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C(  )MI'.\Ki:i)  with  IMcinisli  Ix.nd 
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The  headers,  bein<^  on  17-inch  centers, 
can  Ik'  toned  so  as  to  snij^^est  ver- 
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parent  heij^^ht  of  the  bnildin.<,^ 

Thernio-I-"lemish  bricks  are  made  in  a 
j^reater  variety  of  colors  and  finishes 
than  ordinary  bricks,  antl  effects, 
hitherto  impossible,  can  be  obtained. 

The  bon<l  of  Thermo- I-'lemish  stretch- 
ers i.<i  more  than  twice  the  length  of 
ordinarv  Flemish  stretchers.  The 
strenj^lh  is  at  least  four  times 
,s;reater. 

A  bricklayer  can  build  a  Thermo- 
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brick. 

Tile  cost  of  Therrno-Flemish  walls  is 
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The  hollow  air  spaces  afford  perfect 
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The  hollow  air  s])aces  can  be  used  for 
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Thermo- I'lemish  walls  weii^h  less  than 
100   lbs.    per   cubic    foot.      In    steel 
structures     Thermo-inemish     walls 
effect  a  considerable  savin;^  in  the 
amount  of  steel  necessary. 
A    Thermo- I'lemish    wall    is   twice   as 
strontj^  as  an  ordinarv  l-leiuish  wall 
of    the    same    thickness.     Thermo- 
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Thermo- Flemish  bricks  and  Thermo- 
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ARCHITECTURAL   SCULPTORS.    MODELING, 
ETC. 

O.   S.   Sar»i,    123   O.ik  St.,   San    Francisco. 

G.  KoKiiicr  &  (o.  :ii  K.   R.  .\ve..  San  Mateo. 

The  Schoenfeld  Marble  Co.,  265  Shipley  St.. 
San    Francisco. 

Western  Sculptors,  S33-53S  Turk  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

ARCHITECTURAL  TERRA   COTTA 

GladdinR.    Mcltean    &    Company.    Crocker    Bldg.. 

San    Francisco. 
Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and    Pottery    Works,    Mills 

Bld^.,    San    Francisco. 
Independent     Sewer     Pipe    &    Terra    Cutta    Co., 

233   S.    Los   Angeles   St..   Los  Angeles. 

ART  GLASS 

Svlvain  Le  Dcif.   134  Lenien  Ave..  San  Jose. 
Fresno      .\rt      Glass      Co.,    J124      Tnoluniiie     St  . 
Fresno. 

AUTOMATIC    SPRINKLERS 

Scott    Company,    243    Minna    St.,    San    Francisco 
Pacific    Fire    Elxtinguisher   Co..    S07    Montgomery 
St.,   San   Francisco. 

BANK  FI.XTURES  AND  INTERIORS 

A.  ;.  Forbes  A  Son.  1530  Filbert  St..  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Fink   &   Schindler,   218    13th   St..   San    Francisco. 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co..  365  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

M.  G.  West  Co.,  353  Market  St..  San  Francisco. 

Home  Mfg.  Co.,  543  Brannan  St..  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

BELTING.    PACKING.    ETC. 
H.    N.    Cook    Belting   Co.,    317-319    Howard    St., 
San    Francisco. 

BELLS— TOWER,   ETC. 

McShane  Bell  Foundry  Co..  461  Market  St.. 
San    Francisco. 

BLACKBOARDS 
C.   F.   Weber  &  Co..   365   Market   St..   San   Fran- 
cisco. 


BONDS  FOR  CONTRACTORS 

Fidelity    &    Deposit    Company    of    Maryland 
surance   Exchange   Bldg.,   San    Francisco. 

'I-L_    T-.J ;...    /•_        T 


In- 


Globe  Indemnity  Co.,  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg., 

San    Francisco. 
Massachusetts    Bonding    &    Insurance    Company. 

First   National   Bank  Bldg..  San   Francisco. 
Pacific   Coast   Casualty  Cn.,  416   Montgomery   St.. 

San    Francisco. 
H     Y.    MacMeans  &  Co..   341    Monadnock   Bldg., 

San   Francisco. 


ItKUK— PRESSED,    PAVING,    ETC. 

California  Paving  Brick  Co.,  Phelan  Bldg..  San 
Francisco. 

Craycroft-Hcrrold  Brick  Co..  GrifRth-McKcnzie 
Bldg.,    Fresno,   Cal. 

Ciranitc  Pre«,s  Brick  Co.,  Ochsncr  Bldg.,  Sacra- 
mento. 

Diamond    Brick    Co.,  Balboa  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

Gladding,  McBean  &  Company.  Crocker  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Los  .Vnceles  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Frost  Bldg..  Los 
Angeles. 

Liyermore   Fire  Brick  Co..   Livermore,   Cal. 

Pratt  Building  Material  Co..  Hearst  Bldg..  San 
Francisco. 

SteiRcr  Terra  Cotta  &  Pottery  Works,  Mills 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Thermos  Brick  Co.,  Monadnock  Bldg..  San 
Francisco. 

United  Materials  Co..  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

BRICK  AND  CEMENT  COATING 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co..  Inc.  (See  Adv. 
for   Pacific   Coast   Agents.) 

Biturine  Company  or  America,  24  California 
St..   San   Francisco. 

TrusCon  Par-Seal,  made  by  Trussed  Concrete 
Steel  Co.  (See  Adv.  for  Pacific  Coast 
Agents.) 

Glidden  Products,  sold  by  Whittier-Coburn  Co.. 
Howard  and  Bcale  Sts..  San  Francisco,  and 
Tibbctts  Oldficld  Co..  908  Swain  St..  Los  An- 
geles. 

BRICK  STAINS 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.  Co.,  Boston.  Mass.,  agencies 
in  San  Francisco.  Oakland,  Los  Angeles,  Port- 
land, Tacoma  and   Spokane. 

Bril.DFRS'   HARDWARE 

Bennett  Bros.,  agents  for  Sargent  Hardware. 
514    Market    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Pacific  Hardware  &  Steel  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco, {3akland,   Berkeley,  and  Los  Angeles. 

Russell  &  Erwin  Mfg.  Co.,  Commercial  Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 

Vonnegut  Hardware  Co.,  Indianapolis.  (See 
.•\Hv.    for   Coast    agencies.) 

Western  Bra-ss  Mfg.  Co.,  217  Tehama  St.,  S.  F. 

BUILDINo  MATERIAL,  SUPPLIES.  ETC. 

Pacific  Building  Materials  Co..  523  Market  St., 
San    Francisco. 

C.  Jorgenscn  &  Co.,   356  Market   St.,  S.   F. 

Western  Builders'  Supply  Co.,  155  New  Mont- 
gomery  St.,   San   Francisco. 

Biturine  Company  of  America.  24  California 
St..   San   Francisco. 

C.    Roman.    173    lessie  St.,   San    Francisco. 

C.  F.  Pratt  Building  Material  Co..  Hearst 
Bldg.,  San   Francisco. 

CAEN  STONE 

A.   Knowles.  985   Folsom   St..   San    Francisco. 


Clean  Fr«sh  Water 
Gravel  from  Plca.">- 
anton —  Ilealdsburg 

Roofing  Gravel 

Phone  Suiter    1582 


A  (r*  i' 

St.-vr.- 

LoW' 

Citv.  - 


GRANT  GRAVEL   CO. 


Tcmporar>'  City  Hall.  Masonic  Temple, 

ition    at   Oakland.   St.  Luke's   Hospital, 

r   first-class  buildings.  Accepted  on  all 

'.ork. 

FLATIRON   BLIIDING.  S^N   FRANCISCO 
At  M.irkrl.  Sutler  ,ind   Sansomc   Strccis 


An  Index  to  the  Advertisements 


Page 

American  Concrete  Co 159 

American  Heat  &  Power  Co. .  25 

American  Keene  Cement  Co. .  19 

American  Mason  Safety  Tread  150 

American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Co.  2 1 

American  Steel  Bar  Co ii 

Amweg.  F.  J 138 

Armstrong  Cork  Co 158 

Atlas  Portland  Cement  Co.  . .  34 

Austin  Cube  Mixer 36 

Automatic     Electric     Heating 

Company 147 

Bacon,  Ed.  R 135 

Barrett  &  Hilp 162 

Bass-Hueter  Co 23 

Bay  Development  Co 130 

Bennett  Bros 132 

Biggers.  A.  W 156 

Biturine  Co 44 

Boise  Sandstone  Co 145 

Boscus,  J.  M 163 

Bowser  &  Co.,  S.  F 133 

Braun,  J.  G 40 

Breite,  W.  W v 139 

Brick  Builders'  Bureau 40 

Erode  Iron  Works 41 

Building     Material     Company, 

The.  Inc 6 

Bullis.  E.  A.  &  Co 26 

Burdett-Rowntree  Mfg.  Co.  . .  18 

Burlington  Venetian  Blind  Co.  150 

Burnett   Iron  Works 15 

Butte  Engineering  Co 127 

Cabot,  Samuel  (Inc^ 31 

Caementum   Paint  Co 151 

Calif.  Artistic  Metal  &  Wire  Co.  14 
California  Bldg.  Material  Co. 

Second  Cover 

California  Granite  Co 130 

California  Paving  Brick  Co.  .  .  158 

California  Photo  Engraving  Co.  163 
California  Plumbing  Supply  Co.    43 

California  Tile  Contracting  Co.  156 

Central  Electric  Co 130 

Central  Iron  Works 41 

Chalmers.  H.  A 162 

Chicago  Pump  Co 139 

Chowen,  W.  A 163 

Clinton  Fireproofing  Co 150 

Coleman,  Alex 146 

Collins  Studding 1  40 

Collman  &  CoUman 163 

Colonial  Fireplace  Co 43 

Concrete  Appliances  Co 2 

Cook,  H.  N.,  Belting  Co 36 

Cowell  Lime  &  Cement  Co.  .  .  154 

Crane  Co 43 

Cravcroft-Hc-rrold  Brick  Co..  .  141 

Cutler  Mail  Chute  Co 38 

Dahlstrom  Metallic  Door  Co..  137 

Decker  Elictrical  Co 168 

Dcnison  Blocks 2d  Cover 

Diamond  Brick  Co 28 

Dieckmann  Hardwood  Co.  ...  129 

Dodge  &  Lathrop 166 

Dolbcar  Curb  Bar .33 

Dudfi<ld  Lumber  Co 153 

Dyer  Bros 39 

Elevator  Supply  and  Repair  Co.    15 

Electric  Agencies  Co 149 

Electric  Ulilitii-s  Co 156 

Exccllo  Mfg.  Co 24 

FcTguson,  W.  H 166 

Fesa  System 151 

Fibrcitonc  and  Roo^ng  Co.  .  .  11 
Fidelity  and  Deposit  Company 

of  Maryland 166 

Pinch,  Chas.  M 154 

Fink  &  Schindlcr  Co..  The 135 

Fisher.   M 163 

Fitzpatri(k.  F.  W 24 

Flagg,  Edwin  H.,  Scenic  Co.. ,  7 

Forbei,  A.  J.  &  Son 1S4 

Poster,  Vogt  Co 138 

Fri-sn»  Art  Gla.18  Co 35 

Puller,  W.  P..  Co 143 

Gasparil  &  Ilammrinil 10 

Giant  Suction  Cleaner  Co.  ...  22 

Gladding,  McBcan  &  Co 29 

Glidden  Varnith  Co 161 


Page 

Globe  Indemnity  Co 159 

Goheen  Manufacturing  Co..  .  .  35 

Graham  &  Jensen 162 

Granite  Press  Brick  Co 166 

Grant  Gravel  Co 7 

Gravity  Spiral  Chute  Co 18 

Hammond,  M.  E 151 

Hardwood  Interior  Co 22 

Hauser  Reversible  Window.  .  .  154 

Hausmann,  L.  M 162 

Haws  Sanitar>"  Drinking  Foun- 
tain    18 

Heath  &  Milligan 144 

Hillard,  C.  J.,  Co 42 

Hoflfman  Heater 33 

HoUoway  Expanded  Metal  Lath 

Co 142 

Holmes  Lime  Co 9    | 

Home  Mfg.  Co 138 

Hunt,  Robt.  W.  &  Co 129 

Hunter  &  Hudson 130 

Imperial  Waterproofing  Co 24 

Independent    Sewer     Pipe    & 

Terra  Cotta  Co 159 

Industrial  Engineering  Co  ...  .  15 

International  Concrete  Con.  Co  37 

Invincible  Vacuum  Cleaner.  .  .  165 

Jarvis,  T.  P 145 

Jenkins  Bros 153 

Johnson,  S.  T.,  Co 12 

Jorgensen  &  Co 39 

Kinnear  Rolling  Doors 44 

Knowles,  A 36 

LeDeit,  Sylvain 149 

Lithoid  Products  Co 43 

Livermore  Fire  Brick  Co 44 

Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Co.  20 

Lynch,  A 1 62 

Mackenzie  Roof  Co 139 

MacMeans  Co 166 

Majestic   Company 142 

Mangrum  &  Otter 18 

Marshall  &  Stearns  Co 39 

Massachusetts     Bonding     and 

Insurance  Company 130 

McCabe  Hanger  Co 138 

McKibben  &  Taylor 149 

McShane  Bell   Foundry 3 

Medusa  Portland  Cement 6 

Meek,  T.  H 159 

Meese  &  Gottfried  Co...  .Col.  In.  B 

Merritt  Ironing  Board 42 

MeurtT  Bros 157 

MoUer  &  Schumann  Co 19 

Monk.  John 165 

Monson  Bros 162 

Mortenson  Construction  Co.. .  10 

Mosaic  Tile  Co 163 

Mott  Iron  Works 149 

Municipal  Engineering  Co. .. .  36 

Muralo    Co 27 

Musto-Keenan  Co 12 

Nason,  R.  N.,  &  Co 13 

Nathan,  Dohrmann  Co 146 

National  Lumber  Co 4 

National  Roofing  Co 14 

Nelson,  N.O 24 

Niles  Sand,  Gravel  &  Rock  Co.  28 

Noble,  A.  E 166 

Norris  Co.,  L. A., Inside  Front  Cover 

Otis  Elevator  Co Back  Cover, 

Otto.  W.  H 154 

Owsley,  Bert 149 

Pacific  Building  Materials  Co. 

3d  Cover 

Pacific  Coast  Casualty  Co.  . . .  166 
Pacific  Fire  Extinguisher  Co.  .      .36 

Pacific  Gas  &  Electric  Co 152 

Pacific  Gurney  Elevator  Co.  ..  138 
Pacific  Hardware  and  Steel  Co. 

Inside  Front  ("over 

Pacific  Imp.Cc.OutBide  Back  Cover 
Pacific    Portland    Cement   Co. 

1st  and  4th  Cover 

Pacific  Rolling  Mills 41 

Pacific  Structural  Iron  Workt.   159 

Pacific  Sewer  Pipe  Co 29 

Palm  Iron  Works. 42 

Palmer.  P.  A 166 


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Paraffine  Pamt  Co 17 

Parrott&Co 140 

Perfection  Reversible  Window 

Co 151 

Petersen,  H.  L 9 

Peterson- James  Co 146 

PetrovflFskv.  John 146 

PhiUips,  Chas.  T 166 

Pitcher  Door  Hanger 4 

Pittsburg  Heater  Co 148 

Pneulectric  Co 1 49 

Pratt  Building  Material  Co.. . .  128 

Prometheus  Electric  Co 151 

Ralston  Iron  Works 42 

Ransome  Concrete  Co 130 

Reliance     Bali-Bearing     Door 

Hanger 131 

Riggs,  Arthur  T 139 

Roberts  Mfg  Co 159 

Rognier  &  Co 146 

Roman,  C 151 

Russell  &  Erwin  Mfe.  Co 30 

Samson  Cordage  Works 1 30 

S.  F.  Metal  Stamping  and  Cor- 
rugating Co 38 

S.  F.  Elevator  Co 162 

S.  F.  Pioneer  Varnish  Works. .     23 

Santa  Fe  Lumber  Co 157 

Sarsi,  O.  S 146 

Schaer  Bros 24 

Schoenfeld  Marble  Co 1 54 

Scott  Co 138 

Self  Winding  Clock  Co 168 

Shreiber  &  Sons  Co 38 

Sound  Construction  Co 138 

Southern  Pacific  Co 158 

Spencer  Elevator  Co 13 

Standard  Elec.  Time  Co.,  Insert  A 

Standard  Varnish  Works 147 

Steiger  Terra  Cotta  &  Pottery 

Works 29 

Stur^?is.  G.  E 18 

Sunset  Lumber  Company 157 

Swan,  Robert 146 

Swedish  Metal  Co 154 

Taylor  &  Co 138 

Telephone  Electric  Equipment 

Co 24 

Thayer  &  Co 141 

Thermos  Brick  Co 5 

Toplight  Shade  Co 4 

Totten  Planing  Mill  Co 159 

Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Co. ...  160 

Tuec  Co 32 

Tvrrel,  Horace  W 149 

Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co 161 

Union  Blind  and  Ladder  Co.  . .  145 

United  Materials  Co 20 

U.  S.  Metal  Products  Co 167 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co 155 

Universal  Safety  Tread  Co ...  29 

Utility  Ga5  Generator  Co 18 

Van  Emon  Elevator  Co 1 

Van  Fleet,  M.  C 150 

Vonnegut  Hardware  Co 23 

Vulcan  Iron  Works 38 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co..  .  31 

Waters.  R.  J 163 

Weber.  C.  F.  &  Co 150 

West  Coast  Wire  &  Iron  Works  162 

West,  M.G 137 

Western  Bra.ss  Mfg  Co 146 

Western  Building  and  Engineer- 
Company  165 

Western  Builders' Supply  Co. .  37 

Western  Iron  Works 41 

Western  Pacific  Co 164 

Western  Sculptors 165 

Western  States  Porcelain  Co. .  28 

White  Bros 126 

White  Steel  Sanitary  Co 11 

Whitney  Window  Co 150 

Whittier-Coburn  Co 161 

Williams  Bros.  &  Henderson. .  157 

Williams.  H.  S 163 

Wittman,  Lymnn  &  Co 149 

Wo<k1  Lumber  Co 1.10 

Woods  &  Huddart 145 

Zelintky.  D 162 


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'  ("cincnt  Co..  represented  by  Unit- 
r  Co.   anJ  Pacific  Portland  Cement 

(  -  III    Francisco. 

Mt.  Diablo,  sold  by  Henry  Cowell  Lime  &  Ce- 
ment Co.,  9   Main   St.,  San   Francisco. 

"Golden  Gate."  manufactured  by  Pacific  Port- 
land Cement  Co..  Pacific  lUdR.,  San  Francisco. 

Medusa  White  Portland  Omcnt,  sold  by  Build- 
inft  Material  Co.,  Inc.,  Monadnock  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

CE.ME.NT  EXTERIOR  W.XTERPRGOF  CO.\TIN(; 

Bay  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworlh,  Ilowland  &  Co.  (See  distributing 
.\gents  on   page  32.) 

Biturine  Co.,  of  America,  34  California  St.,  San 
Francifco. 

"Inipcrvite"  sold  by  E.  .-V.  Bullis  &  Co.  (See 
advertisement    on    page    26.) 

Concrete  Cement  Coatm^,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Company.  (isee  full-page  advertise- 
ment, color  insert.) 

Imperial  Waterproofing,  manufactured  by  Im- 
perial   Co.,    183   Stevenson    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Trus-Con  Par-Seal,  made  by  Trussed  Concrete 
Steel  Co.      (See  Adv.   for  Coast  agencies.) 

Glidden'y     Liquid     Cement     and     Li<iui<l     Cement 
Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by  Whittier,  Co- 
burn    Company,    San    Francisco,    and    Tibbetts- 
Oldfield   Co.,   Los  Angeles. 
CEMENT  E.XTERIOR    FI.MSH 

Biturine  Company  of  America,  24  California 
St..   San   Francisco. 

Bay  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworth.  Ilowland  &  Co.  (See  list  of  Dis- 
tributing   .-Xgents   on    page   31.) 

Glidden"s  Liquid  Cement  and  Liquid  Cement 
Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by  Whittier  Co- 
burn  Co.,  San  Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield 
Co..  Los  Angeles. 

Dry  Mortar  Colors  sold  by  E.  .-V.  Bullis  &  Co. 
(Sec    advertisement,    page    26.) 

Medusa  White  Portland  Cement.  California 
Agents,  the  Building  Material  Co.,  Inc.,  587 
Monadnock   Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Concrete  Cement  Coating,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Company.  (See  afull-page  adver- 
ment.   color   insert.) 

Samuel   Cabot   Mfg.   Co..   Boston,   Mass..   agencies 
in  San   Francisco.  Oakland.  Los  Angeles,  Port- 
land.   Tacomi    and    Spokane. 
CEMENT  FLOOR  COATING 

Bay  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co.  (See  list  of  Dis- 
tributing  .-Vgents   on    page   3t.) 

Glidden's  Concrete  Floor  Dressing,  sold  on  Pa- 
cific Coast  by  Whittier.  Cnlmrn  Comp.iny.  San 
Fr.-incisco.  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

Heath  S-  Milligan  Mfg.  Co.,  7-lS  Fremont  St., 
"^an    Francisco. 

"Carbile"  floor  surfacing  manufactured  by  E. 
.'\.   Bullis  &  Co.      (See  advertisement.  t>agc2'>.> 

Moller  »Sr  Schumann  Co.,  Hilo  \'arnishes,  1022 
Mission   St.,    San    Francisco. 


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■'Ft-drral      Steel      Cement      Hardener"     manufac- 
tured   by    Federal    Steel    Cement    Mills,    Cleve- 
land,  represented  by   E.   .\.    llullis  &  Co.     (Sec 
advertisement,    page   26.) 
CEMENT     TKS1>— CHE.MICAL     ENGINEERS 

Robert    W.    Hunt    &    Co.,    251    Kearny    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
CHCRCH    INTERIORS 

Fink  &  Schindler.  2l8   13th  St.,  San  Francisco. 
CHUTES— GRANTTY   SPIRAL 

Gravity    Spiral    Chutes    by    .Minnesota    Manufac- 
turers'  Association.      G.    E.    Sturgis,   Agt.,   602 
Mission    St.,    San    Francisco. 
CEMENT    MORTAR   HARDENER 

"Federal      Steel      Cement      Hardener"    manufac- 
tured   by    Federal    Steel    Cement    Mills.    Cleve- 
land, represented  by  E.   A.   Bullis  &  Co.     (Sec 
advertisement,    page   26.) 
COLD  ST0RA(;E  PLANTS 

N'ulcan    Iron  Works.   San    Francisco. 

T.    P.    Jarvis   Crude   Oil    Burning   Co.,   275    Con- 
necticut   St.,     San    Francisco. 
Cr.OC  KS^TOWER 

Standard  Electric  Time  Co.,  461  Market  St.. 
San    Francisco. 

Decker     Electrical    Construction    Co.,     Ill     New 
Montgomery   St.,    San    Francisco. 
COMPOSITION    FLOORING 

Fibrcstone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Lithoid      Products      Co.,      Merchants      Exchange 
HMe..    Snn    Fr.nncisco 
COMPRESSED     AIR     CLEANERS 

The  B.  &  W.  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  sold 
by  Arthur  T.  Riggs,  510  Claus  Spreckels 
Bldg.,   San    Francisco. 

Excello  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  F.  W. 
Schaer  Co.,  Pacific  Coast  Agts.,  Santa  Maria 
lildg.,   San   Francisco. 

Giant  Stationary  Suction  Cleaner,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Oakland. 

Invincible  Vacuum  Cleaner,  sold  by  R.  W. 
Foyle,  149  New  Montgomery  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Tuec.  mfrd.  by  United   Electric  Company,  Coast 
Branch.  General  Contractors'   Association,   San 
Francisco. 
CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 

American  Concrete  Co..  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Clinton  Fircnroofing  Co.,  Mutual  Bank  Bldg., 
San   Francisco.  .„     , 

McKibben  &  Taylor,  2125  Shattuck  Ave.,  Berke- 
ley- 
Otto.  W.  H..  269  Park  Ave.,  San  Jose. 

Barrett   &•   Hilp.   Sharon    Bid?.,   San    Francisco. 

Foster.    Vogt    Co..    Sharon    Bldg..    San    Fr.-incisco. 

P.   A.   Palmer,   Monadnock  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

Petersen.  H.    L..   62   Post   St.,   San    Francisco. 

A.   Lvnch.    185   Stevenson   St..   San   Francisco. 

Rans^me  Concrete  Co.,  Oakland  and  Sacra- 
mento. . 

International  Concrete  Construction  Company, 
West    Berkeley,   Cal. 


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PMONt    SUTTCH     2202 

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Holmes  Lime  &.  Cement  Co. 
600  Postal  Telegraph  Bldg.,  San  Francisco 


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CONXUETE   MIXERS 

Austin   Improved   Cube   Mixer.     Factory  branch, 

temporary   office,    1235    Pine    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Foote  Mixers  sold  by  Edw.  K.  Uacon,  4U  Na- 
toma   St.,    San   Francisco. 

Smith   Mixers,  sold  by  Parrott  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco and   Los  Angeles. 
CO.NXRETE  POURING   APPARATUS 

Concrete   Appliances    Co.,    Los   Angeles;    Parrott 
&    Co.,    Coast    Representatives,    San    Francisco, 
Portland,    Seattle. 
CONCRETE    REINFORCEMENT 

United  States  Steel  Products  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Los    Angeles,    Portland    and    Seattle. 

Clinton  Welded  Reinforcing  System,  L.  A.  Nor- 
ris,    140    Townsend    St.,    San   Francisco. 

"Kahn  System,"  see  advertisement  on  page  158, 
this  issue. 

International  Fabric  &  Cable,  represented  by 
Western  Builders'  Supply  Co.,  155  New  Mont- 
gomery  St..   San    Francisco. 

Triangle  Mesh  Fabric.  Sales  Agents,  Pacific 
Building  Materials  Co.,  523  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Twisted    Bars,    sold    by    Woods    &   Huddart,    444 
Market    St..    San    Francisco. 
CONCRETE  SURFACING 

"Biturine,"  sold  by  Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24 
California   St.,    San    Francisco. 

"Concreta"  sold  by  W.  P.  Fuller  &  Co.,  San 
Francisco. 

Wadsworth,  Rowland  &  Co.'s  Bay  State  Brick 
and  Cement  Coating,  sold  by  R.  N.  Nason  & 
Co.,    San    Francisco   and   Los   Angeles. 

Glidden  Liquid  Cement,  manufactured  by  Glid- 
den  X'arnish  Co..  Whittier,  Coburn  Co.,  San 
Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-OIdfield  Co.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

Goheen  Mfg.  Co.,  Canton  C,  C.  W.  Coburn  & 
Co.,  320  Sfarket  St.,  San  Francisco,  and  A.  J. 
Capron,    Ainsworth    Bldg.,    Portland,    Oregon. 

Moller     &     Schumann,     1023     Mission     St.,     San 
Francisco. 
CONTRACTORS,  GENERAL 

American  Loiicreie  Co.,  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 

Collman  &  Collman,  526  Sharon  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Foster,    Vogt   Co..   Sharon    Bldg..   San   Francisco. 

M.  I'isher,  California-Pacific  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Howard  S.  Williams,  Hearst  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Graham  &  Jensen.   Maskev  Bldg..  San   Franrisco. 

Gaspard  &•  Hammond.  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.      (Sec    card    above.) 

Lester  Stock,    12  Geary  St.,   San  Francisco. 

Monson    Bros..    1907    Bryant    St..   San    Francisco. 

John    Monk,   2016   Vallejo   St.,   San    Francisco. 
Kansome  Concrete  Co..    1218  Broadway,  Oakland. 
Williams    Bros.    &    Henderson,    Holbrook    Bldg., 

San    Francisco. 
Burt    T.    Owsley,    311    Sharon    Bldg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
Arthur  W.   Biggers,    112  Market   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
Sound    Construction    Co.,    Hearst    Building,    San 

Francisco. 
Barrett    *    Hiln.    Sharon    Bldg..    Snn    Franci«co 
Western   Building  8r  F,ngincrring  Cn.,  455  Phrlan 
ni.lt'  .    '<..li     IV.-inri^rn 


CORK   FLOORING 

"Linotile."    manufactured   by   .Armstrong   Cork   &. 
Insulation   Company.      M.   C.   Van   Fleet,   agt., 
120  Jessie  St.,   San  Francisco. 
CORNER   BAR 

Uolbear    Curb    Bar,    manufactured    by    .American 
Steel     Bar     Co.,     1034     Merchants     Exchange 
Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
CORNER  BEAD  ,,     , 

United    States   Metal   Products   Co.,    525    Market 
St.,  San  Francisco.;   750  Keller  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
CRUSHED   ROCK 

Grant  Gravel  Co.,  Flat  Iron  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Niles  Rock,  sold  by  California  Building  Ma- 
terial   Company,    Pacific    Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Niles  Sand,  Gravel  &  Rock  Co.,  Mutual  Bank 
Bldg..    San    Francisco. 

Pratt   Building   Material   Co.,   Hearst   Bldg.,    San 
Francisco. 
DAMP-PROOFING  COMPOUND  . 

Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24  California  St., 
San   Francisco.  t^     „      r~      ^ 

Glidden's  Liquid  Rubber,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast 
bv  Whittier.  Coburn  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  and   Tibbetts-OIdfield   Co.,   Los   Angeles. 

Imperial   Co.,    183   Stevenson   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Lithoid  Product  Co.,  Merchants  Exchange  Bldg., 
San   Francisco.  ^  ,         • 

Trus-Con  Damp  Proofing.  (See  advertisement 
of  Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Company  for  Coast 
agencies.)  u     u 

"Pabco"  Damp  Proofing  Compound,  sold  by 
Paraffine   Paint   Co.,    34   First   St..    San    Fran- 

Wadsw'orth,   Howland   &   Co.,   Inc.,   84   Washing- 
ton   St.,    Boston.     (See    Adv.    for    Coast    agen- 
cies.) 
DOOR  HANGERS  „     ,     xt    v 

McCabe  Hanger  Mfg.  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Pitcher    Hanger,    sold    by    National    Lumber   Co., 
Fifth   and   Brvant    Sts.,   San   Francisco^ 

Reliance    Hanger,    sold    by    Sartorius    Co^    San 
Francisco;    D.    F.    Fryer   &    Co.,    Louis    R.    He- 
dell.   Los  Angeles,  and   Portland   Wire  &   Iron 
Works. 
DRINKING    FOUNTAINS 

Haws  Sanitary  Fountain.  1808  Harmon  St., 
Berkeley.  .-<nd  C.  F.  Weber  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco and   Los   Angeles. 

N.  O.  Nelson  Mfg.  Co.,  978  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco.  ^  ,  ,       ,  j 

Crane    Company,    San    Francisco,    Oakland,    and 
Los   Angeles. 
DUMB   WAITERS 

Spencer  Elevator  Company,  173  Beale  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Burdctt-Rowntree    >Hg.    Co.,    Underwood    Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 
ELECTRICAL  CONTRACTORS 

Butte  Engineering  Co.,  683  Howard  St.,  San 
F.-ancisco.  r.         c- 

Central  Electric  Co.,  185  Stevenson  St.,  ban 
Francisco.  „         _ 

Scott    Co.,    Inc..   243    Minna    St..    San    Francisco. 

P.icific  Fire  ExiJnguisher  Co.,  507  Montgomery 
St  .     Sn-1     I-'rnnci'^r.-. 


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ELECTRICAL    ENGINKIKS 

Albert    E.    Noble,    17J   Jessie    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Cha».    T.    rhillips.    Pacific    IIMk..    San    Francisco. 
ELEC  TKIC   STEAM    IIE.VTKKS 

Automatic      Electric      H  eating      Company,      202i 
.Market    St.,    San    Francisco. 
ELECTRIC  FIXTURES 

Rol]«rts    Manufacturing    Company,    663    Mission 
St.,   San   Francisco. 
ELECTRIC   PLATE   WARMER 

The     Prometheus     Electric     Plate     Warmer     for 
residences,   clubs,   hotels,   etc.      Sold   by   M.    E. 
Hammond,    Humboldt    Rank    BIdg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
ELEVATORS 

Olis     Elevator     Company,     Stockton     and     North 

Point,    San    Francisco. 
Spencer    Elevator    Company,    126   Beale    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
San    Francisco    Elevator    Co.,    860    Folsom    St., 

San  Francisco. 
Pacific  Gurney   Elevator  Co.,   186   Fifth   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
V'aij  Emon  Elevator  Co.,  Natoraa  St.,  San   Fran- 
cisco. 
ELEV.\TORS.   SIGNALS.   FLASHLIGHTS   AND 
DI.AL   INDICATORS 

Elevator  Supply  &  Repair  Co.,  Underwood  Bldg.. 
San    Francisco 
ENGINEERS 

F.  J.  Amweg,  700  Marston  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
W.  W.  Breite,  Clunie  Bldg..  San  Francisco. 
L.  M.  Hausmann,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
Chas.  T.  Phillips.  Pacific  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
Hunter  &  Hudson.  Rialto  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
EXPRESS    CALL   SYSTEM 

Elevator     Supply     &     Repair     Co.,     Underwood 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
FIRE  EXIT   DEVICES 

Von    Duprin    Self-Releasing    Fire    Exit    Devices. 
Vonnegut  Hardware  Co.      (Sec  Adv.   for  Coast 
Agencies.) 
FIRE    ESCAPES 

Burnett    Iron   Works.   Fresno,   Cal. 
Pacific    Structural    Iron    Works,    Structural    Iron 
and    Steel.    Fire    Escapes,    etc.      Phone    Market 
1374:    Home  J.    3435.      370  84   Tenth    St.,   San 
Francisco 
Palm    Iron    &    Bridge   Works.    Sacramento. 
Western   Iron   Works,    141    Beale  St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS 

Scott  Companv.  2Ai  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Pacific    Fire    E-xtinguisher   Co.,    507    Montgomery 
St.,  San  Francisco. 
FIRE   BRICK 

Livermorc   Fire   Brick  Co.,  Livermore.   Cal. 
FIREPL.VCE  DAMPER 

Head.  Thro.it  and  Damper  for  open  fireplaces. 
Colonial  Fireplace  Co.,  Chicago.  (See  adver- 
tisement   for   Coast   agencies.) 


MKKI'UOOl  INC.   .\ND   PARTITIONS 

(lladJing.    McBean    &    Co.,    Crocker    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
Los    .-Xngclcs    Pressed    Brick    Co.,    Frost    Bldg., 
Los   Angeles. 
FIREPROOF   PAINT 

Gliilden   Products,   sold   by   Whittier-Coburn   Co., 
San    Francisco,   and  Tibbetts-Oldfield   Co.,   Loi 
.•\ngeles. 
FIXTURES— BANK.    OFFICE.    STORE.    ETC. 
A.  J.   Forbes  &  Son,  1530  Filbert  St..  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
Fink   &   Schindler.   218    13lh   St..   San    Francisco. 
C.    F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365    Market   St..   San   Fran- 
cisco and  210   N.   Main   St..   Los   Angeles,  Cal. 
T.    H.    Meek   Co.,    1157    Mission    St.,    ban    Fran- 
cisco. 
FLOOR  VARNISH  ,,       .  ^ 

BassHueter  and  San   Francisco  Pioneer  Varnish 

Works.  816   Mission   St..  San   Francisco. 
R.     N.     Nason    &    Co.,     151     Potrero    Ave.,    San 

Francisco. 
Standard    Varnish    Works,    Chicago,    New    York 

and   San   Francisco. 
Moller  &   Schumann   Co.,    1022   Mission   St.,   San 

Francisco.  .      _  ,  ^ 

Glidden    Products,   sold   by   Whittier-Coburn   Co., 
San    Francisco,   and  Tibbetts-Oldfield   Co.,   Loi 
.•\ngeles. 
FLOORING— MAGNESITE 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971   Howard   St.,   San 
Francisco. 
FLUMES 

California    Corrugated    Culvert    Co.,    West    Berk- 
eley. Cal. 
(^.VRIIAC.E    RECEIVER 

The     .Majestic     Built-in    Garbage    Receiver,    sold 
by   Sherman-Kimball   Co.,   Inc..  San   Francisco. 
GARAGE    EOL'II'.MKNT 

Bowser    Gasoline    Tanks    and    Outfit.    Bowser    at 
Co..   612   Howard   St..    S.in    Francisco. 
GAS   AND   ELECTRIC    FIXTURES 

Roberts      Manufacturing     Company,     San      Fran- 
cisco   .Tiid    Oakland. 
GAS  GENERATORS 

Utility    Gas    Generator    Co.,    340    Sansome    St., 
San    Francisco. 
GLASS 

VV.    P.    Fuller    &    Company,    all    principal    Coast 

cities. 
Whittier-Coburn  Co.,  Howard  &   Beale  Sts.,   San 
Francisco. 
GRANITE 

California  Granite  Co.,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
GRA\  EL.   SAND  AND  CRUSHED   ROCK 

Bay  Development  Co..  153  Berry  St..  S.in  Francisco 
California    Building    Material    Co..    Pacific    Bldg., 

San    Francisco. 
Del  Monre  White  Sand,  sold  by  Pacific  Improve- 
ment Co..  Crocker  Bldg..  San  Francisco. 
Pratt    Building   Material   Co.,    Hearst    Bldg..    San 
Francisco. 


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"WHITE-STEEL"  SANITARY  FURNITURE  CO. 
Qrand  Rapids.  .Wichiican 
Nr.rthem  CMifomia  Southern  California 

Johnson-Locke  Mercantile  Co.  H.  R.  Boynton  Company 

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ARCHITECTS"    SPECIFI 

GRAVEL,  SAND,  CRUSHED  ROCK— Continued 
Grant    Gravel    Co.,    Flatiron    Bldg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
Niles    Sand,    Rock    &    Gravel    Co..    971    Howard 
St..    San    Francisco. 
GRAVITY   CHUTES 

Gravity    Spiral    Chutes,    sold    by    G.    E.    Sturgis' 
Supply  House,  602  Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 
HARIJWALL  PLASTER 

Henry  Cowell  Lime  &  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco. 
American    Keene    Cement    Co.,    333    Monadnock 

Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
"Empire"    Hardwall    Plaster,     Pacific     Portland 
Cement    Company,    Pacific    Bldg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
HARDWARE 

Russwin   Hardware.   Joost    Bros.,    San    Francisco. 
Pacific    Hardware   &    Steel    Company,    San    Fran- 
cisco,   Oakland,     Berkeley,    Los    Angeles    and 
San   Diego. 
Sargent's  Hardware,   sold  by   Bennett   Bros.,    514 

Market    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Western  Brass  Mfg.  Co.,  217  Tehama  St.,  S.  F. 
HARDWOOD  FLOORING 

Parrott  &  Co.,  320  California  St.,  San   Francisco 
White   Bros.,   Cor.   Fifth   and   Brannan   Sts.,   San 

Francisco. 
Hardwood    Interior    Co.,    554    Bryant    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
HARDWOOD  LUMBER 

Dieckmann    Hardwood    Co.,    Beach    and    Taylor 

Sts.,   San   Francisco. 
Parrott    &    Co.,    320    California    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
While   Bros.,   Cor.    Fifth  and   Brannan    Sts.,   San 
Francisco. 
HEATERS— AUTOMATIC 

Pittsburg    Water    Heater    Co.,    237    Powell    St., 

San   Francisco. 
Hoffman    Heaters,    factory    branch,     397    Sutter 
St.,    San    Francisco. 
HEATING    AND    X'ENTILATING 

American   Heat   &   Power   Co.,   Oakland,   Cal. 
J.  M.   Boscus,  975  Howard  St..  San   Francisco. 
Fess  System  Co.,  220  Natoma  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Mangrum    &    Otter,    Inc.,    507    Mission    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Scott  Company,  243  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Wittman.    Lyman    &    Co.,    341    Minna    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Pacific    Fire    Extinguisher    Co.,    507    Montgomery 

St.,   San    Francisco. 
Petersen-James    Co.,    710   Larkin    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
HOLLtJW    BLOCKS 

Denison    Hollow    Interlocking    Blocks,    310    Ochs- 
ncr   Bldg.,   Sacramento,  and   Chamber  of  Com- 
merce   Bldg.,    Portland. 
INSPECTIONS  AND  TESTS 

Robert    W.    Hunt    &    Co.,    251    Kearny    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
IRONING   BOARDS 

Mcrritt   Patent   Ironing  Board,   sold  by   .\.  Horn- 
mel,  agent,   Atllliita  Hotel,   San   Francisco. 
IRON    PAINT 

Gohccn    Mfg.    Companv,    Canton,    Ohio. 
JOIST   HANGERS 

Western    Builders'    Supply    Co.,    155    New    Mont- 
gomery  St.,   San    Francisco. 
KEENE  CEMENT 

American   Kecnc  Cement   Co.,   Monadnock   Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 
LIGHTING   FIXTURES 

Roberts     Manufacturing    Co.,    663     Mission     St., 
San  Francisco. 
LIME 

Holmes  Lime  and   Cement   Co.,   Postal  Telegrapli 

Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 
Henry  Cowell   Lime  St   Cement   Co.,   9   Main   St., 
San  Francisco. 


CATION    INDEX— Confinued 

LIGHT,  HEAT  AND  POWER 

Pacific    Gas    &    Elec.    Co.,    445    Sutter    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
LUMBER 

Dudfield  Lumber  Co.,   Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

Sunset    Lumber    Co.,   Oakland,    Cal. 

baiiia  Fe  Lun.ber  Co.,  Sevenieenih  and  De  Haro 

Sts.,    San    Francisco. 
E.    K.    Wood    I./\iniber    Company,    East    Oakland, 
California. 
MILL   WORK 

Totten   Planing   Mill    Co.,    Stockton. 
Tavlor   &   Co.,    2001    Grand    St.,  Alameda. 
MAIL   CHUTES 

Cutler   Mail   Chute   Co.,   Rochester,   N.    Y.      (See 
Adv.   on  page  38  for  Coast   representatives.) 
MANTELS 

Mangrum   &   Otter,   561    Mission    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
MARIiLE 

Schoenfeld     Marble     Company.     San     Francisco. 

(See   advertisement,   page    154.) 
Columbia  Marble  Co.,  2b8  -Market  St.,   San  Fran- 
cisco. 
Joseph     Musto     Sons-Keenan     Co.,     535     North 
Point    St.,    San    Francisco. 
MEDICINE  CABINETS 

White    Steel    Sanitary    Furniture    Co.,    rep.    by 
Johnson-Locke  Mercantile   Co.,   San  Francisco. 
METAL   AND    STEEL   LATH 

"Steelcrete"     Expanded      Metal     Lath,    sold     by 
HoUoway    Ex|ianded    Metal    Company,    Monad- 
nock   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
L.    A.    Norris    &    Co.,    140    Townsend    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Pratt    Building   Material   Co.,   Hearst    Bldg.,   San 
Francisco. 
METAL  CEILINGS 

San    Francisco    Metal    Stamping    &    Corrugating 
Co.,   2269   Folsom   St.,   San    Francisco. 
METAL   DOORS    AND   WINDOWS 

U.   S.   Metal  Products  Co.,   525   Market   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
Dahlstrom    Metallic    Door    Co.,     Western    office, 
with    M.    G.    West    Co.,    353    Market    St.,    San 
Francisco. 


Crude  Oil  Burners  Opi-rating  Kitchiii  Rung'.'*  i" 
Govc-rnincMil  Barr.uks  .il  I'lirl  Winfuld  Sinlt 

OIL        BURNERS 

Modern  KOIJIPMRNTS  for 
Cooking  nnti  Henting  PInnt.H 
S.  T.  JOMNSON  CO. 

1337   MISSION    ST.  940   GRACE    AVE 

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SPENCER 

ELEVATOR 

COMPANY 

FORMERLY 

WELLS  AND    SPENCER   MACHINE   CO 

126-128  BEALE   STREET 

TELEPHONE      KEARNY      664                                                                                       SAN     FRANCISCO 

ARCHITECTS"  SPECIFICATION    INDEX     Contlnumd 


METAL   FL'KNITfKK 

M.  G.   West  Co.,  35J   Market   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Chas.   M.   Finch.  311    Hoard  of  Trade   Uldg..   San 
Francisco. 
MET.\L  SHINGLES 

Meurrr   Ilros.,  6J0  Third  St..   San   Francisco. 

San     Francisco     .Metal     Stamping    &    I'orrugating 
Co..  2269   Folsom   St..   San    Francisco. 
OIL    ItURNEKS 

.■\merican  Heat  4  Power  Co..  Seventh  and  Cedar 
Sts.,   Oakland. 

S.  T.  Johnson  Co.   (see  adv.  below^. 

Fess    System    Co.,    220    Naioma    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 

T.    P.    Jarvis    Crude    Oil    Burner    Co..    275    Con- 
necticut   St.,   San    Francisco. 
ORNAMENTAL   IKON   AND  BRONZE 

Brode    Iron    Works.    31-37    Hawthorne    St.,    San 
Francisco. 

Burnett    Iron    Works,    Fresno. 

Palm   Iron   &   Bridge   Works.   Sacramento. 

California   Artistic    .Metal   &    Wire  Co.,   349   Sev- 
enth St.,  San   Francisco. 

J.  G.    Braun.  Chicago  and   New  York. 

Ralston   Iron  Works.  20th  and  Indiana  Sts.,   San 
Francisco. 

Monarch    Iron    Works.    1165    Howard    St..    San 
Francisco. 

C.  J.    Hillard    Company,    Inc.,    19th    and    Minne- 
sota  Sts.,    Sain    FraRcisco. 

Shreiber    &    Sons    Co.,    represented    by    Western 

Builders    Supply   Co.,    San    Francisco. 
West    Coast    Wirt   &    Iron    Works.   861-863   How- 
ard  St..   San    Francisco. 
\'ulcan    Iron    Works.    San    Francisco. 
PAINTING  AND  DECORATING 

D.  Zelinsky,   564   Eddy   St.,   San   Francisco. 
Horace    W.    Tyrcll.    1707    38th    Ave..    Oakland. 
Robert   Swan.    1133   E.    12th   St.,   Oakland. 

PAINT  FOR   BRIDGES 

Biturine     Company    of    America,    24     California 

St..   San   Francisco. 
PAINT  FOR  CE.MENT 

Bay   State    Brick   and   Cement   Coating,   made   by 

Wadsworth.  Ilowland  &  Co.  (Inc.).     (See  Adv. 

in  this  issue  for  Pacific  Coast  agents.) 
"Biturine."    sold    by    Buturine    Co.    of    America, 

24   California   St..    San    Francisco. 
Goheen   Mfg.  Co..  represented  by  C.  W.   Coburn 

&    Co..    320    Market    St..    San    Francisco,    and 

A.  J.   Capron.  Ainsworth   Bldg.,   Portland. 
Trus-Con    btonc    Tex.,    Trussed    Concrete    Steel 

Co.      (See   Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 
Glidden's    Liquid    Cement,    sold   on   Pacific    Coast 

by   Whittier,   Coburn   Company,   San    Francisco 

and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,   Los  Angeles. 
Concreto   Cement    Coating,    manufactured   by   the 

Muralo  company.     (Sec  color  insert  for  Coast 

di.stributors.) 
Miillcr   &    Schumann   Co.,  Hilo   Varnishes,    1022 

Mission    St..    San    Francisco. 
Samuel  Cabot   Mfg.  Co.,   Boston,   Mass..  agencies 

in  San   Francisco.  Oakland,  Los  Angeles.  Port- 
land. Tacoma  and   Spokane. 
"Technola."  a   cement   paint,  sold  by  C.   Roman, 

San   Francisco. 


I'.M.NT    FOR    STEKL    STRUCTURES 

■■Biturine,"  sold  by  Bnuriiie  Co.  of  America.  24 
California  St..   San   Francisco. 

Carbonizing  Coating,  made  by  (3ohecn  Mfg.  Co., 
Canton,   Ohio. 

Trus-Con  Bar  Ox.  Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Co. 
(See    Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 

Glidden's    .Vcid    Proof    Coating,    sold    on    Pacific 
Coast     by     Whittier.     Coburn     Company.     San 
Francisco,   and   Tibbetts  Oldficld   Co.,    Los   An- 
geles. 
PAINTS.   OILS.   ETC. 

Concreto  Cement  Coating,  manufactured  by  the 
.Muralo  comnany.  (See  color  insert  for  Coast 
distributors.) 

BassIIcuter  Paint  Co.,  Mission,  near  Fourth 
St.,  San  Francisco. 

Wliittier-Coburn  Co.,  Howard  and  Beale  Sts., 
San   Francisco. 

"Biturine,"  sold  by  Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24 
California    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Heath  &  Milligan  Mfg.  Co.,  915  Fremont  St., 
San    Francisco. 

Glidden  \'arnish  Co..  Cleveland.  Ohio,  repre- 
sented by  WhittierCoburn  Co..  San  Francisco 
and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co..   Los  Angeles. 

Cohccn    .Mfg.    Co.,    Canton.    Ohio. 

Moller  &  Schumann  Co.,  1022  Mission  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Paraffine  Paint  Co.,  38-40  First  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

W.  P.   Fuller  &  Co.,  all  principal  Coast  cities. 

R.   N.   Nason  Co..  San   Francisco. 

Standard    Varnish    Works,    113    F'ront    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
PAVING  BRICK 

California  Brick  Company,  Phelan  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

PHOTO  ENGRAVING 

California  Photo  Engraving  Co. 
San    Francisco. 
PHOTOGRAPHY 
R.    J.    Waters    Co., 
Cisco. 
PIPE— VITRIFIED 
COTTA 

Gladding,    McBean 

Francisco. 
Pacific    Sewer    Pipe    Co.,    I.    W.    Hellman    Bldg., 

Los   .Xngelcs. 
Pratt    Building   Material   Co.,    Hearst    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and    Pottery    Works,    Mills 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
PLASTER   CONTRACTORS 

A.   Knowles,   985    Folsom    St.,   San   Francisco. 
PLUMBERS'    MARBLE    HARDWARE 

Western  Brass  Mfg.  Co.,  2!7  Tehama  St.,  S.  F. 
PLUMBING 

Boscus  Bros.,  975  Howard   St..  San  Francisco. 
Scott  Co..  Inc.,  243  Minna  St.,  San   Francisco. 
Peterson-James   Co.,   710    Lp'-kin    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
Wittman,    Lyman    &    Co.,    341    Minna    St..    .ion 

Francisco. 
.Alex   Coleman,    706   Ellis   St.,    San    Franc!«r.-, 


121   Second  St.. 

717  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
SALT  GLAZED  TERRA 
&    Co..    Crocker    Bldg.,    San 


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National   Roofing   Company 

ROOflING     and     PLOORING 

••THE    BEST    IS    XOXE    TOO   C.OOD  " 
Plaza    Building,    Fifteenth  and    Washington  Streets,      -      OAKLAND,    CAL. 


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PLUMBING   I-IXILKES,    .MAIEKIAL?.    ElL. 
Crane  Co.,  SeconJ  and  lirannan  Sis.,  ian   l-ran- 

Cisco. 
N.    O.    Nelson    Mfg.    Co.,    978    Howard    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
California     Steam     Plumbing     Supply     Co.,     671 

Fifth    St.,    San    Francisco. 
J.    L.    Mott    Iron    Works,    D.    H.    Gulick,    selling 

agent,    135   Kearny   St.,   San   Francisco. 
Western  States  Porcelain  Co.,  San  Pablo,  Cal. 
POTTERY 

Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and   Pottery    Works,    Mills 
Uldg.,   San   Francisco. 
PULLEYS,  SHAFTING,  GEARS,  ETC. 

Meese   &   Gottfried    Co.,    San    Francisco,    Seattle. 
Portland   and   Los   Angeles. 
PUMPS 

Chicago     Pump    Company,     612    Howard    street, 
San  Francisco. 
REFRIGERATORS 

McCray     Refrigerators,    sold    by    Nathan     Dohr- 
mann  Co.,  Geary  and  Stockton  Sts.,  San  Fran- 
ciico. 
X'ulcan    Trnn   Works.   San   Francisco. 
RE\  ERSIliLE   WINDOWS 

Hauser      Reversible     Window    Company,    Balboa 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 
RE\OL\ING   DOUKs 

Van   Kennel    Doors,   sold   by   U.    S.    Metal   Prod- 
ucts Co.,   525   Market  St..  San   Francisco. 
ROCK   BREAKING  MACHINERY 

Vulcan  Iron  Works,  F'rancisco  and  Kearny  Sts., 
San    Francisco. 
ROLLING  DOORS,  SHUTTERS,  PARTITIONS, 
ETC. 

Pacific   Building  Materials  Co.,   S23  Market  St., 

San   Francisco  . 
C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365    Market  St.,   San   Fran 

CISCO. 

Union  Blind  and  Ladder  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  the  Acme  rolling  partitions  for 
churches  and  schools,  3535  Peralta  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Kinnear  Steel  Rolling  Doors.  W.  W'.  Thurston, 
agent,    Rialto    Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Wilson^s  Steel   Rolling   Doors,  U.  S.  Metal  Prod- 
ucts Co..   San   Francisco  and  Los  Angeles. 
ROOFING   AND    ROOFING   MATERIALS 

Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24  California  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Grant  Gravel  Co..  Flat  Iron  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

National    Roofing  Company,   Broadway,   Oakland. 

"Ruberoid,"  manufactured  by  Paraffine  Paint 
Co.,    San    Francisco. 

Mackenzie   Roof  Co..  425   ISlh   St..  Oakland 

United   Materials  Co.,  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
ROOFING  TIN 

American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Co..  Pacific  Coast 
reiiresentativcs.  U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co.,  San 
Francisco,    Los   Aneeles.   Portland   and   Seattle 

Meurer    Bros.,    A.    H.     MacDonald,    agent,    630 
Third   St.,   San  •vFrancisco. 
SAFES,   VAULTS,   BANK   EQUIPMENT 

M.  G.  West  Co..  353  Market  St..  San  Francisco. 


oAFETY  TREADS 

American    Mason    Safety   Tread.      (See    Adv.    on 

page   147    for   Coast  agents.) 
Universal     Safety     Tread     Co.,     represented     by 
Pacific  Building  Materials  Co.,  523  Market  St., 
San   Francisco. 
SANITARY    DRINKING   FOUNTAINS 

N.    O.    Nelson    Mfg.    Co.,    978   Howard    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Haws'  Sanitary  Drinking  Faucet  Co.,    1808  Har- 
mon  St.,   Berkeley. 
SASH   CORD 

Regal    Sash    Cord,    Louisville    Selling   Co.    repre- 
sented on  Pacific  Coast  by  Baker  &  Hamilton. 
Samson   Cordage   Works,  manufacturers  of  Solid 
Braided    Cords   and    Cotton   Twines,   88    Broad 
St.,    Boston,   Mass. 
SCENIC   PAINTING— DROP   CURTAINS,   ETC. 
The    Edwin    H.    Flagg    Scenic    Co.,     1638    Long 
Beach   Ave.,    Los  Angeles. 
SCHOOL  FURNITURE  AND  SUPPLIES 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365   Market   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco;  512  S.    Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 
SCULPTORS 

Western   Sculptors,   533-535  Turk  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
SEWAGE  EJECTORS 

Chicago    Pump    Co.,    represented    by    Telephone 
Electric    Equipment    Co.,    612    Howard    street, 
San   Francisco. 
SHEATHING  AND  SOUND  DEADENING 

Samuel  Cabot   Mfg.   Co.,   Boston,   Mass..  agencies 
in  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Los  Angeles,  Port- 
land,  Tacoma  and   Spokane. 
SHEET  METAL  WORK,  SKYLIGHTS.  ETC. 
Berger   Mfg.   Co.,    1120   Mission    St.,    San   Fran- 
cisco. 
U.   S.  Metal  Products  Co.,  525  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco. 
SHINGLE  STAINS 

Cabot's  Creosote  Stains,  sold  by  Waterhouse  & 
Price,    San    Francisco,    Los   Angeles   and   Port- 

STEEL  AND  IRON— STRUCTURAL 

Burnett    Iron    Works,    Fresno,    Cal. 

Central  Iron  Works,  621  Florida  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Dyer  Bros.,  17th  and  Kansas  Sts.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Erode  Iron  Works,  31  Hawthorne  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Mortenson  Construction  Co.,  19th  and  Indiana 
Sts.,    San    Francisco. 

J.  L.  Mott  Iron  Works,  D.  H.  Gulick,  agents, 
135   Kearny  St..   San   Francisco. 

Pacific  Rolling  Mills,  17th  and  Mississippi  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 

Pacific  Structural  Iron  W^orks,  Structural  Iron 
and  Steel,  Fire  Escapes,  etc.  Phone  Market 
1374;  Home,  J.  3435,  370-84  Tenth  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Palm    Iron   &   Bridge   W^orks,   Sacramento. 

Ralston  Iron  Works,  Twentieth  and  Indiana  Sts., 
San    Francisco. 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co.,  Rialto  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Schreiber  &•  Sons  Co.,  represented  by  Western 
Rnildrrs   Supply   Co..    S.    F. 


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MODERN    EQUIPPED  STEEL   FABRICATING 
PLANT  AND  IRON  FOUNDRY 

We    furnish    and    erect    Building    Steel,    Bridge    Steel, 

Tank  Towers,  Sidewalk  Doors,  Fire  Escapes, 

Ornamental    and    Cast    Iron 

J.  H.  Burnett  Iron  Works 


Phone   1730 


SANTA  FE  AVE.   AND 
SAN   BENITO   STREET 


Fresno,  Cal. 


Burden  Kowntrii  I'neumatic  Door  Operating  Untie 


BURDETT 
ROWNTREE 
MFG.  CO. 

Dumbwaiters 

Door  Operating  Devices 

Elevator  Interlocks 

323  Underwood   Huildin)t, 
525  Market  Street 

Phone  Douglas  2898 
San  Francisco.      -      -      Cal. 


ELEVATOR 
SUPPLY  & 
REPAIR  CO. 


Elevator  Signals 
Elevator  Accessories 
Norton  Door  Closers 

323  Underwood   Building, 
525  Market  Street 

Phone  Douglas  2898 
San   Francisco,      -      -     (^al. 


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ARCHITECTS'  SPHCinCATION  INDEX-Continued 


STEEL  &  IRON— STRUCTURAL- Continued 

\'ulcan    Iron    Works.    San    Francisco. 

Western  Iron  Works,  141  Beale  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Woods   &   Huddart,   444    Market   St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
STEEL  PRESERVATIVES 

Biturine  Company  of  America,  24  California 
St.,  San   Francisco. 

Goheen  Mfg.  Co.,  Canton,  Ohio,  represented  by 
C.  W.  Coburn  &  Co.,  320  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  and  A.  J.  Capron,  17  Ainsworth 
Bldg.,   Los  Angeles. 

Wadsworth,  Rowland  &  Co.,  Boston  Mass.     (See 
Adv.   for   Coast   agencies.) 
STEEL   BARS    FOR    CONCRETE 

Kahn  and  Rib  Bars,  made  by  Trussed  Concrete 
Steel   Co.      (See  Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 

Woods   &   Huddart,    444    Market    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
STEEL  MOULDINGS  FOR  STORE  FRONTS 

J.    G.    Braun,    537   W.    35th   St.,   New   York,   and 
615  S.   Paulina  St.,  Chicago. 
STEEL  FIREPROOF  WINDOWS 

United    States    Metal    Products    Co.,    San    Fran- 
cisco  and   Los   Angeles. 
STEEL  STUDDING  ^       ^       ^ 

Collins  Steel  Partition.  Parrott  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles. 
STEEL   ROLLING    DOORS 

Kinnear   Steel    Rolling   Door  Co.,  W.  \V .   Thurs- 
ton.   Rialto   Bldg.,    San   Francisco. 
STONE 

California  Granite  Co.,  518  Sharon  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Boise  Sandstone  Co.,  Boise,  Idaho. 
STORAGE  SYSTEMS  .    c        c 

S.     F.     Bowser    &    Co.,    612    Howard    St.,     San 
Francisco. 
SURETY  BONDS  ^     , 

Globe  Indemnity  Co.,  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 

H.  Y.  MacMeans  S:  Co.,  Monadnock  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Massachusetts  Bonding  &  Insurance  Co.,  First 
National   Bank  Bldg.,  San   Francisco. 

Fidelity  &  Deposit  Co.  of  Maryland,  Mills  Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 

Pacific  Coast  Casualty  Co.,  Merchants    Exchange 
Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
THEATER    AND   OPERA   CHAIRS 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,  365   Market  St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
TELEPHONE  EQUIPMENT 

Telephone   Electric    Equipment   Co.,   612   Howard 
St.,    San    Francisco. 
TILES,   MOSAICS.   MANTELS.   ETC. 

California  Tile  Contracting  Company,  206  Shel- 
don   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Mangrum  &  Otter,  561  Mission  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. „       -        _ 

The  Mosaic  Tile  Co.,  230  Eighth  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

John    PetrovfFsky,    523    Valencia    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
TILE  FOR  ROOFING  ,   ^       ^ 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco.  „       .         „,  ,         ^ 

Gladdinif,  McBean  &  Co.,  Crocker  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

United  Materials  Co.,  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
TILE  WALLS— INTERLOCKING 

Dcnison  Hollow  Interlocking  Blocks,  Ochsner 
Bldg.,   Sacramento. 

Thermos    Brick     Co.,     Monadnock     Bldg.,     San 
Francisco.       % 
TIN  PLATES  ,       ^ 

American  Tin  Plate  Co..   Riato  Bldg.,  San   Fran- 
cisco. 
VITREOUS  CHINAWARE 

Wciicrn  States  Porcelain  Co..   Richmond.  Cal. 
VACUUM   CLEANERS 

The  Vak-Klean  Vacuum  Cleaner,  Pnculeclric 
Co.,  Pacific  Coast  Agts.,  943  Phelan  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Giant  Stationary  Suction  Cleaner,  manufactured 
by  Giant  Suction  Cleaner  Co.,  731  Folsom 
St..  San  Francisco  and  Third  and  Jefferson 
Sts..   Oakland.  ^       ..,       ,,     . 

Invincible  V.ncuum  Cleaner.  R.  W.  Foyle, 
Ajirnt.    San    Francisco. 

"F.xcelln"  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  F.  W. 
Schaer  Bros.,  Pacific  Coast  agents,  Santa 
Maria    Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 


VACUUM  CLEANERS— Continued 

"Tuec"  Air  Cleaner,  manufactured  by  United 
Electric   Co.,    110  Jessie   St.,    San    Francisco. 

B.  &  W.  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  sold  by 
Arthur  T.  Riggs,  510  Claus  Spreckels  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

VALVES 

Jenkins  Bros..  247  Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 
VAL\E  PACKING 

"Palmetto   Twist,"   sold   by   H.    N.    Cook   Belting 
Co.,   317   Howard   St.,   San   Francisco. 
VARNISHES 

W.  P.  Fuller  Co..  all  principal  Coast  cities. 

Glidden   Varnish   Co.,   Cleveland,   O.,   represented 

on   the   Pacific   Coast   by   Whittier-Coburn    Co., 

San    Francisco,   and   Tibbetts-Oldfield    Co.,    Los 

Angeles. 

Standard    \'arnish    Works,    113    Front    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
S.    F.    Pioneer   X'arnish   Works,   816   Mission   St., 

San  Francisco. 
Moller  &  Schumann  Co..  Hilo  Varnishes,  1022-24 

Mission   St.,   San   Francisco. 
R.  N.   Nason  &  Co.,  San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 
VENETIAN  BLINDS,   AWNINGS.   ETC. 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co.,  365  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

WALL  BEDS 

Marshall  &  Stearns  Co.,   1154  Phelan  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 
WALL  BOARD 

Bishopric    Wall    Board    sold   by   I.    E.    Thayer   & 
Co..     San     Francisco,     and     Central     Door     & 
Lumber   Co.,   Portland,   Oregon. 
WALL  SAFES 

Lowrie   Wall    Safe,    sold   by   C.    Roman   Co.,    173 
Jessie   St..   San   Francisco. 
WATER  HEATERS 

Pittsburg  Water  Heater  Co.,  237  Powell  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Hoffman  Heater  Co..  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Radke  Heaters,  sold  by  Schaer  Bros.,   173  Jessie 
St.,    San    Francisco. 
WATERPROOFING    FOR   CONCRETE,   BRICK, 
ETC. 

Concreto  Cement  Coating,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Co.  (See  color  insert  for  Coast  dis- 
tributors.) 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Glidden's  Concrete  Floor  Dressing  and  Liquid 
Cement  Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by 
Whittier,  Coburn  Company,  San  Francisco  and 
Tibbetts-Oldfield    Co.,    Los   Angeles. 

Imi)erial   Co.,    183   Stevenson   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  agencies 
in  San  Francisco,  Oakland.  Los  Angeles.  Port- 
land.  Tacoma  and   Spokane. 

The  Building  Material  Co.,  Inc.,  583  Monadnock 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Wadsworth,  Ilowland  &  Co.,  Inc.   (See  Adv.  for 
Coast   agencies.) 
WHITE  ENAMEL  FINISH 

"Gold  Seal,"  manufactured  and  sold  by  Bass- 
Ilueter  Paint  Company.  All  principal  Coast 
cities. 

"Satinette,"  Standard  Varnish  Works,  113  Front 
St.,   San    Francisco. 

Moller  &  Schumann  Co..  Hilo  Varnishes,  1022 
Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Trus-Con     Sno-wite,     manufactured     by    Trussed 
Concrete   Steel   Co.      (See  Adv.    for   Coast   dis- 
tributors. 
WINDOWS— REVERSIBLE,    ETC. 

Perfection  Reversible  Window  Co.,  2025  Market 
St.,   San   Francisco. 

Whitney  Adjustable  Window  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     (Sec   page    151.) 

Ilauscr    Reversible    Window    Co.,    Balboa    Bldg., 
San    I'raiicisco. 
WIRE  FABRIC 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co.,  Inc.  (See  Adv.  on 
page  31    for  Coast   agencies.) 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co.,  Rialto  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco.  „       .,        r- 

L.  A.  Norris  Co.,   140  Townscnd  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
WOOD  MANTELS 

Fink  &  Schindler,  218  13th  St..  San  Francisco. 

Mangrum  &  Otter,  561  Mission  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO 


LOS    ANGELES 


Made  I  aid -guaranteed  by^ 

ThePARAFFINE  Paint  CpKi)2785 


SEATTLE      PORTLAND    AND    SPOKANE 


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A.  S     MANGRUM,    Pres.   and   Mgr.                                                       CHAS.    C.    HANLEY.    Sect  and   Treas 

MANGRUM    &    OTTER 

INCORPORATED 

TILIMG      MANTELS 
GRATES 

ru  RN ACE     AN  D 
STEAM     M  EATING 

HOTEL     AND     KITCHEN  OUTFITS 

Stoves.  Kanues.  KefriKerators.  Tin  and  Enameled  Ware 

Telephone.  Kearny  3155                                 561-563  Mission  St..  San  Francisco 

AERO-GAS  is  50  Per  Cent  CHEAPER  Than  City  Gas 

Acro-Gas  is  Best  for  Cooking,  Heating  and  Illuminating 
of  country  houses,  factories,  public  buildings,  schools, 
churches,  etc.  Made  from  ordinary  Motor  Gasoline — non- 
poisonous,  non-odorous,  non-explosive — can  be  used  when 
city  gas  is  not  obtainable,  or  can  be  substituted  for  city  gas 
without  changing  piping,  ranges,  heaters,  or  lighting  fix- 
tures.     Architects  should  investigate.     Circulars  free. 

THE    UTILITY    GAS    GENERATOR   CO. 


PHONES:  DOUGLAS  2400 

.uo  Sanrome  Street 


GARFIELD  7937 

SAN   FRANCISCO,  CAL 


Spoi-ial   Haws   DrinkinK    F'niiit.nn  l';r    Nc  ■ 
S.m    FratKisM,  Citv  Hall. 


HAWS  SANITARY 
Drinking  Fountains 

are  used  today  in  the  best  State.  County  and  Municipal 
Buildings  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Also  in  Schwjls,  Theaters, 
Lodge  Rooms.  Parks.  Depots,  etc. 

Do  You  Want  the  Best?     Specify  HAWS. 

Send    for    CataliiKUc 

Haws  Sanitary  Drink  ing  Faucet  Co. 

1808  Harmon  Street.  BERKELEY,  CAL. 
C.  F.  WEBKR  CO. 

San  Francisco  aiul  l.os  .Anfti-les 


GRAVITY   SPIRAL   CHUTE 

Economical  Method  of  Lowering  Botes,  Package  Goods  and  Merchandise 

MIN,\£SOTA    MANUFACTURERS    ASSOCIATION 

Mamifac  tiirer.s  of  Spirjils,  Atitoniatic  SiraJKlit-Lift  Kicva 
tors,  Gravity  Krei^'iit  dinvcyors  and  Power  Conveyors. 
Kntfiiieers  and  iJesif^nc-rs  of  Labor-Savinjj  Convt-yinjr 
Systems. 

WRITE  FOR  CATALOG 


sSmfFSSt 


602  MISSION  STREET 

Sfin    Francisco 


TKLKl'HONK   SLTTICK   67K 


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A  Good  Varnish  for 
Indoors 

A  ^'aniish  with  all  tlu-  qualities  of  a 
nihhiuK  varnish;  oik-  that  ilric-s  wiili  a  rich 
(lull  finish. 

Its  features  are  its  jelly-like  appearance 
in  the  can.  which  insures  that  imiformity 
of  finish;  ami  its  case  in  applyin;,'  -simj)ly 
stir  and  brush  on. 

It  is  free  from  wax. 

I^iual  to  the  best   rubbing  varnishes. 

The  last  drop  dries  like  the  first. 

Can  be  used  over  stain,  shellac,  j^loss  or 
other  varnishes. 

Can  be  u.scd  on  the  finest  woodwork. 

Prove  to  yourself  the  superior  value  of 
•  IIILO"  Flat  Finish — vou  will  use  it. 


Moller  &  Schumann  Co.,  1022-24  Mission  St. 

SAN  FR.\NCISCO,  C.\I.. 


FLAT  FINISH 


MUNICIPAL    AUDITORIUM.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Consulting  Board  of  Architects 


THE  Largest  and  Costliest  Municipal  Auditor  um  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Will  seat  thousands.    All  the  big  corv^-ntions  to  be  held  in  San  Fran- 
cisco in  connection  with  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  will  Ik-  held  here. 

BICKELS  KEENE  CEMENT  used  for  Plastering  all  inside  walls. 

AMERICAN  KEENE  CEMENT  COMPANY 

OF   CAI.IKORMA 

257  Monadnock  Building,  San  Francisco 


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RESIDENCE  OF  MR.  T.  M.  SHE/iRMAN.  BERKELEY 
W.   H.  Ratcliff,  Jr.,   Architect 


Red  Clay  Mission  Tile 

give  this  House  Class.  The  Deep  Red 
makes  a  Pleasing  Contrast  to  the  Snow- 
White  Stucco  Exterior. 


MANUFACTURED  BY 

LOS  ANGELES  PRESSED  BRICK  COMPANY 


SOLD  THROUGH 


UNITED   MATERIALS  COMPANY 

CROSSLEY  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

DistributorH  for  Northern  California 


The  Architect  ami  lin^iiiccr 


21 


K  You  Were  Up  in  an 
Aeroplane 


v"-- 


you  could  see  the  advan- 
tages of  a  good  tin  roof. 
No  leaking  no  warping 
—  no  cracking  —  no  clog- 
ging of  gutters  —  and  last 
but  not  \t2iSi  fireproof 
Such  has  been  the  record 
of  MF  ROOMNG  TIN 
for  almost  a  century. 


"Tie  Terne  w.tch  turns  li.e  element:,' 

All  our  R(X)finR  Tin,  including  MF,  is  made  from  hisjh  grade  Copper 
I3carina  Open  Hearth  Steel.  Every  Architect,  Roofer  and  Builder 
should  have  our  booklet  "Copper — Its  Effect  L'pon  Steel  for  Rcxjfing 
Tin."  We  also  manufacture  Apollo  [Jest  Bloom  Galvanired  Sheets, 
Keystone  Copper  Bearing  Sheets,  Formed  R(x)fing  Products,  etc. 


Ameiicaa  Stieet  MliRPkteCompaw 

-* General  Offices:  fiickBuildinp.Pittdburgh. Pa.  — 

--  -  -  -   --- -  -  -  -    District  S.vlus  Omicls 

Chicago      Cincinnati       Denver      Detroit      New  Orleans    New  York     Philadelphia 

Pittsburgh      St.  Louis 

Export  Representatives:  U.  S.  Steel  Products  Compa.ny.  New  York  City 

Pac.  Coast   Representatives:  U.  S.  Steel  Prooixtts  Co.,  San  Francisco.  Los  Angeles.  Portland.  Seattle 


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The  Architect  and  Eni^ineer 


Hardwood   Floors  are  Used   Here 


Mt.  Zion  Hospital 

SAX  FRANCISCO 


Designed  by 
fc        JULIUS  KRAFFT  &  SONS 


OAK  FLOORS   THROUGHOUT 


Manufactured  and  Installed  by 

HARDWOOD  INTERIOR  COMPANY 

SAN   FRANCISCO 


CALIFORNIA 


J  HIS  machine,  known  as  our 
[  Model  "A"  medium  or  high 
vacuum,  handles  a  great  vol- 
ume of  air  on  small  H.  P. 
Manufactured  in  Oiikland. 
Winner  of  Gold  Medal  at  State 
Fair,  1913,  against  all  competitive  vacuum 
cleaners.  The  Judges  were  members  of  the 
California  State  Engineering  Department. 
This  machine  embodies  the  vacuum  cleaner 
process  and  can  be  instantly  converted  into 
a  powerful  compressor.  Estimates  cheerfully 
furnished  to  architects,  contractors  and  build- 
ers.    Hundreds  of  our  machines  in  operation. 


OAKLAND 
3rd   and   Jefferson  Streets 

_,,  {  OAKLAND    1.S74 

P''°"^JLAKKSIDR  67 


Siutidii  Cleiiiur  C"()iiii);my 


SAN   FRANCISCO 
731-733  Folsom   Street 

riioiic  KF.AKNY  26SI 


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Have  Been  MMiie 
H«7 


SAN  FRANCISCO  PIONEER  VARNISH  WORKS  l^^^/lffuS'S 


Branches— LOS  ANGELES.  PORTLAND.  SEATTLE. 


by 

K.'ins.is.  Rhudu  Island.  iSd  &  24th  Sts. 


liTon  ©upiln 

Self  Releasing  Fire  Exit  Latches 

Pal.  U.  S   and  Canada 
Approved  liy  N>w  Vork  BmM  o(  Firr  I  n.lrrwrltrrs 

Absolutely  Reliable 
Safeguard  Against  Panic  Disasters 

A  Few  Dollars  Spent  for  Safe  Exits  Should  be  a 

Mental  Relief 

AGENTS  ON  THE  COAST 

[tL  W.  H.  STEELE Los  Angrles.  CaL 

10  A.  W.  PIKE  &  CO San  Francisco.  CaL 

A.  J.  CAPRON Portland.  Ore. 

P.  T.  CROWE  &  CO Spokane.  Wash. 

F.  T.  CROWE  &  CO Tacoma.  Wash. 

!•.  T.  CROWE  <^  CO Seattle.  Wash. 

_  WM.  N.  ONEIL  &  CO Vancouver.  B.  C. 

f^^^^^^^^gf^mi  ^^^  '"r  Catalueue  No.  12  O 

I    P|HI,    VONNEGUT  H.XRDWARE  CO. 

Njj^^^l^^^^M;  GENERAL   DISTRIBUTORS 

^^^^       ^*  INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 

Safe  Exit  a  Universal  Oeniand  In  "Sweet's  Index."  Pages  770-771 

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ROYAL  FLUSH  VALVES 


are  rapidly  supplanting  all  other  metli- 
ods  of  flushing  water  closets,  urinals 
and  slop  sinks. 

Flushing  same  quantity  of  water 
each  operation  of  handle,  no  waste  — 
noiseless.     Write  for  catalog. 

N.  O.  NELSON  MFG.  CO. 

Steam  and  PlumbinK  Supplies 

San  Francisco  Warehouse  and  Office: 
978  Howard  St.,  Tel   Kearny  4970 

LOS  .-WfiELES  S.AN  DIRCO 


SCHAER  BROS. 

Factory  Representatives 

Excello  Vacuum  Machines 
Eclipse  Stoves  and  Ranges 
Radke  Hot  Water  Heaters 

We  cordially  invite  you  to  visit  our 
demonstrating  room, 

173  JESSIE  STREET 

(Ground  Floor) 
Opp.  Builders'  Exchange,  near  Third  Street 

Phone  Kearny  4728 


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CITY    HALL.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Bakfwell  &  Brown,  Architects. 

For  this  important  structure.  Imperial  Water- 
proofinK  is  beinR  used  by  the  McOilvray  Stone 
Co.  for  treating  the  beds  and  builds  of  all  gran 
ile  and  stone  work,  by  a  surface  application,  to 
prevent  staining,  caused  by  cement  mortar. 

WE  SPECIALIZE 

Water  Proofing  Problems 

Ahovc  (irouiul — Liiulcr  (iround 

ASSUMI;  ALL  RLSPONSIIULIT Y 
GUARANTEE  RESULTS 


Imperial  Company 

liuildcrs  ExchnnKC  Ituildini; 
18.^  .Stevenson  St.        .San  Franci.sco 


F.W.  FITZPATRICK 

(with  his  Associated  Specialists 

in  Steel-Framing,  Heating, 

Sanitation,  etc.) 

^OES  for  the  Architect  wli.. 
only  occasionally  requires 
such  services  what  tlic 
high-salaried  and  perma- 
nent stafTs  of  experts  do 
for  the  few  really  big 
offices  in  the  country.  The  fees  ari' 
moderate,  the  .Service  is  of  the  very 
highest  order,  thorough,  most  promj)! 
and  enthusiastic. 

Mr.  Fitzpatriek's  personal  work  is 
limited  to  plan-problems,  fire-preven- 
tion, design  and  the  artistic  rendering, 
"  working-up"  of  perspectives,  etc.  from 
designs  made  in  collaboration  with  the 
Architects  or  entirely  of  their  own 
conception. 

Write  for- further  data,  illu.slrations 
and  rates. 


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Water  and  Sluclge   %   Xo       2% 

I  .Xsphaltum   (80  Penetration)    30  to     62% 

Huniing  like  gas,  (  F.vaporation  Tests  in  cast  iron  Ixtilcrs  15.+  lbs.  water  from  and 
at  212°  F.  per  lb.  oil)  xiHtlumt  smoke,  soot  or  carbon:  an  economy  of  50  to  70'/c  over 
co.il.  gas  <ir  di>tillate. 

Tile  "Siiiifili'x"  atomizes  or  breaks  up  this  heavy  oil  by  centrifugal  force,  preheats 
it  to  the  flash  point  fnmi  reflex  heat  of  lire  box,  delivers  and  mixes  the  necessary  air 
for  com|)I^-te  combustion  by  multivane  fans  revolving  with  and  under  atomizing  cup, 
which  cup  is  i)erfectly  in>ulated  by  the  con.sit.int  feed  of  cold  oil  over  its  exposed  sur- 
face— all  with  one  oi»eration — all  loa<l  on  ball  bearings — a  V4  to  J/j  h.  p.  motor  does  the 
work  «)f  pumping  an<l  burning  the  oil.  Particularly  adapted  for  installation  in  Freivch 
ranges,  small  boilers  (down  to  15  in.  dia.  fire  box),  low  pressure  sleam  and.  hot  water 
luxating.    .Apply  or  write  nearesit  agency. 

SALE  AND   INSTALLATION   AGENCIES 

1"K.\.NK   A.   STEVENS  0>.\I1'.\NN     im,,   .\I,ss„.„   St.,   S.ui   lr.iiui>c..;   :.i8  S.  Los  Angeles  St.,  Los 

.XhrcIcs. 
LATOIKKTTK  KI(  .\L   COMPANY.   3.Mh  and   Sacramento   Streets.   Sacramento. 
TIIK  C.Xri.D   (OMP.XNY.    l.'th   and   Everett   Streets.  Portland,   Ore. 
IIKN   OLSKN   (OMP.VNV.   1130  Commerce  Street.  Tacoma,  Wash. 

STEAM   SPKCr.XLTY   ANO  Sl'PPLY  COMPANY.   79  Washington   Street.  Seattle.  Wash. 
IJAKK   &   ANDERSO.V.   Ltd.,    1060   Homer   Street,   Vancouver,   B.    C. 

We  also  manufacture  Rxtra  Hcory  Hotel  and  Family  French  Raujies  for  coaJ  or 
Rotary  Crude  Oil  Burners.     The  best  in  the  market.  1,  2  and  3  oven. 

AMERICAN  HEAT  &  POWER  CO. 

7th  and  Cedar  StreeU,  OAKLAND,  CAL. 


26 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


E.  A.  BULLIS  &  CO. 

Merchants  National  Bank  Building 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

Cement  Finishing  Products 

"Carbite" 

TRADE    MARK 

—  a  "  Safety  Firit "  composition  for  surfacing. 

"Federal  Steel  Cement  Hardener" 

—  ju^  what  the  name  says  it  is. 


"Federal  Steel  Concrete  Hardener" 

—  to  make  mass  work  Wronger. 

"Impervite" 

—  a  waterproofing  that  ^ays  waterproof. 

"Dry  Mortar  Colors" 

—  mineral  dyes  —  mostly  natural  oxides. 

DON'T  coniult  u«  if  your  work  is  temporary  for  our  products  are  permanent. 


When    writing   to    AflvcrliBcrs   plcnsc    mcniion    llii?   magazine. 


The  Architect  atid  Rtii^ittccr 


27 


The  GOODYEAR  TIRE  CO.  Buildinjr 


I'i  .;  ly  BUILOINr.  OF  OOODYRAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO.        Cunningham  &  P.,lili. 

J.inu>  C"ahill  &  Co.  N.  W.  Cor.  Van  Niss  Avr.  and  Sutter  St.  Architects 

O.ikl.^nd  SAN   FRA.NCISCO  San  Francisco 

riie  (dement  finish  of  this  buildinj^  was  painted  with 

TWO  COATS 


CONCRETO 

CEMENT   COATING 


OVER  TWO  YEARS  AGO 

A  Concrcto  finish  will  not  chip  or  i)ccl  and  can  he  rci)ainU'(l 
in  after  years  with  Concreto  with  ahsolute  safety. 

\  an  Xe.s>  .\\cnnc  Trolley  I'oles  are  finished  with  two  coals 
of  Concrcto. 


SOI  F-      MASnr-ArTt'BFRS 


THE  MURALO  CO.,  New  York 

SAN  FRANCISCO  OFFICE,  311  California  Street 

.\.  I..  C]R[£[£NE.  .Agent 


Sunset  Paint  Co. 
627  S  Main  Street 

Los  Angeles 


DISTRIBUTORS 


I).  II.  Rhodes 
546  Valencia  St. 

San    Francisco 


When    writing    to    .\dvcrliscra    i>lca>c    nicnli..ii    this    m  iva.-.inc. 


28 


The  Architect  and  £;;_<^/;irrr 


ARCHITKTS!! 
AmNTION!!! 


For  vour  SANI- 
TARY PORCE- 
LAIN    WARE 

sjjccify  the  Califor- 
nia product  made 
by  the  WESTERN  STATES  PORCELAIN  CO.  at  Richmond,  Cal., 
of  the  highest  grade  clays  by  most  experienced  workmen  and  the  latest 
improved  machinery,  competing  in  quality  and  prices  with  the  best 
Eastern  goods,  thus  guaranteeing  quick  delivery  and  service. 

Illustrated  catalog  mailed  on  request. 

WESTERN  STATES  PORCELAIN  CO. 

HERBERT  F.  BROWN,  President 

Manufacturers  of 

PLUMBERS  VITREOUS  CHINA  WARE 

RICHMOND,  CALIFORNIA 


For  Sound  and  Economical  Concrete  Specify 

NIL[$  SAND  GRAVEL  AND  ROCK  CO.'S 

Sharp  Clean  Concrete  Sand.  We  carry  three  si/es 
of  Crushed  and  Screened  Concrete  Gravel 

Roofing  Gravel 


Main  Office: 
MIJTLAL  BANK  BUILDING 


704  Market  St.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  DouaLis  2944 


HANCOCK   GRAMMAR    SCHOOL 
FACED   WITH   60,000 

Red    Stock    Brick 

Siil>iili<"l  I'V  thr 

DIAMOND  BRICK  CO. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Wc  S<il 

ARTISTIC  CLAY  BRICK 

AT   RKASONAI3LE    TRICKS 


Sales  Office 
HAI.nOA  HUn.lJINC 


Telephone 

Sutter    2>>M 


The  Architect  and  lim^iiuer 


29 


UNIVERSAL    SAFETY    TREAD 


a7!--rg<i-J--g£^:§t»^^,-<^;g^ 


Cross  Section  of  Anti-Slip  Metal  type,  showing  extra  thick  or  reinforced  nosing. 
Verj'  durable  and  most  efficient   of  all  safety  treads. 

LMVERSAL  SAFETY  TREAD  CO.,     -     Boston,  Mass. 

r\(im    <iiA>r   hi  i'ki^im  ai  i\  i^: 

PACIFIC  BUILDING  MATERIALS  COMPANY,  San  Francisco 


Steiger 

Terra  Cotta  ^^  Pottery 

Works 

AMCMITCCTUHAL     TCRR*     COTTA.     PHCSSCO     ■mCK.    SCWCn     PIF« 

CHiMNCr   pipc.    rLuc  linino.   rim  anicK 

MANTEL  TILE.   ACID  WAKES 


Factokt     South  San  Francisco 
San  Mateo    CO 


18th  and    Division    Sts 
San  rnANCisco 


Main  Office      729  Mills  Building 

Telephone    Douglas   3010  SAN    FbanciSCO    Cal 


ENAMELED  BRICK 

MAT    AND     TRANSPARENT     GLAZE 


PACIFIC  SEWER  PIPE  CO. 

825  EAST  SEVENTH  STREET  LOS  ANGELES 


GLADDING.HcBEAN&Ca 

Manufacturers  Clay  Products 

Crocker  Bldg.  San  Francisco 

Works.  Lincoln,Cal. 


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30 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


.,.,.,...      lull 


JAMFsS  STEWART  &   CO.,   Contractor 


R.   KLETTING.  Architect,  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah 


Utah  State  Capitol  Building 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


EQUIPPED  WITH 


RUSSWIN  NIANTIC  UPRIGHT 
UNIT  LOCK  and  RUSSWIN 
DOOR    CHECKS 


FURXISHED  TMROUC.II 


GEO.    H.    LOWE   CO.,    OGDEN,    UTAH 


Russell  &  Erwin  Manufacturing  Co. 

DIVISION 
American   Hardware  Corporation,  Successor,  New  Britain,  Conn. 

Commercial  Bldg.,  833  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

m;w  YORK  (  in('A(,(i  i.()\i)()\.  r.No. 


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The  .Irchitcct  and  liiiuini'ir 


31 


ril  Protect  Your 

Concrete  or  Stucco 

Home  Against 

Dampness 

I  )iK'  ix>:a  of  BAY  STATE  BRICK  and 
CEMENT  COATING  will  \v;iu-ipru..i  all 
c-oiuTi-tf  ami  coinciU  surfacc-s  without 
(k'slroyinj;  llic  distinctive  texture  of  the 
Cement.  It  becomes  a  part  of  the  material 
over  whieh  it  is  applietl  and  ;ifl[orils  lasting 
protection  to  the  structure;  preventing 
tliseoloration  of  interior  and  exterior  sur- 
faces causctl  by  moisture  corroding  the 
metal  Lathing. 

Send  fur  Book  25  which  contains  complete 
information  on  the  subject  of  waterproof- 

in>T  rinfl   fic('')ratinR  Concrete  surfaced. 

WADSWORTH,   HOWLAND   &   CO.,  Inc. 


Paint   and    Varnish    Makers 


82-84  WASHINGTON  ST. 


BOSTON,  MASS. 


DISTRIUUTINQ    AGENTS: 

F.  T.  CROW  K  &   CO Portland,  Ore.;  Spokane,  Seattle.  Tacoma,  Wash.;  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

IONES-NH)()RE   P.\INT  HOUSE San   Diego,  Gal. 

R.   N.   N.\SON   &  CO  «;i  P-:rr  PTrrV  SnTi  Prnr^r-'srn  -,r:d    1047  Smith  Mnin  Street.  Los  .^HReles,  Cal. 


Fintihed  uith  Old  Virftnia  White. 


Satlerlee  di  Boyd.  Architects.  Neu'  York 


Cabot's  Old  Virginia  White 

A  Soft,  Clean  White  for  Shinies,  Siding  and  all  other  Outside  Woodwork 

A  shingle-stain  compound  that  has  the  brilliant  whiteness  of  whitewash,  with  none  of 
its  objectionable  features  and  the  durability  of  paint,  with  no  "painty"  effect.  The 
cleanest,  coolest  and  most  effective  treatment  for  certain  kinrls  of  house?. 

SAMUEL  CABOT,  Inc.,  Mfg.  Chemists,  Boston,  Mass. 

Cabot's  Shingle  Stains.  P"''t-  Waterproof  Cement  Stains.  Waterproof  Brick  Stains. 

Conserve  Wood  Preservative.  Damp-pro<jfinK,  Waterproofing,  Protective  Paint,  etc. 

\  Pacific  HuildiriK  Materials  Compan>,  .S23  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 

AGENTS  ■,  The  Mathews  Paint  C<)n»pan>.  I.os  AiiKcles.      (Stain). 
Waterhouse  &  Price  Compan>.  I.os   Anucles.      ((Juilt). 


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2,2 


The  ArcJutcct  and  Eiieinccr 


mm  mm 


COMMERCIAL  &  SAVINGS  BANK  BLDG..  STOCKTON.  CALIFORNIA   - 
L.  B.  Dutton,  Architect        Stone  &  WriKhl.  Associate  Architects        P.  J.  Walker,  Builder 

EQUIPPED  WITH 

ONE  SWEEPER  TUEC 

AIR  CLEANING  SYSTEM 

So/c/  Throiifih 

TUEC   CO.  II 

of    San    Francisco         II 

110   JESSIE   STREET 


TUEC 


CANION,  OHIO 


The  Architect  ami  Rnt^^iiiccr 


33 


THE  DOLBEAR  CURB  BAR 


I  Ml    ONI   N 


SINCil  I    I'llCl. 
ON     I  III:    l>ACI 


I  N  I'l.  CI  kH 
\\C    COAST. 


SECTIONAL  VIEW  OF   DOLBEAR  CURB   BAR   I\  CONCRETE 

The  BEST  for  Efficiency,  Permanence,  Ease  in  Construction,  Appearance  and  Cost 

POINTS  OF  SUPERIORITY  —  One-piece  construction  with  no  countersunk  bolt  heads  and  no  dctach- 
ahle  anchorage.  Head  has  flat  underside,  thus  eliminating  wedging  effect,  and  is  so  constructed  that  expansion 
lakes  place  outside  concrete.  By  reason  of  its  broad  base  or  foot  it  is  more  firmly  anchored  in  concrete  than  any 
other  Curb  Bar.  The  construction  is  such  that  when  a  blow  is  struck  at  the  rounded  outer  edge  it  is  carried  by 
the  metal  fKjrtions  of  the  bar  extending  at  right  angles  from  the  direction  of  the  blow.  (These  metal  portions 
carrying  the  stresses  have  a  combined  width  of  nearly  2  inches.) 

Send  for  samples,  data  and  specifications 

THE  AMERICAN  STEEL  BAR  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

(Telephone  Sutter  1475)        MERCHANTS  KXCHANGE  BLDG.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


THE  HOFFMAN  Instantane- 

t^ 

ous  Gas  WATER  HEATER 

1 

1 

Ir'i 

Needs  No  Attention 

The  public  has  loiij^  ikniamlcil 
a  Gas  Water  Heater  that  actually 

1 

gives  service   without   interrup- 
tion.   One  that  they  can  depend 
upon  when  they  need  it  most. 

There  has  never  been   an   in- 
stance where  the  New  Improved 
Hoffman  has  failed  to  give  entire 
satisfaction. 

fifl 

Kr^-- ^^M^ 

Its  low  maintenance  cost  and 
lack  of  attention  make  it  a  most 
desirable  heater  for  Architects  to 

e9 

specify,  as   there  are  no  come- 
backs or  complaints. 

ji 

The  Hoffman  Heater  Company 

^                                     LORAIN,  OHIO 

PACIFIC  COAST  BRANCH: 

Phone, 

Kearny  4.^2.S 

397  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco 

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34 


The  Architect  and  Eng^ineer 


^Concrete  for  Permanence" 


ARCH  —  F.    L.    WRIGHT 


Simple  Sturdy  Lines 

show  best  in  strong,  durable  mate- 
rial like  Atlas-White  non-staining 
Portland  Cement.  Watch  the 
growth  of  concrete  home  building, 
and  the  constantly  mcreasmg  use 
of  Atlas  White.  Ask  yourself  why. 
The  answer  is  you'll  want  to  use 
Atlas  yourself  if  you  haven't  start- 
ed yet. 


r*' WHITE  «^ 

ATLAS 


PACIFIC  COAST  DISTRIBUTORS  OF  ATLAS-WHITE; 


United  Materials  Co.,  -  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Pacific  Porlland  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Sania  Cruz  Portland  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco 
Oro  Grande  Lime&  SloneCo.,  Los  Angsles.  Cal 
Sunset  Lime  Company,  -  Los  Angeles,  Cal 
Los  Angeles  Lime  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal 
Western  Commercial  Company,  Los  Angeles.  Cal 
California  Porlland  Cement  Co.,    Pasadena,  Cal 


Robrrt  H.  Winn  Co..  -  San  Difgo.  Cal. 
Howard  Company,  -  -  Oaklai.d,  Cal. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  -  Seattle,  WasH. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  Spokane,  Wash. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  -  Portland,  Or-. 
Evans,  Coleman  flc  Evans,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 
Evans,  Coleman  fit  Evans,    Victoria,  B.  C. 


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35 


FRESNO  ART  GLASS  COMPANY 

JOHN  YDREN,  Prop. 

ART,   LEADED   AND   PRISM 
GLASS  WORK 

Some  Recent  Installations: 

1st   National   Bank,  Kingsburg 

California  Hotel,  Fresno 

Richter  Block,  Fresno 

Hotel  Sierra,  Fresno 

Fresno  Crematory 


ESTIMATES    FURNISHED    ANYWHERE    IN    SAN 
JOAQUIN    VALLEY 


2124  Tuolumne  Street 


FRESNO,  CAL. 


THE   ONLV 
MANUTACTURERS     OF 

f^ymBONiziNG  foAnxa 

roit  fRONAifD  Steel 

fOP  QAIVANIZED  IRO/f 


1--^  Q  1  r^  fc  °^  MERIT  are  used 
ctlll  Lo  solely  by  those  inter- 
ests that  desire  Positive  Results, 
under  normal  as  well  as  adverse 
conditions.  Our  Products  have  a 
record  of  twenty-five  (25)  years  of 
usage,  without  a  failure.  They  are 
specified  and  used  exclusively,  be- 
cause they  have  no  equal. 

The  only  paints  that  reduce 
"Maintenance  Expense" and  "First 
Cost"  to  a  "Minimum." 

Write  for  literature  and  "Treatise 
and  Specifications"  on  Protective 
Coatings. 

The  GOHEEN  MANUFACTURING  CO 

CANTON,  OHIO. 

AGF.NTS    HAVING    STOCK    ON    HAND    I'OR    IMMEDIATE    DELIVERY 

C.  W.  COBURN   &   COMPANY  MR.  A.  J.  CAPRON 

320  Market  Street  17-18  Ainsworth  Building 

San  Francisco,  Cal.  Portland,  Oregon 


FOB  STEEL  HULLS  AND  STEELCARS 

WCWEWAI.TUIW  Paint 

FOR  DAMP  PROOFING-eCAtrrirYIHG  AMDPRESEOVINS 
CONCRETE.BHICK   STONC  WALL  AHO  MASONRY  COMSTHOCTION 


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36 


The  Architect  and  En^^ineer 


What  is  More  Troublesome  than  to  Pack  Radiator  Valves? 

You  never  seem  to  have  the  right  size  packing;.  Because 
there  is  no  active  rod  travel  through  the  stuffing  box  the  pack- 
ing sets  and  gets  hard,  and  the  valves  leak  more  or  less  when 
opened  or  closed, 

PALMETTO   TWIST 

can  be  unstranded  and  any  size  valve  packed  from  one  spool. 

It  cannot  burn — it's  all  asbestos.  Does  not  get  hard — because 
a  perfect  lubricant  is  forced  into  eacli  strand. 

Use  PALMETTO  TWIST  on  all  the  valves,  and  you  will 
not  liave  to  repack  so  often. 

We  vein  send  you  a  sample  spool  FREE.    Just  to  prove  this. 

H.  N.  COOK  BELTING  CO.. 

317-319    Howard  St..  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


A.  KNOWLES 

Metal  Furring,  Plastering  and 
Decorations 

Phone  Douglas  3451 
985  FOLSOM  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.     \ 


Specialist 

in 

"CAEN 

STONE" 


AUSTIN  Improved  Cube 
Concrete  Mixer 

Made  in  all  sizes  and  styles  of  mountings  for 
general  concrete  work,  for  road  and  pavement 
construction, and  for  bituminous  concrete  work. 

MUNICIPAL     ENGINEERING     & 
CONTRACTING   CO. 

Main  Office,  Railway  Exchange,  CHICAGO   ILL. 

Direct  Factory  Branch  in  SAN  KRANCISCO, 
Temporary  Office: 

A.  M.SKILLMAN,  ll^S  PINE  ST.,  San  Francisco 


PACIFIC  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER  CO. 

ENGINEERS  AND  CONTRACTORS 

Heating  and  Ventilating,  Electrical  In- 
stallations, Fire  Extinguishing  Apparatus 

THE     GRINNELL    AUTOMATIC    SPRINKLER 

Main  Office:     io?  MONTGOMERY  STREET.    SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 

II7-I18  Colman  Building -       Seattle  Wash. 

Branch  Offices:  .^  504-505  McKay  Building Portland  Ore. 

{i26  Paulsen  Building Spokane.  Wash. 

5(13  I.  W.  Hellman  Building     .-.-.--     Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Z7 


For  1915  BOOTHS 

For  Ornamental  Wood  Finish,  Hardwood,  etc.  whether  Natural,  Stained  or  I'aintcd 


WHY? 


USE  GENUINE  COMPO 

(a)  Gives  the  best  possible  effect. 

(b)  Is  easy  to  use. 

(c)  Not  difficult  to  get. 

(d)  You  have  8000  best  carved  designs  to  choose  from. 

(e)  Saves  expense. 


REMEMBER  —  This  material 
Contains  NO    Plaster,   and 

does  not  check  or  shrink.  It 
matches  the  wood  in  DE- 
TAIL and  GRAIN. 

(Also  made  to  detail) 

WESTERN  BUILDERS'  SUPPLY  CO. 

(Agents— DECORATORS  SUPPLY  CO.) 

Phone  Kearny  1991  155  New  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco 


Build  your  House  of 
Reinforced  Concrete 

A  FIREPROOF  HOUSE  OF 
REINFORCED   CONCRETE 
FOR  THE  SAME  MONEY 
AS  A  COMBUSTIBLE 
HOUSE  OF  WOOD 

Walls  and  Partitions  of 
Concrete  Slabs== 
Waterproof,  Crackproof, 
Everlasting 

Two    Residences    in  Berkeley  Now 

Being  Erected  According 

to  This  System 


INTERNATIONAL  CONCRETE 
CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Parker  &  Ninth  Sts.    Wtst  Berkeley,  Cal. 


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38 


The  Architect  and  Eni^ineer 


San  Francisco 

Metal  Stamping 

and 

Corrugating 

Company 

STAMPED  AND  SPUN 

SHEET  METAL 
ORNAMENTS. 
STATUEWORK, 
MISSION  TILE 

554-556  TREAT  AVE. 

NEAR     NINETEENTH     ST. 

Phone  Mission  2421 
Home  Plione  l«-3428 

SAN   FRANCISCO. 
CALIFORNIA 


Statue  of  Sheet  Metal 


Vulcan  iron  WorKs 

(Established  1851) 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
AND  CAST  IRON 
ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


ROCK  BREAKERS 

BLAKE  PATTERN   DODGE  PATTERN 


Works  I  Francisco  and  Kearny  Streets 
OMice    ^  ^°"  Francisco,  Cal. 


The  Cutler  Mail  Chute 


Pacific 
Coast 
Represen- 
tatives: 

San  Francisco, 
Cal., 

Thomas  Day 
Company. 

Portland, 
Ore. 

C.  W.  Boost. 

Seattle  and 

Tacoma, 

Wash., 

D.  E.  Fryer 
&Co. 

Spokane, 
Wash. 

E  C 

Mail  Box— L.  C.  Smith  Building         ' 

Seattle.  Wash..  TOUSLEY. 

Gagrerin  &  Gaffirin,  Architects, 
Syracuse.  N.  Y. 

Cutler  Mail  Chute  Co., 

ROCHESTER,  N,  Y. 
Cutler  Building. 


Sons  % 

ORNAiV\ENTAL 

IR0N6BR0NZE 

STRYCTVEAL  STEEL 

CINCINNATI 

iAN  fRANCISCO 

WF&TEEN  5VILDERS  SVPPIY  CO 

155  NEW  MONTGOMERY  ST. 
LOS  ANGELE.S 

&WEET&ER  6  BALDWIN  SAFE  CO 
200  EAiT  912  ST 


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39 


,■;;•.    Isometric  view 

■A    of  the   Oscil- 

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Contents  for  November  p,cf. 

IN  A  QUIET  PATIO       -----.-         Frontispiece 
PERMANENT  BUILDINGS  OF  RARE  ARCHITECTURAL  BEAUTY 

WILL  MARK  COMING  EXPOSITION  AT  SAN  DIEGO  47 

Mark  S.  Watson 
Illustrated 
ARE    THE    ARCHITECTS    AND    ENGINEERS    OF    CALIFORNIA 

READY  TO  DO  CITY  PLANNING? .V.) 

Charles  Henry  Cheney 
Illustrated 
THE  IMPROVEMENT  OF  THE  FOOT  OF  MARKET  STREET,  SAN 

FRANCISCO  .....(;.-, 

Ernest  Coxhead,  Architect 
Illustrated 
ANNUAL    MEETING    OF    ARCHITECTURAL    LEAGUE    OF    THE 

PACIFIC  COAST       -  -  - CO 

John  Bakewell,  Jr. 
E.  MATHEWSON,  ARCHITECT-SPORTSMAN  -         -         -         -         TI 

Frederick  Jennings 
Illustrated 
THE  EFFECT  OF  THE  ILLINOIS  ARCHITECT'S  LICENSE  LAW 
UNUSUAL   ARCHITECTURAL   TREATMENT   OF   LOS   ANGELES 

HOTEL  8:! 

THE  ENGINEER  AND  THE  CONTRACTOR S.". 

CONCRETE  POLES  AND  THE  POSSIBLE  MAXIMUM  LOADS  ON 

POLE  LINES   ■.-----  ...  -  .s.) 

Walter  H.  Lienesch 
TERRA  COTTA  IN  BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION       ...         -         u.") 

H.   L.  Fitzsimmons 

THE  SKILL  REQUIRED  OF  AN  ARCHITECT 100 

THE  TIME  TO  BUILD  11.'. 

A.  C.  Claussen,  Architect 
THE  RELATIVE  POSITIONS  OF  THE  ENGINEER  AND  ARCHI- 
TECT   108 

EDITORIAL 112 

AMONG  THE  ARCHITECTS 114 

REVIEWS  OF  RECENT  BOOKS 122 


Index    lo    AdTeitismicnls    Piifre   H| 


Co|)yriKlit    1014,   I'aiiania-Cnlifonii.-i   Kxiuisitii 


Frontispiece 

The    Architect    and    Engineer 

of  (California 

November,    1914 


IN  A   QUIET  PATIO 


THE 


Architect  and  Engineer 


TL0.5 


G53C1 

Vol.  XXXIX. 


Of  California 

Pacific  Coast  States 


NOVEMBER,   1914 


No.  1. 


Permanent  Buildings  of  Rare  Architectural  Beauty 
Will  Mark  Coming  Exposition  at  San  Diego 

I'.y  .MARK  S.  \V.\TSOX. 

rP>I\(>l'AI!LY  no  sin^^'-Ic   feature  of  California 
^^  j        outside  the  majestic  natural-  wonder.s  of  the 

^^^^  state,  has  attracted  more  interest  than  the 

^m^  old  Spanish  missions  which  stretch  all  the  way 

from  San  Diega  de  Alcala  to  San  Francisco  de 
Solano.  Probably  no  other  si)irit  of  architecture 
is  so  completely  in  harmony  with  the  California 
landsca])e.  Certainly  none  is  associated  more 
definitely  with  the  rare  old  Spanish  traditions 
which  still  live  in  California's  life  of  the  present 
day,  and  yet  there  has  been  a  sinj^-ular  ne.^lect  of 
the  S])anish-Colonial  type  of  building-  in  the 
construction  of  new  buildinj^s  alons^  the  coast. 
This  circumstance  was  fully  realized  by  the  man- 
as^ement  of  the  San  Dieg-o  Exposition  five  years 
ago  when  plans  were  being  made  for  the  build- 
ings which  should  stand  on  top  of  the  lofty  mesa 
which  looks  down  over  the  sea  and  back  over  the 
canyons  to  the  mountains.  The  E.x])osition  might 
have  gone  ahead  and  erected  buildings  of  Creek 
or  Roman  type,  or  other  conventional  types 
which  have  appeared  at  all  world's  fairs  of  the 
past.  Beyond  a  doubt  the  result  would  have  been 
beautiful,  for  all  buildings  are  beautiful  when  they  are  set  in  the  gorgeous 
landscape  which  is  possible  in  California  as  a  whole,  and  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia in  particular.  Ueautiful  the  result  might  have  been,  but  nothing  would 
have  been  created.  Conse(|uently  the  Exi)osition  adopted  a  different  plan, 
and  now  offers  to  the  world  something  which  is  not  only  wondrously  beautiful, 
but  also  is  creative  in  that  it  has  brought  about  a  genuine  renaissance  of  the 
glories  of  Spanish  art  and  architecture,  and  something  which  is  productive  of 
a  very  great  api)eal  to  the  romantic  tendencies  which  linger  in  the  most  prosaic. 
The  impression  of  the  architects  who  have  seen  the  ExiX)sition  in  the  city  at 
the  far  Southwest,  is  that  there  has  been  revived  an  art  which  should  have 
been  revived  decades  ago,  but  which,  now,  re-created,  is  destined  to  take  on 
new  life  and  strength  and  to  last  for  many  years  to  come. 

The  visitor  comes  up  to  the  edge  of  IJalboa  Park  from  the  wharves  or  the 
railway  station.  i)assing  en  route  1)uildings  typical  of  a  Inisy  twentieth  centurv 


FRAY  JVNIPERO  SERRA 


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F  K  O  M  A  n  A  L  C  O  N  Y 
LOOKING  TOWARD  THE  SEA 
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FRONTISPIECE  AT  ENTRANCE,  CALIFORNIA  ST  VI E 
BUILDING.  PANAMA-CALIFORNIA  EXPOSITION  SAN  DIFGO 
CRAM,  GOODHUE  &  FERGUSON,  ARCHITECTS 

Bertram    Grosvcnor    GootUuie,    Advisory    ami    Co„x„lli„g   Architect    to 

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OVTER    ASD    IXXER    ELEVATIOS    OF   ESTRANGE    GATEWAY    COXSECTING    PERMASEST 

CALIFORSIA  STATE  ASD  FIXE  ARTS  BUILDINGS,  PAXAMACALIFORXIA 

EXPOSITIOX.  SAX  DIEGO 

Cram,  Goodhue  &  Ferguson,  Architects 

Bertram  Grosvenor  Goodhue,  Ad-.isory  and  Consulting  Architect  to  Exfosition 


city;  the  rattle  of  street  cars  and  the  liuni  of  modern  indnstry  fills  the  way. 
]  le  bursts  through  a  grove  of  palms  and  finds  himself  at  the  end  of  the  quarter- 
mile  Puente  de  Cabrillo,  whose  seven  arches  rise  from  the  depths  of  a  pool  135 
feet  below  in  the  canyon.  He  crosses  this  impressive  viaduct  and  comes  to  the 
great  stone  gateway ;  not  spick  and  span  as  though  it  has  been  built  especially 
for  this  occasion,  but  s(jftened  by  the  sandblast  and  chii)i)cd  here  and  there  to 
bring  about  the  a])])earance  of  anticjuity;  it  is  just  such  a  gate  as  might  have 
stood  at  the  portal  of  a  city  in  old  Spain  of  two  or  three  or  four  centuries  ago. 
He  passes  through  the  gateway  and  immediately  the  hum  and  bustle  of  the 
twentieth  century  tidewater  city  die  away.  At  one  side  is  an  impressive  cathe- 
dral copied  in  many  essential  details  from  the  magnificent  cathedral  at  Oaxaca, 
Mexico.  At  the  other  side  is  a  plain  old  mission  of  the  California  type,  and 
right  away  is  noticed  one  of  the  extraordinary  features  of  this  S])anish-Colonial 
architecture,  for  the  ornate  cathedral  faces  scjuarcly  into  the  somber  old  mission 
and  yet  there  is  no  clashing  and  no  discord.  This  i)robably  is  true  of  any  other 
school  of  architecture.  Down  El  I'rado  the  visitor  walks  between  rows  of 
black  acacia  set  in  verdant  lawns :  on  each  side  beyond  the  lawns  is  a  thick 
hedge  of  i)oinscttia.  its  crimson  flashing  brilliantly  against  the  green  of  the 
coprosma  and  the  other  shrubs.     Just  iK'yond  this  hedge  rise  the  long  Spanish 


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arches  which  hne  the  arcade  stretching-  from  La  Puerta  del  Oesta  clear  along 
the  Prado.  Here  is  another  old  mission  of  the  California  type,  and  over  across 
the  canyon  a  mission  of  the  older  New  Mexico  type,  quite  as  much  Indian  as 
Spanish.  Down  this  way  is  a  building-  of  the  pure  municipal  type  seen  today 
in  all  Spanish-American  cities.  Here  is  a  rustic  residence,  and  there  an  urban 
palace.  A  great  building  with  colored  cornice  introduces  its  interesting  Moor- 
ish feature.  Another  building  at  the  end  of  the  Isthmu-S — the  name  given  to 
wSan  Diego's  amusement  street  like  the  Pike  and  ]\Iidway  of  previous  years — 
introduces  the  Moorish  arabesque  and  minaret  and  other  features  which  have 
been  adopted  in  some  measure  by  Spanish-America  itself.  Everything  's 
Spanish-Colonial  and  yet  there  is  variety  sufficient  to  lend  fresh  charm  to  the 
view.  There  are  openings  in  the  long  arcades  which  lead  into  quiet  patios 
whose  calm  is  broken  only  by  the  plashing  of  a  fountain  of  Pan.  There  are 
rose-covered  gateways  leading  into  pergolas  which  dot  the  broad  lawns  ad- 
joining the  buildings  and  stretching  back  to  the  brink  of  the  canyons.  There 
are  curious  exedras  in  the  botanical  gardens;  there  are  stone  balconies  looking 
over  the  gulches  which  have  been  planted  with  a  mighty  variety  of  semi-tropical 
plants.  These  canyons  furnish  a  most  important  feature  of  the  general  land- 
scape. One  reason  for  the  extraordinary  results  which  San  Diego  has  brought 
about  with  a  limited  amoimt  of  money,  is  that  Balboa  Park  as  it  was  when  the 
Exposition  started,  supplied  a  site  which  is  quite  incomparable  in  Exposition 
work.  The  great  mesa  occupying-  the  center  of  the  1400  acre  park  is  cut  by 
deep  ravines  whose  contour  furnishes  admirable  opportunity  for  the  develop- 
ment of  most  appealing  treatments.  The  canyons  to  be  sure,  like  the  mesa,  a 
matter  of  four  years  ago,  were  of  hard-baked  adobe  in  which  there  grew  noth- 
ing- except  cactus  and  sage  and  chapparal.  By  the  liberal  use  of  dynamite,  by 
i^lowing  and  harrowing  and  incessant  watering  these  canyons  have  been  made 
to  bloom  into  a  succession  of  great  gardens  which  probably  have  no  peer  any- 
^vhcre  in  the  country. 

The  height  of  the  bridge  has  been  accentuated  l)y  the  use  of  Italian  and 
Monterey  cypress.  lieyond  the  zone  where  these  trees  are  used,  is  a  wealth  of 
cucaly])tus  and  acacia.  Some  of  the  trees  are  the  varieties  which  bear  the 
brilliant  crimson  and  golden  bloonis.  The  end  of  one  canyon  has  been  devoted 
entirely  to  a  variety  of  palmis  ;  also  there  are  palmis  used  extensively  elsewhere 
in  the  canyon  treatment.  The  brilliant  canna  and  the  soft  grays  of  the  acacia' 
Baileyana  and  some  of  the  rarer  grasses  have  been  used  to  add  further  color. 

