Show c I TIIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MANUFACTURING PROGRESSIVE UTAH WEATHER AIDS Glass Finds Favor Among REALTY HERE State Center Hall Plan Shows Variation Urges Material S L Citizens All CORNING N Y W)— Architec Boost to City tural glass with the strength of light If weather conditions were all that five real estate a value Blair Richardson president of the Salt Lake Real Estate board believes local leal estate would be the highest in the World According to Mr Richardson Salt climate can be duLake's plicated by few localities Taking the last year as an example he stated few spots on earth had had such an Inspiring spring Winter had continued as winter until it seemed nature bad marshaled all Its forces together to oust it bodily with spring which just burst forth in all Us glory bringing buds birds and warm sunshine Everything with life from the to the valley below radiated sunshine gratification and enjoyfour-seaso- moun-tamtop- ment s Spring held us all in such ecstasy that we almost hoped summer would never come but it did change places with spring so quietly and slowly that we were enjoying summer's full beauty and warm sunshine its enchanting sunsets and cool evenings before we realized it Salt Lakers so thoroughly became saturated with the spirit of our Incomparable summer that months after when our delightful fall which we call Indian summer commenced we all looked back with a feeling of re gret that summer had passed so soon However when the cool crisp and in vigorating air first kissed the foliage on our mountainsides and canyons and the leaves began to turn to their autumn colors we all began to fully appreciate nature’s grandeur and the fact that Salt Lake is endowed with every conceivable kind of enjoyable and moderate climate in all its pleasing moods and colors and temperatures building material hRS been developed at a local glass works under direction of Frederick Carder An example of its use appears in the new Empire State building in New York City in the form of a coping of glass around the walls of interior rooms Discussing applications Mr Carder says- “Light comes through the win dows in the daytime and you arrange your furniture pietuics and other decorations accoidingly Then in the evening your windows become black and you turn on lights In entirely different portions of the rooms “Architectural glassware could be placed across the top or down the up per half or the entire length of windows Lighted at night and properly reflected this device would not only continue to light the room tn a man ner to that used in the day but would prove of important e In its own right as a decorative motif of decided value ’’ Only contractors who have demonstrated their worthiness should be invited to bid on a house and in this rase the low bid may be accepted Where any contractor who desires to bid is permitted to do so the owner should exerctstf his right to reject the proposal of any bidder whose work is not backed by the guarantee of those who know what is meant by satisfactory woikmanshlp The home builder Is wise If he selects a contractor recommended by other contractors or preferably by will profit It is every citizen's duty to boost the architects community in which he lives Boosting pays large profits and these prof Ing from all who are here will pay Its mean money to you: but boosting dividends not based on facts is not boosting but Real estate values In our city will boasting and boasting does no one continue to Increase without help any good No one need do any boast- from a single citizen but they will ing about Salt Lake but a little boost- - increase more rapidly with that help Values Based en Demand Some may ask what all this has to do with real estate values and the answer is that values of anything nrc based on demand for It If we live in a community m which we can enjoy ©m selves and be happy and content the spirit of our happiness and contentedness will be partaken by others and they will move to our locality and we will grow and as our city grows cur real estate values will increase and as they increase we Salt Lakers ' ! mg XI t! IT 0 iix turn reacts- - 8- - rr A&hw vs : -- m vif '""i nii'M BAliX ACCOUNT 'Vii: T Design 6-D- -3 For a detailed explanation of the furnishing and color scheme suggested for the room as shown above write to the Home Building Editor of this paper enclosing a envelope stamped Home building questions will also be answered without charge Century-Ol- d Entrance Detail Construction: Wood frame exterior finish stucco roof of shingles slate or tile Facing: South or east Lot size: Approximately 45 feet with porch colonial The owner of thLs beautiful new will take your pass book at a small discount as the down This wonderful home is located in the Upper