Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1927, Page 22

REAL INCAPABLE BIDDERS INPERIL INDUSTRY Contractors See Grave Trou- ble Unless Irresponsibles Are Barred. Special Dispatch to The Star. ASHEVILLE, N. C., January 29 Predictions that the construction in- dustry will be “in the throes of an | expensive disorder” within five years unless existing conditions are rected, were made here by leading builders attending the annual meet- | ing of the Assoclated General Con- tractors of America, which was con cluded Thursday The industry is flooded with in capable and irresponsible bidders of the “fly-by-night” . according to speakers and reports submitted at the meeting “Unless definite steps soon are taken by all elements of the industry to prevent incompetent bidders from entering upon construction operations in increasing numbers, a disordered condition that will prove costly to t building public is the only pr. declared Gen. R. C. Marshall, jr., eral manager of the sssocintion A committee report submitted to the meeting declared promiscuous fssu- | ance of surety bonds and mi of lien law provistons to be mainly re sp Without the asdstance of under- | writers, who make it possible for the | incompetent and the plain crook to qualify for contracts which they can- not possibly perform, those i sibles who constantly bri upon contracting would from public construction, stated. “It is common experlence that ir- responsible material denlers deliver | building materials to these incapa- ble biddars, without making a sem- blance of a credit investigation, knowing that the average home owner is not famillar with lien law provi- sions and cannot protect himself against dual payment if the interven- ing purchaser falls to pay,” the re- port continued. More than 500 builders from all parts of the country attended the ses- sions. cor- alsappe: the repo YULE GIFT WRECKS HOME ‘Wife Says Husband Beat Her for Giving Him Muffler. CHICAGO, January 29 (#).—Christ- mas neckties and the movies were in- volved in two divorce suits start- ed here. Mrs. Anna Katauskas, 65, sued her husband, Alexander, 69, for divorce and charged he beat her because she refused to go to the movies with him. Mrs. Tobey Her- man, on the other hand, said she was beaten by her husband, Harry, when she gave him a muffier for Christmas while he expected a necktie. They separated the day after Christmas. ESTATE. HOME LOANS GRANTED. Company Provides $75,000 for Building Projects Here. Special Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, January 29.—Loans totaling $75,000, sufficient to provide housing accommodations for 15 fami lles in Washington, were authorized at the last meeting of the Metropoll- tan Life Insurance Co. real estate committee. The loans were placed through the Potomac Savings Bank Loans on bond and mortgage au- thorized at the same meeting in the country-at-large amounted to Of this amount $4,017,57f loans, and § 0 were farm The city loans will ng accommodations for 4 i loans were District of 075 city loans. 200; ;' Missouri, $83,700 , and Washington, $62 17 bu. sunted to §3,242 The farm loans wera scattered In 20 States, the principal amounts be ing in Iliinots, $186,000; Iowa, $214,- 000: Missouri, $108,800 and Tennessee, $81,650. Gasoline Boosted 1 Cent. NEW YORK, January 29 (#) —Tide- water Oil Co. today advanced the price gon gasoline 1 cent a gal Maryland and the The new price cents a gallo lon in N J District of Columbi - | By the Ao | Opera. Co. THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN NG'TON, D. C, SATURDAY, J ANUARY 29, 1927. REAL ESTATE. 1,000,000 HOME Huge Skyscraper to Be Self-Sustaining. inted Press January 29.—A great| house, gracing a spi readily to} CHICAGO, downtown oper accessible fon ultimately to wipe out any season's deficit, 18 the vision of Samuel Insull, | president of the ,Chicago Civic| a skyscraper opera house mmercial bullding costing be- | tween §15,000,000 and $16,000,000 were | announced by Mr. Insull in an out | line of a program for opera expansion | {on a scale that probably is without | | parallel in history. A site, bounded by Madison, Wash | ington, the Chicago River and Mar | ket street, the latter a recently widerred thoroughfare leading into the magnificent river front boulevard, Plans for Wacker drive, has been selected, and a method of financing arranged, Insull told opera guarantors at last night's gala performance of "I} Trovatore." The huge Auditorium Theater N‘W Cor. 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