark, E. W. & Co 165 Clark, W. L. & Co 187 Clark's Hotel 145 Clark & Smith 397 Cleaves, Stephen A 197 f'linton Wire Cloth Co 97 Coliurn, Frank G 303 Cochran, R. E 215 Cogan, Edmund J 313 Cokord, B. F. it Co 121 Coleman, J. C 335 Coleman & Muiiihy 349 Collins & Richards 347 Columbia Architectural tt Building Association, The 319 Condon, Thomas 189 ( 'onlan it Maylieck 125 Connolly, T. H 311 Coon, John J. & Co 205 Cooper, Charles 387 Cooper, J 341 Cooper, M 297 Articles. 432 382 592 511 49(5 492 422 502 437 402 478 478 424 427 503 451 477 477 471 428 483 470 487 41. -5 4l'1 440 421 412 493 515 507 50(3 403 403 480 470 Ads. Articles. Copley Square Hotel 219 416 Cosden, John W. & Co 20 1 498 Costa Brothers 339 506 Conghlin, T. J 337 Cram, D. Henry 101 448 Cranitch, John J 2(n 501 Craig it Conley 285 456 Crawford, Angus 383 Crawford House 207 403 Crawford it Young 207 441 Creber, F. C 349 Croft, J. T. & Co 34i Crosby, M. D - 339 492 Crouss, G. D 303 Cruickshank it Teed 245 487 Cuddihy, .John J 119 400 Cullen Brothers it Co 1 93 Cummings it Morehouse 251 508 Cmmingham, Lawrence 375 Curley, Martin J 351 Currier, Da\id 2(53 503 Cutter & Parker 283 420 Cutting, Bardwell it Co 329 4S1 Daly & Co 305 501 Danforth, W. E 307 451 Darling Brotliers 353 456 Darlow Brothers 2()9 490 Davis, Jos. H 215 388 Davis, W. T. it R. A 3(J7 Dean Brothers 295 515 Decker Brothers 233 424 DeLaney, John C, Moulding Co 231 449 Delany J. S. it Son 233 48S Delorey Brothers 2S7 442 Densmore, Chas. D. it Co 379 481 De Rosay, D. Warren 383 366 Desmond, Timothy 243 502 Dodge, C. A. it Co 141 396 Dodge, C. H 341 505 Dodge, F. W. it Co 89 437 Dolan, William J 307 452 Dolbeare, Wm. L 117 491 Donlan, John F 159 Douglass, A 387 Douglas, Elisha it Co 307 Doyle, Geo. F 305 497 Driseoll, H. W 345 Dromey, W. W 175 504 Duff, T 469 Duggan, Edward 387 314 Duggan, T. H 229 ol8 A HALF IKNTIKY OF BO:«TOX S BV U.III XC. Ads. Articles. Dunn. Is;»ao H iS>."i 4(;-.' Pupont. Henry C 1S>S 477 Eiuou, William T Si:. 500 Eilgerton. .loUn S07 Eddy. Leaoe W. * Co -'71 4iiS Eddy. Otis 340 470 EkUmd. H. J S4S Electric Heat Alarm Co 327 4;ii! Elektron Maimfactwring Co 153 874 Elston. A. A. * Co 170 4iX; Elston. M. * -Sou 203 420 Emery W. A Co 171 Emery A Stuart 40') Emergency Fire Extinguisher Co. (Incor- porateti) 10-") ;iOS Estabrxxik's, K. Sons 225 380 Estes, A. S. X 340 408 Evans, A. B. * Co 301 511 Excelsior Fire Extingiiislier Co 305 4(W Fairbanks Co.. The 185 372 Falconer Maniifacluring Co 370 402 Fales Combustion Co 403 5(U FalmoiMh House. The 223 Farvjuhai-sou, T. J 3l>3 513 Feeuey, John 407 51 1 Felkin. A. C. A M. L 173 4tU! Felton. 15. W Hu 4tV> Fennell. William 3(i5 Ferrie. Thomas 250 515 Finueran. W. F 181 4H2 Finnerty. Daniel (i 377 Fitzgerald. D. .1 303 408 Fitziv^trick. W. .1 143 470 Fiske, Homes \- Co 00 304 Flemming, C- W 377 Flewelling, K. J 323 444 Flynn. ,1 ames 377 51 1 Flynn. John J 423 404 Folsom 8uo\v Guard Co 100 4;>3 Fonl. Austin & Son 373 .500 Foni, Edwin, it- Frederick Brooks 370 Forrest. A. W 40;5 Franklin. Albert B 85 :}86 Fratus Brothers 103 45:5 Freeman. H. S 253 Frost * Adams 181 4;?! Frost Brothers 153 433 Fuller. Seth W 107 450 Fuller iV Warren Warming & Ventilat- ing Co 373 378 Fuohs A Wausler 223 -Ads. .