Masonry Magazine August 1973 Page. 23
Mason Contractor News...
# Marble Work Resumes on Standard Oil Building
The installation of marble slabs on the exterior of Chicago's Standard Oil Building (Big Stan) is expected to be completed sometime in October thanks to the settlement of labor problems in Italian quarries where the marble is being mined.
Work had been stalled at the 73rd floor of the 80-story highrise since the first of the year because of the labor difficulties. A Standard Oil Co. spokesman reported a shipment of the marble was received in July, permitting the work to continue.
The slabs, each about 14" thick, 45" wide and 51" high, come from a quarry in the Apuan Alps south of Milan. Marble from the region has been used in some of the world's renowned works of architecture and art, including works by Michelangelo.
# People & Events...
Dwight A. Ink, former assistant director of the Office of Management & Budget, has assumed the duties of deputy administrator of the General Services Administration. Harry R. Moss, a vice-president of Anti-Hydro Waterproofing Co., Newark, N.J., has been appointed to the firm's board of directors. Edward A. Fuller has been advanced to assistant national sales manager for New England Carbids Tool Co., a division of Wallace-Murray Corp., Peabody, Mass. John Collins has been appointed product line manager for the firm's Power Tool Division. Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co. has re-joined the Portland Cement Association after a six-year absence. The Chicago-based cement firm was a founding member of the Association in 1916. The Construction Products Division of W.R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Mass., has appointed Leo W. Rojic manager of technical field services for Darex admixtures with headquarters in Chicago.
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# Masonry Work Restores Detroit Landmark
The Masonry Institute of Michigan and the Detroit Mason Contractors Association have been commended by Detroit Mayor Roman S. Gribbs for the part they played in helping to restore the city's oldest brick residence - the Moross House.
The institute and the contractors association combined to finance the masonry restoration work on the 140-year-old building a hellishly complicated task that included grinding and pointing of the old brick as well as replacement of units (using brick from an interior wall).
Detroit's oldest brick residence, the Moross House, was in sad shape when a program was undertaken to restore the historic building.
When mason contractors Ebeling & Hicks, Inc. and the Maco Company (both of MCAA) renovated the structure, the city had a new landmark it could boast of with pride.
The Maco Company of Ferndale, Mich., and Ebeling & Hicks, Inc., both members of MCAA, won special commendation as the contractors who handled the job.
The Moross House, which was built in the 1830's, is representative of the type of home Detroiters lived in during that period. It has been nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
# DMCA Elects Costella
Francis Costella, secretary-treasurer of Monte Costella, Inc., Southfield, Mich., is the 1973 president of the Detroit Mason Contractors Association.
Other newly elected officers are: vice president, Stan Gierlaszynski, president of Chesterfield Mason Contractors, Inc., Center Line; secretary, James R. Snyder, president, J.R. Snyder Co., Novi; treasurer, Robert C. Nowak, president of R.C. Nowak & Co., Detroit.
# Plasticrete Net Improves
Plasticrete Corp., New Haven, Conn., experienced a turnaround in the first quarter ended June 30, 1973, Philip Paolella, president, told stockholders at their annual meeting.
Preliminary figures indicate Plasticrete had net earnings of between 3¢ and 5¢ a share for the quarter, he said. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1973, Plasticrete had a loss of $280,099 or 39¢ a share.
# Alpha Earnings Rise
Alpha Portland Industries, Inc., Easton, Pa., announced that its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 1973 increased 47% to $.78 per share compared with $.52 per share for the similar period last year. Earnings for the first six months of 1973 were $1.14 per share compared with $.83 for the six months a year earlier.
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