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 348 ——$ Builders’ Association, who expressed willingness to evant concessions, but stated that each individual office would have to make its own arrangements uc- cording to the state of business. Suerrietp.—A strike in the Sheffield Luilding trade will apparently take place on May 1. Six months ago the operatives gave notice for an advance, to take effect on the date mentioned. They ask for 1s. per week rise—that is, from 50s, to 31s—and that they shall commence work at 7a.m., leaving off at 5.30 p.m., except on Saturdays, when they wish to cease at noon. ‘The masters decline to accede to these terms. TuNSTALL.—I am pleased to inform you that the brick and tile makers of North Staffordshire employed by the following gentlemen haye got a substantial advance upon nearly all the articles they are employed in manufacturing ; and as this manifestation of justice on the part of these gentlemen must redound to their honour in public estimation, I think it right to them to supply your numerous readers with a list of their names: Mr. Thomas Peake, Tileries, Tunstall; Mr. J. Boulton, Brown Hills Tile Works, near Burslem, Mr. J. Timmis, Bradwell-road, near Tunstall; Mr. J. Walker, High-street, Tunstall; Rowley & Co., Tunnel Mouth, near Tunstall ; Mr. J. Foster, Tile Works, Tun- stall; North Staffordshire Brick and Tile Works, Chesterton; Mr. Bennett, Shelton Crossing; the pro- prietors of the Ridge Hill Tile Works, Maddeley ; Mr. Malpass, Tile Works, Maddeley. Besides this we hear of others that are likely at once to follow the example of the above gentlemen.—J ames Row ty, Goodfellow- street, Tunstall, District Secretary. WARRINGTON.—At Warrington the master builders haye come to an understanding with their bricklayers on the basis of the hour system. The great objection raised by the men against the system was founded on the idea that it involved hour contracts—that a man could be discharged at an hour’s notice. The seventh of the rules agreed to has removed this impression. ‘This rule in effect makes each bricklayer’s engagement a weekly contract. TENDERS. BERMONDSEY.—For the erection of a new hop ware- house, Rermondsey, for Messrs. Beeman & Hotehkin. Messrs. Wadmore & Baker, architects. Quantities sup- plied:— Myers & Son Downs..... Dove Brother: Ryder & Sons. Jackson & Sha Gammon & Son. Browne & Robinson Scrivener & White... King & Sons (acceptec - £3427 BLACKBURN.—For the erection of a free library and museum at Blackburn, Lancashire. Messrs. Woodzell & Colleutt, architects. Finsbury-place South, E.C. Quanti- ties by Messrs. Taylor, Son, & Jackson, Manchester :— Stephenson... ... £8060 0 0 Abbott. 0 0 Ashwor' ig 7 11 O Cotterall .........0. 0 0 Cooke & Green. 0 0 Marshall & Dent (accepted). 0 Higham Brothers 0 [An illustration of this building will appear in an early number of the BUILDING News.—Ep.] Bricuron.—For the erection of a family residence, Brunswick-square, and alterations to adjoining property, for John Preston, Esq. Mr. F. Warburton Stent, archi- tect :— Perry Gammon Turner. Chappe Colls.... CHALK FArm-RoAp.—For the erection of stables, loose boxes, forges, and chimney-shaft, in the rear of the Oxford and Cambridge Grounds, Chalk l’arm-road, for Mr. Chas. Martin. Messrs. Tosh & Hayward, architects. Quantities supplied by Messrs. Piimsaul & Boltor Hill & Son.... 0 0 Kelley Brothers 0 0 ws tat etaen 0 0 Manley & Rogers 0 0 Aitchison & Walker 0 0 Robbins & Co. 0 0 Scrivener & W 0 0 Bowman ...... 0 0 Williams & Son 0 0 aeons § 5134 6 9 Goodman, ee ASOT) OVO _KINGSLAND.— For the erection of mission hall at Kingsland. Mr. H. Shaw, architect. Quantities snpplied by Messrs. Plimsaul & Bolton :— Shurms Harper. Potter 3 Preedy & 530 Robbins & Co. (accepted) .. - 496 HOLLINGTON.—For the erection of a school at Holling- ton, for the Hastings School Board. Mr. Elworthy, archi- tect:— Kenwoot £1050 Morgan, 1041 Buller. 950 Brown 950 Eldridge...... S47 Ashdown (a 820 Stenteford 737 Architect's estimate, £810 THE BUILDING NEWS. Lonpon.