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Tlffi OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 14, 1907.
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NEWS OF THE BUSY HOME BUILDERS
C1LD1NC AND POPULATION
How One ii Chasing; the Other in
Omaha.
DEMAND FOR HOUSES UNABATED
llaarireds of llnnaea Coins I p
Oifr the C'ltr and Wt the
npplr la n to to
Diraond.
' "Well. If Oinshn dopun't have that tm.ntn
hy 1910 then I miss my riipss nnd all the
Sign that the reel rstnte business ylrlrls
to population hnvo stone wronit," de
clarer! a tobI estate draw of the city last
Week. Hp drew the Inspiration for his
derided remark from the scarcity of houses
in the rlty. Taking thla aa hla text, he
Jirparhfld a srrninn ranrdlng the popula
tion of Omaha, whlrli. h aald, la leaping
ahearl with kangaroo-like Jump.
"Why. Just think of all tha houses that
Mva horn erected In thla rlty In the laat
fw years. Contractors and all the work
men they could get hold of have been
working; aummer nnd winter, week daya
nd Sundays, building houses. Very few
dwellings have been hnrnod or pulled down.
nd yet the demand for houaea today la
Unprecedented In the memory of the oldest
Inhabitant. Houaea are almost ai ararre
flow aa they were when Rill Snowdeti con
structed the first dwelling: In the city, bark
In 14. Today thorn are almost no houaea
for rent In the rlty and people are at their
wits end to And a place to keep house. A
Tiew house la rented long before It la
finished. Some of them nre actually leased
before the walla are up. Fists are gobbled
up and occupied before the workmen have
finished putting the roof cm. Getting houaea
la almost as strenuous a game now aa
playing 'pussy wants a corner ' And there
Is no sign of a letup In thla scarcity of
houaea."
Omaha 1 to have Hnother metropolitan
feature In the way of rest parks. The
Hoard of I'ark commissioner held a meet
ing last week at which the subject was
discussed. The plan la to buy amall tracts
of land In different parts of the cltv.
preferably the more thickly settled dis
tricts, fit them up aa parka and plny
grouncls, where the people can go and find
relief from the fiercest heat of the summer
days nnd nights. In the larger cltleg of tha
world these rest parks are common and
act as ventilators to the congested part
Of the city.
There Is" a greater demand now for cot
tages or siimll houres than for any other
type of dwelling. This Is said to be due
to the high prices and rents which rule.
A aeven-room house In a district between
a mile and two miles from the center of
the city la now worth front 34..W to tiS.unn.
I'our cottages were aold last week within
thla radius, at Twenty-second and Orace
treets, for W.2S0. or 1.5ri each. These
were bought by Dennis McGrath from Dr.
Vance.
n in:r hrhiuhl lime IS DCing m
, tha completion of the Brandels b
Th oon,rac,r,r wno na interlo
A win have to pay the Brandels Br
for vry day '"" nin ovpr '
t ! while he will receive 1 100 a i
A race against time Is being made for
tha completion of the Brandels building.
lor work
Iroa. 1100
Beptem-
day for
vht;y day ho cuts off the time allotted to
him. Naturally, the Job la moving along
vhi
Just about aa fast aa It could go. There
are 200 carpenters on the work and they
don't lose any time while they are on duty.
The owners are determined that the build
ing: must be completed by September 1 If
human Ind'iatry and Integrity can accom
plish the task, for a number of the tenants
who are to occupy the rooms have been
promised possession on that date.
There la to be continued and unrelenting
war on the weeda which flourish so luxur
iantly in Omaha. Four Inspectors have
been busy the last week serving notices
on property owners to cut the offending
vegetation. The city has been laid out Into
districts and a strict account Is to be kept
on a plat of the city of Just what property
owners have been notified. If any prosecu
tions follow thla, proof that notice was
served will be useful.
"One thing the Omaha home builders
have not learned," aald a man who has
observed the beauties or dwellings In many
lands, "is the value of a bit of greenery
In the front of a houae. The Ideal of
beauty of some builders seems to ba to
plaster all the ground in front of the
apartment houae or fiat with cement. This
lakes a brilliant and almost unendurable
glare under the summers' sun, a slippery
dismal waste of stone In thu winter and a
barren waste always.
