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The Florists^ Review 



Jdne 11, 1914. 



It was further decided that the rules as 

 finally amended and approved by the 

 various coal associations should be pre- 

 sented first to the American Railway 

 Association for its adoption and then to 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 for its tentative approval." 



To Insure Accuracy. 



As a guarantee of absolute accurticy 

 in weights, two important departures 

 from present methods are proposed in 

 the new rules: First, that railroad scales 

 be more frequently tested than is at 

 present demanded, and, second, that the 

 work of weighing be taken out of the 

 hands of both the operator and the rail- 

 way, and placed in the hands of sworn 

 and bonded deputy weighmasters of the 

 Bureau of Standards of the Department 

 of Commerce of the United States. 

 These two provisions are embodied in 

 Rule 1, which reads, in part, as follows: 



"Each carrier, upon adopting these 

 rules, shall as a means of assuring the 

 accuracy of all scales used in weighing 

 coal and coke establish a master scale 

 and provide the requisite test car equip- 

 ment to test each scale as hereinafter 

 provided. Any small or belt railway 

 not equipped with a master scale shall 

 arrange with another carrier so equipped 

 to test all scales located on its rails 

 used for weighing coal and coke. 



"The master scale and test cars shall 

 be manned by sworn and bonded depu- 

 ties of the Bureau of Standards of the 

 Federal Government, if and when avail- 

 able; otherwise by sworn and bonded 

 deputies of the Department of Weights 

 and Measures of the state government. 



"All scales used for determining car- 

 load weights on coal and coke shall be 

 tested by said test car equipment at 

 least once in two months and the cus- 

 todian shall not be notified beforehand 

 of intention to make such test." 



The sub-committee which drafted the 

 proposed new set of rules was com- 



Sosed of W. H. D. Gibson, of the J. KL 

 •ering Coal Co.; L. M. Breeden, of the 

 Pocahontas Fuel Co.; W. R. Kernohan, 

 of the Pocahontas Coal Sales Co.; L. 

 O. Stanton, of the Clinton Coal Co., 

 and George W. Reed, of the Lincoln- 

 Springfield Coal Co., representing the 

 operators, and W. J. Folk, of W. J. 

 Folk & Co.; H. D. Judd, of the Consum- 

 ers' Co.; A. J. Bunge, of Bunge Bros. 

 Coal Co.; George Koehler, of T. N. 

 Koehler & Co., and L. R. Rutter, of 

 David Rutter & Co., representing the 

 retailers. By a resolution of the "big 

 committee," George H. Gushing, editor 

 of the Black Diamond, was chosen as 

 chairman of the sub-committee. 



BETUBNS BEQUIBED. 



Kindly tell me how many 2-inch re- 

 turns will be needed in a greenhouse 

 15x70 and nine feet high to the ridge. 

 The side walls are four and one-half 

 feet high and contain no glass. I ex- 

 pect to use two 2Vi-inch feed pipes 

 and I want a temperature of 55 de- 

 grees in zero weather. A hot water 

 system will be used and the boiler is 

 rated for 1,500 square feet. H. O. 



To heat a greenhouse to 55 degrees 

 with hot water, in zero weather, one 

 square foot of radiation to three and 

 one-half square feet of glass should 

 be used, and at that rate seven lines 

 of 2-inch return pipes will be required. 

 If the house is well built and is in a 

 location where it is somewhat sheltered 



You will find Kroeschell Boilers 



Everywhere 



READ WHAT THE USERS SAY; 



Expressions From Nei Who Know Boikn 



Qreenhouses of Saltford's Flower Shop, Pougrhkeepsie, N. Y. 



Better Than All Others 



I have flred boilers both here and In Europe for the last forty years. 

 The Kroeschell is the best type of boiler I have ever used. I have two 

 cast iron boilers, also a locomotive boiler coupled with yours, but did 

 not need to use the cast Iron boilers this winter. Tour No. 7 Boiler is 

 rated at 15,000 sq. ft. of grlass and carries 25,000 sq. ft. of glass until the 

 outside temperature goes down to 10° of frost. We have no trouble to 

 keep temperatures in our houses with easy firing since we installed your 

 boiler. The main flows and returns are heating our potting shed and 

 packing room, which are not included in the amount of square feet of 

 glass. From the boiler to the farthest end of our violet houses and re- 

 turn Is 800 ft. and circulates very quickly. 



THE SALTFORD FLOWER SHOP, 

 . . Wm. D. Saltford, Poughkeepsie, N. T. 



Rose-ffrowitifl: Estmbllshment of Stephen Mortensen, Southampton, Pa. 



A Prominent Rose Grower Praises the Kroeschell 



I am In receipt of your favor of the 24th ult. In reply shall say that 

 I shall always recommend your boiler, and have already done so to 

 several parties. Tour boiler la satisfactory in every respect. 



If florists here east were better acquainted with your boiler, I am 

 sure you would have a great sale for it. It has one great advantage 

 over cast iron boilers, and that is, it burns less coal. 



STEPHEN MORTENSEN, 



Southampton, Pa. 



BUY DIRECT- FACTORY TO USIR PRICKS 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO., 



444 W. Erl« Street 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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