The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-19
MAKING HOME BUILDING EASY AND
LESSEXPENSIVE AT THE SAME TINE
Major & Loonis Co. Put the Product of Their
Mills and Great Service Department at the
Disposal of Local Home Builders

City is a concern that is going t.
revolutionize home building her,
in northeastern North Caro1in;
and make this corner of the
state talked about for its beau
tiful homes. The Major & Loom
is Co., of >Hertford, manufactur
ers of rough and dressed 1umbel
for more than quarter of a cen
tury, have made an arrangement
with the famous Curtis Compan
les, of Clinton, Iowa, by which
they are enabled to furnish {;
prospective builder with complete
nish him with a set of plans, ma
terial list and estimate of cos
free of charge. 1t is a great ser
vice which the Major & Looms
Co. has inaugurated here il
northeastern North Carolina anc
it is going to prove a boon te
home builders.
The Major & LOOMS, Co. are large
manufacturers of rough and dressed lum-
Der of every description and make 6
specially of hardwoor flooring. The
Curtis Companies are one of the world
greatest manufacturers of doors, win
dows, mantels, built-in cabinet and in
terror woodwork of all kinds.
Plans for Everybody
With the Curtis service Major &
Loomis Co. have on file complete sets
of plans and specifications for 226 diff
ferent homes, ranging from a small bun
galow to the massive Colonial mansion.
A prospective builder has only to write
to Major & LoomiS Co. and state what
size house he would like to build and
give the dimensions of his lot. From
their 226 designs Major & Loomis Co.
viii submit pictures, plans and estimates
of cost of a number of houses of the size
or cost desired. When the builder Sc
lects the house he wants he will be
furnished with a bill of the materials
required and the cost. Complete blue
prints follow with the purchase of ma
terial
By the Major & Loomis method all
waste is eliminated, all material being
cut to fit and absolute satisfaction be-
ing guaranteed. Buying material in
this way direct from the manufacturer
usually effects a saving of about one
fourth the cost of a home.
Great Industry
Major & Loomis Co. have been es-
tablished at Hertford for more than 80
years. Their saw mills produce 49,,
900 feet of lumber a day and their plan
ing mill produces 100000 to 125,O00
feet of dressed lumber. Every piece
Of their FLOORING carries their trade
mark and the entire product of their
mills heretofore has been sold to deal
ers only thruout the South, North and
West. Only recently were they per-
suaded to sell direct to the consumer in
the counties North of A1bemarle Sound.
T. W. Whitehead, editor of the South
ern Lumber Journal recently visited
their plant and in writing about it he
Said:-
There are saw mills and saw mills,
planning mills and planning mills, but when
ing mill, box factory and dry kilns, saws
and resaws, engine and boiler power,
and every other known adjunct to
well equipped lumber plant, the Major
& Loomis Company at Hertford, n. e.,
compares favorably with the best there
is going In all the varied equipment
of this plant, consisting of the best
there is made or manufactured, there
is not a surplus or useless piece of ma
chinery around the premises, nor is
there lacking anything to make the plant
perfect in every appointment from one
end to the other, and the equal of the
best in every particular. Neither pains
nor expense, indeed, have been spared
in procuring equipment of the highest
standard for the saw and planning mill
plants throughout.
The Planning Mill and Box Factory
'EThe planning mill and box factory are
practically new, having been rebuilt and
completed only a few weeks ago, after
disastrous fire last February. It is
not only modern and up-to-date II
equipment and design, but every ma
chine and appliance runs with all the
smoothness and ease of a sewing ma
chine. The output thereof is naturally
of the highest grade, smoothly dressed
and spOndingly popular with car
renters and joiners as well as with the
trade at large. AS a natural corrollary
to all this, the Major & Ioomis dressed
lumber and thin ceiling, box shocks and
bard gum flooring are daily growing in
popularity wherever the products of this
plant are sold and offered. AS matter
Ct fact, every department of the plant
is carefully supervised by men equipped
for that particular class of work, pol
icy that insures high grade products at
the least possible cost consistent with
the high character of lumber made.
With such mills and equipment the Ma
ior & Loomis Company will figure more
conspicuousIy in the future than in the
past"