Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 October 1914 — Page 16

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Young, Eastman, Wickwire, Grovesand Marks Experts Who Directed Army of Workmen.

T\o one will witness the opening of the Hotel Deming with greater pleasure than the five men at the head of the departments of the construction work at whose touch the beautiful building has blossomed from a mass of cement, gravel, stone and iroh.

F. P. W. Young, superintendent of the Selden-Breck Construction Co., who had the general contract, has had charge of the entire work from the time the surveyor set his stakes to the completion of the building, ineluding the removal of the old buildings which stood upon the hotel site. His ability, tact and pleasant manner have gained him many admirers in Terre Haute.

In close co-operation with Mr. Toyng has been H. E. Eastman, the representative of Holabird and Roche, architects. Mr. Eastman has watched the construction work to its most minute details and has gained a reputation in

Terre Haute as a painstaking architect. To Mr. Young and Mr. Eiastman credit is due for a concrete building built without a freeze or flaw in a winter season, which, to a builder/is a record of which to be proud. Another record in which these men take pride is that not an accident of any consequence occurred.

The plumbing in the Hotel Deming, with its two hundred and fifty rooms and two hundred baths, has been a difficult Job. This work was ably handled by H. G. Wickwire, superintendent 'or A. Nilfion, of Chicago. He has worked with a force of Terre Hlaute plumbers and his able leadership has Jielped to produce a Job every man can well be proud of.

The intricate and puzzling task of electric wiring has been well handled by H. H. Marks, foreman for the Shiras Electric company, St. Louis. Electricwiring of a big hotel is some job, which one could readily see by looking at the network of conduits and wires as the construction work progressed. Mr. Marks has shown complete understanding of his business from start to finish.

The heating plant was installed by the Shiras Electric company with Stephen Groves in charge of the job.

To the superintendents of the various departments of work is due for almost absence of labor troubles. Minor misunderstandings caused only slight delay to the work and general good feeling among the men prevailed throughout the job.

BOMBS FOR AIRSHIP BAIT.

New Invention Foresees Battles Above the Clouds. test thing in bombs, to destroy aeroplanes or dirigibles, is ait a sort of fishhook, with which the military aviator angles for his prey. When the hook catches the hostile craft the bomb explodes, for, unlike the fisherman, the object of the fisherman in this case is not to land what he hooks, but to destroy it. This device, explained in an article on military aeronautics contributed to the "Flying Machine" for June, is the invention of Joseph A. Steinmetz, of Philadelphia, a "member of the Aero club of America, and vice-president of the Aero club of Pennsylvania.

The invention involves lowering bombs to a suitable distance from aircraft in flight by means of a wire or other flexible connection, and providing the upper side or end of each bomb with contact devices adapted to cause explosion when the bomb is drawn upwardly by deflection of its supporter© through its meeting an air_ship. Such deflection must occur whenever there is contact between the laterally moving, pendant wire and an airship, except only in the highly improbable case where the wire and the ^attacked airship are moving In ttie same direction at substantially the same speed, when explosion can be caused by pulling the wire.

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Aeroplanes equipped with such devices would be a menace to airships, magazines, sheds, ships in repair and under construction. Airships effuipped .with larger devices of this type might play havoc with sea and land forces, particularly at night, and might at-

I ,/tack and destroy an enemy's airshipsj those pills, like what I got for mother '•and hangars, docks, magazines, ships, and terrorize very generally. There would be slight means of defense against such airships except fast aeroplanes armed with guns or similar

The Deming Hotel Was Roofed By The

A Few of Oar Recent Contracts—

F. P. W. YOUNG.

BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT.

H. G. WICKWIRE.

PLUMBING CONTRACTOR.

FURNITURE FOR HOTEL FROM CONNERSViLLE

Beautiful Outfitting of Deming Rooms Credit to Hoosier State Manufacturing.

The Connersville Furniture Co., of Connersville, Indiana, manufactured all the bedroom furniture for the new hostelry, whose formal opening will mark a new era for Terre Haute enterprises. This includes the dressers, beds, writing desks, costumers, chiffoniers and night stands, all finished in mahobany. The product of the Connersville Co. is marked by the exclusiveness and simplicity of its designs, as well as by the wonderfully fine finish. Only the very best of materials are used in the construction of the furniture designed and produced by this company, which accounts for its popularity in such high grade establishments as the Hotel Deming designed to be from its inception. The company makes a specialty of high grade bed room furniture.

The Connersville Furniture Co. is no new entry to the business world. It has been in successful operation for the past thirty-two years, and is the most important business enterprise in the hustling Hoosier city where it is located. It has been a successful bidder for furniture in many of the leading hotels of the country and makes a specialty of selling only through deal ers, its local representatives being the A. Z. Foster Co. The officers of the company are E. V. Hawkins, president E. P. Hawkins, secretary, and J. E. Page, sales manager.