Not  only  was  San  Diego  endovved  at  the  outset  with  this  admirable  site  for 
its  exposition  which  could  not  have  been  bought  for  millions,  but  also  it  was 
endowed  with  the  (|uite  invahial^le  gift  of  clin^ate,  a  climate  which  is  the  same 
the  year  around ;  it  knows  no  frost  nor  torrid  heat,  and  it  allows  the  most 
amazing  riot  of  hundreds  of  varieties  of  trees  and  shrubs  and  clambering  vines 
and  small  blooming  ])lants.  Over  all  the  arcades  sweeps  this  disi)lay  of  vines, 
with  the  ])urple  bougainvillea  used  extensively  in  the  plaza,  and  the  brick  red 
bougainvillea  used  dominantly  along  El  Prado ;  with  roses  used  in  this  patio, 
clematis  in  that,  and  jasmine  and  honeysuckle  elsewhere.  The  effect  of  this 
lloral  display^  is  of  great  im])ortance.  I'robably  no  other  single  feature  at  the 
Exposition  is  of  more  im])ortance.  It  nuist  be  remembered  that  the  majority 
of  visitors  to  San  Diego  in  1*)1.^  will  \w  Northerners  and  Ivasterners  who  have 
no  conception  of  the  glories  of  Soulhcrn  California's. climate  and  the  amazing- 
heights  of  beauty  to  which  the  California  (lora  mount. 

There  is  another  ])oint  whieli  impresses  mightily  the  architect  and  engineer 
who  likes  to  see  full  value  received.  There  has  been  little  at  ])revious  world's 
fairs  more  genuinely  dei)ressing  than  the  sight  on  the  day  after  the  fair  closed 
when  the  tearing  down  of  the  buildings  began.     The  structure^  at  .San  Diego 


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liavo  been  huill  to  stay — that  is.  those  structure^  which  arc  entitled  to  per- 
inanencv.  'I'hc  sniallor  buil(hiii;s  alonj;-  tlie  Isthmus  heiiijr  erected  purely  for 
ainuseiiient.  will  he  torn  down  immediately,  hut  all  the  other  buildings  will 
-«tand  for  many  years  to  come.  The  <;reat  West  (luadraufj^le,  for  example, 
dominated  by  the  California  State  JUiildin^-,  i^  built  entirely  of  steel  and  con- 
crete and  will  be  used  in  years  to  come  to  hou^c  the  nniseuni  exhibits  which 
have  lK>en  donated  to  the  I-'xposition  with  the  dertnile  understandinj^-  that  they 
would  remain  as  lon^-  as  the  building"  itself  stands.  The  wealth  of  rare  flowers 
in  the  Hotanical  buildin_<;-  is  assembled  for  permanent  use.  as  that  buildini;-,  too, 
is  of  steel  and  concrete,  'i'he  administration  buildinj.;".  the  fire  station,  the 
hos{)ital  and  the  other  service  buildin<.js  are  for  permanent  i)arl<  use.  The  <^reat 
music  pavilion  which  stands  at  the  lower  end  of  the  Plaza  de  ranama,  is  of 
this  same  steel  and  concrete  construction,  and  l)econies  the  property  of  the  city 
immediately  after  the  Exjxisition  Company  is  terminated.  All  of  the  other 
Luildinsj^s  are  of  staff  and  plaster,  but  these  perishable  materials  are  placed  on  a 
t'lrm  backini;-  of  metal  lath,  h'urthermore.  the  entire  absence  of  frost  and 
sudden  chani^es  of  temperature  and  ijales  and  drenching-  rains  from  this  i)ar- 
ticular  section  of  the  San  Dietjo  valley  makes  certain  a  much  <!^reater  dei^ree 
of  permanency  than  would  he  i^ossible  anywhere  else.  The  life  of  these  build- 
ings is  fi<^ured  at  from  twenty  to  thirty  \ears  with  proper  treatment  of  the  staff 
each  year.  The  s^Tcat  I'uente  de  (.abrillo.  which  cost  api)roximately  $250,000. 
is  also,  of  course,  of  permanent  construction  and  is  of  genuine  interest  from  a 
purely  engineering  standpoint  as  the  first  examjile  of  reinforced  concrete  con- 
struction of  the  cantilever  unit  tyi^e  on  a  scale  api)roximating  anything  of  this 
.^ort.  It  has  attracted  consideral)le  interest  from  railway  engineers,  who  find 
in  it  a  solution  to  the  dit^cult  problem  of  bridging  streams  which  are  seasonally 
turbulent.  It  is  recognized  that  this  construction  makes  it  ]X)ssible  for  an 
extra  heavy  downpour  oi  water  to  carry  away  a  single  pier  and  leave  the  other 
piers  intact.  This  means  that  temporary  tracks  can  be  laid  across  the  gaj).  and 
train  service  can  be  continued  whUe  the  reconstruction  of  the  missing  unit  is  in 
progress. 

With  the  excei)tion  of  the  West  quadrangle,  which  was  tlie  work  of  the 
architectural  firm  of  Cram,  Goodhue  &  Ferguson  of  New  York  and  Boston, 
the  designing  of  the  Exposition  Beautiful  was  the  work  of  Frank  P.  Allen,  Jr.. 
who  figured  importantly  in  the  Seattle  Exposition.  The  supplementary  features 
which  have  been  introduced  by  the  Exposition  management  to  carry  out  the 
Spanish  ideas,  are  in  a  rare  spirit  of  harmony.  For  example,  not  only  are  the 
buildings  purely  Spanish,  but  the  guards  and  attendants  at  the  Exposition 
throughout  V)\5  are  attired  as  conquistadores  and  caballeros  ;  the  bandsmen  are 
dressed  in  Spanish  uniform;  the  dancing  girls  who  appear  in  the  Plaza  de 
Panama  and  at  dift'erent  points  along  El  i'rado.  are  Spanish  dancing  girls  in 
the  bright  costumes  of  old  Spain,  presenting  the  dances  of  the  Spanish  capital 
of  two  centur'ies  ago.  Some  of  the  fiestas  which  will  rank  as  special  events, 
are  the  fiestas  of  the  Spanish-American  countries.  Thus  in  the  field  of  special 
events  are  the  religious  ceremonies  of  the  Aztecs  and  Toltecs,  and  the  other 
ancient  red  races.  These  displays  then  figure  as  more  than  special  events 
because  they  are  inseparably  associated  with  the  architecture  itself.  \'erv  little 
is  left  to  the  imagination  of  the  visitor  save  the  feat  of  transporting  himself 
backward  three  or  four  centuries  and  realizing  that  this  magic  city  on  the 
mesa  is  the  city  which  was  dreamed  of  by  Cabrillo  four  centuries  ago,  and  by 
the  succession  of  conquistadores  and  padres  who  followed  after. 

It  is  an  Exposition  P>eautiful  in  ap])earance  and  in  sjMrit  alike. 


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Are  the  Architects  and  Engineers  of  California 
Ready  to  do  City  Planning? 

\W  ClIAkLICS  I1I-:XRY  CIll'Xl'V, 
Secretary  California  Conference  on  City   PlanninR. 


////■  C.IL/l-ORM.l  COXFHREXCE  OX  CITY  /7,J.V.\7.\  (/ 

'fill'  Califoniiti  Conference  on  City  I'hinnin;^.  inaug^urated  on  a  pernuinent 
basis  durinii  the  Leo'^ue  of  California  Municipalities  Convention  at  Del  Monte 
October  jjtii  to  ijitli.  is  of  the  greatest  interest  to  architects  and  engineers,  lis 
purposes  as  outlined  at  the  first  conference  arc: 

( i)  To  create  the  ti.'idest  possible  understanding  of  the  need  for  city  planning; 
to  sho'n.'  that  it  is  practicable  and  sensible  from  the  economic  and  social  as  well 
as  the  (esthetic  standpoint ;  and  to  unite  all  separate  movements  for  city  planning 
in  the  various  cities  of  the  State  into  one  strong  central  body; 

(J)  To  secure  the  drafting  of  comprehensive  ta^cs  for  the  establishment  of 
permanent  city  planning  commissions; 

( S)  I  o  assemble  data,  reports  and  general  information  concerning  successful 
city  planning  z<,'ork  in  other  states  and  in  Eurol^e  for  the  boicfit  of  California 
communities ;  to  encourage  the  establishment  of  city  planning  commissions  and 
organisations  and  to  help  them  as  far  as  possible  in  their  zwrk ; 

(4)  To  publish  the  proceedings  and  papers  of  the  conference  recently  held  and 
of  future  conferences. 

The  officers  and  lixecutive  Committee  elected  for  the  first  year  are:  President. 
Percy  / '.  Long.  City  .Ittorney.  San  Francisco;  Second  I' ice-President,  Duncan 
McDullie.  Berkeley  City  Planning  Committee ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Chas.  II. 
Cheney.  .Irchitcct,  San  Francisco ;  Chas.  A.  Murdoch,  San  Francisco;  ,1.  S. 
Lavenson,  Oakland;  IV.  H.  IVeilbye,  Oakland;  George  L.  Dillman,  Alameda;  S. 
/:.  Burum.  Dinuha ;  Prof.  /.  IV.  Hozi'crth,  Berkeley;  11.  .4.  Mason.  San  Fran- 
cisco; II.  C.  Cutting.  Richmond;  and  nicmbers  to  be  appointed  from  San  Diego, 
Riverside.  Fresno  atid  Sacramento. 

'The  Conference  a'///  )neet  annually  zi'ith  the  League  of  California  Municipali- 
ties, zchich  ii'fV/  go  to  Oakland  in  1913.  The  business  of  the  Conference  7cill  be 
handled  by  the  lixecutive  Committee,  and  a  General  .Idi-isory  Committee  of  fifty, 
to  be  appointed  from  the  principal  cities  and  organicatio)is  of  the  .State. 

Membership  is  open  to  all  those  interested  in  city  planning  work  in  California. 
at  three  dollars  per  year,  which  includes  copies  of  the  proceedings,  published 
papers,  etc..  and  participation  in  the  conferences. 


HELD  under  tlic  joint  aus])ices  of  the  Leai^ue  of  California  .Mtinici])alitie3 
and  the  University  of  California  Extension  Division  at  Del  !Monte,  Octo- 
ber 12th  to  15th,  the  first  California  Conference  on  City  Plannini;-  was  a 
distinct  success  and  inaugurated  a  practical  movement  that  is  hound  to  start 
;-,oniethini^  in  most  of  the  cities  of  the  State.  The  attendance  of  nearly  two 
hundred,  ])rincipally  city  ofificials,  made  the  dominant  note  the  ([uestion  as  to 
what  Cit}'  I'lanning-  means,  and  how  best  to  go  about  real  Cit\'  I  Manning  work 
in  the  municii^alities  of  California. 

This  bring"s  the  question  sc|uarel\-  u])  to  ihc  architects  and  engineers  of  Cali- 
fornia, are  they  ready  with  facts,  figures  and  knowledge  of  City  1  Manning 
design  to  tackle  the  great  problems  which  the  haphazard  and  unguided  develop- 
ment of  all  our  cities  have  brought  al)out? 

In  other  wordsi  are  they  pre])are(l  to  sift  out  from  the  experience  of  the  past 
decade  in  this  new  numici])al  science,  the  best  exam])les  of  the  handling  of 
traffic  arteries  as  well  as  park  systems ;  can  they  show  the  business  men  and 
manufacturers  that  projjer  city  planning-  pays  as  well  by  cutting  down  the  over- 
head cost  of  hauling  as  in  cai)italizing  the  attractiveness  of  public  buildings 
by  grouping  them  in  a  civic  center? 


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NEW    YORK    CENTRAL    RAILROAD    BRIDGE 
OVER   STATE   STREET.    HARTFORD 


A    DIGNIFIED    AND    INTERESTING    RAIL- 
ROAD BRIDGE  IN  PARIS 


American    and    European    methods    of    treating    railtcay    zladucts 


Or  can  they  produce  convincing  figures  proving  that  over-congested  housing 
conditions  are  a  menace  to  the  health,  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  whole 
community  ?  Above  all,  can  they  show  where  and  how  housing  problems  have 
been  solved  and  that  California  of  all  places  in  the  world  need  least  suffer  from 
them  if  proper  guidance  and  measures  to  encourage  better  housing  be  put  into 
execution  ? 

Unquestionably  there  is  a  large  amount  of  city  planning  and  housing  study 
for  which  the  cities  of  California  will  need  professional  and  expert  advice 
during  the  next  decade.  While  some  of  the  larger  cities  will  probably  seek  out 
and  employ  city  planning  experts,  much  of  this  work  will  be  brought  to  the 
architects  and  engineers  of  the  State.  Are  they  prepared,  are  they  ready  to 
do  real  city  planning? 

The  civil  engineers  and  surveyors  of  America  had  up  to  very  recently  left 
to  them  practically  all  of  the  planning  of  streets,  cutting  of  blocks  and  lots  and 
the  general  layout  and  re-plotting  of  cities.  Guided  almost  entirely  by  real 
estate  speculators,  they  followed  the  traditional  checkerboard  plan  which 
William  Penn  so  early  laid  out  on  the  flats  of  Philadelphia.  Try  as  they  would, 
they  seem  to  have  found  it  impossible  to  get  away  from  the  obsession  of  its 
regularity. 

No  matter  whether  the  engineers  or  their  clients  were  to  blame,  the  fact 
remains  that  sufficient  analysis  was  never  made  of  the  growth  and  development 
of  cities  to  furnish  convincing  proof  that  any  other  scheme  was  more  economic 
for  the  whole  comuiunity,  more  productive  of  social  or  human  health,  comfort 
and  convenience,,  and  more  ccsthetic  in  the  attractiveness  or  harmon}-  of  building 
groups  which  it  produced. 

Some  fifteen  years  ago  when  the  architects  of  .America  began  to  generally 
appreciate  the  need  for  European  study  and  travel,  they  started  a  movement 
for  the  City  Beautiful,  which  went  rai)idly  over  the  whole  country.  The  obvious 
contrast  between  the  orderly,  restful  and  pleasing  photogra])hs  of  Paris,  X'ienna 
or  any  of  the  Iuiro])ean  cities  and  our  dreary,  ungainly,  hai)hazard  buildings 
and  city  streets,  aj^pealed  to  all  cultured  ])eople  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  where  well  informed  architects  could  get  a  hearing.  City  iJeautiful 
movements  sprang  up  like  wild-fire  and  in  some  of  the  larger  cities  a  great 
deal  of  mpney  was  spent  for  architectural  "projets"  showing  how  beautiful 
wide  boulevards,  civic  centers  and  public  buildings  n'light  be  ])ut  into  being  at 
an  enormous  cost  and  the  city  thus  become  the  miost  attractive  in  the  United 
States. 

While  the  arciiitccts  of  the  country  undoubtedly  deserve  great  credit  for 
educating  the  public,  it  is  unfortunate  that  they  could  not  prove  the  economic 


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These  things  can  he  dune  here,  if  u.<c  teill  but  shoic  that  they  arc  worth  ivhilc 

and  xioial  wisdom  of  their  ])roi)osals.  in  almost  c'vor\-  case  tlie  City  lieautilnl 
movements  liave  died  a  natural  death  without  leaving;-  constructive  results 
behind  them.  In  the  few  cities  where  the  city  plans  really  were  thought  out 
upon  more  than  an  ;e>thetic  basis,  either  their  proponents  did  not  have  the 
common  sense  ari^uments  that  appeal  to  the  business  man,  or  they  did  not  know 
how  to  form  a  permanent  organization  to  continuously  keep  up  the  long  hard 
fight  and  education  of  the  community  to  put  the  city  ])lan  into  execution. 

Six  years  ago  the  National  City  Planning  Conference  was  organized  to 
bring  together  landscape  architects,  engineers,  architects,  social  workers  and 
city  officials  for  n-utual  discussion  and  the  better  understanding  of  city  ]:)lan- 
ning  ])roblems.  The  Proceedings  published  included  papers  showing  what  a 
broad  subject  City  Planning  is  and  hov/  the  re-planning  of  our  existing  cities 
can  only  be  done  by  tackling  the  problem  with  wide  understanding  and  careful 
analysis. 

It  has  been  established  that  City  Planning  must  be  undertaken  first,  from  an 
economic  standpoint ;  second,  from  a  social  standpoint ;  third,  from  an  aesthetic 
stan(l]K)int — not  in  the  reverse  order  as  has  been  usually  followed.  It  is  the 
science  of  knowing  and  profiting  by  other  cities"  experiments  in  civic  develop- 
ment and  of  making  the  strongest  local  application  i)()ssil)le. 

City  Planning  pays  because  it  prevents  the  costly  business  of  correcting  mis- 
takes ;  it  insures  the  orderly  and  unsightly  develojiment  of  the  city,  it  handles 
the  traffic  ])robleni  to  save  time  and  money  in  more  rapid  transit  of  goods  and 
people,  it  increases  all  pro])erty  values  by  ])reventing  the  many  evils  of  haj)- 
hazard  develo])nvent  in  building,  and  it  prevents  stunted  and  diseased  children 
by  i)roviding  playing  and  bathing  ])laces.  through  adec|uate  playgrounds  and 
])arks.  City  Planning  arouses  and  cultivates  new  civic  thought  and  civic  pride. 
It  stirs  all  classes  of  people. 

During  the  i)ast  five  years  a  great  deal  of  careful  data  has  been  accumulated 
on  all  the  phases  of  City  Planning.  This  data  is  contained  in  the  proceedings 
of  the  National  City  Planning  Conference,  of  the  National  Housing  Associa- 
tion, and  it  is  being  ])ublished  more  and  more  prolifically  by  the  cities  of  the 
country  which  are  ])utting  City  Planning  on  a  permanent  basis.  Lists  of  these 
reports  and  much  literature  on  the  subject  can  now  be  found  in  most  libraries 
and  is  being  collected  for  the  benefit  of  the  ])rofessions  and  all  those  interested 
by  the  California  City  Planning  Conference  and  similar  organizations. 

Obviously  the  re])lanning  of  our  existing  cities,  the  estalilishment  of  small 
civic  centers,  the  solution  of  bad  housing  problems  or  the  rehabilitation  of  the 
appearance  of  our  streets  is  not  a  matter  of  the  ])resent.  The  i)utting  into 
execution  of  any  such  City  1  Manning  studies  must  take  time  and  it  must  be 
!-omebody's  business  to  follow  up  and  superintend  the  work. 


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RUE  DE  RIVOLI,  PARIS 


THE  PANTHEON,   PARIS 


Arcaded  streets  and  public  buildings  at   the   ends  of  streets   could   be   arranged,   witJi   a   little   forethought, 

in  America 


Permanent  City  Planning"  Commissions  are  now  being  established  in  prac- 
tically all  of  the  important  cities  of  the  country.  Massachusetts  has  felt  so 
strongly  the  social  need  of  City  Planning  that  it  has  made  compulsory  upon 
every  city  and  town  in  the  State  to  have  such  a  commission.  Several  other 
states  have  passed  similar  laws  encouraging  the  establishment  of  City  Planning 
commissions.  California  with  her  yoiuig  and  rapidly  growing  cities  certainly 
has  as  much  or  more  need  of  such  a  statute  than  ^Massachusetts  with  three 
century  old  cities. 

One  of  the  principal  sessions  of  the  First  California  Conference  on  City 
Planning  was  held  jointly  with  the  City  Attorneys'  Association,  and  there  was 
a  lively  debate  over  proposed  necessary  legislation.  The  Conference  recom- 
mended to  the  next  Legislature  for  passage,  a  law  making  mandatory,  as  in 
Massachusetts,  the  establishment  of  City  Planning  commissions  in  all  cities 
and  towns  of  the  State ;  an  act  for  the  establishment  of  a  State  City  Planning 
Commission  similar  to  the  Massachusetts  Homestead  Commission,  to  furnish 
and  assemble  data,  reports  and  general  information  concerning  successful  City 
Planning  work  in  other  cities  and  in  Europe  for  the  benefit  of  California  com- 
munities, to  study  housing  conditions  and  the  solution  of  the  housing  problem 
and  particularly  to  keep  in  touch  with  and  stimulate  the  local  City  Planning 
commissions. 

A  resolution  was  also  passed  commending  the  University  of  California  for 
its  Municipal  Reference  Bureau  and  requesting  the  establishment  of  compre- 
hensive courses  in  City  Planning  and  Housing. 

The  California  Conference  on  City  Planning  was  organized  by  delegates 
from  the  City  Planning  Commissions  of  California,  city  councils,  commercial 
bodies,  civic  leagues  and  improvement  clubs,  real  estate  associations,  housing, 
industrial,  imnugration  and  harbor  commissions,  and  from  the  societies  of 
engineers  and  architects.  While  the  first  year  of  its  work  will  largely  be  taken 
up  with  organization  and  legislative  campaigns,  both  municipal  and  state,  the 
committees  expect  to  give  active  support  to  all  local  social  and  community 
l»rograms. '' 

No  one  in  this  country  or  in  Euro])e  knows  too  nuich  about  City  Planning 
or  the  solution  of  its  ])roblems.  Climate  and  all  other  natural  advantages  of 
this  State  make  it  an  ideal  one  for  the  development  of  orderly,  well  ])lanned 
cities  with  greater  attractiveness  and  greater  convenience  for  living  and  doing 
business,  than  can  be  found  anywhere  in  America.  The  architects  and 
engineers  of  the  State  can  prove  an  enormous  power  and  influence  for  the 
immediate  betterment  of  exceedingly  monotonous,  ridiculous  and  senseless  con- 


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ATM EXT 
TERSECT 


OF  AX  OP  EX  SPACE  AT   THE 
lOX    OF   STREETS,    MUXICH 


THE    THAMES    EMBAXKMEXT    IX    THE 
HEART  OF  LOXDOX 


Trcc-Tincil  streets  ami  boulcfards  mould  I'oy   in  .liner 


There  are  figures  hoiv  to  {'rare  it 


ditions  in  our  cities,  if  they  will  keep  themselves  well  inforniecl  as  to  the 
latest  methods  of  putting  City  Planning-  into  execution.  The  California  City 
l^lanning  Conference  has  been  organized  to  work  with  them  and  will  welcome 
at  all  times  suggestions  and  ideas  for  the  better  development  of  the  cities  of  the 
State.  .^ 

Announcement  of  School  of  Architecture 

THE  announcement  of  the  Department  of  Architecture  of  the  University 
of  ^Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  has  just  been  received,  and  seems  to 
present  material  not  usually  found  in  literature  of  this  description.  Tn 
addition  to  a  presentation  of  work  by  students  of  the  Department,  and  a 
.synopsis  of  the  recjuirements  of  the  department,  both  for  aclmission  and  for 
graduation,  there  is  published  a  general  statement  designed  to  give  information 
to  prospective  students  and  their  parents  regarding  the  profession  of  archi- 
tecture, the  services  performed  by  the  architect,  his  training  and  the  general 
outlook  for  the  profession.  This  statement  indicates,  in  addition  to  enumerat- 
ing the  functions  of  an  architect,  the  methods  and  training  properly  employed 
to  prepare  him  to  discharge  those  functions.  It  also  points  out,  to  some  extent 
parenthetically,  many  of  his  duties  and  obligations,  which,  it  is  feared,  have 
too  often  been  overlooked  in  the  general  hustle  and  confusion  incident  to  a  pro- 
fessional career. 

As  to  the  outlook  for  the  architect,  it  is  stated  that  in  no  time  of  the  history 
of  the  United  States  has  there  been  so  much  interest  as  is  now  manifested  in 
good  architecture.  Classes  of  buildings,  which  formerly  were  hardly  con- 
sidered from  an  artistic  point  of  view — such  as  factories,  warehouses  and  the 
like — are  now  being  designed  by  architects.  Many  large  corporations  have 
come  to  a  realization  of  the  value  of  buildings  wdiich  are  at  once  adequate, 
attractive  and  interesting.  The  art  development,  of  which  architecture  forms 
but  a  part,  has  barely  begun  in  this  country.  So  long  as  this  country  continues 
its  marvelous  growth,  highly  trained  men  will  be  needed  to  give  form  to  build- 
ing projects  of  the  most  varied  character. 

Copy  of  the  announcement  may  be  had  upon  api)lication. 

* 


Painting  the  Eiffel  Tower 


For  the  fifth  time  since  its  erection  the  Eiffel  tower  is  receiving  a  new  dress 
of  orange  yellow.  Sixty  thousand  pounds  of  paint  is  needed  to  adorn  the 
great  tower  and  fifty  painters  will  be  cm]:)loved  daily  for  three  months.  The 
new  robe  costs  $20,000. 


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PLAX  FOR  RELIEVING   TRAFFIC  CONGESTION.   FOOT   OF  MARKET  ST.,   SAN  FRANCISCO 

Eincst   Cuxhead.   Arcliitcct 


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PPtf^^ 


PLAN    SHOWING    REARRANGEMENT    OF   BLOCKS   AND    WIDENING    OF    MARKET   STREEl 
AND   THE  EMBARCADERO,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Enicst   Co.vlic(ul,   Architect 


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The  Improvement  of  the  Foot  of  Market  Street, 
San  Francisco 

I5y    I-:RXEST  C()XIII:.\I).   Arcliilcct. 

AT  a  recent  meetiii>>-  of  the  San  l^'rancisco  Society  of  Architects  at  which 
the  (Hscussion  of  the  evenint^-  was  the  "Improvement  of  the  I'Oot  of 
-Market  Street,"  the  accompan\inL;-  phin  was  presented,  as  noticed  in  the 
Octoher  Architect  and  Engineer. 

The  i)lan  is  a  detail  of  one  pre])ared  tentatively  for  the  i^eneral  ini])r<)venienl 
of  the  Emharcadero  at  the  time  the  MxjXjsition  site  was  under  (hscussion  some 
three  years  ago. 

During  the  i)ast  year  interest  has  l)een  reawakened  ui)on  this  suhject.  not 
only  on  account  of  the  increasing  congested  conditions  of  traffic  at  the  h'erry 
and  ])roximity  of  the  oi)ening-  of  the  Exposition,  hut  also  on  accoimt  of  the 
fact  that  the  foot  of  Market  Street  and  the  Emharcadero  constitute,  so  to  s])eak, 
the  front  door,  or  vestibule  of  the  city,  and  rightfully  sliould  command  that 
same  comprehensive  treatment  accorded  the  laying  out  of  the  Civic  Center. 

The  completion  of  the  Civic  Center  in  conformity  with  a  beautiful  and 
well  thought  out  ])lan,  offering  ample  space  to  public  buildings  and  wide  vistas 
and  approaches  to  then>,  will  1)\-  comparison  emphasize  and  bring  into  shar]) 
contrast  the  ugliness  of  the  aj^proach  to  the  Eerry  and  inconvenient  traffic 
arrangements  which  now  prevail  at  the  foot  of  Market  Street,  through  lack  of 
foresight  and  errors  of  city  ])lanning  in  the  laying  out  of  streets  in  the  early 
days. 

On  the  north  side  of  Market  street  the  streets  are  narrow  and  tend  to 
aggravate  rather  than  ameliorate  congestion.  The  fact  that  to  the  east  of 
Drumm  street  there  is  no  outlet  northward  from  Market  until  the  Emharcadero 
is  reached,  forces  an  additional  burden  upon  the  traffic  zone  of  the  Eerry. 

On  the  south  side  of  Market  street,  the  blocks  extending  south  are  so  long 
that  to  a  great  extent  similar  conditions  add  to  the  congestion. 

The  many  plans  and  suggestions  which  recently  have  been  put  forward  for 
the  betterment  of  the  transportation  i^roblem  at  the  foot  of  Market  street  deal 
mainly  with  the  idea  of  temporary  relief  to  traffic  by  means  of  bridges,  loops, 
subways,  etc.  That  some  such  measures  as  these  will  ultimately  be  necessary 
to  aid  in  the  convenient  handling  of  the  traffic  is  obviou.s,,  but  the  final  word 
can  only  be  said  as  to  the  best  solution  of  the  transportation  problem  after  a 
reasonable  plan  for  the  widening  of  Market  street  in  front  of  the  Eerry  has 
been  thoroughly  digested  and  adopted  together  with  a  readjustment  of  the 
adjacent  avenues  of  circulation. 

The  widening  of  Market  street  at  its  intersection  with  the  Emharcadero 
would  result  im,mediately  in  lessening  the  traffic  congestion  at  present  existing 
there— the  increased  space  thus  acquired  on  each  side  of  the  loop  being  reserved 
for  pedestrians  and  vehicular  travel.  The  proposed  new  streets — one  to  the 
north  and  one  to  the  south  of  Market  street  would  divert  traffic  to  and  from 
the  docks  north  and  south  of  the  Eerry  building  from  the  car  lines. 

The  execution  of  such  a  plan  of  improvement  as  proposed,  presents  many 
features  similar  to  those  which  had  to  be  dealt  with  in  the  matter  of  ac(|uiring 
property  for  the  Civic  Center,  except  that  in  regard  to  the  ownership  of  the 
streets  affected  by  the  proposed  changes,  the  State  as  well  as  the  city  is  an 
interested  party,  having  control  of  the  Emharcadero. 

The  plan  as  proposed  includes  the  following : 

First:  The  widening  of  ^Market  street  between  the  Emharcadero  and 
Steuart  street  from  its  present  width  of  125  feet  to  that  of  275  feet. 


66  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

Second :  The  continuation  of  Steuart  street  northward  and  parallel  to 
Drumm  to  its  intersection  with  the  Embarcadero. 

Third :  A  new  street  from  the  Embarcadero  to  Steuart  street,  parallel  to 
and  between  Mission  and  Market  streets. 

Fourth :  The  straightening-  of  the  west  line  of  the  Embarcadero  imme- 
diately north  of  Market  street,  bringing  the  street  to  a  uniform  width  of  200 
feet.  It  is  proposed  to  reserve  the  two  blocks  formed  by  these  new  streets  for 
public  service  buildings.  While  this  is  not  an  essential  feature  to  the  plan,  it 
would  be  well  to  control  the  architectural  character  of  the  buildings  facing  the 
plaza  in  order  to  ensure  a  dignified  and  uniform  treatment. 

Fifth :  The  construction  of  an  overhead  viaduct  or  causeway  in  front  of 
the  Ferry  building  to  relieve  the  congestion  caused  by  the  Embarcadero  traffic 
going"  north  and  south  crossing  the  transbay  travel  and  car  tracks  concentrated 
at  this  point.  An  alternative  plan  would  be  to  construct  a  subway  for  this 
purpose.  The  overhead  structure,  which  would  be  approached  by  4  per  cent 
ramip  from  the  north  and  south,  would  provide  an  additional  covered  waiting 
space  for  the  surface  car  loops,  thus  bringing  the  car  service  into  closer  relation- 
ship with  the  ferry  service. 

In  addition  to  the  relief  afforded  by  the  viaduct  or  causeway,  much  of  the 
Market  street  vehicular  traffic  to  and  from  the  docks  north  and  south  of  the 
Ferry  would  be  diverted  before  reaching  the  Ferry  building  by  the  opening 
up  of  the  proposed  two  new  streets. 

These  measures  for  the  relief  of  traffic  at  the  Ferry  building  would  at  the 
same  time  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  car  loops  and  the  widening  of  Market 
street  would  make  it  possible  to  install  additional  loops  if  necessary,  thus  in- 
creasing the  capacity  of  the  Market  street  lines. 

It  is  difficult  to  estimate  the  transportation  problems  of  the  future  beyond  a 
certain  point.  It  may,  however,  be  pointed  out  that  the  increased  width  of 
Market  street  at  the  Ferry  building  offers  ample  opportunity  for  subway  rapid 
transit  terminal  loops  and  waiting  stations  which  could  be  incorporated  into  a 
sub-surface  terminal  system  that  could  include  the  basements  of  the  two  public 
service  buildings. 

In  conclusion  the  problem  for  the  improvement  of  the  foot  of  Market  street 
calls  for  a  solution  and  treatment  not  alone  sufficient  to  mieet  the  present 
increasing  demiands,  but  one  which  will  be  comprehensive  enough  to  take  care 
of  all  future  developments. 

The  City  Engineer's  Plan 

By  IIKNRY  IT.  nOYT. 

The  plan  of  San  Francisco's  City  Engineer.  M.  M.  O'Shaughnessy,  herewith 
illustrated,  seems  to  be  both  ])ractical  and  feasible  in  every  respect.  It  has  been 
indorsed  by  the  I'oard  of  Su]>ervis(>rs  and  various  improvement  bodies  of 
the  city. 

The  scheme  contemplates  the  acquisition  of  property  for  a  new  short  street 
91  feet  6  inches  wide,  and  running  from  Spear  street  to  the  Embarcadero ;  this 
new  street  also  being  parallel  to  Market  street.  Various  values  have  been 
estimated  for  the  cost  of  acciuiring  this  strip  of  land  and  the  appraisals  vary 
greatly,  but  the  real  estate  valuation  has  been  ])laced  at  $380,000. 

Ferry  l)ound  traffic  would  be  rerouted  off  Market  street  at  Steuart  street, 
hence  through  the  new  street  north  to  the  l^mbarcadcro,  connecting  with  the 
present  Ferry  I»o])  tracks  as  shown  on  the  drawings. 

The  terminals  of  the  Mission,  lloward  and  I'olsoni  street  lines  wovdd  he 
shortened  about  one  hundred  feet.  The  Mission  street  traffic  would  also  l()o]> 
and  return  on  a  single  trackage  via  the  new  street  and  Steuart  street  to  Mis- 
sion street. 


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PLAN  FOR  RELIEF  OF  CONGESTION,  FOOT  OF  MARKET  STREET.  SAN  FRANCISCO 

M.  M.  O'Sliatighiiessy,  City  Engineer 

After  takino-  care  of  the  conf^'estion  of  car  traffic  as  outlined  al)ove  the 
pedestrian  traffic  would  be  made  safer  and  less  complicated  by  the  construction 
of  two  reinforced  concrete  and  structural  steel  foot  bridges  from  the  second 
story  of  the  Ferry  building-  to  the  west  side  of  the  Eniibarcadero  in  the  general 
line  of  and  on  either  side  of  Market  street,  with  necessary  clearances,  entrances, 
exits,  stairways  and  accommodations  for  the  traveling  public.  Pro]>er  altera- 
tions would  be  made  to  the  second  floor  of  the  Ferr\'  building  so  that  access 
would  be  possible  to  the  foot  bridges. 

The  i^roject  is  estimated  to  cost  about  a  half  million  of  dollars,  segregated 
in  Mr.  O'Shaughnessy's  estinaate  as  follows: 

Estimated  cost  of  property  to  be  acquired $380.0CX) 

Co.st  of  street  and  railway  work  (chargeable  to  the  street  railways) .  .  .      56,000 

Co.st  of  North  Foot  P.rid'ge .' 28.000 

Cost  of  South  Foot  P.ridge 31 ,000 

Cost  of  changes  to  P^errv  building 1 5.000 

Total $510,000 


Cement  Plastered  Exteriors 

Cement  plastered  exteriors  are  admittedly  the  most  attractive  and  desirable 
finish  for  the  modern  idea  of  domestic  architecture.  "The  only  trouble  is  that 
it  does  not  stay  put,"  is  repeated  over  and  over  again.  The  trouble  is  not  with 
the  plaster  nor  with  the  man  that  puts  it  on,  but  it  is  wholly  a  matter  of  the 
nitegrity  of  the  surface  that  is  covered  with  cement  plaster.  Xo  wooden 
structure  is  fit  for  such  a  purpose  unless  the  studding  is  cross-bridged  very 
firmly.  The  studding  should  be  no  lighter  than  2x6,  full  sheeted  and  all  well 
anchored  to  sills  attached  to  concrete  or  masonry  foundations.  Tile  masonry 
walls  are  100  i)er  cent  better  than  any  wooden  construction.  In  fact,  they  are 
about  ])erfection  and  cost  no  more  than  wood. — Rock  Products. 


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CHARI.I'S  I'lilliK  iraiiKS.  AKCIIIIUCT 
E  L  B  C  7'  B  n  I'  A'  A'  .V  /  D  P.  N  T  Ol-  THE 
ARCHITECTURAL  LEAGUE  OF  THE 
PACIFIC  COAST 


Tlic  ArcJtitcct  and  Iltv^iiiccr  69 

Annual  Meeting  at  Seattle  of  Architectural  League 
of  the  Pacific  Coast 

I'.y   JOHN"    I'.AKI'.WI'.LL,   JR. 

Till'',  Convention  of  the  Architectural  Leai;ue  of  the  Pacific  Coast  held  in 
the  early  i)art  of  ( )ctober  at  Seattle  was  very  successful  in  many  res])ects. 
'J'he  attendance  was  j^ood,  from  forty  to  fifty  architects  heinjj^  ])resent  at  the 
different  meetins^s.  though  unfortunately  there  were  no  delcf^ates  ])resent  from 
Los  Angeles,  and  but  three  from  San  I'Vancisco.  There  were  about  ten  men 
from  Portland  and  a  number  from  Tacoma  and  \ictoria.  This  condition  was 
to  be  expected  when  we  consider  the  expense  and  time  involved  in  attendance, 
but  those  who  were  fortunate  in  bein<^-  able  to  attend  were  amply  repaid. 

The  first  day  was  devoted  to  business,  while  the  second  (la\'  was  taken  uj) 
with  a  very  enjoyable  tri])  to  Tacoma,  the  various  committees  meeting-  on  the 
boat,  brom  Tacoma  the  members  of  the  League  were  taken  in  automobiles  to 
see  the  Thome  country  residence,  a  beautiful  exam])le  of  F-nglish  architecture 
placed  in  a  perfect  setting. 

The  third  day  was  devoted  to  ])usincss  a  few  hours  being  given  to  a  trij) 
around  Seattle,  a  more  extended  trij)  being  prevented  by  rain.  It  was  just  as 
well  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  real  business  of  the  convention  that  we  were 
obliged  to  stick  to  business,  as  otherwise  we  would  never  have  finished  the  work 
in  the  scheduled  time. 

The  last  day  was  taken  up  by  a  tri])  to  X'ictoria  and  a  glimjjse  of  our 
]>ritish  neighbors,  which  was  of  great  interest  to  the  visitors.  Advantage  was 
again  taken  of  the  long  boat  ride  to  hold  committee  meetings  and  to  finish  up 
the  business  of  the  convention. 

The  entrance  to  the  tower  of  \'ictoria  from  the  Harbor  is  very  pleasing, 
the  slopes  down  to  the  quays  being  left  o]xmi  and  covered  with  grass.  However, 
UTOst  of  the  architecture  of  N'ictoria  is  disai)])ointingly  banal  and  quite  Ameri- 
can. The  policemen,  who  are  typical  English  Bobbies  in  both  appearance  and 
dress,  the  soldiers  and  the  people,  all  look  strangely  out  of  place  and  one 
regrets  that  the  \'ictorians  have  not  imported  or  developed  more  of  their  own 
distinctively  British  architects  to  give  them  more  sympathetic  architectural 
surroundings. 

One  of  the  most  important  subjects  taken  up  by  the  convention  was  the 
educational  work.  The  rei)ort  on  this  subject  showed  steady  progress,  par- 
ticularly in  San  Francisco;  but  there  was  a  general  feeling  that  the  San  b>an- 
cisco  Jury  was  losing  touch  with  the  ateliers  in  Los  Angeles,  Portland  and 
Seattle.  X'arious  recommendations  were  discussed  for  obviating  this  dif^culty, 
and  it  was  decided  to  appoint  a  corresponding  secretary  to  the  San  bVancisco 
Jury,  whose  dut\-  it  will  be  to  make  reports  of  each  judgment  to  these  cities 
with  photographs  showing  the  best  work  done  in  each  judgment.  It  was  also 
suggested  that  these  ateliers  form  their  own  juries  to  criticise  the  work  before 
sending  it  to  San  Francisco  for  final  judgment. 

Another  point  of  great  interest  which  was  discussed,  was  the  annual  ex- 
hibit. It  is  to  be  ho])ed  that  these  exhibits  be  held  under  the  aus])ices  of  the 
League,  and  be  made  circulating  exhibits.  The  method  of  financing  the  exhibits 
was  discussed  and  upon  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Whittaker  of  the  Institute 
Journal  it  was  recommended  that  they  be  financed  by  subscri])tions  under  the 
Patron  system  instead  of  by  the  method  which  has  been  in  vogue,  of  supporting 
them  by  advertising  in  the  Year  Book. 

An  informal  discussion  was  held  at  the  Tacoma  dinner  of  the  encroachment 
of  the  contractor  on  the  architect's  work.     This  is  a  serious  problem  in   the 


70  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

Northern  cities  and  is  largely  responsible  for  the  great  amount  of  inferior  work 
both  architecturally  and  structurally,  that  is  to  be  seen  in  Seattle  and  Portland. 
It  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  annual  convention  in  San  Francisco  in  June 
of  next  year,  and  it  is  probable  that  a  large  number  of  Northern  men  will  attend 
this  convention. 

Officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  as  follows :  Chas.  Peter  Weeks, 
San  Francisco,  President;  John  Bakewell,  Jr.,  San  Francisco,  \^ice-President; 
August  Headman,  San  Francisco,  Secretary-Treasurer. 

To  sum  up,  the  principal  objects  of  the  League  are  to  promote  good  fellow- 
ship among  members  of  the  profession  and  to  carry  on  the  educational  work  by 
means  of  student  work  and  exhibitions. 

The  first  of  these  objects  was  certainly  furthered  by  this  convention.  We, 
v.'ho  attended,  have  made  many  real  friends  among  the  architects  whom  we  met, 
and  men  who  have  lived  in  the  same  city  for  years  have  by  means  of  the  close 
intercourse  of  these  few  days  changed  from  casual  acquaintances  to  friends, 
who  can  meet  upon  the  ground  of  mutual  admiration  and  sympathy.  Further- 
more, the  educational  work  has  been  kept  growing  in  a  healthy  manner  and  the 
question  of  the  circular  exhibit  has  been  brought  more  nearly  to  a  satisfactory 
solution,  though  as  yet  it  is  not  quite  solved. 

Next  year's  convention  should  advance  these  objects  much  further,  and  we 
who  attended  the  convention  felt  that  the  League-  continues  to  justify  its 
existence. 

An  English  Criticism  of  American  Methods  of  Design 

The  Builder  of  London  reproduces  in  a  recent  issue  examples  of  domestic 
architecture  by  Robert  D.  Farquhar  of  Los  z-Xngeles.  and  the  Hotel  Oakland  by 
Bliss  &  Faville  of  San  Francisco.  Some  of  the  tirst  and  best  pictures  pub- 
lished of  this  hotel,  were  shown  in  the  Bliss  &  Faville  number  of  the  Architect 
and  Engineer  last  January. 

Referring  to  Mr.  Farquhar's  work,  it  is  stated: 

These  very  well  illustrate  the  point  of  view  of  the  American  client,  which  is 
in  many  ways  alien  to  us.  Like  the  French  and  other  inhal^itants  of  Continental 
nations,  the  American  is  appealed  to  by  symmetry  and  dignity,  not  only  in  public 
l)ut  in  private  buildings.  There  is  little  attempt  usually  to  give  to  a  house  a 
homely  character  simply  because  it  is  placed  in  rural  surroundings.  During  the 
Georgian  and  post-Georgian  periods  we  approximated  in  our  ideas  of  architectural 
planning  to  the  Renaissance  methods  of  design  practiced  elsewhere,  but  in  the 
last  century  ordered  planning  has  become  the  exception  rather  thnn  the  rule  as 
applied  to  houses.  Though  the  formal  garden,  with  symmetrical  methods  of 
planning,  has  latterly  found  many  advocates  here,  such  a  house  as  that  we  illus- 
trate would  appeal  to  few  Englishmen,  who  are  still  obsessed  by  the  recollection 
of  what  found  favor  in  mediaeval  ages,  which  has  resulted  in  a  type  of  smaller 
domestic  buildings  to  which  we  may  almost  apply  the  designation  of  picturesque 
dog-kennels.  Why  we  should  prefer  low  rooms,  oak  beams,  inglenooks,  and  other 
constituent  parts  of  the  picturesque  house  has  never  been  very  cleiar  to  us,  while 
we  feel  there  are  distinct  advantages  in  a  more  measured  and  dignified  type  of 
design.  The  views  which  we  reproduce  show  great  knowledge  of  the  use  of  detail 
and   the   value  of  proportion. 

Referring  to  the  Oakland  hotel,  the  tenor  of  the  criticism  is  e(|ually  com- 
mendatory : 

In  common  witli  tlie  l)est  American  work  the  skill  of  tlu-  (K"-ignrrs  is  cM|ual  to 
their  modesty,  and  there  is  no  attempt  to  attract  attention  by  eccentricity  of 
detail  or  proportion.  What  has  been  good  enough  to  satisfy  the  best  architects 
of  the  Renaissance  is  good  enough  for  the  American  architect,  and  a  craving  for 
new  and  wonderful  forms  is  left  to  the  efYete  continent  of  Europe. 


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ARCHITECT  ECGEXE  M.ITHEUSOX  IX  HIS  ■,o-HORSEPO\VER  XATIOXAL 


E.  Mathewson,  Architect-Sportsman 

By  FREDERICK  JEXXIXGS 

Jl'ST  to  illustrate  that  all  minds  (\o  not  run  in  the  same  channel — if  they  did 
this  would  be  a  monotonous  old  world,  indeed — there  is  an  architect  in 
Fresno,  San  Joa(|uin  County.  California,  who  is  as  proud  of  his  50-horse- 
powcr  National  automobile  and  prize-winnin*^  Uoston  bull.  "Thunder,"  as  the 
most  distinguished  San  l-'rancisco  architect  is  proud  of  his  best  piece  of  archi- 
tecture. 

A  rather  queer  comparison,  you  say,  yet  not  so  unusual  when  vou  consider 
that  both  are  i)racticin<j;  the  profession  of  architecture  with  a  considerable  (k\^ree 
of  success.  I>ut  in  the  case  of  the  Fresno  architect — his  name  is  luiii^ene 
Mathewson — "(iene"  he  prefers  to  be  called — he  is  an  architect  only  in  business 
hours,  the  time  between  he  is  a  sportsman,  and  a  s^ood  one,  too!  I  lis  heart 
and  soul  are  wrap]KMl  in  the  enjoyment  of  motorins^.  hunting;-  and  fishing'.  (  )ii 
the  other  hand,  we  have  the  great  architect  who  lives  and  breathes  his  ])ro- 
fession.  Day  and  night  his  dreams  are  ever  of  things  artistic,  architecturally 
beautiful.  His  work  is  first  and  last  in  his  thoughts,  and  his  daily  routine  is 
shai)ed  by  his  professional  sentiments  and  ideals. 

"I  sujjpose  I  am  diflFerent  from  most  architects."  Mr.  Mathewson  told  me 
one  day  as  we  bowled  along  the  State  Highway  in  his  big  car  at  a  varving  speed 
of  from  thirty  to  si.xty-five  miles  an  hour,  "and  they  probably  say  I'm  crazv  about 
racing  and  hunting  and  all  that,  but  I  enjoy  it.  and  my  business  is  not  neglected 
as  anybody  knows  that  knows  me.    Fve  designed  a  great  man\-  buildings  in  this 


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LIBRARY,   RESIDENCE   OF  HON.   FRANK   H.   SHORT,   FRESNO,    CALIFORNIA 
Eitgcnc   Mathcii'son,   Architect 


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I'.itgciic    Mtillivivsoit,   Arcliilcct 


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FRESXO  CITY  HALL.  FRESXO.  CALlFORSL-l 
Euj-ciic   .MaliiC'i.i'So>i,   Architect 


FRESXO  COUXTY  ORPHAXAGE.  FRESXO.  CALIF0RXL4 
Eugene  Malhcuson,  Architect 


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:,tLLL  I- RAM  11  Ul-   L.  L.  CORY  BUILDING,  FRESNO.  C.ILI FORMA 

Eugene  Malhcwsun,  ArcJiitect 

Golden  Gate  Cement  zvil!  be  used  exclusively  on   this  l>uildi)ig 

Struciiiral   Steel   hy    Palm    Iron    &   Bridge    Works 


ERESNO  COUNTY  AUUSIIOUSE..  FRESNO.  C  ILIhORXIA 
Eiijirne   Mathewsan,  .■Intiiled 


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Eugene   Mathewson,   Architect 


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valley  and  they  are  all  standing  and  will  be  here  when  I  am  gone.  They  are 
not  what  you  would  call  monuments,  but  they  are  in  keeping  with  modem 
ideas  and  are  designed  to  answer  the  requirements  of  the  owners.  I  want  to 
say  that  I  have  no  use  for  the  architect  who  eniiploys  a  graduate  of  some  famous 
school  and  gives  him  full  leeway  in  handling  his  work.  I  know  architects 
who  never  draw  a  line,  depending  entirely  upon  their  draftsman,  the  ear- 
marks of  whose  work  may  be  found  upon  every  plan  turned  out  from  that  office. 
The  architect,  of  course,  gets  all  the  crddit,  but  we  of  the  profession,  at  least, 
know  that  the  draftsman  was  the  actual  designer ;  and  so  I  say  I'd  rather  be 
classed  as  different.  I  design  my  own  buildings  in  office  hours,  and  when  it's 
5  o'clock  I'm  through  for  the  day,  and  if  there  is  good  hunting  or  fishing,  it's 
me  for  the  big  car  and  out  into  the  country." 

Mr.  Mathewson  has  been  practicing  fifteen  years.  He  came  to  California 
from  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  has  designed  and  jiersonally  superintended  nearly 
all  of  Frespo's  municipal  buildings,  including  the  city  hall,  almshouse,  four  fire 
houses,  school  hou.ses,  orixhanage,  county  almshouse,  county  jail  and  court 
iiouse  at  Madera,,  county  jail  in  Fresno,  Tulare  high  school,  h^owler  grammar 
:chool,  Iniildings  at  the  county  fair  grounds,  several  apartment  houses,  ware- 
houses and  a  number  of  the  finest  homes  in  San  Joaquin  Valley. 

The  man  in  the  automobile  shown  on  these  pages  is  Mr.  Mathewson.  and  the 
dog  seated  beside  him  is  "Thunder,"  whose  father  is  a  many  times  winner  in 
the  New  York  bench  shows.  Mr.  Mathewson's  house  is  shown  in  the  back- 
ground. 


The  Arcliitcct  and  liui^inccr  79 

The  Effect  of  the  Illinois  Architect's  License  Law 

Tl  IE  report  of  Francis  .M .  I'.artoii.  secretary  of  the  State  IJoard  of  l-'xaminers 
of  Architects,  presented  at  the  llHnois  State  Convention  of  Licensed 
Architects,  is  an  exceecHnj^ly  interesting  statement.  Although  the  law 
requiring  that  architects  practicing  in  Illinois  must  be  licensed  has  been  in  effect 
for  seventeen  years,  few  attempts  have  been  made  to  enforc  rigidly  its  pro- 
visions until  the  present  ISoard  of  Examiners  assumed  office.  Before  that  time 
there  had  been  no  Supreme  Court  decision  touching  \\\wn  the  legality  of  the 
act  and  the  board,  whose  duty  it  is  to  enforce  it.  had  no  precedent  ti)  follow. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  since  the  legality  of  the  act  has  been  established  the 
board  proposes  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  the  act  on  its  broad  inter])retation. 
In  the  report  the  general  policy  of  the  board  is  outlined,  and  the  practical 
effects  of  the  architects'  license  law  are  noted.  Some  of  the  statements  are  of 
special  interest  to  engineers — particularly  structural  engineers,  'i'hc  full  report, 
not  essentially  changed  as  to  tone  or  form,  is  herewith  given : 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  have  this  opportunity  to  inform  you  of  the  work 
of  the  present   Board. 

We  have  today  863  licensed  architects;  410  architects  who  were  admitted  be- 
cause they  were  practicing  when  the  law  went  into  effect,  and  453  architects  who 
passed  examination  by  the  Hoard.  There  have  been  given  three  regular  class 
examinations  since  the  last  biennial  report  was  made,  as  follows:  April  15,  16  and 
17,  1913;  October  14,  15  and  16,  1913;  April  14,  15  and  16.  1914;  and  preparations 
are  now  being  made  for  the  coming  fall  examination,  which  will  take  place  October  20, 
21  and  22,  1914,  all  at  the  University  of  lUinois,  Urbana.  There  have  also  been  held 
four  special  examinations  under  the  provisions  of  the  "Board  Rule  No.  10"  (adopted 
May  10,  1907)  and  an  exception  to  the  same  (adopted  June  18,  1909).  These  special 
examinations  have  been  held  at  the  Board  rooms,  in  Chicago,  at  the  following  times : 
.April  7-8,  1913;  September  25-26,  1913;  March  25,  1914;  and  June  18.  1914  (also  at 
Urbana).  A  total  of  236  candidates  have  taken  the  regular  class  and  special  examinations 
(up  to  September  30,  1914),  and  of  these  105  have  passed  and  received  certificates.  Thirty 
practicing  architects  of  other  states  received  certificates  after  exarrmnation  before  the 
Board,  by  exhibits,  and  in  some  cases,  after  personal  attendance.  The  following  table 
gives  a  summary  of  the  licenses  issued,  revoked  and  in  force : 

Licenses  in 

Total  Total  Total                force. 

Date.                                                                          issued.  revoked,  in  force.  *.\.  tB. 

December  1,  1898 744  ...  744  701  43 

December  1,  1900 797  140  657  574  83 

December  1,  1901 828  159  667  564  103 

December  1,  1902.              8,58  173  685  555  130 

December  1,  19a3 875  19?  683  546  1.37 

December  1,  1904 914  226  688  526  162 

December  1,  1905 942  238  704  517  187 

December  1,  1906 967  263  704  484  223 

December  1,  1907 995  288  707  484  223 

December  1,  1908 1.029  326  703  467  236 

December   1,   1909 1,067  .341  726  456  270 

December  1.  1910 1,131  .377  754  445  .309 

December  1,  1912 1.259  413  846  431  415 

October     5,    1914 1,363  500  863  410  453 

^Practicing  before  license  law  went  into  effect. 

tPassed  examination  by  the  Board. 

A  total  of  104  new  licenses  have  been  issued  since  the  publication  of  our  last  biennial 
report,  December  1.  1912,  and  87  licenses  have  been  revoked.  It  will  be  observed  that 
there  are  only  17  more  architects  practicing  now  than  two  years  ago. 

The  present  Board  is  proud  of  the  results  it  has  obtained,  and  these  results  were  pos- 
sible solely  because  of  the  harmony  that  existed  among  its  members. 

This  Board  agrees,  as  a  unit,  in  a  broad  interpretation  of  the  wording  of  the  Act,  and 
in  the  strictest  enforcement  of  the  law.  This  Board  proposes  to  enforce  the  Act  on  its 
broad  interpretation  and  will  only  narrow  down  its  interpretation  by  the  decision  of  the 
Supreme  Court. 


80  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

The  present  Board  holds  that  only  a  licensed  architect  can  practice  in  this  State,  or 
from  this  State,  and  that  his  license  is  not  transferable  or  negotiable.  Any  combination 
formed  for  the  practice  of  architecture,  except  between  licensed  architects,  ds  illegal  and 
any  licensed  architect  who  assists  others  to  practice,  who  have  no  license,  is  guilty  of 
disihonesty,  as  provided  in  the  Act,  and  should  have  his  license  revoked. 

The  Illinois  State  Board  of  Examiners  of  Architects  has  been  in  existence  for  seven- 
teen years,  but  there  was  no  Supreme  Court  decision  until  the  present  Board  assumed 
office,  and  practically  no  court  action  of  any  importance  that  would  give  to  this  Board  a 
precedent  to  follow.  For  the  past  seventeen  years  we  have  read  a  great  many  legal  opinions 
from  eminent  lawyers  and  there  has  been  much  argument  among  lawyers  and  among  archi- 
tects and  the  public  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  wording  of  the  Act.  This  wrangle  has  ex- 
isted for  seventeen  years.  The  Act  was  never  broadly  enforced,  but  complaints  were 
mostly  settled  on  a  compromise  which  still  left  the  meaning  in  doubt. 

This  Board  proposes  that  at  least  eight  cases  of  different  forms  of  violation  of  the 
Act  shall  reach  the  Supreme  Court  inside  of  the  next  year,  at  which  time  the  courts  will 
definitely  settle  forever  any  question  as  to  the  proper  interpretation  of  the  wording  of  the 
Act,  that  is,  the  rights  of  the  architect  and  the  rights  of  the  public  ;  and  when  this  has 
l)een  accomolished,  then  the  enforcement  of  the  Act  will  be  a  more  simple  matter.  Most 
of  these  eight  cases  are  in  preparation  and  some  are  in  court  at  present.  However,  it  must 
be  borne  in  mind  that  the  cases  selected  are  cases  where  the  violation  is  specific  of  its  kind 
and  not  complicated  by  various  other  elements,  so  that  when  a  decision  is  rendered  in 
the  Supreme  Court  it  will  be  clean  cut  and  will  apply  only  to  that  particular  form  of  viola- 
tion. In  other  words,  where  a  decision  is  made  in  a  case  where  there  are  many  points  at 
issue  the  decision  is  of  little  value,  except  as  aoplied  to  that  specific  case,  but  if  the  decision 
is  based  on  a  simple  issue  it  will  apph'  to  all  similar  cases  and  will  be  of  great  value  to  the 
Board. 

There  have  been  attempts  made  by  men  and  bodies  of  men,  both  inside  and  outside 
the  profession,  to  dominate  this  Board'.  The  members  hold  that  their  position  is  a 
judicial  one  and  must  be  free  from  such  influence.  Any  complaint  received  by  this  Board, 
either  from  an  individual  or  a  body  of  men,  will  receive  the  same  consideration,  and  no 
architect  will  be  cited  before  this  Board  without  first  having  had  an  opportunity  to  appear 
informally  before  it. 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  under  the  decision  of  the  Appellate  Court  in  the  "Kaese- 
berg  "  case,  this  Board  cannot  revoke  a  license  unless  two  cases  of  violation  are  proven; 
hence,  a  great  many  single  complaints  are  filed  that  never  come  up  formally  before  the 
Board.  This  leads  the  pubhc  and  the  architects  of  the  State  to  feel  that  a  great  many 
cases  presented  to  the  Board  are  never  pushed  through  to  a  proper  finish.  Each  single  com- 
I)laint  is  filed,  if  the  indications  are  that  it  contains  a  violation.  Wihen  information  of 
violations  of  the  law  is  received  from  any  reliable  source,  while  the  personnel  of  this 
Board  remains  unchanged,  all  architects  may  expect  courteous  treatment  and  a  square 
deal,  whether  they  be  black,  w'hite  or  yellow,  and  regardless  of  their  creed. 

A  word  regarding  the  "City  Ordinance"  being  violated  by  any  architect  may  be  expe- 
dient at  this  time.  This  Board  is  a  State  board,  and  as  different  cities  and  towns  have 
different  ordinances,  the  Board  cannot  revoke  an  architect's  license  because  he  violated 
the  city  ordinance,  when  the  same  architect  could  have  built  the  same  .structure  in  other 
towns  of  the  State'  without  violating  any  ordinance.  Therefore  all  matters  pertaining  to 
of  the  candidate,  and  that  when  the  candidate  procures  his  license  he  must,  in  his  practice. 

This  Board  holds  that  the  purpose  of  the  examination  is  to  ascertain  the  qualifications 
of  the  candidate,  and  that  when  the  candidate  procures  his  license  he  must,  in.  his  practice, 
keep  near  to  the  standard  set  by  the  Board.  The  Board,  recognizing  the  existence  of  a 
low  standard  of  work  turned  out  by  some  architects  (drawings  and  specifications  being 
incomplete,  either  as  to  construction  or  materials  or  both,  and  often  incomprehensible  and 
not  in  accordance  with  good  engineering  ])ractice,  and  the  ]>uildings  erected  in  accordance 
therewith  not  only  being  a  financial  loss  to  the  owner  but  a  constant  menace  to  the  pub- 
lic) notice  was  served  last  June,  that  this  Board  will  cite  before  it  for  trial  any  architect  who 
prei)arc(l  drawings  and  si)ecifications  issued  for  use  in  this  State  which  indicate  gross 
incompetency  or  recklessness. 

The  Board  trusts  that  every  licensed  architect  will  co-operate  in  assisting  to  eliminate 
the  preparation  of  drawings  and  specifications  which  indicate  gross  incompetency  or  reck- 
lessness. 

This  Board  has  found  its  greatest  work  to  be  the  elimination  from  the  architectural 
field  of  various  architectural  firms,  wliich  operate  under  an  alias,  such  as  architectural 
engineers,  civil  engineers,  industrial  engineers,  engineers,  designers,  builders,  etc.  Most 
of  these  violations  are  assisted  by  a  licensed  architect,  who  is  either  financially  interested, 
a  partner,  or  who  secures  a  salary.  This  Board  has  eliminated  at  least  20  such  illegal 
coml)inations  in  the  last  few  months  and  expects  to  eliminate  all  others  from  the  archi- 
tectural field  in  the  near  future.     These  combinations  are  to  a  great  extent  the  result  of 


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SHCOXD  CHURCH  OF  CHRIST.  SCIEXTIST.  OAKLASD 
William  Arthur  Newman,  Architect 


lack  of  enforcement  of  the  law  or  improper  interpretation  of  the  meaning  of  tlie 
worcHng  of  the  Act.  Attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  all  structural  engineering 
on  buildings  is  part  of  the  architect's  work  and  cannot  be  performed  by  others,  except 
under  the  direction  of  a  licensed  architect ;  and  that  the  architect  is  responsible  for  all 
engineering  data  shown  on  his  sealed  plans,  whether  performed  by  him  or  not. 

The  present  members  of  the  Board  have  thoroughly  analyzed  the  wording  of  the  Act 
and  all  agree  it  is  the  best  Act  creating  any  of  the  Boards  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  We  do 
not  say  that  the  Act  is  perfect,  but  we  do  say  that  it  is  usual  and  customary  not  to  modify 
a  law  until,  through  the  courts,  its  strong  and  weak  parts  have  been  found.  Practically  no 
court  decisions,  interpreting  the  wording  of  the  Act,  have  been  had  in  seventeen  years. 
The  present  Board  feels  tliat  no  attempt  should  be  made  to  make  any  changes  in  the 
wording  of  the  Act  until  such  time  as  through  the  courts  it  is  found  inadequate.  Any 
attempt  made  by  anyone  at  this  time  to  have  the  Act  changed  will  be  considered  inadvisable. 

It  takes  but  little  study  of  the  problem  to  find  w^hat  is  needed  to  give  the  architects  and 
pul)lic  the  results  that  the  .-Vet  intended.  No  act  is  of  any  value  or  effect,  unless  enforced. 
We  have  the  best  act  on  the  statute  book,  but  we  have  not  the  full  power  to  enforce  it 
properly. 

The  Supreme  Court  has  just  held  that  the  Act  is  constitutional,  which  is  tiic  only 
litigation  of  any  real  value  this  Board  has  had  in  seventeen  years,  and  any  change  in  the 
wording  of  the  Act  would  render  this  decision  worthless,  as  it  would  not  apply  to  an 
act  which  has  been  changed. 

The  architects  and  ])u])lic  must  tlien  wait  until  the  new  or  ciiangcd  act  is  held  constitu- 
tional in  order  to  enjoy  the  same  security  they  now  have. 

The  Legislature  should  look  with  favor  on  any  legislation  that  will  assist  the  State 
Board  in  enforcing  the  law  that  has  been  held  constitutional  and  the  Board  wishes  the 
architects  to  assist  it  in  procuring  proper  legislation  thus  giving  the  Board  legal  power  to 
stop  all  buildings  that  are  started  in  this  State  without  plans  drawn  l)y  licensed  architects 
and  all  structures  tiiat  are  attem])ted  to  be  supervised  by  others  than  a  licensed  architect, 
or  a  superintendent  under  the  control  of  a  licensed  architect,  as  provided  by  law. 

If  such  an  amendment  is  procured  the  Board  will  guarantee  to  the  public  and  to  the 
licensed  architects  of  the  State  the  full  benefit  of  the  Act  of  which  they  have  been  deprived 
for  seventeen  years. 


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SrOWIil.L  IIOTIiL,  LOS  .IM.IirjiS 
FKEirK  NOONAN  AND  WM.  RICHARDS. 
A  RC  H IT  EC T S    AND    ENGINEERS 


The  Architect  and  Ji)ti:;iiiccr 


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i'  A/or/:   COl'XTER  or  PARKER  TILE,   LOBBY  OF  STOW  I  1. 1.   Iloll-.l. 
Frcilcrick   Xoonoii    nud    li'illiain    Richards,    Architect    and    Engineer 

Unusual  Architectural  Treatment  of  Los  Angeles  Hotel 

IN  THE  design  of  the  Stowell  hotel,  recently  opened  on  Spring  street,  near 
Fourth.  Los  Angeles,  the  architects  have  succeeded  in  commendable  manner 
in  solving  the  problem  of  financial  success  for  the  owner,  and  at  the  same  time 
have  successfully  developed  a  type  of  architecture  unusual  for  this  ])art  of  the 
country. 

The  Stowell  hotel  is  a  twelve-story  reinforced  concrete  building  covering  an 
inside  lot  of  60  x  160  ft.  area  and  containing  264  guest  rooms.  The  street  front 
presents  a  facade  which,  by  its  originality  in  architectural  embellishment  and  by 
its  pronounced  contrasts  in  coloring,  instantly  attracts  attention  and  refreshes 
the  eye.  The  first  story,  above  the  lobby  entrance  and  store  fronts  is  faced  en- 
tirely with  white  terra  cotta  carved  in  leaf  i)atterns  with  side  ])anels  of  a  har- 
monious but  more  conventional  design.  The  second,  third  and  fourth  story 
fronts  are  broken  with  balconies  faced  in  white  terra  cotta  following  a  similar 
design,  and  white  terra  cotta  ornaments  set  in  the  green  enameled  brick  back- 
groimd  of  the  two  side  panels. 

The  next  five  stories  are  practically  unbroken  with  ornament,  the  height  and 
dignity  of  the  structure  being  emjihasized  by  tlie  wall  of  bright,  shining  green 
enameled  brick  offset  by  panels  of  white  terra  cotta.  the  latter  almost  ])lain  ex- 
ce])t  for  their  u])ward  sweeping  lines.  Above  the  tenth  story  with  its  balcony  and 
heavily  overhanging  cornice,  the  treatment  with  profusely  carved  terra  cotta 
ornamentation  is  even  more  marked.  The  design  is  highly  original  and  follows 
the  growing  tendency  among  Los  Angeles  architects  to  break  into  a  new  field, 
aided  by  liberal  use  of  coloring — a  tendency  which  may  yet  develop  a  distinctive 
type  of  architecture  for  whicli  America  has  been  looking.  The  interior  of  the 
hotel  is  equally  uniciue  in  treatment. 


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.STAIRCASE  TO  MEZZANINE  FLOOR,  REAR  OF  LOBBY,  STOWELL  HOTEL 

Frederick  N ooyian   and   William   Richards,   Architect   and   Engineer 

Tile  Work  by  Parker  Tile  &  Mantel  Co. 

One  Reason  Why  Owners  Do  Not  Build 

It  was  a  few  minutes  after  twelve  o'clock  on  a  Saturday.  A  truck  loaded 
with  small  steel  beams  backed  up  in  front  of  a  building  in  course  of  construction. 

"Hey,"  said  the  driver  to  the  contractor  in  charge,  "I  want  to  unload ;  send 
out  a  couple  of  ironworkers." 

"Can't;  all  gone  home." 

"That's  bad,"  muttered  the  driver,  picking  up  the  reins. 

"Wait  a  minute,"  said  the  contractor,  "and  we'll  get  you  unloaded.  Send 
two  men  up  here,"  he  shouted  to  the  foreman. 

Two  hodcarriers  appeared,  and  the  contractor  took  off  his  coat  to  lend  a 
hand.    Just  then  a  walking  delegate  happened  around  the  corner. 

"Are  those  men  ironworkers?"  he  asked. 

"No;  can't  you  see  they're  hodcarriers?" 

"Then  they  can't  handle  those  beams,"  remarked  the  delegate  with  assur- 
ance. 

"i>ut  I  need  the  beams,  and  there  ain't  any  ironworkers  here  now." 

"Can't  help  what  you  need,"  said  the  delegate  jauntily;  "hodcarriers  ain't 
allowed  to  handle  ironwork." 

The  driver  looked  at  the  delegate  and  then  at  the  contractor. 

"Guess  I'd  better  bring  'em  back  Monday,"  he  said,  and  witliout  another 
word  drove  ofif. 

The  delegate  lit  a  cigar  and  moved  on.  The  contractor  resumed  his  coat. — 
N.  Y.  Evening  Post. 


I'lic  .Irchitcct  and   /:;;;•///('(';-  85 

The  Engineer  and  the  Contractor  ^  Their  Relation 

on  the  Job 

T]  ll-^  e'lii^incer  or  architect  is  ahlo  to  plan  _i;Tcat  structures  and  larj^'c  enginecr- 
ino-  schemes,  but  when  it  comes  to  the  erection  of  these  structures  or  the 
methods  adoi)ted  in  carryino-  these  feats  to  successful  conclusion,  this  work 
usually  devolves  upon  the  contractor. 

The  contractor  occupies  a  peculiar  position  in  that,  to  be  successful,  he  has 
to  be  possessed  of  a  temi)erainent  and  faculties  not  rc(|uired  in  the  average 
]u-ofession.  In  other  words  the  successful  contractor  meets  and  has  to  conteuil 
with  more  obstacles  in  his  work  than  falls  to  the  lot  of  the  average  l)usiness 
man  or  n:erchant,  and  in  addition  he  has  to  be  able  to  manage  and  direct  his 
office  affairs  and  the  work  of  his  employees  in  such  a  way  that  for  every  dollar 
spent  on  his  work  he  hopes  to  receive  more  than  one  hundred  cents  in  return. 

The  engineer  has  a  great  many  advantages  in  planning  a  great  enterprise 
over  that  enjoyed  by  the  contractor;  usually  he  is  not  limited  in  the  time  taken 
in  drawing  his  plans  and  specifications,  and  has  ample  oj)portunity  to  investigate 
all  conditions  and  make  researches  prior  to  the  time  when  bids  are  called  for, 
but  the  time  allotted  to  the  contractor  for  preparation  of  this  bid  is 
usually  very  short,  and  often  a  sufficient  period  is  not  allowed  him  for  investiga- 
tion of  conditions,  etc.,  source  of  supply  of  labor  and  material,  and  other  im- 
portant considerations  which  go  to  make  up  the  bids  prior  to  the  opening  of  the 
5.amc. 

It  has  been  said,  and  truthfully  so,  that  a  successful  contractor  must  have 
three  (|ualifications,  first.  Faith  ;  second,  tlope ;  and  third,  Nerve,  and  of  these 
three  virtues  (if  the}'  may  be  so  termed),  it  seems  to  me  the  latter  is  the  most 
important. 

First,  contractors  as  a  general  rule  usually  know  the  ni'cn  at  the  head  of  all 
large  engineering  schemes,  u]:)on  which  they  bid  and  have  faith  in  their  judg- 
ment, and  accept  without  question  their  plans  and  specifications  as  being  correct, 
and  the  result  of  months  and  probably  years  of  study,  and  rely  in  a  great 
measure  upon  their  judgment. 

Second,  they  hope  in  event  of  securing  a  contract,  to  be  favored  with  such 
conditions  when  the  work  is  under  way,  as  will  enable  them  to  make  money 
legitimately,  because  you  will  find  that  the  average  contractor  doing  business 
today,  is  honest,  and  he  takes  a  certain  amount  of  pride  in  his  work  (although 
in  this,  as  in  all  cases,  there  are  exceptions  to  the  general  rule),  and  he  hopes 
when  certain  conditions  and  questions  arise,  during  the  progress  of  the  work, 
and  the  matter  under  discussion  put  up  to  the  Chief  Engineer  or  other  official 
in  authority,  that  he  will  be  big  and  broad  enough  to  look  at  the  situation  from 
the  contractor's  standpoint,  as  well  as  from  the  viewpoint  of  the  municipality 
or  corjioration  by  whom  he  is  employed. 

Third,  to  undertake  large  contract  work  requires  considerable  nerve,  because 
usually  if  conditions  are  favorable  and  the  prices  at  which  the  contract  has  been 
secured  are  reasonable,  and  the  specifications  liberally  construed  by  fairminded 
engineers  the  contractor  sometimes  makes  money,  but  ofttimes  when  inifore- 
seen  conditions  arise  during  the  progress  of  the  work,  materials  and  labor 
advance,  extremely  rigid  and  arbitrary  interpretations  are  given  to  the  specifi- 
cations, impractical  and  unreasonable  inspectors  placed  on  the  work,  and  various 
other  obstructions  ])ut  in  the  contractor's  way  (sometimes  by  those  directly  in- 
terested in  the  contract,  and  at  other  times  by  disinterested  parties),  it  requires 
considerable  nerve  on  the  part  of  any  man  to  continue  the  business  of  contract- 
ing in  order  to  make  a  living. 


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Practically  all  recent  works  of  great  magnitude  have  been  let  bv  contract, 
with  one  exception,  that  being-  the  Panama  Canal,  which  was  constructed  by  the 
Government,  under  the  supervision  of  army  engineers  who  had  practically  an 
milimited  amount  of  money  at  their  disposal,  and  who  were  not  hindered  in 
any  way  in  the  expenditure  thereof;  their  motto  being,  "Build  the  Canal,  build 
it  well,  and  at  any  cost.'' 

Great  works  like  the  increased  water  supply  for  New  York  City,  the  New 
York  Barge  Canal,  the  reclaiming  of  millions  of  acres  of  land  in  the  west,  the 
improvement  of  our  rivers  and  harbors,  and  even  down  to  our  own  local  im- 
provement, such  as  the  water  supply,  the  building  of  our  sewers,  paving  of  the 
streets,  covering  of  the  falls,  building  of  the  docks,  extensions  of  parks,  im- 
provement in  terminal  facilities  of  the  various  railroads  leading  into  the  city, 
the  improvement  of  our  State  highway  system,  erection  of  municipal  buildings, 
etc.,  have  all  been  let  by  contract,  for  the  reason,  no  doubt,  that  those  in 
authority  recog-nize  that  where  possible,  it  is  much  better  to  have  the  work 
done  by  this  method  than  under  the  day  labor  system. 

The  work  is  done  as  well  under  the  contract  systenii  as  if  it  is  performed 
by  day's  work,  and  ofttimes  better,  because  on  day  labor  work  done  by  a  State, 
municipality  or  corporation,  usually  there  are  no  rigid  specifications  in  efifect 
and  practically  no  inspections  (except  when  the  engineer  happens  to  be  on 
the  work)  and  many  things  are  done,  which  would  not  be  tolerated  for  a 
moment  if  the  work  was  being  done  under  contract ;  furthermore,  the  engineer 
on  contract  work  has  less  worry  (this  being  shifted  to  the  contractor's  shoul- 
ders), and  the  last,  but  not  least  reason  is  that  it  is  almost  vuiiversally  conceded 
that  work  done  by  contract  is  done  far  cheaper  than  if  performed  by  the  day 
labor  method. 

.\  prominent  engineer  once  remarked  that  "specifications  were  only  made 
for  rogues  and  thieves,  that  honest  men  did  not  need  any  specifications"  ;  he 
meant  this,  however,  to  be  interpreted  in  a  broad  way. 

The  clauses  in  a  set  of  specifications  as  written  by  the  average  engineer 
are  not  always  clear  and  intelligible  to  the  average  contractor,  and  anyone 
who  engages  in  contracting  work  now,  if  he  wants  to  be  "up-to-date"  should 
take  a  course  in  law  also,  so  as  to  be  able  to  reason  out  the  intent  of  some 
engineers  who  write  specifications,  because  some  specifications  of  today  if  liter- 
ally construed  as  written,  could  place  an  average  contractor  in  receivers'  hands 
in  a  short  time,  unless  he  had  an  unlimited  amount  of  money  at  his  disposal. 

Take  the  usual  set  of  specifications  as  issued  today  for  public  work  to 
reputable  attorneys  and  ask  them  to  give  you  an  unbiased  opinion  of  its  con- 
tents and  ninety-nine  out  of  one  hundred  will  tell  you  that  you  would  be 
foolish  to  sign  a  contract  with  such  clauses  incorporated  therein,  because  it  is 
so  written  to  jirovide  all  the  safeguards  possible  for  the  nuniicipality  and  to 
place  the  respcMisibility  for  everything  that  may  hap])en,  even  including  the  acts 
of  Providence,  ujion  the  contractor. 

In  other  words,  they  bind  the  contractor  hand,  foot,  body  and  soul,  because 
some  specifications  have  almost  every  possibility  and  condition  between  the 
heaven  and^earth,  and  even  into  the  depths  of  the  same  covered  by  a  clause 
which  they  can  point  out,  which  covers  the  disputed  ])()int  when  questions  arise, 
but  contractors  must  live,  and  some  in  their  eagern<_»ss  to  secure  work  would 
sign  any  contract  and  s])ecifications  no  matter  how  definite  or  unreasonable  it 
was. 

in  the  o])inion  of  the  writer,  it  is  a  mistake  to  make  specitications  too  lengthy, 
but  .some  engineers  seem  to  think  that  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  have  a  large 
volume  of  directions  written  for  the  contractors'  guidance,  even  though  the  job 


TJic  .Ircliitcct  and  Riii^inccr  87 

is  a  very  small  one.  They  write  so  much  in  fact,  that  their  re(|uirements  t)ver- 
lap,  that  is  the  clauses  contradict  themselves,  and  in  one  ])art  of  the  book  you 
will  find  certain  clauses,  and  by  carefully  reading-  sul)se(|uent  parajjraphs,  you 
will  be  left  in  doubt  as  to  the  real  intent  and  meaniiifj  of  the  one  who  wrote 
the  specifications  and  as  to  how  they  will  be  enforced. 

If  the  sjjccifications  were  short  and  clear,  that  is,  expressed  in  ])lain  every- 
day lani^'uai^e.  which  neither  the  ens^ineer  nor  the  contractor  could  take  ad- 
\antage  of  (in  other  words,  the  avoidance  of  double  nieanin<^  clauses),  many 
of  the  disputes  which  now  constantly  arise  would  be  prevented. 

When  a  dispute  dyes  arise  on  work,  the  interpretation  of  the  particular 
clause  in  question  is  usually  put  up  to  the  enj^ineer  in  charge  of  that  particular 
section  or  piece  of  work  for  decision,  and  this  is  where  a  youn^'  engineer  should 
be  given  some  authority. 

If  enough  confidence  is  placed  in  a  man  to  select  him  as  a  pilot  of  a  par- 
ticular piece  of  work,  enough  trust  and  authority  should  be  placed  in  him.  to 
construe  disputed  clauses  liberally  when  the  occasion  arises,  and  he  should  be 
given  the  right  to  settle  minor  questions  that  arise,  and  not  be  troubling  his 
chief  with  every  little  matter  of  detail,  and  only  in  case  that  he  and  the  con- 
tractor cannot  agree,  should  the  question  be  carried  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

In  ninety-nine  cases  out  of  one  hundred  minor  disputes  such  as  arise  on 
contract  work  can  be  reasonably  and  promptly  settled  if  all  parties  will  meet 
with  a  feeling  of  friendliness  and  confidence,  but  the  average  young  engineer, 
knowing  that  he  has  the  book  of  specifications  to  rely  upon,  and  that  they  are 
iiis  doctrine,  and  the  further  fact  that  he  is  in  authority  in  so  far  as  that  par- 
ticular ])iece  of  work  is  concerned,  ofttimes  looks  at  the  clauses  under  discus- 
sion from  a  very  narrow  point  of  view,  and  if  an  appeal  should  be  taken  from 
his  decision  and  carried  to  the  Chief  Engineer,  ofttimes  he  considers  it  a  per- 
sonal reaction  upon  his  professional  ability,  and  although  the  decision  of  the 
Chief  Engineer  may  sustain  him,  there  is  always  a  feeling  of  coolness  Ijetween 
him  and  the  contractor. 

Whereas  on  the  other  hand  if  the  decision  of  the  Chief  Engineer  should 
be  adverse  to  the  younger  engineer  and  contrary  to  his  views  already  reported 
to  his  chief  and  in  favor  of  the  contractor,  usuallv  he  feels  that  a  personal 
insult  has  been  inflicted  upon  him  and  his  professional  ability  questioned,  and 
I  have  heard  of  instances  where  the  engineer  resolved  to  "get  even"  and,  hold- 
ing the  master  key  he  sometimes  is  in  a  position  to  take  advantage  of  the  other. 
because  co-operation  is  the  key  to  success  in  all  great  works. 

Engineers  and  contractors  gain  their  experience  from  years  of  hard  work; 
text  books  do  not  contain  all  the  rudiments  of  any  i)rofession  ;  these  are  secured 
by  personal  efiforts,  hard  knocks  and  practical  experience  and  a  young  engineer 
at  the  com])lction  of  his  required  course  in  a  university  is  not  as  fully  (|ualified 
to  pass  on  all  questions  as  one  who  has  had  years  of  experience,  although  the 
teclinical  education  of  the  latter  may  be  somewhat  limited  when  compared  with 
that  of  the  former. 

Contractors  usually  get  their  experience  ])y  hard  work,  and  ofttimes  at 
great  expense,  and  some  reliance  should  ])e  put  in  their  judgment  also;  in  other 
words,  some  little  credit  should  be  given  a  contractor  who  has  had  years  of 
experience,  for  knowing  a  little  of  the  work  he  undertakes  and  the  best  method 
of  conducting  it,  because,  as  before  stated,  a  contractor  to  be  successful  must 
adapt  himself  to  all  conditions  ;  must  have  such  a  personality  as  will  enable  him 
to  please  and  work  with  the  engineers  and  at  the  same  time  look  out  for  him- 
self from  a  financial  point  of  view,  if  he  is  to  be  successful. 

It  is  sufficient  to  say.  in  conclusion,  that  an  engineer  should  rely  somewhat 
on  the  contractor,  "give  him   some  credit   for  his  ex])erience,  etc.."'  and  the 


88  The  Architect  and  Eng'uiecr 

same  confidence  should  be  put  by  the  contractor  in  the  engineer,  and  if  they 
are  of  such  temperament  that  they  can  work  in  harmony,  disputes  will  not 
arise.  When  they  do,  they  can  be  quickly  and  amicably  adjusted  and  leave  no 
ill  feeling  at  their  conclusion,  and  success  will  be  the  result  of  their  efforts. — 
Eng-ineering  News. 

* 

What  Concrete  Will  Not  Stand 

PRACTICALLY  every  failure  and  near  failure  in  concrete  has  been  due  to 
confidence  on  the  part  of  somebody  that  concrete  can  surmount  all  man- 
ner of  bad  usage. 

The  fact  is  that  there  are  plenty  of  good  standards  in  concrete  design  and  in 
concrete  construction,  but  that  they  are  not  observed  by  many  of  those  engaged 
in  concrete  building. 

This  neglect  has  a  three-fold  cause :  ignorance,  undue  economy  and  over- 
confidence — and  the  first  two  could  not  exist  were  it  not  for  the  last.  It  is  a 
pretty  poor  concrete  man  who  does  not  know  that  frozen  concrete  will  not  set — 
but  there  are  plenty  who  will  take  a  chance  with  ten-day  concrete  at  40  degrees 
F.  if  they  need  the  forms.  Why  ?  Primarily  because  they  want  to  save  the 
money  that  an  additional  set  of  forms  would  cost.  But  if  there  were  not  con- 
fidence that  the  concrete  will  stand  up,  the  pocket-book  would  not  g'overn 
judgment. 

Practically  every  designer  of  concrete  buildings  will  admit  that  830  pounds 
per  square  inch  is  too  high  a  stress  in  the  concrete  beams  over  the  room  where 
his  own  family  sits  down  to  dinner,  but  he  is  not  so  worried  about  that  stress 
when  it  is  in  some  one's  garage.  He  feels  confident  that  it  will  not  fall  down, 
in  spite  of  tests  which  show  it  to  have  a  low  safety  factor. 

Throughout  the  whole  field  this  pernicious  combination  of  ignorance  and 
complacency  extends ;  instances  might  be  multiplied  almost  without  end.  It  is 
the  duty  of  the  societies  such  as  the  Amierican  Concrete  Institute,  which  recently 
convened  in  Chicag-o,  to  urge  upon  the  workers  in  the  industry  a  proper  appre- 
ciation of  the  dangers  of  this  over-confidence.  Skinning  of  work  is  a  species 
of  ignorance,  for  nothing  is  quite  so  evident  as  the  fact  that  good  work  in 
concrete  con.struction  pays.  But  the  man  who  thinks  he  knows  more  than  the 
so-called  authorities  is  the  hardest  to  reach  because  he  is  clad  in  the  nearly 
impenetrable  armor  of  conceit. 

Every  concrete  failure  means  a  slight  betterment  in  methods,  for  a  certain 
number  of  hitherto  unconvinced  practical  or  commercial  men  are  shown  by  that 
most  potent  object  lesson,  a  heap  of  ruins,  just  what  concrete  will  not  stand. — 
Engineering  News. 

Waterproofing  Won't  Offset  a  Bad  Design 

Some  contractors  seem  to  think  that  they  can  get  out  of  trouble  at  the 
eleventh  hour  by  the  use  of  a  water-])roofing  a])])lication,  or  that  they  can  do 
poor  constructi(jn  wcjrk  ])rovi(le(l  they  have  some  water-proofing  compound  in 
their  mixture.  Neither  water-])r(M)fing  ingredients  nor  water-proofing  a])p!ica- 
tions  after  construction  are  going  to  lielp  materialh'  a  bad  design  or  careless 
construction. 


The  .IrcJiitcct  ami  lim^iiiccr 


89 


i.HUllJ\C  COXCRETE  POLES  OF  MUXJCIl'.lL  RAILWAY,  VAX  XLSS  AIL.,  SAX  FRAXCLSCO 


Concrete  Poles  and  the  Possible  Maximum  Loads 

on  Pole  Lines 

By  WALTER  H.  LIENESCH,  in   Ccmcnt-Concrctc  Age 

IT  IS  widely  conceded  among  engineers  who  are  confronted  with  the  task  of 
providing  a  suitable  substitute  for  the  present  timber  pole  that  the  concrete 
product  is  the  only  practical  solution  of  the  problem.  The  two  foremost 
points  in  which  the  concrete  pole  is  superior  to  that  of  wood  are  the  facts  that 
a  proi)erly  constructed  concrete  pole  is  practically  everlasting,  and  that  almost 
all  such  poles  can  be  designed  so  as  to  make  them  much  stronger  and  far  more 
stable  than  the  timber  product.  Aside  from  the  actual  strength  of  wires,  the 
stability  of  all  supports,  for  electric  conductors  is  the  main  factor  which  governs 
the  length  of  wire  spans,  and  inasmuch  as  the  stability  of  concrete  poles  can  be 
made  greatly  to  exceed  that  of  wooden  poles,  the  fact  is  probably  established 
that  extremely  long  wire  spans  will  accompany  the  advent  of  concrete  poles  for 
general  use. 

Many  engineers  have  published  figures  representing  the  possible  theoretical 
loads  on  pole  lines,  the  main  factor  in  all  such  calculations  being  an  assumed 
violent  wind  pressure  acting  against  ice-covered  wires.  In  addition  to  this  the 
assumption  is  also  made,  that  the  above  conditions  may  be  accompanied  with  a 
temperature  of  10  degrees  below  zero-,  and  that  the  consequent  contraction  of 
the  wires  might  cause  them  all  to  break  in  the  same  span.  It  is  claimed  in  this 
connection,  under  the  above  conditions,  with  the  wind  blowing  in  a  direction 
parallel  to  the  wires,  that  the  maximum  load  occurs  in  this  direction  on  the  pole 
next  adjacent  to  the  broken  span. 

The  foregoing  conditions  are  apparently  very  uncalled  for  assumptions ; 
statistics  have  shown  that  such  a  simultaneous  combination  of  the  elements  is 


90  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

a  very  rare  occurrence.  Xo  engineer  attempts  to  figure  any  structure  against 
an  earthquake  or  a  cyclone ;  still  svich  calamities  may  occur  in  any  locality,  at 
an}-  time  and  just  as  frequently  as  the  foregoing  combination  of  conditions. 
\'ie\ving  the  situation  from  the  standpoint  of  the  purchaser  who  invests  his 
money  in  the  construction  of  pole  lines,  one  must  realize  the  vast  importance  of 
considering  the  interest  on  the  increased  capital  which  is  necessary  to  make 
such  work  proof  against  conditions  which  so  rarely  occur. 

Owing  to  the  peculiar  action  of  the  catenary  curve  in  horizontally  suspended 
wires,  a  very  slight  movement  of  the  wire  at  its  point  of  attachment  to  the  cross 
arm,  will  materially  afifect  the  sag  at  the  center  of  span,  and  it  is  unreasonable 
to  conceive  of  any  suitable  attachment  between  the  wire  and  the  insulator, 
which  will  not  allow  such  wire  to  slip,  in  case  of  breakage  of  wire,  so  that  the 
sag  will  touch  the  ground  at  the  center  of  span  and  relieve  the  pole  from  about 
50  per  cent  of  the  extren:e  load  against  which  it  is  usually  figured. 

The  stability  of  any  pole  is  dependent  upon  the  bearing  value  of  the  soil  in 
which  it  is  embedded,  and  it  seems  reasonable  to  believe,  therefore,  that  the 
proper  method  in  calculating  the  necessary  strength  of  concrete  poles  is  to 
begin  at  the  ground  line,  and  having  determined  the  bearing  value  of  the  soil, 
it  is  an  easy  matter  to  design  the  poles  accordingly  and  set  them  at  such  spans 
as  are  consistent  with  their  stability. 

The  vertical  load  on  any  support  for  electric  conductors  is  of  little  conse- 
quence as  compared  with  the  possible  side  pull  in  a  horizontal  direction  at  right 
angles  to  the  wires.  A  properly  designed  concrete  pole,  therefore,  should  be 
widest  at  the  ground  line  and  tapering  both  ways  therefrom ;  provided,  how- 
ever, that  the  bases  of  such  poles  are  designed  with  sufficient  area  so  as  to  sup- 
port the  combined  weight  of  the  pole  and  the  weight  of  ice-covered  wires.  The 
width  of  the  pole  at  the  ground  line  should  be  made  so  as  to  resist  the  horizontal 
action  of  wind  pressure  blowing  at  the  rate  of  70  miles  per  hour,  at  right  angles 
to  wires  covered  with  one-half  inch  of  ice. 

^lany  high  tension  transmission  lines  have  been  constructed  with  spans  up 
to  1200  feet.  Such  long  spans  are  made  possible  through  the  use  of  steel  towers 
with  wide  bases.  There  seems  to  be  no  authentic  reason  why  trolley  wires  for 
electric  railways  should  not  be  hung  on  longer  spans  than  are  now  being  used 
in  connection  with  standard  construction  of  such  lines.  The  only  apparent  ob- 
jection to  long  spans  for  such  service  is  the  sag  in  trolley  wires  which  must  be 
reduced  to  a  minimum  on  account  of  the  limited  movement  of  the  trolley  pole. 
Through  the  use  of  the  well  known  catenary  suspension  in  which  the  trolley 
wire  is  supported  from  a  messenger  cable,  the  sag  in  trolley  wires  can  be  elim- 
inated entirely,  and  the  length  of  spans  in  such  lines  is  governed  only  by  the 
economical  strength  of  the  messenger  cable.  Owing  to  the  possiI)ility  of  cross- 
circuits  being  caused  by  the  side  sway  in  telegraph  and  telephone  wires,  the 
use  of  long  spans  in  this  connection  has  been  questioned.  It  seems  rea.sonable 
to  believe,  however,  that  this  objection  can  be  overconiie  through  the  use  of 
insulators  staggered  alternately  above  and  below  the  cross-arm.  and  while  we 
believe  that  minimum  increases  in  wire  spans  can  be  accomplished  with  tele- 
graph and  telephone  lines,  still  there  is  really  no  authentic  reason  against  the 
ado])tion  of  increased  spans  for  all  concrete  jiole  lines  which  are  erected  for 
the  support  of  electric  conductors. 

The  developrnent  of  concrete  poles  and  the  improved  method  of  setting 
them  result  in  extreme  stability,  greatly  increased  s])ans  and  a  consequent  re- 
duction in  first  cost  per  mile,  through  the  elimination  of  many  poles,  cross- 
arms,  insulators,  and  labor.  For  exam|)le:  .An  ordinary  pole  line  using  fifty 
30-ft.  cedar  {kjIcs  per  mile,  set  up  with  cross-arms  and  insulators  atlachcnl, 


The  .Ircliitcct  ami  lin<^inccr  91 

ready  for  wires,  costs  in  this  vicinity,  aliout  $(^)30  per  mile,  with  a  prohaljle  hfe 
of  fifteen  years  and  the  possibiHty  of  renewin<;  it  entirely  after  every  storm  of 
any  consequence.  Substituting;  <^ood  concrete  j)oles  for  this  same  service,  using 
thirty  30-ft.  poles  per  mile,  set  uj)  with  all  attachments  ready  for  wires,  the  cost 
per  mile  will  not  exceed  $()(X)  and  the  line  will  last  indefinitely. 

In  view  of  the  above  conditions,  it  does  not  retpiirc  any  great  amount  of 
forethought  on  the  part  of  the  conservative  ])ole  purchaser  to  realize  that  con- 
crete poles  will  eventually  not  only  solve  one  and  all  of  his  present  ])ole  troubles, 
but  that,  in  the  long  nm  a  saving  of  many  thousands  of  dollars  can  be  effected 
through  the  elimination  of  constant  maintenance,  fre(|uent  renewals  and  un- 
necessarv  first  cost  of  heavv  construction. 


The  Genus  Architect 

SOME  day  an  architect  will  write  his  confessions.  Then  the  layman  will  be 
able  to  grasp  what  manner  of  man  it  is  who  can  find  a  point  in  space  and 
say  with  certainty  that  yonder,  where  the  birds  circle  and  dip.  sliall  men 
walk;  who  can  dissolve  a  chaos  of  stone  and  steel,  of  timber  and  cement,  into 
an  habitation  ;  who  can  reduce  visions  to  pa])er  and  yet  know  that  those  visions 
will  become  reality.  For  it  must  be  conceded  that  the  architect  is  the  lone  son 
of  the  arts  whose  feet  are  firmly  rooted  on  earth — yes,  as  firmly  as  are  the 
foundations  he  lays.  With  the  nonchalence  of  an  acrobat  it  would  seem  that 
he  juggles  in  one  hand  such  mundane  matters  as  stress  and  strain  and  water- 
proofing and  grillage,  while  with  the  other  he  is  crystallizing  dreams  into  sky- 
lines and  fashioning  unbelievable  cities.  Were  it  not  for  these  seeming  contra- 
dictions, the  genus  architect  could  readily  be  understood. 

The  architectural  profession,  says  a  writer  in  an  authoritative  journal,  is 
composed  of  four  rather  distinct  types  of  practitioners :  the  experienced,  ethical 
man ;  the  novice  of  proper  education  and  training,  lacking  only  experience ; 
the  "architect,"  and  the  shyster.  And  the  contributor  goes  on  to  lament — and 
justifiably — the  public's  lack  of  discrimination  between  the  different  types. 
I'nfortunately.  as  in  other  professions,  there  are  those  parading  as  masters  of 
the  art,  but  whose  work  is  only  too  obvious  an  example  of  the  i)ublic  being 
duped  by  low  prices.  These,  if  the  truth  were  but  known,  are  not  architects  at 
all,  they  are  not  creators,  they  would  scarcely  rank  as  builders,  they  are  ghouls 
of  other  men's  work.  The  prospective  housebuilder  will  find  it  wise  to  look 
up  his  architect  and  see  if  he  is  accepted  in  one  of  the  bett,er  known  associations. 
You  can  generally  depend  upon  it  that  the  shyster  will  be  flying  alone. 

But  here  we  would  speak  of  the  tried  and  approved  architect.  What  is  he? 
What  does  he  stand  for?  In  some  circles  he  would  seem  to  be  consumed  with 
the  pedantry  of  an  academician  ;  in  others,  he  talks  like  a  revolutionist.  Viewed 
as  a  whole  and  in  homely  simile,  the  architect  is  a  chemist,  analytical  and  syn- 
thetical, working  wMth  very  tangible  substances.  He  analyzes  thie  past  and 
synthesizes  it  into  the  present.  At  all  times  he  is  an  experimenter — or  should 
be,  for  a  slavish  following  of  the  academic  is  no  less  deadly  than  the  complete 
disregard  for  it.  He  must  draw  on  Greece  and  Rome,  on  France  and  England, 
for  ideas ;  though  his  ultimate  aim  is  ever  to  modernize  the  old,  to  adapt  it  to 
present-day  needs  with  the  aid  of  latter-day  devices  and  discoveries.  And  such 
discoveries  are  tending  not  alone  to  the  application  of  conveniences  and  in- 
ventions, but  to  finding  the  exact  use  for  every  kind  of  substance  and  applving 
it  where  it  will  render  the  best  service.  In  his  art.  as  in  anv  other,  only  bv 
exercising  eternally  the  principle  of  selection  are  beauty  and  efficiency  attained. 


92  Tlic  Architect  and  lini^^inccr 

\V».T<.'  (Iiark's  Lamb  or  (jiic  of  the  otluT  iiinclcc'iith  century  assayists  writinj^ 
on  (he  f^eniis  architect,  they  undoubtedly  would  have  considered  them  from 
two  characteiMstii-  viewpoints,  and  falterin<4'  in  such  ste])s  we  would  try  the 
•-;nne:  the  architect  in  his  oflice  and  the  architect  in  his  home. 

Thai  a  man  cannot  always  be  judj^ed  by  his  clients  is  corroborated  in  another 
passaj^^e  from  the  wrih  r  (|Uiite(l  above,  "A  ])rospective  l)uilder  seeking-  his  tir>t 
experience  does  not,  (illtiitiiiies,  appear  to  care  who  makes  his  drawings,  just 
so  he  (obtains  them  cheaply.  I  lavinj^-  no  particular  respect  for  the  buildins^  he  is 
.'iboul  to  erect,  he  has  even  less  res])ect  for  the  architect,  who  a])]>ears  to  be  a 
necessary  evil  in  the  affair.  The  architect  himself,  if  he  be  of  the  first  class, 
is  probably  not  lackin*.^-  in  self-esteem  .and  is  far  from  relishing-  the  ])atronizins:^ 
;itlilnde  of  the  prospcclixf  client.  Me  ncilhei-  kolDws  n<ir  clinics;  and  the  man 
with  money  lo  spend  is  too  likicly  to  rt'senl  what  he  considers  'hii^h  and  mighti- 
ness' in  one  who  is  only  a  servant  .after  .all." 

Trnlv,  it  is  rt'iii.ark.able  Imw  some  folks  who  summon  the  architect  for 
lonnsil  fail  to  slriki'  ;i  mecliuiiiof  attitude  tow.ard  him.  I'jther  they  tre.at  him  as 
they  would  the  local  carpenter  dem.andin^-  the  imi)ossil)le  and,  often  enous^h, 
unwittinj^Iy,  the  in.artistic ;  or  look  upon  him  .as  inf.allible  until  some  misiuds;- 
luient  proves  him  liimian,  w  lici  cupoii  he  Ih'Cudii's  clntlu'd  with  all  tiu'  we,aknesse.s 
of  the  t'.arth-borii. 

In  no  profession  does  the  client  seem  lo  feel  it  his  ])rovince  to  exercise  such 
thr.aldom  .is  in  that  of  buildiuL;  houses;  ;m  .altitude  (|uite  .absurd  when  con- 
sidered from  .1  logical  point  of  \iew.  NO  m.in  would  dict.ale  to  his  doctor,  and 
even  the  l.iw\er  c.innol  complain  th.at  his  client  arroi;ates  unto  himself  the  last 
word  in  counsel;  yet  the  architect  has  often  to  tolerate  and  to  handle  with 
creditable  diplomacy  tuKiccomit.able  ch.au^es  of  tasti'  from  his  client  ih.at  utterly 
destrov  the  be.auly  of  his  work. 

W  lieu  the  ;irchilei-t  comi's  to  build  his  own  liousi",  he  is  .as  a  bird  relea.sed 
from  its  cam'.  .\o  loiu;i'r  is  lu'  lu'ld  in  thr.ill  l)\-  the  wishes  or  dictates  of  a 
cliiiit.  l'oi-  s'c.ars  he  li.is  bet'u  saving;  up  idieas  of  little  treatnienls  here  and 
then'  with  the  promisi-  that  some  day.  when  he  is  to  be  his  own  master,  he  will 
m,.ike  nst-  of  tluau.  1  \c  has  seen  ,i  doorway  in  b'rance  and  a  chinuiey  in  luig'- 
l.and,  from  the  South  lu'  has  caui;hl  the  ide.a  for  a  stairs,  and  from  Rome  the 
'-nj.^i^estiou  foi-  .a  window.  Tluai  out  from  their  dusty  corners  arc  clras^g'ed  the 
ideas.  1  le  spneads  them  before  him.  This  is  to  be  his  own  house,  he  says,  and 
he  will  iiiaki'  it  .a  model  of  iierli'ctiou  and  eflicieucy.  Then  or.adu.allv  creeps 
^iwv  him  the  realization  tli.it  wi'ii'  all  these  iiK'as  included  in  the  oiu-  house  it 
would  ^.lin  fame  for  bi'iiiL;  little  less  than  .a  curio  shop.      I  bnise  and  ( larden. 


Says  George  B.  Cortelyou: 

*  *  ■''  I  do  Hot  think  this  is  a  time  for  despair,  but  rather  foi-  fresh  elTorts  to 
pnsii  ahead  into  new  lields  as  well  as  for  the  development  ^-^i  old  ones,  that 
we  may  riscto  our  o|)portunilies  and  la\  the  found.ations  of  an  enduring;  pros- 
pi'rity.  Least  of  all  ^\i^  1  think  that  this  is  ;i  time  for  the  .abatement  of 
publicity  elTorls;  indeid,  these  should  be  redoubled  now,  because  if  advertisiui; 
nicreases  demand  and  stimulates  production  this  is  the  tiiiir  to  advertise :  and  the 
lui'rch.ant  oi'  manufacturer  who  keeps  his  ])roduct  prominently  bet\)re  the  public 
now  is  not  oiil\  pioviui;  his  faith  in  the  soundness  and  strength  of  .\merican 
industr\',  and  thus  sellini;  a  i;ood  example  to  his  more  timid  bri>ther,  but  is 
certain  to  reap  an  ample  reward  in  the  material  return  that  will  come  to  him. 


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?./C£  li/TH  CHAVFFEUR-S  APARTMENTS  IN  REAR.  FOR  MR.  FREDERICK 
HOHWIESNER.   SAX   FRANCISCO 
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place Apartment  Hor.sa  Style 
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The  .Irchitcct  and  /ua^iiiccr  95 

Terra  Cotta  in  Building  Construction 

I'.y  II.   1..   I'l  rZSIM.MOXS,   Vruw,-  All.crt.  Sa-k. 


//■.  E.  Dcniiisoii.  President  of  llu-  Striker  Terra  Cotta  &  Pottery  IVorks, 
eofiiiuetitiiifi  on  the  below  article,  writes:  "This  is  z'ery  good  and  quite  accur- 
iite.  Ti7/I(7j  is  unusual  in  such  articles.'' 


IX  EL'ROl'E  there  are  luinierous  examples  of  architectural  terra  cotta  which 
have  been  exposed  to  the  weather  for  three  or  four  centuries  and  which  are 
still  in  good  condition,  while  examples  of  stonework,  subjected  to  the  same 
conditions,  are  more  or  less  worn  and  decayed.  There  is  at  the  Louvre,  in  Paris, 
at  the  present  time,  some  glazed  terra  cotta,  said  to  have  been  made  by  the 
Assyrians  in  the  sixth  century,  before  the  birth  of  Christ.  In  other  museums 
there  are  some  vases  and  other  ancient  terra  cottas  from  Egypt  and  Greece,  as 
well  as  .some  famous  examples  of  work  made  in  the  Middle  .Xges,  some  of  which 
are  as  i)erfect  as  if  recently  made.  All  these  ancient  terra  cottas  tell  the  story  of 
durability  and  proclaim  terra  cotta  to  he  a  material  worthy  of  the  genius  of  those 
artists  of  antiquity  who  wrought  so  beautifully  in  this  medium. 

The  Surface  of  Terra  Cotta 

The  body  of  all  good  terra  cotta  is  very  much  the  same,  but  there  are  several 
ways  of  treating  the  surface,  resulting  in  products  which  may  be  clas.sified  as 
follows :  Standard  terra  cotta,  vitreous  .surface  terra  cotta,  mat-glazed  terra 
cotta,  full-glazed  terra  cotta  and  polychrome  terra  cotta.  Standard  terra  cotta 
has  no  surface  given  it,  which  affects  its  porosity,  a  drop  of  water  placed  upon  it 
being  soon  absorbed  ;  it  will  absorb,  also,  a  great  amount  of  dirt  from  the  atmos- 
phere, and  will  become  very  much  darker  from  continual  exposure.  On  some 
buildings  this  weathering  down  is  not  objectionable;  in  fact  it  sometimes  lends  a 
charm,  producing  an  anti(|ue  api)earance.  which  is  often  very  desirable  from  an 
artistic  point  of  view.  Some  one  has  said  that  "time  is  the  greatest  artist,"  and, 
therefore,  when  it  is  desired  to  produce  an  aged  effect,  standard  terra  cotta 
should  be  used.  It  is,  consequently,  a  good  material  to  use  for  rustic  work  in 
connection  with  country  houses,  college  buildings,  gateways,  and  certain  styles 
of  churches.    This  class  of  material  is  made  in  any  color  desired. 

Vitreous  surface  terra  cotta  has  a  very  thin  spray  of  the  surface  which  vitri- 
fies in  the  burning  process,  forming  a  thin  glaze  which  sheds  water.  This  terra 
cotta  will  not  ab.sorb  much  dirt  from  the  atmosphere,  as  the  rain  of  each  storm 
washes  it  off.  It  therefore  i)ractically  retains  its  original  color.  This  class  of 
material  is  made  in  any  color  desired  and  is  used  more  than  any  other  kind 
at  the  present  time,  as  it  seems  to  satisfy  the  greatest  number  of  requirements. 

In  western  cities  where  soft  coal  is  used,  and  where,  consequently,  most 
buildings  are  cleaned  frecjuently.  any  material  of  a  non-ix)rous  nature  is  very 
desirable,  and  it  has  been  found  that  glazed  terra  cotta  ranks  with  the  most 
superior  materials  in  this  respect.  On  this  account  white  glazed  terra  cotta  is 
used  to  a  great  extent  in  these  cities.  The  lustre  of  the  glaze  is  deadened  for 
artistic  reasons,  the  glare  of  the  sunlight  on  full  glazed  terra  cotta  being  very 
severe.  This  is  now  done  in  the  process  of  burning,  as  it  has  been  found  that 
^^and  blasting  the  material  neutralizes  the  pur|X)se  of  the  glaze.  This  method 
has.  therefore,  long  been  abandoned  by  the  leading  manufacturers.  There  are 
many  examples  of  buildings  constructed  of  this  material  in  the  west  and  the 
most  notable  exam])le  in  the  east  is  the  Plaza  Hotel.  New  York. 

For  light  courts,  loggias  to  office  buildings,  theatres,  interiors  of  railway 
stations,  train  sheds  and  power  houses  the  full  glazed  terra  cotta  is  preferable, 
a^  it  helps  illumination  and  gives  a  more  brilliant  effect. 


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The  full  glazed  terra  cotta  and  mat-glazed  terra  cotta  are  made  in  any  color 
required,  and  when  various  colors  are  used  on  the  same  buildings,  the  material 
is  termed  polychrome.  The  various  colors  may  be  applied  to  the  same  piece  if 
desired,  or  each  separate  color  may  be  kept  on  a  separate  piece,  if  the  design  will 
permit. 

Color  of  Terra  Cotta 

Within  the  past  twenty  years  a  great  impetus  has  been  given  to  the  produc- 
tion of  special  colors  in  architectural  clay  products.  In  1885  fully  four-fifths  of 
the  terra  cotta  produced  in  the  United  States  was  red.  Xow  there  is  less  of  red 
used  than  of  almost  any  other  color.  Bufifs  and  greys  of  several  shades,  white 
and  cream-white  are  now  the  prevailing  colors.  By  the  use  of  ceramic  colors 
almost  any  required  tone  may  be  produced,  and  the  effect  obtained  by  using 
glazed  terra  cotta  of  various  colors  in  combination,  such  as  blue,  yellow,  white, 
purple,  brown,  old  gold,  green  or  red  is  often  very  beautiful.  If  any  particular 
shade  of  color  not  included  in  the  manufacturer's  standard  samples  is  desired, 
the  architect  should  consult  with  the  manufacturer,  who  will  then  experiment 
until  the  required  color  is  not  only  produced,  but  guaranteed  to  be  permanent 
and  free  from  all  tendency  to  crack.  It  is  generally  agreed  that  there  is  a  great 
field  for  this  polychrome  terra  cotta,  especially  for  theatres,  restaurants,  and 
buildings  of  a  similar  nature,  for  interiors,  loggias,  fountains  and  department 
stores. 

Although  the  art  of  using  colored  terra  cotta  is  very  ancient,  having  been  in 
practice  before  the  Christian  era,  it  is,  to  some  extent,  an  undeveloped  field  in 
this  country  and  offers  alluring  possibilities  in  architectural  design  and  con- 
struction. It  can  be  used  in  a  very  modest  and  sparing  way  as  well  as  very 
profusely ;  and  either  in  soft  tints  or  in  brilliant  colors,  as  the  taste  of  the  archi- 
tect may  dictate.  \Miere  a  rich  decorative  treatment  is  required,  as  in  the  in- 
teriors of  public  buildings,  like  our  great  stations,  hotels  and  theatres,  poly- 
chrome terra  cotta  can  be  employed  most  effectively  and  economically.  In 
variety  and  beauty  of  tones,  terra  cotta  has  now  reached  a  very  high  standard 
of  excellence,  and  may  be  used  by  the  architect  to  express  the  highest  type  of 
his  art.  The  almost  unlimited  possibilities  presented  by  the  judicious  applica- 
tion of  colored  glazes  for  exteriors  as  well  as  for  interiors,  has  awakened  an 
unusual  interest  in  the  use  of  polychrome  terra  cotta,  a  building  material  with 
superior  qualities  of  resistance  against  the  deteriorating  effects  of  time  and  of 
the  action  of  fire  and  frost. 

Terra  cotta  is  not  imitation  stone  and  should  not  be  used  as  such.  It  is  a 
material  having  peculiar  qualities  which  give  a  distinctive  character,  and  there- 
fore, to  be  successfully  used,  it  should  not  be  employed  in  such  a  way  that  it  will 
appear  as  an  imitation  of.  or  as  cheap  substitute  for  some  more  expensive 
material.  This  may  be  brought  about  in  several  ways.  There  may  be  used  cer- 
tain forms  and  certain  styles  of  ornament  more  characteristic  of  terra  cotta  than 
of  any  other  material. 

One  architect  has  evolved  a  certain  style  that  he  has  applied  to  many  build- 
ings, and  which  is  not  suitable  to  any  material  other  than  terra  cotta.  This  may 
be  said  of  lx)th  the  form  and  ornamentation  of  his  buildings.  The  architects  of 
the  Flatiron  building  and  of  the  ^\'anamaker  building,  in  New  York,  have 
successfully  used  this  material  for  its  own  sake  and  not  as  an  imitation.  Another 
firm  of  architects  have  used  j)rofusely  modelled  tcri-a  cotta  to  produce  highly 
ornamental  effects  not  so  easily  obtainable  in  other  materials,  and  their  recent 
use  of  colored  terra  cotta  is  ty])ical  of  this  material  alone.  In  the  West  Street 
building.  New  York,  the  architect  has  made  a  design  distinctly  expressive  of  the 
material  used.  This  is  noticeable  in  the  ornamentation,  in  the  form  of  cornices 
and  molding,  in  the  coloring  and  even  in  the  i)lain  shaft  of  the  building.     In  the 


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JJrookhn  Academy  oi  Music  ihc  archilccls  have  accDiiiplislicd  this  icsult  by  the 
use  of  color. 

