, 1875-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
WEsTKRS avenue 1APRovEMESTs.
The Park Commissioners soem to be in earn
est about the improvement Of Western ave
nue., between the canal and (Fifty-dftt
street) Pavilion Parkway. Orders have beer
given the Superintendent to plow up the
grounds for the boulevard on the east
side Of the present Western avenue and
to prepare it for tree-planting this fall. The
former owners pleaded for time till the growing
crops should ripen. when the work will be COM
menced in right good earnest. Arrangements
have been made for
| MUSIC
next Wednesday afternoon on the boulevard, at
or near the Brighton House. The stand has al
ready been erected on the old race track. and tho
residents in the southwestern part Of the city
will probably share thenceforth in the pleasures
heretofore enjoyed on tho lake shore and at
Lincoln Park. Our readers need scarcely to ba
reminded that they can enjoy q fine drive south
! ward to Pavilion PARKWAY, and thence east to
| the South Park and homo by the Grand or Drex-
el boulevard. It will give them an idea OF tho
t important Improvements now III progress in that
| part Of the city and its vicinity.
AANsARp nooFs.
During its soyen years Of use among US the
| French form of the Aausard roof has been eth
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| some small definition of it's real purpose and use
| must DO acceptable to our renders, professional
Or otherwise.
OurNew England carpenters, long before Man.
| had arrived at the same result, working from
| conditions nearly similar. Anywhere east Of
Trenton may be seen gambrill roofs 100 to 200
years old, aud Oliver Wendell Holmes rhyming
definition OF the term is we'll known. The gam
brill is the horses knee-jont. The better spell
| tnc in panohraf
The gambrel or Mausard has two technical
adyantages-it gains tbs effect OF roof with
the room OF full story, and it exerts no thrust
upon the walls. 1t Is. when rightly constructed,
dune with an anglo in the sides. and the con-
ditions OF stability the same, while the dmbers
or framework arahgheer and easier placed than
those Of any trussed roof
It will be Immediately ooserE Eed that Man
sard placed ABOVE heavy cornice [and too
great projection Of cornico is an especial faulty
loses almost third of its height, unless the
spectator can take distance from the building
OF at least i've times it's height. It follows,
base Of Mapsard will ba invisible from the
other side OF street 100 feet wide and the roof
itself appear an extingu6her, not covering.
One method OF remedYinS this defect Ii to
place above the cornice high block1ng-course.
or an attic or half story. so that the Mausard .
really begins at the angle Of vision over tho
cornice. An example may be seen On Sixth
avenue. near Twenty-thrd street., and an-
other on Fourth avenue, near Twenty.seY-
ssfchitect. beautiful example Of It's needless
introduction is the new Tribune Building, where
the root is just this extra story too deep. Walk
towards the building until two stories only are
seen ABOVE tne corniee ana tne enect ls doubled.
eornice, and that We cannot help thinking is the
real solution r the neo-g1ec is really destined
to surersede all other styles for general pur-
nooes, seae ~ -, - -. sulS aast, 19e
tae tsseuee ~ 1ne 7'S4e IL ''s comparatively
slight prolectiona.
We uniformly pay too little attention to the
top Of our Mansards. The deck cornice should
be- from ope-twelfth Of the whole roof in height,
~ ~ 1cI of tan;a - Ii;n, a ~ w .'0o
~ -. 49, , - - . ~ ~ P3'! : on oo4Aauu ~
saan - dsrt2 atste a3sinst ~ nsn'
p!asu - a. aat so a6atuos nn'en ~ "
~. .: aua 1870. 20 nsausiy out''neo'
1ne enlmueys peeoae ansaiuau,e aor enect.
~ As w tuoso n.upus oAso< uasuste otnamenteo
wJ ~ ~ 1t - ~ +hraa stneu L. ouoaeu 1d n'aee anu
sppId ppL1 ho eft for those dapntaea ~ essrmsy .y
~ W .H.s ~. ts.t o1sa y. eslaa
% oo1 m1o @ tass sf areh ana
ya!u " osl:s.1.a WI ieueeut oa4l IN acre OF mo-
ad bV ~ -, ~
f. Eatoto ~ H,ao"I ~ 1o'" 1aea@
-.''>@'' ~ ns.r - -, .,rrxr.x.u-
n.. n.aI na.AIA ~ nnssAoaos1fIs. a
sa1s: q noS'0n 'S''0f III 'ns 'pf'osne'o 8epno''co"
says "
Bssnsss {o Confines nt. and viii evidently
rora WV ~, rh;. .n,,o t
there il any occasion for md the census returns nd
cate that the number 81 unoccupiod houses in the
business centres is BY 80 large esti-
mated by many. In Lynn, for example, where 1t was
feagh, ~ eematea .nst acos nonses were empty less
~ ths w. sa a.. -. s1h1 H.. n @ ,ae &
foTo tor many years decline IN The assessed value Of
real estate in many cities or portions Of ces-and
decrease too in the stocks Of goods and other taxable
personal prop1ty It has been common, Of late years,
for owners Of real est1te to submit to higher valus
q u sn% fqa. ,a Phope han The
money nore readily On nortusues nd ns@aa y"
nronerty. This prastce has new annarentv eo,o
70 end, and tic general valuation Is somoshat A.
fected thereby. But nothing can permanently check
tho increase Of valuation IN State that has shown
7ocn q eapae''s 70 1 gam LIE N popu1anon: rn'ale