THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1912.
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' WORRIES OF HOME BUILDERS
any Detaila.in Modest Modest Cot
". tage Same as in Large Residence. . '
FLOOR PLANS MUST -COME FIEST
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- i .ssAlihough. there-are .sa-callejl cottars
... 'w at. KewDOrt and Bar Harhnr which , post
f-0,ec?, $50,000 or $100,000, you will not please j
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tin ttvtiagc Amerivain uy cabins iub uuui-
Lie dtodo a cottage, says'.Hp'cert C..Spen-'-tV
cir in fhe Architectural Record If It
"' Isn't a bungalow It must . be a house, (or, j
as ma araugnisman outlines it on ins
' Pativ" a . ''residence"), although it niay
represent an outlay of not over $3,000. or
" J1.0. Jt has "seven rooms" and a. bath
;.an.d is a foil two-storied structure. The
Led.Monjs are not. in the roof space.. It
-has a hot air heating system, a laundry
. in tho- basement with a pair ot soapstone
:: tubs, hot ami fold water supply, and in
499 cases out of 500 it is a very interest-.
in? llttle'tlnder -box of a building, except
ti the man who calls' It a home.
' ; Eut yoii rmftt not suggest to him that
'. it Is merely a cottage;, f-
'. A little roll pf "blue prints carefully put
away.ln the. back of his bbokcase drawer
. bears the testimony of the village architect-builder,
that it. is a .residence for
.Mr. .Reuben Bird, esq,, with heavy accent
on the "esquire." Of. course It's a house,
not" a cottage. Only the very well'to-do
can "afford to be humble (?) 'cottage
dwellers.'"" ' 1 -" ;"
Then, how about these Uttle houses?
They ought to ' be discussed here, since
" the greater includes and is 'often but an
" expansion and amplification of the less.
sr-Tha average, small bouse - Is primarily
f a, box wlh a, lid to covet- lt, pitched four
V waytjarii ca'lfed a;bipJf o6f. or pitching
:-ejava anct'eablisd.'. These are the main
... determining, i elements of Jjts solid shape
a "' . .v tts mass Its: color (lncludingnaterial
i. and -textura and, itsvsubsidiary fietaus,
'Bugli as Wings,', porches,: bays, openings,
' floVmers, etc-V -fn- the1-; order -: named, are
th&lmportant factors In giving to the re
cruiting composition--a pleasing, harmoni-
rous effect or an awkward, clumsy and
- foolish appearance. ; . ;
'- In the designing of a house, as In the
. designing of larger, buildings, the floor
plana should, precede., ana musv pe w
basis of the structure for two reasons:
In ' the first- place, the planning of a
house 'is essentially a practical problem
; and'" the arrangement pf.the'rooms must
"conform' to the .possibilities' or demands
of the site, the practical -needs of the
owner op his family, and In the case of the
house of moderate cost (economy, involy.
In the elimination of the waste or. Uttle
used 'space, must be kept constantly n
.view. - At the, same time it Is usually
ivi. mAt. the foregoing demands
almost equally as .well In a number of.
1 , different ways In a Riven My.
r . S tlcuiae way will , be .determined by the
Y '0-serso.ral-predllectlona.of tfc. owner, on
h . r v. the likes an3 dislikes of
I S te,owner wife, The),win'ln nine cases
Lt ' Vot of ten after tho
JSl' - Weats have "been maetthe architect
r s , .f ; jjaminal head
SS . -S'of the family ft. realy fo'W the
g; V ktUh:V. WtWttoao r jess fixed
jBV,a'npr!)Prlati " ,vm "
ft .a No matter how tarmlng. may be the
w exterior to a passerby nor how attrac
r tii and homelike the principal rooms to
j " ' the guests who eome,to admire the archi
8 tcct s 'work will not be well done f the
!! utmost in the way of comfort and livable
convenience' be' not given the owner for
11 ri. ftonw.-whether the house cost $5,0OM
' ' ' or P3CC0. In either case It is probable
that'the appropriation will be "retched
to its elastic limit, If not beyond, and the
architect never, knpws umu
signed JusfytJat'Aoaulus of I elastf cir, to
. assign to'bouse. Wfflng appropriation.
