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HELLO BUILDINGS
TO COST S3,25O,OOO
Phone Company Undertakes
Big Construction Programme
in This District.

Every person who is obliged to use
telephones will be interested in the an
ncuncement OF Vice-President +. II.
Bethel of the New York Telephone Com
pany that 500 600 900 Is TO be spent 10
put the service In New York city and
tho metropolitan district back TO the
level OF efficiency maintained before the
war
The outlay. will be divided about as
follows: $l.250.000 for new toll boards
$4,000 TO complete additions to CEN
trial office equipment. $3,250.0O0 for new
buildings and additions to existing ones
$4,000, 900 for new central installations
and additions to existing ones. and So
500, 900 for station equipment and ex-
tensions to outside plants.
Part OF the work on the t3.250.o00
for new buildings has already been
started. Plans are being developed by
Mckenzie, Voorhees, & Gmelin, architects
for all the local building projects which
are to be handled by a department with
In tho telephone company especially or
ganizsd for this work. II il made up
OF trained real estate men and experts
In building conEt uction who are able
TO command the best resulta In equip
ment and management OF these struc-
lures for highly specialized business
Although the buildings erected for the
exclusive use Of the New York Telephone
Company vary 10 some extent In design
and plan, according TO their size and
location. they are uniform In the high
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Joseph =, Day. who. In common with
other real estate experts has been ad-
visng business men IN the consestcd
lower downtown section OF New York To-
buy their business homes before they
are driven out of them by new landlord
seeking business space, has applied
some of his advice to himself and has
purchased 81 Liberty street, adjoining
the Chamber of Commerce. After mod
ernizing the building extensively he will
make 1t the home OF his growing realty
organization.
William a. White Il Son. throu-h whom
the property was purchased, report that
Mr. Day was Obliged to acquire a build
ing Of this size because Of the recent
increase in business which his organ Ga-
ton Is handling. In this connection f.
Is recalled that Mr., Day In AUri last
sold the Empire Building AT II Broad
way for Sj.0oo,0O0 cash to the TINT
states steel Corporation, About Cd
month later Mr.. Day sold the Liberty
Tower at Liberty and Nassau streets to
the Sinclair OH and Refining Corpora
ton. The holding price was $4,000 600
Mr.. Days present headquarters. L.
which he recently planned the auction
of the Bennett estate lots on Washing
ton Heights, one Of the epochal evgnIs
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DETACHED HOUSE VITA THREE BEDROOMS
TYPE 81

