Architect and engineer . lacesfor termites found in buildings,(a) shows debris left under abuilding: (b) part of termite-infested debris removed from theground under an apartmenthouse badly damaged by ter-mites. principal observations gained from the ter-mite survey to date is the hesitancy on thepart of property owners to make repairs,—confirming what Mr. Bonelli says in hisBulletin that Racketeers in this businesshave made it almost impossible for legiti-mate operators to continue, and have sofrightened the public that much necessarywork has been left undone. A very largereservoir of repair
Architect and engineer . lacesfor termites found in buildings,(a) shows debris left under abuilding: (b) part of termite-infested debris removed from theground under an apartmenthouse badly damaged by ter-mites. principal observations gained from the ter-mite survey to date is the hesitancy on thepart of property owners to make repairs,—confirming what Mr. Bonelli says in hisBulletin that Racketeers in this businesshave made it almost impossible for legiti-mate operators to continue, and have sofrightened the public that much necessarywork has been left undone. A very largereservoir of repair work is available for thebuilding trades once confidence has beenestablished in the structural pest control in-dustry. In the San Francisco Termite Sur-vey, approximately 90 per cent of propertyhaving wood frame buildings, is found tobe infested by wood-destroying organisms,calling for repairs, and in some instances,very extensive repairs. A few days ago the writer was asked bya home owner to inspect oak firewood stor-. ed in the furnace room and from w^hich in-sects in very great numbers were was an expensive new home, complet-ed in December, 1934. The wood was pur-chased some four weeks previously froma company that also specializes in termitecontrol. Adult lead cable borer beetles, anddeath watch beetles, were emerging fromthis oak wood in vast numbers. There werefully a thousand or more of these insects onthe floor, walls, and ceiling of the room inwhich the wood was stored, and also inadjoining rooms and halls. This experienceexplains the comparatively new infestationsby beetles in oak trim and oak panels inold homes which for years have been freefrom such insects, as in each case wherenew beetles infestations have been found inold homes, infested firewood was alwayspresent in the basement. THE ARCHITtECT AND ENGINEER ^ 44^ SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN THIRTV-FIVE Opportunity Federal Housing Act Offers Arch-itects Splendid Chance to BetterTheir Business Prospects by M
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