CARPENTRY 



AS the Tower is of fireproof construction through- 

 /\ out, the flooring being of cement and the 

 -A. A. windows and interior trim of metal, the 

 carpentry contract comprised work principally of a 

 teni|>orary nature, such as scaffoldings and platforms, 

 and some permanent work located mostly in the 

 Bourne Building, Bourne Building Addition, and 

 Singer Building proper. The only carpentry in the 

 Tower consists of show-window work, covered with 

 bron/e; oak paneled stools and jambs for these show 

 windows; store doors of oak; some office railings of 

 mahogany and kitchen and pantry dressers of yellow 

 pine and white wood. 



A great amount of temporary carpentry work wa.s 

 required for the Singer Building proper on account 

 of the complete removal of the old roof and the tak- 

 ing down of the Broadway and Liberty Street fronts 

 to the 7th-floor level, these portions being rebuilt 

 and the entire structure raised 4 stories in height. 

 Thus platforms were erected in the court about 5 



[40 



feet wide extending the entire length of the south and 

 east walls, with railings, stairs and hoists; and in 

 the Till story a temporary weather-proof partition, 

 running around the entire building, about U feet 

 back from the front walls, was built, with windows 

 and doors. 



The permanent work in the Bourne Addition 

 Building consisted of store and entrance doors and 

 show windows of quartered oak, also of office par- 

 titions and some pantry dressers, likewise of oak. 



In the Bourne Building it consisted of interior 

 trim and doors, office partitions and railings, all of 

 oak. 



In the Singer Building proper, again of interior 

 trim and doors, office partitions and railings, all of 

 oak. from the 7th to the 10th stories; further of show 

 windows covered with bronze, and of the finished and 

 under flooring. 



All material for finished work was absolutely 

 clear and free from knots, cracks, sap or other de- 

 fects, thoroughly seasoned and kiln dried. All in- 

 terior work, including doors, was hand-smoothed 

 and sandpapered before being set into place; back 

 and edge painted, stopped and primed, face filled or 

 shellaced, before leaving the shops. 



Veneering, where required, was not less than 

 inch thick; edge veneering, ; inch. 



New front window sashes in the Singer Building 

 proper, below the 7th floor, were made of clear 

 cherry to match the old work. 



All oak was of the best quality quarter sawn 

 American white oak, selected and matched as to 

 quality and color. 



The contract included furnishing and setting of 

 "grounds" f inch thick, for door and window open- 

 ings, trim, base, chair rails, picture moldings and 

 wainscoting, in the old building. 



Wooden under flooring consisted of J-in. x (>-in. 

 dressed and jointed spruce, laid close and nailed to 

 sleepers, finished flooring of comb-grained yellow pine 

 with a double thickness of 3-ply rosin-si/.cd building 

 paper between the two. 



The Directory Board in the ground floor entrance 

 lobby of the Bourne Building was replaced by one 

 of new design, with ornaments carved according to 

 models. 



All of the above carpentry and joinery work was 

 furnished and installed by ('. II'. A'/f//>/wr/.v' 

 SMC., 32K Kast Twenty-fifth Street, New York. 



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