Some ow'rs. are lfnpst frank ?on. thU
point, wn. -others are! governed by the
widesprend-'elief , that' bills of estraa and
other unforeeen;' contingencies will bring
the final cost , of any shouse to more than
double the price5 originally set as a limit,
"For a.veryamall house,' whlcjufs really
merely a cottage and - which may cost
anywhere from $5,000 to $6,000, the chief
difficulty of he problem lies In eliminat
ing waste space ' thout loss M desirable
cand neess4ry features.
J XJnle'saiVplaTis 'of the first, and second
floors'' feinf be. worked out which are
mutually'" satisfactory t$ the architect
and his cjierit, it fe. really unnecessary to
- make any elevations or other exterior
"sketches 'whatever. For broadly speak
. 'uig, ,a plan is an elevation. The experi
enced des'ignr knows.-aMeast in a -gen-eral
xwi.yi' whether his plan will yield a
masf effect iwhlch will prg'duce, a pleasing
or at eastv'n- Inoffensive .'exterior, , and
he will; always have In m.ind the general
character of ' Ms- design as he dei
velops .his ..little' plan, ye't '. jnany archi
tects who ought to' know 'Better make
pretty freehand' sketch.es ;tor exterior
wlthout'a definitely conceived plan, and
try to. fit a -plan to a Jpretty' picture, thus
reversing the natural , artd joglcal i?r4er.
A vetyr-clever man-rnay" do this, but-he
is working backward . nevertheless and
placing the cart before the horse. . ?
Innv simnl RectanKle. :
In a' Vell designed house the main body
r thi hniidine Is a simple rectangle,
varfedn the ease pt the cottage only by
such rnl nor features as cays ana porcnes
or. possibly a ;small 'wing.
,';sxt .'tet'tlie' floor; plan In determining
mass I; the. scheme 'Of -roofing, a . very
v tmpbrttht.,facf of, the character of which
i wli (.he'liix, partly by practical- and
?farby-??(!,ietic, conalderatlona The
pfan ano fh ifoof scheme are also inter
fleperident.partjcularly In. the story and
a' half steep rW or the gambrelled cot-
Jn the typical small house we have ions
aso got. rid of the old petty, cramped, un
liable clan with its separate little "par
lor" and "sitting" room, or its parlor
,and library, in more dignified terms.
After swinging to an extreme In trying
to be comfortable all the year' round with
... the summer cot ;e type of draughty liv
ing room, entrance hall and stair hall in
ore, we have settled down. It would seem
nrrmanentlv. to hall ' llvlnar -room end
" dfning. rooni,' and, kitchen ja.. the main
.- units of the first floor arrana:ment, ad
ding according !to the- appropriation and
ii; tne owner s special neeas a iiDrary, a
- reception room, a separate' stair hall', a
music room or a billiard room, one or
1 ( more, to the basic requirements,- with
'" 1 ? occasional combinations . of living room
I with dining room, music room or library
fjt -pneaeVr, one generous apartment
f Vhile'.reducfpg .: the kitchen in smaller
ShoifS --to a kitchenette, or eliminating
.peatries In favor of a complete built- in
equipment; in short, a widespread desire
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sense planning to meet :tvha simplified
and wonderfully improved pur houses.
In houses ofmodesis size costing lest
than $10,000, and frequently in those
costing considerably more, it Is well to
try to eliminate, the old fashioned back
or servant's staircase, planning the one
stair for private access from the kitchen
and serving" pantry:' In a house costln
less than seven or eight thousand, not t.
eliminate It Is almost a crime. True, then
are conservative Communities in which
the sale of quite a smalt house would bt
hampered If there were no "back stairs,"
or ' at least that somewhat misleading
compromise, a "combination staircase.'-
But we are getting trito the house b)
the rear entrance.
