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Readi-Cut Homes

(Frame, Stucco or Brick Veneer)
Substantial Warm Comfortable Attractive

Manufactured in our Mills in Toronto, Ottawa,
Vancouver and St. John, N.B., according to
the most approved methods of modern con
struction. Shipped complete, knocked down
flat, ready for erection. Anyone can put them
up. They differ from other high-class dwellings
only in their manifest superiority and lower

COST

This difference a matter of one-third -- is
the saving we make for our customers

CATALOGUE No. 11, 1916

C CT

Sovereign Construction Company, Ltd.

GENERAL OFFICES

C.P.R. Building, Toronto, Ont.

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GENERAL OFFICES

A "Readi-Cut House* 1 at a Glance

G)e sell you a Substantial, Warm, Comfortable, Attractive
House, COMPLETE, readi-cut to be nailed together and
occupied, for less than you can buy the rough material.

Guaranty

WE guarantee all "Readi-Cut" houses substantial and warm and the materials
furnished by us to be just as represented in this Catalogue and of ample
quantity and free from defects of material or workmanship, delivered at
destination without damage in transit; and to make good at our own expense any
such damage of which we are notified on the arrival of the goods.

What You Get

Sills, cut to fit.

Floor and ceiling joists, cut to fit.

Rafters, all accurately cut to fit.

Wall and partition studding, cut to fit.

Gable studding mitred to slope of
rafters.

Sheathing lumber for outside walls, cut
to fit.

Siding, tongued and grooved, cut to fit,
and bundled.

Gable siding, bevelled to fit, and bun
dled.

Sheathing for sub-floor, cut to fit.

Flooring, matched and bundled, cut to
fit.

V-Joint Sheathing for porch ceiling and
cornice, bundled, cut to fit.

Shingles, XXX B.C. Cedar (or equal
quality domestic), or Patent Roofing.

Porch flooring, cut to fit and bundled.

Porch columns, porch joists, hand-rail
and balusters, cut to fit.

Steps for front and rear, cut to fit and
bundled.

Outside finishing lumber, cut to length,
bevelled or rnitred, and bundled.

Moulded base board and quarter round
for interior walls.

Weather moulding for outside trim of
doors and windows.

Crown mould, bed mould, cove mould,
etc.

Stairways for all two storey houses,
with the necessary newels, hand-rails
and balusters, bundled, cut to fit.

Doors for all openings with frame, and
trim both sides, cut to fit and bundled.

Windows with sash, glass, frame and
trim cut to fit and bundled.

All hardware, including mortise locks,
knobs, hinges, window fittings, gal
vanized iron flashings and building
paper.

Nails of proper size for the entire house.

Best readi-mixed paints for two coats
for the woodwork (inside and outside),
any color.

Putty, oil and shellac.

Plaster board, fibre board, or lath and
plaster, to finish the interior walls.

Complete Plans and Plain Instructions for Erecting the Building.

Recent Development in Building

Construction

The story of the Wonderful Progress made in ELEVEN Years.
A Record of Achievements. How Old-Fashioned Methods
have been Replaced. What the Modern System Means.

SINCE the dawn of recorded time, men s minds have led them to follow in the
footsteps of their ancestors. The Weavers Riots were precipitated by such
men; men to whom the old way, if not the best way, was at least good enough;
who thought the march of progress was a thing to be prevented at all cost. And so,
till the past eleven years, methods of building construction remained much as they
were when King Solomon built his Temple. It was this condition which inspired
Kipling s

"I tell this tale which is strictly true,
Just by way of convincing you
How very little, since things were made,
Things have altered in the building trade."

From Sod House to C.P.R. Building

Those who say the "Readi-Cut" system is not possible not practical, forget
the Pyramids of Egypt, King Solomon s Temple, the Eiffel Tower, and the C.P.R.
Building; perhaps never saw any of them. Yet each was prepared, erected and com
pleted by the "Readi-Cut" system. Mr. Sovereign originated the Aladdin system
eleven years ago, and we have since developed it to its present state of perfection
for your benefit, and thousands of American and Canadian families are daily testify
ing to its economy and practical success. The Pyramids, the Temple, the Tower
and the C.P.R. Building are not portable, nor are "Readi-Cut" houses portable.

If you attempted to tear down a "Readi-Cut" house, you couldn t tell it
from any other high class frame dwelling, except by its

Manifest Superiority

Aladdin Houses took first honors at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in California
and the Michigan Exposition. "Readi-Cut" Houses are the same houses
Made in Canada, to suit the Canadian climate and trade.

THE CLUB HOUSE, BOWRING PARK, ST. JOHN S, NEWFOUNDLAND
SUPPLIED READI-CUT BY THE SOVEREIGN CONSTRUCTION Co.

^ I A HEIR merit, economy and wonderful simplicity have been publicly recognized
-* and each year shows a doubling of the number and value of.^those sold.

This wonderful growth would be impossible in any manufacturing, or other
business, unless customers became friends; Unless real service was rendered ; Unless
honest value, square business methods, and integrity prevailed; Unless every
customer was satisfied.

A Handsome, Comfortable Home

A "Readi-Cut" House when finished is exactly like any other well designed, w r ell
constructed, frame house. It cannot be taken apart except as you would tear apart
any good house. The difference between a "Readi-Cut House" and the best house
a builder would erect from plans furnished by a consulting architect is simply a
difference in where you buy the material, how much you pay for it, and the methods
used in bringing it to a finished state.

The Readi-Cut Idea

In building by the old methods you
would probably buy your window and
door frames made up possibly you would
have your main and basement stairs partly
worked out you would certainly buy
your doors, columns, and newel posts
finished, and you would have all your
mouldings run at the mill. That is
you would buy these items readi-cut
or partly so.

The Reason Being that a mill equip
ped with modern power-driven machines
can do better work at a lower cost than
hand-labor. Every bit of work that can

SUPPLIED READI-CUT BY THE . J , i j u J

SOVEREIGN CONSTRUCTION Co. be done by machines, should be so done.

HOMKB HOSPITAL AND DOCTOBS RESIDENCE
SUPPLIED BEADI-CUT FOB THE CONSTBUCTION CAMP ox THF. NEW WFLLAND CANAL

The Sovereign Construction Company Supply Your

Whole House Readi-Cut

WE make the same percentage of saving for you on your whole bill, that you
now hope to make on a few items.

It is the System which has made the great structural steel buildings possible-
applied to frame construction.

We turn out in our mills, the Complete house from sills to ridge board, readi-cut
to fit.

We include all paint and the hardware down to the smallest nail or hinge.

We include all the interior wall board or lath and plaster, and the trim.

We include a graphic set of plans on which are indicated the location of every piece
of lumber in the house.

We include a set of simply worded in
structions which are so plain and
comprehensive as to render any
skilled supervision of the work
unnecessary.

We sell you this complete house ready
to be nailed together and occu
pied for less than you can buy the
rough material locally.

The work involved in the erection of
the house is two-thirds done when
the house arrives on the building
site.

We save you two-thirds of the actual
labor and cut in half the cost of
the one-third that remains.
The work of placing the material can
be done by any man who can read
and drive nails.

We save you one-third on the finished house.

Where the Saving Comes In

FIRST We buy raw materials in large quantities, at the lowest prices obtained by big Manu
facturers.

SECOND We buy for cash and cash commands a premium at all times.

THIRD We do not sell on credit and have no 5% or 10% for Bad Accounts charged in the prices
of our houses.

FOURTH We eliminate high priced hand labor entirely. In our mills we use high speed auto
matic machinery and cheap labor.

The cheapest labor is quite good enough to put the material in place after it arrives on the
building site.

FIFTH We do in our mills, two-thirds of the actual labor.

SIXTH -We cut in half the cost of the labor that is still necessary. A two dollar a day man can

nail the pieces in place where it would require a four dollar man to fit them.
SEVENTH -We do by machinery in our mills, the cutting, planing and sanding that would ordinarily

be done by the most expensive hand labor, on the job.
EIGHTH We eliminate the waste pile.

Around every_ completed house built by the old methods there accumulate piles of waste

material. This is due to four causes:

(1) Careless designing. (3) Careless use of unsuitable lengths.

(2) Careless figuring of quantities. (4) Careless errors in cutting.

Illustration- Twenty feet of Lumber from a Sixteen-foot Board

How It Is Done

To cut the sheathing
for this gable

The carpenter requires twenty feet of lumber
for the job. We take a sixteen-foot board and
cut it this way:

The Carpenter usually takes
an eight-foot board, a six-foot
board, a four-foot board and a
two-foot board and cuts them
this way:

and get twenty- feet of lumber at the cost of sixteen feet and YOU get the saving.

The purchaser of a "READI-CUT HOUSE" buys and pays for exactly enough material
to build his house, plus a small addition to guard him against delay due to any unfortunate acci
dents on the job.

Other Points of Readi-Cut Economy No Costly Delays

In building by ordinary
methods there is always an
annoying and costly series
of delays due to failure of
material to arrive on time,
materials being unsuitable
when they do arrive, in
sufficient quantities being
ordered, etc.

Under the "Readi-Cut"
System, your house is de
livered complete in one
shipment, and you will
not at any time have your
workmen idle for lack of

material to work with.
MANAGER S RESIDENCE, PORCUPINE CROWN MINES
SUPPLIED READI-CUT BY THE SOVEREIGN CONSTRUCTION Co.

Economy of Design

A POINT in frame building design
which is commonly overlooked, is
that all lumber is sold in certain
stock lengths -by keeping this in view
when plans are being drawn, a great
deal of waste can be avoided.

FOR INSTANCE: A house 24 0"
long is usually quite as satisfactory as
one 24 3" long, and is much more
economical.

A window or door placed six feet
from a side wall will look quite as well
as it would six feet one inch from the
wall, and will not involve any waste of
siding or sheathing.

You wo a Id not increase the width of a room from 13 6" to 13 8" if you knew
that it made it necessary for a couple of dozen second floor joists to be increased two
feet in length.

Careless Designing easily wastes 18% of the material.

This is One of the points on which we specialize "Design for Economy in Cut
ting."

No Charge for Plans and Supervision

A consulting architect would charge you from five to ten per cent, of the esti
mated value of your house, for the drawing of the plans and for the work of super
vising the erection.

We reduce the cost of plans to a negligible quantity by dividing it among a
hundred or more purchasers of the same style of house.

Our plans, instructions, and our "Readi-Cut" method, make any expert super
vision unnecessary.

No Bill for Extras

You know before you invest a Dollar, just what the complete house will look
like and what it is going to cost you, and you are not called upon in the end to pay a
big bill of extras which commonly is put in at the last, moment to swell the contract
price.

The Materials We Use
Lumber

Every piece of lumber in a "Readi-Cut House" has been carefully selected from
thoroughly seasoned first-class dry stock, especially selected for quality. It is
inspected by experienced men, and if not up to a high standard is not used. This is
an extremely important point, and you should consider it carefully. Our facilities
for buying high grades are unexcelled by any manufacturer in the country. This
means much to the purchaser to know that all the materials are the best, that they
are well seasoned, sound, and of first quality throughout. All trim material is No. 1
White Pine and in common with Doors, Sash and Stairs is given a beautiful finish.
Fir is supplied in place of Pine in shipments from our Vancouver mills. You will
have absolutely no cause for complaint of any of the materials supplied you. Can
you say as much of those that can be purchased in your neighborhood ?

Hardware

Our hardware comprises nails of all sizes and
kinds required in doing a first-class job of work
double diamond glass for windows and glass doors
galvanized iron flashings for hips, valleys, and window
and door openings window and door hardware in
oxidized old copper, or other tasteful finish of suitable
size and pattern.

Paints

For all our houses we supply the very best quality
of readi-mixed paints or stains manufactured or sold
in Canada -pure linseed oil orange shellac and
where specified, the best quality of shingle stain.

METHOD OF APPLYING PLASTER BOARD

Readi-Cut Plaster Board

This is the greatest single achievement of the builders craft in the last generation. It
gives absolute protection against extremes of temperature, saving more than 15% of the cost of
heating is air and vermin proof and practically sound proof can be cut with an ordinary saw
to fit any space and is easily and quickly put on by anyone who can drive nails. Will not
crack with age, nor loosen with dampness. A special filler is supplied to fill the joints, giving
a smooth perfect wall which can be papered or given a putty coat as preferred.

Fibre Board

Fibre Boards of any standard make, with suitable nails for placing them, will be furnished
with any of our houses at the prices listed.

Lath and Plaster

Lath and prepared hard wall plaster and material for putty coat supplied at the purchaser s
option on any of our designs, in place of plaster board or fibre board.

Masonry

All excavation and masonry work must be done on the site. No money would be saved
by our including stone, brick or concrete, for every section of the country produces these materials
and prices vary but little. We furnish the foundation plans and will give you estimates, if desired,
on the quantities of materials required. Fireplaces and chimneys can be placed wherever wanted
in "Readi-Cut" houses.

Our Method of Construction

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

We furnish double floors with building
paper between, for the ground floor of all our
dwellings, and our outside walls, as shown by
accompanying cut, are the last word in build
ing construction. A plate is laid on the sub-
floor and studding is set on this so that when
the sheathing, builders paper, and matched
siding are placed on the outside of the stud
ding, and the plaster board, lath and plaster,
or fibre board, on the inside, the spaces in
the wall between the studs are air-tight
chambers which insulate the building from
extremes of hot and cold weather better than
solid brick. This construction, known and
approved by the Building Departments of the
Cities, and the Insurance Companies, as a fire
stop construction, prevents the circulation of
air in the walls, and is ample to make our
dwellings warm in the coldest climate.

General Specifications

WE absolutely guarantee to furnish
sufficient material to finish the
house in accordance with the speci
fications below.

We absolutely guarantee that all our
materials, whether the Fir and Cedar of
our Western shipments or the Pine, Spruce
and Hemlock of our houses shipped from
the East will be of such a quality as to
command in all communities the uniform
rating of "the best."

We guarantee that all bearing timbers
and lumber will be of a size in accordance
with the best engineering and architectural
practice.

DKSIGN OF COLONNADE
BETWEEN ROOMS.

No. ] SIZE.

Detail Specifications

FOUNDATIONS When the house is to be placed on cedar posts or concrete piers we supply
the necessary sills. When the house is to go on a masonry foundation we supply a heavy center sill
only. We, of course, do not supply stone, concrete or brick for foundations as they can commonly
be purchased as cheaply in one locality as another. Do not start to put in your foundation
without getting our blueprinted Foundation Plan and our set of Instructions. The Instructions
contain much valuable advice as to the laying out of building lines, the making of the excavation
and the putting in of foundations of concrete, concrete blocks or brick; also information and esti
mates of costs for concrete cellar floors, chimneys, fireplaces, etc.

