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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
MUCH BUILDING.
ASSURED FOR +.
NEW YEAR
S6,0O0,O0O,000 Total Is
Prediction of
Statistician.
By C. L. MILLER
President of q. L. Miller and Comror

President of G. L. Miller and COMPANY
Another great year of building &C.
tivity in the United States seems as
sured for 1926. While I do not be-
lieve total construction will attain
the record-breaking proportions of the
last year, I do think that available
data indicates fairly close approx
nation of the 1925 figure-totaling
in 1926 probably between $500. OOO.-
600 and s6,00O,0O0,OOO.
Above is the answer l have given.
to the questions asked of me scores
of times: Nov that the biggest
building year in history is passing,
what is to come? Is the shortage
made up? Is there broad enough and
strong enough support for another
peak year? Or will we witness a
decline of major importance? To
answer these questions requires con-
sideration of many factors. In the
end, the answer is just an opinion
based upon conditions as they now
exist or are forecast.
Building costs seem well stabilized
and there is little indication that they
will show any Emergencies either way
from their present levels as long as
a high degree of building activity is
assured. Neither do | look for any
material reduction of rentals. espe-
clally in the case of well situated
properly constructed accord
ing to modern standards. Rents may
be affected locally but not generally. |
During the year of 1925, building |
operations were unprecedented in vol |
ume. According to our estimate, |
total building operations for the year |
will approximate S6,300.00O. 900. This
represents an increase of 20 per cent
over 1924 and it must be remembered
hat the enormous expenditure of
his sum has had n most beneficial
effect in maintaining the business
and industrial prosperity of the coun-
.ry.
Building is truly a very powerful
Of general business prosper
t.. When construction gains. pros
lerity is with us. 1t is the outstand-
ng influence for good or bad in our
financial progress and its helpful eff
ect on general business at this time
cannot be over-estimated.
Building activities not only mean
of millions Of men and
activities in scores of trades
Ind industries, but it means also the
'reatiOn Of new wealth in the coun-
ry and widespread enhancement of all
property values through improvement
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
1925 BRINGING
MANY UVA[DE
BUILDINGS
Large improvements Are
Planned in City's Bust
ness Section.

UNALDE. Tex, Jan. 16.-The year
1926 will see an extensive building
program being carried out in this CITY.
and especially in the business section.
One of the largest improvements
planned in the downtown section is
that of L. Schwartz Company. one of
the city's leading business firms. who
have plans made for their new mer.
camille establishments which will re-
place their present structure. The
brick part of the present building will
De lett as 1t now stands excent en-
Iarged. The frame structures on the
present location will be torn away
ana the. now building will be erected
where the frame buildings now stand.
NEW AUTO BUILDING.
The building will be heightened and
basement also built. which will give
the firm ample room for varions DO
partments. The building will be m1d.
era IN every respect and will be
valuable addition to the substantial
business houses of the town.
WORK is progressing rapidly on the
FIRST Baptist Church building and
When completed it will be one of the
finest church buildings in Southwest
Texas.
The Ray Motor Company contem-
plate erecting fireproof structure at
the corner of Main street and Court
mouse Plaza. Plans are being made |
Tor a building large enough to serve |
the needs of the firm as a garage. |
filling station and display rooms,
MODERN GARAGE.
Henry T. Stuart also contemplates
the erection of a modern garage. fill
ing station. etc., on the corner of
Getty street and City Hall Plaza, on
the property which he recently ac-
CURED from George Brashear.
Prospects for a modern hotel for
this city are also very bright. Frank
kincaid and ]. G. Smyth & Com
pany, both Of this city. have submitted
plans and the chamber of commerce
has these plans under consideration.
n incald proposes to erect a hotel on
the site Of the Timberlake Hotel.
which was destroyed by fire in 1923.
de recently purchased this property
LlOl e l. hUDeEIS, ana Lne site is |
IDEAL for hotel. J. G. Smyth &
Company have proposed to erect the
structure on the lots adjoining their
store building TO the south.
TO COMPLETE PAVING.
The city paving program will be
completed this yea. Work has al
ready begun on q number Of streets
and when the program is completed
Cvalde ca1 boast Of over seven miles
IF paved streets. Few towns in South
west Texas will have a better system
If paved streets.
A number Of new residences will
also be constructed here during the
Tear. A number Of new residents have s
moved here within the past few c
months and some Of these are plan 2
ming to build new homes. Tx
c~%e I
KERRVILLE VOTES BONDS. !
A $4,000 bond issue was recently
'oted at Kerrville for a three-story
and jail. It will be Of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
CONTRACT AWARDED
ON ANGELO HOTEL

