WEEKLY ".PORTElt BUILDING . \ O~O~tb- ':I~\~"~ And REAL ESTATE o~~~~\\\-a ~ <\ . 0 '1. TORONTO, JUNE 14, L ~~tl-\. ,\c;, "''.): Price 10 Cents ~~) What the Shriners Saw in Toronto partmental stopes' in the whole wide world, and in the T. Eaton Com­ pany's store, they would find them­ selves customers of the largest retail organization in the Empire, an organization that has now nearly completed the first unit of what will eventually be the largest retail store building ori the globe. vVe will omit mention of our citv's many fine churches, schools and c·ol­ leges, Governmental institutions and will some day be widely recognized est and most complete lakeside re­ buildings, and pass on to the crown- as the great metropolis of the Great sort in the world, and should they ing feature of the city-the feature Lakes region? Did they see here have grown weary here, a few st!eps that has ever sold Toronto to every opportunities for industry and com­ would take them into High Park­ tourist that has visited with us-our merce? and did they above all else one of the larg,est and most beauti­ many fine homes. There are 108,000 depart with the idea that Toronto ful of natural parks on this continent houses in Toronto, and over 70,000 is a mighty fine place in which to within the limits of any city. of our citizens own their own homes. live-a city par excellence for the Those who made the RoOyal York Apartments, and most modern ones home dweller and home lover? their headquarters, were guests at too, have been erected in large num­ Well, it all depends on what they the largest and finest hotel in the bers during recent years, but still really did see when they were here. British Empire, while directly across oOver 60 per cent. of Toronto resi­ From the time their caravans, . th,e ;way was Toronto's Union dents live in houses, and appfo·xi~.---. camds and elephants crossed the Depot, a stately edifice and one of mately two-thirds of our house Humber a week ago until the last the best ,equipped as well as one of dweUers own their own homes. rocket had screamed its wav to the largest railway stations in Yes, we may be sure that most OIf heaven from the playground at Ex­ America. the visiting Shriners would see and hibition Park, they were all-every In our downtown business sec­ realiz'e the for.egoing points and H~ Shriners hav'e been here­ last man of them-receiving imp res­ tion, they would w.itness the trans­ pwbably many others as well about T and, by the time you are read­ sions ,of this city and i,ts people. formation of a provincial "big town" ToroOnto, for whatever ·else the ing these lims-most of them wiH Let's hope that they all left as good into a modern metropolis. The American may be, he is generally have gone. Gone, back to those publicity agents for Toronto. And stone facing on the new Bank o.f alert enough to recognize a good countless thousands of homes from now, what could they see as they Commerce Building was fortunately thing when he s'ees it, and we sub­ which they trecked ,over the burning marched, strolled or drove around completed just a few days ,before the mit he saw many good things while desert sands to the great oasis of our city. vanguard of the visiting nobles in Toronto. His camel mav be Toronto; and when we say that we To begin with, they would live, arrived, thus finishing the closing-in dumb, but he himself is quite' wide don't at all mean that this city was move and have their being every of the largest office building in the awake. And it is for us who remain the Mecca for thirstv thousands day in Exhibi,tion Park-the home Empire and one of the most beauti­ behind, who live and toil here, to Not at all-some there were no of the world's largest annual exhibi­ ful structures oOn the continent. In fully appreciate that we have a Citv do ubt who look'ed forward with tion, with permanent buildings re­ the Star Building, the Canada Per­ of Opportunity-so let's get busy most pleasant anticipation to that garded the world over as master­ manent Building, Northern Ontario, and make the most of it. feature of their stay among us. pieces of ex hi'bit ion architecture. and Sterling Towers Buildings, they Such was their right and just due, Their daily parades took place he­ would see structures, which while Summer Boarder: "But why are those and it was Toronto's privilege to tween seemingly endless rows of not the highest or the biggest in the trees bending over s,o far?" play the part of hO'st. An oasis any­ "bleachers," specially built for the world, are outstanding examples of Farmer: "You'd Ibe bending over, too, way doesn't mea.n simply and only occasion, and forming the world's commercial architecture. In the miss, if you were as fuU of green apples a place of moisture, but, according largest grandstand-over two miles new Ro.bert Simpson store, they as those trees are. to our copy ,of Webster, "a fertile in length ('taking in boOth sides). would shop in not only one of the place in the desert." That certainly Nearby at Sunnyside, they would largest, but ,o ne of the most modern­ implies more than mere dampness, beamus,ed and refreshed in the long- ly equipped and best appointed de-

and so we believe that thousands, nay, the vast majority of our visit­ ing fez wearers, went away from Toronto with something more than wet f'eet. Did they go away with the impression that this city is thoroughly progressive in . every way? That we in Toronto are en­ gaged in the building of a city that -Illustrations courtesy HThe Humane Pleader," Toronto. 2 Weekly Building Reporter, JUne 14, 1930

President, "FELLOWSHIP QUALITY PROTECTION" Past·President, BUILDING W. H. Kerwin, W. H. Little, 47 Keystone Avenue, 63 Edna Avenue, LOANS GRover 9212. LLoydbrook 0901.

Building loa n s 1st Vice-President, Secr~tary, a r ran g e d from W. E. Maybee, HOME BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION C. M. Pelton, 159 Sheldrake Blvd., 63 Benlamond Ave., plans at current HUdson 1776M. rates. Pro m p t Office, 31 Willcocks St., Toronto, Telephone Ki. 6718-Evenings Howard 2227 HOward 2227. service.. 2nd Vice-President, Treasurer, D. C. Kay, R. D. Wood, ADelaide 9900 18 Strathearn Blvd., 96 Westlake Ave., HIllcrest 4485. Official Journal: Editor: GRover 1403. Evenings: Weekly Building Reporter, P. F. McCleary, Official Solicitor, W. A. Curtis, HU. 4076 lrd Vice-President, 31 Willcocks St., 43 Roslin Ave., Leigh S. Hedges H. W. Timmins HY.6176 R. Muir, KIngs dale 6718 HUdson 6208W. T. W. Rea. HU. 2709 20 Linsmore Crescent, 371 Bay Street, HArgrave 9281. ADelaide 6482

F oIIow the Red Arrow W.A.CURTIS & CO. To Builders' Picnic INSURANCE & MORTGAGES Plans are now almost all completed for 357 BAY ST. TORONTO this year's Annual Picnic of t'he Toronto Home Builders' Association at Kiwal1lis Park, Thistletown, Saturday, June 21st. 10:) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• OeJ John Carrol and his committee have been U 0 holding sessions early and late and mem­ U 0 bers and visitors can look forward to one of the biggest days ever staged by the MORTGAGE MONEY Association. The route map 011 tlhis page shows you For first mortgage loans on plainly how to get to the happy hunting improved property in and grounds at T'his,tle'town, and to make about Toronto at current your way easier t'he committee will have rates of interest. the highway leading to the park marked by a red arrow sign all the way from GREGORY & GREGORY ~ t Kee1e and Dundas Streets. There will be no 'parade this year, ,but everyone is ungcd 371 BAY STREET. ADelaide 3211·2 ~ to leave home early so as to arrive at the Evenings: LOmbard 5567; KIngsdale 8593 0 grounrdsby 12 noon, in good time for o 0 dinner, which will be served from 12 to The road from Thistletown !COty ~ ••••••••••••••••••••••• 'C;Q) to the Picnic Gr01.mds 1 o'clock. The comple'te pro'gram of sports is will be plainly marked published else,where in this issue, and the wi th the Arrow Sign. st. Clai r A--->,..... -"'-- committee ,have an assortment of the J~ortgage Loans Dundas st. most beautiful prizes for the winners of at the various events. Current Rates Telephone AD. 5497 MOFFAT, HUDSON & CO. BUILDERS - SUPPLY MEN EVERYBODY 1118 Federal Bldg. - Representative: REX. H. SMITH GRover 9605 ATTENTION!

((Follow the Red Arrow" to the Annual Picnic and Sports Day of the Toronto Surveying Home Builders' Association to Kiwanis Park, Thistletown, Instruments SATURDAY, JUNE 21st For Sale or Rent From Keele and Dundas Streets the route to the park will be marked by the Red Arrow sign. Bring every member of your familY and all your friends and be sure and leave home early for Dinner will Be Served Commencing at 12 Noon Sharp. Sports Program Begins at 1.30 p.m. Supper Served at 6.00 p.m.

The Weston Boys' Band, one of the best known musical organizations 1ll Ontario, ,will furnish music all during the day. One of the features of the Sports Program will be a basebalJ game, Builders vs. Supply Men ' Tickets for the Day are 50 Cents Each and include Dinner and Supper. " Childr~n Under 12 Years Will Be Served Free. All Makes of Irutruments If you have not secured your tickets, pho ne any member of the committee: Repaired JOHN J. CARROLL, Jr., Chairman, 310 Kingsway. Phone LY. 2048 • • • Herman Card JV. 3954 J. O. Scott . JV. 4719 Blue Prints Harry Graham . L Y. 4486 J. C. Easton . L Y. 6972 • • • THE J. FRANK RAW CO. See Sports Program Published Elsewhere in this issue. LIMITED Plan Now to Come-You Will Have the Biggest Day's Fun for Many a Year. 56 Adelaide St. East • TORONTO Weekly Building Reporter, June 14 ~ 1930 J

