The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 9, 1916, Page 16

STAR--SATURDAY, SEPT, 9, 1916. PAGE 16. ~ CHARLIE LITT, WHO KI KNOWS, IS { A GROUP OF NEW AND MASSIVE APARTMENT HOUSES | BIGGEST SILOIS FULL OF STATISTICS ON NEW Im SS = ——-MADEIN CITY APARTMENTS AND GARAGES 3 From Pine St. to University District New Structures Attest Healthy Prosperity ; on All Sides His friends all call him Charlie, and he’s got little crow’s feet wrinkles in the corners of his eyes from smil- S'posin’ you had a cow She could eat three squares @ day for 125,060 days, or 370 yearn, If you had the silo just completed by the Union Lumber Co, of Union Mille, Wash, filled with food for her. It holds 2,000 tons of ensilage It's the biggest ever built in the ins 66,000 feet of wtate, and ¢ lumber It was built for the Tennessee Dairy of Dallas, Tex ‘TRIP ABOUT CITY SHOWS BUILDING REVIVAL NEW PIER TO RISE ON RUINS Construction of a new whart tj» replace Ortental Pler No, if destroyed by fire on the night of June 20, is in the hands of com tractors When complete the new pler will extend 200 feet Into the bay from the foot of Lenora st, and will be 140 feet wide. It will be a modern fireproof shipping term inal The sheathing of the new deck house will require 20,000 square’ ‘feet of sheet metal. ing so much. His regular name is Charles W. Litt. He's the fountain of knowledge in the city building department. Pass him for a minute until you get this: | The records in the city building department show that there’s more building going on in Se- q attle right now than for years. CHARLIE KNOWS PROSPERITY SIGNS 4 Charlie Litt is the man who keeps track of it. Ask | him how many stories high the new Arctic Club build- ing is going to be, or whether Bill Jenks has got his q woodshed finished yet, and Charlie will tell you right off the bat. He's that kind. He lives on building statistics. If you want to go into details, he can tell you how much iq Bill Jenks’ woodshed cost, and if the Arctic club's new home will have 50 windows on the first floor, or 51. Charlie was consulted, before this story was writ- ten, on the revival of building activity. TAKE TRIP ABOUT CITY WITH HIM “All you've got to do,” said he, “is get a machine and ride around the city to get a kind of an idea what is going on. “Take a run over to Fourth ave. and Stewart st. There's the new Securities building—fine new steel and concrete office building, just completed. And from the same place you can see the Nesika apartments, just Duilt by Gardner & Lessy at 2021 Fourth ave., and the Crystal Pool natatorium. “Run your car up Fine st. Six blocks out is the in! new Luzerne apartment house. About the last ing Ernest Carstens, the late banker, did was to pro- vide $25,000 for that building. It’s about finished now, ss _Upper lett: The Sherwood apartments. Upper right: Luzerne apartments. Lower left at 1021 Pine. © A CLUSTER OF FINE APARTMENT HOUSES BIG LAND SHOW DISTINGUISHED | “Right in the same neighborhood are two other ,aparments almost done, There's the Serwood, «| WON'T BE DIRT TOURISTS SEE Wardall The Arcadia. Lowe Wardall: Bank Clearings Show Prosperity First 8 months, 1916..........$474,993,799.24 First 8 months, 1915....... ..+ 397,793,305.17 for this particular office. (Paid Advertising) Norman M. Wardall Republican Candidate for County AUDITOR Subject to Republican Primaries September 12th Mr. Byron Phelps, County Auditor, writes to Mr. “You have my vote and support because you are the most efficient man for the place. Mr. Otto Case, former County Auditor, writes Mr. “You have my unqualified support, as I consider you are the trained man for this important County office.” Mr. Wardall’s campaign is based on his capabilities His thorough knowledge of all the details of the Auditor’s offige makes him well fitted to make ane of the best Auditors for King County. ean Bes | © Co.