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novelty celanese crepe in a new
shade of beige. She recommends
summary prints, too-in either silks
or cottons. Or, for an extra bit of
dash, make this model up in two con-
trasting fabrics. Pattern T19789 is
designed in sizes IL to 20 and 80 to 40
Size Is requires yards SO inch fabric
To get pattern 1879, send 15c to
Henderson Daily Dispatch Pattern
Department, 232 West 18th Street,
New York, n. Y.
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Mrs. Bowen I'LL

Mrs. w. J. Bowen, Jr., is i'll with
pneumonia at her home near EPSON.
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Another Operation

Mrs +. II. Mundy, who is in Dur
ham hospital, was to undergo anoth-
er operation today.
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At BOSDitaI

Little Patricia Ann Bowen, of Ep-
som, is undergoing treatment at Ma
ria Parham hospital.
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Hoey's Naming of Olive AS
Manager Speeds Campaign

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New York's Strike
Now Is Hopeful

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Improving

Mrs. Walter Boyd was reported i'm
proving, after undergoing an opera
ton last Tuesday.
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with only two windows: there
might well have been three or four,
together or in two groups, and
the room placed so that the
windows have southern or east
ern exposure.
The dinette is an adaptation Of
breakfast nook-and apartment
dining room, but it is comfortably
large for a dinner for four or six.
The young wife who entertains
larger groups could plan buffet
and let her guests eat in the Iiv-
ing room, If they wish.
Kitchen
The kitchen has lighting from
two exposures and allows access
to the basement and service en-
trance.
The size Of the room calls for
the use of the new cabinet sec
tions, which are so compact and
decorative.
Back to the front-door entrance,
as is the tradition, there is found a
square entrance hall and a boxed
in stair. There is provision for
closet space neighboring the stair.
way.
On the second floor are two ex-
cellently sized bedrooms, each with
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space 11x12 feet to solve the prob,
lem. Ask the architect to make
provision for a first-floor bath
room, either at one of the outer
corners of the room or in the space
where the closet is now designated
and move the closet space to the
corner near the entrance.
On the other hand, the bed
room might well be a library, a
den, a sewing room, a guest room.
Dining Room
Every young wife will be inter
ested in the large living room,
which extends the depth Of the
building, yet is convenient to the
stairway on the second floor, the
dinette and the kitchen.
Here the decorator need not
worry about emphasizing Spa
ciousness."
My one criticism Of the room
is that the. architect, who, by the
way, is a resident Of a north
western State and planned this
home to withstand the rigors Of
a winter colder than Washing
tons, did not provide enough
window lighting for the living
room.
There are % feet of wall space
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pre-fabricated materials are being
used.
Loaning agencies are established
that give the home owner a square
deal" Because of this long-term
mortgage for home construction,
financing becomes no more of a
burden than paying monthly rent.
During the past year hundreds
have built their homes under this
plan.
Lumber prices have been modest
and labor has been plentiful. In
vestment in homes has been the
smart investment for the past
year.
Prices are bound to go up during
the next year, so the wise thing
is to not delay too long before
starting the construction of your
home.
A cottage with a conventional
floor plan is featured today. This
is the type Of plan that can be
done in a variety Of ways.
The room arrangement can be
reversed, an additional wing added
to it, the upstairs changed, &C.
cording to your needs.
First Floor
The appearance of the house Is
modest. It suggests a New England
and Cape Cod appearance. It is
rectangular in shape and its roof
is pitched so that the room space
will not be too angular.
The rooms on the first floor are
planned so that it can be used as
a complete unit without finishing
the upstairs. The house as built
here has five rooms, kitchen and
bath.
The first floor is arranged so
that there is a bedroom near the
front entrance. This may seem a
trifle odd at first glance but does,
have a purpose.
If finances are limited and you
are not able to completely finish
off the upstairs, the first floor will
provide with the addition Of a
bathroom all the requirements Of
a home.
If you have an elderly father
or mother who is not able to walk
up and down stairs, there is a
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a large closet. The bathroom
could not be better placed to serve
both bedrooms.
A suggestion on this floor Is that
the fire place chimney be opened
in one of the bedrooms, providing
more of a living-room atmosphere
to the bedroom in line with the
newest trend in home decoration.
An interesting feature about the
cottages appearance is that the
sasheS are in two sizes. The idea
comes from a more pretentious
style, but is applicable here for
beauty's sake.
Estimated Cost
The plans in their general out.
line follow the type approved by
the Federal Housing Administra-
tion. 4
If built in the outlying dis
tricts," the cost Of the house has
been estimated by the washing.
ton contractor to be about 90, 500.
This means that if the house
were to be built according to the
new loaning system, the down pay
ment would be $765 and the in
sured mortgage Of slightly more
than $4,000 would be needed.
The monthly payment for the
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SATURDAY, JANUARY Q