JOISTS Out joists are sized for height and cut to length; and are of a strength in accordance
with the best engineering practice. In all our houses the first floor joists are bonded across their
ends with a strip of the same dimensions as the joists; this adds greatly both to the rigidity and
warmth of the house.

SUB-FLOOR A sub-floor of dressed inch lumber, cut to fit, is laid over the
ground floor of all our dwellings.

STUDDING 2" x 4", dressed to uniform size, placed on 16" centers. All
walls and partitions have 2" x 4" sill piece and 4" x 4" cap. Studs^are doubled,
over and alongside all door and window openings. All studding is accurately
cut to fit.

WALL SHEATHING The oustide walls of all our dwellings are sheathed
with 1" dressed lumber, cut to fit, which is covered with building paper before the
Siding is put in place.

RAFTERS 2" x 4" and 2" x
6"on 16" centers, all accurately
cut to length, bevelled and
notched.

ROOF SHEATHING 1" x 4",
No 1 Dressed Hemlock to be
spaced 2" apart. If roof
boards are so spaced your
shingles will last from five to
ten years longer.

BUILDING PAPER Dense,
tough, fibre paper, overlying
sub-flooring and outside wall
sheathing.

SHINGLES XXX British
Columbia Cedar for Ontario
and the West, and "Extras"
for the Maritime Provinces.

SiDiNG-^First quality, %"
matched siding, cut to fit.

PORCH COLUMNS Of size
and detail illustrated in cuts.

DESIGN OF COLONNADE
BETWEEN BOOMS.

No. 2 SIZE.

TUBNED COLUMN

Detail Specifications Continued

OUTSIDE FINISH All No. 1 dressing stock,
dressed four sides, cut to length and mitred for end-
butts.

WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES Finest dressing
stock.

DOORS From our Mills at Vancouver and St.
John, N.B., we supply six cross panel doors, from
our Toronto Mill we supply an exclusive pattern
door with three vertical panels in the center and a
cross panel top and bottom.

INTERIOR TRIM Our interior trim consists of
Bull nosed casing, base blocks and three piece
Colonial Mantel Head, all finest dressing stock.
The trim is cut to fit, ready to be nailed in place.

MOULDED BASE We do not cut the base to fit,
but we do better we supply corner blocks, and any
one who has seen Base "scribed" in at the corners
will realize what an immense saving in time this
means.

FINISHED HARDWARE Our lock sets, hinges,
window fittings, etc., are all of handsome Old Copper
or other attractive finishes.

BUILDERS HARDWARE We supply nails of all
necessary sizes in excess quantities, galvanized iron,
hip, valley and step flashings and first quality
odorless building paper.

GLASS AND PAINT We supply double diamond
glass for all windows and glass doors. We supply
best quality Ready-mixed paint, linseed oil and
shellac for two coats for the outside body of the
house, outside trim, verandah floor and steps,
verandah ceiling and inside doors and trim.

INSIDE WALL FINISH For the inside walls and
ceilings, we offer you your choice of readi-cut plaster
board or lath and hardwall plaster.

Dimensions on Floor Plans are inclusive of
the Frame Work.

Terms

One third cash with the order and the balance
when shipped. Delivered free on board cars at our
nearest mill. A discount of 5% is allowed from
list prices where full amount is sent with order.
These terms are not meant as a reflection on your
financial standing, but are our invariable rule. For
your convenience we have shown the list price and
the net price with each house.

ILLUSTRATION: List price of house, $1000;
one-third with the order, $333; balance, $667, when
shipment is made: Or $950 if all sent with the order.
Cash discounts are usually large enough to pay the
freight charges. t

NOTE. Readi-Cut houses are shipped under
the classification of "Lumber" with the hardware,
paint, etc., under their respective classifications.
You pay freight only on what you use. None on
waste.

Our References

The Bank of Ottawa, Toronto, Ont., OR ANY
PURCHASER OF A SOVEREIGN READI-CUT HOUSE.

Cost of Erection

\\ 7" HAT does it cost to erect a

W Read! -Cut house?" is a
question that we are asked daily, and
we have to answer that it depends
on the industry shown. The materials
are all lying bundled and marked be
fore the men, and there is no excuse
for any delays or loafing on the job.
The materials can be put in place
just as fast as nails can be driven.

To make sure that builders
work to good advantage, we issue

a set of instructions for each building, covering the placing of material when it

is delivered on the ground, the number

^^^_ and class of workmen to employ and

the way in which they can work most
efficiently.

Below are given estimates of the
cost of erecting and painting various
types of houses, and in this connection
it should be remembered that any part
of the work the owner can do himself in
his spare time, will be clear saving.

The "Glenora," 30 ft. x 22 ft., will
cost about 20% of our price.

The "Glenora" Summer Cottage,
30 ft. x 22 ft., will cost about 20% of
our price.

The "Suburban" and other storey and a half houses, will cost 20% to
25% of our price.

The "M a n o r" and other two
storey houses, will cost about 25% of
our price.

In making comparisons with these
prices, it must be kept in mind that we
supply all hardware, glass, paint and
interior wall finish and that our esti
mated erection costs are for carpenter
work, glazing, putting hardware in
place, finishing interior walls and doing

all Daintintr SOVEREIGN READI-CUT BUNGALOW

*" CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, TORONTO

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

LOCKWOOD $2185.00

List Price $2300.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $2185.00

AN exclusive design that will
not be sold to more than
one customer in any com
munity, without the previous
consent of the first owner. If
you want something a little nicer
and better looking than anything
in your vicinity, the "Lockwood"
will score an instant hit.

Generous grounds and site
well back from the road with an
environment of trees are essential
to having this design in proper
perspective. Nothing less than a
seventy foot lot should be digni
fied with this house, and a hun
dred foot would be much more
appropriate. It should not be
placed within thirty feet of the
side-walk or road; then with a
few trees trimmed high enough
to not obstruct the view of the
house from the road or of the road
from the house, and the "Lock-
wood"will be a show-place in any
city or country of beautiful homes.

If you are fortunate enough to be its owner your
foot hall. From the hall rises the main stair in two
made for a lavatory or coat room as preferred. On

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

latch key will give you access to a large vestibule opening into an 8
flights with a landing midway. Under the upper flight provision is
either hand, as you enter the hall are French doors on the left open
ing into the living room, which extends from front to rear of the
house, 24 ft. with big mullioned bay window in the front and fireplace
flanked by casement windows in the rear. From this room of such
heroic size, you may pass by another pair of French doors to the
verandah, with its three exposures.

Hammocks, porch chairs and grass rugs will make this the most
coveted spot in the house on pleasant days and evenings in the
summer.

The dining room is well lighted by the front windows and the
French doors opening to the port cochere and a large kitchen of ade
quate size for the needs of such a home, lead you to expect some
thing more than ordinary in the second floor plan, and you will
not be disappointed.

One good bedroom and two extra large ones with closets of ample
size, a big sitting room, lit by mullioned windows and French doors
opening onto the balcony, will welcome you when you are seeking
quiet and rest. A large bathroom and those idols of a woman s
heart, closets and then^more closets.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10

for specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

THE VILLA VI. $1290.10

List Price $1358.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1290.10

YOU are bringing a relative or friend to your
home for the first time or perhaps it is a
business acquaintance who has accepted your
invitation to dinner; you are walking up your street,
passing one nice house after another; in your com
panion s mind is running the unspoken query "Is
this the house, or is it perhaps that next one."
Presently you give the sign and turn up the neat
concrete walk to your home the Villa. Do you
not think that as owner you would feel justly proud?
No matter how pretentious the neighbours, the Villa
loses nothing by comparison. It is too obviously
a home of "choice" and not of "necessity." It has
distinction in every line it has individuality it
is one of those houses that immediately impress
you with the idea that the owner must be a person
worth knowing.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

i J

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10

On entering, first impressions are enhanced
rather than discounted; there are the rooms of
necessity kitchen, pantry and dining room, a
living room or room of formality and a library,
sacred to the family and intimate friends. As the
second floor of a house is customarily private to the
household it is eminently proper that the stairway
should rise from the library. The three second floor
bedrooms are roomy and well lighted, the ones at
front and rear having glass full across one wall; the
bath is most conveniently located for access from
first floor and bedrooms.

If you have a lot of sufficient dimensions to
allow of a little landscape gardening the "Villa"
design can at slight cost be given a setting that will
make it a veritable gem.

for specifications and terms,

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

MASSACHUSETTS $1981.70

Price - - $2086.00
Cash Discount 5/
Net Price $1981.70

CAN you picture to your mind a. more beautiful
home than the one shown here? Cobble stone
piers for the verandah and terrace with outside
chimney to match, are recommended as giving just the
finishing touch that this house deserves. If such are
not available, or men skilled in laying them cannot be
obtained, a handsome selected brick can be used instead
with almost equal effect.

The nine foot verandah with its port cochere (a
highly appreciated convenience in these days of auto
mobiles) for many months in the year will be one of the
most enjoyable comforts of this home and for the entire
year one of its most attractive features. The port -
cochere can be omitted if desired, or if the width of the
building site forbids its use. The splendid overhang

of the roof with
its exposed raf
ters carried
front and rear

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

on heavy brackets, sum up the distinguishing external
features of this design.

Examining the floor plan, you cannot but admire the
noble proportions of the three ground floor rooms; the
grade entrance at the side; the roomy pantry, coat closet
and vestibule and handsome winding stair to the second
floor. Three large sleeping rooms with closets, maid s
room and bath, each well lighted and readily accessible
from the central hall, complete this most charming home.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ALBANY $1755.60

As Summer Cottage $1314-80

List Price $1848.00
Cash Discount 5X
Net Price $1755.60

List Price $1569.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1314.80

A SPLENDID example of the storey-and-a-half semi-
bungalow, conforming faithfully to the true bungalow
type. A charming winter home of great capacity and
convenience or an equally desirable summer home for the
farm, the lake or the river. Its belled dormer and main
roofs with their heavy over-hang, its paneled square
columns and large verandah with spindle rail, make an
harmonious picture pleasing to the art lover no less than
the home lover. It has too, an especially good floor plan,
one that will appeal to any house-wife. A central hallway
separating reception room and parlor, gives access to the

front door from the rear
part of the house with
out having to pass
through either. All
rooms large and splen
didly lighted. Ample
pantry, bath room and
closets leave nothing to
be desired. It passes
for a $3,500.00 home in
any restricted district,
and is worth it too.

\Yhen furnished as a
Summer Cottage, as de
scribed in the summer
cottage section hereof.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

"Readi-Cut" homes are a satisfaction to their
owners and a credit to us.

The "Readi-Cut" System will appeal to the man
who wants his home quickly.

"Readi-Cut" homes are beautifully different
and warmly attractive, inside and outside.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

ALLISTON : DEVON : GLENORA : REDCLIFF

TOTTENHAM

THE cottage illustrated above, is typical of the cozy and neat designs described on this and
the following page, in the sizes and with the floor plans set opposite their respective names.
Naturally the windows will agree with those shown on the floor plans rather than with those
shown in the typical illustration above.

The sizes and floor plans here offered are the most generally popular, but within reasonable
limits we can furnish any of them with modified floor plan and enlarged to suit the purchaser.

The same excellent quality of material and workmanship is found in these small, inexpen
sive homes, as in our most expensive designs.

ALLISTON

SIZE

16x16 $214-37

ALLISTON No. 1 20x16 $265.43

List Price $225.65
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $214.37

List Price $279.40
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $265.43

ALLISTON FLOOR PLAN

ALLISTON No. 2 20x18 $319.00

Each has two rooms of equal size and the porch railing is omitted.

List Price $335.80
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $319.00

"Readi-Gut" houses are made up to a standard not down to a price.

Which one of the designs in our Catalogue do you consider the most attrac
tive? Write and tell us. We value your opinion.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

DEVON FLOOR PLAN

SIZE

DEVON.

o - List Price $653.00

. .3D Cash Discount 5%

Net Price $620.35

Furnished with six-inch porch-columns and railing
as shown in the illustration opposite.

Industrial and mining companies find this one of
the best cottages they can buy for their married
employees homes.

GLENOR A 30x22 $537.51 cish^scofnf 5%

Net Price $537.51

GLENORANo. 1 30x28 $612.52

List Price $644. 75
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $612.52

Also furnished with six inch porch columns and
railing. Another favorite design for housing em
ployees, gardners and small farmers.

GLENORA FLOOR PLAN

ST7K

T&gt;rT-v/-iT rr&gt;r&gt; .* 9 r A o i* List Price $415.10

REDCLIFF. .20x22 $394.35 Cash Discount 5%

Net Price $394.35

REDCLIFF No. 1 24x26 $568.63

Net Price $568.

REDCLIFF FLOOR PLAN

A Redcliff was built by an Ontario customer after
finding that his local dealers asked $475.00 for the
lumber in the rough.

Columns and railing as shown in the cut opposite.

TOTTENHAM

$567.15

List Price $597.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $567.15

Columns and railing as shown on the opposite
page. This is greatly in favor with those objecting
to the front door opening into the living room.

The largest of the foregoing designs can be erected
by two men handy with tools in six days; the smaller
ones, in less.

ONTARIO

Your System saved me about $300 on my Redcliff."

Chas. Withington.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

TOTTENHAM FLOOR PLAN

specifications and terms.

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THE CROFT VI $1255.90

List Price $1322.00
Cash Discount 5 \&gt;
Net Price $1255.90

IT is the ambition of most normal
healthy men to own sometime "a
little country place"; a two to ten
acre lot in the not too distant suburbs;
a lot with a nice outlook, some fine old
trees, a lawn, a flower and vegetable
garden and perhaps a bit of an orchard.
Somewhere in the rear will be a combina
tion tool house and garage, and a poul
try house to take care of a dozen or so
hens, and centrally, in the most
eligible situation, the house will be built,
a proper country home, roomy and
bright, and with such characteristics of
line, finish and coloring as to blend with
its garden setting. Just such a home is
the Croft. It will add the final touch
of class to the handsomest estate, or

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

built as a primary step, it will set a standard of excel
lence which cannot help but stimulate the landscape
work which is to follow. The floor plan is one of the
best that we illustrate; eight good rooms and all such
extras as bath, closets, pantry, vestibule and verandahs.
The truly fine touch in the layout lies in the double
entrance to the house. The formal front entrance
opening from vestibule towards the street, and the
private entrance giving from living room onto spacious
verandah and from there to the private grounds.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

DON T FORGET if you are handy with
tools or have a handy man at your service,
you can erect "Readi-Cut" houses with
perfect ease and without danger of mistakes.

