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General Coniraciors

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is to specify finishes that have a known reputation for ((ualily.

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The entire exterior cement finish of this residence is

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porcelain euoiueled lavatonj from tne crude little

patterns first produced in tlie original Allegkenij,

Peunsijlvania, lactorij in atout 1 882 to tlie nigh

class lavatonj ol todaij. We saw it relegate tlie

marble wasb stand, as generallij used until about

tliirteen ijears ago, into oblivion in a lew snort

montbs—a transition so sudden and complete as to

remind one of tke magical art.

Wben tbe merits of "Standard" lavatories

were generallij recognized, tbere came a demand so

beavu tbat our large factories coiJd not meet it,

despite tbe fact tbat we were continually adding

to our alreadu immense manufacturing facilities.

Prior to 1905, tbe sale of lavatories was not

considered of sufficient importance to justifij an

individual classification in our sales and shipping

records. Tbe ijear 1905 estabbsbed tbe most

xmique and surprising record up to tbeu in tbe

bistorij of our business—nearbj 1 00,000 were sold.

Tbe "<$tatldaPd" Porcelain Enameled Lavatonj

bad arrived.

Ensuing uears saw old records fall and new

ones, wbicb it seemed impossible at tbe time to

surpass, were established. In tbe ijear 1912, tbe

largest in the annals of our existence, we sold

456,501 lavatories.

Tbe ijear 191 5—iiotabkj by record an off

season in building—passed into history recording

569,575 porcelain enameled lavatories sold,

wbicb number w^as second to tbe highest record

w^e bad ever scored.

From January 1st, 1905, to December

51st, 1915, we manufactured and sold

5,869,707 ".Standard" Porcelain Enameled

Lavatories. And these remarkable figures do

not include tbe "^tatldafd" vitreous china

lavatories made at our Great Western Potteries

at Kokomo, Indiana, and Tiffin, Ohio.

These potteries, which bad estabbsbed a

uaiiie and reputation second to none, became a

part of tbe "(Standard" orgamiation at tbe be-

ginning of 1912, and made it possible to offer

tbe architectural profession tbe choice of

"^tatldard" lavatories in either material, por-

celain enamel or vitreous china.

This Company is in a position to render tbe

most complete service in lavatory ecjuipment.

Our service men are trained to know every

pattern—oiu: catalogues illustrate and describe

them and our showrooms contain complete assort-

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SIDNEY M. EHRMAN RESIDENCESAN FKANCISCO. CAL

LEWIS P. HOBARTARCHITECT

FACED WITH

RICHMOND KEDPRESSED BRICK

MASUFACTURED BY

Richmond Pressed Brick WorksUnited Materials Company5 Crossley Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Distributors for Northern California

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ELKS TEMPLE, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON HOUGHTALINC fr DOUCAN, ARCHITECTS

All of the Matt Glazed Terra Cotta in this Building

Manufadured by

STEIGER TERRA COTTA & POTTERY WORKSOFFICES:

729 Mills Buildiii", San Francisco

FtCTORY:

South San Francisco, California

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MEIEC t FRANK BUILDINGPortland Oregon

WHITE MATT ENAMELARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA

DOYLE ^PATTERSONArchiiedt

M.tyi-rAcn iii:i) in

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San Franrisco

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Standard Cream Color Terra Cotta

and Pressed Brick

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Vol. XII

T-iiEAR(3^frEcTJ A DKUMMOND, Publishtr CLACENCE P KANE. Edic.

No.

TABLE OF CONTENTSJULY. 1916

PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS

Compiegne-Eglise Saint^Antoine

Chester, Phoenix Tower and Canal

Coliseum Theatre. Seattle

Archiieiit

Frontispiece

B. Marcus Priteca

Intersection of Mezzanine Lege Entre-Sol *nd Balcony Kamps

Medallion from Proscenium

Mam Foyer

Outer Vestibule of Ladies Retiring Room

Section Under Balcony

Providence Hospital, Seattle

View from Rear, Showing Power House

Detail of Main Entrance Stairway

Elks Temple, TacomaClub Entrance

Auditorium Entrance

Detail of Lounging Room

Corner Detail of Lounging Room

Billiard PvOOm

Elks Temple, Seattle

From Elevation

Main Entrance

Dining Room

Lodge Room

TYPE PAGES

Coliseum Photoplay House, Seattle

College Campus Planning

Modern Illumination

General Conditions of the Contradl

Editorial

Chapter Minutes

Index first six months l9l6'-Vol. XI

Somervell dr Cote

John Carrigan

Author

Oran D. Jones

Ernest E. Walker

Wm. AdamsFrancis W. Grant

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1141'*?Coliseum Photoplay Housa^ Seattle

BY ORAM D. JONES

OXE of the most beautiful photo-play house.* of the

I'acific Coast, a reijion noted tor its costly and ornate

theaters, is the recently completed Coliseum of Seattle.

W ashins^ton. F^ossessing^ many features absolutely

uni(|ue and <listiuctive. it compares favorably with and i)cr-

haps has no peer amontf the theaters in this country. .Afford-

ing the clima.\ of palatial comfort, the conception. de\elo|i-

nient and erection of the Coliseum reiiresent the loijical

se<|uence to the demand for a palace in ])erfect keepin;.^ with

the class of ])ictures presented.

The building occupies an area of llUxr^o feet in iilan.

The exterior is of

a solid white terra

cotta carefully de-

signed and executed

so as to retain the

outline under illu-

mination, and is of

the l-"rench Renais-

sance design. Theentire exterior sym-

bolizes the long up-

right line effect, and

embraces on eachelevation classicpanels w i t h insert

w i n (1 o w s to each

panel, the main mo-tif being the large

frieze and cornice

surmounting t w o

end p y 1 o n s . the

whole together with

the bull's-head or-

namenteil architrave

forming an exceed-

ingly beautiful the-

atrical facade.

The entrance i-

|)rotected from the

elements by a can-

opy in the form of

one-(|uarter of a sphere, decorated with I'.vzantine coffers,

and is fcatureil by revolving coloreil lights and a large art

glass anil metal dome surmounted by a cluster light.

Cpon passing through the entrance vestibule, in I'ersian

filigree effect on a fiebl of Roman gold, one approaches the

main fover of the audilorimn. wherein the tasty electric light

fixtures harmonize most effectively with the brass and orna-

mental work— features that find particular emphasis through-

out the structure. The foyer is elaborately ilesigned and

decorated to suit the plan of the interior, which is unique so

far as general comfort and design are concerned.

Inuuediately to the left is located an elevator carrying

twenty-seven persons, which stops at the loge balcony and the

main balcony. It is the only one installed in any jiicture

theater in the L'nited .States.

.\11 ap|)roaches to the up]jer balcony from the main lloor

PROSCENIUM. COLISEUM THEATRE. SEATTLEB MARCUS PRITECA. ARCHITECT

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are inclines. Seating accommodations are provided to theuiunber of twenty-four hundred, upon three lloors—the lower,the mezzanine and the upper balconv.

The color scheme of the balcony throughout representsthe strong though subdued tones of the Levant. The entireauditorium is decorated in a colorful combination of ther.yzanline and .\rabic of an ancient i)criod, relieved by inlaid

mosaic ilesigns and softened by the gray and black tones ofvelvets and carpets, 'i'he rounded arches, domes and (|uaint

pillar> I limited to the side and rear) lend the distinctive andorigin.d lo the iuleriiir. Tlie i)auels are formed of grotesf|ue

and allegorical fig-

ures, together with

geometrical ilesigns,

I h e ornamentationbe i n g high-lighted

ami pierced by the

lirilliaiit colors rje-

nian<led by the an-

cient periods. Theentire color schemeis one of harmoni-u s softness a n d

ideal Ijleuding.

The interior light-

iii,g is a il i s t i n c t

novelty. The entire

1 11 e a t e r is illumi-

n a I e d by rellected

light, thus avoiding

:my direct glare

which might causeeye-strain. To elim-

inate the <laze onefeels on entering the

subilued light of the

inleriur, electriclights are placed in

the aisle lloors of

the steps at regular

intervals, flush withthe carpet, thus in-

when the house ismoveiiieiU III patronssuring the

darkened.

I he first lloor provides accommodations for one thousandsealings. loges occupying the entire arc at the rear. Com-modious scats have been esiiecially designed to insure plentyof "knee room" and width. These are of simple yet artistic

design of hardwooil and leather upholstering.

The proscenium arch is especially distinctive and impressive.The stage opening, of forty feet, is of beautiful design, im-meilialely in front of and below which is located an elevatedorchestr.-il pit, accommoilaling the eight-piece Russian orches-tra and organ console. .\ small fountain, playing on glassglobes illuminated by colored lights, lends a perfect setting

to each side of the stage. Two beautiful clocks adorn theproscenium frame, illuuiinated from behind an onyx dial.

The curtain is executed in a true livzanline orange-colored

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14 THE ARCHITECT

velvet, relieved by black embroidereil triniminRs. The lani-

brec|uin is a reproduction of the lotus flower in its natural

colors ill full bloom.

The giant Moller pipe organ, selected for its many and

widely varied tones, its rare depth and sweet melody, is elec-

tricaliv operated from the console at the right of the orchestra

pit. and has instant contact with the five divisions—swell,

great, orchestral, echo and pedal organs—placed at either

side and in the ceiling above the balcony. These divisions

and the chimes, temple bells, xylophone and harp enalile the

production of orchestral as well as symphonic music.

The great central panel or medallion directly over the

proscenium arch has for its central feature a painting, four-

teen by twenty-four feet in size, in keeping with the period

portrayed, representing one of Egypt's warrior Pharaohs

reclining tuider the royal canopy on a starry night after a

disastrous day for his troops in the field, and seeking solace

in the music of the harp of the period in the hands of the

slave attendant. The surrounding settings of this scene

consist of nivriads of colored mosaics in elaborate design and

tiling of the period, and having the additional features of an

astronomically correct twinkling star field.

The great paintings in the triangles to the right and left

of the sounding board represent legends of the reign of

Cleopatra, the one on the right showing this august person-

age receiving gifts from Marc .\ntony. The legend on the

left is of the reign of this same <|ueen. who, desiring a

dramatic though graceful exit from life, is trying out various

poisons on her unfortunate slaves.

The three long ceiling panels directly over the sounding-

board are decorated in Egyptian design executed in trans-

parent glaze colors on a background of gold and lighted by

cove lighting, while three great specially designed electroliers

illuminate the frieze.

The three domed ceilings to the rear of the above are

executed in arch band of mosaics in fields of rich blue

tiling.

The paneled ceilings of the balcony, mezzanine, foyer andloljhies are likewise decorated in specially designed patterns

of mosaics.

One of the distinctive specialties of the structure is the

horseshoe balcony of loge seats, one hundred and fifty in

number, occupying the entire mezzanine floor. The section

is divided into

boxes, furnished in

comfortable chairs

of German rattan.

The ni e z z anine

containing the loges

and the ramp with

i t s incline planes,

and the ijromenade

are decorated on a

field of ISagdad red

in panels and friezes

of m a n y - colored

mosaic designs ; the

ornamental m e t a 1

work is wrought in

flat black and gold.

.\t the head ot

the first inclinefrom the street floor

are found the vari-

ous rest rooms, in-

cluding the ladies'

waiting room,ladies' rest roomc li i 1 d r e n s pla>'

room, all gems of

artistry, and themen's .smokingroom, which oflfer

original and distinct-

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B, MARCUS PRITECA, ARCHITECT

ive features. Here also is a magnificent mahogany Colonial

clock that chimes the r|uarter hours in the famous Westmin-ster, W'hittington and St. Michael's Chimes, and which,

offset by the adjacent mirrors, blends most effectively with

the general color sclieme.

The ladies' waiting room, a veritable bit of old Japan,

even to the furniture and the kimono-costumed attendants,

is liberally decorated with a modern peacock design, with

panels of green and blue edged with flat black and gold. Theadjoining ladies' rest room is furnished with black and gray

striped furniture and upholstery : the woodwork is done in

ivorv egg-shell gloss, the ceiling decorated in strong colors

and gold, and panels in blended green striped silk.

The children's play room and nursery adjoins the ladies'

rest room, and forms one of the unique features of the Coli-

seum. Ivory and gra\' finishings, with nursery rhyme panels

in the walls and ceilings, add character to the room. Thefurniture of miniature size adds a finishing touch.

The men's smoking room is finished in inlaid mosaic of

Oriental taste in keeping with the origin of smoking ( it didn't

come from .Sir Raleigh). The upholstered chairs and settees

are elaborate in character and detail.

The incline leading from the mezzanine entrance is deco-

rated in the l-'rench Renaissance period with soft tones of

gray, the panels in figured silk with edging of black and gold

and a floral relief on Japanese wistarias.

The balcony proper accommodates one thousand three hun-

dred and fifty seatings. Perfect sighting and acoustics are

obtained. The eighteen exits are arranged so as to facilitate

direct passage from the various floor levels.

The theater has the most complete and elaborate electric

lighting and power system installed in any theater in this

section. One important feature is the emergency lighting,

which is so arranged that when one source of power fails,

the .system is immediately thrown to the emergency service.

.Ml switches are of practically double capacity. The lighting

is entirely controlled from the operator's room located on the

-mezzanine floor excepting the outside lighting controlled from

the manager's office. The curtains, fans and other appliances

are controlled from the former point and are all automatic.

.All auditorium lights are installed in three colors, amber, red

and green, and are so controlled by dimmers that any efl'ect

mav be hail liy the blending of colors. On the mezzaninefloor is located the

picture ojjerator's

booth, ranking with-

out a peer, with

front of battleship

-teel, asbestos lined.

( )wing to the loca-

liou of the center of

t h e projecting lens

imnieiliately oppo-site the center of

the screen, a dis-

tance of only sixty-

uine feet, a perfect

picture is as.sured,

a feature especially

c o m m e n (1 e d byprominent oculists.

The picture is

-i|uare. measuringiwenty-two feet onthe side. The booth

is e (| u i p p e d with

three modern ma-chines as wellas stereopticon ands])Ot lights.

The screen, whichis the last word in

this type of equip-

ment, gives the pro-

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COSY CORNEP. IN NURSERY. COLISEUM THEATRE, SEATTLE

B MARCUS PRITECA, ARCHITECT

jccteil picture a tone that does away with eye-strain. Everymove anil every expression is depicleil thnni.Ljh this screen.

The dictagraphs installed from various locations are all

connected directly to a master instrument in the box office,

l-'tiiployces may talk to the hox office and the party there

may converse with them without stopping work or putting

the receiver to the ear.

The air is changed every ninety seconds and is flriveii out

by two powerful fans, fourteen feet in diameter, coiniected

in tandem to a 1 ."i-horsepower motor. The air is washed,

which clears it of <lu>t ami impurities. In summer the air is

ice cooled, and in winter ])reheated. insuring an even and

comfortable temperature throughout the year. .\ir ducts of

large capacity submit a large volume of air at low velocity.

The temperature is entirely controlled by thermostats.

The plumbing i> of the very latest design, the fixture^ elab-

orate and complete. The latest drinking fountain devices are

u.sed. .\ special four-inch water main supplies water for fire

piir] loses.

The theater is of steel skeleton frame construction. Thelarge truss holdmg the balcony is of 111 feet span anrl weighssixty-five tons.

In addition to the theater accommodations, rental areas are

available, the appearance of which is enhanced by the con-

liiuious mari|uise which projects from the entire frontage of

the building.

The box office is ei|uip])cil with electrically o])cratcd ticket

machines, by which system the cashier does not handle the

tickets, these being issued directly to the patrons.

An electric sign, containing over 1.0(1(1 globes, and of

purely architectural design, completes the brilliant cove light-

ing of the cornice.

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MAIN VIEW LODGE ROOM. ELKS TEMPLE. TACOMAE FCHAMPNEY. ARCHITECT

ollsgQ CaiUiTuis PlanningBY ERNEST E, WALKER, A, B., M. L. A.

Concluded from June issue

THIS 1)i-iiio', 11^ to the third ami last point for our dis-

cussion. ami which is really a corollary of the secoiiil.

nanioh, the St\le of Architecture, most adequately ex-

pressing a seat of learning, harmonious with situation

and topography, and emhodying the most ripened scholarship.

.Although in the style of architecture in the colleges of the

I'nited .States there has been from tiiue to time a yielding to

novel impulses, there is always a return stc]i by step to the

old ideals and sound methods of Classic and Gothic. How-ever, designed on totally dififerent principles. Classic or monu-mental seeks the greatest single

,effect, and as a rule the

more simple the composition the more successful. Different

from this is the Ciothic or pictures(|ue. In the latter, variety

rather than simplicity is sought. Masses and skylines are

irregular, though in reality their harmony is stuilicd, suqirisc

is sought rather than classic calm and logic.

The first eviflence of considerable change in style came in

the advent of that more democratic style which Jefferson did

so much to advance at the Cniversity of X'irginia. W'c havethe original setting, almost intact, as I shall show you pres-

ently. Mr. Jefferson's university gave unmistakable evidence

of his appreciation of landscape, of the value of buildings as

elements of landscape, and of the relation that they should

bear to the topography and to the outlook of a site. In the

design of the university, Mr. Jefferson had the benefit of

foreign travel and the intercourse with distinguished men andwomen that his ))osition as ambassador to I'Vance and as

President of the L'nited States gave him. This intercourse

and his study gave rise to expression that represented his

appreciation of landscape and its place in design. While the

intercourse aided him in the development of his university

plan, it flid not imjirove his originality of thought or inde-

])endence of action, or the power of adopting the conception

of others to his special ])roblems without making servile

co])ies. Xot only was this true in the units of his plan, but

also his terms of iilentification. such as "The Lawns." "TheRanges," "The I'avilions." It will be observed that Mr.Jefferson in his first plan located the ranges (dormitories)

close to the rear of the lawns, class-room and professors"

homes(i^avilions ), with gardens at the back of the ranges,

and then ingeniously reversed the gardens on this plan to

bring them between the ranges and lawns by cutting out andreversing a part of his drawing. This last arrangement per-

mitted a direct access by stairs to the gardens froiu the ])ro-

fessors' homes in the second story of the |iavilions. whichw-crc included in one plan and partly built.

In locating the group of buildings. Mr. Jefferson so fixed

llic main axis line of his r|uadrangle that the southerly view'

to the court was over a rather ])reci]iitous narrow valley run-

ning across the axis line, with a narrow ridge beyond, andthen at some distance a high hill view, really a fine outlook.

There is no evidence that it even was Mr. Jefferson's intent

to close up this view and this "opening south." Ajiparently

tlie indefinite extensions he had in view at that time were to

be continuations of the lawns and ranges. The erection of a

modern building across the southerly end has shut out the

view from the lawn, but not much of the light. This workis so well done, however, that it will always remain as a

worthy monument to the skill of the designer, StanfordWhite. The rotunda also was placed at the head of a valle\-,

running with the axis line, and through which a most cft'ective

view of this structure was to be obtained from u])lands a third

of a mile to the north. It will be observed that this orienta-

tion of the c|ua<lrangle was ntade to take advantage of the

steep slojies and valleys in making both outlook an<l inlook

to landscapes and buildings more eft'ectivc. That this was a

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result of a study of the landscape and topography is madeevident hv the fact that he did not follow the line of least

resistance, or the exact north and south line, but regarded

the lines thus established as essential elements of the design,

for he had a broad conception of landscape wherein buildings

are considered as important incidents in a landscape to be

definitelv and accurately co-related to it. The importance

of this co-relation is coming to be more and more clearly

recognized toilay. because that profession that designs and

constructs landscapes and provi<les for tlie location of build-

ings and arrangement of grounds, is securing year by year

more effective re-

sults in co-operation

with all interested in

the dcvcloinnent of

a beautiful univer-

sity.

This IclTersonian

style rapidlv' took

the place of the old

Georgian ; but the

(lay was brief, and•.oniewhere between1 820 and is:'.(i oc-

cur r c d that point

where the last IlicU-

e r i n g tradition of

good taste and the

last weak impulse of

instinctive art van-

ished. and the new

e r a began u herein

the desires of -cici

ely as a wliole were

not for good an<l

beautiful things.I'ortunalely. t h c r i

was little collegiate

building, or pcrhap-

better. little has sur-

' ived of the seconil

• luartcr of the nine-

teenth century, 'ihen

came nioileslly amiipiielly I li c (iothic

protagonist. !" r o ni

the c I o - e of tin

Civil War down in

about l.s.sn the new(i o I h i c that ex

pressed Kuskin-reallv enormous in-

lluence m i .g h t bo

s.iid to have swept

ibrough .\merican

colleges. It was a

false <lawn. how-ever, and ceased al-

most in a moment,though for a brief

period only, whenI bat great genius, anil

like an

forced a new am

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and-on. Ilasheil

deliberatelv

reater personality. Ki

unpredicled comet across the sky.

alien stvie on a bewildered people. I le did

great work, much of it immortal work ; but he <lied before his

mission was accomiilishcd. and in the next decade came a

change in the simile, the sunmier storm swept west and south

and over the jiath it had left, loomed, almost simultaneously,

Colonial. Perpendicular (iothic. Mission, and l!eaux-.\rts. the

results of Hhich were lacking in unity and lucidity.

-Now for the slides illustrating what 1 have outlined briefly.

and in a fragmentary sort of way. three of the broad prin-

ciples on which all harmonious landscape dcveloi)mcnt for

universities nnist jjroceed. dealing respectively with

:

( 1 ) Preservation and Creation of the Site.

i'i) A Far-Sighted General Plan.

( :i I Style of .Architecture.

In what has been said this evening you may have noticed

the absence of emphasis on beauty in landscape development

for colleges : and that is because we want in closing to em-phasize the relation which it bears to every phase of university

development from beginning to end. The demands of beauty

are in large measure identical with those of efficiency and

economy, and differ mainly in requiring a closer approach to

jiractical perfection in the adaptation of means to end thanis required to meetthe merely economicstandard. The kind

of beauty most to l)e

sou.ght in landscapedevelopment foruniversities is that

which results fromseizing instinctively,

with a keen andsensitive apprecia-

tion, the opportuni-

ties which present

themselves in thecourse of the mostpractical solution of

any problem, for a

choice between de-

cisions of substan-

t i a 1 1 y e<|ual eco-

nomic merit, but of

w i (1 e 1 y differing

;esthetic quality, andregard for beauty

must neither follow

after regard for the

]iractical end to be

obtained nor ])re-

c e il e it. but nuist

insei)arably and si-

multaneously a c -

company it.

Let us hope that

as time goes on ourcolleges will growunceasingly in that

b caul y of fitness

w h i c h throughoutthe ages every race

of man has felt to

be necessary to the

completion of h i s

\\(irk. for it is as

necessary for men-1 a 1 and spiritual

health that student-

should live in beau-

l i f u 1 surroundings;is il is for theirbodily health that

conditions. College landscape

co-operative efi'^ort. The indi-

for sometimes sacrificing his

wider opportunity which a

md might I say here.

il.

sanitary

calls for

tliey dwell underdevelo|)ment, then,

vidual must find his own regard

immediate interests in the far

co-ordinate development woidd afl'ord

he must learn to consume his own smoke literally and meta-

|)horically and accept as his duty co-ojjeration toward a har-

monious effect of ordered beauty, that each in his way maydo his share toward the creation of a beautiful college, ever

growing in its grace of appeal by the kindly influence of time

and the richness of association. \o great foresight is needed

to realize that regard should be had for the need of treating all

ilepartments of the university as a single connected system.

Modern IlluminationBY WM. ADAMS

Of Adams. Hollopcler 6- Mallctt. Inc., San Francisco

THE radical changes in lighting

(luring the last two or three

\ears have come abont through

the improvement in incandes-

cent electric lamps and in the re-

<luction in the cost of electric cur-

rent and the increased efficiency of

electric current service.

\\ here formerly it was only pos-

sible within reasonable cost to illu-

minate the center of a room, with

au.xiliary side lights to be used on

special occasions, at this time it is

quite within the compass of the

ordinary householder's purse,

through the fairly well perfected

"semi-indirect" system of lighting

and the modern high-efficiency in-

candescent electric lamps, to secure

adet|uate and uniform illumination

over and to the utmost corners of

any room where reasonable judg-

ment has been used in placing the

electric lighting outlets.

When the intense glare of the

m o (1 e r n high-efficiency electric

lamps first dazzled the eyes of the

public and caused the oculists to unctuate their souls with the

thought of a new horde of jiatients. the people who have to

do with the lighting of buildings immediately set about to

ilcvise ways and means of utilizing this increased illumination

and at the same time relieve the accompanying eye-strain.

The first nietho<l adopted was the

"total-indirect" system of lighting.

whereby the light source was entirely

concealed and all the light rays

reached the plane of usefulness bv

being first cast upon the ceiling and

from there reflected to all parts of

the room. This made the ceiling

the light source so far as the eye wasconcerned and it was very soft and

beautiful and gave out a deligluful

sense of restfulness.

I'lUt two peculiarities were soon

noted with respect to this style of

lighting. iMrst, it produced a strange.

uncanny atmosphere, of which one

was ever conscious ; and. secondly,

the original feeling of restfulness was

soon followed by an almost sub-

conscious sense of irritation, due to

the fact that total-indirect lighting so

nearly eliminates all .shadow that

objects a])pear more or less flat ami

the eve muscles that were born to

fight shadows through our waking

hours lay dormant and were dejirived

of their usual job. Wherefore, the

oculists, who saw their dreams of

many patients fa.st fading away, a,gain

smiled and beamed and were glad.

And so people who have these

things to do began experiments to

secure illumination that would save

the desirable features of indirect light-

ing, while eliminating its abnormal

character. And thus was evolved

the present almost universally used

"semi-indirect" system of illumination. A new design

The manv ex])eriment^ in "semi-indirect" illumination madeby those concerned with lighting problems have fairly well

established the fact that the most satisfactory light is ob-

tained by a lighting fixture of sufficient luminosity to trans-

mit from ten per cent to fifteen per cent of the illumination

directly to the plane of usefulness and the balance of the

light generated by reflection from the ceiling or other reflect-

ing area. Of course, there are some essential technical

details to be observed if thoroughly good results are to be

obtained, but the above have, broadly sjieaking, proven the

most satisfactory proportions in which to divide the direct

and indirect components of light. Recently a type of ceiling

fixture has come into Tuuch favor with the public that fur-

nishes a limited reflecting area—say sixteen to twenty inches

—for the indirect component of light and about fifty per cent

of rather well-diffused direct light. This is more or less a

compromise fixture and not very scientific, but it caters to a

certain weakness of the buying public and therefore finds a

ready sale.

And right here we reach the jirincipal factors which cause

so many poor lighting installations to be made today, despite

the present opportunities of easily accomplishing satisfactory

results.

The various recent developments in lighting promptedthe creation of the "illuminating engineer." but thus far it

has not proven a very lucrative profession for the reason

that most buyers of lighting equipment seem loath to pay

a fee for this kind of work, believing that anything that

they know, or think they know, so much about themselves

does not require the services of an expert: and, also, byreason of the fact that in most instances a lighting installa-

tion must be decorative, and in harmony with the surrounding

decorations, as well as practical, and

the scientific man is seldom artistic.

As a result, many illuminating engi-

neers are compelled, in order to eke

out an existence, to become more or

less secret pensioners of lighting

e(|uipment or lighting equipment sup-

ply dealers, and their judgment as en-

gineers must needs thereafter becometempered by the particular ec|uipnient

their patrons have to sell.

The only outlook for a higher aver-

age in lighting and lighting ei|uip-

ment lies in the hope that owners and

architects will come to realize that

they cannot get something for noth-

ing, and after setting aside an ade-

quate appropriation for the lighting

fixtures in a building and closely spe-

cifying the kind of material to he

nseil and the kind of finish that will

be acceptable, make the coni])etition

entirely upon the sufficiency and effi-

ciency of the illumination to be fur-

nished and the apjiropriateness in

stvle and design of the fixtures of-

fered. The lighting fixture dealers

will then very (|uickly start training

their salesmen to be lighting experts

and not fakers, and they will them-

selves .seek a reputation for success-

ful lighting installations rather than

a reputation for low prices. .\nd

both the owners and the fixture deal-

ers will he the gainers bv it.

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General Conditions of the ContractBY FRANCIS W. GRANT

The fiflh of a serif* of articles discussing the code adopied by ihe American Insmuie of Archiiecis

kRTICLE -iK P.lYMESrS Hirillllil.l). The Archilcct

l\ may xcilhhiild or, on accoiiiil of siihscqiiciilly (liscoi-crcil

^ *-fji(/r<iCf. nullify the ii:hole or a fart of any eertificatc

for fiaynicnt to l>rotect the Orcner from loss on ac-

count of:

( a ) Defective work not remedied.

th) Claims filed or reasonable evidence indicating probable

filing of claims.

(f) ! allure of the Contractor to make payments properly

to sub-contractors or for material for labor.

(d) A reasonable doubt that the contract can be coniplclcd

for the balance then unpaid.

Il'hen all the abo'<e grounds are removed, certificates shall

at once be issued for amounts withheld because of them.

The general conditions of the ipccification-; or "of the

contract." if that term lie preferred, shoulil distinctly define

at what periods of time or stages of progress payments shall

lie made and in what proportion of the value of work per-

formed, and this shoidd appear under the title of "pay-ments." The one title "I'.WMF.XTS" should direct the

rea<ler to all there is to be said about payments, including

rights reserve<l to withhold them. This clause contains somevery excellent features, but the powers granted the architect

by division (c) of Article 28 is deemed too broad. .\n archi-

tect should never presume to dictate what is a "proper"

payment by a contractor to a sub-contractor.

Article i'-K I.IESS. Seilhcr the final payment nor any

pari of the retained percentage shall become due until the

Contractor, if required, shall deliver to the Owner a complete

release of all liens arising out of this contract, or receipts in

full in lieu thereof and. if required in either case, an afi'idnvil

that the releases and receipts include all the labor and material

for which a lieu might be filed: but the Contractor may, if

any sub-contractor refuses to furnish a release or receipt in

full, furnish a bond satisfactory to the O'wner, to indemnifyhim against any claim by lien or otherwise. If any lieu or

claim remain unsatisfied after all payments are made, the

Contractor shall refund tn the Owner all moneys that the

latter may be compelled to pay in discharging such lien or

claim, including alt costs and a reasonable attorney's fee.

The re(|uiremcut that liens be released only on condition

some unnamed person decides or remembers to require it

is a strange provision in a model specification. Whv the "if"?

Article Ml rilRMITS .1X1) Rl-.CCLAriO'.WS. TheContractor shall obtain and pay for all permits and licenses,

but not permanent easements, and shall give all notices, pay

all fees, and comply with all laws, ordinances, rules andregulations bearing on the x^'iirk. If the drawings and sped-

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fications arc at variance IhciciK'ilh. the Contractor shall notify

the .Irchitcct in Ti'n7i';i,i; before the Zi'orh is performed andtlie Tabic of any necessary chani;es shall he adjusted under

Article 2 1. // an\ of the Contractor's work shall be done

contrary to such laws, ordinances, rules, and re.s^nlations.

n'ithont such notice, he shall bear all costs nn'.(i»_i; therefrom.

This clause is according to standard practice and lietter

expressed than ordinarily.

.Irticle -M. ROyALflE.S' .l.XD r.lTB.XT.S. The Con-tractor shall /iffv all royalties and license fees and shall defendall suits or claims whatsoever for infrin;.;cment of any patent

/i'.s,'/!/.? and shall sa'^e the O-^'ner harndess from loss onacconnt thereof.

No contractor shonld be made lial)le for the consef|uences

of infringement of jiatent rights unless given perfect freedomin selecting materials and processes so as to avoid such con-

setpiences in the first instance. If .some infringing article be.specified, surely the person so specifying it is the guilty oneand should be required to defend actions and pay dama.gesif any.

.Irticle :!a. USE OP PREMLSIiS. The Contractor shall

confine his apparatus, the storat^e of materials and the opera-

tions of his workmen to limits indicated by law. ordinances,

permits or directions of the .Irchitcct and shall not encumberthe premises with his materials.

'f he Contractor shall not load or permit any part of the

structure to he loaded with a Ttr/.s,'/i/ that will endanger its

safetv.

I he Contractor shall enforce the .Irchilect's instructions

rei^ardini:; .?/,!;;;.?, adTcrtisements, hres. and smoking.r.uilding a building without encumbering the premises with

materials would be difficult. Does the model code contem-plate the u.se of captive balloons or how is this feat to beaccomplished ?

In the case of entire contracts, the architect should notdictate the matter of fires and smoking except in so far as the

quality of the work might be affected. Fire hazard is a matter

of concern to- the party liable

to lose in case of fire andnothing should appear in the

specifications, tacitly or oth-

erwise, ailmitting that the

owner can lose by fire ( this

statement of course applies

only to entire contracts for

new buildings).

Article 33. CLEANINGUP. The Contractor shall

at all times keep the prem-ises free from accumulations

of waste material or rubbish

caused by his employees orwork and at the completion

of the work he shall removeall his rubbish from andabout the building and all

his tools, scaffolding andsurplus materials, and shall

leave his work clean andready for use. In ease ofdispute the Owner may re-

move the rubbish and chargethe cost to the several con-

tractors as the Architect

shall determine to be just.

Article :U. CUTTING.PATCHING AND DIG-G I \ G . The Contractor

shall do all cutting, fitting

or patching of his work that

may be required to make its

several parts come together

properly and fit it to receive

or be received by work ofother contractors shown upon, or reasonably implied by, the

/>ra'^'ings and Specifications for the completed structure, andhe shall make good after them, as the .Arcliitcct may direct.

.-Iny cost caused by defective or ill-timed work shall be

borne by the party responsible therefor.

The Contractor shall not endanger any work by cutting,

digging or otherwise, and shall not cut or alter the work ofany other contractor, sa've with the consent of the .Architect.

These clauses are api^ropriate when the work is divided

among several independent contractors, but need to bechanged in ])liraseology in case of an entire contract.

.Irticle 3."). DELAYS. If the Contractor is delayed in

the completion of the work by any act or neglect of the

Owner or the .Irchitcct. or of any employee of either, or b\any other contractor employed by the Owner, or by changesordered in the ii'or/.'. or by strikes, lockouts, fire, unavoidablecasualties or any causes beyond the Contractor's control, or

by delay authorised by the Architect pending arbitration, orby any cause which the Architect shall decide to justify the

delay, then the time of completion shall be c.vtended for suchreasonable time as the .irchitcct may decide.

No such cvtension shall be made for delay occurring morethan seven days before claim therefor is made in 'writing to

the .Irchitcct. In the case of a continuing cause of delay,

only one claim is necessary.

If no schedule is made under Article 3, no claim for delayshall be allowed on account of failure to furnish drawingsuntil two weeks after demand for such drawings, and not

then unless such claim be rcaso'iable.

Title to this article is too brief.

Article 3(i. OWNER'S RIGHT TO DO IIORK. If the

Contractor should neglect to prosecute the work properly orfail to perform any provision of this contract, the Owner,after three days' written notice to the Contractor, may. with-out prejudice to any other remedy he may have, make goodsuch deficiencies and may deduct the cost thereof from the

payment then or thereafter due the Contractor; provided.

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liflwevcr. that the Architect shall a/'frotc both such action

anil the amount char:;cd to the Contractor.

Contusion and limine friction must necessarily follow the

exercise of the right granted hy this clause.

.Irlicte :?7. OliwF.R'S RIGHT TO TERMI.WITE CON-TRACT. If the Contractor slionhi be adjndi^cd a hanhrn/^t.

or if he should make a General assignment for the benefit

of his creditors, or if a receiver should be apf'ointcd on

account of his insokmcy. or if he should, c.vcef't in cases

recited in .Irticle 3."). f'crsistently or ref>eatedl\ refuse or fail

to su/'/'lx euoui^h f'ro/^erlv skilled i^'orknicn or proffer mate-

rials, or if he should fail to mahe prompt payment to sub-

contractors or for material or labor, or persistently disreiiard

laws, ordinances or the instructions of the Architect, or other-

wise he- iiuilty of a substantial violation of any provision of

the contract, then the Owner, upon the certificate of the

Architect that sufficient cause e.vists to justify such action,

waw without prejudice to any other rii^ht or remedy andafter .i.'iiiii;.' the Contractor seren days' written notice, ter-

minate the employment of the Contractor and take possession

of the premises and of all materials, tools and appliances

thereon and finish the work by whatever method he maydeem e.rpedient. In such case the Contractor shall not be

entitled to receive any further payment until the work is

finished. If the unpaid balance of the contract price shall

exceed the e.rpense of finishing the ii'orA". including compen-.tation to the .Irchitcct for his additional services, suche.rcess shall be paid to the Contractor. If such e.rpense shall

e.rceed such unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the

difference to the Owner. The e.rpense incurred b\- the Owneras herein provided, and the damage incurred through the

Contractor's default, shall be certified to by the .Irchitcct.

liarring the fact that it depends on matter contained in

another article of the Code for complete sense and exce])ling

llie provision relating to payment of suh-conlractors. thi^

clause is excellent.

Article iis. CONTRACT-OR'S RICIIT TO STOrWORK OR TliRMISATECONTRACT. If the workshould be stopped under anorder of any court, for o

period of three wi o n t h s .

through no act or fault of

the Contractor or of any oneemployed by him. or if the

Owner should fail to pay to

the Contractor, 'within seteii

days of its maturity andpresentation, any sum certi-

fied by the A r c h i t e c I or

awarded by arbitrators, then

the Contractor may, uponthree days' -written notice to

the Owner and the .Irchi-

lecl. slop work or terminate

this contract and recover

from the Owner paymentfor all work e.veeuted andany loss sustained upon anyplant or material and rea-

sonable profit and damages..\n excellent provision.

Article .iii. DA.M. IC U.S.

If either party to this con-

tract should suffer damageby delay or otherwise, ex-

cept as pro-tided in .Irticle

in. because of any act or

neglect of the other party

or of any one employed byhim, then he shall be reim-

bursed by the other party

for such damage. Claims under this clause shall be made in

^^•riting to the party liable within a reasonable time of thefirst obser-^-ance of such damage and not later than the time

of final payment, e.vcepi in case of claims under .-Irticle l(i,

and shall be adjusted by agreement or arbitration.

This is a fair and e(|uitahle clause, but covered hy law andtherefore unnecessar\-.

Article Id. MVTr.lL RIi.SPO\SIBILITY OP C0.\-TR.4CT0RS. Should the Contractor [see Article 1 (r)|cause damage to any other person [see Article 1 (r)| em-ployed on the Ti'o/7,'. the Contractor agrees, upon due notice,

to settle Ti'iV/i such person by agreement or arbitration, if

such person -will so settle. If such person sues the 0-wneron account of any damage alle.!;ed to ha-cc been so sustained,the Owner shall notify the Contractor, -who shall, at his

own expense, defend such proceedings and. if any judgmentagainst the 0-wner arise therefrom, the Contractor shall payor satisfy it and pay all costs incurred by the Owner.The Contractor, if damaged by any person held to the

0-wner by stipulations such as the abo7'e. agrees to settle

with such person by agreement or arbitration and in no caseto sue the O-wner on account of such damage.

This clause is unfair to the contractor and particular]\- so

in the second jiaragraph.

Article 41. SlU'ARATIi COSTR.ICTS. The O-wner re-

series the right to let other contracts in connection ti'iV// this

work. The Contractor shall afford other contractors reason-able opportunity for the introduction and storage of their

materials and the execution of their rror^- and shall properlyconnect and co-ordinate his ii'oi/.- iiiV/i theirs.

If any part of the Contractor's 7i'ork depends for properexecution or results upon the work of any other contractor,the Contractor shall inspect and promptly report to the.Irchitcct any defects in such -work that render it unsuitable

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EDITORIAL

NO.

THE problem to be considered by the participants in this

vear's Le linin Traveling Scholarship Competition is

unusual, and while its nature cannot be made public in

more detailed fashion at the present time, it may be

allowed to escape that it is essentially American, in fact.

Southwestern, in character, the sort of problem in style with

which a practicing architect might very well find himself

faced : but toward the solution of which it is felt that no very

serious effort has. so far. been

made. It takes into account the

general climatic and ethnic na-

ture of the Southwest fromNew ( )rleans to San Diego andnorthward, and should give the

competitors an opportunity for

a full display of whatever artis-

tic, poetic and practical ability

they may possess.

This year's committee has felt

strongly the desirability of leav-

ing the competitors to their owndevices : therefore the drawings

to be submitted are very inde-

terminate in character. Thereare seven or eight of these andthe method of rendering is left

wholly to the discretion of the

competitor himself. It is be-

lieved that in this way a far moreinteresting result will be obtaine<l

than would be the case if the

style and method of renderingwere carefully stipulated in the

usual fashion.

lly the terms of the deed of

gift, the competitor, to be eligi-

ble, must be an architect or

draughtsman, a citizen ami resi-

dent of the L'nited States, be-

tween twenty-three and thirty

years of age. who is not nor ha>

been the beneficiary of any other

traveling scholarship, and whohas ha<l at least three years' ex-

perience as draughtsman or jirac-

ticing architect.

The successful competitor will

receive the sum of one thousandDollars ($1.11110) and is rc<|uired

to make a trip abroad of nut less

than si.\ months' duration. Kvery comjietitor must be nomi-nateil by a member of the .\'cw ^'ork Chapter of the .\mericanInstitute of .\rchitect-. who will certify in writing that theabove conditions are fulfilled by the nominee, and that in hi~

opinion the nominee is deserving of the scholarship. Thosenot having the ac(|uaintance of a niember of the Chapter mayavail themselves of the services of any well-known architectwho can vouch for them to a member of the .\ew YorkI hapter, with wh(jm he is acciuainted.

Inteniling competitors must apply for permission to submitdrawings on or before .\ugust first. l!ll(i. upon which datecopies of the full program will be sent to all such applicant^as have qualified. In the i)reliminary notice that has appeared

in the various technical journals, this date was given as JulyI."). 1!>1(>. a date which the committee hereby extends. \'oapplication received after the first of August will be considered.

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It is e.xtreniely pleasing to note the remarks of (!"harles

Carkeek. well-known buihler of Seattle, at the recent jointmeeting of the Washington State Chapter of .Architects andthe .Seattle .Master I'.uilders' .Association, on the movement

intended to eliminate the un--atisfactory conditions resultant

from methods of sub-contract-ing. Mr. Carkeek is behind a

movement intended to betterlliesc conditions, and offers as

one remedy the ])roposa! that

.^entile builders will nut sublet

the carpenter, the brick or the

concrete work; but insteail. will

employ competent foremen for

each of these branches, the fore-

man to be under direct charge111 the general contractor.

.\ut only will this movementoperate for the elimination of ir-

responsible and incompeleiU con-

tractors, but will improve llic

class of workmanship.This move will affect the most

important part of the building

—

tliat is. the slructmal portion

—

and .Mr. Carkeek well said that

this |iart slioidd be more closely

sat'eguariled against faulty con-struction methods than anyother, for in the forming of the

liuilding lies the greatest risk to

life and limb, not to mention the

cipilal invested in the structmeIt is also true that a more com-

plete realization of the architect's

plans will be reached by the

ilimination of the so-called sub-

icjutr.ict system. It will throw

_^^^^^^^^ the entire responsibility for the

':^^!j^BS^^^tBM mechanical excellence of the

«urk directly on the generalcoiKr.iclor,

\\ ilh the co-operaliuu of ar-

iliitecls and master builders.

Seattle is going to make everyeffort to give a fair test to this movement, and with Mr,Carkeek are many architects who feel assured that the result

will prove a distinct im])rovemein over the practices of sub-

letting these important branches of liuilding construction.

It is stated that the Seattle Structural liuilding Trades.Alliance, composed of journeymen, carpenters, bricklayers,

hoisting engineers and biiililing laborers, is in hearty accordwith the movement and has pledgcil its support. Nlembersof this body will refuse to work for any one who shall take

a sub-contract involving labor in any of their trades.

It would a])pear from the foregoing that a determinedell'ort will be made in Seattle for a betterment of conditionsin the building industrv.

55

'acme L.®ast nviiilor:^, A,, L A.The Archilect" is the official organ of the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Minutes of San Francisco Chapter

.l/iiv 18. iniB: The rcsuhtr monthly mc-L-ting of the San Francisco

Chapter of the .American Institnte of .Architects was held in the roomsof the Chapter. •£':.'. Piist Street, on Thursday. -May IS. UHG. In the

ahsence of the President and Vice-President. Nlr. William Mooser wasnominated and elected chairman pro tetii. The meeting was called

to order at 4:15 p. m.

Miiiuli's: The minutes of the meeting held .April 37. IfllB. were read

and appro\'ed.

Sliiiidini; Coiiniiiltccs: There were no committee reports.

Ciiniiininiintiuns: From Mr. E. C. Kemper. Executive Secretary

of the .American Institute of Architects, relative to the assigning of

certain Chapters to memhers of the Board of Directors for the purpose

of estahlishing an informal relationship for mutual lielp and counsel

hetween the Directors and the Chapters; also one with reference to

the death of -Mr. Charles 1. Havens and one relative to the status of Mr.

\Villis Polk, from Mr. S. \V. Stratton, chairman of the ThermometerConmiittee. .A. .\. .\. S.. relative to a hill introduced by Representative

.Alhert Johnson; from Southern California Chapter. .A. 1. .A., thatiking

this Chapter for the linancial assistance accorded i)l the repeal of the

law of 1872.

Xi'W Business: .All communications were referred to the Board of

Directors.

.All informal discussion look place as to the communication received

from the Boston Society of Architects relative to means of arousing

puhlic interest in and appreciation of architecture. It was duly moved,

seconded and carried, that the Board of Directors he requested to hold

a special meeting in the near future to take up this matter.

.hljiiuninicnl: There l)eing no further business before the Chapter,

the meeting adjourned at ri:'M> p. m.

Subject to approval ISIIIi.

SVLV.MN SCHNA1TT.\CHER.Si'crctary.

Minutes of Southern California Chapter

The ninetv-si.xth meeting of the Chapter was held at the Bristol Cafe

on Tuesday! -May !l. 111111.

The meeting was called to order at 7 :::n by President S, Tilden

Xorton. The following members were present : J. F. .\llison. John C.

.Austin. J. J. Backus, F. P, Davis, P. .A. Fiscn, Lyman Farwell. R. C.

Farrell, P. H. Frohman, John C. Hillman, John P. Krempel, .A. C.

.Martin, S. T. Xorton, Robert II. Orr, W. C. Peniiell, .\. F. Rosenheim.

\-. L. Stiff, G. F. Skilling, .August VVackerbartb, A. R. Walker. H. V.

Withev. l\ R. Schaefer.

.\s guests of the Chapter were present; Mr. George Dunlop and

Dr. John R. Haynes; the speakers of the evening; Mr. Elmore K.

Jeflfery, a local architect; Mr. Tichcnor, from the tl.vcuitiiicr; Harry

lies aiid John Bowler, of the Buihifr iiiirf Coiitnii-lor: and W. E. Prine,

of the Soiilh-ii'i-sl Cuiitnu'lor.

Previous to the reading of the minutes, the order of business was set

;iside to permit of the talks of Mr. George H. Dunlop and Dr. John K.

Ifaynes, briefly outlining tile important provisions of the proposed new-

city charter. Upon the conclusion of their talks, the meeting wasthrown open to questions. .A most hearty vote of thanks was accordeil

ihe two gentlemen by the Chapter.

The minutes of the ninety-lifth meeting were read and approved as

corrected..\uthority was given llie Secretary to reimburse Messrs. Allison

and .Austin for the money advanced liy them toward the attorney's

fees in the repeal of the law of 1872, and also a vote of thanks was:iccorded the San Francisco Chapter for the receipt of their check of

$::mM) toward these expenses.

L'nder the head of .Membership Committee report, the President

•ailed the Chapter'^ altenlion to the large nnmber of San Francisco

Chapter members making .ipplicalion for Institute membership, and

a resolution was iiilopled authorizing tlie Presiileiit to .-ippiiint a com-mittee of one to secure applications from this Cha[)ter for Institute

menlbership-h'or ihe .A. 1. .A. Suli Coinmillee on Public Informaliim. Mr. Froli-

man reatl a letter from the secretary of lh;il committee in the BostonCliapter, Mr. Little, together with his own reply. .\ general discussion

[ollowed as to the best melhixls of getting matters of professional

interest before the public, and Mr. Tichenor, of the Examiner, in a

hort talk gave a few suggestions. Discussion also followed :is to tlic

best ine:ins of meeting the Los .Angeles li.vtiniiilrr's proposals relatix'e

to supporting their newl\' esUiblished bnihiing section. Tliis matter

\v:is left open for further conference.

for the Committee on City Planning, Mr. II. !'. Witlley reported

that meetings were being lu-hl ;ind thai .active wm'k was being done.

The President next called the Chapter's attention to the remaining

effects belonging to the late Fernand Parmeiitier and an offer waspresented to the Cha|iter by Mr. John C. .Austin that out of the moneydue .\lr. .-Austin and Mr. .\llison from tlie Chapter, they would give

an amount of $;.'.'i (m fur the remaining properties, whicli \\ei"e lo be

turned o\er for the use of the .Atelier. This generous offer wasaccepted with a \ote oi thanks.

Communications were next read as follows;

From the San l''r;tncisco Chapter, a communication accompainingtheir check of $250.00.

From the Board of Public Works, two communications relative to

an amendment in the building ordinances, which had been referred to

the Council.

From Mr. Sidney B. Veit. ex-Honorary Secretary of the .Ainerican

.Art .Association of Paris, requesting contriliution toward a fund to

preserve French art from the effects of war. This comnninication wasordered referred to the proper committee.