'The history OF housing communitics
shows many projects for lettering con-
ditions of the laboring classes and of
tie poor. both in large cities and in the
country. but few attempts have been
made to provide the man of moderate
means with better designed and better
built houses of relatively small cost
The speculative builder ard the owner
with land to exploit seem slow in real
izing that It is really bad business to
sell to the unInitiated home buyer houses
which are with few exceptions unattrdc-
tive. badly planned and so cheaply built
that repairs are constantly required to
keep'the property not only from deterio-
ration but habitsble for men and women
who have a right by reason OF their
breeding and eduration TO homes which
are attrac;ivcly designed, conveniently
planned, warm in winter. complete In
their sanitary arrangements, aud whicn
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The porches entrance d3orways. window
frames and sash are painted white vita
the shutters green.
The rlsns OF the houses are suffi-
GENTLY varied to meet the requirements
OF families OF different sizes and tastes.
Four types are employed. Type A is
n two family house. each with four bed
rooms; type b is a detached house with
three bedrooms; type c !s the largest
detached house with four bedrooms. and
type ID Is the smallest detached house
with three bedrooms.
Ample provision is made in base
ments for the storage OF coal and pro-
visions. Separate waterclosets and
I laundry trays OF substantial make with
weed Stat platforms are provided. En-
trance directly to the basement from
QUA Of doors permits OF wet clothes
being taken 10 the drying yard without
going through the kitchen.
The first floors have exceptionally
large living rooms. large dining rooms.
coat rooms. buffers pantries. Kitchens
and storage closets
Ample space Is given for refrigera-
/ tors on rear porches, preventing the
! tracking up OF the kitchens by the de-
livery of ice.
The second floors. in addition to the
bedrooms above noted. each OF which
is provided with ample closet space.
comprise cedar lined linen closets bath
rooms and sleeping porches. The attic
space is readily accessible for storage
purposes
THE materials Of construction and
workmanship are OF the best and are
Of similar character to houses Of
| much higher price. The soil is clay.
which necessitates the especial care
| which has been taken to provide tor
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good green earth to produce pleasant
things to please the palate | am willing
to do my part quite Cheerfuily. Be
sides, long line Of memories is awak-
ened-memories of my early boyhood-
that l cherish when | look upon the
place as a farm.
All the rest of my life seems to fall
away from me as il II were a dream and
] stand back of the plough again, watch
ing the ploughshare CleaVe its way, feel
ing with conscious virtue that l have
left long ribbons of new brown earth
lying between me and my starting point.
Once more | feel the handles OF the
plough in hardened palms and see the
steam rise from the backs OF the horses
Ten years younger? No. no! When
/ am in touch with country soil | have
no age. i am quite new, and feel il i'm
possible that ! should ever be other
wise, that I should ever grow old.
Reverting to Type.
My boyhood in Acid and forest has In
fact greater significance every minute,
and l notice Arabella looking at me
from time TO time when I walk through
the grasses or touch the bushes and
shrubs with my hand. so accustomed OF
late years to very different contacts, and
wonder what she is thinking of.
! think she knows that | am content
and IL pleases her.
Probably II every temperament were
as comfortably attuned TO its environ
ment as mine is in my new home In New
Jersey the collective difficulties of man
KIND would dwindle considerably. and
worry being eliminated, individual ef-
| hciency would increase
Whether or not that is one OF those
theories that comforta BILE people evolve
to encourage themselves my record at
the Office will have to show.
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Among the many propositions advanced
TO help solve the housing problem Is one
offered by Lucian L. Smith, architect. OF
West Forty-second street, which Mr..
Smith calls a community development
for the sslaried classes and adaptable to
the undeveloped sections OF Brooklyn.
Queens. The Bronx. Richmond or subur.
ban sections OF New Jersey and Long
Island
Briefly described. 1t involves the utii-
ization OF a comparatively fiat tract OF
land on a transit line which gives good
service, on which shall be built as a
unit thirty-two houses. designed by one
architect and put up by single builder
on honor and not for speculative pur-
poses. Mr.. Smith has submitted his
plan TO the Architectural League and re-
oeived its ready Endorsement. The fol-
lowing is Mr.. Smiths own version OF
the plan:
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, type of construction demanded. in their
| hreproot qualities and in their provis-
| ions for the safety and convenience of
| the employees they house.
The company recently awarded gen
! tral contracts that total approximately
| 1000. 600 for new construction in this
| city. The Caldwell WlnSate Company
! obtained the contract for the seven
story addition TO the Bowling Green
Exchange in Broad street. This con-
tract alone involves about 100000.
( The project is located at l04 Broad
street, II to IL Water street and ca
tends through to Pearl street. The
building as 1t stands to-day Is nine
stories in height, with basement, with
ground dimensions of approximately
i00xl5O ce.t. When the addition is
completed the structure will have a
height of sixteen stories, making IL one
! OF the largest branch telephone ex-
changes in the world.
The Cauldwell-W ingate Company also
recently obtained the general contract
| for the construction of new building
| for tn" Borough Park Exchange in
| Brooklyn This structure will be To-
! Gated at the southeast corner OF Four
| tcenth avenue and Forty-flrst street and
I will be two stories in height, with base
ment IT will have dimensions OF lOox
! li5 feet. The cost will be approxi-
mately 100000.
+ Another building contract recently
| placed by the company was obtained by
| II. II. eddie for the new structure TO
! house the fremont and Nlclrose ex-
! changes in the Bronx. This project
| Is TO occupy the northwest corner or
/ lG7th street and Grand View place and
! will be six stories high. with basement,
! on a plot ll5xl02 feet. The operation
| will require the expenditure Of approx
| mately 100000 for building. exclusive
| OF mechanical and electrical equipment.
! Probably the largest and most i'm
| portant OF the new buildings scheduled
| and for which the plans are we'll adj
| vanced is the new fve-story exchange
to be located 227 to 24S East Thirtie h
street. through to 224 to 244 East
| Thirty-f'rst street. The plot measures
/ approximately 75x10O feet and the cost
! of construction will be about $500. 900.
| improvements are planned to the build
| ing now housing the Bay Ridge EN-
| change IN the south side OF Fifty-f first
| street, 100 feet west OF Fourth avenue,
| Brooklyn.
| This project involves the addition OF
l one story TO the present three-story
structure and will cost about $4,000.
| Plans have been prepared for two
! story ADDITION 10 the existing iour-storN
exchange. 55X94 feet. at ITO to ia
East Fifty-eighth street at cost Of
s35,0OQ, and 1t is proposed TO add six
stories 10 the Rhinelander Exchange
| In East Seventy-ninth street and two
stories TO tho St. Nicholas Exchange IN
West l75th street. The plans for these
projects are now being prepared by Nc
| Kenzie, Voorhees, & Gmeln and will
l-be presented TO builders for estimates
as soon as they are finished.
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7 NEW APARTMENTS FOR BRONX