"Now. in England or France or Germany
they do thlnga differently. The fronts of
their apartment houses are pleasing to the
e and they coat no more than the cement
beplaatered front yards of some of our
apartments. Suppose the house stands
bark only ten feet, that ten feet can be
laid out In a grass plot and surrounded
by a hedge or an Iron fenr if desired.
Il This is pleasing and restful to the eve.
. .rnari am nnngs into the
tnlddla of the city a bit of country life
Ifaat is as restful a. a e.geful of birds."
Brick sidewalks when croDerlv laWl
mako the best of walks," ssld an
man. "People who have them must watch J " nver .
carefully, though, or the grass will grow up Washington
between the bricks and make them un. 'flpokani-
k.hnly.iTo Te?y " ,h Kr"" houMMnXtei" :::..::::
e pulled up Just after a rain and the Minneapolis
parks sprinkled with suit or gasoline, pre- Portland. Ore
reraoiy tha latter. This will prevent the
grass from growing sgain. On I.otlm.o
treet I potlced that one of the property
owners has not only kf-pt the grass from
between the bricks, but has cut a space
three Inches wide between Hie bricks and
.his lawn. This he has filled with whit
tone crushed very line. It prevents the
grass growing out over th edges of the
walk and tha contrast between the green
(rasa, the white stone and the red brick
is vary pretty."
-
v Residents of smaller town surrounding
Omaha sre beautifying their lawns with
ornaments far more than the people of
Jh city, according to a representative of
rSjle Omaha Stove Repair works. Nest t
!1 paved streets and well kept Isw ns
there Is nothing that adds with so Ifltl.t
eipenae snd such great permanence to the
kauty of a street as un Iron flower vas
in aeuping Wtn the size of the lawn It I
placed in.
Extensive Improvement of Omaha resi
dence properties is shown by Hie or.lers
Being received by the Anchor Fence com-
pany. Among these during the last week '
were Dr. I pjohn. w ho will have an Iron
"um around Ins quarter-block pv.p-
artv .t T c. ........
avenue A W "7.V. 'WVa . t .
venue, a. . ourt. 2418 Saratoga: Ed W.
Qulun. 1403 Sherm.n ... w n
IM3 Harney street: t w ftorenaon
Nicholas street Mr. Brown the ouirk
lunch man. is having a f-nce placed around
his new property at Twenty first and Call-
(ornla streets. The Anchor Kence company
la alao getting large contracu for fence
from the Northern Pacific and Burlington
rallroada and from the Standard Oil com
pany. The latter ha adopted thla brand
of fence for all Its properties throughout
the t'nlted States.
It la not often we find the artist and
muaii isn aeeklng the prosaic atmosphere
of commercialism. George Barker, the
artist and accomplished violinist, now
Juggles bags of cement and rough concrete
blocks with aa much teat as ha formerly
wielded the bruah and the violin bow.
What waa formerly a livelihood la now a
recreation. Mr. Barker Is the secretary
and treasurer of the Nebraska. Concrete
Reinforcing company and that la no small
dlailnctlon even for an artlat.
M. H. Prown. merchant of Coaad, Neb.,
has engaged H. D. Frankfurt, the archi
tect, to draw plans for a flna colonial
residence. It will hava all the modern
appliances, private water system, hot
water heat and modern appearance. TTie
foundation will ba of concrete and tha
building will coat about 15.000
C. W. Martin of Hastings Heyden ta
having plana drawn for a typical bungalow
to ha located at Twenty-aecond and Fowler.
The foundation will be of cement blocka.
Building Record
Building operations for tha first half of
the year show a falling oft of IS per cent
In comparison with the corresponding
period a year ago. Permits were tsken out
In thirty-four leading cities according to
official reports to Construction News for
M.866 buildings, involving a total estimated
cost of $264,361,223 during the half year Just
closed, agalnat SB, 838 buildings, aggregating
In cost 1303,663,762 for tha same period a
year ago, a decrease of 1,141 buildings and
141.107,433. The figures In detail are as fol
lows; CITY.