Under the head of new business, Jhe President made a report on the

work of the joint committee of the Technical Societies, who would in

the near future hold the regular annual joint meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 10:20 p. m. .A. R. W.^lker,Secretary Pro Jem.

The ninety-seventh meeting was held at the Hotel Clark, on Tuesday.

June 13, 1916.

The meeting was called to order at 7 ;50 p. m. by President S. Tilden

Xorton. The following members were present : Harrison Albright.

D. C. .Allison, J. E. .Allison, John C. .Austin, J. J. Backus, -A. B. Benton,

(.;. E. Bergstrom, P. .A. Eisen, A. M. Edelman, W. E. Erkes, LymanFarwell, Henrv Lord Gav, H. W. Glidden, Henry M. Greene, John C.

Hillman, Frank D. Hudson, John P. Krempel, A. C. Martin, H. H.

Martin. S. B. Marston. Octavius Morgan, O. W. Morgan, S. T. Xorton,

11. M. Patterson, T. F. Power. .A. V. Rosenheim, R. F. Train. J. T.

Vawter. August Wackerbarth, A. R. Walker. 11. F. Withev. P. U.

Wright. Jr., G. B. 'Van Pelt, Jr., F. R. Schaefer.

.As guests of the Chapter were present: Mr. .A. H. Koebig, President

Engineers and .Architects' .Association; Dr. Lorin .A. Handley. Presi-

dent of the Board of Public Works; Mr. J. H. Bean, member of the

City Board of Education ; Prof. Waterbury, L'niversity of .Arizona

;

Mr. L. J. Berger, of the Los .Angeles Examiner: Harry lies and JohnHowler, of the Builder ami Cuiitnietor: and W. E. Prine, of the

Southwest Cuntraetor.

The minutes of the ninety-sixth meeting were read and approved.

Under committee reports, Mr. H. l'". Withey reported for the City

Planning Committee that the Chapter's committee was working jointly

with the committees of other Societies and they were making mostfa\tirable progress with the framing of proposed new ordinances cover-

ing the work.Communications were read as follow-s

:

l'"rom E. C. Kemper, Executive Secretary of the .American Institute

of .Architects, notifying this Chapter of its assignment, together w-ith

that of the San Fr:incisco Chapter to Institute Director Octavius

.Morgan, the establishing of this relationship being for the purpose of

niutu;tl help and counsel.

bnini .Mr. .Mark C. Cohn, Executive Secretary of the Commissionof Immigration and Housing, inviting .suggestions and recommenda-tions for their assistance in formulating State legislation. This com-munication was referred to the Committee on Permanent Legislation.

From the .American Civic .Association acknowledging receipt of this

Chapter's dues ;ind urging a reconsidertition of our resignation fromtheir organization. Tliis communication w;ts ordered bled.

From the Builders' F.xchange of Los .Angeles, acknowledging receipt

of resolulion :ulopted In the Chapter at a previous meeting.

From Wm. Stanley Parker, Vice-Chairman of the Institute Committeeon Contracts and Specifications, requesting information as to local

activities in the work of Quantity Survey systems. This commimicationwas ordered referred to Mr. O. W. .Morgan, Jr., for reply.

From Saul II. Brown, Secretary of the .Atelier, Los .Angeles, express-

ing appreci:ilion for the Chapter's gift of books :nid other effects

belonging to the Kate l''ern:md Pannentier. This communication wasordered filed.

From Miss M. L. Schmidt, MetropoHtan l^xhibit, reqtiesting endorse-

ment of a proposed joint exhibit of marble ;tml tile, and for metal lath,

in the Exhiltit rooms. Xo action on ibis ret|iiest w;ts taken.

Comnninicatinns were also reatl from John L;iwreiice Mauran. Presi-

dent of the .\nieric;in Institute of .Architects, anil addressed to this

Ch:ipler's President, urging energetic effiirt in the securing of newInstitute members. .Motion was made by Mr. Iludson, duly secondetl

antl carrieil, tlial the Chapter's committee, consisting of Mr. .A. !•'.

Rosenheim, put more speci;tl ;tnd energetic effort on this work..\ most interesting report was next he;ird from Mr. .\. B. Benton

on the recent convention of the Landmarks Sitciet\- hehl at the Mission

Inn at Ri\erside. h'urther report was rendered by Mr. S. Tiltlen

.Xorton on the purposes of the Los .Angeles Cloister formetl at this

coiu'ention, to uiidert:ike the repair and restor;ilion of the San l-'ernando

.Mission,

Mr, ,A. 11, Koebig, President of the luigineers ;md .\ichitects' .Asso-

ci;ttion, and also cluiirman of the Joint Comniitlee ()f Technical Soci-

eties, rendereil an interesting :in(l entliusi;istie talk on the effiu'ts f)eing

expendeil tow;tril the anKilgamatitni of the v:irious engineering andtechnical societies intt> a permanent in-gaiiizatit)ii, ;ilso outlining someof the present work being done l)y this joint committee.

Mr, {)cta\ius Min-g;ni witii ;t short t;tlk preseilteti the certificate of

fellowsliip 111 tlie bile l-"eriianil P:irinenlier to the Secret:iry, to be

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it to his near relatives._ ^ —

Mr. H. F. Withey next presented a paper on the subject of Civic

Improvements. This paper proved to l)e one of the most interesting

and best handled duriiig this year's programs, and a hearty resolution

of appreciation and thanks was offered by Mr. A. F. Rosenheim, duly

seconded and carried.

Mr. A. C Martin followed with a short talk on the comparative

costs of tire-resisting and non-lireproof construction.

Mr. D. C. Allison next rendered a most enthusiastic and interesting

talk on the subject of Puldic Schools. The subject was most excellently

handled and was greatlv appreciated l)y all present.

Dr. Lorin A. Handley. President of the Board of Public Works,

was next called upon and briefly discussed the problems which face

his department of the city government.Mr. J. H. Bean followed with a short talk on City School Buildings

and also on the work being undertaken by the local Builders" Exchange,

of which he is President.

Mr. Henry Lord Gay. a life member, and resident of San Diego, wascalled upon and offered a few^ brief remarks.

Mr. Robert Train reported on the work of mustering the architects

and engineers in a delegation for the Preparedness Parade and urged

all present to co-operate in making a successful showing in this section.

Mr. A. F. Rosenheim reported ten applications submitted from this

Chapter for Institute membership.The meeting-adjourned at 10 :50 p. ni

Secretary Fro Tan.

Minutes of Washiogtoo State Chapter

Minutes of the regular meeting of the Washington State Chapter of

the American Institute of Architects, held Wednesday. May :J. liHO,

at the rooms of the Commercial Club, Seattle. Present : Loveless.

Alden, Schack. Albert son. Parks, Zeigler, Harvey. Field, Stephen.

Willcox, Storey, Cote. Baeder.

Minutes of previous meeting not read.

Rct^orts: VVays and Means Committee, by Mr. Alden, reported

their efforts and difficulties in securing money in payment of dues, andthat they are continuing in their efforts; they reported, also, only onemember in Tacoma in good standing, which being true, it is suggested

that the meeting proposed to be held in Tacoma be not held there this

year.

The committee on subject of "City Architect." by Mr. .Mden reported

its progress, and after somewhat lengthy discussion, participated in bymany present, it was linally moved, seconded and carried that the

committee be asked to supplement their previous work by formulatinga detailed plan of action, including possible ordinance, with details as

to civil ser\ice. expense of previous work done, prospect of work to lie

done, what department same is to come under, etc., etc.. reporting sameat next meeting of Chapter.

Motion of Mr. Willcox, duly seconded and carried, that when planhas been atlopted, the committee be instructed to make personal appear-ance l>efore committees of various organizations already cnmmunicatedwith, for the purpose of amplifying the subject.

Meeting adjourned at 1 :;iO p. m. Louis Bakdkr.Secretary Pro Tern.

Minutes of the regular meeting of the Washington State Chapterof the American Institute of Architects, held Wednesday, June 7, 1916,

at the Xorthold Inn. Seattle. Present; Loveless. Alden. Schack. Gould.Cote, Baeder. Parks. Field. Huntington.The bill from Higgins and Hughes for legal services was read and

referred to Mr. Willatzen and Mr. Storey for a report on the same.Mr. Willatzen and Mr. Storey also asked to give an itemized account-

ing of money expended by Legislative Committee for passage ofArchitects' License Law.The Legislative Committee read their final report regarding creation

of office of City Architect. The report was adopted, and it was movedand seconded tliat the Legislative Committee be instructed to get acopy of the ordinance and see that same was satisfactory. Motioncarried.

The report of the Mem])ership Conmiittee was then read and adopted.The report of the Kducatlonal Committee covering tlie courses along

architectural lines in tlie public schools was read and after some dis-

cussion the report was adopted. Mr. Cote reconnnended that archi-

tectural supervision of the schools he changed to craftsman supervisionin order that the very elementary architectural training given in theschools be not confused with the regular architectural course such asthe universities would give.

It was recommended that lectures along architectural lines be givenin the various public schools if possible.

Mr. Wilson was balloted upon for advancement from Junior toSenior Membership and was unanimousl}' elected.

The Secretary was instructed to write to the Executive Secretary ofthe Institute and ask him for a copy of the proceedings of the Institute

to be placed in tlie Pulilic Lil>rary of Seattle.

The meeting adjourned at p. m. D. R. Huntington.Secretary.

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INDEX FOK FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 191 b

JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE Vol. XIINDEX TO TEXT, WITH SUBJECT COMMENTARY

TITLE AND SUOJECT. • AUTHOIt. PAGES.

A City Within .\ City ...-/. H. Albcrlson I.^-IS

Descriptive of metropolitan group of buildings. Seattle.

•S(;R.^FFITo" IN .America E. C. Bartholomnv lC-17

With illustrations ami details.

CuBi.soTEii Woiiii Block Pavini; 53-.53

Descriptive and illustrative of modern examples.

RoL-ssEAU & RoL-ssEAU B. J. S. Cakill. A. I. A. 81-83

Discussing recent work of this architectural firm.

The American .Academy in Rome C. Gnnit La Faigc 8?,

.Announces its annual competitions.

The Twentieth Century Hahit.ation Hart ll'onj 84-85

Discussing modern apartment l)uildings.

To the Memory of Carl Bitter. SiT'lptor 86

Tribute by members of .Architectural Commission.

Of Wh.\t Shall the Roof Be Made 1 in

.Advantages of asbestos shingles.

Buttonlath—.An Improved Lvthinc Material 12n

An I ne.M'Ensive Refrhierator 1-2

The automatic cooler.

Institute W.\nts Preservation of .Art Pi..\n .Burl I,. Fcnncr U9Protest erection of power plant in Washington, D. C.

General Conditions of the Contract Francis W. Grant ISO-l.?!

Discussing the code adopted l)y A. I. .A.

San h'liANCisco Municipal Car IIou.se Rcnbrn J. Il'oott ]5'2-153

Illustrated by sectional and detail drawings.

Beunarm R. Maybeck ). B. U'astc-ll 154

Architect for Fine Arts Palace, P. P. I. E.

LuPTON Steel Sash ITl

Lighting and ventilating of industrial buildings.

Current Xotes and Comments 172

The Garden Theatre in Country Place De.sicn .Geo. Burnal' 201-203

General Conditions of the Contract Francis 11'. Grant 204-205

\ew Corbi n Hardware 200

Recent designs in hardware.

The (Iravity Method of Moving Merchandise 230-24(1

.Advantages of spiral conveyor.

An Architect's Home /. B. irastdl 2r,!)-271

.Architect D. J. Patterson's home. San Francisco

AUTHOR.

Fraiici.^ ir. Grant

. .. Iflrlaidc Curtis

/Hrf.^'ilr Blai,

..Xarntan R. Coultc

title and subject.

General Conditions of the ContractEarliest O.xford

Illustrated article on architecture.

Current Notes and CommentsB.\LLARD IlicH School, Se..\ttle

Descriptive article of architecture.

Efficiency in Country SchoolsMeaning and intent of "efficiency."

Open .Air Type of School at Suisun Edicin J. Syninics

Text by the architect.

General Conditions of the Contract Francis W. Grant

Colle(;e Campus Planning Ernest E. ll'alhcr

Pre-eminent guiding principles.

EDITORIALS1~lic i-'ortx -ninth .\nnual Comention of .A. I. .A

Modern .Apartment Exemplilied. Power of .Advertising

Chapter Ofiicials Protest Washington Building

.A Satisfactory Competition, San Francisco's Civic Center....Knowled.ge of Interior Decoration Essential. -Architects and

Builders in Co-operati\'e EndeavorLe Brnn Traveling Scholarship. Individuality

MIXUTES OF PACIFIC COAST CHAPTER A. I. A.

January— San Francisco Chapter BanquetXinety-lirst meetin.g Sonthern Californi;i Clvpler.

Fchruarv—Xinct\-sccond meeting Southern California Chap-ter," A. 1. .\

.Marcli— January and February meeting San Francisco Chap-ter, .ALA

Xinety-third meeting Southern California Chapter.Washington State Chapter, A. I. -A., meeting

.//•///— March meeting San Francisco Chapter, ,A. I. .\

I-'ebruary meeting Oregon Chapter, .A. I. .A

^E'ebruary meeting Washington Cliapter. .A. I. A...

Xinetv-fourth meeting Southern California Chap-ter,' .\. LA

-l/(iy— Xinety-hfth meeting Southern California Chapter,.\pril meeting San Francisco Chapter, A. I. A

.hiiu-— No reports.

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INDEX TO PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS

APART.MEXT AXD HOTEL BL'ILDIXGSarchitect.

Casa Madrona .Apartments, San Francisc

Colonade Apartments, San Francisco,...

Haroldon .Apartments, San Francisco...

Dunedin .Apartments, San Francisco,.,.

Chateau Dn Mon-Hillsborough—"St, Frh'rancisco

.Mac Roth .Apartments, San Francisco...

Cornwell .\partmcnts, San E'rancisco. .

.

h'lston & Clarke .Vpartmc'nts, Berkeley..

Trinity Place .Apartments, Portland

Greenwich Terrace Community .Apartme

.Ansonia .Apartments, TacomaBryson .\p:irtinents. Los .Angeles

Brelnor .\partments, Portland

Brown Ap.irlments, Portland( }lyinpi,in .\iiartments. Seattle

Tiidnr .Arms Apartinents, Portland

Meadnwhrook Apartments. OaklandXcwiiall .Apartments, San h'rancisco

Hotel I'Aigene, San Francisco,,.

Driscoll .\partnients, San Francisco

La (iranja .Apartments, San Francisco...

.Rousseau & Rousseau

.Rousseau & Rousseau

.Rousseau & Rousseau

.Rousseau & Rousseauaucis .Apartment"—San.Rousseau & Rousseau.Rousseau & Rousseau.Rousseau &r Rousseau

(( . //. RatcMfRoot & Kerr

nts, San Francisco....

'I'. Patterson RossHeath & Grove

.F'reiieriek .Xoonan andCharles //. Kysor

..Claussen & Claussen..Claussen & Claussen

W. /'. White!. n. IVassell

John CarsonChas. J. Rousseau

...Sylvain .'ichnaittaeher

. .S\'lvain .Sehnaittaelter

..." Faleh S- Knol!

17 18

19

19-20

20

21

23

23

I'.rSlXESS .\XD COMMERCIAL BCILDIXGS.\rciiitect. r

Cobb liiiililin.i; and Wbile-I knry-Stuart Building, Seattle

//(iti'i'//i- tr Stokes: ./. B. .Ill'ertson, Associate

Xeyhart Building, Seattle

IIozvcUs & Stokes: .1. B. .Ilbertson. Associate

CLUB BUILDIXGSConcordia Club. San h'rancisco G. .Uhert Lansl>nr:.;h

EDUC.ATIOXAL BL'ILDIXGSMen's College Club, Seattle

Ilowclls & Stokes: A. II. Albcrlson. Associate

Heald's Business College, San Francisco. .5'v/i'wm Schnaillaeher

Ballard 1 1 igh School. Seattle Ed:iar Blair

High School, Santa Cruz Il'm. II. IVckks

Shattuck School. Portland F. ./. XaranwreKennedv School. Portland /•". .1. .Xaramore

Wash.

CITY AXD COUNTRY RESIDENCES

C. M. Spitzer, Los AngelesDan Murphy, Los AngelesChester Thorne. TacomaCharles T. Crocker, Hillsborough, Cal

James L. I-'limid, San h'rancisco

C. h". Perry, Hollywood. Cal...

J. .Arnot Rathbone, lilmira, N, YLouis Saroni, San h'rancisco

^

ICdwabi) Brandenstein. San Francisco...

I'^MiL Greenbaum, San i'"rancisco

Dr. Martin Krotoszvner. San h'rancisco

Mrs. M. .a. Huntington, San h'rancisco.

!•. A. Webster. Oakland. Cal

.Mrs. S. T. .\i.exander. Piedmont, Cal....

JiniN h'. HuMiiuuG, Piedmont, Cal

Hunt & BurnsHudson c'r .Muusell

Cutter cr Malm«ren[ri//i.v Folk & Co.

Bliss & Favillc

H. Cooper Corbelt

. . . .Considine & HaskellKenneth .MacUonald. Jr.

Hermann BarthHermann BarthHermann BarthHermann Barth

..C. /(•. Dickev..C. IV. DickevC. Ii: Dickev

29

30

31

32

58

00

SO

33 -30

37 -38

39 -44

45 -48

49 -51

53 -55

50 -57

09 -71

7". D. Donn.Xorntan F. Marsh

. Quaylc Bros. <Sr CressyI.eschcr t'r KibbeyXorman F. Marsh

G. A. Ferris6". .•). Ferris

G. A. Ferris

(;. A. Ferris

G. A. Ferris

Leseher & Kibbey

65-68

16

59

81-83

84-8586-87

8788-89

9091

92

93

9394-95

96

9096

97

John J.\cobs, Merion, Pa.. D. Kniekerbaeker Boyd

-7H

78

79

Lowell Scho..l, Bellingha

.Monroe School, Phoeni.x.

High School. San Diego....\lliambra School. PhoenixHigh SclKM.l. Mesa, Ariz...

.McKiidev School, Reno...iliiih School. Ren. I

High Scliool. .\shland. Ore.

Grade School, Keiio

.McKinley School, Reno. . .

.

Grade School, Mesa, Ariz,

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle

Ilowells & Stokes: . I. B. .Ilbertson. Associate

The .Arena, Seattle, //onr//,t & Stokes: .1. B. .Ilbertson, .Issoeiatc

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGSChurch of St. .Matthew, San .Mateo, Cal iri//i.( Polk c'r Co. i

h'ROXTlSPIECESJanuary— Cent.iur and Dryad, Paul .\lanshil>, Seul/'tor.

February,—Reception Hall in San Francisco .Vpartments, D»ii»

Kearus, . irchitects.

Cinirt in Italian Building at San h'rancisco E.xposition, Macello Piancenlini. .Irchilcct. Rome, Italy,

h'ntr.-mce to .\ncient Ivpiseopal Palace, Ravello. Italy.

Det.iil, Home of Louis Saroni. San Fr.inciseo, Kenneth .\la

I),maid, Jr.. Architect.

Cliantillv Pavilion.

1.314

16

.March—

. Ifril—

.May-

June

60

THE A E C H I T E C T (!I

BUsswiKBUILDERSHARDWAR

ITALIANRENAISSANCE

RUSSELL 6 CRWIN MFG. CO..

NEW BKITAIN. " CONN.

JOOST BROS.SAN FKANCISCO AGENTS

New Location

1053 MAKKET STKEETOPPOSITE JONES STKEET

62

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THE ARCHITECT

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Modern Apartments

James Walsh, Owner and Contractor

Geary St. and 15th Ave.

San Francisco

Kquipppd ivith

Pitcher Disappearing Doors

Adjustable Hangers and

Patented Frames

Pitcher Disappearing Doors installed in

51/2 inch partitions. No extra thickness

of wall required. Specify Sliding Doors

in place of Swinging Doors.

tTRITE FOR PARTICAH.ARS

NATIONAL MILL & LUMBER COMPANYFifth and Bryant Streets San Francisco

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rQ| People of taste and refinement are beginning to

realize that a Pipe Organ is absolutely necessary in

the music room.

QA unique and original way of |

placing a Pipe Organ in the |music room without pipes being |exposed. |

Q For full information and specifications, write

EiLERS MUSIC COMPANY975 Market Street ' ' San Francisco

Agents California Organ CompanyMUSIC ROOM IN THE HOME OF F E ENGSTRUM. LOS ANGELES

F. A. BROWN. ARCHITECT

Organ Pipes concealed behind lapeslry. Console placed near window.

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THE ARCHITECT 63

?fTARGET AND ARROW" ROOFING TIN

Edward Miller Comice & Roofing Co.. TacomAROOFERS

ELKS TEMPLE. TACOMA. WASH. E. F. ChampneyARCHITECT

Thr roof of thv FAks Trnifftv.Tmoma. If ashington. is rmiTPti vnV/i "TARGKT ANO AKH<»% " Hunfmn Tin lititt our ivtuul strips

produtinfi a harmonious unit urtislir effect, .irrhilertx may find detuHa ilown to srule in the "ArrhiiertnralService Sheets" unti "S*vcei's Index" or write firr "SeUinfi Irfinnients" hook.

Selling Arguments for Tin Roofing

—

'Pile cliicf U(lvuiilU''<psuiiiiiK-d ii|) brielly as follows

of tin roofing can \>r

1. Dural)l<-.

2. A tinu--tric<l. long-established material.

.3. Kasilv a|i|ilii'il.

4. A(la|ital)ii- to any surface.

5. Moderate first cost.

6. Low cost of maintenance.

7. Re-use, second-hand value.

8. Easily and ([uickly repaired, if daniafied.

y. Neat. Iiif;li-f;rade a|i|)earance.

10. Loses nothing in a|i|irarance with age.

1 1. Light in wrigiil.

12. Not affi<ted hy heat or cold.

l.'i. (Jives jiroteetion against lightning.

II. Ineoinhustilile. and [irevents spreadof fire.

1."). \\ ratiieriiroid.

N. & G. TAYLOR CO.Sole Manufiu'ttirvrs

Established in Philadelphia in IHIO

\\\ oi th*v>r uilvj|ila|j;rN arc well known to ynu. I'Vuni >mir owni'X|)»'rM*nrr you will \ie aide to f;ivi- niany ra?-r> tti illunlrati-

tlifin. Wt- illustrate an<t tle^^rrilir i-arli of iIh'm- pointsin a hook known a?- "Sellinfi .trfitinients." If inter-

ested in hetler Hoofnif; it in niaileil on rei{uest.

Stocks carried at San h'rancisco, Ims Angeles. Seattle. l*itrtlaml

J. A. DRUMMONDPacific Coast Representative

245 Mission Street San Franciisco

64 THE ARCHITECT

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Mt. Diablo

CementAlways Used Where Quality Counts

Cowell Santa Cruz Lime

Henry Cowell Lime & CementCompany

2 Market Street. San Francisco

lirunctit's:

Oakland Sacranieiitu San Jose Santa Cruz

Porllanil. Ore. Taconia. Wash.

I JUST THE THING FOR BUNGALOWS, APARTMENTm HOUSES OR LARGE RESIDENCES

This little Taconia residence

HAS AN AUTOMATIC COOLER= It Eliminates tlie Unsanitary Ice Box as Well as the Ice Bill

~IT SAVES MONEY. ROOM. TIME

AND TROUBLE

Jusl the water that you ordinarily use

first circulates through the Cooler.

Automatic Caoler Go.

TACOMA, WASH.Vf rite for Dfscriptii-e Circular

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Northern Clay Comipany |

Washington

Brick, Lime & Sewer

Pipe Co.

SPOKANE. WASH.

ARCHITECTURALTERRA COTTAMade to your order in

color and design

HIGHEST QUALITY

I AUBURN, WASHINGTONiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Miiiiufiulurers of

Architectural Terra Cotta

and Face BrickSAMSON SPOT SASH CORD

SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS, BOSTON. MASS.

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T II E ARCHITECT fij

lllllllllllllllllllEllliiliJilllllllllilllillllll

I Best Plaster for BuildingsOF ALL CLASSES

OLYMPICCLUB

SAN FRANCISCO

PAFF fr BAUEKARCHITECTS

KeenoCement Gauged Lime Aloilar

isi:i) iHKoicHoi r

Non-Corrosivc More Snunil ProofCosts l^'!-> Ui-iu-r Vi orkiiiiiiisiii|>

American Keene ('emenl (]o.

"Si rollfirst Krrni' ('.vtiwiil hiimiii"

lllllti M,;,l :,,;,.;,:

,, I, I! 1< I: „ L' I I I; I, I t,"

IILt

H \*.\ > VN IK \M l-<

I^ow Pressure (]ru(le Oil

Burning E(^|ui|)menlNot liow Cheap — hut liow Servieealde

Some oil hiirner nuiniifaetiirers install iiiitlil> thai

operali- a> lii>;li a> .1.100 r. |i. in., and if ihev areworn out as soon as tin- makerV ^ruaranlee e\|)ire.s,

"it > u|> to you." \\ liy have hi;;h speed niailiincry?

Johnson .System:- i;i\e lon>; sati^faetion.

S. T. JOHNSON CO.1337 Mission Strrri San Franrisro

Agents in tho prinri/jal Parijlr Ctuist ritirs.

Neustadt Residenre. Altadena. ^=Etmer Gray, Architect. =

Building for Beauty |To fully realize the possibilities of concrete a

and stucco, you should know the ideal Heffects which are get-able with B

Bay State ^SL°f Coating |This Coaling overcomes the dull blue-gray olconcreie. ^

It gives a permanent finish in white or tint. It doesn't gsacrifice the distinctive texture of concrete. ^

Also—Buy State Coating mnkea on absolutely weatherproof ='wall. Rain can't seep through thepores. ^

Architects and builders in all parts of the country have tested =this, the original Bay State Coating. We'll be glud lo pass =along what they say of it. Write for booklet 7. =

Or. test it yourself~we will send you a sample can of the =orjginul Bay State Coating free for the asking. Say what tint ^you prefer. ^s

WADSWORTH, HOWLAND & CO.. Inc. JPaint and Varniah Maktra Boftton, Mats. =

Distnbutinii A^fnts- ^Jbihci Hambley & Sons, San Frincikco And Los AnRelea ; F, T. Crowe & =Co., Seattle: J. B. Winatanley Co.. Portland. Ore.; Jones-Moore Paint =HouRc. San Dietto. ^=

Rein()ve(l-Ke-use(l--Rentedrill-.!- ftaturrs make Mry.r Stirlfiinn Coii-lrm liun tlir mostrlVhiriil anil iM-niioiiiiial type »tf t-tinerrte Mintr eoiisiruclion.

MeyrSeeel fnrm^ are heavy tiir(a) Uirtu-.. n-nunahlo ami rv-usvilill -iiiee^sivr IliMir!*. Manillfil mi a rvntnl hasjs. rri[uiriii<; ernleriiigtiiily IteiMMlh jni-i-.. iliry flTiTt niuxiiiMini <M-oiinniy in Inrm work.

Krerliun of iiirlal lalli eiiliiij; afltr tlir remo\a[ of Smirnriiisi-ffrcN thf vrr> ilr-iraliii- hnHinv. .wmm//jrof>/ Hour.

ASK KOH Ol H II \M>ll<MIK

(j)ncrel(* Eiijiiiieeriii"; Co.RIALTO BUILDINGSAN FRANCISCO

H W HELLMAN BUILDINGLOS ANGELES

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Johnson Service Co.Koiuiiii.ii.'ii ill iiui:.

Tllr unl\ roilipjtiy ntl llll- P;n-i(ir rna^tllJIKllill^ l<-lll|irlMIiirc rr;^llLlli<in (-\rlii-

^ivrl). \siOi it^ own ctirps oi SkiUt-dMi'cliiiiiii'M.

Johnson Thirmoslats are SlanilanI

|J'< l...l.ilirrliii.n'. Illile

I'OIIII.AMI. OIIK.

not niiiif Kill)!.

SKA'ni.l-:. WASH.

(llll) <:ih/rii. iValiuiml Dunk UUI^.

I.OS an(;ki.i:s

IW IIJTll SIHKI-: SA^ iHAN<;isc;o

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66 THE ARCHITECT

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, VANCOUVEPs, WASH, D NICHOLS, ARCHITECT

ROOFED FRENCH OR DIAGONAL METHODniTH

Ambler Asbestos Shingles

French, or Dingnnul method of ujfplirttlion

ft'ritt' for sperijiralions

THE best roof imist satisfy the architect, builder andowner as to its |icrmanance, economy, beauty, andfireproof qualities. A roof made with Amhh-r

Asbestos Shingles is permanent because the shingles are

made of Oment and Asbestos—two of Nature's imper-

ishable and indestructible products. Ambler Asbestos

Shingles get harder and better the longer they are ex-

posed. In Ambler Asbestos Shingles the Asbestos fibres

are uniformly distributed and so firmly pressed together

that no voids or fissures remain to catch and hold damp-ness and moisture.

Sold by the

Keasbey & Mattison Co.

Manufoctured hy the

Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Shcaling Co.

Ambler. Peniia.. V, S. A.

J. A. DRUMMONDPacific Coast Kcprcscniativf

245 MISSION ST. :: SAN FRANCISCO

Slock carrieil in Suit h^rantisto

piaiaiffliiio^^ 'iiiUi^att:!!:;: LiiailBillllllliillliillllllllllilllilililliBlliililliB^^^

LARSENCONSTRUCTION

REPORTSAdvance Information as to Construction and Engineer-

ing work covering the entire Pacific Coast

INDIVroUAL SERVICEISSUED DAILYINDISPENSIBLE

CLASSIFICATIONENQINEERINQ

WaterworksStreet worKRaid WorkSewergIrrigationDrainageBridge*Raiiroad WorkHarbor WorkLighting SyetemsDredgingPower PiantiWarehouseiLoft BuiidingiApartment HouieeFactoriesHospitals•choois

BUILDINQChurchesJailsTheatersFiatsResidencesSteel Frame BuildingsBrick BuildingsReinforced Concrete BuildingsFrame BuildingsPostofflcesCourt HousesOffice BuildingsBanksHotelsGovernment WorkLight HousesBarracka

t5

rpI

Douglas 2371*"• Douglas 2372

560 Misson Street, San Francisco

GUARANTEED to meet Standard andU. S. Government Specifications for

first grade Portland Cement.

Santa Cniz Portland CementCompany

JFirks: Davenport, Cal.

Standard Portland CementCorporation

fforkt: Napa Junction, Cat

General Officet:

Crocker Building San Francisco

SPECIFy

NEPHI PLASTER onlyIT MAKES THE WALL

Sundard fur 25 yc-ara on tlw Pacific Coast and

Intcrmountaiii West

HARDWALL, FINISHING, CASTING, ETC

NEPHI PLASTER & MANlfFACTLTlING CO.SaFru<iaeoO>e>i BULOEIS EXCIlA.'tCe, IWJai^St.

Mala OBiai 7U BOSTON BLOC.. SALT LAKE OTT. tn'AH

im :-s iiiHLiiiiinf«iii;aiiiiisii!i:iiii!iiiiiiira

M

i

IWILLIAMS BROS. &

I HENDERSON

BUILDINGCONTRACTORS

U>S VX-KI-KS

R. N. NASON & CO.PAINT MAKERS

ISl Potrero Ave.-SA.\ FRANCISCO-S4 Pine Street

Makers of

NASOIVS OPAQUE FLAT FINISHA flat oil paint made in »oft Kalt»omine Tints,

that i^ washable; a practical article for

wallfi, cfilinipi, «tr., that i* mosteconomical and durable.

Agency for

Tamm & Xoluii Co.'-i Hich firadr Variii^hi'f and Finishes

HOLBROOK BUILDINGSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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ELKS TEMPLESeattle,Washington

Architect: John Carrigan ofSeattle, ff'tuhington

OTIS EQUIPMENTThree Single Screw Drum Tj^pe

\ Electric Passenger Elevators

MUCH DEPENDS-The safety, popularity and profit of any building

are all three in the hands of its elevator equipment.

Much always depends, therefore, on the elevator

specifications.

OTISELEVATORSshow a sixty -year record of protecting property

and person.

Because Architects know this record so well, they

know they are standing on safe ground in recom-

mending Otis Elevators to all clients.

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY2300 Stockton Street San Francisco

Offices in All Principal Cities of the World

THEJS^R(iltrEjQT

*AVGVST*1916*

Washable Wall Finish

The paint requirements of schools, hos^

pitals, office and public buildings call for

wall coatings which are expressive of

quiet good taste and dignity, and which

produce a hard, smooth surface easily

taken care of.

Fuller Washable Wall Finish fulfils

the most exading requirements laid

down by architeds and building com^

mittees. It works and covers well,

flows together like an enamel and pro'

duces a hard, smooth, semi^gloss sur^

face so easy to take care of that

upkeep of the walls is reduced to a

minimum.

W. p. FULLEK ^ CO.SPECIALIZED PAINT AND VARNISH PRODUCTS

FOK EVERY PURPOSE

THE ARCHITECT 71

WiiiliJIHiiM^^^^^

HOTEL MELBOURNEChicago

Architects

Hut'hl , Schmidt 6- Holmes

Chicago

FINISHED THROUGHOUT WITH

Berry Brothers' Arcliileclural Finishes

Varnish in AnliilrdureI'mrntitm lifttrr Tlum C.ttn-

han to rectify them—especially in a job of wood finishing,

ne use of a poor or inappropriate varnish or enamel, soover.

. revelation of beauty, but a lasting source of satisfaction

It is easier and much less costly to prevent mistakes tha

The appearance of a fine interior may be spoiled by the

that the job will either have to go shabby or be done

The finish on woodwork correctly treated is not only a i

for the owner,

A safe preliminary step to the best obtainable results in the treatment of the interior trim is the specification

of Berry Brothers' Architectural Finishes.

LUXEBERRY Vi/OOD FINISH—for general interior work.Develops and preserves the grain of all woods, and makesa handEonie and lasting finish. Rubs perfectly.

LUXEBERRY SPAR—for exterior work. Especially adaptedfor durability under extreme exposure—front doors, storefronts, marine work, etc. Makes a handsome finish, andwi.l not turn white under the severest conditions of wear.

LUXEBERRY WHITE ENAM EL—whitest white, stayswhite. Makes permanent snow white finish In either glossor dull effects.

LIQUID GRANITE—floor varnish. Makes a smooth, satinyfinish. Lasting, waterproof, mar proof, also adapted forbathrooms, window sills and casings, and all Interior workwhere great durability Is desired.

BERRY BROTHERCI

(INCOR.POR.ATtD> » ^^

Grid's Lar^estV^rnishMakers*-^

DETROIT, MICH.

E.itiihli.ibril IH.iH

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

BRA><:IIES 1> ALL TlIK 1MI1M:1I'AL CITIES OK TlIK WdHIII

WALKERVILLK, ONT.

THE ARCHITECT

FINISHED WITH "^uanize

447 SOUTH MAIN ST.. LOS ANGELES Decorating and Wood Finishing by S. Simmons, Los Angeles

THE ORIENTAL CAFE

ONE OF LOS ANGELES' SHOW PLACES

Finished entirely ^f^lwith J\0l^ anizo CABINET

RUBBING

BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY, BOSTON, U. S. A.San Francisco Office and Warehouse: 311 California Street

A. L. GREENE, Representative

Scattli- Taroma Portland .San Franci.seo Lo.>; Anprlrs

CAMPBELL HDWE. CO. W. J. HANSON & CO. MILLER PAINT & WALLPAPER CO. 1). H. RHODES SUNSET PAINT COIslAve. antl Madit^on St. 1129 Broadway 172 First St. 516 Vali-nria St. 627 S. Main St.

REFINISHED WITH CONCRETO

PAUL SCHULTZ. P.mn PHELAN BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO WM CURLETT t SON. Archiitcij

Rear Walls RpfinUhpd with Two Coats of

^^. SOLE MAKERS THE MURALO CO. NEW YORKi^B«l5|j?^(^&V San Francisco Office: 311 California Street

^^^l^l^^j=idtS^JAi/jl Ili^^Sfly San Franciwo: Lo» Angeles:

D. H. RHODES516 Valenria Street

DISTRWIITOKS SUNSET PAINT CO.627 South Main Street

Three Years Ago.

THE ARCHITECT

SmKS^rneaj^djl^7/io/iJi^/de/is

REPRESENT,^

f f«0 .,nO .(|0

THESEyi(f

I

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BLOCKS

K)NE, PIECE

KIjeHENf

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eachi^squai:e

represen*

lodoSnOO

/ > T^HE American people are

A tne greatest siiik Lutjers iii

tlie world, Lut our statistics

snow tliat only oLout one out ol everij

sixteen makes an ideal selection. Akitcnen sink cannot be considered com-plete witnout at least one, and preferatlu

tw^o drain boards.

To install a sink witliout drain

boards and tneu nave separate wooddrain boards made, fitted and variiisbed

means tlie expenditure oi about tbe same

amount oi monev) as tbe cost of a

"<§tauclarcl" Sink complete witk enameleddrain board all in one-piece. Wooddrain boards are unsanitarij, bard to keepclean and recfuire foecjuent re-finisbing.

A "(>»tandard" Sink witb one or two drain

boards all in one-piece w^ill witb ordinartj

care last a life time, and tbe first cost

constitutes tbe entire investment.

Tbe development of tbe porcelain

enameled sink forms one of tbe most

interesting cbapters in tbe bistonj of oxir

business. Porcelain enameled iron is tbe

onbj material of w^bicli tbe

lar^e pattern sinks witb

drain boards all in one-

piece can be made. vVe made the first

one-piece roll rim sinksliortK] after tne be-

ginning of tbe present centurij. In 1905

we sold 950, in 1915 over 2^8,000.

In tke last t^velve ijears, we sold 950,C00.

Tlie sink witli drain board, Lack aiid

apron all in one-picee was developed

in 1909. If all tkat Lave teen madesince that time were set side Lij side, llieij

would extend over a distance of twenti^

miles. Altkougk 1915 was an off \jear

in building circles, still our sales almost

doubled amj previous ijear.

We commencl tke large patterns of

"(Standard" Sinks to all Architects. Wefeel tlievj nave an irresistible appeal to

all bekevers in tne sanitanj kitclien.

Our service men are tnoroudlilij

acquainted witb all "(Jtatldartl" Sinks,

our catalogues illustrate and describe

tliem, and our showrooms are fuluj

ecfuipped lor the benefit of ijour clients.

THIS BIXICH

BEPBESENTS

Standard"ONE PIKE

KITCHENSINKSSOLD IN

1903

Standard cSanitars TT)]fe, Co.

W\

SAN FRANCISCORialto Building

LOS ANGELESMescjuit at E. Seventb

THE AECHITECT 75

RESIDENCE OF 8 D PHILLIPS LAKE MERRITTOAKLAND CAL

E T FOULKESARCHITECT

ROOFED WITH

No. 2 MISSION TILE

Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.

402-414 Frost Bldg.. Los Angeles, Cal.

United Materials Company5 Crossley Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Distributors fur .\urthern California

e

76 THE ARCHITECT

CARNEGIE LIBRARY. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CAL W. H. Weeks. Archiled

Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta

MANUFACTURED BY

STEIGER TERRA COTTA & POTTERY WORKS. OFFICES:

729 Mills Building, San Francisco

FACTORY:

South San Francisco, California

THE AECHITECT

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ff

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!

MEIEK 6- FRANK BUILDINGPoril&nd Oregon

WHITE MATT ENAMELARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA

DOYLE fr PATTERSONArchiirdi

M1M F ten RF.n in

GLADDING, McBEAN & CO.Offiret: CROCKKR BllLDlNG

San Francijiro

TRUST & SAVIN(;S BUILDINGLf>w Anjich'h

II

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Factory :

Lincoln, California

78 THE ARCHITECT

CLIFT HOTEL, San Francisco, Cal. GEO. A APPLEGARTH, Archiieca

The Pressed Brick and Architedural Terra Cotta

used in the facade of this building

was executed by

N. CLARK €r SONSOFFICE

;

116 NATOMA ST, SAN FRANCISCO

FACTORY:

WEST ALAMEDA, CAL.

Vol. XII.

T-riEAR<SllTECT

No. 2

T-riEARC^iTEcT Press

J A DP-UMMOND Propr.elor

CLACENCE P KANE. Edicof

TABLE OF CONTENTSAUGUST, 1916

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C. P. R. Banff Springs Hotel. BanfF. Alia.

C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B. C.

Granville Sirepi From - Gforgia Street Front

Detail Georgia Street Entrance

View of Upper Stories and Terraced Roof - Entrance Detail on Georgia Street

Detail Terraced Roof Garden

Ball Room

Terraced Walk on Roof - View in Bar

General View Tea Room - Corridor

Detail of Gallery and Arched Ceiling

Detail Ornamental Plaster - Fireplace in Tea Room

Passing and Lounging Lobby Lower Ground Floor - Indian Grill

Lounging Platform - Stairway to Lower Ground Floor

Lower Ground Plan - Plan of Third to Seventh Floors

Ground Floor Plan

Private Dining Room - West View in Lobby

Review of our Foreign Contemporaries

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The New C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver

General Conditions of the Contradl

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The New C. P. R. Hotel VancoLivoroBy FRANCIS S. SWALES. ARCHITECT. (Formerly Pa.nler £r Swales.)

^^Tllli Hotel \ ancouver !.; one of the Iniildint^s that forms

1 1 1 a hnk in the chain of about twenty large hoteN extend-^^ ing between the .\tlantic and Pacific Oceans, owned and

Dperate<l by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.The Canadian Pacific is a nation-bnilding corporation, with

a scope of operations mnch broader than that of a nsnal rail-

way company. Second only to the Canadian ( lovernnient in

its land holdings, own-ing also great fleets of

steamships on both the

.-\tlantic and F^acific

Oceans, and in the

coastal transport, ii

provides the nio~i

rapid, comfortable an^I

luxurious travel be-

tween Europe and.Asia, via the "Trans-.Xtlantic, Trans-Canadaand Trans- Pacific

Route." It not only

provides transportation

a n d operates hotels,

but does work of colo-

nization, land settle-

ment and developmenton an unparalleled

scale. It possesses the

greatest irrigation sys-

tem in the world. TheC. P. R. irrigated lands

in the dry belt of .Al-

berta alone are greater

in area than all the

irrigated tracts in the

Cnited States takentogether. It has devel-

oped districts as large

as some of the .Ameri-

can States, whole cities

and such b u d d i n gtowns as Bassano—the

place that brags it i^

"The best in the Westby a Dam Site" — the

<lam was built bv the

C. P. R. It sells land.

for farming purposesthat re(|uire no ferti-

lizer, at prices that are

less than the annualcost of nitrates per

unit area on neighbor-

ing lands on the .\nier-

ican side of the bound-ary line — which helps

to explain how it hap-pens that five thousandAmericans are at pres-

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cut among the "Canadian" troops for overseas service.

\ancouver is the terminal city of the railway and theprincipal jiort on the Pacific of the C. P. R.. and therefore is

a point at which travelers to and from the Orient and .Austral-asia transfer between train and ship. It is the metropolis ofthe Province of liritish Columbia, the market city of thegreat fruit-raising areas in its valleys, and the center of the

richest mining and tiin-

lier lands in the world.

Loijper, iron, gold, sil-

ver, zinc and othermetals, also coal, aremined extensively in

Ibis vicinity. Largenil cciUcrs, enormouspulp and pajier works

;

cedar. Douglas fir andir.iple lumbering: shi])-

liuildiug. canning andc a t c h i n g the greatdrives of salmon in

ihc inlets, bays andrivers around the twopeninsulas on w h i c hihi' city is built, are the

l.irgc staple industries

nil which the perma-u c n c e oi the city is

founded. Six otherrailway companies arenow building lines into

\ .lucouver, and twoare creeling large ter-

minal stations; but it

\\a- the C. P. R. that

hnilt this city.

The country aroundand about X'ancouveris "the paradise of the

man with rod or gun."-Moose, caribou, wapiti,

bear, mountain sheep;uid goats are foimdin abundance : timber

wolves and mountainlions are shot fromtime to time, and small

game, fur-bearing ani-

mals and birds, in

great variety, are herein apjiarently inexhaus-tilile c|uantity.

r h e climate, along

the coast, comparesfa\'orably w i t h that

of the .Mediterranean

coast of b'rance in win-

ter, or the Italian lakes

in sinnmer.

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Dclail in Lobby, C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver; Francis S. Swales. Archil.

To the sightseer, the landscape offers won-

derful charm. The peninsulas forming Van-

couver rise in gentle slopes to a couple of

hundred feet above sea level. Beyond Bur-

rard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River

to the south rises a horseshoe-form range of

high mountains on a radius of perhaps twenty

miles. Those to the north are but four or

five miles distant, while Mount Baker, visible

from the high places, rises more than twelve

thousand feet, like a vast pile of snow in the

sunlight, nearly forty miles to the south—

a

wonderful spectacle.

There is a view over Lake Washington

towards Mount Rainier, from Seattle, that is

as fine as the view of Mount Baker from the

roof garden of the Hotel Vancouver; there

are fjords along the west coast of Norwaythat are equal to the impressive passes of

Howe Sound—a waterway running north

from Vancouver. The city's park, with its

great Douglas firs and cedars, possesses trees

that are equaled by giant redwoods in Cali-

fornia. The Bay of Naples and the Golden

Gate of San Francisco, as seen from the high

parts of Piedmont, are each in its own wayas alluring as English Bay and the Gate of

the Lions at Vancouver. The Lions themselves

are marvels of natural beauty. They are no

mere mountain shadows or outlines which

only the habituated can discover, but clear-

cut, well-defined, sculptors' lions. They are

not dead like Thorwald.sen's lion cut in the

rock over the pool at Lucerne, nor are they

"woolly" like Landseer's animals at the base

of Nelson's Monument at London, but are

such as Barye, Cain or Bartholdi might have

cut, had the span of life and the opportunity

been sufficiently great to one of them. P.ar-

tholdi's great lion, cut in the red sandstone

blocks built against the gray cliff over the

Caserness of Belfort, has the same majestic

poise as one of these "mountain-lions," which

might almost pass for a roughing-out for a

colossal enlargement of that original.

The color of Naples and \'enice—though I

think Genoa is really better than either—has

each its own magnificence ; of the richness

and warmth of a Titian painting. The color

Typical Indian Onll in Colors, C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver

C. P. R. Station. Laggan, All.

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Cashier's Office, C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver: hrancis S. Swales, Archited

Exterior Upper R. Hotel Vancouver

of the iiiouiUains arounil \ ancouver is thelilue. -iiicli as Diirer painteil.

Of tlic city pro])er. its wcll-iiaved and wcll-

lii^iitctl streets jilaoe it in a class liy itself as

far as Canada is concerned, and only the.Ljreat cities of New York, San I'rancisco andDetroit, of American cities, possess the samecleaidy, metropolitan as])ect. Of the residen-tial districts, Crosse Point l^'arnis, jnst ontof Detroit, overlook int;- the Hats of the river,

oilers somethiniL;- ei|iial in charm and seclusion111 the homes around I'oint Crey—that lookont upon the (itilf of (!eor^;ia.

The atlmirahle streets of (luiet homes, with--idewalks inlaid as it were in lawns and road-ways overhiin)4- with trees, in Detroit, such.as l'"erry. I'almer and Kowena Streets, areperhaps as delij^htful as I'nrnahy, 1 larwood.ind l!rouf,diton .Streets, Vancouver; hut theDetroit streets are llat—the Vancouver streets

.ne f^ently sloping;, and views of the sea andinounlains m:iy he had from most of thehouses, Koses hloomed out of doors in myfjarilen, two years out of three, from Marchmitil Christmas— that does not occur in

I )etroit !

The ]iopulace, ihouj^h fairly cosmopolitan,is well mi.xeil with piclurcs(|ue types, ])ioneer

in instinct and develo])nient.

.Architecture, paintins^r, sculpture, music, arerej^ariled cmiously ratlier than with any sin-

cere interest ; the arts, far as they have pro-gressed, cannot he said to llourish here moretli.m in ;my other part of Canada. luiro-

pc.ms. .\niericans from the Eastern States,

.mil "}j;lol)e-trotters" i n (| u i r e ahout suchlhiii).;s, and they, therefore, are commercial.'issets.

Thirty years as<o the "city" was wipeil outIiy a fire, which doubtless did more good thanh.irm l)y causing some thought to be turneil

to fire risks when rebuililing, where woodenstructures are the rule. .Vhout that time thet'. r. R. built the first hotel at the cornerof Granville and (Georgia .Streets ; a few yearslater an extension was built on the adjoiningproperty on Granville Street. y\bout ten

years ago a "new" five-story building waserected on the other property adjoining the

original building, at the corner of ( leorgia

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and Howe Streets, and a plan for the ultimate extension of

the design around the whole perimeter of the lot was madeby the architect. Mr. Rattenbury. The buildings erected

were of brick walls, but interior construction of wood. Thescheme of extensions was abandoned. Six years ago, Mr.

Painter, then official architect for the C. P. R., designed an

extension along Howe Street to the building by Mr. Ratten-

bury. It followed the same general architectural treatment,

but was built of fire-resisting, rein forced-concrete construc-

tion. It was built one story higher than the older building,

and the top story is of bright green, glazed terra cotta. Thelower stories of both buildings are of yellowish-brown brick,

with "chocolate" terra cotta "trimmings." These two build-

ings were required to remain and be incorporated with the

new buildings in a program of operations which began in the

early part of 1911 and was completed in July. 191li.