In  regard  to  the  use  of  terra  cotla,  it  lias  been  said  tlial  it  is  by  the  use  of 
polychrome  terra  cotta  that  the  material  has  its  best  o|)])ortuiiity  for  expressing 
its  individual  character.  It  was  so  in  antiquity,  in  the  Middle  Ages,  and  is  so  at 
the  i)resent  time,  because  polychrome  terra  cotta  is  a  material  complete  in  itself, 
and  used  for  its  own  sake.  It  cannot  by  rmy  means  be  considered  an  imitation 
of,  nt)r  a  substitute  for,  something  better. 

Ihtrabilitx  of  Tcna  Cotta 

The  principal  value  of  terra  cotta  lies  in  its  durability.  W  hen  made  of  the 
right  materials  and  prt)perly  burned  it  is  impervious  to  water,  or  nearly  so. 
\\  hen  glazed  it  is  absolutely  impervious,  and  hence  not  suljject  to  the  disin- 
tegrating action  of  frost,  which  is  a  powerful  agent  in  tlie  destructiou  of  stone. 
It  does  not  "vegetate,"  as  is  the  case  with  many  stones.  The  ordinary  acid  gases 
contained  in  the  atmosphere  of  cities  have  no  effect  upon  it,  and  the  dust  which 
gathers  on  the  moldings  is  washed  away  by  every  rainfall.  L'nderburned  terra 
cotta  does  not  possess  these  qualities  to  so  high  a  degree,  as  it  is  more  or  less 
absorbent.  Another  great  advantage  possessed  by  terra  cotta  is  its  resistance  to 
heat,  which  makes  it  a  most  desirable  material  for  the  trimmings  and  ornamental 
work  in  the  walls  t)f  fireprt)()f  buildings.  .Mthough  terra  cotta  has  been  used  in 
this  country  for  but  a  comparatively  short  time,  it  has  thus  far  ])r()ved  very 
satisfactory,  and  the  characteristics  above  indicated  woidd  point  to  its  ranking 
in  connnon  with  the  better  qualities  of  bricks,  with  the  most  desirable  of  building 
materials. 

Inspection  and  Methods  of  Scttinf^ 

A  sharp  metallic,  bell-like  ring  and  a  clean,  close  fracture  are  good  ])roofs  of 
compactness  and  strength.  Perfection  of  form  is  in  the  highest  degree  essential, 
and  can  result  only  from  a  homogeneous  material  and  a  thorough  and  experi- 
enced knowledge  of  firing.  No  spalled,  chi]>ped  or  warped  pieces  of  terra  cotta 
should  be  accepted,  and  the  pieces  should  be  so  hard  that  thev  will  resist  the 
scratching  with  the  point  of  a  knife.  The  blocks  shoidd  be  of  uniform  color 
also,  and  all  mouldings  should  come  together  perfectly  at  the  joints.  Terra 
cotta  with  a  vitreous  surface  and  mat  glazed  terra  cotta  should  be  so  non- 
absorbent  that  water  will  lie  in  drops  on  its  surface  withoiU  being  (|uicklv  ab- 
sorbed. Full  glazed  terra  cotta  should  be  so  non-absorbent  that  ink  will  not 
penetrate  the  surface,  and  may  be  entirely  washed  away  with  water. 

Terra  cotta  should  always  be  set  in  either  natural  cement  or  Portland  cement, 
mixed  with  sand,  and  in  about  the  same  way  as  stone  is  set.  .As  soon  as  set,  the 
outside  of  the  joints  shoidd  be  raked  out  to  a  depth  of  three-(|uarters  of  an 
inch  to  allow  for  ])ointing  and  to  j)revent  chi])])ing.  The  terra  cotta  should  be 
built  up  in  advance  of  the  backing,  one  course  at  a  time,  and  all  voids,  except 
those  projecting  beyond  the  face  of  the  wall,  should  be  filled  with  grout  or  mor- 
tar, into  which  bricks  should  be  forced  to  make  the  work  as  solid  as  ])ossil)le. 
All  blocks  not  solidly  built  into  the  walls  should  be  anchored  with  galvanized 
iron  clamps,  the  same  as  for  stonework,  and,  as  a  rule,  all  ])rojecting  members 
over  6  inches  in  height  should  l)e  anchored  in  this  way.  .After  the  walls  are  up 
the  joints  should  be  ])()inted  with  Portland  cement  colored  with  a  mineral  pig- 
ment to  correspond  with  the  color  of  the  terra  cotta.  The  ])ointing  is  done  in 
the  same  way  as  in  stone  work,  except  that  the  horizontal  joints  in  all  sills  and 
washes  of  belt  courses  and  cornices,  unless  covered  with  a  roll,  should  be  raked 
out  about  two  inches  deej),  calked  with  oakum  for  about  one  inch  and  then  filled 
with  an  elastic  cement. 


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MONTELLANA  APARTMENTS,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
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TItc  .Ircliitcct  and  Jiir^iiiccr  99 

I)isa(i:aiitai:;cs  and  Cost  of  Terra  Cotta- 

One  of  the  principal  objections  to  the  use  of  terra  cotta  is  the  time  required 
to  obtain  it,  especially  when  the  buildin*;-  is  some  distance  from  the  factory. 
About  six  weeks  are  reciuired  for  the  production  of  terra  cotta  of  the  ordinary 
kind,  and  the  architect  should  see  that  all  the  drawings  from  the  terra  cotta 
work  are  completed  and  delivered  to  the  maker  at  as  early  a  stage  in  the  work 
as  possible,  so  that  he  may  have  ami)le  time  to  produce  it.  This  will  obviate  any 
delay  if  the  arcliitect's  drawing  and  instructions  are  clear,  distinct  and  complete, 
as  it  takes  longer  to  obtain  the  steel  construction  work  than  it  does  to  make  the 
terra  cotta.  Alost  of  the  delay  in  obtaining  terra  cotta  is  really  due  to  the  fact 
that  prompt  and  careful  attention  is  not  always  given  to  the  ])reparation  of  the 
terra  cotta  drawings  and  instructions.  Small  pieces  of  terra  cotta  may  some- 
times be  obtained  within  two  weeks  from  the  receipt  of  the  order,  when  the 
molds  are  already  on  hand.  It  is  always  more  ex])ensive.  however,  to  attempt 
to  turn  out  work  in  such  short  order,  and  inexpedient  (mi  account  of  the  risks 
in  forcing  the  drying. 

Terra  cotta  is  generally  less  expensive  than  stone,  and  ornamental  work 
costs  in  stone  about  three  times  as  much  as  it  does  in  terra  cotta.  Ueing  lighter 
in  weight,  the  freight  charges  are  less.  In  large  buildings  the  use  of  terra  cotta 
1  educes  the  cost  of  the  steel  construction,  because  when  it  is  used  on  the  exterior 
the  steel  may  be  about  one-third  smaller  and  lighter,  thereby  reducing  the  cost 
jiroportionately.  This  saving  is  in  important  item  in  large  structures.  The  cost 
t)f  erecting  terra  cotta  is  less  than  that  of  erecting  stone,  two  stories  of  an  all 
terra  cotta  exterior  being  sometimes  put  in  place  in  the  same  time  that  it  takes 
to  set  one  story  of  stone.  The  advantage  in  point  of  cost  in  favor  of  terra  cotta 
is  greatly  increased  if  there  is  a  large  proportion  of  molded  work,  and  especially 
if  the  moldings  are  enriched.  The  use  of  terra  cotta  for  trimmings,  and 
especially  for  heavy  cornices,  in  place  of  stone,  often  reduces  the  cost  of  the 
walls  and  foundations,  as  the  weight  of  the  terra  cotta  will  be  much  less  than 
that  of  stone,  and  the  walls  and  foundations  may  be  made  lighter  in  consequence. 

U'cii^ht  and  Strcni;;t!i  and  Tests 
The  weight  of  terra  cotta  in  solid  blocks  averages  122  pounds  per  cubic 
foot.  When  made  in  hollow  blocks  ly^  inches  thick,  the  weight  varies  from  65 
to  85  pounds  per  cubic  foot,  the  smaller  pieces  weighing  the  most,  l-'or  pieces 
12  by  18  inches  or  larger  on  the  face,  70  pounds  per  cubic  foot  should  be  a  fair 
average.  The  crushing  strength  of  terra  cotta  blocks  in  2-inch  cubes  varies  from 
5.000  to  7.000  pounds  per  square  inch.  Hollow^  blocks  of  terra  cotta,  one  foot 
high,  unfilled,  have  sustained  186  tons  per  square  foot.  From  these  and  other 
tests  I  would  place  the  safe  working  strength  of  terra  cotta  blocks  in  the  wall 
at  5  tons  per  scjuare  foot  when  unfilled,  and  at  10  tons  per  sciuare  foot  when 
filled  solid  \vith  brickwork  or  concrete.  If  it  is  desired  to  test  the  strength  of 
special  pieces,  two  or  three  small  pieces  should  be  broken  from  the  blocks  and 
ground  to  1-inch  cubes,  and  then  tested  in  a  machine.  Should  the  average 
results  fall  much  below  6,000  pounds  the  material  should  be  rejected. 

Unusual  Treatment  of  Two  Apartment  Houses 

Tl  lie  i)lales  on  pages  94  and  ^)S  show  two  striking  c.xan;pk's  of  a  new  style  of 
apartment  house  architecture  that. is  increasing  in  favor.  They  satisfac- 
torily demonstrate  what  may  be  accomplished  by  a  judicious  combination 
of  cement  work  and  clay  products.  In  the  Alhambra  apartments  we  have  a 
Moorish  design — a  background  of  plain  white  cement  set  off  with  the  rich 
coloring  of  polychrome  terra  cotta.  The  roof  is  of  red  clay  tile.  The  other 
building  is  I-"rench  Renaissance  with  an  elaborately  designed  stucco  and  terra 
cotta  front  and  ornamental  iron  balconies  on  the  second  and  third  floors.  Both 
buildings  were  designed  by  .Architect  J.  \\  Dunn  of  San  I'Vancisco. 


100  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

The  Skill  Required  of  an  Architect 

THE  skill  required  of  an  architect  in  the  preparation  of  plans  and  specifica- 
tions, and  his  liability  for  negligence  in  drawing  them,  constituted  the 
subject  of  a  recent  decision  of  the  Iowa  Supreme  Court  which  is  reported 
in  full  on  page  277^  145  Northwestern  Reporter.  Plaintiffs,  a  firm  of  architects, 
sued  to  recover  the  amount  of  compensation  which  defendant  agreed  to  pay 
them  for  preparing  plans  and  specifications  for  a  business  block  embracing 
storerooms  and  a  theater.  Defendant  counterclaimed  for  damages  declared  to 
have  been  sustained  by  him  on  the  ground  that  the  plans  and  specifications 
were  defective  in  that,  as  claimed,  the  plans  for  the  theater  were  so  defective 
that  occupants  of  boxes  could  not  view  the  stage,  that  trusses  over  the  stage 
were  so  placed  that  valuable  curtains  were  cut  oft",  that  an  arch  was  so  unskil- 
fully planned  as  to  bulge  the  sustaining  walls,  that  no  proper  means  of  ingress 
and  egress  for  certain  rooms  were  provided,  that  ventilation  for  the  storerooms 
was  not  provided  for  adequately,  and  that  details  were  so  defectively  prepared 
that  pillars  under  the  balcony  of  the  theater  had  to  be  cut  oft'  and  the  balcony 
lowered. 

On  trial  of  the  case,  plaintift's  recovered  the  full  amount  claimed  by  them, 
under  an  order  given  the  jury  by  the  Judge  to  find  for  plaintiffs.  But,  on  de- 
fendant's appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court,  the  judgment  was  reversed  and  the 
case  sent  back  for  a  new  trial  on  the  groiuid  that  defendant  had  made  out  a 
strong  enough  case  to  go  to  the  jury  on  his  counterclaim. 

The  Supreme  Court  said,  in  part :  ''As  practicing  architects,  plaintiffs  were 
bound  to  furnish  plans  and  specifications  prepared  with  a  reasonable  degree  of 
technical  skill,  and  such  as  would  produce,  if  followed  and  adhered  to.  a  build- 
ing of  the  kind  called  for.  without  marked  defects  in  character,  strength  or 
appearance."  The  court  finds  that  the  evidence  offered  on  the  trial  by  defend- 
ant to  sustain  his  counterclaim  was  not  wholly  satisfactory,  but  that  it  was 
sufficiently  strong  to  go  to  the  jur}-. 

The  measure  of  an  owner's  damages  which  he  can  recover  against  an  archi- 
tect on  establishing  that  the  latter  has  been  negligent  in  the  preparation  of  plans 
and  specifications,  is  thus  referred  to  by  the  Supreme  Court :  "It  may  well  be 
doubted  whether  the  record  calls  for  a  statement  by  us  of  the  true  measure  of 
damages  in  such  case,  but  it  would  seem  to  be  the  rule  of  reason,  as  we  think  it 
is  the  rule  of  law.  that  where  the  defect  complained  of  is  of  such  character  that 
it  may  be  corrected  without  unreasonable  or  disproportionate  expense,  such  ex- 
pense will  properly  measure  the  damage  so  sustained ;  but  if  the  defect  be  so 
intimately  connected  with  the  body  of  the  structure,  or  so  inheres  in  some  per- 
manent part  of  such  structure  that  it  cannot  be  remedied  at  reasonable  expense 
or  without  tearing  it  down  or  re'ouilding  it,  or  some  material  part  of  it.  then  the 
rule  suggested  by  the  trial  court  would  be  applicable."  That  rule  is  that  the 
damages  are  to  be  measured  by  the  difference  between  the  value  of  the  building 
as  it  is  in  its  defective  condition  and  its  value  as  it  would  have  been  if  built 
upon  correct  plans  and  specifications. 

The  Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals,  having  been  called  upon  to  determine  the 
degree  of  care  required  of  architects  in  preparing  plans  for  buildings  and  in 
superintending  construction,  recently  decided  in  the  case  of  Kortz  vs.  Kimberlin, 
15  Southwestern  Reporter  654.  that  there  is  no  duty  to  prepare  perfect  plans, 
exercise  of  a  reasonable  degree  of  skill  in  their  preparation  being  suflFicient ;  and 
that  an  architect  is  not  liable  for  a  defect  in  construction,  if  he  has  used 
ordinary  care  to  see  that  the  work  is  done  properly. 

In  this  case  Mr.  Kimberlin  brought  suit  for  compensation  for  drawing 
plans  for  a  dwelling  house  and  for  superintending  its  construction,  and  judg- 
ment having  been  awarded  in  his  favor,  defendant  owners  appealed  from  a  dis- 
allowance of  their  counterclaim  for  damages  declared  to  have  been  sustained  by 


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UTAH  STATE  CAPITOL  BUILDING,  SALT  LAKE  CITY,   UTAH 
R.  Kletting,  Architect 

thena  through  defective  performance  of  the  service.    In  affirming-  the  judgment, 
the  Court  of  Appeals  said : 

"While  it  is  true  that  a  public  profession  of  an  art  is  a  representation  or 
undertaking  to  all  the  world  that  the  professor  possesses  the  requisite  alMlity 
and  skill,  and  it  therefore  follows  that  an  architect  is  presumed  to  possess  the 
skill  and  ability  necessary  to  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  is  liable  for 
defective  i)lans,  *  *  *  yet  he  does  not  undertake  that  his  plans  will  be  abso- 
lutely perfect,  and  is  liable  only  for  a  failure  to  exercise  reasonable  skill  in  the 
pre])aration  of  the  plans.  Furthermore,  if  he  be  employed  to  superintend  the 
building,  he  is  not  liable  at  all  hazards  for  every  defect  in  its  construction,  but 
is  only  required  to  use  reasonable  care  and  dilig'ence  in  seeing  that  the  work  is 
I^roperly  done.  The  mere  fact,  therefore,  that  some  of  the  material  is  defective, 
or  that  some  of  the  construction  work  is  not  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner, 
is  not  sufficient  to  establish  as  a  matter  of  law  that  he  has  not  fully  performed 
his  contract.  Under  such  circumstances,  the  question  whether  or  not  he  used 
reasonable  care  and  diligence  in  superintending  the  work  is  a  question  for  the 
jury.  '^  *  *  Take,  for  instance,  the  stucco  work,  which  is  one  of  the  largest 
items  of  damage  claimed.  The  defendants  testify  that  they,  who  had  been  occu- 
pying the  house,  could  not  discover  its  defective  condition  until  after  the  time 
the  amended  answer  was  filed.  It  had  only  recently  begun  to  peel  ofif.  While 
it  is  doubtless  true  that  an  architect  has  better  means  of  observation  and  detec- 
tion, yet  it  cannot  be  said  that  the  evidence  conclusively  shows  that  plaintiff, 
by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  carie  and  diligence,  could  have  discovered  the 
defective  condition  of  the  stucco  before  it  began  to  fall  off.  Notwithstanding 
the  proof  as  to  its  condition,  it  was  for  the  jury  to  say-,  under  all  the  circum- 
stances, whether  or  not  ])laintiff  failed  to  exercise  reasonable  care  and  dili- 
gence."— A.  L.  H.  Street,  in  Building  Age. 


102 


TJic  Architect  and  Engineer 


•s^"^ 


RESIDEXCE  FOR  MR.  JOSEPH   MARZEX.  SACRAMENTO 
Scadlcr  &■  Hoeii,  Architects 


RESIDENCE  OF  MR.   II.   C.  KEYES,  SACRAMENTO 
Scadlcr  &  lloen,  Architects 


'///(•  .Ircliitcct  and  liu^^iiicii- 


lUo 


RESIDEXCH  OF  MR.  J.  L.   OILLIS.  SACKAMBXTO 
Si'iiiller  Sr  Hocn.  Architects 


KESIUESCE  OF  MR.  J.  L.   GILLIS.  S.-iCRAMESTO 
Scadicr  &  Hoen,  Arcltiiecls 


104 


The  Architect  and  Eui^iiieer 


PATIO,   RESIDESCE   OF  MR.   H.  M.   LA   RUE 
Seadler  &■  Hocn,  Architects 


RESIDENCE   OF 

MR.    IV.   A.   MEYERS, 

SACRAMENTO 

ScaJlcr  &  Hocn,  .Architects 


The  .Irchitcct  and  liif^inccr  1U5 

The  Time  to  Build* 

A.  C.  CLAUSSI-:.\.  Arcliitrci 

THE  time  of  year  in  which  llic  contracts  for  the  buihhni;-  of  a  house  are  let 
has  considerable  to  do  w  itii  the  prices  received.  l"'or  example,  a  contract 
can  he  let  for  about  10  per  cent  cheaper  at  the  present  time  of  the  year, 
the  house  to  be  built  during-  the  winter,  than  the  prices  c^ne  would  get  during" 
the  rush  of  the  building-  season  next  spring.  If  only  the  foundation  is  put  in 
now  and  the  contract  is  let  early  in  the  year,  enabling  the  contractors  to  get  an 
earlier  start  than  would  be  possible  if  the  foundation  were  ])ut  in  then,  there 
would  be  a  saving  of  from  6  to  8  per  cent. 

A  great  many  people  think  that  they  can  save  money  through  being  their 
own  contractor.  They  figure  that  they  will  save  the  contractor's  profit  of  from 
8  to  10  per  cent  l)y  buying-  their  own  materials,  hiring  their  own  labor  and  super- 
intending the  construction  of  the  house  themselves.  In  this  they  make  a  fatal 
error.  Few  contractors  figure  much  for  the  profit  on  labor,  since  this  is  really 
an  unknown  quantity,  on  which  they  can  merely  make  estimates  in  a  general 
way  based  upon  their  previous  experience.  Since  the  wages  paid  out  for  labor 
amounts  to  almost  half  the  cost  of  the  house,  it  is  very  important  that  this  item 
should  be  handled  in  a  systematic  manner.  A  contractor  through  his  experience 
knows  just  how  many  men  he  can  work  to  an  advantage  on  a  house  of  a  certain 
size ;  how  many  common  laborers  he  would  need  tO'  supply  his  brick  masons 
with  mortar  and  brick,  just  wdiat  quantities  and  at  what  time  certain  materials 
are  needed  at  the  job,  and  knows  how  much  work  each  man  should  turn  out  in 
a  day,  enabling  him  to  keep  track  of  their  work  and  discharge  any  slow  or  in- 
competent workman. 

\\'hen  a  man  attempts  to  take  a  contractor's  place,  lacking  all  the  technical 
knowledge  and  experience  of  the  latter,  his  labor  bill  will  usually  amount  to  25 
or  30  per  cent  more  through  his  not  being  able  to  carry  on  the  work  in  a  system- 
atic manner.  The  wTiter  has  observed  houses  where  a  whole  crew  of  men  had 
to  be  laid  otY  temporarily  during  the  busy  season  of  the  year  because  the  ownei 
did  not  order  certain  material  far  enough  ahead  of  time  to  get  it  wdien  needed 
Men  do  not  stay  idle  during  the  busy  season  in  the  building  line,  and  a  crew 
laid  ott  in  this  manner  will  immediately  look  for  other  positions,  therel)y  leaving 
their  former  employer  handicai)i)ed  for  the  lack  of  labor  when  the  work  starts 
again.  The  owner  is  often  unable  to  get  enough  men  together  again  to  carry 
on  the  work  properly.  Those  whom  he  does  hire  under  these  circumstances 
know  nothing  about  the  work  that  has  been  done  and  have  to  study  into  the 
matter  all  over  again,  unless  a  competent  foreman  has  been  engaged  with  a 
salary  above  the  union  scale,  whose  salary  would  go  on  whether  the  work  was 
going  on  or  not.  I  have  also  noticed  bricklayers  mixing  their  own  mortar  and 
carrying  their  own  bricks  when  the  honie-builder  should  have  had  common 
labor  to  do  this  work  for  him  instead  of  paying  a  man  $4.50  to  do  work  that 
could  be  done  just  as  well  by  cheap  labor.  Also,  the  workmen  on  a  house  built 
for  the  owner  himself  know  that  they  will  probably  never  have  occasion  to  work 
for  this  man  again;  they  know  he  is  incapable  of  judging  the  amount. of  work 
that  should  be  done  in  a  day  and  is  not  apt  to  discover  minor  imperfections  in 
the  w'ork.  These  facts  have  a  demoralizing  effect  over  the  workmen  which 
means  poorer  work  done  in  more  time  than  when  they  are  under  the  guidance 
of  a  man  whom  they  hope  to  work  for  throughout  the  year. 

When  it  comes  to  the  buying  of  materials,  while  a  man  may  be  able  to  get 
some  one  or  two  things  at  low  cost  through  having  some  friend  or  relative  in 
the  business,  taken  as  a  whole  the  material  throughout  the  house  will  cost  the 

*  Pacific  Builder   and   Engineer,    Seattle,   Washington. 


106  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

homebuilder  more  than  they  would  cost  a  contractor.  For  example,  a  contractor 
of  any  importance  will  buy  his  cement,  flooring,  siding,  shingles,  dimension 
lumber  and  other  much-used  materials  by  the  carload,  thereby  receiving  special 
quotations  on  the  prices  of  materials  ordered.  The  materials  that  he  does  not 
use  on  one  house  he  can  use  on  the  next  one,  for  he  is  in  business  for  a  lifetime. 
The  final  conclusion  is  that  it  is  cheaper  to  let  the  contract  for  the  entire  house, 
except  the  heating  and  plumbing,  which  should  be  let  separate,  to  one  general 
contractor,  after  having  obtained  his  price  through  competition  with  other 
contractors.  He  is  "the  man  who  knows."  He  has  paid  for  his  knowledge  in 
the  school  of  experience  and  with  a  properly  prepared  set  of  plans  is  able  to 
carry  on  the  work  in  a  systematic  manner.  There  is  no  line  of  business  in 
which  this  is  more  true  than  in  the  building  business,  where  so  many  different 
materials  and  so  many  different  men  are  brought  together  under  one  man's 
leadership,  to  accomplish  the  building  of  a  home.  "Put  all  your  eggs  in  one 
basket,  but  watch  that  basket." 

There  are  other  economies  to  be  considered  when  the  home  is  being  planned 
before  the  matter  of  letting  it  to  the  contractor  is  considered.  If  the  house  is  of 
frame  construction  or  brick  veneer  the  height  of  the  stories  should  be  made  so 
that  full  length  studding  of  16,  18  or  20  feet  can  be  used  without  cutting,  and 
in  laying  out  the  floor  plans  care  should  be  taken  that  the  joists  all  run  in  one 
direction  bearing  upon  one  or  two  partitions,  according  to  the  size  of  the  house, 
that  extend  through  the  center  from  the  basement  to  the  attic.  Wherever 
practical  the  partitions  on  the  second  floor  should  be  placed  directly  over  those 
on  the  first  floor,  making  the  studding  two  stories  high,  thereby  reducing  the 
settlement  of  the  house  through  the  shrinkage  of  the  floor  joist  and  making 
It  easier  and  cheaper  to  construct.  Where  practical  the  rooms  should  be  made 
an  odd  number  of  feet  plus  two  inches  in  the  direction  that  the  joists  run.  For 
example,  a  room  13  feet  2  inches  wide  can  be  spanned  by  14- foot  floor  joist. 
li  the  room  were  made  13  feet  6  inches  wide,  16-foot  floor  joist  would  have  to 
be  used,  with  nearly  a  foot  and  a  half  at  the  end  of  each  joist  going  to  waste, 
''  for  floor  joist  can  only  be  obtained  an  even  number  of  feet  in  length,  except 
1^  Avhere  such  length  as  7  and  9  feet  are  required,  which  can  be  obtained  by 
cutting  joist  14  feet,  18  feet,  etc.,  in  two.  As  few  angles  should  be  made  in  the 
outside  walls  as  possible,  for  turning  corners  costs  money,  especially  in  the 
roof.  While  stone  always  looks  better  than  cement,  a  saving  can  be  made  in 
the  sills,  lintels,  water  table,  etc.,  in  a  house  of  masonry  construction  by  having 
them  made  of  cement  cast  in  forms  and  reinforced  with  rods,  li  this  is  clone 
properly  the  difference  can  hardly  be  detected  between  the  cement  product  and 
Bedford  sandstone,  and  the  former  is  very  durable  when  ]:)roperlv  made. 

Good  effects  can  ])e  had  for  interior  finish  on  inexi:)ensive  woods  if  a  careful 
painter  is  obtained.  Take,  for  exam])le.  clear  birch,  stained  and  grained  to 
imitate  dark  mahogany,  and  straight  grained  Washington  fir  to  imitate  mission 
oak.  They  can  hardly  be  distinguished  from  the  genuine  wood.  It  is  poor 
economy,  and  in  fact  not  economy  in  the  long  run,  to  try  and  economize  by 
using  little  cement  and  more  sand  in  the  foundation,  inferior  grades  of  paint  on 
the  outside,  cheap  varnish  on  the  inside  finish,  pine  floor  instead  of  hardwood, 
the  cheape.st  heating  plant  in  the  market  instead  of  a  good  hot  air  or  hot  water 
system,  the  cheapest  grade  of  plumbing,  etc.  While  a  great  many  minor 
matters  might  be  mentioned  wherein  a  home-liuilder  could  economize  while 
having  his  ])lans  and  sjiecifications  prejiared,  the  advice  given  in  this  entire 
article  might  l)c  summed  up  in  one  sentence  :  luigage  the  services  of  a  com- 
jjctent  architect.  He  makes  a  special  study  of  these  matters,  since  his  repu- 
tation depends  entirely  upon  the  manner  in  which  he  serves  his  clients'  interests. 
It  is  his  business  to  com])arc  the  size  of  a  home  with  the  amount  a  man  desires 


I'hc  .Irchitcct  and  /:;;_;■ ///cvr  107 

to  invest  and  apply  strict  ccont)niy  wherever  practicable.  An  architect  cannot, 
however,  entirely  control  the  cost  of  a  house.  When  a  home-hnilder  wants  a 
house  of  a  certain  style,  with  certain  things  on  the  inside  and  outside,  he  should 
expect  to  pay  for  those  thinfj:s  and  not  exi^ect  his  home  to  cost  no  more  than 
a  house  one-third  smaller  and  not  finishecl  as  elaborate  in  detail  as  he  would 
have  his  own.  System  is  the  word.  When  constructing-  a  home  or  building  it 
should  be  applied  from  the  first  to  the  last. 


A  New  Director  of  Federal  Architecture 

THE  committee  recently  appointed  to  standardize  future  I'^nleral  buildings 
throughout  the  country  appears  to  be  proceeding  in  a  manner  that  can 
hardly  inspire  confidence  in  the  wisdom  of  their  course,  says  an  exchange. 

Since  the  repeal  of  the  Tarsney  Act  the  capacity  of  the  bureau  has  been  so 
severely  taxed  that  already  it  is  said  to  be  several  years  behind  in  its  work,  a 
situation  that  is  aggravated  by  the  refusal  of  Congress  to  appropriate  the  neces- 
sary funds  for  increasing  the  drafting  force. 

As  a  means  of  remedying  the  present  intolerable  conditions  the  chairman 
of  this  new  committee  is  rei)orted  to  have  stated — not  that  the  drafting  force 
would  be  augmented  by  a  sufficient  number  of  competent  men  to  successfully 
cope  with  the  situation — but  that  "there  would  soon  be  a  good  place  paying 
$8,000  a  year  for  a  first  class  business  man  who  also  knows  architecture."  Ac- 
cording to  the  report  the  holder  of  the  "good  i)lace,"  who  it  is  proposed  shall  be 
a  civilian,  not  under  the  civil  service  rules,  will  take  precedence  over  the  present 
Supervising  Architect  of  the  Treasury,  and  will  be  responsible  for  all  of  the 
public  buildings  hereafter  erected  just  as  the  Supervising  Architect  is  now  re- 
sponsible. In  other  words,  the  proposed  new^  official  is  expected  to  direct  the 
policies  of  the  Bureau  of  Buildings,  and  the  so-called  "Supervising  Architect" 
is  apparently  to  be  relegated  to  the  position  of  chief  draftsman.  The  expediency 
of  such  a  shifting  of  title  is  not  obvious  from  any  legitimate  viewpoint,  and  the 
farce  is  unlikely  to  increase  the  resj^ect  of  the  public  toward  its  perpetrators. 

It  would  seem,  moreover,  that  the  "first  class  business  man"  wdio  succeeds  in 
meeting  the  requirements  of  his  position  by  actually  standardizing  government 
buildings  will  give  little  evidence  that  he  "also  knows  architecture,"  for  the 
two  conditions  are  contradictory.  The  proposal  of  the  committee,  as  reported, 
IS  to  formulate  stock  designs  for  government  buildings  to  be  located  in  cities 
and  towns  of  varying  populations — that  is,  the  same  design  for  future  post- 
offices  is  to  be  used  in  a  farming  community  of  10.000  ]:)eople  in  northern  Maine, 
and  in  a  town  of  the  same  size  suburban  to  San  Francisco. 

Such  an  absurd  proposition  lacks  that  very  practicality  u])on  which  the 
sponsors  of  the  new  movement  .so  pride  themselves.  Quite  aside  from  any 
efTete  considerations  of  ajipearance  or  of  congruity  of  style  with  neighboring 
buildings,  there  are  matters  of  local  convenience  or  necessity  which  are  rarely 
identical  in  any  two  cases.  The  very  magnitude  of  the  country,  with  its  widely 
divergent  climates,  presents  an  almost  insurmountable  obstacle  in  the  way  of 
adopting  even  a  general  American  style  and  to  seriously  propose  that  a  single 
stock  design  for  a  postoffice — for  example — is  appropriate  for  every  section  of 
the  country,  is  preposterous.  The  local  availability  of  certain  materials  must 
also  affect  any  well-considered  design  and  often  be  a  great  factor  in  its  cost. 
A  regime  of  a  few  years  under  this  policy  of  standardization  induced  by  poli- 
ticians is  likely  to  be  an  expensive  experience  to  the  country,  not  only  in  in- 
creased money  outlay  but  in  the  decreased  efficiency  of  future  Federal  buildings 
and  loss  of  artistic  qualities  in  their  architecture. 


108  The  Architect  a)id  Eiio^inecr 

The  Relative  Positions  of  the  Engineer  and  the  Archi- 
tect in  Designing  Commercial  Buildings 

IT  IS  difificult  to  define  the  true  functions  of  the  engineer  and  the  architect  in 
designing  and  constructing  modern  commercial  buildings.  Before  the  de- 
velopment of  our  high  steel  frame  buildings,  and  before  reinforced  concrete 
had  attained  prominence  as  a  structural  material,  the  problem  of  building 
design  was  essentially  an  architectural  one.  If  the  engineer's  services  were 
required  at  all  it  was  only  in  connection  with  the  foimdations,  and  even  then  he 
was  consulted  only  where  conditions  made  the  design  and  construction  exceed- 
ingly difficult.  Due  to -the  development  of  our  steel  frame  and  reinforced 
concrete  buildings,  however,  conditions  have  changed  and  the  design  of  these 
structures  is  becoming  more  and  more  an  engineering  problem.  In  such  build- 
ings strength  and  durability  are  of  greatest  importance,  and  to  insure  these 
qualities  in  building  construction  requires  the  services  of  engineers.  It  is  only 
natural,  due  to  the  gradual  development  of  commercial  buildings,  that  in  present 
building  organizations  the  architect  is  supreme,  while  the  engineer  is  placed  in  a 
subordinate  position.  In  the  more  prominent  architectural  firms  there  have 
been  established  engineering  departments,  in  charge  of  engineers  who  some- 
times are  given  the  dignified  title  of  "Chief  Engineer."  In  most  cases  the  build- 
ing is  planned  almost  entirely  by  the  architect,  and  the  engineer  must  make  his 
steel  or  reinforced  concrete  design  conform  to  the  architectural  design.  In 
some  cases  this  has  resulted  in  structural  monstrosities  and  in  exceedingly 
expensive  structural  designs. 

If  the  architect  is  sufficiently  broad-minded,  and  if  his  training  and  experi- 
ence have  been  of  the  right  kind,  he  will  have  felt  the  advisability  of  permitting 
the  engineer  to  assist  materially  in  planning  the  building.  However,  as  the 
final  decision  lies  with  the  architect  the  tendency  is  to  over-emphasize  the  archi- 
tectural features  to  the  detriment  of  the  engineering  design.  In  making  this 
statement  it  is  realized  that  the  architectural  treatment  of  a  building  is  of  great 
importance,  but  in  most  commercial  buildings  safety  and  permanence  are  essen- 
tial, while  low  cost  is  often  absolutely  necessary  if  the  structure  is  to  be  financed. 
The  latter  factors  give  increased  emphasis  to  the  engineering  design.  Most 
architects  have  received  their  initial  technical  education  in  our  universities,  and 
the  present  tendency  of  architectural  schools  is  to  give  less  emphasis  than 
formerly  to  mathematics  and  to  those  subjects  which  teach  fundamental 
engineering  principles — and  more  emphasis  to  the  aesthetic  design. 

We  believe  that  the  design  of  many  classes  of  commercial  buildings  should 
be  in  charge  of  engineers  and  that  the  architectural  features  of  such  buildings 
can  well  be  taken  care  of  by  architects  in  the  employ  of  these  engineers  or  by 
engineers  who  have  gained  sufficient  knowledge  of  architectural  princii)les  to 
enable  them  to  design  structures  in  which  aesthetics  has  been  duly  considered. 
We  also  believe  that  engineers  have  not  been  sufficiently  alert  to  their  interests 
in  permitting  conditions  to  come  about  such  as  now  exist  in  the  building  field. 
Furthermore,  tlie  engineer's  position  will  not  be  improved  unless  he  takes  more 
active  steps  than  formerly  to  protect  his  interests.  Due  mainly  to  the  organized 
activity  of  architects,  laws  have  been  passed  in  some  states  which  require  that 
all  building  designs  must  l>e  in  charge  of  and  signed  by  licensed  architects. 
This  has  acted  further  to  bar  the  engineers  from  activity  in  the  building  field. 
It  is,  of  course,  true  that  engineers  can  qualify  as  licensed  architects  by  passing 
the  required  examinations.  Under  existing  conditions,  however,  this  is  difficult, 
as  the  board  of  examiners  is  composed  of  architects — men  who  frame  the 
cxairiination  questions  from  an  architect's  viewpoint. 


The  .Irchitcit  and   l-ji^^inccr  10'' 

( )ne  scricus  phase  of  the  (|iicsti()ii,  from  an  ciij;iiiccr's  stan(Ii)oiiil.  is  tlial. 
ruder  existing-  conditions,  contracts  for  huiUhny;  desit^ns  and  sui)erintendencc 
naturally  come  to  architectural  firms,  the  business  dealings  I)cin_<;-  between  oiciicr 
and  architect,  the  engineer  •jetting'  a  small  share  of  the  business  from  the  archi- 
tect— not  from  the  owner  who  furnishes  the  necessary  capital.  W'c  believe 
there  is  a  legitimate  field  in  building  work  for  both  the  engineer  and  the  archi- 
tect, but  we  are  convinced  that  in  designing  certain  classes  of  commercial  build- 
ings the  engineer  should  be  supreme.  The  latter  is  certainly  neglecting  a 
promising  field  when  he  does  not  exercise  his  right  to  negotiate  directly  with 
the  owner  in  obtaining  contracts  for  building  designs  and  superintendence.- — 
F.ngiueeriiig  and  Contracting. 

The  Value  of  an  Architect's  Services 

C(  ).\i  .M  I'lXTI  .\(  1  on  the  jjractice  (unfortunately  still  ])revalent  to  a  limited 
degree  in  certain  (|uarters)  of  planning  buildings  of  more  or  less  import- 
ance without  the  assistance  of  an  architect,  who  is,  however,  called  in, 
after  the  planning  and  general  design  of  the  building  has  been  determined, 
simply  to  "dress  it  up  a  bit."  Mr.   Electus  1).  Litchfield  writes  the  Evening 
I'ost,  .\ew  York,  as  follows: 

Jn  the  old  daj's  there  were  so  many  untrained  and  incompetent  architects  tliat  it 
can  be  understood  how  such  a  course  might  have  been  adopted.  But,  today,  with 
the  multitude  of  well-trained  practitioners,  such  a  proceeding  can  only  be  explained 
by  complete  ignorance  of  the  architect's  methods  and  capabilities.  For  the  benefit 
of  those  who  are  unaware  of  it,  let  me  say  there  is  no  building  operation  or  feature 
of  a  building  operation  upon  w^hich  the  architect — and,  of  course.  I  mean  a  capable 
and  well-trained  one,  just  as  when  one  is  advised  to  consult  a  lawyer,  an  immature 
law  student  without  balance  or  experience  is  not  meant — can  be  consulted  without 
advantage  to  the  owner.  To  thoroughly  appreciate  this,  one  must  understand  the 
theory  of  modern  architectural  practice,  the  basic  theory,  which  has  been  the  great 
contribution  of  the  Ecole  des  Beau.x-Arts  in  Paris  to  the  architecture  of  this  coun- 
try— and  I  may  perhaps  fairly  say.  to  the  architecture  of  the  world — and  that  is 
that  the  plan  is  the  fundamental  thing  that  predetermines  the  success  or  non-success 
of  any  building  or  group  of  l)uildings.  There  may  be  buildings,  commonplace  or 
even  unpleasing  in  appearance,  with  successful  plans,  biU  a  really  successful  buildin^r 
in  any  particular  is  hardly  possible  with  an  unsuccessful  plan.  I-'or  that  re.ison  the 
stud}-  of  plan  has  become  the  great  study  of  the  modern  architect.  *  *  * 

It  is  high  time  that  those  interested  in  buildings,  for  rental  or  for  sale,  l)e  they 
apartments,  lofts  or  office  buildings,  recognize  two  facts:  first,  that  the  practical 
l)lanning  of  a  building,  together  witii  an  appropriate  and  pleasing  facade,  determini.' 
in  a  great  measure  its  real  value;  and  second,  that  it  pays  much  better  to  decorate 
a  buihling  inside  and  out  with  brains,  rather  than  gold  leaf. 

l*"or  too  long  have  the  operators  been  carried  away  with  the  idea  that  a  hivish 
displaj'  of  solid  bronze  and  expensive  marbles  produce  the  most  effective  corridors; 
that  a  wealth  in  ornament,  be  it  in  white  marble  or  terra  cotta.  will  enable  them  to 
obtain  a  pleasing  and  imposing  facade.  It  is  time  that  they  realized  that  good 
planning,  well  studied  proportions  and  a  modicum  of  api)ropriate  and  carefullj'  de- 
signed ornament  are  the  elements  which  i)roduce  successful  l)uil(Iings.  It  is  also 
time  that  they  appreciate  the  fact  that  these  can  be  obtained  only  at  the  hands  of 
an  experienced  and  we'1-trained  architect,  and  that  an  architect  can,  with  the  use 
(.f  the  most  modest  priced  materials,  obtain  a  building  more  approi)riate  and  with 
more  enduring  charm  than  the  untrained  man  with  the  highest  jjriced  products  of  the 
quarries  an<l  the  mines. 

The  truth  of  Mr.  Litchfield's  statements,  comments  the  American  .Archi- 
tect, has.  of  course,  always  been  realized  by  members  of  the  profession,  and 
indications  are  not  lacking  that  a  rapidly  increasing  number  of  operators  and 
investors  are  accepting  it  each  year.  The  field  of  the  architect's  activities  is 
rapidly  widening,  until  it  now  embraces — to  a  limited  degree  perhaps  in  some 
instances — i)ractically  every  class  of  building  or  structure  erected.     .Ml  that  is 


110  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

necessary  to  make  the  employment  of  an  architect  the  first  step  in  any  building 
operation,  is  the  education  of  the  layman  to  a  full  appreciation  of  the  architect's 
methods  and  functions.  To  this  work  of  education,  Mr.  Litchfield's  article 
forms  a  worthy  contribution,  and  it  is  hoped  that  every  architect  will,  as 
opportunity  offers,  render  a  similar  service. 


Protest  Against  Destruction  of  Works  of  Art  Abroad 

GEORGE  F.  HAMMOND,  an  architect  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  started 
a  movement  in  this  covmtry  to  protest  against  the  destruction  of  historical 
buildings  and  works  of  art  in  the  present  conflict  in   Europe  and  has 
addressed  a  letter  to  the  architects  of  the  United  States  courteously  expressing 
his  views  and  asking  the  co-operation   of  the   profession.     The   letter  is   as 
follows : 

Dear  Sir:  I  have  taken  it  upon  myself  to  get  an  expression  of  opinion  from  as 
many  members  of  the  Institute  as  are  willing  to  answer  this  letter  in  regard  to  the 
destruction  of  works  of  art  and  historical  buildings  by  contending  nations  in  the 
present  conflict  in  Europe. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  so  many  of  the  European  countries  are  at  war  it  seems 
to  remain  for  the  architects  of  the  United  States  to  protest  against  the  unnecessary 
destruction  of  works  of  art  and  architecture. 

While  an  expression  of  opinion  will  naturally  be  personal  it  should,  as  a  whole, 
and  representing  as  it  will  the  sentiment  of  individuals,  have  some  weight,  not  alone 
with  foreign  citizens  in  general,  but  with  foreign  officials  to  whose  attention  it  will 
undoubtedly  be  brought. 

It  is  because  what  is  everybody's  business  is  nobody's  business  that  I  have  seen 
fit  to  take  the  initiative  in  this  inatter.  I  do  not  see  that  a  protest  of  this  kind  can  be 
received  except  in  the  respectful  spirit  in  which  it  is  ofifered ;  it  is  therefore  couched 
in  moderate  terms. 

I  am  sending  a  copy  of  this  letter  and  enclosure  to  each  Fellow  and  Member  of 
the  Institute. 

Trusting  you  will  sign  and  return  the  enclosure  at  your  earliest  convenience  in 
order  that  the  matter  may  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  president  and  acted 
upon,  I  remain, 

Very  truly  yours, 

GEORGE  F.  HAMMOND, 
Fellow  of  the  American  Institute  of  Architects. 

Those  who  are  in  sympathy  with  the  movement  are  asked  to  sign  the 
following  letter  and  send  it  to  the  President: 

To   the   President,   Washington,   D.    C 

Sir:  We,  the  undersigned,  Fellows  or  members  of  the  American  Institute  of 
.Architects,  desire  to  call  your  attention  to  the  reported  destruction  of  works  of  art 
and  buildings  of  architecture  or  historical  interest  by  the  contending  armies  in  the 
present  European  war. 

We  request  that  you  will  take  such  action  as  in  your  judgment  may  be  advisable 
to  bring  to  the  notice  of  our  ambassadors  for  proper  presentation  to  the  rulers  of 
all  nations,  this,  our  expression  of  opinion. 

We  believe  that  the  works  of  art  and  architecture  belong,  in  a  sense,  not  ex- 
clusively to  the  nation  holding  them,  but  to  the  entire  world. 

We  bellie^'e  that  the  destruction  of  this  class  of  property,  which  cannot  be  replaced, 
is  not  a  necessary  or  justifiable  act. 

We  believe  that,  however  great  the  provocation,  other  methods  of  obtaining 
redress  may  be  used  instead  of  depriving  this  and  future  generations  of  the  benefit 
of  the  study  of  works  of  art  and  architecture  produced'  by  those  who  have  preceded 
them. 

We  therefore  request  you  to  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  world  in  general  our 
views  in  such  a  manner  as  you  may  deem  advisable. 

Respectfully, 


The  Architect  and  Engineer  111 

Destruction  of  Priceless  Stone 

IN  ALL  history  there  has  never  been  a  war  so  destructive,  not  only  of  human 
Hfe,  but  also  of  the  work  of  man's  hands,  as  the  present  one  which  is  de- 
vastating Europe.  Entire  cities  have  fallen  from  shells  and  fire,  and  some  of 
the  finest  buildings  that  have  come  down  to  us  from  mediaeval  times  are  now  no 
more  than  heaps  of  ruins.  The  whole  world  mourns  the  loss  of  magnificent 
examples  of  masonry  and  stone  carving  that  can  never  be  rei)laced.  When  the 
war  is  over,  and  when  the  nations  have  recovered  from  financial  and  business 
disturbance,  there  is  bound  to  be  an  enormous  amount  of  building  to  replace  the 
structures  that  have  fallen,  even  though  some  of  the  great  edifices  can  never  rise 
from  their  ashes. 

The  greatest  regret  throughout  the  world,  says  Stone,  has  been  expressed 
over  the  fate  of  the  wonderful  Cathedral  of  Rheims.  This  has  everywhere  been 
held  as  one  of  the  most  magnificent  examples  of  Gothic  architecture  anywhere 
in  existence.  It  was  at  first  reported  that  this  was  totally  destroyed,  but  now  it  is 
known  that  the  principal  loss  was  the  roof,  the  interior  and  the  fine  wood  work. 
Of  course  there  are  scars  from  cannon  shots  on  the  exterior  walls,  and  many 
of  the  quaint  statues  that  adorn  the  fagade  have  been  chipped  and  mutilated. 
But  the  Gothic  architects  built  for  all  time,  and  with  honest  stone  masonry. 
It  would  take  more  than  a  bombardment  with  high-power  modern  shells  to 
shake  their  walls  so  as  to  impair  their  integrity.  One  of  the  particular  glories 
of  the  Rheims  Cathedral  was  its  marvelous  system  of  flying  buttresses,  illus- 
trated herewith.  These  are  almost  lace-like  in  their  delicacy.  There  has  been 
no  indication  in  the  despatches  as  to  how  much  these  suffered  under  the  cannon 
fire,  but  they  could  hardly  have  escaped  in  a  bombardment  that  totally  destroyed 
the  roof. 

The  entire  progress  of  the  war  in  Belgium  and  France  has  been  through  a 
region  dotted  with  famous  and  beautiful  examples  of  stonework,  and  many 
of  them  have  fallen.  The  loss  at  Louvain  is  deplorable  in  the  destruction  of  the 
priceless  library,  although  the  building  itself  was  not  especially  notable.  The 
magnificent  Hotel  de  Ville,  another  Gothic  gem,  escaped,  and  it  is  believed  that 
the  damage  to  the  exquisite  Cathedral  of  St.  Pierre  is  not  total.  This  edifice 
has  the  most  profuse  and  elaborate  ornamentation  in  the  way  of  stone  carving, 
the  fagade  and  side  walls  being  miracles  of  dainty  moulding,  pinnacles,  crockets, 
bosses  and  other  enrichments.  The  great  stone  structures  of  Malines,,  Dinant, 
Nancy  and  other  quaint  towns  are  battle-scarred,  we  may  be  sure,  although  full 
particulars  are  lacking  as  yet. 

The  loss  of  any  great  memorial  of  the  past  is  always  to  be  deplored  for  its 
historical  associations,  even  if  it  is  possible  to  replace  it.  But  we  cannot  replace 
these  examples  of  mediaeval  stone  work.  It  is  not  that  our  architects  lack  the 
genius  to  plan  them  or  our  artisans  the  skill  to  carve  them.  Conditions  of  life 
and  labor  are  so  different  now  that  we  cannot  hope  to  duplicate  them.  They 
were  constructed  by  men  to  whom^  religion  was  a  direct  and  daily  inspiration.. 
They  gave  their  life  to  the  work,  and  received,  not  princely  pay,  but  the  bare 
necessities  of  existence.  What  is  more,  the  work  was  carried  on  for  generations, 
and  centuries,  and  many  gave  freely  of  their  time  and  treasure  who  could  never 
hope  to  see  the  full  fruition  of  their  devotion.  Nevertheless,  if  we  cannot  build 
anew  such  structures  as  those  that  have  suffered  in  the  war,  it  is  certain  that 
there  will  not  be  lacking,  once  the  struggle  is  over,  generous  contributions  from 
all  parts  of  the  world  to  restore  them  to  at  least  a  shadow  of  their  former  glory, 
if  this  is  found  to  be  possible.  We  need  them  as  an  inspiration  for  our  builders 
and  artisans  of  today. 


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ASSOCIATE    EDITORS 


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Wm.  B.  Gestf.r.    - 
LoRKN  E.  Hunt,  C.  E. 

F:  W.'fitzpatr.ck:  \  F'reProofConstrucHon 

W.  W.  Br  kite.  C.  E. 

H.  J.  Brunnmer 

Athol  McBkan 

VV.  E.  Dknnison 

How.ARD  Frost.    ^ 

G.  B.  AsHCRf)FT,  C.  E. 

H.   M.  T  OVVRNTHAL 

.1.  K.  D.  Mackenzie 

Frku  M.  Woods.  Jr. 

C.  Walter  Tozer    ■ 

Wilbur  David  Cook,  Liuidscape Architecture 

T.  C.  KiERULFF  Legal  Points 

Paul  C.  Butte     ■       Electrical  Construction 

Louis  F.  M.'\uer        -        -         Waterproofing 


ARCHITECTURAL 


Inspection 
and  Tests 


Striictural  Steel 

Tile   and    Terra 
Cotta 

Artificial  Stone 

I  Roofs  and  Roofing 

Rock  and  Gravel 
Interior  Decoration 


Fred  H.  Mey(^r 
.AuKUSt  G.  Headman 
Edward  T.  Foulkes 
Alfred  F.  Rosenheim 
G.  .Albert  Lansburgh 
HouKhton  Sawyer 
John  G.  Howard 
.Arthur  Brown.  Jr. 
Chas.  P.  Weeks 
Benj.  G.   McDouyall 
Octaviiis  Morgan 
J.  C.  Austin 
Jas.  W    Plachek 
Chas.  Henry  Clieney 


William  O.  Kai«uel 
F.  D.  Hudson 
Sumner  P.  Hunt 
C.  Sumner  Greene 
Norman  F.  Marsh 
Clayton  D.  Wilson 
.Mnicric  Coxhcad 
Harrison  .Albright 
John  Parkinson 
A.  W.  Smith 
T.  Patterson  Ross 
William  H.  Weeks 
Chas.  W    Dickey 
Henry  C.  Smith 


CONTRIBUTORS 


W'li/   A.    Nevvniaii 

Jas.  W.Kei4 

J.  Harry  Blohnie 

Herman   Barth 

.Arthur  O.  Johnson 

Herbert  E    Law 

Hon.  Jas.  D.  Plielan 

T.,hn   (lalen   Ilowai.l  /    ,.•     p^     j     ^ 

Louis  C.   Mullgardl    \ 


Smith  O'Brien 
H.  F.  Starbuck 
Nathaniel  Blaisdell 
W.  T.  Bliss 
William  Moose r 
Robert  Morgeneier 
B.  J.  S.  Cahill 


v..  M.  C.  Whitney 
.\.  I.   Whitney 
Frederick  VV.  Jonks 


Manager 

Treasurer 

Managing  Editor 


The  European  war  i.s  cau.^ing  a 
scarcity  of  women  servants,  the  imnii- 
.^^.,,^^^^  ,..,  oration  statistics  for 
^^nxi^^M^o.^v  August  showing  a 
WOM    N  falling     off     in  "the 

WOMAN  number   taking   pas- 

sage for  America  of  more  than  80  per 
cent  as  compared  with  the  same  month 
in  1913.  This  means  that  the  .\meri- 
can  housewife  must  depend  more  and 
more  upon  her  own  resources. 

Commenting  upon  the  return  of  the 
American  woman  to  domesticity, 
Craftsmen  says  that  probably  the 
greatest  aid  which  can  be  rendered  the 
woman  of  the  future  as  a  housekeeper 
will  be  furnished  by  the  American 
domestic  architect.  Whether  man  or 
woman,  the  builder  of  American 
homes  in  the  future  will  make  a  very 
special  study  of  the  convenience  and 
comfort  of  women  in  relation  to  their 
household  problems.  This  does  not 
mean  that  we  shall  have  houses  that 
are  only  practical,  and  dreary  as  the 
practical  sometimes  is ;  it  means  rather 
that  as  houses  become  more  con- 
venient, more  suited  to  the  needs  of 
an  intelligent  age,  they  will  inevitably 
become  more  beautiful,  more  satis- 
factory artistically  as  well  as  practi- 
cally ;  that  the  architect,  the  scientist, 
will  study  all  kitchen  problems ;  that 
we  shall  find  clean,  wholesome,  expe- 
ditious methods  of  accomi)lishing" 
tasks  that  formerly  were  disgusting 
drudgery.  The  interior  of  the  house, 
its  furnishing,  and  its  fitting  will  be 
simple  as  well  as  permanent.  The 
minute  women  decide  to  face  the  diffi- 
culties of  their  own  housekeeping 
they  will  do  away  with  fashions  in 
furniture  and  furnishings.  They  will 
decide  u])on  a  tyjx'  of  beautiful  things 
such  as  homes  were  furnished  with 
centuries  ago,  when  women  inherited 
the  artistic  ccMiiforts  and  decorations 
of  their  houses.  .\nd  this  will  not 
lessen  the  beauty  of  American  homes ; 
it  will  in  every  ])c)ssible  way  add  to  it, 
for  articles  that  are  made  to  be  per- 
manent inevitably  receive  imagination 
in  conception,  thought  in  design,  and 
sureness  in  construction.  One  does 
not  make  or  buy  a  poor  inartistic 
article  to  live  with  forever. 


The  .Irchitcct  and  l:ii!^i)ici'r 


ll.> 


With  the  reconstruction  of  Ameri- 
can home  Hfe  on  a  more  humane  plane 
of  hahuiced  happiness,  there  will 
always  he  found  yount;  ])eo])le  willing 
and  eag^er  to  j^ive  help  where  they  are 
sure  of  sympathy  and  kindness  and 
instruction  ;  there  always  will  he  too, 
the  older  people,  the  sad.  the  unsuc- 
cessful, who  crave  the  oi)i)ortunity  of 
pleasant  surroundinj^s  in  return  for 
service  to  others. 


Every  now  and  then  we  hear  a  con- 
tractor   raising-   Cain    hecause   he   i^ot 
caught  hv  a  "tricky 
CONTRACTORS  specification.-       ( )f 

SHOULD  READ  ^,,rse    he    hlames 

CONTRACT  FORMS  ^^^  architect.  He 
VERY  CAREFULLY      ,,^,^^,^1^    j,    j,,,^    ^, 

much  at  fault.  Jle  should  read  the 
specifications — once,  twice  and  three 
times,  ami  then  have  somehody  else 
read  them. 

The  trouhle  is  he  doesn't  take  the 
time  to  study  them.  He  is  anxious  to 
suhmit  his  hid  and  after  the  hid  has 
tj'one  in  and  he  is  awarded  the  contract 
at  a  figure  much  lower  than  the  bids  of 
his  competitors,  he  wonders  why.  He 
ijoes  back  to  the  specifications  and 
reads  theni'  more  carefully,  to  discover 
a  clause  here  and  another  clause  there 
that  mean  dollars  saved  the  owner  and 
added  ex])cnse  for  himself.  Then  the 
li_y;ht  breaks  and  he  curses  the  owner, 
the  architect  and  everybody  else  that 
had  anythinj:;-  to  do  with  the  plans. 

The  other  day  we  heard  a  sub-con- 
tractor ri])pini^  u])  a  well-known  archi- 
tect for  his  "tricky  contract  form." 
as  he  called  it.  It  seems  there  was  a 
clause  in  the  contract  that  he  was  to 
receive  his  pay  thirty-five  days  after 
completion  of  the  building.  He  read 
the  contract  "thirty-five  days  after 
completion  of  his  work"  which  was 
the  ornamental  iron.  He  waited  thirty- 
five  days  after  finishing  the  job  and 
then  went  to  the  architect  for  his 
money. 

"Let's  see  your  contract."  demand- 
ed the  architect. 

The  iron  man  handed  it  over. 

"This  says  you  shall  be  paid  thirty- 
five  days  after  the  building  has  been 
finished  and  accejited."  said  the  archi- 


tect. "Come  back  again  in  a  couple 
of  months  and  if  the  building  is  com- 
pleted you  will  gel  your  money." 

Meanwhile  the  ornamental  iron  man 
has  about  $1500  tied  up — money  he 
needs  very  much  to  meet  his  pay-roll. 


Despite  the  general  feeling  of  de- 
pression, building  operations  at  the 
RlllimNn  present     time     are 

npLJi?mM«;  l^eing    ccmducted 

?.  T^M  J  "P^>"  ^  «cale  which 

IN  Tnb  1  1 

iivixcn  cTATcc         "^'erv   closely    ap- 
UNITED  STATES  -  •       ,       ^.i    *     .- 

l)roxunates  that  ot 

the  corresponding  period  a  year  ago. 
The  rei)orts  from  leading  cities  ol 
the  country  have  froni  month  to 
month  shown  varying  degrees  of 
activity  with  the  decreases  gradually 
becoming  less  until  for  the  month 
of  June  112  cities  report  an  increase 
of  1.7  per  cent  as  compared  with 
June,  1^)13.  The  larger  cities  of  the 
country,  however,  show  the  greatest 
depression  in  the  building  industry 
owing  in  many  cases  to  the  reluct- 
ance of  mortgage  companies  to  make 
loans  for  important  undiertakings, 
the  basis  of  reluctance  in  many  in- 
stances being  the  fact  that  certain 
classes  of  buildings  had  been  greatly 
overdone.  The  increases  in  activity 
are  generally  found  in  the  smaller 
cities,  towns  and  villages  wdiere  the 
natural  growth  has  demanded  in- 
creased housing  accommodations  with 
accompanying  business  structure^. 


To   Promote   Clay  Products  at  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition 

I'or  the  purpo.sc  (j1  pr(jmolin,<>  the  use 
of  burned  clay  products  through  pul)- 
licity.  and  as  a  part  of  tlic  initial  cam- 
paign to  huild  a  modern  low-cost,  tire- 
resisting  residence  at  the  Panama- F'aci tic 
international  Exposition,  tlic  directors  of 
the  recently  organized  Panama- Pacilic 
Clay  Products  Association  met  at  the 
Slierman  house.  Chicago.  October  6t]i. 
tlie  meeting  l)eing  called  l)y  W.  P.  Var- 
ney.  chairman  of  the  committee  of  tlie 
organization.  Committees  were  ap- 
))ointed  to  take  up  the  work  of  securing 
sul)scriptions  to  cover  the  initial  cost  of 
the  campaign.  Manufacturers  of  clay 
])roducts  have  been  considering  for 
several  months  past  a  proposition  of  this 
kind  and  a  hearty  response  is  confidently 
e.xpecttd. 


With  the  Architects  and 
Engineers 


Amrriran  Instriixtt  nf  Arri^ttrrtB 

(ORGANIZED   1857) 


OFFICERS  FOR  1914-15 

President R.   Clipston   Sturgis,   Boston 

First    Vice-President.  ..  .Thos.    R.    Kimball, 

Omaha,    Neb. 
Second  Vice-President.  ...  Frank  C.  Baldwin, 

Washington 

Secretary D.  Knickerbacker  Boyd, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Treasurer    T.    L.    AIaur\n,    St.    Louis 

A „,,..,„=.        >  T.  J    D.   Fuller,   Washington.   ]).  C. 
-AUDITORS...  J      Robert   Stead,   Washington,    D.    C. 


Board  of  Directors 

For  One  Year — Irving  K.  Pond.  Chicago;  John 
M.  Donaldson,  Detroit;  Edward  A.  Crane,  Phila- 
delphia. 

For  Two  Years — C.  Grant  La  Farge,  New 
York;  Burt  L.  Fenner,  New  York;  H.  Van  Buren 
Magonigle,    New    York. 

For  Three  Years— W.  R.  B.  Willcox,  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Octavius  Morgan,  Los  Angeles;  Walter 
Cook.    New    York. 


San   Francisco   Chapter 

President    W.    B.    Faville 

\'ice-President     Edgar    A.    Mathew  s 

?>l.CKtlrtKV-  1  KEASUKEK.  .  .  .  SVH  '  I  N        SCHNAITTACHER 

T-...„^,.o  )  Henry   A.    Sciiulze 

TOUSTEES ^   j^^      ^.      Rp,p 

Southern  California  Chapter 

President Albert    C.     Martin 

Vice-President S.    Tilden    Norton 

Secretary Fernand    Parmentier 

Treasurer August  Wackerbarth 

Board   of  Directors 

J.   E.  Allison  J.  J.  Blick 

J.  J.   Backus 


Portland,   Ore.,  Chapter 
President A.    E.    Doyle 

ViCE-PrESIDENT% FoLGER       JoHNSON 

Secretary Wm.     G.     Molford 

Treasurer J.    .'\.    Fouilihoux 

Council    Mimhirs )  Jos    Jaccoberger 

/  F.   a.    Naramork 

Washington  State  Chapter 

President Jas.     II.    Sciiack,    Seattle 

Vice-Prksidf.nt J"-''-     Cote,     Seattle 

Vice-President Geo.    Gove,    Tacoina 

Vice-President L.    L.    Rand,    Spokane 

Secretary Arthur    L.    Loveless,    Seattle 

Treasurer Andrew     Willatzen,     Seattle 

(  D.  R.  Huntincjton 
Members   of    Council -l  W.  R.  B.  Willcox 

I  Jas.   Stephen 


Olalifarnia  &tatp  loarb  of  Arrl^ttrrturr 

NORTHEBIT    DISTRICT. 

President John  Bakewell,  Jr. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. Sylvain  Schnaittacher 

Jno.    Bakewell,    Jr.  Edgar  A.   ^Iathews 

Joseph   C.   Newsome 

SOUTHERN    DISTRICT. 

President John  P.  Krempel 

Secretary-Treasurer Fred    H.    Roehrig 

(  Octavius  Morgan 
Members -,  Sumner  P.  Hunt 

f  Wm.  S.  Hebbard 

&an  Jl^rauriHrn  Arrl^tJprtural  (Ulub 

OFFICERS  FOR   1913-14 

President    Geo.    E.    Greenwood 

Vice-President Chas.  Peter  Weeks 

Secretary A.  L.  Williams 

Treasurer    Wm.   D.   Sherman 

Directors 
Henry  A.  Thomsen  James    A.    Magee 

?Cna  AngrlfH  Arrl^itrrtural  Qllub 

President Arthur    Rolland    Kelly 

Vice-President Harry    F.    Withey 

Secretary-Treasurer    Henry   E.   Bean 

Cliairman  Educational  Committee 

John  T.   \'^awter 

Chairman    House    and    Entertainment    Committees, 

Mossier  of  Atelier 

Gilbert   Stanley   Underwood 

g>an  Strgo  Arrljitrrtural  AfiBortatlon 

President J.    ]?.    Lyman 

Vice-President F.    C.    Cressy 

Secretary Robt.  Halley,  Jr. 

Treasurer G.    A.    IIaussen 

Portland  Arrt|itrrtural  (illub 

OFFICERS   FOR  1913 

President    Frank  Logan 

Vice-President    .-Jno.    M.   Hatton 

Secretary    Wm.   H.    Flanigan 

Treasurer   William  P.   Dawson 


Arrljitrrtural  Cpagurnftlirl^arifirQInaBt 

I'Hi.sinKNT .  .  Chari.f.s  I'itir  W'kiks,  S:in  l-'rancisco 
\'ice-Pres.  .  . .  John  Bakewell,  Jr.,  San  Francisco 
Sec'y-Treas.  . .  .  Aug.  G.  Headman,  San  Francisco 
Next    Convention    City — San    Francisco. 

Dissolve  Partnership 

Tlie  arcliitectiiral  firm  of  RiKliclti  & 
llcadnian  of  .San  l*"rancisco  lias  dissolvod 
partnership  after  .several  ycar.s  of  as.so- 
ciatioii,  diirinp  wliich  time  the  firm  de- 
.siKiied  a  number  of  splendid  buildings, 
amoiiK  them  the  Native  Sons'  Hall,  Met- 
calf  hotel,  and  the  Crowley  anartmenls. 
Mr.  .'\uR-ust  G.  Headman  has  opened 
offices  in  the  Call  building,  while  Mr. 
RiRlietti  retains  the  otlices  in  the  riielan 
buildinp. 


of  Mrcfjitects! 

Regular    Meetings    Second 
Wednesday  of  Each  Month 


John  Bakewell,  Jr. 

Charles  Peter  Weeks 

William  Otis  Raicuel 

John  Galen  Howard  and  Louis  C.  Mullcardt 


President 
Vice-President 
Secretary  and  Treasurer 
Directors 
Committees:  — 

Membership — \Vm.   C.  Hays,  Fredk  H.   Meyer,  and  Geo.  W.  Kelham. 

Architectural  Practice — John  Galen  Howard,  Clarence  R.  Ward,  and  Houghton   Sawyer. 

Entertainment  and  Program — Louis  C.    Mullcardt,   Chas.  P.   Weeks,   and   Louis   P.   Hobart. 

Allied  Arts — Loring  P.  Rixford,  J.  Harry  Blohme,  and  Warren   C.   Perry. 

Publicity — Wm.  Otis  Raiguel,  John  J.  Donovan,  and  E.  Coxhead. 

Education — Bernard  R.   Maybeck,  Arthur  Brown,  Jr.,  and  John   Baur. 

Competitions — Chas.  P.  Weeks,  Wm.  C.  Hays,  and  John  Reid,  Jr. 


October  Meeting  of  San  Francisco 
Society  of  Architects 

The  regular  monthlv  meeting  of  the 
San  Francisco  Society  of  .Architects  was 
held  at  the  University  cUib,  California 
and  Powell  streets,  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, October  14th.  There  were  eleven 
members  and  guests  present. 

Mr.  Mullgardt  gave  an  interesting  ac- 
count of  his  attendance  at  the  joint  con- 
ference of  the  California  Municipalities 
and  City  Planning  .Association,  held  at 
Del  Monte. 

Messrs.  J.  E.  D.  Trask,  Director  of 
Fine  Arts,  P.  P.  I.  E.;  Jules  Guerin,  Di- 
rector of  Color.  P.  P.  T.  E.,  and  A.  Ster- 
ling Calder,  Chief  of  Sculpture,  P.  P.  I. 
E..  were  unanimously  elected  honorary 
members  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  Denivelle,  the  speaker  of  the  even- 
ing, gave  an  cxtrcmelj-  interesting  talk  on 
Travertine.  He  rehearsed  the  use  of  imi- 
tation Travertine  in  this  country,  begin- 
ning with  the  use  in  the  great  Salle  des 
Pas  Perdus  of  the  Pennsylvania  Terminal 
in  New  York,  and  its  adoption  by  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 
as  an  exterior  finish  for  the  exposition 
buildings  in  San  Francisco.  He  also 
spoke  on  plaster  work  in  general  and 
answered  many  interestine  questions. 


City  Hospital  Building 

The  San  I>aiici-c<)  Supervisors'  Finance 
Committee  has  authorized  the  prepara- 
tion of  plans  bj-  the  Consulting  Board  of 
.Architects  for  an  additional  wing  to  the 
Citv  and  Cnuntv  Hospital,  the  cost  not 
to  exceed  $500,000. 


Christian  Science  Church        „,-- 

Architect  William  .A.  Newman  of  Sa 
Francisco  has  prepared  plans  for  a  hand 
some  Christian  Science  church  to  be 
erected  at  34th  and  Elm  streets.  Oakland, 
for  the  Second  Church  of  Christ  of  that 
city.  The  edifice  will  cost  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  $100,000  and  will  be  classic, 
with  steel  columns  and  trusses,  brick  and 
terra  cotta  exterior,  limestone  columns, 
concrete  foundations  and  basement,  red 
slate  roof,  imitation  Caen  stone  interior, 
plaster  ceiling,  indirect  lighting  system, 
steam  heat,  and  ventilating  equipment, 
some  marble  work,  tile  and  cork  floors, 
vacuum  cleaning,  art  glass  windows. 
The  above  estimate  of  cost  does  not  in- 
clude the  organ,  which  will  cost  $10,000, 
the  furnishings  and  memorial  windows. 
The  main  auditorium  will  seat  1200  per- 
sons. Quarters  for  the  Sunday  School 
will  be  fitted  up  in  the  basement.  There 
will  also  be  a  library,  committee  rooms 
and  readers'  room. 


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An  Index  to  1913,  .Architect  and  En- 
gineer, will  be  found  on  the  last  pages 
of  this  issue. 


Sacramento  Athletic  Club  Building 

.Arrangements  are  being  concluded  by 
the  Sacramento  .Athletic  Club  for  the 
erection  of  a  two-story  l)uil(ling  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  llth  and  J  streets. 
.A  building  committee  has  been  appointed 
of  which  J.  M.  Inman  is  chairman,  and 
F.  E.  Bacon,  secretary.  The  building 
will  be  80x160  feet,  and  class  C_  con- 
struction. The  estimated  cost  is  $50,000, 
and  in  addition  to  this  amount  $20,000 
will  be  spent  for  equipment  and  fixtures. 
There  will  be  a  large  g>'mnasium,  con- 
crete swimming  tank,  shower  and  tub 
baths,  hand  ball  courts,  reading  room, 
lockers,  etc. 


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Tlic  Architect  and  Eiii^uiccr 


Hotel  for  Yosemite  Valley 

Sexeral  ;i]jplicatioiis  with  preliminary 
drawings  have  been  sulDmitted  to  the 
Department  of  the  Interior  asking  per- 
mission to  erect  extensive  hotel  projects 
in  tlie  Yosemite  Valley.  Engineer  ^lark 
Daniels,  of  Daniels  &  Osmont,  Monad- 
nock  building.  San  Francisco,  who  is  the 
Government's  representative,  expects 
that  approval  of  some  of  the  plans  will 
be  shortly  made  and  construction  under- 
taken and  completed  before  the  contem- 
plative rush  of  1915  occurs. 


Will  Build  Homes 

Announcement  has  been  made  that  the 
conductors  and  other  employees  of  the 
United  Railroads  of  San  Francisco  have 
formed  a  $50,(XX)  corporation  to  erect 
homes  for  themselves  on  the  co-operative 
plan  on  a  tract  overlooking  the  ocean. 
Under  the  plans  as  outlined  each  stock- 
holder will  have  a  cozy  bungalow,  the 
architecture  to  vary  so  as  to  relieve  the 
cluster  of  homes  of  a  monotonous  same- 
ness. The  streets  will  be  parked  and  all 
vards  will  be  beautified. 


Architect  H.  C.  Smith  Busy 

Henry  C.  Smith  is  one  of  the  busiest 
architects  in  San  Francisco.  He  has  over 
$250,0(X)  worth  of  new  work  in  hand,  in- 
cluding a  $60,(X)0  school  building  to  be 
erected  at  Dixon;  a  $50,0(X)  high  school 
for  Rio  Vista,  Solano  county;  residence 
apartments  to  be  erected  at  Green  and 
Taylor  strets,  San  P>iancisco,  at  an  esti- 
mated cost  of  $125,000,  and  a  snlendid 
city  home  for  Mr.  Musto,  of  the  Musto- 
Keenan    Marble   Companv. 


Apartment  House 

Architect  August  Nordin,  Mills  build- 
ing, San  Francisco,  is  preparing  plans  tor 
a  seven-story  steel  frame  class  C  apart- 
ment house  to  be  erected  in  the  apart- 
ment house  section  of  San  Francisco. 
The  exterior  of  the  building  will  be  of 
pressed  brick  and  terra  cotta.  There  will 
be  eighteen  apartments  of  four  and  i'wc 
rooms  each,  with  all  modern  conveni- 
ences.   

Residence  Apartments 

Architect  C.  .\.  Meussdorffer  ha>  pre- 
pared ])lans  for  a  uni(|ue  Spanish  style 
residence  apartment  house,  to  be  erected 
in  San  Francisco  for  Mrs.  W.  P.  Hum- 
phreys. The  same  architect  has  recently 
let  contracts  for  a  two-story  flat  building 
on  Filbert  street,  near  Post,  for  Mr.  Hray. 


Revisinpr  Hospital  Plans 

.Ml  tile  l)ids  for  the  Ventura  County 
liospital  have  been  rejected  and  new 
bids  will  soon  be  called  on  revised  plans. 
The  architect  is  .\.  C.  .Martin.  430  ilig- 
gins    building    l,os    .\ngeles. 


From  the  Front 

.\rchitect  .Albert  C.  Martin,  newly 
elected  president  of  Southern  California 
Chapter,  A.  I.  A.,  has  received  the  fol- 
lowing letter  from  Fernand  Parmentier. 
secretary  of  the  Chapter,  who  is  at  the 
front  in  the  French  army: 

October    2,    1914. 
My   Dear   Albeit: 

After  days  under  fire  I  find  time  for  these 
few  lines  to  greet  you  and  all  the  Chapter  mem- 
bers and  to  let  you  know  that  I  am  still  among 
the  living  and  that  the  shells  and  shrapnels  have 
so  far  dodged  my  head.  Indeed  it  seems  to  me 
that  I  shall  miss  their  hum  and  whistle  through  the 
air  when  I  return  again  to  my  peaceful  vocation 
in   California. 

This  strenuous  existence  has  benefited  me  physi- 
cally and  I  may  say  that  I  feel  stronger  and 
heartier  than  ever  after  my  experience  in  long 
marches  and  days  and  nights  passed  in  fields  and 
trenches  during  rain  and  cold  and  alternate  sun- 
shine. 

I  hope  that  I  may  soon  be  at  liberty  again  and 
be  among  you  to  tell  of  my  novel  and  interesting 
experiences. 

Sincerely  yours, 

FERNAND    P.\RIMEXTIER. 

Mr.  Parmentier  left  Los  .\ngeles  last 
June  intending  to  visit  the  land  of  his 
birth,  .\lsace,  but  while  crossing  the 
-Atlantic  war  had  been  declared;  and,  like 
a  patrotic  citizen,  he  joined  the  volun- 
teers of  his  native  province,  and  is  now 
"in  the  thickest  of  the  frav." 


Attorney-General  Decides  Tie  Bid 

Acting  upon  the  opinion  of  .Attorney 
General  U.  S.  Webb,  the  State  Engineer- 
ing Department  has  awarded  a  contract 
for  the  erection  of  a  cottage  at  the 
Sonoma  State  Home  to  I^ouis  Cereghino 
&  Son  over  the  bid  of  R.  S.  K.  McMillen. 
Both  are  San   F"rancisco  firms. 

The  two  concerns  bid  exactly  the  same 
figure — $15,475 — and  the  Engineering  De- 
partment was  at  a  loss  how  to  award  the 
contract.  The  Engineer's  estimate  was 
$16.(]00. 

The  matter  was  relerrod  to  Attorney 
General  Webb,  who  held  that  the  Depart- 
ment could  take  everything  into  con- 
sideration and  award  the  contract  ac- 
cording to  the  equipment  of  the  bidder, 
])roximity  to  the  work,  etc.  This  is  the 
iirst  time  in  years  two  bids  have  been 
exactly  the  same  figure  in  State  construction 
work. 

California   Prize   Winners 

The  Society  of  l'21ectrical  Dexelopment 
of  New  York  recently  held  a  prize  story 
competition  and  two  California  compet- 
itors were  .awarded  prizes.  Thev  are 
E.  C.  Myers  of  3044  Wheeler  street. 
Berkeley,  and  W.  H.  Gaunet  of  1749 
l-'ourth   ;ivei1ue.   East  Oakland. 


Plans  for  State  Normal  School 

Work  on  the  $37(MXM)  bresno  Xomial 
School  building  will  begin  before  the 
end  of  December.  The  plans  have  prac- 
tically been  completed  by  the  State 
.Architect.  Rids  probably  will  be  oalle('. 
for  some  tinu'  this  month. 


The  .Irchitci't  and   /://'■/;(('(•;• 


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Personal 
Professor  Paul  P.  Crct.  of  the  School 
of  Architecture.  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, is  reported  to  be  serving  on  the 
hospital  corps  of  the  French  army.  When 
last  heard  from,  he  was  on  duty  near  tlie 
Swiss  frontier.  Mr.  Leon  Arnal.  his 
former  colleague  at  the  University,  is 
serving  as  a  lieutenant  under  the  same 
Hag.  In  the  absence  of  Messrs.  Cret  and 
Arnal.  criticism  in  design  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  will  he  given  l)y 
Messrs.  Edgar  Sceler,  C.  C.  Zantzinger, 
Paul  A.  Davis  and  John  V.  Van  Pelt. 
Professor  Cret.  it  will  he  rememl)ered, 
served  as  a  member  of  tiie  iury  that  de- 
cided the  San  I'rancisco  library  com- 
petition. 

Edward  L.  Ericke.  Carl  J.  W'arneckc. 
Chandler  I.  Harrison  and  llarry  Michel- 
son,  California  boys  who  were  attending 
the  Beaux  Arts  school  in  Paris,  have  re- 
turned home  on  account  of  the  war. 
Ericke  is  with  Rakewell  &  Brown.  Har- 
rison is  in  Santa  Rosa,  and  Michelson  is 
in  the  office  of  Charles  Peter  Weeks. 

Laurie  D.  Cox.  for  some  time  landscape 
architect  for  the  Los  Angeles  park  de- 
partment, has  resigned  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion as  associate  professor  of  landscape 
architecture  at  Syracuse  University.  His 
resignation  has  been  accepted  and  he  will 
take  up  his  new  work  immediately. 

B.  Ito,  who  was  recently  granted  a 
State  certificate  to  practice  architecture, 
has  been  appointed  assistant  to  G. 
Takeda,  supervising  architect  of  the 
Japanese  building,  now  being  erected  at 
the   Panama-Pacific   Exposition. 

Samuel  Arnold  is  the  supervising  ar- 
chitect representing  Architect  Robert  H. 
Orr  of  Los  Angeles  in  the  construction 
of  the  building  for  Chinese  Christian 
Institute,  in  Chinatown,  San  Erancisco. 
Gaspard  &  Hammond  are  the  contractors. 

Architect  Edward  R.  Xeumarkel  has 
removed  his  ofifice  from  Mason  and 
Market  streets  to  521  Sharon  building. 
San  Erancisco.  in  tlie  same  office  with 
Samuel  .\rnold. 

Architect  Washington  J.  Miller  an- 
nounces the  removal  of  his  office  from 
the  Oscar  Luning  building  to  the  Lach- 
man  building,  417  Market  street,  San  Eran- 
cisco.   

Twin  Peaks  Bore  Contract  Signed 
The  contract  for  the  construction  of 
the  Twin  Peaks  tunnel  in  San  Erancisco 
has  been  signed  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  and  Robert  C.  Storrie  &  Co..  of 
San   Erancisco. 

The  contract  price  is  $3,372,000.  The 
tunnel  is  to  be  built  within  1000  days. 
It  will  be  12.800  feet  long — about  two 
and  a  quarter  miles. 

It  will  be  solelv  for  railway  purposes, 
to  afford  rapid  transit  between  the  busi- 
ness part  of  the  city  and  the  residence 
areas  to  the  west  of  Twin  Peaks. 


Havens  &   Toepke  Busy 

Architects  Havens  &  [Oepke  of  San  I'ran- 
cisco  have  let  a  contr.ict  to  Robert  Trost  of 
San  Erancisco  for  the  construction  of  a 
class  C  theater  and  hotel  building  in  South 
San   Erancisco   for  $24,000. 

The  same  architects  are  preparing 
pkms  for  a  one-story  reinforced  concritc 
store  building  to  I)e  erected  oi)p()>ite  tlic 
theater  for  Messrs.   Martin  &  Cunningham. 

The  same  architects  are  preparing 
plans  for  an  elaborate  Peninsula  resi- 
dence to  be  erected  on  Edgehill  road, 
Hillsborough.  San  Mateo  county,  for 
Joseph  Zellerbach,  of  534  Battery  street, 
San    I'Vancisco.      The    estimated    cost    is 

$25.000. 

Three    School    Buildings   Assured 

Arcliitect  W.  H.  \\'eek>.  75  Post  street, 
San  Erancisco,  is  preparing  plans  for  new 
school  buildings  as  follows:  Woodland, 
$100,000:  Roseville.  $45  000;  Auburn, 
$40,(KX).  In  the  case  of  Woodland  the 
bonds  were  voted  at  a  s])ecial  election  in 
October.  Bonds  for  Roseville  and  .Au- 
burn were  voted  some  time  ago.  but  the 
work  was  held  up  awaiting  a  decision  as 
to  the  legality  of  the  elections  by  At- 
torney General  Webb.  The  latter  has  de- 
cided that  the  elections  were  legal.  Mr. 
Weeks  is  also  drawing  plans  for  the  Mel- 
rose branch  library.  City  of  Oakland. 

Church  Plans  Being  Completed 

.\rchitect  William  H.  Crim,  Jr..  425 
Kearny  street,  San  l-'rancisco,  is  com- 
pleting working  drawings  for  the  new 
class  C  church  building  to  be  erected  at 
the  corner  of  Dolores  and  Cumlicrhmd 
streets,  San  I'rancisco.  for  the  Second 
Church  of  Christ.  Scientist.  The  feature 
of  this  edifice  will  be  an  immense  dome 
over  the  main  auditorium.  The  latter 
will  seat   1000  persons. 

San  Francisco  Chapter  Elects  Officers 

At  the  annua!  meeting  and  dinner  of 
the  San  Erancisco  Chapter  of  the  .Ameri- 
can Institute  of  .Architects,  October  22. 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing  year:  President.  William  B. 
Eaville;  vice-president.  Edgar  .\.  Math- 
ews; secretary-treasurer,  Sylvain  Schnait- 
tacher;  trustees.  Henr}-  .\.  Schulzc  and 
James  W.   Reid. 

New  Officers  of  Oregon  Chapter  A.  I.  A. 

Ongon  Cliapiir.  American  Institute  of 
.Architects,  at  their  annual  meeting  October 
22d,  elected  the  following  officers :  Presi- 
dent, A.  E.  Doyle:  Vice-President,  Folger 
Johnson;  Secretary,  Wm.  G.  Holford; 
Trea.surer,  J.  A.  Eouilihoux  ;  Trustees.  Jos. 
Jaccoberger  and  E.  .A.  Xaramore. 

San    Francisco    Residence 

Architect  Smith  O'Brien  has  completed 
drawings  for  a  city  residence  to  be  erect- 
ed on  Jackson  street,  west  of  Divisadero. 
San  Erancisco,  for  Mrs.  Rose  Bucking- 
ham. The  house,  with  garage  will  o-t 
about   $8,000. 


Reviews  of  Recent  Books 

of  Interest  to  the 

Architectural  and  Engineering  Professions 

By  CHARLES  HENRY  CHENEY 


GREEK  REFINEMENTS— Studies  in  tempera- 
mental architecture  by  William  Henry  Good- 
year. 

The  subtleties  of  Greek  architecture 
and  sculpture  have  long  been  a  puzzle 
and  charm  to  all  students,  but  it  re- 
mains for  Professor  Goodyear  to  bring- 
forth  the  first  general  work  on  the  curva- 
tures and  refinements  of  Greek  temple 
architecture.  The  fascination  of  splen- 
did illustrations,  which  seem  so  clearly 
to  prove  that  the  Greeks  purposely  exe- 
cuted optical  corrections  in  the  long  lines 
of  their  cornices,  bases  and  columns,  hold 
the  reader  in  rapt  attention.  Undoubt- 
edly, this  work  may  be  regarded  as  a 
most  important  addition  to  our  classical 
knowledge,  and  its  inspiration  will  cer- 
tainly react  upon  the  finer  American 
architecture.  It  gathers  together  a  great 
deal  of  hitherto  unconnected  and  little 
known  data  and  furnishes  reasonable  ex- 
planation of  the  purposes  of  Greek  re- 
finements. Its  value  is  further  enhanced 
by  the  description  of  the  curves  on  plans 
found  in  Roman  architecture. 

Rarely  is  such  a  book  so  easy  reading 
for  the  layman,  yet  this  volume  must 
surely  stimulate  whomever  it  reaches  to 
a  greater  interest  and  love  for  a  finer 
and  fuller  architecture.  We  commend  to 
every  architect  a  careful  reading  of  it. 

Published  by  Yale  University  Press. 
119  illus.,  248  pages  quarto,  $10  net; 
postage  40  cents. 


THE    HOUSE    IN    GOOD    TASTE^By    Elsie    de 
Wolfe. 

A  most  delightful  study  of  interior 
decoration  with  a  few  well  chosen  illus- 
trations. While  the  periods  and  details 
discussed  are  chiefly  French,  the  author's 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  subject  and 
the  great  "'success  she  has  had  in  the 
practical  arrangement  of  many  fine 
houses  at  home  and  abroad,  make  this 
book  very  welcome  to  both  architects 
and  the  general  public.  Good  taste  is 
such  a  rare  and  elusive  quality  and  yet 
it  is  here  so  simply  and  clearly  discussed 
that  the  book  is  bound  to  be  an 
educative  factor  in  our  domestic  archi- 
tecture. 

Published  by  the  Century  Company, 
New  York,  1914.  322  pages,  55  illus., 
$2.50  net. 


SOCIAL        FORCES        IN        ENGLAND        AND 
AMERICA.     By  H.   G.   Wells. 

A  new  book  of  essays  on  varied  sub- 
jects which  are  particularly  interesting 
for  the  social  discussions  of  American 
population,  civilization,  the  "so-called 
science  of  sociology,"  labor  unrest,  citizen- 
ship, etc.  While  many  of  these  subjects  are 
near  the  heart  of  the  author,  he  scores 
"Social  Panaceas."  Viewing  the  United 
States  as  a  "vast  sea  of  newly  arrived 
and  unstably  rooted  people,"  it  is  inter- 
esting to  get  the  perspective  of  such  a 
thinking  and  sincere  social  writer  as  Mr. 
Wells. 

Published  by  Harpers,  New  York.  $2 
net.  

THE   HONEST   HOUSE.      By    Ruby    Ross    Good- 
now  and  Rayne  Adams. 

The  ordinary  small  house  has  received 
so  little  attention  that  this  book  of  well 
chosen  descriptions  and  reproductions  of 
maay  of  the  best  small  houses  of  the 
eastern  part  of  the  country,  is  most  op- 
portune. While  arranged  especially  for 
the  home  builder,  it  contains  only  the 
best  elements  of  design  and  explains  the 
simple  architectural  principles  which 
underlie  them.  There  are  many  illustra- 
tions from  photographs,  with  diagrams 
of  floor  plans,  etc. 

Published  by  the  Century  Company. 
New  York.     322  pages,  $3  net. 


THE  PSYCHOLOGY   OF   MANAGEMENT.      By 
L.    M.    Gilbreth. 

For  a  general  understanding  of  the 
Taylor  System  and  other  recent  studies 
in  scientific  management,  this  volume 
presents  a  very  clear  .statement  of  the 
progress  to  date  in  what  the  author  de- 
scribes as  the  "function  of  the  mind  in 
determining,  teaching,  and  installing 
methods  of  least  waste."  It  seeks  to 
interest  and  instruct  manager  and  sub- 
ordinate, employer  and  employee,  by 
showing  them  in  a  practical  way  how  to 
plan  and  perform  their  work  so  as  to 
achieve  their  object  with  the  least  waste 
possible.  How  to  eliminate  wrong 
methods,  how  to  standardize  right  ones 
are  carefully  considered.  The  purpose 
of  the  book  is  to  summarize  and  arouse 
an  interest  in  the  subject,  pointing  the 
way  to  where  more  detailed  discussions 
can  be  found. 

Published  by  the  Sturgis  &  Walton 
Company,  New  York.     $2  net. 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


120-Jl 


COLONIAL  MANSIONS  OF  MARYLAND  AND 
DELAWARE.     By  John   Martin  Hammond. 

This  romantic,  naive  description  of 
some  of  the  best  colonial  houses  in  ex- 
istence is  welcome,  chiefly  for  the  new 
ami  refreshing  way  that  historical  anec- 
dote and  architectural  description  are  as- 
sembled. As  the  author  says,  he  has 
been  a  collector  of  beautiful  houses. 
Sixty-five  photographs  present  enticing 
views  of  the  best  colonial,  many  of 
which  have  not  hitherto  been  published. 
The  book  has  a  wide  appeal  and  gives 
a  rare  expression  of  the  fullness  of  life 
and  gracious  hospitality  of  the  owners 
of  these  dignified  old  houses. 

Published  by  the  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co., 
Philadelphia.     Limited  edition,  $5  net. 


PLANNING   AND   FURNISHING   THE   HOME. 
By  Mary  J.   Quinn. 

A  small,  practical  and  economical  book 
of  suggestions  for  the  home  maker,  this 
volume  deals  chiefly  with  historical  furni- 
ture and  gives  many  directions,  prices 
and  details  which  will  assist  the  buyer 
of  average  means. 

Published  by  Harpers,  New  York,  1914. 
$1  net.  . 

Other  Books  Received 

Steel  Construction,  by  Henry  Jackson 
Burt,  American  Technical  Society,  Chi- 
cago. $2.75.     Review  later. 

Early  American  Churches,  by  .Aymar 
Emburg  H.  Doubleday,  Page  Company, 
Xew  York.     Review  later. 


Benefit  of   Warming   Homes  with 
Furnaces 

TO  SHOW  prospective  customers  for 
heating  equipment  the  advantages  of 
the  furnace  for  sending  a  continual  flow 
of  fresh  warm  air  into  their  homes,  the 
manufacturers  of  furnaces  have  prepared 
for  general  distribution  without  refer- 
ence to  any  particular  furnace,  an  eight- 
page  booklet  entitled  "Warm  Air  the 
Best,"  from  which  the  following  extracts 
have  been   made: 

Necessity  compels  the  use  of  some 
adequate  means  of  supplying  artificial 
heat  during  many  months  of  each  year 
in  the  home  or  other  buildings  in  which 
yourself  and  family  spend  a  large  portion 
of  your  lives.  The  health  and  comfort 
of  the  household  or  the  users  of  any 
building  depends  to  a  serious  extent  on 
a  proper  arrangement  for  heating. 
Therefore,  the  selection  of  the  best  and 
most  economical  method  for  supplying 
this  heat  is  a  matter  entitled  to  your  first 
and  careful  consideration. 

The  popular  demand  for  a  permanently 
satisfactory  and  yet  comparatively  inex- 
pensive heating  plant  has  caused  the  de- 
velopment of  the  modern  warm-air  fur- 
nace, afifording  a  thoroughly  reliable  and 
superior  heating  plant,  which  is  at  once 
healthful,  economical,  practical  and  satis- 
factory,  with   the   material   advantage   of 


being  obtainable  at  moderate  cost.  It  is 
the  oldest  and  most  generally  used 
method  of  heating  the  home  and  con- 
tinues in  favor  because  it  has  been  dem- 
onstrated to  be  the  correct  solution  of 
the  problem  of  heating  homes  and 
moderate  sized  buildings  for  which  no 
other  system  is  so  perfectly  adapted. 

Some  reasons  for  favoring  the  furnace 
are: 

It  will  pay  for  itself  in  the  saving  of 
fuel. 

It  will  ventilate  your  rooms  and  make 
your  home  sanitary. 

It  is  made  in  many  styles  and  sizes  and 
for  all  the  different  fuels. 

It  is  recommended  by  physicians  and 
heating  and  ventilating  engineers. 

It  will  warm  the  floors  as  well  as  the 
air  in  the  rooms  and  furnish  an  even, 
steady  heat. 

It  costs  little  to  install  and  will  give 
long  service. 

It  is  inexpensive  to  make  the  few  re- 
pairs necessary  and  will  last  a  lifetime 
with  ordinary  care. 

It  is  simple  and  economical  to  operate. 
It  requires  little  attention — only  a  few 
minutes  a  day. 

It  is  most  cleanly,  sanitary  and  health- 
ful and  will  furnish  a  quicker  heat  than 
other   systems. 

It  will  heat  €very  part  of  your  house 
or  building  with  only  one  fire,  affording 
an  even,  pleasant  heat. 

It  saves  floor  and  wall  space  in  the 
rooms  and  halls  and  does  away  with  a 
number  of  separate  fires. 

It  does  away  with  the  dirt  and  ashes 
incident  to  stoves  or  open  fireplaces,  and 
there  is  less  danger  of  fire. 


Eight-Story  Concrete  Warehouse 

Plans  are  being  prepared  l)y  Engineer 
C.  A.  P.  Turner,  of  Minneapolis,  for  the 
construction  of  an  eight-story  reinforced 
concrete  warehouse,  for  Bekins  Van  & 
Storage  Company,  (at  Twenty-second  and 
San  Pablo  avenue,  Oakland.  Mr.  Bekins 
of  the  San  Francisco  office  stated  recently 
that  the  plans  would  probably  be  re- 
ceived from  the  East  within  the  next 
few  weeks  and  that  actual  construction 
would  begin  before  the  end  of  the  year. 
The  building  will  be  put  up  by  day  labor. 
There  will  be  175  feet  on  Twenty-second 
street,  180  feet  on  Brush  street,  and  a 
small  frontage  on  San  Pablo  avenue. 
The  Mushroom  system  of  concrete  con- 
struction will  be  used.  Walls,  floors  and 
roof  will  be  concrete;  windows  will  be 
wired  glass  with  metal  trim,  and  doors 
will  be  metal  covered.  The  estimated 
cost  is  $100,000. 

cost  is  $100,000.  The  general  offices  of 
the  company  will  be  in  this  building,  and 
several  large  concrete  vaults  with  steel 
doors  will  be  included  in  the  improve- 
ment. 


state,  County  and  Municipal 

tngineenng       oood  Roads-water -sewers 


Bridges  — Pire  Protection 


T 


Maintenance  of  Oil  Macadam  Roads  in  San  Joaquin 

County,  California 

By  FRANK   EUGENE  QUAIL,   County   Engineer,   Stockton. 

[Conclusion    of   a    paper    read    before   the    Supervisors'    Convention    at    Merced,    the    first    installment 

appearing   in   the   September   number   of  the   Architect  and   Engineer.] 

O    REPEAT,   the    excellent   condition  without  first  adding  a  layer  of  rock,  for 

of  our  roads  after  three  years'  usage,  the  reason   that  the  surface  of  the  pave- 

is  due  largely  to  our  system  of  patrol.  ment,   after   scarifying,   has   more   or   less 

The  gang  outfit  consists  of  from  twelve  oil     incorporated     in      the     tine     material 

to    sixteen   men    in    charge    of   a    superin-  which  was  used  to  absorb  oil  at  the  time 

tendent,  fourteen  to  twenty  head  of  stock,  of    construction,   and    an    additional    coat 

road  rollers,  oil  wagons,  oiling  machines,  of  oil    without   the   addition   of  a   coarser 

material    wagons,    water    wagons,    rotary  rock    material    would    tend    to    give    too 

street  brooms,  steam  heating  plants,  and  great  an  amount  of  oil  and  fine  material 

all  other  minor  equipment  necessary  for  over  the  surface  of  the  upner  or  wearing 

the  work.     The  class  of  work  handled  by  surface   of   rock,   thereby   making   it   soft 

this    outfit    is    that    in    which    the    entire  and  spongy.     The  sealing  or  wearing  coat 

sealing   coat   of  the   roadway   is   in   need  siiould    be    kept   as    thin    as    possible,    so 

of    replacement,    where    the    sealing    coat  tractive    resistance,   and    the   tendency-   to 

has  become  so  worn  as  to  need  more  ex-  roll  or  creep,  l)e  reduced  to  a  minimum, 

tensive    patching   than    the   patrolman    is  The   gang  outfit   has   its  disadvantages 

able  to  do;  or  w'here  the  surface  has  be-  as  well  as  its  advantages.     It  is  a  large 

come  so  rough  or  uneven  that  it  is  neces-  outfit    and    involves    the    expenditure    of  . 

sary  to  reconstruct  the  same.     In  replac-  from  fifty-five  to  seventy  dollars  per  day. 

ing  the   sealing  coat,  heavy  asphaltic  oil  In   order   that   it   be   worked  to   the   best 

is  applied  in  a  fine  spray  under  pressure  advantage,  it  must  be  kcut  constantly  at 

over  the  entire  surface  of  the  i)avement.  work,    with    as    few    delays    as    possible. 

and  covered  with  screenings,  stone  chips,  which    means    tiiat    great    care    must    l)e 

or  pea  gravel  in  sufficient  quantity  to  ab-  taken    to    have    material    on    hand    when 

sorb  the  same.     In  places  where  the  road-  needed,  work  planned  in  advance,  and  the 

way    has    become    rough    and    uneven,    in  distances    of    moxing    made    as    short    as 

order  to  repair  the  same,  the  entire  sur-  possil)le. 

face  of  the  roadway  is  scarified  to  a  depth  The   auto     patrol     outfit    consists   of   a 

of  the  wearing  surface,  shaped  by  means  three    (3)    ton    gasoline   truck    having    a 

of  a  grader,  and  rolled  lightly  into  place,  l)ox  body  fourteen  (14)  feet  in  length,  six 

after  which  the  entire  surface  of  the  pave-  (6)  feet  in  width  land  fourteen  (14)  inches 

ment    is    given    a    single    layer    of    three-  in    depth,   upon    which    is    mounted,   on    a 

(luarter    (i^)    or  one   and   one-half    (IJ/2)  platform     five    and    one-half     (5}/')     feet 

inch    rock.      This    kiver   of    rock   is  then  square  and  directly  in  rear  of  the  driver's 

thoroughly    rolled,    and    forms   a    surface  seat,  a   four-horse   steam   roller,  250  gal- 

upon  vvhicli  an  additional  coat  of  oil  can  Ion  oil  tank,  UX)  gallon  water  tank,  and  a 

be  successfully  api)lied.  ,3x2.\3  .steam  i)ump.     Behind  the  platform. 

Oil  is  generally  applied  in  two  api)lica-  upon  which  the  l)oilor,  tanks  an(l  pump 
tions  of  one-iialf  ( !^ )  and  one-ciuarter  are  mounted,  there  is  still  left  eight  and 
(]4)  gallons  per  square  yard,  covered  one-half  ('8^?)  feet  of  the  bed  of  the 
with  line  material  to  absorl)  the  same,  truck  in  which  to  carry  the  material.  The 
and  thoroughly  rolled.  B^'  this  process  truck  is  also  equipped  for  towing  a 
of  treatment,  tile  depressions  and  hollows  thousand  gallon  tank  of  oil.  In  places 
are  obviated,  and  the  road,  after  com-  where  the  condition  of  the  roadway  is 
plction.  presents  a  smoth  and  uniform  such  that  it  is  impracticable  for  patrol- 
surface,  men  to  repair  the  same,  and  at  the  same 

It  has  not  been  foinid  .idvisable  to  place  time    would    hardly   justify    the    repairing 

a  coat  of  oil  upon  the  >url'ace  of  an  oiled  of    the    siame    with    the    .gang    outfit,    the 

macadam    ro;id    wliich    lias   been    scarified.  atito   patrol   is  used.      It    nM|uires  l)ut   fiMir 


The  Architect  ami  Iiiii^iiiccr                                   \ 24-25 

nu'ii   to  operate  tliis  oiitlit,   nanu'ly   truck  oK-ariii^;-      vegetation       from       wiiij^s      of 

driver,  oil  man,  and  two  laborers.  liridjjfes,   unloading;-  cars  of  material,   and 

The  truck  driver's  duty  is  to  attend  to  various  other  odd  jol)s.  One  great  ad- 
the  moving  of  tlie  truck  l)ack  and  fortli  vjintage  of  these  torces  is  tlvat  they  are 
along  the  road  when  engaged  in  the  ap-  Ji'ways  availal)le  on  demand.  If  these 
plication  of  oil.  The  oilman  attends  to  forces  were  not  available,  it  would  be 
tlie  steam  boiler,  and  the  spraying  of  the  'H'cessary,  during  the  summer,  to  em- 
oil  u|)on  the  surface  of  the  roadway.  One  I''f\y  some  sort  of  hired  labor  forces. 
laborer  works  upon  the  truck  in  cover-  The  money  value  to  the  county  by 
ing  the  oil  with  tine  material  as  soon  as  reason  of  the  labor  performed  by  these 
it  is  applied  by  the  oilman.  The  second  men,  estimating  at  IH-Y^  cents  per  hour 
laborer  works  in  advance  of  the  truck,  has  amounted  to  $7586.25  for  the  year 
sweeping  the  dust  and  dirt  from  all  spots  ending  January  1,  1914,  and  I  would 
to  be  oiled.  recommend   that   prison   labor  be  utilized 

In  the  use  of  this  outfit,  it  is  necessary  i"oi"e    generally    in    the    counties    of    our 

that    all    material    used    in    the    work    be  states   as    being    not    only    better   for   the 

placed  along  the  road  in  piles  in  advance  ^'^cn,  but  for  the  value  of  the   work  they 

of  the  work.    This,  however,  may  be  done  '^'"'    render    to    the   counties.      As   a    rule, 

at    seasoins   of   the   year    when   it   is   im-  ^^  ^'    '^^^''-'    t"i"i(l    tliein    to    be    very    good 

l)racticable  to  apply  oil,  or  they  can  use  laborers, 

material  from  the  patrolmen's  supply.  The    cost    of    such    maintenance,    as    I 

The  method  of  placing  the  sealing  coat  ^^^^  described,  may  perhaps  be  of  in- 
is  essentially  the  same  in  nature  as  that  terest  to  you.  The  cost  of  the  patrol 
described  as  being  done  by  patrolmen,  1^^^^"^  °^  maintenance  has  been  from 
with  the  exception  that  the  oil  is  applied  ^^10  to  $125  per  mile  per  year.  This  is 
in  a  thin  spray  under  pressure  by  a  steam  exclusive  of  the  work  done  by  the  gen- 
pump.  This  outfit  has  proven  to  be  a  ^'''•''  repair  gang  or  auto  patrol,  and  the 
very  handy  outfit,  the  expenditure  per  general  overhead  expense  of  the  depart- 
day  for  labor  being  small.  It  is  able  to  '"^'"^  which  will  run  from  $100  to  $175 
move  rapidly  when  not  engaged  in  actual  t**^""  '"'j*^  P^r  year,  making  the  total  cost 
work  of  applying  oil.  and  can  carry  a  °^  maintenance  not  to  exceed  $300  per 
sutYicient    supply   of   oil    in   a   tow   wagon  "ide  per  year. 

whereby  it  can  leave  headcjuarters  for  the  We    in    San    Joacjuin    County    have    not 

period  of  three  or  four  days,  stopping  at  exceeded    this    amount,    our   cost    for    the 

the  nearest  stopping  pkicc.     Xo  large  ex-  year  ending  January   1,   1914,   being  $225 

pense  is  involved  in  moving  it  from  one  per   mile   per  year,   and   this   expense   in- 

part  of  the  county  to  another,  as  would  eludes  the  cost  of  a  considerable  amount 

be  the  case  of  a  large  or  gang  outfit.  of    equipment    that    was    purchased    and 

Two  forces,  consisting  of  from  twelve  should  not  be  made  a  charge  to  one  year, 

to    eighteen    county    prisoners,    are    em-  JiKlg^'iig    from     exi)eriencc     in     our    own 

ployed     constantly     upon     the     improved  county,    and    from    that    of    other    states 

highways.       Kach    of    these    forces    is    in  where  anything  like  a  systematic  attempt 

charge    of    two    deputy    sheriflfs,    one    of  ^^^s   been    made,   to  ascertain    the   cost   of 

whom    directs    the    work    upon    the    road-  '"O''^'  maintenance,  1  would  place  the  cost 

way.  and  the  other  acting  as  guard.     Rach  P'-'''  "lile  per  year  to  be  from  four  to  five 

force  is  provided  with  an  auto  truck,  one  '^^r  cent  of  the  original  cost  of  the  road 

of  which  is  a  light,  fast  truck,  capable  of  P'-t  mile,  especially  is  this  true   for  oiled 

traveling  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  miles  niacadam   roads. 

per   hour,  and   of  working  at  as  great   a  The  amount  of  money  being  expended 

distance   as   thirty   miles   from   headquar-  in  road  improvement  in  this  state  is  very 

ters.     Each  gang  returns  to  headquarters  great    in    my    opinion,    calls    for    a    much 

at    niglit.      The   nature   of  the    work    per-  more   systematic   method  of  maintenance 

formed    by    these    forces    consists    in    the  of  the   roads   when   they  are  constructed. 

snreading   of    screenings,    stone    chips   or  than  any  that  is  provided  by  our  statutes! 

pea    gravel    upon    the    surface    of   the    oil  and    I    believe    that    the    majority    of   th« 

macadam   highways   where  the   same  has  members  of  the  boards  of  supervisors  of 

sweat  and   excess  oil  appeared  upon  the  the    state    are    in    accord    with    the    idea, 

surface.      These     forces     also,    at    times.  Any    improvement    built    by   man    begins 

work  in  conjunction  with  the  gang  ,)utht  „,  deteriorate  as  soon  as  completed  and 

in  the  spreadm-^  ot  rock  and  covering  of  ;„  ,,,^    ^^„,,  especially  is  this  true  of  our 

oil    with    screenings,    stone    chii)s   or    pea  ,  •    ,                r              ,  •    ,                 .   ,     -i         -.i 

gravel.     The   truck   used   for  their  trans-  '^•Slnvays.   for  no   highway  yet   built   will 

portation  is  used  on  the  work  in  hauling  '''^'■'''  •'niehnitely.  without  repair, 

material  and  distributing  it  for  their  use.  -^"<^1    unless    we    have   some    well    rcgu- 

In   the   winter   seasons,   when   no   diffi-  l^ted   system  of  maintenance  to  care  for 

culty  is   experienced   with   oil   coming  to  them    when    once    they    are    constructed, 

the  surface,  the  forces  are  kept  at   work  the  money  expended  in  construction   for 

in  filling  un  the  depressions  on  the  w-ater  the  greater  part  will   be  wasted,  and  the 

bonded   macadam    highways,   opening   up  roads   will   be    worn    out   long   before   the 

water-ways  of  culverts,  painting  bridges,  bonds  are  ])ai(t. 


126 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Criticism  of  a  Competition 

Recentlj'  an  organization  in  the  state 
of  Minnesota,  says  the  Improvement  Bul- 
letin, asked  architects  to  submit  plans  in 
competition  for  a  building^  to  cost  about 
$25,000.  The  request  said  "sketches," 
but  the  wording  of  the  announcement  and 
the  details  given  seemed  to  indicate  that 
the  organization  really  had  in  mind  that 
each  competitor  would  submit  a  pretty 
complete  outline  of  the  structure,  interior 
and  exterior,  from  basement  to  decora- 
tions. Possibly  the  word  "drawings" 
would  more  exactly  describe  what  was 
wanted.  The  building  committee,  it  was 
stated,  reserved  the  right  to  reject  any 
or  all  sketches. 

Perusal  of  this  proposition,  which  is 
another  instance  of  lack  of  provision  to 
give  the  unsuccessful  competitor  any  com- 
pensation, prompted  a  St.  Paul  architect 
to  write  some  letters  to  the  building 
committee.     In  the  first  letter  he  said: 

■"Please  send  me  full  information  in 
regard  to  your  competition.  If  the  fol- 
lowing questions  are  not  included  in  the 
program  and  you  are  at  liberty  to  answer 
them.  I  would  appreciate  it: 

"Will  there  be  a  consulting  architect 
or  architects  to  help  the  building  com- 
mittee make  a  decision,  or  will  the  build- 
ing committee  judge  the  designs  sub- 
mitted? 

"What  fee  will  the  successful  architect 
be  paid  and  will  this  fee  be  included  in 
the  $25,000  mentioned  as  the  cost  of  the 
building? 

"Thanking  you   for   information,   I    re- 
main, ,,,^  , 
Yours  very  truly. 


In  the  second  letter,  he  had  much  more 
to  say,  viz: 

"Not  having  received  a  reply  to  my 
communication  of  Sept.  5,  I  take  the  lib- 
erty of  assuming  that  the  building  com- 
mittee itself  would  judge  the  drawings 
in  your  competition  (?)  That  was  the 
reason  I  wrote  as  I  did.  Were  three 
doctors  to  diagnose  a  case  three  dififerent 
ways  would  you  or  your  committee  at- 
tempt to  decide  which  was  the  best  diag- 
nosis or  would  you  call  in  a  fourth  doc- 


tor? Have  you  or  any  of  your  com- 
mittee ever  called  in  two  or  three  doctors 
or  two  or  three  lawyers  on  some  case, 
had  each  one  diagnose  or  advise,  select 
that  diagnosis  or  piece  of  advice  which 
appeared  to  you  to  be  the  best  and  then 
dismiss  the  others  without  remuneration? 
Were  three  such  professional  men  to 
offer  to  do  such  a  thing  would  you  re- 
spect their  talents? 

"Yet  such,  indeed,  is  what  your  com- 
mittee is  asking  for  when  you  institute 
a  competition  such  as  was  published  in 
a  builders'  magazine  recently.  It  is  well 
to  remember  that  seldom  does  anyone 
get  anything  for  nothing  and  an  archi- 
tect's time  and  ideas  are  his  bread  and 
butter. 

"If  possible,  I  shall  make  this  and  my 
former  letter  open  letters,  and  endeavor 
to   have   them   published   in   an   effort   to 
correct  an  abuse  that  is  too  prevalent. 
Yours  very  truly, 


The  architect  failed  to  receive  an 
answer  to  either  of  his  letters,  which  con- 
vinces us  that  unquestionably  the  only 
entirely  fair  way  to  conduct  a  competition 
includes  provision  to  pay  each  competitor 
for  the  expense  of  preparing  the  plans. 
This  will  not  only  serve  the  cause  of  right 
competitions,  but  it  will  yield  better 
work.  The  owner  will  find  each  architect 
taking  pains  with  details  and  showing 
more  study  in  design.  The  public  needs 
some  education  in  this  regard,  and  it  is 
the  architects  themselves  who  must  be 
the   educators. 


Two  Good  Contracts 
P.  A.  Palmer,  Monadnock  building,  San 
Francisco,  has  been  awarded  the  con- 
tract for  the  concrete  and  carpentry  work 
of  a  six-story  class  C  addition  to  the 
two-story  hotel  building  at  I5th  and 
Jefferson  streets,  Oakland,  for  Albert 
Aiken.  Construction  will  be  of  rein- 
forced concrete  with  wood  floors  and 
joists.  Clay  N.  Burrell  is  the  architect. 
Mr.  Palmer  has  also  received  the  contract 
to  erect  a  seven-story  class  C  apartment 
house  in  San  Francisco  for  the  Vrooman 
Estate;  B.  G.  McDougall,  architect. 


"Veneered  Panels 
that  ARE  good  — 
order  today   from 


Insist  on  getting  tHe 
best  made  Panels 

You  have  a  right  to  get  the  best  for  your  money. 
You  should  therefore  insist  upon  getting  the  WYBRO 
panels  whenever  you  want  the  best  made  panels  at  the 
lowest  price. 

WYBRO  panels  are  uniform'  in  quality — they  are 
everlastingly  good  —  and  they  cost  no  more  than  the 
inferior  makes. 

WHITE  Brothers 


5tH  and    Drannan    Sts. 


San   Francisco 


77ir  Architect  and  Emiinccr 


127 


Fans  vs.  Fire 

Despite  the  old  saying  "there  is  no- 
thing new  under  the  sun,"  our  good 
friend  and  servant,  electricity,  bobs  up 
every  now  and  then  in  some  new  and 
unexpected  role. 

We  have  all  heard  of  lighting  lire  with 
fire,  but  the  use  of  electric  fans  as  an  ad- 
junct by  a  fire  department  in  putting  out 
a  blaze  is  surely  novel. 