New York. Including Manhattan and Bronx
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Ixula
Detroit
Los Angeles
Washington
Seattle
Pittsburg
Portland, ore
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kanaaa City, Mo
Buffalo, N. Y
Cincinnati
Indianapolia
Denver
St. Paul
Rochester
Spokane -
Atlanta (
Tacoma, Wash
Omaha
Worcester ,
Dallas ,
Duluth
Allegheny
Mobile
San Antonio
Grand Raplda
Lincoln, Neb
Topeka
Davenport
Pueblo, Colo
Total.
In all of the big cities there was a de
crease. New York leading with 14 per
cent, Chicago 15 and Pittsburg 41, while of
the other large cities Philadelphia saved
the day with a gain of t per cent. Even
St. IxjuIs, which has recently experienced
a boom the Ilk of which wss never before
known, fell off 14 per cent. Brooklyn, which
has been making remarkably high records
for years, remained stationary.
But there are no Indications of a letup in
the smaller cities. Mobile, because of two
buildings larger than usual, has a gain of
64 per cent, and Topeka 63, nor is building
on the north Pacific coaat leea active. The
Building Record for June
Building for June In the leading cities
shows a gain of 1 per cent aa compared
with the correapondlng month a year ago.
During the month Just closed permits were
taken out, according to official reporta to
Construction News. In forty-five cities for
the construction of 13.192 buildings. Involv
ing a total estimated cost of $63,765,604.
agalnat 13.721 buildings aggregating In coat
$62,080,702 for the aame month a year ago,
a decrease of 629 buildings and an Increase
of $684,802, or 1 per cent. It Is believed this
is pretty close to the high water mark for
the month of June. The figures In detail
are as follows:
CITY.
New York, Including Msnhattsn and Bronx.
Brooklyn
i incago
ttan Francisco.
t'Y''- --
' Detroit
.'"""""i
Mo...
I
m i..,..
Buffalo. N. Y.
New Orleans ...
Taooma' Wash !
Omaha.'.
Louisville
.
Toledo .'.'.'.'.'.'.'...
Columbus
Allegheny
j Won;. . ...
I Birmingham
Topeka
rhutttnooga ".'.'
;.,h,j HapiJs
Terre Haute ..
Wilkesbarrre. ..,
, , JfnVoii'i'Ne'b.' .' .'
Paterson..
'Mobile
Pl11'10, 1,010
...
...I
Total
An Interesting feature of the compilation
is th: ar e gain and lossej sre not confined
to fit 1 ,a of any particular clsss. Cities
will, ii ordinar'ly reflect similar conditions
because of proximity and the general trend
of affairs show widely different aspects.
, .. ' , , ... "
:ror "ample. New Tork Including Man
1 "'" n'1 ,h Mr
its, shows a loss of 35
P,r nreas Brooklyn has a gain Of
' ' P" '" ""htcago haa a moderate gain,
I amounting to per cent, while Bt. I-ouls.
I 'her there Is about one-third as much
building, has a loss of 33 per cent. Singula
! " m seem. Philadelphia suffered a
of I per cent Minneapolis gained 4
with cement plaster exterior. The Interior
finish will be of quarter-sawed oak. A
hot water heating system will be installed.
H. D. Frankfurt, architect.
Tha contract for palming the new
Krandela store has been awarded to M. K
Kndrea. Work on the exterior will ba
started at once.
Stork and the Flat.
There Is at least one apartment house
niBIIHRFI nil" ii-nr-n n la a . 9 n'i-
to try to exempt children and other un
necessary annoyaneea (?i from apartments.
Mr. WlUlamaon of Pittsburg was seized
with the idea, not an original conception,
however, of building a fine apartment house
In which the mew f cat. how-wow of dog
would never be heard, and much more Im
portant still, the cooing or walling of
"young hopefuls" and the noisy clamor of
children of all agea should be excluded.
Briefly, ha decreed that from the Winona
apartments children, cats and dogs should
ba prohibited. Tha Idea impressed Pitts
burgers favorably, and Mr. Williamson had
no trouble at alt In becoming a landlord.