SoroptimiSt Club - Installation
banquet, 7 p. m, Willard Hotel.
Lucy Holcombe Chapter, D. A.
R.-Card party, home Of regent,
Mrs. Joseph E. Lyvers, 1419 Clis-
ton st.
MONDAY, JANUARY IL
Iota Chapter, Chi Sigma Soror-
ity-Pollyanna party, home OF
Mrs. Isabelle Hermann.
TUESDAY, JANUARY IL
Chapter B. P. o. E. Sisterhood-
Meeting, 8 p. m, home of Mrs
Sidney r. Jacobs, 1473 Harvard st.
Danes of the Loyal Legion
Card party, 2 p. m, Sulgrave Club.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13
Capitol Hill History Club-Meet-
ing, Broadmoor.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
Killeen Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary, Lafayette Hotel.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10
Continental Chapter, D. A. r.
National defense" dinner, at
the Y. w. c. "A.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20
Lucy Holcombe Chapter, D. A.
R.-Dinner, Fairfax Hotel.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL
Washington Council of Beta Chi
National Sorority-Annual ami
versary dance and banquet, May
flower Hotel.
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for in this house, but the walls
are insulated.
If the basement were deleted
and the plans changed so that
the heating could be done on the
first floor, the house, less the
basement, would cost $500.
No provision for landscaping,
grading, sidewalks or a driveway
to the garage have been included
In this estimate.
Neither does the price include
the screens, window shades,
kitchen equipment or wall paper.
These can be estimated by your
contractor.
/ Many persons have decided
opinions as to the type of mate
rial that should be used for the
exterior Of the house. Many
would have nothing but frame,
others insist on stucco or brick.
The price varies with each.
The cost has been calculated
for wood siding. If brick veneer
is used instead, then add $500 to
the price. For stucco add only
$125 to its cost.
When comforting with your
contractor, there are many items
that can be considered. Various
permits may be needed before
construction begins. Connections
Of sewerage, gas, water and elec.
tricity may have to be included.
Since purchasing a home is the
largest single purchase in the
lives Of those with moderate in.
come, the buyer cannot be eau.
toned too often to study first
and act secondly, to plan first
and build afterwards.
There is nothing so costly in
housing construction as changing
plans after the carpenters have
followed the original blueprints.
With that in mind, you might
choose a home with provisions
for additions.
And choose a lot providing
lawn space after the home has
been enlarged to the demands
of the future.
Future Needs
This particular example con.
sidered in this fourth article of
the series on low-cost housing al
lows the use of wing extensions
on either side or a wing at the
rear, to form an "L".
: When laying out the skeleton
structure of the house, provision
is made for possible additions,
the cost of such additions will
be much less.
If you plan to make changes
in your plans, you will find it
simple to take your problems to
an architect.
For the sake of economy it ap-
pears sensible to choose your
house, the floor plan that sat
isfieS you, make any changes that
you think necessary and then
start building.
Saving on the cost Of the archi-
tect'S fee is not economy.
The last article in this series
appears next Saturday. The
house is one that can be built
for $4,000.
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Columbia Chapter, Women Of
the Moose, will hold its annual
Christmas Tree Party Tuesday
night at Moose Hall, 1414 I St.
N. w.
Singing Of carols, a reading,
"The Yule Log," by Mrs. Emily
Giles, and a special ceremony in
connection with the chapters gift
to the endowment fund for Moose
heart, the children's home of the
order, will feature the program.
Also there will be a visit from
Santa Claus" enacted by Past
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Marietta Park Women's Club will
be held January S at Albright
Memorial Evangelical Church,
Fourth and Rittenhouse Streets
Northwest. Mrs. John D. Kiley,
director of the junior group, will
discuss current events and selec-
tions from the operetta, "Tne
Vagabond King" will be sung by
Mrs. Bernard G. Ostmann.
Members and friends Of the
Washington branch, American
Association Of University Women.
will watch the Old Year out and
the New Year in at an old-fash-
ioned square dance on New Year
Eve. The dance is to be held at
the clubhouse, 1884 I st. N. w.
Dancing will begin at $50 p. m.
DR.. Edith Louise Allen is in charge
of the party, assisted by Miss
Laura Silsby, Mrs. Willed Crane,
who has been instructing a club
group in the square dance; Miss
Katherine Murray and Miss Cla-
risse Halle, both Of whom play the
piano, for the dancing.
Club Supper Planned
Another event planned by the
A. A. U. w. is a club supper to-
morrow at 8 p. M, following which
the Orpheus Quartette will sing a
number of Christmas songs, in.
cluding excerpts from the Mes
siah." The quartette is under the
direction Of Otto T. Simon.
Monday Walter Myer, editor of
the American Observer, will give
his monthly summary of current
economical and political events
Mrs. Noble Boaz is to be hostess
at the tea.
On Thursday, December 81, the
Martha MacLear Poetry Group
will meet in the lounge of the
clubhouse under the direction of
Miss Ruth Henderson.
A New Year Eve party will be
held by Iota Chapter, Chi Sigma
Sorority, according to Miss Mary
Lou Colliflower, chairman. The
party will be held from II p. m.
until a. m. at the Kennedy-War.
rem, with supper to be served
shortly after midnight. The
Pollyanna party of the chapter
will be held Monday night at the
home of Mrs. Isabelle Hermann.
On January II, anniversary Of the
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about. $125 can be omitted from
the estimate.
The garage will add about $3.50
to the cost. This would bring the
total cost of the house if built in
the District up to $3.50.
The cost of the house is eSti-
mated for wood shingles. If
slate shingles are used the cost
without a garage but with the
fireplace is $3,706. Composition
roofing can be substituted for the
wood at no additional cost.
Heating System
The heating system in the
house is located in the basement.
Air-conditioning is not planned
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Annual Xmas Party