—For the erection of shops and offices at the corner of the Poultry and Old Jewry, City. E.C. Quanti- ties supplied by Messrs. Karslake & Mortimer. Mr. Her- bert Ford, architect :— Nightingale .. Higgs Stimps Myers & 5S Perry Brothers. Brass ... Killby Conder.. Perry & Cc Browne & Robinson. Scrivener & White. ‘Turner & Sons. Henshaw & Co. (accepted) PuLnornouGnH.—For the erection of a house at Todhurst Farm, Sussex, for Mr. H. Bigsby. Mr. Wells, architect:— Humphrey £1106 0 0 Wady & Hammond 999 0 0 Longley .. 0 0 Dewdne 318 0 Terry 0 0 Robinson 7 6 Baker... 14 0 Mason & Bristy 0 0 Puzey & Vilewood (accepted 0 0 Washington 0 0 ROTHERHITHE.—lFor the erection of four shops at Rotherhithe. Daniels .. Markine.. Stanteford (accepted).. Mr. George Stooke, architect :— «+ £1325 9 0 1184 10 0 1107: «0 0 —_@—___. BATH AND OTHER BUILDING STONES, OF BEST QUALITY. RANDELL, SAUNDERS & 0O., Limited, Quarrymen and Stone Merchants. List of prices at the Quarries and Depdéts, also cost of transit to any part of the United Kingdom, furnished on application to BATH STONE OFFICE: CORSHAM, WILTS. ee TO ARCHITECTS. GREEN ROOPING-SLATES, Assupplied to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales at Sandringham [Apvt.] The Penmoyle Sea-green Slates are specially adapted for Churches, Public Buildings, &c., &e. (Less costly than ordinary Gothic Tiling.) These durable and non-absorbent Slates can be obtained in sizes suitable for Gothie Architecture, at prices at under, * In Railway Trucks, Docks, Gloucester:— Per Equivalentto 1,200 Slates. per square. Best Green Slates14by7... .. 217 6 ... 16s. 6d. Do, do. AS Dy/Siic) scot 2 Ut, (Oreo el ORAGd. Do. do. UO aia mers 2 INH on ESS Do. do. DPD YUdi eo, cere LOU Ocan ot aoe Do. do. LI py. tom recom lsat Ol wemtLLS. Prices of large Sizes, Cost of Transit, Reference Testi- monials, and Sample Specimens may be obtained on ap- plication to MESSRS. RANDELL & CO., Corsham, Wilts. Specimens at Museum of Geology, Jermyn-street, Picca- dilly, W., and at Architectural Museum, Tufton street, Westminster. — +> COMPETITIONS OPEN. KINGSTON-UPoN-HuLu.—For plans and specifica- tions for the erection of a school, in Daltry-street, for 750 children, for the School Board. Premiums of £50 for the best and £25 for the second best set of plans and specifications.—R. J, O'Donoghue, Clerk to the Board, Town Hall, Hull. Lonpon.—The Painters’ Company invite competition for three prizes in ‘Alto Relieyo” and ‘ Decorative Painting.” Specimens to be sent in between the 18th and 25th of May.—H. D. Pritchard, Clerk, Painters’ Hall, Little Trinity-lane, Queen Victoria-street, E.C. Lonpon Scnuoor Boarp, May 8.—For designs for a public elementary school for 1,000 children, in Beazley-crescent, Old Ford. No premium is offered, but it is intended to place the work in the hands of the successful competitor.—The Clerk to the Board, 33, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, E.C. S. Pererspura, July 13.—For a design for a per- manent bridge over the River Neya, at the place now oceupied by the Litenaia floating bridge. A prize of 6,000 silver roubles (about £825) will be given for the design the committee consider as best fulfilling the conditions; @lso a prize of 3,000 silver roubles (about £412 10s.) and 1,500 silver roubles (about £206 5s.) for the two next best designs.—Municipal Council, S. Petersburg. SALrorpD, May 11.—(Branch Library for Regent- road.)—For a building suitable for a branch library, to comprise a large reading-room, library-room to hold 10,000 volumes, a suite of dwelling apartments for a librarian, and a large room ayailable for public pur- poses, the cost not to exceed £2,500.—Edwin Andrew, Town Clerk, Town Hall, Salford. j tion of Glasgow.—Messrs. Aprit 26, 1872. ScarborouGH, June 1.—For plans and proposals for laying out and altering the recently acquired property beyond the Spa, and in connection with the existing grounds of the company. A premium of £100 is offered for the best, and £50 for the second best design.—F. Goodricke, Manager, Cliff Bridge Company's Offices, Scarborough, —>— CONTRACTS OPEN FOR BUILDING ESTIMATES. ABERDEEN, April 30.—For the erection of a new theatre.