Few' Distinct Types. V
Roughly" speaking, there are but; flvt
or six really moi'e 'or less 'd'stlnct sites'
of. plan for the .house of average . tUti
each "susceptible Of variations and ntoll.
ficatlons.' which giv'e a new form to!th
basic Idea. ' : j'
The ' shape,, slse and location ofj tht
porch or porches have much to, do jwlth
the outward appearance and .inferior
comfort of the house. While t Isjtrut
that- ' the unprogresslve speculative'
builder still builds most of his hiuses
with b'g porches across the front lit the
old fashioned way (often shutting out
the light and sunshine which are needed
within, particularly on cold winter days),,
the man who- goes to an architect In
stead of to a builder has become quit
sensible on, this point and Is not onto
willing, but. often.- very glad to content
himself with, a very modest entranc
porch (which may be merely a hooded
platform) for the sake of having a porch
off his living, room or dining room or In
the angle between the , two, so that ' it
becomes an .outdoor living room and din
ing room, which he may enclose, with
glass In winter if he likes and use all
the year. ! '
" European travel has done much to
teach us the. delights of meals served
practically out of doors, but the flies and
mosqultos, with which we are generally,
cursed during the summer months, for
bid us to serve meals In the open gar
den, however much we. would enjoy do
ing so. Then too, most of us are de
pendent '-upon one maid and her steps
must be saved between kitchen and table,
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Ban on Sontnern Style. , ,
Much space could , be used in con
demning the old fashioned southern gal
lery' type ,of . jporch for the .northern
ho'iise. Even " a summer home In tht
vqods, In the mountains . or at the sea
shore becomes damp - and . uncomfortable
In wet weather and every room requires
at least one open sunny exposure.
. The boldly projecting room, or winged
shaped , type .of. porch IS not only more
effective architectually as a rule, but
makes a pleasanter- outdoor room,'- par
tlcularly. If It be . entirely .separate and
distinct from, the entrance.,- It also In
terferes less with, the natural- lighting
of the rest of the house. '- -I.-
Many customers at the open'ng ol
the bungalow lot sale at Brightwaters,
L. I., a week ago expressed themselves
as more than pleased with1 the. numerous
pretty, homes In the bungaloW 1 village
and the homelike community appear
ance of the settlement In which the lots
offered are situated. -The 'T.' B. Acker
son company expects as a result of this
sale that possibly ItiO more bungalows
Will be' erected In' this active section ol
Brightwatera in' addition Ho the bunga
lows the company contemplates building
this fall and winter.
The bungalow sectlonr while extremely
active,' is only a small part of the larger
and mere complet Brightwaters, for In
the' OaVs, as Well as in the Pines, and
the "Lake and Bay sections, the develop
ers have been busily engaged since tht
close of their, spr'ng 'market in building
homes for the fall market, some for the
open market, as they call it, and others
on direct order for their lot purchasers.
The bungalow village in the heart of
the, pine- woods, lsa section admirably
suited ' for , the 'artistic ' and economical
1 bungalow "Jhome - fot, gummer and all
year round? use'i and" the popularity of
this styieof home Is-'emphasised by tht
interest', buyers are '.manifesting in well
located, '.plots:' ,, The results eclipsed the
company's most sanguine hop?s.. so tha?
present; plans portend one of the most
picturesque bungalow aeclSons on hong
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' Fall building activities in Omaha prom
ise to surpass all others of any previous
year. r. Builders f In Nebraska find fall
wf ather - here most excellent time , for
putting up buildings. . In past years, with
the coming of fall the building season
was considered practically at a close, but
now builders are working the year round,
and there Is really closely defined build
ing season. Of course, real severe win
ter weather puts a stop to all such ac
tivities, but . nothing lesB than the
severest of "winters "offerings can cause
a cessation In the building construction.
Homes that Are Different
Br Arthur 0. Claasea.
