Building Job Specs Reveal Vast Details in Remodeling Project
A study of the Standard Glass & Paint Co remodeling of a Sycamore Street warehouse into a wholesale house shows 20 pages of detailed specifications. General contractor Jens Olesen & Bons Construction Co. will handle the job with extras pushing cost to just under 15 thousand dollars. Mortimer B. Cleveland, the architect, prepared the specs filed with city building commissioner David Toenjes. The document outlines occupant needs, fire insurance, safety, excavating, concrete work, brickwork, structural steel, carpentry, finishing, and hardware with exact material and method requirements.
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Standard Glass & Paint Co
Sycamore
Second Streets
Jens Olesen & Bons Construction Co
Mortimer
B. Cleveland
David
B. Toenjes
Building Questions Answered by Architects Service Bureau
A compilation of guidance on home building from the Architects Small House Service Bureau. Topics include the need for complete specifications with drawings, cost guidance for lot selection, typical first mortgage ranges, and how building and loan associations finance homes. It explains paying milestones, with 85 percent of prior costs due as work progresses and 15 percent upon completion, and stresses involving neighborhood fit and contractor relations.
Asoka Edict Urges Shade Tree Planting Across Empire
An ancient edict issued by Emperor Asoka in early Indian history commands the planting of shade trees. The decree highlights environmental concern and public welfare as a cornerstone of governance.
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Asoka
India
Modest Yet Distinguished English Small House Plan
Describes an English L shaped small home emphasizing living space, partial detachment from dining area, seven bedrooms closets on second floor, brick and half timber design, slate roof, and broad front with garden. Plans supplied by Architects' Small House Service Bureau with government endorsement.
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United States
Christ Scientist Church Bids Open July Fifteenth
After years in a basement unit First Church of Christ Scientist will open bids on July 15 to construct the Wellington and Second street west edifice. Plans by S S Berman show a brick exterior with stone trim, a 60,000 dollar budget, a 48 by 94 foot frontage, a 34 foot extension, auditorium with inclined floor, rear balcony, and a 13 by 7 foot reader’s platform. Edwin C. Sarset chairs the build committee.
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First Church of Christ Scientist
Wellington
Second Street
Buildin Committee
Edwin C. Sarset
S. S. Berman
Chicago
Church of Christ Scientist
New York Citizen Application Stirs Hoax Suspicion
John Bull announced his intention to become an American and filed first papers, prompting a clerk’s doubt before Bull affirmed his identity claiming birth in Tipperary. The basement unit will host Sunday school and Congregational social activities.
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New York
John Bull
Mr. Bull
Tipperary
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American Institute of Architects
Department of Commerce
the Architects
Small House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc
Aoach
Pole
Eld
Room
Christ Scientist Church
Second
Hartford Live Stock Insurance Co
Lve
Iowa Securities
East Fifth St
A. R. Smith
Mgr
Ins. Dent
Waterloo
Lester W. Miller
Pioneer Bank
Home Builders
Waterloo Savings Bank
Eternit
Ternit
Eternit, Inc
Philadelphia
New Orleans
St. Louis
Boston
Jacksonville
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper, Inc
Harold Plumb
W. W. Marsh
Walter Johnson
Fred Wray
H.C. Wurster
GC. A. Marsh
Will Logan
W. AL. Stewart
W. A. Zelhoffer
F. E. Farrel
W. C. White
Waterloo Tribune
Waterloo Courier
Altstadt & Langlas Company
Winterbottom Supply CO
Miles Sts
American Abstract & Title Company
Francise M. Stebbins, Pres
Natl Bank
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and
Northern Railway Company
Villa Valley
Weel
Bovee Furnace Works
Iowa
W. Chapman Lumber
East Seventh St
Phons
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