The quality, appearance and convenience
of "Readi-Cut" homes is the source of deep
and lasting satisfaction to all owners of
them.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ACTON $999.40

List Price $1052.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $999.40

ONE of our more modern offerings, but excellent in appearance
and arrangement and fast becoming one of the greatest
favorites in a storey and a half house. It rightly may be
classed among the semi-bungalows, but for the cost involved has
more room available than the true bungalow. You see, the same
roof that covers these six rooms and bathroom in this design would
cover but three rooms in a true bungalow.

It is one of those designs that, while it can be placed on a
twenty-five foot lot, has the appearance of being as wide as anyone
could wish, just as if the land it were on, were of no concern.

The dark body paint of this house did not take kindly to photo
graphing, but it cannot hide the good lines of the deep verandah
with its cottage roof or the body of the house with its exposed
rafters and side entrance. This latter is a great feature of any
house, giving access as it does to both kitchen and cellar without
having to pass through any rooms of the house to get to them.

The floor plan is good and closets
and bathroom and pantry very ample
and allowing for a fair priced lot,
you can in this design have your own

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

home, erected and ready to move into at a price that puts it within
reach of anvone.

In some of the designs, labelled VI, throughout our
Catalogue, the price has been raised over that of last
year. This, in every case, is due to an elaboration of the
design, calling for more material; and bears no relation
to the steadily rising prices of lumber, hardware, paint,
glass, etc.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

MIDLAND $1032.65

List Price $1087.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1032.65

THIS is an excellent example of what can be accom
plished in a dwelling 24 ft. square with side walls
8 ft. 6 in. high. On first thought you would not
believe it possible to get seven good rooms all with 8 ft.
6 in. ceilings in any such space. Yet here it is.

And that is not all. There is a good closet for every
bedroom, a verandah in keeping with the house,
a front hall and main and cellar stairs, and even passage
from kitchen to front door without going through any of
the other rooms; a really remarkable achievement, and
one that has done much to spread the fame of the economy
and efficiency of "Readi-Cut" houses, as models of space-
saving convenience.

The one shown in this photograph was erected by a college student, wholly new to building,
and its mysteries. All he had to go on, was two hands, our plans, and instructions, and last but
not least, good judgment in following them implicitely.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOORlPLAN

The "Readi-Cut" idea has helped many a
family to get that longed-for "home of their

own.

ONTARIO

Your System saved me on the "Richmond, $700.00.

N. Wellwood.

The wholesaler adds to the price, the dealer
adds to the price, but neither adds to the VALUE
of the lumber. This gave birth to mail selling
direct from the producer to the consumer.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

PRESTON $989.90

WHERE the value of the land on which you propose to place
your home is a secondary consideration, you might prefer
a house with a central hall and large rooms on either side,
or even a bungalow with all the living space on the ground floor;
but where your lot is not a large one and you must have three bed
rooms, and the usual accommodations, or where you are figuring on
the day you may wish to sell or rent and locate elsewhere, you could
hardly find a better design, for it has large, well-lighted living and
dining rooms, compact, convenient kitchen and pantry, free passage
from kitchen to front door by way of pantry, hall and vestibule
without passing through either dining or living room, one small and
two extra large bedrooms with closets, bathroom and hallways, and
it can all be easily placed on a twenty-five foot lot.

The astonishing part of it is
that it is not of the chalk-box archi
tecture, the proportions are excel
lent and the decorative features
redeem it from commonplaceness.

List Price $1,042. 00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $989.90

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

A small investment in land on which to place it will always
make it a good seller or it can-be readily rented on a very profitable
basis and the wise builder looks to the possibilities of the future.

We have made it easy for you to order and will make
it just as easy for you to build your favorite home.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

BRUCE : FARNHAM : CHELSEY : DAYTON : JACKSON

THE above illustration is typical of the five designs with clean, straight lines, named and
described on this and the following page, but the front door and the windows are placed
as shown on their respective floor plans. They are chiefly intended for use where land
values are relatively high and it is necessary to make full use of it, by building on narrow lots.
Their quality is our only quality -the best.

JACKSON

JACKSON No. 1

JACKSON No. 2

JACKSON No. 3

JACKSON No. 4.

SIZE

20 x 36

22 x 36

24 x 36

24 x 38

26 x 44

$613.70
$642.39
$672.60
$715.00
$922.00

List Price $646.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $613.70

List Price $676.20
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $642.39

List Price $708.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $672.00

List Price $752.65
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $715.00

List Price $971.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $922.00

JACKSON FLOOR PLAN

Furnished with six inch porch column and railing. The above floor
plan is of the smallest size. In the larger sizes, the size of the rooms
are each increased proportionately, or the added space may be dis
tributed in any way you prefer.

"Readi-Cut" homes are houses of quality.

Readi-Cut" homes are warm in any climate this side of the North Pole.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

BRUCE

ATTRACTIVE

BRUCE No. 1

BRUCE No. 2

SIZE

10 x 22

10 x 26

12 x 26

$196.75
$243.77
$297.50

List Price $207.10
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $196.75

List Price $256.60
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $2J3.77

List Price $313.15
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $297.50

BRUCE FLOOR PLAN

These cottages are supplied with five inch columns, but without
porch railing.

FARNHAM . $523.60

List Price $551.15
Cash Discount 5 ,
Net Price $523-60

A warm, serviceable, five room cottage with generous living
room and all the comforts of home. The verandah is supplied with
six inch full length columns and with railing as shown in the cut.

SL s

CHESLEY

CHESLEY No. 1

SIZE

16 x 26

20 x 30

$362.00
$525.59

FARNHAM FLOOR PLAN

List Price $381.05
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $362.00

List Price $553- 2 5
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $525.59

Furnished with six inch full length verandah columns and railing.
Doors and windows as shown on floor plan.

CHESLEY FLOOR PLAN

DAYTON.

SIZE

16 x 26

$362.00

List Price $381.05
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $362.00

List Price $553.25
$525.59 Cash Discount 5%

Net Price $525.59

DAYTON No. 1. 20 x 30

Identical with the Chesley except in floor plan.

DAYTON FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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CAVAN $1288.20

List Price $1356.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1288.20

TF there is anything warmer than a "Readi-Cut"
L house, it is two "Readi-Cut" houses placed side by
side. That is what the "Cavan" is, two houses side
by side with a common wall between them.

If you have a son or daughter planning to leave the
old home roof for a new one, here is a suggestion for
separate homes, yet under the same roof. A house
where each can have his own privacy or the comrade
ship of the other as the mood dictates.

This design has another great advantage. You
have a piece of land on which you have paid taxes for
years, perhaps, and received no revenue from it.
There is a good demand for houses for rent, but little
for unimproved property. Fifty feet of such land will
carry this double house and easily bring you a rental of
$480.00 a year or, say from 20% to 25% on your
investment.

This is being done every year in industrial towns
throughout Canada and will be done more and more, as
the fame of "Readi-Cut" houses grows.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Skilled Mechanics are not required to
put up "Readi-Cut" houses. Anyone who
can read and follow plain instructions can
do the work.

ALLADIN HOUSES took the GRAND
PRIZE at the PANAMA PACIFIC INTER
NATIONAL EXPOSITION and at the
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR. SOVEREIGN
"READI-CUT" HOUSES are the MADE-IN-
CANADA-ALL ADINS.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

THE STRATFORD $1130.56

List Price $1190.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1130.56

THERE is in most communities a strong tendency on the
part of local architecture to get into a rut, until presently,
there are just as many types of houses as there are different
contractors. Many people come to us less from a desire to save
money than from a determination to combat this, to have
their house express their own individuality rather than that of
the contractor, possibly years dead, who originated the local
style. As a Town House that is Different we offer you the
Stratford. It has the full two-storey, four-square space effici
ency without the customary band-box appearance. To this
end were designed the many contrasting windows, the inset
verandah with its unusual projecting pediment, the belting
cornice which effectively breaks the long ascending lines and
separates the shingled from the sided portion of the wall. The
Stratford is dignified and distinctive. Its design is odd and
attracts the eye without in any degree suggesting the freakish.

FIBST FLOOR PLAN

The floor plan, with the possible exception of one feature, is
above reproach. We would suggest putting a bulk-head closet
over the main stair landing, opening off the front right-hand
bedroom, and thus getting rid of the present closet which cuts
into the available space rather badly.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Quality or quantity are never sacrificed, no mat
ter what the competition.

SASKATCHEWAN

I have lived in the "Denver No. 1" all winter and find it
extremely satisfactory. It has stood up against a very severe
winter. We have at no time suffered any inconvenience from
the cold.

T. R. A.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

MANOR $1676.75

List Price $1765.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1676.75

A MANOR House was in olden times the residence of a
feudal lord or baron. In modern times the name is
applied to a home of lordly mien, the social centre of the
estate which it graces, generous in its proportions, hospitable
in its aspect without ostentation, but bearing the evidences
of taste, refinement, comfort and ease.

It should have large well laid-out grounds and where, as
in the photograph, the second storey walls and the verandah
are of stained shingles, the first storey and the trimmings
should be done in white or cream, and the window sash in
black. If the upper walls are finished with siding, the same
as the lower walls, which they may be at the purchaser s
option, a wider variety of color scheme is available.

The twenty-six foot ver
andah, eight feet in depth,
with battlement railing, is
the first and one of the
most pleasing impressions
received of this home.

The vestibule admits
you to the reception room
or hall from which opens a
coat room with its full
length mirror door. Direct
ly before you rises the
handsome winding stair and
to your left through the

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

colonnade you view the large living room lighted from two
sides, with its corner fireplace, the fireplace offering the last
suggestion of feudal days. Separated from the living room
by sliding doors is the 14 ft. x 14 ft. dining room, served from
the kitchen by way of the pantry with its double swing door.
Cellar stairs and door to the reception hall open direct from
the kitchen.

Edge grain fir or hardwood floors should be specified for
this home, regardless of the slight additional cost.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

GRANGE $1388.90

THIS design offers a happy solution of the
problem of the man who wants a bungalow,
but needs the room of a two storey house, and
is a design admired by everyone.

It s strong features are its beautiful sweeping
lines, deep and wide verandah under the main roof,
with its battlement railing and square columns, the
shingled gable ends and dormer with its balcony, the
exposed rafters and brackets, carrying the over
hang of the roof and the bay window.

The interior arrangement makes it a very de
sirable town or farm home.

The three essential ground floor rooms, living-
room, dining-room and kitchen, are all large and
well lighted, and the pantry is of ample size for all
the purposes of a farm home. The front door is
accessible from any room in the house without
passing through any other room.

List Price $146200
Cash Discouni 5%
Net Price $1388.90

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FIRST -FLOOR PLAN

Four large bedrooms and bathroom, each with
its own closet, and the balcony from the front bed
room, make an especially good second floor plan of
large capacity. If a den or farm office is required,
it can very easily be supplied by partitioning off
the rear of the very large living room.

If single light sash are preferred to the divided
light sash for the upper half of windows, they can
be furnished that way.

SECON D FLOOR PLAN

We furnish plans and directions free with
every "Readi-Cut" house purchased. These
are not for sale, and are furnished
only when a complete house is purchased.

The "Dagmar

ALBERTA

stands the severe -weather first rate.
W. R. Gardiner.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

: BURNSIDE $562.88

A COMPACT, cosy, comfortable, convenient, warm home of more
than usually attractive appearance, modern in design and arrange
ment, exactly describes this remarkable house. The cut falls short
of doing it justice, as the combination of a cloudy day and walls
stained dark Walnut, was too much for our photographer.

The compact arrangement all the rooms opening off a central
living room will appeal to the housewife who does her own work,
besides simplifying the heating arrangements; a good stove in the living
room will maintain a temperature of 70 degrees throughout the house,
provided that the bedroom doors are left partly open; this is a demon
strated fact and speaks wonders for our cold resisting construction.

We have labeled the front room a bedroom, but would suggest
that the bed be one of the many attractive folding types so that the
room may be used as a parlor or sitting room throughout the day.

List Price $592.50
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $562.88

FLOOR PLAN

It has always seemed to us that this house is peculiarly adapted to be a home for a couple
getting on in years, old people who have to economize their steps, and like everything to be more
or less within hearing, sight and reach.

NOTE: A Montreal customer says, "The only thing that I regret t s that
I have not the time to erect the house myself, as the plans and instructions are 50 plain
that a boy could do the job."

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

MODEL $632.70

List Price $666.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $632.70

FLOOR PLAN

THE Model as pictured above, was designed by
the Architect of the Department of Agriculture
to give the maximum amount of farm house, in
appearance and utility, for a minimum amount of
money.

He did exceedingly well, and such error as he &gt;
fell into might have been avoided, we think, if he had
shown the plan to his wife. He probably has not
had brought home to him the fact that "here in
America" the man of the house may have something
to say as to the exterior appearance of the home, but
it is the housewife who lays out the floor plan.

As far as we have observed, the housewives
who have studied this plan, are a unit in considering that the outside kitchen door and the rear
kitchen window, should be interchanged.

There are others who have wisely suggested that a neat kitchen addition to the rear of the
living room the present kitchen being used as a bedroom or parlor would improve the house
out of proportion to the increased cost.

The exact amount of space required in a house varies, of course, with the needs of the family,
and the homesteader, who is "batching it," would probably see no disadvantage in a kitchen door
that opened on the front verandah, so that the three possibilities outlined above might each serve
in a particular case. We are prepared in the Model, as in all our houses, to make alterations to
suit the purchaser, there being no extra charge except for added material involved.

In the Model, differences of opinion go no further than the floor plan. As to the appearance
of the house, with its graceful lines and many attractive windows, there can, we believe, be only
one opinion.