payment Yale District near 17th Last It is exceptionally well built The ftnth and fixtures are the best five-roo- m The beauty of the apatloua living room 1 enlianted by a high Spanoak floor ish celling open bookcase and tn® pollehed quarter-sawe- d tn Choice of gaa or coal furnace tha dining room stepped down I’at t twUf lly Bert No 11 tee— — J w Week You Have Been Wishing This Savings Aeconnt in a Home— Here Is Your Opportunity U East l't C 3103 Hjr association are confident building ac- tivities will pick up throughout the country and the lumber industry is ” The WASHINGTON D rector of the census Saturday due for a “comeback Leaders here for their annual dm- - nounced the number of homes 658-- or Ily 3875 W Palmer Company REALTOR South “ Always as Represented” Wasatch 7871 C-- di- - an- - m or rental as returned m the fifteenth census In the classification by tenure a home was counted as owned if it was owned wholly or in part by any For each member of the family owned home not located on a farm the approximate market value was reported and for each rented home the monthly rental paid Since a home is defined as the living quarters occupied by a family the number of homes and the number of families are identical The tabulation is limited to homes occupied by private families excludhotels boarding ing institutions houses and other similar aggregates associations and loan are Building of which have been inpopulation now operating under a new law decluded in the count of families at fining their status as financial insticensuses (and in the prelimitutions in the eyesof the federal prior count for 1930) courts The president has signed the nary lonfarm Of the 50730 owned Hashngs-Michenamendment to the homes In the state 14999 or 29 6 United States code per cent were valued at less than The new law sponsored by the $2000 9100 or 17 9 per cent between United States Building and Loan $2000 and $3000 14712 or 29 per cent league gives the home financing In- between $3000 and $5000 7695 or 15 2 stitutions equal right with municipal per cent between $5000 and $7500 railroad Insurance and banking cor- and 3128 or 6 2 per cent at $7500 or porations to settle all claims outside over of the federal bankruptcy courts It Of the 40842 rented nonfarm was introduced by Senator Hastings homes 12333 or 30 3 per cent reRepublican of Delaware and Repr- ported a monthly rental under $15 esentative Michener Republican of 17424 or 42 7 per cent between $15 Michigan Senator William H King and $30: 7928 or 19 4 cent beof Utah is a member of the judiciary tween $30 and $50 and per 2437 or 6 per committee which sponsors the cent $50 or more In addition to the nonfarm homes returned as owned and rented there were m Utah 18853 owned farm homes and 3768 rented farm homes with 389 farm homes and 1354 nonfarm homes for which the tenure was not reported The median value of nonThe cost of carpet is definitely farm homes In the state owned was $3098 worked out on the basis of the ac- The median value of homes tual material that has gone into it by native white families occupied (families plus the labor The wool the linen with a native white person as head) the hemp the cotton are all weighed was $3225: n foreign-borwhite by and accounted for You may think families $2791 and by negro families a that carpet costing about $3 a run- $3217 The median rental of rented ning yard is very much "cheaper” nonfarm homes In the state was $20 79 than one at $5 50 a yard per month of homes occuDied bv naLook at them closely and you will tive white families $21 67 of thwe see that the less expensive one has occupied by foreign-bor- n white famia very low thin pile on a thin back lies $18 84: and of those occupied bv while the other has a thick high negro families $15 91 pile of live worsted yarn on a strong firm back In a living room with constant wear the first one may hardly last three years while the other may be good for ten years at tions as to how soon their business would start on the upward trend They started a move to close out foreign competition by urging congress to place embargoes on lumber from other countries especially Russia convict-produce- d Building Loan Bodies Operate Under New Law er Copyright 1932 ARCHITECT OFFERS ADVICE ON BUILDING LOT COSTS Error Brings Heir Search The Architect!’ Bureau Small Ins Deed Contracts In Home Finance least In a bedroom that is little used the cheaper one might do very well Increase Costs Thus one's choice should be made O at rear Boom Service on quality and use rather than on price alone LIVING ROOM— DESIGN To reflect to some extent the formality of the exterior in the furnish ings pf the interior but to do this without loss of comfort and livability To catch the is the problem here Georgian spirit grace and delicacy of line is necessary in the furnishings For the same reason mahogany is In most cases selected for the wood Fabrics of some sophistication are wholly appropriate and are indicated but it would be equally possible to do a charming room in cretonnes and other less expensive fabrics of carefully selected colors and patterns Walls — Silvery gray wallpaper with indefinite all over pattern Celling— Ivory wallpaper Woodwork— Enameled ivory 'Floor — Stained the color of walnut Floor covering — Gray green rug r plain or with pattern Curtains— Mulberry and gold damask Glass curtains of gold gauze Standard Brands Give Best Resnlts An important type of home financing is known as a "contract for deed " You agree to pay your contractor a gross sum part of which is in the value of the lot and part in regular Of the instalmonthly instalments ments part is for interest and part to reduce the principal Nonpayment of any of the instalments thus agreed upon constitutes e of the contract and provision is generally made for this in the contract whereby all the money previously paid in goes to the man who lends the money 'as liquidated On account of the predamages sumed excessive risk to the lender In this kind of financing an additional sum Is added to the face value of the contract The amount added varies but may run as high as 5 per cent a National associations and large An architect and his client werelems In selling homes which have manufacturing concerns must neces having an argument— unlike most of been overbuilt or underbuilt or which sarily back up their trademarked them because the client wished to are freaks They show such houses merchandise with real quality otherto dozens of prospecta who fail to erect too expensive a house wise the enormous amount of money Buyers of homes know when Surveyors’ Mistake Ends in Tve got the money haven't I?” spark spent in support of the trademarks demanded the client “It's my home a property does riot harmonize either for the purpose of increasing sales Unexpected Gain by I have to live In it and pay on the In- as to cost or design with the neighwould not yield profits might entail vestment What's wrong with figur- borhood A fundamental factor of Woman losses ing on a house costing $20000 on real estate development of all kinds Undoutedly trademarked products that lot of mine? It's a nice lot and and particularly of architecture is of established reputation tend to be Two small strips of land In the 1 paid $3000 for It I should think harmony There Is no happy medium of superior quality Houses built Greenwich Village block the finer the house I put on the lot and no substitute for it” heart of from such products properly put toThe subject under discussion Is one the better it would be for everybody were recently found to belong to the concerned” of genuine Interest to every prospecgether will in the long run last estate of Captain Richard Towning longer cost less year “For everybody but you" gnswered tive home builder It is a fundamenThus if you take four years to pay who died in New York in 1843 after the architect “If you ever wanted tal condition affecting home occuof oavenpoiYbut that the approxi- off your contract you pay 20 per cent retiring from the West Indian slave to sell you would never be able to pancy and the ability to realize on the same in scale more mately for your house than if you trade realize your money You would have one's home should the need arise and 14 Library table and lamp bought it for cash plus of course Upon quitting the sea Captain by far the finest house in the neigh- as such is most important 15 mulchair in Easy upholstered the 1932 regular legal Interest on the borTowning bought the block bounded borhood but it would be a case of (Copyright the Architects’ rowed money berry tapestry by Twelfth Jane and Hudson streets your lot being overbuilt — Anyone Small House Service Bureau Inc) Furniture The surveyors wanting to put that much monpy into and Eighth avenue 1 Occasional chair upholstered In he employed to divide the holding a house would go Into a better or at gold damask lots made into average-sizebuilding least a more fashionable neighbor2 Bookcases slight miscalculations which resulted hood" 3 Library table mahogany On in the creation of two strips of land "There should be a ratio" con It either a vase or a lamp of graceful 40 feet long and 2 inches wide runtinued the architect "between the proportions gold base ning through the block Subsequent value of the lot and the amount of 4 Floor lamp ON ly the captain sold the property but monev Invested In the building to be n 5 Davenport upholstered in There is nothing like wax for finme errors remained undiscovered for from ishing wooden floors EASY TERMS thereon Entirely apart the When placed tapestry almost a century