In  Boston,  not  long  ago,  a  fire  broke 
out  in  the  basement  of  a  building  occu- 
pied by  a  wholesale  paint  and  chemical 
concern.  The  fumes  and  smoke  became 
so  thick  that  it  was  impossible  for  the 
firemen  to  enter  the  basement  or  direct 
a  stream  with  any  effectiveness,  when 
someone  thought  of  electric  fans.  A 
half  dozen  of  the  ordinary  sixtcen-inch 
size  were  quickly  requisitioned  by  the 
fire  chief  and  their  breeze  directed  down 
the  stairway.  As  soon  as  the  rear  base- 
ment windows  were  broken  to  allow  the 
escape  of  the  smoke  and  fumes,  the  effect 
of  the  fans  gradually  cleared  the  base- 
ment so  that  the  firemen  could  work 
quickly  and  effectively  in  extinguishing 
the  flames. 

Now  that  we  are  accustomed  to  using 
electricity  for  washing  and  ironing, 
grinding  coffee  and  making  ice  cream,  we 
need  not  be  surprised  to  find  electric 
fans  adopted  as  part  of  the  standard 
equipment  of  an  up-to-date  fire  depart- 
ment.   

"Safety  First" 

San  Francisco's  newest  safety  station  on 
Market  street,  opposite  Montgomery,  has 
been  surfaced  with  Carbite,  a  new  product 
manufactured  by  E.  A.  Bullis  &  Co.,  of  the 
Merchants  National  Bank  building.  This  is 
a  composition  which  has  as  a  base  carbide 
of  silicon,  whose  particles  are  as  hard  as 
diamond  dust  and  which  prevents  the  cement 
surface  from  becoming  slippery.  As  the 
other  ingredients  of  the  composition  make 
the  surface  absorption  proof,  it  dries  off 
quickly  after  a  wetting,  and  the  danger 
from  slipping  upon  a  smooth,  slippery  sur- 
face is  reduced  to  a  minimum.  Carbite  was 
created  with  this  "Safety  First"  idea  in 
view. 

These  advantages  together  with  its  doing 
away  with  floor  dust  were  the  reasons  why 
it  was  also  used  to  generally  improve   the 


sanitation  of  the  cement  floors  of  the  new 
Oakland  City  Hall. 

While  it  has  been  developed  for  side- 
walks, railway  platforms,  and  floors  in  loft 
buildings,  garages,  power  plants,  etc.,  Car- 
bite may  be  used  on  any  horizontal  area  and 
other  uses  may  be  found  for  it. 


Runaway  Road  Roller 

Annual  reports  of  city  departments,  as 
a  rule,  are  rather  uninteresting  reading. 
Now  and  then,  however,  an  olficial  varies 
the  monotony  of  statistics  by  chronicling 
some  unusual  happening.  In  the  recent 
report  of  the  street  commissioner  of  an 
eastern  city,  a  page  is  devoted  to  the  re- 
cital of  the  unfortunate  doings  of  a  run- 
away road  roller.  In  some  manner  while 
the  fireman  was  cleaning  the  machine  it 
was  thrown  out  of  gear.  It  took  ad- 
vantage of  the  opportunity  and  immedi- 
ately started  down  the  street.  The  en- 
gineer tried  to  stop  it  by  chocking,  and 
this  failing,  boarded  it  and  tried  to  steer 
it.  The  machine,  however,  struck  the 
curb,  and  the  pavement  being  slippery, 
skidded,  crossed  the  street  and  collided 
with  a  house.  The  latter  was  somewhat 
damaged  and  partially  removed  from  its 
foundation.  In  addition  $14.75  worth  of 
china  in  a  closet  was  smashed  and  $27 
worth  of  bric-a-brac  in  the  front  room 
was  demolished.  The  inventory  of  the 
damaged  property  made  interesting  read- 
ing for  the  neighbors  of  the  owner. 


Bridge  Reported  to  Be  Sinking 

A  press  dispatch  from  Marysvillc  under 
date  of  October  29th  says:  "Citizens  of 
this  city  are  becoming  alarmed  at  the 
manner  in  which  the  west  end  of  the  new 
concrete  bridge  over  the  Feather  river  is 
slowly  sinking.  Within  the  last  few 
months  it  has  sunk  several  inches,  and  it 
is  feared  that  with  the  heavy  rains  and 
attendant  high  water  it  will  be  washed 
away. 

"The  bridge  was  finished  only  a  year 
ago,  and  was  accepted  by  the  local  City 
Council  over  the  protest  of  County  Sur- 
veyor L.  B.  Crook,  who  declared  the 
piers  did  not  go  down  to  bedrock.  It 
was  constructed  at  a  cost  of  $30,000.  In 
addition  to  having  sunk  several  inches, 
the  structure  is  also  cracking  at  one  end." 


HIGH  GRADE 

ELKTRICAl  CONSTRUCTION  WORK 

FOR  BUILDINGS 

BUTTE  ENGINEERING  AND  ELECTRIC  CO.,  683-87  Howard  Street, 


SAN     FRANCISCO.     CAL. 


By  the  Way 

Some  Industrial  Information  Worth  the  While 


A  Real  Convenience  of  the  Modern  Home 

Among  the  many  modern  conveniences 
now  found  in  the  high-chiss  residence,  the 
"Prometheus"  Electric  Plate  Warmer  is 
one  whose  usefuhiess  and  handsome  ap- 
pearance are  alike  acknowledged. 

The  chief  function  of  this  appliance  is 
to  keep  delayed  meals  or  courses  in  prime 
condition  for  serving,  however  long  the 
wait.  The  amount  of  electricity  con- 
sumed in  the  operation  of  this  device  is 
very  moderate,  and  heing  always  ready 
for  instant  use  soon  becomes  almost  as 
indispensable  as  the  refrigerator.  As  the 
apparatus  is  built  to  order,  the  result  is 
the  securing  of  an  appliance  which  has  an 
individuality  and  appropriateness  to  its 
surroundings  that  does  not  always 
characterize  .stock  fixtures. 

.Vlthough  made  in  the  East,  the  "Pro- 
metheus" warmer  has  found  ready  and 
wide  acceptance  among  clients  of  dis- 
crimination   and    bids    fair    to    become    a 


^'tandard  part  of  the  equipment  of  the 
well-appointed  butler's  pantry.  Among 
recent  installations  of  this  device  may  be 
mentioned  the  following  residences: 
Chas.  Templeton  Crocker,  San  Mateo; 
Walter  D.  Bliss,  of  Bliss  &  Faville,  San 
Francisco;  Joseph  D.  Grant,  Hillsbor- 
ough, and  Edson  F.  Adams,  Piedmont. 

The  new  annex  to  the  St.  Francis  Hotel 
will  have  six  of  these  aids  to  good  house- 
keeping and  they  are  now  in  process  of 
installation.  The  "Prometheus"  Electric 
Plate  Warmer  is  handled  on  the  coast  by 
Mr.  M.  E.  Hammond,  217  Humboldt 
Bank  building.  Mr.  Hammond  is  pre- 
pared at  all  times  to  examine  plans,  or 
the  premises,  and  give  his  best  attention 
to  securing  an  appropriate  and  satis- 
factory installation. 


Dyer  Bros.  Awarded  Another  Steel 
Contract 

Dyer  Bros,  of  San  Francisco  have  re- 
ceived a  second  contract  from  the  Western 
Sugar  Refining  Company.  They  will  fur- 
nish 220  tons  of  steel  for  a  new  machine 
shop  to  be  erected  at  the  Potrero  plant, 
Twenty-third  and  Louisiana  streets.  The 
same  firm  will  also  fabricate  the  steel 
for  the  main  building,  the  order  amounting 
to  2500  tons.  Vincent  Murray  is  the  en- 
gineer. 


ALFARATA   RANCH   SILO   AND  DAIRY,  MERCED 


.\LI'AR.\T.\.    R.\.\l  II    D.MKV     \X1)   Ml,(),    M  l.l^C  lil). 
C.    F.    Wieland,    Consulting    Engineer. 

This  photo  shows  the  concrete  Silo  and  the  dairy  barns  at  the  .-Xlfarata  ranch  near 
Merced.  This  concrete  Silo,  which  is  made  from  the  Pratt  Building  Material  Co.'s 
washed  gravel  (a  perfect  mix),  is  16  ft.  x  53  ft.  6  in.  over  all. 

There  is  a  1().(K)0  gallon  concrete  water  tank  on  top  of  the  Silo  and  forms  part 
of  it.  The  Silo  has  a  capacity  of  220  tons  of  ensilage  and  was  constructed  with 
Wieland's  steel  forms,  eliminating  all  carpenter  work  and  cost  of  lumber. 

The  floors  and  side  walls  of  the  dairy  barn  were  made  of  Pratt  Building  Material 
Co.'s  washed  gravel.  Their  address  is  Hearst  Bldg..  and  they  shiu  sand,  rock,  and 
gravel  by  both  boat  or  rail  from  Alameda.  Contra  Costa,  Yuba,  Placer,  Monterey, 
Sonoma  a  ml  Napa  counties. 


An  Electric  Clock  System 
is  a  Prime  Necessity  to 
the  Modern  School  House 


It  it  is  of  the  best  kind  — THE  STANDARD  ELECTRIC  TIME 

CD'S  make  —  it  insures  precision,  uniformity  and  regularity  in  all 
the  school  sessions.  The  "Standard"  master  clock  embodies  the  finest 
mechanism  and  the  best  skill  in  clock  construction  and  it  accurately 
directs  and  controls  the  secondary  and  Program  clocks  and  the  Bell 
signalling  system,  which  in  turn  automatically  start  and  time  the  varied 
exercises  in  the  several  class  rooms. 


A  partial  list  of  THE  STANDARD  ELECTRIC  TIME  CO.  'S  electric 
clock  and  program  bell  systems,  installed  in  schools  on  the  Pacific  Coast 


Provincial  Normal  School,  \'ic- 
toria,    B.    C. 

High    School,   Victoria,   B.   C. 

High  School,  New  Westminster, 
B.  C. 

Western  Residential  School,  Van- 
couver, B.   C. 

Lewis  &  Clark  High  School,  Spo- 
kane, Wash.,  includes  tower 
clock. 

North  Central  High  School,  Spo- 
kane,   Wash. 

High   School,   Vancouver,   Wash. 

High   School,   South   Bend,  Wash. 

High   School,   Elma,   Wash. 

West  Side  School,  Chehalis,  Wash. 

Lincoln  High  School,  Portland, 
Oregon. 

Failing    School,   Portland,    Ore. 

High    School,   Oregon   City,   Ore. 

Higli    School,   Ashland,   Ore. 

High   Scliool,    Eureka,   Cal. 

Higli    School,    Santa    Rosa,    Cal. 

High   School,  Woodland,   Cal. 

High  School,  Santa  Cruz,  Cal. 

High   School,   San   Mateo,   Cal. 

High   School,   Mountain  \'iew,   Cal. 

High   School,  Hayward,   Cal. 

High    School,    Fairfield,    Cal. 

High    School,   Alameda,   Cal. 

Washington   School,   Alameda,   Cal. 

Haight   School,  Alameda,  Cal. 


Grant   School,   Oakland,   Cal. 

Lafayette   School,    Oakland,    Cal. 

Swett    School,    Oakland,    Cal. 

Washington    School,  Richmond,  Cal. 

Tenth    St.    School,    Richmond,    Cal. 

High   School,   Orland,   Cal. 

Lowell  High  School,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

Girls'  High  School,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

Polytechnic  High  School,  San 
Francisco,   Cal. 

Y.   M.  C.   A.,   San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Lux  School  of  Industrial  Training, 
San   Francisco,   Cal. 

High   School,   Patterson,    Cal. 

University  of  Cal.  Farm,  Davis, 
California. 

High    School,    Dos    Palos,    Cal. 

High   School,  Sanger,  Cal. 

High  School,  Corcoran,  Cal. 

IHgh   School,   Santa  Ana,   Cal. 

High  School,  Coronado  Beach,  Cal. 

High  School,  Venice,  Cal. 

High    School,    Inglewood,    Cal. 

High   School,   Santa  Paula,   Cal. 

Grammar    School,    C'hino,    Cal. 

State  Normal  School,  Los  Angeles, 
California. 

Intermediate  High  School,  Los  An- 
geles,  Cal. 

High   School,   Glendale,   Cal.  ■ 


High    School,    Banning,    Cal. 
High    School,    Brawley,    Cal. 
State    Normal    School,    Santa    Bar- 
bara,   Cal. 
High      School,      San      Bernardino, 

Cal.,  installed  over  22  years. 
Washington  School,  Phoenix,  Ariz. 
High    School,   Bisbee,   Ariz. 
High   School,   Globe,  Ariz. 
High    School,    Reno,    Nevada. 
High    School,   Marysville,    Cal. 
Grammar    School,    Marysville,    Cal. 
High  School,   Sutter  City,  Cal. 
High   School,  Lodi,   Cal. 
High    School,    Willows,    Cal. 
High  School,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 

includes   tower   clock. 
High   School,   Greeley,   Colo. 
St.   Martin's  College,  Lacey.  Wash. 
Heald's      Business      College,      San 

Francisco,   Cal. 
North   Pacific   College  of   Dentistry 

Sr  Pharmacy,   Portland,   Ore. 
Mills  College,  Oakland,   Cal. 
Bible  Institute,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Teton    County    High    School,    Cho- 

tcau,   Montana. 
Benedictine  Sisters'  Seminary,  Mt. 

Angel,    Ore. 
Reed   College,   Portland,   Ore. 
Longfellow  School,  Fresno,  Cal. 
High  School,  Cedro  Wooley,  Wash. 


The  Standard  Electric  Time  Co. 

ESTABLISHED    OVER   30    YEARS 

GENERAL  OFFICES  FOR  PACIFIC  COAST 

461  MARKET   STREET,  l^WfATx  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Portland,  202-204  Commercial  Club  BIdg.       Seattle,  White  Bldg.       Los  Angeles,  706-707  Marsh-Strong  Bldg. 

Eastern  Branches  —  Chicago — New  York — ^  Boston.     Works,  Springfield,  Mass. 

THE  STANDARD  ELECTRIC  CLOCK  SERVICE 
is  DIFFERENT  from  any  other  in  that  it  gives  not 
only  superior  mechanism  and  product  throughout, 
but  through  its  trained  engineers  secures  the  most 
perfect  installation  and  the  most  watchful  and  skill- 
ful maintenance.  THIS  is  why  it  has  the  preference 
in  competitions  even  where  the  price  might  seem  to 
favor  a  competitor. 


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That's  a  Spiral  Conveyor! 

Just  one  item  in  the  largest  line  of 

Conveying,  Elevating,  Screening 
and  Mechanical  Power 

Transmitting  Machinery 


Carried  or  manufactured  on  the 
Pacific  Coast 

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ENGINEERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS 


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SAN   F  RANCISCO 
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BUREAU     OF    INSPECTION     TESTS    AND     CONSULTATION 

251   KEARNY  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

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INSPECTION    OF    STRUCTURAL  AND     REINFORCING     STEEL 

REPORTS   AND    ESTIMATES   ON    PROPERTIES   AND    PROCESSES 

CHEMICAL   AND    PHYSICAL    TESTING    LABORATORIES 


Moves  to  New  Building 
llic  L.  A.  Xoiris  LtJiiipaiiy  aniiouiict.- 
tl)c  nnioval  of  their  orticcs  to  their  new 
l>uilclin>,'.  140  Townsend  street  (near 
Third  street),  San  Francisco,  where  they 
will  have  improved  facilities  for  handling 
Clinton  welded  wire  fabrics  and  Clinton 
wire  lath. 

This  company  has  enjoyed  phenomenal 
success  for  a  number  of  years,  and  since 
the  fire  has  supplied  reinforcing  fabric 
for  a  majority  of  the  best  concrete  build- 
ings in  San  Francisco  and  vicinity.  The 
fact  that  it  is  now  occupying  its  own 
home  is  proof  of  its  prosperity  and 
growth.  

Granite  Company  Expands 

A  press  (li>patch  from  I'ortcrvillc  says: 
"Word  has  been  received  here  that  the 
California  Granite  Works,  now  operating 
at  Rocklin.  will  move  its  equipment  to 
Porterville.  .\s  a  further  preparation  for 
the  work  which  the  company  expects  to 
do,  A.  Pernu,  the  president  of  the  com- 
pany, has  arranged  for  the  purchase  of 
sixteen  additional  acres  of  granite  land, 
giving  the  concern  about  seventy-nine 
;uTes  of  ground,  all  told. 


Valley,  has  dissolved  partnership,  Mr. 
Roscoe  C.  Brandt,  retiring.  The  com- 
pany hereafter  will  be  known  as  the 
Totten  Planing  Mill  Company.  Mr.  Tot- 
ten  has  many  warm  friends  in  the  build- 
ing line,  and  he  has  been  assured  of  good 
business    support. 


Planing  Mill  Changes  Name 

riie  Tnttcn  &  Brandt  Planing  Mill 
V  ompany  of  Stockton,  one  of  the  best- 
known  planing  mills  in  the  San  Joaquin 


F.  W.  Eastman  with  Denison  Tile 
Engineering  Company 

The  Denison  Tile  Engineering  Company, 
owners  of  the  patents  on  Denison  interlock- 
ing tile,  announces  through  W.  C.  Denison, 
the  president,  that  they  have  secured  the 
services  of  F.  W.  Eastman  as  general  man- 
ager. 

Mr.  Eastman's  experience  in  introducing 
hollow  tile  in  the  West  and  his  connection 
in  executive  capacity  with  the  Oregon  Deni- 
son Block  Company,  California  Denison 
Block  Company,  and  Los  Angeles  Denison 
Block  Company  make  him  peculiarly  fitted 
for  his  new  work.  He  is  well  known  in 
San  Francisco  and  his  many  friends  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  wish  him  success  in  his  new 
work. 

Mr.  Eastman  will  have  charge  of  licens- 
ing new  manufacturers,  in  unleased  terri- 
tory, and  promoting  the  interests  of  all 
firms  now  manufacturing  Denison  tile  as 
well  as  those  who  may  be  licensed  in  the 
future. 

Mr.  Eastman's  offices  will  be  located  in 
the  Hippodrome  building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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131 


Bishopric  Stucco  Board 

Mustering  proof  from  the  experiences 
of  master  builders  of  the  ages,  the  Mastic 
Wall  Board  &  Roofing  Company,  601 
Estc  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  are  putting 
thunderous  emphasis  upon  the  durability 
of  the  Bishopric  Stucco  or  Plaster  Board. 
In  practical  tests  it  has  been  proved  that 
all  old  objections  to  the  construction  of 
cement  and  plaster  walls  are  wiped  out 
by  Bishopric  Stucco  Board,  which  gives 
a  background  that  insures  permanence. 

Nailed  to  the  studding,  Stucco  Board 
forms  a  rigid  back  in  which  ordinary 
plaster,  or  cement  stucco  is  "locked  in" 
for  "keeps"  by  the  lath  dovetailed  in 
the  fashion  that  is  found  in  houses  which 
have  stood  for  centuries. 

Bishopric  Stucco  Board  is  a  modern 
combination  in  which  time-tried  prin- 
ciples of  successful  wall  building  are  ap- 
plied. The  lath  themselves  in  the  board, 
intended  for  exterior  construction,  are 
crcosoted — a  treatment  which  eliminates 
all  possible  chance  of  warping  through 
dampness.  This  lath,  imbedded  in  tough- 
ened asphalt  mastic,  is  thus  further  in- 
sured to  last — moisture-proof  and  fire- 
resisting. 

Builders  everywhere  arc  showing  their 
interest  in  Bishopric  Stucco  Board,  and 
those  who  have  not  yet  made  a  study  of 
the  material  arc  invited  to  send  for  a 
sample.  The  illustration  herewith  gives 
a  pretty  fair  idea  of  the  way  Bishopric 
Stucco  Board  is  put  together.  The  claim 
is  made  with  all  possible  emphasis  that 
Bishopric  Walls  "stay  put."     The  use  of 


Bishopric  Stucco  Board  is  urged  on  the 
grounds  of  both  economy  and  service. 
It  will  pay  any  builder  who  wants  to  keep 
in  touch  with  the  best  modern  building 
methods  to  send  for  the  handsome  book- 
let, "Durable  Homes  by  the  Bishopric 
System,"  which  will  be  gladly  scfit  on 
request   to  all   those   interested. 

Bishopric  Stucco  Board  is  sold  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  by  I.  E.  Thayer  &  Co.,  110 
Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  and  the 
Northwestern  Lumber  Company  of  Port- 
land, Ore.         

Denatured  Electricity 

An  interesting  method  of  preventing  the 
improper  use  of  electric  current  has  been 
devised  by  an  Italian  engineer.  The  prac- 
tice of  making  esoecially  low  rates  for  cur- 
rent to  be  used  in  electric  power,  heating 
and  cooking  devices  is  becoming  more  and 
more  general,  but  with  the  ordinary  con- 
stant potential  current  it  is  difficult  to  de- 
tect the  use  of  lighting  devices  on  circuits 
intended  only  for  power  and  heating  pur- 
poses. 

This  engineer  advocates  the  use  of  spe- 
cial circuits  on  which  the  current  is  sub- 
ject to  extreme  fluctuation  of  voltage  at 
rapidly  recurring  intervals,  which  would 
make  it  practically  impossible  to  use  lamps, 
because  of  the  flicker  in  the  lights.  As  the 
current  is  not  entirely  interrupted  and  the 
normal  voltaee  is  almost  immediately  re- 
stored the  proper  operation  of  power  or 
heating  apparatus  is  not  interfered  with  and 
the  rightful  use  of  the  circuits  for  their 
respective  purposes  is  assured. 


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llOLBROOK     BUILDING,     SAN     FRANCISCO,      CAL. 
MacDonald  &   Applegarth,   Architects 


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and  Bar  Locks 

Used  in  this  High-class 
Store  and  Office  Build- 
ing. 

The  Careful  Architect 
Specifics  "Reliance"  Be- 
cause the  Word  as  well 
as  the  -Article,  Stands 
for  Efficiency. 

Some  of  the  Best 
Ikiildings  on  the  Pacific 
Coast  are  Equipped 
with  "Reliance"  Eleva- 
tor Door  Hangers 

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and   Northern   Half 

of  California 


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30  East  42nd  Street,  NEW  YORK 


132 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


New  Type  of  Reinforced  Concrete  Slab  Construction 


(ContributeJ) 


Many  architects  who  would  Ukc  to  use 
reinforced  concrete  for  residence  work 
have  been  prevented  from  doing  so  on 
account  of  the  weight  and  bulkiness  of 
the  material,  to  say  nothing  of  the  cost. 
Wood  construction  appeals  to  architect 
and  owner  alike,  because  a  frame  house 
is  quickly  put  together  at  moderate  ex- 
pense, and  it  will  stand  the  elements  tol- 
erablj-  well. 

"If  somebod}-  would  invent  a  concrete 
slab  that  could  be  handled  like  concrete 
blocks,  but  be  lighter  and  more  artistic, 
his  fortune  would  be  made,"  is  a  remark 
frequently  made,  but  heretofore  with 
small  prospect  of  ultimate  realization. 
Concrete  blocKs  have  proved  a  dismal  fail- 
ure on  account  of  their  great  weight  and 
conse(|uent  inconvenience  in  handling, 
and  also  because  of  their  crude  and  ugly 
appearance. 

It  has  remained  for  a  Berkeley  man  to 
invent  a  sjstem  of  slab  construction  that 
gives  every  promise  of  filling  the  require- 
ments of  the  man  who  wants  a  fire-proof 
home  at  a  cost  no  greater  than  frame 
construction.  John  Kuivala.  the  inventor, 
declares  his  slabs  can  be  used  with  the 
same  permanent  and  artistic  results  as 
hollow  tile,  but  that  the  concrete  is  an 
advantage  over  the  tile,  in  that  no  out- 
side stucco  finish  is  recjuired.  though  it 
can  be  applied  if  desired. 

The  slabs  can  be  made  any  size,  but  a 
standard  size,  8.\24  is  made  for  ordinary 
use.  The  slabs  arc  fitted  together  by 
means  of  the  tongue  and  groove,  and 
being  molded  in  steel  forms,  are  water- 
|)roof  and  thoroughly  crystalized,  as 
there  is  no  wood  to  absorb  the  water  and 
prevent  a  perfect  mixture.  The  slabs 
are  made  at  the  factory  in  West  Berkeley 
and  are  transported  to  the  job  the  same 
as  brick  or  tile.  .\ny  person  at  all  fa- 
miliar with  building  construction  can 
build  a  wall  of  these  slabs.  They  weigh 
about  fifteen  pounds  to  the  square  foot, 
and  are  one  and  three-fourths  inches 
thick.  The  outside  slab  has  a  smooth 
finish,  while  the  inside  slab  is  rough.  .\ 
hollow  space  two  and  one-half  inches  is 
provided  between  the  outer  and  inner 
wall,  the  two  being  firmly  tied  with  a 
steel  rod  or  clamp,  placed  at  intervals 
along  the  grooved  portion.  If  desired, 
rough  fiil^ishcd  slabs  may  be  used  outside, 
also    and  a  pebble  dash  applied. 

Two  houses  are  now  being  built  ac- 
cording   to    this    new    system.      One    has 


Iicen  designed  by  Architect  John  H. 
Thomas  and  is  being  erected  in  Berkeley, 
for  C.  J.  Boise;  the  other  house  is  for 
Carl  Erickson  in  Albany. 

Mr.  Kuivala.  inventor  of  the  system, 
has  been  granted  patents  by  the  Govern- 
ment, and  he  lias  organized  the  Inter- 
national Concrete  Construction  Company 
to  carry  on  a  general  construction  busi- 
ness with  the  main  plant  at  Parker  and 
Ninth   streets,  West   Berkeley. 


The    Hauser   Reversible    Window 

This  new  window  is  the  invention  of 
a  San  hrancisco  contractor  who  has 
given  months  (even  years)  of  study  to 
the  invention  of  a  window  which  is 
simple  in  construction  and  easily  ad- 
justed land  yet  is  absdlutelj'  w-eather- 
proof  and  dust-proof.  It  requires  no 
weights,  cords  or  pulleys.  It  is  made  in 
both  metal  and  wood  and  is  ecjually  well 
adapted  for  single  and  double  vertical 
windows  and  for  casement  windows.  The 
office  is  at  226  Balboa  building,  San 
l-'rancisco. 


BENINETT   BROS. 

Sargfent's      Building:     Hardw^are 

SI4'.SI0  Market    St  reel,   San   F-raiicisco,   Cal. 


The  Architect  and  l-Ui^iuccr 


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The  City  Architect  and  Politics 

(Fruni   the   Improvement    Bulletin  i 

I'nikr  the  new  i-«>nMni>>i<iii  form  <>i  K"v 

MinuMt    in    St.    r.uil.    tlio   city   fmpIo>  s   an 

architect  who  plaii>  all  nuniicipal  >tructnris 

and  acts  as  sujK-rinttMuliiit  of  construction. 

He  rccci\fs  a  salary  of  $4.(XX)  a  year. 

Since  the  new  plan  of  govcrnnKut  wtut 
into  cflTect.  a  few  months  aK<».  the  city  archi- 
tect of  St.  Paul  has  ha<l  nothing];  to  c|o  in 
his  first  capacity  as  the  tlesigner  of  city 
liuildiiiKs.  lie  has  kept  husy  inspecting  the 
materials  ami  work  on  a  numl)er  of  iin- 
IK>rtant  pnhlic  structures  which  were  started 
hefore  he  was  appointed.  So  we  have  no 
means  of  judKing  his  work  as  the  nnmicipal 
architect,  although  we  know  of  luimerous 
buildings  planned  hy  firms  of  architects  of 
which  he  was  a  member  He  has  in  hi-^ 
other  capacity  for  St.  Paul.  >ho\vn  the  same 
activity  that  he  had  in  private  practice.  Ik- 
has  given  his  city  plenty  of  service  and  he 
has  given  contractors  and  architects  plenty 
of  evidence  that  he  is  on  guard.  Work  has 
been  stopped,  material  rejected.  He  has 
notitied  tiie  out-of-town  contractors  on  a 
large  nninicip.il  building  that  they  are  pro- 
ceeding too  slowly  and  can  not  finish  on 
time.  At  times,  since  this  young  city  archi- 
tect took  office,  the  atmosphere  in  his  ini 
mediate  vicinity  has  been  snappy  with  the 
electricity  of  aroused  temper  and  charges 
and  denials  that  certain  contractors  were 
"after  his  .scalp"  liiive  been  made  in  the 
daily  papers.  In  fact  the  city  architect  has 
figured  in  the  papers  constantly  since  he  be- 
gan as  a  city  official.  So  far,  his  superior, 
the  commissioner  of  parks  and  playgrounds, 
who  happens  to  be  ex-officio  building  in- 
spector and  the  responsible  head  of  tiie 
building  construction  operations,  has  sup- 
ported his  appointee  in  all  instances.  That 
he  has  found  so  much  to  do.  merely  as  a 
superintendent  of  construction,  so  much  to 
criticise  and  correct,  seems  to  indicate  that 
St.  Paul  may  not  always  have  got  what  she 
should  have  got  heretof«ire. 

A  city  architect  who  can  make  it  certain 
that  specifications  arc  lived  up  to,  is  easily 
worth  $4.()IX)  a  year  in  that  capacity  alone. 

.•\  test  of  professional  ability  will  come 
when  he  submits  his  tirst  plans  for  an  im- 
portant city  building.  And  this  building's 
history  from  the  sketches  to  completion  will 
be  apt  to  show  conclusively  whether  it  is 
better  and  cheaper  to  have  a  city  architect 
than  to  award  cf)mmissions  to  private  pr.ic 
titioners.  San  Francisco  has  tried  the  plan 
of  having  a  city  architect  and  has  gone  back 
to  the  patronage  of  architects  in  private 
practice.  The  large  force  of  draughtsmen 
has  been  dispersed.  It  is  said  that  this 
change  was  due  to  convincing  representa- 
tions made  by  the  San  Francisco  chapter 
of  the  .American  Institute  of  .Xrchitects. 
The  city  continues  to  emjiloy  three  ii in- 
sulting architects. 


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When  Planning 

that  Store  or  Factory 

You  can  add  to  the  operating 
crticicncy  by  providinj^  for  Bowser 
Oil  Storage  P^quipment. 

In  the  Store  I'  ^'''^'^"  ^^'^'^"^  "^i,"  '^'^^'p 

kerosene,  pamt  oils  and 
lubricaiii.s  of  all  kinds  safe  underground  and 
away  from  other  merchandise.  Oil  meas- 
ured and  price  computed  atone  stroke.  No 
loss  through  theft,  leakage,  spillage,  fire,  or 
tainted  wares.  No  necessity  for  leaving 
the  store  to  draw  oil.  A  Bowser  equipped 
store  inspires  confidence. 


Safe  Oil  Storage  Systems 

In  fli«  Far'frkfv  "  Bowser  unit  or  n  cen- 

c\<:iu\  and  off  the  floor.  Oil  measured.  None 
wiisted.  No  fire  hazard.  Men  made  auto- 
matically accurate  and  responsible.  No 
lime  lost  by  men  waiting  "in  line"  for  oil. 

You  (hoiild  know  more  about  Bowser  efficiency. 
There  is  some  very  inicreslintf  Bowser  information 
for  the  architect.  Write  for  it  today.  No  chartfc 
or  obligation  in  findinU  out. 

S.  F.  Bowser  &  Co.,  Inc. 

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of  Oil  Handling  Dcricts 

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Canadian  Factory 

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AUrOMAT/C    PN£UMAr/C    \A/AT£7?   SUPPtY    SYSTEM 


The  "Chicago"  Automatic  Pneumatic 
Water  Supply  System 

The  Chicago  Pump  Company's  auto- 
matic pneumatic  water  supply  system 
has  been  found  to  be  the  best  and  most 
efficient  yet  devised.  The  reason  for 
this  is  that  it  has  the  good  points  of  all 
others,  with  many  exclusively  its  own. 
Every  piece  and  part  that  goes  into  the 
pump,  motor  and  air  compressor  is  de- 
signed and  constructed  with  a  tending 
toward  securing  the  best  results  possible. 
This  system  delivers  the  water  to  the 
different  fixtures  in  the  building,  cleaner, 
clearer  and  purer  than  when  received  by  it. 
It  is  absolutely  reliable  in  its  work,  does 
not  get  out  of  order  and  can  be  depended 
upon  under  all  conditions.  It  is  guar- 
anteed to  furnish  sufficient  pressure  to 
reach  any  and  every  part  of  your  build- 
ing and  is  absolutely  noiseless  in  opera- 
tion— a  feature  which  is  found  in  no 
other  outfit. 

The  system  includes  one  turbine  pump, 
fitted  with  outer  board  ring  oiled  bear- 
ings and  enclosed  type  balanced  impel- 
lers, mounted  on  a  heavy  iron  sub-base 
and  direct  connected  by  flexible  coupling 
to  a  highest  grade  electric  motor  which 
has  sufficient  capacity  to  operate  pump 
without  any  sign  of  overloading  or  heat- 
ing; one  automatic  pressure  regulator, 
which  starts  pump  automatically  when 
pressure  is  low,  and  stops  when  pressure 
is    high    enough    to    furnish    water    to    all 


floors;  a  steel  pneumatic  tank  and  an  air 
compressor  with  relief  valve.  These  are 
the  parts  which  go  to  make  up  the  Chi- 
cago Pump  Company's  absolutely  re- 
liable pneumatic   water  supply  system. 

The  operation  of  this  outfit  is  very 
simple.  Water  is  pumped  into  the  tank 
in  which  the  air  has  already  been  com- 
pressed. The  entrance  of  water  causes 
a  greater  compression.  This  compres- 
sion exerts  a  very  strong,  steady  pres- 
sure being  continuous  regardless  of 
whether  the  pump  is  running  or  not. 
When  a  certain  amount  of  water  has 
been  forced  out  of  the  tank  by  the  com- 
pressed air,  the  automatic  arrangement 
sets  the  pump  working,  thus  keeping  a 
certain  quantity  of  water  in  the  tank  at 
all  times,  but  necessitating  the  operation 
of  the  pump  only  a  very  small  part  of 
the  time. 

The  pneumatic  water  supply  system 
is  a  vast  improvement  over  the  roof  tank 
arrangement.  The  outfit  can  be  installed 
in  the  basement,  where  it  is  easily 
reached.  In  summer  the  water  is  cooler, 
and  in  winter,  warmer  than  that  supplied 
from  the  roof  tank.  It  will  not  be  nec- 
essary to  waste  a  quantity  of  water 
trying  to  get  a  cool  drink  in  the  sum- 
mer, nor  is  there  danger  of  freezing 
pipes  and  tank  in  winter.  With  the  roof 
tank  it  is  often  necessary  to  reach  the 
tank  by  climbing  onto  dangerous  ice- 
covered  roofs  to  thaw  out  pipes  or  make 
other   repairs. 


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riic  sa\iiiy;  in  the  cost  ol  maintenance 
and  operation  of  this  pump,  is  one  that 
goes  on  moiith  after  month  and  year 
after  year.  The  simplicity  of  construc- 
tion of  the  pump  permits  extreme 
strength  and  insures  the  greatest  dura- 
bility. It  is  hardly  an  exaggeration  to 
say  that  the  working  parts  will  never 
wear  out.  The  outtit  is  compact  in  con- 
struction and  can  be  said  to  be  rather 
attractive  and  ornamental.  It  requires 
very  little  space  and  a  minimum  amount 
of  attention.  Special  attention  is  called 
to  the  pressure  regulator  which  is  simple, 
rugged  and  of  extra  strength,  having  but 
a  few  strong  heavy  parts. 

The  system  is  well  adapted  for  apart- 
ment buildings,  school  houses,  hotels, 
clubs,  mercantile  buildings  and  factories 
where  additional  water  pressure  is  re- 
quired, or  to  pump  from  cisterns  or 
shallow  wells,  where  there  is  no  city 
water.  It  is  particularly  well  suited  for 
increasing  the  city  pressure  for  high  of- 
fice buildings.  On  such  buildings,  the 
pressure  on  the  lower  floors  is  usually 
too  great,  and  on  the  top  floors  insuf- 
ficient. This  is  overcome  by  using  both 
high  and  low  pressure  tanks,  at  very 
little  extra  expense,  in  that  way,  giving 
an  even  pressure  throughout  the  building. 

In  addition  to  these  good  points,  this 
pneumatic  water  supply  system  tends 
toward  the  welfare  and  health  of  the 
community  in  that  it  purifies  and  sweet- 
ens the  water  it  handles.  It  has  been 
found  that  an  electrolysis  of  water  is 
eflfected,  when  the  water  is  under  an 
atmospheric  pressure  and  at  a  tempera- 
ture of  32  degrees,  the  liquid  being  de- 
composed into  two  volumes  of  hydrogen 
and  one  of  oxygen.  Hydrogen,  as  is 
well    known,    is    one    of    the    best    germ 


destroyers,  and  consequently  the  water 
stored  in  the  pneumatic  tank  is  purified. 
This  system  is,  therefore,  of  great  effic- 
iency in  hospitals  and  otiier  places,  where 
pure  water  is  necessary. 


The  Dahlstrom  Gravity  Multiple  Latch 

ONE  of  the  requirements  of  the  Board 
of  Fire  Underwriters  is  that  swing- 
ing "fire"  doors  must  be  locked  at  three 
points,  to  prevent,  in  case  of  fire,  the 
warping  away  from  the  stops,  which 
would  allow  the  flames  to  pass  through. 
The  first  attempts  to  meet  this  retjuire- 
ment  were  very  crude  and  the  devices 
made  were  not  suited  for  use  in  hign- 
class  work. 

The  multiple  gravity  latch  or  locking 
device  recently  perfected  is  another  Dahl- 
strom product  of  unusual  merit.  It  is 
designed  to  be  entirely  contained  withir. 
the  lock  stile  of  a  hollow-metal  door  and 
is  operated  by  a  counterbalancing  weight, 
eliminating  any  springs  which  in  a  hot 
fire  would  lose  their  temper  and  make 
such  a  lock  inoperative.  All  the  prin- 
cipal working  parts  are  of  cast  bronze, 
also  the  knobs  and  escutcheons,  which 
can  be  of  the  same  design  as  on  adjoin- 
ing doors  in  the  building.  The  bolts  are 
of  steel,  as  required  by  the  Underwriters, 
and  are  heavily  electroplated  in  polished 
bronze. 

-Ml  parts  are  mounted  upon  an  angle 
shaped  steel  stile  plate,  adjusted  for  use. 
examined  and  labeled  under  the  direction 
of  the  Underwriters'  Laboratories.  The 
device  is  applied  by  sliding  into  the  hol- 
low stile  from  the  bottom  of  the  door 
and  is  fastened  by  four  machine  screws 
through  each  of  the  face  plates  of  the 
latches  and  two  large  screws  in  the  hot- 


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Revolves  on  ball  thrust  bearing,  hermetically  sealed  to 
prevent  grit  from  working  in. 

Equipped  with  levers  for  turning  over  and  locking  device 
to  hold  drum  in  place  while  mixing. 

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Current  Prices  of  Building  Materials 

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and  Los  Angeles  dealers 

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SAN   FRANCISCO  PRICES 

Common  Red  Brick,  $6.50  per  M,  ex.  cars. 

No.  1  Pressed  Brick,  $35.00  to  $40.00  per  M;  Wire  cut, 

$35.00  per  M. 
No.  1  Red  Pressed  Brick,  $20.00  to  $30.00  per  M. 
Red  Stock  Brick,  $12.50  per  M. 
California  Portland  Cement,  C/L  $2 .  30  per  bbl.;  L.C.L. 

S2.5S  per  bbl. 
White  Cement:  Atlas,  $6.00;  Medusa,  $6.80  per  bbl. 
Sand  and  Gravel  mixed,  70c  per  ton,  F.  O.  B.  cars. 
Sand  (washed,  screened  river  sand)  75c  per  ton,  F.  O.  B. 

cars. 
Bank  Sand,  $1 .00  per  cu.  yd. 
Roofing  Gravel,  $1.40  per  ton. 
Crushed  Rock  or  Gravel,  75c  per  ton. 
Red  Roofing  Tile,  $22.00  to  $25.00  per  square,  laid. 
Brick  Lime,  $1.35  per  bbl.,  C/L. 
Finish  Lime,  $1.50  per  bbl.,  C/L. 
Hardwall  Gypsum  Plaster,  $11.00   per    ton,    carload; 

11.50  per  ton,  ex.  warehouse. 
Oregon  Pine,  Rough  Common,  1  x  3  to  1  x  10,  $14.00. 
Oregon  Pine,  Rough,  2  x  3  to  2-  12,  $15.00. 
Oregon  Pine  1  x  4  T.  &  G.  Flooring,  No.  1,  $35  per  M; 

No.  2,  $32;  No.  3,  $26.  .      ,    ,   , 

Oregon  Pine  T.  &  G.  CeiHng,  No.  1  and  2  mixed,  $27 

to      $30 . 
Redwood,  Rough  Common,  1  x  4  and  up,  $22.00. 
Redwood.  Rough  Common,  2  x  3  to  2  x  10,  $22.00  to 

$24.00. 
Redwood  Rustic.  No.  1,  $36.00;  No.  2,  $32.00. 
Redwood  Ceiling.  No.  1,  $32.00;  No.  2.  $28.00. 
Redwood  Shingles,  No.  1,  $2.80  full  count. 
Red  Cedar  Shingles,  Star-A-Star.  $3.00  full  count. 
Pine  Lath,  $250  per  M. 

Metal  Lath,  13  to  25c  per  yd.,  according  to  quality. 
1  x  3  Oak  Flooring,  Q.  S.  Clear,  $120.00  per  M;  Select, 

$80.00perM. 
M   X   2H   Oak  Flooring,  Q.  S.  Clear,  $96.00  per  M; 

Select,  $74.00  per   M. 
1  X  3  Maple  Flooring  Clear,  $75 .00  per  M;  Clear  White. 

$105.00  per  M. 
White  Lead  in  Oil,  8c  per  lb. 
Dry  Red  Lead,  8c  per  lb. 

Boiled  Linseed  Oil,  65c  gal.     Raw  Linseed  Oil,  63c  gal. 
Turpentine,  per  gallon,  63  to  70c  in  bbls. 
Dry  Shellac,  35c  per  lb.,  variable. 
Hyloplate  Blackboard,  25  to  35c  per  foot,  installed. 
Composition  Flooring.  25  to  30c  per  foot.  laid. 
Genuine  Slate  Blackboards.  40  to  50c  per  foot,  erected. 

LOS  ANQELES  PRICES 

Common  Red  Brick.  No.  2,  $4.50  per  M. 

Clinker   Brick.  $9.00  per   M. 

Pressed  Brick,  $45.00  per  M. 

Enameled  Brick,  $65.00  per  M. 

Red  Roofing  Tile,  $12.00  and  $15.00  per  square  (not 

laid). 
White  Cement,  $6.00  per  bbl. 
Portland  Cement.  $2  .30  per  bbl. 
Lime,  $1  .  .50  to  $1  .  75  per  bbl. 
Hardwall  Plaster,  per  ton.  $9.90  ex.  whse. 
Oregon   Pine.   Rough   Common.   1x3  up.  $17.00  to 

$19.00  per  M. 
Oregon   Pine.   Rough   Common.  2  x  3  up.  $17,00  to 

$21.00  per  M. 
Oregon   Pino   Flooring.    1   x  4.   No.   1,  $40.00;   No.   2, 

$35.00;  No.  3,  $22.50  per  M. 
Oregon  Pine  Ceiling,  1  x  4.  No.  I .  $36  00;  No.  2,  S3 1   00. 
Redwood,  Rough  Common,  $20.00  to  $24.00. 


Redwood  Rustic,  No.  1,  S38.00;  No.  2,  $33.00  per  M. 
Redwood  Ceiling,  1  x  4,  No.  1.  $33.00;  No.  2,  $28.00 

per  M. 
Redwood  Shingles,  4  bdls.  to  M,  No.  1,  $2.25;  No.  2, 

$1.75. 
Red  Cedar  Shingles,  4  bdls.  to  M,  Star-A-Star,  $2 .  75. 
Pine  Lath,  IH  in.  x  4  ft.,  $3.25  per   M;  1%  in.x  4  ft.. 

$3.65  per  M. 
White  Lead  in  Oil,  8>^c  per  lb. 
Red  Lead,  dry,  83^c  per  lb. 
Raw  Linseed  Oil,  bbls..  65c  gallon. 
Boiled  Linseed  Oil,  bbls.,  70c  gallon. 
Turpentine,  bbls.,  63  to  70c.  gallon. 
Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1 .  65  per  yard. 
Sand,  85c  per  yard. 

SACRAMENTO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $7.00  per  M,  C/L. 

Pressed  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $30.00  per  M,  C/L. 

Portland  Cement.  $2  .  40  per  bbl.  carloads. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  6Sc  per  ton,  ex.  cars. 

Sand,  $1.00  yd.  on  cars. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .50  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1.35  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $13.00  per  ton,  ex.  whse. 

STOCKTON  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $7.75  per  M,  del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $31 .00  per  M  C/L. 

Cement,  $2.40  per  bbl.,,  C/L. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  90c  ton. 

Sand,  90c. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .50  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1.35. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $13.00  ex.  whse.  per  ton. 

FRESNO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $9.50  per  M,  del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $35  00  per  M.  C/L. 

Cement,  $2.84  per  bbl.,  C/L. 

Cru.shed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1 .35  per  ton. 

Black  Face  Brick.  $25  00  per  M— F.  O.  B. 

Sand,  $1  00  per  yd.,  del. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .  85  per  ton. 

Lime.  $1.50  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster.. $14. 00  per  ton.  ex.  whse. 

BAKERSFIELD  PRICES 

Common  Brick.  $9. 00  per  M.del. 

Face  Brick.  Wire  Cut,  $37  00  per  M,  C/L. 

Cement,  S2.77  per  bbl.,  C/L. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1  .80  per  ton. 

Sand,  $1   00  per  yd.,  del. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $2  .00  per  ton. 

Lime,  $J  .50  per  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $15.00  per  ton,  ex.  whse. 

CHICO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $11 .00  per  M,  del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $35  .00  per  M.  C/L. 

Cement,  $2  65  per  bbl. 

Oushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  85  to  90c  per  ton,  C/L. 

Sand,  $1  .00  per  yard. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1.50  per  Ion. 

Lime,  $1    40  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $14.00  per  ton,  ex  whse. 


Tlic  Arcliitcct  ami  Eii<:,iiiccr 


137 


torn  of  tlic  door.  It  is  not  ncccs^ar}-  to 
weaken  tlie  door  by  cutting  awaj-  in  t In- 
side of  the  stile  for  the  insertion  of  the 
central  lock. 

On  the  ordinary  door  three  bolts  are 
generally  used  but  more  can  be  added  for 
i'.\tra  high  doors;  these  bolts  project  '/»- 
inch  beyond  the  edge  of  the  door,  as 
required  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Under- 
writers. A  turn  of  the  knob  pulls  them 
tlush  with  the  edge  or  opens  the  lock, 
and  a  ratchet  arrangement  holds  them  in 
tliis  position  as  long  as  the  door  is  open. 
Thus  there  are  no  projections  to  catch 
in  the  clothing  of  anyone  passing,  whicli 
is  an  important  point,  especially  in  build- 
ings where  many  women  are  employed, 
like  ofhces,  telephone  exchanges,  cloth- 
ing factories,  etc.  In  closing  the  door. 
a  pin  or  trigger,  which  projects  on  the 
stop  side  near  the  top  of  the  door,  is 
pushed  in  by  the  stop  on  the  jamb, 
which  causes  the  ratchet  holding  the  lock 
bolts  within  the  door  to  be  released  and 
to  enter  the  latch  strike  plates  or  open- 
ings in  the  jambs,  thus  locking  the  door. 

This  device  is  made  "fool-proof"  by 
the  use  of  an  automatic  feature  in  the 
central  latch  bolt.  If  the  ratchet  pin  is 
tampered  with  so  that  the  bolts  are  re- 
leased and  spring  into  position,  project- 
ing l)eyond  the  edge  of  the  door  when 
the  door  is  open,  the  antifriction  latch 
bolt  will  when  coming  in  contact  with 
the  lip  of  the  strike  plate,  cause  the  bolts 
to  retract  into  the  door  and  allow  it  to 
close,  when  the  bolts  arc  again  released 
and   will   securely  lock  the  door. 


Good  Design  in  School  Architecture 

An  architect  in  .-ipDJogizing  for  a  \'cry 
uninteresting  design  of  a  small  school  build- 
ing once  said  to  the  writer :  "You  cannot 
do  much  with  a  grade  school  in  the  way 
of  architectural  eflfect.  .After  all,  it  is 
nothing  but  a  schoolhouse."  The  attitude 
of  mind  of  this  man,  who  was  in  other 
respects  an  artist,  a  clever  draftsman  and 
a  master  of  the  business  end  of  his  pro- 
fession, is  typical  of  many  architects  who 
do  not  realize  the  true  meaning  of  a  school- 
house  and  fail  to  appreciate  the  opportunity 
which  it  affords.  There  is,  consequently. 
in  their  designs  a  fatal  lack  of  spirit  and 
a  barrenness  of  results. 

The  children  of  the  United  States  have 
been  suffering  from  this  kind  of  school  ar- 
chitecture for  many  generations.  In  fact, 
the  lack  of  appreciation  of  good  architec- 
ture in  a  great  proportion  of  our  native 
population  may  be  traced  directly,  in  part, 
to  the  neglect  of  school  boards  to  demand, 
and  our  architects  to  provide,  our  school- 
houses  universally  with  high  architectural 
qualities. 

It  has  been  said  very  truly  that  the  de- 
sign of  a  schoolhouse  involves  an  educa- 
tional  obligation.     The   effect   which   every 


The  Reason  Why 
You  Should  Demand 

©fie 

DAHLSTROM 
PRODUCTS 

When  Specified 

The  words  "or  equal"  are  entirely 
superfluous  when  us'.'d  in  connection 
with 

The  Dahlstrom  Products 

The  true  interpretation  of  "IJalil- 
slrom  Products  or  equal"  permits  of 
only  one  construction — DAHLvSTR(  ).M 
PRODUCTS,  because  they  have  no 
equal. 

The  employment  of  the  qualifyinj.; 
words  "or  equal"  in  specificalions  call- 
ing for  Dahlstrom  Hollow  Metal  Doors, 
Partitions,  Trim,  etc.,  is  an  injustice  to 
both  the  products  and  the  purchaser 
because  it  permits  of  the  substitution  of 
inferior  goods.  Often  an  unsuspecting 
owner  or  builder  pays  for  something 
which  is  in  no  sense  of  the  word  on  the 
plane  of  equalitv  with  THE  DAHL- 
STROM PRODUCTS. 

Quality  conmnands  its  price,  but  bet- 
ter value  than  Dahlstrom  Quality  and 
Service  cannot  he  had  at  any  price.  If 
you  pay  less  it  is  a  foregone  conclusion 
that  you  will  get  less.  We  can  show 
you  why. 

To  specify  the  Dahlstrom  Products, 
without  the  words  "or  equal,"  insures 
Quality,  Service,  Value  and  Satisfac- 
tion. It  leaves  no  room  for  doubt,  no 
chance  for  substitution. 

Full  information  upon  request. 

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DOOR  COMPANY 

Exixutive  Offices  and 
Factories : 

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JAMESTOWN,  N.  Y. 

Branches  in  All  Principal 
Cities. 

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school  building  has  upon  its  occupants  in 
the  formation  of  their  taste  and  love  for 
good  design  and  good  architecture  is  very 
real.  The  school  arcliitect  has  no  right  to 
forget  this  and  every  l)uilding  which  he 
erects,  no  matter  how  limited  in  cost,  or 
how  elaborate,  or  how  strong  and  well 
built  it  may  be,  fails  of  its  true  mission  so 
long  as  it  is  not  truly  pleasing,  artistic  and 
inspirational  from  an  architectural  stand- 
point.— School    Board    Journal. 


STATEMENT    OF   THE   OWNERSHIP, 

MANAGEMENT,  CIRCULATION,  ETC. 

(Required    by    the    Act    of    Congress, 

August   24,    1912.) 

The  Architect  and  Engineer  of  California  and 
Pacific  Coast  States;  published  Monthly  at  San 
Francisco,     Calif. 

Note:  This  statement  is  to  be  made  in  duplicate, 
both  copies  to  be  delivered  by  the  publisher  to 
the  postmaster,  who  will  send  one  copy  to  the 
Third  Assistant  Postmaster  General  (Division  of 
Classification),  Washington,  D.  C,  and  retain  the 
other  in  the  files  of  the  postoffice. 

NAME  OF 

Editor FREDERICK    W.    JONES, 

Publisher   and   Business    Manager 

E.    M.    C.    WHITNEY, 
POSTOFFICE  ADDRESS 
617  Monadnock  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 


OWNERS:  (If  a  corporation,  give  names  and 
addresses  of  stockholders  holding  1  per  cent  or 
more   of   total    amount    of    stock.) 

A.  I.  WHITNEY.  Sole  Owner,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Known    Bondholders,    mortgagees    and    other    se- 
curity holders,  holding  1   per  cent  or  more  of  total 
amount    of    bonds,    mortgages    or    other    securities 
None 
A.    I.   WHITNEY, 
Signature    of    Editor,    Publisher,    Business 
Manager   or   Owner. 

Subscribed     and      Sworn     to     before     me     this 
second  day  of  October,   1914. 

SID  S.  PALMER, 

XXXXXXXX  Notary  public  in  and  for  thr 

X     cn-AT       X  City     and     County     of     San 


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LARGEST  METAL  STUDDING 
JOB  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


80,000  Yards 

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141 


The  ONLY  Background  that  holds  Exterior 
Plaster  Permanently  and  Prevents  Cracking 


This  shows  the  construction  of 
stucco  or  plaster  board — Dove- 
tail Lath  —  damp  proof  mastic- 
fiber  board. 


Made  by  the  Central  Door  &  Lumber  Co.,  Portland 

STUCCO  BOARD — A  non-staining  spruce 
lath  rigidly  attached  to  a  fiber  board  with  damp 
proof  mastic.     ^  Shrinkage  Eliminated. 

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110  Market  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

DISTRIBUTORS 

BISHOPRIC     WALL    BOARD    ALSO    IN    STOCK 


The  Outside  Trim  of  a  Brick  or  Concrete  Building 
is  fully  as  important  as  the  Interior  Decorations 

Something  entirely  new  and  sul)stantial 
for  an  Exterior  Trim  is  our  BLACK 
GLAZED  ENAMEL  BRICK.  Takes 
the  place  of  .Stone  and  Terra  Cotta, 
or  other  CORNICE  Material.  Makes 
a  more  striking  and  pleasing  contrast, 
is  just  as  durable.  Does  not  stain  and 
costs  50  per  cent  Less. 


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Note  the  Black  Trimmings  on  this  Red  Pressed 

Brick  House  in  Fresno.     Must  be  seen 

to  be  appreciated. 


Craycroft-Herrold 
Brick  Co. 

407  Griffith  McKenzie  Building, 

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GREEXWICII  TERRACE  APARTMENTS,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
T.   Paterson    Ross,   Architect 

*'STEELCRETE"  EXPANDED  METAL  LATH 

Used  Throughout  this  Building.     Furnished  and  Erected  by 

Holloway  Expanded  Metal  Co. 

CONTRACTORS  FOR 

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MAJESTIC 

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"PAINTS 

for  Every  Purpose" 


PIONEER  WHITE  LEAD 
FULLER  VARNISHES 
WASHABLE  WALL  FINISH 
PIONEER  SHINGLE  STAIN 

Are  Manufactured  by 

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San  Francisco 

Oakland  Portland 

Sacramento  Seattle 

Stockton  Tacoma 

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Pasadena  San  Diego 

Factories  at  South  San  Francisco 


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63  Years 

Means  Something.  A  life  time  of 
effort,  research  and  accomplishment. 
This  is  the  Heath  &  Milligan  Record. 

3  Specialties 

which  will  appeal  to  Pacific  Coast 
Architects  and  Contractors: 


I.  Hcalh  &  Milli- 
gan  Cement  Coat- 
ing tor  Exterior  and 
1  n  t  e  r  i  o  r  Cement. 
S  t  o  n  e.  Brick  and 
Stiioa^.  It  is  water- 
prvx^f  and  dust-pr^x^t 
and  can  be  tinted  to 
suit.  Let  our  San 
Francisco  office  sliow 
you  samples. 


2.  Heath  &   Mini= 
gan  Railway  White. 

I  iiij  i^  superior  to  .my 
other  hr.md  of  white  le.id. 
Railway  White  covers 
nK>re  surface  than  strictly 
pure  carbonate  of  lead; 
exceeils  it  in  durability  at 
least  50  per  cent ;  produces 
a  much  finer  and  more 
beautiful  finish,  takes  a 
larvrer  percent.ijre  of  oil :  all 
of  which  facts  assure  ab- 
solute satisfaction  and  a 
decided  saving  in  expense. 


.^  Heath  &  .>\illi= 
gan's  Flat  Interior 
Wall  Finish  Es[>e- 
cially  adapted  for 
Walls  and  Ceilings  of 
Kitchens.  Bathrooms, 
etc.  Gives  an  Opaque 
Flat  Finish.  Can  he 
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sanitary  and  durable. 
Send  for  attractive 
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San  Francisco  Warehouse  and  Branch  Office. 

9-11-15  Fremont  Street,  San  Francisco 


Telephone  Sutter  MiO 

BRANCH  — 

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O.  S.  S  A  R  S  I 

-ArcHitectviral   Scxilptor 

^  High  Class  Ornamental  Plaster,  Ornamental  Concrete 
Stone  for  Front  of  Buildings.  Makers  of  Garden  Furni- 
ture in  Pompeiian  Stone,  Urns, Vases.  Seats,  Monuments, 
Caen  Stone  Mantel  Pieces.     Telephone  Market  2970. 

123  OAK  STREET.  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Phone  Franklin  1006 


Alex.  Coleman 

CONTRACTING 
PLUMBER 


706  Ellis  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cat. 


Phone  Lakeside 

Kes.  Phone 

2000 

Merritt  3485 

ROBERT 

SWAN 

Member  of 

Builders'  Exchange 

Painter  and  Decorator 

^ 

110  Jessie  St. 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

1133  East  Twelfth  St. 

OAKLAND,  CAL. 

McCRAY 
REFRIGERATORS 

BUILT  TO  ORDER 

FOR 

Home,  Restaurant,  Hotel  or  Club 

We  Carry  a  Full  Lino  of  Stock  Sizes 

NATHAN  DOHRMANN  CO. 

Selling  Agents 
Qeary  and  Stockton  Sts.,       San  Francisco 


PETERSEN-JAMES  GO. 


PLUMBING 
HEATING 

CONTRACTORS 


710  Larkin  St.,  San  Francisco 
Telephones,  Franklin  3540 -C  2443 


G.   ROGNIER  Ca  CO. 

Lawn  ana  Garden  Ornaments 

Artificial   S  t  o  n  e  Wo  r  k. 

Benches,  Vases,  Sun  Dials,  etc. 

Designs  Submitted 

233  Railroad  Ave.,  SAN  MATEO,   CAL 


PLUMBERS' MARBLE  HARDWARE 

Suggestions 

Angle-Clamps,  Railing  and  Standards, 
Reversible  Spring  Hinges,  Locks,  Vent 
Plates. 

BUILDERS'  Hardware  Specialties 

including 
Cremorne  Bolts,  Casement  Adjusters  and 
Fasteners,     Front     Door     Escutcheons, 
Sash   Lifts,  Lodge  Room  Door  Wickets. 

WESTERN  BRASS  MFG.  GO. 

217-19   Tehama   St.  Kearny  2497 

BAN    FBANCISCO. 


Telephone,  MARKET  4689 

John  Petrovffsky 

MANUFACTURER 

TILES   AND   GRATES 

Dealer  in  Tiles  for  Sinks,  Mantels, 
Wainscoting,  Floors  and  Vestibules. 

Show  and  Warerooms: 

,S23  Valencia  St.,        San  Francisco, 
near  16th,  California 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


147 


° — X    House  Heating  with  Electricity 

Successfully  Solved  bj^ 

The  PREMIER  ELECTRIC  SYSTEM 
of  STEAM  HEATING 


The  Modern  Way  of  House  Heating. 
No  Piping  nor   Expensive   Equipment. 
Heat  When  You  Want  It,  Where  You 
.  c.s.  «o^  Want  It. 

Daily  demonstrations  showing  the  wonderful  efficiency  and  the  practicability  of  the 
Premier  Electric  System,  illustrating  how  the  heat  is  self-regulated  and  operates  at  a 
minimum  of  cost. 

Houses  can  be  heated  by  this  system  at  a  very  low  cost.  There  is  absolutely  no 
danger  of  any  kind,  nor  is  there  any  odor,  dirt  or  waste. 

Architects,  contractors,  builders,  owners  or  any  one  interested  in  the  househeat- 
ing  problem,  are  invited  to  call  and  examine  our  system,  or  write  for  descriptive  matter. 

THE  AUTOMATIC  ELECTRIC  HEATING  CO. 

(Incorporated) 

Capitalized  $200,000  2330  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


^^^  ^fffm^  ^^ffi  56^8" 


FLOOR  FINISH 


WHITE  ENAMEL 


FINISH  No.   2 


STAINS 


STANDARDIZED  PRODUCTS 


Scientifically  up  to  date,  absolutely  reliable,  uniform  and  durable,  you  are 
safe  in  specifying  tlicm  at  all  times. 

Elastica  Floor  Finish,  made  to  meet  and  resist  the  severest  wear.  Satinette 
White  Enamel,  a  beautiful,  sanitary  white  enamel  finish.  Elastica  No.  2, 
the  best  varnisli  possible  to  produce  for  interior  work.  Kleartone  Stains, 
up-to-date  shades,  producing  the  most  artistic  effects,  enhancing  the  beauty 
of   the    wood    over   which   they  are   applied. 

STANDARD  VARNISH  WORKS 

New  York        Chk;ac;o        San  Francisco        London 
INTERNATIONAL  VARNISH  CO..  Limited    Toronto,  Canada. 

^^^  Matmfitte,  ^^^^  JlI^oNE 


FLOOR  FINISH         WHITE  ENAMEL 


FINISH  No.   2 


STAINS 


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TJic  Architect  and  Engineer 


HOT  WATER 

' '  Quick  -as -a-  Wink ' ' 


The  "Pittsburg"  is  the 
only  Triple  controlled 
Automatic  Gas  Water 
Heater  on  the  marfiet. 


HUNDREDS 
of  families  every 
month  join  the  increas- 
ing army  of 


"Pittsburg 


99 


Automatic  Gas  Water  Heater 
users.  The  majority  on  the 
advice  of   their  architects. 

Specify  a  "Pittsburg"  and  be 
certain  of  an  unfailing  supply 
of  clean,  pure  hot  water.  More 
than  one  hundred  thousand 
homes  enjoy  this  service  now. 

Sample  Specifications  in  Sweet's 
Pages  1188-91  inclusive  or  write 

Pittsburg  Water  Heater  Co. 

2.i7  Powell  Street,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Sutter  5025 


\\  huu    uriliiiK    to    .'\d\  crtiscrs    plciisc    incnliini    tliis    in.ig;i/.iiie. 


The  Architect  and  En"inccr 


149 


PNEULECTRIC  COMPANY 

vau  rlean  vacuum  cliianer 


STATIOXARY  AND  PORTABLE 
"WE    SELL    DIAMOND    VACUUM    HOSE 

Flion.'   Kcarnv  52S,^  'M.^   I'llKIAN    IUII,1)IN(. 


AN    FRANCISCO 


Electrical  Specialties  in  San  Francisco  Stock 

Dayton  Electrical  Mfg.  Co.,  E.  H.  Freeman  Electric  Co.,  Grabler  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  M.  &  M.  Electrical  Mfg.  Co.,  Pittsburgh  High  Voltage  Insulator 
Co..  V.  V.  Fittings  Co.,  Western  Conduit  Co.  "Buckeye."     Represented  by 

ELECTRIC  AGENCIES  COMPANY  247  Minna  Street,  S  F 


SAMUEL  J.  TAYLOR,  Jr. 
Res.  Phone  Piedmont  73S0 


HERBERT  D.   McKIBBEN 
Res.  Phone  Piedmont  4847 


TVlcKIBBEIN   &  TAVUOR 

CEMEINT  and  COINCRETE  COINXRAC  TORS 


Berkeley,  2125   SHATTUCK  AVENUE 
Phone  Berkelev    44 


Oakland,   BUILDERS  EXCHANGE 
Phone  Oakland   790 


Phone   Merritt  85^ 


HORACE  W.  TYRREL 

PAINTER    AND     DECORATOR 


HOTELS.     OFFICE    BUILDINGS     AND 
OLT-OF-TOW\  WORK  A  SPECL\LTY 


1707  THIRTY-EIGHTH   AVENUE, 
OAKLAND,  CAL. 


PRISM  GLASS 

MEMORIAL 

WINDOWS 

SIGNS 

LANDSCAPES 

LAMPSHADES 

ETC. 


PHONE.  SAN  JOSE.  2985 


SYLVAIN    LeDEIT 

MANUFACTURER     OF 

Art  a«&  ilpah^i  (Ulaaa 


124  Lenzen  avenue 


SAN    JOSE.   CAL. 


BURT    T.    OWSLEY 

General     Contractor 


311    SHARON   BLDG. 

San   Prancisco 


PMONE  SUTTER  2340 


WITTMAN,  LYMAN  &  CO. 


CONTRACTORS   FOR 


PLUMBING,  STEAM  and  HOT  WATER  HEATING 


Agents  for  the  LiLi  i  Y  Drinkini.  Fointain 
Phone    Mjtkct     -40 


340  MINNA  STREET 

San  1-RANCisco.  Cal. 


Motts      [  THE  J.  L  MOTT  IRON  WORKS 

PlUmbina    1  128— eighty  six  years  of  supremacy      1914 

Fixtures   J  SHOWROOMS  l^!J:^Z.fi,^. 


Francisco, 
ck.  Sales  Agt. 


150 


1  lie  Arcliitcct  and  P.n<^inccr 


C.    F.  WEBER  &  GO. 

SAN  F-RANCISCO  niKl  I.OS  ANCillI  I.S 


Manual  Training  and 
Domestic  Science 
Furniture  and  Equipment 


Agents  for ' 

The  Well-known  SHELDON  Line 

Laboratory  Furniture 
School  Desks  and  Supplies 
Manufacturers  of  the  cele- 
brated Qffij^^EQ   Black- 
board 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co. 


365  Market  St., 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


5  12  So.  Broadway 
LOS  ANGELES 


Residence  as  executed  by  David 
J.  Myers,  Architect,  one  of  many, 
showing  bcantifnl  and  artistic 
c'fTects  made  practical  through 
specifying  Whitney  Windows. 


Y 


THE  WHITNE 
WINDOW 


WM.  H.  PRINGLE,  Mgr. 

TELtPHONK  GAKKIKI.I)  7956 
522  Sharon  Building,    San    Francisco. 


MASON  SAFETY  TREAD 

TMK  SI'ANDAKI)  STAIK  PROTKCTION  TOR 
Schools,  Factories,  Railroad  Stations,   Stores  and  all    (iood   Buildinjirs 


C.  .lOkCUiNSr.N   &  CO.,  San  l-rantiBco 

iinti  I.OH  Antcclf.H 
NI.I.SON   MARIIN.  Sun   Dieuo 


TIMMS,  CRHSS  &  CO.,   Inc.,  Portliuul 

v.  T.   CROWi;  &  CO.,  Scitllc  and    Tacoma 

CHARLliS  F.   I'OR TI;R,  Salt  Lake  City 


AMERICAN  MASON  SAFETY  TREAD  CO.,  Mftrs 


The  Architect  and  EniAnecr 


151 


Why  Go  East? 

for  your  Cement  Paint 
when  right  here  in 
California  you  have  a 
Cement  Coating  which 

BEATS  THEM  ALL 
TO   A  FINISH. 

THIS     IS 

TECHNOLA 

Manufactured    by.. 

C.  ROMAN  CO. 

Paint    Manufacturers 

San   Francisco,    Gal. 
Factory:  Richmond,  Cal. 


Perfection  Reversible 
Window 


Simple,  Durable,  Reversible,  Weather- 
proof, easily  installed.  Cheap  and 
Noiseless.  Adapted  for  Casement 
Windows,  Double  Vertical  Windows  or 
Single  Vertical  Windows  with  or  with- 
out cords  or  we'ghts  and  French  Win- 
dow effects.  Secures  Perfect  Ventila- 
tion, Easily  Cleaned,  Insures  Safety  in 
Cleaning. 


WRITK  OR   PHONE   FOR    DKMONSTR ATION 


EMIL  BLOSSFELD,   Inventor  and   Manager 

Perfection    Revers- 
ible Window  Co. 

2025  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

Phones   Market  HISM     335.? 


'j{/7/r£:r/f£://s' 


UNFAILING  in  us  opcrutiun  the 
Prometheus  Food  and  Plate  Warmer  has 
become  the  dependable  one — the  one 
demanded  by  the  painstaking  chef. 

Properly  constructed,  it  keeps  food 
warm  without  crusting  or  the  loss  of  its 
first  flavor. 

Prometheus  —  THE  plate  warmer  — 
Electric,  of  course. 

M.  E.  Hammond 

217  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg. 
Phone  Douglas  319 

SAN  FRANCISCO       -       CAL. 


THE  f  ESS  SYSTEM 

RotaryCrudeOII  Burners 

The  original  and  siill  superior — 
winners  of  every  contest 


BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS 


SMOKELESS       NOISELESS 

MONEY  BACK  IN  FULL 
IF  NOT  SATISFACTORY 


FESS  SYSTEM  CO. 

SOLE  MANUFACTURERS 


i-)i  I  in.  AMI  r\(.\uv\ 


218  222  Natoma  St.,  San  Francisco 


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PACIFIC  SERVICE 


LIGHT   HEAT   POWER 


Pacific  Qas  &  Electric  Co. 

445  SUTTER  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

PACIFIC  PHONE  HOME  PHONE 

Sutter  140  C  0011 


Architects  and  Owners  in  the  San  Joaquin 
Valley  will  find  every  kind  of  Building  Material 
at  our  Fresno  plant  or  at  our  several  branch  yards 


C.S.PIERCE  LUMBER  CO. 

C.    S.   PIERCE,  Pres.  FRANK  F.    MINARD,  Sect'y 

AGENTS    FOR 

GOLDEN  GATE  CEMENT 

We  furnished  the  Lumber,  Lime 
and  Cement  for  the  Cory  Build- 
ing,  Fresno,  E.  Mathcwson,  Architect. 

Mariposa  and  H  Streets  FRESNO,  CALIF. 


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-<V  lleiiliiig^Coiitnic-     i 

What    about    the 

tor  recently  stated 

Owner's    tr()nl)les 

tluit  what  he  saved 

after  the   work    is 

ill   cost    of  cheaj) 

accepted?     This 

Radiator    X'alves 

can  be  avoided  by 

was     lost    in    extra 

.            sj)ecifvini2:    "Cienn- 

labor  in  <>"ettiii_i>*  the 

an  iiK'  Jenkins 

Valves  titi;lit  1  before 

P»^    BROS.  Kadiator 

work  was  accepted. 

\^alves." 

JENKINS 

BROS. 

247  Mission  Street 

300  West  Lake  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 

T   T^TOnPTT   TT       The  New  Cork  composition 
-^^"^  ^^  -'-  -I^L/H/  Flooring  just  introduced  by  the 
ARMSTRONG  CORK  &  INSULATION  CO.,  PITTSBURG,  PA. 


Non-Slippery 
Sanitary,  Dur- 
able, Odorless 
Moderate  Cost 


SUITABLE  FOR  GRILL  ROOMS,  HOTEL  LOBBIES, 
BILLIARD  ROOMS,  ART  GALLERIES,  LIBRARIES, 
STEAMER  CABINS  &  DECKS,  HOSPITALS,  SCHOOLS, 
KITCHENS,  ELEVATORS,  CHURCHES,  BANKS,  ETC. 
\Vritc  or  Phone  for  Samples 


M.  C.  Van  Fleet 


Telephone  Douglas  1227 


120  JESSIE  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


Millwork  Manufactured... 

....AND  DELIVERED  ANYWHERE 

Plans  or  Lists  sent  us  for  Estimates  will 
have   careful  and  immediate   attention 

DUDFIELD   LUMBER  CO. 

Main  Office,  Yard  and  Planing  Mill    -     PALO  ALTO 


JNO.  DUDFIELD.  Pres.  and  Manager. 


JOSEPH  A.  JURY.  Secty.  and  Mill  Supt. 


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154 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


The  Swedish  Metal 
Preserver  Company 


311 


California  Agents 

California  St.,  San  Francisco. 


An  absolute  guaranteed  preventive 
of  rust,  electrolytic  action  and  corro- 
sion on  iron,  steel  and  tin.  One  coat 
is  sufficient,  guaranteed  for  five  years. 

Telephone  Douglas  221 


Mount  Diablo  Cement 
Santa  Cruz  Lime 

ALL  KINDS  OF 

BUILDING 

MATERIALS 

Henry  Cowell  Lime  &  Cement  Co. 

No.  9  Main  St.,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Kearny  2095 


Office  Phone  Garfield  8122 
Res.  Phone,  Mission  4191 

HAUS[R  REVERSIBLE 
WINDOW  CO. 

No  Weights  —  No  Cords 
Manufactured  in  Wood 
and  Metal  Stock  Lip 
Sashes  used 
Simple  frame  construction 
reducing  cost.     Guaranteed 
rain  and  dust  proof.     In- 
stalled   easily.     Visit    our 
office  and  inspect  them 
Office,  226  Balboa  Bldg. 
Second  and  Market  Sts. 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


CENTRAL  STATE  ELECTRIC  CO. 

ELECTRICAL 
CONTRACTORS 

FIXTURES  AND  SUPPLIES 

Among  the  buildings  designed  by  Architect 
E.  Mathewson  and  wired  by  us  are  the  Cory 
Building  and  Barton  Opera  House. 

E.  E.  ELZEA,  Manager 

1217   K   STREET,    FRESNO,   CAL. 


A.J.  FORBES  &  SON 

EstabUshed  in  San  Francisco  in  1850 

Office  and  Factory,  1530  FILBERT  ST.,  S.  F. 

Builders  Ex.  Box  236 

Bank,  Store  and  Office 

Fittings 

Special  Furniture  and 
Interior    Woodwork 


Jacob  Schoenfeld 


Joseph  Schoenfeld 


THE  SCHOENFELD 
MARBLE  COMPANY 

ARCHITECTURAL 
SCULPTURING  &  CARVING 


Phone  Keamy  4086      Near  6th  and  Folsom  Sts. 
265  Shipley  St.,  San  Francisco 


Phone  S.  Jose  95S 


W.  H.  OTTO 

CONCRETE 
CONTRACTOR 

I  Icavy  Foundations  and  Bridges 

A  Specialty.    Anywhere  in 

Northern  California 

269  PARK  AVI,.      SAN  .lOSK,  CAI, 


Phone  Sutter  2593 

RALSTON  IRON 
WORKS  INC. 

VAULT  and  PRISON  DEPARTMENT 

CHAS.  M.  FINCH,  MGR. 

IMans  and  Estimates  to 

Arcliilt'cls    on    ivqucsl 

444   MARKET  STREET 

SAN    FKAXCISCO.  CAI,. 


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The  .Irclutcct  and  Iiiti^iiu'cr 


155 


UNITED     STATES 
STEEL  PRODUCTS  CO. 

RIALTO   BUILDING 
SAN    FRANCISCO 

SELLERS  OF  THE  PRODUCTS  OF 


American 

Steel 

and 

Wire  Co. 

American 

Bridge 

Co. 

American 

Sheet 

and 

Tin  Plate  Co. 

Carneg-je  Steel  Co. 

Illinois  Steel  Co. 

National  Tube  Co. 
Lorain  Steel  Co. 
Shelby  Steel  Tube  Co. 
Tennessee  Coal,  Iron 

and  Railroad  Co. 
Trenton  Iron  Co. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Structural  Steel  for  Every  Purpose. 
Bridges,  Railway  and  Highway. 

"Triangle  Mesh"  Wire  Concrete  Reinforcement. 
Plain  and  Twisted  Reinforcing  Bars. 

Plates,  Shapes  and  Sheets  of  Every  Description. 
Rails,  Splice  Bars,  Bolts,  Nuts,  etc. 
Wrought  Pipe,  Valves,  Fittings,  Trolley  Poles. 

Frogs,  Switches  and  Crossings  for  Steam  Railway  and  Street  Railway. 
"Shelby"  Seamless  Boiler  Tubes  and  Mechanical  Tubing. 

"Americore"  and  "Globe"  Rubber  Covered  Wire  and  Cables. 
"Reliance"  Weatherproof  Copper  and  Iron  Line  Wire. 
"American"  Wire  Rope,  Rail  Bonds,  Springs, 
Woven  Wire  F'encing  and  Poultry  Netting. 
Tramways,  etc. 

United  States  Steel  Products   Co. 

C)     F     F    I    C     E    S        A     N     I)         \V     .\     R     E     H     ()     U     S     K    .S        A    T 

San  Francisco  -  Los  Angeles  -  Portland  -  Seattle 


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156 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


ARTHUR  W.  RIGGERS 


General  Contractor  and  Engineer 


Santa  Marina  Building,  112  Market  Street 

Telephone  Connection 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 


Griffin  Sheet  Metal  Works 

HOT    AIR    HEATING 

Tin,    Copper,    Brass    and    Sheet   Iron   Work.      Cornice,    Skylights, 
Metal    Ceiling,     Metal    Roofing,     Patent    Chimneys,    Eaves    Trough. 
Tanks,  Well  Casing,  Water  Troughs 

1821   MERCED    STREET,   FRESNO,   CAL. 


Office  Phone  59.5 


Residence  Phone  2699-L 


Phone  Sutter  1687 


Everything  in  TILE 

CALIFORNIA   TILE 
CONTRACTING  CO. 

ESTIMATES    FURNISHED 

461  Market  St.,  206  Sheldon  Bldg.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


"QUICK   SET" 

SWITCH   BOX  MOUNT- 
INGS of  IRON   for  Loom 
Boxes 

Cost  less  installed  than 
wood  Ijacking.  Is  rigid, 
Kivcs  full  key  to  plaster, 
tlurcby  preventing  plaster 
cracks,  is  adjustable  to  any 
make  loom  box,  or  gangs  of 
boxes,  and  gives  a  square 
line-up.  Supports  are  16 
inches  long,  and  can  be 
easily  shortened  by  nicking 
with  pliers  at  slots  and 
breaking  ofT  ends.  Put  up 
in  sets  comi)letc  with  bolts. 
Sold  by  the  leading  jobbers 
of  Electrical  Supplies. 
ELECTRIC  UTILITIES 

MFO.  CO. 
Main  Office,  SKS    Pacific 
Building,  San  Francis^Q 


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LATH,  SHINGLES,  SHAKES  and  POSTS,  SASH,  DOORS  and  MILL  WORK 
TIMBERS   and  SPECIALS  KILN  DRIED    FINISH   and   FLOORING 

SUNSET  LUMBER  COMPANY 

DEALERS  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  L\ 

PINE  and  REDWOOD  LUMBER 


PHONE  OAKLAND  1820 


YARDS  AND   OFFICE 

OAK  AND  FIRST  STS.,  OAKLAND,  CAL. 


n  u   V     ^    (TRACY.   CAL. 

Branch  Yards  ,  BAYFIELD,  CAL. 


(  LUMBER  EX.  30 
Phones  ,  MARKET  1485 


Large  Timbers 
and  Special 

Bills  to  Order 

Kiln  Dried 

Oregon  Pine 

Finish 


SANTA  FE  LUMBER  COMPANY 

Dealers  in  Wholesale  and  Retail 

LUMBER 


Main  Yard  on  SOUTHERN  PACIFIC,  WESTERN  PACIFIC,  SANTA  FE 

nth  and  De  Haro  Streets  .-.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Phone  Sutter  2401 

WILLIAMS  BROS.  &  HENDERSON 


E.  F.  Henderson  W.  M.  Williams  Chas.  Williams 


BUILDING  CONTRACTORS 


Room  447 
HOLBROOK  BUILDING 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Meurer  Bros.  Co. 

METAL  SPANISH  TILE 

Tiffany  Pattern.  A  perfect  and  hand- 
some Roof  Covering.  The  only  tile  that 
gives  the  effect  of  Lights  and  Shadows. 
'Tis  absolutely  water-tight.  Used  on  all 
the  schools  in  San  Jose. 

A.  H.  Mcdonald,  Pac.  coast  Mgr. 

Office   and  Warehouse: 

630  Third  Street       -        -       San  Francisco,  CaJ. 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Overland  Limited 


Extra  Fare  $10 — First-Class  Tickets  Only 

OGDEN  ROUTE 

CHICAGO  in  631^  Hours 

From  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station  4:00  P.  M. 
From  Oakland,  16th  St.  Station  4:30  P.  M. 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC 

The  Exposition  Line — 1913 — First  in  Safety 


"BEST  PAVING  BLOCK  MADE" 


Vitrified 

Paving  Block 


Vitrified  Step 
and  Face  Brick 


THE  HOME  or 

!  CALIFORNIA  VITRIFIED 

PAVING  BLOCK 


Sewer  Brick 


Fancy  Face  Brick 


Fire  Brick 


Permanent 

and 

Sanitary 
Pavements 


Common  Brick 
AND 

"EVERYTHING    IN   CLAY   BUILDING   PRODUCTS" 


CALIFORNIA  BRICK  COMPANY 


Plant  at 
Decoto,  Oalifornia 


630-632  Phelan  Building, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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F.  J.  W.  ANDERSEN  C.  LARSEN 

PACiriC   STRUCTURAL  IRON    WORKS 

STRUCTURAi.  IRON  AND  STEEL,  FIRE  ESCAPES,  ETC. 

HOME   J  3435  370-84   TENTH   STREET 

PHONE    MARKET    1374  SAN    FRANCISCO.    CAL. 

JAS.  KERR,  President  J.  BAYLIS,  Secretary 

ROBERTS    MANUPACTURING    CO. 

Desi-ners  and  Makers  of  LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

663  MISSION  STREET  1318  CLAY  STREET 

SAX  FRAN'CISCO,  Phone  Kcarnv  1715  OAKLAND 


PHONE  SUTTER  3440 

CONCRETE     Clinton  Fireproofing  Company 

QTRnrxrnM  ^^^   CALIFORNIA 

STRLCTION         Mutual  Savings  Bank  Building  San  Francisco 


AMERICAN  CONCRETE  CO. 

JosKi'H  PASnUALKTTl.  Manager 

BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION 

1704  HUMBOLDT  BANK  BUILDING  785  Market  Street,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

PACIPIC      DEPARTMENT 

Globe  Indemnity  Company 

Bonds    and    Casualty   Insurance    for    Contractors 

THE    COMPANY    WITH    THE    L.   AND    L.  AND    G.  SERVICE 

1  20  Leidesdorff  Street  Phone  Sutter  2280  SAIN     FRANCISCO 

CHRIS.  TOTTEX 

TOTTEN    PLANING    MILL    CO. 

General  Mill  Work — Sash,  Doors,  Mouldings 

18-48  W.  SCOTTS  A\  E.,  STOCKTON,  CAL.  Telephone  Stockton   1770.     P.  O.  Box  298 

Independent  Sewer  Pipe  &  Terra  Cotta  Co. 

ARCHITECTURAL  TERRA  COTTA 
GLAZED  AND  ENAMELED  BRICK 
VITRIFIED  SALT  GLAZED  SEWER  PIPE 
TERRA  COTTA  CHIMNEY  PIPE  &  FLUE  LINING 

235  South  Los  Angeles  Street         Phor.c:  A3i2i.    Broadway  3390         LOS  ANGELES 

Established  1SS6  Phone,  Market  2848 

T.  H.  MEEK  COMPANY 

Show  Cases,  Hardwood  Interiors         Alanufacturers  ot  BILLIARD  TABLES,     PIYTITRF^ 
General  Cabinet  Making  STORE,  OFFICE  AND  BAR    r  ITV  1  VJIXII^O 

Factory,  Salesrooms. 

1150-65  Mission  St.  and  660-70  Minna  St.  1157  Mission  St,  San  Francisco 

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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


STOREHOUSES  A  and  B 

Fort   Mason  Military  Reservation 

A  fine  examole  of  the  Modern  Reinforced  Concrete  Fire  Proof 
Warehouse  Construction,  combining 


STRENGTH 


Test  on  Flat  Slab  Floor  Construction  conducted  on  November  10th  and 
11th,   Loaded   Panel  260  sq.   ft.     Loaded   to  600  lbs.   per   Square   Foot  with 
Sand  Bags  each  weighing  approximately  101  lbs.     Panels  c.  to  c.  of  columns, 
16'  lj/".xl9'  6".     854"  slab.     Rib  bar  reinforcement. 
1st    reading    total    load    on   panel    14,605  lbs.   Deflection     nil     Live  Load  per  sq.  ft. 


28,785 

43,127 

57,469 

116,150 

LSI, 199 

155,944 


.0625" 

.09375" 

.1666" 

.1875" 

.2291" 


56  lbs. 

110  " 

166  " 

221  " 

446  " 

504  ■• 

600  •• 


"GOLDEN   GATE"    CEMENT   USED   EXCLUSIVELY 

ECONOMY 

Storehouses  A.  &  B.  are  identical  with  Imildings  C.  &  D.,  erected  two 
years  lago,  the  only  dififerencc  being  a  substitution  of  flat  slab  floor  construc- 
tion in  A.  &  B.  as  compared  with  beam  and  girder  construction  in  C.  &  D. 
Not  only  was  there  a  financial  saving  made,  but  buildings  A.  &  B.  contain 
70,000  cubic  feet  more  storage  capacity  than  C.  &  D.,  due  to  absence  of 
beam  and  girders  l)elo\v  the  floors. 


SERVICE 


(Copy) 


October   23,   1914. 


M.  FISHER 

GENERAL  CONTRACTOR, 

105  Moutgomery  St., 

San  Francisco,   Calif. 
Mr.  N.  E.  Dawson, 

Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Co., 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Gentlemen:  Re:     WAREHOUSES,  FORT  MASON  RESERVATION. 

We  have  completed  all  the  reinforced  concrete  work  on  the  above  buildings 
and  wish  to  express  to  you  our  satisfaction  with  the  manner  in  which  you   have  fulfilled 
your  contract  for  furnishing  and  placing  the  reinforcing  steel. 

It  gives  us  pleasure  to  advise,  and  it  is  undoubtedly  gratifying  to  you  to 
know  that  during  this  work  it  has  not  been  necessary  to  call  on  you  by  word  or  letter 
with  regard  to  your  contract  obligations,  which,  as  far  as  our  records  show,  have  satisfied 
the  Government  Officials  in  every  respect. 

Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)    M.  FISHER. 


KAHN 

TRUSSED 

BAR 


TRUSSED  CONCRETE  STEEL  COMPANY 

LOS  ANGELES       SAN  FRANCISCO       PORTLAND       SEATTLE      SPOKANE 


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TJic  Arcliitcct  o'ld  Eui'inccr  161 


SPECIFY 


Green  Label  Varnishes 

and 

Advanced  Finishes 

for  all  modem  Building  Construction,  and  then  rest  assured  that 
you  have  specified  the  best  that  modern  Science  can  produce. 
Made  by  the  largest  varnish  factory  in  the  world,  and  with  a 
reputation  of  over  fifty  years  as  the  Standards,  they  may  be  de- 
pended upon  to  be 

ALWAYS   UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY 

and  that  they  are  manufactured  by  the  most  modem  facihties  and 

BEST   SUIT  THE   PURPOSES 

for  which  paint  and  varnish  Science  has  chosen  them. 

GET   ACQUAINTED   WITH 
GLIDDEN 

by  mailing  a  postal  to  the  CaUfornia  Distributors,  when  you  shall 
receive  a  full  set  of  handsomely  finished  samples  of  Glidden  Green 
Label  Varnishes  and  Cement  and  Concrete  Finishes,  etc. 

Whittier  -  Coburn  Co. ,  Tibbetts  -  Oldfield  Co. , 

301  Howard  Street  908  So.  Main  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  LOS  ANGELES,  CAL. 

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162  The  Architect  and  Eni:^incer 


D.  ZELINSKY 

PAINTER  -  DECORATOR 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


WEST  COAST  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

ARTISTIC    BRONZE,  IRON    AND  WIRE  WORK 

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION   AND  FINISH 

861-863   HOWARD  STREET  SA\^    FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


GRAHAM  &  JENSEN 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

Phone  Sutter  1839  415-16  Maskey  Bldg.,  46  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco 


Phone  Market  2693 


MONSON  BROS. 

CONTRACTORS  and  BUILDERS 

Office,  1907  Bryant  Street  SAN  FRANCISCO 


^      LYNCH     Concrete  Construction 

Estimates  Given  on  all  Kinds  of  Cement  Work 

Office:  Builders  Exchange  Building  Residence:   291   ISth  Avenue 

185  STEVENSON  STREET  Telephone  Pacific  929 

Telephone  Douglas  121  SAN  FRANCISCO 


H.  A.  Chalmers, 

Manager 

Telephone  Sutter  2985 

C.  H.  Chalmers,  Engineer 

H. 

A. 

CHALMERS, 

Inc. 

CONCRETE  -  FIREPROOFING 

CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 
WITHOUT  FORMS 

317  MASKEY  BUILDINQ 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

JOHN  A.  PETERSON  TELEPHONE    KEARNY   2443  B.  HEINRICH 

President  "  HOME    J    4443  Vice-Pres. 


San  francisco  Elevator  Co.,  Inc.  B 

El    I=%/A-rr^C>C.        860  Folsotn  St.  chines.     Push   Button    Passenger 

l_llV/\   I   UK»  San    Francisco       Elevators  a  Specialt.v. 


tomatic  Electric,  Hydraulic, 
t  Power.  Automatic  Dumb- 
iters      and     Handpower      Ma- 


BARRETT  &  HILP  I   L.  M.   HAUSMANN 

Concrete  Construction  I  Civil  Engineer 

Phone  Sutter  4598, 
SHARON  BUILDING.         55  New  Montgomery  Street,         SAN  FRANCISCO 


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163 


Howard  S.Williams 

GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR 
AND    BUILDER 


Hearst  Building, 
San  Francisco 


Telephone. 
Sutter  295 


Phone  Garfield  7906 


Collman  &  Collman  Co. 


GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS 

526  Sharon  Bld^.         San  Francisco 


The  Mosaic  Tile  Co., 

of  Zanesville,  Ohio 

MAN'UFACTURERS   OF 

FLOOR,  WALL  and  MANTEL 

TILE 

San  Francisco  Office  and  Warehouse 
230  -  8th  Street       TeL  Market  1383 


J.M.BOSCUS 

Plumbing 
Heating 


Phone 
Douglas  669 


975  HOWARD  ST 
San  Francisco 


rclephone  Donnlas  2M\ 


M.  FISHER 

General  Contractor 

105  Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco 


Phone  Douglas  IS66 


-A-rcKitectviral  'WorK 
a  Specialty- 
Careful  Attention  Paid  to 
Color,   Shades    and   Detail 

717  MARKET   STREET.   SAN 
FRANCISCO 


CALIFORNIA 
PHOTO-ENGRAVING  CO. 


T[JESKf^RTGEN[RALlilJRANCECO 

OF     FRANKFORT-ON -THE- MAIN,      GERMANY 

Liability 

Workmen's  Collective 

Workmen's  Compensation 
Burglary 
Personal  Accident  and  Health 
Industrial  Accident  and  Health 
WALTER  A.  CHOWEN.  Pacific  Coast  General  Agent 
340  Sansome  Street,  San  Francisco 
Central  California  Agency        Soiitlioni  California  Agency 
BEN  LEONARD  COMPANY     CONSOLIDATED  AGENCY  COMPANY 
617  "J"  .St.,,  Sacramento     3.34  Central  131dg.,  Los  Angeles 
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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Architect  and  Engineer  of  California,  for  1913 

Index  to  Volumes  XXXII,  XXXIII,  XXXIV,  and  XXXV. 


A. 
ARTICLE  Month  \ol. 

Architecture  as  a  Fine  Art,  by  Carl 

F.   Gould    Jan.     31 

An    Experience   in   School   IJuilding 

Competition,   by  Walter   Cook...     Jan.     31 
Architectural  League  of  the  Pacific 

Coast    Jan.     3 1 

Adding    Five    Stories    to    an    Office 

Building,   by   Alexander   Hrociner    Feb.     i2 
Architectural  League  of  the  Pacific 

Coast,   by  Loring  P.   Rixford....     Feb.     32 

Advertising,  by  J.  A.   Dried Feb.     il 

American  ,\rchitecture  As   Seen  by 

the  Humorist,   by  Geo.    Fitch....     Feb.      i2 
American     Institute    of    Architects, 

Official  Record,  S.  F.  Chapter...     Mar.     32 

Architecture    of    Delhi Apr.      32 

Application  of  Tile  to  Concrete,  by 

John    W'ynkoop    •  Apr.      32 

Applegarth,   Some  of  the  Work  of 

G.  A May     ii 

Architectural  League  of  the  Pacific 

Coast    M'ay     33 

.\utoniatic   Temperature    Regulation     May    33 
Architecture  and  Its  Interpretation 

to  Men,  by  W.   R.   15.   Wilcox...     July    33 
Arnold  Bennett  on  the  Influence  of 

Architecture    July    33 

Architect   I'ses  Blackboard  to  Hold 

Contractors  to  their   Schedule...     Sept.    34 
Analogy   Between  Horse  Racing  and 

Architecture,     by     G.     Alexander 

Wright   Sept.    34 

Architects'    Fee,   The Sept.     34 

American  Institute  Convention,  The    Sept.     34 
American    Architecture,    by    F.    W. 

Fitzpatrick Oct.     34 

Architecture   and   Dressmaking....      Nov.    35 
American     Institute     Will     Discuss 

Repeal    of   Tarsney   Act    at    New 

Orleans   Convention; Nov.     35 

Are  Concrete  Form  Builders  Nec- 
essarily    Carpenters? Nov.     35 

Anent    The    Portland    Post    Office 

Competition    Dec.    35 

B. 

British     Columbia     Competition     a 

Disappointment    Feb.     22 

Bungalows — How     Not     To     Build 

Them    Mar.     32 

Best    Architectural     Work     in     the 

United    States .\ug.    34 

Bridges     in     Relation     to     the     City 

Plan,  by  Henry  G.   Tvrrell Aug.    34 

Building    For    Mr.    W.    H.    O'Bear, 

by  Milton  Lichtenstein,  Fron'pce    Sept.    34 

Bond  Feature  of  the  New  Califor- 
nia Lien  Law  Unconstitutional..     Sept.     34 

Building  for  the  Hobart  Estate,  by 

Willis   Polk  &   Co Fron'pce     Oct.    34 

"Business"  And  the  Manufacturer, 

by  Col.  Geo.  Pope Oct.    34 

Bungled  Bungalow,  The,  by  Wil- 
liam  Schultz Dec.    35 

Building  a  House  in  a  Day Dec.    35 

C. 

Concreted    Cottages    in    California, 

by   Irving  J.    Gill Tan.     31 

Convent  School  Designed  in  Mis- 
sion Style,  by  Welsh  &  Carev...      Tan.     31 

Concrete  Warehouse  With  Pleasing 
Architectural  Treatment,  by  Wm. 
H.    Crim,    Tr Tan.     31 

Cement   Production  in    1912 Feb.     32 

Competition  for  the  Indiana  Cen- 
tennial Building,  The Feb.     32 

College  Shrine  in  Concrete,  A  ....     Mar!     32 

Criticism  of  Work  of  Annual  Ex- 
hibition of  San  Francisco  Archi- 
tectural  Club,  by  B.  J.  S.  Cahill.     Apr.    32 

Competitions   Apr.    32 

Concrete  and  Brickwork  for  Cur- 
tain Walls,  by  Nathaniel  Ellery.      Mav     33 

Cracks     in     Concrete — Causes     and 

Corrections   June    ii 


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Concrete  Protest,  A,  by  Harrison 
Albright   June    33       90 

Concrete    in    Its    Legal    Aspect,    by 

W.   Valentine   Ball Aug.    34       65 

Cass  Gillbert  Adds  to  His  Honors.      Sept.     34        97 

Cost  Problem  of  Architectural  Ex- 
hibitions,   The Sept.    34     110 

City    Residence    of    Mrs.     Fred    S. 

Knight,  The,  by  Ward  &  Hlohme     Oct.     34       58 

Carved    Marble    Furniture    for    the 

House    Beautiful Oct.     34       81 

Cooking  and  Heating  by  Electric- 
ity, by  Chas.  T.  Phillips Oct.     34       93 

Constructing   a   Swimming    Pool...      Oct.     34      104 

Cuff,  Clarence  C,  Recent  Work  of     Nov.     35       49 

Concerning  Water  in  Concrete  Mix- 
tures        Nov.    35       97 

Cement  Grout  Buildings Nov.    35       99 

D. 

Design  for  Hotel  and  Store  Build- 
ing, by  Harrison  Albright,  Fr'pce     Mar.    32 

Door   Detail,    Residence   of   Mr.    R. 

A.    Rowan,   Pasadena.  ..  Fron'|)ce     June    33 

Decorating   Modern   Bath    Rooms.  .      June    ii     103 

Domestic    Architecture    of    To-day, 

by  William   Koehl July    33       63 

Development  of  the  Fireplace,  The, 

by  B.  H.  Smith Aug.    34     102 

Decoration  in  Architecture,  by  W. 
P.Major Nov.    35       58 

Decorative    Use    of    Tile    Flooring, 

The,  by  A.   B.   LeBoutillier Nov.    35       67 

E. 

Examples  of  Modern  Lighting  Prac- 
tice— Concealed  Lighting,  by  Ed- 
gar H.   Bostock Jan.     31      118 

Effect  of  Electricity  on  Concrete, 
The Feb.     32       87 

English    Building Feb.     32     110 

electricity  in  the  Twentieth  Cen- 
I's-  I''ime  by  Dr.  Leonard 
Keene  Hirschberg Feb.     32     121 

Exterior    Damp-proofing Apr.     32     107 

Essentials  in  Concrete  Road  Build- 
ing, by  W.  A.  Mclntyre Apr.    32     116 

Electricity  in  the  Theater,  by  Chas. 

T.    Phillips June    33       73 

Effects    of    Cannon    on    Reinforced 

Concrete  Buildings June    33      106 

Echoes  of  the  Architectural  Con- 
vention  in    Portland July    33        80 

Engineers    Now    Will    Attempt    to 

Save  Toppling   Building July    33       85 

Electricity    and    the    Architect,    by 

Frank  E.  Wallis Aug.     34     119 

Electrical  Equipment  of  San  Fran- 
cisco Hospital,  by  C.  F.  Butte.  .  .      Sept.    34     119 

Electricity    and    the    .\rchitect,    by 

C.  S.  Walton Oct.     34     119 

Eureka's    New    Bank    Building,    by 

Albert  Pissis Nov.    35       63 

Estimate      Hazards      of      Building 

Plans,  by  J.  M.  Vollmer Nov.     35       80 

Entrance  Court,  Residence  of  Mr. 
J.  B.  Crowley,  by  Righetti  and 
Headman    Fron'pce     Dec.     35 

F. 

Fifty     Millions     for     Construction 

Work  in  San  Francisco  This  Year     Jan.      31        61 

Finishing  of  Hardwood  Floors,  The     Jan.      31        92 

Fourth  Exhibition  of  .Architectural 
League  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 
Illustrated   Mar.     32       47 

Fire  Tests  of  Partitions  for  Build- 
ings, by  H.  B.  McMaster \pr.     32       84 

G. 

Great     Woolworth     Building,     The, 

by  Samuel  Arnold Mar.    32     101 

Ground   Plan    of   the   Earth,   by   B. 

J.   S.   Cahill   June    33       92 

General  Contractors  Have  a  Griev- 
ance       July    33     105 


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H. 

ARTICLE  Month  V 

Heating  Pointers,  by  F.  H.  Sprague.  .Jan. 
Humboldt  Bank  Building,  by  Meyer 

&  O'Brien    Fron'pce     Feb. 

How    Much    Will    It    Cost    Me    to 

Build?  by  Wm.  A.  Newman....  Mar. 
H.    M.    Howard   Two-Story   House, 

The.  by  Sidney  B.  Newsom.  .  .  .  Apr. 
Hygiene  Needed  for  Draftsman...  June 
Hei'ing  of  Co'mtry  Houses,  The,  by 

Judson  H.   Broughton    June 

How  the  Alameda  County  Hospital 

Competition       Was       Won,       by 

Charles  Peter  Weeks Aug. 

H"' ■•   f-^   L-Jv  a   Concrete  Floor,   by 

H.   M.   Bainer    Sept. 

Heavy     Dam     Construction,     Lake 

Spaulding  Project,  by  J.  A.  Bried     Dec. 

I. 

Improvements  in  the  National  Parks 

of    California    Jan. 

Indirect  Illumination,  I,  by  Fowler 

Mallett Mar. 

Indirect  Illumination,  II,  by  Fowler 

Mallett Apr. 

Indirect  Illumination.  Ill,  by  Fowler 

Mallett May 

Intimate     Theatre     Idea,     The,     by 

Claude  L.   Hagen    June 

Importance    of    Good    Lighting,    by 

F.    Park   Lewis    Dec. 

J. 

JohnD.  Spreckels  Building.  The,  by 

Raid   Bros Fron'pce     Apr. 

K. 

Kern  County  Court  House,  The 
Completed,  by  Frederick  H. 
Meyer Jan. 

Keeping  Costs  in  Building  Con- 
struction        Mar. 

Keenin?  the  Cost  Within  the  Esti- 
mate       Oct. 

L. 

Los  .Angeles  Architect  Enters  New- 
Field  of  Work,  by  A.  F.  Rosen- 
heim         Feb. 

Lichtenstein.   Milton.   A  Few  Notes 

on  Some  Recent  Work  of Sept. 

Los  Angeles,  The  Home  of  Many 
High  Class  Apartment  Houses, 
by  Frederick  Jennings Sept. 

Los  Angeles'  New  Depot   Dec. 

M. 
Mistakes  Architects  Make,  by  Chas. 

E.    White,   Jr Mar. 

Moving        Merchandise        Without 

Power Mar. 

Minutes  of  San  Francisco  Chapter, 

A.   I.   A Apr. 

Moving     a     Steel     Frame     Building 

Three  City  Blocks    Apr. 

Method   of   Constructing    Retaining 

Walls,    Etc July 

Moving  Steel  Buildings  No  Longer 

an    Experiment    Sept. 

Modern     Architecture,   by    Thomas 

Hastings Oct. 

Municipal  Natatorium  of  Reinforced 

Concrete,  A,  by  O.  P.  Slielley.  .  Oct. 
Mullpardt,    Louis    Christian.    F.    A. 

I.  A Fron'pce     Nov. 

Model      Civic      Center      for      the 

Women's  .,.  Republic     Community, 

Atascadero,  bv  Bliss  &  Faville..  Nov. 
Many  Uses  for  Birch  Are  Recorded     Nov. 

N. 

New  Time?  Building,   Los  Angeles, 

The,  by  Krempel  &  Erkes   

Fron'pce    Jan. 

Norman  Shaw  as  An  Architectural 

Critic Jan. 

Notes    on    Svicccssful    Illumination, 

by   Fowler   Mallett    June 

New  York  County  Court  House, 
The July 

Notable  San  Francisco  Street  Im- 
provement, A,  by  O.  P.  Shelley.      Aug. 

Need  of  Honest  Contractors Nov. 


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Oyster   Shells   Replace   Gravel July 

Oak   Flooring    Aug. 

Ode    to    the    Draftsman,    by    E.    A. 

Van    Deuson    Sept. 

P. 

Program  for  the  Sacramento  School 

Competition    Jan. 

Pacific     Coast — Past,     Present    and 

Future,  The,  by  F.  H.   Glidden .      Mar. 

Presentation    of   John    Fritz    Medal 

to   Capt.    Robert   M.   Hunt Mar. 

Professional     Advisor — When    Not 

to   Employ  Him    Apr. 

"Patent       Medicine"      House      Plan- 
ning, by  V.   O.   Wallingford.  .  .  .     Apr. 

Profit    Sharing    Plan    Apr. 

Passing  of  Wax  Finish   Apr. 

Proposed  Los  Angeles  Building,  by 

MacDonald  &  Applegarth    

Fron'pce     May 

Plea  for  a  Belter  System  of  Esti- 
mating Among  Contractors,  by 
G.   Alexander  Wright    May 

Portland     Auditorium     Competition 

Jury  Upheld  ■ June 

Poured  Concrete  Houses  a   Success     July 

Present  System  of  Estimating  An 
Injustice  to  the  Owner,  by  Sulli- 
van  W.   Jones    July 

Plea   for   Harmony,   A,   by  Thomas 

J.    Welsh    July 

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s. 

Some  Features  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Girls'  High  School  Building 

Solving  Los  Angeles'  Greatest 
Waterproofing  Problem    

Skvscrapcr  of  Tomorrow,  The,  by 
Theodore    Starrctt    

Some  Good  Hints  About  Decorat- 
ing  Modern    Bath    Rooms    

Smith  O'Brien,  The  Work  of 

San  Francisco's  Labor  Problem,  by 
William   E.   Hague    

Steel  Column  Connections  in  Rein- 
forced  Buildings    

Some   Night"  Views  of  the  Cities.. 

Skyline  and  Citv  Architecture 

San  l-'rancisco  General  Contractors' 
Association  in  Its  New  Home,  by 
William    E.   Hague    

Second  Year  of  San  Francisco's 
General  Contractors'  Association, 
by  Charles  A.  Day   

Steel  in  Building  Work,  I,  bv  J. 
R.    Grant    

Structural  Tones  and  Counter 
Tones 


Jan. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Tan. 
Feb. 


Feb.     32 


Feb. 
Mar. 
Mar. 


33     106 


110 
109 


Nov.     35       92 


Parasite-Infested   Architecture 

Protection  of  Concrete  Walls  From 
Alkali  and  Other  Destructive 
Agents,  The,   by  W.   D.    Rohan.      Sept.    34       76 

Plea  for  a  Cement  Show  at  the 
Panama-Pacific  International  Ex- 
position, by  Chas.  E.  VanBarne- 
veld    

Progress  of  Panama-Pacific  Expo- 
sition  Construction   Work    Nov.      35        94 

Passing  of  the  "Technical  Press".      Nov.      35      103 

Plea  for  a  Greater  Freedom — Inde- 
pendence If  You  Will — In  Archi- 
tectural   Designs,    by    W.    R.    B. 

Willcox   Dec.     35        77 

Q. 

Quantity   System   of   Estimating,  by 

G.   Alexander  Wright   Aug.     34     101 

Quantity       Surveyor,       The — Who 

Pays  Him  for  His  Services?....      Dec.     35       76 

R. 

Repeal  of  the  Tarsney  Act  Is  De- 
plored, by  Walter  Cook Jan. 

Reports  of  Experience  with  Con- 
crete for  Sewers   Jan. 

Report   of  the   Committee   of   A.    I. 

A.    on    Government   Architecture     June 

Relation  Between  the  Architect 
and  Contractor,  The,  by  John  C. 
Austin   Sept. 

Riehetti  and  Headman,  The  Recent 

Work  of   Dec. 

Reminiscences  of  a  Brick  Man.  bv 

Charles  H.    Frost    Dec. 


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116 
99 

63 
47 
95 

57 
79 
91 

91 

47 


106 
79 
94 


Mar.    32      102 


Apr. 

32 

88 

Apr. 

32 

91 

Apr. 

32 

108 

Tlic  Architect  and  Eiii'iiiccr 


ARTICLE  Month  \ol. 

Sacramento      School      Competition, 

,  The   .    .    May    33 

bketches  of  the  Southwest  Mtiseum, 

by  Hunt  &  Burns May    33 

bteel   in    Building   Work,   II,   by   J. 

R.   Grant    May    33 

Strength  of  Cement,  The,  by  H.  C. 

Johnson    May    33 

Sanitation   of   Buildings,   by   Erwin 

L.    W'eber    May    33 

Some  Observations  on  Domestic 
Architecture,  by  Harrie  T.  Linde- 

,  berg  ju„e    33 

Standard   Oil   Company's   New   San 

Francisco  Home,  The June    33 

Stained   and    Leaded   Glass   for   the 

Home   . June    33 

San    hrancisco    Chapter,    A.    I.    A., 

Official   Proceedings    June    33 

Serious  and  Frivolous  Paragraphs 
of  World's  Progress,   by  Thomas 

J.    Welsh    Tune    33 

steel  and  Iron  Industry  of  Cali- 
fornia, The,  I,  Golden  Gate 
Structural   and   Ornamental   Iron 

Works    .    ........      June    33 

San  Francisco  Civic  Center,  The.. 

.... .............      Fron'pce     July    33 

ban    Iranciscos    Civic    Center,    by 

John   Galen  Howard    July    33 

Steel    and    Iron    Industry    of    Cali- 
fornia, II.  The.  Judson  Mfg.  Co.     July    33 
Safety    in    Concrete     Construction, 

by   Chas.    F.    Lewis    July    33 

Southern    Exposition,    A    Aug.     34 

Some  Engineering  Features  of  the 
Proposed    Trans-bay     Suspension 

Bridge,  by  L.  P.  Crane Aug.     34 

Steel  and  Iron  Industry  of  Cali- 
fornia,   The,    III,    Monarch   Iron 

_  Works Aug.     34 

borne  Examples  of  Recent  Ecclesi- 
astical  Architecture    in    Southern 

California  Sept.    34 

Some   Notes   on    Causes  of   Failure 

of  Stucco  Work  Sept.    34 

Scale    of    Wages    in    the    Building 

Trades   Oct.     34 

Selection  of  Architects.  The Oct.     34 

Steel    Dome    of    the    Kahn    Depart- 
ment   Store    Building.   Oakland..      Oct.      34 
Skyscrapers  of  Ancient  Times   .  .  .      Nov.     35 
Steel    and    Iron    Industry    of    Cali- 
fornia,   The,    IV,    Western    Iron 

Works,  by  H.  H.  Morris Nov.     35 

School    Competition    Law    of    1872 

Declared  Invalid Nov.     35 

"Smoke  Proof"  Buildings Nov!     35' 

Some    Foreign    Sketches    in    Pencil 

and   Wash    Nov.     35 

Some    Suggestions    on    Estimating, 

by  Henry  A.  Hoyt   Dec.     35 

Steel  and  Iron  Industry  of  Cali- 
fornia. The.  V,  West  Coast  Wire 

and  Iron  Works   Dec.     35 

.  Some    Notes    on    Paving,    by    Clark 

R.   Mandigo    Dec.     35 

T. 

Trying  to  Save  a  Concrete  Build- 
ing of  Faulty  Design,  by  Alfred 
Henry   Jacobs    Mar.    34 

Tallest    Concrete    Chimney    on    the 

Pacific   Coast    M'ar.    32 

Trees,  The,  by  W.  E.  Dennison...      May    33 

Terra  Cotta  Walls   Sept.    34 

Teaching  of  Architecture  on  the 
Pacific    Coast,    The,    by    Warren 

,^  C".    Perry    Oct.     34 

Two  Interesting  Designs,  by  Welsh 
&•    Carey    Oct.     34 

U. 

Underwriters'  Problems  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  by 
q.    P.    Shelley    Jan.     31 

I  nique    Workingmen's    Hotel      for 

San  Diego    Aug.     34 

V. 

N'alue  of  Washed  Sand  and  Gravel 

in  Concrete Jan.     31 

\  alue  of  Proper  Building  of  High- 
ways, The Feb.     32 


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W. 
ARTICLE  Month  Vol.  Page 

What  Is  an  Engineer?  by  F.  N. 
Percy    May    33       72 

Woodland   High   School,   The   New, 

by  William  II.   Weeks June    33       91 

What  Is  a  Chapter  For?  by  Roland 

Adelsberger     July    33       96 

Why  .Xrchilccts  Should  Understand 
Mill  Details,  by  John  Wavrek, 
Jr July    33     109 

Weeks,    Charles    Peter. .  .Fron'pce     Aug.     34 

Waste  in  Bidding Aug.     34       99 

Water  in  Concrete  Mixtures,  by  M. 

D.    Hite    Sept.     34      100 

\\'cstern  States  Slow  to  .Authorize 
Buildings  for  Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position          Oct.     34      100 

Who's  Who  in  Pacific  Coast  Archi- 
tecture, I — Louis  Christian  Mull- 
gardt Nov.     35       47 

Warm-Air    Furnace    Capacities   and 

Pipe   Sizes    Nov.      35      119 

Y. 
Yearly    Report    of    Publicity    Com- 
mittee,   San      Francisco    Chapter, 
A.  I.  A.,  by  Thos.  J.  Wclsli Nov.     35       77 


84 
117 


HESE 

pages  may 
be  readily 
detached 
when  BOOK  is 
bound  and  placed 
at  the  beginning 
of  1913  bound 
volumes  for  con- 
venient reference. 

q  Index  for  1914 
will  be  published 
in  January,  1915 
Number. 


