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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1925
Page
35
A Canton product is highlighted as a beautiful office structure with the building set to open this week. The notice emphasizes ease and powerful design in the new facility.
In Canton the Melbourne Construction Co and president George F. Melbourne lead major projects including the Orpheum theater addition and Canton Daily News building. The firm wins contracts for reinforced concrete and brick work totaling millions with optimism for $5,000,000 in new work by mid summer.
A historical note documents the installation of a new oil heating system in Brant Blog, highlighting cleaner rooms and improved economy. It discusses the tested technology, maintenance considerations, and observed benefits over prior coal heating, citing engineers and stockholders connected to the project.
The Canton Brant building on Tuscarawas Avenue will feature five floors ready for tenants with six more floors in progress. Shops and professional spaces for Herbruck and Carey, real estate firms, a cigar store, a conf room, and offices for Glan life insurers plus the Melbourne Construction Co. are planned, with tenants filling second and third floors and a party wall of notable professionals.
The Brant block secures a contract for window shading with DuPont Tontine shade cloth. Klein Hefterman and Zoltars, competing against six other firms, win the bid to cover all 102 windows in the new Brant building. The shade boasts washability and durability with faded color resistance, marking Canton’s first large project to be fully shaded using this product.
The eight story Brant Building featured all structural steel furnished and erected by a local firm, the Structural Engineering Company, based at 401 Picet N tora Bank building. The company does general consulting, signing, furnishing and erecting steel for all types of structures.
A partial OCR fragment discusses uniforms and their brightness, washability, and practical treatment. It references comfort, habitation in various weathers, and the need for certain capecity or protective features. The text is garbled but hints at standardization and suitability for use across conditions.
Navarre based Buck Hill Sand and Gravel grows as general manager Timpe announces continued supply of land and gravel for concrete work. The firm highlights plastering sand as a specialty and emphasizes price quality and service to attract local builders.
Equitable Brick introduces face bricks for contemporary construction. The article notes their use in notable New York projects and mentions suppliers and contractors involved in early 20th century masonry, highlighting the brick’s public reception and long history.
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