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HIS series of illustrated articles
Will endeavor to show the
artistic and picturesque de
signs that are possible by
the combination ot new and
original designs with different
materials. From each design
ustd ss an example, lessons will be drawn
which, it Is hoped, will lead prospective
home; builders to the fact that an at
tractive home dees not mean expensive
icost-for nothing, but the simplest ma
terials will be used In the drtsima nr- I
sented in this series.'.-
There is a great deal of sameness about
American homes that Is quite noticeable
to the student of such things ' Colonial
homes, although some are Small and
some large, tome Inexpensive and some
very elaborate, all follow .-well known
principles of de.iisns that give to all a
suggestion of s molarity. . The same Is
true of the English domestic style, the
mission style and .bungalows. .
There Is gradually being evolved, how
ever in th9 country a style that fo.lowj
no very well . defined lines, hich bor
rows sometimes from many styles,. but
which above all other , things has about
it that undefi.-.able quality? which; we
call .'home ' like. Sometimes we , -call it
picturesque and anythingwhich is both
picturesque and homelike m)ist neces
sarily be art stic for art especially when
applied to architecture, is the expression
in material form of ideals.
That home, which looks the most home
like, Is the most perfect as an example
of domestic architecture, ' the same as
that building which is intended to be a
capitol building, a' court house, an offic
building, a school or flat building and
which expresses In Its design the object
of its existence In the most apparent
and artlstio way is a perfect piece of
architecture. -
Amateur designers are apt to crlticic
anything along original lines and them
selves invariably follow the well known
established styles for the reason that It
is a safe road to travel. But those who
design from book knowledge, while their
work cannot be criticised, it lacks the
life, the character of the . attractiveness
that designs have that come from the
heart. Every architect knows that de
signers are In two classes, one class is
the good mechanical draftsman, who
makes a neat drawing, whose pride Is
mostly In the appearance of that draw
ing when finished and one who designs
on paper. In the other class are often
men who are not the neatest draftsmen,
whose ' drawings do not. present quit
as attractive appearance when finished,
but who design In their heads and hearts
picturing In their imagination the finished
structure and merely put upon the draw
ing tnat which Is necessary In the way
of instruction to the workmen, who are
to complete the picture in material form.
An architect is . an artist who paints
with materials.
Pesign No. TM Is of frame construction
with an exterior facing of shingles,
cement, brick and field, stonv To get
away from the square box with a ten
foot porch, across the front Idea, the
porch Is re:e:sed and In Its present location-Is
suitable for either a west facing
or . a north facing home, but the plan
should be reversed for an east facing or
south facing home.
The living room, projecting out beyond
the main body of the house, gives It a
greater range of view and better circula
tion of air than the average living room.
This house could be built In many sites,
a good slse would be thirty feet, by
thirty-two feet. Since this Includes the
porch, It would not cover more grounl
than the average house enty teti b
thirty-two feet would with a porch
across the front. This slse gives a living
room thirteen feet by twenty-nine feet
(not Including bays). '
To break the stiff, straight lines of the
first , story, large buttresses of cement
have been extended from the corners
and give It an appearance of support,
strength and originality. In order to
give the house that picturesque effect,
always suggested by the use of native
MR CLAUSEN'S BOOK
"The Art,' Jtoleaoe and entlment
ef lobn4l4ina'.',
Thirty chapters, 909 illustrations.
It oovers a wide range of snbjeots.
- Inoludtnf the planning of bunga
lows, suburban and city homes,
; costing from 3,000 to $30,000, let
ting ooatraets, choosing materials,
S roper design of entrance, win-
owe, fireplaces, eto. Wew third
edition, price, postpaid, Sl.OO.
Address,' Arthur O. Clausen,
- Architect, 1138-37-38 lumber ax
change, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
materials, large field stones are laid
along the foundation, half embedded Into
the wall with a few perfect free stones
banked up Into corners. T&row a little
dirt In around the crevices and ' let the
moss grow. From tfie top of the stone
course up to the under side of the first
story window silts, Is vitrified brick and
should either be' dark red or dark brown
in color. Tapestry brick vould look
very well when used for this purpose.
An extended course of headers clear
around the house at the top of the brick
wall will act as window sl.li and shed
off the water. The cement stucco should
be a very coarse, heavy dash and should
preferably be stained a bright terra cotta
shade running somewhat Into the brown.
