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The Florists^ Review 



Jui.Y 1, 1920 



This is an interior of 

 15. G. Willie's bit; '2 

 foot house at PoukIi- 

 keepsie, K. V. 



Note I lie trisscroiis 

 bracing; also the 

 braces Koin>j from 

 Kable toViiiKeatiil from 

 «able to the first col- 

 umn and so on into a 

 concrete footing in the 

 ground. 



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Note the sturdy Rable 

 rafters with a ^able 

 purlin at the topof the 

 same size. Observe 

 that the ridge brace 

 is secured directly to 

 the same purlin. 



See the strength and 

 freauency of those in- 

 termediate angle iron 

 purlins. 



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Most Gables Cause Most Glass Breakage 



When the wind strikes the roof full broad 

 side, its force isgreutly lessened by sliding 

 up the skint and oiY into space on the other 

 side. 



Rut with gables it's ditl'erent. 



The full force of the full wind strikes 

 them at times, full on. Thereisno slidingolV. 



Ifs just like one huge sledge hammer blow. 



Unless gables are rightly framed and 

 then interframed with the main frame of 

 the house— those terrific blow.s rack the 

 entire frame. 



Such constant racking, gradually but 

 surely loosens the roof glass. 

 ■ti"Poohl Poohl"." you say, ''Hit.-hings 

 brace their gables needlessly."" 



To which we answer that if doing what 

 you think is needless, prevents needless 

 glass loosening and slip|)ing. then wt- have 



a notion that we better keep right on doing 

 that needless thing. 



Hut to get back to basic framing facts, 

 we frame our gables and roofs so that all 

 strains are. so far as possible, equally dis- 

 tributed over the entire framework. 



In comparison, Hitchings framing is 

 (luite like a wheel, no one spoke of which 

 bears the load. 



The strain and the load weight are both 

 carried by the spokes to the rim and tire, 

 which in turn distribute it back again to 

 the spokes. 



After all is said and done it, therefore, 

 figures down to whether the extra gable 

 bracing we use is better than having 

 loo.-~ened glass. 



You know we go anywhere for business. 

 Or to talk business. 



HitcKinsfs yj^ CLfRpany 



~Mr * i j»» J H ill i n^ ii ^^ fao^^ 



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General Offices and Factpry, ELIZABETH, N. J 



NEW YORK 

 1170 Broadway 



BOSTON-9 

 294 Washington Street 



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