The annual Christmas party Of
Chapter B. P. E. o., was held re-
Gently at the home Of Mrs. James
West, 1910 Biltmore st. N. w. AS
sisting hostesses we're Mrs. Howard
l.. Hodgkins and Mrs. r. M. Wolfe.
Contributions of clothing, canned
goods and vegetables for needy
families were brought by members
and we're distributed on Christmas
Day by a committee of officers of
the chapter. The next meeting Of
the chapter will be held Tuesday,
January IL. at 8 p m, in the home
of Mrs. Sid-ey r. Jacobs, 1873
Harvard St. N. w.
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house would thus be less than $24
monthly on the mortgage.
If the house were to be built
in the District, the cost would run
about $500, according to the es-
innate.
It is always interesting to know
how certain houses can be
changed.
Builtin furniture adds tremen-
dously to the comfort Of the house
in many cases and can be added
to the house when built at small
additional cost. The fireplace and
garage are also ways that the
price can be changed.
# the fireplace is omitted, then
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Color Scheme

Use a modern painting as an
inspiration of the color scheme of
a home, advises House Beautiful.
Imagine, for instance, a bedroom
done in the muted grays and dusty
pinks of a Marie Laurecin paint
ing, with the painting itself to key
the scheme. Or room featuring
the vigorous chartreuse yellow
that Cezanne useS-the walls a
delicate green, the rug in deeper
shade and the draperies of white
silk repp bordered in chartreuse-
making the perfect background for
walnut furniture.
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Week s Program, Future
Highlights in Women's
Clubs of Capital
TODAY