-Vrucles. l■^lrber. O. E 107 487 (Jaddis. L 460 505 Galvin. James J ISO 4S7 (.iately. William 250 480 Gay. C. >[ 355 Gays Hotel 253 Gerry A Xorthup 307 402 tJilchrist * Taylor 311 4t)0 Gillespie. John Y 315 504 C.ihnori> A Kcnney 250 400 (iilpatrick. J. W 35;J 497 Godfrey Electric Construction Co 353 500 Godfrey it Thotnas 355 403 (Jooch * Pray 100 421 tiordou. William 353 453 (iould. Charles E... 245 442 (iraham A Cameron 307 (iranara, Andrew J 235 501 tiray. Edwin W 135 455 Gregory. E. K , 4t)3 498 (irithths. T 375 50:> (Julesian. >I. H 100 400 (Jutlon. Morris 245 (iutrow, David 303 Haliwell. G. S 247 476 Ham A- (.'arter lt>7 433 Hamilton. Isaac G 373 509 Hammond, C. A 317 Hampton, C. H 215 483 Hampton Hou.se 215 502 Hand. James U 305 Handy. J. W 395 507 Hanlou. V. F 317 Hanlwick. C. H. A Co 371 506 Han>ld. M 303 484 Harrison, Henry 131 500 Hathaway" s. A., Sons 311 487 Hayes. James H 305 Hayes & Mulvee 213 ^"^ Haywar.1. W. J 200 480 Hebb. William C 223 508 Hennessey. William 405 Hersey. Ira G .- 107 Hersum. Arthur L 405 515 Herthel. F. J 220 474 Hickey. T. I.. * Co 301 Hicks. 8. D. A Son 200 392 Hill. J. J. A Co 390 Hill, Joseph W 490 Hills. K, H 407 513 Hodgdon. C. W 127 396 A HALF CEXTURY OF BOSTOX's BlILDIXG. 510 Ads. Ilodge. E. & Co Hogaboom, William O. iV Co 253 Holian Brothers . .40.j Holland, J. B 337 Ilollis Street Theatre 219 Holmes Brothers 321 Holmes. J. H 231 Holt & Bngbee 365 Holt, S. L. & Co 249 Hotel Bellevue 283 Hotel Brunswick 135 Hotel Oxford .143 Hotel Randolph, Xew 307 Hotel Savoy Houghton, J. F. & Son 361 Iloyt. A. H. <$: Co 337 Hughson, William 385 Hunt, Hany 93 Hunt. Henry H 183 Huntington, The.-. 327 Hurley, P. G 363 Hussey, H. S .' 265 Hygienic Refrigerator Co., The 199 Imliof. Joseph 397 Ingalls & Kendricken 89 Jacobs, Louis H 323 Janis Engineering Co 435 Jefferson, WiUiam J 347 Jerome Decorative Co. . . 269 Jewett Lumber Co 265 Joblin, W. J 213 Johnson, Thomas J 245 Johnston, J. J 271 Johnston, T. E 297 Jones, Arthur D 93 Joslin. Arthur W 279 Joyce, Patrick 295 Judson, John 209 Julien, F. X 217 Keane, M. J 187 Kearney. If. O 177 Kearney, Thomas F 341 Kellar. John H 165 Kelly, P. P 221 Kelly, John E 235 Kelley, J. P 3.51 Kelley. Frank B 347 Kelleher, Jeremiah M 375 Kenney, J. J 253 Kendall, Edward & Sons 355 Articles. 414 4.>j 400 428 475 386 4.>S 376 432 467 429 473 447 471 465 426 'Ml 38fJ 443 434 480 489 4.50 460 481 4110 504 467 492 489 472 501 4(13 506 503 Ads. Allicles. Keyes, W. H. & Co 85 378 Keylor, Thomas & Co 351 Killian, Jolin H 355 472 King, Cliarles & Co 299 426 King's Windsor Cement 169 4:J1 Kinney, A. F 349 462 Kohler Furnace & Steam Heating Co 309 498 Kuhner, Fritz 257 really & Montague 4lerherson. M 403 McVai-ish it Heunigan 3'i5 488 Mead. Mason A- Co Ill 4;i8 Mechanics' Iron Foundry Co 120 437 Merchants' Hotel 170 432 Merz, (i , 2.50 488 Jlilfoni Pink Granite Co 101 374 Miller. Hobert A Co 81 438 Miller, William L 3li3 Miles. George 310 415 Minton. A. G 373 507 Mitchell A- Sntherland 301 481 Monaghau, E. W 180 480 Monk. Carl E 205 478 Monson. Maine, Slate