Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 109

-1 FEBRUARY 2, 1930 DaklanH Cdbune j. AY CONTEST I '6 Home in Ivanhoe Roa( SKHJK CasaJVIadera Opens Next Sunday This beautiful building is located at the intersection of Ivy drive and Booker street, just aWHark boulevard. Douglas Dacre Stone is the architect, Jacobs and Pattiani the builders, and J. W. Woods, the owner.

The apartment contains such facilities as a Johnson oil-burner for steam heat, genuine Fngid-aire. and Marshall and Stearns wall beds. This home it open for inspection at 5740 Ivanhoe road, arid was PRIZE GIVEN T. Luena Williams, a horns; leconomlca teacner, bm won built by fcrnest W. Urcn, ouuaer 01 rnoow mansions smaller home by Urch is also open for inspection at 5830 Ross street, iust a block away.

prize otierea Dy tne nauuui of Real Estate boards foJf-- the best dlflnltloh' of the home, according to announcement by Herbert TJ. Nelson, executive secretary of the association. Ten thousand ninety definitions were entered in the contest. "Homes" says Miss Williams, "is a domestic sanctuary wrought out of desire built into memory where kindred bonds unite the family in sharing labors, leisure, joy, and sorrows." 'iThls definition," says Nelson, "expresses the sentimental way In which millions of people feel about their abiding places, because, through the centuries, home, to.alt'' people, has meant more than just shelter. But until this time no.

one has ever expressed the real beauty of the home idea." TO BETTER FLOOD CONDITIOjr. New York is doing its share to ameliorate flood conditions on the Mississippi river. Few realize 2100 square miles of the watershed of the. Allegany river, a tributary of the Ohio, Ilea within New York state, and parts of Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. I I tZmit '8 A'j'rv- 'iff f.f- I iiff 3 ti-- ill iji 1W i i 'i.

i i i 1 df 1 Ji ll ri 400,000 New Homes Needed, Claims Expert Need of 400,000 new homesanl dependable railway transporta- Bids Called On Marine Hospital BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. San Francisco ts assured the new marine hospital today, following the announcement of William A. Newman, federal district architect, that bid for thT building will bs.

called for at Washington, February 2 6. i The new building, Newman will' be six stories high, cover 400 square feet of ground, and provide ample accomodations for Incapacitated government employees. Construction will start shortly after the bids are received, 'it was declared. OWNERSHIP OF TITLEIST The slogan, "Modest Mansions," originally copyrighted by R. C.

Hlllen, has been transferred to Ernest W. Urch in recognition of the artlstio character of the homes constructed by" him, it is announced. Hlllen's "MoTIest Mansions" were known to residents of the Eastbay communities because of their characteristic architecture as Influenced by European design. Urch will continue to build "Modest Mansions" along the same lines, and will continue to apply new ideas that tend to make the home more artistic, or to- give greater convenience. Urch states: "There Is no reason why a small homo should not be as thoroughly constructed as a larger one.

A decrease in size should not Imply a lowering in Quality. Neither Is there any reason why a small home should be less convenient than a larger one. "We are at present showing two-homes varying almost $10,000 in price. Both are constructed to the same standard, with the finish and decoration of equal quality. The larger home is located at (740 Ivanhoe road, and the smaller one at 6830 Rose street, Just a block away.

Public Inspection Is Invited. Come by way of Broadway or Col lege avenue to cnahot road, turning Into either Ivanhoe road or Rose street. MINISTERIAL MISTAKE. HACK NELL, Kngland The Rev. E.

B. Grant was late to church service because a policeman who stopped him discovered that his driving license had expired 210 days previously, EAT ROOM WITH DEAD SHEFFIELD, Eng. The houelng shortage Is so acute here that nine persons ate and slept in the room where Henry Oraydon's body lay awaiting burial. I'll I ibay Residents Find New Apartment Hotel Is Popular. 1 Tridents of the Eastbay have Mi.m-n their approval of the new i.n-nlshlngs at the Madison-Lake.

judging; by ---3 the number I who, offl-j dale atate, 1 are inspect- line thli i- faahlonable (apartment hotel at 1800 Madl-1 eon atreet near Lake Ida drive. "Many Eastbay zamlllei have select-ed the Mad- ison-Lake as their downtown real dence Ince the lut week that W. A. SATIS newly-fur-r Vied apartments were available," iefl Vm. A.