TO-DAY
Washington Branch, American
Association of University Women
Christmas dance for junior
members, 7 p. m, 1884 I st. N. w.
TOMORROW
Women'S City Club-Tea and
program of Christmas carols by
children of Friendship House, 4
D. m, 735 jackson Pl. N. w.
Washington Branch, A. A. U. w.
Program of Christmas music,
club supper, 6 p. M, 1884 I St.
N. w.
>Killeen Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary-Christmas party, 1904
M st. N. w.
Y. w. C. Alone hour, 4 p m;
singing of Christmas carols, $50
D. m, "Y" headquarters.
MONDAY
Washington Section, National
Council of Jewish Women-Meet-
ing of Book Review Group, home
of Mrs. Lillian Detre, Woodley
Park Towers.
Bethany Chapter, No. "a, o. E.
S.-Meeting of ways and means
committee, home of worthy ma
tron, 319 Aspen st. N. w.
D. C. Federation of Women's
Clubs-M ting, 1880 a. M,
Roosevelt Hotel.
Washington Branch, A. A. U. w.
Tea, 4 p. M, 1884 I st. N. w.
TUESDAY
Women of the MooSe-Annual
Christmas party, 8 p. m, Moose
Hall.
Women's City Club-Current
events, open forum, 5 p. m, 736
Jackson Pl. N. w.
Xenos Club Of the Y. w. c. A
Dance, 8 p. M, Barker Hall, "y'
headquarters.
WEDNESDAY
League Of Republican Women
Meeting, $3.50 p. m, club rooms,
Sixteenth and Scott Circle North,
west.
Women's City Club - Dinner
party, sponsored by Travel Sec
ton, $50 p. m, 736 Jackson Pl.
N. w.
Senior High School Girl Re
serves Christmas dance, 9 p. m,
Barker Hall, Y. w. C. A.
THURSDAY
General Federation Radio
Broadcast-"World Club News
Flashes" by Vella Alberta Winner,
editor of "Clubwoman," 2:30 p. m,
WMAL.
Iota Chapter Chi Sigma So
rority-New Year Eve party, II
p. M, to 4 a. M, Kennedy.Warren.
Washington Branch, A. A. U.
W.-Old.fashioned square dance.
9 p. m. 1884 I st. N. w.
TUESDAY, JANUARY
Adas Israel Sisterhood-Donors
luncheon, Mayflower Hotel.
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When DullQlnR operations De
gan to drop off between 1880 and
1882, architects and builders de.
termined, by surveys, that the
housing problem was acute among
small families of limited and mod
crate salaries.
The problem was acute because
builders had for the two decades
previous concentrated on large
homes of eight or ten rooms and
neglected entirely the development
along modern lines of cottages and
bungalows.
ADAPT PLANS
Today the pendulum has swung
in the opposite direction and the
accent everywhere is on the small
house.
All magazines are featuring floor
plans and building specifications.
Architects are adapting every mod
ern convenience and decoration to
the apartment-size house.
Various agencies have experts
skilled in creating compact and
novel plans for various room ar
rangementS.
Materials are being tested and
new use is being made of old build
ing materials so that cheapness
and durability are obtained.
Many types of material are be-
ing used for frame construction
and for exterior use that were
confined largely to apartment and
large building construction. Many
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Many notableS are on the list
Of speakers and guests who will
attend the meeting next month
of the Affiliated Clubs Of the
Woman's National d. m ocratic
Club.
The First Lady. Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, and Mrs. John Nance
Garner, wife of the Vice President,
will be honor guests at a tea to
be given at the clubhouse on Jan
uary 10, the second day Of the
meeting. Miss Mary Dewson, one
of the nations most prominent
women Democratic leaders, will
have a prominent part on the pro-
gram.
Miss Perkins To Talk
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins and Senate Leader Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkansas will speak
at a dinner scheduled for January
18 Senator Caraway and Repre-
Sentatives Mary T. Norton, Vir-
ginia Jenckes, Caroline O'Day and
Mamie Wood Honeyman will
speak at a luncheon of the group
to be held on the 10th. Preceding
the luncheon each Of the clubs
represented at the meeting-67 in
all, will have an opportunity to
give a brief resume of its part in
the recent Presidential campaign.
Sightseeing trips and other en-
tertainment features have been
planned for the delegates to the
meeting, under the direction Of a
committee headed by Mrs. Samuel
Herrick.
Tomorrow the hospitality COM
nittee of the Women's City Club
will give a tea at the clubhouse,
736 Jackson Pl. N. W., at 4 pm.
Children from Friendship House
will entertain guests with a pro,
gram of Christmas music Of all
nations. This part of the pro
gram will be under the direction
of Miss Jessie Olin.
A holiday dinner will be held
by members Of the City Club next
Wednesday. The Chesapeake and
Potomac Quartette, directed by
Robert Davidson, will entertain al
the dinner. The dinner is spon
sored by the Business and Profes
Sional Section. of which Mrs. B
Richard GaSch is chairman, anc
the Travel Section, headed by Mrs
Laura L. Waters.
The annual guest meeting of tht
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Women of Moose Hold Party

'of the chapter at Mooseheart, as
well as for needy families in the
District. Mrs. Ethel Fowler, Of
the social service committee, was
in charge o. the distribution of
Christmas gifts obtained through
the chapter for inmates Of Blue
Plains.
Miss Lavina Platt, chairman of
the Mooseheart committee of the
chapter, was in charge of the
collection of toys and candy for
the IS boys at Mooseheart
adopted" by the local chapter
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founding of the sorority, pledging
of new members will take place.
New officers of Bethlehem Chap
ter, No. 7, were installed this
week. The newly.elected officers
are Mrs. Roberta Gravatt, worthy
matron; Edward H. Gray, worthy
patron; Miss Blanche T. Bowen,
associate matron; Stephen L.
Pearson, associate patron; Mrs.
Carrie Batson, conductreSs; Mrs.
Mildred German, associate con-
ductress; Mrs. Jennie A. Meyer,
secretary; Miss Blanche Fry,
treasurer; Mrs. Margaret Carl,
trustee, and Mrs. Ethel Nelson,
representative of the home.
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Insurance Club Elects