Our Service Department is a clearing house for building ideas. We
are constantly receiving and passing them on to our customers.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

OXFORD $798.00

A GENTLEMAN who built one of our Oxford houses, has
called our attention to an odd fact. He says that nearly
every one whom he has taken through his home, has
expressed surprise at the number of splendid large rooms he has.
This has caused us to wonder if the appearance of our photo
graph really was deceptive. The second floor bedrooms have
hipped ceilings, but as the side walls are six feet high, this is in
no way a source of inconvenience. The first floor plan is rather
astonishing when you consider that the designer had only
twenty-four feet square to work on. A large parlor and dining
room, a vestibule, a coat closet and a roomy hall with handsome
open stairway, a kitchen with pantry and interior basement
stair is there anything missing that might be found in the most
pretentious home. Note the door, kitchen to hall, which allows
the front door to be answered without passing through dining
room or parlor.

List Price $840.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $798.00

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

We would suggest as a possible variation in the design, that
the mullioned window of the dining room be moved to the side
wall. For those who are interested in this design for a farm
house, we have among our blue prints an alternative floor plan
with first floor bed room and a large combination dining room
and kitchen. This plan we will be glad to submit upon request.

SKCON D FLOOK I LAN

ONTARIO

With a kitchen range and a base burner, the "Oxford" is
almost too -warm in the ordinary weather.

Lionel Brayley.

If you decide now, one month from to-day you
can be living in the Oxford.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ELKO V. $1233.10

List Price $1298.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1233.10

LIKE some people, this bungalow does not take
a good picture. But unlike some people, its
beauty is not skin deep. Over-shadowed by
an apartment building or set on the crest of
a bald hill, it would still be the same bungalow, but
its beauty would not appeal to you till you were
inside it; but properly placed on a hill side or even
on level ground, with a few good shade trees for
background, and low shrubs and flowers for fore
ground, it is hard to say which is the more beautiful,
the exterior or the interior. One thing is certain:
If size and capacity fit your lot and your needs, you
will find it a little "palace for a King." Large
rooms all, closets galore, generous bath room and
pantry, space for a grand fireplace at the rear -of
living room, and all designed with a view to com
fort and artistic furnishing what more could one
ask? If you see anything wrong about it, tell us
about it and we will fix it, if it adds to the comfort,
convenience or appearance. The sun parlor ex
tension at the rear is roofed over the same as the
front verandah.

FLOOR PLAN

If well-housed, you will eat well sleep well and keep well. None are
better housed than those who live in Sovereign "Readi-Cut" homes.

ONTARIO

The design of the "Lakeside" is pleasing, the material good, the workmanship all
that one could ask, the saving in money has been considerable, and also the saving of time
and trouble has been great.

A. A. Macdonald.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

TAWANDA (Brick Veneer) $1181.80
TA WANDA (All Frame) $1206.50

THIS half shingled brick veneer home, with wide box cornice,
had its inception in the mind of a young man enamored
of "Readi-Cut" houses by his experience in erecting one
for his father. For city, village or country, can you think of a
more simple tasteful home in which to start life, in which to end
life, or in which to spend the interval between. There are
certainly no canons of good taste violated in this home, all
rooms regular in shape, well lighted and easily furnished and
decorated an appealing arrangement.

Porch and pantry, the latter connecting kitchen and dining

room, will especially interest a
student of household efficiency.
All three bedrooms are
large and supplied with enough
closets, and the covered bal
cony as an airing place during
the day, and a lounging place
during the evening, will be
well prized by all members of
the family.

Lfst Price $1244.00
Cash Discount 5 /
Net Price $1181.80
List Price $1270.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1206.50

FIAST FLOOR PLAN

Fitted with glazed sash, this balcony at once becomes an
ideal sleeping porch.

All ceilings throughout the house are 8 ft. 6 in. Matched
sheathing is provided for the outer walls in the design as illus
trated for brick veneer.

SECOND FLOOR FLAN

Why not take a short vacation when your house
arrives and put it up yourself.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

TRANQUIL $1588.40

As Summer Cottage $1210.30

THIS is a prize competition design in bungalow con
struction and has been a great favorite. The one
in the photograph had a single room extending clear
across the front of the second storey and a single front
window. We have divided this large room into two, each
with a front window, as shown on the floor plan.

The battlement railing and square verandah columns,
make it easy to fit the verandah with screens for the sum
mer, whether the design is used as a permanent home or
as a summer cottage. We can furnish it at the same
price with the front door and vestibule moved to the left,
so that the living room is symmetrical and for summer
cottage use we recommend the omission of the vestibule

altogether.

Used for either pur
pose, the grand dining
room, with its bay win
dow and access, through
double French doors, to
the enclosed rear porch,
and the roomy kitchen
and pantry, will please
the most exacting.

List Price $1672.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1588.40

List Price $1274.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1210.30

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Where the bay window
is needed for a side
board, we will furnish
high casement windows.

As a summer cottage, the price does not include cellar
stairs, and the interior is as described in the summer cottage
section.

"Readi-Cut" homes are MADE IN CANADA for
CANADIANS.

8KCOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages
9 and 10 for

specifications
and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

PORTLAND $988.00

A COMFORTABLE home of deserved popularity and while
one of the earliest "Readi-Cut" designs offered to the public,
still going strong. We had never thought of suggesting it for
a design for a summer cottage, but it even finds favor as that. It
is as an all-the-year-around house that we offer it, having a floor
plan that would make it a favorite if it had the external appearance
of a sod house, which it is far from having as you will admit.

The spindle railing from banister to ground level and the front
steps with battlement railing and shingled piers for the support of
the square verandah columns, carrying the cottage roof, are in
themselves sufficient to give the house distinction.

Four shingled gables and double mullioned window in the
Iront, make it a very charming and attractive house in any city or
province.

Careful planning and effective archi
tecture have resulted in giving this
$1,500 house for less than $1,000.

. List Price $1040.00
Cash Discount 5
Net Price $988.00

ONTARIO

While the "Portland 11 was not wholly
finished, we, found it quite comfortable
in our recent zero weather.

Frank Paris.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Everyone who handles your lumber before it is placed
in your house and everyone who has a dollar invested in
it exacts a profit for his labor, and interest and profit on
his money for the time it was invested. Every Railroad
that hauls it must be paid for doing so. The shortest cut
from the standing tree to you, is the cheapest for you.

We offer you that shortest cut by shipping the finished
house materials direct from the mill to you with only
one handling and one hauling. You buy direct of the
mill and pay for the one handling and one hauling.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

WHITBY, $909.72

List Price, $957.60
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price, $909.72

WHAT is there lacking about this bungalow to make
it perfect of its kind? We have tried to discover
and have failed. Go over the rooms one at a time
and see in what, if any, respect you would have them different;
then write and tell us about it. We will advise you if it is
practicable to make the changes you suggest and what if
anything, it will save you or cost you to make those changes.
It stands unabashed among some of the greatest of nature s
beautiful works and its happy owners do not have to apologize
for its being out of keeping with its surroundings.

A hundred thousand dollars spent on marble and
bronze, could not furnish more protection and shelter,
more warmth and comfort to the owner, per cubic foot of
space than does this bungalow for less than a hundredth the
cost.

CONDITION OF MATERIALS

This Company binds itself to deliver your house to you without damage
in shipment. If notified immediately on its arrival, we will at once make good
any damage, at our expense.

nicely.

ONTARIO

much pleased with the material for the "Chesley" and everything went together

Francis R. Ball.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

SUBURBAN No. i. 20 x 22 $948.53

SUBURBAN No. 2, 24x24 $1OO5.91
SUBURBAN No. 3, 24x28 $1223.60
SUBURBAN No. 4, 26x26 $124O.OO

Above dimensions are exclusive of an 8 ft. verandah.

A STOREY and a half house of the square type, it has
all the advantages that come with such a home, easily
heated, easily furnished, conveniently arranged, and
no waste space.

In the larger sizes, it is practical to furnish a den on the
second floor or another small sleeping room and still leave
plenty of space for the bathroom.

We believe that the appearance of this home is improved
by giving the roof a heavier overhang and in the absence of
instructions to the contrary, we would prefer to furnish it
that way.

List Price $998.45
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $948.53

List Price $1068.85
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1005.91
List Price $1288.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1223.60
List Price $1305.25
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1240.00

"Readi - Cut"
homes are special
ly built to meet the
requirements of
the Canadian cli-
ate.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SUBURBAN NO. 2

SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SUBURBAN NO. 2

MANITOBA

The "Subttrban" material -was all first class and
went together without a single mistake. You have a
wonderful System.

W. B. Rae.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

LANCASTER $1217.90

THIS is of the Dutch Colonial type of architecture,
adapted to building on a lot of generous size,
well back from the street. It is much favored
by those wishing "something different" from the
conventional designs so common in Canada, one that
can be recognized even in the dark by its distinguish
ing lines. The gambrel roof makes available, for
living purposes, every particle of the space, wasting
nothing for attic room. If desired, shingled roof
will be extended over the porch in place of. the pergola
and single lights instead of divided lights furnished in
the windows.

List Price $1282.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1217.90

FIRST FLOOR

PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

The conspicuously desirable features of the main
floor plan are the vestibule, large hall with double flight
of stairs to the second storey, and the grand living room,
12 ft. x 24 ft., with box windows at the sides and
casement windows on either side of the fireplace in
the rear of the room; dining room and kitchen, each
12 ft. x 12 ft., with double swing door connecting;
three good bedrooms with den and large bathroom,
all opening from a square hall, conserve every foot of
space; closets in front and rear bedrooms, being under
the slope of the roof either side of the dormers, have
hipped ceilings. All other ceilings are square.

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

SOVEREIGN $1314.80

List Price $1384.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1314.80

NAMED after the father of the "Readi-Cut" idea. That
tells you in a phrase our opinion of this design. It is
right up to the minute in designing of storey-and-a-half
semi-bungalows. Field rock, cobble stone or fancy brick
verandah columns, exposed scrolled timber work verandah
roof and scrolled exposed roof rafters, make the exterior of
this design, absolutely unique and individual. Only one of
these will be sold in each community without the consent
of first purchaser. If you live in this house, you will not
need to be told when you arrive home. You will know it.
Such details as glass for the windows, arranged to suit the
purchaser.

And isn t the living room a real one for those who like
and can afford elbow room? The same is true of the whole
house. Rear stair to second floor and access to cellar through
the pantry, are special household conveniences.

Do not overlook the size
of the bedrooms and closets
on the second floor and the
big linen closet and bath
room. Good light, good
ventilation and good looks
are apparent in every de
tail.

FIRST F1OOR PLAN

Those who wish a closer division of the floor space
but like the design, should send for our alternative floor
plan. It is a good one too, and makes possible some things
not possible in this plan.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

"Readi-Cut" homes are comfortable, healthful
and practical in point of ventilation, light and heat.

ONTARIO

"Readi-Cut" houses are the best and cheapest. They are
beyond the criticism of any critic. V. A. Hite.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

VICTORIA $1792.65

List Price $1887.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1792.65

THE bungalow has come to stay. It is a
type of architecture growing daily more
popular with people of taste. Long in
great favor on the Pacific Coast, its many
charms and advantages are rapidly bringing it
in demand in the East. Can be supplied
equally well with siding for the outer walls.
If stucco finish is specified, the piazza, floor and
floor of terrace at front door should be of flag
stones or concrete.

The beautiful lines, the hooded entrance
with its Colonial benches and door, the divided
light casement windows and French doors in
the dining room and side of the living room,
make this one of the best types of the bunga
low designer s art. Note the living room,
entered through the French doors on the left
of the hall. To the right is the massive fire
place at the rear of the splendid 14 ft. x 20 ft.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10

room with its mullioned front windows and
French doors leading to the piazza and dining
room, and its heavily beamed ceiling.

With family, friends, books and music
about one, such a room requires only a dining
room like the one adjoining, to illustrate the
familiar words, "Home, sweet Home."
" " The dining room, lighted on three sides, is
bright as day. The ceiling is beamed to match
the living room. A butler s pantry, kitchen,
two bedrooms and bath, with closets and main
and cellar stairs, divide the balance of the
ground floor.

Three large well lighted bedrooms with
closets, on the second floor, complete the role
of this bungalow s chief features, making it the
most popular one we have ever offered.

for specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

BLACKBURN
BLACKBURN No. I, 28x22

SIZE

24x18 $894.90

136.20

List Price $942.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $894.90

List Price $1196.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1136.20

THIS home appeals especially to those who like privacy
and cosy comfort within their homes, and are indifferent
to what goes on without the home. The casement
windows give ample light and air without inviting the observa
tion of the passer-by to what is within. Then too, they lend
themselves so kindly to the artistic decoration of the the interior.
No difficult problems of window treatment to solve, no problems
of how to admit the light required but exclude the curious eye.

Half the main floor is in one grand living room and the
dining room is ample in size for the family and its guests.

The entire home for less than $900.00, and so simple of
erection that, as one customer expressed it, "a child could do it."

The Blackburn No. 1 is the same house except that it is
four feet longer and four feet wider.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

ALBERTA

Am very pleased with my "Denver No. 1" and found it
easy to put it together. Anyone could build one by following
your instructions.

Herbert Hone.

You can very nicely use what we save you, in furn
ishing the best home in your community your own.
Or to pay for its site. Many do.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

CLEVELAND $899.65

List Price $947.00
CashDiscount 5%
Net Price $899.65

THIS is a bungalow better adapted to the Canadian
winters than some. There are no valleys in the roof to
act as snow traps and the pitch of the roof is sufficient
to give no lodgement to the heavy snows of Canada.

The verandah and front steps are a pleasant change from
the conventional designs as are the square twin verandah
columns which carry their share of the main roof.

An outside chimney with diamond light casement windows
either side of it, is a pleasing feature of the design and has the
advantage of not wasting any of the space in the house itself;
neither is any space wasted in the ground floor.

The rear kitchen entrance being under the upper flight
of the main stair to a grade entrance at the landing of the
cellar stairs.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Two large sleeping rooms with closets and bathroom on
the second floor make this one of the very popular Canadian
bungalows.

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

You know exactly how your home will look and
what it will cost before you invest a cent.

Your home will be ready weeks or months before
it would by any other method.

QUEBEC

We consider we have saved about $400.00 on the"Glenora"
by your System.
A. J. Gardner.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

SUDBURY VI. $1050.70

A SENSIBLE house for a narrow lot. If you have a lot of good
depth but narrow frontage, anywhere from 25 ft. to 30 ft., you
can improve it with this storey and a half house. By keeping
your own counsel as to cost, it will not matter if the district is restricted
to $3,000 homes. It looks like a $3,000 home, and it will cost that built
by any other than the "Readi-Cut" System, and of course the only
object of the restriction is to insure the building of substantial good-
looking homes and this complies with both requirements.

