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usually the cheaper and is in less danger from frost. It also offers 

 opportunity for cheaper plans of installing pipes than in the case of 

 the tower tank, 



A simple form of installation is an attic tank into which water 

 is pumped by hand. Such a plan answers very well for the kitchen sup- 

 ply of either hard or soft water and ten to twenty minutes pumping 

 each day will maintain a supply sufficient for the ordinary family where 

 a suitable force pump is installed. This pump may be installed at the 

 well or cistern, or in the kitchen, and a cut-off can be so arranged that 

 water may be pumped either into the tank or for immediate use as de- 

 sired. Such a plan would not give sufficient water to supply a bath 

 room with closet, without the pumping becoming rather irksome, but it 

 answers very well for a kitchen supply, also for a bath tub supply. 

 A precaution to be observed is to be sure that the strength of the con- 

 struction of the house is sufficient to carry the weight of the tank when 

 filled. It may be necessary to put in extra timbers. 



The cost of such a plant where the well or cistern is located within 

 thirty feet of the house would vary from $150 to $175. These figures 

 allow two sinks, one in the kitchen and one in the basement and pro- 

 vide for bath tub with hot and cold water as well as for the necessary 

 pump, piping, and drain. They do not provide for a closet in the 

 bath room. 



Where attic tanks are used they may either be lined with lead, or 

 a galvanized tank is very satisfactory if it can be gotten in place. Lead 

 lining is dangerous for tanks used for drinking or cooking water, 

 but very good for rain water if used only for washing purpose. Lead 

 is more soluble in soft rain water than in hard waters, so that care must 

 be exercised in its use. "Where galvanized tanks are used they should 

 be set in a galvanized iron or lead lined trough to catch the condensed 

 water that runs down the outside and which would otherwise cause 

 damage to the ceilings of rooms below. 



It is possible to run rain water from the roof directly into a tank 

 in the basement from which it can be pumped to a tank in the attic 

 with a hand pump where the family is not large. Such a system has 

 been tried in many instances with excellent results. 



Another plan for using roof water, which is more satisfactory in 

 many cases, is to provide a tank in a small room of the second floor of 

 the house into which the water is run directly from" the roof and dis- 

 tributed by gravity to the rooms below. Such a plan necessitates a cut- 

 off in the supply pipe so that the water may be run either into the 

 tank 01 outside to the cistern as desired. It is desirable with this plan to 

 install a hand pump for pumping water from the cistern to this ele- 