Davis, president of 1 i Empire Trading" 1 "vil i rj were the air of i dignity, refinement and lux. iv which distinguishes the new Jui nUhlngs of this exclusive down' town residence. "This trend In popularity is sir nlflcant. It shows that Oakland Jms now grown to the point wbVre Rood many residents desire the ti' or apartment-hotel life In i' ue in the principal American Visitors as well as the en i iiainment rooms available for "its, "An interesting feature is the in I'lnallty shown In the furnish imvls, who, as president of the Trading Corporation Is uvely interested in the development of both the Madison-Lake ni jutment hotel on Madison street n.j the Lakehurnt hotel on Jack- sun street, is well-known in Kast- 1 ny business circles. Commencing ii 1917 with the First National 1 ink of Berkeley, he has been c- nvi-iy connected with banking In i(i csis.

Until recently he waa i ire-president of the American Trust company. In addition to being president of Trading corporation, 11, Is vice-president of the 1 Juimllton company, vice-pres-t of the Oakland Building-and 1. unsiciatlon, and of the West' 1 eunty Building and Loan as H' In Sim Francisco, as well rrtfie of the Ban Joss Bulld- I Lnnii association, In charge ii i ho JOuHtliay activities of the con icofiit developments which li i auruuled widespread public niifiiUnn Id the Manlson-Lake and ilic Iviikehiirst are part of an program sponsored by tlx- j.mplro Trading corporation end directed by Davla. BACK TO WORK. TATUS OP) 'Wall Street's crash bounced one of the most widely kumvn American dentists of farls i'ii' to hi office, lie thought he lui "retired" to a home in the country but he resurrected his jacket ono day, after reading the ticker SAMK WORIiD OVEn.

RTAMKORD HILL, Kngland. Home work Is considered such a burden by girls and thler parents that local school has decided Hint most of the work will be ao-compltahed during lesson time. POLAND KXECtTES IIS. WARSAW. In the last five years 116 persons have been executed In Poland for capital crimes, eccordlng to a report lasued by the MinlBte'r of Justice.

OUR Tribune PPfiDVAL Open or Inspection Next Sunday, FeU 9th. GASA MADERA A beautiful apartment building located at BOOKER and 4VY DRIVE IS OF New Apartment Contains Many Conveniences in Latest Styles. Announcement la made of the dpenlng next Sunday, February 9th, of Casa Madera, an apartment building at the corner of Ivy Drive and Booker atreet. Just above Park boulevard, J. Woods is the owner: Douglas Dacre Stone is the architect, and Jaapbs and Pattlanl are the buikfers.

Casa Madera is of beautiful BpahJsh de sign, and, according; to the lpwner. has an appeal to tne most rasuai-ous clientele. A description dt, the building reads: "Through an Imposing entrance of acld-stalned stone and brilliant oriental tile, one paeees Into a lobby of simplicity and rare beauty, from which a tile stairway leads up to a series of arches and balconies to the rooms above. The celling of the lobby Is of heavily -coffered wood beams, the walls of textured plaster, and the floor of hand made tile. On the floor above is a second lobby serving the Ivy Drive entrance, thue giving access to the building from both streets.

"Th enartments. themselves. have large living rooms, spacious, entry halls, and a wealth of close! room. Most of the suite are four rooms, but there are a rew twos, threes, and fives, giving diversity In the plan of the building. "The kitchens are eiectnnea ana include electric stoves, and genuine Frlrldalre In the equipment, AH bathrooms are finished in color and have, outside windows.

