The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
THE LOS ANGELES
MAN WHO IS BUILDING A FINE
MANSION UNAIDED

TMILE HAYNE OF Los Angeles will
soon own a brownstone residence.
1t will be as entirely the handiwork
of one person as was the storied 'house
that Jack built" 1t will possess an ex-
tremely ornate and handsome facade.
Its windows will be great structures, let
ting in foods of sunlight through richly
ornam entail panes. The clever chisel OF
the sculptor will add the graces OF art to
the architectural beauties. Monument
like it will stand in attestation of an
industrial romance in which architect,
sculptor. mason, plumber, glazier
and day labor are all typi6ed in
one person, who is Emile Hayne. Walls
have been slowly and patiently
raised by one pair Of hands. The subtle
ties and rehnements and secrets OF hall
dozen or more trades have been studied
and applied under the unasslsted dlrec-
tion of one active brain. Predictions OF
failure have been quietly smiled to scorn.
Methods OF building which have been con-
demned by skilled men have been adopted
in defiance of precedent and have met
with success. A whole town now looks on
wonderingly, admiring where once many
scoffed. Mr.. Haynes home will be at
900 East Seventeenth street, which is in
one OF the residence districts OF Los
Angeles.
The building material which Mr.. Hayne
selected involved enormous labor in
handling. The brownstone exterior de-
mands an inner wall of brick, 70 which
the brownstone must be fastened. Stone
mason, brickmason and blacksmith here
were found in the person of Mr. Hayne.
Huge stone blocks, some of them weighing
ten tons, were to be hoisted from the
ground to their appropriate places, and
Mr.. Hayne had to raise them to the re-
qcred level alone and unaided, for he has
no money with which to employ helpers.
he has successfully become, upon the
pressure of emergency, mechanical eng1-
neer, devising a combination OF pulleys
and levers which have endowed him
with the power he needed. He has been
compel lied in the earlier stages of his work
to omit the flooring which is ordinarily
counted upon to give stability to the
walls, but although rains have beaten
upon the walls and winds have tried to
shake them they remain sleadfast and
plumb. Three years ago the work was
begun, which has been sufficiently long
period to test the walls under every pos
sible seasonal vicissitude. The weather
has been as poweress TO affect the walls
as the storms CT criticism and caviling
have been to affect the adamantlne pur-
pose OF the protector, designer and exc
cutor.
Emile Hayne was born in Brussels, Bel
GUM, and is 81 years of age. He has been
in this country since 1882. At first he had
hard time to get along, on account of not
speaking English. But possessing fair
education and an aptitude for turning his
hand to anything. it was not long before
he had employment. He finally drifted
out TO California and is now recognized as
one of the most intelligent of the working
men of Los Angeles. When he is at home
he is found in a little two-roomee build
ing on the back of his lot. 1t is
very modest and is not the kind
of place in which one would
expect to find such genius. Here he lives
with his wife and two children, and when
at leisure is very agreeable and entertain
ing. He says concerning his enterprise:
some way for workingmen to employ
their idle time One day while thinking
of the matter it occurred to me that some
of US might get together and put in such
time in building house, which we would
own in common, each ones share being in
proportion to his work. / decided to pro-
pose to some of my friends to build such
house on my lot, which / had just pur-
chased with money tnat | had saved.
That was three years ago. l was given
some encouragement. and then went to
work and made plans for the building
When I was ready to commence opera
tions only one man showed up, and he
worked just half day. They were afraid
that they could not make success OF the
enterprise on account of the building
being OF stone and OF such large size. l
was very much disappointed, and l made
up my mind that the building would 60
up if / had to do the work myself.