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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



Fig. 18 Detail of Upper End of Studding at Gable. 



Next, fit the end studding in between 

 the floor plates and the end rafters, as 

 seen in Fig. 15. Fig. 18 gives a detail 

 of the upper end which is cut around the 

 rafters on the outside. They are spaced 

 24" on centers, and have a ledger board 

 whose top edge comes two inches above 

 the ledger boards on the front and rear 

 walls. This is necessary because the 

 headers are 2 by 6's, and the joists but 

 2 by 4% and their top edges must be 

 level. 



Rip a 2 by 4 and nail one-half of it 

 on the inner edge of each header, as 

 pictured in Fig. 19, and place the balcony 



joists into position. Of course, they are 

 spiked to the studding at their outside 

 ends. If the builder desires he may at 

 this time place the flooring upon them, 

 and put in the i l / 2 " pipe support under 

 the center of the headers, as is also seen 

 in Fig. 19. This will provide two strong 

 platforms upon which he may work while 

 fitting the roof boards and the siding. 



In following the detailed instructions 

 and sketches, the reader should be very 

 careful and refer constantly to the floor 



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Fig. 19 Detail of Balcony Construction. 



plans and elevations given in the May 

 instalment of the series, in order to check 

 up the various dimensions. 



AN IMPROVED BRAKE 



There has recently been tested an im- 

 proved brake system that actually stopped 

 a train of twelve steel passenger cars 

 and a locomotive, weighing in all nearly 

 a thousand tons, within a thousand feet, 

 or the length of the train, when running 

 at a speed of sixty miles an hour. The 

 energy generated by a train of that 

 weight running at that speed corresponds 

 to that of a blast of dynamite powerful 

 enough to blow the entire train 120 feet 



into the air. The high-speed brakes now 

 in general use would in an emergency 

 stop the same train within a distance of 

 from i, 600 to i, 800 feet. 



American manufacturers of electrical 

 devices would do well to consider care- 

 fully Siberia as a possible field for their 

 wares. In that country the development 

 of electricity is now taking place, and 

 there is an increasing field for electrical 

 devices. 