172 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


The  Tallest  Building  in  San  Francisco 


Vc'l    ;iiiil    ^^(lIllKo^lCl•v    Si'.., 
llis    Polk   \-   (  <,..    Avchittcls 


IS    EQUIPPED    WITH    THE 

SELF-WINDING 
CLOCK 

Some  Notable 
Pacific  Coast  Installations 

OF  THE 

Saf- WINDING  CLOCK  SYSKMS 

(Master  and  Secondary  Clocks) 

San  Francisco 

Standard    Oil    Building 

Palace  Hotel 

St.   Francis  Hotel 

Balfour-Guthrie    Co.    Building 

Anglo-London  National   Bank 

Sacred   Heart  College 

Pacific  Union  Club 

Mission   Savings   Bank   Building 

Kohler   &   Chase   Music   House 

Metropolitan  Life   Ins.   Co. 

Mutual  Savings   Bank  Bldg. 

Odeon  Cafe 

German   Sav.   &  Loan  Society 

Century   Club 

Mary's  Help  Hospital 

Wells  Fargo  Nevada  Nat'l  Bank 

Savings  Union  Bk.  &  Trust  Co. 

Oakland 

Southern  Pacific  R.  R.  Co. 
Capewell   Building 

Sacramento 

Sacramento    High   School 
Sacramento   City   Hall 
Sacramento   Hotel 
Labor  Temple 
lUiffalo   Brewing  Co. 

Other   Pacific    Coast    Points 

San  Jose  Normal  School 
Security    National    Bank,    Pasa- 
dena 
Sonoma    County    Court    House, 

Santa   Rosa 
Solano  Co.  Court  House,  Suisun 
Union   National    Bank,  Pasadena 
W'm.  Best  Bldg,  San  Lcandro 
M.    l'"reil)urg  &  Co.  Stockton 
Citizens'    National    Bank,    River- 
side 
Bakcrsfield    Trust    Co.,     I?akers- 

ticld 
Weber   School.    Stockton 
San   Rafael  High  School 
C).    W.     R.    &    N.     Co.,    Seattle, 

Washington 
Broadway    State    Bank,    Seattle 
Colonial  Theater,  Seattle 


Decker  Electrical  Construction  Company 

III  New  MontKomcry  St.,  San  rrancisco 
AOKNIS,  Sl.l.r^  VVINI)IN<i   CLOCK  COMPANY,   NI-.VV   YORK 


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COMPARED  with  Flemish  bond 
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Thermo  -  Flemish  walls  have 
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than  ordinary  bricks,  and  effects, 
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ordinary  Flemish  stretchers.  The 
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ARCHITECTURAL    SCULPTORS.    MODELING. 

rrc. 

O.   S.   Sarii,    125   Oak  St..   San   Francisco. 

Ci    KoRiiicr  &  Co..  233   R.   R.   Ave.   San   Mateo. 

The    Schcenfeld    Marble    Co.,    265    Shipley    St.. 

San   Francisco. 
Western   Sculptors.   533-535  Turk  St..   San   Fran 

CISCO. 

ARCHITECTURAL  TERRA   COTTA 

GladdinK,    McRean    &    Company.    Crocker    Bide.. 

San    Francisco. 
Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and    Pottery    Works,    Mills 

Bid(..    San    Francisco. 
Independent     Sewer     Pipe    &    Terra    Cotta    Co., 

235    S.    Los   Angeles   bt.,   Los  Angeles. 

ART  GLASS 

Sylvain  Le  Deit.   124  Lenzen  Ave..  San  Jose. 
Fresno     Art     Glass     Co.,    2124     Tuolumne    St.. 
Fresno. 

AUTOMATIC    SPRINKLERS 

Scott    Company.    243    Minna    St..    San    Francisco 
Pacific    Fire    Eixtinguisher   Co.,    507    Montgomery 
St.,   San    Francisco. 

BANK  FIXTURES  AND  INTERIORS 

A.  J.  Forbes  &  Son,  1530  Filbert  St.,  San  Fran- 
eiaco. 

Fink  &   Schindler.   218    13th   St.,    San   Francisco. 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co.,  365  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

M.  G.   West  Co..  353  Market  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Home  Mfg.  Co..  543  Brannan  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, 

BELTING,   PACKING.    ETC. 

H.  N.  Cook  Belting  Co.,  317-319  Howard  St.. 
San   Francisco. 

BELLS— TOWER,   ETC. 

McShane  Bell  Foundry  Co.,  461  Market  St.. 
San    Francisco. 

BLACKBOARDS 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co.,  365  Market  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

BONDS  FOR  CONTRACTORS 

Fidelity  &  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland.  In- 
surance  Exchange   Rldg..    San    Francisco. 

Globe  Indemnity  Co.,  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg.. 
San   Francisco. 

Massachusetts  Bonding  &  Insurance  Company. 
First  National   Bank  Bldg..  San   Francisco. 

Pacific  Coast  Casualty  Co..  416  Montgomery  St., 
San    Francisco. 

H.    Y.    MacMeans  4  Co..  341    Monadnock   Bldg.. 


ItRICK- -PRESSED.    PAVING.    ETC. 

California  Paving  Brick  Co.,  Phelan  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Craycroftllcrrold  Brick  Co.,  Griffith-McKenzie 
HUlg.,    Fresno,   Gal. 

Granite  Press  Brick  Co.,  Ochsncr  BMg.,  Sacra- 
mento. 

Diamond    Brick    Co.,  Balboa  Bldg..  San  Francisco. 

Gladding.  McBean  &  Company,  Crocker  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Los  .Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Frost  Bldg.,  Lot 
Angeles. 

Livermore  Fire  Brick  Co..   Livermore.   Cal. 

Pratt  Building  Material  Co..  Hearst  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Steiger  Terra  Cotta  &  Pottery  Works.  Mills 
Bldg.,  San   Francisco. 

Thermos  Brick  Co.,  Monadnock  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

United  Materials  Co.,  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

BRICK  AND  CEMENT  COATING 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co.,  Inc.  (See  Adv. 
for   Pacific   Coast   Agents.) 

Bifurine  Company  of  America,  24  California 
St.,   San   Francisco. 

TrusCon  Par-Seal,  made  by  Trussed  Concrete 
Steel  Co.  (See  Adv.  for  Pacific  Coast 
Agents.) 

Glidden  Products,  sold  by  Whittier-Coburn  Co., 
Howard  and  Beale  Sts..  San  Francisco,  and 
Tibbctts-Oldfield  Co.,  908  Swain  St.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

BRICK  STAINS 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.  Co..  Boston.  Mass..  agencies 
in  San  Francisco.  Oakland.  Los  Angeles.  Port- 
land. Tacoma  and   Spokane. 

BUILDERS'   HARinVARF 

Bennett  Bros.,  agents  for  Sargent  Hardware, 
514    Market    St..    S.in    Francisco. 

Pacific  Hardware  &  Steel  Company.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Oakland,  Berkeley,  and  Los  Angeles. 

Russell  &  Erwin  Mfg.  Co.,  Commercial  Bldg.. 
San    Francisco. 

Vonnegut  Hardware  Co.,  Indianapolis.  (See 
.•\dv.    for   Coast    agencies.) 

Western  Br.-i.ss  Mfg.  Co..  217  Tehama  St..  S.  F. 

BUILDINv;  MATERIAL.  SUPPLIES,  ETC. 

Pacific    Building   Materials   Co.,   523    Market 
*       San    Francisco. 

C.  Jorgensen  &  Co..   356  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

Western  Builders'  Supplv  Co.,  155  New  Mont- 
gomery  St..   San    Fr.incisco.  _ 

Biturinc  Company  of  America,  24  California 
St.,   San   Francisco. 

C.    Roman.    173    Ie««ie   St.,    San    Francisco. 

C.  F.  Pratt  Building  Material  Co..  Hearst 
Bldg..  San  Francisco. 

CAEN  STONE 

A.    Knowles.   985    Fnls^m    St  .    Sin    Frinr, .rn 


St., 


AH^Orade.s  of  GRAVEL  for  CONCRETE  AND  ROAD  WORK 

^''    ■  '        A  few  jobs  on  which  our  material  was  used:    Temporary- City  H.iU.   Masonic  Temple. 

'  ■'  "    ■  St.-\nford    .Ap.-irtments.    Sixteenth    Street    Station    at    O.ikland,   St.  Luke's    Hospital. 

Lowell   High    Srhool   and    hundreds  of    other   first-rlass  buildings.     Accepted  on   all 
City.  State  .ind  L'nitcd  States  Government  \vf)rk. 

FRANCISCO 
some  Sifccis 


Roofing  Gravel 

Phone  Suiter    1582 


CiRANT    CiRAVFI     CO      flatiron  building,  san 

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Page 

Alexander,  L.  &  M 152 

American  Concrete  Co 159 

American  Heat  &  Power  Co.  .  27 
American  Keene  Cement  Co. .  19 
American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Co.    21 

American  Steel  Bar  Co 33 

Amweg,  F.  J 138 

Armstrong  Cork  Co 158 

Atlas  Portland  Cement  Co.  .  .      34 

Austin  Cube  Mixer 36 

Automatic     Electric     Heating 
Company 147 

Bacon,  Ed.  R 142 

Barrett  &  Hilp 162 

Bass-Hueter  Co 23 

Bennett  Bros 132 

Biggers,  A.  W 156 

Biturine  Co 44 

Boise  Sandstone  Co 46 

Boscus,  J.  M 163 

Bowser  &  Co.,  S.  F 133 

Braun.  J.  G 40 

Breite.  W.  W 139 

Erode  Iron  Works 41 

Building   Material     Company, 

The,  Inc 6 

Bullis,  E.  A.  &  Co 26 

Burdett-Rowntree  Mfg.  Co.  .  .  18 

Burlington  Venetian  Blind  Co.  150 

Burnett   Iron  Works 127 

Butte  Engineering  Co 127 

Cabot,  Samuel  (IncO 40 

Caementum  Paint  Co 151 

Calif.  Artistic  Metal  &  Wire  Co.  14 
California  Bldg.  Material  Co. 

Second  Cover 

California  Granite  Co 130 

California  Paving  Brick  Co.  .  .  158 

California  Photo  Engraving  Co.  163 

California  Plumbing  Supply  Co.  43 

California  Tile  Contracting  Co.  156 

Central  Electric  Co 130 

Central  Iron  Works 41 

Chalmers,  H.  A 162 

Chicago  Pump  Co 139 

Chowen,  W.  A 1 63 

Clinton  Fireproofing  Co 150 

Coleman,  Alex 145 

Collins  Studding 15 

Collman  &  Collman 163 

Colonial  Fireplace  Co 43 

Concrete  Appliances  Co 2 

Cook,  H.  N.,  Belting  Co 36 

Cowell  Lime  &  Cement  Co .  .  .  154 

Crane  Co 43 

Craycroft-Herrold  Brick  Co..  .  158 

Cutler  Mail  Chute  Co 38 

Dahlstrom  Metallic  Door  Co..  141 

Decker  Electrical  Co 156 

Denison  Blocks 2d  Cover 

Diamond  Brick  Co 28 

Dieckmann  Hardwood  Co.  .  .  .  129 

Dodge  &  Lathrop 166 

Dolbear  Curb  Bar 33 

Dudfield  Lumber  Co 153 

Dyer  Bros 39 

Elevator  Supply  and  Repair  Co.    IS 

Electric  Agencies  Co 149 

Electric  Utilities  Co 156 

Excello  Mfg.  Co 24 

Ferguson,  W.  H 166 

Fess  System 151 

Fihrestone  anfl  Roofing  Co ...  II 
Fidelity  and  Deposit  Company 

of  Maryland 166 

Finch.  Chas.  M 154 

Fink  &  Schindler  Co..  The 135 

Fircx A 

Fisher,   M 163 

Fitzpatrick,  F.  W 24 

Plagg,  Edwin  H.,  Scenic  Co.. .  7 

Forbes,  A.  J.  &  Son 154 

Poster,  Vogt  Co 138 

Fresno  Art  Glass  Co 154 

Fuller.  W.  P.,  Co 25 

Gaspard  &  Hammond 10 

Giant  Suction  Cleaner  Co.  ...  22 

Gladding,  McBean  &  Co 29 

Glidden  Varnish  Co 161 


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Globe  Indemnity  Co 159 

Goheen  Manufacturing  Co..  .  .  35 

Graham  &  Jensen 162 

Granite  Press  Brick  Co 166 

Grant  Gravel  Co 7 

Gravity  Spiral  Chute  Co 18 

Hammond,  M.  E 151 

Hardwood  Interior  Co 22 

Hardy,  Jas.  H 132 

Hauser  Reversible  Window.  .  .  154 

Hausmann,  L.  M 162 

Haws  Sanitary  Drinking  Foun- 
tain   18 

Hillard,  C.  J.,  Co 42 

Hoflfman  Heater 33 

Holloway  Expanded  Metal  Lath 

Co 143 

Holmes  Lime  Co 9 

Home  Mfg.  Co 138 

Hunt,  Robt.  W.  &  Co 129 

Hunter  &  Hudson 130 

Imperial  Waterproofing  Co 24 

Improved  Sanitary  fixture  Co.   135 
Independent    Sewer    Pipe    & 

Terra  Cotta  Co 159 

International  Concrete  Con.  Co     37 
Invincible  Vacuum  Cleaner.  .  .    165 

Jarvis,  T.  P 46 

Jenkins  Bros 153 

Johnson,  S.  T.,  Co 13 

Jorgensen  &  Co 39 

Kinnear  Rolling  Doors 44 

Knowles,  A 36 

LeDeit,  Sylvain 149 

Lithoid  Products  Co 43 

Livermore  Fire  Brick  Co 44 

Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Co.     20 
Lynch.  A 1 62 

Mackenzie  Roof  Co 139 

MacMeans  Co 166 

Mangrum  &  Otter 18 

Marshall  &  Stearns  Co 39 

Massachusetts     Bonding    and 

Insurance  Company 130 

McCabe  Hanger  Co 138 

McKibben  &  Taylor 149 

McLaren  &  Peterson 

McShane  Bell  Foundry 3 

Medusa  Portland  Cement 6 

Meek,  T.  H 159 

Meese  &  Gottfried  Co 144 

Merritt  Ironing  Board 42 

Meurer  Bros 157 

Moller  &  Schumann  Co 19 

Monk.  John 160 

Monson  Bros 162 

Mortenson  Construction  Co.. .  10 

Mosaic  Tile  Co 163 

Mott  Iron  Works 1 49 

Municipal  Engineering  Co. .  .  .  36 

Muralo    Co 27 

Musto-Keenan  Co 12 

Nason,  R.  N.,  &  Co 12 

Nathan,  Dohrmann  Co 145 

National  Lumber  Co 4 

National  Roofing  Co 14 

Nelson.  N.  O 24 

Niles  Sand,  Gravel  &  Rock  Co.     28 

Noble,  A.  E 149 

Norris  Co.,  L. A. .Inside  Front  Cover 

Otis  Elevator  Co Back  Cover, 

Otto,  W.  H 154 

Owsley,  Bert 149 

Pacific  Building  Materials  Co. 

3d  Cover 

Coast  Casualty  Co.  .  . .    1^6 
Fire  Extinguisher  Co.  .      36 

Gas  &  Electric  Co 152 

Gurney  Elevator  Co.  ..    138 
Hardware  and  Steel  Co. 

Inside  Front  Cover 

Imp.Co..Outside  Back  Cover 
Portland    Cement   Co. 

1st  and  4th  Cover 

Rolling  Mills 41 

Structural  Iron  Works.   159 

Sewer  Pipe  Co 29 

ron  Works 42 


Pacific 
Pacific 
Pacific 
Pacific 
Pacific 


Pacific 
Pacific 


Pacific 
Pacific 
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Palmer,  P.  A 166 

Paraffine  Pamt  Co 17 

Parrott  &  Co 15 

Perfection  Reversible  Window 

Co 151 

Petersen.  H.  L 9 

Peterson-James  Co 146 

Phillips.  Chas.  T 166 

Pitcher  Door  Hanger 4 

Pittsburg  Heater  Co 140 

Pneulectric  Co 149 

Pratt  Building  Material  Co....  128 

Prometheus  Electric  Co 151 

Ralston  Iron  Works 42 

Ransome  Concrete  Co 130 

Reliance     Ball-Bearing     Door 

Hanger 131 

Riggs.  Arthur  T. 139 

Roberts  Mfg  Co 159 

Rognier  &  Co 145 

Roman,  C 151 

Russell  &  Erwin  Mfe.  Co 30 

Samson  Cordage  Works 130 

S.  F.  Metal  Stamping  and  Cor- 
rugating Co 38 

S.  F.  Elevator  Co 162 

S.  F.  Pioneer  Varnish  Works. .  23 

Santa  Fe  Lumber  Co 157 

Sarsi,  O.  S 146 

Schaer  Bros 24 

Schoenfeld  Marble  Co 154 

Scott  Co 138 

Self  Winding  Clock  Co 156 

Shreiber  &  Sons  Co 38 

Sound  Construction  Co 138 

Southern  Pacific  Co 164 

Spencer  Elevator  Co 13 

Standard  Varnish  Works 147 

Steiger  Terra  Cotta  &  Pottery 

Works 29 

Stock.  Lester  H B 

Sturgis,  G.  E 18 

Sunset  Lumber  Company 157 

Swan,  Robert 146 

Swedish  Metal  Co 154 

Taylor  &  Co 138 

Telephone  Electric  Equipment 

Co 24 

Thayer  &  Co 143 

Thermos  Brick  Co 5 

Toplight  Shade  Co 4 

Totten  Planing  Mill  Co 159 

Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Co. ...  35 

Tuec  Co 32 

Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co 161 

Union  Blind  and  Ladder  Co.  . .  46 

United  Materials  Co 20 

U.  S.  Metal  Products  Co 167 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co 155 

Utility  Ga3  Generator  Co 18 

Van  Emon  Elevator  Co 1 

Van  Fleet,  M.  C 150 

Vonnegut  Hardware  Co 23 

Vulcan  Iron  Works 38 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co. .  .  31 

Waters,  R.  J 163 

Weber,  C.  F.  &  Co 150 

West  Coast  Wire  &  Iron  Works  162 

West,  M.  G 137 

Western  Brass  Mfg  Co 146 

Western  Building  and  Engineer- 
Company  165 

Western  Builders' Supply  Co. .  37 

Western  Iron  Works 41 

Western  Pacific  Co 164 

Western  Sculptors 165 

Western  States  Porcelain  Co. .  28 

White  Bros 126 

White  Steel  Sanitary  Co 11 

Whitney  Window  Co 29 

Whittier-Coburn  Co 161 

Williams  Bros.  &  Henderson. .  157 

Williams,  H.  S 163 

Wittman.  Lyman  &  Co 149 

Wood  Lumber  Co 130 

Woods  &  Huddart 46 

Zelinsky,  D 162 


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Artificial  Stone  Sidewalks,  Concrete  Walls, 
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CEME.N'l 

Atlas  Portland  Cement  Co.,  represented  by  Unit- 
ed Materials  Co.  and  Pacific  Portland  Cement 
Company,    San    Francisco. 

Mt.  Diablo,  sold  by  Henry  Cowell  Lime  &  Ce- 
ment  Co.,  9  Main   St.,   San   Francisco. 

"Golden  Gate,"  manufactured  by  Pacific  Port- 
land Cement  Co.,  Pacific  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 

Medusa  White  Portland  Cement,  sold  by  Build- 
ing Material  Co.,  Inc.,  Monadnock  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

CE.MENT  EXTERIOR  \V.\TERPROOF  COATING 

Bay_  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworlh,  Howland  &  Co.  (See  distributing 
-Agents  on   page  32.) 

Biturine  Co.,  of  America,  24  California  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

"Inipervite"  sold  by  E.  .\.  Bullis  &  Co.  (See 
advertisement    on    page    26.) 

Concrete  Cement  Coating,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Company.  (See  full-page  advertise- 
ment, color  insert.) 

CoiH-rewallUMi.  C.  \V.  Coburn  Co..  .^'0  Mnrkct 
St..  San  Francisco,  and  .\.  J.  Capron.  .\ins- 
worth    I'.ldg.,    Portland,    .\gents. 

Imperial  Waterproofing,  manufactured  by  Im- 
perial   Co.,    183    Stevenson    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Trus-Con  Par-Seal,  made  by  Trussed  Concrete 
Steel  Co.      (See  Adv.   for  Coast  agencies.) 

Glidden's  Liquid  Cement  and  Liquid  Cement 
Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by  Whittier,  Co- 
burn  Company,  San  Francisco,  and  Tibbetts- 
Oldfield  Co.,   Los  Angeles. 

CEMENT   EXTERIOR   FINISH 

Biturine  Company  of  America,  24  California 
St.,   San   Francisco. 

Bay  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Co.  (See  list  of  Dis- 
tributing  Agents   on   page   31.) 

GIidden"s  Liquid  Cement  and  Liquid  Cement 
Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by  Whittier  Co- 
burn  Co.,  San  Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield 
Co..  Los  Angeles. 

Dry  Mortar  Colors  sold  by  E.  A.  Bullis  &  Co. 
(See    advertisement,    page    26.) 

Medusa  White  Portland  Cement,  California 
Agents,  the  Building  Material  Co.,  Inc.,  587 
Monadnock  Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Concrete  Cement  Coating,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Company.  (See  afull-page  adver- 
ment.   color   insert.) 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.  Co..  Boston,  Mass..  agencies 
in  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Los  Angeles,  Port- 
land,   Tacoma    and    Spokane. 

CEMENT  FLOOR  COATING 

Bay  State  Brick  and  Cement  Coating,  made  by 
Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Co.  (See  list  of  Dis- 
tributing  Agents   on    page   31.) 

Glidden's  Concrete  Floor  Dressing,  sold  on  Pa- 
cific Coast  by  Whittier.  Coburn  Company,  San 
Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

"Carbite"  floor  surfacing  manufactured  by  E. 
.\.   Bullis  &•  Co.     (See  advertisement,  page  26.) 


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.\loller  &  Schumann  Co.,  Hilo  N'arnishes,  1022 
Mission    St..    San    Francisco. 

"Federal     Steel     Cement     Hardener"     manufac- 
tured   by    Federal    Steel    Cement    Mills,    Cleve- 
land,  represented  by   K.   A.   Bullis  &  Co.     (See 
advertisement,   page   26.) 
CEMENT     TESTS— CHE.MICAL     ENGINEERS 

Robert    W.    Hunt    &    Co.,    251    Kearny    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
CHURCH    INTERIORS 

Fink  &  Schindler,  2l8   13th  St.,  San  Francisco. 
CHUTES— GRAVITY   SPIRAL 

Gravity    Spiral    Chutes    by    Minnesota    Manufac- 
turers'  Association.      G.    E.    Sturgis,   Agt.,   602 
Mission    St.,    San    Francisco. 
CEMENT   MORTAR   H.'VRDENER 

"Federal      Steel      Cement      Hardener"    manufac- 
tured   by    Federal    Steel    Cement    Mills.    Cleve- 
land, represented  by   E.   A.   Bullis  &  Co.     (See 
advertisement,    page   26.) 
COLD  STORAGE  PL. WIS 

\'ulcan    Iron   Works.    S-n    I'ranciscn. 

T.    P.    Jarvis   Crude   Oil    Burning   Co.,   275    Con- 
necticut   St.,    San    Francisco. 
CLOCKS— TOWER 

Decker     Electrical     Construction     Co..     Ill     New 
Montgomery   St.,    San    Francisco. 
CO.\l POSITION    FLOORI.\<. 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Lithoid      Products      Co.,      Merchants      Exchange 
Bide..    S.Tn    Francisco. 
COMPRESSED    AIR     CLEANERS 

The  B.  &  W.  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  sold 
by  Arthur  T.  Riggs,  510  Claus  Spreckels 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Excelk)  Stationary  Vacuum  Cleaner,  F.  W. 
Schaer  Co.,  Pacific  Coast  Agls.,  Santa  Maria 
lildg.,    San    Francisco. 

Giant  Stationary  Suction  Cleaner,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Oakland. 

Invincible  X'acuum  Cleaner,  sold  by  R.  W. 
Foyle,  149  New'  Montgomery  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Tuec.   infrd.  by  I^ni'ed   Elec'ric  Compmv.  Coast 
Branch,  General  Contractors'  Association,  San 
Francisco. 
CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 
■    American    Concrete    Co.,    Humboldt    Bank    Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Clinton  Fireproofing  Co.,  Mutual  Bank  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

McKibben  &  Taylor,  2125  Shattuck  Ave.,  Berke- 
ley. 

Otto,  W.  H.,  269  Park  Ave.,  San  Jose. 

Barrett  &  Hilp,   Sharon    Bldg.,   San    Francisco. 

Foster,    N'ogt   Co..    Sharon    Bldg.,    San    Francisco, 

P.   A.   Palmer.   Monadnock  Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 

Petersen,  H.   L.,   62   Post   St.,   San    Francisco. 

A.   Lynch,    185   Stevenson   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Ransome  Concrete  Co.,  Oakland  and  Sacra- 
mento, 

International  '  Concrete  Construction  Company, 
West    Berkeley,   Cal. 


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Holmes  Lime  &,  Cement  Co. 
600  Postal  Telegraph  Bldg.,  San  Francisco 


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CONCRETE   HARDENERS 

'"Federal     Steel     Concrete     Hardener,"     nifd.     by 
Federal    Steel    Cement    Mills,   Cleveland,   Ohio, 
sold  by  E.  A.  Bullis  &  Co.     (See  ad.,  p.  26.) 
CONCRETE   MIXERS 

Austin   Improved   Cube   Mixer.     Factory  branch, 

temporary   office,    1235    Pine    St.,   San    Francisco. 

Foote  Mixers  sold  by  Edw.  R.  Bacon,  40  Na- 
toma   St.,    San   Francisco. 

Smith   Mixers,  sold  by  Parrott  &  Co.,   San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles. 
CONCRETE  POURING  APPARATUS 

Concrete   Appliances    Co.,    Los    .Angeles;    Parrott 
&    Co.,    Coast    Representatives,    San    Francisco, 
Portland,   Seattle. 
CONCRETE   REINFORCEMENT 

United  States  Steel  Products  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco,   Los    Angeles,    Portland    and    Seattle. 

Clinton  Welded  Reinforcing  System,  L.  A.  Nor- 
ris,    140   Townsend    St.,    San   Francisco. 

"Kahn  System,"  see  advertisement  on  page  138, 
this  issue. 

International  Fabric  &  Cable,  represented  by 
Western  Builders'  Supply  Co.,  ISS  New  Mont- 
gomery  St.,   San    Francisco. 

Triangle  Mesh  Fabric.  Sales  Agents,  Pacific 
Building  Materials  Co.,  523  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Twisted    Bars,    sold    by    Woods    &    Huddart,    444 
Market    St.,    San    Francisco. 
CONCRETE  SURFACING 

"Biturine,"  sold  by  Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24 
California    St.,    San    Francisco. 

"Concreta"  sold  by  W.  P.  Fuller  &  Co.,  San 
Francisco. 

Wadsworth,  Rowland  &  Co.'s  Bay  State  Brick 
and  Cement  Coating,  sold  by  R.  N.  Nason  & 
Co.,    San    Francisco   and   Los   Angeles. 

Glidden  Liquid  Cement,  manufactured  by  Glid- 
den  Varnish  Co..  Whittier.  Coburn  Co.,  San 
Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,  Los  An- 
geles. 

Moller    &     Schumann,     1023     Mission     St.,     San 
Francisco. 
CONTRACTORS,  GENERAL 

American  Concrete  Co.,  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

CoUman  &  Collman,  526  Sharon  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Foster,   Vogt   Co.,   Sharon   Bldg.,   San   Francisco 

M.  _  Fisher,  California-Pacific  Bldg.,  San  Fran 
Cisco. 

McLaren  &  Peterson,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Kraii 
Cisco. 

Howard  S.  Williams,  Hearst  Bldg.,  San  Fran 
Cisco. 

Graham  &  Jensen,  Maskey  Bldg.,  San   Francisco 

Gaspard  &  Hammond.  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Fran 
Cisco.      (Sec    card    above.) 

Lester  Stock,   12  Geary  St.,   San  Francisco. 

Monson    Bros..    1907    Bryant    St..    San    Francisco 

John    Monk,   2016   Vallejo   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Ransome  Concrete  Co.,   1218  Broadway,  Oakland 

Williams  Bros.  &  Henderson,  Holbrook  Bldg. 
San    Francisco. 

Burt    T.    Owsley,    311    Sharon    Bldg.,    San    Fran 

CISCO. 

Arthur  W.   Biggers,    112  Market  St.,  San  Fran 

Cisco. 
Sound    Construction    Co.,    Hearst    Building,    San 

Franciscn. 


CyVTION    INDEX— Continued 

COXTRACTORS,  GENERAL— Continued. 

Barrett   &  Hilp,   Sharon   Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Western  Building  &  Engineering  Co.,  455  Phelan 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 
CORK   FLOORING 

"Linotile."   manufactured   by   Armstrong   Cork   & 
Insulation   Company.      M.    C.   Van   Fleet,   agt., 
120  Jessie  St.,   San  Francisco. 
CORNER   BAR 

Dolbear    Curb    Bar,    manufactured   by    American 
Steel     Bar     Co.,     1034     Merchants     Exchange 
Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
CORNER  BEAD 

United    States    Metal   Products   Co.,    525    Market 
St.,  San  Francisco.;   750  Keller  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
CRUSHED  ROCK 

Grant  Gravel  Co.,  Flat  Iron  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Niles  Rock,  sold  by  California  Building  Ma- 
terial  Company,    Pacific   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Niles  Sand,  Gravel  &  Rock  Co.,  Mutual  Bank 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Pratt  Building  Material  Co.,  Hearst  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco.  • 

DAMP-PROOFING  COMPOUND 

Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24  California  St., 
San  Francisco. 

Concrevvaltum.  Made  by  the  Goheen  Mfg.  Co. 
C.  W.  Coburn  &  Co.,  320  Market  St.,  San 
Francisco,  and  .\.  J.  Capron,  .\insworth  Bldg., 
Portland,  Agents. 

Glidden's  Liquid  Rubber,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast 
by  Whittier,  Coburn  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,   Los   Angeles. 

Imperial   Co..    183   Stevenson  St..   San   Francisco. 

"Impervite."  sold  by  E.  .\.  Bullis  &  Co.  (See 
adv.  on  page  26.) 

Lithoid  Product  Co.,  Merchants  Exchange  Bldg., 
San   Francisco. 

Trus-Con  Damp  Proofing.  (See  advertisement 
of  Trussed  Concrete  Steel  Company  for  Coast 
agencies.) 

"Pabco"  Damp  Proofing  Compound,  sold  by 
Paraffine  Paint  Co.,  34  First  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Wadsworth,   Howland   &   Co.,   Inc.,   84   Washing- 
ton   St.,    Boston.     (See   Adv.    for   Coast   agen- 
cies.) 
DOOR  HANGERS 

McCabe  Hanger  Mfg.  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Pitcher  Hanger,  sold  by  National  Lumber  Co., 
Fifth   and   Bryant   Sts.,   San   Francisco. 

Reliance    Hanger,    sold    by    Sartorius    Co.,    San 
Francisco;    D.    F.    Fryer   &   Co.,    Louis    R.    Be- 
dell,  Los  Angeles,   and   Portland   Wir»  &   Iron 
Works. 
DRINKING    FOUNTAINS 

Haws  Sanitary  Fountain,  1808  Harmon  St., 
Berkeley,  and  C.  F.  Weber  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco and   Los   Angeles. 

N.  O.  Nelson  Mfg.  Co.,  978  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Crane    Company,    San    Francisco,    Oakland,    and 
Los  Angeles. 
DUMB   WAITERS 

Spencer  Elevator  Company,  173  Beale  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Burdctt-RoWntiee  Mfg.  Co.,  Underwood  Bldg., 
San    Fr.Tncisro. 


MORTENSON   CONSTRUCTION   CO. 

CONTRACTORS  FOR  STRUCTURAL  STEEL  AND  IRON 

H.   MOKTKNSON    I'Khs         CH.AS   ( i.  M()KTKN>()N    Vk  i    I'kks   am.  Mck 

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SANITARY  FLOORING.  WAINSCOT  AND  BASE.     Cm'  Laid  Exclusiyely  by 

FIBRESTONE  &  ROOFING  CO.,  971  Howard  St.  f-riuT/r^^? 


ARCHITECTS"    SPECIFICATION     INDEX-C»««<iiu#d 


ELECTRICAL  CONTKACTORS 

Butte    Engineering    Co.,    683    Howard    St.,    San 

F.-ancisco. 
Central     Electric    Co.,    185     Stevenson     St.,    San 

Frincisco. 
Scott   Co.,    Inc.,   243    Minna    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Pacific    Fire    Extinguisher    Co.,    507    Montgomery 
St..    San    Francisco. 
ELECTRICAL    ENGINEERS 

Albert    E.    Noble,    173   Jessie   St.,   San    Francisco. 
Chas.   T.    Phillips,    Pacific    lildg.,    San   Francisco. 
ELECTRIC   STEAM    HEATERS 

Automatic      Electric      Heating      Company,      2023 
Market   St.,   San   Francisco. 
ELECTRIC  FIXTURES 

Roberts    Manufacturing    Company,    663    Mission 
St.,    San   Francisco. 
ELECTRIC  PLATE  WARMER 

The     Prometheus     Electric     Plate     Warmer     for 
residences,   clubs,   hotels,   etc.      Sold   by   M.    E. 
Hammond,    Humboldt    Bank    Bldg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
ELEVATORS 

Olis     Elevator     Company,     Stockton     and     North 

Point,    San    Francisco. 
Spencer   Elevator    Company,    126    Beale    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
San    Francisco    Elevator    Co.,    860    Folsom    St., 

San  Francisco. 
Pacific  Gurney   Elevator  Co.,   186   Fifth   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
Van  Emon  Elevator  Co.,  Natoma  St.,  San   Fran- 
cisco. 
ELEVATORS,   SIGNALS,   FLASHLIGHTS  AND 
DIAL  INDICATORS 

Elevator  Supply  &  Repair  Co.,  Underwood  Bldg., 
San    Francisco 
ENGINEERS 

F.  J.  Amweg,  700  Marston  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
\V.  W.  Breite,  Clunie  Bldg..  San  Francisco. 
L.  M.  Hausmann,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
Chas.  T.  Phillips,  Pacific  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
Hunter  4  Hudson,  Rialto  Bldg.,  San  Francisco. 
E.XPRESS   CALL   SYSTEM 

Elevator     Supply     &     Repair     Co.,     Underwood 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
FIRE  EXIT  DEVICES 

Von    Duprin    Self-Releasing    Fire    Exit    Devices, 
\'onnegut  Hardware  Co.     (See  .\dv.  for  Coast 
Agencies.) 
FlfJE    ESCAPES 

Burnett   Iron   Works,   Fresno,   Cal. 
Pacific    Structural    Iron    Works,    Structural    Iron 
and    Steel.    Fire    Escapes,    etc.      Phone    Market 
1374;    Home   J.    3435.      370  84   Tenth    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
Palm   Iron   &    Bridge   Works.   Sacramento. 
Western   Iron   Works,    141    Beale  St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS 

Scott  Company,  243  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Pacific    Fire    Extinguisher    Co.,    507    Montgomery 
St.,  San   Francisco. 


FIRE   BRICK 

Livermore   Fire   Brick   Co.,   Livermore,   Cal. 
FIREPLACE  DAMPER 

Head.    Throat    and    Damper    for    open    fireplaces. 
Colonial    Fireplace   Co.,    Chicago.      (See   adver- 
tisement   for   Coast   agencies.) 
FIREi'ROOFING  AND  PARTITIONS 

Gladding,    McBean    &    Co.,    Crocker    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
Los    Angeles    Pressed    Brick    Co.,    Frost    Bldg., 
Los  Angeles. 
FIREPROOF   PAINT 

Glidden   Products,   sold   by   Whittier-Coburn   Co., 
San    Francisco,   and  Tibbetts-Oldfield   Co.,   Los 
Angeles. 
FIXTURES— BANK,    OFFICE.    STORE.    ETC. 
A.  J.  Forbes  4  Son,   1530  Filbert  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
Fink   &   Schindler,   218    13th    St.,   San    Francisco. 
C.    F.   Weber  &  Co.,   365    Market   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco and   210   N.   Main   St.,   Los   Angeles,  Cal. 
T.    H.    Meek   Co.,    1157    Mission    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
FLOOR  VARNISH 

Bass-Hueter  and  San   Francisco  Pioneer  Varnish 

Works.  816   Mission   St.,   San   Francisco. 
R.    N.    Nason    &    Co.,    151    Potrero    Ave.,    San 
Francisco.  ,,         ,,     , 

Standard    Varnish    Works,    Chicago,    New    York 

and   San   Francisco. 
Moller  4   Schumann   Co.,   1022   Mission   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
Glidden    Products,   sold   by   Whittier-Coburn   Co., 
San    Francisco,   and   Tibbetts-Oldfield   Co.,   Lo» 
Angeles. 
FLOORING— MAGNESITE 

Fibrestone  4  Roofing  Co.,  971   Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 
FLUMES 

California    Corrugated    Culvert    Co.,    West    Berk- 
eley, Cal. 
GARAGE   EQUIPMENT 

Bowser    Gasoline    Tanks    and    Outfit.    Bowser    4 
Co..   612   Howard   St..    San    Francisco. 
GAS   AND   ELECTRIC   FIXTURES 

Roberts     Manufacturing     Company,     San     Fran- 
cisco  and    Oakland. 
GAS  GENERATORS 

Utility    Gas    Generator    Co.,    340    Sansome     St.. 
San    Francisco. 
GLASS 

W.    P.    Fuller    4    Company,    all    principal    Coast 

cities. 
Whittier-Coburn  Co.,  Howard  4  Beale  Sts.,  San 
Francisco. 
GRANITE 

California  Granite  Co.,  Sharon  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
GRA\EL.  SAND  AND  CRUSHED  ROCK 

California    Building    Material    Co.,    Pacific    Bldg., 

San    Francisco. 
Del  Monte  White  Sand,  sold  by  Pacific  Improve- 
ment Co..  Crocker  Bldg..  San  Francisco. 
Pratt    Building   Material   Co.,   Hearst    Bldg.,    San 
Francisco. 


■  Whitt-Stcel"  Medicine  Cabinets  and  Mirrors  arc  the  last  word  in  SaniUry 
Bathroom  Equipment.  See  Sweet's  1914  Catalog.  Pages  1054-1055  or  write  for 
full  information. 

"WHITE-STEEL"  SANITARY  FURNITURE  CO. 
Grand  Rapids,  Michigan 
Northern  Cilifomi.i  Southern  California 

Johnson-Locke  Mercantile  Co.  H.  R.  Bo>nton  Company 

San  Prancisco,  Calif.  Los  AnKcles,  Calif. 


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JOSEPH  MUSTO  SONS=KEENAN  CO. 

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GRAVEL,  SAND,  CRUSHED  ROCK— Continued 
Grant    Gravel    Co.,     Flatiron    Bldg.,    San     Eran- 

cisco. 
Niles  Sand.   Rock  &  Gravel  Co.,   Mutual   Savings 
Bank   Bldg.,   704   Market   St.,   San   Francisco. 
GRAVITY    CHUTES 

Gravity  Spiral  Chutes,  sold  by  G.  E.  Sturgis' 
Supply  House,  602  Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 

HARDWALL  PLASTER 

Henry  Cowell  Lime  &  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco. 

American  Keene  Cement  Co.,  333  Monadnock 
Bldg..    San    Francisco. 

"Empire"    Hardwall    Plaster,     Pacific     Portland 
Cement    Company,    Pacific    Bldg.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
HARDWARE 

Russwin   Hardware.   Joost    Bros.,    San    Francisco. 

Pacific  Hardware  &  Steel  Company,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Oakland,  Berkeley,  Los  Angeles  and 
San   Diego. 

Sargent's  Hardware,  sold  by  Bennett  Bros.,  514 
^Iarket    St.,    San    Francisco. 

Western  Brass  Mfg.  Co.,  217  Tehama  St..  S.  F. 
HARDWOOD  FLOORING 

Parrott  &  Co.,  320  California  St.,   San  Francisco 

White  Bros.,  Cor.  Fifth  and  Brannan  Sts.,  San 
Francisco. 

Hardwood    Interior    Co.,    554    Bryant    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
HARDWOOD  LUMBER 

Dieckmann  Hardwood  Co.,  Beach  and  Taylor 
Sts.,   San  Francisco. 

Parrott  &  Co.,  320  California  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

White   Bros.,   Cor.   Fifth  and   Brannan   Sts.,   San 
Francisco. 
HEATERS— AUTOMATIC 

Pittsburg  Water  Heater  Co.,  237  Powell  St., 
San    Francisco. 

Hoffman    Heaters,     factory    branch,     397     Sutter 
St.,    San   Francisco. 
HEATING    AND    \  ENTILATING 

American   Heat   &   Power   Co.,   Oakland,    Cal. 

J.  M.   Boscus,  975  Howard  St..  San   Francisco. 

Fess  System  Co.,  220  Natoma  St..  San  Francisco. 

Mangrum  &  Otter,  Inc.,  507  Mission  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Scott  Company,  243  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Wittman.  Lyman  &  Co.,  341  Minna  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Pacific  Fire  Extinguisher  Co.,  507  Montgomery 
St.,    San    Francisco. 

Petersen-James    Co.,    710    Larkin    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
HOLLOW   BLOCKS 

Denison   Hollow    Interlocking   Blocks,    310    Ochs- 
ner   Bide..   Sacramento,  and  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce   Bldg.,    Portland. 
INSPECTIONS  AND  TESTS 

Robert    W.    Hunt    &    Co.,    251    Kearpy    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
IRONING   BOARDS 

Merritt   Parent   Ironing  Board,   sold  by   A.  Hom- 
mel,  agent,   Atlanta  Hotel,   San   Francisco. 
JOIST   HANGERS 

Western  Builders'  Supply  Co.,  155  New  Mont- 
gomery  St.,   San    Francisco. 


Monadnock  Bldg., 


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CATION    INDEX— Continued 

KEENE  CEMENT 

American   Kccue   Cement   Co., 
San  Francisco. 
LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

Roberts    Manufacturing    Co.,    663    Mission     St., 
San  Francisco. 
LIME 

Holmes  Lime  and   Cement   Co. 

Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
Henry   Cowell   Lime  &   Cement   Co.,   9   Main   St.. 
San  Francisco. 
LIGHT,  HEAT  AND  POWER 

Pacific    Gas    &    Elec.    Co.,    445    Sutter    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
LUMBER 

Dudfield  Lumber  Co.,  Palo  Alto,   Cal. 

Sunset    Lumber    Co.,   Oakland,    Cal. 

Santa  Fe  Lumber  Co.,  Seventeenth  and  De  Haro 

Sts.,    San    Francisco. 
E.    K.    Wood    L\imber    Company,    East    Oakland, 
California. 
MILL   WORK 

Totten   Planing   Mill    Co.,    Stockton. 
Taylor   &    Co.,    2001    Grand    St.,   Alameda. 
MAIL   CHUTES 

Cutler   Mail   Chute   Co.,    Rochester,   N.    Y.      (See 
Adv.   on  page  38  for   Coast   representatives.) 
MANTELS 

Mangrum   &    Otter,    561    Mission    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
.\L\K1!LE 

'^'■hoenfeld     ^larble     Company,     San 

(See   advertisement,    page    154.) 
Columbia  Marble  Co.,  2bS  .\larkei  St.. 

Cisco. 
Joseph     Musto     Sons-Keenan     Co., 
Point    St.,    San    Francisco. 
MEDICINE  CABINETS 

White     Steel     Sanitary    Furniture    Co.,    rep.     by 
Johnson-Locke  Mercantile   Co.,   San  Francisco. 
METAL   AND    STEEL   LATH 

"Steelcrete"    Expanded      Metal     Lath,    soH     by 
Holloway    Expanded    Metal    Company,    Monad- 
nock   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
L.    A.    Norris    &    Co.,    140    Townsend    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Pratt    Building   Material    Co.,   Hearst    Bldg.,    San 
Francisco. 
METAL  CEILINGS 

San    Francisco    Metal    Stamping    &    Corrugating 
Co.,   2269   Folsom   St.,   San    Francisco. 
METAL   DOORS   AND   WINDOWS 
U.   S.   Metal  Products  Co.,  525  Market  St.,  San 

Francisco. 
Dahlstrom    Metallic    Door    Co.,     Western    office. 
with    M.    G.    West    Co.,    353    Market    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
METAL  FURNITURE 

M.  G.   West  Co.,  353  Market   St..  San  Francisco. 
Chas.   M.   Finch,  311   Board  of  Trade   Bldg.,   San 
Francisco. 
METAL  SHINGLES 

Meurer   Bros.,   630  Third   St.,   San   Francisco. 
San     Francisco     Metal     Stamping    &•    Corrugating 
Co..   2269   Folsom   St.,   San    Francisco. 
MORTAR   COLORS 

Dry    Mineral    Dyes,   sold   by    E.    A.    Bullis   &•   Co. 
(See  adv.,  page  26.) 


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OIL   BURNERS 

American  Heat  &  Power  Co.,  Seventh  and  Cedar 
Sts.,   Oakland. 

S.  T.  Johnson  Co.   (see  adv.  below ^. 

Fess    System    Co.,    2i0    Natoma    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 

T.    P.    Jarvis    Crude    Oil    Burner    Co.,    275    Con- 
necticut   St.,    San    Francisco. 
ORNAMENTAL  IRON   AND   BRONZE 

Brode    Iron    Works,    31-37    Hawthorne    St.,    San 
Francisco. 

Burnett    Iron    Works,    Fresno. 

Palm   Iron   &   Bridge   Works,    Sacramento. 

California   Artistic    Metal   &    Wire   Co.,   349   Sev- 
enth St.,  San  Francisco. 

J.   G.    Braun,   Chicago  and   New  York. 

Ralston   Iron  Works,  20th  and  Indiana  Sts.,   San 
Francisco. 

Monarch    Iron    Works,    1165    Howard    St.,    San 
Francisco. 

C.  J.    Hillard   Company,   Inc.,    19th   and    Minne- 
sota  Sts.,    Sain   Francisco. 

Shreiber    &    Sons    Co.,    represented    by    Western 
Builders    Supply   Co.,    San    Francisco. 

West    Coast   Wire   &    Iron    Works.   861-S63   How- 
ard   St.,   San    Francisco. 

Vulcan    Iron    Works.    San    Francisco. 
PAINTING  AND  DECORATING 

D.  Zelinskv,   564   Eddy   St.,   San   Francisco. 
Robert   Swan.    1133   E.    12th    St.,   Oakland. 

PAINT  FOR   BRIDGES 

Biturine     Company    of    America,     24     California 

St..   San   Francisco. 
PAINT  FOR  CEMENT 

Bay    State    Brick   and   Cement   Coating,   made   by 

Wadsworth.  Ilowland  &  Co.  (Inc.).     (See  Adv. 

in  this  issue  for  Pacific   Coast   agents.) 
"Biturine."    sold    by    Buturine    Co.    of    America, 

24   California    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Trus-Con    Stone    Tex..    Trussed    Concrete    Steel 

Co.      (See   Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 
Glidden's    Liquid    Cement,    sold   on   Pacific    Coast 

by   Whittier,   Coburn   Company,   San   Francisco 

and  TibbettsOldfield  Co.,  Los  Angeles. 
Concrete   (Tement    Coating,    manufactured   by   the 

Muralo  company.      (See  color  insert  for  Coast 

distributors.) 
Moller    &    Schumann    Co.,   Hilo    Varnishes,    1022 

Mission    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Samuel  Cabot   Mfg.   Co..   Boston,   Mass..  agencies 

in  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Los  Angeles.  Port- 
land,  Tacoma   and   Spokane. 
"Technola,"   a   cement   paint,   sold  by   C.   Roman, 

San   Francisco. 
PAINT   FOR    STEEL   STRUCTURES 

"Biturine."   snld  by   Biturine   Co.   of  America,  24 

California  St.,   San   Francisco. 
Carbonizing    Coating.       Made    bv    Goheen    Mfg. 

Co.,   Canton.  Ohio.      C.   W.   Coburn   &  Co.,   320 

Market   St..   San   Francisco,  and   .\.  J.  Capron, 

.\insworth    Bldg.,    Portland,    .\gents. 
TrusCon    Bar-Ox.    Trussed    Concrete    Steel    Co. 

(See   Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 
Glidden's    Acid    Proof    Coating,    sold    on    Pacific 

Coast     by     Whittier,     Coburn     Company,     San 

Francisco,   and   Tibbetts-Oldfield    Co.,    Los   An- 
geles. 
PAINTS,    OILS,   ETC. 

Concreto   Cement   Coating,   manufactured   by   the 

Muralo  company.      (See  color  insert  for   Coast 

distributors.) 
Bass-Heuter     Paint    Co.,    Mission,    near    Fourth 

St.,   San   Francisco. 
Whittier-Coburn    Co.,    Howard    and    Beale    Sts., 

San   Francisco. 
W.  P.  Fuller  &  Co.,  all  principal  Coast  cities. 
C.     W.     Coburn     &     Co..     320     Market     St..     San 

Francisco,  and  .\.  .T.  Capron.  .\insworth  Bldg., 
Portland,  representatives  Goheen  Mfg.  Ci>.. 
Canton,  Ohio. 


AIN'T  FOR  STEEL  STRUCTURES— Continued, 
"Biturine,"  sold  by   Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24 

California    St.,    San    Francisco. 
Glidden     \'arnish     Co.,     Cleveland,     Ohio,     repre- 
sented by  Whittier-Coburn   Co.,   San   Francisco 
and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,   Los  Angeles. 
Moller  S:   Schumann   Co.,    1022   Mission   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
Paraffine    Paint    Co.,   38-40    First    St.,   San    Fran- 
cisco. 
R.   N.   Nason   Co.,   San   Francisco. 
Standard    Varnish    Works,    113    Front    St.,    San 
Francisco. 
PAVING  BRICK 

California    Brick    Company,    Phelan    Bldg.,    San 
Francisco. 
PHOTO  ENGRA\ING 

California  Photo  Engraving  Co.,   121   Second  St., 
San    Francisco. 
PHOTOGRAPHY 
R.    J.    Waters    Co., 
Cisco. 
PIPE— VITRIFIED 
COTTA 

Gladding,    McBean    &    Co.,    Crocker    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
Pacific    Sewer   Pipe   Co.,    I.    W.    Hellman    Bldg., 

Los  Angeles. 
Pratt    Building   Material   Co.,   Hearst   Bldg.,   San 

Francisco. 
Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and    Pottery    Works,    Mills 
Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
PLASTER   CONTRACTORS 

A.    Knowles,   985    Folsom    St.,    San   Francisco. 
PLUMBERS'    AIARBLE    HARDWARE 

Western  Brass  Mfg.  Co.,  217  Tehama  St.,  S.  F. 
PLUMBING 

Boscus  Bros.,  975  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Scott  Co.,  Inc.,  243  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco. 
Peterson-James   Co.,    710    Lpi-kin    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
Wittman,    Lyman    &    Co.,    341    Minna    St.,    .->un 

Franci^ico. 
Alex   Coleman,    706   Ellis   St.,    San    Franc"=r- 


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ARCHITECTS"  SPECIFICATION  lNDEX.-Continued 


PLUMBING  FIXTURES,   MATERIALS,    Elc. 
Crane  Co.,   Second  and  Brannan  Sts.,  San   l-ran- 

Cisco. 
N.    O.    Nelson    Mfg.    Co.,    978    Howard    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
California     Steam     Plumbing     Supply     Co.,     671 

Fifth    St.,    San    Francisco. 
J.    L.    Mott    Iron    Works,    D.    H.    Gulick,    selhng 

agent,   135   Kearny   St.,   San   Francisco. 
Western  States  Porcelain  Co.,  San  Pablo,  Cal. 

POTTP"  R  V 

Steiger    Terra    Cotta    and   Pottery    Works,    Mills 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 
PULLEYS,  SHAFTING,  GEARS,  ETC. 

Meese    &   Gottfried    Co.,    San    Francisco,    Seattle, 
Portland   and   Los   Angeles. 
PUMPS 

Chicago     Pump    Company,     612    Howard    street, 
San  Francisco. 
REFRIGERATORS 

McCray     Refrigerators,     sold    by     Nathan     Dohr- 
mann  Co.,  Geary  and  Stockton  Sts.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
Vulcan    Iron   Works.   San   Francisco. 
REVERSIBLE  WINDOWS 

Hauser     Reversible     Window    Company,    Balboa 
Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
RE\OL\ING    DOORS  ,     ^     ,,      ,    t,     j 

Van   Kennel    Doors,    sold   by   U.    S.    Metal   Prod- 
ucts Co.,   525   Market   St..   San   Francisco. 
ROCK   BREAKING  MACHINERY 

Vulcan  Iron  Works,  Francisco  and  Kearny  Sts., 
San   Francisco.  _  „,^,,^ 

ROLLING  DOORS,  SHUTTERS,  PARTITIONS. 
ETC 

Pacific   Building   Materials   Co.,   523    Market    St., 

San  Francisco  .  ^        _         _ 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365    Market   St.,   San   Fran 

CISCO. 

Union  Blind  and  Ladder  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  the  Acme  rolling  partitions  for 
churches  and  schools,  3535  Peralta  St.,  Oak- 
land. 

Kinnear  Steel  Rolling  Doors.  W.  W.  Thurston, 
agent,    Rialto    Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 

Wilson's  Steel   Rolling  Doors,  U.  S.  Metal  Prod- 
ucts Co.,   San   Francisco  and  Los  Angeles. 
ROOFING  AND   ROOFING   MATERIALS 

Biturine  Co.  of  America,  24  California  St.,  San 
Francisco.  .         _,        _ 

Grant  Gravel  Co.,  Flat  Iron  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. ,    c-        c^ 

Fibresfone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco.  ,-,  ,  ,      j 

National   Roofing   Company,   Broadway.   Oakland. 

"Ruberoid,"  manufactured  by  Paraffine  Paint 
Co.,    San    Francisco. 

Mackenzie  Roof  Co.,  425   15th  St..  Oakland 

United   Materials  Co.,  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 
ROOFING  TIN  ^       „•<=/-♦ 

American  Sheet  &  Tin  Plate  Co.,  Pacific  Coast 
representatives.  U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co..  San 
Francisco,   Los   Aneeles.   Portland   and   Seattle^ 

Meurer    Bros..    A.    H.     MacDonald.    agent,    630 
Third   St..   San   Francisco. 
SAFES.   VAULTS,   BANK   EOUIPMENT 

M.  G.  West  Co..  353  Market   St..  San  Francisco. 


SANITARY   DRINKING   FOUNTAINS 

N.    O.    Nelson    Mfg.    Co.,    978    Howard    St.,    San 

Francisco. 
Haws'   Sanitary  Drinking  Faucet  Co.,    1808  Har- 
mon  St.,   Berkeley. 
S.VNITARY    BATH    FIXTURE 

"Boudoir"  bath  tub,  mfrd.  by  Improved  Sanitary 
Fixture    Co.,    411     S.     Los    Angeles    St.,    Lo? 
Angeles.      Sold   by   all  plumbing   houses. 
SASH   CORD 

Regal    Sash    Cord,    Louisville    Selling   Co.    repre- 
sented on  Pacific  Coast  by  Baker  &  Hamilton. 
Samson   Cordage  Works,  manufacturers  of   Solid 
Braided    Cords   and    Cotton   Twines,   88    Broad 
St.,   Boston,   Mass. 
SCENIC  PAINTING— DROP   CURTAINS,   ETC. 
The    Edwin    H.    Flagg    Scenic    Co.,     1638    Long 
Beach   Ave.,    Los   Angeles. 
SCHOOL  FURNITURE  AND  SUPPLIES 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365   Market   St.,   San    Fran- 
cisco;  512   S.   Broadway,  Los  Angeles. 
SCULPTORS 

Western   Sculptors,   533-535  Turk  St.,  San   Fran- 

SEWAGE  EJECTORS 

Chicago    Pump    Co.,    represented    by    Telephone 
Electric    Equipment    Co.,    612    Howard    street, 
San  Francisco. 
SHEATHING  AND  SOUND   DEADENING 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.   Co.,   Boston,   Mass.,  agencies 
in  San  Francisco.  Oakland.  Los  Angeles.  Port- 
land,  Tacoma  and   Spokane. 
SHEET  METAL  WORK,  SKYLIGHTS.  ETC. 

Berger  Mfg.  Co.,  1120  Mission  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

U.    S.   Metal  Products  Co.,   525   Market   St.,   San 
Francisco. 
SHINGLE  STAINS 

Cabot's    Creosote    Stains,    sold   by    Waterhouse    & 
Price,    San    Francisco,    Los   Angeles   and    Port- 
land. 
STEEL  AND  IRON— STRUCTURAL 

Burnett    Iron    Works.    Fresno.    Cal. 

Central  Iron  Works,  621  Florida  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Dyer  Bros.,  17th  and  Kansas  Sts.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Brode  Iron  Works.  31  Hawthorne  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Mortenson  Construction  Co.,  19th  and  Indiana 
Sts.,    San   Francisco. 

J.  L.  Mott  Iron  Works,  D.  H.  Gulick,  agents, 
135  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Pacific  Rolling  Mills,  17th  and  Mississippi  Sts., 
San  Francisco. 

Pacific  Structural  Iron  Works.  Structural  Iron 
and  Steel.  Fire  Escapes,  etc.  Phone  Market 
1374;  Home.  J.  3435.  370-84  Tenth  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Palm    Iron   &   Bridge   Works,    Sacramento. 

Ralston  Iron  Works,  Twentieth  and  Indiana  Sts., 
San    Francisco. 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co.,  Rialto  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

Schreiber  &  Sons  Co.,  represented  by  Western 
Builders  Supply  Co..   S.   F. 

X'ulcan    Iron    Works.    San    Francisco. 


CALIFORNIA  ARTISTIC  METAL&WIRECO. 

J.T.MCCORMICK-    PrS?i^?-li—   ...«»^.^ 

ORNAMENTAURON  &  BRONZE  WORK 

349-365    SEVENTH    ST.    SAN  FRANCISCO. 

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Contracts  signed  for  all  partitions  in  this  biiiklinj;t(>  he  Collins  f^rong  Studding 


FIXE  ARTS  BUILDIXG,   P.  P.   E.  GROUNDS— BREXRAD   MAYBECK.  Archittct 

COLLINS  PROXCi  STL'DOING  can  be  put  up  by  a  lather's  helper.  No  experience  whatever 
required.  A  marvelous  Labor-Saving  Device.  Simply  bend  the  prong  and  the  lath  is  Firmly 
Fastened. 

PARROTT    «&    CO. 


320  California  St.,  San  Francisco.     Phone  Douglas  2400 

Seattle  T.Tcniiia  Spokane  Portland  Los    Aneelcs 


San    Diego 


Burden  Rownlree  Pneumatic  Door  Operating  Device 


BURDETT 
ROWNTREE 
MFG.  CO. 


Dumbwaiters 

Door  Operating  Devices 

Elevator  Interlocks 

323  Underwood  Building. 
525  Market  Street 

Phone  Douglas  2898 

San  Francisco,     -     -     Cal. 


Xorton   Elevator  Door   Closer 


ELEVATOR 
SUPPLY  & 
REPAIR  CO. 


Elevator  Signals 
Elevator  Accessories 
Xorton  Door  Closers 

323  Underwood  Building, 
525  Market  Street 

Phone  Douglas  2898 

San  Francisco,     -     -     Cal. 


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ARCHITECTS'  SPECIFICATION  INDEX-Conttnued 


STEEL  &  IRON— STRUCTURAL— Continued 
Western   Iron   Works,    141    Beale   St.,    San   Fran- 
cisco. 
Woods   &   Huddart,    444    Market    St..    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
STEEL  PRESERVATIVES 

Biturine     Company    of    America,     24     California 

St.,   San   Francisco. 
Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Co.,  Boston  Mass.     (See 
Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 
STEEL    BARS    FOR    CONCRETE 

Kahn  and   Rib  Bars,  made  by  Trussed   Concrete 

Steel   Co.      (See  Adv.    for   Coast   agencies.) 
Woods   &   Huddart,    444    Market    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
STEEL  MOULDINGS  FOR  STORE  FRONTS 
J.    G.    Braun,    537    W.    35th   St.,    New   York,   and 
615   S.   Paulina  St.,  Chicago. 
STEEL  FIREPROOF  WINDOWS 

United    States    Metal    Products    Co.,    San    Fran- 
cisco  and   Los   Angeles. 
STEEL  STUDDING 

Collins  Steel  Partition.  Parrott  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Los  Angeles. 
STEEL   ROLLING   DOORS 

Kinnear   Steel   Rolling   Door  Co.,   W.   W.   Thurs- 
ton.   Rialto   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
STONE 

California    Granite    Co.,    518    Sharon    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
Boise   Sandstone   Co.,   Boise,   Idaho. 
STORAGE  SYSTEMS 

S.     F.     Bowser    &    Co.,    612    Howard     St.,     San 
Francisco. 
SURETY  BONDS 

Globe  Indemnity  Co.,  Insurance  Exchange  Bldg., 

San    Francisco. 
H.  Y.   MacMeans  &   Co.,  Monadnock  Bldg.,   San 

Francisco. 
Massachusetts    Bonding    &    Insurance    Co.,    First 

National   Bank  Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
Fidelity  &  Deposit  Co.  of  Maryland,  Mills  Bldg., 

San   Francisco. 
Pacific  Coast  Casualty  Co.,  Merchants'  Exchange 
Bldg.,   San  Francisco. 
THEATER   AND   OPERA   CHAIRS 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365   Market   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
TELEPHONE  EQUIPMENT 

Telephone   Electric   Equipment   Co.,    612   Howard 
St.,    San    Francisco. 
TILES,   MOSAICS.   MANTELS,   ETC. 

California   Tile   Contracting   Company,   206    Shel- 
don   Bldg.,    San    Francisco. 
Mangrum   &   Otter,    561    Mission    St.,    San    Fran- 
cisco. 
The  Mosaic  Tile  Co.,  230  Eighth  St.,   San   Fran- 

TILE  FOR  ROOFING 

Fibrestone  &   Roofing  Co.,   971   Howard   St.,   San 

Francisco. 
Gladding,    McBean    S:    Co.,    Crocker    Bldg.,    San 

Francisco. 
United   Materials  Co.,  Crossley  Bldg.,  San  Fran- 

TILE^'WALLS— INTERLOCKING 

Denison     Hollow     Interlocking    Blocks,     Ochsner 

Bldg.,    Sacramento. 
Thermos    Brick     Co.,     Monadnock     Bldg.,     San 
Francisco. 
TIN  PLATES 

American  Tin  Plate  Co.,   Riato  Bldg.,  San   Fran- 

VITREO'US   CHINAWARE 

Western  States  Porcelain  Co..  Richmond.  Cal. 
VACUUM   CLEANERS 

The     \'ak-Klean     Vacuum     Cleaner,    Pneulectric 

Co.,    Pacific    Coast    Agts.,    943    Phelan    Bldg., 

San   Francisco. 
Giant   Stationary   Suction   Cleaner,   manufactured 

by    Giant    Suction    Cleaner    Co.,    731     Folsoni 

St.,    San    Francisco    and    Third    and    Jefferson 

Sts..   Oakland. 
Invincible     Vacuum      Cleaner,      R.      W.      Foyle, 

.Agent.    San   Francisco.^ 
"Excello"    Stationary    \'acuum    Cleaner,    F.    W. 

Schaer    Bros.,    Pacific      Coast     agents,      Santa 

Maria    Bldg..    San    Francisco. 
"Tuec"    Air    Clenner.    manufactured    by    United 

Electric   Co..    110  Jessie    St.,    San    Francisco. 
B.    &•    W.    Stationary    \'acuum    Cleaner,    sold    by 

•Arthur    T.    Riggs,    510    Claus    Sprcckels    Bldg., 

S->n    Francisco. 
VALVES 

Jenkins  Bros..  247  Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 


VALVE  PACKING 

"Palmetto   Twist,"   sold   by   H.    N.    Cook   Belting 
Co.,   317   Howard   St.,   San  Francisco. 
VARNISHES      . 

W.  P.  Fuller  Co.,  all  principal  Coast  cities. 

Glidden  Varnish  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.,  represented 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  by  Whittier-Coburn  Co., 
San  Francisco,  and  Tibbetts-Oldfield  Co.,  Los 
Angeles. 

Standard  Varnish  Works,  113  Front  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

S.  F.  Pioneer  Varnish  Works,  816  Mission  St., 
San  Francisco. 

Moller  &  Schumann  Co.,  Hilo  Varnishes,  1022-24 
Mission   St.,   San   Francisco. 

R.  N.   Nason  &  Co.,   San  Francisco  and  Los  An- 
geles. 
VENETIAN   BLINDS,  AWNINGS,   ETC. 

C.   F.   Weber  &   Co.,   365   Market   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
WALL  BEDS 

Marshall  &  Stearns  Co.,   1154  Phelan  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 
WALL  BOARD 

Bishopric   Wall    Board    sold   by   I.    E.    Thayer   & 
Co.,     San     Francisco,     and     Central     Door     & 
Lumber   Co.,   Portland,   Oregon. 
WALL  SAFES 

Lowrie    Wall    Safe,    sold   by   C.    Roman    Co.,    173 
Jessie   St.,   San   Francisco. 
WATER  HEATERS 

Pittsburg  Water  Heater  Co.,  237  Powell  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Hoffman  Heater  Co.,  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Radke  Heaters,  sold  by  Schaer  Bros.,   173  Jessie 
St.,    San   Francisco. 
WATERPROOFING   FOR    CONCRETE,    BRICK, 
ETr. 

"Inipervite."  sold  by  E.  .\.  Bullis  &  Co.  (Sec 
adv.    on   page   26.) 

Concreto  Cement  Gloating,  manufactured  by  the 
Muralo  Co.  (See  color  insert  for  Coast  dis- 
tributors.) 

Concrewaltuni.  Manufactured  by  the  Goheen 
Mfg.  Co.,  Canton.  Ohio.  C.  W.  Coburn  & 
Co.,  320  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  and  .A. 
J.  Capron,  .Ains.worth  Bldg.,  Portland,  Pacific 
Coast   .Agents. 

Fibrestone  &  Roofing  Co.,  971  Howard  St.,  San 
Francisco. 

Glidden's  Concrete  Floor  Dressing  and  Liquid 
Cement  Enamel,  sold  on  Pacific  Coast  by 
Whittier,  Coburn  Company,  San  Francisco  and 
Tibbetts-Oldfield    Co.,    Los   Angeles. 

Imperial   Co.,    183   Stevenson   St.,   San   Francisco. 

Samuel  Cabot  Mfg.  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  agencies 
in  San  Francisco,  Oakland,  Los  Angeles,  Port- 
land,  Tacoma   and   Spokane. 

The  Building  Material  Co.,  Inc.,  583  Monadnock 
Bldg.,   San   Francisco. 

Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Co.,  Inc.    (See  Adv.  for 
Coast   agencies.) 
WHITE  ENAMEL  FINISH 

"Gold  Seal,"  manufactured  and  sold  by  Bass- 
Hueter  Paint  Company.  All  principal  Coast 
cities. 

"Satinette,"  Standard  Varnish  Works,  113  Front 
St.,   San    Francisco. 

Moller  &  Schumann  Co.,  Hilo  Varnishes,  1022 
Mission  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Trus-Con     Sno-wite.     manufactured     by    Trussed 
Concrete  Steel  Co.     (See  Adv.   for  Coast  dis- 
tributors. 
WINDOWS— REVERSIBLE,    ETC. 

Perfection  Reversible  Window  Co.,  2025  Market 
St.,  San  Francisco. 

Whitney  Adjustable  Window  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco.     (See   page    151.) 

Hauser    Reversible    Window    Co.,    Balboa    Bldg., 
San    Francisco. 
WINDOW' SHADES 

Top    Light    Shade   Co..   7i7    Market    St..   Oiikland. 
WIRE    FABRIC 

Wadsworth.  Howland  &  Co..  Inc.  (See  .Adv.  on 
page  31    for  Coast   agencies.) 

U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co.,  Rialto  Bldg.,  San 
Francisco. 

L.   A.   Norris  Co.,    140  Townsend   St.,   San   Fran- 
cisco. 
WOOD  MANTELS 

Fink  &  Schindler,  218  13th  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Mangrum  &  Otter,  561  Mission  St.,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


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AERO-GAS  is  50  Per  Cent  CHEAPER  Than  City  Gas 


Aero-Gas  is  Best  for  Cooking,  Heating  and  Illuminating 
of  country  houses,  factories,  public  buildings,  schools, 
churches,  etc.  Made  from  ordinary  Motor  Gasoline — non- 
poisonous,  non-odorous,  non-explosive — can  be  used  when 
city  gas  is  not  obtainable,  or  can  be  substituted  for  city  gas 
without  changing  piping,  ranges,  heaters,  or  lighting  fix- 
tures.     Architects  should  investigate.     Circulars  free. 


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UTILITY    GAS    GENERATOR   CO. 

PHONES:  DOUGLAS  2400        GARFIELD  7937 

340  SAxsoME  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Special  Haws  Drinking  Fountain  for  New 
San   Francisco  City  Hall. 


HAWS  SANITARY 
Drinking  Fountains 

are  used  today  in  the  best  State.  County  and  Municipal 
Buildings  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Also  in  Schools,  Theaters, 
Lodge  Rooms,  Parks,  Depots,  etc. 

Do  You  Want  the  Best?     Specify  HAWS. 

Send    for    Catalogue 

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FLAT  FINISH 


On  Mission  Work 

That  soft  dull  rubbed  effect  can 
now  be  secured  with  no  expense  for 
rubbing,  and  yet  with  a  finish  having 
all  the  good  qualities  of  a  rubbed 
varnish. 

Can  be  used  over  stain,  shellac,  gloss,  or 
other  varnishe<,  and  the  finest  woodwork. 

Its  jelly-like  nature,  with  nothing  to  sep- 
arate or  settle  out,  insures  a  uniform  finish 
on  all  work. 

It  is  free  from  wax. 

You  will  be  interested  in  Hilo  Flat  Finish.  Let 
us  send  further  information  and  sample  of  work. 


Moller  &  Schumann  Co.,  1022-24  Mission  St. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


American  2Ceene  Cement  Co. 

Office,  2.57  Monadnock  Building,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Works,  SIGUARD,  UTAH 

Formerly  Known  as  BICKEL'S  KEENE  CEMENT 


"Strongest  Keene  Cement  Known" 


RECENT   SAN   FRANCISCO    BUILDINGS: 

Flood  Residence,   Bliss  &  Faville,  Architects 

Physicians'  Building,  Frederick  H.  Meyer,  Architect 

Hotel  Ramona,  Smith  &  Stewart,  Architects 

American  Keene  Cement  Company 

of  California 


Telephone  Garfield  7331 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


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v'^AN  FRANCISCO 
HEXRY  H.   MEYERS,  ARCHITECT 


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Even  Old  Boreas 
Gives  It  Up! 

-  :'"'^'^~~^^  OurRoofingTinp  rov  e  s  i  t  s 

.,  ^, ,  /v^r^    true  worth  when  tested  by 

■/^C^i:  ;    Storm.    Old  Boreas,  travel- 

(|4^  ing  through  space  at  sixty 

miles  an  hour,  is  prone  to 

^^  ^  .  ^;/  sweep  every  roof  in  his  path 

['a     i'^iS-Jli  unless  it  is  made  of                 ||„ 


..    mw,   , 


^^  Wv^^i^I^A^c"^     ^        Copper  Bearing  Open  Hearth 

*fiissip&4ilR00FING  TIN 

''-r*r^; manufactured  exclusively  by 
^.  !j  this  Company.  Send  for  book- 
let "Copper — Its  Effect  Upon 
Steel     fur     Roofing    Tin." 
'^jl    Every  architect,    roofer   and 
builder  should  read  it. 


Copper  Bearing  Open  Hearth  Roofing  Tin  bears  the  stamp  "  C.  B.  Open 
Hearth"  in  addition  to  brand  and  weight  of  coating.  We  also  manu- 
facture Keystone  Copper    Bearing  Sheets,   both   Black  and  Galvanized. 


Ameiicda  Slieet  MlinPlateCoMpaw 

■^ General  Offices:  lTickBuadin9,Ktt6bui9h,Pa. 

—  District  Sales  Offices  = 

Chicago      Cincinnati      Denver      Detroit      New  Orleans     New  York     Philadelphia 

Pittsburgh      St.  Louis 

Export  Representatives:  L'.  S.  Steel  Products  Company.  New  York  City 

Pac.  Coast  Representatives:  U.  S.  Steel  Products  Co..  San  Francisco.  Los  Angeles.  Portland.  Seattle 


When    writing   to    .\ilverti?ers   please   mention    this   mag'izine. 


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The  Architect  and  Eng^ineer 


HARDWOOD  FLOORS  for  the  FAIR 


NEW  YORK  STATE   BUILDtXG    now  In-ing   ErtrtLil  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Grounds,  San  Francisco 
This  will  be  one  of  the  Best  Built  State  Buildings  at  the  Big  Fair. 

OAK  FLOORS  THROUGHOUT 

LAID   BY 

HARDWOOD   INTERIOR  COMPANY 

554  Bryant  Street  SAN   FRANCISCO 


GIANT  MODEL  "A" 

OAKLAND 
3rd   and   Jefferson  Streets 


Phones 


Oakland  1374 
Lakeside  67 


HIS  machine,  known  as  our 
Model  "A"  medium  or  high 
vacuum,  handles  a  great  vol- 
ume of  air  on  small  H.  P. 
Manufactured  in  Oakland. 
Winner  of  Gold  Medal  at  State 
Fair,  1913,  against  all  competitive  vacuum 
cleaners.  The  Judges  were  members  of  the 
California  State  Engineering  Department. 
This  machine  embodies  the  vacuum  cleaner 
process  and  can  be  instantly  converted  into 
a  powerful  compressor.  Estimates  cheerfully 
furnished  to  architects,  contractors  and  build- 
ers.    Hundreds  of  our  machines  in  operation. 


Siiclion  Cleaner  Company 

SAN  FRANCISCO 
731-733  Folsom   Street 

Phone  Kearny  2684 


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SMHUETER    VARINISHESSr^r^''^ 


ice  18S7 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  PIONEER  VARNISH  WORKS  |f„~/?o*«"a"S 

Branches— LOS  ANGELES,  PORTLAND,  SEATTLE.  Kansas,  Rhode  Island,  23d  &  24th  Sts. 


"^on  Buprin 

Self  Releasing  Fire  Exit  Latches 


Safe  Exit  a  Universal  Demand 


Pat.  U.  S.  and  Canada 
Approved  by  New  York  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters 

Absolutely  Reliable 
Safeguard  Against  Panic  Disasters 

A  Few  Dollars  Spent  for  Safe  Exits  Should  be  a 
Mental  Relief 

AGENTS  ON  THE  COAST 

W.  H.  STEELE Los  Angeles.  CaL 

A.  W.  PIKE  &  CO San  Francisco,  CaL 

A.  J.  CAPRON Portland,  Ore. 

F.  T.  CROWE  &  CO Spokane,  Wash. 

F.  T.  CROWE  &  CO Tacoma,  Wash. 

F.  T.  CROWE  &  CO Seattle,  Wash. 

WM.  N.  O'NEIL  &  CO Vancouver.  B.  C- 

Ask  for  Catalogue  No.  12  Q 

VONNEGUT  HARDWARE  CO. 

GENERAL   DISTRIBUTORS 

INDIANAPOLIS.  INDIANA 
In  "Sweet's  Index,"  Pages  770-771 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


ROYAL  FLUSH  VALVES 


are  rapidly  supplanting  all  other  meth- 
ods of  flushing  water  closets,  urinals 
and  slop  sinks. 

Flushing  same  quantity  of  water 
each  operation  of  handle,  no  waste  • — 
noiseless.     Write  for  catalog. 

N.  O.  NELSON  MFG.  CO. 

Steam  and  Plumbing  Supplies 

San  Francisco  Warehouse  and  Office: 
978  Howard  St.,  Tel   Kearny  4970 

LOS  ANGELES  SAN  DIEGO 


SCHAER  BROS. 

Factory  Representatives 

Excello  Vacuum  Machines 
Eclipse  Stoves  and  Ranges 
Radke  Hot  Water  Heaters 

We  cordially  invite  you  to  visit  our 
demonstrating  room, 

173  JESSIE  STREET 

(Ground  Floor) 
Opp.  Builders'  Exchange,  near  Third  Street 

Phone  Kearny  4728 


CITY    HALL,  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 
Bakewell  &  Brown,  Architects. 

For  this  important  structure,  Imperial  Water- 
proofing is  being  used  by  the  McGilvray  Stone 
Co.  for  treating  the  beds  and  builds  of  all  gran- 
ite and  stone  work,  by  a  surface  application,  to 
prevent  staining,  caused  by  cement  mortar. 

WE  SPECIALIZE 

Water  Proofing  Problems 

Above  Ground — Under  Ground 

ASSUME  ALL  RESPONSIBILITY 
GUARANTEE  RESULTS 


Imperial  Company 

Builders  Exchange  Building 

183  Stevenson  St.        San  Francisco 


F.W.  FITZPATRICK 

(with  his  Associated  Specialists 

in  Steel-Framing,  Heating, 

Sanitation,  etc.) 

OES  for  the  Architect  who 
only  occasionally  requires 
such  services  what  the 
high-salaried  and  perma- 
nent staffs  of  experts  do 
for  the  few  really  big 
offices  in  the  country.  The  fees  are 
moderate,  the  Service  is  of  the  very 
highest  order,  thorough,  most  prompt 
and  enthusiastic. 

Mr.  Fitzpatrick's  personal  work  is 
limited  to  plan-problems,  fire-preven- 
tion, design  and  the  artistic  rendering, 
"working-up"  of  perspectives,  etc.  from 
designs  made  in  collaboration  with  the 
Architects  or  entirely  of  their  own 
conception. 

Write  for  further  data,  illustrations 
and  rates. 


4200  Sixteenth  Street,  N.  W. 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


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"PAINTS 

for  Every  Purpose" 


PIONEER  WHITE  LEAD 
FULLER  VARNISHES 
WASHABLE  WALL  FINISH 
PIONEER  SHINGLE  STAIN 

Are  Manufactured  by 

W.  P.  FULLER  &  CO. 

San  Francisco 

Oakland  Portland 

Sacramento  Seattle 

Stockton  Tacoma 

Los  Angeles  Spokane 

Long  Beach  Boise 

Pasadena  San  Diego 

Factories  at  South  San  Francisco 


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26  The  Architect  and  Enpneer 


E.  A.  BULLIS  &  CO. 

Merchants  National  Bank  Bldg.,  San  Francisco 

Cement  Finishing  Products 

CARBITE,  floor  surfacing-FEDERAL  STEEL  CE- 
MENT HARDENER    IMPERVITE  waterproofing. 


DRY  COLORS 


for 


CEMENT  MORTAR 


OlTt  line  of  colors  are  all  of  a  basic  nature  which  will  not  affect 
the  ^rength  of  the  mortar  and  are  made  up  of  the  be^  obtainable 
from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Write  for  our  Color  Gauge  wherein  is  shown  —  not  the  color  of 
the  minerals  as  you  buy  them  from  us,  but  the  actual  results  obtained 
by  their  use  in  a  certain  known  mortar. 

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I'l'.c  .\rchitcct  and  !:iii^{iit-,' 


Central  Fire  Alarm  Station,  "s(Jl;a«i.^  San  Francisco 

(iJc-siKiud  ti\   I  .iiisultiiiK'  H'l.iril  ..I  Arthititts  and  Painted  by  1.  K.  Ki'^scl) 

Soil-  Manufacturtrs 
THE  MURALO  CO. 

New  York 
A,  L.C.REENE.  AKcnt 
Distrilmt<jrs 
D.  H.  RHODES 
546  Valencia  St..  S.  F. 
SUNSET  PAINT   CO. 
627  So.  Main  St.,  L.  A. 


Exterior  Surface 
Painli-d  witli 

3  Coats 

of  i:^ 


CONCRETO 

CEMENT  COATING 


CRUDE  OIL   BURNERS 

New  Improved   1915  Model 

SIMPLEX  Centrifugal   Rotary 

Now  Ready  for  Delivery 

Ordinary  Crude  Fuel  Oil  (Residuum  Petroleum)  costing  from  80  cents  to  $1.10 
per  bbl..  (42  gal.)  (8.+  lbs.  to  gal.] 

f  Flash  Point   123'  to  200°   F. 

I  Hurning  Point   165°  to  23.'>°   F. 

Laboratory  Tests  (  Gravity   14°  to     18°   lieaume 

I  Water  and  SludRe    Vi  to       2% 

I  .Xsphaltum   (80  Penetration)    30  to     62% 

Burning  like  gas,  ( F.vaporation  Tests  in  cast  iron  boilers  15.+  lbs.  water  from  and 
at  212°  F.  per  11).  nil)  n'tthout  smoke,  soot  or  carbon;  an  economy  of  50  to  70%  over 
coal,  gas  or  di.s^tillate. 

The  "Simf>lfx"  atomizes  or  breaks  up  this  heavy  oil  by  centrifugal  force,  preheats 
it  to  the  flash  poim  from  reflex  heat  of  fire  box.  delivers  and  mixes  the  necessary  air 
for  complete  combustion  by  multivnne  fans  revolving  with  and  under  atomizing  cup, 
which  cup  is  perfectly  insulated  by  the  constant  feed  of  cold  oil  over  its  exposed  sur- 
face— all  with  one  operation — all  load  on  ball  bearings — a  '4  to  ^j  h.  p.  motor  does  the 
work  of  pumping  and  burning  the  oil.  Particidarly  adajjted  for  installation  in  I'rcndi 
ranges,  small  boilers  (down  to  15  in.  dia.  fire  box),  low  pressure  steam  and  hot  water 
heating.    Apply  or  write  nearest  agency. 

SALE  AND   INSTALLATION   AGENCIES 

FR.VNK   A.   STEVENS  COMPANY    1105   Mission  St..  San  Francisco;  258  S.   I>>s  AnRclcs  St..  I>>« 

.•XnRelrs. 
T.ATOl'RKTTE  FICAI,   fOMP.XNV.   3?lh   and   S.icramcnto   Streets,   Sacramento. 
THE   C.Ari.I)    t  (IMI'ANV.    IJtIi    .ind    Kvcrctt    Streets.   Portland,   Ore. 
IIKN    OLSKN   (  ()MI'.\NV.    11.10   (  ommcrrr   Street.   Tacoma,   Wash. 

STE.VM    SF'KCT.M/IV    AND   SITPLV   ( OMP.WY.   70   WashinRton   Street,   Seattle,   W.ish. 
It.XKR    &■    .NNDKRSON.    Ltd  .    10(,0   Homer    Street,    Vancouver.    R.    C. 


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Tlic  Architect  and  Engineer 


ARCHITECTS!! 
ATTENTION!!! 


Western  States   | 
Porcelain  Ware  Co.  | 

.      WHITE  PORCELAIN      ./j^ 


For  your  SANI- 
TARY PORCE- 
LAIN    WARE 

specify  the  Calif  or- 

Ilia   product  made 
by  the  WESTERN  STATES  PORCELAIN  CO.  at  Richmond,  Cal., 
of  the  highest  grade  clays  by  most  experienced  workmen  and  the  latest 
improved   machinery,  competing  in   quality  and  prices  with   the  best 
Eastern  goods,  thus  guaranteeing  quick  delivery  and  service. 
Illustrated  catalog  mailed  on  request. 

WESTERN  STATES  PORCELAIN  CO. 

HERBERT  F.  BROWN,  President 
Manufacturers  of 

PLUMBERS  VITREOUS  CHINA  WARE 

RICHMOND,  CALIFORNIA 


For  Sound  and  Economical  Concrete  Specify 

\m  SAND  mm  and  rock  co.'s 

Sharp  Clean  Concrete  Sand.  We  carry  three  sizes 
of  Crushed  and  Screened  Concrete  Gravel 

Roofing  Gravel 


Main  Office: 
MUTUAL  BANK  BUILDING 


704  Market  St.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 
Phone  Douglas  2944 


HANCOCK   GRAMMAR    SCHOOL 
FACED    WITH    60,000 

Red    Stock    Brick 

Supplied  by  the 

DIAMOND  BRICK  CO. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

We  ScU 

ARTISTIC  CLAY  BRICK 

AT  REASONABLE    PRICES 
Sales  Office  Telephone 

BALBOA  BUILDING  Sutter  2987 


The  Architect  and  lln<^ineer 


29 


Residence  as  executed  1)\-  David 
].  Myers.  Architect,  one  of  many, 
showing  Ijeautiful  and  artistic 
effects  made  practical  throui^h 
specifying-  Whitney  \\'in(lo\vs. 

THE  WHITNEV 
WINDOW     I 

WM.  H.  PRINGLE,  Mgr. 

TELEPH3SE  GXRFIELD  7956 
522  Sharon  Building,    San   Francisco. 


Steiger 

Terra  Cotta  ^^ Pottery 

Works 

ARCHITECTURAL     TERRA     COTTA.      PRESSED     BRICK.    SEWER     PIPE 

CHIMNEY     PIPE.     FLUE     LINING.      FIRE     BRICK 

MANTEL  TILE.    ACIO    WARES 


Factory:    South  San  Francisco 
San  Mateo   Co. 


Yard:    18th  and    Division    Sts. 
San  Francisco 


Main  Office:    729  Mills  Building 

Telephone   Douglas   3010  SAN    FRANCISCO.  Cal. 


ENAMELED  BRICK 

MAT    AND    TRANSPARENT    GLAZE 


PACIFIC  SEWER  PIPE  CO. 

825  EAST  SEVENTH  STREET  LOS  ANGELES 


Gladding.NcBean&Co. 

Manufacturers  Clay  Produgts 

Crocker  Bldg.  San  Francisco 

Works.  Lincoln.Cal 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Municipal  Auditorium,  San  Francisco 

Designed  by  Consulting  Board  of  Architects 
Lindgren  &  Company,  Contractors 


EQUIPPED  WITH 

RUSSWIN  PANIC  BOLTS, 

UNIT  LOCKS  AND 

DOOR  CHECKS 


I 


FURNIvSHED  THROUGH 


JOOST   BROS.,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Russell  &  Erwin  Manufacturing  Co. 

DIVISION 
American  Hardware  Corporation,  Successor,  New  Britain,  Conn. 

Commercial  Bldg.,  833  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 

NEW  YORK  CHICAGO  LONDON,  ENG. 


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^ur  Cement  Building  is  full  ofTlbles  ^ 


PORES    IN    AVERAGE 
CEMENT    WALL 


^V>^^-"''WKg!  iyiri|>iii''  isiiwii.n,aMiii4i 


. ..^ atf 


LNLARGln 


Your  Cement  or  Stucco  Buildings 

Need  ''Bay  State"  Brick  and 
Cement  Coating  Protection 

THE  object  of  "  BAY  STATE  "  Brick  &  Cement  Coating  is  to  water- 
proof and  decorate  concrete,  cement,  stucco,  plaster  and  brick  sur- 
faces. It  overcomes  the  dull,  monotonous  color  of  the  ordinary 
Portland  Cement  and  prevents  such  surfaces  from  showing  spots,  blotches, 
discoloration  or  dampness  after  storms.  By  filling  all  of  the  pores  in 
the  surface,  it  prevents  hair  cracks  and  other  disfiguration.  By  exclud- 
ing dampness  it  preserves  all  of  the  Building  Materials  as  well  as  insures 
a  dr\'  inside  wall. 


Write  for  our  newly  issued  booklet 
Xo.  1  today  which  contains  complete  in- 
formation on  the  subject  of  waterproof- 
ing   and   decorating    concrete    surfaces. 

Wadsworth,  Rowland  &  Co.,  Inc. 

Mfrs.  of  BAY  STATE  I^EiL  pSotective  COATING 

BOSTON,  MASS. 


TNADE 
riAMK 


Reg.  U.S.  Pat.  Off. 

BAY         STATE 


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The  Architect  and  Ens[i)ieer 


IIOTKL  CMFT,  SAN   FRANCISCO 
(,.   A.   AIM'I.KCAKTII.    Arcliinct  V.  J.   VVALKKK   COMPANY,    lUiilJcrs 

EQUIPPED  WITH  A 

roUR  SWEEPER  TUEC 

UNITED  ELECTRIC  COMPANY,  Canton,  Ohio 

1 10  Jessie  Street,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 


The  Architect  and  Ilmj^iiicer 


33 


T'UI?    rfcm  UlT' A  I?    r'TTlJK    t>  at*  the  only  single  piece  type  curb 

lllry      U\JLlL3£jI\t\     I^UIVIJ     JDi\rV   BAR  MADE  ON  THE  PACIFIC    COAST. 


SECTIONAL  VIEW  OF  DOLBEAR  CURB  BAR  IN  CONCRETE 
SOLID  .WCIIORACH  —  X(  )N-\VI-:i)(;i.\G  —  MECHAXICALLV  PERFliCT 

THE  AMERICAN  STEEL  BAR  MFG.  CO. 

.  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE  BLDG. 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


F.  T.  CROWE  &  CO. 

Agents 
Seattle     411   Qlobe   BIdg. 
Tacoma      1005  -  A   Street 
Spokane     So.   164  Madison  St. 
Portland      4.S  -  4th  St. 


UNION  LIME  CO. 

Agents  Southern  California 
Seventh  &  Alameda  Sts.,  Los  Angeles 

FRED  H.  FIGEL 

Agent 
San  Jose,   Calif. 


THE  HOFFMAN  Instantane- 
ous Gas  WATER  HEATER 

Needs  No  Attention 


The  Hoffman  is  the 
Official  Automatic 
Water  Heater  of  the 
Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position. Over  100 
in  use. 


Phone,  Kearny  4325 


The  Hoffman  Heater  Company 

LORAIN,  OHIO 
PACIFIC  COAST  BRANCH: 

397  Sutter  St.,  San  Francisco 


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The  Architect  and  En^^ineer 


^'Concrete  for  Permanence" 

Notice  IV ho  Uses 
Atlas -White 

non- Gaining  Portland  Cement. 
The  kind  of  buildings  it  goes  into, 
and  the  prominence  of  the  archi- 
tects who  accept  it.  That's  the 
fine^  advertising  Atlas- White  has! 
The  produdt  can  say  more  for  itself 
than  we  can  say  for  it. 


PACIFIC  COAST  DISTRIBUTORS  OF 
ATLAS   WHITE 

United  Materials  Co.,  -  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Pacific  Portland  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Santa  Cruz  Portland  Cement  Co.,  San  Francisco 
Oro  Grande  Lime  6c  Stone  Co.,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
Sur set  Lime  Company,  -  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Los  Angeles  Lime  Company,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Western  Commercial  Company,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
California  Portland  Cement  Co.,  Pasadena,  Cal. 
Robert  H.  Winn  Co.,  -  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Howard  Company,         -  -        Oakland,  Cal. 

F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  -  Seattle,  Wash. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,  -  Tacoma,  Wash. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Comp>iny,  -  Spokane,  Wash. 
Evans,  Coleman  &  Evms,  -  Victoria,  B.  C. 
Evans,  Coleman  &  Evans,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 
F.  T.  Crowe  &  Company,       -       Portland,  Ore. 


^f.'':2i% 


f/-^  WHITE  -^XN 

ATLAS) 


i.^.  CEMENT  A..^ 


Wt'Cii    writini{    to    .\dvertisprs    plcisc    mcntic.ii    this    m.ig.izinc. 


The  .Irchitcct  and  lim^iiiccr 


35 


HY-RIB 

WHAT  DEPTH  DO  YOU  REQUIRE? 

S|>ecify  My-kib  by  its  depth — choose  the  depth  of  ribs  that  most  closely  meets  your  exact 
re<iiiiremcnts.  Our  complete  line:  each  type  furnished  in  three  gauges,  also  in  Trus  Con 
Copper  Bearing  Sheets:  runs  in  depth  from  flat  Rib  Lath  to  W  Ribs.  13/16"  Ribs,  15/16"  Ribs 
and   1  'A"  Ribs.     The  correct  material   is  available  for  every  possible  use. 


IIY-RIH    is   a   unit    of    forms,    reinforcement,   lath    and    studs. 

Important  recent  installations,  involving  nearly  one-half  million  s(|uare  feet  of  material, 
are  the  Fine  .\rls  Ituilding  and  the  Main  Entrance  Tower,  at  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  also 
the  new  -Vuditorium  at  Oakland. 

We  also  manufacture  concrete  reinforcement,  metal  lath.  Unitiil  Steel  Sash,  Truscon 
Steel    Sash,   Curb   Hars.    Armor   Plate,   etc. 

TRUSSED  CONCRETE  STEEL  COMPANY 

LOS  ANGELES      SAN  FRANCISCO       PORTLAND       SEATTLE      SPOKANE 


CONCREWALTUM 

The  Original  damp  proofing  oil  paint  for  CONCRETE.  PLASTER, 
BRK^K  and   MASOXRY  SURFACES.     Any  color  or  finish  desired. 


Beautiful 


Sanitary 


—  Efficient  — 

IT    STICKS 

Can  be  Washed  or  Scoured.     Unexcelled  for  making  Pleasing  and  Sanitan,-  Wa 

TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS 


Honest 


of  Service  that  is 

Satisfactory 

MADE    BY    THE    MAKERS    OF 


Unfailing 


^ C/^u a/mm"     ^"^     Carbonizing  Coating 


fCR  GAi  yA^IZED  lf>0/V 


X-OM  IRON  AND  STJIEL 


THE  GOHEEN  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

CANTON,  OHIO 

C.  W.  COBURN  &   COMPANY  A.  J.  CAPRON 

320  Market  Street  17-18  Ainsworth  Building 

San  F'rancisco,  Cal.  Portland,  Oregon 


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The  Architect  and  Eui^ineer 


What  is  More  Troublesome  than  to  Pack  Radiator  Valves? 

You  nevcT  seem  to  have  the  ri^ht  size  packingr.  Because 
there  is  no  active  rod  travel  through  the  stuffing  box  the  pack- 
ins;  sets  and  gets  hard,  and  the  valves  leak  more  or  less  when 
opened  or  closed. 

PALMtTTO   TWIST 

can  bf  unstranded  and  any  size  valve  packed  from  one  spool. 

It  cannot  burn — it's  all  asbestos.  Does  not  set  hard — because 
a  perfect  lubricant  is  forced  into  eacli  strand. 

Use  PALMETTO  TWIST  on  all  the  valves,  and  you  will 
not  have  to  repack  so  often. 

We  will  Send  you  a  sample  spool  FREE.     Just  to  prove  this. 

H.  N.  COOK  BELTING  CO.. 

317-319    Howard  St..  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


A.  KNOWLES 

Metal  Furring,  Plastering   and 
Decorations 

Phone  Douglas  3451 


985  FOLSOM  ST. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.      I 


Specialist 

in 

"CAEN 

STONE" 


AUSTIN  Improved  Cube 
Concrete  Mixer 

Made  in  all  sizes  and  styles  of  mountings  for 
general  concrete  work,  for  road  and  pavement 
construction, and  for  bituminous  concrete  work. 

MUNICIPAL     ENGINEERING     & 
CONTRACTING   CO. 

Main  Office,  Railway  Exchange,  CHICAGO   ILL. 

Direct  Factory  Branch  in  SAN  FRANCISCO, 

Temporary  Office: 

A.  M.SKILLMAN,  1235  FINEST,  S;in  Francisco 


PACIFIC  FIRE  EXTINGUISHER  CO. 
ENGINEERS  AND  CONTRACTORS 

Heating  and  Ventilating,  Electrical  In- 
stallations, Fire  Extinguishing  Apparatus 

THE     GRINNELL    AUTOMATIC    SPRINKLER 

Main  Office:     ;o7  MONTGOMERY  STREET.    SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 

II7-II8  Colman  Building Seattle  Wash. 

Branch  Offices:  .)  5°f5°5  McKay  Building Portland  Ore. 

826  Paulsen  Building Spokane,  Wash, 

563  I.  W.  Hellman  Building Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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37 


Established   1902 


■QUALITY  COUNTS' 


15,000  BOOTH  ORNAMENTS 

To  Architects  and  Booth  Builders 

Save  Time  and  Money  f 

u-ith  htst  results. 

Ornamental  Work, 

in  Wood,  Plaster,  Compo, 
"Fibro"  and  Iron. 

15,000  Stock  Models  to  choose  from. 

Mouldings,  Capitals,  Brackets,  Friezes,  Coves,  Panels,  Shields,  Urns,  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 

Also  Special  Lighting  Fixtures  —  Standards    ^^^eS  ^?^'^^' 

QUICK  DELIVERY,   whether  to  order   or   from   stock. 
Exclusive  Agents  —  Decorators  Supply  Co.,  Chicago. 

N.  Y.  Car\-ed  MouMing  Co.  and  others 


WESTERN  BUILDERS'  SUPPLY  CO. 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 


155  NEW  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


Phone  Kearny  1991 


Note  thei^- 
.Air  Space 


BUILD  of 
Concrete  Slabs 

A  FIREPROOF  BUILDING 
OF  REINFORCED  CON- 
CRETE FOR  THE  SAME 
MONEY  AS  A  COMBUSTI- 
BLE STRUCTURE  OF  WOOD 

Walls  and  Partitions  of 
Concrete  Slabs== 
Waterproof,  Crackproof, 
Everlasting==San  i  tary 

"^  Note  the  Air  Space 

INTERNATIONAL  CONCRETE 
CONSTRUCTION  CO. 

Parker  &  Ninth  Sts.        West  Berkeley,  Cal. 


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The  Architect  and  Eno^ineer 


San  Francisco 

Metal  Stamping 

and 

Corrugating 

Company 

STAMPED  AND  SPUN 

SHEET  METAL 
ORNAMENTS. 
STATUE  WORK, 
MISSION  TILE 

554-556  TREAT  AVE. 

NEAR     NINETEENTH     ST. 

Phone  Mission  2421 
Home  Phone  M-3428 


^r^l^ 


SAN   FRANCISCO, 

CALIFORNIA  Statue  of  Sheet  Metal 


Vulcan  Iron  Works 

(Established  1851) 

STRUCTURAL  STEEL 
AND  CAST  IRON 
ORNAMENTAL  IRON 


ROCK  BREAKERS 

BLAKE  PATTERN      DODGE  PATTERN 


Works   I  Francisco  and  Kearny  Streets 
and       '  c        r-  ,•    , 

Olfice    *  ^"  Francisco,  Cal. 


The  Cutler  Mail  Chute 


Mail  Box— L.C.  Smith  Building 

Seattle.  Wash.. 

Gaggin  &  Gatrsrin,  Architects, 

Syracuse.  N.  Y. 


Pacific 
Coast 
Represen- 
tatives : 

San  Francisco, 
Cal., 

Thomas  Day 
Company. 

Portland, 
Ore. 

C.  W.  Boost. 

Seattle  and 

Tacoma, 

Wash., 

D.  E. Fryer 
&Co. 

Spokane, 
Wash. 
E.G. 
Tousley. 


Cutler  Mail  Chute  Co., 

ROCHESTER,  N,  Y. 
Cutler  Building. 


OENAAVENTAL 

IR0N65R0NZE 

5TRVCTVRAL  STEEL 

CINCINNATI 

SAfJ  FRANCISCO 

WF&TERN  BVILDERS  SVPPIY  CO 

155  NEW  MONTGOMERY  ST. 
LOS  ANGELES 

SWEETSER  (j  BALDWIN  SAFE  CO 
200  EAST  912  ST 


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39 


-'^:.    Isometric  view 
^^i  .  of  the   Oscil- 
lating Portal 
Wa  I  1    B  ed 

showing  how 
the  same  bed 
may  be  used, 
at  will,  either 
on  the  sleeping 

'porch  or  in  the 

froom. 


Sleeping  Porch 


Bed  Room 


MARSHALL  &  STEARNS  CO.,    ^^\';?,'Si:'f  ^„  ,,.     ^^fLf^'^    , 

'  1152  Phelan  Buildintr         1774  BroadwAv 


Geo.  H.  I)vi-k    Fri'sidciu 


K.  \V.  Dyer.  Vic.-Pres 


W.  J.  DvKR.  Sec'y 


DYER   BROTHERS 

Golden  West  Iron  Works,  Inc. 

Structural  Iron  and  Steel  Contractors 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON  WORK 


Office  and  works: 
17th  and  KANSAS  STREETS 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Phone  Market  134 


Guaranteed  Building  Specialties 

SEE  OUR  LIST 


Enameled    Brick  (American  Enameled  Brick 

&  Tile  Co.) 
Safety  Treads  (American  Mason  Safety  Tread 

Co. 

Hollow  Metal  Steel  and  Bronze  Doors 

and  Trim  (Monarch  Metal  Mfg.  Co.) 
Revolving  Door  (Atchison.) 
Medicine  Cabinets  (Corey  Metal  Mfg.  Co.) 

AAetal  Lockers  ^Hart  &  Cooley  Co.) 

V\  arehouse  Doors,  Rolling  Steel  Shiit= 
ters.  Garage  and    Elevator  Doors 

(Variety  Manufacturing  Co.) 


Dumb  Waiters  (Energy  Elevator  Co.) 
Radiator  Valves  (Lavigne  Manufacturing  Co.) 

Elevating  Window  Fixtures  (Tabor  Sash 

Fixture  Co.) 

Metal  Weather  Strip,  Bronze  and  Zinc 

(Monarch  Metal  Weather  Strip  Co.) 

Waterproofing  Compound  and  Steel 
Cement  Hardener  ('  Insulite,"  "Aqua- 
Vjar"  and  "National.") 

Venetian  Blinds  (Swedish  Venetian  Blind 
Co.) 


C.  JORGENSEN  &  COMPANY   '"  f^^'^llc^lV'^^ 


Telephone  Kearn\  2386 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


MYROX  HUNT 

and 

ELMER  GREY 

Architects 
Los  Angeles 


Stained   with 
Cabot's 
Shingle  Stain 


CABOT'S  CREOSOTE    SHINGLE    STAINS 

THE  ORIGINAL  AND  STANDARD  STAINS 

Distinguishable  by  their  soft  depth  and  freshness  of  color,  richness  of  tone,  and 

durability.    No  muddy  or  greasy  effects,  no  blackening,  no  washing  off.    They  have 

stood  the  test  more  than  twenty-five  years. 

Cabot's  Sheathing  and    Deafening  "Quilt."     Cabot's  Waterproof   Cement 
Stains.     Conservo  Wood  Preservative.     Cabot's   Waterproof   Brick   Stains. 

Samuel  Cabot,  inc.,  SoIe  Manufacturers,  Boston,  MaSS. 

(  Pacific  Building  Materials  Co.,  San  Francisco. 
Agents  \  The  Mathews  Paint  Company,  Los  Angeles.     (Stain). 
'  Waterhouse  &  Price  Company,  Los  Angeles.     (Quilt). 


J.  G.  BRAUIN 

615-621  S.  Paulina  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

527-541   W.  35TH  ST..  NEW  YORK 


CARRIES  *   COMPLKTE  STOCK    OF 


Steel  Mouldings  for  Store  Fronts 


Elevator  Enclosures,  Etc. 


Plain  and  Ornamenlal  Sash  Bars,  Leaves,  Rosettes 

Pickets  and  Ornamental  Rivets,  Square  Root 

Anile  Iron  from  %'x%'x\-l6'  Upwards 

Square    Tubing    for    Elevators      Elevator    %'^ol;if,  Jn^Bulillrrs^on^'rA^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Enclosures  and  Office  RaUings 

PATENT  SHEET  METAL  SHEARS  PUNCHING  MACHINES 

All  parts,  including  the  main  body,  are  made  of  forged  steel,  which  make*  these 
tools  lar  superior  to  any  made  from  cast  steel.  Q  The  Punch  Machines  are  made 
from  steel  plates.  AU  movable  parts  are  steel  forgings.  All  parts  which  can  be 
are  tempered.  The  Eccentric  pillar  blocks  are  made  with  Independent  steel  ringa. 
Some  of  these   Machines  also  have  Shears  for  cutting  Angle,  Tee  or  Plat  Iron. 

WRin  fOR  CATALOG 
AND  PRICK 


OVER  900 
MACHINES 
SOLD 


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41 


p.  Noble.  Pres. 


Edward  Bonneau  Noble,  Vice-Pres. 


Thomas  Rolph.  Sec'y 


fartftr  iloUins  Mxii  (Ha. 


SUPPLIERS     OF 


Structural  Steel,  Forgings,  Bolts,  Rivets, 
Frogs,  Switches,  Cast  Iron  Castings 


General  Office  and  Works 
17th  and  MISSISSIPPI  STS.  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Telephone  Market  215.  also  Connecting  City  Offices 


City  Offices 
216-217  SHARON  BUILDING 

Telephone  Sutter  4.!<S8 


TELEPHONE 


\  Mission   139 
'  Mission      59 
Home  Phone  M   1841 

A.  A.   DEVOTO,   PRESIDTNT 


OFFICE    ANO  WOHKS:       621-651    FLORIDA  ST. 

BETWEEN    Harrison  and   Bryant,   18th  and   19th 
San    Francisco,  Calif. 


W.  B.  MORRIS.  President  H    M.  WRIGHT.  Vice-President  L.  J.  GATES.  Secretary 

Western  Iroin  Works 

STRUCTURAL  IRON  and 
STEEL  CONTRACTORS 


Gas  Holders,  Vault  Linings,  Jails.  Fire  Escapes,  Beams,  Channels.  Anj^les 
and  Steel  Wheelbarrows  Carried  in  Stock 


Phones:   Kearny  575 
J   1250 


\t^  'k^^\.%V^lW  SAN  PRANCISCO,  CAL. 


W.  R.  BRODE,  Pres. 


R.  J.  BRODE.  Vice-Pres. 


LOUIS  R.  KOLM,  Sec'tv 


BRODE  IRON  WORKS 

Established   1886       Incorporated  1913 

Fabricators  and  Contractors  of  Structural  Steel 

and 

ORNAMENTAL  IRON  WORK 

Telephone  Kearny  2464 
31   to  37  HAWTHORNE  STREET,   SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 
Between  Howard  and  Folsom  Sts.,  East  of  Third  Street 


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TELEPHONE.  MISSION  1763  HOME  PHONE.  J  2376 

C.  J.  HILLARD  CO.,  Inc. 

MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Bank  and  Office  Railings.  Elevator  Enclosures  and  Cars. 

Cast  Iron  Stairs  and  Store  Fronts.     Wire  Work.     Fire  Escapes. 

Nineteenth  and  Minnesota  Sts.  Q      r  r  ] 

Next  to  California  Canneries  ^^^    F  ranClSCO,    <>^al. 


Telephone  Mission  5230 

Ralston  Iron  Works,  Inc. 

STRUCTURAL   STEEL 
Ornamental  Iron  Worfi 

Twentieth  and   Indiana  Sts.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Phone  Main  322 

The  Palm  Iron  and  Bridge  Works 

INCORPORATED 

STRUCTURAL     STEEL 
ORNAMENTAL  IRONWORK 

15th  and  R  Streets  -  SACRAMENTO,    CAL. 


MERRIT    IRONING    BOARD 

THE  attention  of  architects  and  owners  i.s  called  to  the 
exceptional  merits  of  the  Merrit  Ironing  Board,  the 
latest  improvement  in  folding  ironing  boards.      This 
ironing    board    lias   given    genuine    satisfaction    wherever 
it  has  been  installed.      It  is  ver}'  rigid,  strong  and  simple. 

Send  for  Descriptive  Circular  and  Price  List  to 

MERRIT   IRONING   BOARD   COMPANY 

1715  21  MISSION  STREET  -         -         -  SAN    FRANCISCO 


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43 


■^m 


SPECIFY  THE  COLONIAL 
HEAD  THROAT  and  DAMPER 

iHii  bL£sr  dbvicl;  for  opkn  fireplaces 

SEE  SWEETS  INDEX  PAGES— 1702-3 
SOLD  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST  BY 

Aurora  Mfg  Co.         Fliggins  BIdg.,  Lo?:  Aneeles  CC\\   ONI  A  I 

D.  O.  Church  San  Francisco  ^  hv,  c  d  i     a^-  c 

Scott.  Lvman  &  Stack  Sacramento  F  I  R  E  P  L  AC  E 

D.  E.  Fryer  &  Co.  '  Seattje  COM  P  A  N  Y 

CHICAGO  :: 


\Vm.  N.ONeil&Co 
M.J.  Walsh  Co. 


Vancouver.  B.  C. 
Portland.  Ore. 


CRANE 

COMPANY 

Hign   Grade  .  .  . 

PLUMBING 
SUPPLIES 

Steam    ana    Hot    ^Vater    Heating 

PIPE,   VALVES,    FITTINGS 

Second  &  Brannan  Sts. 
SAN   FRANCISCO 

Power    Plant    and    Water   Works   Materials 

STEAM    SPECIALTIES 

CALIfORNIA  ST[AM  AND  PLUMBING  SUPPLY  CO. 

PIPE,  VALVES  AND   FITTINGS        opf.ce  and  warehouse: 

FOR  671-679  FIFTH  STREET 

STEAM,  GAS,  WATER  AND  OIL 


OOMF»LETf3     STOCK     OR 

The  Kelly  &  Jones  Company  Products 

WRITE     EOR    CATALOGUE 


Corner  Bluxome 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

Telephone  Sutler   737 


LITHOID  FLOORING  and 
LITHOID  DAMPPROOFING 

This  composition  mixed  and  tested  upon  strict  Chemical  Analysis. 
FLOORS  made  of  this  material  POSITIVELY  GUARANTEED. 

LITHOID     PRODUCTS    CO. 

General  Offices:     1034  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE  BLDG. 
Telephone  Sutter  1475  SAN  FRANCISCO 


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The  Architect  and  Eiifi^inecr 


Ever  Have  Trouble  With  Your 
Furnace  or  Retort? 

The  fault  is  not  always  with 
the  Workmanship,  sometimes  it*s 
the  material. 

Specify  **Liverniore"  when 
you  use  Fire  Brick  or  Fire 
Clay  Products  of  any  kind  and 
y^ou  can  depend  upon  the  qualify 
being  there.  Special  shapes  and 
sizes  made  to  order.  Standard 
sizes  carried  in  stock- 

LIVERMORE  FIRE  BRICK  CO. 


LIVERMORE, 


CALIFORNIA 


STEEL  TANKS  COATED 

WITH 

BITURINE 

CANNOT  RUST  (inside  and  out) 

White  House  —  O'Connor  &  Moffatt  —  Eastman  Kodak 

Holbrook,  Merrill  &  Stetson — Commercial — Flood  Bldgs. 

TANKS  ALL  COATED. 

24  California  St.,  San  Francisco     Kearny  4478 


THE  KINNEAR  MFG.  CO. 

COLUMBUS.  OHIO 

STEEL  ROLLING  FIREPROOF 

DOORS  AND  SHUTTERS 

Agents 
Seattle  -  Portland  -  Los  Angeles  -  Salt  Lake  City 

San  Francisco  Office  517  Rialto  Building 


"FIRE  —  A    CRIME" 

We  are  equipped  with  two  Pacific  Coast  Factories  to  manufacture 
METAL  DOORS — Tin.  Kalamein,  Composite^  Hollow  Steel  and  Bronze, — Swinging, 

Sliding,    Folding,  Elevator,    Van  Kannel    Revolving    Doors,  and   Wilson's   Steel 

Rolling  Doors. 
METAL  WINDOWS  —  Underwriters.  Hollow  Metal  of  all  kinds,  Kalamein,  Bronze 

and  Steel  Sash  gm^  See  the  SIMPLEX   METAL  WINDOW. 


UNITED  STATES  METAL  PRODUCTS  CO. 

OF  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 
525  Market  St.,  San  Francisco  750  Keller  St.,  Los  Angeles 


Agents  and  Branches  in  all  Coast  Cities. 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 

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Entered  at  San  Francisco  Post  Office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


Contents  for  December 


P.AGE 

TOWER  OF  JEWELS  (in  four  colors) Frontispiece 

Carerre  &  Hastings,  Architects 

THE   PANAMA-PACIFIC    EXPOSITION    FROM   AN  ARCHITECT'S 

VIEWPOINT  47 

B.  J.  S.  CahUl,  A.  I.  A. 

THE      ARCHITECTURE      OF      THE      PANAMA-PACIFIC      INTER- 
NATIONAL EXPOSITION 61 

Lowell  Hardy 

INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITIONS  7.-) 

Louis  C.  Mullgardt 

AN    ARCHITECT'S    IMPRESSIONS    OF    A    WONDERFUL    EXPOSI- 
TION   77 

W.  Garden  Mitchell,  A.  I.  A. 

THE  ILLUMINATION  OF  THE  EXPOSITION  BUILDINGS  -  8:! 

