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New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Utmost attention, Should
Be Ciren to Staircase
Most Important Feature of Interior of Home 1t Must
Harmonic With Architectural Character
of Dwelling To Be Attractive

thoroughly seasoned to avoid warpng
and cracking. Kiln-drying reduces the
weight and makes the wood less liable
TO shrinkage and more resistant to de-
cay Careful selection as TO color and
grain increases. the beauty of the I'm
ished stair. The kind of wood depends
also upon the finish shat is to be used.
How Stair Is Built
Very few nails are used in the mod
ern construction of stairs. those which
hold the narrow molding along the
outer edges Of the treads being the only
ones. Treais and rlsers are securely
wedged into groove in the stringer
that is housed out by electrically op-
Grated machinery. In this way. joints
simply cannot open up and become un-
slightly. Even the treads and risers
are not nailed together. so there are
no split edges nor ugly nail holes. The
joints known as tongue and groove,
rabbet, miter, lcck-miter and mortise-
and-tcn are used between various
parts to secure tight joints of good
appearance without the use of nails.
Balusters are best dovetaied to the
treads. With a complete stair, as dis
tinguished from the stair parts, there
IS very little for the carpenter to DO
on the job except assemble the stair.
since the cutting, fitting and sanding
have been done at the factory.
1t might be added that there is an
increasing and commendable tendency
toward having a private rear stair in
our homes. or at least kitchen entry
to the main stair landing which is un-
obtrusiye and economical.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
S2,250,OOO Lent
For New BROOKLYN
And Queens Homes
Money Advanced by Title
Co. izs Last Two Weeks
for Houses 10 Provide
Quarters for rs Families

FRANK Bailey, vice president of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
said yesterday if those controlling cap
ital are interested in housing and will
lend their aid the shortage will be
cured to great extent within the next
six months. In the last two weeks his
company has provided building loans
of s1,414.000 to forty-six different
builders for 1877 residential houses in
Brooklyn, to accommodate SAB families
and loans to provide accommodations
for 232 families in Queens, bringing
the total amount advanced in two
weeks for housing to over s2.25O.o .o0o.
Commenting on the situation, Mr..
Bailey said yesterday:
L am still under the impression that
the higher priced fiat is being con
structed up to the demand, but that the
purchase power Of the people is being
reduced. and that rents of the higher
class property have peaked. but that
unfortunately for the medium priced
man there is 10 construction to meet
his necessities The loans that we have
made IN two weeks, covering SAB fami-
lies in Brooklyn and 232 families in
Queens. or a total OF 775 families. are
certainly quite a help toward the hous-
ing relief, the total amount loaned be-
ing over 50 2500o0. 1 hope that it will
be possible TO interest others in aiding
this great home movement, because it
Will have to come between now and
April /, 1922, at which time the tax ex-
emption privilege expires. If those
controlling capital and who are inter
ested in housing will now aid the
housing scarcity Will be cured to a
great extent within the next six
mont hs"
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