and came to light costs of the lot and building or the boards have been stained and the 0 Combined table and bookstand only recently when the John S Mat architecture and setting of the dwell7 Coffee table — mahogany pores filled with a filler ordinary thews estate present owners pre8 Small table ing two very definite mistakes can floor wax can be spread over them pared to sell the land as an apart be made In home building You can and polished to a satin surface which 9 Easy chair upholstered in mulment house site either overbuild or undarbuild can always be repaired at any time berry mohair After learning that a clear title to lot Either is a mistake and an your eco10 Ottoman to match without removing the furniture 19 29 Eighth 38 40 Jane street and While you yourself nomic error Wax allows the wood to mellow 11 Desk chair avenue coud not be given the estate 12 Block front desk may be satisfied with the result you as it and each additional appliemployed the law firm of Cardoso A must remember that you may some cationages 13 Easy chair upholstered in adds to a alow growing beauty Nathan to remove the disability time desire to sell the property That that improves with time tapestry pattern differing from William V Burke attorney of 3U3 la the time you will run Into trouble Seventh avenue also employed on t'nlertakinf Dangerous the case found that the only living “Underbuilding a site Is perhaps heir to Captain Towning in this counnot as dangerous as overbuilding but try was Emllv Fisher Tavelle a 85 years old residing in just as senseless Discriminating peoPRICED Charleston? C He had also left heirs ple don't like to live in the cheapest Such house in the neighborhood in London England Surrogate Foley appointed Miss Ta- properties are frequently hard to sell velle admlmdratrix of her ancestor’s at a reasonable price However it is estate so that she could sell title to easier to remodel or enlarge an underSEE THIS ATTRACTIVE BUNGALOW the two small strips The Matthews built property provided the general estate which could not sell lease or architectural setup will permit It S I ar Room Cement Baeement Newly Decorated 'Sometimes we see one story cotmortgage its property until title was Hot Air Furnace Hardwood floors Wired for Electric Range cleat ed bought the two gores and thus tage erected on a street-wherdlgni cleared the wav for the land to be fled dwellings prevail It ONLY 93250 looks eternally out of place Owners used as an apartment house site 'i ACRE-94Colonial hardwood Goon brick bungalow loeither conof the larger houses Large Breakfast nook Inlaid linoleum cated on H atiwet Newly decosciously or unconsciously resent It Holland furnace large garage In rated and perfect condition and the occupants of the cottage like Built-I- n chicken eoop Lot fenced learn Good baeement and new llollend the pbor relation may even be disTerm a ahrube furnace A good buy L criminated against socially NPAKIT NEW BRICK down will handle It t Tha client mulled over these arguCOLONIAL 93360 ments for a time You couldn't duplicate tills barAIMOtT NFW COION1AL In Balt Lake for lees than “All right” he finally admitted 94350—9100 DOWN gain HlfiO llaa living large much how today bTlrk "Granted you are right breakfast nook room all newly decorated oak amusement room hardwood floors should I spend on my house?” floors cemented basemrnt hot air baeement Clood and full garage Advantageous In Resale furnace tile draluboard garage One tpe of breakfast nook whiih school district Real buy 000 the than for more "Not brtik lot $12 Improved tapestry takes and well serves very yet which up hut little space is composed of a average community" was the reply built-i- n a table pulled That's a ratio of fqpr to one This sent with single feat Call Any of the Following Numbers Right Now for an up before it and chair on the out- holds good In most Hues throughoutin Appointment or Information side In a corner there may be built-i- n the United Mates except perhaps colonial stucco over brick oak floor furnace 514-MR BOLOMON-- Hy MR PARISH— Hy 5SS2-southern California and in Floilda seats on two sides MR NIFLSON— Was 6S79-MR WILLIAMS— Hy 5070-garage paved street newly decorated Price $2950- - Term Una Is pai ticularly adaptable to where buildings do not have to withan old house for it may be provided stand frost and severe weather and Ut Utile expense and In the largm where building prices are lower Flse CAFSOn-BOVr- ai kiti hens of some years ago there Is where ti allied archltei ts would ad lalwavs some wall spare which may vise you to establish this ratio that 000 lot for 1000 $12 for your U $ be utilized for the bench Was 3787 J Hy Sometimes also in these older your house making a Al5 000 InvestREALTORS bal ment Then you will have 'houses theie Is a pantry whih might W A8AK II 3231 MAIN HOUR NEWIlOl'hE BUILDING Hy Hy " 3424 4162 bieok-fjaneed building budget as a erve far timie on wen the brokeis" “Real estate nook Usually tills ilmnge ran j be made at vompai alivt ly small cost nuhiU’tt “find their giiMlcd piob c 16 Wax Enhances Wooden Floors d $2450 S hor ten no per default-breakag- wa1 7 Cit con mg 718 mo gro fan per C self-colo- In cen get REMARKABLE VALUE! 