For More Saleable Construction COOKSVILLE Practical Ideas and Helpful Hints on Home Building, Compiled Specially for Bricks; Stone and Stucco on Weekly Building Reporter by a To­ ronto Builder of Many Years' Experi­ ence. Haydite Building Units. IV.-Sub-Floor and Supports (Continued) The picturesque interest of the house is further gained . In the laying of a sub-floor, tongue- 1l1-grooved, ,half-lapped or ship-lapped from the rock trimming of should always be used, O ne reas'on is that these affol'd a better surface on the walks and garden. which to. nail the hardwood fl ooring, and anot:her IS that they prevent damp,ness Send for further anSl11g from the basement. Reasonable care slhould 'be taken with the sub-flo-or particulars. when it is laid over the joists s-o that the whee,ling ,in of mater-ials or the handl:iltg (COOKSVI LLE) of heavy stone sills or bricks will not TRADE MARK REGD. cause any damage. GOOD BUILDING PROOUCT$ W.h~re, as in most build:ngs nowadays, the Jo:st wi ll not stretch fr'om waH to wall, the best practice is to put in a st eel We have the following splendid series of Booklets which point out both the artistic and economic advantage& beam properly supported ' o.n steel col­ of Cooksville Face Brick: umns- with joists .fitted in to the stee l "The Charm of Face Brick Homes"-Features beautiful "The Home Fires"-Many practical and attractive fire­ beam, orpassin.g over the top of the steel color lllustrations of modern face brick homes. Sent place designs and hOW to bulld them. Sent for 25c. beam, dependin.g on the construction de­ free. "Face Brick Bungalow and Small House Plans"-Four s'ired in the cell ar. An.o-ther point worth booklets showing designs· and floor plans for inexpensive mentioning is that during construction, "A New House for the Old"-an interesting book on 3 to 4-room, 5-room, 6-room and 7 to 8-room houses, remodellng. Sent free. before the -roof is on the buiLding, this Each 25c. Complet e set for $1.00. s'teel beam is subject to consid erable moisture due to rain. It is s·ometimes !le­ gle-c ted and left in a ,rusty conditi-on. The THE COOKSVILLE COMPANY, LTD. p ros.pective h uyer . inspecting ~ h e house loses s'ight of the fa ct that tbe roof was General and Sales Offices: not on when building operations com­ 26 Queen St.' East' 320 Canada Cement Bldg. TORONTO, ONTARI~ m enced. I t is wise, therefore, too paint MONTREAL, QUE. Elgin 8171 Lancaster 9191 this beam to avoid unfavorable criticism. WORKS: To give the pros,pective purchase,r the impression that be is inspecting a house Cooksville, Milton, Cheltenham, Port Credit, Delson. with a sou ndf.oundation, bring h[m in t o your cell ar and indicate wher e you have beamed~fiNed-in -between rhe joists painted up around ,the cellar w indows' painted the steel beam;;, etc. ' After -the sub-fl oor aoo jois-ts are on, t he next step in cons truction is the b rick­ work. Before , comm encing bricklaying, however, take the fall owing important precaution: se<:ure one (l,f the var10us waxed or water-proofed papers on the m arket, sold in rolls approx imately 36 inches wide. Divide one of these rolls int-o ,t hree- givin g a strip 12 inches wide. R un rhis along t he t op of the foundati on wall, and the droppings f r ~ m the brick­ laying opera ti ons wlill be caught aoo pre­ cipitated to the ground below- prevent­ in g' damage to t he appearance of t>h e foull-dations .. It is a sbID.pl e matter, when SASH DOORS HARDWOOD FLOORING t he building is ,completed, to r un a pen­ knife a .] ong the edge and remove this waxed paper.

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Mortgage Loans INSURANCE W. C. McLAUGHLIN 72 Queen St. West Office. ELain 5022 Eveninas: HUdlon 2456 4 Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 The Ring of the Trowel and the Hum of the Saw Summary of the Week's News in the Building and Allied Fields. E. J. McMillen, 11 BeO-ioh View Cres­ Kenilwortlh Avenue. H. J. Chown, arcni­ cenlt, is geH,ing foundiations in for two te'ct, 20 Wayland Avenue, is, res!pons:i:hle d!oulhl'e duplex re&idellices which he is ere,c­ for the design which ca,Hs for t,W0' storeys ting a,t 3-5-7-9 Castleview Avenue. They 20 x 42 feet of briak and steel so-is'h con­ wit! be two storey dweIliings OIf soJ.id bri-ck strudion to be oo.mpIeted alt acos't of conrs,trUiction on cO!1lcretebJ.ock founda­ a!bou,t $7,000. tions. Electric refrigeration and oil heat­ Cities Service OJ-I Company will begin ing will be features of the-se hous'es which work soon on the erect-ion of a service will cost about $18,000 eat.h. sta,tion on the sQuthwes-t corner of Mt. W right and Noxon, an:!hitects, 96 Bloor- Pleasant Roadr and Bel'size Dnive. A. You will be in­ Srtreet West, have prepared plans ,for the Holmes & Co., ar,chitects, hrave preplared terested in our erection of a fine home on the corner of plans which call for one s,torey OIf bf'ick prices and and steel construction to c-os-t ::.-,..... posite pa,rk Road, J. Fra,uois Brown and Plans specify a tWQ and a haH s,tQrey ~AUTOMATle I Water Heating dwelling 66 x 36 feet of cut and rubble Son, ar,ehiteds, 2 Ebbr Street has't, have driliWtl 11p p,lans for the new Mructure SLCTRle II I • I stone construction. Lau~dry Drying which is eX'p ected to cos,taJbout $60,000. Taylor Norwood Road, are HtATrJ\S Br Gs., 25711 ROib ert Brown. 22 Fairford Avenue, is LIMITt.D erecting three de'tache,dj res,idences on the Ironing ereating a .dJetra,c'hed residence aft 22 Fa,ir­ slouth side of HiIIhur;; t Blvd. near Avenue 39 Richmond SiE fO'rd Avenue. The Guinane Oonstruc­ Road, Each will be two storeys of solid Space Heating tion Coulpany, 2 Toronto Street, hold the bl'ick construction on concrete block general contract and have the raunda­ Baking foundat,ions, to be comtlJleted at a cost tions in. It will be a two storey dwe.JI­ of $8,000. The walls are und'er way for Steam Boilers ing of s-o'l,id brick constructi-on and will one and foundation;; are going in for the oost aJbout $4,0000. Core Making other two. The same buillders have sold James Turner, 910 Lumsden Building, a $7,500 residen'ce on the south side of is ereoting four residences on R0'sellawn Hotel Cooking Lytton 'Blvd. ne-ar Mona Streelt to an un­ Avenue at nurl11lbers 511-13-15-17. Of solid Welding n:amed punchaser. I,t is not yet ready for bri-ck construction they wi'lil be two storey occupancy, pbs,tering be.i!1lg under way a,t dwellings cos'ting about $4,000 each. Riveting present. ':rhree are already roof-ed and the fourth C. Rowan, 317 Armadale Avenue, has is being roolfed at p,resent. Roasting ,foundations in for the erection of a fine Charles Caulfield, 410 Armadale Avenue, resridellice at the northwest corner of Ar­ Have Brobst landscape the h()mes Metal Melting has let the general contract for the ererc­ you are placing on the market. madale and Larkin Avenues, Swansea. It tion of a restauram, dlanoe hall and milk­ 'frees, shr:ubs and evergreens in· wiH be a tow storey dwelling of s'olid crease sales and ren,tal appeal. Simp!e Annealing de'p-ot to M. De] 0'nkheere, 82 B:Joor S't. but effective planting can be done bniickconstruction, dlimens,ions 22 x 53 West. The new s,truoture, whi,dh is ex- at reasonable cost and is a feet 6 inches, and will cost doS'e to $10,- profitable investment. Let us Hardening (Continued on page 14) talk things over. No obliga· 000. • tion. Calcining H. P. Price, 441 MiHwood Road, has the W1alls -started for two pairs of semi-de­ Refining ta-ched res,idences 0'n the s,outh side of Mechanics' Lien.s Aipplegrove Avenue near Rillings Avenue. June 11th, 1930. Temp£.ring T'hey will be ,two storey dwel'Iings of sol!id 11821-Hermant Investments Ltd., carry­ Evaporating bri-ckconstruction on brick foundation.s, ing on bUSIines9 as Wilton Cons'truction and the two pair ar-e expected to cost Co., against Gordon A. Roman et ai, Oxidizing about $11,0.00. for the sum of $3,500.19. E. J. Hewitt, 51 Brookdla1e Avenue, has r3543-W. Wa:lker & Son, Ltd., against Linotyping begun excav:atQon opera,tlion,s for the erec­ City Duplex Ltd., elt ai, for the sum tion. of two deta-ohed resli,dences at 18 and o.{ $1 ,784,77. Sh~inking 20 Na,irn Avenue. Tbey wiJil be two 13544-Edward Eldridge, against Mar­ ;: Blea~hing storey dweMings of solid bniick c'ons,truc­ garet Di,eki-nson, for the sum of $105.00 tion on concrete block foundaltions, and 13545-Antonio Dimo, against Jacob Le­ Brazing will cost a1bout $4,500 eac-h. vinter, for the sum of $329.00. Fred Stevens. 454 Briar Hill Avenue, 13546-}ohn Hackman, 17 Wood Street has foundations in for a detaclhed resi­ & Steven Srteg, 159Y2 M,cCaul Street, CONSULT dence at 174 MeI'rose Avenue. It will be against David and P'ear'l Ho,ahmrintz, a two storey dweUing o,f sol~d brlick con­ 577 Queen S,treelt \Vesrt, for the SlUm of structlion onCOI1iCreite block foundations $233.34. onsolidated our Architects' and Build- _ and will c.os,t close to $4,0000. 13547-Boake ManUifacturjng Co., againslt W. J. Cornell, 656 Woodbine Avenue, Ciry Duplex Ltd., et ai, for the sum ers' Service Bureau for full is geHing foundati0'ns in f.or a pa:ir orf of $6,260.95. information on gas ap­ s,emi-de'tached residences on the ea,st side 13548--Georrge H . Gouin'lO'ck, carrying on o.f Kenilworth Avenue near Queen Sot-reet. :business in llJame of Leas,j,de Cast S'tone pliances 'and the use of gas They will be two s.tor-ey dwerJIings of sloIid Co., against City Dup,lex Ltd., et ai, bf'ick construction on concrete hlock for t-he sum of $605.16. in the home and in in­ f-oundations, and WIiII cost 'about $5,000. 13549-Sand & Gravel SupIP1y Co .. , The walls are go.ing up for a store and agains't D. H. BauII, for $80.01. dustry. apar,tment bering erected at 1969 Queen 13550-Wmiam H. B0'oth, aga.in'St Rab­ Street East 'by George Wightman, 63 _ert Jas. D0'dds, for the sum o.f $336.32. Telephone AD. 9221