The roof shingles should be of very
dark moss green somewhat darker than
the color preferred for all shingles, even
with the best of stain will fade some. '
. The dormer shingles and the second
story part of the bay window should be
stained a rich wood brown, while the
window casings, barge boards, projected
roof rafters, etc., should -be painted a
cream white, not a milk white, but white
lead and oil with a little yellow ochre
thrown In to give It a warm tone.
The window sash can be either white
or light green, when made the latter It
gives It a bright touch of color. The
brlok work up to the window sill and the
chimney at the rear should be laid In
natural cement mortar If red brick are
used, or in cement mortar of the eame
shade as the stucco work If brown or
tapestry brick are used and la either cave
the mortar joints should be at least one
half Inch wide and recessed about one
quarter Inch. , -
Add to this combination of materials a
green lawn, trees, shrubbery and flowers
and you have a home, which passersby
will stop to comment upon for It would
certainly make a home artistically dif
ferent from the average. -
felted the v buil.dlng contract under a
provision thereof permitting him on cer
tificates by the architect to terminate
the contract for failure to properly exe
cute the work and to complete the work
at the builder's cost, the cost of so do
ing and any damages from the builder's
breach of the contract to be certified by
the architect, such certificate to be con
elusive, the architect's certificates in the
absence of any showing ot bad faith or
collusion with the owner were admissible
in evidence In the builder's suit for com
pensation as against the objection that
they were made after plaintiff's work
en the building had ceased, and were
merely ex parte and unsworn statements.
-Taub agnlnst Woodruff, 134 S. V. (Tex.)
750.
, One of the, most attractive brick build
ings erected this season Is the apart
ment which Dr. J. J. McMullen Is now
completing at the southeast corner of
Thirty-eighth and Dewey avenues. F.
A. Hennlnger Is the architect who drew
the plans.
The principal feature of the exterior
of any such structure is the brick work.
For this building the owner and archi
tect selected Sunderland's Navajo Tap
estry effect brick , in which the many
shades blend into a tone of rich mot
tled tan color. These walls rest upon a
foundation of greenish brown, round
edge vitrified face brick known as Sun
derland's autumn leaf pavers,
ill has been discovered that the final
result of using any particular kind of
face brick depends very largely upon
the uniformity, color, slse and shape ot
the mortar joints..
In the McMullen apartments a most
pleasing "llnal result" has been at
tained and their completion Is due In
a very few weeks.
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Going through a crystal mase Is easy
compared with passing through the
streets and avenues of the.' Omaha
Stove Repair Works, where repairs are
carried In stock for every conceivable
kind ' of stove, range, furnace, steam
or hot. water heater, Their system
of keeping track of stock Is practically
perfect. Every one of the thousands of
boxes Is recorded and It Is easy to f'nd
any particular piece.
Every convenience known Is used
to facilitate the quick handling of re
pairs. This must be done for the rush of
business Is during the fall and winter
months. There are, however, many fore
handed people who have their furnace,
steam and hot water heaters looked after
and repaired during August and Sep
tember. These realise that better service,
mora care and more careful!- Inspection
can be given during those months than
later, when every attention is given to
filling orders. Annually this firm ex
amines hundreds .of furnaces, steam and
hot water heaters when no charge Is
made- This has the double advantage ot
enabling you to know that your heater II
perfect and also enables the company to
make an of floe record ot your heater.
This Is checked off with their stock, and,
If repairs are not in stock, they are
ordered and carried for future wants.
It seems almost necessary that a cast
Iron furnace, with Its more than fifty
feet of cement joints, ' should be re
mounted about every three years. The
cement being mixed with varnish, this
burns out and leaves the Joints porous
which results in an air that causes the
dull, heavy headache complained ot by so
National FldeJltr ft Casualty company.
