oofingv J if ft tTTDI A I I 'ROOFING ) .MATERIAL STEEL I - J it lM"t IXTC i CEILINGS,' I a ti ip fit it lwniuwu- VVAlt KINDS A 4 When' You Go to the'Ejcposition'be Sure;to Visit'Richmond and Gall on. o fr-ri 5iTRFL v 7R0OFING M ffSTEElM toUNsN 7STtEL lion V falLINCjl ROOFING MATERIAL ROOFING MATERIAL ?C ALL KINDS , - ROOFING MATERIAL x ALL KINDS ROOFING (MATERIAL) IfWrALl tlATHsi Jobbers, Manufacturers' Agents, and Dealers in 1 1HY - PO nil RICHMOND, - - - - VIRGINIA IMC, The Gordon Metal Cos New Buildingr Reinforced Concrete Construction. Capacity First Floor, 21,000,000 pounds; Second Floort4500,000 pounds, which U equivalent to 850 carloads. We present a cut showing the building of the Gordon Metal Company, on the south side of Dock Street, at Fourteenth Street. This build ing fronts 8o feet on Fourteenth Street and runs back 150 feet on the Dock, with an "L" 51 feet by 84 feet, is two stories high, and has a floor area of 30,000 square feet in the two stories.. The first story is 18 feet clear pitch to the floor above, and the second is 15 feet average height. The building has been designed especially to meet the needs of the Gordon Metal Company's "business, the great pitch of the stories being such that bars of steel can be stood up on end, and the floors, particularly the first-Btory floor, which has a safe strength of 1,500" pounds per square foot, have been constructed so as to carry the enor mous weights which rthe conduct of this busi ness makes necessary. The offices of the Company are in a gallery convenient to the front, the Fourteenth-Street entrance is'de signed for the accommodation of local trade, and the rear, or eastern end, is arranged for shipping, with large double doors. i ' ; There is also on the south side of the build ing a space devoted to rajlroad track, so that four freight cars can enter the building, and unload directly on the floor. , m The entire building is fire-procf through out, the floors being constructed of steel rods' and concrete, as also are the columns and eird ers, and the entire weight on the outside of 4 the building is carried on columns just as on the inside, the architect having introduced Into this building the recognizedly new feature in this form of. building, viz., a curtain wall, fi inches thick, which does not carry any weight," it being the same general idea as that used i skeleton steel construction, except in that cas the curtain wall is put cn the outside of the , columns and girders; but this material, having Jike advantage of protecting its own steel, does not require a wall on the outside for this pur , pose, and it will be seen in the picture that the wall sets back from the face of the columns and girders. . i All windows are of metal and wire glass. There will be absolutely no wood used in the construction. ! MR. J. T. WILSON is the contractor for this building, and has exhibited business in i try worthy cf note in undertaking to erect thK the FIRST CONCRETE STEEL ( BUILDING IN RICHMOND, and he is -6ieted in his work by a corps of skilled men. mli. WILLIAM C. WEST is architect for the building, and, after large research and a great many estimates, he found this to be the cheapest form of fire-procf construction," it being in seme cases as much fts 33 per cent. V cheaper .than, some other forms. . - He has been assisted in the preparation of the drawings for this specialty by MR. S. E. WILLIAMSON, Of Baltimore, and m the erecv tion of the building by MR. A. COLE BLAN-. TON, as deputy superintendent. -The build ing is also a monument to the industry and enterprise ' of Hhe Gordon Metal Company. This form of building has been proven to be fire-proof.. The reduced rate of insurance and increase- in its value to resist wear and tear, make it the coming construction,? and this is the first building . In ; Richmond toy be built entirely of this materiaL . , - ',1 J i The .Gordon Metal Company are agents for "Giant". Portland Cement and Twisted Steel Bars, "and will be glad to correspond with parties contemplating using these materials in connection with reinforced concrete construction.-- j- ' Principal Articles from StockVUst of Gordon Metal Company "Giant" remand Cement. Twisted Steel Bars. Roofing Tin. Virginia Nmr Methtod. Gordon's Old Style, Nyle Old Style. Roanoke New MetHod. - Peart I. C Jessamine I. C. Diana or Defended Bxpanded Metal Laths. Charcoal. f Ornamental Steel Ceilings. Tinners' Rosin. Asbestos Matnriul. Metalic Taint, Lead Pipe. Stove Boards. Roofers' and Furnace Cement. fiheet Lead. Sheet Brass. Wire (all kinds). Barbed Wire Hoofing Nails. Tinners' Rivets. Store Bolts. , ' " Tin Shingles. v u Bright Tin ri:it -s. JTZ Refined Bar iron. V Soft Steel Bands. Soft Steel Hoopi. , Best Bloom (ialviuiiz-d Slieets,' riate Iron aud Htc;-1. ""-"V Sheef Ifon and Steel. "'' Steel Angles. Ifjn ' . 1 CI . J .r.- or r 4yrvvay iron. - , Crncaie Tool Sletl warranted. - ' Norway . Nail Rods. .. v ,. Gantler fi;riu Steel. i ; Uound Ede Tire Steel Oantler. ;' Smooth Finish Machine Steel Gantler. " -' fioa Finish Machine Steel.' foe Calk Steel Gantler; ' , Jtaili-cad and Boat Spikes. SWeet Coppo-?. ' . , 1 . ( ,1 Sheet Zinc, Tar Roofing and Felt. ; . -: Solder.'- -', Tinners' Machines and Tools. ' r RabbHt Metals. " , Grindstone. . , ' Iron and Steel Roofing. .. C.-Jvanized Conductor Pipe. - - ' Galvanized Ear Trough. )f K -. Conductor and JSbto Trough Fit- tingfc w 'JJ ' Store ripe. Stove ripe Elbows, ,We can furnish promptly from Mill any article in ou'rJist'not mentioned above. Send for our Full List with' Prices. Stove ripe Dampers and Collars. Wood's Tatent PJanlihed . Sheet Iron. ' , f'r - t Sundry Metals. v .- ; Pig Tin Bar Tln.'U ' V "; ; Tig Lead Bar Lead. V 1 , . ;. Antimony. . ' w ' ; - -' v Spelter. ' J "' ' " - ; Ingot Copper. . -. Type' Metal. ' ) 1 ..f Braziers' Bolder. r . ',' THE GORDON METAL COMPANY, ''' FOURTEENTH AND DOCK STREETS k JAMES W. GORDON, President .RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA FRANK W. BROWN, Vicci'President and 'Treasurer. ' ' HOWARD GORDON, Secretary. , - ; ROOFING IMERIAL' " -V" ' ceilings) s 'sJ T77 ' v ALL KINDS ' 1 fniETMA 7STEELA 'rril iVP.c' -in STEEL Ml r EJUNGSjl &TAL? jTHSy KiSS'? 'J etaly (S) metaSla ths