It was the first idea of the company to extend the design

of the Howe Street wing, six stories high, around the perim-

eter of the lot. Parallel with the old Clranville Street wing,

and Howe Street wing, and midway between them, Mr.

Painter had proposed a high wing, extending from the north-

ern to southernboundary of the

property.

In I'llll a part-

nership was formedbetween Mr. Painter

and the writer. Mr.Painter took over

the executive workof the firm, and it

fell to the writer to

perform the design-

ing of the ultimate

scheme of exten-

sions. In 191:3, the

whole work on this

building was taken

over by the writer.

The site is on

sloping land at the

top of a low hill,

which forms the

highest ground in

the business section

of the city. Theavailable portions of

the site measure 2"34

feet on (iranville

Street and 2 111 feet

on Georgia Street. The floor levels of the two buildings that

were to remain ; the construction of the wing which had just

been completed by Mr. Painter ; the necessity of keeping all

the old buildings in operation during the new construction :

the existence of the old power house and kitchens in the

court behind the Howe Street wings : the only available

access for delivery carts to basements at the southern side

:

the adjoining theater and apartment houses, whose light andpower supply is acquired from the hotel's plant; a few fixed

and many constantly changing ideas on the part of the head

of the company's hotel system ; and the existence of a build-

ing by-law in process of revision, were the principal general

conditions to which the |)lanning was required to conform.

The building laws allow one hundred and twenty feet of

height for the main area of any site, subject to conditions

of light areas and number of stairs and fire escapes. On sites

of fifteen thousand square feet or more, one-third of the

area may be extended to the height of two hundred feet. It

was ascertained that the walls and foundations of the exist-

ing building at the corner of How'e Street could be carried

two stories higher, which was taken into account as a possible

contingency. The two pavilions facing (Iranville Street were,

therefore, designed to reach the same height, and the face of

the corner jiavilion kept to the same plane on Georgia Street

as that of the existing building. With the object of securing

additional light and air, also the maximum number of out-

side rooms with the least possible disturbance from all

disagreeable street noises, the main body of the new- build-

ing, above the ground story, was designed on an H plan, set

back from the building face of substructure, twenty feet on

the Georgia Street front and about fifty feet on the (jranville

front. The cross wing of the H was carried to the height

limit ])rescribed by the by-laws. The fire escapes werearranged to avoid the usual unsightly iron devices, within

towers so placed as to do the least damage to light to guest

rooms and leave the maximum floor space available for roompurposes. This plan was convenient for building operations,

as the central block could be erected, leaving the old buildings

intact until the main new portion was ready for guests.

The existence of a three-story arched w-indow motif with a

one-story frieze above in the Howe Street wings suggested

its adoption for the body of the new buildings. It does awaywith the honeycomb monotom,- that would result with a build-

ing of such large masses, and it provided a means of supply-

ing nearly all of the bedrooms with a triple window. Thefrieze story repeated

between the three-

story motifs accen-

tuates the scale andprovides a vehicle

to carry horizontal

lines around the

building at conveni-

ent levels for the

general architectural

effect. The arcade

at the second story

w a s introduced to

increase the depth

of, and give conti-

nuity to, the base,

which constitutes a

kmu of socket fromwhich the mainmasses of the build-

ing rise. The cor-

ner pilasters of the

highest portion of

buildings cover the

panels of windbracing in the struc-

t u r a 1 steel frame

and are repealeil on

the lower wings to

unify the effect of vertical ties. The projecting top story

cantilevered over the tops of columns reduces bending stresses

in the columns and permits a lighter treatment of the cornice

proper than would otherwise be required, which also assisted

in reaching a balance of .scale as between the different masses

of the whole structure. The above reasoning determined the

general plan and exterior composition. The general arrange-

ment is shown by the plans illustrated.

The location and levels of existing dining rooms in the

Howe Street wing determined those of the new kitchen, pri-

vate dining rooms and grill room, and of the tea room in

the western court. ."Ml that portion of the building east of

the Ji\^a^^cmeiit. containing the ball room, with billiard roombelow, grill, bar, etc.. followed as an extension to the mainhigh structure, which was required to be built and practically

completed before the extension could be begun.

The grill room is approximately level with the kitchen, andthe kitchen is four feet below the level of the main existing

dining room. The table d'hote dining room is nine feet above

the kitchen, as is also the ball room or banc|uet hall. Widestairs, partitioned on the center to prevent collisions betweenwaiters moving in opposite directions, with easy rise, formthe main service routes to the principal public rooms. Thegalleries, tea room and private dining rooms are provided

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Cuesi Room. Hole! Vancouver

with serving rooms with dumb-waiters, eiiuippeil with hot

plate, bain-mari and refrigerator: also all pantry equipment,

telephones, telautograph and other modern conveniences.

The whole of the kitchen depart-

ments are on one level. The stores

are in the sub-basement adjacent

to the delivery court and receiving

room. Help's dining and rest roomsare in an adjoining building. Maids"

dormitories, housekeeper's suite, ac-

countants' offices, valet, linen-distrib-

uting room. etc.. are in the first or

mezzanine story, overlooking the

courts.

The lower ground floor is ar-

ranged as a social center, particu-

larly to supply entertaining facilities

to commercial travelers. The grill

room. bar. billiard room, barber

shop, lounging lobby, lavatories andsample rooms are arranged eit suite.

Two entrances from (iranville Street

and an entrance for sample trunks

from Howe Street are provided.

The grill room is the popular

lunch and supper room used by local

people and for informal dinners by

gue.sts. The "grill " was. however, at the

management, removed to the kitchen andmantel substituted. The floors are of light

Rublino—a mixture of rubber an"

Cuesr Ro Hotel Vancouver

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Douglas fir.

Palliser Hotel. Calgary

instance of the

a fireplace andbrown and gray

linoleum—mosaic tilini;.

base, hearth and facings are of brown local quarry tiles,

walls are paneled with rotary cut British Columbiastained brown, with stiles, rails and mouldings

of liritish Columbia maple, stained

black and rubbed. The canvasedfrieze and ceiling of plaster panels

are painted with decorations basedon Indian blanket designs, the col-

ors being fouudeil on two particu-

larly fine Hopi and liayeta blankets.

riie lighting is intended to be indi-

rect, with the reflectors concealed

uithin baskets made by local In-

dians, Totem poles and trophies of

the chase arc provided as movabledecorations.

The floor of the playing space of

llic billiard room is five feet six

i;iches below the level of the grill

room, passage and lounging lobby

;

surrounding the playing space,

raiseil eighteen inches above it, is a

platform wide enough for settees

and chairs and a passage behindllieiu, ])rovidcd for onlookers. Cur-lain walls, seven feet high with openarches above same, afford elbow

rest and a full view of the tables from the jiassage andlounging lobby over the heads of onlookers, seated or stand-

ing on the platform. These curtain walls are flush paneled

ill tiliuL; <if which the pancK are made of comiuon kiln-run.

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two-by-four, red "garden-

walk" tiles, one-quarter

inch thick ; the base, stiles,

rails and mouldings are of

buU-nosed brown quarries,

one inch thick. In place

of tile panels, the upper

part of the dado is filled,

between the tile rails and

stiles, with Van DykeBrown enlargements of

photographs of the very

beautiful scenery along the

route of the Canadian Pa-

cific Railway, the publicity

branch of which supplied

its splendid collection of

photos, from which the

writer was enabled to select

a series of good decorative

panels. They have been

arranged so that by com-mencing at one corner and

Place Viger Hotel, Montreal

writer that no carving,

paneling or other decora-

tions could i\nprove. Thebar itself i': one hundred

feet long. All fittings and

hardware, the work-boardof five stations and foot-

rail are of nickel silver.

The bar top is oil-treated

mahogany, the whole top

being of but three pieces.

Broom, mop and pail cup-

boards are formed in the

pilasters and telephone al-

coves in the spaces betweenthe square constructional

and rounded finish of cor-

ners. Fresh air supply is

brought in at the sides of

telephone alcoves and viti-

ated air taken through ex-

h a u s t s in ceiling. Theceiling is a light brown-

following the perimeter of the room, one "travels" eastward,

or westward, to the most interesting points along the route

between the Pacific Coast and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Theframes of the pic-

tures are of Circas- _ -

sian wain u t, four

inches wide, with a

halftinch gold slip

between picture and

frame and an outer

moulding, one and'

o n e - h a 1 f inches

wide, of ebony.The ceilings are of

plaster, paneled and

painted, with deco-

rations in the pri-

mary colors. Thefloor is old gold and

blue Rublino tiling,

with curbs and steps

of quarry tile. Twopair of doors lead

from the platform

of the billiard room,

and two other en-

trances, at the ends,

from the street lead

to the bar room. This room is one hundred and twenty feet

long by twenty feet wide. The ends are semi-circular in

plan. The ceiling is of semi-elliptical cross-vaulting in

plaster, forming half domes at the ends. The room is finishetl

to a height of eight feet in Cir-

cassian walnut flush, matched-

grained veneers. The matching

is made on a line on the hori-

zontal center of the panels of

the recesses of the back bar,

about five feet six inches from

the floor, which is carried all

around the room. A log with

an exceptionally beautiful burl

was found, from which all the

face veneer was cut. and this,

matched right and left in double

widths of about eighteen inches,

and top and bottom along the

horizontal line, forms a rose

pattern which is a sufficient dec-

oration and thought by the

Kootenay Lake Hotel. Balfour. B. C

gray. A beautifully composed and richly colored decorative

jiicture in the central lunette over the back bar, painted by

Marion Powers Kirkpatrick. of Boston, is comparable with

the work of Frankliraugwyn and gives

the necessary glow-ing note of color

that prevents whatmight otherwise be

a somber eft'ect.

The windows in the

other lunettes are

glazed with opales-

cent glass in simple

panes. The flooring-

is of gray-gold andblue Rublino nio.saic.

The base is of black

ami gold polished

marble. The en-

trances from the

street are lined with

Pocahontas veined

.Alabama marble,with base and stair

strings of lielgian

black and treads

anil risers of grayTennessee marble. The balustrades are of cast bronze andthe doors to the street are of kalameinetl bronze.

The floors and wall lining of lounging lobby, and lava-

tories and iiartitions in same, also the stairs to main floor.

are of Tennessee marble. Thefloors are of marble slabs set in

strips of brass. The barber shopis finislied in white .Maliama

marble throughout.

On the main or upper groundfloor, the lobbies, writing roomsand main entrance corridor —wliich forms the (/<',i;",s''""'"' 'or

the whole buililing—have floors

of terrazzo diviiled into S(|uares

of a])proximatcly five feet, by

triple rows of cube mosaic,

wliich also forms an inner bor-

iler around them. .\ boriler of

marble follows the lines and

breaks of the dadoes, stairs, etc.

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General of ibe Comiiiriiict

BY FRANCIS W. GRANT

Lasl of a scries of articles diKussing the code adopted by the American Institute of Architects

JiTT / ^ failure so to iiisfiecl and re/'ort shall coiistitulc an

llffl"iiic/'/rtfiff of the other contractor's u'orh as fit and

WF [•roper for the reception of his work, except as to defects

'ti'hich may dei'elop in the other contractor's work after

the execution of his work.To insure the proper execution of his subseiiueni i^'ork, the

Contractor shall measure work al-

ready in place and shall at oncereport lo the Architect any discrep-

ancy between the executed work andthe drawiuj^s.

This clause contemplates the let-

ting of separate contracts and shouldbe considerably modified and abbre-

viated if work be let as one entire

contract.

Article 42. A.S'.'ilC.WMIiXT.

Xeither parly to the contract shall

assign the contract without the writ-

ten consent of the other, nor shall

the Contractor assign an\ ))ione\s

due or lo become due lo him here-

under, without the previous writtenconsent of the Owner,

There is no good purpose servedin forbidiling that the contractorshall assign money due or to becomeliue him, and this provision wouldprobably be held invalid.

Article 43. SUB-COXTRACTS.The Contractor shall notify the Ar-chitect in -writing of the names ofsub-contractors proposed for theprincipal parts of the work and forsuch others as the Architect maydirect and shall not employ any that

the Architect may -within a reason-able time object lo as incompetent

or until. The Contractor may in his discretion or shall, if sorequired, submit -.<.'ilh his proposal, a list of sub-contractors.

// the change of any name on such list is required or per-mitted after signature of agreement, the contract price shallbe increased or diminished by the tiilJcrcncc brtii-een thetwo bids.

The .Irchilecl shall, on request,

furnish to any sub-contractor, -wher-

e-, e r practicable, e'-idence of theamounts certified lo on his account.

The Conlioctor a,i.rees to be fullyri sponsible lo the 0-wuer for theacts or omissions of his sub-contrac-liirs and of any one employed either

directly or indirectly by him or themond this contractual obligation shall

be in addition lo the liability im-posed by Urw upon the Contractor

Ior bodily injuries or death throughiirgligence in the cases co-'ered l>v

.Irlicle V.) thereof.

.Xothing contained in the Contractllocumenis shall create any con-Iraclual relation between any sub-contractor and the 0-wner.

I'.xccpt the last two paragraphs,this clause is unfair ami not a properexercise of architectural function.

Article -n. KliLATIOXS OFCOXTKACTOR AXD SUB-COXTRACTOR. The Contractoragrees to bind e-i'ery sub-contractorand e^ery sub-contractor agrees to

be bound by the terms of the Gen-eral Conditions, Drawings and Spe-cifications, as far as applicable to

his work, including the followingprovisions of this Article, unless spc-lard Room, Hotel Vancouver

120 THE ARCHITECT

citically noted to the contrary in a sub-contract af<l^roz'ed in

writint; as adequate by the Owner or .-Ircliitcct.

The sub-contractor ag,rees:

(fl) To be bound to the Contractor by the terms of the

General Conditions. Dra-icin:^s and Specifications and to

assume toivard him all the obli^^ations and responsibilities

that he, bv those documents, assunies to'tcard the Owner.(b) To submit to the Contractor applications for payment

in such reasonable lime as to enable the Contractor to apply

for pa\nte)it under Article 2(i of the General Conditions.

(c) To make alt claims for e.vtras. for c.vtensions of lime

and for daina.i^es for delays

or otherwise, to the Contrac-

tor in the manner provided

in the General Conditions

for like claims by the Con-

tractor upon the Owner, ex-

cept that the time for mak-ing; claims for extra cost as

under Article 25 of the Gen-

eral Conditions is one week.

The Contractor agrees:

id) To be bound to the

sub - contractor by all the

obligatio)is that the Ownerassu)nes to the Contractor

under the General Condi-

tions, Dra'wiui^s and Speci-

fications and by all the pro-

visions thereof affording:,

remedies and redress to the Contractor from the Owner.

{e) To pav the sub-contractor, upon the issuance of cer-

tificates, if, issued under the schedule of 7vlues described in

Article 2(> of the General Conditions, the amount allowed to

the Contractor on account of the sub-contractor's work to the

extent of the sub-contractor's interest therein.

if) To pav the sub-contractor, upon the issuance of cer-

tificates, if issued otherwise than as in (c). so that at all

times his total payments shall be as large in proportion to

the value of the work done by him as the total amount

certified to the Contractor is to the value of his work done.

ig) To pay the sub-con-

tractor to such extent as

may be provided by the

Contract Documents or the

sub-contract, if either of

these provides for earlier or

larger payments than the

above.

(h) To pay the sub-

contractor on demand for

his work or materials as far

as executed and fixed in

place, less the retained per-

centage, at the time the cer-

tificate s h it I d issue, even

though the .Architect fails

to issue it for any cause.

not the fault of the sub-

contractor.

(/) To pax the sub-contractor a just share of any fire

insurance money received by him. the Contractor, under

Article 21 of the General Conditions.

(k) To make no demand for liquidated damages or pen-

altv for delay in any sum in excess of such amount as maybe specifically named in the sub-contract.

(I) That no claim for services rendered or materials fur-

nished by the Contractor to the sub-contractor shall be valid-

unless written notice thereof is given by the Contractor to the

sub-contractor during the first ten days of the calendar month

folloicing that in which the claim originated.

( ;» ) To gi't'e the sub-contractor an opportunity to be

Chateau Fronlenac, Quebec

Chateau Lake Louise, Laggan

present and to submit evidence in any arbitration involving

his rights.

(n) To name as arbitrator, under Article 45 of the Gen-

eral Conditions, the person nominated by the sub-contractor,

if the sole cause of dispute is the work, materials, rights or

responsibilities of the sub-contractor: or, if of the sub-

contractor and any other sub-contractor jointly, to name as

such arbitrator the person upon whom they agree.

The Contractor and sub-contractor agree that:

( o ) In the matter of arbitration, their rights and obliga-

tions and all procedure shall he analogous to those set forth

in Article 45 of the GeneralConditions.

Xothing in this Article

shall create any obligation

on the part of the Ow)ier to

pay to or to see to the pay-ment of any sums to anysub-contractor.

The authors of this modelcode must know that a con-

tract between an owner anda contractor cannot be madeto bind others, and the in-

clusion of a covenant that

"the sub-contractor agrees

to be bound" is folly. Thewhole clause is improper as

a part of a buildinfr contract,

though possilily good as

mere advice to contractors, sub-contractors, and material men.The owner is treading on dangerous ground when he attempts

to meddle in the affairs of the contractor to the extent that

this clause anil several other clauses of this model codecontemplate.

Article 45. ARBITRATIOX. Subject to the provisions

of Article in, all questions in dispute under this contract

shall be submitted to arbitration at the choice of either party

to the dispute.

The general procedure shall conform to the laws of the

State in which the work lies, and wherever permitted by lawthe decision of the arbitrators may be filed in court to carry

it into effect. The demandfor arbitration shall be filed

in writing with the Archi-

tect, in the case of an appeal

from his decision. ',citliin

ten days of its receipt, andin any other case witliin a

reasonable time after cause

thereof, and in no case later

than the time of final pay-

ment, except as to questions

arising under Article Ki. //'

the Architect fails to make a

decision within a reasonable

time, an appeal to arbitra-

tion may be taken as if his

decision had been rendered

against the party appealing.

The parties may agreeupon one arbitrator: other-.^'ise there shall be three, one namedin writing by each party and the third chosen by these tn'o

arbitrators, or, if they fail to select a third -.cithin ten days,

he shall be chosen by the presiding officer of the nearest BarAssociation. Slwuld the party demanding arbitration fail to

name an arbitrator within ten days of his demand, his right

to arbitration shall lapse. .S'hoidd the other party fail to

choose an arbitrator within such ten days, the Architect shall

appoint such arbitrator. Should either party refuse or neglect

to supply the arbitrators with any papers or information

demanded in writing, the arbitrators are empowered by both

parties to take ex parte proceedings.

THE ARCHITECT 121

be so written that the circiiMistnnce>

The arbitrators shall act with promptness. The decision

of anv t7\.'o shall he binding on all parties to tlie dispute.

The decision of the arbitrators upon any question subject to

arbitration under this contract shall be a condition precedent

to any ri»;ht of legal action.

The arbitrators, if they deem that the case demands it. are

authorized to az^'ard to the parly ii'/iojv contention is sustained

sucli sums as they shall deem proper for the time, e.vpense

and trouble incident to the appeal and. if the appeal zeas taken

ZK'ithout reasonable cause, damages for delay. The arbitrators

shall li.v their ozen compensation, unless otherzeise provided

bv agreement and sliall as-

sess the costs and charges

of the arbitration uponeither or both parties.

The ati'ard of the arbitra-

tors must be in writing and.

if in writing, shall not be

open to objection on account

of the form of the proceed-

ings or the award.

The authors of this code

seem fully convinced that

arbitration by a l)oaril of

three amateurs is better than

arbitration by the courts andprovide for siicli course to

the exclusion of lej^al proc-

ess. The wisdom of t li i s

conchision is debatable. .\n

arbitration clause should be

of the case and the judg^ment of the ]>rincipals may. at the

time disputes arise, determine which method of arbitration

shall be resorte<l to. No criticism can be maile of the clause

except as to this exclusive feature.

HOTEL VANCOUVER. <:,.„, i,ui,-,i jn.m ,,a^,- m,.

The terrazzo tiuors are of fjray color with a lii^ht sprinklint;

of yellow and red chips. The mosaic cube stri])s are pink Ten-nessee. The dado is comjjosed of llelf^ian black marble base,

chair rail and corners to principal piers, with panels of red

Numidian, with three-inch borders of Tinos jj^reen marble.

The degagement is pan-

eled above the marble dadoin i|uartcre<l Jai>anese oak.

in which the me<lulary rays

or "riowerinjjs" are tine andsmall. The entablature andbalustrade above same are

of the same material. Thecarving of the soffits of

beams is applied, but the

frieze, bed-mould and con-

soles are carved in the solid.

The ornamented vaultedceiling is of fibrous plaster

on metal lath. .Ml o'"namenl

was cast or carveil frommodels made by the writer

and Mr. X'ictor .Vurlre.l,„. aisuinvji

The ball room dado has a

base of black an<l gold marble, the dado and other woodfinish being of Siberian oak. The balcony railings are of

bronze-plated iron. Partitions glazed with plate glass separate

this room from the lobbies and degagement : the solid partition

on west side is treated similarly to the east side, but the

glazing is done with mirrors. The ordinary entrances to the

ball room are from the degagement. and the raised foyer

number two. from which it is separated by a balustrade. Thewalls of ball room ami lobbies are of painted hard plaster,

with cornices run in plaster of Paris with cast ornament.The lobbies are painted with undercoats of raw sienna stippled

with raw umber.

uici, Winnipeg

eral tone of tb

generalh throu

The ball room is decorated with painted ornament in .gray

color over a body color of raw umber ; its ceiling light is of

white rippleil glass with a border of stained glass in tones of

amber and green. The balustrades, balcony railings and grill

to musicians' gallery are of bronze-plated cast iron. Theelectroliers are of gilt bronze and crystal. The spring danc-ing floor, of maple with oak and marble borders, is sixty-six

by ninety-six feel. The sitting-out space adds twenty bysixty-si.x feet when the room is used for banquets or assembly.

The floors of the foyers are similar to those of the lobbies

and degagement. The walls of foyer Number One are pan-eled in maliogany and silk

t a p e s t r y ; the partitions

along the south side are

glazed with mirrors. Pri-

vate dining room NumberOne is finished w'ith mahog-any woodwork, the walls

decorated in tones of blue

and the windows glazedwith stained glass designedby .Mr. (ieorge (ircene. of

Shields, Pa. The ceiling is

of ornamental plaster of

"cream color." The foyer

and private dining roomN u m b e r Two have oakwoodwork, and the orna-

mental ceilings and otherplasterwork follow the gen-

ball room. The gray-brown tone emplovedbout the lobbies is carried in a lighter shade

in the background color of the elliptically i)lanned tea room.This is surcharged with a stenciled decoration, which repeatsthe pattern and color of the bronze grills in the doors, whichare used to .shut it off from the degagement when the tea

room is used for private functions. .Moulded oak stiles andrails have been use<l to form panels and a dado to the walls

;

the ornament in the domed ceiling is gilded in old gold; theceiling light is executed in Memisli amber glass. The col-

umns and mantelpiece are of "Pocahontas" .Alabama marble.The base is of I'.elgian bl.ick. The effect of the room will be

greatly imjjroved when a

suitable picture is obtained

to fill the s])acc in the over-

mantel.

The advent of the war,an<l the rec|uisitioning of the

company's ships for trans-

-:,i^ port of troo])s and muni-tions, caused a general cur-

tailment of expenses. In

view of the anticipated re-

duction of tourist travel,

only "standard" furnishings

and carpets have been sup-plied, but these, and someof the unsightly electric fix-

tures, will, no doubt, receive

proper attention and substi-

tution with the return of

ludilious. ,\ll ornamental jiainting wasmade fnjm stencils and a model imit painting and all modelsfor terra cotta and ironwork maile un<ler personal directionand full-size details by the architect.

E. .v.:— In the construction of hotels, the I'anailian Pacific

Railway has been a pioneer, not only in time, but also in

standard of ei|ui])ment and service. The growth in its mileage,eiiuipment and earnings is coincident with the development ofCanada, and a great deal of Canada's development has beenbrought about by the opening of the railway and the extensionof its lines. The "Dominion of Canada" would have been im-possible, as it stands today, willuml the (anailian I'acific.

norn-ally prosperous

AsbestcDs MaiL©rial for Fire PbT'umc Uo

Theacre of Washmglon Irving High School. New York City. ( Asbestos patiels ajnd side of stereoptican booth

)

fl^MBLER Asbesto.';T^ liiiiUling- Materials are^ V absolutely non-conibus-

t i b 1 e for the reasonthat they contain no combus-tible ingredients. The bodyor bulk is Portland cementconcrete, consisting of hy-drated silicates and alumi-nates of calcium, while the

bonding material, asbestos

fiber, is a hydrated silicate of

magnesia. None of these

substances can take up moreoxygen, and all of them are

good heat and electrical insu-

lators and can withstand quite

high temperatures.

In the process of manu-facture, the Portland cementand the separated asbestos

fibers are thoroughly mixedtogether in a beating enginein the presence of an excessof water with the purpose of

insuring that each individual

asbestos fiber will be well

coated with colloidal cementand that plenty of water will

be provided for the hydrationof the latter.

Subsequently the glue-like

mass is taken up in thin

sheets in a modified paperboard machine, the sheets

being superimposed until thedesired thickness is obtained.This method of fabricationinsures uniform distribution

of the asbestos fiber through-out the mass, and also that

the fibers will lie in planesparallel to that of the sheet,

so that their tensile strengthcan be used to the greatest

advantage in reinforcing thecement.

The material is then sub-jected to very high pressurein order to more thoroughlyimpress the asbestos fibers

into the cement matrix andalso to drive out excess waterand prevent voids and fis-

sures. After the setting of

the cement and proper age-ing, the material thereuponbecomes exceedingly dense,tough and resilient, and its

strength improves with age.

It is placed on the marketin three forms, all adaptedfor building purposes. Per-haps the most widely usedare the small, flat plates orshingles, which are made in

three colors : natural cementgray, Indian red or tile, andblue-black or slate, and three

(CouftuHcd on pai^e 126)

Public School, Brooklin, New York. (Asbestos Building Lumber Panels in Boys' Toik-

122

THE ARCHITECT

You architects are protected

by this trademark

This trarloniark, which appears upon every "pacific" fixlure, relieves you of all

responsihility.

It guarantees that the fixture is of superior quality, and is guaranteed forever

against any defects in workmanship or material.

"(pacific"#PLUMBING FIXTURES

Shoirroomx ttnd Main Officpn:

67 New Montgomery St.,

San Francisco, Cal.

Factories:

Richmond,

California

Qualily <tiul dcsifrn hnind ihr whole (pacifu line.

T-riEARdhlTEcTVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST, 1916 NO. 2

Edit©irialo

7iT' 'KCli of lia1)it is apparently one of the stronj;est coni-

T|] pellinj^ influences. Let business take a certain trend

^^ for a few seasons ami the majority of people will take

it for granted that the resulting conditions are a

necessity and must naturally exist.

This is the state of opinion in certain (juarters at the

present time in connection with building activities during the

fall and part of the winter season. In general, building

drops of¥.

While this is not a necessity, it is a fact that by taking the

"dull season" for granted, the buyer of building materials has

accustomed himself to do season buying instead of distrib-

uting his expenditures over a period of twelve months. It

has been made ea.sy for himto do his buying during a

short period. ISecause of

this concentrated expendi-

ture he has not taken ad-

vantage of the lower prices

of material and labor whichexist in the winter time.

Building is today, how-ever, an all-year-round

proposition, Com].)aratively

few of the big builders lay

up a job on account of colil

weather if they can by anymeans induce the owner to

go ahead with the plans.

A certain Eastern manu-facturer has inaugurated a

campaign for more winter

building and has conimuni

cated with architects andmanufacturers all over thi^

country. Architects wereasked their opinion regard-

ing the feasibility of doing

away with the "dull season,"

if conditions were maderight—the conditions to be

in the way of unusual in-

ducements in the way of

price, shipments and .service

between November first and.\pril first, and in addition,

.special sales and advertising

campaigns setting forth the

advantages of building in

the winter time. The re-

plies received indicated that

architects are as an.xious for

more winter building as are

building su])ply manufactur-

ers. The expressed opinion

of the architects showed the

theory correct that the win-

ter "dull season" is mostly

a matter of tradition.

Many architects stated Home in Foresi Hill Park, San Francisco

that this tradition could be overcome if everybody, architects,

building trade press and manufacturers worked together.

Letters received from building material manufacturers provetheir interest in such a campaign. While all such manufac-turers, as in the case of some architects, did not agree that

building coidd be stimulated in the winter time, the replies

were, however, in complete accord with such a campaign.The Detroit Steel Products Company is a leader in this

movement and has secured the co-operation of many building

supply firms representing all lines, ,\ concerted action will

be made to interest architects, owners and all persons engagedin the building industry for a more uniform building activity.

Certain it is that any work directed along this line will

reflect to the credit andbetterment of all building

conditions. There is little

c|uestion but what a properly

conducted campaign directed

into the right channels wouldrelease considerable business

during the winter monthsthat might otherwise hold

over until spring. Certainly

there is no good reason whysuch building ojierations can-

not be carried out to advan-

tage throughout the winter

months.Strange to say, even in

California, where climatic

conditions are altogether fa-

vorable to such work, there

is, nevertheless, considerable

cognizance of a so-called

"dull season" during the

winter months. .\ move-ment for more winter build-

ing in California and other

Coast States would prove

advantageous to all persons

engaged or allied with the

building industry.

It is to be hoped that this

movement gains impetus. .K

general effort of nation-wide

scope will operate in markeddegree for the complete

elimination of a false cus-

tom that undoubtedly has

hindered the full fiow of

business in many communi-ties. We can all help, at

least, by forgetting the term

"didl season."

Preponderance of opinion

of all interested classeswould show that building is

not entirely a sea.sonal busi-

ness, and as tiiue .goes on

will becoiuc less and less .so.

124

THE ARCHITECT 125

T»i,-~_^.^..jrr'

fe:S

BeautifulAtlasWhite EffectsThe Northwestern Military Academy, Lake Geneva, Wis., is

constructed of Hydro-Stone Blocks. Each block is faced with

a mixture of micasj)ar. white Tuckahoe, (N. Y.) marble and Atlas-

\^ hite Non-Staining Portland Cement, producing a beautiful light

granite effect in harmonv with the design of the building.

Blocks, artificial stone and stucco made with Atlas-White—either pure

white or mixed with color aggregates—afford unlimited opportunities for

beautiful effects at comparativelv low cost.

I'urtiier information (»n Atla.--Whilc will he sent upon rcipuvsl; also

a copv of "Early Stucco Houses," containing many beautiful reproduc-

tions anil a convenient guide to stucco specifications. The coupon is for

your ( luneiiieiKe.

The Alla^ Portland Cement Company.\trinlnTs of thv Purtland Cvrnvnt AssoriiHiim

;10 Hruatl Street. New Vorkrhiladclphia Ho.sion L)a> ton

Com lixchaiijje Hank UUlg., Chicago

St. Louis Minneapolis Dcs Moines

Pacific Coast Distributors of Atlas-^'hite

:

Santa (,'riiz Portland Ccnicnl Co.. San FranelscoI'nitfd Mal'-rlals Company San FranclSfOI*a<-ltir F ortland Cement Co. San FrfincLscoOro 'Jrandf I-inu- & SloraRc <.'o. . l.os AngelettHoward Company .... Oakland. CaConsolidated Supply Co. . Spokane, \Va»iF. T. Crowe &. Co. . Seattle, Tacoma, WasI

McCraken Co Portland, Ore

Kvans. Coleman & Kvanti,Vancouver and Victoria. B. C.

MARSHALL 6- FOX Archiiea»

E E TRIMMER. Contr.ctor

BARRON (r HARRIDGE.makcriofblockt

ft

.

TaDim

ATLAS e^WHITEThe Atlas I'ortlanii (dement (',om|)any. (!orn P]xchan};e Bank lil.l^.. Cliicafio. or M J5iciail .St.. j\ivv '^ ork :

Send me information about Atlas- Vk" bile and your Monograph on " Karly Stucco Houses in Aiuerii-:!"' con-

taining a guide to Stucco Specifications.

Namc- Addr

Current Notes and Comment.^THli uval ceiling liglit in tliL' C. P. R. Hotel V;inccmvcr, Viin-

^i comer. B. C-, illustrated in this issue, was l)nilt and installed^^

after the plaster line had been completely finished hy the Canadian

Mlis-Chalmers, Limited. The light was a dillicult piece of work to

construct, owing to the plaster not being tinislied to a true ellipse,

but the work was so well conducted in the company's sliops that it

went in place without any hitch and no alteration or damage to the

plaster was necessary or incurred. The dimension of the ironwork is

60 feet by 36 feet.

Seventy-two of the large cast-iron window frames were installed by

the Canadian .'\llis-Chalmers, Limited. Most of these were very large,

three stories in height and correspondingly wide. These frames were

manufactured in accordance with detailed siEes and put in place after

the brickwork had been completed without requiring any cuts or

alterations. This company also manufactured a large number of

bronze-plated ventilating grills, al.so the cast-iron, bronze-plated bal-

cony railings in the ball room, and bannisters to staircase and railings

in foyer. The total contracts of this company reached a value appro.x-

imating .$60,000.00.

E. C. McDougall, with ofiices in Vancouver, Seattle and Portland,

executed all the plain and ornamental plastering in the Hotel Van-couver. .•\ notable feature of the work is seen in the corridor and

banquet halls. The modeling and casting of the plaster ornamentswas done on the job by skilled artists. The extent of this plastering

job exceeds $200,000.00, it being one of the largest contracts ever let

in Canada.

ASBESTOS MATERIAL FOR FIRE PROTECTION.Concluded from page 122.

designs, the straight or American style, the French or diaguiia! pattern

with honeycomb effect, and the diagonal pattern with diamond effect.

The shingles are much lighter than tile or slate, and weigh only a little

more than wooden shingles (not so much when wet) and can be

applied over rooting paper to any reasonably well matched woodensheathing having a slope not less than four inches to the foot. Eachshingle is held by two sharp-pointed nails, with the addition of a

so-called storm nail at the apex for the diagonal patterns.

Roofs covered with these shingles are protected against flying

brands and radiation and cannot take or communicate tire.

Larger sheets or plates, known as Ambler Asbestos Building Lum-

JohnsonMultiple Disc

Rotary Oil

BurnerA Perfect Mechanical

Atomizer.

Gives most economicalresults with heavyfuel oil.

This simple inexpen-sive burner can beinstalled in all sizes.

Water Heaters, Hif;h or Low Pressure Steam Boilers,

Kilns, Driers, Hot Air Furnaces, Etc.

Guaranteed to produce highest Economy.For further Information Write or Call at Nearest .\geney.

.San Francisco Ofifire and FaetorN

1337 MISSION STREETCnr, Mission and Washburn Sis. PHONE MARKET 2759

Oakland Office and Factory

COR. GRACE AND LOWELL STS.PHONE PIEDMONT 2815

AGENCIESTliun. RusAcll. Ixn Angeles. Calif. V. A. Conlpllo, Seattle. WnHli.

SanU Ro^B Oil & Burner Co., Sanla Rom. Calif. E. M. Kollrr. FrrBno. Calif.

Carden City Oil & Burner Co.. San Ja«r. Calif. Tho-. J. Rofin. Portland, Orrgon.Schroeder & Ilildenbrand. Marohfield. Ore. Reno Pltinibin|; & Heating (^o., Reno, Nev.Appling-GriegH Co.. Taromu, Wuxli. i'.. C De IVIarniit. Chiro, Culif.

H. S. Gray Co.. Honolulu. T. H. Ingle Mfg. Co.. Sun Diego. Calif.

Sacrnniento Oil & Ronier C<i.. Sarramenlo. Calif.

bcr. are made measuring 4S inches by 96 inches, thickness varyingfrom y^ to X inch, and are widely used for ceilings, partitions, wains-coting, floors, shelves, closets, taljle tops, chutes, linings for elevator

shafts, wire conduits, electrical switch compartments, etc. Other fire-

proofing uses are conduits for steam and hot water pipes, drawersand bins, dry rooms, fireplaces, tines to carr\' off fumes, greenhousebenches, hoods over ranges or other apparatus, lockers, panels behindradiators, shelves, bins, shutters, smoke hoods, telephone booths,

waste boxes, work table tops, etc.

It is also used in the construction of malt drying kilns, where large

\olunies of moisture are dri\en off from the malt and have a tendencyto condense on the walls of the kiln. It presents a hard, smoothsurface that resists deterioration from heat and dampness, and besides,

is a thermal insulator, thus reducing the condensation. This insulat-

ing effect can be increased by first covering the walls of the kiln byone or two inch separators and then nailing the asbestos buildinglumber to these strips, leaving a dead air insulating space between.By reason of the exact dimensions and perfect straightness of the

edges the material fits together closely without crevices for dustor grain.

Asbestos Building Lumber is specified by the laws of Massachusetts,Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and other States, as a materialfor moving picture booths, while Ohio and Indiana specify it as analternate with sheet iron, giving preference to Asbestos BuildingLumber.As the Ambler .Asbestos Building Materials are not brittle and do

not easily fracture, chip or split into layers, they can readily be sawed,filed, drilled, punched or cut. and nails can be driven through them,and the flat lumber can be used for a great variety of purposes, as

in the manufacture of electrical and other devices, such as electrical

and gas stoves, heaters for passenger cars, tireless cookers, table tops,

lightning arresters, linings for incubators, underfloors for street cars,

heat insulating slate for cooking vessels, electrical flatiron stands,

waste boxes and baskets, coal houses, etc. In general, it is advan-tageously used to replace slate, marble, hardwood, fiber, enamel, iron

and steel, terra cotta, tile, etc., because of its lower cost, less weightand greater durability.

Due to the fact that painting or frequent renewal is not required,

it gi\'es the additional ad\'antages of fi reproofness.The Ambler Asbestos Building Products have been tested and

approved as tiro-retarding materials by the American Society for Fire

Prevention, and buildings covered with them secure substantial reduc-tions in fire insurance rates, as compared with buildings covered withinflammable, semi-inflammable or heat-conducting coverings.

LIGHTING FIXTURES

in the

VANCOUVERHOTEL

were designed and manufactured

hy

CASCADE GAS «& ELECTRIC

FIXTURE CO.

SEATTLE

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Pitcher's Adjustable Disappearing DoorHangers and Frames

Details for Boring Holes and Selling Boll

MAhC BOLTTicnr 4%ofIRM.

TOTAL THICKNESS OF If ALL 5 1-2 INCHES

Use 5-16 bil for boring hole for bolt.

L'se 5-it bil for boring hole for nut.

Fasten top plate to door with nails as per detail

Adjust height of bolt ai(/i wrench.

DETAIL FOR POCKET

-,<^

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Do SQJ u^c an> oihfr slie bil ihsn \he •.prtlfled.

p..,- .IN,, 23. law

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Cut Jamb on bt^xet as sho**n. faMen nllhscrew.

Leave all stops 3- IS Inch In clear.

SIZE OF FRAMESHeight: Height of Door plus 9', Inches

Width: Twice width of Door plus 5'.

Inches.

Width Double: four times width plus 7'A

laches.

L

Door frame made to set on line of finish floor.

Set frame In position and Mud around It.

CAUTION

Do not drive nails

through Into pocket

of door.

Detail showing Center Slop for Double Doors

When using Hangers and Track only makedistant e between bottom of track and finish'

ed floor the height of door plus 3 Inches.Distance from bottom of track to bottom otheader 4\ Inches.

Scale^ 3 inches equal 1 foot

Groove door '/, Inch wide by '•

Inch deep to receive center

guide.

Set center guide on line with stops

and flush wlih front edge ofdoor.

/i'lghrTopJamh

'

0(1 not set slops less

than li-m Inch

from dour.

Detail for Jambs. Cut off atici feiv*- to Mill.

National Mill & Lumber Co.5th and Bryant Sts.,

MANVFACTVRERS g^^ FRANCISCOTELEPHONE KEAIINV 3T,m

128 THE ARCHITECT

HOTEL VANCOUVERVANCOUVER. B C.

PLASTERING DETAIL IN CORRIDOR FRANCIS S. SWALESARCHITECT

All Plain and Ornamental Plastering

in this Hotel executed by

E. C. McDOUGALL

VANCOUVER SEATTLE PORTLAND

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ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE AND IRON WORKSOF

CANADIAN ALLISXHALMERS LTD.

TOKONTO. ONTARIO. CANADA

OVAL CEILING LIGHT -- TEA ROOM.Size 60')i36'

INSTALLED AT HOTEL VANCOUVERVancouver, B. C.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Fine Architecftural Bronze and Iron Workto Archited's Details

VANCOUVER BRANCH OFFICE 1063 PENDER STREET, W., VANCOUVER., B. C.

130 THE ARCHITECT

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??TARGET AND ARROW" ROOFING TIN

Edward Miller Cornice 6- Roofing Co,. TacomaROOFERS

ELKS TEMPLE. TACOMA. WASH. E. F. ChampncyARCHITECT

The roof of the Elks Temple, Tacoma, Washington, is cowrrtl with "TAR(;KT AND ARROW" Hoofing Tin loid mrr wootl strips

producing a harmonious ami artistic effect. Architects may Jtn*! ileiails lUntn tn scale in the ".trrhilrrtural

Service Sheets" ami "Sweet's Intlex" or write for "Selling Arguments" hook.

Selling: Aro:iiments for Tin Roofing

—

1. Dural.le.

2. A tiiiK'-tricd. long-established material,

.'i. Easily applied.

4. Ada|)tal>le to any surface.

5. Moderate first cost.

6. Low cost of maintenance.

7. Re-use, second-hand value.

8. Easily and quickly repaired, if damaged.

9.

10.

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The chief advantages of tin roofing can besummed u|) hrielly as follows:

Neat, high-grade appearance.

Loses nothing in appearance with age.

Light in weight.

Not affected by heat or cold.

Gives [>roleclion against lightning.

Inc<imhuslil>l<-, and prevents spread

of fire.

Weatherproof.

N. &. G. TAYLOR CO.Sole Manufacturers

Establishetl in Philadelphia in 1810

All of tlirxf 3(lvuntapi> nrr wrll known lo >o(i. I''r(itn your ownrx|MTirnr4- yini will In- a\i\c (o jrive niiiny tu^'cm to illn><lniti-

them. We illu-tniti- Jixl ih-HcrilM- rjch of these points

in a hook known ;is "Selling Arguments." If inirr-

et^lcd in hctirr Roofing it is ni;iilt-i) on n-ipiest.

Stocks carrivd at Stin Francisco. Los Angeles, Seitttli-. Pitrthiml

J. A. DRUMMONDPacific Coast Representative

215 Mission Street San Francisco

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Mt. Diablo

CementAlways Used Where Quality Counts

Cowell Santa Cruz Lime

Henry Cowell Lime and CementCompany

2 Market Street, San Francisco

Branches:

Oakland Sacramento San Jose Santa Cruz

Portland, Ore. Tacoma, Wash.

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JUST THE THING FOR BUNGALOWS, APARTMENT |HOUSES OR LARGE RESIDENCES

This little Tacoma residence^ HAS AN AUTOMATIC COOLER ^^It Eliminates the Unsanitary Ice Box as Well as the Ice Bill

IT SAVES MONEY. ROOM, TIMEAND TROUBLE

Just the water thai you ordinarily use

first circulates through the Cooler.

AutamaticCDDlerGa.il

TACOMA, WASH.W rite for Descriptive Circular

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qThe new Electric Action Concert

Organ in the spacious Lobby of the

new Hotel Fresno

Our Self'playing Orchestral Organs

can be installed in any available

place; Console or Key Desk being put

wherever wanted

y y y

Q For full information and specifications, write

" EILERS MUSIC COMPANY975 Market Street ' ' San Francisco

Agents California Organ Company

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I ::: Rent Meyer SteelformsEliminate the timber waste pile

Meyer Sleelforms are heavy melal forms, so solidly rigicl that they

can he removed and re-usefi in successive floors. Handled on a

rental l>asis, they eflFeet maximum economy in form work. After the

removal of Steelforms, metal lath ceilings may he erected, forming

the desirable. holloH\ soundproof floor.

RKMOVIN<; STKKL FOKMS. BI«;KI-<>« (.AKAGK. SAV KKANCISCO

We place and remove Steelforms. prepare eomplele concrete detailts

furnish an<l install reinforcing steel. metal lath for c<>ilings.parti(i(ms,

etc. Large stocks of Steelforms in San Francisco and !><> Angeles.

ASK FOK Ol H IIA>DB<X>K OF MEYER 5TEELFORM CONSTRUCTION

Concrete Engineering Co.43) RIALTO BUILDINGSAN FRANCISCO

7W « H W HELLMAN BUILDINGLOS ANGELES

Aeijvf/idf Residence. Altadena. ^=Elmer Gray, Atchitect. =

Building for Beauty |To fully realize the possibilities of concrete M

and stucco, you should know the ideal Jeffects which are get-able with g

Bay State ^SL°f Coating|

This CoatinE overcomes the dull blue-gray of concrete. ^It gives a permanent finish in white or tint. It doesn't Jsacrifice the distinctive texture of concrete. 5

Also—Bay State Coating makes an absolutely weatherproof ^wall. Rain can't seep throuEh thepores. ^

Architects and builders in all parts of the country have tested ^this, the orie'nal Bay State Coating. We'll be glad to pass =along what they say of it. Write for booklet 7. ^

Or, test it yourself—we will send you a sample can of the =original Bay State Coating free for the asking. Say what tint ^=

WADSWORTH. HOWLAND & CO., Inc. mPaint and Varniah Mahtra Boston, MaBft. ^

Dtstrrbutinit >t(Jenr.s, gJames Hambley & Son*. San Francisco and Lob AnKelea: F.T.Crowe & ^^Co., Seattle: J. B. Winatanley Co., Portland, Orr.; Jone»-Moore Paint =House, San Dicso. ^^

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j Northern Clay Company PKINTEKSARCHITECTURALTERRA COTTAMade li> vour orilrr in

color and d i- s i p n

iii(;hest quality

AUBURN, WASHINGTON

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Low Pressure Crude Oil

Burning EquipmentNot how Chrap — hut liow Serviceable

Some oil burner manufacturers install ouiIiIh that

operate as hipli as 3.400 r. p. m.. and if lliey are

worn out as soon as the maki'r's puaranlec expires.

"it's up to you." Why have liipli speed macJohnson Systems give long satisfaction.

him ryi

S. T. JOHNSON CO.1337 Mission Street San Francisco

Agentx in the principal Pacific Coast cities.

OF FINE BOOKLETSAND CATALOGUES

T-riEAR(3ifrE(T Pre;55 i245 MISSION STREET SAN FRANCISCO

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SAMSDN SPOT SASH CORD

SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS. BOSTON. MASS.

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INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, INDEPENDENCE. ORE. E. E. McCLARAN. ARCHITECT

ROOFED FRENCH OR DIAGONAL METHOD

WITH

Ambler Asbestos Shingles

French, or Diafiiinal method of application

Write for specifications

THE best roof must satisfy the architect, builder andowner as to its permanance, economy, beauty, andfireproof qualities. A roof made with Ambler

Asbestos Shingles is permanent because the shingles are

made of Cement and Asbestos—two of Nature's imper-ishable and indestructible products. Ambler AsbestosShingles get harder and better the longer they are ex-

posed. In Ambler Asbestos Shingles the Asbestos fibres

are uniformly distributed and so firmly pressed together

that no voids or fissures remain to catch and hold damp-ness and moisture.

Sold hy the

Keasbey & Mattison Co.

Manufactured by the

Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheating Co.Ainhler, Pciina., U. S. A.

J. A. DRUMMONDParific Cnant Represontalivr

245 MISSION ST. :: SAN FRANCISCO

Stock carried in San Francisco

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LARSENCONSTRUCTION

REPORTSAdvance Information as to Construction and Engineer*

ing work covering the entire Pacific Coast

INDRTDUAL SERVICEISSUED DAILYINDISPENSIBLE

CLASSIFICATIONENGINEERINQ

WaterworksStreet WorkRoad WorkSeweriIrrigationDrainageBridgesRailroad WorkHarbor WorkLighting SystemsDredgingPower PlantsWarehousesLoft BuildingsApartment HousesFactoriesHospitalsSchools

DUIUOINOCfiurehesJailsTheatersFlatsResidencesSteel Frame BuildingsBrick BuildingsReinforced Concrete BuildingsFrame BuildingsPostofrtcesCourt HousesOffics BuildingsBanksHotelsGovernment WorkLight HousesBarracks

n*I

Douglas 2371^^*' Douglas 2372

560 Misson Street, San Francisco

SPECIFY

NEPHI PLASTER onlyIT MAKES THE WALL

GUARANTEED to meet Standard andU. S. Government Specifications for

first grade Portland Cement.

Santa Cruz Portland CementCompany

Worka: Davenport, Cil.

Standard Portland CementCorporation

Works: Napa Junction, Cat

General Officet:

IIBliBiniH

Standard for 2S years on the Pacific Coaat and

Intrmiountam Weat

HARDWALL, HNISHING. CASTING, ETC.

PJEPHI PLASTER & MA^MIFACTURTVC CO.La: Bl'ILDERS EXCBANCE. IMJaafaSl.

Tal<flMnB SalMT «70O

MiiaOOoi til BOSTON BLOC SALT LAKE CriY. in'AB

ORTLAJVO LOS ANGELES SEATTL

R N. NASON & CO.PAINT MAKERS

ISl Potrero Ave^-SAN FRANCISC0-S4 Pine Street

Makert of

NASON'S OPAQUE FLAT FINISHA flat oil paint made in soft Kalsomine Tints,

that is washable; a practical article forwalU, cfilingB, etc., that is most

economical and durable.