ignorance, lack Of sympathetic coop
Grafton and unreasonable labor CON
dltlons are responsible for most Of the
trouble in the building industry to-day,
according to Colonel John B. Rose.
Colonel Rose summed up the situation
thus during talk on The making and
marketing Of common brick before the
New York Building Congress, which
met last week at the Engineers Club.
nose are the chief troubles in the
hrlcS trade, which the colonel init
mated meant other trades in the build
ing field
100000 of brick on the river. about
25,000.o00 in the yards of local dealers
and $4,000, 900 up river At the pres
ent rate at which brick are being sold,
little better than 80, 900 coo month,
there will be $50, ,O00. 600 of brick con
sumed this year in the metropolitan
diatrlct There will not be $50 O.OO0, 900
brick made this year. unless all present
signs fail.
Do Not Know Markets Needs
when | say that ignorance is one
Of the outstanding troubles Of the
brick industry | mean exactly that
II the brick manufacturer could have
ascertained to some degree Of reason
aole certainty that there was going
TO be a fair demand for brick this
year he would have made an extra
effort to secure men to make more
brick during the current season
There was no information available
That was the case and you will find it
TO be the general rule that if the deal
ors in New York City say there Will
be q demand the brickmakers will
surely figure on a poor demand and
hit it right. If the dealers and build
ers tell the brick manufacturers
there is likely to be low rate Of de
uand, they can generally 60 home and
start all of their machines as tncre
Will surely be a good market.
eve lack sympathetic cooperation
TO great extent. There is no source
to which we can go with confidence
and get informal regarding the out
look for the coming season upon which
we can rely.
we ought to 20 to the architects
and builders and also to the city au-
thorities and find out what new work
they have in prospect. We ought tc
arrive some time before the first of the
year with fair degree Of certainty
as to what the demands of the coming
year will be. I know it can be done
as for about nine years | made an es-
innate along these lines and never
was more than 40, 100000 brick out.
"Something should be done to secure
svmpathetic cooperation between the
dealer, the builder and the manufac-
turer. Their interests are one and the
same. You cannot have the manufac-
turer run his business at q loss for q
long period Of years without the builder
or the dealer suffering at some time to
very large extent. If we have this
sympathetic cooperation and if we have
a commission appointed to study the
conditions we Will not have the Ignorance
that in the past has been detrimental
TO both manufacturer and consumer.
know that we can go TO Washington and
secure the appointment Of such q COM
mission to take this important subject
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Century Old Homestead
OF Banker To Be Sold
House Erected in 1920 With
400 Hunts Point Lots Of
fered at Auction

The homestead built by Thomas
Walker n the Hunts Point section
of the Bronx more than a century
ago and 400 lots are to be disposed OF
at auction by Joseph P Day in tho
Vesey Street salesroom. on Thursday,
September IS The property which IS
known as the Walker-Dickey estate
fronts Hunts Point, Lafayette, Bryant
and Longfellow avenues, Spofford.
Whittier. Drake, Faile and Coster
streets, Edgewater Road and adjacent
streets and avenues. The property IS
being offered by the estate of the late
CT aries D. Dickey 3D.
The Walker property was acquired
by Charles D. Dickey 1st, who was
senior partner of the firm Of Brown
Bros. e. Co., bankers, IN 1860, and
was Inherited by his son, the late
Charles D. Dickey ID. who also was
senior partner OF the Brown Brothers
firm.
Since its purchase in 1860 the Walker
house has been occupied by the Dickey
family and is at present tenanted Dy
Charles D. Dickey Sd, Mrs. Charles D.
Dickey % and her son. It is three
story brick and frame structure, erected
in 1920, and is as solid to-day as when
erected. It's interior is of solid ma
hogany trim. Two other dwelling houses
on the property are included in the
sale
The property lies directly on the
route Of the Hunts Point Avenue troll
ley cariine and opposite the Francis
Drake Public School. which has accom-
modations for 1000 pupils The Hunts
Point Avenue stations on the INTERIOR
New York, Westchester & Boston Rail
way are located only two blocks from
the property, which is closely adjacent
10 that section Of the East Bronx
where the construction of apartment
houses and store buildings has been
the most active and where population
IS most tnickly congested.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

years does not take into account any
charge made for the clay used in the
manufacture of the brick, with the ex-
ception of a charge which is made by
the producers for getting out the ma
terial, but not for the raw material
itself, nor is depreciation charged off
There is sufficient clay along the
Hudson Valley to make all the brick
that the metropolitan district will ever
require. The one question now causing
considerable doubt is the problem cf
sand. Originally practically all of the
yards along the river contained sand
that was used in brick manufacture.
Practically all of this has now been
used by brickmakers and to- day ap-
proximately 80 per cent of the manu-
facturers have to buy sand from some
other point
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Investor BUYS Newark House