Steam neat is supplied from a Johnson oil burning eystem to all rooms and main hallways. Wall-beds are of the full coll spring type, from the Marshall and b'tearna company. A splendid laundry and drying room, abundant storage rooms, and a complete fireproof garage with ample garage facilities for each tenant, are among the apartments' conveniences. "The general Interior finish Is carried out in Spanish design In conformance with the exterior architecture. Public inspection of Casa Madera is invited." New English Home in Estudillo Estates The latest addition to the attractive homes in Estudillo Estates the Fred T.

Wood company's residential tract in, Ban Leandro, Is a characteristic English type home located on Collier drive. The homes consists of six rooms. "We planned this house," said Stanley Davis, the tract manager, "after a study of modern requirements and improvements, and can affirm that, without sacrificing any of the architectural beauty, it Is up-to-lhe- minute -in every detail. The kitchen contains built-in features. There is a large double garage And a finished basement, containing the furnace.

"The living and dining room are well proportioned and finished. There Is a large breakfast room, and one bedroom on the first floor, Two other elevated-bedrooms, each possessing features that will please the visitors, ind a modern bath room, the home, "We Invite all who are Interested In viewing this charming home to come to the tract at any time during the week, General Con! factors of America, whlcli closed here yesterday, Figures read at the convention showed that state, county and municipal bonds floated during December, 1929, exceeded those sold the preceding month by more than 320 per cent. The totalwas, the month. Only once in history has a greater volume been mar-, keted In 34 days. That was In December, 1921, during the post-war building boom, when the total was 1813,000,000.

RECOMMENDATIONS MADE. Various practices measures to- stabilize and- standardize the construction of the country were i-recommended at the convention. Among them were: Adoptloavef-a standard credit 'plan to govern the credit giving by members of the asso ciation. 27 by the census bureajjj of figures on construction activity over the nation. Federal Reserve Bank cooperation with locAl banks In the stimulating and financing of small home building.

Cooperation of the bureau ot standards and the contractors association to standardize certain features of building construction. t'RKDIT The credit nlan was suggested to eliminate bar! business practices In the construction Industry, which, It was estimated at the oonvention, have tied up more than in unoollectable accounts of material men and others connected with the industry. Assurances were read at the, con vention that the census bureau would include the coUection ot building statistics In this year's survpy. The llgures will oe usea to show the trend and condition of -the building Industry throughout the nation. More than 14.000 nntractlng firms siKnifled their ln- tetitloir of fooperatlng with the bureau in compiling figures en nil building in progress and con tracted for.

1IOMK BUILDING. The federal cooperative home building plan was recommended as a measure to revive Interest in small home buikiiiig and to turn credit from speculative into constructive business channels. The plan, ns outlined here, would have the federal reserve banks set aside certain sums for the use of num ber banks in making building loans. loans would be made with interest terms end amortlza-ti ns periods so lonr that home builders would be attracted to them rtaher than more costly and njore speculative enterprises. Rureau of cooperation was soupht especially in the fixing of the sires and varieties of material used in construction.

Particular reference wNas made to standardization of masonery opening, 'metal, sash and trim, mill-' work, fare brick and hollow tile. 12.V00O-MM.K SWIM. BRIGHTON. Eng. Pollv.

the porpoise of the Frighten aouArium, has swum more that! KS.Oull miles in two ears, EN COMPLETED ASH DESIGN Just above HOTEL ON JMSON'ST. Within sixty days actual work" will start on the construction of a new addition to Oakland's skyline, a ten-story apartment hotel to be located on the west side of Jackson atreet, north of Fourteenth, It la announced. The general contract has been awarded to Charles S. Mabrey of Oakland, who haa been Identified with many major building projects throughout the state. Mabrey states: "This modern apartment hotel will represent an Investment of 1525,000, and IS to be of Class A construction throughout, embodying every modern convenience.

The house will be completely furnished, and will be ready for occupancy September 1. "Structural steel Is being fabricated and will be. erected by the Herrlck Iron Works of this city." Mabrey added: "We plan to carry this project to. an early completion. Every Item has been carefully taken Into con sideration so as to make this an outstanding Chester II.