Co 402 Moore, Edward \- Co 375 Moore A: Woods 171 404 Moore A Wymau 07 430 Moorhouse, H. B 203 504 Morgan. T. J 285 400 Morrill. J. M. E .200 433 Morris, E. C. Safe Co 125 Morrissey, M. J 375 Morrison, William D 370 Ads. Morrison A Rackley 303 Morse Brothers 105 Morse, L. Foster 170 Morse, W. H 100 Morton Brothers 350 Morton, Francis F 285 Morton. Mathew 257 Moss. Charles E 283 Mulkern, M. J 343 Murphy. James H 187 Murray, Thomas 343 Murtfeldt, W. A 107 X'agel, Jacob 307 Xeal it Preble 353 Nelson Brothers 187 Nielson. Carl S.. it Co 83 New England Adamant Co 350 New Jersey Steel and Iron Co 331 New Jersey Wire Cloth Co 405 Korcioss Brothers 115 Xorton Door Check it Spring Co.. . . .01 Xorton Iron Co f 230 N'oyes, C. A. it Co 353 N' utter it Seabury 123 O'Connell, D. M 243 O'Connor. T. W 307 D'llearn. P 345 O' Leary, Thomas 277 Oliver. Elmiis C 385 Olson, Arthur P 303 Olson, tJ. A 320 O'Neill, James 3i>7 O'Xeil it Sons 370 Orne it Lawrence 23!> O'Toole it Vose 251 Page. DavidP 340 Paige. J. C, (See Index to Illustrations) Palmer. D. N 307 Park Square Hotel 385 Parker House 130 Parker it Page 341 Park Theatre 205 Parry Brothers it Co 407 Pearoe. W. A. it Co 121 Pearl Square Auger M'f'g Co 401 Pomple Brothers & Co 373 Pennock Electric Co 450 Penshorn, G 407 Perkins, George AV 405 Perry, Matthews it Buskirk Co 303 Phelan, J. T 401 Articles. 480 471 483 4(U 505 400 475 470 477 415 50ti 400 422 487 308 510 308 302 384 408 510 500 402 503 484 4S4 514 44ti 457 430 512 501 514 513 510 422 513 INDEX TO ^\DVEr.TlSEMEXTS AND DKSCKII'TIVE ARTICLES. 521 Ads. Articles. Phelps, Fiankliii S. A Co 279 405 I'ii-kett. Joscjili ,1 401 514 Pickett, Robert H 391 509 Piper. Erastus E 263 481 I'luinnier, R. B., Jr 207 490 Polsey, .J. F 81 44S Porter & Mclnnes .391 Porlunato, Feliee .1 .395 498 Power-s Regulator Co., The 377 489 Priesing, .J. AV. & .Son 425 Quiney House, The .201 4.; I Qiiinton, .J. E .... 235 Rearilon, 1). L 399 510 Redding & Co., .Jerome 321 497 Redmond, C. D 119 439 Renille, W. S 273 415 Peynolds, Milton F 403 Rhodes, Josiah 391 512 Rice, .John S 233 .")03 Rice, .S. A .399 Richardson & Young 279 Rideout, M. E. & Co. :;i:i 4l'o Riley, Isaac 275 Riley, Peter A 387 Roberts, Charles F 379 .50(; Roberts Iron Works Co 221 4l'i; Hobinson & Co 391 Itobinson, Enoch 293 483 Rockport Granite Co 281 430 liockwell, Benjamin . . ." 267 429 Itockwood, A. G 1.53 440 Rodday, R. J. & Co 387 Rogers, J. F 195 507 Rogers, O. T., Granite Co 371 4iiO Root, W. A. & H. A 323 43ii Rosenberger, .Josepli 297 490 Rounds, \y. ,J 275 4.S0 Rowen Brothers 149 370 Ruggles, H. R 243 Sampson, Walter S. . . 207 4()n Sanborn, W. A 147 441 Sanby, William 313 457 Sands, M. W 207 443 Schneider, Peter 181 Scott, A. J. & A 387 Scribner, Wm. E 223 489 Scullion. William 339 Seaboard Lumber Co 399 Sears, .Joshua 145 477 Scldon. E. W 405 502 Shaw, J.J 275 481 Ads. Articles. Shearman, John 297 442 Shepheard, .\rthtu- W 183 Sheritts, Wm. E 405 Shultz Belting Co 117 410 SiUterstein, I. A.