The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVl WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1919 Number 2288
Contents
An Architect Abroad With Hoover’s Legion, by Lieutenant Alfred P.
Shaw........................................ ..............................................543
Coeor Past and Present . . . . . ... . . 548 Strikes as Old as Pyramids . . ......................................................549 The Man Who Loved London . . ......................................................551 Editorial Comment.............................. ...............................................553
Current News...................................... 555 Financial Digest............................... 559
Illustrations
Frontispiece—A Belgian Observation Tower.
Waltham Public Library, Waltham, Mass.1—Joseph D. Leland and
Charles G. Loring, Associated Architects (4 plates).
Houses at Marion, Mass., and Newton Center, Mass.—Coolidge and Carlson, Architects (3 plates).
Department of Architectural Engineering
Behavior oe Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Fire Test, Parti.
By Walter A. Hall ... 561 Swiss Method oe Letting Contracts Advocated by Member oe Asso
ciated General Contractors......................................... ... 566 New Series oe Tests to Be Made as Steel Columns...............................567
The Des Moines Labor Agreement.................................................................... 567
Published Every Wednesday By
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York E. J. ROSENCRANS President and Treasurer
WILLARD C. HOWE
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers, Building, Page A. Robinson, Western Manager
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All payments for subscriptions to be in New York funds.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation^. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice-President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Founded 1876
Volume CXVl WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1919 Number 2288
Contents
An Architect Abroad With Hoover’s Legion, by Lieutenant Alfred P.
Shaw........................................ ..............................................543
Coeor Past and Present . . . . . ... . . 548 Strikes as Old as Pyramids . . ......................................................549 The Man Who Loved London . . ......................................................551 Editorial Comment.............................. ...............................................553
Current News...................................... 555 Financial Digest............................... 559
Illustrations
Frontispiece—A Belgian Observation Tower.
Waltham Public Library, Waltham, Mass.1—Joseph D. Leland and
Charles G. Loring, Associated Architects (4 plates).
Houses at Marion, Mass., and Newton Center, Mass.—Coolidge and Carlson, Architects (3 plates).
Department of Architectural Engineering
Behavior oe Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Fire Test, Parti.
By Walter A. Hall ... 561 Swiss Method oe Letting Contracts Advocated by Member oe Asso
ciated General Contractors......................................... ... 566 New Series oe Tests to Be Made as Steel Columns...............................567
The Des Moines Labor Agreement.................................................................... 567
Published Every Wednesday By
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York E. J. ROSENCRANS President and Treasurer
WILLARD C. HOWE
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL Engineering Editor
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers, Building, Page A. Robinson, Western Manager
CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. ST. LOUIS, Arcade Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 333 Market St Subscriptions in the United State; and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries Twelve Dollars. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
All payments for subscriptions to be in New York funds.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation^. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice-President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.