The dwelling at 302 Hillside Avenue,
Newark, n. j.. 25H 100, has been sold by
Walter c. Richter to an investor
through Louis Schlesinger, Inc
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

nNE Of the reasons for the high
~ coat OF brick during the last
few years was the price demanded
by tow boat owners to pull them
from the manufacturer 10 the New
York market. Colonel John 3. Rose
said.
"The towing cost from Haverstraw
Bay to New York in 1910 was s375s
per barge. think in 1919, with
20 per cent added for coal and the
other advanced charges, it was 1892
per barge. Towing from NewSurgh
Bay was $50 and was advanced to
s248. Kingston was $70 and was
increased to s348 Up-rivcr was
formerly $50 and finally was raised
to $780,
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
New Workers Get Contract
To Build Big Canadian Hotel

The Thompson Starrett Company has
been awarded the contract to build the
So, 900 Mount Royal Hotel in Mon
treal, Canada. The builders will have
the big structure ready year from
rext October. Construction work is to
be started at once. The building will
be ten stories and will contain ,056
rooms. 1t will be one of the largest
hotels in Canada.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
Actiyitx in Gzreenwich

Mrs. Richard Outwater sold her house
on Field Point Road, Greenwich. Conn.
to Whitney Darrow. Guy Mead sold
his house on Maher Avenue TO Harold
c. McCullum, tenant Thos T. Carey
has sold his house at corner of Milbank
Avenue and Havemeyer Place, held at
$4,000. Mrs. Mary Reynolds has sold
her property on Maher Avenue, a Col
onial house, and adjoining lot. to Alta
Jane Hotchkss. The George Finch
property on Milbank Avenue has been
sold to Edward and Helen Conners.
These sales were negotiated by Thomas
W Cooke.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28
me Into the C0untryIIeres Interesting Suggestion
Man Without Home Is Like
Man Without Country
Renter Does Not Possess Feeling of Pride and Sc
curity OF House Owner; Ownership Desire as
Strong in the Stone Age as 1t Is To-day

sovereign. Then would follow the old
country land renting system and re-
iigious freedom would De interferod
with. History tells with what bitter
ness they fought the Kings soldiers
There is abundance Of evidence nat
the home owner since has shown him
self to be the stanchest defender of
the nation.
Cardinal features of home ownership
are known to most folks Civic pride.
thrift, social advantages, economical
reasons and agreeable surroundings are
some of them. Any one of these is
sufficient reason for the purchase OF
home
The axiom Of an Orange County
pr ilosopher that q man without home
o1 ms own IS like q man without a
country is we'll worth repeating.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-28

Question-please inform me If you hno ~
of any bank or building loan associa ton
where I can borrow money TO buy a lot
for $1,000 to 81, 500 In Bronxville n Y
Tenahy, n. ] have heard OF an as
sociation giving out loans for this pur-
pose, but have not been abls TO locate
l have sufficient material to build
"a house. but have not than 1900 In
cash IL I deposit this amount with some
bank building loan association do you
think l could obtain a loan for the rest
OF the sum "A. w.
Answer-We fear that no savings
and loan association could accomm o.
date you in the way desired. as these
institutions do not lend money upon
vacant land If you can become the
owner Of lot, an association will lena
you money to improve it if you have
suitable plans and specifications
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-01-08

