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THE ALBANY DAILY HERALDS SA1JRDAV,' JANUARY 20, 1906.
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ntends all the work done by the, com
pany. ,
Since 1903 this company has done
most oT the wiring In the city, and
they have yet to do a job which did
not give entire satisfaction. Most o!
the buildings erected here by the W.
. Hadlow Co. have been wired by the
Albany Electrical Construction Co.,
■■ the company having wired the Wool-,
folk Building, the Carnegie Library,
and several new residences just being
completed.
The Albany Electrical Construction
Co. has just moved into new quarters
at No. 102 Broad street, where they
may be fnnnij^, They not only do wir
ing by contract, but carry a full line
of electrical fixtures and are agents
fov all kinds o’ electrical machines,
which they sell and install. They sell
the celebrated Sawyer-Mann electric
globes.
The Albany Electrical Construction
Co. is one of the most up-to-date and
progressive companies in the city, and
bright future is ahead of it.
ANK BUILDING.
on tkc Corner of Bread and Washington Streets.
folk and the Carnegie library build
ings. ' . '
The firm of R. C. Eatman has been
where, Kalman's plumbers are sought,
The palatial homes of-My. Jos. S,
Ravi's anil Mr. R. L. Jones, and that
doing plumbing work in Albany and of Mrs. P. D. .Tones, new in process o
surrounding territory since March, o'-nstructlon, attest the character of
1393, and it has ever been character-' the work.
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are: S. B. Brown; president; Ed. L.
Wight, Jr., secretary and treasurer;
W. 3. Tarver, superintendent.
The plant Is situated near the
banks of the Flint river, and the clay
It consumes is secured, to a large ex
tent, from the very Ijanks of this
stream. This clay is as fine brick
clay as could be desired, being free
from grit a'hd sand and burning to a
hard, evenly colored brick. The com
pany manufactures both common and
pressed brick, the capacity being 60,-
000 per day,
The plant employs about 100 day
laborers during the busy season, the
pay roll being between $500 and $700
weekly.
The meu connected with tile man
agement of this company are substan
tial and reliable business nfen, and
they are operating the plant along
lines that will insure its continued
success.
FLORIDA ELECTRIO CO.
Installing Albany’s
Elevator In This
First Electric
Building.
BEAUTIFUL FINISHING BRICK
iced by fair pealing, efficient and sat-; ■ it ihvith the full realisation that
, is eotcry work, and yeek-bottom I “honest" is the bo3t policy,” and also
prices, considering the quality of the —;th a fooling of honesty for honesty’s
"-atcrial used, which is always the, -n’-p alone, 'with the conscientious,
best. ! . ; r.~o? c: "work well done, with the thor-
Tbe firm needs no better endorse- ough knowledge of the right and
men. excluding the work itself, than, v.-roeg of tilings, with experience in
the fret that Eatman’s plumbers have plumbing, an'ii wi h plumbers of ex-
done the work for nearly every large patience, that all work is done by the
building that has gone up in Albany! cfjj, r- . ft, c. Eatman.
in the last five years; that this work; Eatmnn’s milmbing is the best in
has never proved unsatisfactory; that • plumbing. This is an unwritten ax-
t.he older the firm gets, and the more j no better understood by anybody
is learned of its intelligent and D.fan py those who have had Eatman
prompt way of doing business, the j ( j 0 their work.
more sought after these plumbers are. j Tb g Davis-Exchange Bank Building
N”t only In Albany does the-firm oJLMl R 'J a monument to industry-, to
R. C. Eatman-lead ail competitors in j progress! veness, and to thoroughness,
the amount of work done, and the R ‘ n a lt l8 gratifying .to all those at In-
quality of the work, but its fame has j terest that '“Eatman did the plumb-
spread to surrounding cities, and i n g“
hardly a day passes that some order
'does not come in "or work .on large
buildings and beautiful homes in
other cities.
In Hawkinsville alone, the firm has
done more than $10,000 worth of work
in the past twelve months. Several
of the plumbers are-busy now at work
on what will be the prettiest and cast.
Rest private home in Moultrie.
For the plumbing of large buildings,
Eatman’s plumbers are sought. For
res, both here and else-
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OURT HOUSE
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D. JONES.
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ELECTRIC WIRING
This Building Done by Albany
Electrical Construction Co.
It is noteworthy In connection with
the erection of the Davis-Exchange
Bank Rulldlng that most of the sub
contracts went to Albany firms, which
were able to give competitive prices
cin the high character of work re
quired.
