The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • Page 7

27,1924 THRIFT unimr diiii mnd dadet i BETTER TI iwlwlE 3 UImUIIw nivlBi HOMES BUG TOTAL TO PASS THAT OF OVIR BILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION ACCORDINQ TO SURVEY Money value of building this year for Industrial and commercial structures will exceed that of 1923 contracts. Engineering News- Record reports in making public a recently completed survey of construction progress since 1918. The total value of this year for factories, power-house, other Industrial buildings, banks, office buildings, hotels and apartment houses will be $1,175,000, the survey report estimates. The 1923 total was $1,135,000,000. Contracts awarded in the last 11 years to cover all branches of construction have failed, says the report, to catch up to the aotual needs nf the country.

The construction Industry, owing to great increases in costs, must find a new normal to substitute for the 1913 pre-war standard of comparison. Comparing general Che report shows that industrial and commercial building contract totals, bad construction gone forward at the total rate for 1913, would be $9,900,000,000 for the 11 years. Actually, the total is $12,000,000,000, which sum Includes an inflation of 66 per icnt in costs over the entire period. Construction other than that of industrial buildings has moved forward i.t a conservative rate. There Is much room for development In this division, which Includes waterworks.

sewers, bridges and other public works. Hod this branch of construction moved forward at the rate established by the 1913 totals, the report further shows, awards to date would total $5,400,000,000. Contracts awarded In the 11 years total $5,800,000,000. This Is an annual increase of eight per cent. Since 1921, the annual gain has 12 rer cent.

Charts accompanying the reports shows that building construction generally has been heavy since 191R. The heyday from 1916 to 1920. In the latter year alone, the valne of Industrial building contracts of $25,000 and more totalled $482,000,000, as compared with $49,000,000 in 1913. The slump in was abrupt the total dropping to $114,000,000. In 1918 to 1915, the yearly average was $60,000,000.

To date, keeping to averages established early in the 11- years' period covered in the survey the building cost totals would $1,100,000,000. The actual cost totaL for the period will coma to $1,424, 000 000 To Build Model Town NAVY DAY FINDS WORK UNDER WAY ON LOCALNAVAL ARMORY OF CONCRETE USED JN BUILDING NEW 7 -Raised bis. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27Werome A. Basslty, who describes himself as a business man, Is to build an ideal town.

Beautiful buildings, paved highways and efficient polioe are ta be there. Gasp not The city is to just over the Mexican border from San Diego, flva miles west of Tla Juana. The beautiful are to ba hotels operated for profit The magnificent structures are to be a race track and equipage. The pkVed highways are to attract those with money to spend. And the police are to be on Basslty's payroll Sell the Liquor But do not associate the traditional wickedness of border towns with Astec City, as the new town is to be called, Basslty warns! No licenses will be issued for the sale of liquor.

Dry? Hardly. All bars are to be operated by Jerome A. Basslty himself. For Basslty's town Is to be a one- man town. Baron Basslty is to lire the police and hire the judges.

Basslty was one of the builders of the present Tla Juana race track. James Coffroth was hired to manage it, Basslty avers. cults of concrete, as light as those "mother used to mako" and much more durable, are now a possibility. They will but are not intended to be eaten. They are used as building material, their porus structure making them light and easy handle and also resistant to the transmission of heat They are the invention of Txel Erlkson, a Swedish architect, as reported In a recent issue of the Engineering Neu Record.

These concrete blocks are through the addition of the mixture while still wet of a quantity of finely powdered sino or aluminum. This reacts with the free lime of oement, liberating hydrogen gas, which fills the liquid mixture with bubbles of the gas imprisoned there when the concrete sets. The process Is analogous to that of the of dough, which Is accomplished by the setting free of carbon dioxite from a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and cream of tarter, alum or some ether chemical. This is Navy Day and one way Benton Harbor 1 celebrating It Is in the construction of a Naval armory- Contractor Max Stook has a foroe of men engaged In the construction of the new armory, which is to be located on Highland avenue, just south of Morton park. Ground was broken last and the exoavat- lng was quickly done.

The concrete foundation Is now being laid and another week will see the brlok work under way. The contract calls for the completion of the building by the first of May, 1925. The sum of $55,000 will go Into SAVE THE MONEY DO IT YOURSELF in your spare time yon can do the Jod and do it in less time than It would take to hare someone up and do it for FulltMrecttons Wife Bach WHITE PAINT know it ia the beat and recommend 14 know from tests made by the numaiooture. This Paint will stand up under all conditions, $2.50 A Gallon Hardware hite seal HOUSE Miff FRANK NOBLE Plumbing and Hooting Contractors 177 Pipestono St, Phone Har. 402F1 INSURANCE OF EVERY KIND MY PERSONAL SERVICE WITH EVERY, POLICY SAM KRUGER PHONE HAR.

613W. A VISIONARY SKETCH OF JEROME A. BASSITY'S PROPOSED MODEL TOWN, AZTEC CITY. BASSITY IS SEEN IN BELOW. For five years now, Basslty says, he has been trying to get it back.

For five years Basslty has been suing in Mexican courts. For five years he has been on the verge of victory, but Coffroth keeps the track. Track Profits Pay Basslty still hopes to win the Tla Juana track. If he does, he will operate it until the first construction at Asteo race Is done. If he loses, he will push construction at the new track.