—five stories high—for $70,000. On the same} | CITY'S BEAUTY. ste seeeeeeees $ 77,200,494.07 |) Street, next block, is another four-story brick thes DISPLAY AT ALL! rao ma ra ce a aa for S. McLean. “Krielsheimer & Frey have a magnificent new four-| So Says Coinetia Glass, Who Phat haw seen an dle Story apartment at 1212-28 Summit ave., completed: Talks Over Plans With summer, among them Mary ae “Another three-story apartment is being built by} Manager Olds pe oc ea Neorg oe Be 4 Phillips Miller Investment Co. at 923 Terrace ave., To GRAB- GEOGRAPHY sybase +a permit has just been issued to E. A. Hartley for a r-story apartment at 8 W. Highland drive. “Out in the University district J. Silas Williams is iiding a three-story brick apartment and store building} 4509-11 14th ave. N. E. Corwin Shank has nearly inished a three-story store and apartment building at| ,9/ 1.00mi (bat from the name 4200-06 14th ave. N. E., three blocks away.” but I know now that it is not attle is going to hay 7 AND GARAGES GALORE, TOO It ts to be called t H : Land and Products Ex Charlie dashed away to answer a few questions for} exposition of the ae a woman who wanted to build an addition to her home. | ter Washington, “ ,’ * * * : Idah ntana, Alaska an¢ There’s lots of that kind of improvement going} cotumbia, and it wil be hel On all over the city,” he said on his return. “And notice |4"en# from October 4 to 14 : 7 2 ; a I sought out D. D. Olds, who ts Ala the new garages that are being built. |the manager, and asked him what it motor and “W. A. and L. A. Scouse are building a two-story|'* be !* going to do. He told me a| law and 4 2 | good many things that T had never James F. H &arage at 1107 E. Pine, in the automobile district. A) thought of before 3 4, tho campaigning, be- BY CORNELIA GLASS longs rightfully in the touriet for he and Mrs. Hughes in all the scenic beauties they could. - Mrs, Rinehart, her husband and ‘on, Were among a host of East and Southerners who ro} s thru Seattle you know what is a land or who visited b are loath to give people and more on extended auto ldwin, of Montgom sas the continent by visiting his son-tn Mr. and Mre 2 Harvard ave. N nm and Dr. F.C. Her n ‘ ‘ * Thinks Geography Dead slu, motored here departments of two states on the Northwestern Mutual Fire Lon the inton sigh 1s ead Aes sh or Pine, — Pie ERE biécs a he J‘ Association which for five years has written more fire in- * of opposite corner 1 7 is building another. | raphy is more or less dead—that Is, El E apis ot Me surance than any other company operating in this state. “Over at 500-508 E. Pike st. E. A. Greenis is con-|/"s* slain Keoss: routjhome here and are spending a The Association is to be commended for the prémptness with o,)month with H. B, Earling Com * from Baltimore hy, and th t is thi Structing a two-story garage with dessa space covering| ge 400x102 feet. aod that to te ome Miss Emma Moobur The Association's heavydine and special-hazard business, which “That's some building, and we haven't mentioned) re have been o' Mummert and Mrs largely confined to factory: lumber and sprinklered risks, ts written ; H ° ’ all ove he nt f Be itoed « s e exclusively through salaried inspectors, who are educated and traine factories, schools, hospitals and docks.” Teese Rag 1: guncenses, | Coune Tin the aie soon’ for this partioniar clans Of Work, lay Acoaitiag this Weatases valle Hele : ther dite. he eovte trem | DF Norris arrived here in bis trained men, who know and understand the hazards incident to the dif- | ft many states together. They have ca t. Louis ferent risks, a much more careful and clean selection is assured, with taught people what folks next door Gol the other way was Mrs. consequent lower loss ratio are Leary, who left here 10 days “The more general lines of mercantile, |doing it. They have made Alaska ago for New York city, by motor na ragged spot Good roa and pleasant weather the things have brought tourists here from something more th on the map by st that grow in Ala nd the way the East and California in number to them are doing, and how t tors.” oe eee they ure grown have done that ce » very favorably with the same for every state that has| last y urist business from each of couver C., Westmin xhibit it ham, Everett and return, have Guaranteeing Safety rtised this season by The entire ont of the) thorol to retire the Association's liability stunts of dairy products output by | to be a stride in Seat Washington may be gained y—this land show from the state bureau of sta- Preservati e " r nderful thing about tistics report that last year t will have nothing} ur cities alone consumed 10, 306,342 galions of milk, valued |will throw upon the xe of the| at $3,425,970, and 683,784 gal Manufacturers |visitor’s eye the products of the| !on® of cream worth $975,519. Northwest Besides this the state export Seattle. ed to Oregon $3,377,904 worth F. J. MARTIN, President. The