J. s Harrison Construction com
pany's bid was low on the general
contract including wiring. on the
seven-story and basement. brick. stone
and reinforced concrete hotel building
70 be erected ct San Angelo for S. A.
Naylor. On one set Of plans. the com
pany bid 1852. -49. while it bid s147.-
900 on the other. The American Ele-
vator company bid ST2G5 on the ele-
yator. c. L. Beal bid S19.S54. on the
heating, while A. p. CLANCY bid S43.-
453 on the heating and plumbing.
Roy Z. Lane is architect.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
100000 HOTEL
Nj OZONA project

A three-story. reinforced concrete.
hollow tile. steel and stucco hotel
building will be erected at Ozona for
the Ozona Hotel corporation at cost
Of 100000. J. W. Fuqua is the gen
eral contractor and SwartB and Ham.
berlin are architects.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
BUILDING
$4,000 SCHOOL

Mitchell Brothers are the general
contractors for One-story. reinforced
concrete and brick school building at
Fremont. They bid S1J.27S on the
general work with a guarantee of COM
nleting 1t within 80 days. r. W.
Barnes has been awarded the plumb
ing contract at $10S0 and Moncrief
Furnace company was awarded the
heating contract at S14S3. p. G. Sill
Der and Company are architects.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Days Real Estate Trading S. A. Lnuoues $1242 $50
PLAN NEW DORMITORY.

Plans are nearing completion for
the Alice p. Littlefield dormitory to
be erected at the University of Texas,
Austin. 1t is to be of brick, stone
and reinforced concrete construction
and will cost $25O,O00. Herbert M.
Greene Company is architect.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
THORNTON BUILDS
APARTMENT HOUSE

A two-story, frame, metal lath and
stucco apartment house will be erect
ed at the corner of San Pedro and
Park avenues for William T. Thorn
ton by Carvel and Company. Rich
ard Wander Straten is architect. The
structure is costing S15,S64.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-10
In the Superior Court Of the State Of Delaware
In and For Kent County

In the Superior Court of the State Of Delaware
In and For Kent County
February Term 1926
Petition for Change of Name
in the matter of
HOWARD WILLOUGHBY JOSEPHS
To the Honorable the Judges Of the Superior
Court Of the State of Delaware sitting in
and for Kent County:
The petition of Howard Wlloughby Josephs
respectfully represents that he is a resident
of the Town of Smyrna. Kent County and
State of Delaware. and is upwards Of twenty
one years of age.
That the by which he is commonly
known and designated in the said Town Of
Smyrna Kent County and State of Delaware,
is Howard Willoughby JoseDhs that it is the
desire of the said petitioner 10 change his
name to Howard Josephs Willoughby in lieu
and stead of the said name by which he is
now known.
Your petitioner therefore prays, Your
Honors. to make an order changing his name
from Howard Willoughby Josephs to Howard
Josephs Willoughby. pursuant to the provision
of an Act of the General Assembly in such
case made and provided. And your petitioner
will ever pray. etc.
HOWARD WILLOUGHBY JOSEPHS.
D.AsA
Smyrna times., 1926-02-10
MANAGE 5000 ACRES OF FARMS
County Agent George r. Cobb of Wi
cOmicO, to Manage New Company