Hla eight atrlctly down-to-data apartment
were occupied In every case by newly mar
ried couplea. Everything waa lovely, the
for Six Months
north coast cities mak a splendid showing,
Portland leading with a gain of 78 per cent,
Seattle 47, Spokane 62, Tacoma 33, while
Los Angeles, the moat conspicuous point
In southern California, has a loss of 27 per
cent. In some of the Interior cities there
were heavy gains. Indianapolis, .46 per cent,
Minneapolis 22, Ban Antonio 43, Detroit 16,
Allegheny 17 and Davenport 8.
There la no occasion for wonder at tha
decrease, however, when one takes Into
consideration the record breaking pace of
building In this country for a decade. The
1907. 1906. Galn Loss.
No. No. I
of Cost. of I Cost.
Bldgs Bldgsl
2,263 S64.2M.61ft 8,226 197,220.868 .... 34
6,196 3A, 5o3,672 (.626 36.611, (too
6.094 81.0S2.600 6.264 86.4W.145 .. 15
8.963 22,776.275. 10.206 22.378.08o I
4.678 12.823.792 4.841 14.946.793 .. 14
S.677 7.818.100 2.313 6.2S9.4O0 It
8.7R4 7.261.238 4.938 9.978.341 27
1.039 8,787.760 1.180 6 610,016 2
4.340 6.368.938 8.684 ' 4.811.381 47
1.981 5,61. 8f.! 2.021 9.911,118 .. 41
S.0T1 5,704. 69 1,112 3.199.6H5 7R
1.946 5,195.2M 2,21,1 6.011,535 41
2.M9 6,06)1.405 2.484 4,153,550 22
2.132 4.956.B70 2.117 5.779. 40 .. H
1.542 4.48,006 1.673 4.768.870 .. 6
1.82 3.973. Wi 1.416 4,0l,ftoi .. 1
1,968 3.935,209' 1.9"9 2.691.349 46
1.842 3.690,810 1.2.44, 8.824.754 t
958 3.511. 195 91 3,204.925 10
1,421 3.416.835 1.384 3.481.607
9 S.152,113 1.045 1.941.712 62 ..
3.118 2.R91.378 J..R20 2.867.866 1
1,174 2.131,765 830 1.6"6.645 33
762 1,976.916 51 2.170.006 ..
5V 1.540,986 413 1.803.191 ., "15
919 1.461,183 889 1.9"i8.794 .. S3
fit 1,894,915 601 1,08,632 .. 27
886 1,038.133 362 888.164 17
219 958.967 168 686.624 64
1.058 R36.260 984 64.355 43
628 812,335 658 1,038.137 .. 22
463 771.864 340 783.665 3
268 683,736 279 359.204 63
o2 359.418 90 832.069 8
86 176.110 116 175.836
68,856 $264,861,223 69,3381308.663.752 13
1.981
totals have been mounting higher and
higher and In keeping with the Increasing
activity the cost of material and wages
hss advanced to an extent never before
known. It was to be expected that there
would be a mild letup and It would not be
surprising If It were to be greater In order
to give affairs an opportunity to get back
to a normal basis whon many people who
have had building In contemplation for a
long time, but because of the abnormal coat,
of labor at this time have not felt justified
In building, will then go ahead with their
plans.
per cent, while St. Paul lost 80 per cent.
In Kanaaa City, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Du
luth and Mobile there was a decrease vary
ing from 84 to 74 per cent, the latter in
Mobile, while there were handsome gains
in Pittsburg of 11 per cent, Detroit 68, In
dianapolis 124, Omaha 18, Louisville 18, At
lanta 87, Columbus 20, Allegheny 69. Bir
mingham 78, Topeka 167, Ban Antonio 182,
Chattanooga 214, Terre Haute 75, Davenport
34.
The Pacific coast cities continue to show
remarkable activity, Spokane leading with
an Increase of 442 per cent. San Francisco
267, Portland 119. Tacoma 104. The 'only
19J7.
Galnj Loss.
