The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-22
HUILDING.


orested'f for dwelling housed by the innuA 1.-Two
our oi,y during the past year OF large
Is new comers-mostly employees
g orr new manufactures, cottages and
.e.osnt houses will have to be built the
coming season. The city has grown during
the past year in manner that ID astonishing
to old residents, but it has been done in q
hurry, aud consequently, the addition to
onr population has not added in a measure
to the improvement of our city. But with
the opening of spring we expect to see
houses springing sp in all quarters, those
who have sufficient cash will build for thsm-
selves, and for those who have not, our
capitalists should, aud undoubtedly will,
furnish dwellings.
We have an energetic Board Of Trade,
they are men Of capital, they have contrib
uted largely to the success attained the last
year in securing the location of manufacto.
ries at this place. Here is an opportunity
to benefit their fellow citizens, put money
in their pockets. and will in no wise inter
fere with their other operations. Let them
form Building Association, and on every
available building lot erect dwelling house.
Occupants for hundred respectable tone
meuts can be found in this city in one hour q
time. and persons too who are willing and
able to pay reasonable rental. The plan
has been successfully adopted in other cities
and in CITY that is growing with such rap
idity as is Rock Island, there can be no
reasonable doubt of the success of such an
association in this city, brightly cond ucted.
To those who are about to build, We wish
to give little seasonable advice, and with
out conveying any impressions at all detri-
mental to the interests of our builders.
Amongst those who wish to invest money in
building, there exists a very general desire
to have all their wants supplied for the sum
of money they are about to eXpend, whether
this sum be in reality quite adequate to the
task or not. And no matter how far short
it may fall of the necessary amount, the
pOSooDnOA
to relinquish any part of his requirements
| For instance, he wants to cover q certain
amount of ground and to have 3 certain
number of rooms, and requires q wide hal
and commodious staircase, an ample supply
of wardrobes, closets, etc. But, when TIT
question of cost comes up he is taken abaci
by the, to him, astounding estimate Sc: upoI
such trifing wants. He flies from builde
to builder, asking q ibid" from each and a
his limit and vet undertakes to supply al
bis wants. Now, our advice is, to be YER
cautious Of builders who undercut thei
fellow craftsmen to a rem srkAble degree
for, as the costs of materials and labor ar
the same 20 all, it is evident that the inter
ton of the man of the reasonable" estimst
IL to ourtail somehow or somewhere In orde
to make any profit off of the job. II thl
matter Of curtailmeni rests the secret Of til
slow offer" and a sorry secret it will prov
for him who lays himself open to such in
posture, merely through the hope Of savin
the difference between it and the homes
practical estimate. There ID nothing easie
than to blindfold a proprietor in the matte
of construction. The are SO many thing
which can be sighted, that are out of sigh
and cannot be easily detected, if the worl
men will only prove faithful to their ''boss.
Walls and floors may thus be seriously veal
sned, whilst the number and dimensions
rooms are adhered to very conscienViousl,
No, if you cannot have your full plan prof.
erly carried into effect for the sum at con
msnd, better curtAil the plan, or postpon
its execution until such time as tn
N. ans can perfectly accomplish the end.