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THE ALBANY DAILY HERALDS SA1JRDAV,' JANUARY 20, 1906. ;• y-V; :. / ’ *> U 1 '!--' '• ' —fL ■_ - „ ; . E_r‘, • ^ E OF ITS OCCUPANTS ■ v 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. 1 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- to 1A, Rp* t0\A. v I l ob It BROS., xcliange Bank OURT HOUSE TORIUM LARY JONES S. DAVIS IROWN. D. JONES. .MUSE. BROWN. In 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. „ 1 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 ;.y'i DOWMAN & DOZIER. iV.;. 1 • - , • . 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 _ * 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, ■ 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 as his motto, " less,” i Ir dolla veil ,