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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, ISO* 



Uable of the last 3hadeless Ridge House. The 



one Is eoing up to the left of this. 



s Aiotlier 



Tx T is to be an exact duplicate 

 I of this one which we built 

 W for them in 1906, excepting 

 that in place of the wooden 

 sill on top of the concrete 

 wall, Mr. Pierson is going to try 

 out one of concrete. It looks 

 practical to us. 



Mr. E. H. Kroninger of Allen- 

 town, Pa , who has just ordered 

 a house 57 feet wide and 400 feet 

 loDg, decided, however, upon 

 our Cast Iron Sills for his con- 

 crete sides. 



The frame work of the Pierson 

 house is already up. It is 55 feet 

 6 inches wide by 300 feet lorg. 

 The noilh pitch is 37^ degrees, 

 the south 26}^ degrees, making 

 a ridge height, of 23 feet 5 inches. 

 The sides are 6 feet 6 inches high 

 from grade to the Ice-Clearing 

 Plate at the eaves. 



The iron rafters are welded at 

 the eaves to the Guaranteed 

 Wrought Iron Posts which are 

 partially imbedded in the con- 

 crete sides, and fxtend into the 

 solid concrete footing 2^. fett 

 below grade. Reinforced con- 

 crete is used up to the usual 

 height of boardirg, and tapered 

 off near the lop of the inside face 

 to take the sill. 



It has been customary to hinge 

 the side sash directly to the facia 

 n t he nrc'ir sde of the gal- 

 vanized plate, but here a facia is 

 not used at alt, and the sash are 

 hinged directly to the plate, 



Interior, looking towards sati 



looking directly at the rouf 

 the lightness and strength of 



elf that you appreciate 

 r construction. 



greatly decreasing the shade at 

 this point. 



When his first house was or- 

 dered, Mr. Pierson insisted on 

 having an arrangement of the 

 side ventilation that would fx- 

 tend the least possible into the 

 walks; so '' L. & B." got busy 

 and designed a specially compact 

 gear with 6 inch aims, and car- 

 ried the shaft directly through 

 the posts which serve as bearers. 

 As a result no part of the ap- 

 paratus extends into the walks 

 beyond the line of the side heat- 

 ing pipes. 



In the ridge ventilation the 

 operating rod is brought directly 

 down through the bench and a 

 miter gear used, with a hand 

 wheel placed at side of bench. 

 T his leaves the bench entirely 

 free. 



The {I X 14 inch cypress bars 

 .are screwed directly to the angle 

 iron purlins which prevent their 

 shifting. 



It is a significant fact that after 

 bith Mr. Pierson and Mr. Kro- 

 ninger, this season, went exhaus- 

 tively into every feasilole kind of 

 construction on the market, they 

 came back to where they started 

 — the I. & B. Sectional Iron 

 Frame. 



To build wide houses with ex- 

 petimen al constructions which 

 are but a few months old, is tak- 

 ing a risk few growers can. afford. 

 When you invest several thou- 

 sand dollars in a house you should 

 not take chances. The L. &• B. 

 Sectional Iron Frame has stood 

 the test of years, and is now, as 

 at the start, the ideal construc- 

 tion. 



Before you build give it the 

 very serious consideration it de- 

 serves. It will be greatly to 

 your advantage to take it up 

 with us. 



RNHAM CO. 



and Boston and Phaladellphja, 