The C.DAR CLOS6T-LINING Glass of every description for buildings and Consumers' w. A. ARGUE • SON automobiles. Gas Company Builders' Specialty Lines The Consolidated INSULATION ENGINEERS and DISTRIBUTORS Plate Glass Co. 55 Adelaide St. E. OF CANADA, LIMITED 732 Danforth Ave. 2368 Dundas St. W. Toronto LLoyd. 6567 241 Spadina Ave. Toronto THE ONli AND ONLY "SOLID" BOARD ESSENTIAL IN ALL GOOD HOME& MONTREAL WINNIPEG Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 ) The Ontario Apprenticeship System Government to Bear Administration Costs (Editar's Nate: A few weks agO', some tors who wauld not take the trauble to' af the objectians raised by building con­ pay the cast af bringing an apprentice Kingsway Park tractars in TarantO' to the special ass'ess­ thraugh his early years, wauld get the ment tawards helping defray a part af boy away from them. In ather cases the cast o.f training apprentices, were aut­ boys finished their time anly to' leave to and the Ened ,in the Weekly Building Reparter. wark forathers. T'he question is a very braad ane, and It was alsO' faund, and exists to-day there seems to' be a decided lack af definite to' a dangeraus degree, that minars en­ "Village 01 Bumber Valley" infarmatian as t'a just exactly what the gaged in trade, are nat being given praper sys'tem is and what is deemed necessary appartunity to' pragress in the trade. Located West of the Humber River and North of the Bloor >to' establish it successfuJt1y. To.o many emplayers, many unintention­ The caiumns o.f this paper are always ally, allaw the ,boy to' be kept at same Street Highway, these areas offer many opportunities to the apen for the discussian af BOTH sides simple labor aperatian where he can earn builder of fine suburban homes. of every important questian and prablems same money far the jab, whereas he shauld be in pragressive stages af his facing the building industry, and we have The namral beauty of the wooded tracts of the Valley of the ,pleasure, therdare, in ,publishing herc­ trade. In ether cases emplayers were w.ith a memarandum ff'am the Canadian engaged in certain classes af wark that Humber River appeals to all home-loving people as an ideal Canstructian Associatian, setting farth affered nO' appartunity far develapment home environment, and the district provides utilities of Gas, beyond the very early stages af such same af 't'he chief reasans far the inaugur­ Water, Hydro-electricity, City telephones, and T. T. C. bus atian af the present Apprenticeship sys­ trades. tem in Ontaria.) Emplayers in TarantO' and Hamilton, service. and passibly elsewhere, saught to' cam­ Fram time to time during the past fif­ bine, the slack period with the need far teen or twenty years the canstructian in­ special training-and far a few winters The land is reasonably priced, and it offers the added attraction dustry 'has gane thraugh periO'ds where sent these bays to' special classes in the of bemg within easy access of both Uptown and Downtown an acute shortage o.f skilled mechanics Technical Schaal. The expense-the full in different trades made the pragress af Toronto, over the Dundas and Bloor Street Highways, and the time wages to' boys during this caurse, the wark very difficult. Over the same was taken care af by a fund in Taro.nta Lake Shore Boulevard. periad the gradual let-dawn in the effi­ made up by int-erested cantractors, assist­ ciency and draftsmanship af the men has ed by same manufacturers and ane labor "Let the Valley of the Humber made higher casts and paarer work. unian, and in the case, of Hamiltan, Briefly speaking shartage af skilled be Your Family's Playground" directly by the employers in each case. mechanics and the improper training af These effarts were sincere but af 'na them was faund to' be due to' the dis­ real effect on the general situation-be­ appearance af the old apprenticeship sys­ sides which the emplayers cancerned felt tem. The gaod mechanics had been they were carrying a burden that shauld dying aff and immigratian, which had be a general ane. filled up their ranks in sufficient numbers HOME SMITH & CO. year after year, als'a stapped. It became, Plan Introduced in 1922. therefare, necessary in arder to' realize The Apprenticeship Plan introduced in proper canditians in industry to' restore 1922 was devised to' meet all these factars. Old Mill LYndhurst 3141 the apprenticeship system, ar set up a I t can templated using the slack seasan new ane arranged to meet mad ern con­ af January, February and March to' bring ditians. For a long time it was found apprentices together in anarganized sys­ almast impassible to get boys, particular­ tematized short caurse on the finer paints ly during the war. Hawever, after much af their trade; the care and use of toals; prapaganda and cons'tant publicity and the reading and making af scale plans a gaad deal of work an the ,part of a and the layaut ·of work, in additian to' few interested contractors and same of which certain related academic subjects the Constructian Assacia tians, this was snch as arithmetic, in appraved pra­ overcome. A sufficient supply af boys portion wauld he taught. It provided was obtained. Then it became an im­ that these boys be paid and that the passibility to' get emplayers to' take the money far the purpase and 'Other farms bays an. Objections were many. af cast in cannectian thcfnvith shauld be The very nature af the canstructian met by funds raised from the Canstruc­ business and particularly the tendency tian Industry, taking in all these trades, towards specialization in trades af recent and that in order to' do this in a fair years made it impassible to' carry boys equitable manner an assessment be made 1ll cantinuous emplayment during the an payrolls similar to' met,hod now in use whale year. This applied to a greater by \Vork111en's Compensatian Board. degree in same trades than in athers, but Far the last eight years this Appren­ it was a general condition and a real ticeshi,p Plan has, annually, been gane difficulty in trying to' get emplayers to' over again and again in detail in variaus take bays on. canventions, and enthusiastically ado,pted. frt the Days to Come Emplayers whO' taak en boys and In all these years committees have been carried them thraugh the winter manths, annually appainted and pragress urged. paying them when there was little ar On three different accasians cHarts were no wark to' dO', faund that their competi- (Cantinued an page 7) WHAT part will you take in business life five, ten, fifteen years from now? Will you be the head of a business, or will you be con­ tent to drift .along with the tide? The man with vision-the man FROM THE FORESTS OF CANADA who realizes the possibilities of the Our stock includes everything from common lumber for rough construction work, to fine interior trim and finish. Wherever wood can be used or whatever future and determines to profit by the type or qtiantity, we have something that will lend itself admirably to every them-will lay the foundation of type of building and interior decoration. Let us figure your cOlI1:plete bills. Telephone LLoydbrook 2106 his future capital out of his present earnmgs.

MAKE YOUR BANK BOOK MARK YOUR PROGRESS The Royal Bank 8903 of Canada . 6 Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 Toronto District Building Permits

Rabt. E. Moule, 394 Dovercourt Rd., A. H. ForSlter, 57 Southwood Dr., one one pair semi-detached and t!WO pair de­ de1:lached brick private dwelling wibh gar­ taohed brick dwelings, s'outh side Davis- age attached, 272 Glen M'onar,C'h Dr., near vil,le Ave...... $12,000. Beaufor't Road ...... $5,000 Dominion Automobile Co., 625 Y onge Rex Theatre, Chas. Rosenberlg, 1130 St., building auto show room, Bay St., Queen E., aJ.ter,ing moving picture theatre, south-east corner St. Josep,h ... $220,000 1130 Queen E., near Bertmount $2,20.0 I Silverstein, 1052 Bloor W., Altera­ David F. Young, 63 Ham.pton Ave., ADE IN CANADA tions and building addition t'O sltore and one detalched brick reslidence wli'th glarage 1052 Bloor W., near Sa,lem ... $1,000. atta,ched, east side Casltle Frank Rd., near Louis Nicholas, 16 RedrplaJt1h Ave., bUliJ.d­ Smooth surface, free from blemish, every piece Drumsnab Rd...... $12,00.0' ing addit,i'O'n to rear 'Of dwelling, also ver­ matching perfectly. "Made with the precision of Is.a:heIIa Batten, 200 Indian Rid., one Fine Furniture." Seeing is believing-let us show you. andah at rear and brick veneer dwe!.ling, 16 Redipla,uh Ave., near Hillsdale Ave. s'torey frame and stuC'co garage, 200 In­ Telephone KEnwood 6600 ...... $.850. dian Rd., near GrenJJdier Rd...... $50.0. Ernest Freyer, 320 Keewatin Ave., one A. G. Ramslay, 15 Warren Rd., build­ BUILDERS' FLOORING & MILLWORK LIMITED pair semi-deta,C'hed tw'o s'tof'ey bri,ck dwelll­ ing addition an,d alt.ening diweIliing, 15 228 St. Helens A venue Toronto 4 il1lg, north slid,e Rauleigh Ave., near Hilda Warren Rd., near Claredon Ave. $3,50.0 Also Makers of Cabinets, Staircases, Panelling, Interior Ave...... $7,0'00. Church of England, 179 Gerrard E., Trim, Detail Doors, Built-in Conveniences of all kinds. Mrs. Oliive S. Burges,s, 314 Lake FrOlllt, altering premis,es Dea,con's Home, 179 one detached brick dweLling for two fam­ Gerrard E., near Pembr,oke .... $2,000 ilies only, 223 St. Clair Ave., near Dun- Salvation Army, 20. Aliber:t St., building vegan Rd...... $15,40.0. passage from Ohildren's Home to phy Canada Cartlage System, 65 Shaw St., room, 450 Pape Ave., north east corner buil,ding aldd'i'bional s,t'Orey to front p'or­ Riverdale Ave...... $500 t'ion of garage for oHi'ce, 65 Shaw St., Mrs. Lillian Grant, 11 Cons'tance St., Earn near Queen St. Vv...... $2,000. buiM,ing add,i,tion and altering dweHinig Mrs. Ella Smith, 16 Elm Avenue, build for bwo families only, 11 Consltance St., one storey bri!ck kitchen and verandaJh at near Roncesv·alIe~. Ave...... $3,000. rear of dwelling, 16 Elm Ave., near Hunt- Frankel Bros., EalStern Ave. and Don ley St...... $2,500 Rdiwy., bui'ldiing one storey gal. iron Wm. Wlalker, 8 Br·isltol Ave., one de­ s'teel frame slt'orage warehous,e north Slide tached brick d'wcNing, 768 CrawJof'd St., Eas'tern Ave., near Don Roadway $14,000 near Bloor W ...... $5,000 David Parker, 108 AI:oina Ave., one Interest Brown's Bread Ltd., 486 Eastern Ave., pa,ir semi-detached brick dwelling'S north on your huildling one storey addition to one storey side Merton St., near Mt. Pleas,ant Rd. frame and new galvanize if-on ga~a.ge, ...... $8,00'0 Savings 481 Eastern Ave., near Logan Ave. $500 H. W. Petrie, 135 Front St. W., install V. M. Howard, 82 Hud,son Dr., buri:Jd­ three gasoline tanks and two pumps, ing add,i.tion to dwelling and Imil:dling gar­ tanks, 1,000 gak Cia,ch; 'Pl1'mips, 20 gals. age under verandah, 82 Hudson Dr., near eaclh, 135 Front W. near York St. $1,0.00 Inglewood Dr...... $1,200 Cialmdian Oil Co., 54 Strachan Ave., re­ Thrifty Builders and Contractors find the "Central Wm. C. Sell, 639 Annette St., brick move two exis,ting 5-gal. pumps and re­ veneer s,tore witb dwelling over and al­ pl'ace with two 20.-gaJ. pumps and ins,tial Canada" an attractive place to deposit their surplus tering 2nd floor for new Ihathroom, 639 on 500 gall. gasoline tank, aliSO instal on funds. Interest at the rate of 4% is paid on deposits, Annette St., s.c. corner Durie St. $1,400 new 10' gal!. g'aso!:ine pump on new Is­ subject to withdrawal by cheque. Rabt. Br'own, 22 Fainford Ave., one de­ land St. CJ.aJir Ave. W., s-w cor. OS'Slin:g- ta'ched two storey ·brick and shingle ton Ave...... $50.0 Short-term debentures, repayable on sixty days' dwelling, 22 Fa:rf.ord Ave., near W'Ood- Alfred Cheeseman, 503 Main St., build notice, are issued with interest at 412 %. field Rd...... $4,000 ~hree pair sem.i det. brick and shingle A. J. Bought-on, 235 StraJt'hmore Blvd., 'Cl:weU:nlg, 55-65 Kerr Rd., near Green- Builders and Contractors are particularly invited to ImiIding addit,ion to rear of dwe'l!ling f'Or wood...... $18,000 open accounts with us. Drop in and see us. Hours not more than two famiiJ,jes, 235 Strath­ Lawrence Solman, 260' King W., in­ more Blvd., near Linsmore Cres ... $900 sltal projection room in theatre 260. King 9.30 to 4 o'clock. Wm. H. Desp'ard, 60 Front W., erect­ W., near Simcoe ...... $4,0.00 ing sted trestle for sign on r,ooJ o,f three Wm. Hayley, 490. St. Germaine Ave., storey builldlinlg, Y onge St., nortih west one det. brick dwelL, 236 Greer Rd. near corner Yonge Blvd ...... $1,200 St. Germaine ...... $6,500 H. Powell Chemic!al Co., 40 Dundas A. Perlimutter, 175 Bal,dWlin St., build CENTRAL CANADA E., aLtering elevator srhaf,t in drug fac­ IS»AN AND SAVINGS COMPANY addcit,ion to dwell. over s'tore front now tory, 40 Dund,as E., corner Victoria $500 under construction, 175 Bald:win St. near CORNER Kll'IG AND VICTORIA STS .. TOROl'lTO AIs'o repairing Iire damage, saJme place Kenslington Ave...... $500 OSHAWA E. R. WOOD, President 'rOI'lONTO ...... $1,600. Chades A. Harv.ie, 287 Har'bord St., City of T'ofDl1'to, Queen St. W., erect­ iustla1 two 500 gal. gasoI.ine tanks and two ASSETS OVER ELEVEN MILLIONS in.g sign north side Queen St. W., near 2o.-glal. pumps, 287 Har'bord St., near Man- Bay ...... $2,500 ning Ave ...... $2,0.00 LC Call1kin 'i p~NILLDOOR is being used on Canadas CoMPANY LlMIT~D bes t buIldil).~s, Yours should rank WIth the best ----- BREAKFAST NOOKS Present-day buyers of homes almost invariably ask if the home is equipped with a breakfast nook. THE DEQMANENT WEATHERPROOf SEAL You can satisfy this demand at substantial profit to yourself by installing one of these popular AROUND ALL OPENINGS&' DOORS O1loWINDOWS makes: No. 50, a remarkably fine piece of furniture at $19.25, and No. I-A, a sturdy, well-made set with panel back at $22.00. \'~/2)~~~~~ Both of these nooks are stocked ready for ~ /1 immediate delivery. DOORS - FLOORING - SASH - TRIM _ FINE DRESSED LUMBER LAMONT fI COMPANY JIH6 CIIERRY ST. ~imitecJ TOUONTO 132 Front Street E. Toronto ELGIN 5006 Elgin 6358 - 4 lines to Central. Vval1ches Ofta..,,;;,