Basslty exhibits a conoesslon ftom the Mexican government granting him a 60-year renewable lease on the site of bis proposed city. The concession requires that Basslty erect a number of buildings, construct a highway to Ensenada, 20 miles south, and maintain police and courts. Basslty says the buildings will be In replica of famous buildings in Mexico City. Costs of the lease and Immediate improvements total more than $1,000,000, Basslty says. He will spend In the next year $3,500,000, he estimates.

Profits from the race track will build streets, schools, libraries and a modern sanitatiob system under Basslty's plan. the armory building. Of this amount the state appropriated $40,000 and the city gave $15,000 in addition to the site. It is the hope of those interested, and particularly Lieut. Crowe, commanding the looal division of Naval Reserves, that the building pow going up will be the first unit of what some day will be a much larger building, commensurate with the city's armory needs.

The plans for the building have been drawn so that additional units can be added. HREPROCf Permanent as the everlasting hills. Durable, extremely attractive in appearance and furnished in various colors that are absolutely permanent FIREPROOF They Won Bum When you buy roofing you are buying many years of service. That's why all our customers demand MULE- HIDE They know it's cheaper thru years of service. Garey Roofing Co.

122 Sixth St. BENTON HARBOR Phone Har. 959 ENCLOSE WO HOTEL FLOORS 8TONEWORK ON NEW HOSTELRY JUST ABOUT COMPLETED Practically two stories of the new Hotel Vincent are just about enclosed. These are first two floors. All of the stonework on the Main street front of the building is in place and the stone masons are now completing the Sixth street side, which is to be the main entrance of the building.

Putting on the stone facing proceeded rather slowly, due to the fact that extreme care has to be used. But with this part of the construction completed the brick work will proceed faster. On the east wall the brick masons have already started on the third floor. Lnie.sh bud weather holds up construction the next four weeks will see the major portion of the brick work completed. Mid-December should see the eight story structure entirely completed.

The bonders are already in and the heat will be ready to be turned on by the time the building is enclosed, thus permitting Interior work all during the winter. iiuruor, 1 Fred A. Potter and Mary L. Potter to Raleigh W. Long; part lot 50, downtown St.

Joseph, $1. Frederic W. Chamberlain and Lydia W. Chamberlain to Lula M. Caggin; lot 45, tower Hill Homestead, Chlkamlng $300.

Charles Ory and Emma Ory, to Martin Scheonknecht, and Amelia Schoenkneoht, w. 15 acres, section 83, town 8, range 18; Hagar $1. Alice M. Reichle to Moses Hatob- sky, 40 acres, section 11, town 4, range 18, Benton $10. The Bdgewater oompany, to William E.

Hatch, lots 127 and 143, n.ivi Ol. Martin Schoenkneoht and AM Schoenknecht to Charles Ory Emma Ory; parts of lot 1 Mi block 2, Morten Stevi ad'i, Ponton Harbor, Mutual Auto DAN W. MATfHVR, Joins SU 7m Phone 1MJ. TRY A WANT-A The Warren Feat her bone company to Plzensky Sokol; 11.05 acres, Three Oaks, $23,574. George Heintzelman and Leoma Heintzelman to Frank Vandenburg; W.

of the S. W. section 10, town 6, range 17, Berrien $700. Winia J. RIdlnger and Halite Rid- lager to Bessie Yost; lot 16, Reddick park NUes, $1.

Bessie Yost to Wlllts J. Rldtnger and Hallie Ridinger; lot 15, Reddick park Niles $1. Walter 0. Walters to Ezra C. Henry and Charlotte M.

Henry; lot 19, O. P. plat, Niles, $1. Joseph Jaoobson, to Abe Becker; lot 4, block Union Benton Harbor. Dorothy Seagley to John Pokorny and Mabel Pokorny; nw.

frl. section 25, town 4, range 19, St. Joseph, 1 John Pokorny and Mabel Pokorny; to Dorothy Seagley: nw. frt section 25, town 4, range IS, St. Joseph, $1.

Alton Williams ahd L. Williams, to George F. Parsons; lot 21, block Van Devinta add, Ben- ORDER YOUR LUMBER FROM US baft to ran Lumber, being one of the main items in must naturally be of the best selected grade years of service. THAT IS THE KIND OF LUMBER WE CAWXTJ Let Us SupplyiYour Building JOHN WALLACE SONS COMPANY State St. Bridge.

St. PHONE ST. JOE 14 Everything For the Home Builder, Beverage Kegs ALL SIZES IN KEGS, JUGS, STONE JARS, WINE PRESSES AND FERMENTING SEALS Cutler Downing Co. 77-79 ELM ST, BENTON HARBOR VWMWVWWWM PRICE CUT in JOHN -M ANVILLE TRANSITE ASBESTOS SHINGLES Don't Fail to Call Us If Ton Are Going to Re-roof or Build a Home and Get Our Brices Re-Roof for the LAST time T. HALL Phone Harbor 656 82 Elm St.

Benton Harbor When you move into your new home you will want HEAT for Cooking we recommend Clark Jewel Gas Ranges with LORAIN OVEN HEAT taken the guesswork out of oven cooking. for Water Humphrey Automatic Water Heaters Instant, steaming hot water at any time of the day or night and you heat water you use. for the House RADIANTFIRES A. for ehltfy mornings and evenings when It necessary to start the centred heating plant Genuine Gas Coke fpr ffce central Jleafing qniok hot fire easily ani convenient to handle. COKE Gas Company 41 i hi.