W.  D'A.  Ryan 

THE  STATE  BUILDINGS  AT  THE  EXPOSITION      -  -  -  -  88 

SOME    NOTABLE    ACHIEVEMENTS    IN    PLASTIC    ART    AT    THE 

EXPOSITION It:! 

ARCHITECTURE  97 

W.  R.  B.  Willcox,  F.  A.  I.  A. 

THE  FEES  OF  ARCHITECTS 102 

"PRACTICE  AS  AMERICAN  INSTITUTE  ARCHITECT"  -  -        104 

SOME  NOTES  ON  CLAYS  AND  TILES 10.-) 

J.  Clark 

SOME  HAND-CARVED  FIREPLACES 108 

EDITORIAL  112 

AMONG  THE  ARCHITECTS 114 


llndfc.x   to   .Advertiscmenls   Paee   8] 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


STEEL  BARS  for  Concrete  REINFORCEMENT 

WE  CARRY  A  COMPLETE  STOCK  OF 

TWISTED  SQUARES,  PLAIN  SQUARES  AND  ROUNDS 


We  Will   Make  Lump  Sum   Bids  on  Re- 
inforcement   Fabricated    and    Installed. 


WOODS  &  HUDDART 


444  MARKET  STREET 


Tel.  Sutter  2720 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


OIL     BURNERS 

VACUUM  PLANTS 
ICE  MACHINES 

The  Three  Essentials  lor  the  Up-to-date 
HOTEL  and  APARTMENT  HOUSE. 
I        , 
'■ '     With  a  JAR  VIS  Guarantee  Your  Troubles  Are  Over. 

Home  Manufacture — Everything  but  the  motors 

T.  P.  JARVIS  CRUDE  OIL  BURNING   COMPANY 


Phone  Market  3397 


275  Connecticut  Street,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Virlical  Partition  in  H.iL-kK'rounJ  of  ("ul 


ARCHITECTS  wKo  design 

Churches,   Scnools    ana    Garages 
SPECIFY 

Acme  Rolling  Partitions 

(Horizontal  and  X'ertical) 

PERMANENT  and  EASY  TO  OPERATE 

Your  inquiry,  giving  number  and  size  or 
openings,  will  bring  prompt  reply.  (Mention 
this  advcrtij^cmcnt  when   writing.) 

UNION  BLIND  &  LADDER  CO.,  Inc. 

.Vvi.S  Prralta  St.,  Oakland  Phone  Piedmont  171 


BOISE  SANDSTONE 

Everla.sting  Fast-Cutting  Fireproof 

Of  Beautiful  Color  Inexpensive  Strong       *  \ 

What  more  could  be  said  of  Perfect  Stone  • 

BOISE  STONE  COMPANY 


BOISE.  IDAHO 


Cut  by  nil  Stone  Contractor*  on  the  Pacific  Coast 


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riREX 


FIREPROOFS 

hy 

Guido  Blenio 

Process. 
White  Process. 


Firex 

riREPROors  Ejrh^t 


FIRETRAPS 


Economical 

Effective 

Enduring 


Buildinjf  Paper,  Roofing  and  other 
Building  Materials  rendered  Fire- 
proof with  FIREX. 

Firex  Fireproofing 

approved  by  the 
PANAMA-PACIFIC  INTERNATIONAL  EXPOSITION 


FIREX  OTLINE  FIREPROOF  PAINTS 
cover  1,300,000  sq.  yards  of  the  interior  of 
the  six  largest  Palaces  at  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition. 

Firex  Reduces  Insurance 


Address     -T     IrvUz-A.     V^\^.        Phone 

Merchants  Exchange,  S.  F.  Sutter  1640 

Factory       West  Berkeley. 

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HAWAIIAN  BUILDING,  PANAMA-PACIFIC  EXPOSITION 

C.  W.  DICKEY.  ARCHITECT 


MEMBER 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

ASSOCIATION 


( BANKS 
REFERENCES-^  ARCHITECTS 
I  OWNERS 


LESTER  H.  STOCK 

GENERAL  BUILDING 
CONTRACTOR 

BUILDER    OF 

HAWAIIAN  BUILDING 


AND 


ARKANSAS  BUILDING 


AT 


P.  P.  I.  E. 


A.  DUSENBERRY 

Manager  of  Coutrucdon 


12  GEARY  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Phone  Doufflas  45% 


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Frontispiece 

Tlic    Architect    nnd    Engineer 

of    California 

December,    1914 


CARERRE  &  HASTINGS,  ARCHITECTS 


THF 


Architect  and  Engineer 


Vol.  XXXIX 


Of  California 

Pacific  Coast  States 


DECEMBER.   1914 


No.  2. 


>     5     9      5     C 


COLOW.-IDE  COURT  OF  FOUR  SEASOSS 
Henry   Bacon.   Architect 

The  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  from  an  Architect's 

Viewpoint 

r.y  H.  J.  S.  CAIlll.l..  A    I.  A..  1".  R.  C.  S. 

TIIICKIC  are  i^ood  reasons  why  an  architect  is  tlie  very  last  i)ers()n  in  the 
world  to  (lescril)e  a  threat  symphony  of  architecture  such  as  the 
Panama- Pacific  MxpositicMi.  lie  is  much  too  likely  to  sec  orders,  mold- 
inj^s  and  details  where  he  should  really  see  only  colonnades,  colors  and 
effects.  His  knowledge  of  detail  and  the  processes  of  constructi(jn  is  apt  t() 
dull  his  sensibilities  to  the  bewilderment  and  confusion  that  is  so  fascinat- 
inj^  to  the  layman.  And  before  s^oiuitj  any  further,  we  mi^ht  dwell  a  moment 
on  this  very  i|uestion  of  the  enjoyment  of  any  sj^reat  complex  work  of  art. 

( )nly  those  who  d(»  not  know  too  much  and  who  can  surrender  wholly  to 
their  senses,  can  really  tj^et  the  tlirill  and  rhapsody  «»f  a  mi}.jhty  pasreant. 
Those  who  are  yctun^  will  enjoy  the  I'air  far  more  than  those  who  are  old. 
Possibly  this  accounts  for  the  fact  that  the  nations  when  they  were  yctuntrer. 
succeede<l  so  much  better  than  we  do  in  ravishin*;  the  mincls  of  the  masses 
bv  the  terrific  architecture  of  their  t<^mbs  and  tem])les.     Xo  doubt  the  first 


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triumphs  of  architecture  in  evoking  the  emotions  were  obtained  by  inspiring 
awe.  which  in  reality  is  nothing  but  the  glorification  of  fear.  If  we  can 
reduce  our  feelings  to  those  of  a  child  or  a  savage,  we  can  easily  realize 
how  a  very  high  wall,  like  a  ver>-  high  cliff,  will  induce  a  sort  of  dread.  It 
is  impossible  to  go  close  to  a  precipice  of  rock,  such  as  can  be  passed  on  the 
trail  to  the  Upper  Yosemite  Falls,  and  look  up  to  the  towering  mass  above, 
without  the  feeling  of  fear.  It  is  probably  explained  by  scientists  as  a  racial 
reminiscence  of  the  danger  from  falling  fragments.  Then  again  a  great 
cave  will  overwhelm  the  senses  and  cause  one  to  sj)eak  in  whispers,  just  as 
a  mighty  dome  or  vault  will  do.  Xo  one  can  quite  escape  these  primitive 
feelings,  and  the  reason  is  that  they  are  based  on  deep-rooted  and  age-long 
inherited  racial  recollections.  But  the  nearer  we  are  to  the  child  and  the 
savage  and  the  less  our  feelings  have  been  drilled  out  of  us  by  learning,  the 
quicker  we  shall  respond  to  the  primitive  appeal  of  "fear"  in  architecture, 
which  is  the  basis  of  the  "sublime."  And  next  to  what  is  huge  and  over- 
whelming in  heroic  architecture  usually  developed  in  exposition  work, 
comes  the  use  and  joy  in  color.  The  full  delight  in  color  is  reserved  also  for 
children  and  semi-savages.  We  grow  wise  and  gray  by  the  same  process. 
The  grayness  of  modem  life  is  a  sign  of  our  weariness  and  sophistication. 
Time  will  fade  out  anything.  Youth  and  newness,  freshness  and  folly  even, 
all  are  full  colored  and  vivid.  And  here  again  the  appeal  of  the  Exposition 
considered  as  an  architectural  spectacle  is,  primarily,  to  those  who  are 
young  and  looking  out  onto  life  with  hope :  keen  in  enjoyment  rather  than 
apt  at  analysis.  In  other  words,  the  Panama- Pacific  Exposition  proper  is 
frankly  a  feast,  a  revel  even  in  all  that  is  gorgeous  and  intoxicating  in  archi- 
tecture, sculpture,  painting,  gardening  and  illumination.  .\nd  the  main 
appeal  is  made  to  those  with  keen  appetites  and  relish  for  all  the  good 
things  that  can  be  fed  to  mortal  vision,  rather  than  to  those  who  could  ex- 
plain and  analyze  them.  It  will  therefore  be  my  function  to  mi.x  an  appe- 
tiser rather  than  to  expound  the  menu  or  reveal  the  secrets  of  the  chefs 
receipts. 

Let  no  one  imagine  from  the  tenor  of  the  above  remarks  that  this  great 
symposium  of  art  and  architecture  appeals  to  youth  because  it  is  in  the 
least  bit  crude,  or  that  it  appeals  to  primitive  tastes  because  it  is  in  itself 
the  least  bit  primitive.  Xo  one  could  make  a  more  misleading  mistake.  The 
whole  gorgeous  pageant,  the  entire  complex  "scene."*  is  the  verA-  last  word 
in  all  that  is  sophisticated  and  down  to  the  hour.  .\11  the  effects,  no  matter 
how  barbaric  or  spontaneous  in  appearance,  have  been  worked  out  with 
deliberate  and  cold-blooded  science  by  a  group  of  experts  as  highly  trained 
for  the  feat  as  any  to  be  found  on  the  continent. 

When  this  great  exposition  was  actually  determined  upon.  I  was  in  the 
city  of  Portland,  far  removed  from  all  discussion  and  local  speculation. 
Without  claiming  any  prophetic  faculty,  but  to  show  that  the  final  realiza- 
tion expresses  an  ideal  common  to  a.  great  many  oi  us.  I  will  repeat  what  a 
friend  and  myself  said  in  discussing  the  news  at  the  time,  long  before  even 
the  site  had  been  finally  settled  upon. 

.\fter^some  discussion  we  determined  three  things.  We  said,  this  Fair 
mast  be  at  Xorth  Beach,  because  as  it  celebrates  a  water  triumph  it  must 
be  not  only  near  the  water  but  part  of  the  water.  It  must  not  only  flank 
the  bay.  but  the  bay  must  be  let  into  and  must  flow  around  the  Exposition. 
This  could  be  done  at  I^ke  Merced  or  near  the  Park,  but  these  sites  are  not 
near  enough  to  the  town.  .Next  we  decided  that,  on  account  of  the  well- 
known  winds  it  should  be  built  on  the  bazaar  plan,  a  series  of  connected 
interior  courts,  each  a  different  type  of  oriental  architecture  and  each  with 


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>tt)nc  rimmctl  pools  of  water  to  rcHoct  tlic  j^M<)ry  of  the  walls  around.  l-"iiially 
we  concluded  that  the  Mxjjosition  architecture  should  differ  from  all  at- 
tempts heretofore,  inasmuch  as  it  should  be  one  riot  of  color  from  top  to 
l)ottom.  In  the  main  these  leadinj^  ideas  have  been  realized  with  rather  less 
of  water  and  much  less  of  India,  Kj^ypt  and  Ceylon  that  we  anticipated. 

And  after  all  there  has  been  deep  wisdom  in  this.  We  are  all  |)rone  to 
make  false  analogies.  We  say,  for  instance,  what  the  Atlantic  has  done  for 
the  eastern  coast,  the  Pacific  will  do  for  the  western.  We  entirely  overlook 
the  fact  that  water  can  divide  as  well  as  unite.  The  Atlantic  is  a  j^ood  high- 
way between  Europe  and  .America,  but  the  I'acific  is  a  barrier  between 
.\merica  and  .Asia.  And  just  as  day  and  nij.jht  meet  in  mid-Pacific  by  uni- 
versal consent,  so  do  the  lii^ht  and  the  dark  races  of  the  ( )ccident  and  (Jrient 
line  up  against  each  other  here  in  permanent  and  unblendin^  demarkation. 
The  west  coast  of  .America  is.  in  a  sense,  the  last  boundary  of  the  white  race 
;ind  it  is  not  to  Asia  that  we  turn  for  inspiration  in  the  arts,  but  back  to 
lujrope  where  we  came  from.  California  is  not  only  the  same  latitude  as 
.Southern  Europe,  but  it  is  destined  to  be  settled  up  through  the  Panama 
L  anal  by  immijj^ration  from  the  Mediterranean.  And,  in  a  sense,  San  I*"ran- 
cisco  bay  is  a  miniature  epitome  of  the  Mediterranean.  The  architecture  of 
the  E.xposition  expresses  this  perfectly.  Eor  it  is  inspired  almost  wholly  by 
the  ancient  forms  developed  in  classic  (ireece  and  Rome;  in  Spain  and  Italy 
of  the  Renaissance,  and  in  I'rance  of  our  t)wn  ep(Kh.  .Added  to  these  are 
-ome  motives  reminiscent  of  the  (lothic  of  Rouen  and  the  l>yzantine  of 
Ravenna,  and  over  all  a  hint  that  the  domes  of  this  new  City  by  the  (lolden 
(late  are  kin  to  the  domes  of  the  old  city  by  the  Cjolden  Horn. 

( )n  low  fiat  land,  then,  by  the  water's  trt)ubled  edg'e,  lies  this,  the  latest 
sea-born  city  of  a  dream,  and  like  a  dream  ephemeral  and  fleeting.  Its 
colored  dftmes  are  clustered  thick  like  bubbles  of  ocean  foam  blown  up  from 
the  storm-tossed  breakers  of  the  beach.  Its  color,  seen  from  afar  or  from  on 
hi«.;h.  is  also  the  color  of  coagulate  sea-foam,  as  though  its  walls  were 
modelled  in  new  meerschaum  or  cut  from  old  ivory.  Its  r(X)fs  are  fretted 
like  shells  and  colored  like  coral  wet  with  brine.  Its  portals  are  stained  as 
copper  keels  salted  with  long  voyages.  Its  domes  are  of  many  colors.  Some 
are  of  ct)ld  orange,  like  fresh  kelp;  others  gleam  like  winter  sunset.  Others 
again  are  the  green  of  breaking  waves  and  others  are  of  every  shade  of  jade. 

Piut  we  must  descend  from  this  far-away  vision  which  greets  the  senses 
from  the  hilltops  like  a  strain  of  distant  music,  and  view  the  golden  city 
at  closer  range  and  in  the  light  of  the  noonday  sun. 

As  the  basic  or  "holding"  color  of  the  whole  Exposition  is  founded  on 
a  full  gamut  of  orange  from  the  coldest  tones  of  cork  to  the  fullest  glow  of 
gold,  it  is  really  best  to  see  the  buildings  after  rain,  when  the  sky  is  washed 
to  the  purest  cobalt.  Then  if  we  walk  down  through  the  central  avenue 
of  the  main  buildings  from  west  to  east,  providing  it  be  afternoon  and  the 
sun  is  shining,  we  shall  face,  one  after  another,  a  series  of  resi)lendent  tone 
pictures  the  like  t'f  which  has  never  before  been  decreed  or  created  by  any 
community  on  earth. 

The  architectural  part  of  the  whole  Exposition  is,  like  ancient  (iaul,  and 
everything  else  for  that  matter,  divided  into  three  parts.  If  we  imagine  that 
we  are  stationed  inland  and  looking  northward  across  the  bay  at  about  the 
center  of  the  entire  grounds,  the  main  Ivxposition  group  will  lie  in  a  long 
rectangle  across  the  middle  of  the  line  of  vision,  its  long  axis  running  east 
and  west.  This  is  the  main  organic  nucleus  of  the  ICxposition.  Its  body  is  a 
huge  rectangle  3CXX)  feet  long  and  1000  feet  across.  This  is  divided  into 
eight  exhibit  palaces  by  four  broad  open  courts  cutting  it  once  through  its 


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long  dimension  and  three  times  through  its  short  dimension.  At  the  head 
of  this  rectangular  grouj)  to  the  left  or  west  is  the  Fine  Arts  Palace  and  at 
the  foot,  to  the  east,  is  the  Machinery  Hall.  To  the  south  of  this  main 
rectangle  and  flanking  the  main  entrance  leading  to  the  Tower  of  Jewels 
(the  tallest  Iniilding  of  all),  is  the  Horticultural  Palace  and  the  I'^estival 
Hall.  This,  with  the  addition  of  an  Automol)ile  E.xhihit  south  of  the 
Machinery  Hall,  constitutes  the  principal  ])art  and  the  only  part  that  can 
be  considered  with  its  gardens  and  waterways  as  one  homogeneous  group. 

It  is  this  group  that  summarizes  so  completely  the  architecture  of  the 
peoples  dwelling  on  the  Mediterranean.  nt>t  at  any  one  epoch,  nor  in  any 
one  spot,  but  rather,  as  it  were,  the  culminating  spirit  of  their  greatest 
efforts.  Xor  has  this  been  done  in  the  slavish  spirit  of  the  archaeologist. 
In  this  the  designers  have  again  shown  consummate  wisdom.  I  have  seen 
two  of  the  great  French  Expositions,  and  I  recall  that  while  they  showed 
amazing  originality,  they  did  not  for  that  very  reason  make  instant  appeal. 
No  wise  concertmeister  will  make  his  whole  programme  of  new  music  by 
new  composers.  At  a  gala  celebration  above  all.  a  wise  impressario  will 
be  careful  to  feed  the  peoi)le  with  something  familiar.  No  new.  original 
work  of  art  can  ever  hope  to  win  wholesale  and  popular  success.  Much 
more  than  in  Europe,  already  stocked  and  overflowing  with  classic  master- 
l)ieces.  do  we  here,  on  the  edge  of  the  white  man's  world,  need  to  see  real- 
ized and  visualized  some  of  the  spirit  of  the  masterpieces  of  old.  It's  a  long, 
long  way  to  the  Acropolis,  and  what  yve  need  here  is  something  of  the 
godlike  simplicity  of  the  Athens  of  Pericles  before  our  eyes,  and  some- 
thing of  the  monumental  and  massive  dignity  of  Imperial  Rome.  What  is 
paltry,  like  what  is  poor,  we  have  always  with  us.  \\'e  need,  therefore,  on 
this  exalted  occasion  of  the  Exposition,  something  of  the  (iothic  splendor 
of  the  age  of  tourneys  and  mediaeval  pageants,  something  of  the  grace  and 
elegance  of  the  Renaissance  in  Italy,  something  of  the  richness  antl  romance 
of  the  Renaissance  in  Spain.  It  will  do  us  good,  too,  to  marvel  awhile  at 
I'yzantine  polychromes  and  .\frican  arabes(iues.  Nor  should  we  overlook 
the  art  output  of  our  own  age.  the  plastic  exu])erance  of  the  French,  and 
last,  but  not  least,  our  own  .American  ingenuity  in  the  latest  art  of  illusional 
illumination.  And  all  these  things,  the  cream  of  all  creative  art  of  all  the 
ages  we  have  here  assembled  and  blended  in  one  superlative  symposium, 
and  not  as  slavish  rei)r(>ductions.  but  rather  as  spiritual  reincarnations.  So 
that  we  have  here  in  the  richest  vestiture  of  form  and  color  and  in  the 
noblest  setting  of  land  and  water,  the  very  spirit  and  soul  of  the  old  world 
(lenius  of  .Architecture  to  abide  amongst  us  for  a  while  as  a  wondrous 
vision  and  memory  of  what  has  gone  before,  and  as  an  abiding  inspiration 
for  what  is  yet  to  come. 

The  second  i^art  of  the  ICxposition  lies  to  the  left  or  west  of  this,  the 
central  group.  It  is  a  more  or  less  heterogeneous  assemblage  of  buildings 
for  the  various  states  of  the  I'nion  and  foreign  countries. 

The  third  part  of  the  Exposition,  lying  to  the  east  or  right  of  the  central 
l»ody,  is  devoted  to  amusements,  to  fun,  frolic  and  bufToonery.  also  as  much 
a  i^art  qf  an  exj^osition  as  its  high  art  and  its  not  (piite  so  high  com- 
mercialism. In  fact,  this  section  pays  for  much  of  the  liigh-toncd  glory  of 
the  rest  and  should  not  be  despised.  It  will  most  likely  attract  and  hold  a 
great  majority  of  visitors  who  are  only  partly •  interested  in  what  may  be 
called  legitimate  exhibits,  much  of  which  to  the  average  man  comes  uj)  to 
that  drearv  wandering  "among  miles  of  pickles."  which  is  the  impression  of 
the  inside  «if  some  expositions  we  recall. 

1  have  suggested  how  a  casual  visitor,  on  the  right  kind  of  .i  sunny  after- 
noon, might  get   the  maxinunn  of  thrills  from   the  glorious  facades  of  the 


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iiiiiei  «.<itni>.  .111(1  arcades  of  the  lu.iui  L^Kiup.  I  think  it  wmiUl  he  possihlc 
t»)  very  much  intetisitv  tlie  \i\i(hiess  and  stinndatittn  of  our  pilj^riin's 
proj^ress  from  west  t»>  east  as  prescrihed.  if  he  wouhl  first  of  all  make  a 
hasty  ttiiir  of  the  second  part  of  the  ICxposition.  particuhirly  amouL,'  the 
various  State  lUiihlinys.  In  the  ritual  of  every  religion  a  feast  is  invariahly 
preceded  by  a  fast.  To  properly  apjjreciate  the  soft  air  and  the  rose-i;ro\vn 
charm  of  a  California  winter  one  should  come  from  the  hitini;  hliz/ards 
and  sleeting  chills  of  a  C  hristmas  in  Massachusetts  or  the  Middle  W  est. 
There  is  no  intention  here  whatever  of  helittlinjj^  the  architecture  of  the 
State  l)uildin}.js.  They  represent  the  typical  normal  aspirations  of  the 
various  states  with  fair  precision,  and  it  is  rather  t«)  e.xalt  the  creators  of  the 
KxposititMi  irroup  than  to  decry  the  desij^ners  of  the  states  .i^roup  that  a 
contrast  is  here  suij;<.(ested. 

The  designs  of  the  l-'.xposition  Palaces  and  C'ourts  are  carried  to  such 
a  hi.uh  pitch  of  intensive  excellence,  the  detail  is  so  rich  and  the  finish  is  so 
florid  that  when  once  the  eye  is  keyed  up  to  this  lavish  standard,  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  realize  for  l(>n«j  what  amazinj^  riches  of  form  and  color 
are  actually  surroundinj.;  us.  Visions  of  delijjjht  crowd  on  us  so  thickly  that 
the  optic  nerves  refuse  to  rifjhtly  respond.  .\t  any  rate,  we  j^row  so  accus- 
tomed to  this  revel  of  form  and  color  that  we  lose  consciousness  of  its  ex- 
traordinary opulence.  ( )ne  does  not  realize  this  at  first.  It  is  only  when 
i»ne  j^ets  amouij  the  i)lain  State  l>uildinp;^s  that  one  realizes  the  contrast. 
And  it  is  as  startlini^  as  when  one  turns  from  the  amber  .^low  of  sunset  to 
the  cold  j^^rey  world  of  an  hour  after. 

I  have  often  wondered  what  there  was  to  boast  about  in  the  buildinji^s 
of  IJullfinch.  or  for  that  matter  a{  any  of  the  early  architects  of  Xew  I'lng'- 
land.  Severe,  plain,  uninterestini^.  bald.  cold,  drab  and  dismal  they  have 
ever  seemed  to  me.  Xothini:;^  in  all  the  history  of  architecture  was  ever  so 
dull  and  deadly  as  a  I'uritan  meetin.i^  house,  unless  we  except  the  i)eople 
who  made  them  and  prayed  in  them.  Of  course  any  narrow  cult  that  ex- 
cludes much  will  ^row  deep  and  stronj^  in  what  it  retains.  l>ut  for  the 
normal  balanced  man  no  such  half  culture  is  salutary.  lUit  if  Puritanism 
jiave  us  a  starved  and  frij^id  architecture,  it  was  at  least  consistent  and  not 
devoid  of  character  by  which  you  could  at  least  recog^nize  it  and  keep  away  ! 

I>ut  there  is  another  cold  and  dreary  architecture — that  of  a  Xew  Com- 
munity, especially  a  new  .\njL|^lo-Saxon  community.  Let  us  be  frank  about 
it  and  admit  it.  The  Puritans  had  a  rou^h  sincerity.  They  refrained  de- 
liberately froiu  expressin*;^  any  joy  in  their  buildinfjjs.  They  had  jheir  burn- 
ing enthusiasms  and  made  great  sacrifices,  but  XOT  in  the  cause  of  art. 
P.ut  the  .g(»o<l  ])eople  of  a  later  day.  those  who  swarmed  over  this  huge 
continent  and  luade  its  trails,  felled  its  forests  and  built  its  cities,  their 
main  enthusiasm  and  sacrifice  was  in  the  making  of  luoney  and  that  with 
so  much  haste  that  art  again  was  served  as  horribly  as  the  Puritans  served 
it;  only  that  the  former  wouldn't  and  the  latter  couldn't.  I'>ut  however  hard 
they  tried,  every  court  house  and  city  hall  over  some  two  million  s(|uarc 
miles  of  cultivated  civilization  attests  how  a  great  comnuinity  can  be  heroes 
in  agriculture  and  hoboes  in  architecture. 

The  commonplace  architecture  of  the  .Middle  W  est.  though  very  Hatter- 
ingly  represented  at  the  I'air,  can  be  api)reciated  by  reversing  the  experi- 
ment recommended  above.  Let  any  one  merely  pass  through  the  main 
exhibition  and  then  visit  the  States  buildings  and  he  will  feel  how  tame  and 
tiresome  is  the  architecture  we  produce  on  ordinary  occasi(»ns  compared 
with  the  architecture  we  are  cai)al)le  of  producing  on  cxtra(»rdinary  ones! 


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ASOTHER    VIEW  OF   THE  PALACE   OF  HOKTICULTURE 
Rnkcwell  &  Brown,  Architects 


And  perhaps  this  will  he  the  lesson  of  the  exposition.  Not:  that  every 
building  must  be  a  ])alace  nor  every  day  Sunday,  but  that  we  can  lift  up  the 
plane  of  our  daily  work  to  much  loftier  standards  than  those  that  now 
obtain. 

And  pCThai)s  another  view  leads  to  the  thought  that  as  the  I",.\position 
summarizes  and  brings  to  a  focus  the  art  of  luirojjc  on  the  Mediterranean, 
we  might  look  for  the  latinising  of  our  art.  Here,  on  similar  latitudes  facing 
the  I'acific,  we  may  conceive  that  a  more  genial  climate  will  nourish  a  more 
generous  architecture — something  that  would  be  represented  by  olives  and 
oranges,  grapes  and  pomegranates  in  place  of  the  outdoor  art  we  associate 
with  ajjples  and  oats,  ho])s  and  potatoes. 


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ARCHITECTS'  PRELIMISARY  DRAHIM,   ol-    lilt 

Bakcucll  Sr   Broun.  Archilfils 


OF  HORTICILI  LRU 


The  Architecture  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Interna- 
tional Exposition 

By   l.OWEI.L  HAKDV. 

OX  l"cl)r\i;iry  20,  I'M 5.  on  time  and  finished  to  tlie  last  minute  detail, 
the  S50.000.0(X)  I'anama-racific  International  I'lxjjosition.  tiie  ijieatest 
of  all  world  expositions,  will  o])en  at  San  I'rancisco. 

A  consideration  of  the  widely-known  "block  plan",  that  has  been  here 
worked  out  with  such  marked  success,  is  of  interest  at  this  time. 

Tiiis  plan  as  a|)pl:ed  to  the  construction  of  the  eipjht  central  exhibit 
palaces  is  uiKpiestionably  a  happy  solution  of  the  exposition  problem  in 
that  the  distances  to  be  traveled  are  reduced  to  a  minimum.  In  all  jjrevious 
expositions  the  most  wearisome  feature  has  been  the  lony;  walks  between 
the  various  buildintjs,  while  at  the  same  time  the  lack  of  any  rej^ular  plan 
of  location  for  the  different  exhibit  palaces  has  ])roven  confusins^  to  visitors. 

The  main  i^roup  of  buildinj^s  at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  I-^x- 
position  may  be  briefly  described  as  beinu;  set  within  a  threat  i^arden.  with 
its  own  area  broken  uj)  to  aff«»rd  the  interior  courts,  which  in  themselves 
have  been  made  features  of  ijreat  beauty.  .\  profusion  of  flowers  and 
notable  works  of  sculpture  surround  pools  of  water  in  which  are  reflected 
the  s^ardens  and  the  architectural  beauties  of  the  palaces,  while  the  walls 
are  hun.u:  with  mural  paintintrs.  the  work  of  the  j:jreatest  of  liviuij  artists. 
Splendid  fountains  are  to  be  found  in  every  court. 

In  the  buildinir  of  the  exposition  the  attempt  has  been  mule  to  not 
only  provide  a  fittint;  settin;^  for  the  j^rcat  world  celebration  of  the  com- 


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plctioii  of  the  Panama  Canal,  hut  also  ti»  foster  i)ro;^rcss  toward  hettcr 
architectural  statuhirds.  To  tliis  end  some  of  tlie  ahlest  men  in  the  ]>ro- 
fcssi»>ns  t>f  art  and  arclritecture  were  hrouj^ht  toj^ether. 

'I'he  architecture  of  the  expositit)n  is  not  of  a  rij^id  type  Imt  on  the 
c«>ntrary  tlie  style  is  tlexihle.  all  sameness  and  monotony  heinjj^  avoided.  A 
satisfactory  relation  has.  however,  heen  hron^ht  ahout  between  adjacent 
and  attached  structures  by  means  of  a  unit|ue  plan  of  desif^niuLj.  The 
architects  of  the  various  buildini^s  were  not  commissioned  to  prepare  coiu- 
plete  plans  for  the  structures.  Instead,  the  huildiniis  proper  were  desii^iied 
l)y  the  euijineers.  the  architects'  function  beinji;'  t«)  desij^ii  the  walls  and 
c<nirt>.  .\nother  way  t>f  expressiu}^  this  idea  is  to  state  that  the  entire 
exterior  wall  of  the  luain  .urou])  was  put  int«>  the  hands  <>\  one  architect, 
while  the  facade  of  a  separate  court  was  desij^Mied  by  different  architects. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  a  court  is  adjacent  t(»  two  or  four  buildinjjjs.  luich 
entire  court  has  been  c«>nsidered  a  decorative  feature  in  itself,  and  is  in  all 
cases  the  result  of  one  desijjner's  effort,  producinjj^  thereby  a  perfect  unit. 
W  here  the  work  of  the  desii^ncr  adjoins  that  of  another,  a  transition  has 
been  accomplished  by  an  intermediate  architectural  treatment. 

( )utside  of  the  main  s^roup  the  buildings  are  cared  for  in  the  usual 
manner,  each  structure  beini;  handled  by  one  architect.  The  i)rincii)al 
buildiuijs  beini;  the  Palace  of  Horticulture,  the  Palace  of  l-'ine  .\rts.  the 
Palace  of  Machinery.  I'estival  Hall  and  the  California  lUiildin^,'-. 

The  main  j.jroup  comprises  the  following;  eiL,^ht  exhibit  palaces: 
Kducation  and  Social  l*'cononiy.  I'lnxl  Products.  .Xi^riculture.  Liberal  .\rts. 
Manufactures.  Transportation.  Mines  and  Metalluri^y  and  N'aried  In- 
dustries. .\s  an  intef^ral  i)art  of  its  design  the  Tower  of  Jewels  and  the 
Court  of  the  L'niverse.  the  Court  of  the  I-'our  .Seasons,  the  Court  of  I'^lowers. 
the  Lourt  <»f  .\bundance  and  the  Court  of  Palms. 

The  three  interior  courts  with  their  extension  are  dc\  eloped  long- 
itudinally north  and  south,  affording  the  greatest  protection  to  visitors  on 
warm  or  windy  days.  They  are  interconnected  east  and  west  and  open 
to  the  esplanade  on  the  north  while  the  two  smaller  or  south  courts  o])en 
into  the  South  (iardens. 

The  Court  of  the  l'niverse.  the  central  court,  is  approximately  .^00  feet 
by  'X)0  feet,  resembling  in  size  and  shape  the  great  plaza  appn»aching  the 
Church  of  St.  Peter  at  Rome.  On  the  east  and  west  axes  of  the  curved 
ct>lonnades  are  Triumphal  .Arches,  1.^0  feet  long  to  base  of  sculpture,  being 
larger  than  the  .\rc  de  Triomi)he  at  Paris.  .Above  these  arches  masses  of 
sculpture  rise  forty-one  feet  higher. 

The  east  arch,  the  .\rch  of  the  Rising  Sun.  leads  .to  the  Court  of 
.Abundance,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  group  of  statuary  symbolizing  the 
Orient.  The  western  arch,  which  forms  the  entrance  to  the  Court  of  the 
I'our  Seasons,  is  of  ecpial  size  and  is  surmounted  by  scvdpture  representing 
the  .Nations  of  the  West.  This  arch  is  called  the  .\rch  of  the  Settrfig  .^un. 
These  two  immense  arches  exemi)lify  the  theme  of  the  exposition,  the 
meeting  of  the  Kast  and  West  in  the  completion  of  the  Panama  Canal. 

( )n  the  south  the  Court  of  the  Universe  is  dominated  by  the  43.^  foot 
Tower  of  Jewels,  which  accents  the  central  entrance  to  the 'main  group  of 
eight  exhibit  ])alaces.  The  tower  terminates  in  a  globe.  The  structure  is  a 
pyramidical  mass,  richly  sculptured,  rising  from  a  base  12.^  feet  s(piare 
through  which  passes  a  vaulted  oi)ening  (^0  feet  in  width  and  110  feet 
high,  with  an  interior  vault  72-C^  by  116-6. 

The  Court  of  the  l-"our  Seasons  is  340  feet  scpiare  and  is  open  on  the 
north  to  San  IVancisco  bav  bv  wav  of  a  colonnaded  avenue  473  feet  long 


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Louis  C.   Mullgardt,  Architect 

aiul  171  feet  in  width.  Tliroui^h  a  ])assa^e  in  a  threat  niche  or  lialf  dome 
it  (>])ens  into  tlie  Court  of  Palms,  in  each  of  the  four  corners  of  the  court, 
behind  a  screen  of  cohnnns,  is  a  niclie  containin.y;  a  fountain  and  statuary 
symbolic  o(^  the  four  seasons.  I'.ehind  these  columns  are  hunj^  mural 
paintings  carrying  the  same  theme. 

The  east  court,  the  Court  of  Abundance,  is  symetrical  and  similar  in 
size  to  the  Court  of  the  I'"our  Seasons.  The  two  south  courts,  the  Court 
of  Palms  and  the  Court  of  h'lovvers.  are  extensions  of  the  Court  of  the  I'our 
Seasons  and  the  Court  of  .Abundance.  They  are  rendered  in  the  Italian 
Renaissance. 

The  main  j^^rttup  of  palaces  is  275()  feet  loii<^  and  1230  feet  in  width.  I  lie 
princii)al   features  of  the  plan  of  the  j^ronp,  in   addition  to  the  courts  and 


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the  Tower  of  Jewels,  are  tlie  IcMij^itiulinal  and  transverse  aisles  and 
clerestories  in  each  pahice  i»l"  the  }^roup.  A  dome  is  the  central  anil  <loniinant 
factor  and  is  U»cated  at  the  intersection  t)f  the  lonj^itudinal  and  transverse 
aisles.  The  aisles  in  both  directions  have  arched  trusses  which  terminate 
at  the  dome  and  there  has  been  added  to  the  structure  under  the  dome, 
certain  framintj  to  form  false  pendentives  which  appear  to  jj^ive  it  support. 

The  north  and  south  outside  walls  of  the  main  j^roup  mi^ht  be  said  to 
be  a  liberal  treatment  of  the  "riateres(iiie"  (Si)anish  architecture  of  the 
early  Renaissance  period,  so  calletl  because  of  its  likeness  to  the  work  of 
the  silversmith)  with  the  east  and  west  walls  alter  the  Italian  Renaissance, 
the  latter  harmonizini^  with  the  Palace  of  Machinery  and  of  I-"ine  Arts  and 
servinj^  also  as  a  transition  to  the  ])lateres(|ue.  The  ornament  and  enrich- 
ment of  the  north  and  south  walU  is  chiefly  concentrated  about  the  doors, 
windows  and  entrances.  The  parapet  of  the  main  wall  is  crowned  with 
Spanish  tiles. 

In  general  the  architecture  «)f  the  main  ji^roup  is  characterized  by  such 
features  as  the  above  mentioned.  It  has  already  shown  itself  to  be  a  style 
of  architecture  extremely  well  adapted  to  exposition  work  and  it  is 
especially  suitable  for  the  climate  of  California. 

Of  the  detached  structures  of  the  exposition,  the  Palace  of  Machinery 
first  commands  the  attention  of  the  visitor.  In  architectural  composition 
this  palace  is  Roman,  the  desi.u^ner  beiui^;'  intluenced  by  his  study  of  the 
( )ld  Roman  baths  and  thermae.  The  decoration  is  classic  in  form  but 
modern  in  expression,  and  is  su<^j.jestive  of  machinery  and  invention.  The 
principal  feature  of  the  structure  is  the  three  arched  aisles.  7?  feet  wide  and 
101  feet  hijj^h.  throu.y:hout  its  entire  length  of  <>68  feet.  On  each  side 
of  the  main  structure  there  are  side  aisles  70  feet  wide  covered  with  shed 
roofs  41  feet  high.  The  total  width  of  the  building  is  368  feet.  There  are 
three  transverse  aisles  of  the  same  width  as  the  long^itudinal  aisles  and  132 
feet  hij^h.  which  form  the  central  and  dominant  feature  of  the  buildintj. 
The  interior  of  t'he  frame  is  recalled  on  the  exterior  of  the  buildinf^;'  by 
larjje  arched  openinijs  on  the  ends. 

The  Palace  of  l-'ine  .Arts  occupies  a  commandinp;'  position  400  feet 
distant  from  the  west  wall  of  the  main  t^rouj).  Immediately  in  front  of  the 
buildiu!.,'  is  a  i)ool  of  still  water  in  which  is  reflected  the  buildinji^  and  its 
surroundini,'^  .L,'^ardens.  This  palace  is  curved  in  plan  with  its  east  and  west 
elevati(His  formiuij  parallel  arcs.  On  the  east  facade  the  decorative  feature 
is  a  colonnade  the  north  and  south  terminations  of  which  are  the  main 
entrances  to  the  buildinj^.  A  domed,  circular  rotunda  is  enclosed  within 
the  arms  of  the  colonnade  and  becomes  the  dominant  note  of  the 
composition. 

The  architecture  is  early  Ronian  with  marked  traces  of  the  finer  (Ireek 
influences.  Pompeiian  and  Italian  forms  occur  harmoniously,  especially  in 
the  ijfarden  details.  The  architect  has  _t,fivcn  an  exjircssion  of  quiet  to  the 
buildini^  by  means  of  the  pool  and  the  scul])tural  notes  selected. 

The  Palace  of  Horticulture,  declared  by  many  t<»  be  the  most  beautiful 
exposition  structure  ever  built,  is  .Saracenic  in  composition,  and  in  relation 
to  its  domes  and  minarettes  is  similar  to  the  Moscpie  of  .\hmed  I.  The 
details  and  ornament,  however,  have  a  16th  Century  I-Vench  Renaissance 
feelin.ij.  The  wcxirlen  trellis  work  forniinp^  a  distinctive  feature  in  the 
decorative  scheme,  is  derived  from  the  c^arden  architecture  of  the  Louis  IV 
period  in  France,  which  with  the  larii^e  area  of  glass,  sujj.c^ests  the  purpose 
for  which  the  structure  was  intended.  The  dome  of  the  Palace  of  Horti- 
culture is  the  larijest  hemispherical  j.iflass  dome  now  in  existence.  It  is 
1.^2  feet  in  diameter  or  approximately  the  same  as  the  Pantheon  at  Rome, 
and  18.^  feet  hiifh. 


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IKOXr   lilA-JAI  ION.    l.-lKitU    JMJUSTKIliS    Dill.DIXc;  • 

Bliss  &■  Favillc,  Architctts 

I-'cstival  ll.ill  was  studied  Iroiii  the  riicatrc  dcs  I'.eaux  Arts  txpe  ol 
French  Architecture,  because  of  tlie  exposition  style  and  character  of  this 
structure.  The  plan  adopted  has  the  usual  theatre  arranj;enient  of  a  foyer 
in  front,  and  the  staj^a-  with  its  accessories,  beiiind  a  circular  auditorium,  is 
unusually  successful  in  its  festive  tpialities.  The  details  are  studied  from 
the  I'Vench  Renaissance  ornament,  particularly  from  Le  Petit  and  l.e  (Irand 
Trianon.  The  huildinj,'  is  386  feet  loni;  and'  .S76  feet  wide  at  the  central 
l)art.  The  dome,  which  forms  the  dominant  feature  of  the  desi.L;n,  is  221 
feet  hii^h  and  172  feet  in  diameter  on  the  outside. 


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DETAIL  OlER  DOORUAY,  rRASSI'ORTATIUS   BriI.DIXC 
Bliss  &  Fa-.-itlf.  Arcliitecis 


PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE  SAME  DETAIL  AFTER  COMPLETIOX  OF  BLILDISG 
Bliss  6r  Faville,  Architects 


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EXPOSniOX  AUUirORIVM,   SAX  FRAXCISCO   CIVIC  CEXTER 
Designed  by  Messrs.  Howard,  Meyer  &  Reid,  Consulting  Board  of  Architects 

The  California  Uuilding  is  a  low,  irregularly-shaped  structure,  about 
560  feet  long  and  420  feet  wide,  built  around  an  open  court  200  feet  stpiare. 
The  court  faces  the  south  side  by  a  low  arcade  accented  at  either  end  with 
gateways.  The  architecture  is  distinctively  California  Mission  adapted  to 
meet  modern  re(|uirements.  At  the  north  of  the  court  is  the  main  entrance 
to  the  building  with  arcaded  entrances  on  either  side  leading  intt)  the 
California  exhibit  space  on  the  east,  and  on  the  west  to  the  great  ball 
room  with  its  subsidiary  foyer  and  reception  rooms. 

The  display  space  covers  an  area  of  about  80.000  scpiare  feet  with  an 
additional  area  of  about  20,000  square  feet  in  a  mezzanine  above.  The  ball 
room  is  55  by  130  feet,  on  the  inside.  At  the  west  of  the  court  is  a  two 
storied  wing  in  which  are  housed  the  executive  offices  of  the  Federal  and 
State  Commission  and  of  the  Exposition. 

The  Ivxposition  .Auditorium,  costing  $1,300,000  and  capable  of  seating 
10.000  persons  in  the  main  hall,  was  erected  at  the  Civic  Center.  It  is  275 
feet  wide  and  412  feet  long  covering  an  area  of  113.438  square  feet.  The 
architectural  treatment  of  the  building  suggests  the  I'Vench  Renaissance 
and  is  designed  to  conform  with  the  City  Mall,  now  in  the  course  of  con- 
struction an<l  with  other  buildings  of  the  Civic  Center.  The  above  picture  of 
the  Auditorium  is  the  first  to  be  published,  showing  the  structure  as  it  appears 
today.  The  photograph  was  taken  December  1st  and  sliows  a  portion  of  the 
cornice  still  uncompleted. 

The  main  grouj)  of  exhibit  palaces  of  the  expt)sition  occupy  about  43 
acres.  To  the  east  lies  the  concession  district  and  to  the  west  the  State 
and  I'oreign  Sites,  where  the  forty  foreign  nations  and  forty-three  states 
that  are  y»articipating  in  the  exposition  have  erected  their  jiavilions. 
Ileyf)nfl  is  the  Live  Stock  Department,  race  track  and  athletic  field. 

The  exposition  groiuids  reach  fnim  I'ort  Mason  on  the  east  to  the 
I'nitcd  States  Presidio  Military  Reservation  on  the  west  extending  along 
the  shore  of  San  l'"rancisco  1)ay  for  a  distance  of  about  two  luiles.  just 
within  the  (loldcn  (late.  Across  the  water  the  Marin  Hills  rise  abruptly 
from  the  strait  and  towering  over  all  in  the  background  is  Mount  Tamal- 
pais.  It  is  probable  that  no  i)revious  world  exposition  was  ever  so  fa\-orcd 
with  a  site  that  included  to  so  great  a  degree  the  ipialities  of  scenic  bc.iuty. 
afl.'iptability  and  con\enicnce. 


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XORTHERX   E.WTRAXCE.   COURT  OF   THE   UfflVERSE 
McKIM.   MEAD  &  HHITE.  ARCHITECTS 


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BYZ.IMISE  DOOKUAV.   I'ALACIi   OF  liDlCATIOS 
W.  B.  FAVILLE.  ARCHITECT 


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FACADE    01-    .l.\    L.KlUBir   I'ALACE    OS    ArEXL'E    CUXXECTIXC    MAIX    COLRIS 


I'assiiii^  tlir()u*;li  the  I-'illniore  street  entrance  to  the  Exposition 
jL;Touncls  the  eye  is  attracted  and  the  attention  is  held  l)y  the  portal 
of  the  Palace  of  Varied  Industries  that  stands  upon  the  left.  The 
inspiration  of  the  work,  it  is  stated,  was  the  portal  of  the  Salamanca 
Cathedral  in  Spain,  a  structure  that  may  be  said  to  furnish  one  of 
the  truest  examples  of.  the  architecture  of  the  Spanish  renaissance  extant. 
The  portal  of  the  Palace  of  Varied  Industries  was  originally  i)urposed  as 
a  rejilica  of  the  Salamanca  portal  but  it  is  more  than  that.  The  oriij^inal 
is  without  color  save  for  the  monotone  of  the  whole  cathedral,  while  the 
reproduction  is  enhanced  through  the  ai)]^lication  of  the  blues  and  reds  and 
bnjwns  ct)ntained  in  the  decorative  detail  of  the  Exposition  color  scheme. 
It  differs  also  from  the  orij^^inal  in  being^  somewhat  larger  and  that  the 
niches  are  occujjied  by  figures  of  modern  sculpture  in  place  of  the  figures 
tif  saints  common  t(j  the  ecclesiastical  architecture  of  the  Spanish  period. 
.X'otwithstanding  these  differences  the  reproduction  has  been  pronounced 
the  i)urest  architectural  unit  of  the  entire  P3xi)ositi()n.  It  is  probably  the 
costliest  artistic  unit.  also,  as  more  than  $1.^.000.  it  is  stated,  has  been 
cx])ended  in  obtaining  drawings  and  making  models  of  the  original  from 
which  the  ])resent  portal  was  designed  and  cast. 

:K  *  *  * 

Indiana  will  make  a  wonderful  educational  exhibit.  Special  attention 
will  be  devoted  to  the  consolidation  of  rural  schools,  agricultural,  voca- 
tional work,  domestic  science  and  playground  activities.  The  remarkable 
\ocational  work  along  the  lines  laid  down  by  Tolstoi  in  Russia  and  by  I'ar- 
rera  in  Spain  done  in  the  all-day  and  all-purpose  schools  of  Gary,  Indiana, 
will  be  extensively  featured  with  demonstration  classes.  This  system,  the 
only  one  in  operation  in  .America,  does  away  in  large  measure  with  books 
and  recitations. 


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International  Expositions 

I'.y   I  (iL  IS  tllKISlI  AN    M  L  l.l.tiAK  1 )  I  .   I .  \.   i.  A. 

IX'I  ICKXA  riOXAL  I-lxiMJsitiDiH  are  iii(k'|)fn<li'iit  kiiij^alonis  in  their 
Corporate  relation  with  other  cimiitries  of  tlie  worhl.  They  arc 
j)hantoin  kiiij^doms  wherein  tlie  peo|)le  do  cverythini;  l)ut  sleep. 
Tliey  _i,^erminate  aii<l  i,'row  with  phenomenal  ener.ijy.  Their  existence 
is  established  without  coiKpiest  and  their  inaj^ic  .ui^rowth  is  similar 
to  the  mushroom  and  the  moontlowcr.  tliey  vanish  like  setting  siuis  in 
their  own  radiance. 

Thousands  of  neophytes  of  every  race,  creed  and  color  come  with 
willing  hearts  and  hands  to  do  homaj^e  and  hear  manna  to  nourish  tlie 
sinews  of  a  phantom  kingdom. 

The  Xational  Constitution  of  phantom  kiui^doms  commands  that  the 
Spirit  of  beauty,  refinement,  education,  culture  and  frolic  shall  govern. 
The  result  is  that  they  contain  many  palaces  atid  shrines  decorated 
v.ith  sculjJture  and  painting  and  that  the  earth  is  studded  with  foun- 
tains and  pools  within  tro])ical  gardens. 

Such  a  Kingdom  exists  within  a  wonderful  valley  bordering  on  a  great 
sea.  It  is  surrounded  by  high  velvet  hills  of  fine  contour  and  by  many 
real  cities. 

As  the  |)eople  look  down  on  this  phantom  kingdom  from  the  hill  tops, 
or  from  ships  sailing  on  the  water,  they  sec  .\rchitectnre  nestling  like 
Hamingos  with  fine  feathers  unfurled  within  a  green  setting. 

If  building  Phantom  Kingdoms  symbolizes  man's  highest  aims  on 
earth,  then  the  same  is  true  when  building  Real  Kingdoms. 

.\rchitecture  and  the  sister  arts  are  the  most  reliable  barometers  in 
recording  human  thought.  They  are  direct  exponents  of  a  universal 
language  wherein  national  progress  is  most  clearly  read. 

People  who  build  Phantom  Kingdoms  look  ho])efully  for  universal 
approval  by  Real  Kingdoms. 


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An  Architect's  Impressions  of  a  Wonderful  Exposilion 

I'.y  W.  (JAKDKX  MITCIIKLL.  A.  1.  A. 

OX  that  narrow  island  i)n)in»)nttiry,  liemnied  in  by  two  broad  rivers, 
whose  waters  chafe  tor  the  last  time  their  bindins^  niars^ins,  ere  they 
nierj^c  and  are  lost  forever  in  the  sea.  stand  the  towers  and  turrets 
of  our  eastern  jj^ateway. 

A  city  audacious  above  all  others,  from  its  feet  planted  in  the  rock,  far 
below  the  rush  of  waters,  to  its  wind-swc])t  summits  that  soar  abo\  c  the 
level  stretches  of  the  earth  into  the  exalted  places  of  the  cloud  and  sky. 

A  city  rampant  in  e.xjjression  of  individualism,  the  ultimate  in  sei)ar- 
ativeism,  a  cry  of  self  for  self  and  self  alone,  the  antitheses  of  communism 
a  contradiction  in  terms  of  that  national  illusion,  wherein  it  is  ])resumed 
that  the  rit^hts  and  convictions  of  the  many  shall  transcend  the  desires  of 
the  few.  .\  city  of  j^iants  and  pij^mies,  ^iant  callin;.,^  unto  ^iant.  across  the 
silent  voids  that  lie  over  the  roof  tops  of  humbler  habitations,  habitations 
whose  very  existence  is  all  but  forjj^otten  in  the  pride  and  arroijance  of 
these  skypiercinj^  monsters. 

I-'ar  down  the  bay.  where  sea  and  river  meet,  these  p^rey  masses  of  the 
cities'  towers  and  bastions  rise  as  the  peaks  of  distant  mountains  from  out 
the  hollows  of  the  deep,  and  at  ni<^ht  when  the  lent^theninj^  shadows  have 
darkened  the  streets  below  and  the  dyiiiij:  splendor  of  the  day  has  j^MJded  for 
the  last  time  the  pinnacles  of  the  city's  towers,  and  the  darkness  of  nii^ht 
descends,  then  from  out  the  firmament  a  myriad  of  Ii_<;hts  Ljleam  forth, 
holdinj^^  us  s|)elll)ound,  as  we  stand  in  wonderment,  cndca\(irini,f  to  discern 
which  are  the  lijijhts  of  earth  and  which  the  li.u:hts  of  sky. 

This  is  the  city  of  individualism. 

I'>om  ocean  to  ocean  is  but  a  step;  behind  us  arc  the  !j;rcy  waters  of  the 
Hudson  and  the  tureen  of  the  Atlantic,  p^reen  and  full  of  action;  and  in  front 
the  blue  ui  the  Tacific.  soft  and  rijjplintr.  ripplinj^  with  the  innumerable 
lausrhter  of  the  sea. 


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You  of  the  I'.ast  the  moriiiiis^'s  dawn  enihrace. 
We  olf  tlie  \\  est  chiy's  (l\"in.ij  spleiidoi^  lace. 
And  in  it>  golden  bars  a  t^loiions  morrow  trace. 

This  is  the  utmost  linut  ol"  my  hind. 
And  liere  perforce  the  ocean  bids  me  stand. 
An<l  here  in  majesty  of  i|ueenly  state. 
1  rear  the  city  of  the  (lohlen  (late — 

A  city  on  whose  head  a  crown  sliall  shine; 
Not  of  the  Hast  nor  West,  but  every  chine; 
I-'lower  and  fruition  of  all  hope,  all  time. 

A  narrow  inlet  from  the  sea  connects  the  broad  waters  of  the  ocean  with 
the  landlocked  bay  of  San  I-Vancisco.  hVoin  the  hoij.(hts  of  the  city  we 
look  down  ui)on  this  narrow  channel  a  few  miles  in  width  and  length; 
.i,deamin}.;  waters,  blue  and  radiant  in  ])er|)etual  sunshine  and  bexond  the 
purple  walls  of  the  e\  erlastini^"  hills.  .\t  our  feet  and  about  two  hundred 
yards  below  and  frin.^iu.i^  the  le\el  shore  line  of  the  bay  are  the  buildini^s 
tliat  are  to  be  the  meetiiiij  place  of  the  nations  in  friendly  industrial  ri\alry, 
an  assemblage  of  the  arts  of  peace.  In  the  distance  purple  mountains,  at 
their  feet  a  stretch  of  licpiid  turcpioise.  and  as  a  marj^in.  coral  in  pink  and 
white.  min.y[led  with  the  colors  of  sea  shells. 

Domes  and  towers,  arcades,  lonj;^  stretches  of  unbroken  wall  surfaces. 
I)unctuated  at  intervals  by  <jorgeous  doorways  vi\id  with  the  tints  of  dawn 
and  twiliijht. 

Doiues  that  miuijle  the  i^reen  of  earth  with  the  blue  of  sky  and  walls. 
that  reflect  all  the  tawny  tints  of  the  hot  f^^rass  of  suiumer  and  the  desert 
sand,  amber  and  red  of  sun-scorched  rock  and  the  soft  blue  of  distant  hills. 

As  viewed  from  these  hilltops  the  scene  is  certainly  as  l(K)kini^  down 
upon  a  city  of  enchantment  and  far  transcends  the  effect  produced  when 
individualism  runs  rampant. 

If  the  towers  of  the  llndscui  stand  for  indi\  idualism.  and  thev  do  so 
stand  mij^htily.  surely  this  ct)mposition  of  the  Panama  IC.xposition  mav  be 
taken  as  an  earnest  of  that  time  when  some  form  of  socialism,  communism, 
unity  of  i)urpf)se.  common  weal,  brotherhood,  universal  sympathv.  call  it 
what  you  ])lease.  shall  inspire  us  w^ith  one  hope  and  one  faith,  when  we 
shall  march  side  by  side,  each  for  all  and  all  for  each.  (lathered  toiL,a^ther. 
havin}^'  one  shepherd  and  one  fold. 

.Architects,  artists,  sculptors  and  an  enlij^^^htened  public  are  continually 
askiu}.;  why  it  is  that  we  cannot  build  or  paint  or  mould  as  they  did  in; 
ancient  (ireece.  in  the  days  of  the  renaissance  or  in  medie\al  times.  .\nd 
while  there  may  be  no  sinj^jle  answer,  one  thinj^  appears  evident,  that  we  can- 
not hope  for  any  marked  improvement  until  we  ai^^ain  reach  a  period  when 
national  (and  that  I  imaj.jine  means  universal)  homot^^enity  of  thoui^ht  and 
action  shall  ijive  way  to  that  hetero^enity  that  divides  a  house  aijainst 
itself,  divides  it  at  least  alouii'  many  if  not  all  lines. 

In  the  i)rocess  of  the  suns,  we  in  our  time  have  arrived  at  that  |)oint  at 
which  we  find  ourselves  adrift,  broken  loose  from  the  sheet  anchor  of  some 
specific  faith  ;  yet  without  such,  rudderless,  and  driven  about  by  every  wind 
of  doctrine.  In  architecture  we  lack  independence,  believin.i^  in  everythinj.;. 
we  believe  much  in  nothinijf,  or  if  perchance  we  have  some  national  beliefs 
they  do  not  as  yet  include  art  and  architecture,  and  thus  we  renounce  all 
independence,  have  no  courai^e  of  conviction,  no  expression  to  make  of  our- 
selves, but  ha\e  become  as  \am])ires.  endeavr )rin<4;  to  draw  vitality  from  the 


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forms  of  a  more  vigorous  past,  reclothing  the  dry  bone  of  anticjuity  in 
habiliments  nt)t  their  own.  Such  resurrection  can  at  the  best  be  but  a  poor 
substitute  for  that  creation  which  is  l)one  of  our  bone  and  flesh  of  our  flesh, 
and  vitalized  by  the  blood  of  a  day  that  has  not  passed. 

There  shall  be  one  shepherd  and  one  fold.  This  means  a  fi.xed  faith, 
recognized  social  conditions,  contentment  and  placidity,  a  household  at 
peace  with  itself  and  united  in  fundamentals. 

The  Exposition  buildings  imi)ress  me  above  all  else  with  this  necessity 
of  unity  of  thought  and  homogenity  of  action. 

Here  for  almost  two  miles  along  the  shores  of  the  bay,  mass  after  mass, 
punctured  at  suitable  intervals  by  towers  and  domes,  rises  and  blends  in 
one  harmonious  whole,  broad  in  treatment,  heroic  in  scale,  delightful  in  tii)t, 
giving  us  both  nobleness  of  form  and  enchantment  of  color,  neither  frivol- 
ously gay  nor  ponderously  somber,  but  strength  and  beauty  in  graceful 
proportion.  Could  the  same  scale,  homogenity  of  composition  and  delight 
of  color  be  extended  all  along  our  bay  shore  and  up  over  the  innumerable 
hills  on  which  our  city  is  founded.  I  think  we  might  justly  say  that  in  that 
day  we  would  have  a  place  of  habitation  that  would  rival  if  not  surpass 
the  glories  of  Ihzantium,  or  those  cities  which  in  all  ages  dreamers  have 
woven  in  the  fabric  of  their  imaginings. 


A  Metropolitan  Hotel  in  the  Exposition  Grounds 

COXSTRL'CTIO.X  is  well  under  way  on  the  "Inside  Inn,"  a  great  hotel 
with  a  capacity  of  3,000  persons  and  located  within  the  gates  of  the 
Exposition  grounds.  The  hotel  will  be  a  city  in  itself,  provided  with 
barber  shops,  drug  stores,  candy  shops,  express  oflfice,  news  stand,  haber- 
dashery, manicure  parlors,  novelty  stands,  soda  fountains.  Turkish  and  Rus- 
sian baths,  postofifice  sub-station,  restaurant  and  railroad  ticket  t)ffices.  It 
will  be  ()])erated  under  the  direct  supervision  of  the  exposition  management. 

The  hotel  is  located  at  the  leaker  street  entrance  of  the  grounds  and  its 
veranda  will  command  a  superb  i)anorama  of  the  sea.  It  is  close  to  the 
Japanese  jjavilion  and  near  at  hand  to  the  Palace  of  Horticulture.  .\  direct 
street  car  lines  connects  the  Baker  street  entrance  with  the  i)rincipal  railroad 
stations  of  San  Francisco.  Visitors  desiring  to  leave  the  grounds  from  the 
Inn  may  do  so  without  paying  additional  admission  fees.  Many  of  the 
great  exposition  spectacles  may  be  seen  directly  from  the  broad  \orandas 
of  the  Inn.     I'.dward  T.  I-'oulkes  is  the  architect. 


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SHOU  ISO  SCHl-.ME  OF  FI..4SH  LIGHT  ILLVMISATION  OF  THE  GROVSDS 


The  Illumination  of  the  Exposition  Buildings 

r.y  W.  DA.  RYAN.* 

C(  ).\  rKAK\'  to  <jcncral  expectation  there  will  he  im  (mtlinin^  ci'  the 
raiiaiua-l'acitic  Exposition  l)uil(lings  with  incatulescent  laiiii).s.  ( )ut- 
line  lij^htiiif;  has  heen  done  al)out  as  well  as  it  can  he  done.  The 
streets  of  every  hi^  city  today  are  ablaze  with  it.  applied  in  a  thousand 
ways,  even  made  to  represent  motion.  Outline  lij^htin}.^;.  while  undeniably 
beautiful  from  a  distance,  produces  contrasting^  «^lare  and  dark  spaces, 
and  when  it  comes  to  t;;ettin<i;'  the  effects  from  mirror  surfaces,  such 
as  lajjoons  and  moats,  the  results  are  very  incomi)lete.  ( )f  course,  all 
of  these  effects,  not  so  very  loni^  <if?<^^  were  hie^hly  satisfactory  and  we 
cauj^j^ht  our  breath  in  admirati<in  when  the  current  was  turned  on  at  yester- 
day's exposition.  Hut  today,  or  rather  tonij^ht.  we  are  after  somethint;-  new. 
I'ortunately.  since  the  last  h\\i,  exposition  the  advance  in  the  science  and 
art  of  electrical  engineering  and  the  develoi)ment  of  electric  apparatus  has 
heen  so  great  that  we  are  now  able  to  produce  effects  with  economy  which 
would  have  been  physically  impossible  five  or  six  years  ago.  In  1*H3. 
there  will  not  be  a  single  piece  of  lighting  that  was  ever  used  before. 
I'^verything  will  be  new. 

^'ou  have  noticed,  when  motoring  at  night,  as  you  swung  around  <ome 
corner  and  your  front  lamps  shone  full  upon  some  object  by  the  roadside, 
perhaps  the  brilliant  billboard,  how  the  colors  of  the  object  leapt  out  at 
vou  from  the  niglit.  Picture  to  yourself,  which  you  cannot  really  do — we 
shall  all  have  to  see  it  to  realize  its  beauty  fully — the  noble  facades  of  the 
exi)osition  ])alaces.  the  solemn  and  lovely  master])ieces  in  sculpture,  softly 
colored,  the  stately  pillars  standing  against  the  rich  red  of  their  ronipeiian 
backgnumd.  the  great  mural  paintings  spread  across  the  walls  (►f  the  patios. 
even  the  blossoming  reaches  of  the  tropical  gardens;  picture  all  of  these 
in  the  radiance  <tf  an  illuminating  system  something  like  your  automobile 
lamps  raised  to  the  nth  jK)wer.  Imagine  the  vcrnTillioiis  and  burnt  orange 
the  gold  and  the  Italian  blues,  each  picked  out  and  made  visible  by  the 
particular  light  that  reveals  that  color  in  its  full  splendor. 

*  .Mr.   Ry.in   is  IlIuminatinR  Engineer  of  the  Expo^itinn. 


^  J  he  Architect  amd  Engitucr 

.:  /:.  V. :-r..  y,.;  rr^y  jv^ve  =:::  ivory  colooDade  in  the  full  giorv-  of  mooo- 
\hZ''-  '^'-  ■--  '-'-'-  rr-a^ner  tr-a:  the  iuiuajCT  fog  faas  swept  in  from  the  Pacific 
and  miice  ir.  an:  f.  rial  %Tay  sky  above  yon.  The  cdoimade  will  stand 
tr^'r  i-ea~:r.z  o:  anderst  Greece,  drenched  in  silver  radiance,  apparently 
t  ~  »r..  But  do  not  look  for  moonlight  in  the  great  gardens  to  the 
•The  n-.'>OTi  is  no  lover  of  flowers.  She  turns  their  scarlet  bravely  to 
-ha  I .  V :  c^ly  the  pale  blossoms  profit  b^-  her  light.  Instead  yon  shall  find 
*'    -       — '   -    " — ---'-—     '      "  -trfically  chosen  light  that  shall  make 

jn    were    overhead.     Indeed,  even  the 

"is  lighting  may  do  in  intensifying 

anna. 

y  placed  water-spaces  will  appear  the 

„.;...   ■-.:..    -.  the  brilliant  walls  and  towers  of  the 

expos Jtv^-  not  nes  of  light  on  areas  of  shadow  but  glowing  in 

all  the  radiant  c.   .  -  ■:--.  -  -  .ntrasting  surfaces  which  architect  and  sculptor 

and  colorist  have  created  for  them.    .And  high  upon  battlement  and  turret 

the  flag^s  of  all  the  natic      '    '  'ave  met  together  in  this  great  festival  will 

not  be  lost  against  the       .  :y  but  will  be  brought  out  in  full  value. 

There  will  be  electric  four;;a.:r,i.  but  no  water  will  flash  in  them.    Instead. 

smoke  and  steam,  much  superior  media  for  such  effects,  will  be  sent  into  the 

air  and  turned  to  glor\'  by  the  rays  from  a  niight>-  scintillator. 

It  is  planned  to  have  a  huge  locomotive,  mounted  on  a  steel  turntable, 
which  will  develop  power  sufficient  to  send  it  eighty  miles  an  hour.  From 
this  machine,  columns  of  smoke  and  steam  will  be  sent  against  the  sky  and 
brilliantly  illuminated. 

In  the  courts  the  mural  paintings  will  be  lighted  by  concealed  lamps  set 
into  pillars — a  special  tubular  lamp  has  been  periected  for  the  fluted 
columns.  Where  the  lighting  of  the  buildings  is  direct  a  dense  globe  will 
1>€  used  and  the  intrinsic  brilliancj'  of  the  lamp  reduced  to  the  point  where 
it  may  be  looked  at  directly  without  injur>'  to  the  eye.  This  is  a  very 
important  thing  in  expositi^^  lighting,  for  the  exposition  visitor  is  there 
to  keep  his  eyes  open,  and  any  exposed  brilliant  source  is  sure  to  lead  to 
headaches  and  consequent  irritability. 

If  it  should  happen  that  there  came  to  the  exposition  some  unreconciled 
soul  who,  in  spite  of  the  novelty  and  beauty  of  an  exposition  fully  illumin- 
ated and  as  animated  and  alive  as  in  the  full  flood  of  noonday,  should  still 
long  for  the  incandescent  lamp  along  the  edges  of  the  buildings,  he  is  to 
Ije  ma'le  to  forget  that  he  ever  thought  such  a  display  beautiful.  Have  you 
x\fA\cit<\  in  a  jewelers  some  mantel  ckx:k  of  architectural  design,  outlined  or 
studded  with  brilliants?  Please  tr\-  to  imagine  that  mantel  clock  magnified 
to  the  size  of  the  .Administration  building  at  the  exposition,  whose  tower 
rises  above  the  city  of  color  to  a  height  of  four  hundred  feet.  Imagine  it 
thickly  set  with  jewels,  diamonds,  topazes,  rubies  and  sapphires.  Xot 
colored  bulbs  but  actual  jewels,  of  the  first  exposition  water.  They  are 
glass,  of  a  special  cutting,  cut  for  different  distances  and  effects,  some 
cut  in  this  c/untry,  others  necessarily  cut  abroad.  It  is  rather  strange  to 
find  ♦hat  the  glass  cutters  and  jewelers  had  never  cut  anything  in  these 
siz'  and  it  was  •¥>  entirely  new  to  them  that  it  was  necessary  for 

the  <ting  engineers  to  measure  the  index  of  refraction  of  the  glass. 

These  jewels  c^/st  no  more  than  to  operate  incandescent  lamps.  In  the 
sunlight  they  are  practically  dead,  but  at  night,  picked  out  by  lights  from 
masked  batteries,  they  will  flash  like  the  realization  of  a  rajah's  wildest 
dream,  wherever  jewels  can  add  to  the  beauty  of  an  architectural  line  or 
«urfacc  ffc  a  sculptured  form,  this  faceted  glass,  pure  white  or  backed  with 
color  to  imitate  any  precious  stone,  will  be  mounted  upon  delicate  springs 
S()  that  the  least  vibration  from  wind  or  machinery  or  even  tramping  feet 
may  set  them  flashing.    As  an  example  of  the  use  to  which  these  jewels  may 


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he  }M»t.  we  »n;i>  lake  the  rv>\v  ol  .seiaplwo  ni;ures  \vh\vM\  »s  u^  s\>n\>o\u\i  the 
v'oKMm.ule  alvMU  the  nuin  eoiwi,  the  i.\H\rt  oi  the  S\u^  ;U\ii  Stars,  rhese 
tii;\»res  will  he  {o\>rteen  teet  his;h  awil  the  hea^l  oi  eaoh  will  he  oovevt^il  \\\th 
a  star  lueasuriui;  lour  leet  aervvss,  ri\ese  stars  will  he  sttuKleil  thioklN  with 
jewels,  \\\  stieh  a  heroio  iiro\^\  as  that  wlwoh  will  orown  the  west  eturawv^^ 
oi  the  main  oourt,  a  i;ro\\p  syinboliiiujj  the  east  at\il  oowtainin^  an  elephant 
hearitij;  an  Imlian  prinee  it\  all  the  spletulor  ot  the  Ourlur,  these  jewels,  atUWU 
tt>  the  ox^lorinj;  ot  the  sonlptnre,  will  s»ipplv  nvajjuitioenoe,  ^h\^T^  jM*rtrls  atv 
heinij  inatle  very  sttecessiuUv  on  the  PitVanY  or^ler  witho\u  the  Piftanv  privies, 

A  i;reat  seintillator  will  he  montttetl  otY  the  t^\ain  axis  ot  the  e\p»vs\tio«, 
ahoui  h\e  i>r  si\  hnnMreil  \  arils  o»\t  in  the  water.  It  will  he  plaeevl  on  a 
hari^e  anehiMeil  in  the  ha\  anvl  si\t\  trained  n\en  will  he  reip\irevl  to  operate 
the  lights.  These  men  will  he  ihilletl  ai\vl  the  etYeots  will  he  marvelotts, 
\\\c\  will  i;o  thronijh  an  e\olntiot»  ol  eoKn\  throwing;  i^ori^eons  a»)t>Mas  into 
the  ^k\ ,  i'he  spreail  ol  these  colors  will  he  \  isihle  in  all  the  ha>  eittes,  an^l 
on  elear  i\ij;hts  shi>nUl  he  \  isihle  in  the  sky  for  forty  or  futy  miles.  Putt 
the  »\i^hts  will  not  he  elear  the  majority  of  the  tin\e.  anil  this  is  fortunate 
as  lar  as  the  seintillator  is  eotteerneil,  for  the  loj>  wtll  he  a  m^at  aiti  in  prw 
ihuMn,^  wonilerfnl  lii^htini;  etYeets,  Inrnishini*'  a  i>aekj;ri>nn»l  npiM^  whioh  ti> 
plav  a  eonstanth  ehani;ini;  oolor  seheme,  ti\  softet\  an»l  >nte»\sil\  the  l\i;ht> 
al   will  '  ~       '  '  " 

Si, 111*1  111  the  (.  on\i  ol  the  .Sun  auil  ,Stai>  Non\e  evening  when  ihi.-x  \.>Nt 
ilieam  ol  the  expositiott  is  a  reaht>  ,  Twilight  is  o\er,  The  alter  ilinner 
etowil  is  j^athenn^,  .\s  yet  there  are  no  lights.  S\»ihlenl\  \on  are  aware 
ol  a  m\riail  little  iets  of  li^ht ;  then  li^ht  hreaks  from  hehinil  the  eolnn\ns; 
ihen  the  main  white  liiiht  llooils  the  hrilliant  laeailes.  the  jeweleil  snrfav^<?s 
il.ish  in  spleiulor  .muI  the  lonniains  i>f  nvsy  steam  leap  towaril  the  sk>  vienvss 
whieh,  in  three  hmulre»l  evi»lntions  in  colors,  streams  the  aiir»Ma. 

."somehow,  witnessini;  the  hnrstini>  of  this  ijlorx .  \on  will  reali-'e.  as  \on 
h.i\»-  i\ot  (Ixni-  hiM.Me,  (he  MvinilivMiue  ol"  the  weddint"  ol  two  oee,»n> 


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BIRD'S-EYE    FIEU'    OF   JAPASESE    TEA    GARPEX 
G.  Takeda,  Architect 


The  Japanese  Garden  at  the  Panama-Pacific 

Exposition 

By  B.  ITO,  Assistant  Arcliilcct  of  Japanese  Exposition   Buildings. 

WII()E\'ER  visits  tlie  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition 
should  not  fail  to  see  the  Japanese  garden  on  the  south  side  of  the 
Eine  Arts  building.  Surrounded  by  a  verdant  hedge  of  evergreen 
trees,  buildings  now  being  constructed  will  cost  the  Japanese  government 
something  like  $300,000.  The  group  will  form  a  typical  garden,  the  plans 
having  been  drawn  by  a  noted  Japanese  architect,  G.  Takeda.  The  ])lants 
and  all  material  for  both  the  landscape  gardening  and  the  building  have 
been  brought  from  Japan  and  are  being  placed  in  position  by  native  labor. 

The  garden  consists  of  various  plants  of  JajJanese  origin.  o]ien  shetls. 
stone  ])agodas,  summer  houses,  and  a  small  stream  with  its  sluggish  flow 
through  a  narrow  and  winding  path  of  a  \alley  formed  artificially  by  means 
of  natural  rocks.  This  rivulet  is  finally  led  into  a  large  jxmd  wliich  is  in 
the  center  of  the  garden. 

It  may  be  interesting  if  1  describe  here  the  beautifid  exhibit  of  our 
j)lants.  because  these  shrubs  will  be  planted  here  and  there  in  such  a 
manner  that  they  will  represent  the  four  distinct  seast)ns  throughout  a 
whole  year.  As  you  i)r()])ably  know,  in  our  country  each  month  of  the 
year  has  its  favorite  flower.  January  has  its  pine,  the  symbol  of  ever- 
green oW  age,  which,  with  the  bamboo  and  the  plum,  form  in  our  language 
of  flowers  a  triad  used  on  all  propitious  occasions.  I'ebruary  has  its 
plum,  which  is  the  first  tree  to  bloom  in  the  spring,  while  the  snow  still 
continues  to  fall.  Under  such  adverse  circumstances  does  it  bloom,  that 
the  i)lum  has  won  a  re|)utation  for  courage  among  flowers.  The  i)lum  is 
follovverl  in  March  by  the  peach,  a  flower  that  tyi)ifies  beauty,  and.  like 
beauty,  <|uickly  fades  to  give  i)lacc  to  another — the  cherry.  In  the  early 
])art  of  .\pril  it  begins  to  blossom.     In  .\])ril  siuishinc  it  is  most  ideally  and 


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woiulcrfullv  hcautilul.  and  its  sliort  lived  ^'l»»ry  makes  the  enjoyment 
keener.  IJut  i>ur  cherry  tree  is  nt»t  a  clierry  tree  in  your  practical  and 
material  sense.  W'itli  its  Howerinj^  its  mission  is  accomplished.  It  dties 
not  have  to  work  t(»r  a  livinj.,'  and  produce  a  crop  for  the  market.  W  hen 
its  burst  of  beauty  is  over  nothinj^  more  is  e.xpecteil  of  it.  The  short 
livetl  cherry  is  succeeded  in  .May  by  the  Wistaria,  which  was  introduced 
inttt  this  country  by  Dr.  W  istar.  \'ou  will  see  a  most  beautiful  cxhil)it  of 
Wistaria  in  «)ur  j.jarden  ne.xt  summer.  This  is  followed  in  June  by  the 
iris,  and  in  July,  the  morninj.j  .ul'>ry.  which  refreshes  our  eyes  with  its 
many  tints.  The  lotus  in  the  .\uj;ust  and  tlie  st)  called  "Seven  plants  of 
autunui"  follow  next.  When  these  i)lants  l)ei.::in  to  fade  one  by  one  in 
(piick  succession,  chrysanthennim  will  take  place  in  the  month  of  (  )ctober. 
it  is  time  for  every  lover  of  nature  to  sally  forth  amou}^  hills  and  dales 
"a-maple-huntinjj"  in  the  month  of  Xt)vember — that  is  the  brocade  of  fol- 
jape.  lUit  the  chilly  breeze  t)f  December  will  shear  branches  of  their 
gorge«)Us  drapery  with  aid  of  passionless  frost.  The  desii^ner  of  our 
garden  tried  to  express  such  a  scheme  of  a  whole  year  referring;  to  our 
floral  world. 

The  prominent  feature  of  our  exposition  buildiui^'^s  is  the  recei)tion  hall. 
It  is  erected  in  about  the  center  of  the  |a])anese  section,  faciui,*"  towards  the 
water  of  our  artificial  pond.  The  buildini^;  covers  an  area  of  ■^^^(^  square 
feet,  and  its  height  is  measured  approximately  sixty-five  feet  from  the 
{ground  to  the  top  of  "Hooh"  bird  crowned  on  the  very  top  of  the  roof, 
"llinoki"  has  mt>stly  been  used  for  both  the  structure  and  the  finish  work. 
It  corresponds  to  white  cedar  of  this  country.  No  artificial  color  scheme 
is  applied.  Flverythinsj  is  left  in  its  natural  color.  The  richly  decorated 
Coffer  ceilinji;'  will  be  the  object  of  admiration  of  many  visitors  because  of 
its  sublime  and  ex(ptisite  execution.  The  ceilinij^  is  as  hi.tih  as  twent>-eij:cht 
feet  above  the  floor.  .\  nobly  and  delicately  dcsii^ned  liiihtinn  fixture  is 
huni;  down  from  the  ceiliii!.,''.  contributing  added  beauty  to  the  interior 
decoration. 

The  style  oi  this  reception  hall  is  similar  to  that  of  the  late  Medieval 
ajje — bepnninji^  with  the  rise  of  the  military  clans  at  the  end  of  the 
twelfth  century  and  concludinp^  with  the  sixteenth  century — an  esseijtially 
heroic  ai^e  under  militant  feudalism.  It  is  called  the  second  i)eriod  in  our 
architectural  history.  Durinij  this  period  the  leader  of  Minanioto  clan 
orji^anized  a  system  of  feudalism  and  established  his  <.jovernment  under  the 
name  of  Shoijun  in  the  town  of  Kamakura.  It  is  one  of  the  most  stirring; 
and  romantic  epochs  of  our  history,  and  also  it  is  an  ejxich  aije  of 
heroism,  of  darinj;.  of  action  and  achievement,  (^n  the  contrary  "Samurai." 
(the  knights)  patronized  and  fostered  different  arts,  and  so  we  find  in  the 
fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries  the  bejj^'innin.i^s  of  tea  ceremony,  and  of 
flower  arranj^ement.  The  artists  of  this  aiife  of  hero  worship  and  of 
romantic  adventures  naturally  delis^dit  to  paint  i)ortraits  de|)ictin!4:  the 
spirit  of  activity.  This  aj^e  becpieathed  some  works  of  art  and  literature 
which  may  claim  immortality.  I'nder  such  influence  of  this  period 
architecture  found  a  new  trace  that  is  the  develo])ment  of  civil  architecture. 
Simplicity  was  the  distini^uishini,'^  feature  of  this  period  of  architecture, 
which  can  clearly  be  perceived  in  tiie  ruined  castles  or  mansions  of  feudal 
lords,  still  in  existence. 

The  tea  house  that  is  to  be  built  on  a  site  near  the  water  fall,  promises 
to  be  unique  and  attractive.  The  house  consists  of  the  main  buildini^  and 
the  tea  room  proper,  modeled  after  a  typical  tea  house  of  the  second  period. 


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that  is  known  as  the  Tenpyo  style.  In  the  main  house  there  is  a  room 
with  Japanese  tatami  (matting)  about  20  feet  square  with  Japanese 
furnishings.  Here  will  be  provided  a  number  of  marble  and  wooden 
tables  for  the  invited  guests,  and  they  will  be  waited  on  by  Japanese  and 
American  beauties  in  their  appropriate  attire. 


The  State  Buildings  at  the  Exposition 

PERHAPS  at  no  previous  exposition  held  in  this  country  will  the 
various  states  be  represented  in  a  more  dignified  and  typical  manner 
than  at  the  forthcoming  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition. 

The  appropriations  by  the  various  states  and  territories  for  this  repre- 
sentation, range  from  $1,100,000,  the  aggregate  of  that  from  New  York,  to 
commensurate  amounts  by  smaller  and  newer  states. 

X'isitors  to  the  Exposition  will  find  in  the  various  buildings  erected, 
suggestiveness  of  their  states  that  will  lend  a  reminiscent  atmosphere  of 
home  and  inculcate  respect  for  good  citizenship. 

The  Massachusetts  State  building  is,  in  part,  a  reproduction  of  the 
State  House  in  Boston.  It  will  be  125  feet  long  by  50  feet  wide  and 
occupies  a  site  of  70.000  square  feet. 

Ohio  has  also  designed  a  building  that  is  a  reproduction  of  its  State 
capitol. 

The  California  building  is  typical  of  the  old  missions  that  have  played 
their  part  in  the  history  of  this  state.  The  entire  building  is  in  the  ^[ission 
style  and  is  a  graceful  tribute  to  the  power  that  was  wielded  from  these 
walled  communities.  This  building  was  described  at  length  in  the  June 
1914  issue  of  The  Architect  and  Engineer. 

The  architecture  of  the  Hawaiian  building  follows  the  low-lying 
tropical  type  so  common  in  Honolulu.  The  building  is  in  the  form  of  a 
cross,  and  at  the  intersection  of  the  two  arms  there  is  a  rotunda  containing 
a  mezzanine  gallery. 

The  main  entrance  is  at  the  end  of  one  of  the  wings  of  the  cross  and 
leads  through  a  pergola  into  a  tropical  garden  roofed  with  glass.  At 
either  side  are  the  reception  and  waiting  rooms  and  beyond  the  gardens 
is  the  rotunda. 

.Across  the  rotunda  is  the  ac|uarium  wing,  and  in  the  center  of  the 
rotunda  is  the  ])it,  20  feet  in  diameter,  containing  a  reproduction  of  one  of 
the  burning  lakes  of  the  volcano  "Kilauca." 

In  the  angle  between  the  wings  which  radiates  from  the  rotunda  will  be 
four  dioramas  consisting  of  artifically  illuminated  scenes  of  ty]iical  spots 
in  Hawaii. 

The  a(|uarium  will  be  e(|uipped  with  tanks  containing  the  rarest  and 
most  beautiful  fish  of  the  Pacific  ocean.  Hawaiian  singers  will  provide 
music  from  the  rotunda. 

The  Philippines  are  not  to  be  behind  the  other  commonwealths  that  arc 
to  exhibit  under  the  .Stars  and  .Stripes,  and  the  Philii)])ines'  government  has 
appropriated  $3CK).000  of  which  $75,000  is  to  be  spent  on  the  building  alone. 

The  C  )regon  Imildintr  is  a  (lui)lication  of  the  wooden  ])rototype  of  the 
celebrated  teniDle  of  .Athens.  It  was  designed  l)y  Messrs.  I'oulkcs  and 
Hogue  of  San  I*"rancisco  and  Portland.  Oregon,  and  is  250  feet  long.  150 
wide  and  three  stories  high  and  cost  .$75,000.  The  Ixnly  structure  is  sur- 
rounded Parthenon-like  by  forty-eight  magnificent  log  columns,  each  six 
feet   i'l  <l';iiueter  and  forty  feet  high.     There  are  forty-eight  columns,  in- 


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HAWAIIAN  BUILDING 


Lester   H.   Stock,   Builder 


C.   If.  Dickey,  Architect 


Stead  of  the  classical  forty-six,  so  that  each  state  of  the  Union  may  have 
a  column  dedicated  to  her  honor. 

The  great  logs  of  the  Oregon  lUiilding  were  donated  by  different  mill 
men  of  Oregon.  The  logs  weigh  thirty  tons  apiece  and  were  brought  south, 
some  by  rail,  a  log  to  a  flat  car,  and  some  by  water. 

The  real  architectural  problem  presented  by  the  Oregon  Building  was 
to  bring  it  into  harmony  with  the  Exposition  plan.  A  log  adorned  building 
typifies  Oregon  with  its  vast  lumber  industry  better  than  any  other  design 
could.  But  a  building  of  monkish  brown,  no  matter  how  classical  its 
proportions,  is'a  somber  heavy  thing.  In  front  of  the  Oregon  Building,  is 
the  California  Host  Building,  a  mission-like  structure,  and  in  close  prox- 
imity are  the  Exposition  Exhibit  Palaces,  finished  in  creamy  white  to 
imitate  travertine  marble,  and  embellished  with  soft  beautiful  colors.  The 
whole  Exposition  color  scheme  is  a  joyous  one;  the  Oregon  Building 
threatened  to  be  a  funeral  note.  The  architects  realized  this  and  so 
])lanned  to  brighten  and  lighten  the  building  so  it  will  be  one  of  the  joyous 
sisterhood  of  I^xiKJsition  buildings. 

'I"he  really  notable  feature  of  the  Oregon  Building  color  scheme  will 
be  the  mural  painting  in  the  pediment  facing  the  California  Host  building. 
This  painting  will  be  the  work  of  the  Du  Mond  brothers,  and  will  depict,  in 
decorati\;e  style,  an  immigrant  train  on  the  Oregon  Trail.  The  canvas  will 
be  ll.T  feet  long  and  is  being  jiainted  in  three  sections  so  that  the  center 
picture  can  be  used  alone  ancl  the  two  triangular  ends  joined  together  will 
make  a  perfect  grouping.  It  is  jjlanned  after  the  Exposition  to  place  the 
])ainting  in  a  public  building. 

An  attractive  feature  that  will  add  to  the  interest  of  the  (  )regon  I'.uild- 
ing  will  be  bronze  Medusa  shields  six  feet  across,  that  will  adorn  the 
l<ig  columns.  The  shields  will  be  embellished  with  the  colors  and  shield  of 
the  state  to  which  tlu'  coliinin  is  dedicated. 


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Idaho  was  the  first  state  to  have  her  hiiililiii'^  completed  at  the  I'aMaina- 
Tacific  International  ICxposition.  The  l)uildin_i,'.  whieh  is  an  attractive 
desif^n  in  modern  renaissance  by  \\  ayhmd  iS:  I'ennell  of  IJoise.  l(hiht), 
laces  San  Francisco  bay.  with  an  nnobstrncted  view.  It  has  a  frontaj^je  ui 
150  feet  and  an  averaj^e  depth  of  fifty  feet.  The  buihlinj;  is  desij^ned  to  j^ive 
as  nuicli  Moor  and  wall  space  for  the  display  of  Idaho's  resources  as  jxissible. 


Some  Notable  Achievements  in  Plastic  Art  at  the 

Exposition 

Till",  \er}  elaborate  scheme  of  sculptured  embellishment  of  the  buildings 
at  the  I'anama-l'acific  IC.xposition  sujj^j^ests  the  same  thouj.(ht  that  was 
dominant  at  the  St.  Louis  I^.\pt)sition  :  that  it  is  to  be  retjretted  that 
a  result  so  well  conceived  and  which  will  undoubtedly  be  worthily  e.xecuted, 
should  be  of  perishable  material  and  serve  but  an  ephemeral  j)urpose.  t<i 
be  in  the  end  destroyed  or  permitted  to  fall  to  decay. 

There  will  be  presented  at  this  exposition  an  opportunity  for  our 
National  (iovernment  to  retrieve  itself  of  the  reproach,  often  made,  that  as 
a  people  we  are  indifferent  to  any  scheme  under  jj^overnment  ])atr()naj^^e  that 
is  promoted  to  advance  in  a  material  way  the  cause  of  tlie  I-'ine  .\rts  in 
this  country. 

An  appropriation  that  will  secure  the  perpetuation  in  endurinjj  material 
of  the  best  accei)ted  examples  that  shall  form  a  jjart  of  this  exposition  would 
preserve  many  imix)rtant  works  of  the  sculptor's  art  for  the  education  and 
pleasure  of  future  jjenerations  in  addition  to  .u^ivinjj;^  evidence  that  as  a 
nation,  we  are  alive  to  the  importance  of  our  aesthetic  advancement. 

Of  the  several  works  of  sculpture  for  the  Panama- Pacific  Exposition 
the  most  important  is  undoubtedly  the  group  of  The  Nations  of  the  East. 
This  ^roup  will  be  strikinj^-ly  identified  with  one  of  the  most  imposinj:!^ 
architectural  features  of  the  Exposition,  as  it  is  intended  to  surmount  the 
huj^e  triumphal  .\rch  of  the  Risin<>^  Sun  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  vast  cen- 
tral Court  of  the  Sun  and  Stars. 

The  hisjhest  point  of  this  <jrou]),  the  howdah  of  the  elephant,  will  be 
forty-two  feet  above  the  base  of  the  i)edestal  upon  which  the  ^''^^'P  stands. 
and  when  in  ])lace  on  the  summit  of  the  arch,  will  tower  188  feet  above  the 
floor  of  the  court.  The  unmounted  fijjures  are  an  averajije  of  thirteen  feet 
six  inches  high,  while  the  animals — the  horses,  the  camel  and  the  elephants 
— are  all  acurately  modeled  to  scale.  In  its  entirety  the  j^roup  will  suggest 
the  mysticism  of  the  East:  and  is  the  collaborative  work  of  the  sculptors. 
Roth.  Lentelli  and  Calder. 

In  the  Court  of  the  Four  Seasons,  another  of  the  vast  enclosures  that 
give  such  larg'e  scale  to  the  architectural  treatment  of  this  exposition,  the 
sculj)ture  will  be  peculiarly  in  consonance  with  the  theme  of  the  court  and 
will  also  be  in  a  large  measure  identified  with  its  architecture.  Xiches  in 
the  four  corners  will  be  cut  and  in  these  figures  of  the  four  seasons  placed. 
Si)ring.  f»ne  of  these  groups,  has  been  executed  by  Mr.  {-"urio  Piccirilli.  .\ 
group,  representing  Ceres,  the  g^oddess  of  agriculture,  will  occu])y  the  cen- 
tral position  in  this  court.  Two  other  figures  rei)resenting  Rain  and  Sun- 
shine, are  particularly  well  conceived  and  suggest  these  benign  elements 
that  contribute  to  the  harvest. 

Idaho  lUiilding  is  e(|uipped  with  modern  plumbing  as  good  as  that  being 
installed  in  the  more  expensive  buildings.  The  lighting  facilities  are  also 
up  to  standard. 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer  97 

Architecture* 

By  \V.  R.  B.  WILLCOX.  V.  A.  I.  A 

AV\  ELL-KXOWX  philosopher  has  said  that  "to  know  and  to  have 
learned  much  is  neither  a  necessary  means  of  culture  nor  a  mark  (»t  it, 
and  ii  need  be  agrees  excellently  with  the  opposite  of  culture,  bar- 
barism— that  is.  the  absence  of  style,  or  the  chaotic  mix-up  of  all  styles.'" 

In  addressing  the  Department  of  Architecture  in  this  great  State  Uni- 
versity. I  ask  consideration  of  that  proposititm.  Pritbably  no  field  of  human 
endeavt>r.  from  its  very  nature,  is  so  apparently  fitted  for  a  continuing  dis- 
play of  culture  as  architecture :  the  state  i>f  architecture  of  a  country,  to  a 
remarkable  extent,  is  the  measure  of  its  culture.  That  is  quite  accurately 
true.  The  architecture  of  a  country,  as  a  national  product,  can  never  rise 
above  the  level  of  its  national  culture.  Individual  buildings  may  surpass 
the  average  of  merit,  but  when  they  do  so  they  only  the  more  indicate  the 
fact.  The  same,  in  lesser  degree,  may  be  said  of  music,  literature,  painting, 
sculpture,  etc..  but  in  respect  to  them  the  product  is.  in  most  cases,  the 
measure  of  the  culture  of  the  author  and  may  easily  be  above  the  average 
culture  of  the  people  among  whom  the  author  lives.  The  reason  is  easy  to 
discover,  since  in  the  exercise  of  such  arts,  the  author  is  more  often  un- 
mindful of  the  impression  to  be  made  upon  the  public  and  he  is  without 
outside  direction  as  to  what  shall  determine  the  character  of  his  work. 
Rut  with  architecture,  the  situation  is  different,  to  the  extent  that  the  archi- 
tect is  limited  in  the  solution  of  any  given  problem  by  many  conditions 
entirely  apart  from  his  control.  Into  his  work  the  owner  usually,  and  quite 
rightfully,  obtrudes  his  personality  in  such  a  way  that  the  resulting  build- 
ing is  an  interpretation,  not  altogether  of  the  architect's  personality,  but  of 
that  also  of  the  owner.  The  architect  projects  himself  into  his  building 
to  a  greater  or  lesser  degree,  but  if  he  accepts  his  problem  conscientiously, 
he  is  bound,  first  of  all  to  encompass,  so  far  as  possible,  tjie  individuality  of 
the  owner.  In  fact,  it  is  the  owner's  needs  which  dictate  the  cf»nditions  of 
the  problem  :  and  I  am  quite  ready  to  say  that  in  those  cases  where  the 
architect  has  imposed  his  personality  upon  his  work  to  the  e.xclusion  of  that 
of  the  owner,  he  has  so  far  failed  to  prove  himself  a  real  architect. 

So  knowledge  is  not  the  quality  which  should  denote  our  architecture ; 
"not  knowledge  but  ability,  not  information  but  art"  is  that  through  which 
life  should  bear  witness. 

What  has  knowledge  to  do  with  the  insight,  the  sympathy  necessary  to 
interpret  an  individual's  or  a  nation's  feelings?  Knowledge  may  assi><t  to  a 
judgment  of  technique,  but  such  judgment  is  ba.sed  upon  rules  governing 
e.xtemals:  it  is  impersonal  and  unsympathetic,  and  reaches  nowhere  to  the 
real  meaning  of  the  message  conveyed  by  means  of  the  work  itself.  F'ut  it  is 
the  genuine  purpose  of  architecture  that  it  should  convey  a  true  notion  of 
the  needs  it  professes  to  ser\e.  and  for  that  reason  we  must  be  careful  to 
guard  ourselves  against  an  easy  judgment  <>f  it  by  its  technic[ue.  In  pass- 
ing, it  may  be  well  to  remind  ourselves  that  in  the  sch(M->ls  the  technique  of 
architecture  is  liable  to  become  confu.sed  with  the  technique  of  drawing, 
which  latter  is  a  graphic  art  and  bears  but  a  temporary  relation  to  archi- 
tecture. Think  not  that  this  is  lightly  said  :  it  is  important  that  we  should 
appreciate  how  architecture  may  be — and  doubtless  innumerable  times  has 
been — pnxluced  without  a  single  drawing.    .Architecture  pertains  to  struc- 

•  A0  address  ddiTcred  at  the  ot>«ninK  of  tb«  School  of  .\rchitecture.  fnirersHy  of  Oregon.  Xoycm- 
hcr  ro.   ni4. 


98  The  Architect  and  Ensiincer 

tnre :  dra\vin<i^  is  a  means  of  study  and  an  aid  to  construction,  but  archi- 
tecture may  not.  with  a  degree  of  accuracy.  l)e  judged  by,  or  from,  the 
drawings  which  depict  it. 

Hence,  in  our  schools,  unless  we  are  watchful,  there  is  the  possibility 
of  viewing  the  subjects  of  our  study  and  attention  as  something  detached 
from  the  realities  of  life.  This  is  less  likely  to  result  where  the  subject  is 
one  which  has  a  quite  obviously  practical  bearing,  but  in  the  study  of  any 
C'f  the  branches  of  what  is  called  art.  it  is  easy  to  get  out  of  touch  with  the 
real  relationship  which  such  work  bears  to  life.  \\'e  are  liable  to  view  the 
work  done  in  the  course  of  study  as  an  end  in  itself.  Art  for  art's  sake! 
'Jliis  attitude  toward  our  studies  is  possible  in  any  branch.  During  my 
earlier  school  days,  and  even  in  later  years,  I  recall  how  little  stress  was 
laid  ui)on  the  true  relation  which  all  our  efforts  had  to  the  common  pur- 
suits of  life;  upon  the  fact  that  they  were  simply  a  means  to  an  end  and  not 
an  end  in  themselves.  One  was  ever  mindful  of  the  need  for  pursuing  cer- 
tain studies  for  the  sake  of  marks  and  standards.  One  must  read  so  much 
Caesar  to  be  able  to  read  so  much  Caesar  when  the  need  arose,  and  that 
need  arose  at  examination  time.  One  struggled  with  the  binominal  theorem 
because  it  was  there  in  the  course  to  be  struggled  w'ith,  to  be  disposed  of, 
so  that  one  could  go  on  to  the  disposal  of  something  else  for  the  same 
reason. 

In  the  practical  branches,  the  closer  relation  which  the  concrete  prob- 
lems dealt  with  sustain  to  the  experiences  of  life  help  to  impress  the  mind 
with  the  i)rincii)al  reason  for  solving  them,  but  even  with  them,  it  is  easy 
to  omit  the  practice  of  reflecting  ui)on  their  ultimate  purjjose.  which  is  the 
training  of  the  mind,  ecjuipping  it  to  act  independently  and  logically  in  con- 
nection with  similar,  though  fresh,  problems  which  arise  in  pursuit  of  any 
w^ork  in  the  world  that  is  worth  while. 

l)Ut  when  we  come  to  the  branches  which  are  concerned  with  expression, 
such  as  literature  or  music,  and  esi)ecially  architecture,  the  solutions  of  the 
])rob]ems  devised  for  our  ])ractice  are  much  likely  to  be  regarded  as  the 
sole  reason  for  our  study.  It  is  in  this  connection  that  we  are  liable  to  lay 
too  great  stress  ui)on  knowledge  and  information  in  the  i)reparation  for  an 
architectural  career.  If  we  do  not  reflect  upon  the  meaning,  to  us,  of  the 
wealth  and  architectural  exam])les  in  the  world,  our  ac(|uired  knowledge  of 
particular  sj^ecimens  of  architecture  may  crowd  out  an  enthusiasm  for  a 
search  for  that  intimate,  i)ersonal  sym])athetic  expressi(Mi  of  the  human 
aspirations,  which  on  its  artistic  side,  is  the  function  of  architecture. 

It  may  well  be  that  were  we  deprived  of  the  great  stores  of  knowledge 
of  architectural  monuments,  we  could,  with  laborious  effort,  still  devclo])  an 
insight  into  their  real  ])urposes  and  ac(iuire  an  al)ility  to  serve  them  directlx' 
and  frankly.  However  imperfect  our  structures,  they,  then,  would  be  the 
result  of  a  living  art,  an  art  virile,  if  immature,  charged  with  an  instinct  for 
truth,  though  sometimes  hesitating  and  uncertain,  in  ex])ression.  Such 
structures  would  be  indicative  of  an  initiative,  an  independence  of  thought. 
a  freedom  from  servile  adherence  to  forms  adai)te(l  to  other  conditions, 
which  is  tUe  work  of  true  culture.  Thus  circumstanced,  we  may  imagine 
how  our  people  would  find  interest  in  architecture  which,  it  is  to  be  re- 
gretted, tiiey  seem  not  to  find  today.  .Xnd  if  we  hold  our  thought  to  that 
condition  among  our  peojjle  we  may  i)ossibly  discern  the  error  in  our  own 
methods,  methods  of  which — it  is  time  to  acknowledge — have  laid  too  nnich 
weight  ui)()n  knowledge,  not  ability — information,  not  art.  \o  more  than 
they,  the  peo])le,  need  we  architects  display  a  knowledge  of  the  world's 
great  buiUlings,  or  of  their  classification  as  of  nations,  as  of  "styles."  if  we 


The  Architi'ct  and  lins^inct'r  99 

(leviite  ourselves  to  the  expression  of  their  needs  and  desires.  Let  our 
•itudy  of  tlie  architecture  of  the  past  yield  us  an  insij^ht  into  the  desires  and 
needs  of  those  older  peoples,  let  it  re\eal  to  us  the  emotions  with  which 
they  were  animated,  and  let  us  learn  fn>m  their  examples  the  abstract 
subtleties  which  made  the  forms  adopted  appeal  to  them.  Let  us  discover, 
if  we  may,  the  sentiments  to  which  their  l)uildin}is  j^ave  expression.  It  is 
not  a  cold  analysis  of  a  work  of  art  that  awakens  enthusiasm,  hut  rather  it 
is  some  useful  combination  of  lines,  of  colors,  of  materials  and  environment, 
which  stirs  the  ima}.,^ination.  And  this  effect  upon  people  is  confined  to 
contemplation  of  no  sini,de  manner  of  buildini^s.  no  sin<jle  so-called  "style." 
.*^eek  out  the  j^reat  monuments  of  any  people  and  in  them  you  will  find 
exemplified  those  inherent  (pialities  of  beauty  which  have  to  do  with  the 
relation  of  lines  and  spaces,  of  voids  and  solids,  of  plain  held  to  ornamen- 
tation, of  color  contrasts  and  harmonies,  of  rhythm,  of  cadence,  of  accent, 
of  streni^th.  of  }.^race.  of  power,  of  delicacy.  And  these  (pialities  are  not 
limited  to  certain  types  of  buil(liiii.;s,  to  particular  details  of  materials,  but 
extend  to  and  ])roduce  the  beautiful  in  buildinj^s  of  whatever  orii^nn. 

Ileauty  when  thus  set  forth,  whether  in  a  Sistine  .Madonna,  a  Michael- 
an}.jel«»'s  David,  a  Ueethoven  Sonata,  or  a  Taj  Mahal,  makes  its  ai)peal  di- 
rectly tt)  human  instincts  and  emotions.  Its  a])pcal  has  nothinj^f  to  do  with 
knowledge,  with  that  knowle(lij;e  which  was  the  foundation  f(»r  its  structure. 
The  knowledj.ie  u|)on  which  those  works  were  built  made  no  bid  for  recojj- 
nition.  but  served  only  to  enlii^hten  the  mind  as  to  i^^reat  i)rincii)les.  and 
freed  the  .soul  ti»  express  fresh  ideas.  It  provided  a  sort  of  new  alloy,  with 
which  the  artist  worked. 

C'onsider  now  how  it  seems  to  be  with  us  today,  wlien  people  L;enerally 
have  little  feelinj.j  for  architecture.  W  hat  can  it  be  that  has  cut  them  off 
from  an  interest  in  it?  They  must  have  buildings,  yet  it  is  a  fre(|uent 
sayini^  that  they  "know  nothinj:^  about  architecture."  "have  no  api)reciation 
for  i^iunl  architecture."  That  seems  to  be  the  heaviest  indictment  a.u^ainst 
our  |)rofession  today,  that  our  own  peojde  are  out  of  sympathy  with  what 
we  are  doin^.  are  frankly  contemptuous  of  our  efforts,  or  as  frankly  iLCnor- 
ant  of  what  we  would  call  architecture.  Does  it  not  behoove  us  to  examine 
ourselves  and  see  in  how  much  we  are  to  blame? 

What  is  this  architecture  with  which  we  busy  ourselves,  and  for  the 
people's  iiji^norance  of  which  we  in  turn  are  too  accustomed  to  express?  It 
seems  to  me  that  architecture  with  us  is  too  much  re<^arded  as  a  definite, 
fixed  and  finished  thinj^ — a  ct)llection  of  concrete  examples  of  pa.st  struc- 
tures. It  is  of  those  examples  that  we  strive  to  f^ain  knowledj^e.  and  our 
own  a|)preciation  of  architecture  is  lar<;ely  commensurate  with  the  amount 
of  information  we  may  have  obtained  of  past  structures.  We  are  inclined 
to  measure  (tur  present-day  efforts  at  desiijn  by  their  adherence  to  the 
<il)vious  characteristics  of  those  earlier  buil(lin_sj:^s.  and  without  that  knowl- 
edjje  of  them  which  our  study  has  yielded  us.  we  would  be  (|uite  helpless 
to  judiji^e  of  their  merits  as  architecture.  ( )ut  of  that  study  we  may  have 
;.,'ained  an  insijj;ht  into  the  subtler  (pialities  of  proportion  and  the  like,  yet 
how  seldom  have  those  intani^ible  elements  thrown  down  our  obsession 
with  the  c<»ncrete  devices  emi)loyed?  How  often  do  we  find  those  devices 
i^roujied  without  concern  for  proportion  or  other  (pialities  which  i)ertain 
to  art  or  skill?  Such  structures  ])re(lominate.  structures  f<tr  which  men 
often  well  schooled  are  too  frecpiently  responsil)le.  and  it  seems  as  if  that 
could  be  only  because  they  have  been  confused  with  a  false  culture,  a 
pseudo-culture,  which  sets  up  knowledj^e  instead  of  ability,  information 
instead  of  art.  as  its  measure. 


100  The  Architect  and  Engineer 

And  since  we  find  this  state  of  things  within  the  profession,  is  it  to  be 
wondered  at  that  among  the  people  there  is  little  feeling  of  sympathetic 
interest  in  what  they  are  led  to  believe  is  architecture?  How  can  it  be  other- 
wise, when  to  judge  of  it  one  must  devote  himself  for  years  to  the  acquire- 
ment of  knowledge  of  the  structures  which  comprise  the  architecture  of 
the  past?  The  public  has  neither  time  nor  opportunity  to  imbibe  the 
knowledge  from  the  stores  of  which  the  architect  is  wont  to  choose  his 
theme  and  the  characters  with  which  it  is  expressed.  If  specialized  knowl- 
edge of  historical  monuments  is  essential  to  appreciation,  there  is  little 
reason  why  the  architect  should  sniff  at  the  ignorance  of  the  public  concern- 
ing what  he  calls  architecture ;  the  ignorance  is  real,  but  blameless. 

We  may  observe  today  a  similar  attitude  on  the  part  of  our  law  courts 
and  the  public  with  respect  to  the  work  of  the  former.  The  courts  are 
disdainful  of  the  lack  of  appreciation  of  the  public  for  what  they  pronounce 
to  be  good  law,  citing  precedents  from  age-old  statutes,  while  the  public  is 
becoming  more  and  more  free  in  its  expression  that  what  may  have  been  the 
law  in  the  past  is  a  matter  of  little  interest  to  it  today.  It  will  admit  that 
the  general  principles  on  which  the  older  statutes  were  based  and  inter- 
preted may  have  been  logical  and  applicable  to  former  conditions  of  life,  but 
that  today  it  needs  an  interpretation  of  those  general  principles  better 
adapted  to  our  present  conception  of  life  and  social  relations. 

The  courts  have  been  substituting  a  knowledge  of  legal  precedents  for 
a  fresh  insight  into  their  meaning  and  a  new  expression  in  terms  whose 
fitness  even  he  who  lacks  the  knowledge  still  may  comprehend.  But  the 
legal  profession  today  is  uneasy  and  introspective ;  it  is  being  forced  by  an 
indifference  to,  or  contempt  for,  its  pronouncements  on  the  part  of  the 
public,  to  examine  into  its  own  position  and  methods  and  to  modify  its 
practices. 

The  situation  is  not  without  a  parallel  in  architecture.  The  jirofession 
is  already  conscious  of  a  degree  of  aloofness  from  the  everyday  life  of  the 
people,  of  a  disparaging  authority,  and  more  and  more  often  it  is  led  to 
inquire  into  the  reason  for  it. 

Now,  what  relation  shall  the  schools  bear  to  the  present  situation? 
Should  we  not  expect  them  to  lead  in  an  effort  to  win  the  confidence  of  the 
public?  It  is  not  easy  for  the  older  ranks  of  the  profession  to  amend  their 
ideals.  Constant  contemplation  of  those  ideals  which  may  have  been  estab- 
lished at  an  earlier  time  tends  to  fix  them  and  prevent  their  expansion. 
But  youth  is  engaged  in  shaping'  its  ideals,  and  it  should  consciously  strive 
to  avoid  all  practices  which  tend  to  circumscribe  them.  They  should  care- 
fully analyze  the  relation  between  courses  of  study  and  the  jnirposes  the 
latter  are. intended  to  serve,  and  never  to  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  they  are 
but  means  to  ends,  not  ends  in  themselves.  And  what  nobler  attainment 
may  there  be  for  all  our  preparation  than  the  power,  the  ability,  the  art, 
to  speak  understandingly  to  our  own  people  of  things  which  we  beliexc  can 
be  made  to  free  them  from  dull  gray  lives  amid  monotonous  surround- 
ings? To  do  so.  however,  we  must  arouse  their  curiosity,  awaken  their 
imagination,  quicken  their  interest,  which  we  cannot  hope  to  do  while  we 
drone  on  in  foreign  tongues. 

So  in  the  ac(|uirement  of  a  broad  knowledge  of  architecture,  of  the 
manner  and  method  of  other  times,  we  should  always  be  aware  of  the  fact 
that  we  are  studying,  as  it  were,  a  foreign  language,  a  language  with  which 
the  people^of  our  own  day  are  unacquainted;  that  we  are  discovering  it  to 
discover  wherein  lies  the  secret  of  style — that  combination  of  refinement 
and  grace,  dignity  and  strength,  that  aptness  to  purpose  which  distin- 
guishes all  nobler  works;  not  with  the  ridiculous  purpose  of  attem])ting  to 
si)eak  in  it  to  (»ur  own  people. 


Till-  ArcliUcct  and  liiti^inccr  101 

The  fruit  of  study  must  be  an  unconscious  appreciation  of  esthetic 
values,  and  must  pass  through  the  alembic  of  mind  and  soul  before  the 
architect  can  hojie  to  use  the  secrets  he  may  have  discovered  in  a  way  to 
impress  the  pet)plc  among  whom  he  lives  that  architecture  is  something  of 
vital  interest  to  them  ;  before  he  can  hope  to  acquire  that  style  which  is 
the  sign  of  art  and  a  mark  of  culture,  something  entirely  apart  from  the 
"styles"  as  classifications  of  knowledge. 

Seldom  is  there  a  genuinely  new  thought  in  the  wcjrld.  yet  how  variously 
beautiful  are  the  many  rendering's  of  the  same  old  thoughts !  It  is  said  that 
there  are  but  seven  or  eight  fundamental  stories  in  all  literature,  yet  they 
are  told  and  retold  with  such  infinite  variety  of  expression  that  they  remain 
ever  fresh  and  of  interest  to  succeeding"  generations.  So,  in  the  measured 
drawings  of  almost  e\ery  notable  building  erected  in  the  past  two  hundred 
years,  we  have  the  stories  of  architecture  rehearsed  in  varied  forms  of 
exquisite  l)eauty,  imposing  dignity  and  commanding  power;  it  is  for  the 
architect  of  the  present  day  to  acquire  the  ability — to  perfect  the  art — • 
which  shall  enable  him  to  repeat  them  with  a  freshness  which  shall  win 
attention. 

In  order  to  do  so,  it  is  of  course  necessary  for  him  to  improve  his  skill 
as  a  draftsman;  lie  should  persist  in  the  practice  of  drawing  until  he  ac- 
quires a  facility  which  enables  him  to  illustrate  with  ease  any  architectural 
subject.  But  it  is  a  simple  matter  to  exaggerate  the  importance  of  drawing 
in  connection  with  architecture.  Many  of  the  most  skilled  architects  have 
been  but  indifferent  draftsmen.  Too  close  attention  to  the  composition,  or 
the  rendering  of  a  drawing,  in  and  for  itself,  is  liable  to  cause  one  to  forget 
that  after  all  it  is  only  an  imperfect  representation  of  a  design  which  is  to 
be  produced  in  various  materials,  each  of  which  has  different  properties, 
each  of  which  should  be  treated  in  a  different  way,  each  of  which  must  have 
a  hiodifying  eft'ect  upon  the  design. 