The Ontario poses to raise by ass'essment on the 'trade at large. SIAMJAN-KllNsT ~!!!!!!!!!!!~ Apprenticeship System During 1'he eight weeks' c.ourse thalt the boy takes he undoubtedly develops (Continued from page 5) very rapidly and at the end of this second year is worth a greatt deal more to his HJAJmWOOD PRODUCED made to have the Provincial Government employer and certa;inly to Ithe public at IN CANADA make this plan a fact by passing ena,bEng large. In sp'i'tc of this, however, it has legi~l,ation and finally two years ago been hard to convince these employers Premier Ferguson agreed and the Ap­ that this expense is justified, although FLOORinG prenticeship Act was passed. many employers Ihave heen oarrying on their apprent:ceship training in this very The first work that had to be done was fashion. However, apa-rlt from thi,s, ther,e ALWAYS MACHINED WITH THE SAME that of maI

~·~ED SEAL" h01nes!

Red Seal homes have wiring which enables you to have numerous "appli­ ances outlets" for the use of many This is the "Ten Point Red Seal"­ labor-saving . . . time·saving electrical it certifies homes appliances. that are sufficiently wired. The plan of "Red Seal" w1rmg 1S yours for the asking. TORONTO HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM THE STANDARD BRICK Co LIMITED 225 Y onge Street Toronto GROVE'R 7247 NI HTS Keep Canada Prosperous Buy Goods Made in Canada SOO GREENWOOD AV£. 4445 o Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930

OFFICIAL SPORTS PROGRAM ANNUAL PICNIC, 1930 TORONTO HOME BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION Kiwanis P·ark, Thistletown Saturday, June 21st Dinner, 12-1 p.m. Supper, 6.00 p.m. Program of Sports, Commencing at 1.30 p.m. I.-Children, Under 6 Years (Mixed), 25 Yard Race. Prizes For All. 2.-Girls, 8 Years and Under, 40 Yard Race. 3 Prizes. 3.-Girls, 10 Years and Under, 50 Yard Race. 3 Prizes. 4.-Boys, 8 Years and Under, 40 Yard Race. 3 Prizes. 5.-Boys, 10 Years and Under, 50 Yard Race. 3 Prizes. 6.-Girls, 14 Years and Under, Pop Race. 3 Prizes. 7.-Boys, 14 Years and Under, Boot Race. 3 Prizes. 8.-Girls, 16 Years and Under, Boot Race. 3 Prizes. 9.-Boys, 16 Years and Under, Sack Race. 3 Prizes. 10.-Girls, 16 Years and Under, Walking Race (Blindfolded). 3 Prizes. ll.-Stepping Stone Race (MIxed Couples). Two 1st and Two 2nd Prizes. 12.-Mystery Envelope Race (Mixed Couples). Two 1st and Two 2nd Prizes. 13.-Balloon Race (Married Ladies). 3 Prizes. 14.-FIND THE MYSTERY MAN. 1 Prize. 15.-Kiddy Car Race (Men Only). 3 Prizes. 16.-150 Yard Dash (Men Only). 3 Prizes. 17.-Hill Climbing Race (Fat Men, Over 190 lbs.). 3 Prizes. 18.-Coat Race (Mixed Couples). Two 1st and Two 2nd Prizes. 19.-Soda Biscuit Race (Married Ladies). 3 Prizes. 20.-NAIL DRIVING CONTEST. 2 Prizes. 2l.-HORSE SHOE CONTEST. Prize for Winning Team. BALL GAME For The Baseball Championship of Greater Toronto BUILDERS vs. SUPPLY MEN

The Picnic Committee Wish It Understood That ALL SPORTING EVENTS ARE OPEN. TO EVERYONE PLEASE DON'T STAND ON THE LINE, BUT STEP IN AND WIN A PRIZE.

Picnic Committee: JOHN J. CARROLL, Chairman Committee: W. E. MAYBEE, H. C. CARD, H. GRAHAM, J. O. SCOTT, and J. C. EASTON. W. H. KERWIN, President w. E. MAYBEE, ROBT. MUIR and D. C. KAY, Vice.Presidents; C. M. PELTON Secretary; R. D. WOOD, Treasurer. Picnic Tickets 50 Cents Each, Including Dinner and Supper (Children under 12 Years, Free) GOD SAVE THE KING Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 9

==7': EST.-1908 ~ W.LEEDER ' ~WE SP¥ZIAU~ 460 SALEM AVE SASH t; DOORS TRIM Cupboard & Garage Doors '1/ PRESCOTT '~, Screens Etc. , PLANING MIlL PHONE LLOYDBROOK6878 466 GILBERT AVE. TORONTO NIGHTS KENWOOD 2458W ~ ~ III KENWOOD 6511: NIGHTS-HARGRAVE 6613 \\

ART WIRE & IRON CO. PRICE If '>ERVICE 3 Carlaw Ave. HA.8524 ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK it's Hardware GRILLES FIRE ESCAPES IRON STAIRS and Glass

PHONE NIGHTS: KE.1130 see HY.4145 WINDOW SHADES and CURTAIN RODS TOOZE HARDWARE For Apartments and Duplexes SUPPLY co. Rear of 1191 St. Clair W('Ist H. G. DUNTON 16 Raglan Ave. HIlkrest 0161 SMITH BELTING WORKS We will be glad to quote price. on LATHING -:- rubber hose, split pulleys, shafting, trans· BY mission equipment and rubber and leather belting. O. McCrossan 140 YORK ST. Phone ADeI 1438 163 Gowan Ave. GE. 3087 Let us quote on your next job. C'AR9LIHA·CRESt 757 MILLWOOD ROAD , N9TEL W. SALTER, BUILDER H. W. MORDEN LIMITED I This aHractive little home is an excellent example of the moderately priced small house which is so much in demand in Toronto and district these days. Its exterior app'earance, while simple and unassuming, is Electrical pleasing to the eye, and strikes a note of well-proportioned neatness. It is of a type which fits in with the other dwellings of the district admirably, Fixtures NO CHARGE! and lends distinction to it'S neighbours. OF DISTINCTION This charming ' hotel sur· The interior design follows the standardized trend of the present day We, invite' you to. visit our showrooms rounded by green lawns and square plan dwelling fairly closely. The living room is about fourteen by Ask about our Time Payment Plan sun porches is the only hotel in Atlantic City serving break. eighteen feet, arid provides an attractive fireplace opposite the door, and a • 2313 Bloor St. West LY.5580 fast in your room without deep bay window facing the street. The dining room is of usual dimen­ charge. sions, about four'teen by fourteen feet, and the kitchen is wisely laid out The bedrooms are built for and attractively finished. A feature of this all-important room is the use comfort; each with its own of Magnesite drain boards flanking the sink, an idea which adds a pleasing private bath, large closets, fla sh of colour to this spot. modern furnishings, bridge o and reading lamps and three Upstairs the conservation of space is dealt with artfully. Three bed­ F R or more windows to the room. rooms, together with a bathroom and a hall closet, comprise the bedroom E N Everything is cozy and home· floor of the house. A master bedroom occupies the front portion of the like. N upstairs, and the other two bedrooms, both roomy, have been placed with C Chas. A. Berry H. L. Fairbairn maximum light possibilities in mind. Plenty of closet space is provided, I I Manager and while modestly equipped, the bathroom is complete in respect to N R shower, cabinets, etc. G o This type of house has proved very popular in Toronto during the last N Continental few years. People prefer the advantages of a detached home, and it has Plan been only comparatively recently that detached residences at the right price City Fence & Supply Co. have been available in suitable districts. Simplicity of design, both inside and out, are largely responsible for this change, which is warmly welcomed ]U.2628. 25 Rowland Ave. by builders and homeseekers alike. The Contractors Were as Follows: Gen. Contractor: W. SaJter, 14 Graham Gardens. Excavation: Frank Woods, 89 Montclair Ave. LUMBER ~ Structural Steel: Dominion Bddge Co. Ltd., 1139 Shaw Street. Tiling: Superior Tile & Ma'rble Co., 441 Lauder Ave. Millwork: S. F. Stinson & Son, 575 Delaware Ave. DOORS 1/ Electrical: Cavers Electrical Co., 486 Merton Street. P,lumbing: W. Boxa'U, 71 Rogers Rd. S. F. STINSON Heating: A. Poutney, 434 Runnymede Rd. YOU DO NOT FIND & SON Plastering: King & Kilsby, 237 Caledonia Rd. Prompt Deliveries Lathing: O. McCrossan, 163 Gowan Ave. 573 Delaware Ave. WHAT ,YOU WANT Glazing: Ideal Hardware Co., 3194 Yonge Street. LO. 1085 Flooring: E. H. Stanners, 5 East Ave. 422 Hopewell eIn the Weekly Building Re­ KEn. 7605 porter, write us and we will try The Following Firms Supplied Materials for This Residence: to get it for you. Cooksville ,Co., Ltd.; Community Builders, Limited; Superior Tile & Marble Co. S. F. Stinson & Son; E. H. Stanne,rs; Ideal Hardware Co.; Gurney Foundry Co., Ltd.; Dominion Bridge 'Co., Ltd. 10 Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930