Miller and Carl Warnecke are the architects. Furnace Dealers' Policy Outlined "Thje Importance of safety in the Installation of all kinds of heating equipment is emphasized dally In the winter season," states II. O. Lothrop, secretary-manager of the Furnace Dnalera association. He added: "This is particularly the case In locatlltlrs where the pro per safe-guarding of public health Is not enforced by local ordinances for Installation practice.

"It la the policy or this associa tion to seo that all installations of warm air 'equipment by Us mem bers are made according to the best rules of engineering practice. We also guarantee the Installations of our members, and place a guar antee seal on the furnaces after the work is 'computed and mspectea. Estimates of the cost of guaranteed Installations will be given by any of our members, and suggestions as to the proper type of Installation for warm air heating of any structure will be made It reauested." CUT KXCKKDS GROWTIT. Foresters estimate that about thirty-eight billion cublo feet of wood is grown yearly. This is the figure to balance against a cut of fifty-six billion cubic reet wnen plans for the future are being made.

offices should logically be 'Jower, a high class office i i fltl Two-room Four-room Five-room Sm'tes -Urffumished Artistic Lobbies Double Entrance Main Entrance on Booker St. IV. Woods, Owner. wmmm tion has reduced the amount of space needed for the storage of raw materials. SWIFT CONSTRDCTION.

"Lean time Ts required for construction without excessive payment for speed. One case Is reported of a firm of engineers who built a plan of 20 stories In 3)80 calendar days. Most of the, structures were four stories high, bf reinforced concrete, and the total cost about 37,600,000. Regarding road building, Hunt states: "Not long before the World war we were generally considered backward with respect to improved highways. The development of one of the finest systems of improve roads In the world has been effected mainly since the war.

More than 11,000,000,000 annually is now spent for the construction and maintenance of rural roads, and 3400.OOO.000 or more is spent by citleJ for street Improvement and maltftenance. federal bureau of public works, In cooperation with state authorities, has worked out well coordinated network of 185,772 miles of principal roads, about one-third of which has been Improved. There remains much room for better' planning of highways Improvements, esneclallv In the way of cooperation between the autnormes in adjoining counties and between those of cities and those of neighboring rural territory." f. r. Hotel Built Without Single Casualty SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.

1. In the fourteen months spent in the construction of tho William Taylor hotel, not one man was killed or permanently, injured, according to a report on file today with the caiirornla Department of Industrial Relations. Comparatively few minor injuries were reported, according to the report I Contractors and Industrial welfare of nclla -declare- that credit for tho successful completion of tho structure without injury to the employee goes to proper safety brought', about by a special sufety engineer on duty at all times. --Such equipment as" a special elevator equipped with brakes and counterweights for tbVsole use 'of tne workers, was included in the safety plans, NEW MINE GAS SIGNAL. LONDON.

VP) A new gas detector has been adopted for British mJjiesrtlTter tests In. the house of commons. The Invention which signals the presence of deadly fumes by lighting a red lamp, was produced about two years ago. But it did not catch ofl until after trials In Parliament In the prenen'cg of a solemn conclave of officials. BIG POWER PLANT.

BITTERFIELD, Germany. OP) With the Installation of two kilowatt turbine generators in the Uolpa-Zschnrnewitz power- plant, Germany claims not only the biggest power plant lh Europe, but also the biggest brown coal plant in the world. Artistic Plumbing for Casa Madera by J. A. FAZIO 402 Castro St.

OA Hand 3550 1930 to Set Record For Building Volume Modern Low Cost AUTOMATIC OIL HEAT Will Be Supplied in thtj CASA MADERA APTS. foliar rs Listed as Standard by the Underwriters' Laboratory Made in Oakland by S. T. JOHNSON GO. Faetery Display ReonuS 2100 Broadway Also Distributor ef Slov mtd Furnac Oil for Every Us Since 1904.