Plans have been fled for seven Ave
story apartments to be erected In The
Bronx. The loans aggregated s555.o01
and were made by the Lawyers Mort
gage Company ana the City Mortgage
Company. The buildings will be erected
IN Grand Boulevard and Concoursc,
aouthweft corner Of 1891 street. 1898,
by the sterling Realty Company, to cost
s165, 900 three houses in Creston ave
nue., near lSSth street, each 7i,SNlel.
by the Roseff Building Corporation. to
cost $4,000; Grand avenue, near
lSSth street, by the W. s. d, Building
Company. Soxto6, to cost $4,000; and
In lSSth street. northwest corner OF
Grand avenue, soxlos. by the same COM
pany 10. cost 100000.
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Reasonable Cost Is Big Factor.
This project has been conceived and
developed with the basic idea of pro-
viding dwellings for people of refinement
who appreciate a properly designed and
well built home. The prime requisite
for such houses is reasonable cost.
"A block &c by 800 feet has been
laid out to provide for thirty-two build
ing lots ranging from 50xSS to 50Nl0O
feet Eight per cent. OF the plottage has
teen reserved for driveways of communi-
cation and large playground for
children. The grounds have been laid out
with hedges. trees and shrubs to pro-
iucc an attractive ensemble. Service
walks have been put in to fac litate de-
livery of supplies and 10 keep such sol
vice from the fronts of the houses.
The houses themselves have been ar
ranged around a large central court con-
tanning the playground and two other
cuCrts to the east and west. A certain
percentage of houses face these courts
and the remainder face the streets slE'-
rounding the block.
"Advantage has been taken OF the prin-
ciple of setting forward or back alter
nate houses In order 10 give the owners
the benefit OF wide open spaces between
the houses. Sufficient variety hss been
introduced into the decision % avoid
monotony In appearance and yet the
same type of architecture prevails
throughout in order to give harmony
to the whole, The style of architecture
adopted is Virginia Colonial. The ex-
teriors are OF brick carefully laid up.
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The maximum efficiency. 1t allows Of
high temperature in extreme weather
with the minimum Of fuel consumption
The radiators are Of the simplest design
TO avoid collection OF dust and dirt. They
are tinted to match the woodwork Of the
rooms Instead Of the usual unsightly
gold
The houses are wired in flexible ar
mored conduitc. which gives a maxi
mum protection against fire Electric
bells are provided. with buzzcrs from din
ing rooms to kitchens. Base reut ptacles
have been put in living rooms for read
ing lamps. The lighting fixtures embody
the most up to date ideas in interior
lighting and finish. Especial attention is
called 10 the indirect dining room fix
lures used in place Of the old fashioned
dome lights.
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All Substantially Built.