Omaha, Is a leader among the bonding
companies, and insures 'letter-perfect
obedience to contractor. , ,
' Home Builders, the successful builder of
homes, for stockholders In this company,
is doing a tremendous good for Omahans
and 'other Neb'raakans. Hundreds of
people are taking advantage of this
simple'' plan 'to own a home. The man
who pay rent soon realises the advan
tages of Home Builders.
' Much moving is being done . In Omaha
this fall. Hundreds- of families are get
ting located for the - winter, and the
wagons of ;,the . Omaha Van & Storage
company are -very, .busy, faking care of a
great majority of work in ttis line.
' The popularity ef ateam cured cement
etone, the , kind made by the Ideal Ce
ment Stone company, Is Increasing every
month, according to authentic reports;
The local company cannot keep pace with'
its orders for these stone. '
People ( who, are borrowing- money to
build homes report, that the terms offered
by W. H. ThOmas, 601 City National Bank
building.- are -Vlhost ' favorable.' Mr.
.Thomas has the rental of the offices and
store space In' the Omaha etate Bank
(Oscar Keellne) building: He says nearly
every 'office. In this modern building will
be leased - by October ,' the date ot the
opening of the building.
The big new Woodmen of, the World
building, will be opened about October 1..
The CommerclaJ , club will occupy the
seventeenth and eighteenth floors. ' The
Western Union Telegraph company will
have the fifteenth and sixteenth floors.
The Urge Woodmen forces will use much
of the other space. ' .- ;
" Nearly all Omaha's modern . buildings
a?e. equipped with extension 'telephones.
The wiring Is done by the Nebraska Tele
phone company and is. done-properly.
The contractor who erects your new
building should be bonded properly.- Tho
Among the fine residences creditablo
to this season's building operations Is
that which Dr. B-,M. Riley Is erecting
at the northeast corner of Thirty-sixth
and Poppleton streets. ;
In this house, the architect. J. M.
Nachtlgall, has. created an unusual and
altogether pleasing effect In the use of
an almost dead black vitrified, round
edge, face brick made ' and . furnished
especially for this building by Sunder
land Brothers.
As the walls near completion the at-,
tentlon of the passerby is attracted to!
the rich, cool, dignified appearance of
the house and the whole effect la bright
end by the grey stone of the Untels,
sills, copings and steps,
Omaha builders are rapidly realising
the many advantages ef using hrak for
residence construction, especially elnna
the cost' is not more than 19 per cent
over frames.
Where a subcontractor agreed with a
construction company to construct tubs
for a brewery, the work to be done under
the direction and to the satisfaction of
the construction company's architect,
acting for the purpose of the contract as
the a Rent of the owner, and the contract
provided that all, payments should be
mada upon written . certificate of the ar
chitect that the payment had become
due, the contract should be treated as
one In which work or material was to
be satisfactory to the person acquiring It
rather than to a third person designated
as arbiter, and a physical production of
an architect's certificate Is not a pre
requisite to recovery, but the good faith
of the architect In withholding approval
may be Inquired lnto.-r-Thaler sgalnst
Wilhelm Grelser Construction company,
79 A.. Pa.) 147.
Where the owner of a building for-
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many women. The , remounting of your
furnace will overcome this. .
A visit to their office and salesroom will
enable one to personally Inspect their line
of furnaces, combination heaters, hot
water and steam boilers.
Owing to their Increasing business the
telephone used for years had to be taken
out, and a new switch board, with the
new number of Tyler 20 substituted.
Memory Is only a photograph of pleas
ant or unpleasant events of the past,
Where Is your photograph of last win
ter, when the temperature was for nearly .
thirty days below sero, when you never
though of checking your furnace until
it was too hot or never thought of open
ing the draft until the cold chills began
creeping up and down your back? To this
very fact you can probably trace 90 per
cent of your doctor bills and 20 to 90
per cent additional expense for fuel.