Agency for

Tamm & Nolan Co.*b High Grade Varnishes and FioisheaCwxla Disd« on the Paofic Co«at for the clinMie of thi« C«m«l.

San Francisco

Washington

Brick,Lime & Sewer

Pipe Co.

SPOKANE, WASH.

Manufacturers of

Architectural Terra Cotta

and Face Brick

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Some Specific Information about the

Hotel Vancouver's Elevators of Spe-

cial Interest to Architects.

The Public is interested only in the final effect, butthe Architect cares more about the individual items

of equipment that make the new Vancouver a great

feat in hotel construction and an example worthy ofclosest study.

The Otis Elevator Company installed in the HotelVancouver:

THREE GEARLESS TRACTION ELEVATORSfor the exclusive use of guests and serving all floors.

TWO SERVICE ELEVATORS

for the use of employees only.

FOUR FREIGHT ELEVATORSfor handling of baggage and freight.

NINE ELECTRIC DUMBWAITERSserving the Roof Garden, the tea room, the ball roomand the private dining rooms.

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY2300 Stockton Street San Francisco

Offices in All Principal Cities of the World

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*VDL\7f!ffiXll-M/ZnBER3*SEPTEMBER* 1916 *

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PIONEEK RED LEADPure red lead has proved by every test

to be the most durable and efficient pro^

tedive coating known for strudural iron

and steel. It adheres perfectly, resists

and repels water and thereby prevents

rust due to moisture or electrolysis.

Pioneer Red Lead is chemically

pure red lead, it is of the samestandard of excellence as Pioneer

White Lead. There is none bet'

ter. By including it in specification

for structural iron and steel, max^

imum protection and durability

is assured.

W. p. FULLEK ^ CO.SPECIALIZED PAINT AND VARNISH PRODUCTS

FOK EVERY PURPOSE

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DUTTENHOFEP. BUILDING. CINCINNATI

Finished throiifihoiil itilU

I Berry Brothers'Arcliileclural Finishes

= Arcbtie<a$ Painting Conlrai^ors

S. S. GODLEY 6- SON BERTLINC BROTHERSB CINCINNATI General Contradors CINCINNATI

m ROCHE-BRUNEPs BUILDING CO.m CINCINNATI

Varnish in

Architecture

Service

A job of wood finishing is not

commenced by the painter,

but by the architect.

Although the appearance of

an interior depends largely

upon the treatment of the

woodwork, the laity as a rule

has only a superficial knowl-

edge of wood finishingmethods. The client musttherefore rely upon thebroader experience of the

architect for expert service in

selecting the right Finishes to

]»roduce the desired results.

Dcfiiiilr s|)ffifu-ati<in.s are essen-

tial in order I<> shut out the use

of iiiffiior or iiia|i|iro|iriate var-

ni.shcs or cnaiucls and insure a

first-class finish.

INo fircatcr varnish .service can

he rendered a client l)y iIm- archi-

tect than I lie specification of

Berry H rot h<'rs' ArchitecturalFinishes.

LUXEBERRY WHITE ENAMEL—whitest white, stays white. Makes apermanent snow white finish In eithergloss or dull effects.

LIQUID GRANITE—floor varnish. Makessmooth, satiny finish. Lasting, water-proof, marproof, also adapted for bath-rooms, window Bills and casings, and all

interior work where great durability Is

desired.

LUXEBERRY WOOD FINISH—for gen-eral Interior work. Develops and pre-serves the grain of all woods, and makesa hmdsome and lasting finish. Rubsperfectly.

LUXEBERRY SPAR—for exterior work.Especially adapted for durability underextreme exposure — front doors, storefronts, marine work, etc. Makes a hand-some finish and will not turn white un-der the severest conditions of wear.

DETROIT, MICH.

BERRY BROTHERC.Grid's Lar^est\^rnishMakers*^

SA.N IKA.NCI.SCO, CAL. WALKEKVILLK, ONT-

Feel free at any time to write our Arrhilcvturiil Service Deparlnwiii regarding your finishing problems j

FINISHED WITH CONCRETO

i

IA HUCK. PAINTER, SAN FRANCISCO JACKSON STREET, BETWEEN DIVISADERO AND BRODERICK STREETS W C HIND, ARCHITECT, SAN FRANCISCO

THE EXTERIOK CEMENT FINISH OF

THE CLIFF DWELLERS' APARTMENTSSAN FRANCISCO

Finished with two coats )»iB|^|>^^=^iM( in Ught cream tint

^fHB«\^.

SOLE MAKERS THE MURALO CO. NEW YORKSan Francisco OflSce: 311 California Street

A. L. GREENE, Representative

UPON REQUEST ONE Y: Our representative will call upon architects interested in cement painting and waterproofing

Los Anpelf's:

SUNSET PAINT CO.627 South Main Street

S;iii Franrisco;

D. H. RHODES546 Valencia Street

DISTRIBUTORS

THE ARCHITECT 141

FINISHED WITH ^uanize

PAINTED BY J A LAKMNlSAN FRANCISCO

RESIDENCE OF FERNANDO NELSON PARK WAY TERRACETWENTY NINTH AVE AND LINCOLN WAY

SAN FRANCISCO

DESIGNED BY F F. NELSONSAN FRANCISCO

ALL WOODWORKFINISHED THROUGHOUTWITH

anize WHITE ENAMEL and

INTEKIOKFINISH

Kyanize Finishes have been used by Fernando Nelson exclusively duringthe past five years in the finishing of over two hundred residences

BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY, BOSTON, U. S. A.San Francisco Office and Warehouse: 311 California Street

A. L. GREENE, Representative

S<-aItl.-

CAMPBELL HDWE. CO.

IstAve. and Madison Su

Tacoma Portland

W. J. HANSON & CO. MILLER PAINT & WALLPAPER CO.

1129 Broadway 172 First St.

San Franrifico Lob Angeles

D. H. RHODES SUNSET PAINT CO.

546 Valencia St. 627 S. Main St.

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Great Western Potteries

LAVATORIEST A rE offer for tke consideration of tte Architects of tte

United States a line of Vitreous Ckina Lavatories

wnicn we believe to ke imsurpassed in design, qualittj and

durabilitij. 'iiptatldat'd" Vitreous Ckina Lavatories are

kuilt witk tlie same tkorougkuess and care tkat are

ckaracteristic of all 'i$talldatd" kigk grade plumkiug fixtures.

BLACKFORD-Plate F 2010 F

"^tatldafd" Vitreous Ckina

Lavatories are tke product

of our Great Western Pot-

teries at Kokomo, Indiana,

and Tiffin, Okio. Tkese

Potteries, wkick became a

part of tke "Standard"

organization in 1912 were

long famous for tke superior

gualitij of tkeir ware.

TRAFTON-Plate F2000G

Become better acquainted witk 'Standard" Vitreous Ckina

Lavatories. All 'Standard" Skowrooms display tkem.

'Stattdafd" Service men are equipped to explain tkeir

merits. If ijou kave no 'i^tatldapd" Vitreous Ckina Lavatonj

catalogue kindl\j write for a cop\j.

Stat^dard <Sanitat©1t)]^.Co.

SAN F RANG 1 SCORialto Building

Tke name Great Western

Potteries is a guarantee of

quaktij to leading Arckitects

everijwkere. You can

specify "^\&nd&vd" Great

Western Potteries Lava-

tories witk tke assurance of

satisfaction wkick tke com-

bined name carries.

LOS ANGELESMesquit at E. Seven tk

HIBBEN-Plate F2103E

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B FREDERICK RESIDENCE. BURLINGAME. CAL HOWARD £r WHITE, ARCHITECTS. SAN FRANCISCO m

FACED WITH

RED RUFFLED BRICK

Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.

402-414 Frost BIdg.. Los Angeles, Cal.

United Materials Company5 Crossley Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Distribttlnrs for Northern California

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CARNEOIE LIBRARY, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CAL W. H. Weeks, Archilea

Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta

MANUFACTURED BY

STEIGER TERRA COTTA & POTTERY WORKSOFFICES:

729 Mills Building, San Francisco

FACTORY:

South San Francisco, California

CITY HALL. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Palmer. HornbojitI 6- Jones. Archileai. John J. Donovan. Supervising Archiled

WHITE MATT ENAMEL ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTAU l\( / «.7J KEH U)

GLADDING, McBEAN & CO.Offices: CROCKER BUILDING

San Francisco

TRUST & SAVINGS BUILDINGLos Angeles

Factory

:

Lincoln, California

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CLAW50N SCHOOL. OAKLAND. CAL J. J. Donovan. Archited

The

Matt Glazed Terra Cotta

used in the facades of this building

was executed

BY

N. CLARK €r SONSOFFICE:

16 NATOMA ST. SAN FRANCISCO

FACTORY:

WEST ALAMEDA, CAL.

Vol. XII. No. 3

Published by j A DPsUMMOND Propntior

_ , . , _ _ „„ „c CLAPsENCE P KANE, Ed.ior

T-iiEArchitect Press

TABLE OF CONTENTSSEPTEMBER, 1916

PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS Arch„ea pu.e

Belfry at Bruges. Belgium Frontispiece

Clawson School. Oakland, Cal. John J. Donovan 33

South Elevation Jt

Southeast Comer - Kindergarten Porch J J

Floor Plans 36

Principal's Office - Typical Class Koom J

I

Manual Training Room - Domestic Science Room JO

Urinal Stalls - Boys' Toilet Room J7

Office Building for Southern Pacific Co.. S. F. Bliss 6- Faville 40

Detail Front Elevalton i 1

Floor Plans 42

Front Elevation - Cross Section T J

r~ \-i w r\ \\ J /" IPalmer. Hornbostel and Jones ,.

City Hall. Oakland. Cal.i u r r^ c 44

' John J. Donovan, bupervtsing

Third Floor Side Corridor - Rotunda Stairway T-?

Bayless and Steinfeld Residences. Tucson. Arizona Trost &- Trost 46

Review of Our Foreign Contemporaries 47-48

TYPE PAGES Aulhor Page

Solving Artistic Problems of City Building I 49

The Clawson School John J. Donovan 152

Satisfactory Roofing I 87

Porcelain Enameled Iron and Its Relation to Sanitation 188

The Multiple Disc Rotary Crude Oil Burner I 90

Editorial 1 92

Pacific Coast Chapters. A. I. A. 198

<\ Published in the mterest of the architectural profession, on the first of each month, at 245 Mission Street.

San Francisco. Entered as second class matter August 4. 1911. Subscription price in the United Stales and

possessions. $5.00 a year: foreign and Canadian. $6.00 a year. Single copies. 75 cents each.

Q Changes in. or copy for new advertisements, must reach the office of publication not later ihan the fifteenth

of the month preceding issue. Advertising rates and any other information will gladly be given on application.

Q The editor will be pleased to consider contributions of interest to the profession. When payment for same

IS desired, this fadl should be stated. E. D. McDonald, Northwest Representative, 4100 Arcade Building,

Seattle. Washington.

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BELFRY AT BRUGES. BELGIUM

T-iiEAr(3in^E(TVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER, 1916 NO. 3

Bol vmii Arlislic Problems of Cily iim\c\mn

CITY plaiiniiis is Uw uoxt h'lg step which all

munifii)alities imist take. The more progressive

cities have already grai>pled with this i)rol)lem

witii achievements of marked success. Other eoiii-

to the general puhlic iu diverse manners. Munici-

palities have invited men of wide practical experience

and .scientific training to inve.stigate conditions in

their community and to make suggestions for improvo-

View Across Lake Merrill Looking Towards Oakland Cily Hall. Palmer, Hornboslel and Jones, Archile(ns, John J. Donovan, Supervising Archiledt,

f the citymunitics arc now engaged in the promotion of town-jilanning projects and tlie awakening of all comnmiii-ties to the necessity of jiroperly providing for future

develoi)ment is slowly, l)ut surely, taking ))lace.

The advantages of co-ordination of all activities that

make for satisfactory results are heing made known

meiils, and in this manner extension

planning idea is heing made.

The city of Oakland, California, as well as its sister

city, Berkeley, has been in the vanguard of communi-

ties striving for civic progress. The.se cities liave

co-operated in an extensive beautification plan with

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From Elevation Clawson School. Oakland. Cal. John J. Donovan. Archited.

due consideration of

comprehensive proj-

ects for the improve-

ment and futuredevelopment of

transportation andinihisti'v.

Wliile it may lie

too early to speak

a li o u t accomplish-

ments in city jilau-

u i n g as related to

American municipali-

ties— until recentyears notoriously

backward in giving

jiropei' attention to

the idea — the cityof Oakland, however,

comes to the fore as

a municipality that

has made growth in

solving artistic prob-

lems of city building,

in a surprising fash-

ion.

Oaklaiulers ni a ypoint with pride to

the well-balanced andcomplete scheme of

landscape coincident

with the iireservation

of the natural charmof Lake Merritt.

P. L. Olmsted, the

well-known landscape

engineer, has stated

that'

' the desidera-

tum of a residence

next in importance

will be points in

the neighborhood of

which there are

scenes, either local

or distant, eithernatural or artificial,

calculated to drawwomen out of their

h o u s e s or private

grounds, or it will at

least form ajiparcnt

objects before themwhen they go out. It

will be all the better

if many are likely to

resort to these points

and they thus becomesocial rendezvous of

t h (' neighborhood ;

and that next to

points at some dis-

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Embarcodero ai End of Latte Mernn. Waller D. Reed. Archited,

(oniniaudiiig Ijeauti-

ful views, it is desir-

able to i)e ai>le t(i

look out from the

house itself uyton

some interesting dis-

tant scene."

This i d e a suicly

has been aeliieved liy

the ("ity of Oakland

in the development

and i)reservati()n of

natural beauties of

Lake Merritt and the

develoi)nient of LakeMerritt Park. Thanksto the taste of the

designers, this local-

ity o f f e r s one nf

the most picturesiiiw

scenes. Convenient of

access, it .serves wi.ie

recreative purposes

and affords an unri-

valed and cliarmiMg

vista for many Imuse-

holders residing on

adjacent and elevated

properties. It has for

i t s backgi'ound tiie

romanti<' selling af

Corridor Clawson School, Oakland. Cal. John I. Donovan. Archiled.

Claij Room. Clawson School. Oakland, Cal. John J Donovan, Archiied.

forded by tlie Berke-ley footliills.

T li e uiulertakiiig

for the develoiinient

of this jiroperty wasof considerable mag-nitude, but the hajjpy

results achieved moreI ban compensate for

the ell'oi-t and haveserved as an incen-

tive til e\'eM greater

enthusiasm for ri\'ii'

art and beauty.

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lliniugh Ibc report of

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iiiaiiii. !•i t y ]ilaiiMer

and secretary of the( "oinmittee I' o r I li e

Ari-bitectural Devel-

opment of Oreaterlieilin anil (Jcnei'al

Secretary of the ("ity

I'lanning K.xhibitions

ol' I'lCi'lin and Dues-

seilorll and Director

of the Di\'isiiin of( 'ily I'laiiiiiiig of the

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Tiace Claw§©ini SchooL

By JOHN J. DONOVAN.

THE new Clawson School is a good example of

what a large central grammar school should

contain. Fortunateh% it is located on a level lot

of land which is bounded bj- streets permitting the

best orientation, as the class rooms have east and

west light for natural lighting. A glance at the pho-

tographs of the class rooms will sliow how completely

the rooms may Ite converted into open-air rooms. Toassist the natural ventilation there are also transoms

on the opposite side of tlie class rooms ojieniiig into

the corridors, which permit free circulation of air.

On the ground floor, which we have termed the

"basement," although it is six inches above finish

grade, are the open-air play rooms, one for boys andone for girls, wliich are a feature of this floor i)lan.

These plaj' rooms are enclosed on three sides and

entirely open on the east side and are likely to be

used in the future as gymnasia. Besides the play

rooms, the ground floor contains the domestic science

room, cafeteria, domestic arts room, kindergarten,

community club room, manual training room, boys'

and girls' toilet rooms, hoys' and girls' shower roomsand boiler and fan rooms.

Due to the collaboration of the home economics

supervisor, the domestic science and domestic arts

rooms are ijarticularly good examples of rooms for

this departmental work. Not a single detail has been

neglected, from the gas meter, which measures the

quantity of gas used in the experiment, to the flour

bins in the closet. It will be noticed in the grouping

of tlie domestic science plan that the teachers' dining

room, cafeteria, kitchen, pantry, and the domestic

science dining room are grouped around the domestic

science room.

The kindergarten is probably more interesting than

anj' other part of the building, for it contains, within

the room itself, a fine large firejilace around which

interesting Christmas tales may be told and which

will give cheer and a sense of comfort to the room,

although the room is thoroughly ventilated and well

heated. At one end of the long axis of the room is a

snuill stage where the little tots may recite nursery

rhymes and get their first impression of facing an

audience. To the east and on the outside of this

room is a covered porch with flower boxes between

the columns. It is here where the youngsters iilay

on warm, balmy days, and the play nu\y be extended

into the play yard, which is only a few inches lower

than the level of the ]iorch. In a few years the plants

and shrubs surrounding the porch will have attained

sufficient growth and this end of the school building

will have every ai)i>earance of an inviting suninier

house, which is just the right impression to convey

to children on their first visit to the school.

On the first floor above the ground tlonr. there are,

beside the class rooms, the assembly hail, principal's

suite, the librai'y, and teachers' rest room. .\t fii'st

the assembly hall was planned to serve as a gym-nasium as well as an assembly room, but the open-air

play I'ooms in the basement will aiiswei' every jiurpose

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THE ARCHITECT 153

for gymnasia. However, the arrangement for the

assembly hall is suoli as to permit a wide use of this

room. It is ijuite convenient to the play yard, also

to the showers on the ground floor, and by the way,

these showers are also adjacent to the play yard, and

it is the ])oliey of the Board of Education to give to

the hirger cliildren aud men and women the use of

these showers.

Above the wainscot of the assembly liall have been

applied acoustical felt and burlap, and I feel quite

safe in saying that the acoustics of this room need

no correction, and my experience in school work leads

nie to advise that all assemlily halls should be treated

somewhat in this manner if they are to be used suc-

cessfully.

Much care was given to placing the moving picture

booth so tliat the picture rays would strike the canvas

at the proi)er angles, another matter to which atten-

tion nuist i)e given in designing school assembly hall.s

when moving picture booths are installed.

Structurally, the building is of reinforced concrete,

that is, reiiiforced-concrete frame with reiiiforced-

coiicrcte Hoor slabs throughout, including the roof

s'abs. The first story ha.s reinforce<l-concrete exte-

rior walls with plaster surfaces. Above that, mottled

liiilT brick, vary

iiig in color, and

ilecorative archi-

tectural t c I- r a

cotta have been

used on tlu' cxtc

rior of the build-

ing. These brick

walls a r e soiue-

wliat interesting

in their texture.

There were seven

or eight colors

used haphazardly

in the laying of

t li e bricks, pur-

posely avoiding

preponderance of

any one color.'I'his haphazardly

mixing of selected

colors has given

to the brickwork

a I'ather pleasing

tapestry effect.

And these jjanels

of brickwork have

been trimmed with

flatly glazed ai'-

chitectural terra

cotta of a gray-

stone and mottled

texture which

harmonizes ipiiti-

well with the

brickwork. A fea-

ture of the design of the exterior is that of makinguse of the reinforced-concrete piers between the win-dows, which are structural piers as well as a part of

the composition. Fortunately we have been able to

use good permanent materials in this building, andsomehow or other it shows it. Every consideration

has been given to the heating, ventilating, plumbingand electrical problems of the building, and rightly

such consideration should be given to this equipmentof a school building.

The building cost $161,943.74, which includes all fees

in connection with the work. There was a sufficient

balance in the appro|)riation to enable us to pi'operiy

treat the grounds, including the planting in front andsides and the playground at the rear and sides. AndI wish at this time to thank Prof. John W. Gi'egg, of

the Horticultural Department of tlie University ofCalifornia, for his collaboration on the layout andl)lacing of the shrubs. And it seems to me that this

pT-actice of completing the building by suri'ounding it

with projierly arranged lawns, walks, and the |ilanting

of good shrubbery will mean a great deal towardsinstilling interest and adiniiation for school work. Asa matter of fact, we cannot I'oiisidcr oui' work com-pleted until the huulscaiic work has been studied and

executed. Dr.1 David Spcnce

Hill, of the I5u-

r e a u of Educa-tional llesearch of

New Orleans, on

visiting the build

ing, r e m a ikedthat lie "had no!

seen a bettergranunar school

bull d i II g aiiy-

w li c r e i n t h e

I'liited States."

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fROrJT AND REAK tLtVATION

Clawson School. Oakland Cal. John J. Donovan, Archile(X

The Editor has

suggested that ill

chising t h e de-

scription of the

('lawsoii School,

soinelhiiig further

be said regarding

school architec-

I 11 r e ill general,

and I am only too

liajipy to add mysmall mite and ad-

vice, based on ex-

perience, if it will

throw any light

on the subject or

if it will contrib-

ute in any waytowards improv-

ing conditions un-

der which the ar-

chitect works and

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l)y wliicli better seliools may result. Tt is not at all difli-

ciilt to appeal to the educator, who is generally a manor woman of high ideals. Therefore, I do ajjpeal to

educators who may have control over the building of

schools, and point out that the great future of Amer-

ica's most important institution, namely, education,

will be beneficially influenced largely by jiromoting a

spirit for good architecture in tlieir work and encourag-

ing that same spirit in the work of the architects whoare fortunately commissioned to perform this work.

I believe I can safely say that the school man leads

the architect and it is but natural that it should be so,

because he has the problem to solve, whether well or

otherwise, long before it reaches the latter, and the

leader in school administration is ever seeking for the

ideal arrangement, plan or detail which will facilitate

and make for efficiency, the work of the teacher. Andas the ideas come from within the teaching force, so,

too, should the spirit and desire for good, sound, simple,

]ileasing, truthful architecture come from the teacher

himself or herself.

Now in order that this may be more tangible to

discuss and speak of, concrete examples furnish the

best light for understanding. To begin with, every

school is a separate and distinct school architectural

problem in itself to be solved following the basic prin-

ciples and rules of school design and arrangement, l:>ut

solved upon and by the merits of the prevailing condi-

tions surrounding the problem. This is not alone true

in architecture ; it is true in every other walk of life,

and therefore is an axiom which is taken for granted

and does not require proof. Therefore, isn't it wrongor rather isn't it dodging the i)rol)lem by repeating

here and there the same type over and over again,

with the wonderful possibilities for charm and variety,

due to the different climatic and temperature condi-

tions which prevail in the different sections of our

State and our country.

On account of the intense heat in some sections and

the temperately cool climate in other sections, isn't it

reasonable to suppose that there would be a difference

in the architecture for the .schools in these different

localities? Isn't that true in domestic architectui'e ?

In countries of high temperature, the native seeks to

house himself and his family in airy dwellings lightly

built with long, overhanging eaves and sheltei's creat-

ing shadows and avoiding hot sunshine whenever it is

possible. Isn't the reverse true in countries where the

sun is concealed most of the day and frigid weather

and snows prevail? Therefore, aren't the conditions

surrounding the architecture of a school similar in

nearly all respects to the conditions surrounding the

dwellings of man? There can be but one answer, andthat in the affirmative.

Now, in conseciuence of that, the architcrt should be

encouraged to exercise his skill to meet these climatic

conditions in his architecture, and it is the encourage-

ment from the school man which will liel|) him to solve

the problems connected with school woi'k conectly

from the school man's point of view and also from a

good architectural viewjioint.

And he who does not study his problems with such

ideals in mind and repeats here and there and every-

where the same type over and over again, disregarding

the wonderful possibilities that lie liefore him, mustnecessarily fail to achieve the success which is the

greatest success of all—that of a good name.

This might be called the first stage of promoting a

good spirit for good architecture. The next and all-

imjiortant is the encouragement towards the use of

good, sound, natural and permanent materials in the

execution of the work. How often has a good design

been spoiled by the use of temporary and inferior

materials. A poor design will often give satisfaction

if the structure is well built of good materials. Forgood materials have a character and a standing just

as the individual has or has not character and standing.

And inasmuch as most of our school work is built under

])ond issues of periods from twentj' to forty years, isn't

it a fair assumption that at the expiration of the bondissue, when the building has just been jiaid for, that it

should be in a state of preservation? As a matter of

fact, while the comnnmity has purchased and made the

improvement on the installment plan and has had the

use of it during the jjeriod of the bond issue, it is to be

expected that the building shall be safe and sound long

after it has been paid for. Now this cannot be realized

if i)oor material and jjoor workmanship are used in the

construction of a work. If good materials are used

and good workmanship applied to those materials,

there can be no ((uestion about the future of that im-

provement. And right here it is to be strongly recom-

mended that jjublic bodies aid in the preservation of

their improvements by providing a small ujikeep fund

for repairs.

It will not be hard to obtain the very best in both

architecture and in construction, if in nearly all cases

our Boards of Education and other civic offices adoptthe measure of correctly determining the cost of a

building oi' an imi)rovenient before the a|)iiropriation

is made.

If we take, for instance, any locality that may con-

template a new school building and the Board of Edu-cation call in an experienced, competent architect andmake known to him their requirements and let himwork out the jiroblem for them in its jireliminary

stage, and woi'k out this jirobleni to such a finish that a

careful, accurate estimate may be had, not alone fi-om

the architect, but from one or more responsible con-

tractors. Then with this knowledge of the auK)unt

i'e(|uired to build tlie building, and further knowletlge

obtained as to cost of furnishing the building, there

will be greater progress made in school architecture

and greater liai)piness all around. It means the elimi-

nation of the substitution of inferior materials. It

will mean the elimination of cutting down on this room,

cutting out this and that recpiirement, and it will meanaiding and facilitating the i)roper management of the

school, not only for the administrator, but for the

teacher as well.

The relations between client and architect are the

same as between |)atient and doctor, client and attorncv.

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Satisfactory Roofing.

NOWADAYS people sometimes remark witli dis-

gust: "It is irapossil)le to liave good rooting done

any more; eitlier tlie tin is not good or tliere are

no good tin-roofers." Sometimes tiiere is ground for

this dissatisfaction, but sweeping charges like tliese

do not mend matters. The charges are not true,

neitlier do they jjoint the way to better roofs. Whatis tlie real trouble? Let us, as house owners, see if

we are at fault. The self-examiiuition may lead to

the light. What do we do when we have a building

to roof? If it is a new one, we may leave it to the

architect. But freciuent-

ly tlie architect is so

afraid we will tiiink him"owned," or at least un-

duly inHuenced by somemanufacturer t h a t he

dodges the responsibility

of n a ni i n g materials

wliich he knows are goodand simply says, "lies!

materials must be used."

He may be a little nioi-c

definite and specify "OldStyle Hooting Tin" or

"4()-])ound Ilaiul - MadeTin Plate," imt in a<-tual

practice this generally

works out very little bet

ter than the first expres-

sion.

Bids are I hen asked

for and the lowest is ac

cepted. Having to fui'

nisli no definite material.

one r o o f e r estimate-

iione.stiy on a standard

and well-known brand ol'

roofing tin regarding the

<|uality of which there

can be no ipiestion. Another puts his own defi

n i t i o n on the w o i- d

"best" and sends in a

low estimate, saying to

iiiniself, "That is t li e

'best' I can fui'nish at my price." The fiisl roofer

also responds conscientiously to the architect's speci

fications, that the tin shall be apjilied in a certain

way, using cleats and rosin for the soldeiing, that it

shall be carefully painted with an approved brand of

paint and the enlii"e .job done in a workmanlike man-ner. The other man believes he can slight the woik

in these or othei' important particulars and thus

manage to nuike something on his low bid.

Xeither the ownei- noi' tin- architect <-an tell the

durability of roofing tin by looking at the sheets.

Good tin and j)oor tin look alike in the box. It mayhave a cheap coating i)ut on by a labor-saving ma-cliine; it may have been made by the use of acid fiux

and may carry the re(|uisite weight of coating andyet, in spite of many jjoints of inferiority, it may pass

nmster to the eye. Moreover, the defects do not showat once and the tin roof is not likely to go wrong until

after the work is accepted and the bill i)aid. Whenii\ a few years the roof shows signs of detei'ioration,

we get angry and say: "It seems impossible to get

honest materials and honest workmanshi)) nowadays."We forget the lowest bidder did the work and that he

was the very fellow who, by every sign which ought to

apjieal to conunon sense, was least deserving of ourconfidence.

We forget, moreover,

that in condemning all

tin because the brand wense<l went wrong, we are

about as unreasonable as

we would bi' if we de-

clared that there wereno g o o d strawberries

any more simply luM'ause

those we bouglil of auii'responsibie p e d d I e r

proved rotten at I lie bot-

loiii (if I he box. Well, in

spile of oni' dissalisrac-

lion, we nnist lia\'e our

lioiise re roofed ; so whatdo we <lo ! ,S<Mid for the

man wiio made the high

iiid berore and talk it

o\'er wil h him '! Some of

ns would; others of ns

would say: "Not by a

jngrnl ; he wants it all.

I see aih'ertisenienls

wllel'e I'ooling can lie

bought ready to be pnt

on and a gnaraiilee goes

with il that il will last

li\(' or six years or they

will rei'und the moneypaid I'oi' il. They say it

will last twice as long as

tin I'ociling and is also

mncli cheaper. I don't

'II hire some fellow to put

Balfour. Guthrie b- Company Building. San Francisco.

an lose on that;

see how I

il on; any one can lay this kind of roofing—and I will

be away ahead of the game."It looks easy, but (he fact is iic arc eas>! The rool'

goes on. Perhaps it is tight, perhaps it isn't. It

stays on possibly a few years aiul then leaks begin to

nmltiply. I'ut hold! We have a guar'antee. We'll

just collect on that and get back the cost of the mate-

rial an>way. We try. Nothing doing. Our lawyer

points out that the guarantee is very clex'crly worded,

;ind we could nol iccoxer under it. We also have just

awakened to the fad that even il' we could i'eco\-ei',

the cost of the roofing was oidy a small pail of the

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Porcd aim leameled Iron aed Its Relatioin t© Sanitation.

ORIGIN OF ENAMELING. Somewhere in ages

long gone by, the art of enameling on gold, silver,

copper and bronze was originated and practiced,

but as an art only. It has been known for many cen-

turies in India, China, Japan, France, Germany, Italy,

England and Ireland.

At one time Byzantium (Constantinople) was the

center of the ornamental enameling industry, and the

specimens which originated there exerted a wide influ-

ence upon European art.

Much work in enameling was done in England under

Roman or Anglo-Saxon rule, but

the work of the enamelers of Ire-

land especially excelled, their de-

signs being of great beauty andj^

precision.

The Middle Ages saw enamelingj

one of the chief branches of thei

goldsmith's art, particularly as re-

late:! to ecclesiastical ornaments.

During the Renaissance period, it

was revived and flourished in Eng-

land and France. The seventeenth

century again witnessed the decline

of enameling, save in England,

where such articles as card cases,

candlesticks, and numerous others

were enameled, until the latter part

of the eighteenth century, when the

art became practically a thing of

the past. Within comparatively re-

cent times, however, it has been

greatly revived in England and

France, where some notable s]ieci-

mens are to be found.

During all the years in which

enameling as an art alternately

flourished and declined, an occa-

sional specimen of priceless value

found its way to some museum or

collection, there to be preserved as

a monument to the rare skill andworknianshi]! of an unknown and

obscure artist who "builded better

than he knew," for his work, then

classed on'y as an art, was the fore-

runner of a development which has

grown to be an imi)ortant factor in

modern life.

Early Method of Enameling.

The art of enameling, as prac-

ticed, consisted of first coating

the surface of gold, silver, eopjier

or bronze with a viscous solution

of silicate of soda, after which the

powdered enamel was dusted on,

and the article fired to melt the

enamel. As the articles enameled

were, as a rule, very thin and the

surface of the metal smooth, the

viscous solution was used to cause the enamel to

adhere to the metal before being fired, and the firing

was done in order to fuse the enamel to the metal.

Comparison of Ancient and Modern Enamel-

ing. In comparing the ancient art of enameling

with the present-day commercial process there is

a sameness and a difference, the result of whicli

gives prestige to present-day enameling and removes

it from the seeming experimental state to a well-

defined process with an historic and solidly estab-

lished past. The sameness or similarity in the ancient

STANDARD"FIXTURES

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THE ARCHITECT 189

and modern lies in tlie basic material used and

in the application of heat to fuse the enamel

to the article to which applied.

The ancient and modern differ only in

formula and method of application. In the

main they strike a happy medium, which, as

above stated, redounds greatly in favor of

present-day enameling.

The most striking similarity is that then, as

now. the enamel was applied to metal. In all

the time in which enameling has been known,

there has been found no other material to

successfully supersede metal as the basis of

enamel. There is no other known gift of

Mother Earth which combines the necessary

requisites of strength, adai)tability and dura-

l)ility.

Cast Iron as the Basis of Enamei.eu

SANiTARy Ware. Experience and practice

have demonstrated that cast iron is the

superior metal to serve as the basis of

enameled .sanitary ware. It is not only most

adaptable, least expensive and most durable,

but is, from all points of view, the logical

enameling basis.

The process of enameling has, from a com-

mercial standijoint, developed to large pro-

portions, lint in this article it will be consid-

ered only in its relation to sanitary ware.

Enamemni; oe Sanitary Ware a Devel-

opment, Not a Discovery. The enameling

of sanitary ware is by no means a recent

discovery, as is sometimes thought, but is

simply the application of very old jirinci-

ples to new processes and purposes, and

it is a question if there is any other large

commercial industry which is so little under-

stood, not only by the public at large, but by

those who (hiily come in contact with enamel

.sanitary ware in their business.

A brief description of the process of enam-

eling .sanitary ware will, therefore, enlighten

and at the same time entertain.

Pro(e.ss of Enamei.ino Sanitary Wake.

Let it be first understood that the process

of porcelain enanicling a cast-iron bathtub

or other plumbing fixture is one by whiili

a coating of oi)a(|ue glass is fu.sed to the

surface of the iron. After the bathtub _- „.

casting has iieen carefully prepared, cleaned

and smootlied, there is applied a wet coat of enamel

while the iron is still cold. It is not completely

opa(iue, as the succeeding coats, but is of a (|ualil\

and kind which i)ossesses a great affinity for tlu'

iron, thereby forming a strong bond between tlic

iron and the white porcelain enamel which is later

applied, .\fter the wet or slush coat dries, the tiili is

placed in a s|)ecially constructed fui'iiace and heated

to the temperature recpiired to melt the enamel and

cause it to fuse with the iron surface. The degree of

heat re(iuired is about 1,700 Fahrenheit.

When the first coat has been i)ro|)erly melted, the

tub is withdrawn from the furnace and placed on a

specially devised movable table, and the first coat of

the white porcelain enamel powder apiilied evenly

over the surface by meanf; of a patented automatic

sifter. Following this the article is quickly returned

to the furnace and reheated until the freshly deposited

eiuimel has melted and combined with the first coat.

It is again withdrawn from the furnace and the

second coat of the powdered enamel is applied in like

manner, This operation is repeated (Cauiimu'd on />. 194)

The Multiple Disc Rotary Crude Oil Burners

ON this page and on the succeeding page are shown

an X-ray view from the side and a front view

of a C'oal-lnirning steam heating boiler converted

and fitted for the use of the cheajjest crude oil as fuel

by a simple recent invention known as Johnson's Mul-

tiple Disc Eotary Crude Oil Burner, which is becom-

ing very popular among architects and heating engi-

neers.

By referring to the accompanying photograjihic cut,

it will be seen that the burner consists of a small

electric motor which is direct connected to a blower

and oil atomizer, the entire arrangement taking uphardly more than a square foot of space and resting

on the floor just in front of the boiler, the oil atomizer

entering the boiler through what was formerly the

ash i)it door.

To change the ordinary coal-firing boiler or furnace

to an economical oil-firing arrangement, it is only

necessary to remove the coal grates and set fire brick

in the ash pit, as shown, to form a suitable combustiondiamber.

It will Ije seen that with this arrangement the total

heating surface of the boiler is exposed to the heat of

Xray View of Johnson's Multple Disc Rotary Crude Oil Burner.

the oil flame, the hottest part of which is at the lowest

part of the boiler close to the burner, a condition that

has been impossible to attain with other types of oil

burners. The hot gases from the complete combustion

of fuel oil passing full length of the boiler and upthrough tlie boiler jiasses, enter the smoke flue at the

lowest possible temperature, the heat having been

absorbed by the water in the boiler and converted

into steam.

This burner requires very little electric current, as

the entire heating plant of a large theater liuilding in

.San Francisco (The Rialto Theater), containing twothousand feet of steam radiation, is being operated

with one of these burners. The electric motor whichpumps the heavy oil from an underground tank,

atomizes the oil and furnishes the necessary air for

eombustiou, is only one-fourth horsei>ower.

We are informed that the inventor, J. C. John-

son, of San Francisco, has secured fifteen patent

claims for his device and is well repaid for his twoyears of experimenting. The burner has a widefield of usefulness, as almost every modern building

on the Pacific Coast is fitting up with oil burners for

heating, cooking or j)0wer purposes.

S. T. Johnson Co., one of the oldest

and most reliable oil-burner manufac-turing firms, having factories at SanF'rancisco and Oakland, with brandiesin leading Pacific Coast cities, haveadded the new Multiple Disc RotaryBurner to their list of satisfactory oil-

burning equipments. A recent visit to

the San Francisco i)lant of tliis concern

finds them occupying three full floors

of a firejiroof building at the corner of

Mission and Washliurn Streets, be-

tween Ninth and Tentli Streets, with

well-appointed offices and sliow rooms(in the first floor, systematically ar-

ranged stock, tool and drafting roomson the second floor and a well-ligliled

and ventilated macliine shop on top

floor with freight and |)assenger ele-

vator and one of the most up-to-date

machine shop equiiimciits in San Fran-cisco.

This burner is guaranteed to jtroduce

a smokeless fii-e due to the jierfect

atomization of the fuel and thorough

mixture of oil and air at tlie burner tip.

The burner shown here is a mechan-ical atomizing burner designed to burn

conuiiercial fuel o\\ 14° to 'JO" Haume,without ])relieating the oil. The burner

employs the centrifugal ]ii-inciple of

atomization in combination with a low-

]iressure air blast. These burners are

made up in four sizes, with or without

nil pumps attached.

These i)ni'nei's are very simjile in

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THE ARCHITECT 191

coiistrurtioii and imliko any other oil

burner. There are only two bearings,

whicli are polished steel journals run-

niiiET in long bronze liearings with ring

oilers and large oil reservoirs. Motor,

l)lower, gear case and atomizer are

mounted ou one sliaft and bored eon-

centrically to assure correet alignment

of all ])arts and to simiilify makingadjustments.

There ai'e no |ia<-king glands on tlie

oil supply to atomizer, the oil supjily

|)ipe leading direet to the tip, thus re-

(hicing friction and lial)ility of leakage.

The centrifugal atomizer is com-posed of a number of thin discs, the

fuel oil being stretched over these

discs by centrifugal force and thrownoff in a finely divided spray into an

annual stream of low-pressure air fur-

nished by the l)lower.

The oil and air enter the combu>ti(>n

chamber in the form of an inflamma-

ble vapoi-, which ignites close to the

burner, as shown in X-ray ]iliotograph,

and is readily adjustable to a large or

small fire, as desired, by regulation of

air and oil su|)ply to flame.

I'.iirners can be furnished with icgu-

laling valves so that the steam pi-es-

sure or the room temperature may be

automatii'ally maintaineil at any de-

sired |)oint. The burner shown here is

regulateil by a steam pressure regula-

tor to maintain an even steam pressure

without attention from the janitor.

Front view of boiler shows how the

burner can l)e swung out of firing

position when not in use, altliough the

entire burner arrangement is oti a sub-

stantial base plate, free from the

boiler.

Thorough atomization of the oil by means of the

-Multiple Disc Atomizer permits the use of less air foi'

combustion, resulting in a .soft, noi.seles.s flame and a

very liigh efficiency.

.\lready the company is working overtime tilling

orders for the new burner, which may be used in

school buildings, apartment houses, hotels, otTice struc-

tures and residences. .So?ne of the latest installations

are the Pyleanor Apartments on Sixteenth Street,

San Francisco; two burners in the Hotel Dale, SanFrancisco; goveinment transport dock Xo. 1, SanFrancisi'o; apaitments for Joseph Menard, corner

Leavenworth and l>r(iail\vay; Overlook .\partnients.

at Si.xteeiitli an<l Market Streets; Cogswell ScIkxiI ;

ai)artments of Mr. Brun, i:385 Clay Street, and JosephBoccioceo Job, all in San Francisco, and (iustinc

School, (instine, California.

The company is also ipiite busy installing low-

pressure-air, crude-oil-burniug ajiparatus in the fol-

Fronl View Johnson's Mvjilipip D.sc Rolary Crud.- Oil Byrn.T,

lowing liiiildiiigs: K'cd I'.jun' High School, Lodi HighSchool, Lincoln Cnion High School, I'aso L'olilcs

School, St. Francis Orphanage, Walsonville; ScottishRite Cathedral, Sacramento; the Wasserman Build-ing, San Francisco; Petalunia High School; WiltshireHotel, San Francisco; St. Dnnsfaii .\partmenls. HotelO'Farrell. Women's .\thletic Club liuilding, Washing-ton School, Alameda; Southern Pacific <lepof, Fri'siio;

St. Germain Restaurant, San Franci.sco |)aiiy: Win-ters School, Winteis, Cal.; Merced schools, Merced,Cal.; Lane Hospital, San Francisco; Chinese .Masons,Seattle. Washington; Kniglits Templar, Sacramento,;ind many others.

The San Francisco ollices ami factoTv of the S. T.Johnson Company are at l.''..'>7 Mission Street. 'I'he

Oaklanrl ollices and l'actor\- are at (Irace anil LowellStreets. ,\geticies are maintained as follows:

Thos. Russell, Los Angeles; I'. A. Costello, Seattle,

Wash.; E. M. i\<'ller, Fresm); Santa Rosa Oil andliurner Co., Santa Rosa, and many others.

T-riEAR(Ji]TE(TVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER, 1916 NO. 3

.EciltOTi;!

%V 7E have been requested by Mr. Bert L. Fenner,

^jf Secretary of the American Institute of Archi-

tects, to give notice of a pamphlet entitled

"Safeguarding School Children From Fire," re-

printed from the proceedings of the annual 1916meeting of the National Fire Protection Association.

The American Institute of Architects is an active

member of this organization and it is fitting that lead-

ing architects of the country play an important partin the activities of its affairs.

The ])amphlet has reproduced, verbatim, addressesof Mr. William B. Ittner, architect for the Boardof Education, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. C. B. J. Snyder,architect, Sujjerintendent of School Buildings, City of

New York, and Mr. S. A. Challman, Commissioner of

School Buildings, Commonwealth of Minnesota, andincludes a general discussion of jioints brought out bythe addresses of members.Mr. Ittner was introduced as the man who has done

remarkable work in schoolhouse designing, not onlyin St. Louis, but elsewhere throughout the country;an architect of great ability, and it may not be amissto say, a remarkable man who has not only built

safe schoolhouses, but very beautiful .schoolhouses.

Of decided interest to the convention were the

charts and floor plans, as well as photograjihs, whichMr. Ittner introduced to illustrate his talk. Theseinteresting ji holographs are reproduced in the

pamjihlct.

During the discussion, in rejily to a (piestioti fromthe chair, it is interesting to note that Mr. Ittner

stated that Architect John .1. Donovan, of Oakland,California, who incidentally is represented in this

issue by some of his schoolhouse work in Oakland, hasperhaps built more one-story school buildings than

any other architect in the country. The point raised

in this connection was the desirability of the one-story

schoolhouse. Mr. Ittner said that while a one-story

school building is not a bad plan in such a climate as

California, there might, in his opinion, be certain

good reasons against such a type of building in

climates such as are encountered in Rochester andMinneapolis, where they are now trying the Rochester

experiment. The speaker stated that he felt that it

was not necessary to limit school buildings to onestory to have them entirely safe, stating that if the

one-story buildings become poi)ular, it is going to

mean a cheapening of construction. In Mr. Ittner 's

oiiinion a two-story building is (piite as safe and he is

cei'tain that it will he better from the schoolmaster's

standpoint and from the standi)oint of maintenance.

Mr. Snyder spoke on the planning of school build-

ings for safety. In his opening sentence he touched

on the one-story idea, stating that the planning of a

school building from the standjioint of safety, iioth

to occujiants and from destruction or even serious

damage by fire, might be comparatively simple if wewould adhere to the one-story fii'ejjroof building

located on a large ])lat of ground. Each school roommight have its own exit out of doors and it would be

immaterial, as far as safety was concerned, as to howmany school rooms there might be.

In consideration of the size of this iiamiililet and

the desiral)ility of preserving its valuable context in

complete and connected form, it is not advisable to

reproduce portions of the subject matter in TheArchitect; therefore we suggest to our readers that

they secure a cojjy by writing to Franklin H. Went-worth, Secretary, H7 Milk Street, I'xistoii. A charge

of 15 cents is made for each copy.

192

JSS?1 ''li '^rET'gTSr

Announcin^1

A catalogue that was almost entirely compiled by architects—whosesuggestions and criticisms created the many new ideas contained in it.

The idea of index tabs was suggested by one architect who complained

of llie difficulty of finding anything in the ordinary catalogue.

The convenient compact size, six inches by nine, was suggested byanother.

There are many other new ideas contained in Catalogue C.

We will be pleased to send you a copy.

it

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a plastif state, and dust ur otliir impui-ities

which fall upon it while in that state wouldadhere and could not be removed after

cooling.

As far as enameling goes, the tul) or

whatever fixture it may he, is now finished

and is ready to be sent to the fitting, deco-

rating, or shipping room, as the ease

may be.

When finished, the enameled article really

consists of an iron casting, to which a glass

surface has been api)lied. The surface pos-

sesses all of the smoothness and non-alisorbent qualities of glass, but has morestrength than glass, as it has a backing of

the cast iron.

Porcelain Enameled Iron the Ideal

Material for Sanitary Ware. As the ideal

material for sanitary ]iurposes, porcelain

enameled iron is unei|ualed, as it is non-

al)s()rbent and durable. The durability of

jiropcrly enameled sanitary ware in use is

])ractically without limit, and subjected to

the use for which it is intended, it is liter-

ally everlasting, and only abuse—not use

—

can destroy it.

Under ordinary circumstances, a high-

I'lass piece of enamel ware will stand a

great deal of handling.

SOLVING ARTISTIC PROBLEMS.(Continued (nim fir^,' 151)

Boston Exhibit of 2901), who was called

upon by the city of Oakland i'or expert

opinion and advice. His report has provedof the greatest material value. Or. Hege-

mann published a book extensively devoted

to the subject of city planning in relation

to Oakland and Berkeley problems, andthrough pictured examples and scientific

discussion of the work of other cities, as

compai'ed to the jiossibilities of (Jaklaiul

and Berkeley, has rendered a service of

inestimable value. His report will i)rovc

of interest to any architect. It treats in

a thorough ami authoritative manner of

the essential features of the subject and is

full of sound, practical advice and feasible

suggestions.

PORCELAIN ENAMELED IRON.

U'onliinu-d from foi;,- IH'))

until the desired number of coats of t'lianicl

have been ajiplied.

After the last coat has been applied and

melted, the tub is withdrawn from the fur-

nace and ]}laced in a rcce|itacle which i)ro-

tects it, while cooling, from whatever im-

imrities there may be in the atmos|ihei'c,

for when a tub is v<'ni()\'(Ml from the fur-

nace, it is vcr\ lidt and llic enamel is still in

CORNEF^ DETAIL

Albert Sleinfeld Residence, Tucson. Arizona. Trosi 6- Trosl, Architetiis.

THE ARCHTTECT 195

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The growing interest in StuccoStucco homes, simple or elahorate. are rapidly increasing in number

every year. This is because a well-buih stucco house is economical, beau-

tiful, and gives general satisfaction.

Architects are greatly interested in stucco because of the great oppor-

tunity it offers for beauty and originality in design, hnish. and color ef-

fects— if Atlas-\^ bite Cement and color aggregates are used in the

finished coat.

Early Stucco Houses^'e have a verj' interesting niono^aph showing charining examples of old

slmio homes. These hoiisivs in their unique surface treatments and color effects

arc rich in suggestions for present-day stucco work. Included in this hook is a

conM'iiienl refcri'nce guide to the pri-paration of stucco specidcations. This nion-

iigraph and other hooks to he issued on stucco research and experiments will be

sent to architects upon request. The coupon below is for your convenience.

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Continued from page 187.

cost of the whole job. Punk! Now we know there is no good roofingmaterial any more, and no honest manufacturers. Don't tell us

!

Haven't we had experience? Congress ought to investigate the roofingbusiness ! With a modification here and there, the foregoing will fit

exactly the case of a vast number of those property owners who haveroof troubles.

In the first place, choose your roofer as you would your banker oryour doctor. You may think roofing is not a skilled trade, but it is.

The fact that almost anybody can solder tin, nail cleats and daub paint,does not affect the claim. There is much in knowing how to do thesethings right, in accordance with what experience has shown to be thebest practice. Some roofs require a different treatment than others.A skilled roofer knows about these things, and they decide whetheryou are to have a satisfactory job or one which you will weep over.Roofers not only differ in knowledge and skill, but differ in honestyand conscientiousness just as your bankers and your merchants do.The so-called "banker" who offers you 10 per cent a month on your

have been at such a great disadvantage. If, then, great care had beentaken to invite only roofers of personal integrity, and with a reputa-tion for excellent work, to bid, giving them liberty to do the workright, instead of insisting on their doing it as quickly and as cheaplyas possible, the results would have been gratifying, both to peace ofmind and pocketbook.

