ARCHITECTURAL 

 TERRA CO1TA 



THERE are three balco- 

 nies on each of the four lofty 

 bays in the Singer Tower. 



They are composed of 

 terra cotta furnished bv The 







New Jersey Terra Cotta 

 Co., 108 Fulton Street, New 

 York City, who also fur- 

 nished the pilasters, ex 

 tending upward from each 

 balcony, as shown in this 

 illustration. 



SCAFFOLDING 



THE contract for scaffolding was given to the 

 Chesebro-W hitman Company of Sixty-fourth Street 

 and First Avenue, New York City. Their work 

 consisted of building the outside scaffolding, tem- 

 porary elevator shafts and heavy working platforms 

 around the building. This work was particularly 

 difficult and dangerous, but was performed with- 

 out accident or delay and to the satisfaction of all 

 concerned. 



Under a separate contract the Chesebro-W hit- 

 man Company furnished the first flag pole, rigged 

 with flags, to welcome the steamship Lusitania on 

 her first trip to the port of New York. They set the 

 temporary flag pole, 60 feet long, projecting from 

 the west side of the Tower as illustrated. They 

 also supplied the different contractors with their 

 specialties in scaffolding tool houses, ladders, 

 horses, tubs, wheelbarrows, sand screens, wedges, 

 hose, hods, rope, tool boxes and portable offices. 



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