Park Blvd. Corporation CL encourt 9844 annually to properly house all the people of the united states is emphasized by Edward Eyre Hunt, secretary of the president's conference on unemployment, in "An Audit of America," Hunt views the survey as "a description of the levels on which the American people live." Hunt's discussion of housing needs is contained In a chapter summarizing the finding of John M. Giles dealing with the whole subject of construction, which ie refers toias the "balance wheel of Industry, Hunt points out in his "An Audit of America" that though construction In recent years has reached an annual value of $7,000,000,000, that sum Ig conservative in relation to the national Income and savings when compared with prewar figures. POPULATJOV INCREASE "The annual increase In population," writes Hunt, "has become much more 'clearly stabilized, and wes as a people now require an annual addition of 400,000 homes as well as other structures. The net loss of the farm population to cities and towns has resulted in an unusual demand for urban dwellings; the growth in per capita Income and savings has had Its effect, as well as the obsolescence of existing structures: and the supply of investment funds ha greatly Incrased, and until 1929 there was a generally lower treiyt.pf Interest rates.

progress "has also been made toward -systematizing the nation's building program and toward a national pooling of part of the funds." Analyzing the building problem that arose during the post-war era Hunt asserts that generaV business conditions have exerted a marked Influence on the amount of new building undertaken. Thft fell off strikingly in ivz anu again in 1927. Hunt notes that the abundant credits available for construe tion have not resulted in an inflationary building boom, frequently the precursor to depression, DEFERRED BUILDING. Only once, he observes, in the spring, of 1923, new construction was being projected so rapidly that whfllesale prices of building material began to mount. Hunt recalls that in March of that year, Hoover, then secretary of commerce.

In reply to the president, wrote sug gesting that federal building be deferred for a time. Hunt also points out' that in April, 1923, the report of the com mittee on business cycles and un employment of the president's conference on-unemployment advised the deferment of public works and the construction work of large public service corporations to -less ac tive periodsand the problem was then widely discussed. The build ing problem was sarely adjusted to the capacity of the Industry, and building costs have never been so high, he remarks. In the case of residential ana commercial. buildings.

Hunt asserts. there' is much more planning of a basin sort than before the war. City jjlnnningk and zoning has advanced and he sees the development or tne national "federal Aid- nignway syRtem and the Interconnection of electric power systems as further evidences of construction broadly planned. SAVINGS EFFECTED. Othernew trends in' the field of construction mentioned are the great savings effected through oaretul nnalysls-or strains -ana stresses, the wider use of specifi cations and better inspection, the Increased use of non-corrosive maerlals, the greater utilization of labor-saving machinery and a more gneral rental of construction machinery and equipment which has tended to reduce overhead carrying costs and transportation charges.

'The total construction oft In dustrial buildings," writes HuntiV'is still liable to considerable fluctuations, but since 1922 there hve been no such wide Bwings as dur-ine- the three receding years. More general reliance upon electsfj power reutfiveu irom ctiniritl auctions makes for stability in the construction of generating facilities. "Building structures represent on the whole a decreasing proportion of the total investments in industrial plants, with a growinc proportion in machinery and equipment. Improvements in marsiifacturing processes have frequently diminished the amount of space required. JACOBS7anTTIANI BIDING CONSTRUCTION' NEW ORLEANS, Jan.

Bluldersln all sections are- rallying to the call of President Hoover, and everywhere there are indications that 1930 will be a record construction year. This was the declaration made at the convention of the Associated I located in the building that 1 Builders of the Casa Madera Apts. 337 SEVENTEENTH ST. Phone CL encourt 3203 A Feature of Utility in Any Heme or Apartment Genuine Frigid a ire Selected for the CASA MADERA is aevoiea exclusively to commercial and terrain professional tenantry (at present over 90 occupied by leadiag frrmand outstanding corporatfons). Located ir jjie downtown firmcial district and close to all local 'md suburban transportation, with all the light, fresh air and sunshine that a Tower building provides, this, structure is the ideal location for your business home.

Your inspection of our available suites is invited for further information communicate with the TRIBUNE TQWER Franklin at 1 3th Street ARTHUR J. SLAGHT- Building ManageT Frigidaire 2054 Broadway li The beautifut LIGHTING FIXTURES and the entire HARDWARE the new Casa Madera Aptu Furnished by mmmmm "i ft.