It is also worth while always to see that the material specified is

used. This is only common business prudence. You may thoroughlytrust the bank teller, but you always count your money. It is no re-flection on any one to look at the brand stamped on the sheets of tinand the label on the paint can. Excellent roofing is being done inevery locality in this country, but it is not being done with cheap,perishable forms of roofing, nor with cheap machine-made roofing tin

—

the inferior product of a large and varied industry. It is not beingdone by men who have never learned the roofers' trade, nor by menwho, although having learned the trade, are of easy business morality,like the get-rich-quick bankers.

tion, San Luis Polo: CO. tor tlif- National Railways of Mexico. E P. DeWolf, Chief Engineer of Consiruciion. Architedl

investment will not leave you a whole skin if lie can help it; why doyou expect anything but a "skinning" of a roofer who offers you somuch more for your dollar than the other man who has a fine reputa-tion for good work and a consequent big patronage?

The fact is we "plunge" on our roofing, hoping that maybe we will

win out on the gamble, and then we squeal in a most unsportsmanlikemanner when we are shorn by the fake roofing niaki-r, and the un-scrupulous roofer, the bulls and bears of this little game. We areequally unfair toward materials. There is just as good roofing lin, andjust as good solder, just as good old-fashioned rosin flux, and just asgood paint as ever. In fact, the good materials are better today than thebest ever were before, but we often insist on buying tlie worst andthen blaming the disastrous results on the good materials which wemiglit have used, but did not.

If the architect in the first place had named a standard brand ofroofing tin to be laid in accordance with the standard working specifi-

cations of the National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors, and astandard brand of approved paint, all bidders, if estimates were asked,would have been on the same level, and the good roofer would not

The good work is lieing dune l)y the intelligent, conscientiousroofer who generally costs more than the other, but is worth all hecosts. He is in every comnuniity. It would pay the liouse owner far

better in dollars and cents to hunt him up than to sit down and ex-claim: "There Is no good roofing tin, and there are no good roofersany more," but sometimes it looks as if we would rather find fault thansave money.

The use of good, heavily coated, hand-made roofing tin is half the

secret of a gt>od roofing job. A good roofer is the other half. Findinga good roofer is a matter of inquiry. To get genuine hand-maderoofing—the kind of lin that has proved so satisfactory in this countrythrough more than loo years' use— it is really necessary to insist uponhaving that which is stamped on each sheet with the Target-and-Arrowtrademark, as this is the only brand of rooting tin now obtainable

which strictly maintains its old time standard of value after nearly

100 years' use. To protect you against the possibility of substitution

of inferior material or imitations—and there are humlreds of these

—

each sheet of the tin is stamped with the Target-and-Arrow brand,

and the name and address of the manufacturers.

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THE ARCHITECT 197

View fromInside ofdoor equipped

withRUSSWINConcealedDoor Clieck..

View fromOutside of

door equippedwith

RUSSWINConcealedDoor Check.

Door partly open, showing position of check in door, the folding arm and the armpocket in the overhead stop into which the arm folds.

The overhead stop can not be less than 1 Vh inches thick.

Can be applied toany wood door notless than 1 '^ inchesthick and with toprail 5 inches ormore in width.

The RUSSWIN Concealed Door CheckNote the long face plate with the angle extension which is morlised into the top and back edge of the -

door. .Makes other than a correct application impossible and greatly strengthens the door.

RUSSWIN Concealed Door Check, without face plate, as furnished for metal doors,applied to a Dahlstrom door of standard thickness,— 1 % inches.

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acific C©a§t Chapters^ A^ L A,"The Archiied' is (he official organ of the San Francisco Chapier of the American Institute of Architedls.

Miniates of San Francisco Chapter

June 32, 191fi : The regular monthly meeting of the San Francisco

Chapter of the American Institute of Architects was held in the rooms

of the Chapter. 2.33 Post Street, on Thursday. June 22. 1916. Themeeting was called to order by the President. Mr. W. B. Faville, at

4 :15 p. m.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held May 18. 1916. were readand approved.

Sfiindin^ii Committers. Board of Directors: Mr. Faville reported

that, at the request of President Mauran. an effort had been made to

get additional Institute members and that thirteen applications hadbeen received and were to be forwarded to Washington.

Communications: From Mr. Charles S. Kaiser relative to his resig-

nation from the San Francisco Chapter; from Mr. Mark C. Cohn,Executive Secretary of the State Housing Committee. Commission of

Immigration and Housing.

Nexv Business: On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the

matter of Mr. Kaiser's resignation was referred to a committee con-sisting of Messrs. Hays, Coxhead and Schnaittacher to interview Mr.Kaiser and ask him to reconsider the matter.

With reference to the communication from the Commission of

Immigration and Housing, the Secretary was directed to ask for a

tentative draft of the Tenement House Bill and also for a notification

of the proposed meeting in San Francisco.

The conditions governing the donation of the Architectural Libraryof the Panama-Pacific Exposition were submitted by Mr. Faville. Theconditions provide that control of the books, which are to be a gift

to the San Francisco Architectural Club, is to be vested in live

trustees, two of whom shall be appointed by the San Francisco Chap-ter of the American Institute of Architects, and one to be appointedby the President of the San Francisco Architectural Club, and to these

are to be added the President of the San Francisco Chapter and the

President of the Architectural Club,

On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the President andSecretary were empowered to sign the agreement accepting the trus-teeships as representatives of the Chapter.

The matter of the proposed Architectural Exhibit in Oakland was,after some discussion, referred to the Board of Directors of theChapter for action.

The chair announced the appointment of the following committees

:

Conservation of Natural Beauties and Preservation of HistoricalMonuments: Mr. Ernest A. Coxhead, chairman; Wm. C. Hays, JohnBakewell, Jr. Committee on Building Laws: Mr, W. H. Crim. Jr.,

chairman ; B. J. Joseph. John Bakewell, Jr., Albert Schroepfer.

Menibcrshif*: Messrs. Arthur G. Scholz and Franklin T. Georgesonhaving made the necessary applications for Chapter menibersliip andhaving been balloted upon, Messrs. Mathews and Wright were ap-pointed as tellers to count the ballots. Thirty-one ballots werereceived and counted and Messrs. Scholz and Georgeson were declaredelected to Chapter membership.

Adjournment: There being no furtlier business before the Chapter,the meeting adjourned at 5 :30 p. m.

Subject to approval 1916.

Sylvain Schnaitt.\cher.

Secretary.

Current Notes and Comment.Architects C. W. Dickey and John J. Donovan, of Oakland, have

formed a partnership; Oakland offices at 414 Thirteenth Street, Oak-land, Cal. Mr. Donovan is architect for the city of Oakland.

Architect Cass Gilbert, of New York, has been honored with thedegree of Doctor of Laws in the University of Michigan, at the recentcommencement exercises of that college.

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g Modern Apartments

H James Walsh, Owner and Contractor

a Geary St. and 15th Ave.

H San Francisco

^ Equipped with

1 Pitcher Disappearing Doors

I Adjustable Hangers and

I Patented Frames

B Pitcher Disappearing Doors installe<l in

= 5 1/2 incli partitions. No extra thickness

B of wall required. Specify Sliding Doors

g in place of Swinging Doors.

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NATIONAL MILL & LUMBER COMPANY

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\SANT MANSION BUILT l?6l FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA

/JTHIS building is considered one of the finest examples of pre-Revolutionary domestic Colonial architecture in existence.

ni It stands on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, high above the stream, in what is now Fairmount Park. In the early

days it was occupied successively by the original owner, John MacPherson, merchant and mariner of Philadelphia; by the

Spanish Minister. Don Juan Mirailles; by Benedict Arnold, and by the Hon. Edward Shippcn. Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.

Major General Baron von Steuben. Inspector General of the Army, under Washington, also resided at Mt. Pleasant for a

number of years. It became the property of the city of Philadelphia in 1868, and is now occupied by the Moviganta Klubo,

the Women's Automobile Club of Philadelphia.

The tin roofing upon the building is an interesting example of the use of this roofing material in residence construction. Onthe sloping visible portions of the roof the tin is laid with standing seams, and on the flat deck with flat seams, following the

usual practice common in the trade for more than a century.

Target and Arrow roofing tin Is a specialty of ours.handed down from the early days of our business. In

this brand we have preserved an old-time standard forthe use and benefit of present-day architects. Few build-ing materials have had so thorough a test of time asTarget and Arrow roofing tin. It remains today the samedurable quality that we have supplied to American sheetmetal workers for nearly a century. It costs a little morethan other roofing tin. so you are not likely to get Taylorquality If you write a specification that permits substitu-tion. Target and Arrow roofing tin ts sold at a fixed re-sale price to protect you against any possibility of over-charge where called for alone. In your specifications forsheet metal work where roofing tin Is required, simply

N.& G.TAYLOR CO.Salt' ManufarturiTs

Established in PhiUidrlphia in IHU)

tiU of Tnt^U- Marktinmitfit on piu-h tht-el

call for Taylor's Target and Arrow brand, to be laid In

accordance with the standard working specifications of

the National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors.With a responsible roofing contractor, such a specificationwill secure you tin roofing work of the standard that hasmade the old-time roofing tin a watchword for durabilityand all-around satisfaction In service.We furnish, upon request, copies of this standard tin

roofing specification form, also some Instructive literaturetelling about this old-time product. Our catalogue Is In

Sweet's, and our working drawings, showing ribbed tin

roofing, are Included in the portfolio of "Service Sheets"issued by the Architectural Service Corporation of Phila-delphia.

Stacks curried at Snn Francisco,

Los Angeles^ Seattle. Portluml

J. A. DRUMMONDPariftr Const Rpprrsvntativr

2i5 Mission Street San Francisco

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The new Electric Action Concert

Organ in the spacious Lobby of the

new Hotel Fresno

Our Self'playing Orchestral Organs

can be installed in any available

place; Console or Key Desk being put

wherever wanted

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QFor full information and specifications, write m

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Agents California Organ Company HI A FRESNO ATTRACTION

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Mt. Diablo

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CementI

Always Used Where Quality Counts

I Cowell Santa Cruz Lime

I Northern Clay Company |

ARCHITECTURALTERRA COTTAMade to your order in

color and design

HIGHEST QUALITY

I AUBURN, WASHINGTON |

Henry Cowell Lime and CementCompany

2 Market Street, San Francisco

Branches:

Oakland Sacramento San Jose Santa Cruz

Portland, Ore. Tacoma, Wasli.

SAMSON SPOT SASH CORD

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felllJHiirt yiii!!!!!!!?

Meyer Sleelforms

used in the

Kerckhoff Building.

Los Angeles

Morgan, Walls & Morgan

Architects

Mr. Weymouth Crowell

Contractor

I Rent Meyer Steelformsm Eliniinah' thr titnhvr nasto pilo

^ Meyer Steelfurni!- are heavy metal forms, rptnovablo mid re-used in

g suceessive flmtrH. Ilandird (in a rental basis, iIh'V efff-rl niaximum= eeononiy in fnnn work. Oidv a miial i-har{;e instead nf a purchase

g price.

= We plaee and reninve Sle»df«»rni'. |»n'pare <-oni|drt<* ronrrrle delails.

S furnish an«l install reii)forrin>! >ti-el. metal lath for n-ilin^^. part ilion-.

= etc. Liir^e >tork.'< of Sle<-lfnrni-< in San Franrisen and l.o> An^ele^.

= Ask for our handbook of Meyer Steelform Construrfiim

I Concrete Engineering Co.

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7)78 H W HELLMAN BUILDINGLOS ANGELES

JohnsonMnltiple Disc

Rotary Oil

BurnerA Perfect Mechaiiieal

Atomizer.

Gives most economicalresults with heavyfuel oil.

This simple inexpen-

si\e burner can beinstalled in all sizes.

Water Heaters. Hifjh or Low Pressure Steam Boilers,

Kilns, Driers. Hot Air Furnaces, Etc.

Guaranteed to produci' hi|ihest Kconomy.Fur l*urllirr Inf'urilKiliuti Write or (.'all at Nearest Agency.

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Oakland Office ami Factory

COR. GRACE AND LOWELL STS.PHONE IMEDMONT 2«ir>

A<;EN<'.tKS

I ho*. Hm*m-II. L<>- Aiigclr*. Culif. P. A. ConIoIIo. Svaltlo. Wu«li.

SanlA RoMtOi) A llunu-rCft.. Sniitu HoM. (^ulir. E. M. Keller. Fro-no. Culif.

<;.mI<-ii C.uv Oil A Burlier C.O.. Smi Jo.e. Calif. Tliii*. J. R Purtluml. Oregon.Seliroeiler & liildeiilir.iiil, M.r.hfielit, Ore. Reno Phimbin^ & Heating Co., Reno, Nev.A|inlinK-firii!|t« Co.. Taeiiinii. Wanli. C. C I>e Maram, Cliieo. f.alif.

II. S. i;r.y Co.. Honolulu. T. II. Injle Mfj. Co.. San Diego. Calif.

Sai-ranienlii Oil A llunier Co.. Saerainenlo, Calif.

JUST THE T1IIN(; FOR HI \(;AL0WS. APARTMENTHoisEsoR lar(;e residences

Tbi.s little Tacoma residence ^^ HAS AN AUTOMATIC COOLER ^^ |It Eliminateft the Unsanitary Ice Box as Well as the Ice Bill i^

IT SAVE.S MONEY. HOOM, TIME MAND TKOl BLE S

Johnson Service Co. |

lnt.-rm..l.alr

Tl)rrntiial«l

KsiiiUislud in 1885

The only company on tlif

Pacific Coast lian<lliiif;

tcin|icrature regulation

exclusively, with its own

c<)r|)s of Skilled Mechanics

Johnson Thermostats are

Standard

Ju,t the water that you ordinarily use p f,20 Lumbcrniairs Hiiildiifirst eireuiates through the Cooler. ^

* PORTLAND. ORE.

not Whiti' Biiibling

SEATTLE. WASH.

'tomatlc Cooler Co. 600 (Citizens National Rank Building

LOS ANGELESlACOMA, WA.SII. I

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CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART. WACO.TEXAS Sanguine! £r Staals. Archileds. Fori Worth, Texas

BANISH REPAIR COSTS FOREVERPut on the right roof first and yon can have pprmnnvncr without additional cost. Wliy should any manput a perishable roof on his house when he can get a roof that will last as long as the house stands andnever require ten cents' worth of attention after he puts it on?Painting bills, repair bills, reroofing bills and all other roofing taxes disappear the moment you roof

"'"' AMBLERAsbesiosmShingles

They are made of two indestructible and unburnalde mineral substances

—

asbestos and cement. Thereis nothing about them that can wear out: in fact, they become tougher and stronger with age. A roof

will look as good ten or twenty years from now as it does the day you put Ambler Asbestos CenturyShingles on the building. \ ou'll never have to repair them.Neither winter cold nor scorching summer sun can harm them. The building is safe from fire andueitther and you have a roof that has character and individuality.

Don't put so much money into roof u])keep. Put on a roof you can trust.

Painting bills, repair bills, reproofing bills and all on a roof that you can trust.

Sold hy the

Keasbey & Mattison Co.

Mannfnrfiin'd by the

Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheating Co.Ambler, Pennu., U. S. A.

J. A. DRUMMONDParifir Coast Representative

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REPORTSAdvance Information as to Construction and Engineez^

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first grade Portland Cement.

Santa Cruz Portland CementCompany

Works: Darenport, Cal.

Standard Portland CementCorporation

WoHu: Napa Junclion, CaL

560 Misson Street, San Francisco

General Offices;

SPECIFY

NEPHI PLASTER ONLYtT MAKES THE WALL

SUDdard for 25 jrears on the Pacific Coaat and

Intrrmounuin West

HARDVALL. FINISHING. CASTING, ETC

NEPHI PLASTER & MAISTJFACrURING CO.I.«rriiri--T "^-- BUILDEU EXCHANGE, IWJadbSl.

Td»f>..ii 9«ur (700

lUaOaal 711 BOSTON BU>C SALT LAXK CRT. UTAH

UM ANCILia StATTUt

R. N. NASON & CO.PAINT MAKERS

ISl Potrero At^-SAN FRANCISCO-54 Pine Stnset

Makeri of

NASON'S OPAQUE FLAT FINISHA flat oil paint made in »oft Kalsomine Tints,

that is wasliabic; a practical article for

walla, c«ilingR, etc., that \» mosteconomical and durable.

Agency for

Tamm & Nolan Co.*8 High Grade Varnishes and Finiahea

Co«d* mmAM oo the FsciBc CoeM fee the cUawu of thU ComC.

Crocker Building San Francisco M

Washington

Brick, Lime & Sewer

Pipe Co.

SPOKANE, WASH.

Manufacturers of

Architectural Terra Cotta

and Face Brick

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DAVENPORT HOTEL SPOKANE, 'WASH.Architects: Cutter & Holmgren

OTIS EQUIPMENTThree 2:1 Traction Passenger Qevatora Two Double Screw Drum Type Electric Service Bevatora

Two Autooutic Electric Diunbwaitera Three Hydraulic Plunger Freight Elevators

Where Satisfaction BeginsSatisfaction with a hotel's elevator service begins in the architect's

plans and here it is that the service rendered with

OTISELEVATORS

counts BO much in the ultimate success of the hotel. Drawing from

our sixty years of elevator experience, the architect can secure invalu-

able and impartial assistance on the elevator question—on the proper

number, types and speeds for any particular service.

Such assistance is gladly given, at all times.

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY2300 Stockton Street San Francisco

Offices in AU Principal Cities of the World

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FULLEK VARNISHESFULLERSPAP. FIFTY FOR FLATTINGFOPvTY FOR FINISHING FIFTEEN FOR FLOORS

Fuller Varnishes fulfil every requirement

desired by architeds in work of the high-

est quality. Their use insures a piece of

work which for many years will be a

source of genuine pride and satisfaction

Beauty of finish, ability to with-

stand rough \A/ear, paleness, free

flowing, rapid drying—charaC'

teristics found in each of Fuller

Varnishes, combined withmarked superiority in durability,

make Fuller Varnishes distinc-

tive in character and materials

in which absolute confidence

may be placed.

W. p. FULLEK €r CO.SPECIALIZED PAINT AND VARNISH PRODUCTS

FOK EVERY PURPOSE

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DUTTENHOFEK BUILDING, CINCINNATI

Finishvil ihnnifilumt with

Berry Brothers'Architectural Finishes

Architcds Painimg Coniradlors

S. S. CODLEY &• SON BERTLING BROTHERSCINCINNATI General Conlraaors CINCINNATI

ROCHEBRUNEP. BUILDING COCINCINNATI

Varnish in

Arehitectnre

Service

Ajobof wood finishing is not

commenced by the painter, |but by the architect. |AUhoiigh the appearance of

an interior depends largely (upon the treatment of the Jwoodwork, the laity as a rule Jhas only a superficial knowl- (edge of wood finishing Jmethods. The client must Jtherefore rely upon the |broader experience of the Barchitect for expert service in

selecting the right Finishes to Jproduce the desired results.

Definite specifications are essen- Btial ill (irdrr to shut out the use |of inferior or iiia|)|ir<>|iriutc var- Miiislics or fiiamels and insure a Bfirst-class finish. JNo <;reater varnisli s<'rvice can alie rrndcrcd a clifiil l)Y tlic arclii- |Ifct than tlic specification of gBerry Brothers'Architectural mFinishes. H

LUXEBERRY WHITE ENAMEL—whitest white, stays white. Makes apermanent snow white finish In eithergloss or dull effects.

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Interior work where great durability Is

desired.

LUXEBERRY WOOD FINISH—for gen-eral Interior work. Develops and pre-serves the grain of all woods, and makesa handsome and lasting finish. Rubsperfectly.

LUXEBERRY SPAR—for exterior work.Especially adapted for durability underextreme exposure — front doors, storefronts, marine work, etc. Makes a hand-some finish and will not turn white un-der the severest conditions of wear.

DETROIT, MICH.

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(INCOR.POB.ATt.D> » ^^

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FINISHED WITH '^uanize

H, S Todm«n. Malen.l Concracior. Stockwn, Cal NEW WEBER SCHOOL FLORA AND MADISON STS, STOCKTON. CAL Sione Sr WngSi Arch.iecls Slocklon. Cal,

ALL INTERIOR WOODWORK, FURNITURE, ETO.REFINISHED WITH

FINISHES

BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY, BOSTON, U. S. A.San Francisco Office and Warehouse: 311 California Street

A. L. GREENE, Representative

Seattle Tacoma Portland San Francisco Los Angeles

CAMPBELL HDWE. CO. W. J. HANSON & CO. MILLER PAINT & WALLPAPER CO. D. H. RHODES SUNSET PAINT CO.

1st Ave. and Madison St. 1129 Broadway 172 First St. 546 Valencia St. 627 S. Main St.

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FINISHED WITH CONCRETO

M WALK PAINTER HALL OF JUSTICE SAN FKANCISCO NEWTON J THAI'.P ARCHITECT

LIGHTWELLS. COURTS, ELEVATOR SHAFTSGARAGE INTERIOK

Finished with two coats fS |^[>^^^^ii| as specified by City Architects office

^flE«\^

SOLE MAKERS THE MURALO CO. NEW YORKSan Francisco OflRce: 311 California Street

A. L. GREENE, Representative

L'PO\ REQUEST OVLV; Our representative will call upon architects interested in cement painting and waterproofing

San FranriscoS 1 I k T' B ' Ct Id- h

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D.H.RHODES Bennett Glass & Paint Co.DISTRIBUTORS Sweet-TeUer Hardware Co. SUNSET PAINT CO.

546 Valencia Street 627 South Main Street

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BLACKFORD-Plate F 2010 F

'Standard" Vitreous CWaLavatories are tte product

oi our Great Western Pot-

teries at Kokomo, Indiana,

and Tilliu, Okio. Tkese

Potteries, wliick became a

part of tlie "Standard"

organization in 1912 were

long famous for tLe superior

(jualitij of tkeir ware.

Great Westeirn Potteries

LAVATORIESWT^ offer for tlie consideration of tLe Arcliitects of tke

United States a line of Vitreous Ckina Lavatories

wnick we teueve to te unsurpassed in design, qualitu and

durakilitij. "<§tandard" Vitreous Ckina Lavatories are

built witk tke same tkorougkness and care tkat are

ckaracteristic of all 'S$tattdard" kigk grade plumbing fixtures.

Tke name Great Western

Potteries is a guarantee of

quaktij to leading Arckitects

everywkere. You can

specifij 'Standard" Great

Western Potteries Lava-

tories witk tke assurance of

satisfaction wkick tke com-

bined name carries.

TRAFTON-Plate F2000G

Become better acquainted witk "Standard" Vitreous Ckina

Lavatories. All "i§tandard" Skowrooms display tkem.

<5taltdard" Service men are equipped to explain tkeir

merits. If ijou kave no "(^taTldafd" Vitreous Ckina Lavatoru

catalogue kindly w^rite for a copu.

Standard (Sanitary iPfe. Co.SAN FRANCISCORialto Building

LOS ANGELESMesquit at E. Seven tk

l.-LL^

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HANERWAAS BUILDING, LONG BEACH, CAL KREMPEL £. ERKES, ARCHITECTS. LOS ANGELES =

FACED WITH

WHITE ENAMEL BRICK

I Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.

1 402-414 Frost Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

United Materials Company5 Crossley Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Diatribiilnrs for Norlhrrn California

miiiiii

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-TJ-'^jif*" * ^. "

JOHN H. SHEP-RY KESIDENCESan Francisco, Cal.

NATHANIEL BLAISDELL

Architect

When asking; for truth

the anstver must be true

The Red Pressed Brick— semi'dry process— in the

John H. Sherry Residence at N. E. corner

of 22nd and Lake Streets is the answer.

MANUFACTURED BY

STEIGER TERRA COTTA & POTTERY WORKS

OFFICES:

729 Mills Building, San Francisco

FACTORY:

South San Francisco, California

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COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO CITr HALL BAKEWELL fr BROWN ARCHITECTS

GRANITE ENAMEL TERRA COTTAand GRAY FACE BRICK for

the Courts of City Hall

\t IM hicri Hh:i> IIY

GLADDING, McBEAN & CO.Offices: CROCKER BUILDING

San Francisco

TRUST & SAVINGS BUILDINGLos Angelee

Factory:

Lincoln. Culiforniu

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SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT • ENGINE No. 12 Ward &- Blohme, Archiceds

Matt Glazed Terra CottaAND

Face Brick

MANUFACTURED BY

N. CLARK ^ SONSOFFICE

116 NATOMA ST. SAN FRANCISCO

FACTORY

WEST ALAMEDA, CAL.

Vol. XII. No. 4

T-riEAR(JilTE(TPublnhed by J. A DP.UMMOND Propr.cior

T-riEARC^iTECT PRESS"''^'""

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TABLE OF CONTENTSOCTOBER, 1916

PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS Archn,<a Pk,.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF CITY HALL BY JOHN CHANNINC

Bird s- Eye View of The San Francisco Civic Center Frontispiece

San Francisco City Hall Bakewell &- Brown 49

Detail of Dome - View from Civic Center

Van Ness Avenue Colonnade - End Motive of Side Facade

Colonnade of City Hall - Central Motive from Van Ness Avenue

Entrance on Van Ness Avenue - Entrance on Civic Center

Deuil 54

Second Floor Plan - Mam Floor Plan 55

Entrance Lobby - Gallery Second Floor of Rotunda - Entrance Lobby ^O

Looking into Rotunda from East Entrance ' Gallery of Dome Looking Toward East ^ /

Detail Looking up into Dome - Fourth Floor Gallery of Rotunda ^O59

60

50

51

52

53

Easi Wall of PvOfundA ' RotundA Wall above Stairs

Canouche and Tympanum of Rotunda - Detail of Pendeniive of Roiunda - Soffii of

Rotunda Arch

Dcuil of Grand Suirway - Stair Detail Fourth Floor I

Elevator Screen - Lobby Deuil Ouuide of Entrance Mayor's Offici- - Detail Supervis- ^«or$' Lobby at Head of Stain of Roiunda ^^

Council CKamber of (he Board of Supervisors J

Council CKamber ' Entrance Door to Council Chimber - Door Detail Inside Council A AChamber

Tax Colledor's Office - Record*-r'f Office - Corridor - Tax Cotleaor's Office 63

TYPE PAGES Author Page

The City Hall of San Francisco Loring P. Rixford 2 1 7

The San Francisco Civic Center John Reid. Jr. 222

The Use of Artificial and Imiiaiion Stone Paul E. Denivelle 256

Current Notes and Comment 257

Editorial 258

Official News of Pacific Coast Chapters, A. I. A. 260

Q Published in ihc inierest of the architecaural profession, on the first of each month, ai 245 Mission Sireci,

San Francisco. Entered as second class matter August 4. 1911. Subscription price in the United States and

possessions. $5.00 a year; foreign and Canadian, $6,00 a year. Single copies, 75 cents each.

(] Changes in. or copy for new advenisements, must reach the office of publication not later than the fifteenth

of the month preceding issue. Advertising rates and any other information wilt gladly be given on application,

Q The editor will be pleased to consider contributions of interest to the profession. When payment for same

IS desired, this fad should be stated. E. D. McDonald. Northwest Representative, 4100 Arcade Building,

Seattle. Washington.

Bird's-eye view of ihe San Francisco Civic Center, showing its relation

to Market Street, the Commercial District and San Francisco Bay.

John Galen Howard, Frederick H. Meyer and John Reid. Jr.. Archi-

le<as. Cut loaned by Journal of the American institute of ArchiteiSs

I

T-riEAR(3iiTEcTVOL. XII SAN FRANCISCO. OCTOBER. 1916 NO. 4

The City Hall of San Francisco.

By LORING P. RIXFORD

TKX year.s have elapsed since tlie great fire of SanF'ranf'isco, and we find our city officials already

iioused in tlieii- new <|uarters. the City Hall.

After these years of waiting, discussing and tentative

planning, we awake to find tliat tiie deed has been

done, the City Hall i)uilt and oc<'upied. and it is the

greate.st architectural triumph of the gi'eatest building

jieriod San Francisco

lias ever seen, a i)e-

riod not merely of re-

building, but of better

building.

Sometimes our mis

fortunes si)ur us on

to greater deeds, andsurely this has been

tile c a s e with SanFrancisco. ( tur en-

terprising citizens,

guided by our talent-

ed and educate*! ar-

chitects, have planned

and built a new city

— not o n I >• in orei)eautifnl, but better

)ilanned and m o r e

permanent.

For a time it looked

as though the muni-

c i p a I government

would not keep pace

with its private citi-

zens in tiieir building

enterprises. During a

certain period, those

city ofTicials who liad

the best interests of

the city at heart andw bo ha d sufficient

imagination to look

to greater things,were liam]jered and

almost overruled by

the faction whocried: "Save the ohl

City Hall," "Re|>air

the old City Hall,"

and even after the.-

down that massive

[lolitical party whoments to the tearinj

"the civic crime."

It is gratifying to

lants are now lookii

^A, LERr OF DOME

SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALLBAKEWELUtr BROWN ARCHITECTS

c same city officials had taken

pile of semi-ruin, tliei-e was a

refen'ed in its campaign docn-

C down of the old City Hall as

know that those self-same prote.s-

ig biii'k upon their short-sighted

II r o p a ganda as a

folly of the moment,and are loud in their

praise of those whohad sufficient courage

and understanding to

take down the ruins

and clear the groundfor a more moderngi'oup of buildings.

Having cleared the

ground, suggestions

were inviled from the

architects of the citx'

for a fitting schemeof a ( 'ivic Center—

a

scheme worthy of a

great city, and which

w o n I d give ain))Ie

space for the group-

ing of our pi'incipal

buildings w i I li the

City Hall as a cen-

tral and dominating

feature. I'^'om these

s n g g c s t i o M s, our

I5oard of Supervising

.\i-chitects ( .1 o h n

(ialen Howard, Fred-

erick .M e y e r and

John Bdid, Jr.) se-

lected the best ideas

and, a f 1 c r careful

s I; II d y , iletermined

upon the p resentCivic Center scheme

—a broad avenue,

running west from

M a r k e t Street be-

tween two nionumen-

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218 THE ARCHITECT

tal buildings, the Library and Opera House, and

leading to an open square with the City Hall on the

principal axis, flanked on either side by the Audito-

rium and the State Building.

This prominent and dominant location of the City

Hall in the general scheme of the Civic Center was

clearly set forth in the program of the City Hall

competition.

Many beautiful schemes were submitted in this

noteworthy competition, studies of central tower and

cupola motifs, slender campaniles and broad towers,

imposing colonnades and peristyles, low spreading

domes and high stilted domes, but the fine monumental

dome of the winning design and the central pediment

motif leading up to it impressed themselve.s on the

jury from the start, and won the approbation of the

public, who took the keenest interest in the public

exhibitions of the competition drawings.

What one felt immediately upon looking at the prize

design, even more than one feels in the executed

building, was that the dome was an integral part of

the competition. The large order of the central motif

of the facade, with its great pediment, is as it were

an entrance to and a part of the great central motif

of the dome, and the smaller order of the facade

expresses the office portion of the building and en-

hances the scale of the more monumental central

motif.

This is the key to the success of the design.

The bold central motif terminates the vista of the

broad avenue leading from Market Street and like-

wise terminates the vista from Fulton Street.

Rigidly as the executed design follows the original

conception of the competition drawings, still there

are some modifications which were brought about in

the study of the problem, some of which were due to

the change in location of the building in the Civic

Center, and others which are logical developments in

the study of the design. In nearly every instance

these changes are improvements.

The facade on Van Ness Avenue has been greatly

improved by projection of the central motif from the

mass of the building, giving more importance to the

location of the Council Chamber and making a pleas-

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THE ARCHITECT 219

iug variation from the east facade facing Polk Street.

The change from pilasters to free standing columns

on the western facade and the terminal motifs of the

north and south facades on McAllister and Grove

Streets give added life to the huildiiig.

The lowering of the order of the central motif and

the substitution of the Doric instead of the Corinthian

order niakes a sim)(ler huilding, iiut is perhaps not

as imposing as the original design, and tlie shortening

of the order in the dome surely takes away from the

magnificent iiro|)ortions of the original design, which

recalled so strongly the admiral)le cui)ola of the Val

de (irace of Paris, its i)rototy))e.

Having made mention of the beauties of the exte-

rior of the building, let us examine the i)lan, which.

after all, from the architect's point of view, shows us

the real meaning of the building and the scheme from

which tiie whole composition emanated. For, after all.

a building is not a great architectural composition

unless it is an organism in wliicli every |)art has its

uses and its architectural meaning.

The great central ])ortion of the building, witli its

large order and wonderful pediment leading up to the

nol)lest of architectural motifs—the dome is a glori-

fication of the central circulation of the building.

In the central rotunda, under the dome, reached as

it is from either entrance, one finds himself in the

heart of the building and about this central feature

—

glorious in its architectural wealth of form and detail

—one finds groujied on the first floor those offices to

which the pulilic are wont to go in greatest number,

the registrar of voters on one side, and the tax col-

lector's office on the other. In the center, the monu-mental staircase leads with great pomp to the Council

Chamber of the Board of Supervisors, the heart of

the city government.

The great rotunda rises majestically without inter-

rui>tion of story heights, and the side galleries form-

ing a clerestory give ade(iuate circulation between the

two fronts of the i)uilding.

By a clever arrangement, this central rotunda is

given a sense of direction in tlu' line ol' the main axis

of tiie building. The screen of colunms of the side

galleries is omitted in the east and west transepts

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SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALLBAKEWELL t BROWN. ARCHITECTS

220 THE ARCHITECT

and the eye is carried beyond to tlie monumental areli

of the second story, the formal entrance leading to

the Council Chamber at tlie head of tlie grand stair-

case. At this point, the third floor height is cleverly

masked by the introduction of a vestibule running

through two stories, which permits the arch entrance

to be two stories in

height, recalling at the

same time the monu-

mental height of the

Council Chamber. Op-

posite the grand stair-

case, we find a similar

vaulted transept

which frames the town

clock.

The interior of the

rotunda is well pro-

portioned. The pilas-

ters are given addi-

tional height by low-

ering the second-story

balconies seven rises

below the second floor.

The great barrelvaults of the northand south transepts

are pierced by inter-

secting vaults, form-

ing circulations on the

fourth floor, which are

very unique and give

a fine open appearance

on the Court Roomfloor.

The treatment of

the pendentives recalls

the rotunda of the Val

de Grace, but we miss

the large order, which

of course could not be

introduced in the com-

position, owing to the

n n m e r o u s s t o r y

h e i ghts. Inasmuch,

however, as the order

is small, we feel that

the detail of thevaults, which is beau-

tiful in itself and mas-

terful in composition,

should have been

smaller in scale and

more in harmony with

the order.

Above the jieTiden-

tives the treatment re-

calls the rotunda of

the Pantheon of Paris,

with its superb ring of

Corinthian columns.

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and its coffered inner dome. While we are contem-

jjlating the wonderful interior of the rotunda, we can-

not help speaking with admiration of the wonderful

wealth of ornament and the care with which it is

studied, and although somewhat inharmonious in scale

and in places somewhat confused and lacking in

l)nrity, still the effect

is s u p e r b and the

sculptural ornamentnot only fresh in feel-

ing and charming in

its modeling, but quite

modern in its general

treatment.

The architecture of

the building has unity

of style, even to its

smallest detail s—

a

style strongly influ-

enced and based upont h e architecture of

France of the epoch of

Louis XIV—the archi-

tecture of FrancoisMansard,! Pierre le

Muet, Gabriel le Dueand J. Hardouin Man-sard—the architecture

which so influenced

Sir Christopher Wren,designer of St. Paul's,

London. Yet we should

not call it reminiscent;

it is a living arcliitec-

t u r e with a modernnote, the product of a

creative and well-

trained mind.

Here we may makemention of the design-

er—tlie architect—Ar-

thur Brown, .Ir.—whothroughout his entire

architectural career as

a student in Paris and

as a practicing archi-

tect has been a most

faithful admirer of'

' 1 'Architecture Fran-

caise." ^Ir. Brownpursued his architec-

tural studies in the

•'Ecole des BeauxArts" iHider the fa-

mous French master,

M. Victor Laloux, who,

among all the modernmasters of France, has

such a keen interest in

(l('velo))ing his s t u -

dents in the stvle of

THE AECHITECT 221

the best periods of

French architecture.

Nor should we neg-

lect to mention the

name of Louis Bour-geois, whose lighter

and more graceful

touch as a designer is

felt in mucii of the ar-

diitectural detail andornament of the build

ing, and whose un-

timely death at the

French front has

robbed us of an artist

of charming i)ersonal-

ity as well as great

talent.

The architects were

most fortunate in hav-

ing a sculptor of note

to co-operate withthem in the design of

the architectural de-

tails. The work of M.

Henri Crenier, es|)e-

cially the figured work

of the main facades,

the cariatides sujiporf-

ing the balcony over

the Van Ness Avenueentrance, and the well-

composed pediments of

the central motifs, is

worthy of most care-

ful study. Throughout

the entire stru<'ture

there is a note of re-

finement in the orna-

ment, not only in its

design, but in its exe-

cution. It is always

sculpture.s(iue and al-

ways restrained andarchitectural.

In strong contrast with tlie beautifully ornanicntcil

central feature of the building, we have the sim])le andalmost severely utilitarian treatment of the office por

tion. Flanking the great central motif of the rotundaare two large light rourts. 'I'hcsc run from the second

floor to the lodf and light the I'otunda, as well as the

inner band of ollices. The circulation is formcil by an

encircling corridor, which is connected and tied at lln'

center of the building by the rotunda motif and its

connecting corridors of the transepts. The white

marble corridor floors, wainscoting and stairs and the

large number of borrowed lights give the interioi' anunusual amount of light. The larger areas where pos-

sible are left open with few partitions, giving an air

of spaciousness,' and all is severely jtlain, except the

sumptuous Council Chamber of the Board of Super-visors and the handsome suite of the Mayor, which are

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connected with ainl rnnii a part nf tlii' iiKiri' ciaboi-atc

central portinn nl' tlir bllililiim.

The Coiiiicil Clianibcr. allhiiiigli Wdiiilcrriil in its

detail and execution with its iiiagMiliciMitly carve:!

panels, door frames and fluted cohuDiis of oak, seemsrather a ricli salon than a dignilicd ('ouncil Chamber.The rii-h Italian ceiling, though beautiful in itself, is

l(io heavy for the room and (inite diH'erent in style

fiom the |)aneleil walls of Louis XV' woodwork. Thespace allotted to the Supervisoi's is so limited and the

furiiitui'c so elaborate, that one has the iniprcssinn of

overrrowding.

.Vltliough to the purist tile above criticism is .just,

nevertheless the I'oom certainly impresses one by its

richness, and the exquisite beauty of its detail calls

forth admiration.

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The Sam Fraimcisc© Gmc CeiniLero

By JOHN REID. Jr.

ALTHOUGH tliei'e had previously been eity-

jjlanulng movements in San Francisco, it was not

until January, 1912, tliat the creation of a Civic

Center was vitalized by the coincidence of two eijoeh-

making events : the inauguration of a progressive

municipal administration under Mayor Bolph, pledged

to a constructive program, and the inception of the

plans for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

With the determina-

tion of the municipal

administration to pro-

ceed with the immedi-

ate erection of a City

Hall, and with the

proposal of the Di-

rectors of the Expo-sition to provide$1,000,000 for the con-

struction of a perma-

nent and monumentalExposition Auditori-

um in the heart of the

city, rather than

within the limits of

the Exposition, it wasdecided that thesebuildings should form

the nucleus of a Civic

Center group. After

the serious considera-

tion of a number of

proposed Civic Cen-

ter locations, the area

contiguous to and in-

cluding the site of the

former City Hall wasdetermined upon as

the logical location.

In February, 1912, a

board of three arclii-

tects was api)oiuted

by the city to formu-

late plans for the

erection of the City

Hall and the develop-

m e n t of the entire

Civic Center schemewithin the determined

area.

Simultaneously with

the graphic develop-

ment of this scheme,

the legal and financial

features were dili-

gently prosecuted andrapidly consummated.

A sjjecial election wascalled, and, on the

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12th of March, 1912, a bond issue was authorized, pro-

viding $8,800,000, for the undertaking. Of this, $3,500,-

000 was set aside for the construction of the City Hall,

and the remainder was devoted to the purchase of the

necessary land with the improvements thereon, for the

creation of the Civic Center. Six blocks, or about

twenty-four acres of land, were acquired under con-

demnation proceedings, and this, added to whatthe city already pos-

sessed in the site of

the old City Hall,

gave about ninety-

five per cent of the

area required for the

complete scheme as

finally adopted. Manyobstacles — material

and otherwise—weremet with and had to

be overcome before

t h e success of thescheme was assured.

A steel-frame school

building was bodily

moved three blocks

and, in one instance,

public opinion had to

be courted and its in-

dorsement obtained.

By July -t, 1912, the

architects of the City

Hall had been se-

lected by competition,

and on April 6, 1913,

the physical inaugu-

ration of the entire

undertaking was cele-

lirated l)y the turning

of the first spadeful

of earth for the con-

struction o f thatliuilding. The Expo-s i t i o n Auditoriumw a s comiiletcd anddedicated in January,

1915, and on the ninth

of March, 1915, workwas b e g u n on the

Public Library.

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the Civic Center lies

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Street, the great commercial thoroughfare, with its

foot dipping into San Francisco Bay and its liead

buried in the liills, and Van Ness Avenue, which has

been her nearest approach to a boulevard, starting

from Market Street and running north to the bay.

The contlux of these two arteries is the natural tratfic

center of the city.

At the outset, an area of about twelve blocks wasde.signated as the scope of tlie problem to be solved

by the Architectural Board. The site of the old City

Hall, the nucleus of the study, was a triangle of inor-

dinate size, blocking the through-traffic circulation of

four streets—Hyde and Leavenworth running north

and south, and drove and Fulton running east and

west. The fiiuil development inchules about thirty-six

acres, and lia.s cut the great triangle into rectangular

site.s by bringing through to Market Street these

throttled streets. To the west of the old triangle, a

great plaza has been createil by the clearing otT and

combining of two blocks of land.

The plan, in its entirety, is in the form of a Romancross—its shaft being determined by tlu- axis of Ful-

ton Street, with its head the City Hall—lying toward

the west, and its foot to the east toui'hiug Mai'ket

Street at Leavenworth. The Fjxposition .Vuditoriuni

forms the southern arm, the northern aim being de-

fined by the $1,000,000 State Building, for which bondswere voted at the general election in November, 1914.

Finally, to form the shaft, there are three more mon-umental buildings, one of which is the $1,100,000

Library, and a controlled strip forming the southfacade of Market Street. The heart of the cross is

in the plaza, faced with its five monumental facades

en pail (inipc of the four miiuir buildings, which sluill

house the Department of Public Health, the Police

and Fire Stations, a Public Service Department, andthe Power House for the entire Civic Center. Thel>laza is about .'UO feet by 425 feet, and is laid out in

lawns with flowers and fornuil trees, and architec-

turally eml>cHislied with fiiunt;iins, balustrades, andsculptured groups.

While the actual results and accomplishments of

this undertaking i)resent an intensive local study in

city-iilanning, and while its scope was definitely andollii'ially restricted, its relation to the city plan as a

whole was considei'ed and appreciated by its design-

ers. Within it lies the embryo of a great boulevard,

which shall some da.\' stretrli to the west and give

access to GohU'u (iatc Park and the ocean beyond,

circling thi'ough an already detiiied di'ive along the

bay back to the foot (if Market Street.— Reproducedfrom .hinniid of Aiin'iinni I iistil iih- nf Archilat s.

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The Use ©f Artificial ©r Imitaiioii Stone,By PAUL DENIVELLE.

THE San Francisco City Hall is not the first mu-nicipal building to use artificial or imitation stone

in its interior. The recently completed Municipal

Building in New York contains artificial granite and

Botticino walls and groins throughout practically its

entire ground floor, which were installed by the writer.

As in the San Francisco City Hall, the simulation

of stone was devised simply because of economy, with-

out sacrifice of effect. In the latter, the upper por-

tions, including the four large niches at angles (in-

cluding the large sculptored groups) up to spring line

of the dome, were made in this material. There wasno attempt to do more than match the stone used in

the lower portion of Rotunda. Each unit was east

to the jointing in i)roper stone stereotomy. With the

existing nmltitude of breaks and odd variety of archi-

tectural forms, the saving cost over stone was natu-

rally considerable. Besides, it had

the additional advantage, from the

architect's viewpoint, of true andperfect reproduction in the orna-

ment a I enrichment, which, of

course, were perfect replicas of the

sculptors' models, devoid of the

danger of inferior interpretation

through the varying ability of dif-

ferent stone carvers.

Is the coming era of architecture

to be the age of artificial stone?

The writer believes it to be.

I would advance three reasons:

First, the latest all-pervading aim

for texture and color as a reiiuire-

ment to architectural expression.

This being admitted, the second

reason is that this quality in the

natural stones is limited both as to

texture and color, whereas in the

artificial it would not be. Thethird and most important reason

is that the recent development in

the manufacture of true whitePortland cement and a growingprogressive knowledge in its uses

open a wide field of j)Ossibility,

almost unlimited, in stone texture

and color not necessarily depend-

ent on simulating existing natural

stone, but rather designedly apart

therefrom. I advance this latter

reason independently of the i^roii-

onifj ill co.sV, that ever-present bar-

rier to the architect's ever-growing

ambition to a higher type of ex-

pression in all forms of architec-

ture, an ambition which this age

of commercialism generally curbs

or often stifles entirely. The limi-

tations of terra cotta are such, due

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to warp in burning, as to preclude its substituting

stone because of necessity of small units and wide,

irregular joints. Color tones must be obtained by

glazing surface, depriving it of stone texture.

Must we stop in seeking effects of stone texture

and color to that furnished us by nature today! De-

cidedly not, if one's sense of due proportion be suffi-

cient to balance the result as to keep from aitproach-

ing the grotesque in effect. Bearing out this conten-

tion, I know a case in point where the "imitation"

was so decidedly superior to the natural used there-

with that an effort to improve the latter was at once

made for a more harmonious result.

To really accomplish this end, however, it is quite

obvious that the present mediocre use of white Port-

land cement materials in architectural expression

must be elevated far above the present level prevail-

ing today. Viewing present results

in our plastered cement buildings,

one must be an optimist of consid-

erable courage to believe that our

l)resent use of natural stone will

be superseded eventually by the

simulated or a purposely unnatural

but superior artificial product. Theextensive use of all cements as used

today and the generally banal

cheap attempts at surface texture

and color as extemporized, are too

apt to be used as a standard of

measurement by the architect with

reasonable prejudice and is, to mymind, the main obstacle to be sur-

mounted in order that a proper

cost allowance may be kept in

mind, considerably a hove the

stucco, etc., of today, yet more eco-

nomical than any stone available

with any but ordinary exi)ression.

It was while probing into the pos-

sibilities of this field some ten

years ago that it fell to my lot to

introduce the first white Portland

cement of brand now extinct. Theinterior of the Pennsylvania Sta-

tion, New York, was the first prac-

tical result of artistic merit pro-

duced by the use of white Portland

cement on an extensive scale. This

was in the form of simulated Ro-

man Travertine. This material

also covers the interior walls of

the recently comjiletetl Tnion Sta-

tion at Ottawa, Canaila.

All obstacles can be and are over-

come when the cost of the consid-

eration of the artificial work pro-

posed is still commensurate in lessei'

proportion to the result attained.

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Curreiii Nolei) mid CoiJdiiieeL

Ax interesting and valuable addition to the jirac-

tieal literature dealing with the use of burned

clay roofing tile has recently been made by the

Los Angeles (Cal.) Pressed Brick Company. With

the exception of the foreword, wliieh gives an enlight-

ening description of the general uses to which this

product may be put, and the many styles to choose

from, the booklet is a collection of beautiful ))ictures

of private homes and residences, churches and indus-

trial buildings that have been enhanced in permanency

and attractiveness by the use of this material. Pho-

tographs of models of each .separate style of tile.

accompanied by detailed drawings showing the metluxl

of laying thcni, take up a part of the "new addition."

while a jiage of specifications, detailing the conditions

under which the tile should be laid and the mannerof laying them, is also included. The booklet is con-

cluded witli a list of a large number of other buildings

that have used the com])any's product as a roofing

material.

with regard to the magazine and the committee above re-

ferred to will render you all the assistance possible.

\'ery truly yours.

(Signed) .\. K. W'ai.kkr.

ARW/EW'

Sca-ctarv.

The following letters have been received by Tin-;

Akchitkct and are of interest to our readers:

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.\MRKKAX I.VSTITrTK OF ARfl 1 1 TiaTSOrriiK 1)1 riM. I'rksidkxt

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J. .1. Drummoiid. Esij..

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San I'nniciscii, Cal.

Dkar Sir :

I beg to inform yon that at a meeting hclil last night. TiiK

.\rchitf.ct was made the ofiicial organ of the Southern C'ali-

fornia ('hai)tcr .\. 1. .\.. for the I'acific Coast. This is not

an official nutice. however, as our Secretary. .Mr. Walker,

will no (lonl)t comnuinicate with you in the near future. I

am enclosing letters from .Messrs. Lawrence and Loveless,

which I found most useful in getting this matter through.

