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N. SIDE SES | TOP 3 MILLION

Eight Houses and 32-Acre Tract Sold During Past Week.

Transactions totaling $195,650 by the North Side Realtors this week brought the year's sales to $£3,480,251, Members sold eight houses and a 32-acre tract, | |

{ Straight sales of houses were reported by: Ford V. Woods at 3523 N. Denny St.; Thomas F. Carson at 002 Warwick Road and 3474-76 Birchwood Ave.; Joseph J. Argusat 7156 N. Pennsylvania St.; Warren M. Atkinson at 5003 N. Capital Ave, and R. E. Peckham at 3364 Centr ai | Ave. Mr. Argus traded a house at 4050 | Washington Blvd. to Toward Fieber | for an eight-acre subdivision The house then was sold. Mr. Peckham sold 32 acres “on 116th St.

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be open 2 p. m. lone of 1940 : as

The Town House will™ lot. Lagain this week-end from| "to 9 p. m. The structure, | the centerpieces of the dianapolis Home Show, rebuilt in Brockton. It was huilt’ by the Ind Home Builders’ Associatiof supervision of Arthur Sm Alberta Richards is hostey

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6% AS USUAL LONDON, Sept. 20 (U, P,)—The semi-annual general meeting of the ! Bank of England was held yes witid in the vaults of the bank rath

house. than in the assembly hall cus toa ily used. The half-yearly Siviaendg

of 6 per cent, less tax, maintained | for many years, was declared. it MORTGAGES U

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20.— lardizing reclosure lips ~ to} aps to’ is were

' sept, | steps toward stan state home-mortgage fd ; laws to eliminate hard: ‘home owners and hand | niortgage-lending mstitutig ‘taken here ai. the 50th National {Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws. The conference is associaféd with | ithe American Ear Associalipn and; its membership is appoinied|by the : lgovernors. of all states and terri- | tories, ! (1 There is a great difference in ' foreclosure costs and time] limits Costs va al

{among the states. from {an average of £50 on a £5000 property in a few states to mde than ! { $300 in others—with 30 | states averaging over $100 a casg. In a [few stales foreclosure proceedings can be concluded within |g very ' short time after default. Ix others it takes around two years complete foreclosure proceedings and obtait full possession of the propww erty, | il. The conference believes that by | elimination of handicaps inf mort-! © gage foreclosures, a greater mumber of families could own their| homes. small down payinents and easy repayment terms on low-cost fdwellAnge then would become even more widespread since lenders would not ‘have to face these delays ai d risks,

the conference hopes, : ert mi

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[ARTICLE TELLS OF CITY BUILDER

Robert Mason’s Suburban Subdivision Inspires Forum Story.

(The following article about Rob-| ert IL. Mason, local builder and president of the 1941 Indianapolis Home Show, appears in the Sep-| of the Architectural Forum.) | : Measured in building dollars and cents, Indianapolis trails the top- | flight U. S.- building centers, ranks|! i 26th behind sprawling New York] City. But, in the caliber of its | home shows, Indianapolis leads the | ‘pack. These annual jextravaganzas have | | attracted a lot of public attention |

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and equally | important, have brought many a| dollar and market lesson home to local builders. | ? One of these market lessons was Mle glu d ingalon: taught to Builder Robert L. Mason, is! being offered by the . Allison (a recognized specialist in large resi- | Realty Co. through that firm's L. \dences for upper incomers, Wicd Woosley. The home, which folerected a small indoor house as the | OWS closely a popular 5-room floor

lan, 1938 show's focal point, Consumer jot and has a terrace, reaction enlightened him on the The large living room is decorated larce market for low cost houses, ini a neutral tan on cream in a

and he has been building them ever Colonial medallion molif with ivory

since, seventeen of them trated in a small

concen- figors. The dinette follows the same suburban suhdi- | decorative scheme and has a deep vision, | Colonial bay window. Site selected for the operation! The kitchen, which. is off the di{would have made any suhdivider's nette, has a utility cabinet along (mouth water. {one side and a window beside the sink. There is a light over the stove {position as well as one in the ceilFive miles northwest of Indian- ing. The walls are a light lemon 'apolis’ business center, it had hon coo, The ide Bu trim of the | cabinets are Dutc ue. : subdivided some 20 years ago, but “qu Tn ool lve ed with cream meanwhile had heen only sparsely | linoleum over a plywood base to Geyainbed. The bloclk purchas sed by prevent unevenness and undue Good Homies, Ing. Lhe new project's wear. sponsor, supported only a trio of A houses at one end—its only debit, The block’s credits were many:

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES "eae Compact House Open

3358. N. Colorado Ave. . .. open Sunday from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.

Cross-Ventilation Provided In Home's 2 Bedroom

is situated on a 50x175 foot

woodwork and deep-tone hardwood | {dows result in cross ventilation.

irose-figured floral pattern on a|

is just off the the house and combination screen | valuation attached to ne kitchen and the rear of the living and storm doors for both outside | struction may be used as a basis it Yodny. also serves to enter the bed doors.

The City Hall—

FEAR SHORTAGE OF HOUSES HERE

Influx of > Workers May Strain Facilities Here; 19% Vacancies Now.

By RICHARD LEWIS

An investigation into housing facilities for defense indusfry workers has' been underway quietly at City Hall for several weeks. City officials fear that a housing shortage may develop with the influx of many workers. Their fear is based on the City's vacancy rate of about 1 per cent, the lowest in years. That means about 1000 houses are available, most of which, officials feel, would not be suitable for well-paid, skilled workers. Vacancies in Indianapolis have go 8 down in the last year, they beli

S a strial upswing. cials also have known for os time that the City is being rooms and bath. In the hall is a | ‘considered as a location for a huge large hostess closet and a roomy Naval Ordnance Plant, which would linen closet. lemploy thousands of workers. They The bath has-a double-shell tub know, too, that Navy officials who with a shower. The shower curtain surveyed Indianapolis recently took is blue with a white floral pattern. | {note of the rental housing situaThe walls are “tile scarred” in ation. . cream finish. There has been plenty of new The master bedroom is arranged building. but-it’s not rental investfor twin beds. Decorations are a ment building.

cream background. Two large win- [ference soon with real estate men to work out a solution. The guest room (also having cross | Incidentally, surveys of other ventilation) is decorated in a blue | Middle West cities show that they all-over pattern. {have the same problem, as far as The tiled. basement is full. Its rental housing is concerned.

outer walls are water - proofed. Valuations Low

There is a gravity warm-air fur- ) nace. The entire basement has been| There's nothing the City#Building left without partitions so any de- Commission can do about it, but sired arrangement may be made. The garage, approached by a side | drive of stone. Colonial’ siding and a cement floor. should be. ‘The kitchen opens onto the drive. report, is taxes. {There are full screens throughout’ | parently fear, they say,

Some builders apt the con-

for the assessed valuation on the

was serviced by a 50-foot danas: caped parkway on one side, by al city street car ihe on another and! by a 20-foot concrete Svein (super alley) down the center, was conveniently located with respect to public schools, Butler Uni- | wrsity (two blocks distant), and | shopping - facilities (one mile distant): and all its essential utilities were already in place and paid for— sidewalks, sanitary sewers, water, gas and electricity. Architects Pierre & Wright (Fd- | ward D. and Geprge C. respective peat to use fresh seed. ly) were commissioned to design a different house for each lot. The completed houses feature

Gar “dening—

Now's the time to begin thinking! {about seeding columbines in fats.

‘ground is moist the seeds may be ‘sown in a protected spot in the several design details less aptly 8 arden, covered with burlap until handled in the average house in| 8€imination sets in. .It is safer, their price class—simple orna- {th ugh, to plant them in seed pans. mentation, low front stoops, chim-| One method is to plant the seeds neys in scale with the houses, com- 1 @ large dishpan having proper bination living-dining rooms, nu- 4 3 merous closets in addition tg full sterilized soil. Scatter. the seed basement storage ;thinly on the soil, water by im-| ¥ { mersion, Built and Then Sold {sand to cover the seed completely. !

space,

Builder , Lone of the fundamentals of low cost €N€d burlap sack, slightly

"Fall Is the Proper Time To Seed Columbines in Flats! sche £0 trea sn eft 2 4 com:

{with a fibrous mulch. A fall of! or In starting seedling plants it is If the

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sof good size. drainage and filled nearly full of:

and sprinkle fine soil or! {in early spring.