Among the- Albany firms who re
ceived important contracts on this
building, one o’ the foremost is the
Albany Electrical Construction Com
pany. which had the contract for the
electric wiring of the building and
through whom ail the lighting fixtures
were bought.
The great importance of having the
wiriDg cf a building properly done was
brought forcibly to the attention of
our people a few years ago, when
most of the wires In buildings in Al
bany were condemned by the South
eastern Tariff Association. Certain it
Is that this feature of building'Is one
ot-the most important, things In con
nection with its erection. The specifi
cations of the architect were very ex
acting In this matter, and lt speaks
well for Albany that there was here
a firm capable to take this contract
and execute It so satisfactorily.
The Albany Electrical Construction
Company 'has been operating In Al
bany since early in. 1903. Mr. Garnet
W. Saye, a young man of sterling
qualities, has -been its president and
guiding spirit from the date of Its
organization. He Is a practical man
In the business, and personally super-
The Davis-Exchange Baiik Building
will he equipped 'with a modern pas
senger elevator outfit, which will be
the finest In South Georgia.
The elevator, which Is being Install
ed by the Florida Electric Co., of Jack
sonville, Fla., Is manufactured by the
Jas. H. Curran Elevator Co., of Cin
cinnati, Ohio. It is, an electric outfit,
having n speed of 200 feet per minute,
and Is driven by a three-phase electric
motor, which Is mounted op the same
bedplate as the winding gear, and di
rect-connected to the shaft of the
drum. The motor Is designed especi
ally for this service and is in itself
a massive piece of machinery, weigh
ing alone about 1,500 pounds.
Needless...to say, the'^apparatus Is
equipped with numerous safety de
vices, to prevent accidents. There is,
underneath the platform of the car, a
safety clutch, which, should the cables
break or the car start to fall from any
other reason, would grip the guide
strips with toothed shoes, and hold
the car suspended. These grips are
positive In their action,- as the ledst
slackening of the suspension cables Is
sufficient, to operate the safety.
The car Is also provided with a gov
ernor, which prevents It from running
at too great a speed for safety. There
is also a slack cable device attached
to the winding gear, which, should the
car meet with an obstruction while
descending, will stop the motor, there
by preventing the unwinding of the
cables and their Injury by being twist
ed among the sheaves, etc. There Is
also a reversing device which will
reverse the car at either the top or
bottom landing should the car be al
lowed to run free.
The well hole will he surrounded by
an ornamental enclosure work, of a
dull black finish.
The Florida Electric Co. has In
stalled a number of elevators for the
W. T.' Hadlow Co., the general con
tractors on this building, but state
that this particular outfit Is the most
modem yet put In by them. They
represent the Curran Co. as special
sales agents in the Southeast, hut con
fine themselves entirely to the sale
of electric or hand-pull elevators.
Were Furnished by • the Powhatan
Clay Manufaqturlng Co., of Rich
mond.
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The pressed brick used In con
structing this puildlng were made by
the Powhatan Clay Manufacturing
Co., of Richmond, Va. They are
knfwn as "Salt and Pepper” brick.
They were also used . for the court
house and the Carnegie Library build
ing in this city. These are among
the most popular brick used in the
country and are suitable for large as
well as small buildings.
They were also used for the court
JOS. 8. DAVIS & CO.’
insurance Agents Who Wrote Part of
Building’s Insurance!
Part of the Insurance on the Davis-
Exchange Bank Building was placed
through that progressive and deserv-
ingly populdr insurance agency, Jos
eph S. Dnvis & Co., one of the oldest
aijb most widely known agencies in
the state.
This firm not only does n 'large-
fire insurance business, hut tt alBo
writes a large portion of the Tornado,
Accident, Health, Boiler, Plate Glass,
and Elevator Insurance of this city,
and is specially prepared to handle
insurance on country and gin prop
erty.
Joseph S. Davis & Co. have the lo
cal agency for the Southern Mutual
Insurance Company of Athens, the
company which Is conceded to write
the cheapest and best Insurance In
the world. This company Is very
careful of its risks, and a property
owner who onn secure a policy In the
Southern Mutual considers himself
fortunate indeed.
This agency represents also twenty-
five o.’ the leading fire insuranoe com
panies of the world, among them be
ing the Hartford, Hamburg-American,
Firemen’s Fund, Norwich Union,
Queen, Pennsylvania, Amerffcan Cen
tral, New Hampshire, Glenn Falls,
and many others. They also repre
sent the Maryland Casualty Co.