Its battlement railed verandah with heavy turned columns and

pediment over the front steps and the
handsome dormer with mullioned win
dows, present a pleasing and attractive
front elevation to the street.

Large well lighted rooms, convenient
ly arranged make the interior as pleasing
as the exterior and as homelike as can
be found in a "Sabbath day s journey."

List Price, $1106.00
Cash Discount, 5%
Net Price, $1050.70

Can we send men to erect our
houses? Yes, and good men too;
but it is a needless expense of time
and railroad fare, when local talent
can do it just as well and at much
less cost.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

When we cut, fit and finish materials by machinery,
we save you two-thirds of what it would cost you to per
form the same work by hand. One machine often
does the work of fifty men.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

HOMESTEAD $1882.90

List Price $1982.00
Cash Discounts %
Net Price $1882.90

AGRICULTURAL Canada gave theworld last year striking
evidence of what it was capable of. Crops that astonished
the world for their size brought unheard of prices. Farm
owners who had taken the fat years with the lean years philo
sophically, and burdened themselves with debt to improve their
lands so as to get the best and most lasting results, found
themselves suddenly in easy circumstances and the first thought
naturally was to provide a better home in place of the old one-
a home more in keeping with their improved condition. This
made such a strong demand for houses adapted particularly to
the life and business of the farm, that our designers gave their
almost undivided attention to the work of designing suitable
homes for the purpose. Practical farmers, practical builders,
and expert designers all agree that the ^"Homestead" leaves

nothing to be desired as a farm home,

to meet the needs of the most progres
sive farming community in the world.
The living room occupies 20 ft. of the

28 ft. across the front of the house, and

nearly its entire front is made up of a

quadruple mullion window looking out

on the verandah. While the living

room is connected with the main hall

and stairway by a colonnade and with

the dining room similarly, by means of

draperies, it may be shut off from them

when desired.

The dining room and kitchen with its big pantry in the rear, are
models of excellence. The rear section of the ground floor, devoted
to the business of the farm and a large wash room and stair to the
second floor, is shut off from the social side of the farm life. Three
large bedrooms with closets are accessible from the front hall, and

two only from the rear hall. A good sized store room disposes of the balance of the second

floor space in a manner that will be highly appreciated on any farm.

I IKST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

KENTUCKY $1339.50

FLOOK PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

STILL a prime favorite with those who wish their
home all on one floor and who have a building
site with frontage enough to receive it. Simple,
but elegant, it commends itself to all. Kentucky
ho&pitality is expressed in all its lines. The window
blinds are not included in the prices quoted as they
are seldom required in this country of less intense
summer sun.

To appear to its best advantage, this bungalow
should be placed close to the grade level, about as
shown in the illustration, as heavy turned porch
columns without railing, add to its air of welcome,
and "safety first" would require a railing if the
verandah floor were higher.

Single or double front door, with or without
glass, leads directly to the heart of the home, the
living room, the size of which is made elastic by the
colonnade to the dining room on the left. This can
be closed with draperies as desired or left open to

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

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List Price $141O.OO Cash Discount 5% Net Price $1339.50

give spaciousness to the living room. Do not overlook the
large butler s pantry through which access is had to the
kitchen. Three large bedrooms, with closets and bath, com
plete one of the most desirable and convenient floor plans
possible.

Emergency rooms can be provided in the attic at slight
added cost.

First cost is last cost and complete cost if
you order a "Readi-Cut" home.

The Pyramids were Readi-Cut
The G.P.R. Bldg. was Readi-Cut
Sovereign Houses are Readi-Cut

The Pyramids are not Portable
The C.P.R. Bldg. is not Portable
-Nor are Sovereign Houses Portable

"Readi-Cut" homes are splendidly adapted to
decoration and furnishing. You will not have
to place your piano in front of the fireplace nor
your davenport across a window or door.

Refer to_ pages
9 and 10 for

specifications
and terms.

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HOME OFFICE, C.P.R. BCILD

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

MONCTON VI. $1863.90

List Price $1962.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1863.90

A VERY likeable feature of this home is its
flexibility. Not that it will bend and give
to the storms for it is as rigid as the Rock
of Gibralter; but it is so easily fitted to your
precise needs, as a good tailor fits your cloth to
your form. In a country where everything is on
a large scale, the 8 ft. verandah across front and
side is appropriate, handsome and useful, and
gives it dignity and distinction; but if you prefer
less verandah and less first cost, the side veran
dah can be omitted without marring the sym
metry or beauty.

If you wish it for a farm home and prefer
bedroom or office to library on the ground floor,
we can give you that, for a few extra dollars.

There is hardly anything you can want in a
house, which we cannot give you in this design
if you will tell us what it is, and it will not cost
you a cent, until it fits your needs, and tastes,
as the paper fits the wall.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

PLAIN DIRECTIONS and illustrations make it
possible for anyone to erect "Readi-Cut" houses.

Save the Dealer s profits, the Middleman s profits,
and the Builder s profits.

QUEBEC

Am convinced, I saved at least 25% on the cost of the
"Blackburn" by using your system.

Wm. Stewart.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE . ATTRACTIVE

AVON $1083.00

List Price $1140.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1083.00

SIMPLE, well balanced proportions with many
unique features.

As its name might suggest, this is on the
order of the English architecture. The subject of
the photograph was stucco finish, but it is quite as
handsome with the walls finished with siding.

The hooded verandah entrance with hanging
lamps is an especially happy conception of the
designer and will distinguish this house from every
other in the community.

The porch at the right is intended to be screened
in in the summer and can, if desired, be fitted with
glazed sash in the winter and used as a sun parlor.
Note well the clever first floor plan giving in
small space, central hall, good living room, dining
room, kitchen and library and splendid pantry.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

One medium and two large bedrooms and a big
bathroom with good closets for each sleeping room,
make this design a real home of comfort and luxury.

There is a feeling of character and indivi
duality about "Readi-Cut" houses that is
difficult to describe in words.

ONTARIO

The "Evanston" is warmer than my solid
brick house was. Have no storm doors or windows,
but have no trouble in keeping warm.

Archie Hallman

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

GENEVA VI. $1261.00

List Price $1328.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1261.00

N old friend of those who have seen our former
catalogues, but this year it appears with new
floor plan.

A better arrangement of the main stairs, enables us
to offer you an enlarged living room, dining room the
same as before, enlarged and better kitchen, and a
second floor with four good, symmetrical bedrooms with
closets and a bathroom better planned to receive the
fixtures. These changes will add greatly to its value
and convenience as a home where efficiency is aimed at
and increase its already great popularity.

If siding is preferred for the second storey walls,
instead of shingles, it will be furnished. Just look over
the plans again and see what a remarkable eight room
house you are offered for less than $1,300.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

ONTARIO

The "Denver" No. 1, bought from you for Porcu
pine, has been constructed at less cost and in quicker
time than could have been done in the old manner.

Crown Reserve Mining Co.

The steel worker with a little hack-saw
trying to cut and fit the steel girders of a sky
scraper or bridge, would be no more out of
place than the modern carpenter cutting sills,
joists and rafters.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

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FAIRFIELD VI. $1064.95

As Summer Cottage $822.7O

List Price $1121.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1064.95

List Price $886.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $822.70

GIVEN a good sized lot, plenty of trees and shrubs,
and the "Fairfield" will give you a home to come
back to, second to none. We cannot brag of its
looks as illustrated because it was finished in a color you
could hardly distinguish with the eye except on a bright
day; but with a more contrasting color scheme of decora
tion, it is a beautiful home in a community of beautiful
homes.

From the very nature of the design it should be set
close to the ground, so that one may step from its wide
verandah to the ground, anywhere. While the bay
window slightly encroaches on the verandah, it still leaves
plenty of room there, and the bay window adds so much
to the living room that it is well worth while. You will
see that the reception hall really enlarges the living room,
so that it is 28 ft. long and|averages nearly 12 ft. in
width.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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If a fireplace is desired in the outer end of the living-
room, casement windows for either side of it can be sup
plied in place of those shown.

Simple, yet ideal, is the arrangement of dining room,
pantry and kitchen with ready access from the latter to
the cellar and front door.

A handsome winding stair introduces you to the hall
on the second floor, from which open three good bedrooms
and the bathroom. The dormer in the roof with its double
mullioned divided light casement windows is an extension
through the roof of the first storey bay window, and ac
cents the beautiful lines of the roof.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

QUEBEC

Your System saved me between $500 and $600 on
my Parish House. Rev. Fr. Legare.

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

RI7E

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30x28 $936.70

List Price $986.00

DENVER

DENVER No. 1 -

DENVER (Summer Cottage)

DENVER No. 1 (Summer Cottage) 36x30 $1049.75 &\J*$&%1

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36x30 $1159.00 fca^ra&a

List Price $892.00

30x28 $847.40 ^HTj&JB

Net Price $1049.75

WITH a plan that emphasizes comfort, this bungalow
is designed to rest on a foundation rising just to the
grade level and the prices include cellar windows,
except for the summer cottages. The beautiful belled cottage
main roof and dormer roofs, and shingled side walls, with
splayed window and door trimmings, make this an eye-filling
picture. The shingles permit, in fact require, a stain finish
for the walls, which, in contrast with the paint for the veran
dah and the window and door trimmings, gives the whole a
mellow effect that robs it of any of the offensive appearance
of "the new comer." As summer cottages, as well as winter
homes, full ceilings are supplied to all rooms. In either
type of construction, siding will be furnished instead of
shingles for the walls, at the same price. And is not the
floor plan ideal?

"Readi-Cut homes will fit your pocket-book and
suit your taste.

ONTARIO

My "Burnside" is more than satisfactory. Was seventeen days putting it together,
plastering and all. So simple to build, as plans made everything easy.

Gordon K. Woodley.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

HOMESTAKE $477.00

List Price $502.10
Cash Discount 5
Net Price $477.00

A SUBSTANTIAL, warm little four-room home of the same
superior quality as our more pretentious houses. Handsome,
large windows and doors give a spacious effect to the interior
and as you can occupy but one place at a time, you will find your
self just as comfortable in this as in a much larger home; and it
is less care and expense to keep up, if you do not have to have
the greater space.

Any man who is handy with tools can erect this house in his
spare time or by devoting a few days to the work.

For the equivalent of two year s rent you can buy this home
and own it for life and then pass it on to the wife or children.

FLOOR PLAN

The Old

and

The New

Sod Homestead

Readi-Cut" Homestead

ONTARIO I figured your System saved me on the "Portland" $300 without a doubt.

Ira M. Cudney.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

WARM

DAGMAR $1008.90

List Price $1062.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1008.90

A MUCH more commodious bungalow than the photo
graph would lead you to expect. Taken so nearly
"front view" it has the appearance of being as wide as
it is deep; but referring to the floor plan you will see that
while the width of the building is 24 ft., the depth, exclusive
of the verandah, is 16 ft. greater, or 40 ft., or inclusive of
the verandah, 48 ft.

Field rock, cobble stones or brick for the verandah piers
and outside chimney, are the high lights of this design;
but where a verandah railing is required, full length columns
and railing will be supplied for a trifling added cost, so
designed that the appearance of the bungalow will not suffer
by the change.

The heavily overhung roof, with exposed rafters at the
eaves and supported front and rear on heavy brackets, are
strong features of charm. And is not the floor plan complete?

It appeals especially to those who do not like a front door
opening directly into the living room. The vestibule and
adjoining coat room, leave a square reception room 8 ft. x 8 ft.
where the casual caller may be received without entering
the living room. Ready access from kitchen by way of dining
room and hall to the front door make it unnecessary to pass through the living room. All rooms
are exceptionally large, well lighted and well laid out for tasteful furnishing.

This bungalow was recently taken 28 miles from the railroad by teams and erected without
trouble where it was almost impossible to obtain skilled labor or building materials.

FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

DIXIE $891.10

List Price $938.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Cash $891.10

BEAUTIFUL and original, this is one of the best
designs we have ever offered in a low priced
home. It has all the beauty of the California
Bungalow architecture but is perfectly adapted to the
winters of Canada.

In the first place, it is substantial and warm in the
roughest winter weather this side of the North Pole,
and there is no tendency for snow to lodge on the roof.

The front door, opening from the pergola and the
door opening from the living room to the verandah,
make that room as bright and cheerful as a sunny day.
A wholly enclosed verandah with a battlement railing,
affords a delightful place to spend the summer evenings
in comfort and seclusion.

Large general living rooms, one moderate and two
large bedrooms, bathroom, closets and pantry, make
a compact, convenient home, well worthy of its
striking exterior.

If siding for the walls, or single light sash for the
windows are preferred to those shown, we will gladly
furnish them at the same price. When shingled walls
are ordered, we supply shingle stain for them, as we
would paint for siding.

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FLOOR PLAN

You pay the freight no matter where or what you buy from a lumber dealer.
The price you pay covers his freight, the wholesaler s freight and the broker s
freight and their profits and handling costs.

You only pay for one handling and one profit when you buy a "Readi-Cut"
house.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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TACOMA$ 1274.90

List Price $1342.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1274.90

THIS beautiful bungalow was photographed before
there was an opportunity to do the landscape garden
ing required to give it the proper setting, but it does

not require much imagination to realize the effect of

flowers, shrubs and trees properly placed at the sides and

in the foreground, needed to complete the picture of

artistic cosiness.

Differing from some, it is suited to a comparatively

narrow lot, a 35 ft. or 40 ft. lot being all that is necessary to

give it room. The overhang of the roof, while one of its

strongest points of beauty, can be slightly reduced without

injuring its appearance.

The verandah, 16 ft. x 8 ft. under the main roof, with

battlement railing readily screened in if desired, sheltered

on two sides from disagreeable winds, offers welcome and

shelter to the arriving guest, and, supplied with porch

chairs and hammock, is an important feature of this bunga
low in pleasant weather.

Large and well lighted living room and dining room,
the latter connected by a double swing door with a con
venient kitchen, all on one side of the house, leave the other side of the house exclusively for three
big bedrooms with closets and bathroom. A feature that will be appreciated, is that only one
bedroom opens directly from the living room and none from the dining room, the other two bed
rooms and the bath being accessible through an inside hall.

Much thought was given this arrangement of floor space to make it in keeping with the great
artistic value of the design.

t nless placed on very low ground, the foundation for this bungalow should not rise more than
12 in. to 16 in. above grade.

FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

GLENCOE $839.80

List Price S884.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price 8839.80

A HALF shingled storey and a half home of quality with
individuality expressed in every line; appropriate for
town or suburban life; noticeable for the verandah of
almost severe simplicity with its massive square columns.

The casement windows on the ground floor with divided
lights in the top are wonderfully effective, and yet do not ob
struct the view from within. The second storey windows in the
gable ends with their hoods and flower boxes are of the same
pattern, and the front and rear casement windows are of divided
light pattern to match.

Stained shingle second storey walls, exposed rafters, heavy
brackets supporting the deep overhang, complete the picture of
tasteful home designing.

Like all square houses it is easily heated, well lighted and
thoroughly practical and convenient.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN"

SECOND FLOOR PLAN"

"Readi-Cut" house materials are shipped bundled
and marked and are delivered to you clean and bright.

MANITOBA

The "Suburban" is easily heated in zero weather. It is
all and more than I expected it to be and saved me S-300.

\V. B. Rae.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

CHAMPION VI. $746.70

A BUNGALOW as simple as a cottage to erect, but with
lines that give it all the beauty of a work of art, nothing
weird, nothing that suggests the freak to the passerby-
just a nice, square, cosy bungalow, with a roomy verandah with
heavy square columns and low pitched roof. The exposed
rafters of the main roof are pitched to agree with the verandah
and with the correct outlines of the true bungalow.

A pleasing variation of this design can be effected by using
short piers rising only to the verandah sills and, columns extend
ing from floor to roof and the use of single lights of glass for the
upper sash of the windows. In either form it stands a model of
good taste and discriminating judgment.

The floor plan has been improved this year as a result of an
attempt to make it more symmetrical. Colonnade may be
ordered in place of double doors between dining room and living
room without effecting the price any.

List Price $786.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $746.70

Make up your mind to build now, and build
RIGHT.

Readi-Cut homes are permanent, NOT PORT

ABLE.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

ONTARIO

Every piece of the "Parry" was cut to fit and we had no trouble in putting it together,
and I saved at least from 20% to 25% by doing business with your house.

J. O. Davidson.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

JEANNETTE $647.90

List Price $682.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $647.90

AS dainty as a doll s house, and while costing little more,
is far more commodious and lasting and useful. A sure
favorite with those wishing a living room which does
not open to the outside. Vestibule and coat closet,
while taking little room in the house, are great comfort givers.
The living and dining rooms, connected by a colonnade, may,
when desired, be converted practically into one room. Good
kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, each with its individual
closet, round out a very excellent design.

The kitchen door and window can be transposed, if
desired, and the verandah entrance can be made from the
front instead of the side, quite as well and without increasing
the cost.

Where else can you find such value for your money?

(1) Only thirty-five per cent, of the original tree
emerges in the form of a building. Saturday Even
ing Post.

(2) A safe estimate of good lumber wasted in
course of construction is twenty-five per cent.

Retail Lumberman.

(3) Under the Sovereign System the waste is
reduced to two per cent.

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FLOOR PLAN

ONTARIO

The "Glenora" you shipped me was all first class materials, went together without
trouble and I estimate you saved me $600.

Mrs. G. L. Magann.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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GLENSIDE $739.10

List Price $778.09
Cash Discount, 5%
Net Price $739.10

YOU say you do not like a home where the front
door opens into the living room? Well here is
the answer to your objection.

A small dwelling with inset verandah and the
entrance into a square hall, which can be shut off from
or thrown open to, the handsome living and dining
rooms.

A fireplace with its outside chimney, always a
nice feature of a home, can be omitted, and the window
placed in the centre of the side wall.

If bath room is not required, it can be omitted and
the pantry and closet re-arranged and the space saved,
divided as you like between the two bedrooms and the
kitchen.

If a cellar is provided, entrance should be by an
outside cellar way as shown on page 84.

The dream of the young man come true, the
ambition of the mature, fulfilled.

FLOOR PLAN

When you forget or make mistakes you pay the bill. This is right.

When the Arc^ec^makes mistakes or forgets f^ways^ money-no?

44 44 44 j the others.

THIS IS WRONG.

Contractor
Carpenter

WASTE. High authorities claim only 35% of the tree emerges in the form
of a building; that 25% of the good lumber is wasted in the course of con
struction. WE KNOW you will pay for 18 c /o waste when you build the old way.
$18 out of every $100 you pay for your home, is for material -you don t get into
your building. We have reduced this item to less than 2%.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

KEITH $556.70

As Summer Cottage $419.9O

BECAUSE you do not need or cannot afford the money or land
for a large house, is no reason why you should live in a

"packing box" style of house, as witness this little four-room
bungalow with the belled cottage roof. All the essentials for a
home for a small family, with the good lines and tasteful designing
of a Nabob s residence, and yet within the reach of a modest pocket-
book.

Full length verandah columns will be substituted for those
shown, if preferred.

When this design is supplied as a summer cottage, all rooms
are open to the roof.

ONTARIO

The "Jackson" is very warm and comfortable,
together fine and saved me S200.

It went
Albert Blackman.

List Price $586.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $556.70

List Price $442.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $419.90

FLOOR PLAX

QUEBEC

Have had no difficulty in keeping the temperature of the "Alliston" at 70 degrees with no
double or storm windows, although we have had some pretty cold weather.

Arch M. Lee.

Every dollar s worth of our business is done through the mails. We do not
see one out of each hundred customers who deal with us. Continuing to hold
these customers without personal relation other than through big values and rock
bottom prices, shows the ability of the Sovereign Construction Co. to make good
its every statement. Every dollar s worth we sell has stood the test of the buyer s
satisfaction.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

GLADSTONE $557.65

List Price, $587.00
Cash Discount, 5 %
Net Price, $557.65

WITH simple lines that give great value for the
money, this is a charming little bungalow of five
rooms with roomy verandah under the main roof.
Exposed rafters and divided light door and upper sash
make the exterior very attractive. A big living room with
fireplace at the rear flanked by casement windows, a good
kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom, provide every
thing required to make a small family comfortable.

With a little plot of ground about it for flowers and
fruit, the dweller in the "Gladstone" need envy no one
his home. Some of the biggest manufacturing companies
are providing large numbers of these for their employees,
finding it greatly increases their efficiency to have them
so well housed.

FLOOR PLAN

The Canada Lumberman says: "Year after year the price of carpenter labor
has been advancing, thus making the cost of lumber higher when in position.
Framing material will eventually have to come to the building trimmed to length,
and I fail to understand why this fact is not more generally realized. The piece
stuff of the future will be furnished to the building ready for position. The thing
of cutting and cutting at the building site until it fits, is too costly."

See FARM BUILDINGS SECTION of this Catalogue, pages 86 and 87.

DON T JMISS the first ten and the last pages of this book; the pictures may
not interest you but the secret of saying money when building WILL.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

RICHMOND VI. (for Brick Veneer) $1045.00
RICHMOND VI. (All Frame) $1075.40

A GENTLEMAN who owned some vacant property
thought he would build himself a home on it, where he
could live in comfort or if he later chose, could sell or
rent it and justify either use of it as a good investment, and
he selected this design, brick veneered.

Putting on a kitchen addition not shown in the photo
graph, or on the floor plan and not included in our price, a
24 ft. x 24 ft. cellar with a concrete wall and concrete dividing
wall, including carpenter work, painting, glazing, plumbing,
plastering, wiring and heating, all ready to move into, when
labor was dear, it cost him $1,950.00.

He freely admits that we saved him a substantial amount
of money and gave him a good job. It was a clear saving
of $1,000 as against any other method of construction.

When ordered for brick veneer, we supply % in. matched
sheathing for the outer walls and special door and window
frames.

Brick and masonry materials

List Price $1100.00
Cash Discount, 5%
Net Price $1045.00
List Price $1132.00
Cash Discount, 5%
Net Price $1075,40

are not
price, as

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

included in the
it would be
doubtful if you could
afford to pay freight on

them from our mill, when you can get them locally with no
freight to pay, just about as cheaply as we can.

The Sovereign Construction Co., Ltd. trade
mark (copyrighted) stands for Quality, Courteous
Treatment and Square Dealing.

Six years of public confidence and an ever widen
ing demand for our work, prove that we live up to
that standard.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

ERSKINE $495.90

ALL the essentials of a small home in a nutshell. An ideal
home for a small family of from two to four persons. No
useless space to care for or heat in the winter. Splendid
design for a farmer who wishes to provide a home for married
help; also greatly in favor with industrial and mining companies
who need comfortable quarters for their married employees
Costs no more than an ugly shack and its snug beauty gives its
occupant self-respect and the respect of his neighbors and makes
him a contented, useful and happy member of his community.

List Price $522.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $495.90

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FLOOR PLAN

When you buy a "Readi-Cut" home, you or your carpenter simply nail it to
gether on the site. You don t have to wait months for your home to be com
pleted.

SOVEREIGN READI-CUT SUMMER COTTAGES are illustrated and de
scribed on pages 70 to 81.

Can you think of a friend who intends to build? You can do two favors by
letting us have his name one to him and one to us.

QUEBEC

The cost of erection and painting the "Redclijf" houses purchased from you, was very
small and we are entirely satisfied and intend to build more.

Missisquoi Marble Co.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ASHCROFT VI. $1096.30

THIS is one of the pleasing examples of the gambrel roof
dwelling, made especially roomy and convenient by the
outside verandah with its dignified lines and the large bay
window in the living room.

They make possible a good sized reception room or hall
(from which rises the stair to the second floor) and a magnifying
of the size of the living room, and its splendid illumination. The
dining room and kitchen are both large, and like all rooms on the
two floor plans have 8 ft. 6 in. ceilings.

Three big bedrooms and one small one, each with its closet,
are an example of making the space "under the rafters" count
for more than storage or lumber room.

List Price $115400
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1096.30

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Our Motto, "A better home for less money."

Can you erect your own home? You can, if you
are handy with tools and will follow the instructions
we furnish. The design "Richmond" illustrated in
this catalogue, was put up by a boy of twenty, who had
no experience in building but was willing to follow our
plans and instructions, and made a prefect job of it.

IN TIME OF WAR, PREPARE FOR PEACE. Is
there a better way than to build your home now at
prevailing prices?

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

EDEN VI. $1296.75

List Price $1365.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1296.75

IF you do not like diamond light windows if you
do not like masonry verandah piers, do not condemn
this bungalow, for we can furnish it equally well
with full length verandah columns and divided light
or single light upper sash for the windows.

When you come to examine the interior, you will
see that the large living room is well lighted by the
front window and the two casement windows, one on
either side of the fireplace; that double doors lead
to the 14 ft. x 12 ft. dining room, with its outer wall
consisting entirely of a triple mullioned window,
making this the most cheerful room in the home. A
12 ft. x 12 ft. kitchen makes it possible to provide cup
board room if desired or place a kitchen cabinet, leaving
the kitchen still of good size, 10 ft. x 12 ft.

Two good bedrooms and a den, each with closet,
may be used as indicated or the den may be turned into
a third bedroom. Space shown as second floor stairs,
to be used as a hall closet unless the second floor is
finished. There is room for two good bedrooms on
the second floor, each 12 ft. x 12 ft.

Second floor finished, with stairs, extra, $182.00 net.

ONTARIO

"The Glenora" material was first class and went
together fine.

M. J. Mullock.

FLOOR PLAN-

YOU THINK OF A FRIEND WHO EXPECTS TO BUILD?
If you can, won t you send us his uame, so we can mail him a copy of this
catalogue, thereby earning his gratitude and ours?

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

THE EVANSTON VI. $686.85

List Price $723.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $686.85

THE design Evanston is a trademark of the Sovereign Construc
tion Company. It does not appear at the head of our
stationery, nor is it registered at the Patent Office, but in the
numberless towns and villages throughout Canada in which it has
been erected, it stands a monument to the Sovereign System and
to "Readi-Cut" efficiency.

It has long been known as the Wonder House and it is not
mis-named. Think of it five rooms and a bath, to say nothing
of two large closets, first and second floor halls and an interior
basement stairs all in twenty feet square of ground space.

We are showing in the present issue of our Catalogue a new
arrangement of the rooms, which we believe will make this design
more popular than ever. We have transposed the dining room to
the right hand side of the house, taking with it the mullioned
window shown in the cut. If the archway separating dining room
and living room be curtained, you may enjoy at one time the privacy
of two separate rooms and at another the airyness of a giant living
room 12 ft. wide by 20 ft. deep. The second floor has two excellent bedrooms each with a fine
large closet. The bath is roomy and bright and is within a step of the door of either bedroom.

The porch partially inset is an attractive feature of this house and is eminently suited
in design to the general lines of the square body and high pitched roof.

Any two men who are willing to work can
erect this house complete, ready to move in, be
tween seven o clock of a Monday morning and
five o clock of the following Saturday night.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Building a home is an art. We make
homes not mere houses. Anyone can
tack four walls together put in parti
tions throw on a roof and call it a house.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

BRUNSWICK $1195.10

List Price $125800
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1195 10

ARE you interested to know just what the average Canadian
citizen wants in a home? Well, here it is. The Bruns
wick is the 1915 winner in our popularity contest.

Of the thousands of people with whom we correspond
throughout the year in reference to houses, practically all
express a preference for some one or other of our catalogue
designs; a record of these preferences is very carefully kept as it
is the best possible index to trend of popular taste, and for the
season of 1915, the Brunswick, of all the designs in our catalogue,
was the one in greatest demand. We attribute this principally
to the fact that it is a splendid example of the "semi-bungalow"-
the storey-and-a-half house with bungalow lines the art and
architecture of California, adapted to our northern climate; and

in a lesser degree, its wide appeal
is due to its excellent floor plan.

If you have not already
studied the floor plan, before you
do, take a pencil and paper and
make a list of what you consider
to be the essential features of a
six room house; it will probably
read something like this: Large,

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

bright, living room and dining room; a kitchen not smaller than
10 ft. x 10 ft.; a pantry, an inside cellar entrance, a front hall for
privacy, access from kitchen to front door without going through
dining room; three bedrooms in graduated sizes a good bed
room, a better bedroom and a best bedroom, all to have closets;
a large front verandah and a small rear porch, and a bath room,
preferably over the kitchen.

Now if you will compare these ideal specifications with the
floor plan, you will see why we have said it had "an excellent
floor plan."

Refeivto pages 9 and^lO^for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

OTTAWA VI. $1231.20

1 1st Price $1296 00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1231.20

THIS is a handsome storey and a half house and has long
been a prime favorite in spite of the fact that it has been
poorly represented in previous catalogues. The present
illustration does not do it full justice owing to the coloring
of the shingles not registering well on the sensitive plate; but
the houses themsleves have been so widely placed throughout
Canada that there is a strongly growing demand for them and it
is well deserved.