1 No
,1of I
IBldgsi
No. I
of I
Bldgs
. I
Cost.
Coat.
W 113.804. 7W)I 871! 1S,5M,7V .. 25
13 i.itnl 7.4:t.lll 90
8SM! 7.043oo' l,UH2j 6,4!U,.Vio' S,
2f7: S.4IH.WC ami M8.72i 267
1.4tf 3.1tC41 1.7'Ktj 3.4M.W ..
778', 2.01S.510 8l J.iMO.SSfci 83
434i 1.7S1.4 3X2' l.H"3.L".i?' Hi
407 1,524. 41. !W3 fno 6K'
M, 1.M.516l 76 !.S71,fii ... 36
ll l.lST.Sftii. ! HO. 310 Til'
241 l..133.67! 257 I.246.WO' 7i
4M 1.27,0B 491 1.138,6171 131 ..
17V 1.090.245! 13,-, I 3l,ft:!6 4421
S"' .1.0&U3 SS US.V9..01 ..j 10
821 1 1.164.061 1 .US! 49 017 124
4Mj 1,002.025' 648' firt(15' 4i'
382 874.9 I 122' :SK1.S7. lit
! M4,-7 m S.'2 7.- 1
314' 771.820: 4i.9' l.tO.'I.H.l ..I 4
' 741.937 1.4I5.S2S . 47
316' 70.o at l,n:B.6i;,. ..1 34
612.4a ilH.lf9 ..' 1
29 StB.7.'! 3.'.. .o.,Wl '. ..: 30
23 544 o2 14'. lV.::i) n
143 436.3SO! 12T S tiji IS
271; 42-i.Oi ;ti.ii.i 18
I.'- 420.7'.i 1:4 Kl.7;7 I 33
317 419.147 nip 3;
1"9 4118.47 i ir.fi' 40 98.-,' ' '
8 9 S77.82'i; 178 SKS.rVi M
82 2.53.3. 59 ia..:tg.i
91 SRJ.323 88 ii
1H7! 24.7.T7 79 4' i, .. ,
80' 2.W.4WO. 72 134 :!,-5 :
44 23 495 59 k -!:'4 l-T
185 321.980! 147i Sii "5 1V
178 226.7t 1 71 f "14'
Ml! 1.53.W7 !' 244 ' w " 3;
10J' 141.428 J fr- R4i 75
871 127.445 55 23 ".3 I Si
2H 112 247 19 M'ii9 3
' 107. 8-iO M! 137 975 ) k.
S!1 8S 93.S 39 150 4s5 " , K
SO' t 150' ?4 IW.ftrt I 7)
15 21.0M 1 22.781 I g
I 1J.1M! tfi1,76S.S 13.7211 IS2 W'.Vl
unfortunate note in this Pnnm-iM ion u the
1 decrease of 3 ner cent In Ivis tnu. ti .
period of activity In Los Angeles hss been
of unusual duration, but this does not
mean, however, that it has come to an
end. Bait Lake City la plunging ahead fct
an enormous rats, the gain for the month
being ni per cent. This is due to the con
struction of two large buildings, esch at an
estimated cost of (VO 004.
The prospects of a continuance of activity
are fairly good, building news coming in in
a considerable volume, while there are no
tangible evidence of a material decrease.
E
landlord dream became a realltv. and.
few months, he wore a satisfied smile.
lo! not many months after the house
aa filled and everything running smoothly,
horrors! the stork arrived off the Winona
apartments and speedily effected a landing.
Within three months from that eventful
day Mr.- Williamson has adopted it as a
point from which to date coming events
In his life seven babies had been deposited
In as many flats, while the dumbfounded
landlord has tel watch on the eighth one.
The audden iansltlon from the "Honey
moon Flats " to "Ptnikdoni," as the neigh
bors call the new building, has Jarred upon
the nerves of the particular landlord, who.
like all the rest of us. dislikes to have his
IplnilS go to "SniHSll
As he can not can-
the lease of his tenants, which, owing
.is neglect of statistical Investigation,
contains no forfeiture clauses covering the
case In point, Mr. Williamson must needs
make vlrtuo a necessity and as suggested
by Socrates "accept with complacency the
Inevitable."
