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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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,.11 .-.i:,,..iu^ tulc.d I...ot brick surlace tion capacity of the various Stone-Tileplants will do much to overcome thepresent -shortage in building materials. Made of durable concrete Stone-Tile isunique in the field of building materialsand possesses advantages never beforecombined in one masonry unit. It po-sesses adaptability comparable to thatof common brick at a substantial savingin cost. Stone-Tile is particularly suitable forthe construction of homes, schools,churches, garages, warehouses and fac- tories, and is fire and weather-proof. Itshard, impervious surface will withstandthe action of the weather and retain itspleasing appearance indefinitely. Stone-Tile masonry gives the advan-tages of hollow wall construction to thehighest degree by combining with thisfeature satisfactory load-bearing ca-pacity and attractive appearance. Laid in the same way as ordinarybrick masonry, Stone-Tile units are wellbalanced and convenient in size and 1 Coiuluilfd oil pawe 114, Second Column)
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Inurinu Ila.siif nti\ 114 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER The Contractor (ontiiuKcl Higher Prices Mean ResultingDepression In a letter to the trade associationsconnected with the construction industry,Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President ofthe American Construction Council, sendsa warning to the effect that the increas-ing of prices of materials and wages atthis time will have a depressing effect. Mr. Roosevelts letter, briefly tracingthe industrial movement in the last tenyears, as a basis for his conclusions, fol-lows: The extraordinary post-war era ofprosperity which came to a peak in 1920and was characterized by mountingprices, advancing wages and increasingvolume of business, went so far that theslump which followed it in 1921 was in-evitable. Again, the great demand forproducts and especially con.struction hasjtarted us on an era of higher prices andhigher wages. Inflation seems imminent;will reaction follow? Railroad ton mileage in 1920 reacheda point 5 per cent higher than the reco

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