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Beauty, Utility Reaoh High Point in Wagoner Home Construction was begun this week on. a home in. Indian Hill Estates for Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wagoner of LàGrange. The, Wagoner home is thoroughly modern and is the last word in liandy arrangements and in use of materials as 'Well of possessing un- usual architectural beauty, it 45 ex- pîained. Construction is. permanent so that. depreciatioti can have ittie effect and ire will cause no fear. Basic structural niembers are of steelý and concrete. The house is thorough- ly insulated against exterior heat and.- cold and. empîoys the new systemn of automfatlcally controlled, humîdified and filtered arwith circulationi mnaintained'at the will of the own erg by an automaticallyr controlled fan. Gas will be used for heating and a refrigeration unit may be installed for coolingthe interior of the house in the summertime.' In plan the house is described as ideally compact andaccessible. 'Kit-, chen, dining and living rooms are not only ideally balanced but there is. in addition a playroomn on the first 'floor supplemented by a recreationor lounge room with a fireplace in the basement.' Upstairs are four bed- roomns and two tule baths with plenty of. closet space that would delighit any houséwife. A Bessier stairs leads to the attic storage. TFhe Wagoners with their five year old daughter, Barbara, are building their new home on Iroquois 'road ini the new section of Indiani Hill Estates on a lawn of,75-foot frontagt*e. Mr. Wagoner is ýspeciaj engineer for the Automatic Electric company, 100W. Monroôe street,. Chicago,' George Fred Keck is the architeet, * and e. A. Grimim of Buils Realty, mIc. was the salesmran. A. N. McMillen of the FiresafeHomes Bureau,'i s.theý contractor. ToiE Four Building Permits Jssued jin Winnetka Four building pemmits were issued in Winnetka during the past month, only one of> which was for ýa new residehce. Harry Sniyth is building the es- idence, whicb, with- an attached two car garage, is costing $12,000,.1't' is. located at, 1229 Ash street. A p ermit was issued to Mrs. Elsie LeComnte for adry clçaning plant, at 844 Pine street, to cost $3,000..> Max Epstein, is building. a store fence along his. property at 915 Sher-ý idan oad, for which a permit was issued this month. The cost, is $6;000. The other permit was for a small remodeling job.. February. Permits in Glencoe Reach Total of *p-"y600 Glencoe again came to the front Wi the Febmuary record of building activities. Sevenpermnits for improvements of various kinds, totalling $50,600 and, including thmee new residences, weme issued during the 'sh.otest month of the year. The three residences, alone, wMl cost $44,500; oitc permit was issued for a private garage costing $600, and $5,500 will be spent for remodeling work, of which $4,000 is for an ad- dition which David Nelson is making to the store rooms at 349-51 Park avenue. 1Howard Harnmond is building a new residence at 1094 Rosalie court, costing $18,500. It is a 'two story structure of f rame and stucCo. .. D. W.,White took out a permit for a $14,000, brick veneer,, two, storyr residence to be erected at 164 Harboïr street. H.,-Stembridge'is building* a two story brick veneer residence, at 418 WVashitigton avenue, at a cost of $12,000. 1'ù zilding Grantý Crane Will HeIp Developj Canton's Officiai Seaport Jacob Crane, Jr., of Highland Park, town planner and engineer of Chi- cago and the north shore, left Tues-' day for Canton, China, to help re-, plati that ancient: city and to aid id developing a harbor -and town site at Whampoa, which will be Canton's officiai, seaport. His fourthmonths' trip also, includes consultation with t he officiai state planning commission of -Soviet. Russia, on policies *connected with state, City and rural planning.. Mr. Crane~ for several years has, been as 1sociated with Winnetka, Glencoe and other niomth shore vil- lages, in an advisory capa7city,:ilu the development o« this area. En large Facilities at Car-los Studios Carlos studio, 1647 Sheridian road. has signed a Icase for a temm of years beginning May 1 for double the 'present space in the Miralago building. Carlos has been. signally success- fuI in portraiture for the north shore. and has been at times pressed to perform aIl commissions given him. The new space will not only give much needed room for additionai photographic equipment but will pro- vide flexible space for studio work including photographing of weddings and other parties. Carlos promnises to have in his new' quarters one of' the really unique studios in America. One measure of this ability and talent was in. the winning of the grand prize in the 'Tribune contest for the best '4Mother and Child" pic- ture. New 1931 Construction to Exceed Three Billions New 1931 construction totalling more than $3,500,000,000 is already plan- ned, actually under way or about to be started in the United States, ac-I in Wilmette at .$32,685 Figure The eleven, building' permits issued in Wilmette this month up to W'ed- nesday morning, February X., author- ized building construction iwhich, is. to cost $32,685. The bulk of. thils estimfated'cost total is represented in permits; issued for three. residenices. each, to cost $10,000. Henry J. Bôesch took out a permit on February 6 for the erection of a frame-brick veneer residenIce and garage at 225 . ighteenth street.. On Fbruary 12 a permit was issÜed to B. ýSmith for the erection of a frame residence at 2109 Chestnut, 'avenue., The third residence will be buit by James Crabb at 2006 Thornwood ave- nue. Mr. Crabb took out bis permit >on Febmuamy 18. Each of. these resî- dences w*llcost $10,00&. 'Four permits, were issued for frame garages. Names of the persons who took out these permits the - addvesset' at which the garages will be built, and their estimated costs are: Mar- jonce Sherman, 714 Washington ave- nue, $450; Mrs. J. R. Wood, 1224 Forest avenue, $275. Catherine Jan- iiess, 2118 Lake avenue, $300, and J. F. Donahue, 907 Elmwood avenue, $510. Other permits were issued this month as follows: to Stanley and company for the erection of a f rame greenhouse at M2 Ridge road for Paul Nanzig cost $200; to C. F. B3randt for the erection of a shed at 1301 Lake avenue, cost $200 rto Dan- iel Feltmann for the remodelink, of his, residence at 1439 'Central, avenue, cost $250, and to Henry Hof1mn for a remodeling job at 1538 Wilmette avenue, cost $500. G.Kelloggs Build New Wilmette Home Among the.new residents who have just moved to Wihmette this week are Mr. and Mrs. George M. Kellogg, Jr., andi thei' two children, Mary Jane and George. The Kelloggs have taken oc- cupation of their ntw1y cornpleted home Schuttler, who for several years has been residing -on Euclid avenue, will tak e possession of his new esidencet April 1, it is announced. Ralph % Yager, of. Frederick B. Thomas &c Co., 743 Elm street, Winnetka, was, the broker in the transacfiom ' coj~t~ the end of ast mc while the estimated completed during $56,000 accordiug setrPeterson's. nth was $269,000, in some coînmundiies parttcularly "'in Springer, supeintendnl [cost of buildings' the New York metropolitan amea I estry division. Nurseri the inonth was where an, 18% gain in this' type Ofj developed both in the1 to, Building' In- construction was reported in jan-,I state Forest and in the reor.uary. jnear, Opwaka. acre i:r