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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1905 



PORTABLE BUILDINGS 



have a peculiar value because there is no real estate 

 attached to them. They can be sold and transferred 

 elsewhere with the greatest of ease. We manufacture 

 all kinds of portable buildings, such as 



Automobile Houses 



Camping Houses, Complete Cottages, Temporary 



Offices, etc., with furniture and equipment for all; 



Poultry Houses, fitted up with nests, roosts, etc. ; 



Workshops, with all necessary tools and implements. 



Complete Cottage 12x24, can be carried on double team 



truck, or building 12x12 on a single spring wagon. Price, 



$90 for this 10x12 Automobile House; with floor 



included, $1U0; made in rnetal or wood. 



The Lathrop Portable Fence 



stands against wind storms without posts. Strong, 

 durable, practical. With this fence one can change 

 the size and shape of yards, gardens or inclosures at 

 pleasure, allowing repairs, plowing and renovating to 

 be easily done. 



Only the supports, with the right to construct 

 sections, need be purchased from us, and latter may 

 be built where fence if to be used, saving cost of 

 transportation. Price for Supports, including 

 this right, $1.00 per pair; 5 per cent, dis- 

 count in ten pair lots; 10 per cent, discount in 25 pair 

 lots. 



Write for free illustrated descriptive catalogue. 



The Lathrop Manufacturing Company 



Rochester, New York, U. S. A. 



/JohnMacktntos 



the Tbf fee King 



If it's MACKINTOSH'S TOFFEE, it is the delicious old English candy that is 

 taking America by storm. If it isn't Mackintosh's, you don't want it unless you 



TOFFEE 



want an imitation, 



MACKINTOSH'S 



TOFFEE 



THE ORIGINAL OLD ENGLISH CANDY 



sold in ten-cent cartons, my name and face on every package. 



No, not a chewing candy. You break off a small bit and let it dissolve in the mouth. 



If your dealer smiles and says he hasn't got Mackintosh's, but has an imitation, if you're genuine you 

 will, of course, try another dealer. I am always ready to send my Toffee by mail. Send ten cents for 

 the first size package or SI. 60 for a large four-pound family tin, but try your dealer first. 



JOHN MACKINTOSH, 

 Dept. 198, 78 Hudson St., New York 



America is sufficient for the present discussion. 

 The American Institute of Architects has 

 adopted a " Schedule of minimum charges and 

 professional practice of architects, as usual and 

 proper." It will be worth while to quote this 

 document as illustrating the professional view 

 of the case as understood in America. 



AMERICAN SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM CHARGES 



For full professional services (including 

 supervision) five per cent, upon the cost of 

 the work. 



In case of the abandonment or suspension of 

 the work, the charge for partial service is as 

 follows: Preliminary studies, as per table at 

 the foot of schedule; preliminary studies, gen- 

 eral drawings and specifications, 2 l /> per cent. ; 

 preliminary studies, general drawings, specifi- 

 cations and details, 2> X A P er tent. 



For works that cost less than $io,ooo, or 

 for monumental and decorative work, and de- 

 signs for furniture, a special rate in excess of 

 the above. 



For alterations and additions, an additional 

 charge to be made, and also an additional 

 charge to be made for surveys and measure- 

 ments incident thereto. 



An additional charge to be made for altera 

 tions and additions in contracts and pla'.s, 

 which will be valued in proportion to the 

 additional time and services employed. 



Necessary traveling expenses to be paid by 

 the client. 



Time spent by the architect in visiting for 

 professional consultation, and in the accom- 

 panying travel, whether by day or night, will 

 be charged for, whether or not any commission, 

 either for office work or supervising work, is 

 given. 



The architect's payments are successively 

 due as his work is completed, in the order of 

 the above classifications. 



Until an actual estimate is received, the 

 charges are based on the proposed cost of the 

 works, and the payments are received as install- 

 ments of the entire fee, which is based upon 

 the actual cost. 



The architect bases his professional charge 

 upon the entire cost, to the owner of the 

 building, when completed, including all the 

 fixtures necessary to render it fit for occupa- 

 tion, and is entitled to extra compensation for 

 furniture or other articles designed or pur- 

 chased by the architect. 



If any material or work used in the con- 

 struction of the building be already upon the 

 ground, or come into the possession of the 

 owner without expense to him, the value of 

 said material or work is to be added to the 

 sum actually expended upon the building be- 

 fore the architect's commission is computed. 



The supervision or superintendence of an 

 architect (as distinguished from the continuous 

 personal superintendence which may be secured 

 by the employment of a clerk of the, works) 

 means such inspection by the architect, or his 

 deputy, of a building or other work in process 

 of erection, completion or alteration as he finds 

 necessary to ascertain whether it is being 

 executed in conformity with his designs and 

 specifications or directions, and to enable him 

 to decide when the successive installments or 

 payments provided for in the contract or agree- 

 ment are due or payable. He is to determine 

 in constructive emergencies, to order nece3sary 

 changes, and to define the true intent and 

 meaning of the drawings and specifications, 

 and he has authority to stop the progress of 

 the work and order its removal when not in 

 accordance with them. 



On buildings where it is deemed necessary 

 to employ a clerk of the works, the remunera- 

 tion of said clerk is to be paid by the owner 

 or owners, in addition to any commission or 

 fees due the architect. The selection or dis- 