Essentially of the square type, it has all the advantages
which go with that type; low initial cost for the amount of
space provided; convenience of arrangement, and many months
of the year that most desirable thing in a house, easily heated.

Simply laid out, the floor plans are models of excellence; no
cubby holes, no waste spaces, no difficult corners to furnish or
hide; every room large for its purpose and well lighted; plenty
of closets and all together convenient.

ONTARIO

My "Richmond" is a good
house and a cheap one. You
saved me $300 or more.

G. S. Smith.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

DON T CONTRACT the erection of a "Readi-Cut"
house. If you cannot do it yourself, hire a dependable
man by the day to take charge of it. It will cost you
less and be more satisfactory.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

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WARM

CEDARS $1624.50

List Price $1710.00
Cash Discount 5 %
Net Price $1624.50

THE true home-lover s eye will be at once
attracted to the "Cedars" by its distinctly
homey look. The outside blinds give the
needed touch of color and finish if the walls are of
stucco and carry the impression that here is a
home that is not an interloper; a home that has
seen the comings and goings of a generation or
more; and will be a home to see the comings and
goings of other generations.

In some respects it suggests the colonial home
of earlier days, made more attractive and perfect
by the art of the Twentieth-Century designer
and builder.

It has especial value where the formal
entrance must be on one side of the house, but
the most engaging view is from another side,
where it can be best enjoyed from the sun parlor.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

As the floor plan can be transposed it is adapted to any
situation.

^If siding is preferred to stucco for the walls, we recom
mend the omission of the outside blinds as the contrast of
different paints for window and door trim, cornice, corner
boards and water table, with the wall paint, will afford plenty
of decoration to relieve it from plainness.

-Large, well lighted, general purpose and sleeping rooms
and bathroom, leave nothing to be desired of the interior.

Rear stair leading from the kitchen to second floor is an
especial convenience.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ELMWOOD $1660.60

List Price $1748 00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1660.60

A HOME with all the advantages of a square
house, without its uncompromising lines. A
hooded entrance gives access to the house
without need of crossing the huge 14 ft. x 16 ft.
verandah. This verandah with its cottage roof in
keeping with the main roof, connecting with the
living room by two pairs of French windows, is
quite the most desirable place in the house. Screen
ed in the summer and fitted with glazed sash in the
winter, it will be the popular portion of the living
room, with its outlook in three directions, at all
times.

Large kitchen, pantry and dining room the
latter exceptionally well lighted are thoughtfully
and conveniently arranged.

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Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

The den may be used as such, or as a ground
floor bedroom if preferred.

One ordinary, one large, and one extra large
bedroom and closets share the second floor.

Do not miss the lighting of the front bedroom
and the French windows opening on to the balcony.

An ideal home for city, suburb, or country.

specifications and terms.

SUMMffi

NOWHERE does the "Readi-Cut" System of manufacturing houses apply to
better advantage than in the building of "Summer Cottages," which are
commonly erected at some distance from towns, where skilled labor is not easily
procurable. Local talent, OP the purchaser himself, can erect our "Readi-Cut
Summer Cottages" without difficulty by following our plans and book of instructions,
and it will not be necessary to import mechanics at a heavy expense to do this work.

As "Summer Cottages" are usually built on very unconventional lines, it is
always difficult to decide just what designs to illustrate. On the following dozen
pages are shown various types of widely different size, appearance, and price. They
are all houses adapted to high-class company, comparing favorably with the best
summer cottages in exclusive summer resorts.

Many other designs suited to special requirements are in our files, and will be

submitted for approval
on request, though not
in such general demand
as to warrant catalogu
ing.

In addition we are
constantly preparing
and submitting special
designs of summer cot
tages, like that shown
on page 72, and, if given
a hint of what is want
ed are prepared on short
notice to submit, with
out charge, special de
signs and prices to suit
the customer.

Please bear in mind that our
"Summer Cottages" are constructed
to last for years; they are identical
with our winter construction, (seepages
9 and 10), except that we do not supply
interior wall board, sub-flooring, or
trim for the interior, and studding,
rafters and joists are generally spaced
on 24" centers, and ceilings are omitted
for the rooms immediately under the
roof unless otherwise stated.

The partitions are all of fine beaded or V-joint matched lumber, everything
dressed four sides, so that the interior may be oiled, stained, painted, or left in the
natural wood, always presenting a smooth finished surface.

Prices cover all the material needed to make a complete finished summer cottage,
ir eluding hardware, paint or stain, glass and putty everything, in short, except
foundations, chimney, and such light
ing, heating and plumbing fixtures as
the customer may elect to use. These
vary so widely that we cannot well
include them in prices of either winter
dwellings or summer cottages.

"Only one letter differentiates the word Health from Wealth. And the
things themselves are even more closely related. Every time you get out in the
sunshine and laugh and play, you are absorbing potential wealth into your being."

SUBSTANTIAL

CONVENIENT

WESTON $830.40

List Price $872.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $830.40

WE have pleasure in offering you herewith,
a bungalow in our summerjcottage construc
tion as shown in accompanying front and
side elevations and floor plan, for $872. UO on our
regular terms, or for $830.40 all cash with the order,
if you wish to purchase that way. We beg to call
your special attention to the artistic merits of
this design which, however, have not been allowed
to interfere with thorough convenience and com
fort in the lay out of the floor plan. With the
thought that you might some day convert it into a
winter home, we have provided a vestibule at the
entrance. The heart of the home, the living room,
is generous in size and enhanced in value for either
summer or winter use by the fireplace, so located that its chimney may be used as the kitchen
chimney as well. Two good bedrooms with connecting bath, pantry and sun porch, we believe
will meet all your requirements and your unqualified approval.

FLOOK PLAN

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

RESTFUL $1274-90

List Price $1342.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1274.90

A TWO - STOREY summer cottage of large capacity,
which can be made still larger in emergency by the use
of canvas curtains to provide two sleeping rooms on the
second storey verandah and one on the ground floor verandah
at the side of the living room.

All the conveniences of a winter home are to be found in
the good sized kitchen and pantry and large living room and
dining room and four bedrooms with their respective closets
and the bathroom on the second floor.

The first floor rooms show smooth dressed, exposed
second floor joists, the second floor flooring constituting the
ceiling for the first floor; but the second storey is open to the
roof and rafters, the partitions rising only to the heighth of
the wall plate.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

The large verandah and living room make this cottage
ideal for either the hotest summer weather or the cool dewey
evening and make of the design a choice summer home for
the city man and his family and guests.

The "Readi-Cut" System is co-operative in that
it enables you to buy your home as cheaply as the
million dollar corporation that is building hundreds
of homes. It makes your dollar as powerful as
theirs.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

CONVENIENT

SUBSTANTIAL

LAKESIDE $1771.75

List Price $1865.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1771.75

WHEN the little folks are through with school for the year and the need comes to get them
nearer to mother earth, where they can develop the physical side of life and store up energy
for the coming years, a summer home like the "Lakeside" will make it possible to give
them what they need without sacrificing the comforts of city life.

On a stormy day the huge living room with fireplace and verandah and sleeping porches,
furnish shelter and protection. Big kitchen and servants quarters, large dining room and pantries
and six sleeping- rooms with plenty of closets permit of solid enjoyment the summer through.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for IsfM specifications and terms

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

CARLETON $1014.60

List Price $1068.00
Cash discount 5 %
Net Price $1014.60

THE "Carleton" is a summer bungalow in great
demand with discriminating buyers.

Its deep cool verandah is a vantage point
from which to enjoy the ocean, lake or river view
when nature smiles, and its many windows, vantage
from which to study her in her sterner moods when
the God of the storms is abroad on the waters.

The living room, entered through wide double
doors, extending 24 ft. from front to rear and 14 ft.
in width and furnished with a fireplace, will be the
gathering place on cool days and evenings to enjoy
music, stories and good cheer.

The ground floor rooms have the smoothly
dressed floor joists and flooring of the second floor
for their ceiling, but the second floor rooms are open
to the rafters.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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With the sound of the surf in the distance or of
the rain on the roof or of the wind in the trees, sweet
dreams are assured to the lucky owner or his guest.

L .

We pay no commissions to brokers
have no travelling salesmen or expensive
selling organization and no bad debts to
absorb. Our terms are strictly cash and
one price to all.

"Readi-Cut" homes are convenient and
efficient in arrangement of space.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

CONVENIENT

EASTBOURNE $997.50

List Price $1050.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $997.50

true.

ATURE lovers not averse of the comforts of
home while communing with nature, will find
in this, their dream of summer luxury come

The belled main and dormer roofs and exposed
rafters and the splayed window and door trim and
the deep comfortable verandah, look well in any
setting, bush or beach, and make it in great demand
among the Thousand Islands and the Lake resorts.

It has every comfort of a home and perhaps
some you miss at home. The verandah and all
ground floor rooms have full ceilings, but the second
floor rooms are open to the rafters.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

Note how splendidly you can provide for your
family for the summer, and put up your friends for
the week end if you turn from the heat and worry
of the city to this, as your summer home.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

School Houses "Readi-Cut", to Govern
ment design. Prices and plans on applica
tion.

"Readi-Cut" house materials fit to
gether like the parts of a watch and with
our detailed plans and instructions you
cannot make mistakes or get stuck.

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

FAIRPORT $976.60

List Price $1028.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $976.60

ONCE in a "blue moon" there is designed
a house in which exterior lines and
interior arrangement have a perfect
fitness.

As such a happy combination, we com
mend to your attention our "Fairport" bunga
low. A low pitched roof with flaring belled
eaves, glass doors, windows and more win
dows all in perfect proportion. Inset ver
andahs both front and rear (screened of
course) which are separate sun rooms or part
of the great living room according to whether
the dividing French doors are open or closed.
The living room, by the way, has a twelve
foot ceiling, a twelve foot ceiling and.^forty
feet of windows.

FLOOR PLAN

To the left of the living room are two fine bedrooms, each with private access to the bath
room and its contained linen closet. To the right of the living room is another large bedroom,
an ample kitchen, a pantry and a vestibule entry with an alcove for the ice box.

Give this bungalow a "woods setting," preferably on ground with a slight elevation, run a
neat gravel walk up to the front entrance, plant flowers and ferns along the walls and shrubbery
at the corners, and you will have a gem of a home, one that will command admiration in the most
select company.

As this design without screens is hardly complete, we quote here the full set: Verandah
screens with double screen doors, front and rear; single screen door for kitchen entry, and screen
sash for all windows other than those opening on the verandah $27.00 net.

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

CONVENIENT

SHERMAN $1117.20

List Price $1176.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $1117.20

YOU may search the Thousand Islands or
the Hundred Thousand Islands and no
where find greater value for the money
in a summer home.

All conveniences and plenty of them. If
you will spend your summer indoors, you can
at least breathe the air of freedom in this
cottage. A living room large enough for a
dozen; four sleeping rooms, each large enough
for two beds; a dining porch for fine weather
or meals served in the living room in inclement
weather; a kitchen big enough for a small
hotel; servants quarters, and last but not
least, a 40 ft. verandah.

But why say more! It speaks to you in a
language of its own, "Welcome! Have a good
time! Forget the work-a-day world and
play!"

Shingle stain not included in price.

QUEBEC

I could not have gotten the same material
in the same condition and built my house for
25% more money.

H. M. DUNN.

FLOOR PLAN

In selecting designs for this catalogue, we have considered very many that
had features that would appeal to some or what would be suitable for a different
climate than that we live in. Those selected have been or will be approved by
thousands.

Yesterday is gone prices and building conditions may never again be as
favorable for you as they are to-day to-morrow may be too late to-day is the
time to act.

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

PARRY $990.85

List Price $1043.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $990.85

AX all summer home for a large family and their guests.
If you can get the mate to it, you will care little whether
the fish bite throughout the summer or not. Boating,
bathing and fishing, long rambles in the woods and a summer
home like this to return to at night and the troubles of life
will be forgotten.

With the verandah screened against uninvited guests,
the capacity of the first floor is nearly doubled. The second
floor rooms are all open to the roof.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

i"*go

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

CARLING $330.60

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

List Price $348.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $330.60

HALF the pleasure in life is in variety. When city life palls, when the professional man s
clients, or patients get on his nerves or the business man is tired in the morning, a location
where he can tramp the woods and be on and in the waters of lake or river, gives the needed
change.

Many, however, do not feel they can invest largely in a play home for two or three months of
the year.

This combination of cottage and boat house, will offer a long needed solution at a
price within the reach of all.

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

SUBSTANTIAL

CONVENIENT

SHARBOT $397.00

BERMUDA $974.70

HEWITT $535.80

A MPLE living room
for the summer for
a family of six.

Can be readily en
larged as your needs
grow. Considering the
many windows and doors
exceptional value for the
money.

List Price $417.89
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $397.0O

HHE same
-^ design and
floor plan as
the "Kentucky
but offered as a
summer c o t -
tage for much
less money.
All rooms with
full ceilings.

List Price $1026.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $974.70

A YEAR after year
summer home for
half a dozen grown peo
ple and children. Ex
ceptionally good living
room and verandah;
attic can be finished for
emergency sleeping
rooms at little cost.

List Price $564.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $535.80

FLOOR PLAN

GEM $559.55

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

CUITED to a good locality
and a small family. If
bath room is not required, a
third bedroom can be provided
at no increase in the cost.

List Price $589.00
Cash Discount 5%
Net Price $559.55

FLOOR PLAN

specifications and terms.

COMFORTABLE

ATTRACTIVE

ISLANDER

Readi-Cut Six-Room Summer Cottage, with Bath

Much the same design as the bungalow shown on page 6.
ished without extra cost if a bathroom is not required.

Size Price Net Price

36x30 $622.00 $590.90
A fourth bedroom can be furn-

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Size Price Net Price

Readi-Cut Five- Room Summer Cottage . . 32x?30 $468.00 $444.60

Capable of accommodating a good sized family, and week-er.d guests. Cosy; Staunch; Dry.

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Readi-Cut Three-Room Summer Cottage . . . 20x22 $298.00 $283.10

A summer kitchen can be added at slight cost to increase the capacity.

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ANTLER

Readi-Cut Two-Room Summer Cottage

Size Price Net Price

16x10 $156.00 $148.20
24x12 248.00 235.60

Suitable for two cottagers, "camper style,"
or for use as a hunting or fishing lodge.

