The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . very of a satisfactory method of treatment, there does nutappear to be any sufficient reason why shingles should not become a mostdesirable roof covering for dwellings and other buildings outside congestedareas. They have adai)tability and beauty superior to most roofings, andentail the least first cost. Since the temporary nature of many of our build-ings, the migratory tendencies of our iieojjle and the rapid development i>four cities and towns are factf)rs making the use of wooden construction ad-visable, to attcm])t to legis


The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . very of a satisfactory method of treatment, there does nutappear to be any sufficient reason why shingles should not become a mostdesirable roof covering for dwellings and other buildings outside congestedareas. They have adai)tability and beauty superior to most roofings, andentail the least first cost. Since the temporary nature of many of our build-ings, the migratory tendencies of our iieojjle and the rapid development i>four cities and towns are factf)rs making the use of wooden construction ad-visable, to attcm])t to legislate the shingle or the frame dwelling out of ex-istence is both uneconomical and impracticable in Canada at the present time.—Conservation. ** * No, Indeed I understand, said one of the neighbors to our own .Mrs. Iartington,that you had a lot of disputes with the contractor who put the liglitingintt) your ^es, replied that good lady, but I soon decimated that I wasnt to beinsulated bv anv little clirinHutionist ! 56 THE ARCHiriiCT .1X1) liXUlXJiHR. COLO\ N ADE. O COUNTY COURT HOUSUE. C. HEMMINCS .4\D ). JOXES. . .ARCHITECTS Built of ^cGitrray Raymond Granile THE ARCHITECT AND EXGIXEER 57


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