Personally. I wish you the greatest success with your publi-

cation and the novel features in connection therewith.

\'ery truly yours.

(Signed) S. I'iidin Xoktdn'.

SnrrllKRN CAI.rE'ORNlA CnAI'TKR

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245 Mission Sirccl.

San I'rancisio. Cal.

Dkar Sir :

Replying to your communication of October 'ilh, IHKi. I

take pleasure in notifying you that the Southern California

Cha|)ter of the .\merican Institute of .\rchitects. by resolution

adopted, have a])pointcd your publication the official organ of

their Chapter.

We note the appointment of a committee of three for the

term of one year, whose duly it shall be to edit and censor

plates and articles from .Southern California, this committeeconsisting of Mr. J. li. .Mlison, Mr. Mvron Hunt, and .Mr.

A. R. Walker.

We wish you all success in carrying out your new policies

Washington St.vi'k Chaptkr.\MKR1CAX IXSTITl'TR OF ARClllTiaTS

Skatti.k, Sept. i-'i. lillfi.

J. A. Drumtnond, i'tiblislicr,

^4."> Mission Street.

San Francisco. Cal.

.Mv iii;ar Mr. HRiMMONn:Your letter of the l.'ith inst. came duly to hand. The mat-

ter of making TiiK .\rchitixt the official organ of the

Washington State Chapter was brought up at a meeting held

on the 'i'im\ inst.. and the Chapter voted to make Thk Archi-iKct the official organ of the Chapter for the Coast. 1 hoi)e

that this will please you and make you feel that we are

anxious to do all that we can to help matters along.

I would suggest that you appoint a Seattle architect to

censor suggested material from this section, and would think

that D. J. .Myers. W. .M. .Somervell or W. K. I'.. Willcox

would be good men for this place. >

1 would also suggest that you get in touch with our Secre-

tary. Mr. Huntington, as to getting the minutes to you in

proper time, and furnishing him with extra clippings of the

minutes, if this is ilesired.

Yours very truly,

(.Signed) .Xrtiu'k L. Lo\ k.lkss,

President.

THE CITY HALL OF SAN FRANCISCO.t'.iinlinui'tl Jriim I'lifif 221.

building, one is impressed by the simi)licity of the

color scheme, if so it may be called. The building

]ileases rather through its foi'iu than its color, and

the warm grey of the granite exterior and the soft

gray tones of the liedl'ord limestone interior of the

rotunda is, as it were, a medium for the architects'

and the .sculjitors' art. This gray tone is accentuated

here and there by the notes of blue and burnished

gold of the gi'illes, balcony rails, ami lamp standards.

As We regard the exterior of the building and as

our eye follows u|) from the carved portals to the

golden balcony above and still higher to the wonderful

sculptured pediment of the central niolil' of the

facade, our civic pride is more and more aroused,

and as the eye—still following up—reaches the glori-

ous form of the granite dome and at its summit the

blaze of glory of the sunlit gold of the lantern, we feel

that San Francisco is alive and reaching out for world

coiii|iiest, a city reiiicarnate<l and ambitious for the

future.

Slatcnu-nl of tlic owiUTsIiip. luaiiagenitnt. circulation, etc., rcr|uiru<l

l)> ihi- .Vet of .Xugusl S4. I'.li;;. of Thk .^uchitkct, publislK-d al .San

Kranciscii. Cal.. for October 1, Ullii. Kditor, ClariMici' P. Kane; Man-aging Kditor. Clarence V. Kane. :.Mr> Mission Street. San Francisco,

Cal.; Business .Vlanager. J. \ Drnnnnond. 24.') Mission Street, SanFrancisco. Cal.; Pulilisher. J. A. Urummond, '.24.5 Missicjn Street, Sanl'"rancisco. Cal.; Owners (H a corporation, give its name and the

names and addresses of stockholder^ lioldi)!)- I per ceiil or more of

lolal amount of stock. If nol a corporation, ^'ive names and aildres.ses

of individual owners), J. .'\. Dnunmoiid, IM.I Mission Street, SanFrancisco, Cal.; Known hondholders, morlgagees. atid other security

holders, holding 1 per cent or mcjre of total amount of bonds, mort-

gages, or other securities (if there are none, so state). None. J. A.

Drummond, Publisher. Sworn to ami subscribed before me this 21st

day of September, 1916. W. W. Healey, Notary Public in and for the

City and County of San I'"rancisco, State of California. My com-mission expires .Vugust 28, 1917.

257

T-iIeAR(3i]Te(TVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER. 1916 NO. 4

^diltoiriaL

THE attentioo of our readers is directed to several

letters reproduced on page 257 of this issue,

received from officials of the Southern California

Chapter and the Washington State Chapter of the

American Institute of Architects, in whieli we are

advised that this publication has been named the

official organ of these organizations.

The Architect has, for some time, served as the

Such kindly co-operation on the part of chapter

members will insure the publication in this magazineof onh' that subject matter compatible with the very

best interests of the jirofession.

In continuance of a well-fixed policy, The Archi-

tect will exert its utmost endeavor to properly per-

form its part in the new scheme. In other words, weintend to publish a magazine in every way commen-

Joseph L Giroux Residence. Hollywood, Cal. - F. L. Roehng, Archiied.

official organ for the San Fi-aiicisco Chajiter of the

American Institute of Architects, and with a similar

representation in behalf of the above-mentioned chajv

ters, it is but an inevitable sequence that this book

will become more closely identified as an integral i)ai't

of the architectural profession of the West.

The regular monthly issues of The AiicinTEci-

during the coming yeai' will be aiiportioiicd amongthe several chapters, who will, at these stated pei'iods,

supi)ly all photograjihs and special articles to be used

in the jjublication. To properly carry on this work,

the chapters are arranging for tlie formation of

committees which will su|)ervise the sele<'tion of such

])lu)tt)graplis and text matter for the allotted months.

sui'ate with the iin|iiirlaiit jiosition which this bookoccupies.

The ARCHiTEcr is publisheti completely in our ownl)lant, located at 245 Mission Street, San Francisco,

where modern equipment, s[iecially designed for i)eri-

odical iirinting of the highest character, is installed.

We feel assui'cd that the general appearance of this

book indicates an eaiiiest desire on our i)art to ren-

der a service of the greatest possibb' benefit to oursubscribers, and it shall continue to lie our ihity to

give un(|ualified cognizance to the re(|uiremeiits andwishes of our readers in the jiroduction of a .journal

of the greatest good to all—a magazine that will take

its i>lace among the best of its kind in this country.

258

The fact that "(pactfic" Phiiiihinji Fixtures were installed through-

j

out these l)uil(lin<j;s speaks volumes for the uniform high (juality,

which all "(pacific' Plumbing Fixtures must attain.

Main (fjjiirs ntnl Sfti>ifnntni\

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San Francisco. Cal.

"(pacific"

PLUMBING FIXTURIvSl''ilrtitt it's

Hicliiiiond,

California

Official Newi acme i,o iio A~^o

The Architect is the Official

San Francisco Chapter, Southern

Chapter and Washington State

Chapter, A. I. A.

1 he regular minutes of meetings of all Pacific CoastChapters of the American Institute of Architects are

published on this page each month.

Sun Fniiuisco Chapli-r. 1881— President, William B.

Faville, Balboa Building, San Francisco, Cal. Secretary.

Sylvain Schnaittacher. 3X2 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

Chairman of Committee on Public Information. William

Mooser, Nevada Bank Building. Chairman of Committeeon Competition, William B. Faville, Balboa Building, SanFrancisco. Date of Meetings, third Thursday of every

month ; Annual, October.

Souflicni California Chafilfr, 1894— President. S. Tilden

Norton, 604 Title Insurance Building, Los Angeles. Cal. Secretary.

A. R. Walker, Hibernian Building. Los .Xngeles Cal. Chairman of

Committee on Information. W. C. Pcnnell. Wright & Callender Build-

ing. Los Angeles. Date of Meetings, second Tuesday; except July and.'\ugust at Los .Angeles.

Oregon Chapter. 1911— President. William G, Hnlfonl. Chamber of

Commerce Building, Portland. Ore. Secretary. Joseph Jacobberger,

801 Board of Trade Building, Portland. Ore. Chairman of Committeeon Public Information. Joseph Jacobberger. Date of Meetings, third

Tliursday of every month at Portland; .\nnual. October.

Washington State Chapter. 1894— President, .\rthur L. Loveless. 5i;j

Coleman Building, Seattle. Wash. Secretary. D. R. Hunting-ton. City Hall. Seattle. Wash. Chairman of Committee onPulilic Information. J. S. Cote. 530 Haight Building. Seattle.

Date of Meetings, first Wednesday, except July, -August andSeptember at Seattle, except one in spring at Tacoma. .An-

nual, November.

The American Institute of Architects— The Octagon,Washington, D. C. Officers for 191.'): John LawrenceMauran, St. Louis, Mo.; First Vice-President, C. GrantLa Farge, New York City. N. Y. ; Second Vice-President.

Milton B. Medary. Jr.. Philadelphia. Pa. ; Secretary. Burt L.

Fenner. New York City. N. Y. ; Treasurer, D. Everett Ward.Madison Ave., New Y'ork City. N. Y.

Board of Directors for 0)ie Year—Walter Cook. :i West ~9th Street,

Xew York City; Octavius Morgan, 1136. 1. N. Van Xuys Building. LosAngeles, Cal.; W. R. B. Wilcox, 400 Boston Block, Seattle, Wash.For Tzi'o Years—Charles .\. Coolidge, 122 Ames Building. Boston,

Mass.; Charles .-\. Favrot, t^i)ri Pcrrin Building. Xew Orleans. La.;

Elmer C. Jensen. 1401 Xew ^'ork Life Building, Chicago, 111. ForThree Years—Edwin H. Brown. 716 Fourth Avenue. Minneapolis.

Minn.; Ben J. Lubschez. Reliance Building. Kansas City. Mo.; HoraceWells Sellers. KlOl Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

Minutes of San Francisco Chapter

Scftember 21, 1916 : The regular monthly meeting of the San Fran-

cisco Chapter of the .American Institute of .Architects was held at the

Palace Hotel on Thursday, September 21, 1916. The meeting wascalled to order by Mr. W. B. Faville, the President, at 1 il.'i p. m.

Forty-one members were present.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held June 22, 1916, were read

;ind .approved. There were no meetings held during the months of

July and August on account of summer vacation.

Standing Committees. Board of Directors: Mr. Faville for the

Board of Directors said that there was nothing to report, hut the

.Annual Report of the Board was in preparation and would be pre

sented at the next meeting.

Legislative Committee: There was no report.

San Francisco Sub-Committee on Competitions: Mr. Mooser for

this connnittee reported the issuance of the program for the new-

State Building in San I-'rancisco. which had been .approved by this

committee. The Secretary also reported that a program for a com-petition for a boat hou.se for the city rif Sacramento had also beenappro\ed.

Communications: From Mr. John Galen Howard enclosing copy of

the proposed revision of the Institute Constitution and By-Laws,together with a general statement of the principles involved in the

changes under the headings. Relations. Chapter Membership. .Applica-

tions-Elections; from the Commonwcilth Club (copy of letter sent to

iMayor Rolph ) relative to the appointment of a City Planning Com-mission authorized by charter amendment and the orclin.'mee passed

in March, 1914; from Hon. Percy V. Long, asking the Chapter to

appoint delegates to the California Conference on City Planning,

which is to meet in Visalia, October 10 to 15, 1916; from the Build

ing Trades Employers' Association relative to open shop in the builcl-

ing trades: from George B. Ford, chairman of the Institute Com-mittee on Town Planning, requesting that the Chapter subscribe for

copies of the publication to be issued liy the Institute on "TownPlanning."

Neiv Business: On motion rluly m;uK', seconded and carried, the

matter of the proposed revision of the Institute Constitution and By-

Laws was referred to a committee appoitUcd by the Chair to report

to the Chapter, with Mr. John Galen How.ird as chairman, andMessrs. John Bakewell. Jr., G. .Alexander Wright. William Mooserand S.vlvain Sclmaittcher.

The communications from the Commonwealth (."hib .nid the Liuild-

ing Trades Employers" Association were referred to the Board of

Directors for action.

Complying with the request of Mr. Percy V. Long, Messrs. WilliamMooser, Charles H. Clieney .and John Galen Howard were appointed

as a conmiittee to represent the Ch.apter at the conference at Visalia.

.A short discussion followed as to the terms of the ccnnpetition for

the State Building in San Francisco. There were no motinns.

In the matter of the letter from Mr. George B. Ford, the President

was directed to subscribe for twcnty-iivc copies of the Institute's

publication on "Town Planning."

Meml'crship: Mr. W. C. Hayes, chairman of the committee on the

matter of the resignation of Nlr. Kaiser, reported that Mr. Kaiser,

,ifter agreeing to withdraw his resignation, had reconsidered the mat-ter ami thereupon presented his resignation to the Chapter. Onmotion duly made, seconiled and carried, Mr. Kaiser's resignation wasaccepted.

Messrs. Will G. Corlett. Walter T. Steilbcrg and Albert J. Evcrshaving made the necessary application for membership and havingbeen balloted upon, forty-one b.-illois were received and counted andAlessrs. Corlett. Steilberg and Evcrs were declared unanimouslyelected to Chapter membership.

Xominalion of Otlicers: On motion of Mr. John I. Donovan, the

By-Laws were suspended and direct nominations made for President

of the Chapter for the ensuing year. Mr. Edgar .A. Mathews wasplaced in nomination by Mr. Mooser and the nomination was duly

seconded.

Mr. .August G, lieachn.in was placed in nomination by Mr. JohnBakewell. Jr.. and the nomination was duly seconded.

The nominations w-ere thereupon declared closed.

The next order of business was the nomination of Vice President.

On motion of Mr. John J. Donovan, and duly seconded, the By-Lawswere suspeiuled for the balance of the nominations and the nomina-tions made direct.

Mr. William Mooser, duly -econded, nominated Mr. Sylvaiu

Sclmaittacller for Vice-President. There being no otlier nominations,

the nominations were declared closed.

h'or Secretary. Mr. Edgar .A. Mathews nominated Mr. Morris

Bruce. Mr. W. C. Hays was mmiinated by Mr. Matthew O'Brien,

but Mr. Hays declined and the nominations were thereupon declared

closed.

For Trustees. Messrs. W, C. Hays. W. B. Faville, llermatm Barth

and Vi. .Alexander Wright were placed in nomination and the iu)ini-

nations closed.

.-tdjourument : There being no further liusiness before the Chapter,

the meeting adjourned at 2 ::iO p. m.

Subject to approval. 1916.

SVLV.MN SlMN.MTT.MHKK,

Secretary.

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thirty vauhs in the New City Hall.

The steel in these vaults weighs

approximately 300,000 pounds.

The heaviest single piece is the

massive door in tiic Treasurer's

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THE AKCHITECT •275

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THE ARCHITECT 277

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is still in a wet and water-soaked condition. Q The paint is subjected to a severe test, as the

pool contains salt \vater which is emptied every twenty-four hours; the entire surface is then

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278 THE ARCHITECT

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3,500,000 Balks, 4,000,000 Lavatories, 950,000 One-piece Sinks and a corresponding^ large

unker oi otker 'Standard" Fixtures. Altogetker uearlij 13,000,000 'Standard" fixtures kave keen sold since 1900.

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celled ckoice; Sinks—wkick leaves nothing to ke de-

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THE ARCHITECT 279

BISHOP RESIDENCE, BEVERLEY HILLS, CAL W J, DODD, ARCHITECT

FACED WITH

RED RUFFLED BRICK

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Distributors for Northern Colifornia

280 THE ARCHITECT

JOHN H. SHEKRY RESIDENCESan Francisco, Cal.

NATHANIEL BLAISDELL

Architect

When asking for truth

the answer must be true

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THE ARCHITECT 281

COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL BAKEWELL Er BROWN ARCHITECTS

GRANITE ENAMEL TERRA COTTAand GRAY FACE BRICK for

the Courts of City Hall

MANVFACTUREI) in

GLADDING, McBEAN & CO.Offices: CROCKER BUILDING

Sao Francisco

TRUST & SAVINGS BUILDINGLos Angeles

Factory:

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282 THE ARCHITECT

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, SAN FRANCISCO EDGAK A. MATHEWS, ARCHITECT

The above illustrates a notable example of

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Glazed Roof Tile

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Vol. XII.^°- 5

Published by J A DP.UMMOND Proprietor

CLAKENCE P KANE. Editor

T-iiEArchitect Press

TABLE OF CONTENTSNOVEMBER, 1916

PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS "'"^""^ ^'*"

Anvers'^' LaFleche de la Cathedrale Frontispiece

Pacific Gas & Eledric Co. Building. S. F. Edgar A. Mathews 6667

General Offices

Delails

Office Deiail - Office Detail

Office of Secretary - Detail of Elevator Doors

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church," S. F. Shea 6r Lofquist 71

Looking toward the Altar - Detail of Paintings in Chancel

The Presbyterian Church, Missoula, Mont. Ole Bakke 73

General View • Sealing Arrangemet

J.W Burnes' Residence, Pasadena. Cal. Myron Hunt ErElmer Grey 74

General View - Courtyard

J. W.Burnes' Residence. Pasadena, Cal. Myron Hunt £r Elmer Grey ^^

The Loring Residence. Pasadena, Cal. Myron Hunt

The Loring Residence, Pasadena. Cal. Myron Hunt 76

Garden Deuil - Garden Detail - Garden Stairway

Bard Residence. Hueneme. Cal. Myron Hunt 77

Vifw From From - Detail

Bard Residence. Hueneme. Cal. Myron Hunt 78

First and Second Floor Plans

Residence of Dr. Guy Cochran. Los Angeles M. Hunt 6- E. Grey 79

First Floor Plan - Second Floor Plan

Residence of Dr. Guy Cochran, Los Angeles M. Hunt dr E. Crey 80

General View - Side View from Garden

Review of Our Foreign Contemporaries ° '

Home of John W. Proctor, S. F. Willis Polk £r Company page 323

TYPE PAGES ^"*°' ''''"

285Architedural Terra Cotta

Seattle's New Natatonum ^r-cu ^Qf^

Traveling Exhibit of Washington State Chapter. A. 1. A. G. C. Field 290

Washington Securities Building. Seattle 325

Architeds' Obstacles Being Removed ^j^cj I

32oEditorial ...

Official News of Pacific Coast Chapters, A. I. A. -J^U

Current Notes and Comment

aPubhsh^d in the interes, of the architedural profession, on the firs, of each month, a, 245 M-ion Street^

San Francisco Entered as second class matter August 4, 1911. Subscription price ,n the United States and

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Seattle, Washmgion.

ANVERS — LA FLECHE DE LA CATHEDRALE

T-flEAR(3ifrEcTVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO. NOVEMBER, 1916 NO. 5

A,(jMcniiociuralTsua CottIBl.

IX tlie trend of Imililiiig toward tlio realization of a

fireproof era, arcliitei-tural terra eotta is a mostimportant material and its use has iYicreased in

a remarkalile degree owing to its many admirable

(pialities.

Terra cotta is clay modeled, colored and hurned in

the jirocess of manufacture, and while it is true that

the (Irecks and Houuuis used terra cotta for small

ornamental jiortions of their masonry structures, as

a means for facing whole buildings it is a strictly

modern development.

Every architect today is alive to the demands of

beauty and attractiveness and terra cotta gives a

wonderful op|iortunity for the use of color and orna-

ment. Good construction, next utility, and last deco-

ration are the order in which the design should be

carried out. The last reipiires an artist who is in-

ventive to make the ornament harmonize with the

Chapel at Cypress Lawn Cemetery. San Francisco, Cal. -- T. Patterson Ross, Architecil

285

286 THE ARCHITECT

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pm-jjose of the oljjeft and also decorative in tlie plaee

which it is to occiip}'.

Very little stock terra cotta is made; every |)iece

is made esj^ecially for the building in which it is to

he used and is intended to occui>y a certain place in

that building. Architects are given al)solute freedom

in carrying out their ideas on paper. These sketches

are submitted for bids to various manufacturers;

after the order is placed, the manufacturer prepares

shop drawings showing the construction of the terra

cotta in detail ; then models are made in jilaster or

clay according to the design; from the model a mould

is prejjared and the pieces of terra cotta are i)resse,l

out in hollow clay blocks, having projjer reinforcing

webs. Tliese blocks are dried and the coloring or

glazing material is then applied to them in the form

of a spray, using compressed air to spread the glazing

material evenly over the surface. The blocks are

then set in what is known as a "muffle" kiln, which is

consti-ncted in such a manner that no direct heat can

rciicli the ware. The radiated heat inside the kiln is

raised to over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. From the

kilns the terra cotta is taken to a fitting room, where

it is fitted together in just the form in which it is to

l)e used in the building as shown on the manufactur-

er's drawings. The material is then ready for ship-

ment to the building site. With the exception of the

l)reparation of tlie clay, terra cotta is almost entirely

hand-made.Architectural terra cotta deserves the marked rec-

ognition it is now receiving. First, because it is

durable; it never wears out. To the two forces that

work most potently for the destruction of a building,

fire and water, terra cotta offers the most stubborn

and successful resistance. Being manufactuied under

a terrific heat, it can most successfully withstand the

ravages of a conflagration. By water, properly manu-factured terra cotta is totally undamaged, as the glaze

finish is im])ervious to moisture, while the standard

finish resists its action as well as does lirick.

This material is further excellently adapted to

nioilern building construction liecause it is at once

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strong and light. Ordinarily these two ([ualities are

ineoiisisteut ; the material that is strong is lieavy, andthat whieh is light is weak. The modern skyscraper

demands a material so strong that it ean lie used with

safety under the most exacting reiiuireineuts and so

light that cost of foundation andsuj)erstructure may be reduced to

a miiiinuim. Terra cotta is such a

material and possesses these re-

markable (pialities. In short, it is

all that could be demanded by the

most e.\acting and discriminating

in the way of an ideal material for

use in tiie buildings of the twen-

tieth century.

The first cost of terra cotta is

moderate and it offers unusual

opportunitie.s for eeonomy, as the

finest ornament can be ))ro(luced

at a most reasonable cost. On ai--

count of its lightness of weight, it

is easily and inexpensively han-

dled; and once placed in position,

it is ijermanent, there bi'ing no

u )) k e e p cost such as painting,

(ilazed terra cotta can be washcil

I'lcan with soap and water at anytime and made as goofl as new.

"There is a State in this I'nion

whose coat of arms bears the motto

'Ad astra per aspera,' wordsmeaning 'to the stars throughdidiculties'—to the stars throughadversity, through al>use," says

'I'heodore Starrett in a contempo-raneous publication. "Throughridicule ;—yea, b I e .s s e d are ye

wlien men .shall revile you andsay all manner of evil against

you; rejoice and be exceeding

glail, for great shall be your re-

ward—where? In heaven? No,

right here and now on this twen-

tieth c e u t u r y earth. For that

State has become in the short spanof forty years the most prosper-

ous one in the I'nion."

Mr. Archer Wall Douglas in an

article in the Xew York Trihiair

ha.s something to say about that

State.

"It is its foitUMc that it lia> no

|)ast and that its brief span of his-

tory is but a thing of yesterday.

"So it is sejiarated by a fixed

aii<l im|>assable gulf from all those

things which make up the burdenof the older and more sett led

Pacific Gas &- Eledric Co. Building, '^^i,

Edgar A. Mathews, Architc<a

countries of the world; from the traditions which in

every pliase of social, economic and political life

strangle develoimient and hamper progress; fi-om the

blind, unthinking belief that evils and maladjustmentsmust always be because they always have been, and

from the acceptance of injustice

and wrong because they are sup-

jioscd to be hallowed and sanctified

by time. For the household godsof the ))eople from the beginninghave been ever those of free speech

and independence of thought.

Their ideals are the elemental

dreams and desires of the I'uritan

and jiioneer.

"It is small wonder, therefore,

that at times and oft in the past

they were reckoned as mere fanat-

ics and impracticable enthusiasts

l)y those who did not know andcould not understand. Not so

long ago they were regarded as

tyjiical of all that was unsound in

finance, revolutionary in jiolitics

and unsafe in economics.

" Here let me say i)areiitbctically

that in this state the amount of

luoMcy spent— no, I wim't say

wasted- on liipior in a year is less

than sfS'J.OO pei- capita. ('om])are

this with the average of the entire

union of over $21.00 ))er capita.

This is the State which was laugh-

e 1 at for passitig a law against

the use of public drinking cups.

Xow every State has such a law,

hasn't it :' It is the State wherethere ai'e more automobiles pel-

capitii than in any other.

"But in all time of their pros-

perity, and ill all time of their

tribulation, the|

pie clung with

ileal liless grip to the belief that

ilenioi'racy can live only by con-

stant progress away from the

things of a dead jiast."

Well, you say, what has all that

got to ilii with builders iii' archi-

tects?

.\s 1 am iiilei-ested just now in

the builders I will address my ex-

planation to them.

Denioci'acy in the sense above

means everything that jiertains to

democracy, as for instance, build-

ing. Building in this land of ours

can onl.\' live—Houi'ish free fromdisorders oi' disease—"by con-

stant progi'ess away from the

things of a dead past."

3^8 i^ewB. MARCUS PRITECA. ARCHITECT.

THE Bath of Rome, whose fame comes echoing

down the ages, has been outdone. Modern build-

ers have created in Seattle, Washington, baths

whose comfort and convenience would surpass the

noted baths of ancient times. Modern sanitary science

ha.s added the crowning triumph of cleanliness per-

sonified and the improved art of the manufacture of

terra cotta has not only added beauty, but stability, to

the modern bath.

Seattle's new Natatorium, which is often referred

to as "The Crystal Pool," was erected at a cost of

nearly two hundred thousand dollars. As an invest-

ment it will prove a success, as the aquatic sports are

fast becoming an element to the health-loving public

and physical development. These things have all been

taken into account in the building and equipping of

this new building.

The structure was created by B. Marcus Pretica, a

Seattle architect, in an Italian Renaissance with white,

green and gold. All the ornamentations of the build-

ing are suggestive of water scenes, with a profusion

of starfish, mermaids, water snakes and dolphins,

while immense figures of Neptune surmount the ujiper

cornices of the building on both sides.

As a whole the building is of an ivory white, but

the ornamentation on the pilasters and lower portions

of the structure is made to stand out by having a

background of golden yellow with relief spots of green.

The dolphins above the cornice are also brought out

in the same green.

The design and execution of such an exterior as

that of the Crystal Pool are made possible by the

remarkable developments of the art of manufacturing,

modeling, coloring and burning clay, which has given

to the architectural world the most complete com-

modity with which they can express an unlimited

range of design and color, at the same time retaining

the most minute details.

This material was employed by the ancients for

building purposes. Modern developments in terra

cotta in the United States date back about fifty years,

when modeling blocks of red-burned clay were first

used in the ornamentation of brick or stone buildings.

In recent years the art has developed so that today

InitTior ot Ndi.iio[iuiii. itiiile. showing filled tank -- B. Marcus Prileca, Architcd

288

THE ARCHITECT 289

no structure is complete without emiiloyiiig this mate-

rial for trimming or facing, and often on the interior.

Architectural terra cotta is a strictly made-to-order

material. The plans of the building are delivered to

the manufacturers, who ])repare shop drawings show-

ing the construction of the terra cotta in detail. Amodel is then made in jilaster or in clay of all the

various-shaped blocks that are to be used in the build-

ing. From this model a mold is prepared and the

piece.s of terra cotta are then pressed out in hollow

clay blocks, having proper reinforcing webs.

These blocks are dried and the coloring and glazing

material is then applied to them in the form of a

spray, using compressed air to spread the glazing

material evenly over the surface. The blocks are then

set in what is known as a "muffle" kiln, which is con-

structed in such a manner tliat no direct heat canreach the ware.

The radiated heat inside the kiln is raised to over

2,000 degrees P'ahrenheit. From the kilns the terra

cotta is taken to a fitting room, where it is fitted to-

gether in .just the form in wliich it is to be used in

the l)uilding. Each piece is given an individual num-ber, indicating its exact location in the building, as

shown on the manufacturer's drawings. The material

is then ready for shiimient to the building site. Willi

the excejition of the jireparation of the clay, terra

cotta is almost entirely hand-made.

In producing the exterior of the Natatorium, over

fire hintdrcd different shapes and sizes of blocks wereused, while tlie total number of pieces of terra cotta

employed was over seven thousand eight hundred.

The terra cotta has what is known as the glazed finish.

The science of ])roducing this finish is of very recent

development, while the art of burning more than one

color onto a single block at a temperature that will

withstand the ravages of the elements is the very

latest accomplishment. It is known as the production

of iiolychronie (or many color) ware.

The material is absolutely iiermanent. Soap andwater applied to it refresh it and make it as good as

new at any time, just as window glass of any age,

after being washed, is as good as the day it was made.

Architect Pretica ih'serves the credit for the con-

ce])tion of the ideas carried out in the Natatorium,but the Northern Clay Company, of Aul>urn, AVash-

iiigton, executed the terra cotta. They have been in

this l)usiiiess for the last ten vears.

Interior of Naiatorium, Seattle, showing filled tank -- B. Marcus Pnteca, Archite^

Tra^ hxiriiabit shiegtoe Stale Chsipleir Ao L A,By C. C. FIELD, of HOWELLS £r STOKES, ARCHITECTS

BELIEVING that the general public in interested

in architecture, the Washington Chapter of the

American Institute of Architects, through the

efforts of its Exhibition Committee, has arranged a

traveling exhibit of

photographs ofwork designed andconstructed underthe direction of its

members.

The purposes of

the exhibit are to

impress the public

with the nature andvariety of workdone in the State

of Washington, to

show them that

within its towns andcities there are

many well-designed

buildings, and bythus attracting themcreate an interest in

architecture.

This interest wehope to furtherstimulate by future

exhibits and 1 e c -

tures. We want to

give the public a

thorough under-

standing of whatthe architect does,

his years of train-

ing, his ability not

only to producewell - planned andbeautiful houses,but to so designcommercial struc-

tures, that through

h i s knowledge of

planning the proper

relation between in-

vestment and i n

-

come may be main-

tained. We want to

show them what the

architect does in re-

turn for liis com-

mission.

The exhibit has

been gotten up on

screens three by six

feet in size, with

wood frame enclos-

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by W. R, B. Willcox, Architeta

ral colored burlap over compo board. The photo-

graphs are mounted on these panels, each memberbeing limited to one panel. Across the top is a gen-

eral title, "Exhibit of the Washington State Chapterof the American In-

stitute of A r c h i -

tects." Each exhib-

itor's name appearsin small lettering on

his screen. We havefifteen screens whichhave been placed in

the Seattle Public

Library.

The committee hasarranged a circuit

over which the ex-

hibit will travelover forty townsand cities of the

State, including Se-

attle, Tacoma, Spo-ka n e , Bellingham,

Olympia, etc. Theywill be shown at the

public libraries, the

commercial clubrooms and in someof the high schools,

and will remainfrom a week to ten

days in each town.

The frames are all

in the same color;

the photographs are

brown prints, as are

the general and sub-

titles. This general

color scheme of

l)rown photographsand frames makes a

very favorable im-

pression u)ion the

oliserver.

( )ne of the general

features of this plan

is to e d u c a t e the

general public's

views of the better

type of architectui'e

w h i c h can be hadfrom the profession

in the S t a t c of

Washington ; a I s o

the advisability of

securing this service

of established archi-

tects in building.

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REVIEW OF OUP. FOREIGN CONTEMPORARIES

"THE AKClliriX.TLH.tl. REI lEII"

Cenler view represents design for Thames Bridge

Upper and lower panels are decorative paintings

Home of John W. Procior, S.n Francisco -- Will.s Polk and Company, Archilea«

Washingtomi Sa.curiiia<s BiuiiMmg ,©o

FRANK P. ALLEN. Jr., ARCHITECT

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THIS Inuldiug is the first unit of au office and store

structure, contemplated by the owners, to be

erected on their projierty between Third and

Fourth Avenues and Stewart and Virginia Streets, in

the city of Seattle. The ground site is three hundred

and sixty feet along the Third Avenue side and two

hundred and thirty-two feet on the Stewart Street

side. This jiresent unit occupies, approximately,

eighty-five by one hundred feet, and is about one-

tenth of the entire comjileted Imilding.

The owners are known as The Washington Securi-

ties Conii)auy: J. W. Clise, president; C. J. Smith and

(i. F. Stone, vice-presidents; and L. S. Brockway,

secretary and manager. This

company is also the owner of

several other down-town Seat-

tle pro|)erties. Mr. Frank Al-

len, of Seattle, was the design-

ing architect for this building.

The Securities Buildingstands upon the crest of the

hill in the new business center

of Seattle, and at a i)oint wliere

Third Avenue makes a turn,

leaving this building visible all

the way uj) Third Avenue from

the south. It is the most mod-

ern type of firepioof construc-

tion, being built with a steel

frame and reinforced concrete

floor slabs. Construction proper

was started about a year ago,

but the foundation was placed

a year prior to that and allowcil

to stand for about nine months

befoie the erection of the super-

structure.

The facing of the exterior is

the fii-st thing that interests file

))ulilic, as it is by this that the

whole charactiM- of the building

is judged. For this reason the far-sighted builder gives

a most careful consideration to the securing of an exte-

rior tiiat will be jjleasing and attractive. There is only

one material that meets all the re(|uirements for facing

a modern building and that is architectnriil terra cotta.

By its use any desiied coloring can be secured; it is

fireproof, will outlast the natural stone and is nuich

lighter in weight. In addition to this, it only re(piires

an api)lication of soaj) and water to clean it and renew

it at any time. The owners therefore decided to face

the exterior with .Vorthern t'lay Company's satin

finish glaze terra cotta, relieved by a few ornamental

green panels. There is no jarring note and the struc-

ture is receiving an unusual amount of attention from

the ))ublic on this account alone. The production of

glazed terra cotta has been j)erfected during the past

fifteen years. The color scheme of the buildings at

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Frank P Allen, Archiled

the Panama-Pacific International Exposition made a

most favorable impression and greatly stinmlated the

desire to reproduce similar effects in permanent form.

This means the use of )iolychrome effects in terra cotta.

There is a very spacious entrance from Third Ave-nue, with a lobby eighteen feet wide extending back

to the eight elevators, three of which are installed for

this unit. They are the Otis, two-to-one traction,

high-s])eed machines. There is also another entrance

to the elevator loliby from the Stewart Street side.

The entrance lobby jiresents a most pleasing ap-

jiearance. The floors are of Rust's mosaic tile, con-

structed with an orange-colored field, having a greenand black border. The walls

are wainscoted with Mexicanonyx, over a base of verde andanti(|Ue marble. The lialance of

the walls and all the ceilings

are finished in an ivory white

monotone. The ni)])ei- corri-

dors are finished with terrazzo

floors, having a mosaic border.

The walls are wainscoted with

dark-veined Alas k a marble.

The interior finish thri)u,gliout

the building is Philippine ma-hogany, making a rich combina-tion with the floors and marblewainscot.

The office lighting is a de-

cided departui'c from ordinary

methods, as each office unit has

six dii-ect light outlets about

seven feet apart. These will

give a very even and shadow-less illumination. In addition,

each unit has two baseboard re-

ceptacles for desk lights or

other pnr|)oses.

The halls and corridors are

lighted with si)heres, hemis-

|)hei-es and bowls of oi'iiate design and in kee))ing

with the architecture. The main entrance is lighted

fi'om illuminated art glass ceiling panels.

The building is warmed by an overhead, two-jiiiie

vacuum system of heating. All liuHatois arc hungfi'om the side walls under windows, and the pipe

connections are {'oncealed behind the baseboard, mak-ing a clean and very .sanitary installation. Steam is

derived from the public service mains and the con-

densation is used in a condensation tank for pre-

heating the domestic hot water. This is further

heated by an automatic hot watei- generator.

There are six men's toilets and three women'stoilets. All water closets are of the wall-hanging,

syphon jet type, with extended lip and crescent-

shaped seat, and are operated l>y a push button type

of flush valve.

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326 THE ARCHITECT

PACIFIC" MODEL BATHROOM "A"

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RCHITECTS here on the coast have worked at a

serious disadvantage for many years. While the

more fortunate Eastern architects have been able

to profit by the suggestions and advice of well-posted

manufacturers, and even have much of their detail han-

dled by the service departments of these manufacturers,

Pacific Coast architects have been separated by manymiles from such advice and service.

They have had to rely almost entirely upon them-

selves, working with the added disadvantage of uncer-

tain deliveries, making their position with clients em-l)arrassing at times.

During the last few years this situation has changed.

Large factories have lieen erected here, and are render-

ing architects the same service that the Eastern archi-

tects have been receiving.

As a particular example let us take the largest

manufacturers of plumbing fixtures on the Coast, the

"Pacific" Plumbing Fixtures Conii)anies, of San Fran-cisco and Richmond.

This company operates three large factories at Rich-

mond, California. It manufactures a complete line of

Vitreous Chinaware and Porcelain Enameled Ironware,

consisting of bathtubs, lavatories, closets, kitchen andlaundry sinks, drinking fountains, trays, etc.

The Pacific Coast architects have been quick to take

advantage of the complete service that this organization

offers.

Let us <|uickly run over a few of the more imixirtant

|ioints.

\Vlienever an architect is too busy to bother with

details, the "Pacific" Plumbing Fixtures Comiianiesattends to the detail of writing and checking specifica-

tions. This com])any has on hand detailed information

on all subjects which relate to ))luml)ing. They readily

furnish this information to all architects.

The convenient location of the "Pacific" factories

enables them to make quick deliveries, and jirduipt re-

placements in case of breakage.

Special designs are made whenever they are needed.

The location of the factories enables the arcliitect to

sui)ervise the work if he so desires.

Their showroom is conveniently located at (i7 NewMontgomery Street, op])osite the Palace Hotel. Manyai-('hitccls send or bring their clients there so that they

will (|uickly decide just what fixtures they wish specified

The enormous business of the "Pacific" PlumbingFixtures Companies seems to be due mainly to a strict

THE ARCHITECT 327

adherence to the policy outlined in their slogan—"Qual-ity and Design Brand the Entire 'Pacific' Line."The fact that "Pacific" plumbing fixtures have been

installed in so many large buildings speaks well of their

uniform high (juality.

Among its installations are listed San Francisco's

City Hall, the Hobart Building, the Flat Iron Building,

Hotel Plaza, and a long list of school buildings, ajiart-

ments, hotels, offices and private dwellings.

The service that this company gives is typical of manyother local finus, which are relieving the architect of

many of the extra burdens that he has been forced to

carry.

Xote.—Bathrooms shown are from "Pacific" Plunili-

ing Fixtures Catalogue C. A copy of this catalogue

can be obtained by addressing this company at (i7 XcwMontgomery Street, San Francisco.

PACIFIC" MODEL BATHROOM -D"

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View in garden, the Loring residence, Pasadena " Myron Hunt, archiled. Maude Daggett, sculptor

E'dilorml,

WE herewith make preliminary announcement of

a competition to be conducted in accordance with

the rules and regulations of the American Insti-

tute of Architects for a brick home of moderate cost,

open to contestants in all sections of the West. Cashpi'izes will be awarded the winners.

The designs will be judged by meml)ers of the archi-

tectural profession representing the several Pacific

Coast Chapters of the American Institute of Archi-

tects.

The comjilcte ]irogram, with r<'i|uireinents, form of

construction and facts relative to the kind and size

of drawings recjuired, is being j^reparcd by olTicials of

the San Francisco Chapter, and will be published in

the December issue of The Archit?;(t.

Judging from the interest generally manifested in

this comijetition and the endorsement it has received

from otlicials of all Western ('ha|)tcrs, it is assured

that a large number of designs will lie submitted.

The winning designs will be imblishcd in a special

issue of The Architect; and it is also j)lanned to

ipublish a considerable number of the designs in l)ook

form for the brick manufacturers.

The Fiftieth Annual Convention of the American

Institute of Architects will convene in Minneapolis,

Minnesota, on W^ednesday, Decemlier (i, l!)1(i, for a

meeting of two or three days.

This convention, i)erhaps more than any previous

one, will be devoted to the consideration of topics of

broad public interest. A special session will be given

up to a constructive discussion of Government meth-

ods in public building work, and another to architec-

tural e(hication in our universities.

The Hoard of Directors of the Institute, and the

^Minnesota Chapter, cordially invite the architects of

the country, as members of the profession and regard-

less of Institute affiliation, to attend the convention

and take ])art in its proceedings.

The officials of tlie several Pacific Coast Chapters

of the American Institute of Architects have been

asked to extend their endeavors to secure a large

attendance of architects from the W^estern section.

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THE ARCHITECT 329

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\^0U eliminate the possibility

of costly and vexatious delays

by specifying "pacific" Plumb-

in": Fixtures.

The convenient location of the

three "(pacific" Factories enables

us to make quick deliveries

to all Pacific Coast Points.

When special fixtures are re-

(piired vvc liasten even manufac-

turing j)rocesses— with as muchadditional speed as can be put

into ihem without lowering the

high (|iialily which all (pacific"

Plumbing Fixtures must attain.

Main Offices and Showrooms

67 New Montgomery St.,

San Francisco. Cal.

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Plumbing Fixturesl'\iclitrips

Richmf)n<l,

California

C:ia aw.s of Padfic Coasi Qiaulcri, A. I. A.

led is the Official Organ ©f theian Francisco Chapter, Southern Czdiforma

Chapter and Washington State

Chapter, A. I. A.

The regular minutes of meetings of all Pacific CoastChapters of the American Institute of Architects are

puijlished on this page each month,

San Francisco Cliaftcr, 1S81—President, Edgar A. Math-ews, 251 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal. Secretary,

Morris M. Bruce, Flood Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Chairman of Committee on Public Information, WilliamMooser, Nevada Bank Building. Chairman of Committeeon Competition, William B. Faville, Balboa Building, SanFrancisco. Date of Meetings, third Thursday of everymonth ; Aimual, October.

Southern California Chapter, 1894—President, J. E. Alli-

son, 1405 Hibernian Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Secretary, A. R.Walker, 1402 Hibernian Building, Los .Angeles, Cal. Ciiairman of

Committee on Information, W. C. Penncll, Wright & Callender Build-

ing. Los Angeles. Date of Meetings, second Tuesday : except Julyand .August at Los .Angeles.

Oregon Chapter, 1911— President, Joseph Jacobberger, Board ofTrade Building. Portland, Ore. Secretary, W. C. Knighton. 307-300Tilford Building. Portland, Ore. Chairman of Committee on PublicInformation. Joseph Jacobijerber. Date of Meetings, third Thursdayof every month at Portland ; .\nnual. October.

Washington State Chapter, 1894— President, Charles H. Bebb, Seattle.

'^'occcu'*

First Vice-President, Daniel R. Huntington, Seattle. SecondVice-President, George Gove, Tacoma. Third Vice-Presi-dent, L. L. Rand, Spokane. Secretary. .'K. H. .Albertson,

Seattle. Treasurer. Ellsworth P. Storey, Seattle. Counsel,Charles H. Alden. Date of Meetings, first Wednesday, ex-cept July, August and September at Seattle, except one in

spring at Tacoma. Annual, November.

The American Institute of Architects— The Octagon,Washington, D. C. Officers for 1915 : John LawrenceMauran, St. Louis. Mo. ; First Vice-President, C. GrantLa Farge, New York City, N. Y. ; Second Vice-President,

Milton B. Medary. Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. ; Secretary, Burt L.

Fenner, New York City, N. Y. ; Treasurer, D. Everett Ward, i MadisonAve., New York City, N. Y.

Board of Directors for One J'l-iic—Walter Cook, 3 West 2itth Street,

New York City: Octavius Morgan, 1136, 1. N. Van Nuys Building, Los.'Angeles, Cal.

;' W. R. B. Wilcox. 400 Boston Block. Seattle. Wash.For Tico Years—Charles A. Coolidge. 122 .-Kmes Building. Boston,Mass. ; Charles .\. Favrot, 505 Perrin Building, New Orleans, La.

;

Elmer C. Jensen, 1401 New York Life Building, Chicago, 111. ForThree Years—Edwin H. Brown. 716 Fourtli .Avenue. Minneapolis.Minn. ; Ben J. Lubschez. Reliance Building. Kansas City. Mo. : HoraceWells Sellers, 1301 Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

Minutes of San Francisco ChapterOctober 19, 1916; The .Antnial Meeting of the San Francisco Chapter

of the American Institute of .Architects was held at the Palace Hotelon Thursday afternoon, October 19, 1916. Tlie meeting was called toorder by the President, Mr. W. B. Faville. at 4:15 p. m.Forty members were present.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting licld on September 21, 1916.

were read and approved.

Standing Committees: The following standing connnittees submittedtheir annual written reports, which were ordered received and placedon lile: San Francisco Sub-Committee on Competitions, Conmiittee onRcl.'itions with Contractors' .-VfTairs. Committee on Relations withHome Industry League and Committee on Relations with Chamber ofCommerce.Reports of Ofhccrs: The Secretary read the annual report of the

Board of Directors and of the Secretary and Treasurer, both of wliichwere ordered received and placed on lile.

The Chair appointed Messrs. Bruce and Bakewell :i committee toaudit the books of the Secretary.

The President read liis annual report, which was ordered receivedand placed on hie

SPECIAL COMMITTEK.S

Committee lo Attend the Third California Conference on City Plan-ning: Written reports were submitted by both Messrs. l-'aville and'Cheney, which were ordered received and placed on tile.

Committee lo Consider Proposed Revision of Institute Constitutionand By-Lau's: Mr. Howard for the Committee to Consider the Pro-posed Revision of the Institute Constitution and By-Laws, submitteda written report recommending the endorsement of the revision aspropo.sed in the accompanying papers. This report w:is also orderedreceived and placed on lile.

Communicotions: From Mr. William W. Tyrie. chairman of theCommittee on .'\rningemonts of the A. I. .\., regarding accommoda-tions, transportrition, etc., for the delegates to the ,\nmi:d Conventionat Minneapolis in December: from the National Tube Com])any in remotion pictures. "From Ore to Finished National Pipe"; from' W. S.Scott, secretary of the .\uto Team and Truck .Association, relative toa raise in the price of teaming and grading: from Mr Edgar M.Lazarus regarding his resignation from the S;m Francisco Chapter;from Mr. Maurice Couchot relative to a meeting between the Struc-tural Engineers and the Chapter for the purpose of revising the build-ing laws of San Francisco, also a copv of the minutes of the meetingheld on September :28. 1916; from Mr. K. C. Kentper. Executive Sec-retary of the A. I. .\. enclosing "credential cards" for the delegatesto the .Annual Convention: from Building Material Exhibit relative toan architectural exhibit to be held in November: from The .Architect

suggesting the appointment by the Chapter of a committee to select

matter for illustration and publication in its pages; from Mr. W. L.

Woollett relative to the presentation of lantern slides for a lecture.

Netv Business: .AH communications were referred to the Board of

Directors with power to act.

Mr. F-avillc. on behalf of the Chapter, presented to Mr. Schnait-

tachcr the retiring Secretary, a handsome desk clock as a testimony

of the Chapter's appreciation for his long service.

Election of Officers: The next order of business was the election of

officers for the ensuing year.

Ballots liaving been prepared containing the names of the nominees,

the members proceeded to cast their ballots and Messrs. Schulze and

Wright were appointed tellers to count the ballots. The b.allots having

been counted, tlie Chair announced that the following had been elected

tip serve the Cliapter for the ensuing year; Mr. Edgar .A. Mathews, as

Presiilent: Mr, Sylvain Schnaittachcr. as Vice-President: Mr. Morris

M. Bruce, as Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. W. B. Faville and Mr. G. .A.

Wright, as Trustees.

The new officers were duly installed. Mr. Mathews taking the chair.

The thanks of the Chapter were voted to the retiring officers.

.\omination of Delegates: It w-as duly moved, seconded and carried

that all eligible Institute members be declared nominees of the Chap-

ter as delegates to the next Institute Convention.

Additional Business: Announcement was made that the MousingCommission would meet at San Diego, November i:itli to 17th, to

consiiler the new Tenement House Law.

.Idjounnnent: There being no further business before the Cliapter,

tile meeting .-idjounied ;it 5 :45 p. m.

Subject lo approval 1916.

Morris M. Bki'CF.,

Secretary.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, ETC,

The activities i>f the Ch.ipter <hiring the past year h:ive lieeii largely

along ediic,ation;d lines, and in endeavoring to uphold tlie Code of

IClhics anil the Competition Code of the In.stitute.

Its aim has been to establish amicable relations and to put itself in

close touch with other important organizations and officials.

Ten members have been .ulded to the Chapter roll and fifty-seven

members have been advanced from Chapter to Institute membership.

In upholiling the Competition Code, the Chapter has called liefore

its oHici.ils all ineniliers wlio have transgressed in regard to work of

a pulilic nature, but in regard to private work the officials have pur-

posely ignored taking recognition of any transgression.

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THE ARCHITECT 331

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332 THE ARCHITECT

The officials are loath to admit that many of the prominent mem-bers do not heed the mandate of the Institute, wherein it states "that

a competition exists when two or more architects submit drawings at

the same time for a prospective piece of work," nor do they heed the

other mandate of the Institute "that no member shall enter an unau-thorized competition and that all competitions shall state in the pro-

gram that it has been approved by the sub-committee of the Institute."

