The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
THE SMALL PRIVATE GARAGE
r ItN M nan ~ utNi
SORTS az MATERIAL.
Price. RanE~ M the NaS From slso Ter
Wood Ones Ip To ~ .OOo tsr Hollow
Tile lIrrprooG qualities Are . thief
consideration, a. They nule Cost.

consideration, a. Thet nule Cost.
The IDEAL situation for a man nr mod
crate means who owns am automobile
- to have small place ont IT the city
,.hare he NAV erect a private garage and
s..IIe ,ar. 81 the machine for himself
In this way h. - able To minimize he cost
NJ maintaining the car and h" does away
With garage and chauneur's bills. There
are ~ many men ~ this type Who live ~
the suburbs that the demand for simple
buildings suited for housing auto'no-
hil~s has increased greatly OF late and
three or four different large companies
-hich deal IN material suitable for this
construction ar" raying particular at
teniiun To- this branch
Figures are uhtainahle fur the cost Of
ronst r,ictton ~ l.arag. buildings IN wond
~oncr.te. steel. iron. asbestos wood, hol-
Iow tils and concrete. Cnncr~ts block
pipe frame With wire hath and stlcco and
wood stud frame and stucoo
A type that - likely to he most popular
n . portable building in either wood or
steel and iron The chief advantage 10
that such buildings are made up on the
unit system and can he assembled with
absolute surety hy one man. They are
susceptible Of enlargement; that - 10 say.
n man has "A building that was de-
signed for ona car only and subsequently
wanted "a maxi. ~ hig enough for two he
would be ahle Ia add units tai this very
building and attain tho desired result
Wo--d buildings which are demountable
can 10 had cheap The sole Oh iection 10
this kind Of construction IL that IT is not
fireprnof and naturally with ~ much
Easolene and oil to b. used u IL certainly
desirable 10 have "A building that will
he frepruof. Insurance enters into this
guest ION because the companies are I'M
Wiling az "a rule. except AZ high rate Of
premium. TO insure ears that are housed
in buildings that Hr" not fir~proof
In IN. case of a man living out in the
country who has all the care Of the ma
chine to himself th"r. - likely To- ha a
greater degree 81 caution exercised and
the danger from fire is actually small
II all depends upon tn. man himself
4 portable garage If wood suitable for
housing uu tn. average touring car
can I've had all the way from N7S up to
nearly $50 IN" very simplest type.
feet wild" Ivy I: feet deep and with side
walls ! feet - inches high. can H.. hal al
si5I. Tn, ~ desl gned for "A small touring
car or nInabout tn" average car can
he put into garag. l! feat hy rs feet
and about twelve feet tall Thi. typ.
sells for about sli3 Then the prices
range according to ~" increases and
alsn taxing into consideration a htil.
better finish or a little sturiier con-tr,Ic
ton. with advances IL about SIS Tor every
extra yard of width nr depth straight up
To S2S. This la-t typ" "a ~ by g feet
in size and very tall and heavily ilrni-red
Tn. rang" II prices IN th's" CA~.-- ~
very wid" and their ara garages to l.s
had in about twenty tive types IN "A range
covered ~ sts,ut srO There j. naturally
a great demand for wood lacausn of tn.
greater "az.4 With which ~ can -. a.
sernbled without IN" lator ~ more than
one man tine thing IN favor of such por-
table houses is that a man who had ms
car for the summer only IN IN. country
would 10 able AT the end of the season 10
take down the house and store /, until
needed
Tn. sectional steel and iron garages
start IA AZ about Sc'D and run all the
way uj "a about 81 .'S The smallest
type II suitable. tor housing the average
runabout Ia the largest two or three
cArS can h. put On" thing Of course
that l. IN favor 81 this kind Of buIding 10
the reduction ~ INSURANCE" rates and Also
probably a more permanent StTuctur"
With hoor ~ steel pr iron u - possible
10 have greater cleanliness aud Their H.
not the sam" danger IT rut'ing the tires
A. - present " hon Ear j. stored on
wood ioor that has soaked up all kinds 81
oil
Tn. steel or iron building stands about
m the middle ~ M" gradltIOn, with wood
on on. side and concr"t" on III" other
II has the hreproof value Of concrete and
the portability or d"noun'abllitv 81 the
wood Tn" contention - mad" by some
that neither wood nor steel and iron -
after an - durable ~ concrete with it,
various styles
Concrete garage ar" NOS quite con
venient to put up. that t. - saY. the"
cannot '.ry we'll To- drawn out of a large
case and assembled tn. concrete has to
be poured However. one man who has
garHgs made 4 hollow ~. finished with
cOncrst" -ays that n took him Just io.sy-
eight hours TO have M tIling laid and that
~ of course on" ot the most important
concrete garages say that u ~ matter
OF only a few days to maze IN" monld>
and pour the concrete and that even n
there IN a weeks dif-renC" IN building /
time At th. utmost hct wcen the average +
small garage IN wood and IA concrete
there ara years Of difference IA the dIra-
bility - III" Two buildings
The "'-f It hollow ~" and concrete
constr "tiDn - not small and even 0nIy
measurable siH"d building without any
HTftNsf ~ ITlllN - AhHlN 10 - ~ Wei
ny toward 81 $50. SimIl- poured con
"rct" fur q on" story garag" need not -, :,
moro than the a."!Ag" wooden garage
and while her" ar" small types that with
architect : fo.-. material and labor viii
run Ip - s. u'1 or tS.VU and Iarhapa
more there ar" gI.y "HiCIcu' iuiildlnRs
that an 80 had for Syig
The " ,ucr"t" Rarag" cannot he plucked
up aud stored ava" ~ ~" other KIND
can hut " has It, very many advantages
-tonCrct" - -" cheapest satisfactory
hr"pr"pf building material" says an ex-
peri and IN" alsurdi'y IT storing a
= alIablr automobile ~ y building liabl.
20 hum a. any moment when for "A small
hin"r"Ec" Va price. a fraction - TIE cost
~ the automobile. fir"prpof binding
ran 10 built - readily apparent
Concrete huIldlEg' can he kent clean :
and the horT~ Ar" probably more appro. ,
prtdt" t,r ~" storing and handling - a /
rar than they would y" ~ the other sorts :
~ garage The" garage floor ar" laid +
Iust 'Na'ilv a. dew lks are pat down
and 'rc~ ar, intended 20 he ~ enduring
t'u"Tste eut"rs INTO the calculations
M a " u.sieU IiIildiag however hacafisp F.