- .1. Shoolman 179 Slakin, H. A 265 468 Slattery & Co 201 .507 Slattery, Richard P. & Co 163 433 Small Brothers 313 442 .Smith Brothers 195 475 Smith Desk Co., The 2.55 402 Smith, G. W. & v.. Iron Co 151 390 Smith, .James 183 457 Smith, .lames C 389 509 Smith & Tower 399 484 Soule, L. P. & Son Ill 441 Sprague & Xugent 387 511 Stiuire, D. G 209 474 Stanley, .J. E 393 Stearns, .\. T., Lumber Co., The 93 410 Stedtnan. Walter .395 512 Stetson, A. .M. A Co. 203 388 .Stiles, 11. Linwood 303 422 St. Nicholas Hotel 301 489 Storey. .J. C. it Co 261 Strickland, F. W. & Co 391 502 Studley ISrothers 293 476 Stnrtevant, B. F., Co 103 411 Sullivan, M. F 263 429 Sullivan, W. .J 101 390 Sutherland, .J. .\ . 395 Swan, J. Edwin 395 Swan, Thos. F 121 444 Swanton, Michael 347 Sw eeney, .J. E 277 Sweet, Wm. T. & Co 131 413 Tancred, .James P 305 Tarbox, I. F 143 476 Teel. W. H 305 498 Thayer, .James M 235 499 Thomas, D. W 385 Thorn, Thomas J 337 471 Tingley, Lee 279 Touehet, Albert E 353 488 Trafton, S. P 333 Treworgy, W. H 395 451 Tripp, Benjamin F 105 447 Tucker, I.saac X .89 408 Tucker, .James & Sons 3.53 JS6 Tufts, George M 287 Turners Falls Brick Co 329 484 521: A HALF CEN'TL'KV OF BOSTON" S Bl'ILDIXli. Ads Articles. rfheil. Joseph & Co 203 432 Vallee, Francis 3S5 511 Van Maliier. J. A- W 389 A'an Xoortlen. E. vt Co 133 400 Vanierin. J 335 Vemlomo, The 135 3t>4 Viokery, ,T. A. it Son 135 39(5 Vinnl. Warren D 257 4i!l Waldo Brothers 509 Walsh ifc Kearns 247 Walters. John J 355 Ward, K. D. & Co 345 Waniock, James 405 ^\■arren. Fred V 293 450 Waslihiun, D. & Sons 327 412 Walt. Lewis C 393 Wetherbee, J. O 407 505 Weaver, (Jeorge E 309 Weaver. Isaac 101 454 Webster. Dixon it Co 4:55 Webster. W. F.. Cement Co 399 49S Wells. Edward E 389 513 West End Kooting Co 181 West End Stieet Railway 483 Ads. Articles. Whalen, M. J 173 4t)3 White, Nicholas 207 4:52 White, Kicliard A 193 450 Whiteomb, Frank L 317 503 AMiittle, Charles P. (See Index to Illus- trations) Whittier Macliine Co 95 StiS Wight, E. A 389 Wilbur. J. E 257 481 Wilkinson, A. J. it Co 103 477 Willeutt, L. D. it Son 119 .")15 Williams it Daly 311 493 Williams, George 227 474 Williams. J. B 389 512 Williams, T.J 443 472 Wilson. J. B 387 ^Vood. Barker it Co 101 448 Woodbury it Leighton 9!' 370 Woodman. Charles E 359 5(^5 Woodman, U.. Manufacturing and Supi)ly Co., The 417 475 Wylie, Charles 387 513 Young's Hotel 130 440 Zie.gler Electric Co 417 473 Index to Illustrations. Page. Building, formerly corner Dock Square and Ann Street (now North) 18 First House in Boston 20 Faneuil Hall 21 Granite Market House and Faneuil Hall 22 Museum Corner Bromtield .Street .2Z The Massachusetts General Hospital, Blossom .Street -.24 Old State House 2.5 The State House, Beacon Street 26 The Custom House, State Street 27 Boston Dispensary, Bennet and Ash Streets 28 The ilerehants Exchange, State Street 29 Hancock House, Beacon Street 30 First Meeting House in Boston 31 First Cluu'ch 34 The Old South, Washington Street So Christ Church, Salem Street 36 King's Chapel, Tremont .Street 37 Eliot School, North Bennet Street 38 Adams School, Mason .Street 39 Franklin School, Washington Street 40 Mayhew School. Hawkins Street 41 First Latin .School, North side of School Street. . .42 Hawes School, Broadway. South Boston 43 Third Latin