The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
YOUR HOME SITE SHOULD BE
GIVEN MUCH CONSIDERATION
% Not Be Led to Buy Promised Improvements
Nor Because Land Has It's "E4air Parted--
Best Location Is Not Near the Railroad

may require Cost'v drainage and grad
ing. II is well Ia consult some one
who Knows and have him look over
TIA" ground. II YOU can't afford an eX-
pert Won may find a :, a day Italian
who knows the principles Of grading
Nothing is impossible; If We have cash
We can remove mountains. or, like a
tobacco king. make them, but a small
purse requires caution.
Before giving a few points on house
construction | would emphasize the
need of every homemaker to study
this subject for himself Maybe you
haven't tho time. you know nothing
Of mechanics; so you Will leave it all
! To- a trustworthy expert. The answer
Is that trustworthy experts come high,
and furthermore there few experts
clairvoyant enough to read their
clients minds and give them exactly
what they want. You can't abdicate
{ your appetite 10 chef nor your home
to an architect.
| You do not know intel!gently what
You want untA YOU have studied the
matter. For example you are spend
: ing $4,000 on house and think you
would like porte Cochere. II you
knew that the cost of a porte COchere
wuuld put an iEdestructible roof on
the house in place Of wooden shingles
and that good roof is Of prime i'm
( portanCe you would quickly forcgo
! the porte cocherc. Another case,
/ which is "A real one, is that OF com
muter who planned a low price house
: having two chimneys. Architectu-
, rally that is excellent, but at the price
+ neither chimney can be a good one. \
single substantial chimney would be
/ better
/ The architect and the contra ctor are
often blamed for inferior results when
the fault is really with the unknowing
and hcadstrong client. Having faith
3 omcd to some extent my own igno-
rance as well as that of others. ! have
come to sympathlZe with the builder
| Many Of his sinful deeds are forced
. upon him by clients who want much
for little, who nurse the fallacy thar
! the lowest bid is always the best bar
gain and who viii not listen to sug-
gestions. 1t Is difficult for an archi-
tect or builder 20 give client com
plctc lecture on the art OF construc-
ton: the unprepared client would not
understand, and besides he might get
mad and go elsewhere. =
To become fairly INTEL. gent on con-
struction will not cost an amateur
more time and money than he cheer
/ fully spends to learn pool or poker
and the returns on the investment
are considerably greater. A poke
volume on building costs 81 cents; &
set OF specifications for n house anC
two or three technical books may III
had for n few dollars. The publ,
library has literature on the subject
Catalogues and pamphlets on specla
materials and systems may be haC
from dealers AT postage cost. And 1
lot OF free information may he picked
up I'm the street II you watch II new
bui ding going up instead OF watch
ing a street faker selling novelties.
In amy building the foundations ar'
Of first importance. Upon them de
pend stability, also dryness, warmth
and endurance of the superStructure
A good foundation saves coal anC
, doctors bills. Better skimp the build
ing anywhere else than here. The out
rageous innocence of one commute
planned cottage without any fOun
: datluus whatever If he had carrie,
, out his plan his cottage would hav,
enjoyed tidal motion with the frOs
> at least twice a year, the stills an'
p floor beams would have quickly de
, cayed and the family would have har