Farr & Company, Chioa,go, III. President of Chicago Real Estalte Board KENNEDY PARK thus carrying on in the family trad,i­ tion, his father having been president ,in 1897. Hi,s pOlinted address will be $70 't'Oni,c not only to one-man offices but t'O Some choice locations all Real tors intereslted 111 personal efficiency. still available "New Ways of Financing Real Estate Projects" Property Moving in the Board of Control and the Works Robert F. Binghlam, GARTON & HUTCHINSON Committee, the chief c1'aim be,ing thM an Attorney, Cleveland Real Estate Board, 120 Victoria St. ELgin 4281 Forest Hill Village incinerator on Roselawn Ave. would, prove Cleveland, Ohio. a great detrlime11't to the neighborhood Needed counsel that will be welcomed and tend to depredate the value of not by all Realtor". Mr. Bingham serves Several Large Homes Sold. only built up residential property but on tlhe Executive Committee of the arela.s which were about to he developed. Mortgage and F,inance Division and is To Builders Forest HiH Villiage propenty has been On hearing the views of the deputa­ known as ,the co-author of several who cater to the requirements of qUlite active during the l'aSit week or two, books on real estate subjects. those who des·ire distinctive homes tion the councill members aptl)eared qu.ite in a beautiful Suburban district. aocording to the Iatest reports. Several s,ympa:the'l:ii,c and' practically gave assur­ "Changes in Merchandising Methods and Burnhamthorpe Park large residence,s have c1hanged hands, and ance that tlhe plant woulld not be Ibuilt on Their Effect on Real Estate" a number O'f sales are at present in pros­ Crescent the site selected. It was only a,t the las't AI,vin E. Dodd, pect. meeting of the Works Comm:ittee, how­ Assistant to the President, Sears, Roe- on the banks of the Mimico, over­ looking and contiguous to the beauti­ The Toronlto General Trust's Corpora- ever, thalt announcemen't of decision to buck & Compan:y, ful Course of the Islington Golf abandon the ;lite was made offi,cially. Club, offers an ideal situation. bion's real estate department report the Chicago, III. Houses already erected 00 this slale 0'£ a splendid sltone and stucco resi­ Instructions have been gli,ven the com­ Intimately a part of one of the world's property have sold readily. Loans missioner to report on another slite. are easily obtained. l dence in this secttion, occupying a site gigantic firms, he presents interes1ting Price $30 to $35 a foot measur,ing 60 x 120 feet. The former and valuable in:for:mation on a tremen­ owner was W. H. Clarkson. T'he pur­ dous hut I,ittle understood influen'ce on W. T. ROGERS chaser's name and the sa,le price were Sixty Outstanding Speakers real esta'te values and changes. not disclosed. "Sales Personnel-Selling Costs-Devel­ 510 LUMSDEN BLDG. AD. 1597 Evenings: LY. 3252 A beaut~ful building s,ite has been pur- Will Address Convention opment Costs" clhasd at the nontheastcorner of OLd L. T. Stevenson, Fmes't Hill Road and Walmer Roa,d by Realtors of Continent-wide Renown Stevenson, Williams Company, IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUILD IN Grahlam Sanson, at a priie O'f $23,000. Mr. Will be Present. PiUslburgh, Pa. Sansom has retained an apc.hitcet to pre­ He speaks on three relentless problems YORK TOWNSHIP pa,re plans for a beautiful res'idence to Ibe At the tlwenty-third annual convention of the amihit,iolls Realtor and does s'o erected at a reputed cost of $100,000. of the National Association of Real ESltla>te from the meJ.low viewpoint of a vet­ eran of thirty sUiocess[ul years. Mr. Other contemplated building projects Boards which is being held in Toronto Stevenson heads his associated com­ include a splendid ihome which is now on July 9-10-1 I will be sixty realtors-all ,panies, and has for years been one o'f being designed by Doughs Kerltland, specialists in their partilcular line of this the country's m0'st successful subdivi­ arcihitect, 6 Hayden St., for C. H. Car­ most comprehens'ive business~who will ders. lisle, vice-'presiden t anld general manager address the assemlbled delegates, their of the Goodyear Tire and RUibber Co. of purpose being to gJive to each ind,ividu.al "Building a Farm Land Prospect List"' WE SPECIALIZE IN VORK TWP. PROPERTIES Canadla Ltd. This will be erected on the present a wider conception of the vast J. A. Willoughby, eas't s,:de of Spladina Rd., jus,t south OIf poslsibiJi.ties of the real estla,te game. A Willoughby's Farm AgeIKY, Old Forest Hill Rd., on a site having a gllance at the fol'lowing list o,f speakers Toronto, Ontario. frontage of 190' feet. and subjects gives a fair idea of the wide Here comes revealing light upon a per­ plexing phase of rural re,alty. Mr. Wil­ Harry B. Hanwood, general manager divergence of su'hjects, and the potential LEASIDE loughby is founder and, dynamic leader of the Bank of Toronto, also proposes value of the address'es. Those shown of Canada's largest farm a,ge\1lcy, wihilch Choice residential frontage, with pave­ building a residence in Fores:t Hill Vil­ here have been chosen at random, and re­ ments and all improvements. has successfully h'andled farms and lage and has retained Messrs. W r,ight present only a small pOF'tion of the entire program. country estates for over a qularter cen­ Moderate restrictions, low taxes, a11ld Noxon, anchitec:ts, 96 Bloor St. W., tury. attractive price todlraJw up the desQgn. The new home "Pedestrian Traffic Data" $25 to $36 per foot will be two storeys high, of stone con- De1:bert S. Wenzlick, . sltrulc,tion and will stand a,t the corner of Vice President, Allhert Wenzlick Real Buys Factory Building Wood, Fleming & Company, Ltd. Hillholme and Russell Hill Rds. Estaame and metal factory Much of the Forest Hill ac,tivity is cen­ M r. WenzJ.ick is remembered for his building at the nortlheast corner of How­ EL. 6161 Leaside Office: HY. 6868 tred round Old Trespass Rd., now known address at the Louisville Conlvention, land Ave. and Bridgmlan St. has been Evenings: HIlI. 5477 as Old ForeSit Hill Rd., espeoially where "How Can a Broker Seek Bus,iness purchased by an undisdlose:d buy'er for this thoroughiftareis interseded ,hy Glen­ More Aggressively." He entered real $12,000, aocordiing to an announcement ayr Ave., Ves,ta Dr., Wahner Rd. and estate with an engineer-trained mind and made by H. E. Lyons, rCla'l,tor, 347 Bay Spadina Rd. The confluence at these has ap,plied engineering analysis to St. This huildling was formerly owned NORTH TORONTO realty pro'blc'ms with n1ota>ble success. SPLENDID LOCATION FOR DUPLEXES highly restr,icted streets h!as resulted ill by H. W. Cooey and used as a wood­ the recent ereotion olf fourteen homes Listen to him explain how he makes working plant prior to the vendor's 'open­ S.E. corner Broadway and Redpath Avenues, traffic counts and how he uses the data close to Mt. Pleasant Car Line and new Voca.. now valued at $740,000. Most of

ROGERS Decision of the 'vV orks COlmni,ttce of In your Road making use these Culverts the city coundl to withdraw the recom­ When building roads, us,e "Metallic" Copper Steel Culverts. Economical to buy in MAJESTIC mendation of the comm,issioner of street the first place. Great salvage value-can be used in other locations after perma­ cleaning to establish an incinerator on nent sewers are installed. Can be hauled to the job and dropped in place by unskilled Rosel'awn Ave. has met wi,th the approval labor. No handling equipment required. Economical. Strong-to resist rough of many residents and pro'perly owners in handling and the heaviest load that travels the road. These culverts carry a coating Radio the Avenue Roa,d section of North To­ of not less than two ounces of zinc per square foot. Immediate delivery from stock. at ronto. Ask for price lists. A special protest meet,;ng was held in Metallic Garages, Ceilings, Lath, Corner Board, Mortar Boxes, Salamanders. ~IL~IAJ~~J~§) Allenby School some weeks ago, called 1.4::; YONGE ST~ by the North Avenue Road' Ratepayers' THE METALLIC ROOFING CO. 798 DANFORTH AVE.950 BLOOR ST.W. Asso.cia tion. As t,he resuLt of the meet­ LIMITED 221 RONCESVALLE5 AVE...... ing an influential depnta.ttion presented the Manufacturers TORONTO 'Phone LA. 0800 EAS,", TERMS ~ opposing views of the r'a,tepayers before Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 11 Home Ownership Costs Must Be Reduced United Effort Needed to Bring Home Owning Within Reach of 80 Per Cent. of People. By Leonard P. Reaume, President, National Association of Real Estate Boards