The Dumdum Outcome.

Tommy—I want another box of

yesterday. Druggist—Did your mother say they were good?

Tommy—No, but they just fit my air-gun.—London Opinion.

Gravel Roofers

Booker Washington School, City. Prox Building, City. School Gymnasium, Sullivan, Ind. Twelve Buildings in Jasonville.

E. Dunning & Sons, Proprietors

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H. I. EASTMAN.

SUPERVISING ARCHITECT.

H. H. MARKS.

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STEPHEN GROVES.

HEATING SUPERINTENDENT.

FURNITURE BY WEN AN ATTRACTIVEFEATURE

Massive Articles In Lobby Done In Artistic Style By Chicago House.

The upholstered furniture for the Hotel Deming. including the attractive davenports and easy chairs in the hotel lobby, was all furnished by S. Karpen & Co. Bros., of Chicago, who are by no nieans newcomers to Terre Haute along similar lines. The same firm furnished the upholstered furniture for the Elks' home, the Knights of Columbus hall and the Odd Fellows' building all of which were sold through the A. Z. Foster Co.. who are exclusive local agents for the firm.

Terre Haute visitors to Chicago are familiar with the down town establishment of the Karpens, located at the corner of Michigan boulevard and Eldredge place. The Karpen factories are also located in Chicago and are known as the largest plant in the world devoted to the manufacture of upholstered furniture. The company also has salesrooms in New York, Boston and Brooklyn, the latter warehouses being located at the Busti terminals qnd built of steel and concrete and absolutely fire proof.

The Chicago factory is located at West Twenty-second and Union streets and covers five acres of ground, while an equal area is. devoted to the openair storage of lumber. A private switch track enters the main building and this connects with the inner belt line of the city and through it with all the railway systems entering Chicago, thus furnishing unexcelled facilities for shipping.

The capacity of the Karpen factories is kept constantly in advance of current requirements so that emergency orders may be filled without the least delay. The character of the Karpen product is familiar to many erre Haute people, and the fact that the company has local agent? lends importance to the knowledge that through these agents prompt and seasonable deliveries may be made of unusual and exceptional orders.

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GLASS FROM LOCAL FIRM.

Largest Contract of Its Kind Ever Handled Locally. In the erection of a building the size of the Hotel Deming it became practically certain that any contract for a particular part of the work would be the largest ever awarded in the city. This was especially true of the contract for the glass used, as nothing to, compare to this in size was ever let to a Terre Haute firm, and Adamson & Anderson. 644 Wabash avenue, were the fortunate .contractors. The contract called for 10,000 pieces of glass, together with the glazing. In addition to this the firm furnished the glass tops for all the dressers, chiffoniers, tables, night stands and writ

Reiman Lime &

The firm is the successor of the firm of Adaimson & Krietenstein, which began business in the roorfi at present occupied by W. L,. McPeak's restaurant and soon removed to a room in the Beach building on Sixth street, where W. W. Adamson succeeded to the business. He and the other member of the original firm had both been clerks with Gulick & Berry, when the latter's

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SED in the construction of New Deming Hotel.. Thirty loads, which is equivalent to 130,000 feet, of this new fireproof block were placed in making the partition walls by the Reiman Lime & Cement Co. of Terre Haute. i"

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Hollow Gypsum Tile, now being used in the construction of practically all the modern fire-proof hotels, office-buildings, hospitals, schools, etc.,1 assures absolutely the most safe and practical fire-proof walls built today.

'E are in position to supply this new fire proof Gypsiuin Block I in any quanity and supervise the erection of same. y|v*f fej sj,

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ing desks. The contract included the glass for the upper stories as well as the plate glass for the store rooms. The same firm furnished the glass for the Savings bank and the Star building, as well as for a greater proportion of the plate glass fronts used in recent years in renewing and remodeling the business section of the city.

drug store at Fourth and Wabash avenue was the leading institution of the kind in the city. Sheldon S. Anderson became a member of the firm in April, 1895, some time after the business was removed to its present location. In addition to glass the firm handles a full line of paints and oils and painters' supplies, and its business extends over a territory 150 miles in extent. Especially Is this true in the glass business and Mr. Anderson speaks of a regular plate glass customer whose business is located far enough away from Terre Haute to put him in the field belonging to other business centers.

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Mrs. Barrows was worried—thafc fact was evident to her husband, although she endeavored to maintain a cheerful manner. Before the evening was over, however, Jie discovered ihd. cause of her anxiety. .• "Will," said she. "I am very much afraid that my bank is in a bad way.'' "How foolish, Mabel. Don't let that cause you a moment's worry. Why, it's one of the strongest financial irrstitn-' tlons in the state. Whatever got thatj idea into your head?" "Well, it's strange," replied Mrsj. Barrows, still unconvinced. "They've' Just returned a check of mine for $40: marked 'No Funds!' "—Harper's.

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