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The Snow Question Again. 



I recently published views of wooden gutter and Garland iron gutter houses'at the establish- 

 ment of Wietor Bros., Chicago, taken soon after the big snow storm. 



Here are two from photographs taken a little later at the establishment of Peter Rcinberg, Chicago. 



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This view 



>>hows how the 



snow lay in 



<he valley between 



tlie 



woo«leu gutter 



houses. 



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Tills view 

 shows what was left 

 of the snow iu the 

 valley between the 

 Garland Iron Gutter 

 houses at the same 

 time, the two photo- 

 graphs being taken 

 within a few 

 minutes ot eaoh 

 other. 



What makes this difference? It is simply because iron is a better conductor of heat than 

 wood. The iron gutters absorb the heat from the inside of the house and this starts the melting 

 of the snow at the gutter instead of at the ridge, and starts it at once. Wood does'nt absorb 

 enough to have any appreciable effect. 



For further information about the Garland Iron Gutter 

 and Iron Post Construction address 



Geo. M. Garland, Des Plaines, III. 



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