t LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ~ i W. BE. McWilliams of Rook € t t In Centre county thirty-nine land planted forest trees for refor- station, planting a total of rees during 1923. Alfred Miller, came to he of Sunbury, M. Miler is store as ia home of his hrother, Mr. an auto supply 1 I WwW, BP. two of Messrs, Rishel Gregg township's call latter gen ware on the farmers t, the mominent on business part of Both of been thut week. them bave success of farming and 1 Cc I r r A t ¥ i © I ia t F i a particular time. who with Mrs, Miss the vicinity of the “Swamp’ Charles Shultz, (formeaiy Kate Penning on) live in hurch below Farmers Mills. was found unconscdous condition in the had cut wood, but since gone to ie was taken to his home, been confined to bed inkle, of Hall het Rufus R. F to Centre Mr. and Mrs motored on Mrs. Finkle visiting and Mrs F this office to ar- ents. Mr, *, Emery ange for printing clean-up tle 1st. larch Invitations are out the tenth wedding anniversary Mrs, Moran's Cafe, New on of the Robert Burns, to Crawford fouse, Muncy, urns will be recalled as ving Ir ‘entire Hal when Burns is chief The Mutual held its Farmers ompeany nday The reports = lellefonte on meet business offices handsome increas, he pevious year. All former elected. There were two one ount of of BR. H the volunfry ret McFarlane, of mg served ip are T. M. nd Frank E_ Wiel on 0 eed and the other ov irement Boalsburg, Capunty The Hues of Scot Hall company ‘rank that anid. of Linden statement of the annual wppear in the poxt ¢ | York Building Congress, held in the Hotel Commodore on November 21. tion be started in the cold months, The number of contracts for new beyond expectations and reports show coming cold season, The speakers at Wednesday's lunch eon made use of lantern slides to prove their theses. One of them, John Lowry, Jr, a builder, showed on a screen pie- tures of a building on the eonstruetion of which $87,710 was saved through labor in the winter of 1922.1923. The total cost of the structure was $750, 000, he said, Continuing, Mr, “To offset that, the expenditures for winter Lowry said: construction were a total of $3,863, or one-half of 1 per of the total cost of the job.” The extra cost was for protection of workers and ma- the about cont, terials and supplying necessary heat, he explained, “If you consider the bricklayer pro- duction in the summer of 1922 as 100 per cent. in the ercction of this job during the winter of 1922.1923 the brick. layer production was 108 per ® per cent. more than in the of 1922 Comparing this with nies wicklayer production per Cen In other words, on this carris mn during the winter i duced 18% per cent. more brick per day per man than 1 was able to do Inst ummer on brick work Bricklayers working on the job got $10 a day The 4 for the entire Job was $28.150 bricklayers If it had been con- + 18t summer the dropping off In or in efficiency, would have 530 to the cost of bricklavers alone if the award of 34, that is, $14 a man the bonus would cost $11,260, In other words, the brick work on this job would have cost 216530 in addition to the $25.150 actually paid.for bricklayers "The payroll on this job for bricks layers, carpenters, lgbor and engineers amounted to £130 6867 £4 had heen done last summer rather than last win- er, the dropping off in production and the bonus award would have added 3.650 to my payroll. you consider have Winter Construction Cost. addition to the saving in labor iy mm purchates of materials in niracts on this job amounted to 3.000 ver the prices 1 was able to 1822 in other the ind subcontracts $87.710 on, this of “which ire in the summer word inbor purchase there was jot, the had cost the n were il ckxpénditures for follows n to nbor and mate #t, $667. with na $225. tem imanders, cost’ 1668 $304 boiler iabor, 31.006; cgal for boiler heating, #150: temporary lighting. labor and service, 5196; snow clearing, $111: §3.863, or about one half of 1 per cent, of the total cost of the job Bear in mind that 4he libor seating wis : 650, and the material and tract saving was 282.000 to offset 33 protection cost net cost, Foon sal amand . 3302 cok attendants a total of £53 winter construction have inereased this autumn - ¥ Mr. | Behwab Lowry sald that “Charles M. realized the values of winter construction. As a matter of fact, some time ago he gave me an order to buiid $600,000 worth of buildings. They { could be built next summer just as well jas this winter. He required that they | be finished on September 1, 1924. The { work 1s in course of construction. I have { some of it Inclosed and some of it in { the open, 1 will keep my gang steadily employed the winter through, in bad days working inside and on good days on the outside. Through this means I will save many thousands of dollars in the course of construction. Bulld in the winter and keep the architect, builder and subcontractor and labor busy. It will better balance up the industry.” Cold Needn’t Hold Up Work. “Working with concrete during the |eold season is practical fram every standpoint,» explained WW. J. Barney, president of the Barney-Ahlers Con- struction Company. “More winter con- struction is the acknowledged remedy for seasonal unemployment in the build- ing industry." A lantern slide plcture showing the following figures was then put on the soreen Per- cent Cont of Pro age tection Costa $13,000 5 8,800 4% 0.500 6% Time of Pro tection Dec. -Jan, Dec. -Jan. Jan Feb Total ‘ontract 63.000 180.000 96.000 gave the following ex the figures: “From our ifiles | have taken three & vical con tructs and the amounts given under the total contract column are practi {eally for the re-enforced concrete struc. | ture, inclosing walls, sash and roof, for that part of the building which requires protection from winter winds, freezing and cold in the course of construct Ones the building Is inclosed the mat- {ter of heating for the finishing trades is compargtively simple, especially if the | permanent heating plant has promptly { followed up the structural work In a | gonernl way about § per cent, of the contract represeuts the cost for winter protection. This, however, doez not represent the true cost of winter struction, as the cost of this winter pro tection, eapecially under present | tion of the labor and materials markets i more than offset by the lower t {of materials during the winter, the ab | sence of bonuses pald to mec hanics, the greater efficiency o mechanics 4 conditions when work is not so plentiful Harold M. Shreve, of Carrere & Hast { ings, outlined generally the reasons why winter bullding was sound from soonomic viewpoint and presented a composite chart of sa’ient facts regard ing benefits of building In HERMON In explaining the chart Bhreve sald “The contracts awarded In twenty. seven States are also shown by months The New York Building Department for last years shows when people make their alterations in New York and we have made up a composite {showing when alterations are made in | New York. this being the result of ar average of ten years. Those sre some of the things 1 would say can be reme- { died. The figures have no relation one to another so far as totals go. They iy show tendencies it Jhoks as if somebody was getling busy this fall te fdo some work this winter.” | Mr. Barney | planation of on oon condi Cost under every the that Mr the ten curve ‘irst you admire the beauty of a Star. . Then, as vou know it, your admiration will change to respect for its capacity to go where you want to go with least expense and with greatest dependability. FETTEROLF'S GARAGE Bell Phone CENTRE HALL 342 the Money”’ —— smi. oni. woe —— —— Nr —— RI ot A. follows: MEN’S SUITS, $18 to $47.50, now . $13.50t0 35 MEN'S ALL-WOOL OVERCOATS _. . $15 to 25 BOYS SUITS-Many Specials Less Than HALF Regular Price Men’s Wool Work Socks, 75 to $1.50--now 50c per pair Men’s Best WORK SHIRTS i kc
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