County Agent George R. Cobb, has
severed connection with the Univer-
Sity of Maryland Extension Service,
effective February l and will become
manager of a new farm land COM
pany recently organized in Salisbury
The land company has purchased
more than 5000 acres of properties
classified as farm lands" from the Z.
S. Adkins Company and will develop
the holdings through intensive farm
ing methods. Most of the property
has been stripped of timber by the
Adkins company and contains consid-
cradle acreage of virgin soil. Nine
farms located in Sussex County, Del,
and WicOmico and Somerset counties,
Md, are involved in the deal. Eleven
hundred acres is now under cultiva-
ton, another portion is devoted to or
chards containing more than $4,000
fruit trees. A name for the new COM
pany and Incorporation papers will be
filed within a few days. Mr.. Cobb
was appointed agent for Wicomico on
April l, 1918, and has become recog-
nized as an authority on soil strata,
truck crops and animal husbandry.
His successor has not yet been nam
ed.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-10
MASSEY WARWICK ROAD TALK
New Eastern Shore Trail Would Pass
Thru MiddletOwn to Boulevard

Taxpayers in the vicinity of War
wick, Nd, and Massey, Nd, are max
ing strong efforts to have the dirt
road between the two points improved
with a new concrete highway during
the coming spring and summer. The
move is not only because of the value
to the farmers and shippers but for
the fact that the present road is the
only unimproved link in the Shore
trail, which leads from northern cities
by way Of Odessa and Middletown
through Massey, Millington and Sud-
lersville, Md, to Ocean City, Md, and
points South, giving continuous
stretch of improved road practically
the entire length of the Atlantic sea
board from New York to Cape Char
les. Just what steps will be taken to
secure the necessary funds have not
been worked out, as the County Com
missioners state there will be little, #
any, money available this year for lat
eral road building, under which head
ing this highway comes.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-10
AYERS J. STOCKLY,
Attorney for Petitioner.

State of Florida.
County of Dade. IS:
BE IT REMEMBERED that on January
18TH A. D. 1926. personally came before me
the subscriber a Notary Public for the County
of Dade State of Florida at Large, HOWARD
WILLOUGHBY JOSEPHS, who being by me
duly sworn according TO law depOses and says
that he is the petitioner in the foregoing
petition and that the facts therein set forth
true and correct to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief.
HOWARD WILLOUGHBY JOSEPHS.
(Sea) MYRTLE N. HALTERMAN
Notary Public
Ny Commission expires Jan. /. 1928.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
WHAT is WRONG WITH THE CUT
GLASS BUSINESS?
y J. w. Ludlow Rep

A few years ago there were more
than one hundred cutting shops in the
United States, all doinga good busi-
ness, but a change has taken place,
and today we find only a few shops
in operation. The manufacturers are
greatly responsible for this changed
condition. In some instances shops
were filled with boys and girls, and
then in addition the pressed figured
blank was introduced. Carborundum
and alundum stones for doing fine
work were likewise introduced, being
easier to keep in shape than the blue
miter stones. The pressed figured
blank took the work away from the
roughers and the quality was not as
good as that of the off-hand blank,
as the latter was noted for its fine
luster, and consequently this was
eliminated Firms sprang up every
where which cut only half Of the pat
tern on the articles and put them on
the market as cut glass. Then came
the semi-cut, and the near-cut glass.
While the change thus brought about
made work for the press and mould
making departments, it onl y lasted
for a few years, when the bootleg
gers" of the glass trade filled the de-
partment stores and pawn shops also
with the cheapened ware until people
were ashamed to say that they had
any cut glass in their homes, and re-
fused to buy it.
AS previously stated, the question
of the blame for this condition in the
cut glass business, if it is properly
placed, is with the manufacturers, in
their greed for the almighty dollar
and lack of interest in the welfare in
the blank business. They were not
looking to the future while they made
thousands of dollars by the new
scheme, or they would have visioned
the loss of these same thousands Of
dollars when the market became over
stocked and business slumped.
Take a glance over the large list of
cutting shops-where have they gone?
Many are closed. Some were sold out
by the sheriff. At very low esti-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23