1 hei tru set Ma By i Ra to of ra( Lo n an phi lea $2950 Xx two-stor- y Tor Hip cers Varies Greatly QOl'J!! You bad (UP)-Offi-- Carpet Quality gray-gree- ACCEITED AS A DOWN PAYMENT N( Express Confidence Building Activities Soon Will Classification Covers All See Expansion Types of Dwellings ' Within State KANSAS CITY Mo of the Southwest Lumberman’s gray-gree- YOUIt SAVINGS DESERET As flrff 'i7 Home Builders’ Clinic Owners Advised On Asking Bids fact tf ’"fCV - BRIDGING BETWEEN JOISTS Q Kindly give the reasons for putting bridging between floor Joists and how this should be spaced A The brldgjng is for purposes of stiffening the joists so as to keep them Floor joists from twisting laterally vibrate less if bridged There should be a row of bridging In every eight feet of span ARCHITECT’S FEES Q Please tell me what would be the cost to engage an architect A Architect's fees vary with the service given The more you pay the more you get Deal with a responsible registered architect COST TO BOLD Winter Delightful Toe We are paying $30 a month Q Spring summer and autumn can rent but we would rather own our only be truly appreciated by being home We already own a lot followed by a real winter with plenty own famof snow and ice and cold weather There are four members of our livSuch a winter is now leaving us With ily We would like a rather large room with a fireplace dining frequent snows and temperatures ing kitchen three medium size bednever below zero and seldom above room and a toilet rooms a bath freezing point every lover of nature downstairs Weupstairs be very conand winter sports has again enjoyed servative for we must have little money the most pleasing months of the year We like dormer windows and warm Every day's scenery has beep dif- air heat with an oil burner Is this ferent and every day's sunrise and sunset has thrilled us The few cloudy possible for $3000? A 'There are some remarkable days have made us enjoy and appre to be had now mate the sunny ones all the more bargains In building builders say that much High grade ocean the on is a like snow trip Railing Is also or lake u hlle the water is always the of the very low cost building building Two years ago same it is always different and en- low quality built such a house at tices one to sit and watch it and you could have of about $3000 Now average figure dream and think might be able to build it well In the spring summer and fall our you $0000 If you reduce much below birds remind us with their songs of for figure you take less than you the glories of nature and tn the win- that In quality If you fix the limter when the birds have left and gone should to warmer climes youthful voices and it of cost at $3000 you should reduce laughter and yells while skiing skat your requirements ing sleighing and playing In and with the snow again forcibly suggest to us that to enjoy anything to the fullest extent we must partake of It and as the yesrs go by all Salt Lakers are more and more appreciating this Features of the exterior of deStucco walls beau sign tlful entrance with fluted pilasters wrought Iron balcony above gable roof second story windows breaking cornice line ornamental outside chimney Features of the Interior: Center ball with stairs at rear coat closet arched opening to living room double French doors between hall and dining room fireplace enclosed sunporch service entry at rear with stairs to basement accessible also to sunroom three bedrooms dressing roam bath six closets on second floor Detailed building documents for the houses shown in this series may be secured at moderate coat through the Home BuildThis ing Editor of this paper service Is presented to our readers through with the Architects' Small House Service Bureau which is indorsed by the America? Institute of Architects and by the United States Department of Commerce - CENSUS BOARD HOME VALDES FORMALITY MARKS HOUSE OF GEORGIAN DESIGN Structure of PLANNING Lumber Look TALLIES UTAH For Advance The Architects' Small House Service Bureau Inc Shows Modern Use Richardson HOW TO BEAUTIFY THROUGH Producers of New Builders Empire ' 21 1932 HELPS FOR THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BUILD SAYS LEADER Blair FEBRUARY and Industrial Development Real IN SUNDAY MORNING 750 Scats Aid Designing of Breakfast Nook and-$M- )0 Six-roo- th: m laamniSBnsF Ino 4279 ’t J I felScaiiifiii’i’iwtftr f- |