average woman doesn't be of milk and cream. i . ii Heve in the equality of the sexes The total output for the a General Offices 208 Columbia Street. She thinks she 1 a little more than} for the fiscal year of 1915 was | SEATTLE, WASH. equal, valued at $20,156,640, Seals of Approval! What the States of Washington and Utah Think of the Northwestern Mutual Fire Association Extracts from a report, just completed, by the insurance which Josses are paid and its uniform fairness in adjustments thereof.” dwelling and farm risks are accepted from both salaried and carefully selected commission agents, subject, however, to frequent examinations by trained inspec- “The method of operation is to have trained inspectors frequently go over risks, carefully searching for defects and weaknesses therein, is the watchword of the day shown {ta products The national parks and the mag which, if not remedied, may lead to fires. These are called to the at- Now, it seems that the Nort % le : ic trip over the Georg vention of the property owner, either personally or by letter, or both, has attained ghat degree of pr an Cirenit, incinding Seattle, Ta nd suggestions are made for improving and bettering conditions, with ity whic tlea it to boast t coma, Olympia, Hoods Canal, Port a view to eliminating the fire hazard These recommendations are t is going to capture! Towrsend, Victoria Van carefully followed up, to see if they are complied with. If the property owner {s careless and negligent, and does not show sufficient interest in the matter, and refuses to co-operate, then arrangements are made | Arena, on Fifth ave., will be covered) the joint effort of Seattle's several Y Jand filled with ta, In the|Commercial organizations “The greatest possible care is taken by use of maps, ‘The Association maintains a deposit of $100,000.00 in our Arena itself ther hourly line cards and sheets, to keep the Association's liability municipal bonds, approved by the Insurance Commissioner tures on every subject closely or re very low in districts which might be considered as pos- and deposited with the Treasurer of the State of Washing- motely connected with the soil and sessing a conflagration hazard. Conservatism in this par- ton. The balance of the Association's invested assets are what it produces. There will be ticular leads to its declining many otherwise desirable in the hands of the Association's Treasurer and are subject With classes in cookery and housekeep. risks.” to inspection and supervision of the Insurance Department ine | Chava sill beidaaeelt 08 ew wit at all times, The deposited securities and all of the assets ) of mechanical devices | vctically all of the Assoctation’s policies are issued of the Association are held for the protection of all its pol pry, There me Office, and the greater proportion of its pre: icyholders, wherever located . F that will : are collected directly by the Company from the as: . ° Preservative House Paints ‘ prything | mic ation ° : ntereat the individu as ° The average loss ratio since organization has been Preservative Floor and Porch Paint jisn’t a farmer, but who has that spc Figures for the fourteen years (since ‘he founding of ag Ren aise sheers poser ves Satuieee . of love burning in his heart for the| Clustered around Seattle are he No este: ual) g ; man tal Tt Geaa sr poh eee ae ee eee Never-Fade Bungalow Stain land, and that desire in his life to| some of the most modern dair “ Dear i etal) give the owing result: To- miums. This would bsaye FY ) per cent of the premium y some time return to It ies in the world, contributing nal ‘ se Pisce ; total net losses as a margin of safety, and would enable the Association Floor Varnish, Enamels, et’. TE OMT. Recall Gately: ettioasion:|:/ ta ANRMAMAaE ELITA dageral paid, $1,734,804.45; total dividends returned to polieyhold to pay losses of more than twice the normal amount of any will be all sorts of millions of dollars annually, i “ed » ci insuranc e in force, 18,816.00, repre- year without drawing upon its accumulated assets or sur- cccds oak cae Gome lchea of the vast amount premiums in force amounting to $738,246.55. plus.” A COPY OF THIS INTERESTING AMD VALUABLE REPORT GLADLY SENT FREE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OF THE ADVANTAGES AND PROFITS OF NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Northwestern Mutual Fire Association were =eawedwae hE an