The  musician,  or  sculptor,  or  painter  may  study  his  composition  in  the 
medium  of  its  actual  expression  and  subject  it  to  his  criticism  in  its  final 
proportions,  but  the  architect  seldom,  and  then  only  in  sectional  details, 
can  thus  proceed.  However,  it  is  desirable  that  he  should  indulge  the 
practice  of  designing  in  the  solid,  even  at  much  reduced  scale.  It  will  aid 
him,  as  will  nothing  else,  to  "think  in  three  dimensions."  I  think  it  would 
be  well  did  our  school  courses  require  the  student  to  reproduce  to  a  con- 
venient scale  one  or  two  problems  a  year  in  wax  or  clay.  This  can  be  done 
in  a  sketchy  way,  yet  quite  accurately  as  to  dimensions  and  proportions. 
This  practice  will  assist  in  the  formation  of  a  habit  of  visualizing  his 
design  as  a  solid,  even  when  developed  in  the  flat.  It  will  help  to  offset  a 
tendency  to  regard  architectural  composition  as  an  exercise  in  two  dimen- 
sions. 

Everything  should  be  done  to  establish  the  habit  of  thinking  in  actual 
structural  materials.  The  student  would  do  well  to  inform  himself — in  the 
school  course,  if  possible — by  actual  contact,  of  the  characteristics  of  the 
various  materials,  of  their  suitability  and  limitations ;  how  they  are  pro- 
duced and  how  used  in  construction.  It  would  be  well  if  every  student 
could  devote  enough  time  to  the  various  crafts  to  gain  an  appreciation  of 
their  true  natures.  It  will  require  but  a  modicum  of  proficiency  in  the 
crafts  to  indicate  their  functions,  while  even  that  will  do  much  to  heighten 
his  realization  that  architectural  design  is  considerably  more  than  a  matter 
of  paper,  lines  and  washes.  It  will  help  to  bring  home  to  him  at  the 
lieginning  the  notion  that  he  is  to  become  a  creator  of  buildings,  not  merely 
a  maker  of  drawings. 


102  The  Architect  and  Eus^iuccr 

This  familiarity  with  materials  and  methods  of  workmanship,  this  habit 
of  thinking  in  terms  of  actual  structure,  will  do  much  to  establish  a  proper 
relation  between  a  knowledge  of  the  architecture  of  today.  It  will  free  him 
from  a  subserviency  to  formal  precedent  and  be  productive  of  a  healthy 
originality  which  shall  mark  an  advancing  culture. 

But  this  program  can  not  be  effected,  or  at  least  so  readily  effected, 
solely  by  the  education  of  the  architect.  He  will  need  a  public  with  a  more 
widely  diffused  appreciation  of  esthetic  values  than  has  that  public  of 
today,  one  which  has  come  to  realize  that  a  knowledge  of  the  so-called 
"styles  of  architecture"  is  not  essential  to  a  judgment  of  its  quality;  one 
that  has  come  to  appreciate  the  ennobling  force  of  the  beautiful  in  our" 
lives  ;  one  that  has  come  to  demand  art  as  an  essential  expression  of  our 
utilities;  one  that  has  come  to  realize  that  utility  does  not  reach  its  highest 
power  until  i)erfected  with  logic,  the  reasonableness  and  the  economy  of 
true  art. 

Thus  to  prepare  for  this  public  seems  no  less  the  opportunity  of  our 
universities  than  the  preparation  of  the  architects  who  shall  serve  it.  To 
direct  the  minds  of  all  its  students  to  the  importance  of  an  appreciation  of 
the  fundamental  principles  underlying  all  art,  to  send  them  forth  possessed 
of  the  truth  that  art  is,  or  should  be.  something  necessary  to  the  highest 
development  of  our  country,  to  raise  before  them  the  vision  that  our  ac- 
cumulations of  knowledge,  the  development  of  practical  industries  and 
increase  of  wealth  from  our  abundant  resources  are  but  means  to  an  ex- 
pression of  our  ideals  as  a  nation,  is  a  function  to  be  exercised  with  enthu- 
siasm and  with  faith  in  its  leavening  power.  Out  of  it  shall  grow  a  combi- 
nation of  forces  and  a  unity  of  purpose  that  shall  make  for  the  development 
of  the  superior  abilities,  that  shall  make  for  the  ])erfection  of  style,  which 
is  the  mark  of  a  genuine  culture. 

Oregon  Now  Has  School  of  Architecture 

Tl  1 1'^  School  of  .Architecture  of  the  University  of  Oregon  at  Eugene, 
( )regon,  w'as  formally  opened  on  Thursday.  November  19th.  by  W.  R. 
1).  VV'illcox,  of  Willcox  &  Say  ward,  Seattle,  who  spoke  as  director  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Architects.  In  his  address,  which  is  printed  else- 
vvhere  in  this  magazine,  Mr.  Willcox  pleaded  earnestly  for  a  redemocratiz- 
ing  of  the  art.  The  Oregon  school  opened  in  September  with  a  beginners' 
class  of  eighteen  students,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Ellis  I'.  Lawrence,  of 
Portland.  He  is  assisted  by  Professor  E.  H.  McAllister,  in  structural 
courses;  by  Professor  P.  P.  .Adams,  in  drafting  and  design,  and  by  several 
non-professional  members  of  the  faculty  who  have  arranged  auxiliary 
courses  for  the  benefit  of  students  in  Architecture.  The  i)lans  call  for  rapid 
develoi)ment  of  the  school  as  the  students  become  i)reparcd  for  advanced 
courses,  but  no  degrees  in  architecture  will  be  granted  for  the  present, 
students  being  sent  east  for  some  of  their  higher  work. 

Among  Ihose  who  took  part  in  the  o])ening  exercises  were  Mr.  A.  I'.. 
Doyle,  of  Portland,  president  of  the  Portland  chapter  of  the  Institute,  who 
brought  the  greetings  of  the  i'ortland  architects  and  announced  that  they 
would  offer  a  series  of  i)rizes  for  excellence  of  work  by  meml)ers  of  the 
school.  President  P.  L.  Campbell,  of  the  university  :  W.  C.  Knighton.  .State 
Architect,  of  Salem;  Honorable  .Allen  ICaton,  and  the  members  of  the  stu- 
dents' architecturrd  clul)  took  ])art  in  the  exercises. 


7  Iw  Arcltitcct  and   linj^uuti  103 

The  Fees  of  Architects 

i.\  \  Il'.W  of  tlu-  many  |)ul)lislK'(l  statements  alxmt  the  larj^e  fee  received 
by  (iuy  Lowell,  the  arcliitect  of  tlie  new  conrt  house  for  New  ^'ork.  it 
is  intere-'tini^  to  »)l)siTve  the  i-Iement  of  uncertainty  which  attache^-  to  the 
profit  to  l)e  derived  from  an  nndertakin;^  of  this  maj^iiitude,  says  a  writer 
in  the  Philadelphia  Ledj^^er. 

'Vhc  cost  to  an  architect  in  preparing  his  drawin«,'s  and  specifications 
and  seeinj^  that  tiiey  are  properly  carried  ont.  in  offices  run  on  the  l)est 
business  basis,  is  at  least  one-half  of  his  ci»mniission.  This,  however,  aj)- 
plies  only  to  the  j^eneral  class  of  buildinfj^s,  and  not  to  residential  or  ])ul)lic 
and  monumental  work.  The  cost  is  then  as  high  as  73  |K'r  cent  of  the  archi- 
tect's commission. 

The  I'nited  States  Government  prepared  a  statement  which  was  >ul)- 
uiitted  to  Conj^ress  (Senate  Document  Xo.  016,  Si.xty-second  L  onj^ress, 
second  session)  which  j^ave  the  average  cost  of  prei)aring  drawings  ajid 
specificatii>ns  alone,  exclusive  of  superintendence  or  any  other  field  of 
expenses,  for  the  years  1*X)5  to  1<>11,  inclusive,  to  be  6.2  per  cent.  This  was 
for  preparing  the  drawings  for  the  hulidings  erected  by  the  I'nited  States 
(iovernment  and  done  by  the  su])ervising  architect  of  the  Treasurx'.  a  man 
known  for  his  great  executive  ability,  and,  therefore,  done  with  the  greatest 
economy  possible. 

Kept)rts  have  been  submitted  by  the  State  .Architect  of  New  ^'ork  show- 
ing that  the  ct)st  to  the  state  for  preparing  the  plans  and  specifications  made 
in  the  state  architect's  offices  exceeds  6  per  cent.  The  cost  to  the  .\ew  ^'ork 
Central  Railroad  for  preparing  the  plans  for  their  new  station  has  exceeded 
()  per  cent.  Therefore,  an  architect  who  is  able  to  prepare  the  ])]ans  for  a 
$10,000,0(X)  building  at  a  cost  to  him  of  less  than  6  per  cent  of  the  total 
cost  of  the  building,  must  run  his  office  in  the  most  ec«)nomic  manner  ])os- 
sible  and  take  hi>  chance  that  the  work  may  cost  him  more  than  hi--  enliie 
fee. 

It  seems  to  be  the  general  impression  in  many  uninformed  places  that 
an  architect  makes  a  few  sketches  taking  a  few  days  of  his  time  and  for 
this  work  receives  an  enormous  fee.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  to  pre- 
pare and  carry  out  the  work  of  a  $10,000,000  courthouse  will  recpiire  the 
services  of  from  twenty  to  thirty  high-i)riced  draftsmen,  as  well  as  a 
number  of  engineers  and  specialists  on  structural  work,  heating  and  ventila- 
tion, sanitation,  mechanical  ecpiipment.  etc.,  working  for  a  period  of  at  least 
five  years;  will  re(piire  a  large  office  at  a  high  rental,  and  with  the  most 
econ(»niic  administration  his  work  will  cost  about  $450,000.  This  will  leave 
him  about  $1. =^0,000  profit,  or  about  $30,000  a  year. 

What  business  man  is  there  who  is  willing  to  head  a  $10,000,000  corjxira- 
tion  with  a  salary  of  $.^0,000  a  year?  What  corporation  is  there  of  this  size 
that  pays  its  counsel  less  than  this  amount?  Such  men,  however,  receive 
these  salaries  without  investing  any  of  their  own  money  to  obtain  it.  The 
architect  tnust  invest  about  $450,000  in  actual  cash  paid  out  to  reccixe  his 
profit  of  $1. =^0,000. 

All  of  the  above  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  professional  training 
and  skill  of  the  architect,  and  for  which  he  receives  his  compensation.  He 
must,  therefore,  not  only  invest  his  own  money  and  run  a  large  business 
office  with  a  chance  of  running  it  at  a  loss,  but  he  must  give  his  skill  in 
designing,  his  knowledge  of  engineering  and  construction,  and  his  training 
in  sculpture  and  mural  decoration  in  order  that  he  may  obtain  his  fee. — 
Construction  News. 


104  Tlic  Architect  and  Ilui^inccr 

"Practice  as  American  Institute  Architect" 

An  Amusing  Case  Which  Came  to  the  Attention  of  the  Committee 

on  Practice 

NOT  long  ago  a  member  of  the  Institute  forwarded  to  the  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Practice  what  would  appear  to  have  been  a  circular 
letter  addressed  at  random,  and  bearing  the  imprint  of  one  who 
termed  himself  an  architect.  In  corroboration  of  the  assumption,  and  as  a 
means  of  impressing  his  qualifications,  his  letter-head  bore  the  legend. 
"Practice  as  American  Institute  Architect."  Other  members  of  the  Insti- 
tute may  have  received  one  of  these  singular  communications,  although 
but  one  has  so  far  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  its  ollficers. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry  as  to  his  source  of  authority  for  the  use  of  the 
legend,  the  following  letter  was  received: 

Your  letter  of  the  tliird  instant  received  yesterday.  Tn  answer  to  your  inquirj- 
requesting  an  explanation  of  the  meaning  of  tlie  printed  note  oh  my  letterliead.  viz.. 
"Practice  as  .American  Institute  Architect,"  the  purpose  of  this  notice  was  to  inform 
persons  that  I  intended  to  conform  and  comply  with  the  exemplary  standards  estab- 
lished by  the  American  Institute  of  Architects,  and  not  to  signify,  as  the  meaning 
of  your  letter  implies,  "A  Member  of  the  Institute." 

If  the  printed  notice  referred  to  has  been  misinterpreted,  or  is  not  in  strict  accord- 
ance with  the  .\.  I.  .v.  regulations,  I  will  have  it  removed  immediately,  as  it  was  done 
to  make  known,  observe,  and  maintain  the  standards  in  practice. 

As  I  am  totally  unaware  of  any  infraction  that  the  notice  herein  referred  to  could 
have  caused,  will  you  please  send  me  a  copy  of  tlie  A.  I.  .\.  Constitution  and  Laws, 
as  I  respect  and  protect  all  such  matters. 

I  respectfully  request  and  trust  that  this  explanation  will  be  received  by  you. 
and  considered  with  the  sincerity  and  fidelity  meant  by  this  letter. 

Thanking  you.  etc.,  . 

N.  B.     During  189 — ,  while  practicing  in  ,  I  received  a  communication  from 

the  American  Institute  of  .Architects,  voluntarily  stating  that  I  was  privileged  to 
membership;  as  I  believe  that  I  have  always  adhered  to  the  "Institute's  Constitu- 
tions." that  I  have  known  of  and  not  deviated  nor  deteriorated  since  then,  will  you 
please  send  me  a  statement  of  the  requisites  of  membership? 

Further  correspondence  then  developed  the  following  letter : 

Accept  my  thanks  for  your  letter  of  the  ,  inclosing  a  copy  of  tlie  .\.   I.   .\. 

Constitution  and  Laws,  received  this  p.  m. 

I   have  read  these  carefully  and  have  not  found  ;in  article  relating  to  the  matter 

to   which   your  letters  of  the   and refer.      I    also   notice   that   the   note 

upon  the  lelter-head  was  evidently  one  of  a  misprinted  lot.  which  was  instructed  to 
be  and  read.  "Practice  According  to  Regulations  of  .American  Institute  of  .Archi- 
tects." Several  of  these  were  used  unknowingly  some  time  ago,  which  at  the  time 
escaped  my  attention. 

As  my  office  is  and  has  been  closed  for  several  years.  .  .  .  ple:ise  address  com- 
munication to  my  rooms.  Respectfully. 

While  one  might  accept  the  use  (»f  the  misprinted  (?)  stationery  as 
an  inadvertence  ( an  act  which  is.  of  coiuse,  amenable  to  the  law  and  not 
to  the  Constitution  of  the  Institute),  the  statement  in  the  last  paragrai)h 
of  the  letter  does  not  coincide  with  the  impression  which  the  original  letter- 
head and  contents  were  intended  to  convey  in  this  sentence:  "This  office 
is,  and  has  ll^en  during  the  past  18  years  especially  ecpiipped  to  prepare  at- 
tractive and  artistically  designed  competitive  plans."  Inasnnich  as  that 
letter  als(j  referred  to  a  desire  on  the  part  of  the  writer  to  form  an 
"Associate  Architect,"  according  to  a  "Co-oi)erative  iMpiitablc  .Agreement," 
one  is  inclined  to  (piestion  whether  the  intent  of  the  legend  was  as  much  to 
])roclaiin  the  exemplary  standards  of  the  Institute  as  to  profit  from  them  in 
a  (piestioiiable  manner.  Still,  simple  honesty  sometimes  gets  itself  into 
bewildering  predicaments.— Institute  Journal. 


Some  Notes  on  Clays  and  Tiles 

r.\   J.  CLARK  ■ 

TllI^Kl^  is  probably  im  material  so  common,  and  yet.  to  tiic  axcra^c  lay- 
man, so  little  known  and  nndcrsttKid.  as  clay.  Natnre  prepared  and 
dept>sited  this  mineral  in  every  conceivable  form  and  the  nses  tliat 
can  be  made  of  it  by  man  with  the  aid  of  fire  are  almost  limitless.  The 
commonest  brick  and  the  finest  china  and  i)orcelains  are  made  from  chiy. 
but  the  composition  of  the  material  from  which  they  are  made  varies  in 
proportii>n  to  the  value  of  the  finished  i)roduct. 

The  basis  of  all  day  is  alumina  aiul  silica,  and  the  ])roportion  of  these 
minerals,  toijethcr  with  such  other  minerals  or  vegetable  matter  as  may  be 
held  by  them,  determine  the  value  and  the  uses  to  which  it  may  be  put. 
The  standard  of  pure  clay  is  called  koalin.  The  word  kaolin  is  a  corru])tion 
of  the  Chinese  wctrd  Kaulin^'.  meanin.y^  iiij^^h  rid,i;e.  and  is  the  name  of  a 
hill  near  Jauchau  I'u.  where  the  purest  kaolin  was  found,  (.\merican 
journal  Science,  1871.  paj^e  180.)  The  generally  accepted  analysis  of  pure 
kaolin  is  : 

Silica    47.71 

.Alumina    Mt.7>< 

IV.tash I.'r'S 

W  ater 13.03 

(L'nited  States  ( ieoloi^ical  Survey  11.  pat^e  3*>.  l'J03.)  All  particles  of  this 
day  will  i)ass  tiiroiii;h  a  s"eve  of  200  meshes  to  the  inch.  J-Vom  the  ])erfect 
clay  down  to  the  commonest,  an  analvsis  of  which  shows: 

Silica VK2A 

.Alumina i.2() 

I'erric  o.xide 1.0'^ 

Lime M^.'H 

Ma}.jnesia 2.7F^ 

Water 1 .67 

Carbon  dio.xide 2^).^7 

i'hosphorus  pentoxide 2i 

.Sulphur 5i 

Chlorine 11 

( )rganic  matter 2.96 

(  L'.  S.  (leol.  Surv..  P.ull.  22^,  p.  367)  there  is  found  day  containinjj  an  ever 
varyinj^  relationship  of  silica  and  alumina  to!.!;^ether  with  other  minerals 
either  addinij  to  or  detractintj  from  their  value,  accordins^  to  the  purpose 
for  which  they  are  intended. 

( )ne  of  the  earliest  uses  made  of  clay  was  the  manufacture  of  tiles. 
They  were  not.  however,  made  for  buildinij'  purposes,  but  to  receive  in- 
scriptions in  their  plaster  state,  and  when  burned  made  perpetual  the 
writinjT^s  inscribed  upoji  them.  From  this  early  and  crude  manner  of  manu- 
facturings and  its  use,  tile  has  developed  into  one  of  the  most  scientific 
and  exacting  industries  of  the  world  and  covers  a  wide  range  of  jiroduct 
for  this  indispensable  building  material. 

Tile  used  for  floor  purposes  comes  under  two  headings:  Encaustic  and 
\'itreous.  These  terms  have  no  bearing  on  the  shape  or  size  of  the  tile, 
but  emanate  from  the  material  from  which  they  are  made.  Encaustic  tile 
is  made  from  self-coloring  and  fluxing  clay  and  in  but  verv  few  instances 
is  more  or  less  absorl)ent.     The  colors  of  this  grade  of  tile  are  red,  buff, 

•  President  and  Cencral   Manager  of  the  California  Tile  Contract ing  Company.   2(16   Sheldon   liuildinK. 
San  Francisco. 


106  The  Architect  and  E)ii^iiieer 

black  and  salmon  as  well  as  the  speckled  tile  containing-  niant;anese  and 
grog.  The  clay  for  this  tile  is  worked  in  both  plastic  and  dry  form  and  is 
moulded  in  shape  by  striking,  screw  or  hydraulic  pressure,  using  from  ten 
to  twenty-five  tons  pressure  and  is  burned  generally  in  sagers  to  a  tem- 
perature varying  from  cone  015  to  03. 

\'itreous  tile  is  a  mi.xture  of  white  burning  clays  which  Hu.xes  com- 
])letely.  making  a  product  impervious  to  water  or  acid  and  possessing  the 
ability  to  withstand  wear  possessed  by  no  other  material.  This  grade  of 
tile  can  be  made  in  a  large  variety  of  colors  and  shades  by  the  use  of  color- 
ing oxides  and  minerals.  The  clay  for  this  tile  is  never  worked  i)lastic  ;  it 
is  subject  to  the  same  pressure  as  encaustic  clay  and  is  burned  to  cone  5. 
This  grade  of  tile  possesses  56  times  the  wearing  value  of  white  marble  and 
from  14  to  22  times  greater  wearing  value  than  cement. 

Tile  for  walls  is  generally  classed  under  the  heading  of  Faience  and  Wall, 
the  bodies  or  biscuit  of  each  being  made  from  clay  producing  a  hard  porous 
body.  The  biscuit  of  the  faience  tile  can  be  of  any  color,  as  it  is  always 
coated  with  an  engob  which  carries  the  coloring  oxide,  also  a  clay  that 
will  riux  at  a  comjjaratively  low  temperature,  at  the  same  time  forming  a 
relationship  to  the  previously  burned  biscuit  that  will  not  permit  of  scaling 
and  cracking.  No  tile  is  more  susceptible  to  the  influence  of  the  fire  than 
faience;  the  different  temperatures  which  are  bound  to  exist  in  various 
parts  of  the  kiln,  be  it  ever  so  slight,  will  cause  a  shading  that  adds  to  the 
beauty  of  the  tile,  at  the  same  time  causing  markings  on  the  surface  very 
much  to  be  desired. 

Wall  tile  pro])er  is  made  from  the  white  burning  ball  clays  and  on  the 
purity  of  clay  and  its  freedom  from  coloring  minerals  depend  its  values. 
High  grade  pure  white  burning  ball  clay  that  will  not  warp  when  pressed 
for  thin  tile  is  not  very  j^lentiful  in  the  L'nited  States  and  the  talc  rock  is 
sometimes  used  as  a  substitute.  The  biscuit  of  white  wall  tile  is  burned 
to  about  the  same  temperature  as  vitreous  tile,  but  has  a  porous  body,  the 
clay  running  low  in  flux. 

There  is  practically  no  limit  to  the  processes  that  may  be  employed  in 
producing  a  glaze.  One  of  the  early  methods  and  one  still  in  use  bv  some 
j)otter\  manufacturers  is  to  throw  salt  on  the  fire  and  this  produces  what 
is  kniiwn  as  a  salt  glaze.  Lead  is  extensively  used  in  glazing,  as  well  as 
zinc.  Probably  no  two  factories  use  the  same  formula  for  ])roducing  the 
glaze  on  white  tile.  The  glaze  in  slip  form  is  applied  to  the  surface  of  the 
biscuit  by  passing  over  a  ])erf()rated  roller  the  lower  part  of  which  turns 
in  the  vessel  containing  the  slip,  and  enough  of  the  material  adheres  to  the 
roller  to  coat  the  surface  of  the  biscuit  as  it  passes  over  it.  .\fter  drying 
the  tile  is  placed  in  sagers  and  fired  to  cone  020  to  012. 

.\(»  material  entering  into  the  construction  of  a  building  ro(|uires  more 
skill  and  science  to  produce  than  tile.  I'eing  manufactured  exclusixelv 
from  minerals  which  must  be  treated  in  the  most  exacting  fashion,  else, 
when  they  have  ])assed  through  the  fire,  we  have  a  product  far  (iirteicnt 
from  what  was  intended,  and  ])robably  worthless. 

Tile  is  the  most  ancient  building  material  on  record,  dating  back  to 
thousands  of  years  I'..  ('..  and  no  structure  of  fame  was  ever  built  since 
that  time,  regardless  of  its  style  of  architecture,  in  which  tile  was  not  used 
and  made  one  of  the  features,  for,  when  the  mighty  men  of  old.  as  well 
as  the  wise  men  of  m<»clern  times,  erected  a  structure,  no  imitations  were 
considered,  and  the  best,  both  in  material  and  architecture,  was  used.  Tile, 
then,  as  now,  only  could  be  used  for  the  reason  that  it  is  the  only  material 
for  llodrs  and   walls  in   which  the  cohirs  and  shapes  can  l)e  had.  that    will 


Tlw  Architect  and  Iim^iiiccr  107 

ctMilOnn  complc'tfly  tn  any  style  of  architcoturc.  and,  at  tin-  same  time 
furnish  a  material  which  will  staiul  unlimited  wear  and  <lefy  time. 

There  is  nuthini,'  of  real  value  without  its  imitations  and  the  }.;reater 
the  value  the  more  persistent  are  tlie  imitations,  and  oftentimes  we  pay 
a  higher  price  for  an  imitation  than  the  cost  of  the  real  article  we  desire. 
Sometimes  this  is  hecause  we  are  not  familiar  with  the  cost  and  relative 
values  of  the  j^jenuine  and  the  imitatit»ns,  and  it  is  often  impossible  to  ^i;l 
the  data  showing;  these  difYerences  and  we  submit  to  the  statements  of 
tradesmen  who  either  mislead  or  who  have  no  hij^jher  aim  in  their  business 
than  to  make  an  innnediate  sale.  While  this  is  true  no  doubt  of  all  articles 
of  merit  and  value,  we  know  of  nothinp^  that  it  applies  to  stronj^^er  than  tile, 
and  most  of  them  incorporate  in  some  form  the  word  tile  in  naming'  their 
material. 

Kach  year  sees  some  new  i)rocess  and  a  very  few  years  sees  its  end. 
Tile  manufactured  by  the  ancients  was  made  by  very  crude  and  primitive 
metho«ls  and  still  it  has  sttKxl  the  test  of  time  as  has  no  other  material. 
Now.  with  modern  transportation  ti>  assemble  clays,  the  best  results  are 
attained  by  mixtures  of  clay  and  not  from  any  one  deposit.  With  hydraulic 
and  screw  presses  and  modern  kilns  in  which  heat  can  l)e  controlled  to 
within  a  few  dej^rees.  all  contril)Ute  to  the  production  of  an  article  superior 
tt)  anv  ever  made. 


The  McKinley  Memorial  Competition 

Seven  architects  will  compete  for  the  prize  offered  throu<>;h  a  committee 
t>f  the  .\merican  Institute  of  Architects,  for  the  best  plans  and  drawint,'s  for 
The  National  McKinley  IJirthplace  Memorial,  to  be  erected  at  .\ilcs.  (  )hio. 
The  architects  are  Henry  IJacon.  101  Park  avenue.  Xew  ^'ork  ;  Cass  (iilbert. 
11  l-iast  Twenty-fourth  street.  Xew  York;  McKim,  Mead  <!<:  White.  150  I'ifth 
avenue.  Xew  \'ork  ;  H.  \'an  I'uren  Matjoniu^le,  101  Park  avenue.  Xew  York; 
Palmer,  Hornbostel  &  Jones,  Ck^  Williams  street.  Xew  ^'ork  :  J.  L.  Decker. 
Xiles,  (  )hio.  and  Zantzinger.  I'.orie  ^:  Medarv,  139  South  I'iftcenth  street. 
Philadelphia.  Pa. 

J.  C  I'utler.  Jr..  of  Youngstown,  vice-president  of  the  association,  says 
that  the  name  of  the  architect  will  be  announced  as  soon  as  the  selection  is 
made. 


San  Francisco  Hospital  Competition 

The  C<)n>ultinL;  Hoard  of  Architects  of  tiu-  C  ity  of  San  I'ranci^co.  consist- 
inj(  of  Messrs.  John  (i.  Howard.  Frederick  H.  Meyer  and  John  Reid.  Jr..  have 
|)ractically  comj)leted  the  j)ro^^rani  for  a  com])etition  for  the  Municipal  Tuber- 
cular Hospital  (iroup  to  Ik*  erected  near  the  City  and  County  Hos])ital.  San 
I'Vancisco.  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $.^00,000.  The  money  is  now  available. 
Three  prizes  are  to  be  offered.  The  followinq^  is  a  partial  list  of  architects 
who  have  been  invited  to  compete,  the  list  having-  been  made  up  from  architects 
whose  residence  address  is  San  I'rancisco:  Charles  Peter  Weeks.  ISakewell  cK: 
I>rown.  Ward  &  lUohme.  John  I»auer.  Jr..  W.  C  Hayes.  Geo.  W.  Kelhani. 
.Vui^ist  (i.  Headman,  Herman  I>arthi  Julius  KrafTt  &  Sons,  Louis  C".  .Mulli^r-irdt. 
L.  I^.  Hobart.  Coxhead  &  COxhead  and  Hou.e^hton  Sawyer. 

* 
*  * 

"Zeal:     The   feelini,'^  you   have  before   you   secure   the   tinner  as   compared 

with  'Stuni,^'  which  is  your  condition  after  y()U  i;et  it." — The   Philistine. 


108 


The  Architect  and  Eii^^iiieer 


GREY   TF.X\BSSEE   MARBLE  MAXTEI.  I.X   EHRMASX   RESIDEXCE.   SAX   FRAXCISCO 
Designed  by   Willis  Polk  &■  Co.,  Architects 

Executed   hy   the   Schocnfeld   Marble   Co. 


Some  Hand-Carved  Fireplaces 

Til  l'^  accompanying  j)icturcs  show  the  [)ossihiUtics  ot  liand-carved  marble 
and  stone  for  fireplace  and  mantel  work.  The  desii^ns  are  by  Willis 
I 'oik  &  Co.  of  San  I'Vancisco  and  the  scnl])tnrini;-  was  done  by  the 
Schoenfeld  Marble  Company  of  the  same  city.  The  mantels  are  in  the 
Tcm])kt(n  Crocker,  Hooker.  I'^hrmann.  Ralston.  White.  (Iriflrtth,  MofTatt 
and  (ioldstein  homes  and  rei)resent  some  advanced  ideas  in  architectural 
sciilpturin«4'  for  interior  decoration.  .Mr.  Polk  has  succesfully  refrained 
from  over  embellishment,  a  characteristic  of  this  firm  that  has  contributed 
in  a  considerable  measure  to  its  success. 

Besides  ..Willis  Polk  &  Co.  the  .Schoenfeld  Marble  L"om|)any  refer  to 
such  well-known  architects,  for  whom  they  have  executed  important  com- 
missions for  decorative  work  in  marble,  stone,  i^ranite.  etc..  as  C  liarles 
Peter  Weeks.  I>ernard  loseph,  I'.dward  ^'ouni;",  and  W  illiam  Knowles. 
The  loan  desk,  seats,  settees,  etc.,  in  the  library  of  the  Cniversity  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  altars  in  .St.  T.uke's  church.  San  I'rancisco.  and  St.  Paul's 
church,  (  )akland.  (icsi<.jned  bv  \  ickiry.  .\tkin<  X'  Tonix .  were  executed  by  the 
.Schoenfeld  Company. 


I  he  .  Iriliitt\t  iiiiil   l-'iij^in,-,- 


nyj 


CHi-.v  i\Mo\\/.i<  \:  ii-Ki  i:   •.i.i\ir!    i\    i.'.\:rii      '\   U'iyhi-'<  hi:sii<h\(.  i-..  iiii.lshoko 

VfJigHCti  by  ll'ilhi  Polk  Sr  C'o.,..-triliitcits  Executed  by  the  Silioenfcid  Marble 'Co. 


M.ISTI  STOSE  MASTEL  IS  DR.  MOFF.ITTS  RESIDESCE.  .S.4S  EK.-iSCISCO 
Designed  by  ll'illis  Poik  6r  Co.,  Architects  Executed  by  the  Schoenfeld  Marble  Co. 


112 


Tlic  Architect  and  Eii^i)iccr 


Arrl)ttprt  nnh  lEngtnppr 

OF  CALIFORINIA 

Published  Monthly  in  the  interests  of  the 
Architects,  Structural  Engineers,  Cent  Fact- 
ors and  the  Allied  Trades  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  by  the  Architect  and  Engineer  Co. 


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TERMS    OF    SUBSCRIPTION 

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per  annum  ;  to  Canada  50c  additional :  to  all  Foreign  points 
(1  additional. 

Vol.  XXXIX.     December,  1914        No.  2 


ASSOCIATE    EDITORS 

Wm.  B.  Gf.stkr.    -  -)   Inspectton 

LoRKN  E.  Hunt.  C.  E.  -      |  and  Tests 

O.  V.  Shelley.  C.  E.  (  .-.■     .       ,^ 
F.   VV.  FiTZPATRICK.  K"'*'*"""^'^'"""'"^'"'" 
Structural  Steel 

Tile   and    Terra 
Cotta 


W.  VV.  Breite.  C.  E. 
.'\thol  McBe.an  )  /, 
W.  E.  Dknnison  f ' 
Howard  Frost.    \ 


Artijicial  Stone 

'  Roofs  and  Roofinf; 

Rock  and  Gravel 
Interior  Decoration 


G.    B.    .'\SHCROKT.    C.    E. 

H.  M.  I.owenthal 

.1.  K.  D.  Mackenzie    - 

Fred  M.  Woods.  Jr.. 

C.  Walter  Tozer    - 

Wilbur  David  Cook,  L.andscape Architecture 

T.  C.  KiERULFF  -       Legal  Points 

Paul  C.  Butte     -       F.lectrical  Construction 

Louis  F.  Mauer        -       -        Waterproofins 


ARCHITECTURAL 


Fr.d  H.  Meyor 
.'Vuk'ust  G.  Headman 
Edward  T.  Foulkes 
Alfred  F.  Rosenheim 
(i.  .Albert  Lansburtfh 
Houifhton  Sawyer 
Herman  Barth 
Arthur  Brown.  Jr. 
Chas.  F.  Weeks 
Benj.  Vi.  McDoiiyall 
<  )i  laviii.s  Morvran 
I    t;.  Austin 
JaK.  VV.  Plachck 

Henry  C. 


William  O.  Kaij;uel 
F.  D.  Hudson 
Sumner  F.  Hunt 
C.  Sumner  (ireene 
Norman  F.  Marsh 
Smith  O'Brien 
.Aliiicric  Coxhead 
Harrison  Albright 
John  Parkinson 
A.  VV.  Smith 
T.  Patterson  Koss 
William  H.  Weeks 
Chas.  W   Dickey 
Smith 


CONTRIBUTORS 


Win.   A.    Newman 
Jas.  W.Keid 
l''rnest  Cctxhead 
Win.  t:.  Haves 
(has.  Henry  Cheney 
Herbert  E.  Law 
Hon.  Jas.  D.  Plielan 
Inliii   (lalcii   Ilowiiii!  \ 
I.oiiis   C.    Miillganlt    i 


E,  M.  C.  Whitney 
\.  I,   Whitney 
Fkidehick  W.  Jones 


John  Bakewell.  Jr. 
VV.  CJarden  .Mitchell 
Nathaniel  Blaisdell 
W.  R.  B.  Wilcox 
William  Mooser 
Robert  Morneiieier 
B.  J.   S.   Cahill 
■.   A.   L   A. 


Manaiier 

'Treasurer 

Manauine  Editor 


Architects  vvht)  have  visited  the 
Panama-Pacific   Exposition   are   un- 

THD  cvnnciTmM  animous  in  pro- 
I"f/„^POSmON  ,,^i„ii„g  the  color 
COLOR  SCHEME  ,,,,enie  of  the 
buildings  and  grounds  the  most 
beautiful  of  any  ever  attempted  at  a 
previous  world's  exposition. 

Thiildings  and  statuary  alike  have 
been  colored  by  pigments  introduced 
into  the  casting  mass  of  Travertine 
— the  composition  chosen  for  most 
of  the  structural  and  sculptural 
work.  This  interesting"  material  is 
a  sort  of  porous  limestone,  like  that 
used  by  the  old  Italian  builders,  and 
with  its  rough,  weathered-looking 
surface  and  mellow  buff  tones  still 
farther  softened  by  the  tracery  of 
that  delicate  vine,  the  ixcns  ripens, 
already  growing,  the  walls,  columns 
and  statues  seem  as  though  several 
centuries  had  linked  them  to  the 
soil.  What  a  welcome  contrast  to 
the  white  and  garish  buildings  one 
usually  finds  in  exposition  grounds ! 

For  the  walks  and  roadways  and 
pavements  of  the  courts,  gravel  has 
been  selected,  of  a  more  neutral, 
grayish  tone,  as  befits  the  ground- 
work upon  which  the  builder- 
painter  works :  for  the  whole  place 
has  been  treated  as  a  jncture — a  vast 
canvas  where  every  detail  adds  its 
subdued  or  brilliant  note  to  the 
general  color  harnuniy.  Behind  the 
long  cf)l()nna(lcs  the  walls  have 
h<H"i  p'M'nted  a  \v(Mi(!crful  Pompeiian 
red,  used  as  the  "lining  color" 
throuL'hnut.  enhancing  by  its  con- 
trast the  huge  green  domes  and  the 
two  golden  ones  beside  the  entrance 
that  stand  out  in  Oriental  sjjlendor 
against  the  intense  blueness  of  the 
sky.  Inside  the  domes,  the  eye  is 
greeted  by  rich  blues  and  reds  and 
golds;  farther  on,  in  the  shelter  of 
the  great  entrances,  immense  nnnal 
paintings,  set  like  jewels  in  the 
framing  walls,  give  their  note  of 
color  just  where  it  is  needed,  com- 
plete in  their  individual  beauty  and 
;it  the  same  time  treated  as  units  in 
the  larger  scheme.  Truthfully,  it  is 
the  world's  greatest  exposition  in 
])( lint  of  color. 


The  Architect  and  Eimiiiccr 


113 


Prosecution  for  criminal  negli- 
gence   in    connection    with    concrete 

ANENT  COMPETENT  [:;;;;:;r,;r  ';^ 

INSPECTION  OH  ,,,;,,,  inte'rested  ni 

CONCRETE  tl^i>^    typg    (^)f    ^-^„-,. 

struction,  and  tlie  nioxenient  de- 
serves support.  Such  a  demand  is 
but  natural  at  the  end  of  almost  an}- 
wniter  when  the  season's  crop  of 
failures  is  passed  in  review,  i  hat 
drastic  action  would  be  taken  sooner 
or  later  to  bring  contractors  and 
owners  to  a  sense  of  their  obliga- 
tions in  providing  competent  inspec- 
tion on  concrete  work  was  not  to  be 
doubted. 

Los  Angeles  has  done  the  expect- 
ed in  its  new  reinforced-concrete 
building  ordinance  which  requires 
that  the  architect,  owner,  builder  or 
other  person  immediately  in  charge 
of  construction  shall  retain  an  in- 
spector competent  to  see  that  the 
provisions  of  the  ordinance  are  com- 
plied with.  Furthermore,  this  ordin- 
ance says  that  every  such  inspector 
who  shall  fail,  refuse,  or  neglect  to 
stop  immediately  the  construction  of 
any  reinforced-concrete  work  that 
fails  to  comply  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  ordinance  and  immedi- 
ately report  any  such  violation  to 
his  employer  and  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  $500  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  city  jail  for  not  more 
than  six  months  or  both. 

This,  remarks  the  Engineering 
Record,  is  a  very  drastic  measure. 
Nevertheless  those  who  have  follow- 
ed closely  the  history  of  building 
failures  in  the  winters  of  the  last  five 
or  six  years  will  feel  that  some  such 
provision  was  inevitable.  ^Vhether 
it  will  stand  remains  to  be  seen.  It 
seems  to  confuse  private  and  police 
functions.  It  does  not  appear  that 
the  city's  inspection  force  can  be 
dispensed  with  on  account  of  this 
provision ;  and  while  there  would, 
therefore,  seem  to  be  a  duplication 
of  work,  the  other  point  of  view  is 
that  it  brings  the  judgment  of  two 
trained  men  to  bear  on  the  work  in- 
stead  of   one.      Moreover,   the   con- 


tractor will   look   more  closely   into 
the  competence  of  his  inspector. 


MUNICIPAL 
CEMENT  TESTING 
LABORATORIES 


It  is  a  matter  of  great  interest  to 
note  that  Boards  of  Pul)lic  W  orks 
all  over  the 
countr}-  are  begin- 
ning to  appreciate 
the  im])ortance  of 
testing  cement.  At  Los  Angeles 
recently,  where  complaint  was  made 
of  defective  material,  the  Board  of 
Works  made  an  examination  into 
the  conduct  of  the  testing  labora- 
tory and  found  that  while  the 
cement  in  use  by  the  city  had  been 
tested  on  one  day,  it  had  not  been  on 
the  following  four  days.  They 
made  a  peremptory  order  that  in  the 
future  thorough  tests  be  made  of  all 
cement  before  it  is  used  and  further 
stated  that  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment would  be  held  to  a  strict 
observance  of  this  order. 

This  is  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion and  should  be  followed  by 
other  similar  Boards  in  the  country. 
A  testing  laboratory  is  created  for 
the  purpose  pf  testing  cement  and 
engineers  and  Boards  of  Public 
Works  have  the  right  to  rely  upon 
the  thorough,  continuous  and  regu- 
lar testing  of  all  material  ofifered  for 
use  on  public  works.  Sporadic  test- 
ing is  not  proper  testing  and  is 
always  likelv  to  lead  to  trouble. 
The  enforcement  by  Boards  of 
Public  Works  of  rigid  rules  govern- 
ing their  testing  laboratory  is  highly 
to  be  c6mmended. 

Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  is  another 
city  that  recognizes  the  importance 
of  cement  testing  and  its  engineers 
and  Common  Councilmen  are  in- 
vestigating the  subject  of  the  muni- 
cipal "laboratory.  The  text  ujion 
which  the  sermon  of  this  ex])end- 
iture  is  justified  is  given  in  the 
words  of  one  of  the  Councilmen, 
who  says  :  "This  is  so  important  a 
piece  of  work  that  we  ought  to  be 
sure  of  the  qualitv  of  the  cement 
going  into  the  job."  "Safety  first" 
is  an  admirable  text  in  the  use  of 
cement  and  a  proper  testing  labora- 
tory goes  a  long  way  toward  secur- 
ing the  desired  results,  comments. — 
Cement  Age. 


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Arrl)tlprt  anli   iEngtuprr 

OF  CALIFORIVIA 

Published  Monthly  in  the  interests  of  the 
Architects,  Structural  Engineers, Contract- 
ors and  the  Allied  Trades  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  by  the  Architect  and   Engineer  Co. 


Business  Office  and  Editorial  Rooms 

617-619  Monadnock  Building.  San  Francisco 

Telephone  Douglas  1828 

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Si  additional. 

Vol.  XXXIX.     Dc-ccmber,  1914        No.  2 


ASSOCIATE    EDITORS 

Wm.  B.  Gestkr.    ■  -         \  Inspection 

LoREN  E.  Hunt,  C.  E.  -     |  and  Tests 

O.  P.  Shkllky.  C.  E.  (  £••    >.      f /^      .       J 

F.  VV.  piyzrATRiCK.S  ^""''^'"'^'''"'^^"'" 
W.  W.  Br  KITE.  C.  E.  -  Structural  Steel 
.Athol  McBk.an  )  u  I. 
\V.  E.  Dknnison  \  ^'"'*- 
How.ARD  Frost.    \ 

G.  B.  .AsHCRdVT,  c.  E. 

H.   M.  T.OWK.NTHAL 

J.  K.  D.  Mackknzie    - 

Frkd  M.  Woods.  Jr.. 

C.  Walter  TozKR   - 

Wilbur  David  Cook.  Landscape Architectitre 

T.  C.  Kierulff       -  Legal  Points 

Paul  C.  Butte     -       Electrical  Construction 

Louis  F".  Mauer        -       -        Waterproofins 


ARCHITECTURAL 


Tile   and    Terra 
Cotta 

Artificial  Stone 

\  Roofs  and  Roofing 

Rock  and  Gravel 
Interior  Decoration 


Fred  H.  Meyer 
.Xuk'ust  G.  Headman 
Edward  T.  Foulkes 
Alfred  F.  Rosenheim 
G.  .Albert  Lnnsburuh 
Houirhton  Sawyer 
Herman  Barth 
.Arthur  Brown.  Jr. 
Chas.  P.  Weeks 
Henj.  G.  McDoiitiall 
Oi'laviiis  Mort'an 
I    C.  Austin 
Jas.  W.  Plachek 

Henry  C. 


William  O.  Kaiyiiel 
F.  D.  Hudson 
Sumner  P.  Hunt 
C.  Sumner  Greene 
Norman  !•".  Marsh 
Smith  O'Brien 
.Alnicric  Coxhcad 
Harrison  .Albright 
John  Parkinson 
A.  W.  Smith 
T.  Patterson  Koss 
William  H.  Weeks 
Chas.  W    Dickey 
Smith 


CONTRIBUTORS 


Will.   A.   Newman 

Jas.  W.  Keid 

I'.rncsl  C(^\hoad 

U  III.  C.  Hay.'s 

(lias.  Henry  Cheney 

Herbert  R.  Law 

Hon.  Jas.  D.  Plielaii 

loliii   Galon    llowaiil  /    |.-     ^\     J     A 

Louis  C.   MiiIIk.'hiIi    \       '       '     ' 


John  Bakewell.  Jr. 
W.  (Jarden  Mitcliel 
Nathaniel  Blaisdell 
W.  R.  B.  Wilcox 
William  Mooser 
Robert  Moryeneier 
B.  J.  S.   Caliill 


Iv    M.    C.    WHlTN-hV 

A.  I    Whitney 
Friiikrick  VV.  Jones 


Man  liner 

Treasurer 

Mananing  I'.ditor 


Arcliitects  who  have  visited  the 
Panama-Pacific   Exposition   are   un- 

THc  cvDnciTinM  animous  in  pro- 
THE  EXPOSITION  ,x^^,,,m^  the  color 
COLOR  SCHEME  ,,,,enie^  of  the 
buildings  and  grounds  tlie  most 
beautiful  of  any  ever  attempted  at  a 
l)revious  world's  exposition. 

Buildings  and  statuary  alike  have 
been  colored  by  pigments  introduced 
into  the  casting  mass  of  Travertine 
— the  composition  chosen  for  most 
of  the  structural  and  sculptural 
work.  This  interesting  material  is 
a  sort  of  porous  limestone,  like  that 
used  by  the  old  Italian  builders,  and 
Avith  its  rough,  weathered-looking 
surface  and  melloAV  bufif  tones  still 
farther  softened  by  the  tracery  of 
that  delicate  vine,  the  ficus  ripens, 
already  growing,  the  walls,  columns 
and  statues  seem  as  though  several 
centuries  had  linked  them  to  the 
soil.  \\  hat  a  welcome  contrast  to 
the  white  and  garish  buildings  one 
usually  finds  in  exposition  grounds! 

For  the  walks  and  roadways  and 
pavements  of  the  courts,  gravel  has 
been  selected,  of  a  more  neutral, 
grayish  tone,  as  befits  the  ground- 
work upon  which  the  builder- 
painter  Avorks ;  for  the  whole  place 
has  been  treated  as  a  jiicture — a  A^ast 
canvas  where  every  detail  adds  its 
subdued  or  brilliant  note  to  the 
general  color  harmony.  Behind  the 
long  colonnades  the  walls  have 
bccM  p-'inted  a  wonderful  Pompeiian 
red.  used  as  the  "lining  color" 
throuL'hout.  enhancing  by  its  con- 
trast the  huge  green  domes  and  the 
two  golden  ones  beside  the  entrance 
that  stand  out  in  Oriental  sjjlendor 
against  the  intense  blueness  of  the 
sky.  Inside  the  (U)mes,  the  eye  is 
greeted  by  rich  blues  and  reds  and 
golds ;  farther  on,  in  the  shelter  of 
the  great  entrances,  immense  mural 
paintings,  set  like  jewels  in  the 
framing  walls,  give  their  note  of 
color  just  where  it  is  needed,  com- 
plete in  their  individual  beauty  and 
at  the  same  time  treated  as  units  in 
the  larger  scheme.  Truthfully,  it  is 
the  world's  greatest  exposition  in 
])( lint  of  color. 


The  Architect  and  Eii<'iiieer 


113 


Prosecution  for  criminal  negli- 
gence   in    connection    with    concrete 

ANENT  COMPETENT  [;;^^-%;f  ^ 
INSPECTION  OF  .^^.-^l^t  inte'rested  in 

CONCREIE  ^l^i^    type    ^^f   ^.^^,^^. 

struction,  and  the  nioxenient  de- 
serves support.  Such  a  demand  is 
but  natural  at  the  end  of  almost  any 
wniter  when  the  season's  crop  of 
failures  is  passed  in  review,  i  hat 
drastic  action  would  be  taken  sooner 
or  later  to  bring"  contractors  and 
owners  to  a  sense  of  their  obliga- 
tions in  providing  competent  inspec- 
tion on  concrete  work  was  not  to  be 
doubted. 

Los  Angeles  has  done  the  expect- 
ed in  its  new  xeinforced-concrete 
building  ordinance  which  requires 
that  the  architect,  owner,  builder  or 
other  person  immediately  in  charge 
of  construction  shall  retain  an  in- 
spector competent  to  see  that  the 
provisions  of  the  ordinance  are  com- 
plied with.  Furthermore,  this  ordin- 
ance says  that  every  such  inspector 
who  shall  fail,  refuse,  or  neglect  to 
stop  immediately  the  construction  of 
any  reinforced-concrete  work  that 
fails  to  comply  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  ordinance  and  immedi- 
ately report  any  such  violation  to 
his  employer  and  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  $500  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  city  jail  for  not  more 
than  six  months  or  both. 

This,  remarks  the  Engineering- 
Record,  is  a  very  drastic  measure. 
Nevertheless  those  who  have  follow- 
ed closely  the  history  of  building- 
failures  in  the  winters  of  the  last  five 
or  six  years  will  feel  that  some  such 
provision  was  inevitable.  Whether 
it  will  stand  remains  to  be  seen.  It 
seems  to  confuse  private  and  police 
functions.  It  does  not  appear  that 
the  city's  inspection  force  can  be 
dispensed  with  on  account  of  this 
provision;  and  while  there  would, 
therefore,  seem  to  be  a  duplication 
of  work,  the  other  point  of  view  is 
that  it  brings  the  judgment  of  two 
trained  men  to  bear  on  the  work  in- 
stead  of   one.      Moreover,   the   con- 


tractor will   look  more  closely   into 
the  competence  of  his  inspector. 


MUNICIPAL 
CEMENT  TESTING 
LABORATORIES 


It  is  a  matter  of  great  interest  to 
note  that  Jjoards  of  Public  W  orks 
all  o  \-  e  r  the 
country  are  begin- 
ning to  appreciate 
the  importance  of 
testing  cement.  At  Los  Angeles 
recently,  where  complaint  was  made 
of  defective  material,  the  I'.oard  of 
Works  made  an  examination  into 
the  conduct  of  the  testing  labora- 
tory and  found  that  while  the 
cement  in  use  by  the  city  had  been 
tested  on  one  day,  it  had  not  been  on 
the  following  four  days.  They 
made  a  peremptory  order  that  in  the 
future  thorough  tests  be  made  of  all 
cement  before  it  is  used  and  further 
stated  that  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment would  be  held  to  a  strict 
observance  of  this  order. 

This  is  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion and  should  be  followed  by 
other  similar  Boards  in  the  country. 
A  testing-  laboratory  is  created  for 
the  purpose  of  testing  cement  and 
engineers  and  Boards  of  Public 
Works  have  the  right  to  rely  upon 
the  thorough,  continuous  and  regu- 
lar testing  of  all  material  offered  for 
use  on  public  works.  S])oradic  test- 
ing is  not  proper  testing  and  is 
always  likelv  to  lead  to  trouble. 
The  enforcement  by  Boards  of 
Public  ^^'orks  of  rigid  rules  govern- 
ing their  testing  laboratory  is  highly 
to  be  commended. 

Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  is  another 
city  that  recognizes  the  importance 
of  cement  testing  and  its  engineers 
and  Common  Councilmen  are  in- 
vestigating the  subject  of  the  muni- 
cipal "laboratory.  The  text  upon 
which  the  sermon  of  this  expend- 
iture is  justified  is  given  in  the 
words  of  one  of  the  Councilmen. 
who  says :  "This  is  so  important  a 
piece  of  work  that  we  ought  to  be 
sure  of  the  qualitv  of  the  cement 
going  into  the  job."  "Safety  first" 
is  an  admirable  text  in  the  use  of 
cement  and  a  proper  testing  labora- 
tory goes  a  long  way  toward  secur- 
ing the  desired  results,  con-iments. — 
Cement  Asfe. 


With  the  Architects  and 
Engineers 


Amrriran  JlnatttutF  of  ArrljttrrtB 

(ORGANIZED   1857) 

OFFICERS  FOR  1914-IS 

President R.   Clipston   Sturgis,   Boston 

First    Vice-President Thos.    R.    Kimball, 

Omaha,    Neb. 

Second  Vice-President Frank  C.  Baldwin, 

Washington 

Secretary Burton  L.  Fenner,  New  York 

Treasurer    J.   L.    Maur\n,    St.    Louis 

,  (  T.  J    D.  Fuller,  Washington,   1>.  C. 

.Auditors...  j      Kobert  Stead,   Washington,   D.   C. 


Board  of  Directors  ' 

For  One  Year — Irving  K.  Pond,  Chicago;  John 
M.  Donaldson,  Detroit;  Edward  A.  Crane,  Phila- 
delphia. 

For  Two  Years — C.  Grant  La  Farge,  New 
York;  Burt  L.  Fenner,  New  York;  H.  Van  Buren 
Magonigle,    New    York. 

For  Three  Years— W.  R.  B.  •  Willcox,  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Octavius  Morgan,  Los  Angeles;  Waller 
Cook,    New    York. 


San   Francisco   Chapter 

President    W.    B.    Faville 

Vice-President    Edgar    A.    Mathews 

Secretary-Treasurer Sylvain      Schnaittacher 

^  J  Henry  A.   Schulze 

Trustees ^  j^s    y^    Keio 

Southern  California  Chapter 
President Albert    C.    Martin 

\'ICE-PRESIDENT S.      TiLDEN      NoRTON 

Secretary Fernand    P*rmentier 

Treasurer August  Wackerbarth 

Board   of  Directors 

J.  E.  Allison  J.  J.  Blick 

J.  J.   Backus 


Portland,   Ore.,  Chapter 

President A.    E.    Doyle 

Vice-President Folcer     Johnson 

Secretary Wm.    G.     Holford 

Treasurer ^^ J.    A.    Fouilihoux 

,                  ,,  1  Jos.  Jaccokerc.kr 

Council   Members ]^_  ^J  Naramore 


Washington  State  Chapter 

President Jas.    II.    Schack,    Seattle 

Vice-President '. Jos.     Cote,     Seattle 

Vice-President Ceo.    Gove,    Taconia 

VicePrksidknt L.    L.    Rand,    Spokane 

Secretary Arthur    L.    Loveless,    Seattle 

Treasurer Andrew     Wii.i.atzin.     Seattle 


(Californta  &tatr  Soarb  of  ArrljUrrturr 

NORTHERN    DISTRICT. 

President John   Bakewell,  Jr. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. Sylvain  Schnaittacher 

J  NO.    Bakewell,   Jr.  Edgar  A.    Mathews 

Joseph   C.    Newsome 


SOUTHERN    DISTRICT. 

President John   P.   Krempel 

Secretary-Treasurer Fred    H.     Roehrig 

I  Octavius    Morgan 
Members -^  Sumner  P.  Hunt 

'  Wm.    S.    HEBBARn 

&an  JFranriarn  Arrl^ttrrtural  (Club 

OFFICERS  FOR   1913-14 

President    Geo.    E.    Grkenwood 

Vice-President Chas.   Peter  Weeks 

Secretary A.  L.  Williams 

Treasurer    Wm.    D.    Sherman 

Directors 
Henry  A.  Thomsen  James    A.    Magee 

fCna  AngpUa  Arrl^itrrtural  Qllub 

President Arthur    Rolland    Kelly 

Vice-President Harry    F.    Withey 

Secretary-Treasurer    Henry   E.    Bean 

Chairman  Educational  Committee 

John  T.   Vawter 

Chairman    House    and    Entertainment    Committees, 

Mossier  of  Atelier 

Gilbert   Stanley    Underwood 


I   D.     R.     Hl'NTIN(iT<>N 


Members   op   Council -^  W.  R.  B.  Willcox 

'  Jas.   Stephen 


S'an  Sirgn  ArrljUrrtural  AaBoriatloii 

President J.    B.    Lyman 

\'ice-President F.    C.    Cressy 

Secretary Robt.  Halley,  Jr. 

Treasurer G.    A.    Haussen 

Pnrtlaub  Arrl^itrrtural  (Club 

OFFICERS    FOR  1913 

President    Frank    Logan 

Vice-President    Jno.    M.    IIatton 

Secretary    Wm.    H.    Flanigan 

Treasurer    William   P.   Dawson 

Ard|ttrrtural  Sragur  nf  tl^p  |Iarifir(!IoaBt 

President.  .Charles  Peter  Weeks.   San   Francisco 

N'ice-Pres.  .  .  .John    Bakewell,  Jr.,    San    Francisco 

Sec'y-Treas..  .  .  .\UG.    G.    Headman,    San    Francisco 

Next    Convention    City — San    Francisco. 

American  Institute  Officers  for  1915 

R.  Clipston'  Sturgis  of  Boston  lias  been 
rr-ulccto(l  president  of  the  .American  In- 
stitnte  of  .Vrcbitects  for  the  year  1915. 
riioinas  R.  Kimball  of  Omaha  is  re- 
elected first  vice-president.  Burton  I.. 
I'enner  of  New  York  secretary,  and  J.  L. 
.Mauran  of  St.  Lonis  treasurer.  The  next 
convention  will  be  held  in  San  I'Vancisco 
and   Los  .Angeles. 


of  aircljitect!^ 

Regular    Meetings    Second 
Wednesday  of  Each  Month 


John  Bakewell,  Jr. 

Charles  Peter  Weeks 

William  Otis  Raicuel 

John  Galen  Howard  and  Louis  C.  Mullgardt 


President 
Vice-President 
Secretary  and  Treasurer 
Directors 
Committees:  — 

Membership — Wm.  C.  Hays,  Fred'k  H.   Meyer,  and  Geo.  W.  Kelham. 

Architectural  Practice — John  Galen  Howard,  Clarence  R.  Ward,  and  Houghton  Sawyer. 

Entertainment  and  Program — Louis   C.   Mullgardt,  Chas.  P.   Weeks,  and  Louis  P.   Hobart 

Allied  Arts — Loring  P.  Rixford,  J.  Harry  Blohme,  and  Warren  C.  Perry. 

Publicity — Wm.  Otis  Raiguel,  John  J.  Donovan,  and  E.  Coxhead. 

Education — Bernard   R.   Maybeck,   Arthur   Brown,  Jr.,  and  John   Baur. 

Competitions — Chas.   P.   Weeks,  Wm.   C.   Hays,  and  John   Reid,  Jr. 


November     Meeting    of     San     Francisco 
Society  of  Architects 

The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
San  Francisco  Society  of  Architects  was 
held  at  the  University  Club,  California 
and  Powell  streets,  Wednesday  evening, 
November  11th. 

Mr.  C.  P.  Weeks,  for  the  Committee 
on  Competitions,  reported  that  the 
-Australian  Competition  had  been  post- 
poned on  account   of  the  war. 

Mr.  Bakewell  who  had  attended  the 
recent  convention  of  the  Architectural 
League  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  told  of  the 
transactions  of  the  convention  and  re- 
ported that  the  Constitution  of  the 
League  had  been  altered  in  several  re- 
spects, the  most  important  change  being 
that  the  offices  of  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer had  been  combined.  He  announced 
the  League's  intention  to  endeavor  to 
stimulate  the  interest  in  architectural 
exhibitions  by  placing  them  under  a 
patronage  system  and  doing  away  with 
the  customary  Year  Book. 

The  next  convention  of  the  League 
will  be  held  in  San  Francisco  in  July, 
1915,  and  as  it  is  the  only  scheduled 
architectural  convention  to  be  held  here 
during  the  Exposition,  it  is  hoped  no 
pains  will  be  spared  to  make  it  a  particu- 
larly  successful    one. 

An  appeal  for  aid  was  received  from 
the  "Fraternite  des  Artistes"  for  the 
artists  of  France  and  their  families 
whose  income  has  been  entirely  cut  ofif 
by  the  war.  It  was  signed  by 
Henry    F.    Hornbostel, 

President     Society     of     Beaux     .Arts 
Architects. 
Wm.  T.  Dannat. 

President,    Paris    Society    of    .Ameri- 
can Painters. 


Joseph    H.   Freedlander, 

President,  American  Group,  S..A.D.G. 
J.    William    Fosdick, 

President,    Societe    des    Anciens    de 
I'Academie   Julian. 
Further     information     can     be     obtained 
from   Mr.    Lloyd   Warren,    16   East   47th 
street.  New  York  City. 

After     an     interesting     discussion     on 
various   subjects   the   meeting  adjourned. 


Residence  Architect  Busy 

Architect  Albert  Farr  of  San  Francisco 
has  several  large  residences  under  con- 
struction in  addition  to  three  or  four 
houses  for  which  plans  have  not  yet 
been    completed. 

Extensive  alterations  to  cost  $7500  are 
to  be  made  to  the  Charles  Brandenstein 
home  in  Fair  Oaks,  from  plans  by  Mr. 
Farr.  A  contract  has  been  let  for  a  two 
story  house  in  Claremont  for  W. 
Schroder  and  plans  will  go  out  for 
figures  shortly  for  a  $15,000  home  for 
Dr.  Guido  E.  Caglieri  at  Larkin  and 
Lombard  streets,  San  Francisco. 


Masonic    Temple   for   Sacramento 

The  Bank  of  Sacramento  is  under- 
stood to  have  agreed  to  finance  the 
proposed  new  Masonic  Temple  at  12th 
and  J  streets,  Sacramento,  and  plans 
for  a  five  story  Class  A  building  are 
being  prepared  by  .Architect  R.  .A. 
Herold.  There  will  be  stores  on  the 
ground  floor,  the  lodge  rooms  will 
occupy  the  four  upper  floors  and  there 
will  also  be  a  large  hall  seating  1(X)0 
persons  and  equipped  with  a  revolving 
floor  like  that  in  use  in  the  St.  Francis 
Hotel,  San  Francisco.  The  estimated 
cost  of  the  building  is  $200,000. 


116 


I'lic  Architect  and  /:/;;';';; rrr 


San  Francisco  To  Have  Engineering 
Congress  in  1915 
Among  the  general  subjects  to  be 
treated  l)efore  the  International  Engi- 
neering Congress  at  San  Francisco.  1915. 
probably  the  one  having  the  broadest 
interest  is  that  of  materials  of  engineer- 
ing construction,  which  enters  into  all 
phases  of  engineering  activity.  The  list 
of  topics  which  will  be  treated  in  this 
section  is  as  follows:  "Timber:  Preserva- 
tion, Treatment  of  Timber."  "Substitutes 
for  Timber  in  Engineering  Construc- 
tion." "Brick  in  ICngincering  Structures." 
"Clay  Products  in  Engineering  Struc- 
tures." "Probable  and  Presumptive  Life 
of  Concrete  Structures  Made  from 
Modern  Cement  "  "Aggregates  for 
Concrete."  "Slag  Cement."  "Waterproof 
Concrete."  "Cement  Containing  Addi- 
tions of  Finely  Ground  Material," 
"Economics  of  the  World'*^  Supply  of 
Iron,"  "The  Life  of  Iron  and  Steel 
Structures,"  "The  Employment  of 
Special  Steel  in  Engineering  Construc- 
tion," "The  Place  of  Copper  in  the 
Present  Engineering  Field,  and  the 
Economics  of  the  World's  Supply 
Thereof,"  "Alloys  and  Their  Use  in 
Engineering  Construction."  "Aluminum 
in  Engineering  Construction."  "The  In- 
fluence of  the  Testing  of  Matcri-ils  Upon 
Advances  in  the  Designing  of  Engineer- 
ing Structures  and  Machines."  "Cement 
Testing,"  "Testing  of  Metals,"  "Testing 
Fill-Sizes  Members,"  "Proof  Testing  of 
Structures."  The  papers  to  be  presented 
from  the  United  States  have  already 
been  arranged  for  from  the  recognized 
authorities  on  the  various  topics.  Ar- 
rangements for  the  papers  from  foreign 
authors  are  being  rapidly  concluded  and 
the  aggregation  of  papers  which  will  be 
presented  will  constitute  a  broad  review 
of  the   field  and  be  of  the  highest  value. 


Splendid  Restaurant 

Architect  G.  .\.  Lansburgii,  of  San 
Francisco,  has  been  commissioned  to  pre- 
pare plans  for  one  of  the  finest  res- 
taurants on  the  Pacific  Coast.  It  will 
occupy  part  of  tiie  building  now  leased 
by  the  I).  Samuels  Lace  House  at  O'l'ar- 
rell  and  Stockton  streets.  San   l'"r;incisc(). 


Architects  for  Palo  Alto  School 

Messrs.  Allison  &  Allison  of  Los  .\ngeles 
have  been  selected  as  ihe  architects  for  the 
new  high  school  building  at  Palo  .Mio, 
Santa  Clara  county,  California.  The  build- 
ing will  cost  more  than  $110,000. 

Building  For  College  of  The  Pacific 

Arcliitect  \V.  J.  Wythe  of  Oakland, 
has  prepared  plans  for  a  $15,(K)1)  dining 
hall  and  dormitory  building  to  rejjlace 
the  structure  recently  burned  at  the 
College   of  the    I'acitic,   near  San    lose. 


Competitive  Drawings  Rejected 
The  board  of  supervisors  of  Yavapai 
Count}-,  Prescott,  Arizona,  have  re- 
jected all  plans  submitted  in  competi- 
tion for  the  new  court  house  to  be 
erected  at  Prescott.  under  the  recent 
bond  issue  of  $250, (XX).  Thirteen  sets 
of  plans  were  submitted  by  architects 
from  all  sections  of  the  country.  The 
supervisors  have  been  unable  to  dis- 
pose of  the  bond  issue  and  announce 
another  competition  will  be  held  as  soon 
as  the  bonds  arc  sold. 

Improving   With    Every   Issue 

Pul)iishers   The   Architect   and    Engineer, 
San    Francisco.   Cal. 

Gentlemen: — Inclosed  find  check  in 
payment  of  my  subscription.  Can  say 
that  I  like  the  magazine  very  much.  It 
seems  to  be  improving  with  every  issue. 
Hope  before  long  to  he  able  to  con- 
gratulate you  in  person  on  your  success 
in  l)ringing  the  magazine  to  the  front. 
AL^RK    HAY.    Architect. 

Annawan,   111. 

Church  Contract  Let 
Architects  Ward  &  Blohmc.  .\laska 
Commercial  building,  San  I^Vancisco,  have 
awarded  a  contract  to  F.  Raumann,  of 
2(XX)  45th  street,  Oakland  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  church  for  the  Trinity 
Lutheran  Parish  at  17th  Avenue  and 
Fast  15th  street.  The  cost  will  be  about 
$15,000. 

The  same  architects  are  pre])aring 
plans  for  an  exhibit  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  for  tlie  .\merican 
Chicle    Company. 


Church  Architect  Dead 

A  dispatch  from  Chicago  under  date  of 
December  2,  says:  James  J.  Egan.  prom- 
inent as  an  architect  of  Roman  Catholic 
churches  in  Pittsburg,  San  h'rancisco, 
Denver  and  many  other  cities,  died  here 
today.     He  was  75  years  old. 


James  J.   Egan  drew  the  plans  for  St.' 
Mary's   cathedral.  Van   Ness  avenue  and 
O'Farrell  street,  which  was  dedicated  in 
1887. 

Fresno    State    Normal    School 

Bids  are  now  being  taken  for  the 
construction  of  the  State  Normal  School 
grou])  at  I'Vesno,  from  plans  by  State 
.\reliitect  McDougall,  Sacr.imento.  The 
amount  available  is  $370,(XK).  The 
buildings  will  be  two  stories  high  and 
constructed  of  steel  and  brick,  with 
tile  roof.  Bids  are  to  be  opened  early 
in   Jaiuiary. 

Personal 

Walter  Parker,  formerly  of  Parker  6t 
Kenyon,  is  now  a  member  of  the  office  stafT 
of  Architect  August  G.  Headman.  Call 
building.  San   l-'rancisco. 


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Personal 

l-'raii/.  I  larding,  a  distinguished  land- 
scape architect  of  Switzerland  is  in  San 
Francisco  and  may  locate  in  the  c\\.y 
permanently.  Mr.  Harding  has  done 
some  splendid  things  in  Swiss  archi- 
tecture and  one  of  liis  (|uaint  look-out 
towers  in  the  world-famous  Alps  will  be 
shown  in  colors  in  this  magazine  in  a 
future  issue.  Mr.  Harding  is  tempo- 
rarily residing  at  1510  Ellis  Street. 
Arcliitects  desiring  landscape  work  or 
suggestions  in  Swiss  chalet  planning  or 
interior  decoration  would  do  well  to  con- 
sult with  him. 

Southern  California  Chapter  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects  has 
rati  tied  the  action  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Institute  in  recommend- 
ing Mr.  Fernand  Parmentier,  secretary 
of  the  chapter,  for  a  I'ellowship  in  the 
Institute.  Mr.  Parmentier  was  elected 
a  Fellow  by  the  Institute  at  its  conven- 
tion in  Washington,  D.  C,  this  montli. 
He  is  now  serving  as  a  volunteer  with 
the  French  army  in  Alsace. 

Henry  C.  Heynemann,  who  was 
arrested  as  a  British  spy  in  Germany. 
condemned  to  death  and  later  liberated, 
was  married  in  Madrid,  October  27,  to 
Mile.  Florence  Lacaze,  a  San  Francisco 
girl.  Heynemann  will  take  up  architect- 
ure in  San  Francisco.  He  went  to 
Europe  to  study  his  profession  at  the 
Beaux  Arts  school.  He  is  a  student  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

Architect  John  Galen  Howard,  whose 
work  will  be  shown  in  the  January 
number  of  The  Architect  and  Engineer, 
attended  the  American  Institute  of 
Architects  convention  at  Washington,  D. 
C,  and  as  a  Fellow  of  the  Institute, 
joined  the  Coast  delegation  in  its  efforts 
to  bring  the  convention  to  California 
ne.Kt  year. 

Mr.  Warren  Charles  Perrj-.  architect, 
formerly  with  John  Galen  Howard,  an- 
nounces that  he  has  opened  an  office  in 
the  Atlas  building,  604  Mission  street, 
San  Francisco,  where  he  will  practice  his 
profession. 

Architects  G.  Alex.  Wright  and  George 
Rushforth'have  moved  their  offices  from 
571  California  Street  to  the  E.  W. 
Hopkins  Building,  354  Pine  Street,  San 
Francisco. 

Architect  Phillip  Schwerdt  has  moved 
his  office  from  the  Phelan  building  to  his 
residence  address,  726  Clement  street, 
San  Francisco. 


New  Hotel  For  San  Jose 

Plans  have  been  prepared  b3-  Architect 
Frank  D.  Wolfe,  Bank  of  Italj-  building, 
San  Jose,  for  the  construction  of  a  two- 
story  and  liasement  store  and  hotel  build- 
ing on  Market  street  opposite  the  Hall 
of  Records.  Structure  will  be  65x100 
feet,  of  brick  construction.  There  will 
be  stores  on  the  ground  floor  with  rooms 
for  hotel  purposes  alcove. 


Working    Committees   of   Southern   Cali- 
fornia Chapter,  A.  I.  A. 

President  .Albert  C  Martin,  of  South- 
ern California  Chapter  of  the  .American 
Institute  of  .Architects,  has  appointed  the 
following  committees  to  serve  during  the 
ensuing  year: 

Mcnibfiship — John  P.  Krempel,  chainiiaii;  Julius 
W.    Krause  and   H.   F.   Withey. 

Entertainment — Octavius  Morgan,  chairman;  R. 
1").  Karquliar,  A.  F.  Rosenheim,  Jolni  P.  Krempel 
and    Aleck    E.    Curlett.  , 

A.  I.  A.  Sub-committee  on  Public  Information — • 
Elmer  Grey,  chairman;  Homer  VV.  Glidden  and 
Walter   E.    Erkes. 

.\.  I.  .V.  Subcommittee  on  Competitions — Myron 
Hunt,  chairman;  W.  C.  Pennell  and  Frank  L. 
StitT. 

Permanent  Committee  on  Legislation — Frank  D. 
Hudson,  chairman;  J.  J.  Backus  and  Lyman  Far- 
well. 

P'thics  and  Practice — J.  E.  Allison,  chairman;  O. 
W.    Morgan.  Jr.,  and  Percy  A.   Eisen. 

.\.  L  A.  Sub-committee  on  Education — Charles 
Greene,  chairman;  Tohn  T.  X'awter,  J.  C.  Hillman, 
and   1).   C.   Allison.  " 

C"ity  Planning — John  C.  Austin,  chairman;  D.  C. 
.\llison    and   Elmer   Grey. 

Contracts  and  Specifications — George  E.  ISerg- 
strom,  chairman;  A.  JNL  Edelman  and  S.  Tilden 
Norton. 


Pomona  Architect  Busy 

Architect  C.  E.  Wolfe,  State  Bank 
building,  Pomona,  has  quite  a  little  im- 
portant work  under  way.  Writing  to  the 
Architect  and  Engineer  under  date  of 
November   19th,  he  says: 

I  have  just  completed  plans  for  a  garage  for 
Kl 'ler  E.  Hooth.  It  is  one  story,  55  x  130  ft.,  and 
will  be  built  either  of  brick  or  concrete,  wliich 
will  be  determined  when  bids  are  opened.  There 
will  be  steel  trusses  and  iron  roof,  cement  floor, 
work  room,  wash  rack,  ladies'  waiting  room,  offices 
and    all    necessary    conveniences. 

Plans  have  been  completed  for  a  two-story 
garage  for  L.  A.  Lorbeer.  This  will  be  built  of 
brick  and  will  contain  offices,  show  room,  supply 
room,  work  room  and  an  elevator  8x15  feet. 
The  building  will  be  65  x  90  feet.  The  second 
story  wmII  be  used  in  connection  with  the  garage. 
Cement  floor  in  first  story  and  double  floor  in 
second  story.  The  first  story  will  be  in  gray 
pressed  brick  and  second  story  of  brown  brick. 

Largest  Moving  Picture  Theatre  on  the 
Coast 

Architect  C.  W.  Dickey,  Central  Bank 
building,  Oakland,  is  preparing  working 
drawings  for  the  largest  motion  picture 
theatre  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  It  will  be 
erected  on  Franklin,  near  15th  street, 
Oakland,  for  the  McPike  family  and  will 
seat  3300  persons.  Construction  will  be 
steel  frame  and  brick  walls.  There  will 
be  stores  on  the  Franklin  street  frontage. 
The  estimated  cost  is  $90,000. 

Should  Consult  an  Engineer 

Editor    The   .1  rcliltcct    and   Engineer: 

Kindly  give  formula  for  figuring  a  concrete 
beam  freely  supported,  uniform  load  of  200  lbs. 
foot,  20-ft.  span.  Please  show  the  work  of  calcu- 
lation; also  for  a  concentrated  load.  I  find  it 
difficult  to  understand  from  the  formuls  in  the 
catalogues.  Rpcuectfully, 

MEMBER  S.  F.  A.  C. 

Any  formula  we  might  publish,  if  used 
by  a  person  not  familiar  with  theories  of 
construction,  would  be  dangerous  and  we 
therefore  suggest  that  our  correspondent 
consult  a  competent  structural  engineer. 
— I-:(litor. 


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NEW  HOME  OF  THE  HENRY  CO  WELL  LIME  &  CEMENT  COMPANY, 
FOOT  OF  MARKET  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


New  Home  of  Henry  Cowell  Lime  and 
Cement  Company 

Tlic  Henry  Cowell  Lime  and  Cement 
Company  have  recently  moved  into  tlieir 
convenient  and  attractive  new  building 
at  the  foot  of  Market  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  business  and  the  executive 
offices  of  the  company  occupy  the  entire 
upper  floor  of  the  building.  Just  fifty 
years  ago  the  business  of  this  company 
was  founded  by  Henry  Cowell  and  lias 
steadily  grown  to  its  present  well-known 
strength  and  magnitude. 

Six  years  ago  the  immense  4(XX)  barrel 
cement  mill  at  Cowell,  Cal.,  pronounced 
by  engineers  one  of  the  finest  cement 
plants  in  the  country,  was  built  for  the 
manufacture  of  the  well-known  Mt. 
Diablo  brand  of  cement,  and  the  mill  has 
been  run  to  its  capacity  almost  inces- 
santly since  the  date  of  completion.  The 
company  maintains  agencies  and  ware- 
houses in  all  the  large  cities  on  the 
Pacific  Coast. 

The  Temple  of  Products 

I'.y    likl'C  K   1 1, \U  I, A.N  I). 

The  extensive  and  artistic  exhil)it  of 
W.  P.  I'uller  &  Co.,  paint  manufacturers, 
bears  this  striking  name  which,  also, 
aptly  describes  it.  It  is  important  enough 
to  be  a  "feature"  by  itself  and  it  will  be 
included  in  every  list  of  leading  attrac- 
tions at  the  ICxposition. 

The  exhibit  is  enclosed  in  a  space  50  x 
12,3  feet,  containing  besides  the  Temple,  a 
comjjlete  miniature  white  lead  f.ictory 
(-bowing  all  the  i)rocesses  of  making 
I'ioneer  White  Lead,  from  the  melting 
stage  to  the  refined  product),  also  a  series 
or  group  of  cottages  forming  a  Residen- 
tial Sectif)!!,  showing  the  use  of  the  buller 


materials  as  applied  in  exterior  and  in- 
terior decoration. 

The  "Temple  of  Products"  is  a 
spherical  building  of  47  feet  in  diameter. 
The  interior  is  a  show  room  divided  into 
ten  alcoves,  each  forming  a  separate  ex- 
hibit, as  follows: 

1.  Farm  scene,  showing  use  of  paints 
on  barns,  fences,  etc. 

2.  Brush  exhibit. 

3.  Varnish  exhibit. 

4.  Interior  finishes  for  homes,  includ- 
ing paints,  stains,  varnishes,  floor  waxes, 
etc. 

5.  Marine  exhibit. 

6.  Automol)ilc  and  wagon  exhibit. 

7.  Model  kitchens — showing  enamels, 
flat  finishes,  etc. 

8.  Hardwood  panelings,  showmg  varied 
treatments  for  the  several  woods. 

9.  Complete  miniature  home. 

10.  Furniture  and  material  exhibit. 
The   Temple   is  a   marvel   of  color  and 

decoration,  every  part  being  of  special 
pattern  mostly  in  stucco,  carrying  out  the 
Moorish  design  of  the  whole.  The  hun- 
dred or  more  columns  form  a  lal)yrinth 
of  color  and  the  interior  eflfec^t  will  be 
especially  marked  when  illuminated  by 
the  concealed  lights  which  have  been  in- 
stalled in  great  profusion. 

We  should  not  forget  to  mention  the 
miniature  park,  with  the  fountain  de- 
signed by  Leo  Lentelle,  of  New  York 
city. 

Mr.  Louis  C.  Mullgardt  is  the  architect 
and  he  is  indeed  a  creator  of  an  original 
exhibit  which  has  so  enlisted  his  enthu- 
si;ism  that  he  has  worked  out  every  de- 
tail along  unusual  lines,  making  the  entire 
demonstration  one  which  is  as  unicjuc  as 
it  is  artistic  and  interesting.  The  cost  is 
apjjroxiniately  $50, (XV). 


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state,  County  and  Municipal 

Engineering       Good  Roads-Water-Sewers 

—  Bridges  — Fire  Protection 


The  Drainage  of  Dirt  Roads 


AFTER  all  our  tumult  and  shouting 
over  the  grading  and  paving  of  high- 
ways, after  the  construction  of  trunk 
lines  of  hard-metaled  roadway  from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacitic  and  from  the 
Lakes  to  the  Gulf,  the  fact  will  remain 
that  by  far  the  greater  portion  of  the 
road  mileage  of  the  United  States  is  such 
as  can  be  produced  by  the  use  of  the 
natural  soil  of  the  region,  more  or  less 
adequately  graded  and  drained,  accord- 
mp-  to  the  resources  and  progressiveness 
of  the  community 

The  permanent  improvement  of  all  of 
the  roads  in  the  country  would  require 
expenditures  so  great  as  to  be  whol'^ 
impossible  at  the  present  time;  and  sucli 
a  consummation  ranks  with  Civil  Service 
Reform  and  the  Millenium  among  the 
bright  and  irridcscent  dreams  of  the 
future.  The  practical  question  for  the 
present  and  for  many  vears  to  come  is 
how  best  to  treat  our  sand-clay  and  dirt 
roads  so  as  to  secure  from  them  the 
greatest  measure  of  service. 

The  wisdom  of  securing  the  best  en- 
gineering talent  available  in  laying  out 
or  extensively  repairing  these  roads  has 
been  shown  beyond  all  question  by  the 
lessons  of  experience. 

W.  H.  Bisbce  in  Indiana  Farmer  writes 
as  follows: 

DrainaRC  is  the  principal  feature  which  dis- 
tinguishes a  highway  of  any  sort  froin  a  mere 
track  through  the  woods  and  fields.  The  very 
word  hifihtfciy  implies  a  road  which  is  raised 
above  the  surrounding  land  in  order  that  the 
water  may  he  drained  away.  All  famous  road- 
builders  achieved  their  success  largely  through 
their  ability  to  devise  practical  ways  and  means 
for  the  disposal   of  surplus  water. 

The  side  drains  of  dirt  roads  present  few  diffi- 
culties. They  are  usually  sufficiently  formed  by 
the  plow  and  the  grader,  with  a  sni.-'ll  :"iiouiit  if 
labor  with  hand  tools.  The  principal  thing  to  be 
li'irne  in  mind  is  the  necessity  of  i)r()vi(ling  fre- 
quent outlets,  and  tiot  allowing  the  water  to  flow 
tor  long  ilistances^by  the  side  of  the  road.  The 
increasing  vtilume  which  is  the  result  of  a  lack 
of  a  sufficient  number  of  outlets  will  sometimes 
seriou.sly  wear  the  sides  of  the  glitters,  and  en- 
danger the   roadbed   itself. 

The  drainage  which  must  cros.s  the  line  of  the 
roadway  is  a  m\ich  more  serious  problem,  liridges 
of  sufficient  size  must  of  course  be  provided  for 
permanent  streams,  anri  these  should,  if  possible, 
DC  constructed  of  some  material  more  permanent 
and  satisfactory  than  wood.  Fifty  vears  ago, 
with  the  then  prevailing  low  prices  anfl  abundant 
supply  of  luml)cr,  it  was  probably  true  that  it 
constituted  a  fairly  economical  material  for  bridges 
and  culverts,  hut  the  conilitions  of  today  clcmand 
Something  that  is  both  stronger  and  more  per- 
manent. 


Corrugated  iron  is  a  practical  material  for  the 
pipe  culverts  and  for  all  save  the  largest  bridges. 
It  is  immensely  strong,  and  has  an  elasticity  or 
toughness  which  adapts  it  for  rough-and-ready 
situations,  like  those  of  the  dirt  road.  .\s  a  result 
of  its  corrugated  form  it  has  just  enough  of  give 
to  enable  it  to  dispense  with  perfectly  solid  founda- 
tions and  to  withstand  freezing  and  thawing  and 
other  conditions  which  are  so  fatal  to  rigid  forms 
of  pii>e  or  to  masonry.  Bulletin  Number  45  and 
other  publications  of  the  United  States  Office  of 
Public  Roads  have  pointed  out  the  availability  of 
this  construction,  though  they  lay  considerable 
stress  on  the  importance  of  the  use  of  pure  iron. 
Investigations  carried  out  under  the  direction  of 
the  Department  of  .\griculture  about  ten  years  ago 
established  the  fact  that  the  principal  cause  of 
rusting  in  iron  and  steel  is  the  impurities  which 
it  contains.  It  has  been  frequently  shown  that 
the  iron  of  a  hundred  years  ago,  which  was  so 
remarkably  resistant  to  rust,  was  of  a  high  degree 
of  purity;  and  it  is  now  quite  generally  acknowl- 
edged that  iron  is  valuable  for  use  in  exposed 
situations  in  proportion  to  the  success  attained 
in  the  processes  of  manufacture  in  getting  rid  of 
foreign  substances.  i 

Cast  iron  pipe  makes  an  excellent  culvert,  and 
the  thickness  of  its  walls  generally  protects  it 
for  long  periods  from  destruction  by  rust.  The 
difficulties  in  the  w-ay  of  its  use  are  its  generally 
high  cost  and  the  fact  that  its  great  weight  makes 
it  cumbersome  to  handle  and  install.  ^^any  of 
these  pijics  are  giving  very  good  service,  but  a 
lighter  and  more  convenient  form  is  appropriate 
to   country   roads. 

Whatever  form  of  pipe  is  selected,  its  installa- 
tion should  be  given  intelligent  care.  A  smooth 
bed,  of  even  slope,  should  be  prepared,  and  this 
should  be  free  from  stones,  either  loose  or  em- 
bedded. The  filling  should  be  thoroughly  tamped, 
up  to  nearly  the  top  of  the  pipe,  and  large  stones 
should  not  form  a  portion  of  the  fill.  In  places 
where  much  water  is  to  be  cared  for,  and  par- 
ticularly if  the  slope  is  rather  high,  it  is  well  to 
provide  the  culvert  with  wing  walls  of  some  sort 
to  prevent  damage  to  the  fill  at  the  inlet  or  outlet 
end.  These  bulkheads  may  be  made  of  stone,  of 
concrete,  or  of  corrugated  iron;  but  one  of  wood 
is  far  preferable  to  none,  as  its  presence  may, 
in  time  of  freshet,  save  the  whole  roadway  at  that 
point   from  destruction. 


Concrete  Road  Construction 

THE  national  conference  on  concrete 
roads,  which  met  in  Chicago  recently, 
adopted  the  following  principles,  or  ten 
commandments,  for  concrete  road  work: 

1.  The  aggregates  should  !)c  clean  and 
hard. 

2.  'i'lu-  sand  shoubi  be  coarse  and   well 
graded. 

3.  .\   rich   mixture   should   be   used. 

4.  The    materials    sluuild    be    correctly 
proportioned. 

5.  The  materials  should  lie  thoroughly 
mixed. 

6.  The  inspection  should  be  intelligent 
and  ihtirough. 


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7.  When  in  doubt,  reinforce  tlic  pave- 
ment. 

8.  The  subgradc  slionUl  be  of  uniform 
density,  thorouglily  compacted  and 
drenched  with  water  immediately  before 
placing  concrete. 

9.  The  concrete  should  be  of  a  viscous, 
plastic  consistency. 

10.  After  placing,  the  concrete  should 
be  covered  immediatel}',  kept,  moist,  and 
not  opened  to  traffic  for  four  weeks. 

Intelligent  and  honest  inspection  is 
needed  in  all  public  work,  whether  it  is 
municipal,  county,  or  federal.  Both  cor- 
])orations  and  private  interests  have 
elal)orate  systems  of  inspection  for  all 
their  work,  whether  done  outside  or  in- 
side of  the  plant. 

Thoroughness  of  inspection,  particu- 
larly in  large  cities,  necessarily  must  be 
limited  by  the  class  and  experience  of  the 
ins])ectors  appointed.  An  engineer  with 
much  experience  in  dealing  with  con- 
tractors gave  a  definition  of  an  ideal  in- 
spector as  a  ''man  who  could  read  Eng- 
lish, who  was  reasonably  honest,  and 
who  could  count  up  to  ten."  When  the 
millenium  arrives  inspectors  perhaps  will 
be  both  honest  and  intelligent  and  also 
will  possess  a  good  working  knowledge 
of  the  practical  and  technical  points  of 
the  job  they  are  inspecting. 

Men  inspecting  pavements  will  not 
then  be  drawn  from  other  departments 
and  put  on  work  which  they  know  noth- 
ing about.  It  is  said  that  one  of  the 
causes  of  the  scandal  in  the  New  York 
state  road  department  is  directly  trace- 
able to  the  inspectors,  many  of  whom 
were  drawn  from  subway  and  aqueduct 
work  to  supervise  road  building. 

Upon  all  road  construction,  and  par- 
ticularly in  concrete,  there  should  be  two 
inspectors  constantly  "on  the  job."  If  it 
is  necessary  for  both  of  them  to  leave  the 
work,  all  construction  should  be  sus- 
pended until  their  return.  This  might 
cost  the  taxpayer  some  money,  but  would 
be  true  economy  in  the  long  run. 

The  average  citizen  realizes  the  neces- 
sity for  inspection  is  complex,  when,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  it  is  comparatively  simple 
and  the  chances  of  fraud  can  be  elimi- 
nated. The  citizen  should  know  what  he, 
as  a  taxpayer — and  what  the  inspector, 
who  is  his  representative — should  look 
after  to  get  his  money's  worth. 

The  first  step  in  rond  building  is  a 
preparation  of  the  foundation.  Adequate 
drainage  should  be  provided,  all  soft 
spots  in  the  road  should  be  filled,  and 
preliminary  grading  should  be  done. 
Then  the  road  should  be  rolled  with  a 
five  or  ten  ton  road  roller. 

For  a  concrete  road  the  subgrade 
usually  is  rolled  flat  and  not  crowned,  as 
for  other  road  materials.  The  foundation 
having  been  prepared,  the  material,  which 
is  sand,  gravel,  and  cement,  is  hauled  on. 
The  taxpayer  vi'ould  do  well  to  examine 
material.     If  a  standard  grade  of  cement 


has  been  specified,  he  need  not  worry 
further  about  it.  The  cement  is  no  magic 
material,  however,  and  the  road  or  con- 
crete will  be  no  stronger  than  the  sand 
and  gravel  which  is  mixed  with  the 
cement.  The  taxpayer  will  do  well  to 
examine  the  sand  and  gravel. 

The  sand  should  be  dean,  coarse,  and 
well  graded,  or  varying  in  size  from  fine 
beach  sand  to  little  pebbles  about  one- 
quarter  inch  in  diameter.  Coarse  ma- 
terial should  predominate  and  the  sand 
■as  well  as  the  gravel  should  be  free  from 
dirt,  clay,  vegetable  matter,  or  any  other 
foreign  substance,  because  these  sub- 
stances will  prevent  the  cement  mortar 
from  "bonding,"  or  completely  surround- 
ing every  particle  of  sand  and  gravel. 

The  gravel  or  hard  crushed  stone 
should  range  in  size  from  one-quarter  of 
an  inch  to  an  inch  and  a  half  in  diameter. 
Soft  limestone  should  not  be  used,  al- 
though hard  limestone  can  be  used  suc- 
cessfully. Many  engineers  do  not  per- 
mit the  use  of  limestone  in  any  form  as 
a  wearing  surface,  so  that  if  one-course 
work  has  been  decided  upon  gravel  or 
hard  crushed  stone  must  be  used. 

Assuming  that  the  materials  are  all 
right,  that  the  foundation  has  been  prop- 
erly prepared  and  good  drainage  pro- 
vided— all  of  which  should  be  a  matter 
of  careful  attention  by  the  citizens  living 
on  the  street — the  next  step  is  the  mov- 
ing to  the  scene  of  a  large  concrete 
mixer. 

When  the  concrete  is  being  mixed,  or 
manufactured,  one  inspector  should  be 
standing  in  front  of  the  loading  "skip," 
or  carrier,  at  the  back  of  the  machine. 
The  other  inspector  should  be  in  front 
of  the  machine  to  see  that  the  concrete 
when  coming  out  is  of  the  proper  con- 
sistency, that  it  is  handled  properly  by 
the  man  who  strikes  ofif  the  concrete  and 
by  those  who  come  afterwards  and  float 
or  finish  the  surface. 

The  inspector  at  the  back  of  the 
machine  should  see,  first,  that  the  speci- 
fications regarding  the  mixture  are  car- 
ried out.  The  standard  mixture  used  on 
concrete  road  work  is  1:2:3,  which  may 
be  construed  as  one  sack  of  cement 
(ninety-four  pounds  net),  two  parts,  or 
two  cubic  feet,  of  coarse,  clean  sand  up 
to  one-fourth  of  an  inch  in  size;  and 
three  parts,  or  three  cubic  feet,  of  clean, 
hard  gravel  or  hard  crushed  stone  from 
one-fourth  inch  to  one  inch  in  size. 


Brick    Apartments 

George  N.  Hillwig  524  .South  Dittman 
street,  Los  Angeles,  has  purchasecl  a  lot 
50x142  feet  on  East  First  street,  near 
Cummings  street,  and  contemplates  the 
construction  thereon  of  a  three  story 
brick  apartment  building  to  contain 
about  eighty  rooms.  The  plans  will  be 
prepared  by  .Architect  O.  M.  Warner, 
220  Stimson  building. 


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Tlic  Architect  and  Eiii^inccr 


The  Brick  Road  and  Its  Construction* 


By  JAMES   M. 

ALTHOUGH  I  am  supposed  to  dis- 
cuss ouly  brick  roads,  1  shall  digress 
to  the  exteut  of  expressing  some  opin- 
ions on  that  phase  of  our  movement 
which  has  been  termed  the  literary  and 
oratorical  side  of  road  building. 

The  question  of  road  building  has  been 
uppermost  in  the  minds  of  the  American 
people  for  several  years.  It  has  been 
discussed  from  every  view  point  by  the 
public  and  the  press,  until  people  in  the 
remotest  sections  are  familiar  with  the 
possibilities  of  improved  roads.  For 
arousing  public  interest,  the  literary  and 
oratorical  forces  should  receive  com- 
mendation. They  would  be  subject  to 
less  criticism  if  they  rested  with  this  ac- 
complishment. But.  having  convinced 
fhe  public  of  the  need  of  improved  roads 
they  have  "wished  on  themselves"  the 
further  function  of  telling  Mr.  Taxpayer 
what  kind  of  roads  to  build. 

There  enters  at  this  point  the  subtle 
press  agent  for  certain  material  con- 
cerns. Under  his  guidance,  good  road 
leaders  have  rushed  into  print  with 
astonishing  statements.  Certain  types  of 
road,  they  declare,  should  be  relegated 
to  the  ash  heap,  owing  to  the  advent  of 
the  automobile  and  kindred  road  destroy- 
ers. The  knell  of  gravel  and  water 
bound  macadam  has  thus  been  loudly 
sounded,  according  to  the  notion  of  the 
sounders  and  they  proceed  to  attack  the 
more  modern  types  of  road  on  the  score 
of  cost.  Then  they  jjolitely  lead  you 
to  the  main  tent  and  show  you  the 
patented  article,  equal  in  quality  and  at 
a  less  expense. 

The  simpler  types  of  improvement  arc 
not  ready  for  the  ash  heap.  Their  place 
remains.  In  Ohio,  for  example,  there  are 
88.000  miles  of  road,  yet  the  most 
ambitious  plan  of  county  and  inter- 
county  market  roads  only  contemplates 
the  improvement  of  9,000  miles.  How 
are  the  remaining  79,00()  miles  of  high- 
way to  be  improved  if  not  by  inexpensive 
methods  suited  to  their  light  travel? 

With  regard  to  cost  for  the  more 
traveled  roads.  l"'rank  R.  Lander  the  dean 
of  road  I)uildcrs  in  Ohio  says:  "cheap 
first  cost  in  road  building  mcins  nothing 
more  than  one  of  two  things,  ultimate 
high  cost  or  Complete  loss."  Cheapness 
most  often  stands  for  wasteful  extrav- 
agance in  the  end  and  the  adage  that 
"whatever  is  worth  doing  is  worth  doing 
well"  has  a  striking  application  to  the 
subject  of  road  building.  W{  this  false 
notion  of  chcai)ncss  has  dominated  to 
such  an  extent  that  engineers  and  road 
builders  in  Ohio  can  cite  instances  where 
money  aggregating  millions  has  been  as 
gnf)d   as   thrown   away   in    road   improve- 

*  Paper  read  before  tlie  Northwestern  Koail 
Congress,   Milwaukee, 'Wis.,  October  J8-3I,    r)14. 


McCLE.\RY 

meats  without  producing  anj-  lasting  re- 
sults, unless  to  educate  the  public  by 
experience  that  ultimate  results  are  more 
to  be  desired  than  cheapness  of  con- 
struction. 

All  these  remarks  lead  up  to  the 
question,  "what  is  a  good  road?"  Perhaps 
from  egotism — perhaps  from  zeal — I 
wish  to  leave  my  criterion  of  a  good  road 
strongly  entrenched  in  your  mind, 
namely;  a  good  road  can  be  identified, 
not  by  its  first  cost,  but  by  the  amount 
expended  upon  it  for  repairs,  proportion- 
ed to  the  traflfic. 

In  entering  into  tlie  main  discussion 
of  road  building  methods,  I  may  be 
guiltj'^  of  a  somewhat  negative  treat- 
ment of  the  subject.  Good  specifications 
are  obtainable  and  I  have  no  adequate 
reason  for  making  this  paper  a  minute 
treatise  of  what  to  do.  I  may  help  you 
more  by  warning  you  what  not  to  do, 
for  a  majority  of  the  common  errors  are 
not  of  omission  so  much  as  commission. 

In  the  matter  of  grading.  I  can  pass 
the  question  of  cuts,  but  a  word  about 
fills  will  not  be  amiss.  Do  not  place  too 
much  trust  in  a  fill  which  was  partially 
made  a  generation  or  two  ago.  The 
older  portion  may  be  the  more  treacher- 
ous. Perhaps  trees  and  brush  were  used 
in  making  the  original  fill.  If  they  have 
decayed,  the  fill  is  in  a  honey-combed 
condition  and  likely  to  give  way.  The 
best  method  of  locating  voids  is  l>y 
puddling. 

Enclose  your  suli-grade  with  tempor- 
ary earth  dikes  two  feet  higher  than  the 
sub  grade  and  divide  it  into  compart- 
ments by  similar  cross  dikes.  Fill  the 
compartments  with  water,  one  at  a  time, 
and  weakness,  if  anj'.  will  shortly  appear. 
The  usual  method  of  relying  on  a  roller 
for  compacting  a  fill  is  not  nearly  so 
efficacious.  In  my  experience,  not  more 
than  ten  per  cent  of  the  fills  could  be 
properly  compacted  with  a  roller  alone. 

Don't  fall  into  the  error  of  thinking 
that  the  province  of  a  roller  is  to  pro- 
duce a  smooth  even  surface  on  the  fill. 
Rolling,  like  puddling,  ought  to  help  in 
developing  hidden  weakness  where  more 
or  different  material  is  needed. 

Don't  undervalue  the  necessity  of 
drainage.  My  rule  has  been  to  use  it 
as  a  precaution  in  dry  places  and  as  a 
necessity  in  wet  places. 

Tile  drainage  is  much  better  than  ditch 
drainage,  but'  don't  place  your  longi- 
tudinal drain  beneath  the  i);iveinent 
where  it  is  less  efficacious  in  removing 
the  water  which  the  i)avement  sheds  and 
where,  also,  it  offers  a  source  of  l)ack 
seepage  in  wet  times  which  may  keep 
the  pavement  moist  and  be  responsible 
for  shifting  in  the  sand  filler.  The  place 
for  the  longitudinal  drain  is  below  the 
gutter.     Cross   drains   should   be   propor- 


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123 


tioned  in  frequency  to  the  nature  of  the 
soil  and  the  character  of  the  natural 
drainage.  In  some  muddy  places  it  maj' 
be  necessary  to  lay  them  every  ten  or 
fifteen  feet.  In  other  places  they  will  be 
unnecessar\'  for  a  considerable  interval. 
The  essentials  of  my  practice  in  under 
drainage  have  been;  first,  open  tile; 
second,  position  below  the  frost  line; 
third,  the  use  of  gravel  or  cinders  in 
filling  the  trench. 

One  advantage  of  under  drainage  as 
compared  with  a  longitudinal  ditch,  is  the. 
lessening  of  danger  to  traffic  and  the 
more  level  shoulder  of  earth  that  can 
be  graded  above  an  underground  drain. 
Such  a  slioulder  can  be  kept  free  from 
tall  grass  and  weed  by  means  of  a  mow- 
ing machine. 

{Concluded  ill  the  January  number.) 


article,  descriptive  of  Mr.   Howard's  work, 
has  been  written  by  Mr.  William  C.  Hayes. 


Los  Angeles  Chapter  December  Meeting 

The  Southern  California  Chapter  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Architects  held  its 
December  meeting  at  the  Hollenbeck 
Cafe.  President  Albert  C.  Martin,  pre- 
siding. .\  telegram  sent  by  Octavius 
Morgan,  director  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute, from  the  convention  at  \\'ashington, 
D.  C.  was  read  announcing  the  election 
of  Mr.  Fernand  Parmentier  to  Fellowship 
in  the  Institute.  Mr.  Parmentier's  name 
was  presented  to  the  convention  for  rati- 
fication by  Mr.  John  Parkinson  of  Los 
Angeles,  who  attended  the  convention  as 
a  delegate  of  the  Southern  California 
Chapter.  The  telegram  also  stated  that 
a  special  convention  of  the  Institute 
would  probably-  be  held  in  Los  Angeles 
some  time  during  1915  to  consider  ques- 
tions of  considerable  importance  to  Coast 
architects. 

The  president  announced  that  Charles 
Gordon  and  Richard  C.  Farrell  had  been 
elected  to  membership.  Several  other  ap- 
plications for  membership  have  been  re- 
ceived. 

The  committee  on  contracts  and  speci- 
fications recommended  that  the  chapter 
co-operate  with  the  Electrical  Contrac- 
tors and  Dealers'  Association  in  their  en- 
deavor to  improve  conditions  in  the  elec- 
trical field  and  to  raise  the  standard  in 
this  work.  The  proposition  of  the  latter 
organization  is  to  be  placed  before  the 
Chapter  in  writing  at  the  next  meeting 
for  final  action. 

The  remainder  of  the  evening  was  de- 
voted to  a  discussion  of  the  legislation 
which  the  Chapter  should  undertake  to 
secure  at  the  next  session  of  the  Legis- 
lature. The  Act  of  1901  governing  the 
practice  of  architecture  and  the  Law  of 
1872.  pertaining  to  the  selection  of  archi- 
tects for  public  school  buildings,  were 
di.-cussed  at  length. 


Engineer's  Part  in  Lighting  a  Building 

A  study  of  the  requirements  entering 
into  the  designing  of  the  illumination, 
electrical  wiring,  plumbing,  heating  and 
ventilation  of  a  modern  building  will  show 
that  the  architect  is  reljing  more  and 
more  each  day  upon  the  services  of  the 
engineer.  Owing  to  the  vast  amount  of 
mechanical  and  electrical  apparatus  and 
systems  now  on  the  market,  and  to  the 
rapid  changes  that  are  taking  place,  the 
engineer  takes  a  very  important  place  in 
the  architectural  world. 

As  proof  of  the  above  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  a  number  of  important  struc- 
tures were  erected  during  the  last  year, 
on  which  tiie  services  of  Charles  T. 
Phillips,  consulting  engineer,  have  been 
used  by  the  architect.  The  new  Masonic 
Hall,  San  Francisco,  several  theaters  for 
the  Pantages  circuit,  the  two-million-dol- 
lar Oakland  hotel,  the  Jacob  Stern  resi- 
dence, Atherton.  California,  St.  Ignatius' 
church.  Wigwam  theater,  Branch  Public 
Library,  Y.  M.  I.  building,  Potrero  hos- 
pital. Atlas  hotel,  and  the  remodeling  of 
the  Call  building.  San  Francisco,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  hall.  San  Mateo, 
and  a  large  number  of  schools,  apartment 
houses,   hotels,   private   residences,   etc. 


The  January  1915  number  of  the  Archi- 
tect and  Engineer  will  show  the  work  of 
John  Galen  Howard.  F.  A.  I.  A.     .\  special 


Mr.  Pratt  Buys  Golden  Gate  Brick  Com- 
pany's Stock 

The  Pratt  Building  Material  Company, 
Hearst  building.  San  Francisco,  has  pur- 
chased the  stock  of  enamel  brick,  pressed 
brick  and  sandstone  brick  of  the  Golden 
Gate  Brick  Compan)-  and  is  offering  some 
real  bargains.  C.  F.  Pratt  was  formerly 
manager  of  the  brick  company,  which  is 
now  retiring  from  business.  The  Pratt 
Building  Material  Company  is  carrying 
on  a  splendid  business,  filling  large  orders 
for  sand,  gravel  and  other  building  ma- 
terials in  San  Francisco  and  interior 
cities.  

Prospective   Warehouse 

The  Jackson  Furniture  Co..  14th  and 
Clay  Streets.  Oakland,  have  bought  a  lot 
at  21st.  Union  and  Poplar  streets.  Oak- 
land, as  a  site  for  a  new  warehouse. 
The  lot  is  162x230  feet.  The  company's 
lease  of  its  present  warehouse  near  the 
16th  Street  depot  expires  in  1916.  and  a 
new  warehouse  will  be  built  for  the  use 
of  the  firm  upon  the  expiration  of  the 
lease.  

^teel  and  Concrete  Contracts  Awarded 

Architect  Houghton  Sawyer  has  let 
the  structural  steel  contract  for  the  Mors- 
head  .\partments  at  California  and  Mason 
streets.  San  Francisco,  to  the  Judson 
Iron  Works,  at  $55  a  ton.  There  will 
be  275  tons  of  steel  used.  Contract  for 
the  concrete  work  has  been  let  to  George 
Elder. 


124 


Tlic  Aichitcct  and  Eui^inccr 


Prosperity  Ahead! 

"You  can  tell  your  readers  that  the  worst 
of  the  business  depression  has  passed  and 
that  San  Francisco  is  going  to  have  a  dandy 
jear  in  1915.'' 

This  encouraging  information  was  vol- 
unteered a  representative  of  this  magazine 
by  a  well-known  banker  whose  institution 
is  closely  allied  with  the  building  interests 
of  the  state  and  has  made  more  large  loans 
for  building  purposes  since  the  iire  than 
any  two  banks  on  the  Coast. 

And  we  want  to  add  that  from  other 
sources — most  reliable  ones,  too — assur- 
ances of  unprecedented  prosperity  have 
been  given. 

This  talk  about  San  Francisco  being  over- 
built is  pure  buncomb.  Look  around  yon 
and  behold  the  vacant  lots,  then  look  again 
and  see  the  crowded  apartment  houses. 
You  can't  get  a  decent  apartment  in  San 
Francisco  today,  except  you  pay  a  fabulous 
rental.  The  city  needs  a  lot  of  moderate 
priced  apartments. 

The  railroads  estimate  that  11.000,000 
people  will  come  to  the  fair  next  year.  Ten 
millions  is  a  conservative  estimate.  Statis- 
tics show  that  from  one  to  three  per  cent 
of  visitors  to  a  world's  fair  remain  in  the 
city  permanently.  In  Chicago  the  record 
was  2  per  cent.  Say  San  Francisco  will 
only  get  one  per  cent.  That  means  a  hun- 
dred thousand  people  that  must  be  provided 
for.  It  means  that  we  shall  have  to  build 
more  hotels,  more  apartment  houses,  more 
homes. 

And  besides  this  there  is  the  Twin  Peaks 
tunnel  that  is  going  to  give  employment  to 
a  lot  of  men  and  is  going  to  require  much 
material.  Then  there  is  the  $1,000,000 
municipal  library,  plans  for  which  will  be 
completed  by  Architect  Kelham  early  in 
the  year.  The  Tubercular  hospital  group 
will  be  erected  next  year  at  a  cost  of 
$500,000,  and  the  new  University  hospital 
at  the  .\fifiliated  Colleges,  now  being  de- 
signed by  Architect  Hobart,  is  positively 
going  ahead  in   1915. 

And  the  architects,  building  material  con- 
cerns and  contractors  who  have  weathered 
the  storm  that  is  now  fast  dispelling,  are 
the  ones  that  will  be  doing  business  in  San 
Francisco  in  years  to  come.  The  weak  ones 
jiave  been  swallowed  up  by  the  tide  of  ad- 
vcrsitv. 


Paper  Mill  for  Los  Angeles 

The  Givan  Paper  Mills  Company,  with 
offices  in  237  Union  Oil  building  Los 
.•\ngcles,  contemplates  the  establishment 
of  a  paper  manufacturing  plant.  It  is 
the  intention  of  the  newly  organized 
company  to  construct  a  factory  building, 
which,  with  e(|ui|)ment,  is  estimated  to 
cost  $175.f)(K).  .Among  the  jjrojectors  are: 
Dr.  I'ockney  {•"rench.  Ben  H.  Smitii. 
I'rank  G.   Hickox,  and  Frank  G.  Tyrcll. 


The  Judson  Manu- 
facturing Company 

announces  to  the  trade 
that  it  IS  NOW 
OPERATING  an 

Open  -  Hea rth  Furnace 

and  is  in  a  position  to  fur- 
nish MILD  STEEL  BARS. 
SMALL  ANCLES  and 
UNIVERSAL    PLATES 

in  the  sanie  range  of 
sizes  as  it  has  hereto- 
fore supplied  in  double 
refined  Iron. 

J  UDSON  MANlMCTlJRmG  Co. 


Open  Hearth  Steel 
Ingots.  B.\BS.I'i^TKSAM«  Small  SHAitiS 


SI9-823FOIJjOM8TRKhrr 


U.    S.    Metal    Products   Company   of    the 
Pacific  Coast  Independent  Concern 

Because  of  a  similarity  of  names  the 
United  States  Metal  Products  Company 
of  the  Pacific  Coast,  a  prosperous  Cali- 
fornia corporation,  with  factories  at  San 
i'Vancisco  and  Los  .\ngeles.  and  agencies 
in  all  the  prominent  cities  of  the  seven 
far  Western  States,  has  suffered  con- 
siderable inconvenience  through  publica- 
tion of  the  voluntary  bankruptcy  petition 
of  the  United  States  Metal  Products 
Company  of  New  York  City,  a  Massa- 
chusetts corporation.  The  New  York 
concern  has  no  financial  connection  what- 
ever with  the  C:i!ifornia  companj',  al- 
though it  has  handled  some  of  the 
products  of  the  United  States  Metal 
Products  Company  of  New  York  under 
an  agenc}'  arrangement. 


Tenement  Housing 

Charles  H.  Clicney.  of  llobart  & 
Cheney,  architects,  San  Francisco,  and 
associate  editor  of  the  .Architect  and  Fn- 
gineer,  is  in  the  Fast  studying  the  tene- 
ment and  housing  problems  for  the  Com- 
mission of  Immigration  and  i  lousing  of 
California,  lie  will  confer  with  tlie  lead- 
ing experts,  architects  and  engineers  aiul 
study  the  result  of  their  work  in  tene- 
ment improvement,  cheap  workingmen's 
houses  and  garden  cities,  for  the  ])urpose 
of  a])p1yinu  what  has  been  acc()ini)lislio(I 
in  the  Fast  to  the  contrested  tcnenunt 
districts  of  Californi;i   cities. 


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OREGON  BUILDING,  PANAMA  PACIFIC  EXPOSITION 
FOULKES  &  HOGUE,  Architects 


FOSTER  VOGT  CO. 

CONTRACTORS 


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CONCRETE  FIRE-PROOFING  AND 
GENERAL  BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION 

Contractors  on 

Oregon  State  Building 
Indiana  State  Building 
Canadian-Pac.  R.R.  Bldg. 

SHARON  BUILDING  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

PHONE  SUTTER  1533 

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The  Architect  and  Eui^ineer 


BIRD'S-EYE  VIEW  OF  TRUSSED  CONCRETE  STEEL  COMPASVS  PLAS'T, 
YOUNGSTOWN.  OHIO 

The  Youngstown  Plant  of  the  Trussed  Concrete 

Steel  Company 


THE  extensive  plant  of  the  Trussed 
Concrete  Steel  Company  at  Youngs- 
town, Ohio,  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the 
manufacture  of  steel  products,  sucli  as 
United  Sash,  Kahn  trussed  hars,  Hy-Ril), 
Rib  Latli.  reinforcing  steel  and  other  build- 
ing specialties.  The  waterproofing  and 
finishing  products  of  this  company  are 
manufactured  in  a  separate  plant  in  De- 
troit, while  tile  plants  and  warehouses 
are  located  in  various  cities  of  the  coun- 
try. The  general  and  sales  offices  for 
steel  products  are  in  Youngstown,  with 
representatives   in   all    principal   cities. 

Six  years  ago  only  a  few  small  build- 
ings made  up  this  entire  plant.  Today 
the  factorj'  and  yards  cover  the  greater 
part  of  twenty-five  acres  of  land.  The 
plant  consists  of  an  administration  build- 
ing, power  plant.  sliipi)ing  yards,  and  a 
large  number  of  individual  buildings  in 
which  tlie  various  products  are  manu- 
factured. In  order  to  more  clearly  un- 
derstand the  development  of  this  plant 
and  its  manufacturing  divisions,  it  is 
well  to  review  tlie  products  of  the  Trussed 
Concrete  Steel  Company  and  their  de- 
velf)i)nient. 

Originally  the  Kahn  Trussed  Bar  was 
the  princip'il  product  of  the  company. 
The  Kahn  Trussed  Bar  is  a  patented  re- 
inforcement for  use  in  concrete  girders, 
beams,  joists  and  floors,  and  consists  of 
a    main    horizontal    bar    with    rigidly    con- 


nected diagonal  shear  members,  formed 
from  the  same  section  of  steel.  Other 
reinforcing  products  were  introduced 
sliortly  afterwards.  These  included  the 
Rib  Bar  with  a  specially  rolled  section,  so 
formed  as  to  secure  a  positive  grip  in  the 
concrete ;  Rib  Metal,  an  improved  type  of 
expanded  metal,  formed  from  a  special 
section  of  steel  and  consisting  of  a  series 
of  bars,  rigidly  connected  by  cross  ties; 
column  hooping,  completely  built  up,  and 
collapsible  for  convenience  in  shipping, 
etc. 