IAN supporting columns and girders
are of steel, properly protected by paint
ing and amply figured TO carry the
load of the superstructure without
cracking the plaster. All ohimneys are
iined with terra Gotta fiue lining laid
up In cement mortar. The sidewalks
and steps are substantially built Of con-
crete and properly graded to carry on
water. The structural timber is Of sound
Virginia pine and substantially put to-
Geiher 10 avoid undue shrinkage and
settlement.
First floors are double 10 insure
warmth and the finished floors are laid
over heavy building paper. All exterior
trim is OF clear sound Florida Gulf cy-
press. The porch columns are patent lock
joint columns TO insure against the wood
opening up through shrinkage. Porches
are OF generous size The sleeping
porches are canvas covered and painted.
Especial care has been taken with
the interior finish. woodwork and doors.
The mantels are especially designed with
brick or tile facings The stairs are un-
usual features OF the house, all being
especially designed, not of the usual
stock patterns. The first story floors are
OF white oak properly finished with wan,
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PART-2O.

Well. said the boss TO me the other
day. whats made you look ten years
younger"
Just living in the country" / said.
That's ALL"
Hin" he said, and went about his
business. -
Funny how a remark like that sets a
man up. l felt like steel spring all
day. guess there'll be something
doing in my little old office for a change.
I've heard other men say that and l
thought them crazy!
Arabella gave me up long ago for a
hopeless dreamer and idler But people
have more possibilities quite often, 1
notice, than other people think.
That sounds involved, but feel sure
that my hidden possibilities are sprout-
ing. ] might surprise Ara bella and my
self by becoming a success.
IL seems more worth while TO work
for definite purpose, like improving the
house and property. And II seems alb
surd not TO own a car. In fact / can
think OF a good many reasons for re-
newed effort on my part in the business
world which ! have long secretly de-
spised, but which does after all insure a
q man n livelihood.
Besides II Arabella is going to broaden
our lives so much by making our house
hold a part OF the big world and not
the ordinary Close corporation ! must
find II possible to contribute something
by bringing in big men, public spirited
men, and by finding out, too. who there
is living in our vicinity who is taking
an interest in the affairs OF the com
munity.
Prospect of Local Jcalousies.
nf fi,oN
and women who have lived for years in
the very town which is 20 new 10 US and
what they have done in local affairs Il
tremendously important in their eyes
Newcomers Ike ourselves must go gently
and start to be useful In small ways
first. There are 30 many slight jeal-
ouses that once aroused can make things
50 very badly. | expect TO see our house
q centre OF activity as soon as IT IL de.
Gently possible none the less.
have already passed the stage al
which couldn't get over the change from
city to country air at the end OF the day
when the quiet OF the evening was the
sole topic OF conversation between Ara
bella and me. no longer comment or
the chlldrens healthy color and improved
tempers, on Arsbella's rested AND
shadowless eyes. All OF these thInG+
have become delightfully."- natural. and
am already casting about me to find g.
what is the current talk OF the town m,
what shsaves of popular opinion J a.
add TO Arabella's daily harvest.
must admit that Mary King is a
great ADDITION to our household. She's
had a pretty broad experience in making
her way in the world, and Il makes he'll
responsive 10 all sorts Of things thai
many girls would ignore. She's stimu
iatiDg to talk with, and when she hasn't
NmntA 40 1Aa
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dry cellars The walls and floors Of the
cellars are waterproofed, making them
dry for all time. The ceiling of the
cellar is plastered, TO keep the house
warm in winter, a precauton not rnet
with in the usual house on the market
for sale The footings are of concrHe
and the foundation walls are built ~
the best hard burned brick laid UP in
cement mortar instead OF lime.
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Attention is called to the treatment
OF the bathrooms The plumbing is Of
the best character, with modern pedestal
iaVatories, which allow OF cleaning On
four sides, and built In tubs Of latest de-
sign The floors are OF ceramic mosaic
tile. with wainscot of white glazed tile.
the walls above and ceilings being
finished in the highest grade OF elastic
enamel. Each bathroom is provided
with medicine closet with plate glass
mirror All fixtures except closets are
provided with hot and cold water.
"a forty gallon galvanized iron range
boiler Is provided in each kitchen TO
assure an ample supply of hot water.
Each house is provided with a nom
freezing brass sill cock for hose con-
neCtion. Laundry trays are of porcelain
enamel. white and clean looking in place
OF the usual soapStouc of alberine.
"The kitchen sink is also pure white
porcelain enamel with "A back cast on
the sink itself to prevent the collection
Of grease and dirt.
The heating system is hot water. care
fully calculated for each house TO give
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SCENE
Smith Achec Who Originated Plan Believes Applicable Local
SuatioSays Would Do Much Increase Living Facilities if ur
sued by Reputable Builders Outlying Sections of Cty-ldea
Provides for Construction of Homes in Units Under Con-
dion Which Make for Added Economy