Many . homes are supplied with auto
matic heat regulators, each of varying
degrees of efficiency, and these miss the
doctor bills
There la now on the market a new heat
regulator called the Marvel. It has many
Improvements over the old systems. This
regulator never sleeps, never rune down,
and it has no weights, no springs. It
regulatea the temperature from 40 to 109
degrees. Tou don't have to get up at I
or 8 o'clock te shake your furnace or
open the draft The Marvel does this tor
Mou at any time of the day or night
Just set the Indicator at any time you
need the extra heat and if there Is any
ooal In the furnace the Marvel will d
the rest. -
The Omaha Stove Repair Works. 1W-I
Douglas street, has one set up in its
show room and many people visit this
store to see how much more than human
a bit of mechanism can be.
The offices of the modern business man
must be properly equipped with furniture
of character. First Impression in the
office of a man who Is seeking to da
business with a visitor Is many points
In getting a deal closed. Business men
of progress realise this fact and they do
not heststate tor an Instant In spending
plenty ot money to have beautiful, san
itary desks, fine wood filing eases, excel
lent sectional bookcases and other equip
ment that will lend a good first Im
pression. : Off ioe furniture In order t
make the office look Inviting and give
a tone of substantial business must be
correct In design, harmonious In finish
and dependable In service. The firm of
Miller, Stewart ft Beaton company la
equipping many ot the new offices la
the Woodmen ot the World and Omaha
State bank buildings with their excellent
business furniture. This firm carries
fine line ot modern office furniture.
If the owner leads a contractor to be
lieve that performance by the time fixed
In the contract will not be required,
thereby Inducing the contractor to ex
pend money and material in completing
the work, recovery of oompanaatlon can
not be defeated on account of failure to
complete on time. Bastrop & Austin
Bayou Rice Growers' association vs.
Cochran. 13S S. W. (Tex.). 1181
One contracting to construct work ac
cording to plans and specifications can
not, In the absence of fraud or mistake,
excuse nonperformance on account ot
defects In the' plans and specifications.
Bastrop & Austin Bayou Rice Growers'
association vs. Cochran, 13$ S. W. (Tex),
1188. .'
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The extensive use of tile in this house
is "one , pf the features which make it
most attractive. It Is one of the- few
bouses In the city with a porch floor of
tile. This floor Is of gray quarry tiling
which is, as lasting as it Is beautiful.
Two pretty tile fireplaces-and hearths
are on the pretty' floor in the library and
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A. BR043AN, FORTT-FIRST AND DAVENPORT STREETS.
living rooms. In the vestibule is ' a
creamy tile floor pf tasteful design. Tile
vestibules are rapidly increasing In the
better class of homes In Omaha of late.
In one of the rooms on the second floor
Is a third tile fireplace. The two bath
rooms are also floored with tile.
This la one ef the most complete jobs
In the city and was executed by Milton
Rogers A Sons Co. Even in the very best
homes this Omaha firm can handle the
work as expertly as any foreign concern.
Many hundreds of homes have been tiled
by this old firm and excellent specimens
of this work may be found Is many hotel
lobbies, bank rooms r4 i piih!iQ build
ings, '
Landlord: Don't build a
flat without putting a Kewanee
Garbage Burner in it. It doesn't cost a
great deal, but it adds fifty per cent to the renting
value of your building. It is a standing advertise
ment for you. It will take the place of a lot of
fancy and expensive fixings.
People are asking for Health as well
as comfort. They know that flics, rats, mice, filth,
garbage and debris mean disease and unlimited
misery. They know that this garbage burner
keeps them all away. They arc free from the
smells and polluted atmosphere that hang around
the garbage can. They arc free from 'thegdrbage
man and his horrible cart,.
And you've got to remember that
while this garbage burner b burning the garbage
it is heating the water in your hot water tank and
saving ydufronf 25 to 40 per cent on your summer
and winter fuel bill. That's worth thinking about.
The Kewanee Garbage Burner burns fresh garbage
without odor. It is a blessing and an economy, not a burden
or a nuisance. Better look into it, now, landlord, and be
prepared for the advance of Sanitary Science.
Kewanee, Illinois
Makers ef '
BRICK-SET STEEL FIREBOX BOILERS,
RADIATORS, TANKS' AND KEWANEE
WATER HEATING GARBAGE BURNERS
Kewanee B
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