Betty P. Gibson has been elected
president of the Insurance Women's
Club Of Washington. Other of.
ficers of the club are Ethel M.
Gass, vice president; Mary E.
Mudd, secretary; M. Irene Frey,
assistant secretary, and Dorothea
Wassman, treasurer.
Committee chairmen named by
the new president are Jennings w.
Lawler, educational; Catherine Gal
loway, membership; Mildred E.
Gillingham, publicity, and Ethel
M. GaSs, publicity.
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>Resent Anna Wagner. Each men,
Der present will receive a gift, fol.
lowing which a buffet supper will
be served.
Games suitable to the occasion
will be played under the direction
of Miss Margaret Mitchell, after
which the party will conclude with
dancing
Mrs. Frances Baldwin, chair
man of the social service com.
mittee of Columbia Chapter, No.
368, has been active in preparing
Christmas gifts for the protegeS
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LOW COST HOMIE DESIGNED TO MEET NEED OF tAN
Today's Building Trend
Seeks Best Possible
For Least Outlay
By JEAN GREEN

Realistic every respect the fact that the modern John
Citizen can he will own his home and yet not invest
more than 81, 900 in the project.
That fact is the miracle of 1936-37.
More people the District will take advantage of
this during the coming year If you wouldbe home
owner before you turn the page to the book reviews and the
Hollywood film talk, consider how easy it to own your
small home
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Many Activities Planned
As New Year DaWns;'
Parties Are Listed
Bv MARY PADGETT

Christmas over, and with the rush Of the holiday past
cubwomen Of the city planning expanded activities for
the New TO Judge by the many things planned to
usher 1887 Of the Capital will be even buster during
the coming IL months than they have been during the year
uhich ending
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Traffic From Washington and the South
to New York to Be Speeded by Subter-
ranean Gateway Blasted Dramatically
Through Base Rock.

down what seems to be an aisle into
internal regions. prick the darkness
as far as eye can see. My eyes follow
them, past queer, trundling cars laden
with sloppy mixtures of concrete, down
to the point of conveyance OF myriad
narrow rails, past groups of brawny
colored men pecking at cast steel and
iron with relentless clamoring ham
mers, along the curved arch of the
skeleton walls, down, down, down to
the last faint wink above the tunnels
floor, at the very shore, one supposes,
of New Jersey.
THERE is long, shrill whistle and
my guide shoves me aside quickly
and as quickly steps to safety him
self, for a funny little train of cars
is bearing down upon us. The miner
riding ahead eyes me curiously as they
lumber on. I go up to giant colored
man. q West Indian, who is straddling
an iron bean and working with some
thing like a coiled python, within the
tunnels shell.
What are you doing there {.
keeping back the river?"
He mods solemnly. He is caulking
the seams with ribbons of lead, driving
the lead with an air hammer between
the belted plates that form the shell
of the tunnel. The grooves in the joints
are an inch deep and quarter Of an
inch wide. The plates are tight to-
gether where they meet the river bed
but are provided with caulking space.
Hence his labor. Around each sepa-
rate bolt is "grommet"-a strip of
hemp, soaked in red lead and oil. No
chances can be taken with that tre-
mendous pressure of water on every
hand outside the metal arch. If I
should take that plug out" my guide
tells me, "a stream Of mud would
shoot across this tunnel that nothing
could stop" I go over to the enor-
nous bolt and scratch my first name
across its surface. Seal it up, buddy"
tell the colored giant, and he shows
white teeth in a broad grin as he
drives my name in.
Here in the main body of the tun-
| tlcl JklCy LhNC JuoI OCSuAA NAS WOAh "a
lining the tube with concrete. Where
we stand the ceiling above is covered
with concrete and the walls for some
distance down have had their iron
ribs blanketed. There are 10 steps to
this concreting process and cars are
gathering in all directions, bearing
the mixture that will cover the steel
forms of the tunnels curve. These
cars move at all levels, from the floor
Of the tube up the ramps that debouch
onto working platforms and across the
platforms above our head. where work
on the ceiling Is under way.
Each Of the iron castings that go to
make up the completed tube Is shaped
like lidless lunch box with curved
bottom; each Is 80 inches wide and
weighs 5000 pounds. They are the
segments Of the tunnel rings and the
tunnel shell Is formed of them, grow
ing as each new ring Is bolted to the
one behind it. Fourteen of these seq
ments, bolted together with small
Key casting, make ring 81 feet in
outside diameter. These rings can
not, of course, be placed until the
path has been cut for them through
the river bed. and this means cutting