When he builds again he will doubtless
limit his tenants to old maids and bachel
ors. In the meantime the Incident mav well
bring a smile to the face of President
Roosevelt.
Monthly Payment Homes.
Analysis of house buying on the monthly
payment plan has developed the Interest
ing Information that only 2 pe- cent of
those who entr upon such ventures fall
to carry their deals to fruition. An ex
pert who has looked Into facts and figures
In all parts of the country says hla Inves
tigation has shown that when the family
once realizes that the property belongs to
at, even If only the earnest aum Is raid,
the husband nnd wife and children at once
begin to take better care of everything.
They plant treea, shrubs and flowers, lay
out garden patches, and flower beds, and
keep everything In repair. They know that
from now on there will be no more com
plaints to make to the agent when the
rent Is paid about repairs and other neces
sary thlnga about the place.
After acquiring a home on the monthly
Installment plan the purchaser begins to
feel his responsibility, and so does the
family. They reallxe that monthly notes
are to be paid, and though they may have
been living modestly, they begin to econ
omize and save up. In a short time they
often hava themeelvee with enough money
ahead to take up several notes In ad
vance and save Interest.
When this Is done the greatest lesson In
economy that can be taught to a house
holder has been learned. He haa learned
to master hlmaelf, perhaps to forswear
smoking, to live on plainer but as whole
some food and be satisfied, because he
knows he la doing It for a gond purpose.
It la safe to say that a person who has
gone through these trifles, which may
aeem a hardship at first, and has accom
plished what he set out to do buy a house
Twentieth Century Bath Rooms
87 Charles
Only a few years ago the modern bath
room, wlti Its open plumbing fixtures and
Its tiled floor and walls, waa regarded as
a luxury to be enjoyed only by persons
of wealth. Today at least one first-class
bath room In every house Is looked upon
aa absolutely necessary to the health, as
well as the comfort, of the family. The
tiled bath room, with 1ta nonabsorbent and
germ-proof floors and walls, which less
than a generation ago was found only In
the houses of the American millionaire,
la now regarded as such a sanitary essen
tial aa to be specified by law In tha build
ing regulation of many American municip
alities. When through the extension of modern
plumbing and of municipal water and sew
erage ayatems bath rooms flrst became
general many old houses were modernized
by converting one of tha smaller rooms
Into a bath room. The convenience wan
ao great that naturally a Iiousa without It
was supposed to be Incomplete. Careless
plumbing, and especially neglect of the
floors and walls of the bath room, how
ever, soon turned this "modern conveni
ence" Into a positive aource of danger to
the inmates of the houae. The plumbing
waa not aanltary and the floor and wains
coting were of wood, often covered with
carpet or some other unsanitary material
The noxious gaaes that arose from the
plpea and the decomposing animal matter
that had been absorbed by the wooden
floor, which was. constantly splashed with
unclean water, bred all kinds of micro
organisms from the simple germa of decay,
which caused the wood to rot and to emit
a disagreeable musty kind of nnU, to the
disease germs which were dangerous to
human life. It seemed like the irony of
fate that a modern convenience like the
private bath room, one of the greatest
aida to personal cleanliness, should be the
cause of dangerous diseases. Such, how
ever, waa the caee and many times when
the physician dlscoverd a contageous dis
ease in the house he traced Its origin to
the unsanitary condition of the bath room.
The private bath room, however, was
too great a convenience to be dispensed
Don't experiment
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only
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For Old or New Floors, Furniture
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night with Brilliant Gloss. Contains
no Jspan or Fhel.ac. Write at onca
for Free Booklet, Color Card and
List of Dealers.
Trial Can Tree (send 10c to pay
postage). Enough fot a Chair, Table
or Kitchen Cab'.nt.
AAdretsi
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old la Omaha by
Orchard it Wiihelm Carpet Co.
deorge XI. Barker.
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would r.ever go back to renting If he
had to live the life over again and undergo
hardships twice as great.
