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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MAY 12, 1S98. 



PIPING. 



"It is not so much the system of 

 piping followed as the accuracy with 

 wliich the work is done." said Mr. 

 ('has, Kroeschell, president of the 

 Krotschell Bros, Co,, Chicago, in a 

 recent interview, "The greatest care 

 should be used to avoid all kinks, 

 bends and sags, for each detiacts seri- 

 (Uisly from the efficiency of the system 

 by impairing the free circulation of 

 the water or steam, and every impair- 

 ment of the circulation makes a waste 

 of fuel. Therefore, careless work in 

 piping is a continual expense in extra 

 fuel. With many florists fiom l-'i to 

 ."(• per cent, of their fuel is wasted be- 

 cause of piping that is not ti'ue. In 

 piping a house, a perfectly level line 

 should be established from which 

 measurements to the piping may de- 

 termine absolutely its trueness. The 

 rise or fall should be about an inch in 

 every ten feet. To establish a quick 

 and rapid circulation of the water, the 

 top of the boiler should be at least 

 one foot below the heating coils in 

 the greenhouses. It is in this respect 

 tliat the Kroeschell Brcs C j. I . p.-. ved 

 Crecnhouse Boilers have a marked 

 advantage, as they do not require a 

 very deep pit in order to sink them 

 below the coils. It is also very essen- 

 tial as a matter of economy to have 

 boilers for hot water heating of sufB- 

 cient capacity to easily heat the water 

 in the pipes without forcing or crowd- 

 ing the boiler. In this respect the 

 Kroeschell boiler has never been 

 f(nind wanting, as its capacity has al- 

 ways been fully up to the rating quot- 

 I'd in their catalogue." 



A glance through the large estab- 

 lishment of Kroeschell Bros. Co. re- 

 veals the fact that the manufacture of 

 greenhouse boilers is but a small de- 

 partment of their business, though 

 they are at present at work on a 

 greenhouse boiler of the largest size, 

 which will have capacity to carry TJ.- 

 • 1110 feet of 4-inch pipe, , They manu- 

 facture large boilers of every descrip- 

 tion, and do heavy sheet iron work of 

 every variety. The working of the 

 various huge tools is very interesting, 

 a number of them weighing many 

 tons. An overhead carrier is suffi- 

 ciently powerful to transport a weight 

 of twenty tons to any part of th? 

 luiilding. 



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