The funct,ion of the real est.ate indus­ interest payments, principal payments he-ginnnng to dlo with some sUCocess, a ralti,onJa'liz·ed o,f any industrial pro,cess we try is t'0 provid'e housling for personlS, f.or a'nld taxes, wihich $500 p'er year wowld por6on of the Coost of homesite's, due to have. Build'ing matel"ialls are stilll be.ing busine:sls, Eor c.omme,roe and manufa,ctuf­ clOver. The ultmoslt that s,U'ch a rfamu1y elJ,iminationaf waste, can be reduced. made to fit tihe size of a man's hand. ing. The R,e'altor, the aJ1chi't,ect, t'he build­ clan a.f!ford in ~he way of a home is one We believe alsoO that i.t is pos'siMe tlO They are tmnsp'or'led to the site and as­ er, the m~muifla>cturer and dcrstriibulto'f of costling apiproxima'vdy $4,50.0 runoluding dev,ise more ef.flic.ienl1: methods olf using s,ellllMed in the course of two or t1hree buri1>dIing mate:r,ial, ~he engineer and build­ the house and 10it. So~called working Ia.nd. We have in r'es,ident,ial distrkts to­ months by the most eX'penlslive me't'hods ing tnades and oltiher na'tional groups are men',s homes vha1t ,a,r,e offer'ed in mlost 'Of dlae requires wider and felwer parts Oof an automohille and attempt too common inltelrest in pr.oteloning re'al es­ payment of $70' or $80' and dem.ands half vho,roll'g'hfares wi'uh dimi'l1at.iOln olf as aSIs.emlble them in hilS own gamge and t'a~e,in pr.ese,rvirig irtls' ,desinab~ll~ty as an the to'tal elarnings of the 80. per oeni! OIf tlhus sU/pplly his customers, we wOUild have imnesltment and in SltJ~mulllating inter,est on our popu[latio'l1 enjoyun'g incomes of $2,­ a process which compares, with tlhe me­ the part of the pub,Jic in the acquisition ODD or les,s. Wlhille it may he possliible thods used in home buil,dIing today. and ownership of real estate. In his address before the Na­ to make s,udh sales, tlhere is !i'WJ,e hope No a.ffilount of ['elfinemenl! Q1f the prod­ tional Building Survey Confer­ During the past few y'ela'J1S we have had thalt they will eve.r be conlsummlalted and uct by mauu.f.a,c,ture,rs of building ma­ great activilty in ce'rltain di,mctions. W,e uhe result wlil'l be disl3ippointmel!1t and in ence, Leonard P. Reaume, of teriall oan hellp in this sliltuation. No manry cases tr'ag,e,dy. have wit'l1!essed the beg.innling 0'£ a r·e­ the Windsor and Detroit Board, amount o'f deveJ.opmenrt of new trimmi11lgs building prOioess in cities. We havesle'en If we Clan th,roUlg'h mutual sltudy and President of the National Asso­ and feature,s for hOlmes, however, at,tra,c­ conlfe'r·ence devlise wlays and means o,f ['e­ greait busunels,s sitructures amd flactories ciation of Real Estate Boards, tive can ovencome tihe mO'unlti'ng cos't of torn down for nelW and more modern ducing the cost of housing for tJhe great urged that sOn?e sort of organ­ thu~ assemMin,g them into a h.ouse. In buildings,. We have devdoped a build­ m1assles, we wiD! open up a busines-s op- ization be formed for the pur­ a,LI other ind'llst,ri-es, wihile wages have ing te·chmique and afiOhi'teC'lural forms • plortllllllit,y forr ours,elves which wiill,1 make mounted, technology and machine pro­ our indulsrt:ry st,rong and wholesome, athe,r to the We in the re·al estate bUSIine'ss are the mra!1lY cross streets as p.ossible. The aMempt to indicate one fa.ctor whkh I layman n'or to many exper.ienlced engrin­ fi'rst to recogn.ize that the p'r,epa:mtnon O'f c,he,cker-,ho.a,rd p,lan o,f layring OUlt C1'UleS, eers dO'es there seem to be any insuper­ believe shouh:! have our carr-eful att'enrt;io'l1 home-sites iby customary subdivision wlhi,ch was adequate f.or the ho·rs,e-and­ able obstaole in. the way olf faibrlj.cating anrd study and whi'Clh we ~hould Sltrive methods is eXlceedi!1lgly costtly an,d was,te­ uug,gy age, is not practical today. We unitedJ,y to change if poslslible. more and more p'ortions of btlJi,J,dings in fUll. Origi,l1!al owne,rs o:f I.md which is couId close half of the cr'OSIS streets in fa.c:torie.s so that tlhe f,inislhed drwe11Hng Market For Homes Not Cultivated. ulslable for homes'ite's' nlalturally want the most of Q1ur oilti,es without pla,ntilcular l.oss coulld be assemlbled in a few days in­ 'I'here is OIne great market flOr real best pri'ce ~hey can get. Tlhe subdiV'ide!fs in tra'f£i,c eHiciency. The s,av,ing in t!he stead of a few monltlhs en its s,ite. estate whkh we h'ave nOot prop'erly cuJt,i­ Hnds vhat the task O'f layli:ng ou't and C'O'S! of a IIQlt would pTobalbl:y be as much There are tlhose who olbj.eot t.o such v3Jned and from 'IVlhklh we have in faJOt seliling the subdivi'SiiOon a's ful1 of diffi­ as 15 per cen't. idealS on the ground that we would have been retrealting. T,halt is the mlarket fOlr cul1tlies and CIO'stS whkh the uninnl!liat'ed Perlharps sOlme OIf YoOU know the new monotonous and svandardize.d houses. We hOomes for pers.ons of smalJ means. While oannlOit al!,wlays undeirstand. Due to eco­ tYlpe '0:£ lal11d use whi'CIh ha·s 'heen deve,1op­ have them now to.a grea't ex,tent. Grt~at other induls,troes hav,e, throU/gih implrov,ed !1IOm'iiC pre'ssltJlr,e Ir,om many direlot[oI1'S, NIl in R,adbur.n, a town be'l:ng bUlilt by the masses of homes in m.os,( oitlies' are as telchnrique and ecol1lomies in mamufradur­ t,he subdivider is o01TIipelile,d to rdai,1 Ci'ty Housli'l1g Co!"po011at,iO'n OIf New York like as two cracker bO'xes, a!1ld poorly i'ng, ClonlSlta'nltly reduced the price 0'£ their land as !1apidly as pos'snible OInlce he i's Crilty near Hackensack, N erw J ensey. Her'e bUlik at th:alt. Moreover tlhere is no co·mmrodity and at the sa.me nime improv­ enlgiaged i'n ~hilS ell'te,r,prus'e and OIBt'en ~n the res'ide!1lt.jlall bkJ'ck,s a,re bel:l11g I,aid out ground for a.s'sulming that faanlized by t'he sltrong. It need" J..rtl1Jle or no enc.ourage­ years, and we are begcrnnin,g to make amount neceslslary for hOlmes by a good C'onstrucn:on ind:uSltry as a wlhole a re­ me11lt. lit needls only eco'11lom,ic OIP,Po.r­ some headlway with it. We hesitate to prioipor1tion but reduces aI-so very grealtly s'earc'h bureau whQlse pur'pose would be tunlity to fwncti.o'll. ask for pu!Jllic reguliat:ion, ue,cauls'e we tlhe ClOS't of street and ot'her il1iS,iJaJ,lationls. to study teohni,oal ways and mean-s of re­ It is om task to g>ive tha,t Q1pportunity. have oihserved in other coOuntrues whoM a SelcOlnd, reduct.ion Q1f the cos,t oif bu:,lid­ dUicing the CDst of home buildling. I can­ deadening ef~ect ulpon enlt'erprise such ing. To ·the c3!sual and HQln-lt'eoh11lical db­ nQlt think of any project initiated by our Let me clite one or two figures ~o p,rove pu;blk control can exerlcise. If we can serve'r the' pr,Q1cess of home Ilmi'lclilllg seems industry wlhich wouil,d be received more the point. Dr. Wil'ford 1. Kring, of tlhe establlish this voluntary Clontrol, as we are to be the mo'st disorganized and lea's't glladly by the peolple as a whO'le today. Naltli.onal Bureau OIf Eoonomic Rese,arc-h, Such an ef~ort woulld have the interest, of the United Stat.es shQlws thalt 84 per ::uttention and the helpful support of every cenlt 0'£ the flamily incomes of the Unl:ted g.ove'fn:me-1l1ta'l age11lcy. States aggf'egate $2,0'0'0' or le,ss. A s'llIr­ vey ma,de in my Q1wn city oJ De,troit not Tlhird reductio,n of taxes. Tlhe method lonlg agio sihOlwed ,that the average ea'nn­ FOB SALE of final~,cing the needs of our cit,ies and ingls pelr flamily were appro:X:iimaitd,y cou11lties t'oelay is O'ne wh:,oh penalizes the $1,80'00. A family wlhi,ch earnls $1,80'.0 can­ Cleveland Ave. $)5 It. ownership of a home. The l.ocal tax sys­ tem is slIiI.J administered on the benefit not afford to pay mOire than $500. p,er Situated immediately south of Millwood Rd. Excellent oppor­ year for its housing and s,till have suf­ theory. The services of a city are ren­ ficientt funds left fQlr food, clothes, ed,u­ tunity for 4, 5 and 6 room houses that are selling so rapidly in this dered to all citlizens alike as human be­ caltion, insurance, slalvings, Clare of child­ district. i11lgs, rega,rdless of any ownership of r,en, and the other normal requkemen'ts pomp errty. of civlil'ized Ji,fe. The edUicatiol1la,1 system, ~ihich absor'bs Ac'cording to my obs·erVlation, in moslt SUYDAM REALTY CO., LIMITED more than a third of l'Oocal public income, citcrels it is not today P,OSlsl:ibJ.e to buy a 36 TORONTO STREET libraries, reuea,tion facilities, health pro­ home with oi'vilized convelnlienoe.s and ELgin 1321 - Evenings: GEr. 0404 tection, these and a s'core O'f other muni­ m!odern faJd.Ji'ties upOin te,rms including oipal se,rvices all may enjoy. Only a few \ 12 \ Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 OIf the activities OIf a munLcip-a'lity may be dustry willI be presenboo and wlhi,oh will Sl3!id to be of direct bendit espedaHy to devoll-e i,ts attention tD the s-olution of Floors that real prolper1ty. The servkes Df a fire de­ V1i1!al problems. Each O'f us may in his partment, some of the services of the po­ own fidd adveptise, and us-e the bes't ef­ lice, a few of the services of the courts, forts olf salesmansihip. T'he e-f-forts of Sell the House and a numher of the engcineening service'S ea;ch, however, will be unavailing if the are in this category. We do not have but ultimate commodity, the home, in which Many a house sale is made or we are nO'w trying to get f.igures showing we are all int'cres'ted, is itself too costly lost on the appearance of the what proportion of expenditures of local for 8'0 per rent of the peolple to buy.­ flooring. governmellits may be sa;id to henefit real Abstracted from National Real Estate estate. I venture to say that in the Journ! usury laws. This highe-r interest rate, ar-ound $100',00'00 and the latlter at least made. You, too, can have however, would alttract addlit!ional c

