Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1918 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

HOME TOWN HELPS

SOOD PLAN IS ESSENTIAL Efficient Directing Hand Necessary If Building is to Be Properly Constructed. The house that has not Integrity, that has not staunch, honest character from basement to roof-beams, is builded upon the sands; and while it may withstand the ordinary, winds of heaven. It will not withstand the breath of professional criticism, and, in the end, may be almost as much of a burden and a loss to its owner as If it had fallen before the storm, declares an experienced builder. The house that is to be built upon the rock, that is to have integrity. of plan and material, must be well planned. Back, of the designer, the architect, the builder and various contractors must be a mind capable of correlating all these! functions Into a harmonious working force, driven to a Single end. If the owner be capable of this achievement so much the better; if not, he should call upon one who is. He lays the foundation upon sand who does not take thought as to the fitness of his architect, his builder and all the functions of a building operation —to rear in wood and iron and stone the dream that is his. An inefficient architect, a conscienceless builder, contractors working at cross purposes with no direct hand —anyone of these makes for disappointments in building. The best assurance of the integrity of a building is the union of the ideals of the owner and the builder. A house has an inalienable right to be well built. Its construction Is a task that should be approached with a sort of reverent enthusiasm. The owner who realizes this fact, and the builder who insists upon it as due to his reputation, will produce a structure that neither winds of heaven nor breath of criticism can shake upon its foundations.