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tagc of being more economical to lieat, 

 especially the lower floors. F"or this type 

 of dwelling, the individual plant is the 

 most satisfactory. In Fig. 2 is shown 



from one part of the house to the other. 



The floors in the living-room and 



dining-room are of ^-in. tongue and 



groove "select" oak, while tiic remainder 



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Fig. 1. Plan of a four-family house in which every room is an "outside" room and each 

 apartment is self-contained, even the cellar being divided into separate compartments 



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a plan of a cheap four-family apartment of the 

 such as is usually erected in the less groove 

 restricted sections of a city. This house wainsco 

 is lo ft. narrower than the one 

 shown in Fig. i. Altliough the 

 buildings are the same length, 

 exclusive of verandas, the ])lan 

 shown in I-'ig. 2 is considerably 

 cheaper to erect, not only on 

 account of the lo-ft. saving in 

 width but because of the iierfect- 

 ly plain roof and other <lilTerences 

 where cost is the <hicf considera- 

 tion. 



The fcjuiidations of this house 

 are of concrete blocks laid on a 

 6-in. footing of concrete. The 

 fire-wall divides the house in 

 the middle of its length instead 

 of the center of the width as in 

 I'ig. I. This fire-wall must be 

 constructed in the same manner 

 as is the wall in I'^ig. i , extending 

 from the foundation wall to 

 the ridge of tiie roof withotil 

 openings of any kind ihiougli 

 which fire could communicate 





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Fig. 2. The cost 

 of this house 

 is compar.n- 

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flooring is J^^-in. tongue and 

 yellow pine. The kitchens are 

 ted with ?8-''i- yellow pine, 3 ft. 

 high, and finished at the top 

 with a suitable cap, while the 

 bathrooms have a 4-ft. wainscot 

 of stamped metal tiling. 



The refrigerator space is pro- 

 \ ided in the rear-stair hall, a 

 galvanized iron pipe being placed 

 in the partition so that the 

 water will run away into the 

 floor drain in the cellar. As 

 will be noted from the plan, 

 this jiouse is provided with two 

 \erandas, each of which has a 

 deck for the ii.se of the second 

 floor tenants, the decks being 

 covered with canvas, whit-h is 

 much more satisfactory and 

 dm.ible th.ui tin. 



In the basement of this house 

 are four hot-air furnaces, and 

 instead of the automatic water- 

 heaters of the more expensive 

 plan, thirty-gallon range boilers 

 are installed in each kitchen. 



