. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . ciety story gets its name from the fact that the author,Herr Kellerman, selects for his hero a daredevilyoung engineer, who conceives the gigantic project ofconnecting Europe and America with a tunnel. Someof the newspapers which are reviewing The Tun-nel say that it would probably be as much a mis-take to ridicule the suggestion as it was to scoff atsome of the ideas first launched by Jules Verne andH. G. Wells, which, in the meantime, have becomee\ery-day actualities. One commentator h
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . ciety story gets its name from the fact that the author,Herr Kellerman, selects for his hero a daredevilyoung engineer, who conceives the gigantic project ofconnecting Europe and America with a tunnel. Someof the newspapers which are reviewing The Tun-nel say that it would probably be as much a mis-take to ridicule the suggestion as it was to scoff atsome of the ideas first launched by Jules Verne andH. G. Wells, which, in the meantime, have becomee\ery-day actualities. One commentator has figuredout that the shortest tunnel route between the Oldand the New World would lie between Cape Or-tegal, Spain, or Brest, France, and Cape Charles,Labrador, distances of about 2,250 miles. MANUFACTURING HEADQUARTERS FOR Mathematical. Surveying and Scientific Instruments, Drawing Materials, Draughting and Blue Printing Equipment. Blue Prints made from Tracings EUGENE DIETZGEN CO., Adelaide St. West. Toronto. Manufactories:European: American: Canadian. Nuremberg. Chicago. CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1913 329 EDITORIAL , , . ,, , , ,,..,. siirifssful raieer of ilie Hank of Toronto FOR NEW DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS, OTTAWA 331 333 THE BANK OF TORONTO. TORONTO 362 CURRENT TOPICS ,.,.,„,ins of new in V commerc-ial loft bniU in «lass Dpniolition of St. Johns in Varick street. New York City. 366 TRADE NOTES Full Ia^e Illustrations FrontispieceTHE BANK OF TORONTO. TORONTO THE BANK OF TORONTO-DETAIL OVER ENTRANCE ^34 THE BANK OF TORONTO—DET AIL OF ENTRANCE THE BANK OF TOFCNTO-MAIN BANKING ROOM 355THE BANK OF TORONTO—KING STREET FACADE 363TWO BANKS AT WASHINGTON 364STANDARDS AND ENTRANCES OF BANKS 365 BANKS AT NEW YORK AND ALBANY MONTREAL H. GAGNIER. Limited Publishers GRAPHIC ARTS BUILDING, TORONTO. CANADA BRANCH OFFICES : WINNIPEG CHICAGO NEW YORK
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