School. South side of School Street. .44 Smith School. Belknap (now Joy) .Street 4.i Bowdoin School, Myrtle .Street 4(i Boylston School, Fort Hill 47 Building Corner Essex and Kingston Sts. . . .opp. .50 The Pierce Building opp. .50 F. L. Ames Building opp. .51 Lincoln Building opp. .51 Chamber of Commerce Buihling opp. .58 Youth's Companion Building opp. 58 Cohunbia Theatre opp. 59 Mechanic Arts High School opp. .59 Boston Herald Building opp. 74 Shreve, Crump & Low Building opp. 75 S. S. White Dental Company's Building opp. 75 Teclmology Building opp. 90 Boston Public Library , . . . .opp. 90 Boston .Journal Building opp. 91 State House opp. 100 City Hall opp. 100 Page. Faneuil Hall opp. 100 Post Office opp. 100 Bell Telephone Building opp. 101 Carter Building opp. 101 Exchange Building opp. 101 Exchange Club Building . opp. 101 Power House W. E. S. Ky opp. 101 The Kensington opp. 1 14 High School, Brighton opp. 114 Agassiz Grammar School, Jamaica Plain. . .opp. 115 Ames Building opp. 115 Mechanics" Iron Foimdry Building 129 Hotel Brims wick opp. 134 The Vendome opp. 135 New Old South Church opp. 135 Mellin's Food Building opp. 1.52 Haddon Hall opp. 153 Boston Art Club Building opp. 153 Works of J. W. Sullivan 161 Works of M. H. Gulesian 109 Interior Boston Stock Exchange opp. 186 Museum of Fine Arts opp. 187 Quincy House 201 Chad wick Lead Works opp. 204 Old Colony Bailroad Station opp. 205 B. A. Atkinson Furniture Co. Building. . . .opp. 205 The Hemenway Building opp. 205 Mason & Handin Building , opp. 216 Farlow Building opp. 217 ^Vorthington Biulding opp. 217 Carter, Carter & Kilham's Building opp. 218 Park Square Railroad Station opp. 218 Conservatory of Music .... opi). 219 Interior Hollis Street Theatre . .opp. 219 Falmouth House 223 Works of R. Estabrook's Sons 225 Cathedral of the Holy Cross opp . 232 First Baptist Chinch opp. 233 Bethany Baptist Church opp. 233 Clarendon Street Baptist Church opp. 246 Park .Street Church and Granary Biuying Ground opp. 246 Central Congregational Church opp. 247 Chm-ch of the Messiah opp. 247 o2i ]Xr)EX TO ILI.ISTKATIOXS. Page. Building t'oiiiinercial Wharf and Atlantic Ave opp. 2('i2 Boston it Albany Bailroad Stations opp. iOo New Fire Department Headquarters opp. 2tiS New rrimary J^cUool opp. 2(i8 John H.Pray"s .Sons it fompany Building, .opp. 20!l Dormitory of Milton Academy opp. 2(59 Portrait of .lohn .S. Dannell 274 The Thorndike opp. 28t'. Front and side view of Exohanize Buildin£:..opp. 2Si> View of Cutting Shed of Charles River Stone Company opp. 287 Interior Cirocery Store Furnished by The William G. Bell Company opp. 288 Store of Cobli it Yerxa. Interior furnished l)y The William G. Bell Company opp. 280 Ex. (Jovernor Oliver Ames" Kesidence opp. 300 Residence of the late F. L. Ames opp. 300 Xew Tremont Temple opp. 3C1 New .Vrmory First Corps Cadets opp. 301 Works of George Miles 3I!> Works of E. Hodge tt Co 32.") House of Representatives opp. 32i> Algonquin Club House opp. 327 The (irand Hotel opp. 340 I'nited States Hotel opp 34p. 304 (;rove Ilall Car House opp. 305 Old Eastern Station opp. 505 Residence built by Cummings it Morehouse 508