The  next  important  development  of 
the  company  was  the  invention  of  Hy-Rib, 
an  entirel}'  new  type  of  reinforcement  for 
concrete  and  plaster  work.  This  material 
consists  of  a  series  of  ribs  in  the  same 
sheet  of  steel.  The  object  of  the  ribs  is 
to  give  stiffness  to  the  reinforcement,  so 
as  to  do  away  with  forms  when  used  in 
floors,  roofs  or  walls,  and  to  take  the 
place  of  metal  studs  in  partitions,  siding, 
ceilings,  etc.  Coincident  with  the  in- 
vention of  Hy-Rib,  Rib-Lath,  an  improved 
expanded  metal  lath,  which  is  on  the  same 
general  i)rinciple  of  hy-ril).  was  intro- 
duced, ;is  well  as  rib-studs  for  holhiw 
walls   and    partitions. 

The  most  recent  development  in  the 
growth  of  the  plant  is  the  manufacture 
of  United  Sash  for  use  in  windows,  mon- 
itors, partitions,  etc.  This  steel  sash  is 
built  on  ,in  improved   princiitle  of  asscm- 


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bling,  which  gives  exceptional  strength 
and  efficiency  to  the  construction  of  the 
sash.  All  types  of  sash  are  made,  in- 
cluding standard  pivoted  side  wall  sash, 
vertical  sliding  sash,  center  pivoted  and 
top  hung  continuous  sasli,  steel  and  glass 
partitions,   steel    doors,   etc. 

Bearing  in  mind  these  facts  and  con- 
sidering the  necessary  shipping  yards, 
storage,  stock  rooms  and  receiving  sta- 
tions to  handle  this  large  and  varied  out- 
put, the  reader  will  be  able  to  understand 
the  plan  of  the  factory.  At  the  extreme 
left  of  the  bird's-eye  view  is  shown  a 
portion  of  the  shipping  yards  for  the 
Kahn  Bars  and  reinforcing  steel,  contain- 
ing large  cranes,  stock  yards,  cut-off 
presses,  etc.  The  shearing  of  the  Kalm 
Bars  is  done  in  an  adjoining  building. 
Here  are  found  presses  weighing  twenty- 
five  tons  apiece,  and  with  a  capacity  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  tons  for  forming 
the  rigidly  connected  shear  members  of 
the  Kahn  Bars.  The  dies  for  shearing 
these  Kahn  Bars  weigh  about  five  thou- 
sand pounds  apiece. 

The  Rill  Bar  department  is  in  close 
conjunction  with  the  Kahn  Bars,  and 
is  completel}'  equipped  with  shearing 
presses,  bending  machines,  locomotive 
cranes,  etc.,  to  supply  the  Rib  Bars  in  any 
form  desired.  The  column  hooping  is 
manufactured  also  at  this  part  of  the 
plant.  The  Rib- Metal  material  reaches 
the  shop  in  the  form  of  a  wash-board 
shaped  section,  which  is  run  through 
punches  of  three  hundred  ton  capacity, 
and  is  then  expanded  into  the  fiiiislied 
material. 

The  building  for  the  Hy-Rilj  and  Rib- 
Lath  manufacture  are  the  next  adjoining 
and  arc  provided  with  railroad  siding. 
loading  platforms,  etc.,  for  shipping  pur- 
poses. In  these  buildings  the  flat  sheet 
of  steel  are  first  especially  prepared, 
beaded,  trimmed  and  made  ready  for  tlie 
punching  press,  which  with  special  dies 
cuts  the  material  as  desired.  The  sheets 
next  go  to  the  heavy  forming  presses, 
which  by  a  process  of  pressing  and  ex- 
panding develops  the  product  into  its 
finished  form.  The  Hy-Rib  material  is 
also  furnished  by  the  shops  in  curved 
sheets,  the  curving  being  done  with 
special   bending  machines. 


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The  United  Sash  department  includes 
a  large  number  of  buildings,  owing  to  the 
great  demand  for  this  product,  and  the 
amount  of  space  necessary  for  its  manu- 
facture. In  this  department  steel  sash 
sections  are  combined  under  powerful 
presses  into  the  finished  sash.  Practically 
the  entire  sash  is  machine-built,  the 
joints,  etc.,  being  finished  with  pneumatic 
hammers.  The  presses  used  have  a  ca- 
pacity of  four  hundred  and  fifty  tons 
pressure,  and  weigh  a  hundred  and  twen- 
ty thousand  pounds  each.  The  processes 
of  manufacturing  require  an  extensive 
series  of  presses  for  notching,  sliearing 
and  assembling,  besides  many  other  fin- 
ishing machines. 

In  the  Floredome  and  Floretyle  division, 
which  is  one  of  the  recent  developments, 
are  manufactured  deeply  corrugated  steel 


HIGH  GRADE 

[LKTRICAl  CONSTRUCTION  WORK 

FOR  BUILDINGS 

BUTTE  [NGINEERING  AND  [LKTRIC  CO.,  683-87  Howard  Street, 


SAN     FRANCISCO.     CAL. 


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The  Architect  and  Emiinccr 


domes  and  tjle  tor  use  in  floor  construc- 
tion in  place  of  terra  cotta  tile.  These 
are  pressed  out  under  special  dies  and 
powerful  presses  to  the  desired  form. 

The  machine  shop  in  conjunction  with 
the  plant  is  completely  equipped  to  man- 
ufacture all  the  various  dies  and  tools 
nccessarj-  for  the  manufacture  of  the 
Kahn  building  products.  Many  of  these 
dies  arc  verj-  complicated,  consisting  of 
as  many  as  a  hundred  pieces  with  eight 
different  cutting  edges.  To  insure  the 
accurac}'  of  the  finished  products,  these 
dies  must  be  ground  to  a  ten-thousandth 
of  an   inch    fineness. 

The  power  jjlant  is  located  in  tlie  rear, 
and  the  administration  building,  contain- 
ing order  department  drafting  rooms  and 
shop  offices  is  located  in  the  front.  Special 
time  office  buildings  and  garages  are  also 
indicated  in  the  front.  Complete  switch- 
ing and  shipping  facilities  are  provided 
and  connected  directly  with  the  main  line 
of  the  railroad,  so  as  to  handle  tiic  in- 
coming and  out-going  material  in  tlic 
shortest  time  possible. 

The  general  construction  of  the  build- 
ings is  along  the  most  modern  ideas  of 
fireproof  and  daj'Iighted  factories.  Prac- 
tically the  entire  side  walls  are  made  of 
united  sash  with  a  small  curtain  wall 
underneath  of  hy-rib  concrete  construc- 
tion. The  buildings  are  constructed  with 
long  span  trusses,  so  as  to  give  the 
greatest  convenience  in  handling  ma- 
terial, while  the  roofs  are  built  of  hy-rib 
concrete.  Many  of  the  buildings  are  pro- 
vided with  monitors,  whicln  are  equipped 
with    continuous   united    sash. 


Medusa  Waterproofing 

The  Sandusky  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany of  Sandusk}-,  Ohio,  whose  Medusa 
White  Portjand  Cement  is  well  known  on 
the  Pacific  Coast,  has  recentlj-  published 
an  attractive  booklet  describing  Medusa 
waterproofing  and  containing  a  number 
of  splendid  half  tone  plates  of  buildings 
that  have  been  treated  with  the  Medusa 
product.  .Among  the  San  Francisco 
buildings  mentioned  in  the  list  are  the 
Olympic  Club,  Joseph  and  M.  J.  Branden- 
stein  buildings.  Mechanics  Bank,  new 
German  Hospital  and  the  West  Bank 
building.  The  Medusa  products  are 
handled  in  San  Francisco  and  tributary 
country  by  the  Building  Material  Com- 
pany, Monadnock  building.  The  manu- 
facturers have  the  following  to  say  about 
Medusa  waterproofing: 

Medusa  waterproofing  is  a  dry  white  powder  and 
consists  of  fatty  acids,  cliemically  combined  with 
lime.  Owing  to  its  extreme  fineness  it  may  easily 
be  perfectly  mixed  with  cement  in  the  necessary 
proportions. 

Medusa  has  now  been  oti  the  market  several 
years,  is  the  original  concrete  waterproofing,  pat- 
ented in  1907,  and  has  been  used  in  every  part 
of  the  world  under  every  condition  and  in  every 
character  of  construction  in  which  Portland  cement 
is  used.  The  dry  powder  system  of  waterproofing 
is  far  superior  to  the  use  of  any  of  the  so-called 
waterproof  compounds  in  liquid  or  paste  form,  as 
these  are  generally  difficult  to  mi.x  with  water,  ,ind 
many  of  them  are  practically  worthless  as  water- 
liroofing  substances. 

.\s  is  usual  in  such  cases,  the  extraordinary  suc- 
cess of  the  Medusa  waterproofing  has  led  to  a 
host  of  imitations  and  infringements.  Medusa  is 
of  standard  composition,  containing  2i  per  cent  of 
combined  fatty  acids,  while  other  materials  on 
the  market  of  pretended  value  contain  only  6  to 
cS  per  cent,  and  therefore  must  be  used  in  three 
or  four  times  the  (|uanlity  of  our  material  to  pro- 
duce  the   same    result.      There   arc   also   some  com- 


ALFARATA   RANCH   SILO   AND  DAIRY,  MERCED 


.\M-.\KAT.\   K,\N(1I   DAIRY    AND  SILO.   MERCED. 
C.   F.   Wieland,   Consulting   Engineer. 

This  i)hoto  shows  the  concrete  Silo  and  the  dairy  barns  at  the  .\lfarata  ranch  near 
Merced.  This  concrete  Silo,  which  is  made  from  the  Pratt  Building  Material  Co.'s 
washed  gravel  (a  i)erfect  mi.x),  is  16  ft.  x  53  ft.  6  in.  over  all. 

There  is  a  1().()()()  gallon  concrete  water  tank  on  top  of  the  Silo  and  forms  part 
of  it.  The  Silo  has  a  capacity  of  220  tons  of  ensilage  and  was  constructed  with 
Wieland's  steel  fortns,  eliminating  all  carpenter  work  >nnd  cost  of  lumber. 

The  floors  and  side  walls  of  the  dairy  barn  were  made  of  Pratt  Building  Material 
Co.'s  washed   gravel.     Their  address   is    Hearst    HIdg.,  and   they    slii))   sand,   rock,   :iii(! 

travel  by  both  boat  or  rail   from   Alameda.  Contra  Costa,  Yuba,  Placer,  Monterey, 
onoma  ;inr|  Napa  counties. 


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Robert  w.  Hunt 


JNO.  J.  Cone 


JAS.  c.  Hallsted 


D.   w.    MCNAUGHER 


ROBERT  W.   HUNT  <Sl  CO.,    Engineers 

BUREAU    OF    INSPECTION    TESTS    AND    CONSULTATION 

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pounds  on  the  market  which  contain  no  water- 
proofing substance  whatever,  and  are,  of  course, 
absolute  frauds.  Permanent  and  thorough  water- 
proofing eflfect  can  be  secured  only  by  chemical 
combination  of  fatty  acids  with  alkaline  earth 
bases,  and  this  principle  is  fully  covered  by  our 
patents. 

Consumers  are,  of  course,  unable  to  determine 
the  composition  of  the  materials  furnished  for 
waterproofing,  and  substances  containing  only  a 
very  small  percentage  of  actual  waterproofing  may 
give  apparently  good  results  at  the  start,  but  ex- 
periments have  shown  that  for  permanent  results 
a  material  of  the  composition  of  Medusa  water- 
proofing is  necessary. 

A  trial  will  convince  cement  users  that  Medusa 
Waterproofing,  in  dry  jiowdered  form,  is  the  only 
true  preveniive  of  dampness  in  concrete.  The  ever- 
lasting quality  of  its  waterproofing  effects  is  due 
to  its  being  absolutely  insoluble  and  unaffected  by 
water  even  after  years  of  contact.  Permanent 
water-resisting  qualities  are  obtained  with  less  than 
one-fourth  as  much  Medusa  waterproofing  as  is 
required  of  other  so-called  waterproof  compounds 
fi>  iiroduce  ?n  apparent  and  temporary  effect. 
Medusa  is  specified  by  the  most  eminent  architects 
and  engineers  in  the  United  States  and  Europe, 
and  is  rapidly  displacing  the  old-time  paints  and 
coatings  formerly  used  to  prevent  the  penetration 
of   water   into   concrete. 


Prospective  Hotel 

The  object  of  the  International  Fed- 
eration Hotel  &  Theatre  Company, 
which  lias  been  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  Arizona  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$2,000,000.  is  stated  by  the  promoters  to 
be  the  erection  of  a  large  auditorium  and 
theatre  building  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
Company  has  not  secured  a  site  and 
no  arrangements  have  yet  lieen  made  to 
finance  the  project.  The  incorporators 
are:  Samuel  T.  Dailey,  Sheik  H.  T.  Ben 
Mohammed,  Monroe  Johnson,  Gerson  F. 
Levy,  Mary  S.  Houtz,  Brigham  J. 
Anderson  and  W.  H.  Washington,  all  of 
Los  Angeles. 


Theatre,  Stores  and  Apartments 
H.  J.  Knaucr.  441  Citizens  National 
Bank  building,  Los  Angeles,  is  preparing 
preliminary  plans  for  a  two-story  brick 
store,  theatre  and  apartment  building  to 
be  erected  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Fortj'-first  place  and  Vertnont  avenue, 
for  H.  A.  Church.  1502  Algoma  avenue. 
The  building  will  contain  a  moving 
picture  theatre  seating  about  300,  three 
store  rooms  and  two-five  room  flats  on 
the  ground  floor.  There  will  be  nine 
apartments  witii  private  baths  on  the 
second  floor. 


Brick  Veneer  Church 

Robert  H.  Orr,  340  Van  Xuys  building, 
Los  Angeles,  is  completing  working 
plans  and  specifications  for  a  frame  and 
brick  veneer  church  building  to  be  erect- 
ed at  the  corner  of  South  Park  avenue 
and  Forty-second  street  for  the  Soutii 
Park  Christian  Church. 


Apartment  House 

Architects  Rousseau  &  Rousseau  have 
completed  plans  and  taken  figures  for  the 
construction  of  a  three  story  frame 
apartment  house  on  California  street, 
west  of  Leavenworth,  San  Francisco,  for 
the  Gerard  Investment  Company.  The 
estimated  cost  is  $20  000. 


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Future  Looks  Good  to  Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick 
Company's  President 


Howard  I-'rost,  president  of  the  Los 
Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Company,  predicts 
a  good  l)uilding  year  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia in  1915.  The  worst  of  the  dull 
spell  has  passed,  he  thinks,  and  cites  the 
improved  condition  of  the  bond  market 
as  an  indication  of  better  times.  Mr. 
Frost  is  not  so  optimistic  about  San 
Francisco,  however.  W'liile  lie  believes 
the  city  will  enjoy  greater  prosperity  in 
1915  than  in  1914  l)y  reason  of  the  many 
strangers  that  will  come  to  the  E.xposi- 
tion  and  thereby  place  money  in  circu- 
lation, he  makes  tiie  argument  that  the 
city  has  l)uilt  in  anticipation  of  handling 
the  crowds  and  there  will  be  no  imme- 
diate need  of  further  large  construction 
work. 

However.  Mr.  Frost  appreciates  that 
San  Francisco  is  growing  steadily,  and 
as  long  as  this  growth  continues,  there 
must  be  new  buildings  to  accommodate 
the  newcomers. 

The  Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Com- 
pany has  enjoyed  remarkable  success  in 
marketing  its  material  in  the  last  live 
years  and  to  supply  the  orders  which 
have  extended  throughout  the  coast  it  has 
been  necessary  to  keep  three  large  plants 
running  to  full  capacity.  One  of  these — 
the  Xorthern  California  plant — is  at 
Richmond,  Contra  Costa  County. 

The  main  plant,  in  Los  Angeles,  is 
now  undergoing  extensive  repairs  and  the 
company  will  shortly  put  on  the  market  a 
new  face  brick  that  President  Frost  says 
will  make  ""  'em  sit  up  and  take  notice.  " 

The  company  will  show  its  confidence 
in  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  by  hav- 
ing two  exhibits — one  in  the  Varied  In- 
dustries building  and  the  other  in  the 
California  State  building.  The  various 
clay  products  will  be  attractively  shown 
at  both  exhibits  and  there  will  also  be 
a  pretentious- display  at  the  San  Diego 
fair. 

The  Los  Angeles  Pressed  Brick  Com- 
pany's exhibit  in  the  Metropolitan  build- 
ing in  Los  Angeles  has  received  much 
favorable  comment.  .\  feature  is  made 
of  roofing  tile,  both  the  Spanish  and 
Italian  grades  being  shown;  also  Rich- 
mond c|uarry  tiles,  which  are  used  very 
extensively  for  porches,  terraces,  etc. 
The  company,  by  the  way,  has  had  a 
wonderful  sale  of  its  roofing  tile  in  San 
Francisco  and  vicinity,  due  undoubtedly 
in  a  large  measure  to  the  ciuality  of  its 
product  and  to  its  aggressive  northern 
distributors,   the   United    Materials   Co. 


In  ()ctol)(.T,  I'^l.i  ;i  l)ig  concrete  grain 
elevator,  weighing  2().(XX)  tons  empty  and 
50.(XK)  tons  full,  toppled  over  and  rested 
at  .an  angle  of  27  degrees  off  plumb.  The 
soft  blue  clay  under  the  foundation  had 
given  way. 

.\n  engineer  braced  the  l>ig  structure 
up.  put  seventy  concrete  pillars  under  it 
for  a  new  foundation  and  jacked  it  into 
place.  The  structure  is  absolutely  intact 
and  the  foundation  is  now  much  stronger 
than  it  was  originally,  as  the  pillars  reach 
through  the  clay  to  bed  rock. 

I-'ngineers  say  that  the  above  was  a 
harder  task  than  would  be  the  straight- 
ening of  the  leaning  tower  of  Pisa. 


A  Feat  in  Engineering 
There  has  recently  been  completed  an 
extremely  difficult   feat  in  engineering  at 
Xorth  Transcona,  Manitoba. 


It  is  easy  to  get  stung, 

But  it  is  just  as  easy  to 
get  the  BEST  Elevator 

Door  Hangers 

by  ALWAYS  specifying 

"RELIANCE" 

The  magic  Hanger  for 
Speed,  Silence  and  Ease 
of  action. 

Reliance  Ball  Bearing 
Door  Hanger  Co. 

30  East  42  d  Street,  New  York 

P.\CIFIC  COAST  AGENTS: 

Sartorius  Company San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Louis  R.  Bedell Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

Portland  Wire  &  Iron  Works Portland,  Ore. 

D.  E.  Fr>'er  &  Co Seattle.  Wash. 


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JAMES    H.    HARDY,  Inc. 

LUMBER  AND  SHIPPING 


Office,    Yard  and   Mill: 
Channel    near  Fourth  Street 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Telephone   Market  91 


The  War  and  The  Heating  Trade 

Just  what  the  effect  of  the  European 
war  is  to  be  on  American  industries, 
especially  the  heating  trade,  has  been  a 
subject  of  anxious  inquiry  during  the 
past  month.  While  all  reports  agree  that 
America  must  benefit  in  the  long  run 
from  the  war,  it  has  not  been  so  clear 
what  w'ere  the  immediate  prospects  and 
how  long  an  interval  must  elapse  before 
American  industry  could  accommodate 
itself  to  the  changed  conditions.  Taking 
the  building  construction  figures  as  a 
criterion,  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that 
many  projected  buildings  will  be  held  up 
until  tJTe  financial  atmosphere  clears  a 
bit.  This  refers  to  buildings  whose  erec- 
tion can  be  postponed  without  special 
hardship  to  the  builders.  Other  classes 
of  buildings,  such  as  schools,  hospitals, 
etc..  for  which  appropriations  have  al- 
ready been  made,  will,  for  the  most  part, 
go  forward  as  planned. 

To  offset  the  loss  in  general  building 
construction,  a  brand  new  field  will  be 
opened  up  in  the  construction  and  equip- 
ment of  manufacturing  buildings  to  pro- 
duce many  of  the  materials  that  hitherto 
have  been  obtainable  only  from  the  war- 
ring nations  and  principally  from  Ger- 
many. American  manufacturers  have 
awakened  with  a  jolt  to  a  realization  of 
the  fact  that  many  of  their  essential  sup- 
plies, such  as  dyes  in  the  woolen  trade 
and  certain  acids  in  the  chemical  trade, 
are  almost  entirely  imported  and  that 
the  supply  on  hand  is  comparatively  in- 
significant. This  situation  has  already 
created  a  demand  for  the  manufacture 
of  such  articles. in  this  country  and  with- 
in the  present  month  plans  will  be  filed 
for  the  construction  and  equipment  of 
new  phmts  to  engage  in  this  class  of 
manufacturing.  Mow  large  this  move- 
ment will  be  remains  to  Ik-  seen,  but  it 
may  easily  result  in  an  extension  of 
building  construction  that  will  more  than 
offset  tlie  falling  off  in  otlu  r  classes  of 
buildings.  ,v 

The  heating  trade  itself  is  to  lie  envied 
in  that  it  is  almost  wliolly  a  domestic 
proposition    and    while    it    niu>t    feel    the 


effect  of  any  widespread  derangement  of 
business,  it  will  be  one  of  the  first  to 
benefit  from  the  anticipated  building 
boom. — Heating  and  Ventilating  ]\Iag- 
azine. 

Some  Recent  Passenger  Elevator  Instal- 
lations by  Spencer  li,levator  Company 

The  Spencer  Elevator  Company  of  126- 
128  Beale  street,  San  Francisco,  has  re- 
cently completed  a  number  of  installations 
of  both  passenger  and  freight  elevators, 
which  indicates  a  growing  confidence  of 
architects  and  owners  in  the  firm's  abil- 
ity to  manufacture  this  type  of  elevators. 
Among  the  installations  are  the  following : 

One  full  automatic  push  button  elec- 
tric passenger  machine  in  the  Roeder 
!)uilding,  Turk  and  Leavenworth  streets, 
San  Francisco;  A.  W.  Burgren.  architect. 

One  full  automatic  electric  passenger 
car  in  the  Sanderson  sanitarium,  Berke- 
ley; W.  E.  Whalin,  builder. 

One  full  automatic  push-button  (al- 
ternating current)  electric  passenger  ele- 
vator in  the  apartment  house  at  Jackson 
and  Locust  streets,  San  Francisco;  Mil- 
ton  Lichtenstein,  architect. 

One  electric  passenger  elevator  in  the 
San  Francisco  Labor  Temple;  Rlathew 
O'Brien,  architect. 

One  hj'draulic  passenger  elevator  in 
the  residence  of  Mr.  William  Hansen, 
Redwood  City,  Cal. 

Two  combination  full  automatic  and 
lever  control  passenger  elevators  in  the 
Gartland  hotel  at  Geary  and  Larkin 
streets,  San  Francisco;  Rousseau  &  Rous- 
seau, architects. 

Freight  elevators  in  the' Union  Iron 
Works,  Southern  Pacific  building  at  Flor- 
iston.  Magnesia  Asbestos  Mfg.  Co.,  Red- 
wood City;  h'red  Kattner.  Salinas,  and 
Barton  Estate  liuihling,  from  plans  by 
O'Brien   Bros. 


Aviator  To  Build  Home 

Lincoln  Beachy,  the  well-known 
aviator  is  to  l)uild  a  $8500.  home  in 
h'orcst  Hill,  San  Francisco,  from  plans 
row  l)eing  prepared  by  E.  .X.  Larsen  and 
1).  C.  Coleman,  Merchants  National  Bank 
building.   San    h'rancisco. 


BEININETT   BROS. 

Sarg-ent's      Building:     Hardware 

514=516  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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133 


Read  This! 

A  recent  miml>er  of  Dependable  High- 
ways, a  monthly  publicity  organ  of  the 
National  Paving  Brick  Manufacturers, 
contains  a  view  of  the  corner  of  Market 
and  Post  streets,  San  Francisco,  with  the 
Crocker  building  in  the  foreground.  Be- 
neath the  cut  is  this  startling  caption: 
"A  Section  of  Rebuilt  San  Francisco — 
Near  the  new  Civic  Center." 

It  is  not  necessar\-  to  comment  on  the 
"accuracy"  of  this  statement,  for  any  one  at 
all  familiar  with  San  Francisco  knows 
that  the  new  Civic  Center  is  a  long  ways 
from  Market  and  Post  streets. 

Beneath  the  illustration  of  the  Crocker 
building  is  the  following  article: 

Because  brick  paving  makes  a  more  harmonious 
color  scheme  than  any  other  form  of  paving,  tlie 
architects  in  charge  of  San  Francisco's  new  civic 
center  have  chosen  it  in  preference  to  all  other 
forms   of   street    improvement. 

The  reddish  hue  of  the  vitrified  brick  will  con- 
trast with  the  greenery  of  the  plaza,  the  gray 
granite  of  the  City  Hall,  Municipal  Auditorium 
and  other  civic  center  features.  The  paving  alone 
will  cost  about  $200,000. 

San  Francisco  is  also  planning  to  use  vitrified 
brick  for  the  improvement  of  a  number  of  addi- 
tional streets  in  its  business  and  residence  centers. 
Members  of  the  engineering  department  are  thor- 
oughly familiar  with  proper  methods  of  brick  pave- 
ment construction  and  will  employ  the  specifica- 
tions recommended  by  the  National  Paving  Brick 
M'anufacturers'  Association. 


Dealers   Too    Lenient   With    Credits 

"There's  a  bright  side  to  the  depres- 
sion of  the  past  few  weeks,"  said  R.  M. 
Brockett,  secretary  of  the  Building 
Material  Credit  Association  of  Kansas 
City.  "Material  men  are  realizing  that 
they  were  too  lenient  as  to  credits  while 
building  operations  were  large  and  ex- 
panding rapidly.  They  see  now  that 
even  in  the  most  prosperous  times 
credits  should  be  conservatively  handled. 
When  work  starts  up  again,  as  it 
promises  to  do,  material  men  will  adopt 
more  careful'  methods  both  as  to  t^u- 
time  of  credits  and  as  to  the  persons  lo 
whom  granted. 

"If  any  benelit  is  to  come  from  this 
slack  period  it  will  be  the  elimination 
forever  of  the  granting  of  promiscuous 
credit.  When  work  was  proceeding  al 
a  high  rate  of  speed  and  there  seemed 
plenty  of  contracts  for  everybody  supply 
men  felt  sure  of  their  money  from  con- 
tractors whom  they  were  assured  were 
relialble.  When  the  pinch  came,  how- 
ever, many  of  these  reliable  men  were 
una'ble  _to  meet  their  thirty  and  sixty- 
day  bills — which,  in  fact,  were  current 
accounts — and  the  supply  men  had  to 
carry  them  as  well  as  the  firms  which 
had  been  accustomed  to  the  long  time 
bills.  The  Kansas  City  association  will 
do  its  part  towards  establishing  a 
sounder  basis   of  credits." 

[The  same  applies  to  Pacific  Coast  cities, 
especially  San  Francisco,  where  many  a  building 
material  concern  has  suffered  financially  througli 
failure  of  irresponsible  contractors  to  make  good 
their    obligations. — Editor.] 


When  Planning 

that  Store  or  Factory 

You  can  add  to  the  operating 
efficiency  by  providing  for  Bowser 
Oil  Storage  Equipment. 

In  tliA  ^|-fti*a  ^  Bowser  System  will  keep 
111  lllC  kJlUrC  kerosene,  paint  oils  and 
lubricants  of  all  kinds  safe  underground  and 
away  from  other  merchandise.  Oil  meas- 
ured and  price  computed  at  one  stroke.  No 
loss  through  theft,  leakage,  spillage,  fire,  or 
tainted  wares.  No  necessity  for  leaving 
the  store  to  draw  oil.  A  Bowser  equipped 
store  inspires  confidence. 


Safe  Oil  Storage  Systems 


In  fllA  Farfnrv  aBowserunitor  a  cen- 

clean  and  ojf  the  floor.  Oil  measured.  None 
wasted.  No  fire  hazard.  Men  made  auto- 
matically accurate  and  responsible.  No 
time  lost  by  men  waiting  "in  line"  for  oil. 

You  should  know  more  about  Bowser  efficiency. 
There  is  some  very  interesting  Bowser  information 
for  the  architect.  Write  for  it  today.  No  charge 
or  obligation  in  finding  out. 

S.  F.  Bowser  &  Co.,  Inc. 

Engineers,  Manufacturers  and  Original  Patentees 

of  Oil  Handling  Devices 

612  Howard  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal.   'Phnn»  Onirirlas  4323 

Home  Plant  and  General  Offices 

237  Thomas  Street,      Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Canadian  Factory 
342  Frazer  Avenue,  Toronto,  Ontario 


134 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


GL05 


COR.R.lD0ft 


Unique  Floor  Plan  For  Hotel  Apartments   With    "Boudoir"   Bath   Room   Equipment 


The  Boudoir  Balh 


WHEX  municipal  health  boards  pass 
resolutions  indorsing  a  thing  and 
frame  special  ordinances  providing  for 
its  use,  there  must  be  some  merit  to  the 
article.  And  when  architects  specify  it 
and  insist  that  the  plumber  use  it  in 
preference  to  any  other  fixture,  there 
must  be  a  reason.  Though  the  "Boudoir"' 
bath  fixture  has  been  on  the  market  little 
more  than  a  year,  its  success  has  been 
little  short  of  phenomenal.  In  that  time 
Los  Angeles  alone  has  installed  in 
various  hotels,  apartment  houses  and 
residences  over  600  fixtures  and  orders 
are  being  filled  now  for  almost  as  many 
more.  Other  cities,  as  far  north  as 
Seattle  and  south  into  Arizona,  have 
showed  their  confidence  in  the  article  by 
placing  orders  for  it. 

The  following  letter  from  Sidney 
O'Xeill  &  Co.,  515  Lankershim  building, 
and  one  of  the  largest  property  owners 
and  apartment  house  builders  in  Los 
.•\ngeles,  gives  some  idea  of  the  popu- 
larity of  the  fixture  in  the  Southern  city: 

Los    Angeles,    Cal.,    Nov.    9,     1914. 
Improved    Sanitary    Fixture   Company, 

411     Los    Angeles    Street, 
Los   Angeles,     Cal. 

Gentlemen: — When  I  first  saw  the  circulars 
and  illustrations  of  your  "Boudoir"  Bath  and 
Lavatory  Combijiation  I  was  interested  in  the 
advantages  and  convenience  claimed  for  it.  After 
a  critical  examination  of  the  fixture  I  was  so 
well  satisfied  on  all  points  that  I  placed  an  order 
for  87  of  them  which  have  been  installed,  ,S1  in  my 
own  buildings  and  the  others  in  buildings  I  have 
erected    for    others. 

As  they  have  proven  in  every  way  satisfactory 
to  the  owners  and  tenants  I  am  quite  willing  to 
say  so.  We  are  planning  to  use  one  hundred 
more  in  several  other  buildings  and  believe  that 
anyone  who  ascertains  their  actual,  additional 
convenience,  good  appearance  in  use  as  well  as 
the  advantages  gained  in  construction,  will  reach 
the  same  conclusion  in  regard  to  them  that  I 
''3^'P-  ^'ours       verv       truly, 

A.      S.     O'NKIL. 


Another  contractor — a  master  plumber 
by  the  way,  and  the  fact  should  not  be 
overlooked  that  the  strongest  opposition 
to  this  new  fixture  has  come  from  the 
plumbing  houses,  because  it  cuts  down 
the  "roughing  in''  charges,  this  con- 
tractor writes  that  by  substituting  the 
"Boudoir"  for  the  old  style  fixtures,  he 
was  able  to  add  two  rooms  on  each 
floor,  six  rooms  in  all  to  his  building. 
Where  the  owner  is  depending  upon  the 
income  of  every  room  this  must  appeal 
to  him  ver3'  strongly  as  no  small  saving. 
Continuing,  the  same  plumber  says: 
"With  the  Boudoir  fixtures  small  bath 
rooms  which  are  so  generally  used  in 
hotels  and  apartments,  may  be  made 
quite  ample  in  appearance,  and  contain 
handsome  tubs  and  lavatories  of  generous 
size,  while  under  the  old  way,  very  small 
tubs  and  lavatories  are  used,  and  the  bath 
rooms  appear  cramped  and  inconvenient. 
We  feel  these  fixtures  are  a  valuable 
addition  to  our  property.  Their  opera- 
tion is  exceptionally  clean  and  sanitary, 
and  our  guests  like  them  better  than 
the   separate   fixtures."' 

Another  selling  feature  of  the  fixture 
is  the  fact  that  the  wash  basin  is  so 
firmly  attached  to  the  tub  that  it  serves 
as  a  most  convenient  hold  for  the  bather 
in  getting  in  and  out  of  the  tub.  There 
is  a  combination  faucet  which  delivers  hot 
and  cold  or  mixed  water  to  either  tub  or 
basin  by  a  deflecting  valve.  All  are  attached 
to  a  single  spigot.  One  can  sit  under 
the  faucet  and  receive  the  spray  of 
water  over  his  shoulders  and  body  with 
practically  the  same  results  as  a  shower. 
The  fair  sex  are  delighted  with  the  ar- 
rangement for  shampooing  the  hair  and 
it  is  also  an  improvement  over  the  old 
plan  of  using  the  basin  or  else  the  dirty 


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135 


A.  C.  SCHINDLER.  President, 


CHAS.  F.  STAUFFACHER.  Secretary 


THE   FIINK   <Sr   SCHIINDUER   CO. 

Manufacturers  of  INTERIOR  WOODWORK  AND  FIXTURES 

BANK,  OFFICE  AND  STORE  FITTINGS 

SPECIAL  FURNITURE 

218-228    THIRTEENTH  ST.  SAN  FRANCISCO.   CAL 

Bet.  Mission  and  Howard  Sts.  Telephones:  Market  2251     Home  M2251 


water  you  have  bathed  in  for  washing 
the  head  and  neck. 

George  Scott,  the  author,  who  has  a 
cozy  bungalow  on  Meridian  street  in  Los 
Angeles,  says  he  put  the  Boudoir  bath 
tub  in  his  home  as  an  experiment  and  he 
is  frank  to  say  it  has  proved  a  genuine 
comfort.  "I  can't  imagine  anyone  who 
has  used  this  combination  fixture  ever 
being  satisfied  with  the  separate  lavatory 
and  bath  fixtures,"  he  says. 

The  plumbing  trade  throughout  the 
Coast  is  now  handling  this  fixture.  Plans 
and  full  particulars  may  be  obtained  by 
addressing  the  Improved  Sanitary 
Fixture  Company,  411  South  Los 
Angeles  street,  Los  Angeles. 


A     California     Industry     With    a     Wide 
Field 

The  business  of  the  Union  Blind  and 
Ladder  Co.,  of  Oakland,  California, 
manufacturers  of  vertical  and  horizontal 
coiling  doors  and   rolling  partitions,  has 


a  nation  wide  field.  "Acme"  rolling 
doors  and  partitions  are  well-known 
wherever  their  use  is  made  necessary,  as 
in  Sunday  school  rooms,  public  school 
buildings,  churches,  auditoriums,  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  buildings,  depots,  garages,  shops, 
etc.  They  are  of  especial  benefit  in 
hospitals  where  in  X-ray  rooms  it  is 
desired  to  exclude  the  light.  The  doors 
are  also  very  convenient  in  garages, 
saving  floor  space  and  danger  of  accident 
from  swinging  doors. 

The  Company  is  filling  orders  for  any 
numiber  of  doors,  both  vertical  and 
horizontal,  from  Idaho,  Kansas,  Okla- 
homa, Tacoma,  Colorado,  Nevada  City, 
Fresno,  Corning  and  Los  Angeles, 
besides  the  territory  in  and  around 
Oakland.  The  Los  Angeles  order  in- 
cludes thirty-two  doors  for  the  new 
Bible  Institute  building  now  under  con- 
struction. Messrs.  Walker  and  Vawter 
being  the  architects. 

Their  factory  and  ofifice  is  located  at 
3535  Peralta  street,  Oakland. 


600  r^ 

"Boudoir"  Bath 
Fixtures  in  use 
in  Los  Angeles. 

specified  by  Discriminating 
Architects.  Indorsed  by 
Municipal  Health  Boards 
as  one  of  the  most  Sanitary  ^ 
Bath  Room  Fixtures  on  the 
Market. 

Requires  much   LESS  Room  than  the  Antiquated  Bath  Tub  and  Wash  Basin. 

Reduces  your  Plumbing  Bill  Very  Materially. 

Sold  through  the  trade  everywhere.     Send  * 

for    particulars,    plans   and    testimonials. 

Improved  Sanitary  Fixture  Company 

411  South  Los  Angeles  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


THE  "BOUDOIR"  BATH  FIXTURE 


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Current  Prices  of  Building  Materials 

These  quotations  furnished  by  reliable  San  Francisco 
and  Los  Angeles  dealers 

(Names  and  addresses  will  be  supplied  upon  request.) 


SAN   FRANCISCO  PRICES 

Common  Red  Brick,  $6.50  per  M,  ex.  cars. 

No.  1  Pressed  Brick,  $35  .00  to  $40.00  per  M;  Wire  cut, 

$35.00  per  M. 
No.  1  Red  Pressed  Brick,  $20.00  to  $30.00  per  M. 
Red  Stock  Brick,  $12.50  per  M. 
California  Portland  Cement,  C/L  $2  .30  per  bbl.;  L.C.L. 

$2.55  per  bbl. 
White  Cement:  Atlas,  $6.00;  Medusa,  $6.80  per  bbl. 
Sand  and  Gravel  mixed,  70c  per  ton,  F.  O.  B.  cars.. 
Sand  (washed,  screened  river  sand)  75c  per  ton,  F.O.B. 

cars. 
Bank  Sand,  $1 .00  per  cu.  yd. 
Roofing  Gravel,  $1.40  per  ton. 
Crushed  Rock  or  Gravel,  75c  per  ton. 
Red  Roofing  Tile,  $22.00  to  $25.00  per  square,  laid. 
Brick  Lime,  $1.35  per  bbl.,  C/L. 
Finish  Lime,  $1.50  per  bbl.,  C/L. 
Hardwall  Gypsum  Plaster,  $11.00   per    ton,    carload; 

11.50  per  ton,  ex.  warehouse. 
Oregon  Pine,  Rough  Common,  1  x  3  to  1  x  10,  $14.00. 
Oregon  Pine,  Rough,  2  x  3  to  2-  12,  $15.00. 
Oregon  Pine  1  x  4  T.  &  G.  Flooring,  No.  1,  $35  per  M; 

No.  2,  $32;  No.  3,  $26. 
Oregon  Pine  T.  &  G.  CeiUng,  No.  1  and  2  mixed,  $27 

to      $30. 
Redwood,  Rough  Common,  1x4  and  up,  $22.00. 
Redwood,  Rough  Common,  2  x  3  to  2  x  10,  $22.00  to 

$24  00 
Redwood  Rustic,  No.  1,  $36.00;  No.  2,  $32.00. 
Redwood  Ceiling,  No.  1,  $32.00;  No.  2,  $28.00. 
Redwood  Shingles,  No.  1,  $2.80  full  count. 
Red  Cedar  Shingles,  Star-A-Star,  $3.00  full  count. 
Pine  Lath,  $250  per  M. 

Metal  Lath,  13  to  25c  per  yd.,  according  to  quality. 
1  X  3  Oak  Flooring,  Q.  S.  Clear,  $120.00  per  M;  Select. 

$80. 00  per  M. 
1^   X   2!^   Oak  Flooring,  Q.  S.  Clear.  $96.00  per  M; 

Select,   S74.00  per   M. 
1x3  Maple  Flooring  Clear,  $75.00  per  M;  Clear  White, 

$105.00  per  M. 
White  Lead  in  Oil,  8c  per  lb. 
Dry  Red  Lead,  8c  per  lb. 

Boiled  Linseed  Oil,  65c  gal.     Raw  Linseed  Oil,  63c  gal. 
Turpentine,  per  gallon,  63  to  70c  in  bbls. 
Dry  Shellac,  35c  per  lb.,  variable. 
Hyloplate  Blackboard,  25  to  35c  per  foot,  mstallei. 
Composition  Flooring,  25  to  30c  per  foot,  laid. 
Genuine  Slate  Blackboards.  40  to  50c  per  foot,  erected. 

LOS  ANGELES  PRICES 

Common  Red  Brick,  No.  2,  $4.50  per  M. 

Clinker  Brick.  $9.00  per   M. 

Pressed  Brick,  $45.00  per  M. 

Enameled  Brick,  $65.00  per  M. 

Red  Roofing  Tile.  $12.00  and  $15.00  per  square  (not 

laid). 
White  Cement,  $6.00  per  bbl. 
Portland  Cement,  $2  .30  per  bbl. 
Lime,  $1  .50  to  $1.75  per  bbl. 
Hardwall  Plaster,  per  ton,  $9.90  ex.  whse. 
Oregon   Pine,  Rough   Common,   1x3  up,  $17.00  to 

$19.00  per  M. 
Oregon   Pine,   Rough   Common.   2   x  3   up,  $17.00   to 

$2 1  .  00  per  M . 
Oregon   Pine   Flooring,    1    x  4,   No.   1,  $40.00;    No.   2. 

$35.00;  No.  3,  $22.50  per  M. 
Oregon  Pine  Ceiling,  1  x  4,  No.  1,836.00;  No.  2,  $31.00. 
Redwood,  Rough  Common.  $20.00  to  $24.00. 


Redwood  Rustic,  No.  1,  $38.00;  No.  2,  $33.00  per  M. 
Redwood  Ceiling,  1  x  4,  No.  1,  $33.00;  No.  2,  $28.00 

per  M. 
Redwood  Shingles,  4  bdls.  to  M,  No.  1,  $2.25;  No.  2, 

Red  Cedar  Shingles,  4  bdls.  to  M,  Star-A-Star,  $2  .  75. 
Pine  Lath,  I'A  in.  x  4  ft.,  $3.25  per  M;  15^  in.x  4  ft.. 

$3.65  per  M. 
White  Lead  in  Oil,  8J-^c  per  lb. 
Red  Lead,  dry,  SHc  per  lb. 
Raw  Linseed  Oil,  bbls..  65c  gallon. 
Boiled  Linseed  Oil,  bbls.,  70c  gallon. 
Turpentine,  bbls.,  63  to  70c.  gallon. 
Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1 ,65  per  yard. 
Sand,  85c  per  yard. 

SACRAMENTO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $7.00  per  M,  C/L. 

Pressed  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $30.00  per  M,  C/L. 

Portland  Cement,  $2  .40  per  bbl.  carloads. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  65c  per  ton,  ex.  cars. 

Sand,  SI   00  yd.  on  cars. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .50  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1.35  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $13.00  per  ton,  ex.  whse. 

STOCKTON  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $7.75  per  M,  del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  sS31  .00  per  M  C/L. 

Cement,  $2.40  per  bbl.,  C/L. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  90c  ton. 

Sand,  90c. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .50  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1.35. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $13  .00  ex.  whse.  per  ton. 

FRESNO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $9.50  per  M,  del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $35  .00  per  M.  C/L. 

Cement,  $2.84  per  bbl.,  C/L. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1 .35  per  ton. 

Black  Face  Brick.  $25  .00  per  M— F.  O.  B. 

Sand,  $1.00  per  yd.,  del. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $1 .  85  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1  .50  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $14.00  per  ton,  ex.  whse. 

BAKERSFIELD  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $9.00  per  M,del. 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut,  $37.00  per  M.  C/L. 

Cement.  S2.77  per  bbl.,  C/L. 


,80  per  Ion. 


raceisrici^,  win;  v^lil,  .ju/ .^/vy 

Cement.  S2.77  per  bbl.,  C/L. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  $1 

Sand,  $1.00  per  yd.,  del. 

Roofing  Gravel,  $2  .  00  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1  .50  per  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $15  .00  per  ton,  ex.  whse. 

CHICO  PRICES 

Common  Brick,  $  1 1 .  00  per  M ,  del . 

Face  Brick,  Wire  Cut.  $35.00  per  M,  C/L. 

Cement,  $2.65  per  bbl. 

Crushed  Rock  and  Gravel,  85  to  90c  per  ton,  C/L. 

Sand.  $1  ,00  per  yard. 

Roofing  Gravel.  $1.50  per  ton. 

Lime,  $1.40  bbl. 

Hardwall  Plaster,  $14.00  per  ton,  ex  whse. 


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137 


NOTABLE  DISPLAY  BY   UNIVERSAL  PORTLAND   CEMENT  COMPAXY 
PACIFIC  EXPOSITION,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


AT  PA  NAM  A- 


Universal  Cement  Exhibit  at  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition 


PORTLAND  cement  made  from  blast 
furnaces  is  to  be  shown  in  its  various 
stages  of  manufacture  in  the  exhibit  of 
the  Universal  Portland  Cement  Company 
at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Ex- 
position. The  installation  of  the  exhibit 
which  is  housed  in  the  Palace  of  Mines 
and  Metallurgy  has  been  completed. 

It  is  one  of  the  most  instructive  and 
attractive  exhibits  to  be  found  at  the  Ex- 
position which  has  demanded  of  its  e.x- 
hibitors  that  they  produce  something  oi 
a  constructive  nature  aside  from  the  or- 
dinary display  features.  The  extraor- 
dinary growth  of  the  reinforced  concrete 
industry  in  the  past  few  years  has 
brought  the  making  of  cement  into  great 
prominence.  Through  the  conversion  of 
slag  which  has  hitherto  been  practically 
a  waste  product,  into  a  valuable  building 
material,  another  step  has  been  taken  m 
the  elimination  of  waste  in  manufactur- 
ing. The  Universal  Company  is  a  sub- 
sidiary company  of  the  United  States 
Steel  Corporation  which  is  one  of  the 
largest  single  exhibitors  at  the  Exposi- 
tion. 

This  exhibit,  while  a  part  of  the  parent 
company's  section,  is  distinct  and  occu- 
pies a  commanding  position  in  the  south- 
ern portion  of  the  building.  The  archi- 
tecture is  that  of  a  series  of  concrete 
arches  in  the  background.  The  front  of 
the  central  part  of  the  section  is  built  to 
resemble    the    entrance    to    a    factory,    all 


done  in  concrete.  Beautiful  floral  decora- 
tions in  concrete  troughs  appear  above 
the  arches.  Cement  posts  with  tubular 
railings  and  velour  drapings  mark  the 
boundary  lines  of  the  exhibit. 

The  exhibit  is  intended  to  typify  the 
uses  of  cement  on  the  farm,  in  the  erec- 
tion of  factories,  residences  and  bridges, 
the  laying  of  streets,  roads,  walks,  etc. 
In  the  archways  to  either  side  of  the  cen- 
tral portion  of  the  exhibit  are  fine  oil 
paintings  illustrating  the  many  and 
varied  uses  to  which  cement  may  be  put 
and  suggestive  uses  for  architects. 

The  first  sight  to  greet  the  eye  on  en- 
tering the  section  is  a  large-sized  replica 
of  the  company's  factory  near  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  and  is  an  exact  reproduction.  It  is  a 
mechanical  contrivance  called  a  sceno- 
graph  and  is  electrically  operated.  Trains 
of  cars  are  seen  moving  back  and  forth 
in  the  foreground,  slag  cars  are  run  out 
to  the  dumps  and  a  large  crane  of  the 
traveling  bridge  type  is  seen  in  action  in 
the  background.  Everything  in  the  scene 
is  designed  to  give  the  appearance  of  ac- 
tive operation.  The  lighting  effects  have 
been  well  executed.  Daytime  and  sunset 
effects  appear  and  with  the  scenic  back- 
ground used,  give  a  realistic  touch  to  the 
view.  As  the  sunset  effects  gradually  ap- 
pear in  the  sky,  the  interiors  of  the  build- 
ings are  lighted  up  and  the  huge  roller 
mills  are  seen  in  operation.  The  illusion 
is  perfect  and  the  picture  is  one  to  hold 
the  eye. 


138  The  Architect  and  Encrineer 


HEATING  Automatic  Sprinkler  Systems  plumbing 

VENTILATION  FLOOR   AND   WALL  TILING         sheet  metal  work 

SCOTT   CO.,  Inc. 

Successor    to    JOHN    G.    SUTTON    CO. 
243   MINNA   STREET  SAN    FRANCISCO 


O.  BAMANN,  President  ERNEST  HELP,  Vice-President 

HOME    MANUFACTURING    GO. 

BANK,     STORE     AND     OFFICE    FITTINGS 

FURNITURE  AND  HARDWOOD  INTERIORS 

CABINET  WORK  OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION 

543  and  545  BRANNAN  ST.  Phone  Keamy  1514  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


PACIFIC  GURNEY  ELEVATOR  CO. 

GURNEY  TYPE  TRACTION  ELEVATORS 

All  Types  Double  and  Single  Worm  Gear  Freight  and  Passenger  Elevators 

186  Fifth  Street  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


•T"    A    ■'^W    ^%1^         O         i^i^  Telephone  Alameda  3100 

*  •**   *■  ^V-/l\.      OC      VxV-r»  g^j^  FRANCISCO  OFFICE. 

Established  in  1860  316-317  Sharon  Building 

I             I              ikH'll             1       o        1                 1     r^  Telephone  Sutter  1170 

Lumber,  Millwork,  Sash  and  Doors  Oakland  office 

„„ ',    _,_.,,_,  480  Tenth  Street 

2001  Grand  Street,  Alzoneda,  CaL  Telephone  Oakland  2991 


PHONE  SUTTER  1533 

FOSTER 

VOGT 

CO. 

Contractors 

CONCRETE  FIRE  PROOFING  AND  GENERAL  BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION 

Sharon  Building 

San  Francisco, 

Cal. 

^^___,_^__,__         _         -■-.«.^.^  Advisory   Engineer    and  Manager  of  Building 

FREDERICK  J.  AMWEG  ^^ -°- 

Builder  of  Kern  County  Court  House,  Bakers- 

CIVIL  ENGINEER  '''•^^"°^""- 

Member  American  See,  Civil  Eng.  ^^p.^Qg   ^^^^^^^  gj^g  5^^  fmcHCO,  Cal. 


PORTLAND  SAN  FRANCISCO  SEATTLE 

Sound  Construction  and  Engineering  Co. 

.^  Incorporated 

J.  T.  WALSH,  Engr.  and  Mgr. 

HEARST  BUILDING.  SAN   FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


SLIDING   DOOR    HANGERS 

FOR   ALL   CONDITIONS 
THE  McCABE  HANGER  MANUFACTURING  CO.,   NEW  YORK 


The  Architect  and  Ennneer 


139 


Multi-Stage  Turbine  House  Pump 
General  Offices  and  Factory 

CHICAGO    PUMP    COMPANY 

901  W.  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  III. 


Specify  "Chicago" 

Multi-Stage  Turbine  House  Puirps 
Single  &  Duplex  Electric  Stwage  Ejectors 
Automatic  Electric  Bilge  Pumps 
"Little  Giant"  Electric  Cellar  Drainers 
Pneumatic  Water  Supply  Systems 
Electric  House  Service  Pumps 
A  COMPLETE  AND  WELL  DESIGNED   LINE 
Pacific  Coast  Agents 

TELEPHONE  ELECTRIC  EQUIPMENT  CO. 

612  Howard  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


A  large  case  shows  Universal  cement 
in  its  various  stages  of  manufacture.  The 
quarrying  of  the  limestone  is  first  shown. 
Then  calcite,  which  is  the  limestone  after 
it  has  gone  through  the  crushing  process. 
The  slag,  which  is  granulated,  is  then 
mixed  with  the  calcite  in  tube  mills.  This 
mi.xture  is  calcined  in  rotary  kilns  at  a 
temperature  of  2500  to  2800  degrees 
Fahrenheit.  Thence  it  goes  to  the  clinker 
storage  pits  and  then  to  the  finishing 
mills,  where  are  the  automatic  samplers, 
testing  laboratories  and  where  the  sacks 
are  filled  and  loaded  into  cars  for  ship- 
ment. Samples  of  the  cement  as  it  ap- 
pears in  the  different  processes  of  manu- 
facture are  shown. 

Other  features  of  interest  in  the  exhibit 
are  a  reinforced  concrete  also  as  it  is 
built  for  use  on  the  farm;  a  seven-story 
building  of  fire-proof  construction  and 
showing  a  concrete  fire  escape,  and  a  re- 
lief map  of  the  United  States  showing  the 
location  of  the  company's  plants  and  dis- 
tributing stations.  The  furniture  used  in 
the  exhibit  is  all  of  steel  construction. 

The  exhibit,  which  shows  careful  plan- 
ning throughout,  has  been  installed  by  J. 
A.  Race  of  the  Universal  company  and 
under  the  supervision  of  Harry  V.  Jami- 
son, director  of  exhibits  for  the  United 
States  Steel  Corporation  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific   International  Exposition. 


Cleveland      Man      Enters      New      Field 
of  Labor 

Charles  C.  Chopp  has  recently  sever- 
ed his  connection  with  the  Glidden 
Varnish  Co.,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  re- 
signing as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  and  Executive  Committee,  and 
as  Purchasing  Agent,  and  Manager  of 
the  Foreign  Department.  Mr.  Chopp 
associated  himself  with  the  Glidden 
Varnish  Co.,  about  nine  years  ago,  after 
spending  seven  years  in  a  Banking 
House  of  prominence  in  Cleveland.  Mr. 
Chopp  began  his  new  duties  in  the 
Executive  Department  of  the  Tropical 
Paint  &  Oil  Co.  of  Cleveland,  October  1. 


The  B.  &  W.  Stationary 
Vacuum  Cleaner 

For  Bungalows  and  Moderate  Sized  Houses 
PRICE  $100.00  INSTALLED 

High  efficiency  and  costs  less  than  3c  per  hou 
to  operate.      Made  in  San  Francisco. 

For  demonstration  see 

ARTHUR  T.  RIQGS 

510  Claus  Spreckels  BIdg.,  San  Francisco 

PHONE  GARFIELD   7189 


MacKenzie    Roof    Co. 


425  15tK   St.,    OaKland 

PHone    OaKlana   34-61 


W.W.  BREITE,  C.  E. 

Structural  Engineer 

Designs  and  Details  of 
ALL  CLASSES  OF 

METALLIC  STRUCTURES 


FOURTH  FLOOR,  CLUNIE  BLDQ. 
California  and    Montgomery   Sts. 

SAN    FRANCISCO,    CALIFORNIA 


When    writing   to    Advertisers   please   mention    this   magazine. 


140 


Tlie  Architect  and  Engineer 


Never  a  Fire  or  Explosion  Possible 

The  Bowser  Company,  makers  of  tlie 
well-known  Bowser  gasoline  tanks  has 
just  published  an  attractive  booklet  de- 
scribing and  illustrating  its  various 
machines.  Two  full  pages  are  used  to 
show  photographs  of  San  Francisco,  be- 
fore, during  and  after  the  earthquake  and 
fire  of  April  18,  1906. 

The  Company's  object  in  bringing  this 
to  the  Architect's  attention  is  to  show 
the  fire  and  explosion-proof  qualities  of 
Bowser  Underground  Gasoline  Storage 
Systems,  and  the  absolute  safety  derived 
from  the  use  of  Bowser  equipment. 

When  you  consider  the  enormous  de- 
struction of  property,  the  fires  which 
smouldered  in  places  for  days,  and 
realize  that  118  Bowser  Underground 
Outfits  went  through  this  catastrophe 
and  were  found  intact  and  their  contents 
unmolested  after  the  ruins  had  cooled, 
the  question  of  the  safest  and  most 
efificient  method  of  storage  for  gasoline 
is  settled  once  and  for  all.  Further  than 
this.  Bowser  Underground  Gasoline 
Storage  Systems  have  successfully  with- 
stood the  severest  fires  in  all  parts  of  the 
country. 

Hardly  a  day  passes  but  that  the  press 
records  instances  where  fires  have  been 
made  more  terrible  because  of  inade- 
quate above-ground  handling  of  gasoline 
and  oils.  On  the  other  hand,  there  has 
never  been  a  fire  or  explosion  traceable 
to  a  Bowser  Outfit.  Pumps  have  been 
literally  melted  to  the  base  with  no  ex- 
plosion of  the  liquid  in  the  tank.  This 
should  prove  conclusively  that  Bowser 
Equipment  is  fire  and  explosion  proof. 
Bowser  gasoline  and  oil  storage  equip- 
ment has  been  manufactured  for  over 
twenty-nine  years  and  there  are  over  a 
million  systems  of  every  kind  in  use 
throughout  the  world.  The  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Licensing  Boards 
of  England  and  the  Continent  a])prove  of 
Bowser   P3c|uipment. 


Tuec  Installations 

The  Tuec  Company  has  received  the 
contract  for  the  vacuum  cleaner  in  the 
Phoenix  grammar  school  at  Phoenix, 
Arizona,  Xorman  F.  Marsh.  Los  Angeles, 
architect.  The  residence  of  V.  ]•.. 
Engstrum  of  the  F.  O.  Engstrum  Com- 
pany, now  Hearing  completion,  will  also 
be  e(|uipped  by  the  Tuec  Company,  as 
will  the  new  fifteen-story  Clift  hotel  on 
Geary  street,   San    I'rancisco. 


Two  Residences 

.\rcliitects  Cunningham  &  Politeo,  b'irst 
National  Bank  buihling,  San  P'rancisco, 
have  completed  plans  for  two  large 
modern  residences  to  be  erected  at 
Presidio  avenue  and  Jackson  street,  San 
Francisco,  for  Dr.  James  Edwards.  They 
will  cost  about  $1  (),()()()  each. 


Kitchen    Comfort 

—  is  but  one  of  the  many  advantages  of 
"Quick  as  a  Wink,"  Hot  Water  the  "Pitts- 
burg Way" — and  especially  so  in  hot,  sultry 
weather. 

Many  people  in  your  immediate  vicin- 
ity, who  are  depending  upon  old  fash- 
ioned water  heating  methods  can  be  easily 
interested  in  a 

"Pittsburg" 

Automatic  Gas  Water  Heater 

Desire  for  convenience  actuates  many 
v^rater  heater  purchasers.  Feature  "  Quick 
as  a  Wink,"  Hot  Water  the  "Pittsburg  Way" 
from  the  standpoint  of  convenience  and 
sales  will  result  with  a  minimum  of  effort 
and  with  pleasing  frequency. 

Write  for  our  Business -Boosting 
Sales  Plan 

Pittsburg  Water  Heater  Co. 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 
237  Powell  St.        San  Francisco 


Type 
A.F.S.V. 
Pittsburg 


Triply 
Controlled 


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141 


A  California   Industry  of   Promise 
(From   Rock  Products.) 

C.  W.  Boj'nton,  for  many  years  the 
head  of  the  inspection  department  of  the 
Universal  Portland  Cement  Company,  at 
Chicago,  has  been  actively  interested  for 
several  months  in  organizing  a  company 
for  the  development  of  a  very  important 
magnesite  deposit  in  California  (near 
Livermore).  He  is  in  San  Francisco  at 
the  present  time,  and  there  is  every  good 
business  reason  why  such  a  concern  oper- 
ating upon  a  large  scale  should  prove 
eminently  successful.  The  only  other 
commercially  important  deposit  of  "pure 
mignesian  carbonate  is  located  in  Austria 
and  has  been  extensively  operated  by 
German  and  American  capitalists,  who 
have  supplied  the  world's  demands  for 
this  material  for  a  number  of  years.  With 
the  closing  of  Austria's  port  of  Trieste  on 
account  of  the  war,  practically  no  ship- 
ments of  raw  magnesite  or  the  calcined 
product  have  been  shipped  since  July. 
The  California  deposit  in  which  ]\Ir. 
Boynton  and  his  associates  are  interested 
is  only  about  150  miles  from  San  Fran- 
cisco and  is  a  much  more  abundant  sup- 
ply than  that  in  the  Austrian  Alps.  ]\lag- 
nesite  is  extensively  used  in  the  produc- 
tion of  the  very  highest  grade  of  refrac- 
tories, and  the  elusive  values  of  Sorcl 
cement  oiTers  a  field  for  exploitation 
which  may  bring  wonderful  returns.  *  *  * 


Navy  To   Receive   Bids  On  Big  Lumber 
Order 

Preparations  are  being  made  by  the 
U.  S.  navy  department  for  the  purchase 
of  a  quantity  of  teak,  bids  for  which  will 
be  opened  at  Manila  and  Washington 
April  8,  1915.  The  specifications  call 
for  delivery  of  1,500.000  feet  of  teak 
logs  and  decking,  the  delivery  to  be 
made  at  Brooklyn  and  Norfolk  not 
later  than  January  1,  1916,  and  at 
Manila  by  October  1,  1915. 

Of  the  amount  called  for,  some  525,- 
000  feet  will  be  required  for  the  super- 
dreadnaught  California,  to  be  built  at  the 
New  York  navy  yard.  .The  last  purchase 
of  this  lumber  by  the  navy  was  in   1892. 


Berkeley  School  Architects  Chosen 

_  As  a  preliminary  step  in  the  construc- 
tion of  five  new  school  buildings  which 
will  be  erected  in  Berkeley,  the  advisory 
committee  in  charge  of  the  work  has 
chosen  the  five  following  architects  to 
draft  plans:  W.  H.  Ratcliff,  Jr.,  and 
James  W.  Plachek,  Berkeley;  Hobart  & 
Cheney  and  Coxhead  &  Coxhead,  San 
Francisco,  and  Walter  D.  Reed,  Oakland. 
The  fees,  6  per  cent  of  the  contract  price, 
will  acount  to  about  $3,000  to  each  archi- 
tect. 


The  Reason  Why 
You  Should  Demand 


DAHLSTROM 
PRODUCTS 

When  Specified 

The  words  "or  equal"  are  entirely 
superfluous  when  used  in  connection 
with 

The  Dahlstrom  Products 

The  true  interpretation  of  "Dahl- 
strom Products  or  equal"  permits  of 
only  one  construction — DAHLSTROM 
PRODUCTS,  because  they  have  no 
equal. 

The  employment  of  the  qualifying 
words  "or  equal"  in  specifications  call- 
ing for  Dahlstrom  Hollow  Metal  Doors, 
Partitions,  Trim,  etc.,  is  an  injustice  to 
both  the  products  and  the  purchaser 
because  it  permits  of  the  substitution  of 
inferior  goods.  Often  an  unsuspecting 
owner  or  builder  pays  for  something 
which  is  in  no  sense  of  the  word  on  the 
plane  of  equahty  with  THE  DAHL- 
STROM PRODUCTS. 

Quality  commands  its  price,  but  bet- 
ter value  than  Dahlstrom  Quality  and 
Service  cannot  be  had  at  any  price.  If 
you  pay  less  it  is  a  foregone  conclusion 
that  you  will  get  less.  We  can  show 
you  why. 

To  specify  the  Dahlstrom  Products, 
without  the  words  "or  equal,"  insures 
Quality,  Service,  Value  and  Satisfac- 
tion. It  leaves  no  room  for  doubt,  no 
chance  for  substitution. 

Full  information  upon  request. 

DAHLSTROM  METALLIC 
DOOR  COMPANY 


E.xecutive  Offices  and 
Factories : 

34  Blackstone  Avenue 
JAMESTOWN,  N.  Y. 

Branches  in  All  Principal 
Cities. 


M.  G.  WEST  COMPANY 

353  Market  Street,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Drawings  and  Estimates  Furnished 


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'■  Jj*^l'':.-i!'^^'-f- -  .'••'•  r^,' 


■.ir.-Vi 


CERESir  COMPANY'S   WATER   TEMPLE  AT  PANAMA-PACIFIC  EXPOSITION 


Magnificent  Temple  of  the  Water  God 
Aquai 


UNTIL  quite  recently  it  was  believed 
to  be  impossible  to  make  cement 
waterproof  and  althougb  many  announce- 
ments were  made  to  the  effect  that  a 
waterproof  cement  mixture  had  been  in- 
vented, all  fell  down  under  the  test. 

The  Ceresit  Company,  however,  now 
claims  to  have  a  mixture  of  cement  which 
is  absolutely  waterproof  and  has  given 
some  rather  remarkable  demonstrations 
of  the  efficiency  of  its  material. 

The  most  spectacular  of  these  tests 
will  be  made  in  the  Palace  of  Machinery 
at  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Ex- 
position,  where   tlic   company  is  erecting 


irius 

a    beautiful    temple    of    the    Water    God 
Aquarius. 

The  temple  is  surmounted  by  a  spray- 
ing fountain  and  tlie  waterjets  will  cover 
the  dome  and  fall  into  a  hidden  gutter 
along  the  base  of  the  top  and  then  down 
the  hollow  supporting  the  columns. 
These  are  faced  with  glass  on  four  sides 
so  that  the  water  passing  down  the 
cement  tubes  may  be  plainly  seen. 

The  structure  is  composed  entirely  of 
the  Ceresit  mixture  and  the  company 
claims  that  it  will  be  able  to  prove  to  the 
millions  of  Exposition  visitors  that  the 
cement  is  aljsolutely  waterproof. 


THfBIG-AN-LITRfCONCRfTf  and  MORTAR  MIXfR 


Bijr  Output —  Little   Weiarht 
Bijc  Pnof its —Little  Cost 
Capacity  3S  Cu.  Vds.  a  Day 

All  rounded  surfaces — no  corners  for  concrete  to  lodge  in. 

Revolves  on  ball  thrust  bearing,  hermetically  sealed  to 
prevent  grit  from  working  in» 

Equipped  with  levers  for  turning  over  and  locking  device 
to  hold  drum  in  place  while  mixing. 

^^  EDWARD  R.  BACON  COMPANY 

"^  Pacific  Coast  Agents 

'  51-53  Minna  St.,  San  Francisco    Tel.  Sutter  1675 


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143 


The  ONLY  Background  that  holds  Exterior 
Plaster  Permanently  and  Prevents  Cracking 


BISHOPRIC 


^'^t^'^/f 


Made  by  the  Central  Door  &  Lumber  Co.,  Portland 

STUCCO  BOARD— A  non-staining  spruce 
lath  rigidly  attached  to  a  fiber  board  with  damp 
proof  mastic.     ^  Shrinkage  Eliminated. 


S  I.  E.  THAYER  &  CO. 


110  Market  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


This  shows  the  construction  of 
stucco  or  plaster  board — Dove- 
tail Lath  —  damp  proof  mastic- 


DISTRIBUTORS 

BISHOPRIC     WALL    BOARD    ALSO    IN    STOCK 


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Successfully  Solved  by 

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of  STEAMJEATING 

The  Modern  Way  of  House  Heating. 
No  Piping  nor   Expensive   Equipment. 
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Want  It. 

Daily  demonstrations  showing  the  wonderful  efficiency  and  the  practicability  of  the 
Premier  Electric  System,  illustrating  how  the  heat  is  self-regulated  and  operates  at  a 
minimum  of  cost. 

Houses  can  be  heated  by  this  system  at  a  very  low  cost.  There  is  absolutely  no 
danger  of  any  kind,  nor  is  there  any  odor,  dirt  or  waste. 

Architects,  contractors,  builders,  owners  or  any  one  interested  in  the  househeat- 
ing  problem,  are  invited  to  call  and  examine  our  system,  or  write  for  descriptive  matter. 

THE  AUTOMATIC  ELECTRIC  HEATING  CO. 

(Incorporated) 

Capitalized  $200,000  2330  Market  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


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For  the 
Manufacture  of 

ELEVATING,  CONVEYING 

SCREENING  and  MECHANICAL 

POWER  TRANSMITTING 

MACHINERY 

we  have 

THE  LARGEST  FACTORY  ON  THE  COAST. 

THE  MOST  EXPERIENCE. 

THE  ABLEST  ENGINEERS. 

AND  DESIGNS  THAT  STAND  THE  TEST. 

Is  there  any  reason  why  we  should 
not  figure  on  YOUR   next  pldnt? 

Mn^t  Sc  O^0ttfrtr&  OInmpang 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

660  Mission  St. 


SEATTLE 
558  First  Ave.  South 


PORTLAND 
67  Front  St. 


VANCOUVER,  B.  C. 
Pacific  Building 


LOS  ANGELES 
130  N.  Los  Angeles  St. 


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145 


This  Seems  Too   Much 

(From  The  Improvement  Bulletin.) 
In  a  recent  issue  we  tried  to  speak  a 
good  word  in  behah'  of  the  kitchen — the 
room  .alleged  to  be  neglected,  if  not 
hated  and  despised  by  many  participants 
in  modern  enlightened  life.  We  did  not 
realize  at  the  time  tliat  we  were  eloquent 
though  we  might  have  been,  for  to  us  the 
kitchen  is  a  lovely  place,  whence  those 
savory  odors  and  real  refreshments  come 
that  furnish  the  solid  foundation  for 
artistic    souls. 

But  the  evidence  has  come  to  us  that 
the  message  of  the  kitchen  was  carried 
abroad  with  a  quick  and  telling  effect. 
The  Milwaukee  Evening  Wisconsin,  an 
old  and  highly  reputable  journal  of  Mil- 
waukee, announces,  "Another  Innova- 
tion," in  its  issue  of  Nov.  5.  "An  apart- 
ment house,"  it  says  will  be  built  at 
Lafayette  and  Summit,  (an  ultra  fashion- 
able district  over-viewing  Lake  Michigan 
from  high  ground)  which  will  feature  the 
kitchens  in  front  of  the  apartment  and 
the  family  chambers  in  the  rear. 
This  we  think,  is  overdoing  it. 


Lack  of  Care  in  Preparing  Bids 

While  lack  of  careful  investigation  of 
the  actual  conditions  to  be  confronted  on 
the  work  is  a  failing:  that  is  altogether 
too  common  with  many  contractors,  the 
careless  way  in  which  bidding  has  been 
done  _  of  late  on  sewer  cons'truction  in 
outlying  districts  has  been  made  the  su'b- 
ject  for  a  special  warning  by  the  Los 
Angeles  board  of  public  works.  In  the 
older  districts,  where  underground  work 
has  been  conducted  for  many  years 
even  the  most  careless  bidder  has  some 
general  information  to  go  by  that  will 
tell  him  about  what  he  may  expect  to 
meet  when  he  actually  gets  to  work.  But 
•  in  the  newer  districts  the  condition  of 
the  rnaterial  helow  ground,  and  the  water 
conditions,  are  not  as  well  known.  Too 
many  contracts  in  these  sections  have 
been  taken  of  late  without  proper  invest- 
igation, the  successful  bidder  finding 
out  afterwards  that  the  presence  of 
water  not  anticipated  has  raised  his  cost 
far  above  what  'he  had  expected. 

"Bidders  for  sewer  work  proposed 
south  of  Slauson  Ave.  should  use  more 
care  in  submitting:  bids  as  it  is  probable 
that  underground  water  will  he  encoun- 
tered over  this  district,"  is  the  warning 
given  by  the  public  works  board.  This 
might  also  be  applied  to  districts  west  of 
the  city  where  in  some  sections  the  pres- 
ence of  underground  water,  frequently 
in  large  quantities,  is  proving  a  costly 
item. 

The  lack  of  proper  investigation  be- 
fore submitting  bids  is  without  doubt 
one  of  the  causes  for  the  wholesale  of- 
fering of  astonishingly  low  bids  on  much 
public   work   of   late,   and    this   condition 


Phone  Franlilin  1006 


Alex.  Coleman 

CONTRACTING 
PLUMBER 


706  Ellis  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


McCRAY 
REFRIGERATORS 

BUILT  TO  ORDER 

FOR 

Home,  Restaurant,  Hotel  or  Club 

We  Carry  a  Full  Line  of  Stock  Sizes 

NATHAN  DOHRMANN  CO. 

Selling  Agents  . 
Qeary  and  Stockton  Sts.,       San  Francisco 


G.   ROGNIER  Ca  CO. 

Lawn  and  Garden  Ornaments 

Artificial   Stone  Work. 

Benches,  Vases,  Sun  Dials,  etc. 

Designs  Submitted 

233  Railroad  Ave.,  SAN  MATEO,  CAL 


cannot  be  attributed  entirely  to  the  anx- 
iety of  many  concractors  to  land  a  job. 
While  it  is  unquestionably  not  right  to 
award  a  contract  to  the  lowest  bidder 
when  it  is  morally  certain  his  bid  is  far 
too  low,  what  may  be  done  to  correct 
the  evil  of  too  low  bidding,  is  not  clear. 
It  has  been  suggested  in  the  east  that 
the  rule  be  changed  and  the  award  be 
made  not  to  the  lowest  bidder,  but  to 
the  second  lowest  in  all  cases.  The 
problem  is  one  meriting  discussion  by 
contractors'  organizations  as  well  as 
architects,  engineers  and  public  officials. 
Certainly  a  better  method  than  that  in 
vogue  at  present  could  be  devised. — 
Southwest    Contractor. 


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O.  S.  S  A  R  S  I 

-A.rcKitect\iral    Scvilptor 

H  High  Class  Ornamental  Plaster,  Ornamental  Concrete 
Stone  for  Frorit  of  Buildings,  Makers  of  Garden  l^urni- 
ture  in  Pompeiian  Stone,  Urns, Vases,  Seats.  Monuments. 
Caen  Stone  Mantel  Pieces.     Telephone  Market  2970. 

123  OAK  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


Phone  Lakeside 
2000 


Res.  Phone 
Merritt  3485 


ROBERT  SWAN 

Member  of  Builders'   Exchange 

Painter  and  Decorator 


"b 


110  Jessie  St.  SAN  FRANCISCO 

1133  East  Twelfth  St.      OAKLAND,   CAL. 


PETERSEN-JAMES  CO, 

PLUMBING 

and 

HEATING 

CONTRACTORS 


710  Larkin  St.,  San  Francisco 

Telephones,   Franklin   3540     C  2443 


PLUMBERS' MARBLE  HARDWARE 

Suggistioris 

Angle-Clamps,    Railing    and    Standards, 
Rfvcrsibic   Spring   Hinges,   Locks,   Vent 

I'l.clrs. 

BUILDERS'  Hardware  Specialties 

including 
Cremorne  Bolts,  Casement  Adjusters  and 
Fasteners,      Front      Door      Kscnlclicotis. 
Sash    Lifts,   Lodge    Udom    Door   Wickets 

WESTERN  BRASS  MFG.  GO, 

217-19    Tehama    St.  Kearny   2497 

SAN     FRANCISCO. 


Cleaning      Pressed      Brick      Stained     by 
Smoke 

For  the  cleaning-  of  bricks  in  the  walls 
of  a  church  that  had  been  blackened  by 
coal  smoke  ■  and  which  settled  on  the 
coping  and  washed  down  over  the  light- 
colored  hydraulic  pressed  lirick.  and 
where  dilute  muriatic  acid,  jiearline  and 
other  sul)Stances  had  Ijccn  tried  with- 
out satisfactory  results,  the  Painters 
-Magazine  suggests  the  following:  Muri- 
atic acid  will  not  remove  smoke  stains, 
nor  will  soda  or  soda  ash  do  it.  Smoke 
stains  must  be  removed  by  scrubbing 
and  ruhl)ing  with  the  proper  solutions. 
Try  tile  following  method:  Mi.x  one  gal- 
lon soft  soap,  two  pounds  powdered 
pumice  and  one  pint  of  liquid  ammonia, 
beating  the  mixture  well.  After  care- 
fully dusting  the  brickwork,  apply  the 
mixture.  This  should  be  in  the  form  of 
a  soft  paste,  in  a  fairly  thick  laj'cr  with 
a  libre  brush,  allowing  it  to  remain  for 
about  twenti'  minutes:  then  rub  it  in  on 
the  bricks  with  a  good,  stiff  scrubbing 
brush,  using  plenty  of  elbow-greaso. 
Use  a  large  sponge  and  plenty  of  luke- 
warm water  to  remove  the  lather,  and 
then  rinse  with  clear  water,  or,  if  con- 
\'cnient,  use  a  hose  for  rinsing.  This,  if 
propcrlj'  done,  will  remove  the  most 
stubborn  case  of  discoloration  by  smoke 
from  brick  or  stone. 


The  Hauser  Reversible  Window 

This  new  re\cr>il)lc  window  is  the  in- 
vention of  a  local  contractor.  It  re(|uires 
no  cords,  weights  or  i)ulleys  and  is  guar- 
anteed absolutely  weather  proof,  dust 
|)roof,  simple  in  construction,  and  the 
most  easih"  adjusted  window  in  the 
market. 

It  reciuires  stock  materials  only;  sash, 
>tiles.   etc. — unless   otherwise  called   for. 

This  window  is  guaranteed  to  keep  in 
perfect  working  t)r(ler,  regardless  of 
dampness,  shrinking  or  swelling,  and  to 
give  perfect  satisfaction  at  all  times,  no 
matter  how  large  or  small  the  size  of 
window.s — window  screens  and  guards 
easily  adjusted  without  interfering  with 
tile  working  of  the  window. 

"Ilauser  Reversible  Windows"  are 
adapted  for  casement  windows,  double 
vertical  windows  ;ind  single  vertical  win- 
dows. This  window  is  m.'inufactured  in 
liotli  wood  ami  metal,  the  metal  windows 
being  manufactured  in  .iccordance  with 
the  si)ecilic'itions  of  the  Ho.'ird  of  hire 
rnderwrilors.  The  Ilauser  Reversible 
W  iiidow  protects  from  liability  Laws. 

The  oTlice  of  the  coini)any  is  in  the 
l'.:illio;i    j)uiMing,   San    I'"rancisco. 


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u; 


STEELCRETE"  EXPANDED  METAL  LATH 


ARMI.TO  UNION  HIGH  SCHOOL,  FAIRFIELD,  CALII-ORXIA 
HENRY   C.   SMITH,  Architect 

"STEELCRETE"  will  be  used  throughout  this  buildiiiK. 
Furnished  and  Installed  by 

HOLLOWAY  EXPANDED  METAL  CO. 

CONTRACTORS   FOR 

FURRING  AND  LATHING 

776  Monadnock  Building  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


FLOOR  FINISH         WHITE  ENAMEL 


FINISH  No.  2 


STAINS 


STANDARDIZED  PRODUCTS 

Scientifically  up  to  date,  absolutely  reliable,  uniform  and  durable,  yoti  are 
safe  in  specifying  them  at  all  times. 

Elastica  Floor  Finish,  made  to  meet  and  resist  the  severest  wear.  Satinette 
White  Enamel,  a  beautiful,  sanitary  white  enamel  finish.  Elastica  No.  2, 
the  best  varnish  possible  to  produce  for  interior  work.  Kleartone  Stains, 
up-to-date  shades,  producing  the  most  artistic  effects,  enhancing  the  beauty 
of   the   wood   over   which   they  are   applied. 

STANDARD  VARNISH  WORKS 

New  York        Chicago        San  Francisco        London 
INTERM-XTIONAL  VARNISH  CO.,  Limited    Toronto,  Canada. 

^^^  ^atimtfe,  ^^^  E^^sHf 


FLOOR  FINISH         WHITE  ENAMEL  FINISH  No.  2  STAINS 


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Festival  Hall     ' 


1^ 


U-Ui*;***^ 


J-EST1\AL   HALL.  ROBERT  FARyUHAR,   Archittx-t 


McLeran  &  Peterson 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

W 

FOR 

FESTIVAL  HALL 

AND 

PALACE  OF 
MANUFACTURES 


Phone  Douglas  2370 


321-322  Sharon  Bldg. 

New  MontK<>nicr\  ami  Jessie  Streets 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


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149 


PNEULECTRIC  COMPANY 

VAIl   liLEAN  VACUUM    CLEANER 


Phono   Kearny  5283 


STATIONARY  AND  PORTABLE 
"WE    SELL    DIAMOND    VACUUM    HOSE 

943  PHELAN   BUILDING 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


Electrical  Specialties  in  San  Francisco  Stock 

Dayton  Electrical  Mfg.  Co.,  E.  H.  Freeman  Electric  Co.,  Grabler  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  M.  &  M.  Electrical  Mfg.  Co.,  Pittsburgh  High  Voltage  Insulator 
Co.,  V.  V.  Fittings  Co.,  Western  Conduit  Co.  "Buckeye."     Represented  by 

ELECTRIC  AGENCIES  COMPANY  247  Minna  Street,  S  F 


SAMUEL 
Res.  Pho 

J.  TAYLOR,  Jr. 
ne  Piedmont  73S0 

HERBERT  D.   McKIBBEN 
Res.  Phone  Piedmont  4847 

McKIBBEIN 

& 

TAVUOR 

CEMEINT  and  COINCRETE 

COrSTRACTORS 

Berkeley, 

2125  SHATTUCK  AVENUE 
'hone  Berkeley  44 

Oakland,   BUILDERS  EXCHANGE 
Phone  Oakland  790 

ALBERT  E.  NOBLE 

Consulting  Electrical 
Engineer 


Examinations,   Reports,  Plans,  Specifica- 
tions and  Supervision  of  Electric 
Lighting  and  Power  Plants 


173  Jessie  St.,  opp.  Builders'  Exchange,  Tel.  Garfield  7393,  SAN  FRANCISCO 


PRISM  GLASS 

MEMORIAL 

WINDOWS 

SIGNS 

LANDSCAPES 

LAMPSHADES 


PHONE.  SAN  JOSE.  2985 


SYLVAIN    LeDEIT 

MANUFACTURER     OF 

Art  att&  SIfalipii  O^laaa 


124    LENZEN   AVENUE 


SAN    JOSE.    CAL. 


BURT    T.    OWSLEY 

General    Contractor 

311    SHARON   BLDG.  PMONE  SUTTER  2340 

San   Francisco 


WITTMAN,  LYMAN  &  CO. 


CONTRACTORS   FOR 


PLUMBING,  STEAM  and  HOT  WATER  HEATING 


Agents  for  the  Lilley  Drinking  Fountain 
Phone  Market   74b 


340  MINNA  STREET 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 


THE  J.  L  MOTT  IRON  WORKS 

128— EIGHTY  SIX  YEARS  OF  SUPREMACY— 1914 

Fixtures'  i  SHOWROOMS  '''  '"^"^  '*^^"  '^"^"^° 


Motts 
Plumbing 


Douglas  1  786.  D.  H.  Gulick.  Sales  Agt. 


50 


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BURIINGION  VENfTIAN  BLINDS 

can  he  ::(IuistL'd  lo  /<■/  n; 
light  and  air, yet  keep  out 
the  sun  and  the  gaze  of 
outsiders.     They   make 
\our  sanny  rooms  cool 
and  restful,  your  porrh 
.1    shady,   airy   and   se- 
cluded haven  of  comfort. 
Also  order  Burlington 
Window  Screens  (inside 
or  outside)  and   Screen 
Doors   with  Rust-proof 
wire  cloth,  they  have  the 
quality.    Instead  of  old- 
fashioned  folding  blinds 
insist   on    Bl.RLlNGTrtN 
Patent    Inside     Sliditig 
Blinds.      Look    for    the 
name  "Burlington:  "best 
for  cott^fje  or  mansion. 
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BLIND  COMPANY 
Burilngton,  Vt. 

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AT  THE  BOTTOM 

FOR    PRIVACY 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  and  LOS  ANQELES 


Manual  Training  and 
Domestic  Science 
Furniture  and  Equipment 


Agents  for 

The  Well-known  SHELDON  Line 

Laboratory  Furniture 
School  Desks  and  Supplies 
Manufacturers  of  the  cele- 
brated ^^^^R   Black- 
board 

C.  F.  Weber  &  Co. 

512  So.  Broadway 
LOS  ANGELES 


363  Market  St.. 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


.S.Uelllsei-.     |.U;i 
niatfnziiic. 


Opening  Of  Bids  In  Public 

.\iUMit  tlie  opening  of  bids  in  pul)lic. 
.\.  H.  Shank,  secretarj-  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Builders'  and  Traders"  Ex- 
change, saj-s.  in  part: 

"The  widespread  interest  displayed  hj- 
various  building  organizations  through- 
out the  United  States  on  the  question"  of 
opening  bids  in  public,  would  indicate 
that  conditions  in  the  Iniilding  business 
throughout  the  country  demand  a  change 
■  of  method. 

"It  is  safe  to  say  tliat  no  legitimate 
architect  can  advance  anj-  good  reason 
for  rot  letting  his  work  publiclj-  or  at 
least  of  following  a  system  whereby  the 
different  liidders  would  be  ac(|Uiintc(l 
with  their  position  on  the  'ist  and  their 
competi'^ors'  prices  at  the  time  of  open- 
ing-  of   bids. 

"The  contractors  in  all  lines  ane  un- 
animousl}'-  agreed  that  there  is  need  of 
a  change  in  the  methods  which  have 
been  in  vogue  for  20  years.  .\s  matters 
stand  at  present,  the  contractor  bidtling 
on  private  work  spends  his  time  and 
tiionej-  in  estimating  the  cost  of  a  Iniild- 
ing, submits  his  bid  and  afterwards  has 
no  means  of  ascertaining  hi.s  position  on 
the  list,  as  such  information  is  rarely 
made  ))ublic.  Under  a  system  of  letter 
work  l)y  which  the  contractors  would, 
at  least.  Iiecome  accpiainted  with  their 
positions  o'l  the  list  of  bidders,  the 
owner  would  in  no  way  be  injured,  but 
would,  on  the  contrary,  be  l)enelited. 
Under  such  a  system  the  position  of  the 
architect  would  also  be  elevated  by  his 
being  placed  above  suspicion. 

"The  l.'nited  States  government,  the 
state  government  and  municijialities  in 
general  o'len  liids  in  public,  reserving  the 
right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids,  and  if 
tliis  system  is  practical  for  government 
u^e.  it  should  be  practical  for  the  private 
owner  who  is  in  the  market  to  erect  a 
building  just  the  same  as  the  govern- 
ment. The  owner,  however,  has  the  ad- 
vantage over  the  go/^rtiment  in  calling 
for  bids  in  that  he  mav  select  only  those 
contractors  whom  he  desires  to  ligure  on 
his  buih'ing.  wliereas  the  government 
a'"<l  municipalities  must  accept  bids  from 
any  responsible  bidder  who  is  able  to  put 
up  a  certified  check.  It  is  therefore  not 
to  be  expected  that  owners  would  pre- 
sent anj-  serious  objection  to  having 
their  contracts  let  in  oi)en  competition. 
The  ethical  tone  of  the  building  business 
is  in  need  of  elevation  and  the  estab'ish- 
ment  of  legitimate,  open  comnetition 
would  certainly  do  much  to  eradicate  the 
present  infericw  moral  st.iudard  and 
rmancial  depressions  which  causes  the 
])resent   clanmr  for  different   methods. 

"There  is  H  great  deal  which  might  be 
Slid  upon  this  subject  at  this  time  which 
may  well  be  left  unsaid.  One  thing  is 
cert.iin,  the  contractors  in  all  lines  desire 
to  see  established  more  open  eompeti- 
lio)i.  whereby  ;i  stjuare  deal  will  be  ac- 
corded   to   .all  " 


The  Architect  and  Eiifi^iiicer 


151 


Why  Go  East? 

for  your  Cement  Paint 
when  right  here  in 
Cahfornia  you  have  a 
Cement  Coating  which 

BEATS  THEM  ALL 
TO   A  FINISH. 

THIS     IS 

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Paint   Manufacturers 
San   Francisco,    Cal. 

Factory:  Richmond,  Cal. 


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Window 


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Single  Vertical  Windows  with  or  with- 
out cords  or  weights  and  French  Win- 
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Cleaning. 


WRITE  OR  PHONE  FOR   DKMONSTRATION 


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Perfection    Revers- 
ible Window  Co. 

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UNFAILING  in  its  operation  the 
Prometheus  Food  and  Plate  Warmer  has 
become  the  dependable  one — the  one 
demanded  by  the  painstaking  chef. 

Properly  constructed,  it  keeps  food 
warm  without  crusting  or  the  loss  of  its 
first  flavor. 

Prometheus  —  THE  plate  warmer  — 
Electric,  cf  course. 

M.  E.  Hammond 

217  Humboldt  Bank  Bldg. 
Phone  Douglas  319 

SAN  FRANCISCO       -       CAL. 


THE  rESS  SYSTEM 

Rotary  Crude  Oil  Burners 

The  original  and  still  superior- 
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SOLE  MANUFACTURERS 


OFFICE   AND    FACTORY! 


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Phone  Sutter  92  7 


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PACIFIC  SERVICE 


LIGHT  HEAT  POWER 


Pacific  Qas  &  Electric  Co. 

445  SUTTER  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

PACIFIC  PHONE  HOME  PHONE 

Sutter  140  C  0011 


A  SPECIAL  RENTAL  RATE 


-OF 


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WE  APPLY  RENTAL 
IF  PURCHASED 

L.  &  M.  ALEXANDER  &  CO. 

432  MARKET  STREET,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Agents  for  L.  C.  Smith  Visible  Typewriter 

Wc  Give  Scri]jt  —  A  Mile  in 
Travel  for  a  Dollar  in  Trade 

Phone  Douftlas  677  Supplies  for  all  Machines 

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153 


AlleatingCoiitrac-    i 

Q^ 

What   about    the 

tor  recently  stated 

^1^^ 

Owner's    troubles 

that  what  he  saved 

W 

after  the   work   is 

in   cost    of  cheap 

accepted?     This 

Radiator   Valves 

^^A. 

can  be  avoided  by 

was    lost    in    extra 

^^^■i4l 

.           specifying   "Genu- 

labor  in  getting  the 

^^Hh 

im  ine  Jenkins 

Valves  tight  before 

V^fflQI 

Plw    BROS.  Radiator 

work  was  accepted. 

ffa^ 

Valves." 

JENKINS 

BROS. 

247  Mission  Street 

300  West  Lake  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 

T   T^OnPTT   PT       The  New  Cork  Composition 
J-^llM  KJ  1  IL/H/  Flooring  just  introduced  by  the 

AR/nSTRONQ  CORK  &  INSULATION  CO.,  PITTSBURG,  PA. 


Non-Slippery 
Sanitary,  Dur- 
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Moderate  Cost 


SUITABLE  FOR  GRILL  ROOMS,  HOTEL  LOBBIES, 
BILLIARD  ROOMS,  ART  GALLERIES,  LIBRARIES, 
STEAMER  CABINS  &  DECKS,  HOSPITALS,  SCHOOLS, 
KITCHENS,  ELEVATORS,  CHURCHES,  BANKS,  ETC. 
Write  or  Phone  for  Samples 


M.  C.  Van  Fleet 


Telephone  Douglas  1227 


120  JESSIE  STREET 
SAN  FRANCISCO 


Millwork  Manufactured.,. 

....AND  DELIVERED  ANYWHERE 

Plans  or  Lists  sent  us  for  Estimates  will 
have   careful  and   immediate   attention 

DUDFIEUD   LUMBER  CO. 

Main  Office,  Yard  and  Planing  MiU    -     PALO  ALTO 


JNO.  DUDFIELD.  Pres.  and  Manager. 


JOSEPH  A.  JURY.  Secty.  and  Mill  Supt. 


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The  Architect  and  Ens^^iiieer 


The  Swedish  Metal 
Preserver  Company 

California  Agents 

311    California  St.,  San  Francisco. 

An  absolute  guaranteed  preventive 
of  rust,  electrolytic  action  and  corro- 
sion on  iron,  steel  and  tin.  One  coat 
is  sufficient,  guaranteed  for  five  years. 

Telephone  Douglas  221 


Office  Phone  Garfield  8122 

^^^^ 

Res.  Phone,  Mission  4191 

K^ 

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X        WINDOW  CO. 

¥     % 

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f 

^^^^«^     IVIanntaet.iirpd  in  Wnorl 

H                   and  Metal  Stock  Lip 

- 

B                             Sashes  used 

\ 

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V              reducing  cost.     Guaranteed 

'  /V 

V           rain  and  dust  proof.     In- 

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S              (T^^^ 

^tf             Second  and  Market  Sts. 

>jH^im 

■1                   SAN  FRANCISCO 

Fresno  Art 
Glass  Company 

.lOHN    YDREN,   Prop. 

S^RT.  LEADED  S^N'D 
"PRISM  GLASS  WORK 

Estimates  Furnished  Anywhere 
in   SAN  JOAQUIN  VALLEY. 


2124  Tuolumne  St. 


Fresno,  Cal. 


Phone  S.  Jose  95S 


W.  H.  OTTO 

CONCRETE 
CONTRACTOR 

Heavy  Foundations  and  Bridges 

A  Specially.    Anywhere  in 

Northern  California 

269  PARK  AVE.      SAN  JOSE,  CAL 


Mount  Diablo  Cement 
Santa  Cruz  Lime 

ALL  KINDS  OF 

BUILDING 
MATERIALS 

Henry  Cowcil  Lime  &  Cement  Co. 

No.  9  Main  St.,  San  Francisco 
Phone  Kearny  2095 


A.J.  FORBES  &  SON 

Established  in  San  Francisco  in  1850 

Office  and  Factory,  1530  FILBERT  ST.,  S.  F. 

Builders  E.x.  Box  236 

Bank,  Store  and  Office 

Fittings 

Special  Furniture  and 
Interior    Woodwork 


Jacob  Schoenfeld  Joseph  Schoenfeld 

THE  SCHOENFELD 
MARBLE  COMPANY 

ARCHITECTURAL 
SCULPTURING  &  CARVING 


Phone  Kearny  4086      Near  6th  and  Folsom  Sts 
265  Shipley  St.,  San  Francisco 


Phone  Sutter  2593 

RALSTON  IRON 
WORKS  INC. 

VAULT  and  PRISON  DEPARTMENT 

CRAS.  M.  FINCH,  MGR. 

Plans  and  Estimates  to 

Arcliitects    on    request 

444   MARKET  STREET 

S.\N     I'RAXCISCO,  CAL. 


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The  Architect  and  Eiio^iiieer  155 


UNITED     STATES 
STEEL  PRODUCTS  CO. 

RIALTO   BUILDING 
SAN    FRANCISCO 

SELLERS  OF  THE  PRODUCTS  OF 


American    Steel 

and 

Wire  Co. 

American  Bridg^e 

Co. 

American   Sheet 

and 

Tin  Plate  Co. 

Carnegie  Steel  Co. 

Illinois  Steel  Co. 

National  Tube  Co. 
Lorain  Steel  Co. 
Shelby  Steel  Tube  Co. 
Tennessee  Coal,  Iron 

and  Railroad  Co. 
Trenton  Iron  Co. 


MANUFACTURERS   OF 

Structural  Steel  for  Every  Purpose. 
Bridges,  Railway  and  Highway. 

"Triangle  Mesh"  Wire  Concrete  Reinforcement. 
Plain  and  Twisted  Reinforcing  Bars. 

Plates,  Shapes  and  Sheets  of  Every  Description. 
Rails,  Splice  Bars,  Bolts,  Nuts,  etc. 
Wrought  Pipe,  Valves,  Fittings,  Trolley  Poles. 

Frogs,  Switches  and  Crossings  for  Steam  Railway  and  Street  Railway. 
"Shelby"  Seamless  Boiler  Tubes  and  Mechanical  Tubing. 

"Americore"  and  "Globe"  Rubber  Covered  Wire  and  Cables. 
"Reliance"  Weatherproof  Copper  and  Iron  Line  Wire. 
"American"  Wire  Rope,  Rail  Bonds,  Springs, 
Woven  Wire  Fencing  and  Poultry  Netting. 
Tramways,  etc. 

United  States  Steel  Products   Co. 

OFFICES        AND        WAREHOUSES        AT 

San  Francisco  -  Los  Angeles  -  Portland  -  Seattle 

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156 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


ARTHUR  W.  DIGGERS 


General  Contractor  and  Engineer 

Santa  Marina  Building,  112  Market  Street 

Telephone  Connection 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 


SELF-WINDING  CLOCKS 

PROGRAM  CLOCK  SYSTEMS 
TOWER  CLOCKS 


Decker  Electrical  Construction  Company 

111   New  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco 
AGENTS,  SELF  WINDING  CLOCK  COMPANY  NEW  YORK 


Phone  Sutter  1687 


Everything  in  TILE 

CALIFORNIA   TILE 
CONTRACTING  CO. 

ESTIMATES    FURNISHED 

461  Market  St.,  206  Sheldon  Bldg.       SAN  FRANCISCO 


"QUICK    SET" 

SWITCH   BOX  MOUNT- 
INGS of  IRON  for  Loom 
Boxes 

Cost  less  installed  than 
wood  backing.  Is  rigid, 
gives  full  key  to  plaster, 
thereby  preventing  plaster 
cracks,  is  adjustable  to  any 
make  loom  box,  or  gangs  of 
boxes,  and  gives  a  square 
line-up.  Supports  are  16 
inches  long,  and  can  be 
easily  shortened  by  nicking 
with  pliers  at  slots  and 
breaking  off  ends.  Put  up 
in  sets  complete  with  bolts. 
Sold  by  the  leading  jobbers 
of  Electrical  Supplies. 

ELECTRIC  UTILITIES 

MFQ.  CO. 
Main  Office,  518    Pacific 
Building,  San  Francisco 


The  Architect  and  Engineer 


157 


LATH,  SHINGLES,  SHAKES  and  POSTS,  SASH,  DOORS  and  MILL  WORK 
TIMBERS  and  SPECIALS  KILN  DRIED   FINISH  and  FLOORING 

SUNSET  LUMBER  COMPANY 

DEALERS  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  IN 

PINE  and  REDWOOD  LUMBER 


PHONE  OAKLAND  1820 


YARDS  AND   OFFICE 

OAK  AND  FIRST  STS.,  OAKLAND,  GAL. 


R  I,  V     He  ^  TRACY,   CAL. 

Branch  Yards  |  mAYFIELD,  CAL. 


)  LUMBER  EX.  30 
Phones  j  MARKET  1485 


Large  Timbers 

and  Special 

Bills  to  Order 

Kiln  Dried 

Oregon  Pine 

Finish 


SANTA  FE  LIMBER  COMPANY 

Dealers  in  Wholesale  and  Retail 

LUMBER 


Main  Yard  on  SOUTHERN  PACIFIC.  WESTERN  PACIFIC.  SANTA  FE 
17th  and  De  Haro  Streets  .'.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Phone  Sutter  2401 

WILLIAMS  BROS.  &  HENDERSON 


E.  F.  Henderson  W.  M.  Williams  Chas.  Williams 


BUILDING  CONTRACTORS 


Room  447 
HOLBROOK  BUILDING 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


Meurer  Bros.  Co. 

METAL  SPANISH  TILE 

Tiffany  Pattern.  A  perfect  and  hand- 
some Roof  Covering.  The  only  tile  that 
gives  the  effect  of  Lights  and  Shadows. 
'Tis  absolutely  water-tight.  Used  on  all 
the  schools  in  San  Jose. 

A.  H.  McDonald,  Pac.  coast  Mgr. 

Oflfice   and  Warehouse: 

630  Third  Street       -        -       San  Francisco,  Ca3. 


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158 


Tlic  ArcJiitcct  and  Engineer 


TTHIS  photograph  will 
^  give  you  an  idea  of 
our  BLACK  Glazed 
Enameled    Brick,    a 

strikingly  handsome  trim 
for  either  a  Red  or  Cream 
Colored  Pressed  Brick 
Exterior.  Takes  the 
place  of  Stone  or  Terra 
Cotta. 


Write  for  Particulars  and  Samples 

Craycroft-Herrold  Brick  Co, 

407  Griffith  McKenzie  Building, 
FRESNO,  CAL. 


"BEST  PAVING  BLOCK  MADE" 


Vitrified 

Paving  Block 


Vitrified  Step 
and  Face  Brick 


THE  HOME  or 

:  CALIFORNIA  VITRIFIED 

PAVING  BLOCK 


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Fire  Brick 


Permanent 

and 

Sanitary 
Pavements 


Common  Brick 

AND 

•'EVERYTHING   IN   CLAY   BUILDING  PRODUCTS" 


CALIFORNIA  BRICK  COMPANY 


Plant  at 
Decoto,  California 


630-632  Phelan  Building, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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F.  J.  W.   ANDERSEN  C.    LARSEN 

PACiriC  STRUCTURAL  IRON   WORKS 

STRUCTURAL  IRON  AND  STEEL,  FIRE  ESCAPES,  ETC. 

HOME  J  3435  370-84  TENTH   STREET 

PHONE   MARKET    1374  SAN   FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

JAS.   KERR,  President  J.  BAYLIS,  Secretary 

ROBERTS    MANUPACTURING    CO. 

Designers  and  Makers  of  LIGHTING  FIXTURES 

663  MISSION  STREET  1318  CLAY  STREET 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  Phone  Kearny  1715  OAKLAND 


PHONE  SUTTER  3440 

CONCRETE     Clinton  Fireproofing  Company 

^^^"  OF   CALIFORNIA 

STRUCTION         Mutual  Savings  Bank  Building  San  Francisco 


AMERICAN  CONCRETE  CO. 

Joseph  Pasqualetti.  Manager 

BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION 

1704  HUMBOLDT  BANK  BUILDING  785   Market  Street,  SAN   FRANCISCO 

PACIPIC      DEPARTMENT 

Globe  Indemnity  Company 

Bonds   and    Casualty   Insurance   for   Contractors 

THE    COMPANY    WITH    THE    L.  AND    L.  AND    G.  SERVICE 

120  Leidesdorff  Street  Phone  Sutter  2280  SAIN     FRANCISCO 

CHRIS.  TOTTEN 

TOTTEN    PLANING    MILL    CO. 

General  Mill  Work— Sash,  Doors,  Mouldings 

18=48  W.  SCOTTS  AVE.,  STOCKTON,  CAL.  Telephone  Stockton   1770.     P.  O.  Box  298 

Independent  Sewer  Pipe  &  Terra  Cotta  Co. 

ARCHITECTURAL  TERRA  COTTA 
GLAZED  AND  ENAMELED  BRICK 
VITRIFIED  SALT  GLAZED  SEWER  PIPE 
TERRA  COTTA  CHIMNEY  PIPE  &  FLUE  LINING 

235  South   Los   Angeles   Street  Phone:  A3121.     Broadway  3390  LOS   ANGELES 

Established  1886  Phone,  Market  2848 

T.  H.  MEEK  COMPANY 

Show  Cases,  Hardwood  Interiors         Manufacturers  of  BILLIARD  TABLES,     FIYTI  TRFQ 
General  Cabinet  Making  STORE,  OFFICE  AND  BAR    TliVllJIMLO 

Factory,  Salesrooms. 

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The  Architect  and  Engineer 


Residence 

2016  VALLEJO  ST. 


Phone 
FILLMORE  3868 


JOHN  MONK 

GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR 


Heavy  Framing, 

Piers, 

Docks, 

Bulkheads, 

Warehouses, 

and 

Manufacturing  Plants 
a  Specialty 


GEO.  E.  GREENWOOD 
Supt.  of    Construction 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 


Phone  Fillmore  7000.     Local  92 


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The  Architect  and  Engineer  161 


SPECIFY 


Green  Label  Varnishes 

and 

Advanced  Finishes 

for  all  modern  Building  Construction,  and  then  rest  assured  that 
you  have  specified  the  best  that  modern  Science  can  produce. 
Made  by  the  largest  varnish  factory  in  the  world,  and  with  a 
reputation  of  over  fifty  years  as  the  Standards,  they  may  be  de- 
pended upon  to  be 

ALWAYS   UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY 

and  that  they  are  manufactured  by  the  most  modem  facilities  and 

BEST  SUIT  THE   PURPOSES 

for  which  paint  and  varnish  Science  has  chosen  them. 

GET  ACQUAINTED  WITH 
GLIDDEN 

by  mailing  a  postal  to  the  California  Distributors,  when  you  shall 
receive  a  full  set  of  handsomely  finished  samples  of  Glidden  Green 
Label  Varnishes  and  Cement  and  Concrete  Finishes,  etc. 

Whittier  -  Coburn  Co.,         Tibbetts - Oldfield  Co., 

301  Howard  Street  908  So.  Main  Street 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  LOS  ANGELES,  CAL. 

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D.  ZELINSKY 

PAINTER  -  DECORATOR 


SAN  FRANCISCO 


WEST  COAST  WIRE  AND  IRON  WORKS 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

ARTISTIC    BRONZE,  IRON    AND  WIRE  WORK 

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION  AND  FINISH 

861-863  HOWARD  STREET  SA^^    FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


GRAHAM  &  JENSEN 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

Phone  Sutter  1839  415-16  Maskey  Bldg.,  46  Kearny  St.,  San  Francisco 


Phone  Market  2693 


MONSON  BROS. 

CONTRACTORS  and  BUILDERS 
Office,  1907  Bryant  Street  SAN  FRANCISCO 


J^^    LYNCH      Concrete  Construction 

Estimates  Given  on  all  Kinds  of  Cement  Work 

Office:  Builders  Exchange  Building  Residence:   291   15th  Avenue 

185  STEVENSON  STREET  Telephone  Pacific  929 

Telephone  Douglas  121  SAN  FRANCISCO 


H.  A.  Chalmers,  Manager 

Telephone  Sutter  2985 

C.  H.  Chalmers,  Er 

gineer 

H. 

A. 

CHALMERS, 

Inc. 

CONCRETE  -  FIREPROOFING 

CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 
WITHOUT  FORMS 

317  MASKEY  BUILDING 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

JOHN  A.  PETERSON  TELEPHONE   KEARNY  2443  B.  HEINRICH 

President  "  HOME   J    4443  Vice-Pres. 


San  francisco  Elevator  Co.,  Inc. 


Automatic  Electric,  Hydraulic, 
Belt  Power.  Automatic  Dumb- 
waiters and  Handpower  Ma- 
El    RV/ATr^R^       860  Folsom  St.  chines.    Push  Button   Passenger 

■_I_V/-V  I   '^^1%^  San    Francisco       Elevators  a  Specialty. 


BARRETT  &  HILP  I   L.  M.   HAUSMANN 

Concrete  Construction  I  Civil  Engineer 

Phone  Sutter  4598, 
SHARON  BUILDING.         55  New  Montgomery  Street.         SAN  FRANCISCO 


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Howards.  Williams 

GENERAL 
CONTRACTOR 
AND    BUILDER 


Hearst  Building, 
San  Francisco 


Telephone. 
Sutter  295 


Telephone  Douglas  2031 


M.  FISHER 

General  Contractor 

105  Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco 


Phone  Garfield  7906 


Collman  &  Collman  Co. 


GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS 

526  Sharon  BIdg.        San  Francisco 


Phone  Douglas  1S66 


A.rcKitect\jral  W^orK 
a  Specialty 

Carefol  Attention  Paid  to 
Color,  Shades    and  Detail 

717  MA-RHEIT   STREET,  SAN 
FRANCISCO 


The  Mosaic  Tile  Co., 

of  Zanesville,  Ohio 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 
FLOOR,  WALL  and  MANTEL 

TILE 

San  Francisco  Office  and  Warehouse 
230  -  8th  Street      TeL  Market  1383 


CALIFORNIA 
PHOTO-ENGRAVING  CO 


J.M.BOSCUS 

Plumbing 
Heating 


Phone 
Douglas  669 


975  HOWARD  ST. 
San  Francisco 


Established  1865 


C.  H.  Franklin,  Mgr.  &  Atty. 


Tn[fRANKfORT  GENERAL  INSURANCE  CO. 

OF    FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN.      GERMANY 

Liability 

Worl<men's  Collective 

Workmen's  Compensation 
Burglary 
Personal  Accident  and  Health 
Industrial  Accident  and  Health 
WALTER  A,  CHOWEN,  Pacific  Coast  General  Agent 
340  Sansome  Street,  San  Francisco 
Central  California  Agency        Southern  California  Agency 
BEN  LEONARD  COMPANY     CONSOLIDATED  AGENCY  COMPANY 
617  "J"  St.,,  Sacramento    334  Central  Bldg.,  Los  Angeles 

Agents  wanted  for  unoccupied  territory 


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PACIFIC  LIMITED 

OGDEN    ROUTE 

Observation  Car       Standard  Pullman       Drawing  Room 
and  Touri^  Sleeping  Cars 

From  San  Francisco,  Ferry  Station  10:20  A.M. 
From  Oakland,  16th  St.  Station  10;55  A.  M. 

Chicago  in  69  Hours 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC 

The  Exposition  Line — 1915 — First  in  Safety 

GOING  EAST? 

YOU  SHOULD  WELL   CONSIDER   THE   TRAVELING   ADVANTAGES 
OFFERED  BY  THE 

WESTERN  PACIFIC 
DENVER  &  RIO  GRANDE 

"THE  FEATHER  RIVER  CANYON— ROYAL  OORQE  ROUTE" 

BETWEEN    SAN   FRANCISCO  AND  DENVER,  OMAHA, 
KANSAS  CITY,  ST.  LOUIS    AND    CHICAGO 

This   route  offers   a    travel    trip   unsurpassed   for  scenic   grandeur   the   world   over.     The 

most  noted  scenic  attractions  of  the  Sierras  and  Rockies,  Great  Salt  Lake  and 

the  vast  salt  deposits  of  Utah  are  all  on  the  main  line  and  may  be 

viewed  from  the  train  without  additional  expense  for  side  trips 

Thesei  scenic  features,  combined  with  convenient  train  and 
superior  dining  car  service,  ma/je  this  route  the  most  popular 


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TICKET   offices: 

665  MARKET   STREET.  PALACE  HOTEL,  phone  sutter  lesi 

MARKET   STREET   FERRY    DEPOT,   PHONE   KEARNY   4980 

1326   BROADWAY,  OAKLAND,  phone  Oakland  132 


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THE  INVINCIBLE  VACUUM  CLEANERS 

COMPRISE  ThTE  LARGEST  AND  MOST  COMPLETE  LINE  OF  VACUUM 
CLEANING  MACHINERY  ON  THE  MARKET.  THEY  ALSO  STAND 
FIRST   IN    SIMPLICITY,    EFFICIENCY    AND   DURABILITY 

A  complete  list  of  installations  will  be  furnished  any  inquirer 
We  have  never  had  a  failure  or  an  unsatisfactory   installation 

R.  W.  FOYLE,  General  Agent 


149  New  Montgomery  St. 


San  Francisco,    Cal. 


^  Architectural  and  Monumental 

Sculpture  —  Ornamental  Modeling — 
Crematory  Urns — Sculpture  for  Ital- 
ian Gardens  m  Cement  or  Marble — 
Interior   Decorations.        .:.         .:.         .:. 

EXPOSITION  CONCESSIONS 
WESTERN    SCULPTORS 

PKone  Prospect  1336 
533-535  Turk  Street  San  Francisco 


A.  PINNER,  President 


A.  M.  McLELLAN,  Sec'y-Treas. 


Western  Building  & 
Engineering  Company,  inc. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 

'^At  the  Exposition"  we  built  the  following: 

CONGRESS  BUILDING 
DAIRY  BUILDING 

POULTRY  BUILDING 
FEED  BARNS 

STOCK  CORRALS 


Office 

455  Phelan  Building 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Phone  Garfield  7564 


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Electrical  Illuminating  .N\echanical  Plans  Specifications  Reports 

Charles  T.  Phillips  consulting  engineer 

Pacific   Building,  San   Francisco 

"^P-^   economical  production,  distribution  and  application   or"    light,  power,  heating  and  ventilation. 
I,.uni'.nat:on    eSciency.     Electrolysis  investigations.     Estimates  and  tests. 


DODGE    &     LATMROP 

Concrete    Aggregates 


205     Sheldon     Bids. 


SAN     FRANCISCO 


W.   L.  KELLEV 


P.  A.  PALMER 

Contracting  Engineer 


O.  Ci.   HOAAS 


625-027   .^\onad^ock   Building 


SAN   FRANCISCO.    CAL. 


COMPENSATION  INSURANCE  SURETY  BONDS 

H.  V.  MAC  MEANS  &  COMPANY 

341  MONADNOCK   BUILDING 

Phones,  Sutter  1871—1872  SAN  FRANCISCO.   CAL. 


Factorj  Phone,  2629-J 


Office  Phcne.  2770-J 


Granite  Press  Brick  Co. 

L.  C.  BRIXKMEYER,  President  and  Manager 

431   OCHSNER  BUILDING  SACRAMENTO,  CAL. 


PACIFIC    COAST    DEPARTMENT 


FIDELITY  AND   DEPOSIT   COMPANY  OF  MARYLAND 

Bonds  and  Casualty  Insurance  for  Contractors 

Phones  )^j^72^,  ,452 


Insurance  Exchange  BIdg. 

SAN   FRANCISCO 


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WILLIAM  H.  FERGUSON 

STRUCTURAL      ENGINEER 
and  QUANTITY  SURVEYOR 

1107   CROCKER    BUILDING  .  .  .  .  SAN    FRANCISCO 


Pacific  Coast  Casualty  Company 

of  San  Francisco 

MERCHANTS   EXCHANGE  BUILDING 

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