—C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., 26, Mecklenburgh- square, W.C., and J. Matthews, 157, Union-street, Aberdeen, joint Architects. Astron, May 4.—For the drainage, channelling, paving, and repairing of Victoria-road, Park-road, and Chureh-road.—W. Batten, Surveyor to the Board, Wordsley-place, Witton-road, Six Ways, Aston. ASTON-ON-CLUN (Herefordshire), May 7,—For the erection of a school, master’s residence, and oflices.— Mr. Marston, Solicitor, New Buildings, Ludlow. Boyton (near Bath), May 4.—For rebuilding the rectory house at Boyton.—J. Elkington Gill, Arechi- tect, 1, Fountain-buildings, Bath. Bristow, May 1.—For the erection of two houses in Victoria-street.—Mr. Fripp, Architect, 6, Exchange- buildings, CASTLEFORD, May 4.—For levelling and paving a part of Bridge-street, for the Castleford Local Board of Health—George Bradley, Clerk to the Local Board, Castleford. Crry, April 30.—For the purchase of 1a, 3r. 2p. (er thereabouts), part of the site of their present school, with the buildings thereon, of the School for the Indi- gent Blind, City.—Messrs. Grueber & Cooper, 5, Billiter-street, E.C. GAYLE (near Hawes, Yorks).—For enlarging a dwelling house.—Yenders can be seen till April 30, at Mr. J. K. James, Architect, South Church Side, Hull. Guascow, April 30.—(Contract No. 4.)—For the construction of about 2} miles of tramways, and the supply of all materials (except rails), for the Corpora- R. Johnstone & Rau- kine, C.E., 157, 8. Vincent-street, Glasgow. GLouceEsTER, May 2.—lor the erection of a bridge at Preston-on-Stour, near Straford-on-Ayon.—Mr. George Riddiford, Deputy Clerk of the Peace, Shire Hall, Gloucester. LanGton, April 30.—¥or the erection of schools and school houses at Church Langton, for the Lang- ton Charity Estates——James A, Douglas, Clerk to the ‘Trustees, Market Harborough. Lerps, April 30.—For the erection of an infants’ school at Upper Armley.—Adams & Kelly, 27, Park- square, Leeds. Lreps, May 2.—For the erection of three houses and two shops in Freehold-street, York-road.—Thos. Ambler, Architect, 9, Park-place, Leeds. LitTLe Bouton, May 14.—For the construction of a branch railway, in the Township of Little Bolton, for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, commencing by a junction with the Bolton and Blackburn Railway at Hill-lane, and terminating at the Blackburn Turnpike-road, at Astley Bridge.—Mr. W. S. Lawn, Secretary, Hunt’s Bank, Manchester. MARKET Drayton, April $0.—For the erection of a turret clock in the parish church.—Y. Rought Jones, Secretary, Clock Committee, Market Drayton. MIppLETON, May 6.—For the erection of a large cotton mill, engine-house, blowing-room, warehouse, offices and other buildings, at Rhodes, near Middleton. —John Smith, Manager. NorTHAMPTONSHIRE, May 25.—For the erection of the Northamptonshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum.—Mr. Griffiths, Architect, Stafford. RusutTon, April 29.—For the erection of cottages at Rushton Station, for the Midland Railway Company. —J. Williams, Secretary, Midland Railway, Derby. SALIsBuRY, May 15.—For removing part of Fisher- ton Bridge, and constructing a new bridge and approaches, for the Salisbury Local Board of Ilealth. —C. M. Lee, Clerk to the Board, Public Offices, Chipper-lane, Salisbury. SALrIsBuRY, May 15.—For the execution of the iron in the construction of a new bridge, for the Salisbury Local Board of Health.—C. M. Lee, Clerk to the Board, Chipper-lane, Salisbury. SHEFFIELD, May 8.—For the erection of public elementary school at Philadelphia, in the School District of the Borough of Sheflield.—Mr, J, I’, Moss, Clerk to the School Board, Sheffieid. TREGARTH (South Wales), May 4.—For the erection ofa memorial chapel.—Rey. W. Howells, Trevacca College, Tregarth. Worcester, May 11.—For the erection of school buildings, &c., in Hound’s-lane, for the Worcester School Board.—F. Marcus, Guildhall, Worcester. Worrcey, May 6.—lor the construction of a new passenger station at Wortley, near Leeds, for the Lon- don and North Western Railway.—S. Neay, Secretary, Euston Station, London.