which is easily kept In order be rubbing
with a cloth and a little prepared WAX
from timp to time. The second story
floors are Of edge grain hard pine well
driven un Smoothed and vanished.
"'Thc plastering of the houseS Is a
high grade patent wall plaster and the
corners and walls are true and suaigat.
Ceilings Of first floor rooms, excepting
kitchens, are sand finished, which gives
a most artistic effect when treated with
water color. Metal corner beads arc
used for all exterior corners to prevent
damage to the plaster
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Comforts That Usually Cost.

"a novel feature Of the bedroom light
ing is the dresser lights. with wire
frames provided. 30 that any color shade
made may be used to correspond with
the color scheme of the room
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4 Bit of Gossip Reaches Us.
There's one bit OF gossip that has
reached us from the Rednelds, and that
is that Harrington and Phelps Redfeld
have about decided TO combine forces and
make their principal stamping ground
in our immediate vicinity. That means
that Harrington will live with us and VIC
will have access to interesting news of
real estate development hereabout. It
means also that l will have Harrington
to consult in the matter Of improvements
that hope TO make on our own property.
II seems incredible that there should have
been a day when ] thought real estate
men didn't know anything.
But about local affairs. ] have man
aged to pick up quite tidy little collec-
ton of stories from fellow commuters
on my trips to and from town.
The elements In the community are
quite the usual ones There are very
few families like the Redhelds, but there
are plenty of descendants OF the early
settlers who have become part and
parcel of the worbaday life OF the VIII
lage. There gre small tradespaOple who
have prospe, ed without important change
for many years. The element most re-
Gently added is the gay residential dis
trict, which converges at the country
club and in which innumerable young
girls and gay matrons dress deliberately
and give dinners and dances and week
end parties, inveigling as many men as
possible TO join them
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Dividends of Enjoyment.

These people dabble In one problem
or another connected with the village.
but are primarily concerned with max
Ing their huge Investments In houses and
properly not them enjoyment They have
TEN " 10 be snobbish. great re-
gard TO-. the punctilious of convent ion.
and arc comfortably bound together by
n many inuIgues as a medieval court.
There is a smallish shanty town-in
contrast TO tfis gay section of our COM
;nunity--in which goats and black eyed
children are abundant. Toward shanty
town II seems the war and the Influenza
epidemic have directed the attention OF
doctors and welfare workers ami an
Amer!canizstlon campaign is also max
Ing some headway.
In the village itself there Ia the most
varied sort OF life.
There are few shops so imposing
and modern that'one wonders why one
should ever go to town to make pur-
chases. But IN al al them village habits
stand out sharply in one way or an
other. and little primitive touches are
evident in the management There are
other shops 80 small and dingy that II
seems incredible that the sales should
justify their continued existent Q, but the
same villagers stand hopefully behind
the counters. or wheel their baby car
riages before the entrance year in. year
out.
YOU'D be surprised said one OF my
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DO Lot require constant eNpenl..-'ro OF
money To make good defects of careles
and cheap construction.
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4 Bit of Gossip Reaches Is.

character. She is as interested as we ar,
In the village.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-22

extra pages. while permitting of the
CARRYING of more advertising, also en-
ables the printing OF more news.
Remember this. that the newspaper
OF q community is one OF the best in
dications of the prosperity of that
community It's advertising patronage is
one of the best possible evidences of
the progressiveness Of its merchants.
The trained eye Of a stranger can tell
at a glance, if nothing more than
examining over a newspaper. about
" hat kind of a town he is in. II the
merchants show enterprise in their
advertising the stranger knows that he
is in 4 business town. The symptoms
of the dead town are just as apparent.
if not more strikingly so. in the town
where the merchants are content to
sit around and eXpcCtOrate in the box
OF sawdust and wait on such trade as
happens in"
Just one little illustration of an In
stance that can not help but be as
plain as it is common. A woman Of
his city saw an advertisement of a
ioca! merchant who had for sale a few
leftover hats that were said to be
values for next seasons wear. While