have you done in order to fetter your unclaimed
bourgeoisie? And finally, what have you done in
order to alleviate the terrible sufferings of the
Russian proletariat which struggles all alone
against all the forces of the capitalist world?
Workers, proetarians of France, what have you
done?
What the Russian workers have done.
Think, put yourselves into our position. In
March 1917 the Russian proletariat, exhausted by
war and famine, overthrew Czarism but immeda-
tey after the Revolution it appeared that the
change was but superficial that only the political
form has been modified, but that the social sys-
tenn based upon the private ownership and exploi-
tation has remained. The Russian bourgeoise
wanted to do with us the same as the French
bourgeoisie had done in 1889, 1880 and 1S4S; she
wantel to crush the old regime and break the
chains of Czarism by means of the workers, and
that these, their task accomplished should call the
wise intelligent, well educated and thinking bour-
geois and tell them: "We are simple workers, we
only know how to sacrifice our lives for our ideals
we only know how to die upon the barricades and
how to battle unarlned against Czarism, but we do
not know how to conduct the State and how to
enjoy the fruits Of victory. Come and guide us"
And so it was during the first eight months
Men calling themselves socialists were persuading
us that the working class must not govern without
the bourgeoisie, that only the bourgeosie is able
to lead the country out of the economic disntigra-
ton, that only the coalition Of the workers with
their expoiters will bring the victory of the Revo-
luton, The Russian bourgeoisie allowed these idle
takers to make speeches while she herself organ
lied fevershly in order to settle her account with
the workers "a la mode de Versailles. Among
the working class since the first days Of the Re-
volution the unrest and anger were rising and they
were asking themselves: GLOW is that! have
we shed our blood in order to put in power Msrs
Milukov Goutchkov, Tretiakov, Smyrnov and the
other patent representatives Of the Russian bour-
geoisie? We have made the Revolution and yet our
economic situation will remain unchangd? This
can not bel"
And the exhausted army repeated the same
thing, the army which the coalition government
compelled to make war; and the peasants also said
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-01-08
SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 1921.

in accord with Lloyd George he has decided not to
register any complaint against M. Millerand
but we present our claim to you workers of France
We ask you: Is it known to you that in Paris and
thruout France live Russian generals of all colors
Russian counter-revoutionare spectators, titled
aristocrats that have transformed Paris into new
Coblenz?*) Is it known to you that in Paris lived
until recently Makakov who has named himself
ambassador of Russia, not of the Russia which has
defeinte territorial boundaries, but of the extra
territorial Russia that besieges the doors of the
ministerial antichambers supplicating for the
defense of their goods, movable and unmovabe?
Is it known to you that all these consprators not
only have the right of entering France but receive
subsidies from the French government? We on our
part are absolutely sure that the money given to
the Russian counter-revolution is not taken from
the pocket of the French people, for the French
people would deserve most severe condemnation
If it allowed to have its money squandered for this
purpose, but that the money is taken from the
personal resources of the French minister's and
yet. 80.
Is it known to you that the government of de-
mocratic France, the friend of liberty has done all
it can during three years to crush the Russian
proeetarat? Is it known to you that all the count
er-revolutonary movements, the mutinies, the
attempts to blow up railways and bridges, that
all this is done with the aid of the money and
officers of republican France? Is it known to you
that the banner of international reaction torn out
of the hands of Czarism has been raised again
by France the representatives of which differ from
those of Czaristic Russia only in that when
they shoot the workers. they proclaim the princip-
les of the Great French Revolution while our black
and white generals do it in the name of God and
the Gar? And finally, is it known to you that this
work of civilization" done by our government
costs Russia the lives of several hundred thousand
workers?
Evidently you know all this But if you know it,
what have you done to restrain the new nterna-
tiona gendarme and assassin of liberty? What
y Coblenz was the center of the world reaction
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-01-08

business taking part in any way. They
nave no right to try to influence de-,
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-01-08

class can continue with their deceptions
and their treacheries.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-01-08

y Coblenz was the center of the world reaction
aries, leagued against the Great French Revolu-
tion Ed. Toiler.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-23
MARYLAND BEGINS
SEA TRIAL TESTS

The Maryland. latest and most
powerful OF the navy's superdread-
naughts scheduled to join the new
Pacific fleet. left Newport News
Tuesday for her builders sea trials.
The Maryland is the first battle
ship to mount 16-inch guns and
with the new California. also near
ing completion. will lead the first
line of the nations sea defenses in
the Pacific.
, The tests of the Maryland are be-
ing conducted by the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
and are being witnessed by observ-
ers Of the Navy Department, a par
ty of engineers of the General Elec-
trio Company and a number of
prominent shipbuilders.
The Maryland will cruise of the
Virginia coast for three days. re-
turning to Newport News today. pre-
paratory to being turned over to the
government.
The Maryland is. 624 feet long
with a beam OF 81 feet and displaces
$4,000 tons. Her eight 16-inch guns
in four turrets give her the longest
range Of any vessel in the navy.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-23
QUOTAS INVOLVED
IN PAYROLL CUTS
President Considers Problems
Relative to Proposed
DismisSals.