No agency In the state Is better
prepared to handle Insurance, and
business placed is their hands will re
houses at Abbeville, Louisville, Val
dosta and Washington, Ga„ and for oe j ve cnre f u i and competent atteu-
nearly all the Sohthern Railway and tlon. a.11 the men Interested In the
Union depots that have been built, in business are experienced insurance
the South in the last few years.
The Powhatan Clay Manufacturing
Co. also furnished the brick for the
Grand Theatre and office building at
Macon; ’Citizens’ Baltic building at Sa
vannah, the Electric and Gas kallding
at Atlanta, the Central Congregation
al church at AtlanJh, Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Co.’b build
ing In Augusta; and for the Napier
building at Macon, Ga.
Their Sliver Gray bv^ck have also
just been selected for the magnificent
Union passenger depot at Mobile,
Ala.
Their bricks are the only true gray
bricks on the market, all the other
Bo-called gray bricks having a dingy,
huffish tone when put alongside the
Powhatan’bricks. They also have a
rougher surface than the average face
bricks, and this gives a fine tone to
the building and prevents any glare.
men, and their splendid connections
enable them to handle risks In .the
best possible way.
ALBANY BRICK CO.
Furnished the Splendid Rough Brick
For This Big Building.
• /The excellent rough brick for this
building were furnished by the Al
bany Brick Company.
There is no manufacturing enter
prise in Albany which is o’ more ben
efit to the community than the Albany
Brick Company, whose large plant is
located at the southern end of the
city. This plant brings large amounts
of money to the city, which goes, the
greatest portion of It, In weekly pay
rolls to the many laborers which it em
ploys. As the plant has no commis
sary,, this money Is spent with the
merchants of the city, making the in
stitution one of the best feeders to
the sity’s trade.
This plant Is not operated by the
company that owns it, but by the Al
bany Brick Company, who have
leased it for a term of five years. The
ftfficers of the Albany Brick Company
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DOWMAN & DOZIER.
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Popular Atlanta Firm Furnlphed tho
Metal Cornices for This Building.
The firm of Dowman & Dozier, of
Atlanta, Is known wherever exteilsive
building operations have been con
ducted in the South.
If you see, anywhere In this part of
tho country, a handsome brick or
stone building with unusually sub
stantial and attractive metal cornice
work, you will be pretty safe in ven
turing a guess that such work was
turned out by the Dowman & Dozier
plant.
Some of the handsomest buildings
in this city have metal work which
bears the imprint of this firm’s genius
and thoroughness. Among this num
ber is the Davis-Exchange Bank
Building. All the exterior metal work
for this handsome strheture was
turned out by the Atlanta flrjh, whose
popularity is largely due to the fact
that their facilities and experience en
able them to execute all orders with
considerably less delay than their av
erage competitor. •
Some of the largest buildings In
Georgia have had their metal work
turned out In the Dowman & Dozier
plant. Conspicuous among fhis num
ber is the Candler block In Atlanta,’
the most Imposing business structure
In the South. All Its metal window
fixtures — an elaborate array—were
from the shops of this firm.
Contractors agree that for, reliabil
ity and “all sorts of satisfaction," no
firm In. the South takes precedence
over Downan & Dozier.
ALBANY INSURANCE AGENCY, ,
Through Which-Part of Building’* In
surance Is Placed.
Through the Albany Insurance
Agency part of the insurance on the
Davis-Exchange Bank Building was
placed.
This Agency does a large Tornado’
and Cyclone business,'having had a
great deal o’ this class of business
on its books before the recent itorm,
and this has been greatly augmented
since thep. This Is the cheapest In
surance written, being only $2.60 per
$1,000 on dwellings and contents.
This Agency pays the largest Indi
vidual license of any concern ,ln Al
bany, always handing Clerk Rust a
check for $750, covering licenses for
tlielr twenty-five companies, on the
day lt Is due.
Mr. F. O. Ticknor, the efficient man.
ager, Is thoroughly posted on every
line of his business, having given it
the closest attention and study for
the last six years. He Is known
throughout the state as one of the
most up-to-date fire Insurance x meA
engaged in the local business In Geor
gia. He is closely In touch with the
Southeastern Tariff Association and
with the Georgia Local Underwriters’
Association, of which he is a vice-pres
ident, and until recently was a mem
ber of the executive, cbmmittee.