mate at least from fifteen hundred to
two thousand skilled mechanics who
worked in these shops are employed
outside of their trade at the present
time. Should the trade revive, which
| believe it will in time, and l am told
that an effort is being made to revive
it, then it will be learned that manu-
facturers will not be able to get men
to do this work. The cry from the
manufacturers will be that they can
not get help and they will insist up
on teaching boys and girls again, and
this will again kill it, unless they
make an honest effort to do the work
right; that is, to do it the way it
should be done, as in the past.
There is nothing so beautiful as
fine cut glass ware. 1t is always a
pleasure to look at cut glass. 1t is
easy to clean, and after it is cleaned
it is always brilliant and like new
Painted, colored and decorated ware
is not to be compared with good cut
glass-even .silverware is not in its
class. Men who cut glass are artists.
They take pride in doing this work;
that is if good workmanship is re-
quired Another thing that enters in
to this question, and which has help
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
UNION LABEL WILL HELP

Fixing a minimum wage fol
women in the District of Colum-
bia has been held by the Su-
preme Court to be an invasion
of contract rights. Fixing a
maximum rate for public utili-
ties through lawfully constitut-
ed agencies Of the people has
been held invalid when that rate,
in the opinion Of the u. S. courts,
does not allow a reasonable
profit" 1t seems to make a Wit
al difference whether the appli-
cant for protection is a stock
holder after profit or a woman
after a living wage. When wom-
cn learn to rally around the I'm
ion Label such conditions will
change.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
THE "GOOD FELLOW"

IF you would drink more you
would have more friends," said
one girl to another, according to
testimony given in a case at the
courthouse recently.
This is the common attitude
toward liquor today. To drink
is the sign Of the good fellow
To have liquor is to be popular.
To refuse liquor is to be a So
cial outcast in many places, and
youth must be strong to say
mo" But youth is weak and
eager for friendships and hun
gering for what it calls life"
Pity the children. Pity the
parents who are helpless to di-
rect them. Pity the govern
ment that is without power to
enforce its laws. Pity the boot
logger upon whose conscience
is the debauchery of children.
Pity the champions of prohibi-
ton who have seen their ideal
dragged in the mire Of corrup-
tiOn.-Cincinnati Post.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23

Boost the Union Label.>
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
PENSION SYSTEMS

Pension systems for the aged
poor, of which there are between
one and two million in the Unit
ed States, are being devised in
some of the states. Nevada,
Montana, Wisconsin and Alaska
have taken the lead in this
movement to look after old folks
who can not look after them
selves. Legislation with a SIM
liar object in view is under con-
sideration in a number of other
states.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
BOARD IS ANTI-LABOR

Four out of five of President
Coolidge's selections for the
Railroad Mediation Board under
the new Watson-Parker Act,
which is supposed to end strikes
and bring peace and justice in
the railroad industry, are anti
labor. This selection was in
dorsed by the senate committee
just before adjournment of Con-
gres without opposition.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
FAULTY EQUIPMENT

Testimony Of survivors of the
Pennsylvania wreck, in which
sixteen lives were lost June Is,
is said to indicate that the sig
nal system of the road was out
of order and that the trainmen
were not to blame.
The Pennsylvania road will
employ none but "free and indie
pendent" workers, consequently
is in bad way.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23

ed to cheaper cut glass, is the piece
work system, by which men are not
paid according to their skill. When
they asked for an increase in wages,
they were put on piece work, and in
order to make the dollar which was
hung up in front of them like a bar
ometer, they sighted their work,
which the manufacturers accepted.
They did this instead of increasing
wages, and adding the increase to the
cost of the article.
Cut glass and the art of glass cut
ting should be revived and the work.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
Elk's Lawn Fete