Kitchen, Closet and Medicine Cabinets

Cabinets illustrated below are not shipped in
the knock-down, but are put together in our shops
and delivered ready to be put in service, with the ex
ception of the glass, and the hardware, which, for the
sake of safety in transit, are packed and shipped separ
ately. They are made in both Georgia and white pine,
but we strongly recommend the Georgia pine, as it will
take an oil finish and has a particularly handsome
appearance.

No. 1 KITCHEN CABINET is 4 ft. wide, 7 ft. high,
and 1 ft. 6 in. deep. It has a shelf and two panel doors
below, and four shelves with two glass doors above. In
Georgia pine or white pine, complete with glass and
hardware. Price, $13.50 net.

No. 2 KITCHEN CABINET is the same as No. 1,
except that it is 5 ft. 6 in. wide and has three panel
doors below and three glass doors above. In Georgia
pine or white pine, complete with glass and hardware.
Price, $18.00 net.

No. 3 KITCHEN CABINET is 5 ft. 6 in. wide, 7 ft.
high, and 1 ft. 6 in. deep. It has in the lower section
one shelf with two panel doors, a tilting flour bin, and
two cutlery drawers. In the upper section there are
four shelves with three glass doors. In Georgia pine or
white pine, complete with glass and hardware. Price,
$23.50 net.

No. 4 KITCHEN CABINET OR
CLOSET CHEST is 3 ft. 6 in. wide,
3 ft. high, and 1 ft. 6 in. deep. It
has one shelf with panel door and
three large drawers. In Georgia
pine or white pine, complete with
hardware. Price, $12.00 net.

MEDICINE CABINET

MEDICINE CABINET. This Sanitary Inset Medi
cine Cabinet is designed to be built into the partition of
the bathroom or of a bedroom. The inside dimensions
are: Width, 1 ft. 4 in.; height, 1 ft. 9 in.; depth, 4 in. It
is fitted with three shelves and a mirror door. In
Georgia pine or white pine, complete with mirror and
hardware. Price, $5.50 net.

No. 1 KITCHEN CABINET

No. 3 KITCHEN CABINET

No. 4 KITCHEN CABINET OR CLOSET CHEST

Screen Doors, Screen Sash and Verandah Screens

Our Screens are all made from heavy stock, mortised and glued; the wire netting
is tightly stretched over the frame, securely fastened in place, and the edge covered
with a neat half-round strip. In a house fitted with a set of our screens the problem
of keeping out flies and mosquitoes is settled for a term of from ten to twenty years.
These screens should not be confused with those cheap affairs which have to be re
newed, if not every season, at least once in three years.

SCREEN DOORS. Complete with spring hinges. Price, $3.25 net.

SCREEN SASH. Full screens for casement windows. Sliding sash windows have
screen for lower sash only. Price, $1.25 net.

VERANDAH SCREENS. Prices for a complete set of verandah screens for any
house quoted on application.

Storm Sash and Storm Doors

Storm doors are made from matched V-joint sheathing, and are fitted with a light
of glass. Complete with glass and hardware. Price, $2.50 net. Storm sash are one
and three-eighths inches thick, and are of the best quality and workmanship. We
supply these sash either with a lower-rail ventilator, or with patented hangers so that
the sash can be opened outward. The latter type has the advantage that they are
more easily put on from the inside of the house. In the case of a bungalow where all
the windows are on the first floor we would recommend the lower-rail ventilator.
Prices for sash, glass, and hardware, complete, range from $2.00 to $3.50 net.

Basement Windows, Basement Door and Basement Stairs

Basement windows are not included in the houses at the prices quoted. Base
ment door and stairs are only included in the houses, at the price quoted, when they
are indicated in the floor plan. As many of our houses are built either temporarily
or permanently on post foundations, and as the item of basement windows is one
that varies considerably with the needs of the owner, we have found it more con
venient to have a separate price list of these fittings.

Basement stairs, adapted to house, with basement door, complete with hardware.
Price, $10.00 net.

Basement windows, single sash, three 10 in. x 16 in. lights; frames for stone,
brick, or concrete foundation walls, complete with glass and hardware. Price,
$2.75 net.

French Windows

Probably no other feature adds so much to
the bright, airy appearance of a room as a pair
of French Windows, either between two rooms,
or opening from living room, dining room or
bedroom on to a verandah. They can be put in
to replace an arch, door or window in any of our
designs. Price, complete with glass and hard
ware, $16.00. Where they are used to replace
an opening of another type an allowance is
made which will reduce this price from five to
ten dollars.

Sliding Doors and Mirror Doors

An extra charge of $3.80 net is made where an archway is replaced with a pair of
sliding doors.

A panel door fitted one side with a four-foot plate mirror will be supplied in place
of any closet door for $7.50 net extra.

Double Swing Door

This door is included in the house at the price quoted wherever it is indicated on
the floor plan, and will be put in to replace any single swing door, in any design, for
an^extra charge of $1.50 net.

Shingle Stain

Shingle stain for the roof is not included, but will be supplied in any desired
quantity for $1.00 per gallon. A gallon will cover 120 square feet of roof surface,
brush coat.

Hardwood Floors

Hardwood floors, of a fine quality of birch or maple, will be furnished in place
of the regular flooring specified, with any of our designs, at an additional cost of
$3.50 per hundred square feet.

Steel Siding and Shingles

We are prepared to supply pressed steel siding or shingles for our houses, in place
of wood siding and cedar shingles, and on request will quote prices on any house in
our catalogue finished in this way. They are made from 28-gauge galvanized steel,
and interlock on all four sides, making them wind, rain, and fire proof. They can
be painted, if desired, with paints specially prepared for the purpose.

Dry Earth Closet

This building is commonly sold with summer cottages, or with houses going to
outlying districts where the lack of water pressure makes it impossible to supply a
fully equipped bathroom. Complete with paint and hardware. Price, $15.00 net.

Sovereign k *Readi-Cut" Cellar Entrance

The accompanying cut illustrates how an enclosed
outside cellar entrance can be provided for any of our
houses. Many customers prefer to have access to the
cellar without the necessity of going through the
house, and still do not want to be compelled to go out
into the open air to get to the cellar. To such, this
attachment will appeal strongly. Price, complete
with basement stairs and door, $30.00 net.

Size in feet

8x 10
8x 16
10 x 16
10 x 18
10 x 20
10 x 24

WINTER CONSTRUCTION
1/3 Cash with Order,
Balance when All Cash
Shipped with Order

$ 87

.80

$ 83.50

121

.05

115.00

143

.60

136.42

158

.65

150.72

173

.70

165.02

203

.80

193.61

Sovereign "Readi-Cut"
Kitchen Additions

To make the designs illustrated more
flexible, we are prepared to furnish an
assortment of lean-to additions, which are
attached to the rear of our houses, increas
ing the ground floor space, so that other
use can be given to the space shown on the
floor plan. The accompanying cut shows
the finished appearance of the addition.

A window and an outside door are fur
nished with each building, and they are
quoted below both in "summer" and in
all-the-year-round" construction.

SUMMER CONSTRUCTION

1/3 Cash with Order,

Balance when

Shipped

$ 69.15
96.25
114.30
128.60
142.25
172.50

All Cash
with Order

$ 65.71
91.44
108.59
122.17
135.14
163.88

Government approved SCHOOL HOUSE DESIGNS furnished on

application.

THE ACCOMPANYING CUT is OF THE INTERIOR OF A CAR BEING LOADED WITH THE MANUFACTURED
MATERIALS FOR A TYPICAL SOVEREIGN " READI-CUT" HOUSE

Refer to pages 9, 10 and 71 for

specifications and terms.

FARM HOUSES
POULTRY HOUSES

HAY BARNS
MILK HOUSES

GRAIN BARNS
HOG HOUSES

STABLES
GRANARIES

/COMPLETE bills of material for every description of farm building supplied
^ under the Sovereign System; lumber cut to fit, bundled, and marked with
its position in the building; all necessary hardware, nails, flashings, etc.; com
plete plans and full erection instructions.

Barn Sizes, Prices and Terms

-Cut," that is, sills, joists,
collar ties, roof sheathing,

We quote below prices on half a dozen of the commoner sizes, but will be glad of the oppor
tunity to submit figures on barns to suit any special requirements.

The prices quoted cover all the lumber from sills to ridge, "Readi-
wall plates, bonding strips, flooring, columns and trusses, purlins, rafters,
etc.

Also, siding, shingles, ridge boards and hip flashings.

All necessary nails, door hangers and track.

The net price is for all cash with the order.

SIZE

32 feet x 40 feet x 14 foot side wall .....

32 feet x 48 feet x 16 foot side wall . . 1,066.00

36 feet x 48 feet x 14 foot side wall . . . 1,078.00

36 feet x 56 feet x 16 foot side wall . 1,304.00

40 feet x 56 feet x 14 foot side wall . . 1,315.00

40 feet x 68 feet x 16 foot side wall 1,554.00

PRICE

861.00

NET PRICE
$ 818.00

1,013.00
1,025.00
1,238.00
1,249.00
1,476.00

Half the work of erecting the barn is done by power machinery in our mills
the half that would require skilled labor the framing, cutting and fitting. The
owner, with the assistance of a couple of "handy" men, can put the material
together on the job.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for

specifications and terms.

Stables

BECAUSE of lack of space we are not illustrating our stables, but will mail blue
prints on request, showing floor plan and section through building.

Below we give a general description of our standard designs, so that you will
know if we have approximately what you want. If your ideas call for something
entirely different, submit rough sketch and description and we will be very glad to
quote a figure.

Out stables are all of the gable roof type, with 12 ft. 6 in. side walls. We supply
sills, joists, sub-floor, building paper and matched floor. The loft floor is %-inch
tongued and grooved, so that dust will not sift through into the carriage room. The
outside walls are covered with %-inch tongued and grooved siding, and the inside
walls of the room for stabling the horses are lined with %-inch tongued and grooved
sheathing. The roof is covered with J/g-inch sheathing and either Patent Roofing
or shingles.

The prices quoted are for the buildings complete, Readi-Cut, with all nails,
flashings, building paper, door and window hardware, and in the case of buildings
finished in wood, paint for two coats outside.

Separate prices are quoted in each case for stables finished with metal shingles
and corrugated siding. The sheet metal is galvanized and does not require any paint.

STABLE. 16 ft. x 24 ft., fitted with two single stalls and with a 16 ft. x 12 ft. carnage
room.

Price, finished in Wood . $355.50 Net Price $337.73

Price, finished in Metal 422.00 Net Price 400.90

STABLE. 20 ft. x 28 ft., fitted with six single stalls, and with a 20 ft. x 14 ft. carriage
room.

Price, finished in Wood . $488.25 Net Price $463.84

Price, finished in Metal 569.00 Net Price 540.55

STABLE. 24 ft. x 36 ft., fitted with four single stalls, two double stalls, and a box
stall. The carriage room is 24 ft. x 14 ft.

Price, finished in Wood . . $679.00 Net Price $645.05
Price, finished in Metal 783.00 Net Price 743.85

Hay Barns, Milk Houses, Granaries, Hog Houses

and Poultry Houses

If you are contemplating building any of the above farm buildings, or any farm
buildings of any description, we will be very pleased to have an opportunity to figure
on them, and can in all probability send some of our blue-prints, which will have
many helpful suggestions for you.

Refer to pages 9 and 10 for fimcnS specifications and terms.

Heart to Heart Talk

If you have read the first eleven pages of this book, you will have gathered the
following facts about "Readi-Cut Houses."

1. When erected they are exactly like any other well designed and constructed
houses.

2. A saw is practically unnecessary in the erection of them; we do the measuring,
sawing, and fitting in our Mills by automatic machinery.

3. They will last for several generations as long as any other well designed and
constructed houses.

4. They eliminate waste of material.

5. They render skilled labor unnecessary, and reduce by half the time required
for their erection.

6. You pay but one profit on them.

7. You know in advance what your complete house will cost and what it will
look like.

8. You save much time and worry in getting a home.

9. You can do all the work of erecting, yourself, for we furnish full instructions
and graphic illustrations.

10. You get a fine grade of finished material for the entire house, at less than the
cost of the raw material otherwise.

11. That the Sovereign System saves you one- third your money as shown
by the experience of others.

Naturally you are enthusiastic about it you will probably tell your friends how
good it looks tell them of the many advantages of the system. In talking with
them or asking advice of others, we suggest two things:

1. Write down each question asked you which either you or this book cannot
answer make a note of any objection raised against the system, and pass those
questions or objections up to us. We are eager for a chance to answer them.

2. Look for the motive behind the objection. Your intelligence will frequently
find it.

Kindly ask us to send Booklets to any who are seeking information about the
Sovereign "Readi-Cut" system, and we will be only too glad to supply them.

The system is simply exact Science applied to house building.

Scientific elimination of waste.

Scientific utilizing of every inch in the log.

Scientific salesmanship to eliminate unnecessary profits to useless middlemen.

Scientific management planning the most direct route between the raw mater
ial and the consumer.

Not in any sense "Magic," just efficiency obtained by specializing.

We elminate costs that add no value.

Our Aim

In advertising our system broadcast over the country, we have given to the
public a Bond with which we dare not take liberties. We must fulfil every expecta
tion that our advertising arouses, or lose part of our investment. We must keep up
the quality; we must make the houses make good or we will lose our established
reputation. We are legally responsible, and we desire to be morally responsible.

We handle only one grade of material the best.

We have only one price the lowest.

The Supreme Verdict the Customer s Opinion I

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Toronto, September 25th, 1914.

Sovereign Construction Co., Ltd*

Toronto.
Gentlemen: -

The "Fairport" bungalow which you
furnished me this spring, is entirely satisfactory
in every respect, design, materials and all. Your
system not only- saved a busy man the time and
trouble of looking after the erection,but I believe
it saved me close on to $400 in the cost of getting
just what I wanted.

It will give me pleasure to commend your
pany to any intending purchaser.

Yours truly.

Industrial Housing Problems

A SPECIAL study of housing problems for manufacturing and
mining companies has been made by this Company. The study
has been based on actual experience and we have on file plans
from which we have built workmen s homes, managers and directors
residences, bunk houses, dining halls, school houses, churches,
offices, store houses, power houses, etc.

If you have needs in these lines, where good material and work and
quick service are required, write for full information.

BROWH-SEABLECO., PBINTCR6
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