This Agency makes a specialty of
writing country properly and gin-
houses, and in placing large lines,
having facilities for writing both
classes and lines that few other
agencies in the state can handle.
No local agency could have a bet
ter standing, both with Its customers
and with its companies, than has the
Albany Insurance Agency. If prompt,
faithful (gtnd efficient service counts
for anything, they deserve 'most-abun
dant and continued prosperity.
CHURCHWELL’S STORE
Occupies More Than 10,000 Feet of
Floor 8pace in This Building.
While it has not been a design of
this special feature to inolude all o’.
the occupants of this big building,
something would certainly seem lack
ing If mention were not made of the
building’s' largest tenant, Mr. A. F.
Churchwell,' whose extensive mer
cantile establishment occupies ' the
largest store room on the _
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besides a portion of the cellar and a
large space on the second floor,
ft When the ‘big Dnvls-Exohange Bank
Building was projected, Mr. Church-
woll was one of the first who signified
a desire .to secure space In it, and he
was the first tenant with whom a con-
tract was made. All these arrange
ments were made before tho erection
of the building was well under way.
so that the store which the Church-
well business now occupies was 'de
signed especially for that tmsiness,
and such special features as Mr.
Churchwell felt the need for were em
bodied in'the arrangement and finish
of the store.
The Churchwell store Is the first
store on the north side of the Wash
ington'street front of the building,
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having two" openings on that street
and one into the veBtlbule at the en
trance of the building. The store on
this floor Is 47 feet wide by 100 feet
long. The cellar, which Is used for
the storage of reserve stock, Is 40 by
47 feet, while the spacious room on
the second floor Is 47 by 70 feet, mak
ing a total floor space occupied by tho
Churchwell business of more than
10,000 square feet.
The store is one of the best ar
ranged and most attractive In appear
ance In this part o’ the country. In '
the front are four large show win
dows, over which Is a broad Space of
prismatic glass which lights the store
perfectly. The store Is divided by
double shelving around tho centev .
line of supporting poBts. These
shelves on the left are devoted to no
tions and on the right are .occupied
by tho men’s furnishing department.
On the north side ox the store for
almost ltB entire length ts a highly-
polished couuter, back of which Is a
row of deep shelves which arc filled
with dress goods and with staple
clothq. On the south jltde the shelv
ing extends ffom floor-to'celling for.
almost the entire length of the stole,
this space being devoted to the Bhpo
department, one of tho most impor
tant departments of the Churchwell
store.
In tho cantor of the store, la the
rear, n number of spacious tables
have been built, accdifimbdatlng tho
lnrgo stock of men’s, youths’ nnd boys’
clothing.
Over tho back of .the Btore an office
has been looated at an elevation. This
Bpace accommodates also tho bundle-
wrapping department, the store, being
equipped with a modern package-car
rier system.. All packages arc sent to
the bundle-wrapper for checking and
wrapping, and ohange is made by the
cashier, whoso desk adjoins the bun
dle-wrapping counter. By this excel
lent system mistakes are rare In the
Churchwell store, lor the reason that .
an error rarely goes through tho sales
man, the bundle-wrapper and ’the
cashier.
Broad stalrB lead Ijom the rear of
tits main floor to the second story,
occupied by the furniture and house
hold goods department. This is n
late addition to the Churchwell busi
ness, but will be given special empha
sis in the future. This store room Is
commodious, light nnd airy, and goods
of this character-arc displayed, to good
advantage. The store is equipped
with a freight elevator, by means of
which goods are easily transferred
from basement or second floor to the
main floor, and vice versa.
The store is brilliantly illuminated
at night by numerous cluster electric
lights; the light being reflected ^by
large white shades, disseminating and
diffusing an even, white light all over
the dtore. Like the rest of tho build
ing. the store ts heated by steam radi
ators, and is always warm and .com-
ortable. The ventilation being good,
the atmosphere of the store does not
become close or oppressive.
The Churchwell store was the first
part of the building which, was fin
ished and occupied, Mr. Churchwell
having moved his business into his
new quarters abfcut the middle of Oc
tober, his btg opening sale still being
fresh in' the minds of ail.
Though occupying one of the
gest stores In the city and doing i
very large business, Mr. Churchwe
devotes special attention to lttl"
things and little prices, catering t s
class o.’ trade who have to watch tl
pennies and who want f
to do all the duty
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