Mason learned quickly Then cover the pan with a damp- | bines is a tiny insect which leaves | raised a snake-like trail in the leaf tissues, |

improvement by the County Assessor,

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X7 wy a cold frame and cover the plants! Dingy woodwork and paneling de-

snow is very beneficial as a mulch. Bt from ihe beauty of a» room,

Remove the cover in early spring may be, and water the flat. As soon as the ‘do much ground is workable, set the plants in a row about eight or 12 inches! If the summer is not too hot the plants of fall are usually Some then may be set in permanent places, others planted in a reserve bed to fill in bare spots. A cool. damp day in| the fall is the ideal time for trans-, planting and plants should bloom !

A thorough repainting will

ture, rugs and drapes. Besides giving the outside walls a strong coat of protection, paint imparts. an effect of ‘newness” to the- house.

EXCAVATING | GRADING

In the Allison Featured House

The most common pest of colum-|

| Library or through ‘the neighbor-

The officials are planning a con-|

the insiders believe that valuations submitted for some pieces of new s white frame with {construction are lower than they | The feason, the insiders |

regardless of how well decorated it;

to set off attractive furni-|-

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in better homes and gardens which may be borrowed from the Central

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New books for persons interested| :

YOURSELF” by Tyler Steward Rogers (Scribners, New York). An

home builder. It gives detailed ex-| planations on the planning of each | room and includes sections on light-| ing, heating, orientation and financ-| ing. Illustrated by diagrams and. line drawings.

New Pamphlets |

“COLOR SCHEMES FOR THE LOW-COST HOUSE.” How to use

€, | paint inside and outside of a smdll, {chiefly because of Marion County's

house to give it the impression of! greater spaciousness and to make it| cheerful and attractive. “HOME BUILDERS’ BOOK OF! LOW-COST HOUSES” (Brown-! Blodgett, St. Paul, Minn). Pl for 23 bungalows. and one and two-| story houses, These shown are of! various sizes ‘and prices, .ranging from three to eight rooms. [ “HOW TO ECONOMIZE ON, BUYING LAND FOR YOUR] HOME" (School of Living, Suffern, N, YY» The editors suggest cooperative buying of undeveloped suburban districts in order to avoid high initial cost and to reduce the!

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BY MONTH” (University of New. Hampshire Extension Service, Dur=ham, N. H)S When and how totransplant trees and flowers.

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out the costly delays and changes Sunny spot. in design and specifications which immersion or by using a fine spray. | result when a is purchased and becomes speculatively) built, half owner

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Further to minimize construction larger pans. Before freezing weathtime and costs, | Mr. Mason used ©’ sink the pans into the soil of

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and other well-known short cuts. But, he did not skimp on the quality of matenal] and equipment, Specifications include solid pram) hardware, factory assembled window and screen units, balsam wool

insulation, precast byserent area-) Private industry has the capacity way walls, etc.

Sales priceg, ranged from $5400°to lo provide the major| pars of ne $7500 including lots | (above $1000 housing needs of our defense pro-

each), one-car (about $175) scaping, Feeling his way. down the cost ladder. with encouraging success. Builder Mason now plans to build Fund's

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| Gilbreath, engineer and professor of management at Purdue Univer(sity. . The special research report finds these conditions more favorable today than in 1917-1918. - There are no general labor shortages. huilding materials of all kinds are available, lending funds are ample; {there is real the house-building program. | However, the report warns that

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| When electric outlets are eng | planned in a new house for Jamps, | |clocks, and radios, the kitchen is {often neglected. In reality, it has ‘more uses for plugs than any other | room. | Within reasonable limits, there! cannot be too many appliance out-| {lets in the kitchen. In this room| | electricity is used both for lighting] {and for motivating power. Con-| sumption of current varies widely | with kitchen appliances, and spe-! 'cial attention should be given toj (the load the outlet is expected to! | carry.

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