GLASS MANTELS TILES MARBLE British Plato Wood, Marble, Brick I l3est British and Interior and Exteriot Mirror Plate and Tile with Coal American Wall and Italian and Pattem Figured Electric or Gas Gril tee Floor Til•• American Window Gla•• Fenders, ""'iresets Wired Glass Coal B ...keu ~ All kinds of Rustic Slate Leaded Gla.s Gas Logs, Etc. I Tile for Fire-Place Requirements For Over Twenty Years Manufacturers of Fine Detail ------~---- Millwork and Trim ALL WORK SET UP BY UNION MEN Doors, Frames, Sash, Shutters, "The Firm Not Afraid to Stand Behind ks Work" P anelwork and Mantels to details. Office and Showrooms; Warehowe: 53 Richmond St. East Telephone: ADelaide 3160 Darrell Ave. Let Us Quote on Your Needs TORONTO,ONT. Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 13

FAIRBANK WEEKLY BUILDING REPORTER BANISH DOUBT AND REAL ESTATE REVIEW Specify Superior LUMBER Established 1924 Sash with the A Weekly Paper for Architects, Builders, Contractors, Financial and Real Estate Firms assurance that you • COAL Subscription Rates: are getting the COMPANY, LIMITED $3.00 per year to any address in Canada or United States. 10 cents per single copy. Published every Saturday by best. Lath Dulferin St­ and Old Belt WHITTEMORE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED Shingles Line 31 Willcocks St., Toronto 5. Telephone KIngsdale 6718. Trim Phon••• Official Publication of the Home Builders' Association, Toronto. A trial order will Rough Lumber KEn. 0203 SUPERIOR Dressed Lumber and 6121 convince you that they are a Superior SASH CO. A. R. Whittemore President H. W. Thompson, Vice·President product. 450 Gil hert Ave F. R. Snarr . Business Manager P. F. McCleary Editor Telephone KEn_ 3211 Evenings KEn. 2114J Toronto Onto

~ BUILDERS HARDWARE Also Publishers of BUILDING IN CANADA (Issued Monthly) AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL EDITORIAL COMMENT PERRY Telephone RAndolph 5127 = W. WALKER & SONS, LIMITED CEMENT PRODUCTS Warehou.. , Showroom. SOME RESULTS OF PRICE-CUTTING 10.20 Alcorn Ave. 1228 Yon,. St. BRICKS PIPE BLOCKS SALESMEN, THE price-cutter is a poor business man: he not only pulls down the DRAIN TILE Ea.t--B. Fletch... HOward 4555 SAND AND GRAVEL Weot--G_ Bottrell. HI •• 4833J 11 standard of his product; he not only pulls down his competitor; but NOKingston Road HO.0602 of woe that moans and wails in many departments of the construction industry. THE APPRAISER'S RESPONSIBILITY T has been held by English courts that the professional appraiser of real I property is financially responsible for loss sustained by his client throngh 14~ CHe-STE"R A.vr: TORO~TO. A HUDSON SHALE PRODUCT his carelessness or incompetency in making a valuation. New Toronto ZlZW Ukuide 3617W The valuer, of course, do'es not guarantee that the property he has been BOOTI-I BRICK • NEW TORONTO asked to pass judgment upon will sell for the amount of the valuation he places npon it, 11Ior is he responsible for unexpected turns which may affect Photostat' Prints its value. the language of the English decisions makes clear. But the of a sketch, drawing, ~ principle laid down by the English courts goes beyond the ordinary statutes photograph, blue int' c:._~ Ernest M. Lee relating to fraud. It holds the man who offers his services as a trained layout or any other 'V-: - written, drawn orPv apprai~er responsible for the bona fides with which ,that serv ice is under­ BARRISTER and SOLICITOR printed matter will , taken and carried out. ELPn 5301 save you hours of Sun Life Buildin. Extent of money damages in case of misappraisal is determined by the time at a trifling Adelaide and Victoria Su., Tol'Ol1to 2 principal of assessing, so far as can be assessed in money value, the sum cost. ... - Enlargements and reductions. Prints necessarv to place the client in 'a position as .favorable as he would have from 25 cents up, according to size. occupiel had the valuer used due skill and care in arriving at his advice. Prompt messenger service. LET US HELP YOU IN YOUR CANADIAN PHOTO COpy CO. 122 Adelaide St. W., Toronto MORTGAGE FINANCING A COURAGEOUS BUSINESS STEP Phone AD. 0270 and 0279 Loans Quickly Arranged HEN the post-rwar depression was at its height, when profits were FORTIER & CO. W vanishing and red ink piling upon the monthly statements. one of the STRUCTURAL 320 Bay Street . ELgin 6168 directors o,f the Cono-oleum Company convinced the other members of the 'board that the depre~sion gave the company an unprecedented opportnnity STEEL BEAMS, ANGLES, to invest one million dollars in advertising. And the Congoleul11 Company COLUMNS, REINFORCING FIRST MORTGAGES ARRANGED did spend one million d.ollars Jor advertising tha't yea:, although man~ of RODS, ETC. SECOND MORTGAGES DISCOUNTED the directors trembled m theIr shoes over the result1l1g flow of red 111k. ASK FOR OUR PRICES But the policy was proved righ~, for when the turn can:e. a few months Standard Iron & Metal Co. SAMUEL CIGLEN, B.A. later ConI=Y0leul11 sprang so far mto the lead that competitIOn never over­ 3400 Dundas St. West BARRISTER and SOLICITOR took'it. coarageous spirit in any line of business is nearly always 300 Sterling Tower Bldg., Toronto, Ontario A LY. 4631 Nights: LY. 5826 Phone, Office, AD. 0693-4; Even'gs, HI. 3512F generously rewarded. 14. I Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 The Ring of the Trowel and Hum of the Saw (Continued from page 4)

peat-ed to cost $15,000, w~11 be situate.d on the slQuth s,ide Q1f Queen Street, H um­ ber Bay, Ontmio, East York plating. A free estimating form will be for· Township. They wj.jJ be det

) HARDWOOD TRIM of All Kinds KILN DRIED SANDED HIGHEST GRADE OBTAINABLE :1JleSflEPPARJ) 8 (lJ£l Ll7HLlEf( COMPANY Phone GRover 2\16 DOORS - SASH - BLINDS - MOULDINGS '- TRIM PANELS - VENEERS - FLOORING and MILLWORK OF EVERY KIND Get our Prices on your next Building Job George Rathbone Lumber Co., Ltd. 10 Northcote Ave. LAkeside 0914 ,~------~---~( Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930 15

DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS I LEASIDE BLOCK 6 TILE,LlMITED ~" When forming business contacts with firms advertising in this publication, it would be greatly appreciated, if you would state to such firms that your patronage. is in response to their advertising in "Weekly Building Reporter". A das!rified/ CONCRETE or "CIN·CON" directory of advertisers is ;;iven below and we suggest that there is no better way of BLOCK & TILE keeping in touch with what is new and in securing good value and prompt service LARGE ~STOCK IN ALL SIZES than by dealing as much as possible with these firms. ALEX. McKAY PROMPT DELIVERY Company, Limited SATISFACTION ASSURIiD LIlliE, CEMENT, RUBBLE, CUT ARCHITECTS LAWYERS HUDSON 4904 - STONE, SAND, LATH and COAL Card, Raymond ...... GE. 8421J Farrell & Squires ...... AD. 4121 Quarries at Owen Sound Carter, G. B ...... HO. 0602 Gregory & Gregory ...... AD. 3211 CUT STONE Noad. Frederick ...... EL. 7629 Lee, Ernest M ...... EL. 5301 ARTIFICIAL STONE LUMBER, SASH and DOORS A SPECIALTY Grover Cast Stone Co ...... GR. 7268 Algonquin Building Products Ltd ... LA. 2829 BANKS Boake Mfg. Co. Ltd ...... MI. 1133 Phone: Nights: Central Canada Loan & Savings Co .. AD. 7225 Comrie Lumber Co., Ltd ...... HO. 1800 KEnwood 0290 GRover 0534 Royal Bank of Canada. Dominion Sash, Limited, Streetsville.... 80 Shipper: LLoydbrook 1348 BELTING AND HOSE Fairbank Lumber & Coal Co. Ltd ... KE. 0203 KEnwood 0289 Smith Belting Works ...... AD.1437 Gardiner & Son, Ltd., P. W ...... KI. 5414 Stone Yard: KEnwood 3676 BLUE PRINTS Gilchrist Lumber Co., Ltd., John C .. LL.1342 Raw Co. Ltd., J. Frank ...... EL. 0177 Hancock, Ltd., T. H ...... LL. 2106 BRICK Hind Lumber Co. Ltd., Edmund .... GR. 1133 Hope & Son. Geo. S., ...... LO. 6900 Booth Brick & Lumber Co ...... LA. 3617W Kent ackley Ltd ...... MI. 2427-8-9 ~ ••••••••••••• '4 Cooksville Brick Co. Ltd ...... EL. 8171 Milton Brick Ltd ...... KI. 0906 Laidlaw Lumber Co. Ltd., R ...... EL. 5234 ...... JR. Standard Brick Co. Ltd ...... GR. 1118 Leeder, W ...... LL. 6878 Toronto Brick Co. Ltd ...... KI. 1186 Mickle, Dyment & Son ...... LL. 1192 •• HEADQUARTERS FOR •• Pannill Door Co., Ltd ...... EL. 6358 BUILDERS' SUPPLIES Prescott Planing Mill ...... KE. 6511 Calkins Ltd., H. W ...... HY. 7601 Rathbone Lumber Co. Ltd., Geo .... LA. 0914 ••• PLAIN and COLORED •• • Canada Building Materials Ltd .... WA. 1051 Reid & Co., Lumber, Ltd ...... EL. 7251 Community Builders Ltd ...... KE. 9606 Sheppard & Gill Lumber Co. Ltd ... GR. 2116 Ellins Bros...... LY. 2060 Smith & Sons, Ltd., John B ...... AD. 0611 :. TILING .: McCord & Co., Ltd., S ...... EL. 8141 Superior Sash Co ...... KE. 3211 McDermid Building Supplies, Ltd ... GR.1316 Welsh Lumber Co. Ltd ...... HU. 3367 •• of every description •• McKay Co. Ltd., Alex ...... KE. 0289 MANTELS CARPENTERS Classic Mantel & Stone Co. Ltd ..... WA. 6436 Balmer, A. C ...... LL. 2936 MARBLE-TILE-TERRAZZO :: W. B. PETeR :: cfli~~I~G F ...... HY. 2210 General Products Ltd ...... AD. 3914 Lamont & Co ...... EL. 5006 Marbles & Tiles Ltd ...... AD. 3166 •• 158 Medland St. Ju. 3706 •• Petch, W. B ...... JU. 3706 CONCRETE BLOCKS Stanners, E. H ...... JU. 3766 • Direct Importer of Best Quality •• Granite Concrete Block Co. Ltd..... JU. 4124 •• English Tiles • LelWide Block & Tile Ltd ...... HU. 4904 METAL LATH Perry Cement Products Co ...... AD. 3528 Metallic ROOfing Co. Ltd ...... LA. 0800 .,., ~ Toronto Brick Co. Ltd...... K!. 1186 MORTGAGE LOANS ...... CULVERTS Ciglen, Samuel ...... AD. 0693 •••••••••••••••• Metallic Roofing Co. Ltd ...... LA. 0800 Curtis & Co., W. A ...... AD. 9900 Fortier & Co ...... EL. 6168 DRAIN TILE Gooderham, Langman & Sinclair .... EL. 7281 Perry Cement Products Co ...... AD. 3528 Gregory & Gregory ...... •... AD. 3211 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS McLaughlin, W. C...... •. EL. 5022 Gillespie, W. M ...... JU.1221 Moffatt, Hudson & Co ...... AD. 5497 ELECTRICAL FIXTURES and APPLIANCES Suckling & Garrett Ltd ...•...... •... EL. 4249 Base-O-Lite Products Ltd ...... EL. 5812 ORNAMENTAL IRON Morden Ltd., H. W ...... LY. 5880 Art Wire & Iron Co ...... HA. 8524 Toronto Hydro-Electric System ...... AD. 2261 PAINTS, STAINS and VARNISHES RICE-LEWIS FLOORING (Hardwood) Sturgeons Ltd...... HA.1153 & SON, LIMITED Boake Mfg. Co. Ltd ...... MI. 1133 PHOTOSTATS ~U11ders' Flooring & Millwork Ltd ... KE. 6600 Canadian Photo Copy Co ...... AD. 0270-0279 19 Victoria St., Toronto ent ackley Ltd ...... MI. 2427-8-9 PLASTIC WALL FINISHES (Established 1847) Laidlaw Lumber Co. Ltd., R ...... EL. 5234 Morene Ltd ...... KI. 2692 Satin Finish Hardwood Flooring Ltd .. JU. 1186 REAL ESTATE 'Phone AD. 9283 ~eaman-Eaton Flooring Co., Ltd .... LA. 7386 Douglas, H. R ...... EL. 3308 eaman Kent Co., Ltd ...... LL. 3101 Nights-A. C. Jennings .•...... HY. 5432 Complete Line of Hardware Sheppard & Giu Lumber Co. Ltd .... GR. 2116 Garton & Hutchinson ...•...... EL. 4281 "From Excavation to Interior Finish" Gf~a,r3~~' E. H ...... JU. 3'166 Home Smith & Co ...... LY. 3141 IT'S THI{""B~ Lancaster Bros...... MI. 1166 For Prompt Service 'Phone Lee, Benj ...... JU. 6377 National Trust Co. Ltd ...... EL. 9141 WES. DAVIS. AD. 9281 Lee, Gordon S ...... : ...... LY. 6815 Rogers, W. T ...... •.. AD. 1597 GAS APPLIANCES AND GAS HEATING Stark & Co., John ...... EL. 0341 J. P. RAHELLY LES. WALKER ConRl1mers' Gas Co ...... AD. 9221 Suydam Realty Co. Ltd ...... EL. 1321 GR. 9865 KI. 4706 Tijou & Co., Ed ...... HI. 7795 Manager, S. FERRIE, GE. G~J~ey Foundry Co., Ltd ...... AD. 4274 Toronto General Trusts Corp ...... EL. 4371 J. 7357 THE WELSH LUMBER CO. LTD. Wood, Fleming & Co. Ltd ...... EL. 6161 QUALITY and SQUARE DEALING 2219 YONGE ST. Hf~~~ !'k~e Glass Co. of Can. Ltd .. TR. 8000 ROOFING Consolida,ted Builders' Hardware ... WA. 3522 Toront{) Asphalt ROOfing Mfg. Co. Lumber, Lath, Shjngles, RICe-LewIs & Son, Ltd ...... AD. 9281 Ltd...... JU. 1126 ~,cl~ards-Wllcox Canadian Co. Ltd .. AD. 6893 SAND AND GRAVEL a er & Son, W ...... RA. 3133 Ellins Bros...... •...... •.•...... LY. 2060 Trim HEATING (Hot Water) Perry Cement Products Co ...... AD. 3528 Gurney Foundry Co., Ltd ...... AD. 4274 STONE A. C. BALMER Phones: HUd. 3367 and 3368 Pendell Boiler Ltd ...... LO. 6258 Calkins Ltd., H. W ...... HY. 7601 HOLLOW BUILDING TILE McKay Co. Ltd., Alex .•...... KE. 0289 CARPENTER AND BUILDER Cooksville Brick Co. Ltd ...... EL. 8171 STRUCTURAL STEEL Runnymede Iron .. & Metal Co ...... LY. 2816 IN~Hi'TTfJ~k Ltd...... KI. 4158 1087·1089 DUNDAS STREET WEST Standard Iron & Metal Co ...... LY. 4631 Phone LLoyd. 2936 Evening, TRinity 3997 EQUIP YOUR HOUSES WITH International Fibre Board Ltd., STUCCO Stucco Products Ltd ...... HU. 9757 BUSINESS IS SENSITIVE-I, com•• when INSJ~~N~~ Agt., W. A Argue & Son.LL.6567 SURVEYORS' INSTRUMENTS it i. aolicited.; it stava where it ia well treated. ii:urtis & Co., W. A ...... AD. 9900 Raw Co. Ltd., J. Frank ...... •.. EL. 0177 ennedy. Geo. H ...... W A. 2327 WALLBOARD AND INSULATION McLaughlin, W. C ...... EL. 5022 Argue & Son, W. A ...... LL. 6567 Suckling & Garrett Ltd ...... EL. 4249 International Fibre Board, Ltd., ~ . . LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Toronto Agt., Argue & Son, W. A ... LL. 6567 BrObot Forestry Co ...... HI. 1602-3 Laidlaw Lumber Co. Ltd., R ...... EL. 5234 AND HAVB SATISFIED CUSTOMBU LATHING CONTRACTOR Stanners, E. H...... JU. 3766 McCrossan, O ...... GE 3087 WINDOW SHADES Structural Steel Dunton, H. G ...... HI. 2485W --- Upton. W. L ...... Ho'. 7224 BEAMS, CHANNELS, Slide of B3Jby Point Crescent, near Hum- ANGLES, PLATES, YORK TOWNSHIP PERMITS. COLUMNS, ETC. bercreslt Blvd...... $20,000. FREDERICK NOAD Farrar and Gard, 170 Lisgar Street, a Prompt Den rer,. A. C. Smither, 176 Higthibourne Avenue, one and a hanf storey brick dwelling on ARCHITECT two p-a,ir and one single bri-ck houses and RlUlDymede Iron & Metal Co. 12 inoh blocks 011 the sloutlh side of Bowie seven garages on 12 inch blocks on the 3382 Dund.. St. Weat, TorGtlto Avenue, near Duffer.in Street. $3,500. LYnd.2816. JUnct. 6219 TELEPHONE 11 LEADER LANE eas,t side. of Gle-!1Ih01me Avenue, near Ons- ELGIN 7629 TORONTO 2 \iV. Greer, 85 Earlsdale A vcn ue, a pair low Avenue ...... $19,700. of two storey brick dwellings on 12 inch blocks on the soutlh side of Be:lgrav,ia SUMMARY OF TORONTO Avenue, ne-ar Lockley Street .... $8,000. PERMITS. :.1~l)~ J. E. Sec'ba,ck, 96 Chades Street, a Ol1e For Week Ending June 10th. GARAGES storey f~ame and veneer dwelLing on 10 No permits for less than $500 are ll1- Stucco - Metal - Frame H. W. CALKINS inch bl'O-cks on the nOf'bh si,de of N e'W oInded in this summary. LIMITED - LEASIDE Street, near Scarlet Road ...... $3,20'0. 8 Brick dwelilings ...... $ 76,400 Special terms BUILDERS' F. Ridley, 96 Charles Strec1t, a one 3 Alt-era-t-ions to frame dwellings 4,250 for Builders. s,torey fr3Jme and veneer dwelling on 10 4 Altera:tiol1s to brick dwellings 9,700 SUPPLIES indh blocks on the nontlh side of New 2 ALtefl3Jti'ons too Factories ...... 2,100 Manufacturers of Street, near Scarlett Road ...... $3,20'0. 2 Garages ...... 1,000 (5 'Phone STUCCOS and J. Christie, 2036 St. Clair Avenue Weslt, 1 Service Sta-tion ...... 7,000 or write for REDTOP READY MIXED a one s-torey brick dwel'ling on 10' inch 1 Sign ...... 2,500 information. MORTARS blocks on the north side oaf Donald Ave- 3 Alterations to <'tores ...... 2,900 LYndhurst 6815 LLoydbrook 4122 'Phone HYland 7601 nue, near Keele Street ...... $3,500. 1 Warehouse ...... 14,000 EVENINGS M. A. Love, 48 Brummell Avenue, a 2 Miscenaneous ...... 1,700 GORDON S. LEE GE. 4943 HA. 2881 two stOf'cy bnick dweLling on 13\1, inch 33·39 Primrose Avenue blocks with garage altJtached on the south $121,550 16 Weekly Building Reporter, June 14, 1930

LAIDLAW PRIME BIRCH DIRECTORY Timber FLOORING Lumber

Shingles

Barrett The following table shows the saving there is in using 13/16 Roofing x 3 in. face Prime Birch instead of narrower flooring:

Saving per Sash Per M Ft. Per M Ft. M Ft. Face Frames B.M. Face 2Y4 in. First Grade Maple .. @ $120 $160.00 Vento Steel 3 in. Prime Birch . @ $ 95 $118.75 $41.25 Basement Windows 2Y4 in. First Grade Birch . @ $115 ~153.33 3 in. Prime Birch ... . @ $ 95 $118.75 $34.58 Shutters

in. Second Grade Maple @ $100 $133.33 Interior and Exterior 2Y4 Woodwork 3 in. Prime Birch ...... @ $ 95 $118.75 $14.58

in. Second Grade Birch .. @ 95 $126.67 House Doors 2Y4 $ Garage Doors 3 in. Prime Birch .. @ $ 95 ~118.75 $ 7.92

Prime Birch is made up of about 60% First Grade, 40% Built-in Furniture Second Grade and the lengths are very good.

Panelling Let Us Figure Your Bills Celotex Beaver Board R. LAIDLAW LUMBER Co., Plaster Wa1lboard Limited Hardwood Flooring Established 1871

Birch Head Office: 67 Yonge St. ELgin 5234 Maple TORONTO 2 CANADA Oak *CELLized Oak Blocks West Yard: East Yard: 2280 Dundas St. LLoydbrook 2151 23 St. Lawrence St. ELgin 9237 North Yard: 117 Merton St. HYland 1131