The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-11
HUME'S LOG CABIN.
An Architectural Freak i'm
Belvedere.
AN IDEAL RUSTIC DOMICILE.
Ii Had Luxurious Porcelain Bath
tnb-Wind Whistled Through
the Cflinks.

Hugh Hume will not have to pay Archi-
tect Charles M. Rousseau so much as a
dime for drawing the plans and supervising
the construction of his $1,000 log cabin at
Belvedere.
This was in substance the effect of de-
clsioD rendered yesterday By Justice of the
Peace Barry IN suit entitled Rousseau vs..
Hume. The architect had brought suit to
recover S144, as compensation for his pro-
fesslOnal services connected with the rails
inc of the Hume log cabin on the little SPOT
In the bay off the Marin County shore.
Belvedere is a pretty.take of landscape,
selected by few Of the gilded upper crust
of San Francisco society for country homes.
Hitler sped the Humes with other birds Of
gay pumage. AS many ideas prevailed in
the colony on the subject of architectural
construction OF homes as there are notions
IN regard to millinery gear among women.
Each was to have a residence, the like OF
when should not be found in Belvedere. 10
Mrs. Hume is to be conceded the credit of
originating the idea of planting log cabin
in the center of this aristocratic zone.
The lady. however, had no thought of
havlpgerected for herself frontietsman's
primitive log cabin of logs and shakes. with
the chnks filled in with mud and ar old
flour barrel for a chimney top.
tect had to he consulted TO give 1t effect.
Mr. Rousseau's professional services were
invoked His gamut Of technical love
covered every proposition from log cabin
to an Italian cathedral. To carry out Mrs.
Hume's idea he planned log cabin with a
half basement. When competed the Hume
d0mlcle was extremely picturesque in both
It's interior ana exterior
Inc Kitchen, bedroom, toilet-room. SER
wants room, bathroom and all the closets
were athed and plastered with a rough
brown coat. The kitchen had rustic shelves
and wainscotting Of burlaps. The sitting
room alone had q log finish. The toilet
room was given fine finish. The bathtub
was OF porcelain, With nickel trimmings.
The outside doors were made from rough
pianks, with an old-fashi0ned tongue and
latehstring for q lock. The steps were
wrought out of split logs. Sliding windows
were also introduced. Cement was used
instead OF mud to stop up the chinks. The
cabin was rooted with old-fashoned shakes.
and the chmneYs were built up with rough
hewed rocks.
Such was the log cabin built for The sum-
mer occupation Of the Hume family.
Not until some time after the occupation
of this unique and luxurious howell were the
architectural and structural defects made
manifest. The wind whstled through the
logs and door panels. Built ON side hill
the architect had failed to provide for a
proper excavation Tor the IuunuatICn, ana
the cabin would have rolled down tie slope
had not wooden pins been resorted to by
way of resisting the law of graytation.
When the rain tell the water drIpped
through the shakes and percolated the logs,
making the habiiation disagreeably moist
aud saturating all the bed clothes, pOrtIeres
and ornamental rugs.
The family were finally visited by sickness
on account Of The character Of their dwell
ling, and Mr.. Hume was so disguised with
his enterprise that he refused point blank to
honor Architect Rousseau's bill for his
service. Tie contractor had promptly col
lected his dues, and with equal expedition
had skipped out of the country, forgetting
to leave his pOstGffice address.
After Mr.. Hume had narrated his ex-
perience and had told the court what he
knew about life in a log cabin, Justice
Barry found that the architect had not per-
formed a satisfactory job and ordered
judgment for the defendant. Hugh Hume.