The officers regret that during the past year fourteen members havebeen called before the Board for participating in unauthorized compe-titions. Most of the offenses were found to be committed throughcarelessness or ignorance, and all of the members so brought before

the Chapter have agreed to hereafter refrain from taking part in anyunauthorized competition, and so far as known they have lived up to

this promise.During the last year the Chapter has established the practice of

writing programs and furnishing judges for small competitions, andtind that this is a much-desired and successful method of securing

good programs where the expense of an adviser is prohibitory. It is

strongly recommended that during the coming year this same pro-

cedure be adopted and vigorously pursued, endeavoring to extend the

influence of the Chapter with school boards and town officials, until

they realize the help which the Chapter can be to them and the

advantage that a clean competition has over those competitions whichcontain "loaded dice."

The Chapter discourages competitions in general, but if this is foundimpracticable, them it urges the adoption of the principles of the Code.

DISCOURAGING EXHIBITIONS

A successful architectural exhibition has just been held in the Audi-torium at Oakland, to which the officials of the Chapter reluctantly

gave their permission and did so only to avoid a financial loss to thosemembers who organized the exhibition. A motion should prevail dis-

couraging and denying the right to hold any exhibition which is

financed largely by contributions from contractors. If the profession

cannot afford to finance its own exhibition, then for its own dignity

it is better not to have any.

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE YEAR

Two meetings of the Chapter have been devoted to the discussion

of phases of city planning, one meeting to the feasibility of preservingportions of the Exposition, and one meeting to the talk of GutzonBorglum, the American sculptor.

The Chapter entertained the officials of the Institute during their

meeting in this city, which proved of inestimable value to the Chapter.Not to be forgotten is the evening that was devoted to a dinner and

play given jointly by the members of the San Francisco Architectural

Club and the Chapter in the studio building of Mr. Zeile. This meet-ing certainly set a high-water mark for fellowship between the twoorganizations.

AIIVISABILITV OF CONTINUING PRESENT POLICY OF CHAPTER

A summary of the activities of the Chapter during the past yearleaves me with the belief that before the organizations during the

coming year lies need of much constructive and earnest work.There is no doubt that the Chapter is in excellent condition to

accomplish work of this character if it will exert its united efforts.

It is in a position to receive the support and to give support toofficial movements belonging to the city and the State.

There is need, however, of closer harmony between the Chapter andthe City Department and the establishment of relations which will

allow of the revision of the city building laws and city planning laws.The Chapter should be instrumental in establishing a State Art

Commission and define clearly its duties.

The Chapter should lend its aid in furthering the act to create aBureau of City Planning, which is now before the Senate. The dutiesof this Bureau are to render assistance to the various city planningcommissions scattered throughout the State, along educational, legis-

lative and legal lines.

MEMBERSHIP

It is gratifying to know that fifty-seven members of the Chapterhave been advanced to Institute membership. This membership carrieswith it the responsibility of upholding the Institute ideals and Codeand automatically transfers any judiciary power which the Chapterholds to the Institute. The officials feel that the activities of the yearhave been wisely spent in the endeavor to enlighten the new membersas to their added responsibility.

RELATION OF THE CHAPTER TO THE INSTITUTE AND OTHER AFFILIATED

BODIES

The relation of the Chapter to the Institute is on a happy footing.It is in close accord and sympathy with the parent organization.A fine co-operative spirit exists between the San Francisco Chapter

and that of California, Oregon and Washington; these organizationsare beginning to realize that unison of action can exert a powerfulinfluence in architecture upon the Pacific Coast.A happy harmony exists between the Chapter and the San Fran-

cisco Architectural Club, which has again been cemented through theagency of the Chapter in securing a gift of tlie books used bj' thePanama-Pacific International Exposition Company during the con-structive period of the Exposition. These books are to be enclosedin a suitable ca.'ie and will be installed in the Club free of expense to

the members. The Exposition authorities paid in the neighborhood of$2,400 for this library at wholesale prices, and they make this gift to

the Chapter as trustees for the San Francisco Architectural Club.At the close of my term as the President of your Chapter, I would

like to make an appeal for the co-operation of those members whohave given .scanty support to the organization, for we all must realize

that the aims and efforts of the Institute and its various Chapters areof a broad and lasting kind which is for the advancement of the pro-fession in general : that it is not for the individual advancement or thebenefit of a favored few.

It is a happy privilege of each member who has the interest of theprofession at heart to look past the small prejudices which may clingto any set of officials who are changing from year to year, and it is

also the privilege of each man to put his shoulder to the wheel.I beg to acknowledge the debt I owe to the other officials of the

Chapter, and to the activities of the various committees without whoseearnest and faithful work there could have been no progress duringthe year.

W. B. Faville,

President S. F. Chapter of the A. I. A.

limiiiites of Soiutlhem California Chapter

MINUTES OF THE NINETY- NINTH MEETING

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Southern California Chapter ofthe American Institute of Architects was held at the Clark Hotel, onTuesday, October 10, 1916.

The meeting was called to order at 7 :45 p. m. by President S. TildenNorton.The following members were present : D. C. Allison. John C. Austin,

J. J. Backus. S. O. Clements, F. P. Davis, P. A. Eisen. W. E. Erkes,Lyman Farwcll, H. W. Glidden, F. D. Hudson, John P. Krempel.A. C. Martin. S. B. Marston, S. T. Norton. H. M. Patterson. T. F.

Power. A. F. Rosenheim, F. L. Stiff. A. R. Walker. August Wacker-barth, Wm. H. Willson.As guests of the Chapter were present: W, E, Prine, of the South-

west Contractor, and Harry lies and John Bowler, of the Builder andContractor.The minutes of the ninety-eightli meeting were read and approved,

as corrected. The President, Mr. S. Tilden Norton, presented theannual address, followed by the annual report of tiie Secretary. Thesereports were ordered spread upon the minutes of the meeting.The Treasurer's annual report was next presented and the follow-

ing Auditing Committee appointed to check the same: F. L. Stiff,

H. VV. Glidden and T. F. Power.Awaiting the report of the Auditing Committee, the annual report

of the Board of Directors was rea<l by Mr. J. J. Backus, and likewiseordered spread upon the minutes of the meeting. The President nextcalled upon the various standing committees of the year for annualreports, and these were read as follows:For the Membership Committee, Mr. F. P. Davis; for the A. I. A.

Sub-Committee on Ethics and Practice. Mr. P. A. Eisen; for the Com-mittee on Permanent Legislation, report was rendered by Mr, J. J.

Backus and by Mr. G. E. Bergstrom; for the A. I. A. Sub-Committee

on Education, report was rendered by Mr. D. C. Allison: for theCommittee on Contracts and Specifications, report was rendered byMr. A. C. Martin; in the absence of Mr. H. F. Withey. no report wasrendered on the work of the City Planning Committee.Copies of these reports were delivered to the Secretary, and were

ordered filed in the records of the Chapter.Report was next rendered by the Auditing Committee that the

Treasurer's report was in all respects correct, and this report was alsoordered spread upon the minutes of the meeting.

Communications were next read as follows

:

From C. H. Whitaker. advising the President of this Chapter thatthe itinerary of a trip proposed by him would bring him into LosAngeles from November fith to 9th. and requesting that this Chapterarrange if possible our Xovembcr meeting to accommodate these dates.

Replying to this comnumication. the President notified Mr. Whitakerth.'it the N'()vemlier meeting would be held on November 7th. and afurther comnumicatinn was read from Mr. Whitaker acknowledgingwith thanks the change of date.

From Mr. Burt L. Fenner. Secretary of the American Institute ofArchitects, advising Institute members as to their privileges in nomi-nating officers at the coming convention.From M. D. Everett Wade, Treasurer of the American Institute

of Architects, outlining the plan for equalizing the expenses of dele-gates attending Institute conventions. Discussion on this matter wasdeferred until the appointment of the Chapter delegates.From J. A. Drummond. publisher of The .Architect, a San Fran-

cisco architectural journal, requesting the appointment of The Archi-tect as the official organ for the Chapter, the comnnmication furtheradvising the Chapter that the San Francisco Chapter, together withthat of Washington, had already taken similar action to that requestedof this Chapter.

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A motion was made, duly seconded, that the matter be deferreduntil the following meeting. A substitute motion was made, dulyseconded and carried, that the request be granted, and that TheArchitect become the official organ of the Southern California

Chapter.Nomination and election of officers were next in order. Mr. John C.

Austin, seconded by Mr. Lyman Farwell. placed the name of Mr.

J. E. Allison in nomination for President. Upon motion made, dulyseconded, and carried, nominations were declared closed and the Sec-retary was instructed to cast the ballot. The Secretary thereuponannounced the unanimous election of Mr. J. K. Allison as Presidentfor the ensuing year.

In the absence of Mr. J. K. Allison. Past President S. TildenNorton retained the chair-

Mr. A. C. Martin, seconded by Mr. H. M. Patterson, nominatedMr. J. J. Backus to the office of Vice-President. Upon motion made.duly seconded and carried, nominations were declared closed and the

Secretary instructed to cast the ballot, whereupon Mr. J. J. Backuswas declared unanimously elected.

For Secretary, Mr. John P. Krcmpel. seconded by Mr. Wackerliarih,nominated A. R. Walker for Secretary. Upon motion made, duly sec-

onded and carried, nominations were closed and the Treasurer in-

structed to cast the ballot. Whereupon A. R. Walker was declaredunanimously elected.

For Treasurer, Mr. F. D, Hudson, seconded by Mr. Farwell, nomi-nated Mr. .\ugust Wackerbarih. After motion made, duly secondedand carried, nominaliims were declared closed and Mr, VVackerl)arth

was declared unanimously elected for Treasurer, during the ensuingyear.

Nominations were ne.\t in order for the one year unexpired term of

Mr. J. J. Backus, as Director, and for the three-year term madevacant by the expiration of the term of Mr. J. J. Blick.

The following name-, were placed in luunination and duly sec<mded :

S. B. Marston, Kdwin Bcrgstrom, Lyman Farwell, Percy A. Fisen,

D. C. Allison.

Upon motion made, duly seconded and carried, nominations weredeclared closed and vote was ordered to pr<H:eed by ballot. Tellersdistributed blank ballots among members and such ballots returnedtallied as follows: S. B. Marslon. 11; P. A. Fisen. II; 1). C. AlliMm.8; Edwin Bergstrom. 4: Lyman Farwell. 4.

Whereupon the Chair announced the election of Mr S. B. Marstonand Mr. Percy A. Fisen as Directors in the Chapter. Mr. Marslondrew the short term, or the one-year unexpired term of Mr. J. J.

Backus, and Mr. P. A. Fisen the three-year term.The election of delegates to the coming convention was next in

order. The following were elected by acclamation after having beenduly nominated and seconded by members present: :\. C. Martin,S. T. Norton. J. J. Backus. J H- Allis.m and A. R. Walker.For alternates, the following were elected by acclamation after

having been duly nominated and seconded: {''rank Hudson, A. F.

Rosenheim, John P. Krempel, Robt. i*"ar<|uhar, H. M. Patterson.

The meeting adjourned at 1(>;;I0 p. m.

(Signed) A. R. Wai.kkh,

St'crclory.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

In pre>iiilmg the annual rept»rt of ihi.- I'rrsithnt for your consid-eration, let tis quote from the Constitution of the Southern CaliforniaChapter of the .\merican Institute of .Architects, as to the nhjcets ofthis organization: "To unite in fellow-.hiii the architects of SouthernCalifornia, and to combine their efforts so as to promote the artistic.

scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession; to cultivate thestudy of the kimlred arts, and to carry on the work of the Institute."

This district, which now embraces the Slate of Arizona, offers anexcellent liehl fr<mi which to buihl up and maintain a successfulorganization. In order to encourage and maintain the interest of out-of-town members. Chapter meetings shriuld be held occasionally in

Pasadena. San Diego, Santa Barbara, or in some intermediate andconvenient point, where a meeting of a unique order could be held.This would not <»nly stimulate the interest of our own members, butat the same time give those architects practicing away from the citv

an opportunity to attend our meetings and see what kin<l of an organi-zation we have, and realize tliat it is a live one.To those members of this Chapter who are eligible to membership

in the Institute, and have nru liled their applications with Mr. Rosen-heim, it is urgently requested that they do so immediately. Member-ship in the Institute means not only representation in the AnnualConvention, but advancement of prestige of the Southern CaliforniaChapter, in the parent organization. It determines the caliber of its

members.Are we satistied to follow mediocrely or are we determined to in-

crease our percentage and take a foremost position in the makeup ofthe Institute It is up to each and every one individually to do hispart in making this the banner Chapter, firstly of the Pacific Coast,and then of the Institute itself.

Are we doing our share to promote the artistic, scientific and prac-tical efficiency of the profession?

While the past year does not shine forth brilliantly in achievement,we may at least say that the coming year begins to look full of prom-ise. For an artistic, practical and intelligent consideration of thenmnicipal building problems that confront this community, we haveappointed a City Planning Committee consisting of H. F. Withey.chairman, together with Messrs. D. C. Allison, A. C. Martin, RobertFarquhar, and C. F. Skilling, who have been at work in co-operationwith other civic organizations, also with the City Council and Boardof Supervisors, laying their lines so as to be in readiness at the propermoment to prepare the way for the proper handling of these problems,so that the architects of this city shall take a foremost part in their

consunnnation instead of following in the wake of other organizationswhich, while they may have the welfare of the community at heart,

are not logically entitled to dictate how these problems shall becarried out.

A matter of importance tending to the development and dissemina-tion of knowledge along scientific lines has been inaugurated by the

Joint Committee of Technical Societies. A weekly luncheon has beenplanned at which all members of the seven technical societies repre-sented are iiuited to attend. Each sfX'iety in turn will be expected to

furnish a speaker for the occasion, and matters of mutual interest will

be discussed. It is hoped that members of this Chapter will fre-

c|uently avail themselves of this opportunity to meet and form a closerbond of fellowship with men whose interests are so closely allied witli

ours. This modest beginning may ultimately result in the formationof a greater technical society.

The Chapter must not forget its obligation to the Landmarks Clubof California, in the formation of its first cloister, "The Cloister ofSan Fernando." Messrs. Sumner P. Hunt and Arthur S. Benton areat work upon a plan which will start the work of preservation of that

fine old adobe building.

.\t a conference held at Riverside a few months ago, our Chapterwas entrusted with the task of calling together the representatives offour oilier societies: Tlie Engineers and Architects' .Association, thePioneers' Society, the Fbell .ind bViday Morning Clubs, in whosehands rests the organization of this cloister. They must raise the

necessary funds from year to year, to carry on the work of rebuildingthis historical landmark, until it shall finally stand forth cimiplete in

all its ancient grandeur.During the past year there has been quite an upheaval among the

building trailes associations, and the Chapter has been called upon toshow its good will and lend its moral support first to one organiza-tion, then to another. Until the building contractors, material men.and sub-contractors have settled their differences, and have arrived at

a belter understanding among them.selves. they can hardly expect to

arrange harmonious and more perfect operating conditions betweencontractor and architect.

Vou b.ive heard it stated that seventy-five |kt cent of the buildingserected in this community are from plans that never saw the inside ofan architect's office, nor were under his supervisitm. You know whattliis means and what the inevitable result will be.

The general contractor places the blame on the architect, wlio in

turn feels that the public are dishonoring the most ancient professionof architecture.

It is only through a persistent campaign of education, on our part,

that these conditions will be improved and buiUling operations bediverted from various others into the hands of legitimate architects.

Since the Board of Directors of the Institute have put into effect

a plan for equalizing the expenses of delegates to the Institute Con-vention, the Chapter will be called upon to meet an annual tax ofabout two hundred dollars, which must be paid into the Institute

treasury before our delegates are entitled to a vote in the convention.Our tre.isury has never been Imrdened with a surplus of funds.

l*"ortunately your H()ard of Directors took strenuous measures for thecollection of the delinquent dues standing upon the books of theChapter. We can boast today that all our previous inilstanding obli-

gations have been met, and there is still a healthy balance with whichto meet future nee<ls, inchuliiig llie delegate tax which is now due.The h'iftii -Annual Architectural l'".Nhii)ition was hebl in the rooms

of the Metropolitan Exhibit. an<l under the able management of MissM. L. Schmidt made a most delightful and successful showing of thearchitectural achievement of the year.

The Chapter should take advantage of the offer of the SouthwestMuseum for a permanent exliihition in its own building and under thesupervision of r»ur Committee on Education.As chairm:m of the ICnterlainment Committee. Mr. Lyman Farwell

deserves our thanks for the varied and interesting speakers securedfor our monthly meetings. Without careful attention to these details,

we would not rinly lose interest in our meetings, but that mo.st

gratifying attendance which we have enjoyed during the past yearwould i)e impaired.

b'inally, it is incumlient upon each individual member of this Chap-ter to do his own share in carrying on the work of this organizationand that f>f the Institute.

To more effectively accfmiplish this work it would be advisable,first, to place in tlie hands of a committee the revision of our Con-stitution and By-Laws, so that it will better conform with that of theInstitute; then, to live up to the.se laws and canons of ethics, so thatour noble profession will maintain its position in the world of art, in

its fullest and truest sense.

The tenth annual report of the secretary of Southern California Chapter will be published in full in the December issue.

Gunnremit Noteg and C©mmieet.The Boston Varnish Company has a large number

of men working on an addition to its factory, that it

may be ready for occ'ui)ancy before winter. This addi-

tion consists of a four-story brick factory building,

115 feet long by 55 feet wide, of mill construction andcontaining the latest up-to-date features throughout.

They are also erecting a two-story building, 90 by 50,

for their office and advertising dejjartment.

These new buildings, together with the addition of

a new battery of ten melting fires just comjjleted, weremade necessary l)y tlie rapidly increasing business of

this live concern on its Kyanize varnishes and enamelsand will enable them to almost double their output

the coming season.

Charles H. Frost, founder of the Los AngelesPressed Brick Company, died at his home in LosAngeles last month. The funeral was held at Ingle-

wood Cemetery.

Mr. Frost founded the Los Angeles Pressed BrickCompany in 1887, with himself as president and gen-

eral manager. When the company first opened for

business, it employed twelve men in one small plant.

Today there are more than 400

pay roll, with four large plants

geles, Alberhill, Riverside Countymond.

Mr. Frost remained actively at the head of the LosAngeles Pressed Brick Company until two years ago,

and it is said that during that time he did more to

alter the skyline of ]jOs Angeles than any other single

individual in the city.

In November of last year, Mr. Frost became ill and

individuals on the

ocated in Los An-and at Point Rich-

retired from business life. He was attended at the

time of his death by his sou, Howard Frost, who suc-

ceeded his father to the presidency of the Los An-geles Pressed Brick Company. Mr. Frost was a

Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Jonathan Club.

Mr. Frost was born in Itliaca, New York, June 8,

184-1, the son of George Pepperel Frost, a prominentbusiness man of Western New York, while his grand-father was Captain George P. Frost, who servedthrough tlie Revolutionary War. Captain Frost wasalso a lineal descendant of the English Lord Pepperel,

for whom the town of Pepperel, Mas.sachusetts, andPepperel Mills were named.

Statement of the ownership, management, circnlation, etc., requiredby the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of The Architect, pub-lished monthly at San Francisco, Cal., for Octolicr 1, 1916, State ofCalifornia, City and County of San Francisco. Before me, a NotaryPublic in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared

J. A. Urummond, who, having been duly sworn according to law,deposes and says that he is the owner of The Architect and that thefollowing is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statementof the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation),etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above cap-tion, required by the Act of .\ugust 24, 1912, embodied in .section 443.

Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form,to-wit : 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor,managing editor, and business managers are: Name of Publisher, TheArchitect Press; postoffice address, San Francisco, Cal.; Editor,Clarence P. Kane, San Francisco, Cal. : Managing Editor, Clarence P.

Kane, San Francisco, Cal. ; Business Manager, J. .A. Drummoud, SanFrancisco, Cal. 2. That the owners are (Give names and addressesof individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the namesand addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or moreof the total amount of stock.): J. A. Drummond, 245 Mission Street,San Francisco. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and othersecurity holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amountof bonds, mortgages, or other securities are ( If there are none, sostate); None. J. A. Drummond, Owner. Sworn to and subscribedbefore me this 21st day of September, 1916. (Seal) W. W. Healey,Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, Stateof California. My commission expires .\ugust 28, 1917.

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n

DOME OF CITY HALL, SAN PEDRO. CAL J A BACHUS. ARCHITECT

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Architect J. A. Bachus specified "TARGET AND ARROWtin for re-roofing the City Hall of San Pedro; also superin-

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so to av<)i<l suhstitution.

The tendency of the present day is to feature the "first cost"

on account of so many less expensive products on the market.

If better material had been used in the first place the expense

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THE ARCHITECT :!4:

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Distributors for Northern California

348 THE ARCHITECT

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THE ARCHITECT 349

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350 THE ARCHITECT

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONOAKLAND, CAL.

MISS JULIA MORGANARCHITECT

Matt Glazed Architedtural Terra Cotta in

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Vol. XII.

T-iIeAR(3iiTe(T

No. 6

Publ.shed by

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Associate Editors for December, 1916

D C ALLISON. LOS ANGELESMYRON HUNT. LOS ANGELESA R WALKER. LOS ANGELES

J. A. DRUMMONDEDITOR

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TABLE OF CONTENTSDECEMBER. 1916

PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS a,

Cathedral of Orvicto

Church of the Holy Faith, Inglewood. CalWest Porch - Chancel

Nave, Looking East - Nave. Looking from Chancel

The Baptistry - Detail of Chancel Arch Piers

House in Pasadena. Cal. Robert D. Farquhar

Home of Mrs. H. Page Warden. Pasadena Reginald D. Johnson

House of Mrs. B. C. Keck. Pasadena. Cal. Reginald D. Johnson

House in Los Angeles, Cal.

House in Paisadena. Cal.

House in Pasadena. Cal.

Ventura County Court House. Ventura, Cal.

Mam Entrance Doorway

Mam Entrance Pavillion

Detail Plan of Mam Entrance

Bible Institute of Los Angeles

Detail of Upper Stones -- Entrance Details

Spanish Architedure of Guadalajara and Alcala. Spain

Robert D. Farquhar

Robert D. Farquhar

Robert D. Farquhar

Albert C. Martin

Walker £r Vawter

TYPE PAGES Author

Housing Edwin Bergstrom

Reasons Why City Planning Department is Need Henry F. Withey

Editorial

Official News of Pacific Coast Chapters. A. I. A.

Index last six months 1916" Vol. XII

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CATHEDRAL OF ORVICTO

T-iIeAR(5i]TecTVOL. XII. SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER, 1916 NO. 6

Housing.By EDWIN BERC5TROM

Its explanation: and while in California now is the opportunity

to avoid the costly ciAdc and economic disease of

congestion, overcrowding and uncleanliness.

H ()rsiX(T in its liroad intei'in-etation means the

>lu'lter and intimate surroundings of the humanhi'ing. Housing, therefore, is as old as man him-

self, wliose primal instinct is first for food and then

for shelter.

Primitive man in his home in the cave or in his

tent was an outdoor creature, living his lilV in the

open air. Whether his home was cleanly anil had

ventilati(Ui or light did not concern him; he did not

know in the least whypestilence and e p i

-

demies swept through

his comnumities and m fl ttor)k all hut thestrongest alioul him.

Through succeeding

ages his living he-

came more anil more

centered; h i s hours

of I a 1) o r were no

longer spent in the

open tields. .\s his

intelligence grew, he

hegan to learn the

value of the most es-

sential things to i)ro-

long his life; to re.U'li

hack to those things

that were so much a

))art of his primitivi'

life — open air and

sunlight. The open

ings in his home lia<l

heen closed to pro-

tect him from his

fellow-man ; now they

were maile to open

to give him the air;

his windows w e r e

covered to give such

light as would filter

through the primitive

eoverings ; then glass

gave him hoth light

and air. He achieved House in Pasadena. California -- Robert D. Farquhar, Archite<a

what comforts he knew in the huilding in which he

lived and slept; hut still he had the pestilence and the

e])idemic; his habits and his surroundings were still

filthy and unclean, and the meaning of sanitation wasfar beyond him.

(ienerations jiassed, and civilization brought mancloser to his fellow-man. Industry, as we know it,

hegan; and as industry grew, he was brought into

still closer contact, and he became but a unit in a

great group of work-

I" ers. Industry took

her worker.s from the

ff H open field and crowd-

ed them into her suf-

focating factories.

Factories compelled

the cities. Industry

demanded full hours

and energy from all

licr workers, and the

man could not give

sulliciently o f themeager hours and en-

ergy left til him to

enable liini to livewhere open air and

sunlight could reach

him aiul his family.

His h o m e followed

him ; where before it

had been built in the

broad and open fields,

now it was crowdedc lose to his neigh-

bors, first as closely

as it could be on the

ground, then whenthe ground gave out

it was piled ujion his

neighbor's h o use,story aftei' story, as

many stejis as could

be climbed. Cajiital

cnntrolled the home,

and it herded the man

353

354 THE ARCHITECT

Mild his family into rooms in wliicli the light neverentered, into rooms of vile uncleanliuess. Men,women and children were eomi)elled to share a roomin common, crowded eight, ten, even twelve into a

room fit for two. Tlie Imildings were dark, insanitaryand wholly nndean. Privacy was ini))ossil)le. Chil-

dren were brought up in the street because there wei-e

no yards for them to breathe in. Disease swejif

through the crowdedhomes. The home in

its m oral and eco-

nomic sense was de-

stroyed.

In the meantimethe understanding of

the needs and limita-

tions of the humanbody had grown so

that it was possible

to identify a n d fix

the cau.ses of the dis-

eases to which it is

subject. Pestilence,

epidemics, diseaseafter disease weretraced back to their

origin in uncleanli-

ness of the individual

and of the group ; the

menace to the lifeand health of the

community, the im-

morality fostered bythe crowded un]iri-

V a t e housing, hadfinally sifted throughthe social and eco-

nomic ignorance. It

is a long, hard road

f r o m ignorance to

understanding. Soci-

ety, the individual in

the mass, is the hard-

est to teach and the

slowest to learn whatis demonstral)ly best

for itself. Capital,

not in the least con-

cerned in the protec-

t i o n of society, is

more easily taught, but ieai-ns oiil\- when compcthat health and well being of the indixiilual arc

I)aramount value to itself.

Housing, as a human |)robleni. then was forcec

the attention of society entirely 1)\- the evils which the

wrong development of the liiniic had encouraged, andby the need of capital to conserve the working energyof her employes. The problem, as it was studiecl,

went back to some basic truths long since unnoticed

;

certain truths that through the mass and ages of igno-

rance \iiu and 1 ha\'e learned and will agree are in-

Corridor. Ventura County Courthouse, Ventura. Califonna

of

to

heient rights to which each individual is entitled:

A right to snidight and to air; a right to a reason-able amount of sjiace and the facilities with which to

perform the usual duties of life; a right to clean,

tlecent surroundings; a riglit to a reasonalile amountof privacy for himself and for his family; a right,

when he is compelled by circumstances beyond his

control to live in a congested home, to a reasonable

chance for his life in

event of accident to

that home.Grant, too, if you

please, that society

as a comnumity has

the duty of protect-

ing itself against the

individual faultswhicli injure it, that

it has the duty of

jirotecting itself

against filth and im-

morality and disease,

that it has the dutyof fostering and pro-

tecting the family life

—the base of moderncivilization; in short,

that the public health

and iHiblic welfare

are always greater

than the individual.

Society, through its

authorized govern-ment, is attemjiting

to solve the housingjirolilem, and has be-

gun to educate the

individual and cajii-

tal of its social ande c o n o m i c value.

Every so - trailed re-

strictive m e a s u r e

adopted liy society

has b e e n based on

the simple, inherent

rights we have grant-

ed, and only as they

are so based can they

be jiermanently good.

Some of the simplermatters of collective housing were early accomplished.

The city became convinced that the carrying of its

sewage to some central dis|)osal point was necessary;but the individual city was unconcerned if such dis-

posal point was a menace to another city. Tlie smaller

coninmnities and the si)arsely settled jjortions of the

larger ones did not pi'otect themselves at all against

the disease-laden sewage; it became the duty of the

larger societ> of the State to jirotect the health andwelfare of all its communities. The disposal of pri-

\-ati' and public sewage can now be bamlled by iidelli-

THE ARCHITECT 855

gent sanitary laws so as to insure rleanliness ami to

protect the health of the individual and of the c'oni-

munity.

A more complex side of the housing problem wasattacked at its most vulnerable jtoint, the tenementhouse. The attack was so well advertised that manypersons today think of the housing problem only in

the term of a tenement problem. The investigation of

t li e tenement house

lias led to the inves-

tigation of the hotel,

t h e lodging house,

places of public as-

semblage of all kinds

a n d of the jjrivate

dwelling itself. The111 o s t intelligent in-

vestigation a n d the

most fa r reaching

among our Americancommunities has been

done in New York,

and Xcw York City

only two itiontlis agofound it desirable to

restrict congestion in

her office, factory andassemblage buildings,

as well as in her ten-

ements and lodgings,

and to lay out her en-

tire area into zones,

limiting in each zoiii'

not onl_\' the heights

but the various kinds

of occupancies of the

b u i I d i 11 g s in that

zone, thereby taking

a .step toward reliev-

i n g congestion amitoward public health

and w e I f a r e that

twenty, ten, even five

years ago would not

have been even con-

sidered l)y any Amer-ican ciimmunity. Theexperience of X e wYork City with the

so - called restrictive

laws insuring in a measure the axiomatic rights of

the individual in the home, and his comfort and well

being, had taught that city that such laws were not

restrictive, but were beneficial to her citizens and par-

ticularly to capital itself. It is an easily jiroven state-

ment tliat capital in New York City—ami any other

community which has had its buildings buill under

these beneficial laws and their occui)ancy regulated

—

would not under any cir<-ninstances go back to the

conditions before the laws existed. Capital in such

communities has learned the increased invest nient

Bible Insrilute of Los Angcies. California '- Walker 6- Vawler, Archilcds

returns would certainly not justify the retrogression.This experience, then, gives us another principle in

housing legislation—that regulatory laws governingthe construction and occupancy of buildings and oftheir premises, insuring to the individual the axiom-atic rights of light, air, safety and sanitation as faras can reasonably be done by law, are beneficial to thecommunity as a monetary investment as well as to its

health and well being.

Profoundly affect-

ing housing has been

the progress of trans-

portation. The ease

with which one canbe t a k e n from one

community t o a n -

other, the great in-

ci ease of this travel,

li a v e greatly aug-

mented the danger of

I'pi'lcniii' and trans-

niissiiin of ilisease,

resulting in the (juar-

niitine laws now so

iiiiixcrsal. Converse-

ly, this very ease of

t I'ansportation, to-gi'tlicr with the grad-

11 a I sliortening o f

working hours, teiuls

1(1 rc'icvc congestion,

whereas the workercan l:c taken from his

lenement and given

t h e wholesome sur-

roundings that are

his right without cur-

tailing h i s workingoi' leisure hours.

In California, for-

liinalely, the evils of

ciingcstiiin and sani-

t a t i o n h a \' e not

reached the a c u t e

stage of some of our

older American coin-

iiinnities. The gen-

eial health and wel-

fare of this common-wealth and the ad-

justment of iireseiit insanitary and congested areas

an 1 buildings to the intelligent economic view, can he

obtained by the exjienditure of hundreds of dollars,

whereas millions are being spent therefor by the older

commimities, and the disease of the future can be

avoidcil by absoluti' prevention of the cause rather

than by the costly ciii'c, if we intelligently work to-

gether to that end.

The necessary legislation for this will follow the

general experience of the oldei' communities. Society

therein has learned that legislation must eventiiallv

356 THE ARCHITECT

reaeli and direct all the conditions under which manworks and lives

:

First, his home for living and sleeping, he such

home either of a permanent or transient nature

:

A. Tenement house (including all varieties thereof),

and which is considered a home for the family of a

permanent nature.

B. Hotel and lodging house (including all forms

thereof), considered as not necessarily a permanent

home, and as an individual rather than a family form

of life.

And finally:

F. The premises and surroundings of eacli of the

various forms of liomes.

In California, the legislation so far has not at-

tempted to cover the subject. Since 1909 there has

Ijeen a law on the statutes governing the tenement

house, but this law, amended as it has been, is still

inadequate, and often impracticable and unenforce-

able; since 1913 there has been a so-called hotel and

lodging house law governing that class of building;

this law is absurdly inade(|uate, contradictory and im-

Rcsidence of Mrs. A. C. Van Rosscm. Pasadena, California -- Frohman 6- Martin. Archileds

C. The single dwelling, being the private home for

the family, and of a permanent nature.

Second, his home for working:

D. All forms of factories, shojis anil buildings used

by industry, wherein the working hours of the indi-

vidual are spent, occupancy of a transient nature.

Third, liis home for amusement and the care of

disease

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E. All forms of buildings of public assemblage,

wherein the individual is temporai'ily house<l for en-

tertainment, amusement, jileasure, study, pliysii'al or

medical attention, or under restraint.

|iractii'alile. Exce))t for these two measures, and an

excellent law governing camps and their sanitation,

California has not gone into corrective housing laws.

The ))i-esent tenement house and hotel laws were

drawn mostly by some eai'nest workers, who recog-

nized the evils of conditions as they existed. The laws

wei'e based ))rincipally on previous legislation of

similar import in other States. No account was taken

of the si)ecial ])roblems made by California conditions

and climate; far too often the laws contain imprac-

ticable conditiiuis from a consti'ui'tive and enforcing

standpoint, all due to the inexperience of the framers

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of the laws. The result has been that at every legisla-

tive iiieetino; new laws and amendments have beenintroduced, which—sometimes with better provisions,

sometimes with worse—have entailed expensive loli-

bies at Sacramento to endorse or defeat.

At the 1915 session of the Legislature there wereno less than sixteen bills introduced covering; hotels,

lodging houses and tenements from the standpoints

I iiave outlined. I had the honor to be one of the

representatives of the city of Los Angeles in the lobby

on these bills. Tliei-e were fully two dozen other rej)-

particiiiate in a housing institute by naming delegatesto att(>nd a series of conferences to be held for thepurjiose of discussion of all phases and needs of hous-ing conditions and to fornnilate legislation regulatingthe construction, sanitation, maintenance and occu-

pancy of tenement houses, hotels, lodging houses, andsingle and multiple dwellings, and to present suchlegislation as would be drafted as the result of theseconferen<'es to the next Legislature for enactmentinto law.

The first meeting of the Housing Institute was held

Church of ih*- Holy Faiiti. Inglcwood, California - Parish Hall and Norih Porch - Frohnnan & Marlin. Architetils, Pasadena, California

resentatives from other portions of the State, all

spending money in contesting tlie bills. IJealizing the

endless futility of such methods of legislation, it wassuggested by Mr. liackus, another representative of

Los Angeles at this lobby, tliat it would lie advan-

tageous to save all this expense, energy and fruitless

effort by jtropei-ly framing such laws in conference of

all interested therein, and then i)resentiiig them to the

Legislature for approval and enactment. The advan-

tages of this wei-e so api)arent that I he State Housing

and Innnigration Commission in .\pril, IKlii, invited

fourteen of the larger cities in the State to olllicially

.May 4tli and 5th, 1916, at the Alexandria Hotel, in

lios Angeles. At this meeting the organization wasperfected and a general discussion of the problems

))resented. The Institute at this first meeting (h-cided

to limit its work this year to the discussion of housing

as ajjplied to the home for living and sleejjing and the

premises and suri'oundings thei'eof, leaving for the

futni'e woi'k the home for working and the home for

amusement and the care of disease.

In the discussion of the housing iji'oblem by the

Institute another primary principle has guidecl the

legislation jiroposed. Il is universally acknowh'dged

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that the ideal home is the one family dwelling, each

family by itself, with healthful, clean surroundings,

out in the open, free to the air and sunlight, and

separated from the neighboring house by ain|)le jilay

j-ards, to augment the physical and moral strength

of the children, and to foster a clean, healthful, vigor-

ous, intelligent family life. The Institute recognizes

that conditions of city planning are not ready for this

ideal at jjresent; so compromise must come, liringing

the actual conditions to as near the ideal as can be

reasonal)h' done; feeling, however, that the longer the

community works under these compromise laws the

more certain it is that each year the ideal will be

more and more nearly approached, if for economic

reasons alone. With this ideal constantly in mind,

and to insure the axiomatic rights of the individual.

according to their construction; also a very valuable

fire-protective measure.

5. Sanitation and Health— Eequirlng toilet andbath and running water facilities and insuring pri-

vacy of same, requirements as to sewers, cesspools

and sanitary plumbing materially strengthened, pro-

hibiting privies, except under certain circumstances,

prohibiting livestock and animals in or about liuild-

ings, except under certain conditions, a very stringent

jirovision requiring cleanliness throughout i)remises

and buildings, requiring repairs, drainage, and artifi-

cial lighting under certain conditions, requiring insect

screening and extermination of insects and nuisances

within the buildings and furnishings.

t). Occiipanel/ and Maintenance — Limiting occu-

pancy to prevent overcrowding, jirohibiting living and

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the Institute is framing its bills, which will be pre-

sented for consideration and passage to the Legisla-

ture at its next session in 1917. The bills will follow

in structure the conventional, well-tried lines of the

present tenement house law. So far as the discussion

and conclusions of the Institute have gone, the salient

elements of the bills will be as follows:

1. Scope of Law—Including all }jarts of the State.

2. Enforcement — t'entralized and strengthened

over present law, eliminating confusion and insuring

uniform enforcement.

3. Definition of Tcniis and Wards in Bill—Elabo-

rated so as to clear ambiguity.

4. Light and Ventilation—lietiuiriug yards and un-

occupied spaces, fixing minimum size of yards andcourts, varying as to number of stories in building,

re(|uii'ing windows and fixing location, niininuim size

and area of same, fixing mininnim size of rooms,insuring ventilation of inner courts and vent sliafts,

and limiting heights of various classes of buildings

sleeping excejit in rooms designed for that purpose,

l)rohibiting cooking in certain rooms, permitting of

mixed occupancy only undci' very severe restrictions

as to building arrangement and control, prohibiting

rear structures used for living |)urposes almost en-

tirely, and encouraging outdoor sleeping.

7. Fire Prolcctioii— Rei|uiring fairly adetjuate tire

escapes and wider and more stairways, insuring

egress to at least one stairway or fire escape fromeach a])artment, requiring further fire jiroof protec-

tion of publie lialls, stair halls, elevator and other

shafts, and for smoke egress therefrom, material

increasing of fire protection of liuildings by addition

of standpipes, fire gongs, and fircproofing of boiler

and furnace rooms, and prohibiting the sale of dan-

gerous or combustible materials in the buildings.

The distinction l)ctween tlie various classes of homesfor living and sleeping lias been kejtt strictly in view,

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Reasons Why City PlaBm^ng Dt^pnitrae Nood.By HENRY F. WITHEY. ARCHITECT

THERE has been so much said, there has been so

much written, and the subject is so large that at

first it seems hard to determine from what point

to approach it. But considering you visitors who

lionor us with your presence, you wlio serve us as offi-

cials in several of the iini)ortant city and county gov-

ernmental departments— it seems fitting tliat the sub-

ject be treated with regard to our own city, sincerely

hoping that the discussion of ideas, for which purpose

we have come together, will bear fruit by this gather-

ciscan fathers surely possessed high ideals and aspi-

rations in so christening the small pueblo set down

upon the desert sands—with no greater claim to such

a title than the balmy climate, and vistas of the lofty

mountains.

Not attempting to ai)okigize for our presence, let us

stoj) to consider if we are making our city worthy of

an intelligent jieople and of what we so loudly boast.

It is not my intention, though, to lead you on any

visionarv flight to heavenly air-castles, but to deal

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ing, not to gratify any jiersonal ambitions other than

the' one—to do that whicii betters humanity in gen-

eral and whieh improves our condition locally as ap

plied to our homes and our city—and that there will

come that increase of liai)i)iness that is to be fouml in

the cultivation of taste and the opportunity for its

enjovmeut.

Los Angeles— "The City of the Angels" we are

pleased to interpret it. Considering its significance

I i)ause to wonder why so many of us had the audacity

to come within its folds.

Were it built after the visions of the I'.ililii'al propli

ets, I suppose marble i)alaces would be ours in fields

Elysian, traversed with streets of gold. The Fran

• 1017 Van Nuys BlUg.. Los Angeles. An address before the Southern

fornla Chapter, A. I. A., at Hotel Clark, June 13, 1S16.California Chapter

with concrete facts in keeping with the I'oinmercial

age in which we live. However, progress toward a

l)ii|tcr day for cities owes more than to be guessed to

the iinpctiis of dreams and hope and high resolve.

These furnish the inspiration U< practical achieve-

iiient.

In the beginning this city had in its plaza what

might have been the nucleus of a city plan. The con-

replion was good even though adopted by such humble

founders as the Spanish fathers and colonists (in

17S1). The inieldo iilau of colonization common to

S|ianisli-.\iiierican (Muintries had its origin far hack

ill the middle ages. In early European colonization

the |)ueblo plan, the common stpiare in the center of

the town, the house lots grouped about it, the arable

lands and pastures beyond, appears in the Aryan

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village, in the ancient (iernian work, and in the old

Eonian i)rae.sidiuni. The Puritans adopted this form

in their first settlements in New England. Aroundthe public square or connnon where stood the meeting

house and town hall thej' laid off their lots, and

beyond these were their cultivated fields and commonpasture lands. This form of colonization was a com-

bination of commercial interests and individual own-

ership. Primarily it was adopted for protection

against the hostile aborigines of the country, and sec-

ondly for social advantages. This was the initial

point from which the settlement radiated. A concep-

tion for growth and expansion, considering who the

original inliabitants of Los Angeles were, was not to

be exi)ected.

So today in its unguided growth we find the city

spread over a great area like a fungus growth on the

map, with no heart or arteries of consistent character.

We claim many beautiful homes; as individuals wemay be considered to have done well, but collectively,

no! The city has grown on lines determined partly

by accident and mostly by the jnish of enterprising-

real estate holders, not according to any plan of eflS-

eient orderliness or art. The ugliness and the inade-

(|uacy of our surroundings are not due to viciousness

of character or commereialness, as so many would

have it, but to plain ignorance, a chaotic condition of

thought which has set up a false standard of values.

Our battle, and it is a battle which nmst lie waged, is

not so much against a definite or established order

of things as it is against chaos—chaos is our problem.

Is it not ]iossible to survey this growth and attemijt

to bring order out of it, and outline a comprehensive

tentative )ilan as a guide for future growth? I pre-

sume the task of preparing a comiirehensive plan for

Los Angeles has ajjpeared too stupendous because of

the city's large gi'owth. We have ajipreciated the

need at times, but lackeil the initiative and continuity

of pu)'))0se and efl'orts.

In an effort for civic improvement the first step is

to make a comprehensive |)lan, a program, a written

and drafted ex]>ression of our thoughts and ideas for

the future, that we may guide ourselves as we travel

along. This is almost the only step that can insure

the highest tyi)e of modern civic art, since require-

ments are greater now than when artists and master-

buildei's, di'essing with beauty the nari'ow streets of

Italian and Flemish cities, created the civic ai't of five

centui'ies ago. In those cities urban hygiene and cir-

culation made no demands on civic art. Nowadaysthese things are fundamental, and unless there be a

well-tliouglit-out, artistically conceived general jilan to

work on, our civic art will go astray with lack of cmn-]iletem'ss or continuity. So it will fail because iso-

lated and s|)asmo(lic; because it will mean a fine park,

some patriotic statuary, a few good streets and sev-

eral good buildings rather than a city dignified, or-

derly and l)eautiful as a whole.

Now a comprehensive city jilan is nothing morethan a program of procedure. Technically it is the

art or science of planning the develojiment of a city

in a systematic and orderly way.

As individuals you never think of doing a numberof things without a first thought-out program. Youlive and exist by the fundamental laws and [irogram

of the Almighty God. Transgression means prema-ture decay and death. You sleep, you spend the

waking hours of the day, you dress, you eat, you shop,

you build your houses by an outlined program, and in

the conduct of your business you follow a program

—

written or mental, and depending ujjon the thorough-

ness and wisdom of that program is your financial

success.

Now collectively, what? Is there not a greater

necessity and responsibility to your fellow associates?

The various corporations of the country are foundedupon a program of procedure, and dejiending uponthe efticiency of their programs do they flourish or

fail. Efficiency is the cry of the day, and it marks the

difference, progressivel.y, between the village black-

smith and the great steel corporations.

Now here we are likewise a corporation witli (iOO,-

000 stockholders, with a good political organization,

with a corps of able executive officers and servants,

but where are we going? Our progress reminds meof a sight I saw out here on the way to Hollywoodone morning recently. A round, red-faced, bewliisk-

ered midget of a fellow came driving out from a side

lane onto the boulevard in a rattling, dila|)idated

Ford. Instead of driving west on the nicely pavedright-hand side, he crossed over to the left and wentlianging along over the uncovered ties of the inboundrailroad track. On the hood of tlie machine was dis-

jilayetl a sign reading, "From somewhere to any-

where," and he surely was on his way as he tumbled

along. And it caused me to reflect that that wasabout typical of Los Angeles' constructive policy,'

' from somewhere to anywhei'e. '

'

There is no large or united ))rogram of progressive

construction. Our constructive policy, if we have one

at all, is unguided, and it allows a wide scojie for the

l)oor taste of untrained individualism. We are drift-

ing along to the goal of lost opportunities. And as

the city continues to grow larger and the resources

increase, the public woi'ks liecome more spectacular

and i)ermanent, so that mistakes in these last a long

time and are striking examjiles of folly. The need of

artistic guidance, both in public and private work, is

more keenly felt, the extravagance and wastefulness

of duplicated effort are realized; the value of an

authoritative a'sthetic control is perceived, and it is

appreciated that to make any true advance in civic

art there is needed something more than means andim|iulse. Civic art is as ancient as all the arts, but

it is distinguished from the others by its contentment

to be servant, not mistress in the glorifying of cities.

In spite of certain enliglitenment the iiniiressioii still

prevails that art is an effeinituite luxmy, a token of

decadent aristocracy, a veneer costly ami unnecessary.

We are still jirone to pride ourselves ovei'much on

being plain citizens, mistaking crudity for simplicity

THE ARCHITECT 393

and ignorance for logic. What is any art but the

right, best way of doing a certain thing? The art

which is so utilitarian in its purpose as to he civic

first and art afterwards may be defined, then, as

taking in just the right way of those steps necessary

or proper for the comfort of its citizens—as the doing

of the necessary or proper thing in the right way.

So civic art is not a fad; it is not merely a bit of

aestheticism ; there is nothing effeminate and senti-

mental about it; it is vigorous, virile and sane. Al-

needs most urgently demand. Those demands by in-

terested citizens are made through the council, and asour executive body they are so ordered.

Each improvement is generally made without con-

sideration of any other department or features that

may have a bearing upon the subject. The old say-

ing, "Too many cooks spoil the broth," is very appli-

cable to our present conditions.

Every now and then an idea of improvement or of

a new building is advanced. Some of these are car-

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truism is its iminilse, but it is older than any altruism

of the hour—as old as the dreams and aspirations of

man.Cities arc not made to be looked at but to be lived

in. and if in the decoration of them there be any for-

getfuliiess of that, no successful civic art will follow,

and the effort will defeat itself.

The council which on first thought might be consid-

ered the directors of the city's growth, is only an ex-

ecutive body. The various departments into whoseduties enter construction of any kind, for th(! most])art carry out that construction generally as public

i-i('cl through as was the Soullicrii I'acilic station moreI'ccciitly. That mattci- of a new cit.N' hall has been

brought up tlii'ee ditfci-ent times, 1 believe, if not more.

.\t aiiothei- time the issue may be voted. Should it be

so, and we have no studie<l, conipi'eheusive plan, you

can well imagine what will happen. Have we not a

sufficient number of errors in this city at the piesent

time to be no Hattery to our taste or intelligence?

Might years ago or thereabout there was made a

veiy good beginning toward picpai'ing a city plan, but

mind you those were suggestions only, made hastily in

a few days. The seed was |)laiit(Ml, hut like the orphan

394 THE ARCHITECT

of the slums it has been neglected and lias not had a

healthy growth. Maybe it is just as well, for todaywe are able to ])rofit more greatly by the experience

of other cities and examples that have been set before

us. With a large and broader vision can we approachthe problem now.

We have the city of Washington before us. Shall

we be blind to that exami)le? And here in our ownState there are the examples of the San Francisco andSan Diego ex])ositions. What would these fairs haveamounted to if each group of persons, having a build-

ing to erect, had i)laced tliem wherever their fancy

pleased, without regard to position, height or style of

the others? Are we so stupid and ignorant as not to

recognize the orderliness and simplicity of their

plans? Is not the city of Los Angeles more impor-

tant than any temjjorary exiiositiou?

Is not the idea of a comi)rehensive plan one of plain

common sense, of concrete efficiency? Is there any-

thing very unreasonable in the idea, too visionary or

impracticable? Is it not a sound business proposition

that we should give immediate attention to?

Now what are our needs and jjossible requirements

for the next few years? Are they not a city hall, a

library, a State building, county buildings, hospitals,

railroad stations—transcontinental and local, subwayswith surface stations, schools, fire stations, convention

halls, with clubs and hotels of semi-|)ublic character?

To the buildings whicli would go to constitute the

architectural elements of an administi'ative center

there ought to be given not merely a central location

which will be invited by consideration of convenience

even more strongly than those of sentiment, but all

the additional em|)hasis and conspicuousness that site

can offer.

No other structures are so ai)propriately entitled to

the best position that the city can afford, convenience

and appearance being jointly considered, as those that

officially stand for the city. And not only do these

structures belong together, but each gains and is en-

hanced from pi'oximity of the other. They make for

better efficiency, orderliness and economy, and a'stlu't-

ically are more impressive.