Newark Lodge of Elks will enter
tain with a lawn fete at their home
on Hudson avenue Monday evening,
July 26. The Elks Buckeye Band and
AL G. Fields minstrel band will rem
der combined musical program, and
the minstrel entertainers will put on
so ne clever stunts. Ice cream and
homemade cake will be served for
fifteen cents. The affair is for the
benefit of charity and the public is
invited.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23

ers paid good wage for the skill
required. There should be more pride
taken in the quality of ware produc-
ed, as it belongs ri~htfully in the
arts, and what does art mean? Ac-
cording to Webster, art mean prac-
ticed skill, cunning, artifice, dexter
ity, ability to produce effects of high
values, the opposite to science.
Union is one of Gods greatest
agencies.
The Union Label gives women the
power to deal a blow against strikes.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
NOT A BAD IDEA

Turkey has a system that
might we'll be adopted by the
United States.
Seven members of the legisla-
ture or parliament were recently
hanged along the water front of
Smyrna. They were accused Of
injuring the state.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-07-23
LAW UPHELD

The Minnesota State Su-
preme Court has upheld the
state compensation law provision
that where the widow of work
er killed in industry remarries
she shall receive a lump sum set
tlement of one-half of the
amount of the claim still unpaid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-08
THIS is TERRIBLE

The scene is the projection room of a movie
studio.
Enter: One union operator, a number of invited
guests, one William Fox. Fox is a movie producer.
The guests take their seats. The operator adj
justs the machine. The long room becomes dark.
A slender cone of light comes from the ma
chine. Figures appear upon the silver screen.
Hello there" says one of the figures.
Hello yourself. How's all the folks?" replies
another.
Just fine" says the first. Lets sing"
So they sing.
The audience gasps at its perfection. The much
discussed talking movies appear to be a success at
last. Perforations on the film control the flow OF
words on the screen, automatically adjusting the
conversation to at the action.
But the solution of one problem often creates a
dozen more.
Think of the movie stars who will have to learn
our language!
Imagine the other complications. 1t wouldn't do
for an alleged Mexican toreador to say to a beauti-
full senorita, Lets go down by the shoit factory and
sit on the cobb and hear the boids."
Then, too, the conversation in the audience will
be drowned. Many who can't say a word at home
can think up more darned things to discuss at the
movies.
are funny. Science is years and years ahead OF us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-08
THE BUDGET

Balancing the budget. 1t has become a popular
phrase. What does it mean?
France, so you read, can't hope to achieve a
sound basis until she ,'balances her budget" The
receiver for the concern that failed is engaged in
balancing the budget in order to put the business
back on it's feet. The state must balance its bud
get" if increased taxes are to be avoided.
And so on. What does it mean? Simply this:
Expenses must be brought down to the level Of in
come. The nation or state or business concern must
quit spending more than it takes in, if it hopes to be-
come solvent and remain solvent. OF course, every
body always has known that, but only Of recent years
have we been calling it balancing the budget"
Now the farmers are getting ready to balance
their budget. At least, a lot OF farmers organizations
are talking about it. They propose to reduce the
farmers expenses to the point where he won't have
to spend more than he earns in ordeE to live. To
do this they plan to obtain a pretty general reduc-
ton in the prices of the things they buy. They
can't buy much less than they now buy, so the rem
edy lies in paying less for the same commodities. A
radical revision of the protective tariff, say these
farm organizations, will accomplish this.
1t will be an interesting experience In American
politics to see the farmers fighting the protective
industries and using the latters own language in
doing SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-08
ALAS!JERITZA WINS

Marie Jeritza, most tem~peramental of the Met
ropolitan Opera Company's te-mperamental prima
donnas, has won her fight to keep her picture off
cigars.
Not that Jeritza is opposed either to cigars or
to having her picture on display; but she couldn't
reconcile herself to the thought that she, an opera
star, would be in the same class as prize fighters,
actors, ball players and statesmen. And it irked
Jeritza more than a little that a cigar merchant
should make money out of it.
A great many will be sorry, for there is no
question but that the fair Jeritza's picture would
have lent charm to the cigar that it graced. Even
the most ardent admirer of Daniel Webster will have
to confess that he had rather look at a likeness of
the fair Marie than one of the famous orator. But
it is a queer woodland a cruel one thus to blight
our love for the esthetic.