"There are probably very few skyscrapers
In St. Louis that nre not out of plumb a
trifle," said a St. Louie elevator constructor
the other day. "Moat all of them lean to
one side a little, although this does not
show In any way and Is not at all
threatening.
"There are a large numler of things
which are apt to cause this. It Is gener
ally clue or very excessive) to a stinting
foundation or a subway, or Jarring of the
earth In its vicinity. It is not only in St.
Louis (In fact this city is among the very
best for building skyscrapers) that this Is
the case. One of the older skyscrapers of
the clly Is out of plumb almost twenty
Inches from top to bottom: yet, rerhaps.
very, very few of tho occupants aro aware
of the fact.
"Thj way I have of knowing of this Is
very simple. In Installing a new pas
senger elevator in a modern office build
ing, of course, we are compelled to figure
and plan tho same aa the architect or
contractor, and our Job la a very delicate
one. The elevator of an office building Is
like clockwork and Its efficiency depends
greatly upon the soundness of the walls
and floors of. the structure In which tt Is
to be built.
"In setting In the 'slides' we usn a long
cord to nsiertaln perfect evenness, which
Is done by attaching a piece of metal at
the end. Thus from the top floor to the
basement this cord is hung and we can
easily tell when tho slides are absolutely
perpendicular.. We ran aleo tell If the
building Is out of plumb In the same way,
and it Is generally the rase that after a
large building haa been up for any length
of time It begins to settle a bit on one
aide or other and ultimately throws out
the entire equilibrium of the building.
"Just because a building Is a little out
of plumb, however, Is no sign that It Is
dangerous or that It will not last Just as
long as It la expected to."
Bath Tabs for the Tenement.
Sociological students In Chicago hava
learned a fact which haa Importance fof
builders and landlords generally. Perhaps
they know It now, but their knowledge has
not done as much good as might have been
wished.
The discovery is that the worklngman
wants a bath tub In his home.
"We don't ask for charity," a working
man's wife told one of the social settlement
Investigators. "We can pay moderate rept
and people don't need to go out of their
way to provide so many tliinga for us out
side our homes. But we do want bath
tubs In our homes not a fine porcelain
tub, hut a plain one that win help ua and
our children to keep clean. There Is so
little encouragement, so little chance to
keep the dirt away now."
James Tox, Ph. D.
with; and modern science, urged on by
necessity, made It possible to retain and
even augment the comforts of the bath
room and the same time to eliminate Its
dingers. Modern plumbing became sani
tary plumbing; the bath room fixtures
were so arranged that no gases could arise
from the pipes and the old wooden cov
erings which boarded up the fixtures con
cealed the dirt and absorbed all kinds of
septic matter In the water which was
spilled upon them were sboltshed and their
place was taken by the modern open
plumbing In which all parts of the fixtures
are exposed to the atmosphere are easily
reached by the scrubbing brush and offer
no refuge place for bacteria. The wooden
floors, which absorbed all kinds of foreign
animal and vegetable matter, which were
rapidly being attacked by the germ of de
cay, and the cracks between the boarda
of 'which were literally tilled with dirt,
were replaced by the Inorganic, nonab
aorbent, germ-proof tiled floors and wains
coting. Water spilled upon the tile floor
could not be absorbed and any dirt that
might remain after It bad evaporated or
been wiped up could easily be removed by
the most superficial washing. In fact a
tiled bath room can quite safely be flushed
out with a hose, and with little effort It
la possible to keep the tile floor as clean
as a dinner plate.
With the scientific plumbing and inor
ganic, nonabaorbent floors and wainscoting
the modern bath room became sanitary,
and Instead of being a source of disease
It contrlbutea greatly to the healthfulness
of the family In proportion as It encour
agea personal cleanliness.
The present day bath room, with Its tiled
floors and walls and Its scientific plumbing,
can easily be kept In aa sanitary condition
as the operating room of the modern hos
pital. The bath room of today may ba
made more convenient by the addition of
plumbing fixtures which have not yet been
even Invented, and It may be made more
decorative by the use of elaborately col
ored tile on its floors and walls, but It la
dilllcult to conceive of Its being made m.ro
sanitary.
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