President Harding now has before
him the many-sided question OF the
dismissal of a large number OF gov
ernment employees in connection
with the administration plan to re-
duce the roll of Federal workers TO
peace-time footing, il became
known Tuesday.
One Of the questions concerns the
apportionment among States. While
each State is allowed certain
number of appointments under the
civil service. some Of the states
have not taken advantage Of their
limit. Still other States are over
their quotas. Certain members Of
Congress, as we'll as employees, have
complained that under present plans
dismissals will be made without
reference to the State quotas. They
have requested that the employees
in excess Of the quotas from the
various States be dismissed hrst-
The policy of dismissing the So
called independent" government
workers has also been submitted
TO the President. The unmarried
employees charge that often a man
and his wife. or in some instances
several members Of family are on
the government pay rolls. and thai
these should be the first to go
Married women who are on the pay
rolls have replied that they arc
| forced to SEX employment in or
der TO maintain their family.
The President did not indicate
what action he would take in the
| matter.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-23
WILLSPEND s55,OOO
TO GRADE STREETS
Commissioners Approve Rec
concentrations for High
way improvements.

On the accommodation of the
highway division of the engineers
ONCE. the Board of Commissioners
Tuesday approved the expenditure
cf $4,000 to be used for street
grading.
The following streets will be
graded: Seventeenth street north
east. Bryant street to Douglas
street; Seventeenth street, East
Capitol street to A street: Monroe
street northeast, Eighteenth street
to Twentieth street: Seventeenth
street northwest. Webster street to
Allison street: Bryant street north
east, Second street to Third
street; Randolph street northwest,
Thirteenth street to Kansas avenue:
Vista street northeast, South Da-
kota avenue to Genital avenue:
Dorsett place northwest, Gallena
place to Weaver place; Weaver
place northwest. Dorsett place to
Canal road; Carolina place north
west. Jewett street to Gallena
place: First street southeast (side-
walk space north of Xenia place)
Kaiorama road northwest, Twenty
third street to Twenty-fourth street.
and Iowa avenue, Thirteenth street
to Arkansas avenue.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-23
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

UNION STOCKYARDS. CHICAGO,
June 22.-Receipts Of livestock at
the local yards today were estimat-
"A Il.ooO cattle. $4,000 hogs. 49,
600 sheep and 1000 calves.
Most sales Of medium and palmer
steers were off 15a25c. Choice year
lings. the best going at 50, were
about steady, with 1.300-pound
steers at 1915. Grass cattle were
hard to sell at a decline OF CSC,
some Of the palmer lots going at
s6.5oa7. Best cows unchanged. Ton
lots were quotable at s650a665:
best heifers were s7a750. Gamers,
S2a2.40, were weak. Choice calves
sold at s1oalo.25 for small lots to
outsiders, while packers paid s9a
$50 for choice vealers on a steady
market.
Hogs sold at unchanged levels at
the start, but the trade weakened
later In the session, when some of
the sales Of light stock were of a
dime. The top of the trade at $3.50
was the same as yesterdays high
spot. while rough packing hogs sold
at s7S5 and the best at sS.25aS.4o.
Bulk of butchers and light hogs
sold at ss.4oas.76. -
Lambs were mostly SOC lower.
best aged muttons were about
steady on a small supply Some
California lambs sold at s11.75;
prime natives went at $3.50. One
lot Of prime light ewes made s5.25.