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*hMr. ialid Charles D. ellb< are, the ow!ýr& this 1Oroom. ho at 177 Hawtho avenue, Giencoe. te,) S tifwas architect anid Pow'er Construel cornpany thie bu ers. * Dr. Willard McEwen is the oi er i. this sw roon brick ven, and Ira me ,nod house located at Melros~e avenue Kenilworth. The, chitects er e kins., Wheeler *J o hn Kovencz flve-roon b r i c veneer residencei 1951 Greeriwoo avenue, Wilmett wpas designed by 1% F. Strauch andi bui by'A. Orn. hand. He cannot make his "take" larger. by skimping the work. This detachled arrangement'of. his tee al- 4rs. lows him to demaind from the con- >gen I tractors and workmen quality to the Os 1 letter of -the, specifications, even to. orne requiring a defeetive part to be done B. over:again, if necessary-at no extra the the cost to -the owner. tien Set cost. la Advance But even with the cost of the struc- ture, separated from the architect's fee, the owner knows before the, work starts juÉt. what thé bouse will cost. him. Thearhtc spends time designing the bouse to please the owners, thçn draws the plans and * writes the specifications :in great de- tai] with no ambiguities. These are perfected to the owner's desires. IV. Then comes one of the most lm- )w- portant factors of an architect's a eer services-the taking of competitivè eri bids. for the work. This competition assures the owner of a low total cost ar for the house. There is no guess- Per- work on the bids, no padding by hid- aizd den commissions or for the uncer- tainties rèsulting from sketchy plans and specifications. The arrangem~ent is businesslike, simple, direct. I Deterinines Fair Price Many architects work 'on the sep- irate contraCt system, wherein sev- varjous trades entering into the building. 'When the lowest of the bids in each of the trades are added up the total is bound to be a genuine- ly fair and basic price for the house. k The architect correlates the trades at during the building of the house and *keeps detailed accounts. The owner 1. has but one person to deal, wth- it the archifect. And all excess over-: j head andi profit are eliminated. Maintain Lofty Standaird Any architeet is glad to talk over the idea of building, or remodeling, with a prospective home owner. There are a number of prof essional after 20 years of automobile sales a nd service ex- perience o n the, North Share. started selling.oil burners in '1927.> D ur in.g h is. years in the oil 'beating business. Mr. Slown has had experiences, w o r t h relating. Jack SIOwfl the magazine ýde- claes.He ecais that in ýhis first year it was' not uncommon, for a, burner to start . 'cutting up" while being serviced, and he and his.heip-: er would be compelled to make a dive for the nearest exit. Yet many of the early, burners. continue to give good service, one operating continu,- ously with its original controls since 1922. Flooded Basemnents ~Recently after a heavy rain, m North Shore basements were flood- ed, and 385 .North Shore burners were under water. His entire crew worked in bathing suits for 36 hours without, rest, fishing them. out., Every motor, transformer, and coni- trol, hail to be professionally "baked" and then tested. Man% were replaced. In 1934, Mr. Slown started selling fuel oul; a heating department was added in 1935, and, air conditioning in 1936. Sales Statisties The "Fuel Oil Journal" quotes his. 1938 sales, the last year for which statistics were available at the time the article was prepared, $.55,000. Three salesmen are employed. the year 'round, with two additional in the fail peak. A substantial part.-of the service department income is realized from rebuilding old com- bustion chambers. a licensed architect. fôr a person to callib is unlawful ;elf an arch- *Photo shows house trndev construction. Oak Park Office 10O1 South Oak Park Ave., Euclid 1855 w