And is it not essential and time that we looked to the

front doors of our city? Are they any better than

back doors at the present time? Since it is said that

the tourist trade is a large factor in the financial suc-

cess of our city, wouldn't it be good common sense

and business sagacity to make them orderly, clean andattractive?

A comprehensive city plan will include many fea-

tures of the city's work, but these mentioned seem to

be of sufficient importance to call for definite action.

Here is our oiijiortunity, the I'iglif, connnon-sense,

l)usiness-like thing to do—to create, revise and adopta tentative comprehensive plan for the physical devel-

opment of the city, making it a correlation of the

]ilans for streets, |)arks, jilaygrounds, transit, railroad

terminals, gi'ouping of public buildings, markets, etc.,

that will be needed and built as time goes on. Let us

have a comprehensive plan that will get us some-where, instead of following a haphazard policy, or

rather no jiolicy at all. The plan once secured, public

spirit and artistic sense of the community can hardlyfail to insist that it be adhered to.

The pride that enables a man to proclaim himself a

citizen of no mean city awakens in his heart high

desires that before had been dormant.The study and preparation of a comprehensive plan

will be for the benefit of all of us; therefore it is a

task to be borne by all of us—the city. To accomplish

it there must be a commission or dejiartment formedas a unit of the city government. Provisions for the

establishment of such are already made way by the

city and State laws.

Such a commission, which should be composed of

architects, engineers and those technically trained,

with broadest ideas and conceptions, will have to serve

without pay, but services of a secretary, possil)ly

expert advice and of a number of draughtsmen will

have to be cared for. But it is constructive work,

means for economy and is vitally essential to our

needs.

At the jiresent time the City Planning Association

and the City Planning Connnittees of the Municipal

League, the City Cluli, the Architects and Engineers'

Society and this Chapter are combining their efforts

toward securing the formation of this department as

a unit of the city's government. Various phases of

the subject are requiring much study, lint rapid prog-

ress is being made, and we lioi)e that substantial re-

sults will lie ol)tained if the idea is thought })roi)er,

wise and needed.

Allow me, in conclusion, to read you these lines

from a magazine of recent issue; the thought is

aiiiiropriate.

I LIVE HERE.\ garden, a ptfrfect mosaic, deep green 'gainst tlie t)lacl<est of loam,Spread out near a little log caliin—but immaculate home

!

1 paused to admire—who could help it?—the weedless expanse near the

door,Where, pleased with my pleasured inspection, stood a "Mammy" of

years that are yore.

"A heautiful garden," 1 venturetl. She cuppetl a brown liand to her ear.

"Fine garden!" ! sliouted. "Oh, sholy ! It ought to he hue— 1 li\e here!"1 went on my way with a sermon as great as I ever had heard;The highest paid preacher e.vistent could never have added a word.

Were every human who cumbers the tiniest spot on the earthTo see that the place he inhabits—the work brain or lingers give birth

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Stood perfect as e'er he could make it—dear God. what a ditferent

sphere

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Let's borrow our motto from ".M;uinn_\": "It ought to be tine— I live

here!"

—Stricki,.\nmi Gii.lii..\n.

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life, has been carried into the measures, where the

occupancy is regarded as permanent. The sanitary

ami cleanliness features of the measures have been

made as strong as can reasonably be done at the

present time, and have been made to apply equally to

the three classes of homes, and e<(ually to the new andthe existing conditions. Tlie structural features of

homes of the multijile type, designed for occujiancy

by many families, in distinction to those of the single

type, designed for (icriii)aucy by a single fiiiuily, have

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been strongly drawti to cover the uew buildings;

I'equiring structural ehauges in existing buildings only

as necessary to provide the nearly ade(|aate windowsand ventilation in the rooms. Practically no limita-

tions are placed on the construction of the homes of

the single type, excejit that they have floors, walls androofs that are watertight, windows that will open,

doors that will close—in short, that they be madeat least with the ordinary building materials and put

together in some sort of shape, and not made of

scrajis of iron and gunny sacks.

The Institute, as a political experiment in framingbills for laws, is proving a wonderful success. Thecities have res])onded well to the invitation; the dele-

gates have been sjilendid rejjresentatives and have all

worked together in a si)irit of fair ]ilay and earnest

l)urpose that has seldom been ai)proached. The meet-ings have been held in open discussion, with repre-

sentatives of practically all interests concerned meet-

ing with the delegates and giving advice and criticism.

The bills as drafted by this body of inteiested, com-l>etent people, officially reiiresenting their nmnicipali-

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The rci|uii'emcnts for honie> of the ti'ansient occu-

pancy are not so exai'ting as to yard and pei'centage

as in tlie permanent occupancy. Overcrowding of the

land is amply taken care of in other limitations, andprovisions ai'e mad<' for many kinds of transient occu-

pancy, particularly the dormitories, which for the

jjresent it seems necessary to retain as a system of

housing. The jirovisions of the bill will make this

form of housing proltably as good as it can be mailc:

the entire form should be abolished.

Finally all features in the present laws regarding

prostitution have been eliminated; this jihase of lious

ing has been more amply and appiopriatcly covered

ill iitlicr laws.

ties, once they agree on the best measures iicccptahic

to all, should l>c in such form as to preclude any oppo-

sition when jilaceil Ix-fore the Legislatui'c, unless Ihei'c

be fomiil a legitimate objection that has escaped the

diligence of the (h'legates.

The Institute feel thai tlicir efforts are going to

stabilize the laws and investments of housing in Cali-

fornia, that they are going to result in sane, enforce-

able laws, giving to each individual his inherent rights

(if life and living, and giving to California that pro-

tection against tlu> diseases of housing that will savi'

hiT cities iiiillioMs of future dollars, and more than

e\ci' make llic 'siiiisliiiic ami flowers" real and acliial

to each one of her citizens.

T-iIeAR(3iiTecJVOL. XII SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER, 1916 NO. 6

Iditoria,

ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION.r\ F the fifty-two architects siilnnitting competitive

drawings, the following eight were selected to en-

ter the second and final competition: Bliss & Faville,

William C. Hayes, Bakewell & Brown, Charles Peter

Weeks, Wood & Simpson, Lewis P. Hobart, Loring P.

Rixford and John Baur, all of San Francisco, and

F. J. DeLongchamps, of Reno, Nevada, who holds a

certificate to practice in California.

This selection was made by the jury composed of

Governor Johnson, Attorney-General Webb. Chief

Justice Angellotti and President of the Board of Con-

trol, John F. Neylan, together with Edgar A. Mathews

and James Reid, of San Francisco, and Robert D.

Farquhar, of Los Angeles, the last three being archi-

tects selected by the Board of Control from a list of

five submitted by the Sub-Committee on Competition,

San Francisco Chapter American Institute of Archi-

tects. State j^rchitect George B. McDougall, as Ad-

visor, conducted the comjietition.

The manner in which the competition and program

were executed is connnendalile to members of the two

cha|)ters of the American Institute of Architects at

San Francisco and IjOs Angeles.

It has been demonstrated on numerous occasions

that architects undei'taking the planning and erection

of buildings thousands of miles from their ottii'c and

I'egular field of endeavoi' have met with many fail-

ures. They are not familiar with materials, labor and

local conditions that are so essential.

The selection of ai-ciiitects to compete on the State

Building shows sound .judgment by our California

State officials.

The Pacific Coast States abound in architects ]ios-

sesslng mai-ked ability to )>roperly and artistically

execute their designs wIk'u permitted by the pocket

string of tli<' owner, if be also possesses an artistic

ICMiperanient.

Our great West is yet young. We i-ecall the days

;f old, the days of gold, the days of '49—only .sixty-

seven years ago; there are many of these i)ioneers yet

in our midst. Our country is developing, and it be-

hooves the profession in our beloved West to take the

stand to which it is rightfully entitled.

SELECTING AN ARCHITECT.A NEWSPAPER in giving a report on a projected

hotel in Montana stated that the architect

selected had underbid every other architect on the

job, which is a more candid report than is usually the

case when an architect is chosen. It is a sad condi-

tion in a man's business sagacity when he will select

an architect in whose hands he places the entire re-

sponsibility of a building investment because of cheap-

ness or the suggestion that he may save on a fee. Not

all investors, fortunately, are so short sighted.

The fallacy of the employment of an architect on

the basis of the amount of tlie commission does not

in any way represent a wise measure. "Penny wise

and pound foolish" applies most approjiriately to the

attemjit to [iractice economy by choosing for cheap-

ness merely to save the fair jtrice for good service.

An incom])etent man doing work for a small commis-

sion might easily use a large ])er cent of the cost of

the completed structure in wasteful use of material,

inefficient planning, unimproved opportunity, costly

and unnecessary construction, with unsatisfactory

results, whereas a competent man charging a higher

rate for his services could give a very nuich higher

])ercentage of return for the investment of funds,

resulting in an ultimate saving. An ai'cliitect is a

necessity, not a luxui'y.

Architects, like doctors and lawyers, place dift'i'rent

values u|)on their services, and their services likewise

vary in mei'it and i-esults. This should not confuse the

owner. The best is likely to be the higher priced.

The owner should no more tliiidi of turning a case

that involved thousands of dollars over to an attorney

because of a <-lieaper fee and likewise should not try

to save on an architect's fee where thousands or only

hundreds of dollai's may be involved in a buil<ling, to

say nothing of lives.

396

THE ARCHITECT 397

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California

OiFiiimc aJ He wi d Padfic C©a:st Chapters, A. I A.

The Arehitect is the Official Organ of theSan Francisco Chapter, Southern California

Chapter and Washington StateChapter, A. L A.

The regular minutes of meetings of all Pacific CoastLhapters of the American Institute of Architects arepublished on this page each month.San Francisco Chapter, 1881—President, Edgar A Math-

'm''-^"m^p' ^""^i'' ?^" f^icisco, Cal Secretary,Morns M Bruce. Flood Building, San Francisco, CalUiairman of Committee on Public Information, William BFaville, Balboa Building, San Francisco. Chairman ofCommittee on Competition, William Mooser, Nevada BankBuilding, San Francisco. Date of Meetings, third Thurs-day of every month; Annual, October.Southcn, Califoruhi Clw/'ter, 1894—President J E Alli-

w"'ii "°^ ,^'"'7,'V''".Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Secretary, A RWalker 1402 Hibernian Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Chairm™ ofCommmee on nforniation, W_ C. Pennell, Wright & Callender Build-ing Los Angeles. Date of Meeting.s, second Tuesday; except Julyand August at Los Angeles.

exccpi juiy

Trad?Bnil2;'/''p ,?"r?["'^™'' J"-^^P'' J^cobberger, Board of

T^U^rfn^T-^' ^5"""^"'^ °;;'^- Secretary. W. C. Knighton, SOT-snoTi ford Building, Portland, Ore. Chairman of Committee on P ibIcInformation, Joseph Jacobberber. Date of Meetings, third Thirrsdayof every month at Portland ; Annual, October.'mrsaaj

WaMngton Slate Chapter. 1894-Prcsident, Charles H. Bebb, Seattle.

'^ScG^

Vict^'".-P'^fdent, Darnel R. Huntington, Seattle. Second

Vice-President, George Gove, Tacoma. Third Vice-Presi-

^ hi -rRand Spokane. Secretary, J. C. Cote,

Seattle. Treasurer, Ellsworth P. Storey, Seattle. CounselCharles H.Alden. Date of Meetings, first Wednesday ex-cept July, August and September at Seattle, except one inspring at Tacoma. Annual, November.The ^mer!ea„ Inst^ute of Architects -The Octagon,Washington, D. C. OflScers for 1917: President. John Law^rence Mauran, St. Louis, Mo.; First Vice-President, CGrant La Farge, New York City, N. Y. ; Second Vice-President, W. R. B. Willcox, 4ob Boston Block SeattleWasli.; Secretary, Burt L. Fenner, New York City N Y TreasurerD. Everett Waid, 1 Madison Ave., New York City, N.' Y.' '

^"^'""'^•

Board of Directors for One )'rar-Cliarles A. Coolidge r>' Ames

O 1 anf L.°''f;' ^^^^^VCharles A. Favrot, 505 Perrin Building, Nw

III F^V r:;. •C Jensen. 1401 New York Life Building. Chicago,

r ,.•""„' '""—E''"''" H. Brown, 716 Fourth Avenue Minneapolis, Minn;Ben J. Lubsche., Reliance Building, fcinsa City i^IoHorace We Is Sellers, 1301 Stephen Girard Build?ng. Philadelphia Pa

Ca -Burt L''"?e7^^'"N"' \-^T^}^'' J'^'i™ ^"''^'"S- San p'ran iscoi

Neb' ' " ^°* C"-*' Thomas R. Kimball, Omaha

Ro!m''ofUie Hot'l"^-^'''"'^'' '""?"!? "'^^ ^^""' "' "'e ItalianKoom of the Ho el St. Francis on Friday evening. November 3d tohear an informal talk by Mr. W. L. Woollett on •' Architecfura"

S'enr;:" aSls and '^°'

P"'"''" '^'"''^r^''' st;reopticon to whichmemoers, ladies and friends were invited

In addition to the stereopticon slides. Mr. Woollett had placed on

n interi nT ''^f',''"" ,'"f""'i"g "'d Italian examples o'f carvedpainted and gilded wood work from the "City of Paris" storeUsing the slides and the actual work as examples and mioting thework of Professor Goodyear, of Brooklyn. Mr. Woollet? exnlii dthe variations from geometrical lines in the old work w-hicl we

Zrm"of\h ^''^TJ'o,'''^™-'^ '° he the cause of much of thecliarm of the work of earlier times.

The evening was much enjoyed by those present, and at the con-clusion of the talk, a vote of thanks was given Mr. WoollettSubject to approval igiH.

Morris M. Brijce,

.Vo7yn,ber mih. 1016-The regular monthly meeting of the" San

ft JhrPala«'\tt''.r' "t, ^T''"% """/"^^ "' •-^-"'^'^^'^ -'''-Id

1 n 1

";' "' Thursday, November Kith, lOlii. The meeting

Tso p m '° °"^'' ''•" "'^' P^"''l^-"'. Mr- I'>lgar A. Mathew.s, a?

Thirty-two members were present. •

MINUTES

approved."""" °^ "" '""•"'""^ '"'"'^ ™' ^^'=^"^''' '""' ''''' "-^'^ -'ikI

Staniiing CommitteesBoard of Directors. Nothing to report. Legislative ComimlleeNotlnng^to report. .S. F. S„l,-Comn,ittee on ColpCliaus. Nothing

Communications. From John Galen Howar.l, enclosing a letter

CoTtihiHV"' V^'T"' ''r'^"'^

'^'' P™P"«'d amendment to1eConstitution and By-Laws; from Mr. William W. Tyrie Chairmanof the Arrangements Committee of the Minnesota Chapter A I A

Ftnc1sco''chapten'"'''"'' ='^''""''-'^ "' "'^' '"'''^Sates Iron,

'the ' San

New Business. Mr. Faville Ch.airman of the Committee on Pub-licity, explained a plan for the Chapter to have control of cert nissues of the pubheat on. The Auchitect, providing ilhis rat on areading m.atter, the hrst number to contain work of moderate cosly younger men, and later numbers will probably be devoted tohospitals and .schools, respectively

'

It w.as moved by Mr. Cheney and seconde.i. Ihat .-, resohilion bepasscl that Mr. Mooser and Mr. Schroepfer. represenling the Chapier

.inute§ of Sae Francisco Chapter

Institute in San Diego, be in-at the Convention of the Housstructed as follows

:

Bul^P D^pSr;; "mr^ht^'^ta^f floi:^n:gt.^i-^^/'^rm^!'

wiHn d?e"enl""'" '" '='''!"*? "^ ''"^ "^"''''' "'^'''' "^ preparing planswi

1the engineering societies was had. and it was decided that thenutter be referred to the Building Laws Committee of the ChapterA discussion was had on the subject of Mr. Fenner's letter as tothe Chapter s attitude in regard to dues. By motion duly seconded

It was deeded to leave the matter to the discretion of the delegates'I he Chair announced the appointment of the following StandinnCommit ees to serve the Chapter for the current year-

^'anain^

m-rn -'w ii''"""'\\ '^''"'f' ^- '^^'""'y- Chairman; August G. Head-

W B F.';'"'m "T,"- ci"f"""S'^'•'""'""- W. C. Hays. Chairman:W BFaMlle John Galen Howard. John Bakewell. Jr.. Svlvain

Schnaittae-^ier. Morris M. Bruce, Legislative Committee. TenemeHouses: Bu.hing Laws; .As to Effect of Laws on Profession. .Abe"Schroepfer Chairman; John. J. Donovan. Bernard J. Joseph, W HCrim, Jr., William .Mooser, John Bakewell, Jr.. August G Headm,Tn'Con,pet,t,on C onnniltee: William Mooser, Ch.airman ; W B FavilkSylyani Schnaittachcr. Commercial Bodies: Chamber of Commerce'

Cb^rl. P^"w IS- Fairweather. Chairman: Svlvain Schnaittachcr.

Charles P. Weeks, fnstitate Publicity Committee: W B FavilleChairman; G. Alexander Wright. W. C. Hay.s. Chapter Trnslecs-Books with San FrancLsco Architectural Club. Mr Fdrar \Mathews. Chairman; W. B. Faville. Arthur Brown. Ir, Trustees.'

P ";"',' n'^^T'T^^°'^- -^'•'hnt- Brown. Chairman; lohn -\

B.Tur, Jolin Reid. Jr.. August G. Headman.

election or DELEr,.\TES

After a discussion as to the method of electiim delegates, it wasmoved by .Mr. Meyer and seconded and carried, that the ballots bec.-ist for eight delegates. After the members had marked their ballots.Mr. Charles P. Weeks and Mr. T. Palerson Ross were .appointoltellers to count the votes. The eight nominees receiving the highestnumber of votes were as follows: W. C. Hays. William Mooser.

{'l I'l ^'f""'")'-''"^-W. B. Faville. George W. Kelham. Louis C

Mtlllganlt. Ch.irlcs P, Weeks. John Bakewell. Jr.

.AIIJOURNMENT

Th,here beiuK no fnrtlu-r business before the Chapier, llic meeliugadjourned ;il J p m. ^^""b

.Sniijecl lo approval njni.

.Morris M. Dri-ie.

Secretary.

THE A R C H T T E T

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guide to stucco specifications. The coupon is for your convenience.

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Name-Address-

400 THE ARCHITECT

Minutes of Somthem California Chapter

MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH MEETING,

The 100th meeting of the Southern California Chapter of theAmerican Institute of Arehitects was held at the Jonathan Club onTuesday, November 14th, 1916.

The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock by Past PresidentS. Tilden Norton.

The following members were present: J. E. Allison. John CAustin, H. B. Cody. F. P. Davis. W. J. Dodd. Theo. A. Kisen. P. A.Eisen, A. M. Edelnian, W. E. Erkes, R. C. Farrell. P. H. Frohman.H. W. Glidden. H. M. Greene. Elmer Grey. L. H. Hibbard. J. C.Hillman. A. C. Martin. H. H. Martin. S. B. Marston. M. C. Mont-gomery, Octavius Morgan. S. T. Norton. Robt. H. Orr. T. F. Power,A. W. Rea, A. F. Rosenheim, F. L. Stiff, A. R. Walker, AugustWackerbarth. P. O. Wright. Jr., G. B. Van Pelt. Jr.

As guests of the Chapter were present: Mr. Woollett, practicingarchitect of San Francisco, and a niemlier of the San FranciscoChapter of the American Institute of Architects; Mr. Arthur S.

Heineman. a local architect; John Bowler and Wm. Dellamore, of

the Builder and Contractor, and H. K. Hensley. of tlie SouthwestContractor.

The minutes of the 99th meeting were read and approved, as cor-

rected.

Mr. J. E. Allison, having been absent from the previous meeting,at which he was elected to the Presidency, Mr. S. Tilden X'orton

formally presented the gavel to Mr. Allison, and he thereupon fol-

lowed with a short address, nutlining his policies for the comingyear, and the work which should be undertaken on the part of tin-

Chapter.

For the Board of Directors, the Secretary reported a meeting heldon November 7th, at which the question of electing certain Chaptermembers to life membership was discussed. .Applications for mem-bership in the Chapter from Messrs. H. B. Cody, Lester H. Hib-bard, Mott C. Montgomery and Ross G. Montgomery were approvedby the Board, and the Secretary instructed to send out letter ballots.

At the second meeting of the Board held on November 14th, letter

ballots were opened, and the above mentioned architects declaredelected to Chapter membership.

The Secretary next announced the appointment made l)y the Presi-

dent of the committees for the ensuing year.

These appointments were as follows

:

ST.\NniN(; COMMITTEES

Chapter Membership: F. P. Davis, H. H. Martin. Winsor Soule.

Entertainment : J. C. Austin. Lyman Farwell. W. J. Dodd, A. !. .-/.

Sub-Committee on Public Information : S. Tilden Norton. H. 1-".

Withey. A. R. Walker.

SI'KtIAI. COMMITTEK.S

A. I. A. Sub-Comniittcc on Competitions: A. F. Rosenheim, MynniHunt. Geo. E. Bergstrom. ['ermancnt Committee on Legislation : (Ti>

be appointed later.) Ethics and Practice: H. M. Patterson. .\. H.

Benton. O. W. Morgan. A. I. A. Sub-Commiftec on Education

:

S. O. Clements, D. C. Allison, Elmer Grey, R. C. Farrell. (Owingto resignation of Chairman appointed by the President, Committeewill elect their own Chairman.) City Planning: II. F. Withey.A. C. Martin, Sumner Hunt, J. T. Vawtcr. Contracts and Speci/ica

tions: Geo. E. Bergstrom, A. C. Martin. F. L. Stiff. Institute Membership: A. F. Rosenheim, W. S. Hebbard. Chas. S. Greene. SpecialCommittee, on Building Companies: P. A. Eisen, J. P. Krempel, Robt.

Orr.

For the Committee on Institute Membership. Mr. A. F. Rosenheimreported that applications for Institute membership from thirteen

Chapter members were in the hands of the Institute's Board of Di-

rectors, and that six more would be sent before the first of the comingyear.

Communications were ne.xt read as follows* ,

From the Bedford Stone Club. This communication was orderedfiled.

From the Industrial Bureau, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,seeking suggestions which would add to the success of the "Hf)meProducts Week" of 1916. The Secretary was instructed to reply.

From the Merchant Plumbers' Association, protesting certain actic^i

of the Builders' Exchange in attempting to make general the practice

of sub-contracting plumbing work. This connnunicatitin was orderedreferred to the Committee on Contracts and Specifications.

From the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architectsrequesting the endorsement of Mr. Abraham Garfield in his candidacyfor the Board of Institute Directors. This communication was received

too late for formal action by the Chapter.From the Southwest Museum, requesting aid in the securing of

members and funds for the furtherance of their work. This comniunication was referred to the Committee on Education.From Mr. E. C. Kemper. Executive Secretary of the .American Insti-

tute of Architects, calling this Chapter's attention to the custom of

calling a special meeting to act upon cDumiittee reports and instruct

local (ielegates in the matters therein set forth for their guidance whenattending the Convention. On motion made by Mr. Octavius Morgan,duly seconded and carried, the President was authorized to call aspecial meeting at such time and at such place as he saw fit, to con-sider these documents.From the Industrial Bureau of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com-

merce, extending an invitation to the Chapter and the Board of Di-rectors to be present at an informal reception at the Chamber of Com-merce on Thursday evening. November 16th. The individual Chaptermembers were urged to attend.

From the Riverside Portland Cement Co., acknowledging receipt ofcheck covering the Chapter's share of expenses in the PreparednessParade.

Following, the President announced the election to membership ofMessrs. H. B. Cody. Lester H. Hibbard. Mott C. Montgomery, andRoss G. Montgomery, and Mr. Mott C. Montgomery was called uponto make a few remarks.Under the head of unfinished business, the deferred Annual Report of

the A. I. A. Sub-Committee on Competitions was read and copy ofreport ordered filed in the records of the Chapter.

Discussion followed relative to a competition called for in the Stateof Arizona for certain State wnrk. The Committee on Competitionswas ordered to take note of this competition and send out notices ofdisapproval, insofar as tlie program did not conform with the standardform of competitions of the .-Xmerican Institute of Architects.

Before taking up the matter of new business. Messrs. Woollett andHeineman. guests of the Chapter, were called upon and each made ashort and interesting talk.

Under the head of new business, the reading of the Institute's Con-stitution and By-Laws and tiie Amendments thereto, was taken up.

and all sections as amended were approved and delegates instructed to

vote for the same, with the exception of Section fi. Article VI. of the

By-Laws, pertaining to affiliations, or a form of membership knownas Associates of Chapters. Lengthy discussion followed relative to theadvisability of approving this form of membership, and upon motionmade, seconded and carried, the Chapter resoUed that delegates shouldgo to the Convention uninstructed on this f)articular section.

Announcement was next made by the President that it was the in-

tention of the Board of Directors to have a new Constitution and By-Laws for this Chapter, but no action would be taken until after theConvention at Minneapolis.

.Announcement was further made by the President of an attempt to

be made in the coming legislature to amend the .\rchitectural Practice

Law. Mr. .Mlison read a rough draft of proposed amendments to this

act. and Mr. Octavius Morgan, member of the State Board of .\rchi-

tecture. followed with a short talk on the same subject.

.\ motion was made h\- Mr. Octa\'ius Morgan and unanimously car-

ried, that the President appoint a committee of five to draft the pro-posed amendment and snl^mit the same to the Southern District Boardfor its approval, and rep<irt hack to the Chapter at the next meetingfor action as to the method nf further itrocedure. It was further de-

cided to communicate with the San I'Vancisco Chapter, submitting the

proposed amendments for its consideration and co-operation.

The purpose of the amendment to this law is to correct the followingweak points

:

That Ity failing to place a reasonable exemption limit upon smallbuildings which may be planned by others than certificated architects, it

imposes more or less of ;i hardship upon small operators, and par-

ticularly upi>n those living in the country districts and villages wherethere are no architects.

That the paragraph in the present law providing for the non-certifi-

cated architect very materially weakens the law, and leads to, andactually invites all sorts of violation and litigation that would be en-

tirely eliminated if this paragraph were stricken out.

That the law at present fails to define the status of an architect, doesnot clearly differentiatL- between the status of the architect and his

various assistants, and which might open up a debatable question ontechnicalities if brought into litigation.

These weak points remedied, it is the belief of the Chapter that

ihe act would be ideal in the protection of the public.

The meeting adjourned at U) ::iO p. m.A. R. Walker.

Secretary.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.Los Ancelks. Califiiknia. Tuesday. Oct. 10. 1916.

To the Officers and MembersOf the Si>uthcrn California Chapter

Of the American Institute of Architects.

(Ikntle.men :

I beg to present the ti-nlh annual report to tlu- Chapter.

During the year the Chapter held 10 regular meetings, with anaverage attendance of 2:i members.

Tlie maxinuuii attendance of .U members was at the ninety-seventh

meeting, held on June i:t, 1916.

The minimum attendance of 19 members was at the January andagain at the -\pril meeting.

THE ARCHITECT 401

This shows an average increase in our attendance over the preced

ing year of three members.

MEMBERSHIP

During the vear the following members were elected to regular

two heretofore metubers of the Chapter-at-Large. Mr. .\lfred W.

R.a

rport^-d" ha""Wn killed iu action in the Dardanelles cantpa.gn u„

^StuionVon the death of Mr. Parmentier «;ere framed a. the

Rejilar' member', SX of whom two are life n,embers and two arc

^"irJ^'ry 'members, 4; of whom Sir Chas. Lummis was elected „„

February 8. 1«16.

S"hf°:'uifr'S^:r;. M are Chapter tnembers and .. Ittstiuvte

u,embers. [he latter class being tnade up as follows: 9 Fellow, and -.1

^The^e'are in addition to the above. 13 applications from Chapter

members in thl hands of the Institute's Board of D.rectors for eke-

tion to Institute membership.

ENTEKTAINMENT

Papers and addresses have been presente.l during•l''^

>"•;'>>.''^:;

?^ 1 \„,i I-ir Tnhn R Havnes George Wharton James. A. H.S Dr' £rin^A"Hand[e;':"j H. Befn. Professor Waterbury. o,

th<- Universitv <>f Arizona; Robt B. Lammens., c .

Dur"ng t e vear the Chapter, through its Pres.dcnt and Secre ap.

has l""n energetically working with the Con.m.llee of the JonU

Ti'rhnical Societies toward a closer aftilialion.. ^ . . r .i

Tle atuendment during the year to Article I, Section 7. o the

By-Laws relative to election of Honorary .nembers was a'l"P «'

Ut^rutg the year a resolution of conhdence was adopted by the

Chapter in the 'organization and work of the Bu.lders' l-.,xchange and

the Master Builders' Association of Los Angeles.

Following the receipt of information of the death of lern.ind Par^

mei ier the Chapter "mdertook to dispose of h.s <,ft.ce equ.p.neni and

"brary and in c mnection with this work, two of the Chapters mem-

ber, have made a .lonation of books and equipment to the local

'"n" Chapter has lent its co-operation toward the framing of the

new citv building ordinances and the amendments thereto.

\o' kation from the Board of Directors of the American Institute

of VchKects was received advising this Chapter n its a.Mgnnient.

together with that of the Sau Francisco Chapter, to Institute Director

'""Remlrts were received during the year from the President and other

mcMubers of the Chapter covering the work of the Landmarks Society

Z^ their convention held at Rivers,.le Reports were a'^" ™ '" ''

by the President on the formation of the Ij.s ,\ngeles Cloistir he

purpose of which was tlie repair, restoration and maintenance of the

San Fernando Mission. , i i•

\nproval was rendered by the Chapter of an associate membership

in' the Building Material Dealers' Cre<lit Association.

Resolution was ad.ipted by the Board of Directors ,„st previous to

this present annual meeting authorizing the lifting of the initiation

fees for the purpose of increasing our Chapter membership.

During the year this Chapter in its work of co-oper.ition wiili other

technical societies took part with a strong repre.scntation in the Pre

paredness Parade.i i i .i.

During the vear considerable amount of effort was expended by tin

Ch.-ipier in an effort to curb the activities of various concerns which

we have grouped under the hea.l of Speculative Building Companies

These various concerns are engaged in the practice of tinancing.

designing and building structures, and the efforts of the comni.ttee in

whose hands this work rested were directed against the hnancial

backers of these organizations, who by their high hnancing methods

made possible this detrimental practice._

. • j

Most effective work was done bv the Chapter s committee in read-

ing into the proposed new city charter provisions relative to the selec-

tion and employment of architects on public works and further provi-

sions of interes't to the profession and to the public in matters of ci y

planning. The work of the Chapter and its committees was entirely

successful in this respect and it is to be regretted that only the defeat

of this charter by public vote, for the tune being, annulled the cxcel-

"\\nma the"vear the Chapter, which had heretofore been operating

under no formally approved code of ethics, adopted and made their

own the Institute's Canons of Ethics in its entirety

During tlie vear the Chapter also formally accorded by resolution

their approval 'of the Institute's form of documents and the Secretary

is able to report that a considerable amount of inquiry has been made

for these documents by Chapter members., , , .

The work of the Chapter's Educational Committee, of which report

in full will undnuhlcdlv be rendered by them, has been most success-

ful during the past vear. Under the patronage of this committee, the

work of the local Atelier has been handled, and the success with

which the efforts of the committee have been attended may be attested

to bv the number of awards and mentions rendered, and this in the

face of older and more established .student clubs under Eastern in-

*' During the vear efforts have been made toward the establishment

of a permaneii't Historic llis|,anic Exhibit under the auspices of the

Chapter's Educational Committee, at the Southwest Museum. 1 his^

work has oiilv been started, but it marks the beginning of a most

cimimendable 'activity on the part of the Chapter in putting itself

before the public., . . , , , , , ..

During the vear an architectural exhibiti<m has been held under the

auspices of the Chapter and this exhibit proved to be a great success

b.>th from the standpoint of attendance and merit of drawings hung.

The Chapter has been called upon from time to time during the

vear to assist tlie Institute and other Chapters in the matter of I'ed-

'eril legislati.in. Notable success was attained by the Institute in

which the Chapter mav claim its small part, in the hght carried on

against the location of a p..wer plant which was to h;.ve been es ab-

lished close bv the Civic groui. at Washington. D. C Legislation

relative to thii matter has been held up, with the result that recom-

mendations of the Institute will probably prevail.c- , i

This Chapter has also been active in working upon its Senators and

Congressmen in matters pertaining to Lincoln Highway work and

other matters ..f national import tlial have appeared from time to

""Ouring the year the Chapter severed its me-ubership vvith one of

its several affiliated connections, the National Civic Association.

Durine the year annouiiceineni was received from Institute head-

quarters at the Oct.agon. Washington. D. C.. tl.,-,1 tlie heretofore un-

assigued territory of Arizona had been assigne.l 0. tlie juri.sdlctlon of

the Southern California Chapter.,

. , ,. , _, .

This actiiui of the Institute in assigning the above-mentioned terri-

tory carrieil with it the election of all members-at-large residing within

the assigned territory.

//.nmrct Collections in inilialion fees, dues, etc.. dnrnig the year

•.mounted to $!.'J:W, of which checks to the amount of .$11.5 are now

in the hands of the Secretary, but have not yet been deposited.

There were 7:i vouchers issued for disbursements amounting to a

'"Regarding the' above collections and disbursements it may be of

interest to the Chapter to note the .satisfactory increase over that of

revious years. As above stated, for the year ending Oc ober, 1916,

the Chapter closing with a membership of 8:i from which to draw,

the collections were $1.'.;:!:;.

Respectfully submitted,(Signed I A, R. W.VLKKR,

Si-<ri-liiry Fro 7 fin.

Minutes of Washington State Chapter not received in time

for publication.

Minutes of Oregon Chapter not received in time for publi-

cation.

IISjnFV ^^^ '-^S"'' S'X MONTHS OF 1916 \ / i x/iillNi_>'Cy\ JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE Vol. All

INDEX TO TEXT WITH SUBJECT COMMENTARY

Grant

Smilr.

TITLE AND SUBJECT AUTHOR

Coliseum Photoplay House, Seattle Onm D. JonesDescriptive and illustrative of Coliseum Theater.

College Campus Planning (concluded from June issue)

„ ; Ernest E. WalkerFre-emment guidmg principles.

Modern Illumination (;„,

General Conhitions of the Contract Francis 11

Discussing the code adopted by the A. I. A.The New C. P. R. R. Hotel, Vancouver. . ./^raiiru ,9.

Descriptive and illustrative Hotel Vancouver andC. P. R. R. system.

General Conditions of the Contract Fraiieis II'. GrantDiscussing the code adopted by the A. I. \.

.-\sbestos Material for Fire ProtectionPertaining to merits of asbestos cement lumber.

Current Notes and CommentSolving Artistic Problems of Citv Building

Relative to Oakland development.The Clawson School Jolni J. Donovan

Descriptive of Clawson School, Oakland.Satisfactory Roofikg

Pertaining to the old, substantial, time-tried tin roofing.

Porcelain Enameled Iron and Its Relation to SanitationOrigin and history of enameling.

The Multiple Disc Rotary Crude Oil BurnerModern oil burning development.

Current Notes and CommentThe City Hall of San Franci.sco Loring P. Rixford

Origin and description of the first unit toSan Francisco's Civic Center plan.

The San Francisco Civic Center John Reid. Jr.Describing some of its conditions.

The Use of .Artificial or Imit,\tion Stone. . .Phi// DenhetleShowing advantage of design and its effect.

Current Notes and CommentArchitectural Terra Cotta

A reference to its origin, effect and advantages.

Seattle's New Natatorium Marcus PriteenDescriptive article of a Seattle Natatorium.

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TITLE AND SUBJECT AUTHOR

Traveling E-xhibit of Washington State Chapter .\. I. .A.

Educational work of Washington State Cliapter'A. i. a'Washington Securities Building, Seattle

,,••.•: Frank P. .-Illen. Jr.

.\ description.

.\HCHITECTS' OB.ST.iCLES BeiNG REMOVEDRelating to a Western manufacturing concern and itsproducts.

Current Notes .\nd Com ment"""^'^"''^ '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.

'.Ed^dn Bervsh'om.^n explanation of needed practice and legislation.

Reasons Why City Planning Department Is Need

c,•. .-• Henrv F. irnhex

Showing necessity of action bv officials111 community architectural developments.

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-Minutes of Southern California ChapterMinutes of Washington State Chapter.

^(•//ciHficr—Minutes of San Francisco ChapterOctober— The Architect is the Official Organ of the'San

Francisco Chapter, Southern California Chapterand Washington State Chapter, A. I. .\.

-Minutes of San Francisco ChapterA'(itr»i;>,T—Minutes of San Francisco Chapter....

.Annual Report of the President, etcMinutes of Southern California CliaplerAnimal Report of the President.

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INDEX TO PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS

APARTMENT AND HOTEL BUILDINGSARCHITECT PLATES

C. P. R. Hotel Vancouver. Vancouver, B. C... Francis .S. ."iwales 17-30

CITV AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES

. Trost ir Trost

. Trosl & Trost

Rayless Residence. Tucson, .Arizona

Sleiiifeld Residence, Tucson, .Arizona

J. W. Burns' Residence, Pasadena, Cal.Myron IJunt and Elmer ^irey

The Loring Residence, Pasadena. Cal Myron limitBard Residence, Hueneme, Cal Myron llnniResidence of Dr. Guy Cochran, Los .Angeles, Cal

Myron Hunt and lilnier i.rcvI louse in Pasadena, Cal Robert P. Fac/nharHome of Mrs. H. Page Warden, Pasadena, Cal

Reginald D. JohnsonHouse of .Mrs. B. C. Keck, Pasadena, OA. .Reginald D. John.innHouse in Los .Angeles, Cal Robert D. FarquharHouse in Pasadena, Cal Robert D. FarquharHouse in Pasadena, Cal Robert D. Farquhar

BUSINESS AND CO.M.MERCI.\L BUILDINGSOffice Building for Southern Pacific Conipanv. San Francisco..

r--. 'w' ',•,' 'A' ;,••',•;. ,••«/'" i'r Faviilc

City Hall, Oakland, Cal Palmer. Ilornhoslel & Jone:_ •,;. '"'"' ' l>onovan. .Snl'crrisinu.San 1< rancisco City Hall Hal-ewcll i'-r HPacific Gas & FZlectric Co. Building, S. F. .../;,/.:;, o- . /. ,1/, ,//„;..(

CLUB BUILDINGSElks; 'Temple, T.-icoma. Wash p.. F. Chamfncx

John Carrigan

40

40

Elks' Temple, Seattle, Wash.

87

87

88

89

90

40 4:!

44-45

a 49 0.5

00-711

S-12

13 10

EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

,-1 ,- , .ARCHITECT PHTESClawson School, Oakland, Cal ;„/,„ , n• ...Jolm J. Uonoz-an 33-39

PUBLIC BUILDINGSColiseum Theater, Seattle U,,..„, r. ,Providence Hospital. Seattle.

.-.•.

Somc^l': Tr'?' '"^Vemura County Courthouse, Ventura, ci^::'::!;;il:.;'[-'\,^Z „^J

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS"( )ur L;,dy ,.f Guadalupe Church," San Franci.sco

Tbe Presbyterian Churci,;' Missimla: 'Moni:

'

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J<ibi:ln::,;:;^,^:rl!:tg:iST;;r'AS^i„;'ge-^^"^

" '"Ikcr & I 'awler 9S-HIJ

REVIEW OF OUR FOREKiN CONTEMPORARIESThe .Irchtteetural Rerieu'. London,...I he .Ircluleclural Review. London.... ^'";?The .Irchiteclnral AVfiVte, London .'.'.'.'.','..'.'...'.'

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FOREIGN ARCHITECTUREDesign for Thames Bridge

U|.per and lower panels, decorative i.ainlings.*'

.Selections from (iuadalajara and Alcala, Sjiain,' ,,.

FRONTISPIECES.'»/.v-

^';,'",';'''^'.';,';;,i-'*"'^'

^•''"' \"'"im—Chester. Phoenix Tower

s- T-fr R I' "^ '^'"'^ ^^'""«' """'• B""ff. Alia..Sc/./, »,/„,— Belfry at Bruges, Belgium.Ocloher- Bird's-eye View of the San Francisco Civic Center.\ o:r»,ft.-,-.Anvers_La l-leche de la Cathedr.de.ilcci-wfccr— Cathedral of Orvicto.

40:2

THE ARCHITECT 403

Pitcher's Adjustable Disappearing Door

Hangers and FramesDetails for Boring Holes and Setting Bolt

MAhC r.OLT

TIGHT IVOFIKM.

TOTAL THICKNESS OF WALL 5 1-2 INCHES

Use 5-J6 bit for boring hole for boll.

Use 5-8 bit for boring hole for nut.

Fasten top plate to door icith nails as per detail

Adjust height of bolt Mith wrench.

DETAIL FOR POCKET

Scale, 3 inches equal I foot

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Cut sAMJtnf meanj ej

remcunf h»tyrr «i</

Cmjiis

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Ou '^01 u\v on} olttt-^r \l/v titl ihan sl/e specllled.

Cut Jmmb on bevel •s sdoB/i. fuslen wllh

screw,

to.ve »» slop'i 3- IS Inch In clear.

SIZE OF FRAMES

Height: Helghl ol Daor plus 9 . Inihcs

Width: Twict ttldlh ot Door plus 5%

Inches.

Width Double: Four times t*ldlh plus 7%

Inches.

Doorrrome made to set on ''«"'''"/,"' "°°'''

Set Irnme In position end stud around It.

CMIIOH

Do not drhe nails

through Into pocket

ot door.

Detail shonlng Center Stop tor Double Doors

When using Hangers and Track only make

distance bett^een bottom ot track end finish-

ed floor the height of door plus 3 Inches.

Distance from bottom of track to bottom of

header 4'. Inches.

Groove door '/, Inch wide hy V-

Inch deep to receive center

guide.

Set I enter guide on line tilth slops

and flush wlih Ironi edge ot

door.

Do not set slops less

Ihan 3-IISInch

from door.

Detail for Jambs. Cut off and give to Mill.

National Mill & Lumber Co.324 Market Street,

MAMIFACTURERS g^]\J FRANCISCOTELEPHONE - KI^iRNV 35S0

404 THE ARCHITECT

QThe new Electric Action Concert

Organ in the spacious Lobby of the

new Hotel Fresno

Our Seif'piaying Orchestral Organs

can be installed in any available

place; Console or Key Desk being put

wherever wanted

Q For full information and specifications, write m

EILERS MUSIC COMPANY|

975 Market Street ' ' San Francisco |

Agents California Organ CompanyI A FRESNO ATTRACTION

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PACIFIC COAST JOBBERSWho will accept orders for N. & G. TAYLOR CO.'S four leading brands

"TARGET AND ARROW" ROOFING TINTAYLOR'S SPECIAL 40-lb. COATING COLUMBIA 32-lb. COATING MAPLE 20-lb. COATING

SAN FRANCISCOBerger Manufacturing Co.Dalziel-MoIIer Co.Holbrook, Merrill & StetsonMan^rum & Otter, Inc.

Mark-Lally Co.Montague, W. W. & Co.Pacific Hardware & Steel Co.Pacific Metal WorksStulsaft, Morris Co., Inc.

LOS ANGELESBerger Manufacturing Co.Boynton Co., H. R.California Cornice WorksHarper & Reynolds Co.Holbrook Merrill & Stetson

SAN DIEGOWestern Metal Supply Co.

Do not permit substitutions, for large andWe can supply your requirements on 6h<

and other commercial grades:

PORTLANDFailing-McCalman Co.Honeyraan Hardware Co.Marshall-Wells Hardware Co.Pacific Metal Works

BOISE, IDA.Northrop Hardware Co.

SACRAMENTOMiller & Enwright Co.

RENO, NEV.Nevada Hardware & Supply Co.

PHOENIX, ARIZ.Arizona Hanlware Supply Co.

VANCOUVER, B. C.

Forsyth, A. J. & Co.MeClary Manufacturing Co.McLennan, McFeeley & Co., Ltd.

complete stocks arc warehoused at Sanrt notice by direct orders to the office,

PACIFIC COAST REPRESENTATIVE

SEATTLE

Bowles Co., TheCrane Co.Hambach, A. & Co.Schwabachcr Hardware Co.Seattle Hardware Co.Western Hardware & Metal Co.

NORTH YAKIMAYakima Hardware Co.

WALLA WALLALoehr & Flanders

TACOMA

SPOKANECrane Co.

Holly-Mason Hardware Co.

Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle,

each warehouse, or the above list of jobbers.

I J. A. DRUMMOND, 245 Mission St., San Francisco

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THE AECHITECT 405

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I Northern Clay Company

ARCHITECTURALTERRA COTTAMade to your order in

color and design

HIGHEST QU.\LITY

I AUBURN, WASHINGTON |

Mt. Diablo

CementAlways Used Where Quality Counts

Cowell Santa Cruz Lime

SAMSON SPOT SASH CORD

SAMSON CORDAGE WORKS. BOSTON. MASS J m

Henry Cowell Lime and Cement

Company

2 Market Street, San Francisco

Branches:

Uaklmul Sacramrnlo San Jose

Porlljiiid. Ore.

Sanla Cruz

Taconia, Wash.

BaiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Johnson

Mnltii)le Disc

Rotary Oil

Burner,\ Perfect Mechanical

Vliiinizer.

(;ives most economical

r.Milt> with heavy

fuel oil.

This simple inexpen-

jt sive burner can be1^

—

' installed in all sizes.

Water ll.al. r>. lli;;l. or l.o» Pressure Steam Boilers,

Kilns, Driers, Hot .\ir Furnaces, Ktc.

Guaranteed to produce highest Economy.

For Farther Information Write or Call at Nearest Agency.

S. T. JOHNSON COMPANYSan Francisco Office an,! Factory, UM MISSION ST., cor. Mission

anil Wa-hburn Sla. Phone Market 27.59

Oaklan.1 Office and Factory, cor. GR.\CE .AND LOWELL STS.

Phone Piedmont 2815

AGENCIES

'S.cr«nwi.to Oil « B<.rn.T Cj>.. S.er.iii.iilo. Clif.

Illlllil

JUST THE THING FOR BUNGALOWS. APARTMENT

HOUSES OR LARGE RESIDENCES

This little Taconia residence

HAS AN AUTOMATIC COOLER

1 It Eliminates the Unsanitary Ice Box as Well as the Ice Bill

IT SAVES MONEY, ROOM, TIME

AND TROUBLE

Just the water that you ordinarily use

first circulates through the Cooler.

I Automatic Coaler Go.**?¥'^

TACOMA, WASH.Ifrite for Descriptive Circular

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ROOnNG-A^BL5TOv5A^BE5T05 -SHINGLES

•KEASBEY-& •MATTISON • COMPANY-•AMBLER- PENNA- -US-A-

•HEETDated JANUARY-Bie- 11

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ICUAmckicam Method Asbestos ^nmcLE Roof-

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COPYKIGMTED I9)G BY KCASdrY £--MATTI^ON- CO PU61.IJHED 6Y /ARCHITECTURAL -JtevlCE • COEPOBATION. PHILADELPHIA. UO A

J. A. DRUMMOND, Pacific Coast Representative, 245 Mission Street. San Francisco

Vashington

Brick,Lime & Sewer

Pipe Co.

SPOKANE. WASH.

Manafacturen of

Architectural Terra Cotta

and Face Brick

GUARANTEED to meet Standard and

U. S. Gk)verninent Specifications for

first grade Portland Cement.

Santa Cruz Portland CementCompany

Worki: Darenport, CiL

Standard Portland CementCorporation

Work*: N»p« Jtinctioii, C*L

General Qffi<x*s

Crocker Building San Francisco

KMrrLtND u>s auciles 8UTILB

R. N. NASON & CO.PAINT MAKERS

Ul Potrwo Atc^-SAN FRANCISC(>-54 Knc Stnsrt

Makers of

NASON'S OPAQUE FLAT FINISH

A 6«t oU p«int made in »oft KaUomine Tint*,

that ia waahable; practical article for

walla, ceilinga, etc^ that i» moat

eooDomical and durable.

Ageruyfor

Taaun & NoUn Co.'. High Grade VamiaKe. and Fmiahe*

f.„„^r-^ .i-l>-rft.O«MfacltocU»»M«fltoC«i«M.

SPECIFY

NEPHI PLASTER onlyIT MAKES THE WALL

Standard for 25 year* on the Pacific Coast andIntermountain Weat

HARDWALL, FINISHING, CASTTING, ETC^Ijo NEPHI KEENE'S CEMENT

NEPHI PLASTER & MANUFACTURING CO.S—Fr>-eiMcoO*ei BinLDEHS EXCHANGE. 1» JESSIE ST.

Tel^boM Suiu* 670a

Jfoi. Ofc 711 BOSTON BUILDING. SALT LATE CTTT, OTAH

Wrii. fat BooklMt. EXPOSmOS WALL SfTKFACtS. ETC.

LARSENCONSTRUCTION

REPORTSAdvance Information as to Consttuction and Engineer-

ing work covering the entire Pacific Coast

INDIVIDUAL SERVICE

ISSUED DAILYINDISPENSIBLE

CLASSIFICATION

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BUILOINQChurchaaJallaTheateraFlataRealdenceaSteel Frame Bulldlnga

Brick Bulldlnga „.,,„.Reinforced Concrete Building*

Frame BulldlngaPoatofrlceeCourt HouaeaOffice BulldlngaBanksHotela

,

Government workLight HouaeaBarracka

_, , Douglas 2371Tel- Douglas 2372

560 Misson Street, San Francisco

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