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Brick 



4000 



Plan of Brickwork for Setting a Horizontal Tabular Boiler. 



uiakc the stack less than sixteen to 

 twenty feet tall. 



In general it may be said that pea or 

 buckwheat will be found to be the most 

 economical form of anthracite coal to 

 use in a low pressure plant. With hard 

 coal it should be sufficient to clean the 

 flues once in two days; with soft coal 

 they should bs cleaned every twenty-four 

 hours. 



The boiler specified has a capacity for 

 about 500 feet of radiation, which should 

 carry about 2,500 feet of glass at 70 

 degrees, or about 3,000 feet at 60 de- 

 grees. The frequency of firing will de- 

 pend altogether upon the efficiency of 

 the dampers, the kind of fuel used and 

 the ability of the fireman to make a fire. 



L. C. C. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



No sooner had we materialized a re- 

 spectable temperature in the east than 

 they sent on a 24 degrees below zero 

 zephyr from Chicago that blasted all the 

 hopes of the market's recovery. All last 

 week was severely cold until Saturday. 

 Then came a closing out of gathereil 

 surplus, especially jpf violets, price being 

 the last consideration. It would be im- 

 possible to say how many were in the 

 ice boxes, or of what uncertain age some 

 of them had become. Certain it is that 

 hundreds of thousands were disposed of 

 at $1 per thousand. No wonder the 

 grower opens inquiring eyes upon re- 

 turns, little realizing that very often he 

 has received a considerable advance upon 

 the price actually obtained by the con- 



scientious commission man. But Satur- 

 day's temperature was too good to last 

 and, after Sunday's steady downpour a 

 chilly greeting was not unexpected. 



Roses have become plentiful again. 

 Their quality is superb, but prices have 

 fallen all along the line. Few Beauties 

 reached over 50 cents and with rare ex- 

 ceptions could Brides and Maids com- 

 mand over 12 cents for special grades. 

 Carnations flood the market. Inferior 

 stock accumulates heavily and even the 

 finest will not clear without heavy con- 

 cessions. Bulbous stock continues to ar- 

 rive in battalions. The finest daffodils 

 hang back at $2 per hundred and tulips 

 and narcissi are over abundant. A 

 change for the better cannot be delayed 

 much longer. The consolation of "it 

 cannot be worse ' ' has been doing the 

 comforting stunt so long it has lost its 

 efficacy. Big bails, receptions and even 

 the dinners of the holiday were not po- 

 tent enough to dispel the gloom. To add 

 to the general pessimism many of the 

 wholesalers are under the weather, some 

 of them seriously ill. Jack Gunther and 

 Jos. Millang were fighting bad cases of 

 la grippe all the week. 



Various Notes. 



The Arion ball is over and Hanft 

 Bros, did themselves proud, as has been 

 their custom for a quarter of a century. 



The dinner of the Republican Club, 

 which the President attended at* the Wal- 

 dorf Astoria, was made brilliant by the 

 splendid floral decorations of Wadley & 

 Smythe. American Beauties and pink 

 roses, with an abundance of palms were 

 used. Boutonnieres of white carnations 



for 1,500 were provided and the ladies* 

 corsages consisted of American Beauties 

 tied with red. white and blue ribbon* 

 and tiny American flags. 



Retail windows these days give no in- 

 dication of the outside weather. It would 

 take no flight of the imagination when 

 gazing at them to see the robins' nests 

 again. Blaster and spring will arrive on 

 the same train this year alid people are 

 beginning preparations for the holiday 

 rejoicing already. The buying of flow- 

 ering plants has begun. With the enor- 

 mous supply in and around New York, 

 it is a certainty there will not be 

 enough to go around. The early birds 

 ought to be flying to Whitestone and 

 Rutherford and College Point and Flat- 

 bush, without delay. Procrastination is 

 not only the thief of time, but of oppor- 

 tunity. 



Qub Meeting. 



Notwithstanding the cold wave, the 

 banner meeting of the New York Club 

 was held on Monday evening, over 200 

 being present, nearly half of whom were 

 the lady visitors, it was ladies' night 

 and a royal time was provided for the 

 fair guests, which they heartily enjoyed. 

 Professor Black sang Scotch songs in a 

 rich baritone voice that stirred every 

 Scottish soul in the assemblage, John 

 Birnie and Alex. Wallace giving signs 

 of exaltation before the music of tlie 

 bagpipes ceased. Mrs. L. J. Kreshover 

 played the piano accompaniments for 

 Prof. Breining, tenor soloist. Miss Bessie 

 Butters played the violin with rare skill 

 and sweetness, her sister, Miss Mar- 

 guerite, accompanying her on the piano. 



