Show THE CAN ki NO ME M E EDITOR mr ur A will win answer 1 11 O 0 ions and nd alva a adalee V I kab t 01 COST 0 T 0 on 11 I 1 vvo t s pertaining 1 n A to al the he abject t u f building lor for tvr the r readers e d e ot f thi paper on on ac recount count 0 of f hta his wide v epe experience raen as Eill tor A author u th or an and manufacturer t T 0 si he I 1 ID without doubt the highe hl rhet authority rl t on ml chese nal amt Ad drefin all al t to willi william A anro llad lal tord 0 4 firth are chicaro III and t bal Z enclose two cant cent taro for reply A vry very practical and satisfactory de do BIM 1 making uee use of concrete blocks Is illustrated in the accompanying perspective and floor pa plans ans concrete Con creto blocks bare have attained considerable pop where they navo have been used with discretion and have been used to make some remarkably substantial and matla factor dwellings the point ot of economy has perhaps been urged a little too strongly in the past in connection with concrete blocks block for tho the very best beat results to have been attained in all cases cin crete blocks are it Is true more economical to use than either cut store or ar brick yet they should not be treated aa as a cheap material in other words the same care as to construct construction tIn and finish should be used with ton concrete crete blocks as with my any of the other more expensive ex forma forms ot of building material the concrete blocks should be treated aa as cut stone and the accompanying n and finish carried out lust just as with it in this way permal old family homo for a hundred year yen ra to come it la a 36 feet wide and 2 feel feet 4 inches deep baa has a roomy porch 7 feet wide extending clear across tte the front the porch root la to supported eup ported by stavy columns of a etyle style which harmonizes well with tho the general sits p bearance pe arance anca of the building tho the houie is la 31 surmounted by a hip root with wide extending eaves thin roof root la Is pierced by two large chimneys else 1 of cement blocks tho the second etory story window ar rah gement adda adds a good deal to tho beatey of the design the windows are grouped two to together gother in each case and tho the bill sill course of smooth faced BAT BED PK bm rm CL CL CL C BED second plan A I 1 za 0 1 wl dij k k 4 t A e jn 77 4 a te AT 49 aa 1 1 i kitcat go kt 10 HAI u boa LH ar api tf at tine 0 plan laa antly satisfactory work la to assured and still at a considerable saving ot of expense this design la Is one well adapted lo 10 the material it Is a a square L i li licking house a house dignified in appo appearance arance ono no suitable for the etona stone la to continuous around the entire 0 bouse house itcan ia can be frit from the floor plane plans that the interior arrangement of this house la Is a commodious and hospitable one bich one would expect from the efte exterior bor appearance there to 1 broad central hall with large livin living room on the right extender tr cleat clear through from the front to the rear on the left of the hall la in a dining room just back of which la to the kitchen between the kitchen and dining room la Is the butlers pantry on the second floor are bedrooms bcd a den or ae ing room large bathroom and fire five clothes closets the cost of thie this bouse house using arst class construction and good grade trade of hardwood floors down stairs and yellow pine trim Is estimated eitl eti mated at 2800 this price would vary considerable of course la in different sect lonii of the country depending apon the coat cost of the materials entering into the cement blocks |