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The Florists^ Review 



OCSSBIB 8. ita£. 



31 IE 



{ FLORISTS' FUEL DIRECTORY 1 



31 II 



2,000,000TONS, ESTIMATED OUTPUT FOR 1912 



U ATT CT All - THACKER and 

 nU U 1 Un - POCAHONTAS 



THACK ER: 



CO/KL. 



COALS 



TBADB HAKB 



ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO FLORISTS' USE 



The high standard of Houston Quality, Houston Preparation and Houaton 

 Service has made these Cuals Famous in the Greenhonse and f'lorist Trade. 



PdCAHbNtfe 



TSAOE MABK 



Main Offfic* 

 Union Trust BMs^ Cincinnati 



KUPER Hood, Qen'l Sales Agt. 



HOUSTON COAL COMPANY 



Successor to THE THACKER COMPANY 

 PHONES: Harrison 8379 - Automatic 63-303 



'Wostom Offico 

 Old Colony BMs^ Chicaso 



R. C. Cantelou, Western Mgr. 



Mention Thf RfTlew irh»D yon write. 



Creenhonse Heating. 



THE FUEL MABEET. 



Coal men report that the car shortage 

 has hampered all efforts to move the 

 supply, which is in turn said to be far 

 less than in other years. Consequently 

 the market has advanced on all grades. 

 While the operators have been short- 

 handed at the mines for a long period, 

 the car shortage was sighted some time 

 ago and every argument was used to 

 move the coal during the summer 

 months and those who got caught can 

 blame only themselves. As for prices, 

 the limit on some grades of smokeless 

 has been topped and some dealers are 

 asking $1.60 for Pocahontas and are 

 not overanxious to sell at that figure 

 on account of the lack of means to 

 make deliveries for some time yet. 

 What the midwinter rush will bring in 

 the way of even more advanced prices 

 is uncertain, but the coal men say the 

 cars will not be any too plentiful. Those 

 coals other than the smokeless are also 

 feeling the effects of the anthracite 

 shortage and until the mines can be 

 operated to the full capacity it is said 

 that prices will continue to advance. 



FROM STEAM TO HOT WATER. 



I have a greenhouse 27x50 feet and 

 fourteen feet to the ridge. The walls 

 are four feet high, built of brick. The 

 house is heated by steam. There are 

 two 2-inch flows and two 2-inch returns, 

 starting from the northeast corner and 

 running around three sides of the house 

 and back by the same route. The pipes 

 are all under the side benches, as I use 

 the center of the house for large palms. 

 The boiler is six feet below the green- 

 house. There are about 420 feet of 

 2-inch pipe in the house now and I 

 want to change to hot water, using 

 the same pipe. I need 55 degrees in 

 zero weather, southern Indiana climate. 

 Will yon tell me how to pipe the house? 

 W. A. M. 



The sketch shows the boiler at one 

 corner of the house, with two 2-inch 

 flow pipes running around three sides 

 of the house and back to the boiler. 

 This makes the pipes 250 feet long, 

 which is far more than is necessary, 

 although the amount of piping is only 

 one-third what it should be to furnish 



IT STANDS TO REASON 



That there are those coal shippers who will and actually ' : 

 are taking advantage of the present shortage of coal cars 

 and the scarcity of mine laborers to make a sharp boost 

 in prices, placing the price far above the real value of the 

 coal itself. They ask you "to feed ihe kitty*'— to satisfy 

 their desire to rake in huge profits on the "get-rich-quick" 

 plan. Furthermore, they get away with it— at times. 



We Want Your Business— but^ 



we are satisfied with a fair margin of profit and are content 

 to let others kite prices and conduct their business on a 

 boot-legging basis. We are ready to figure with any green- 

 house buyer, whether he wants shipments now or later. 

 Our prices are based on the cost of production— not what 

 we think a customer can be held up for. Our idea is to 

 secure your business no*' and by fair treatment and 

 prompt shipments hold it and have it lO years hence. We 

 handle all grades of greenhouse coal and have a big supply 

 of bituminous stock for quick delivery. Write today for 

 prices on any grade— whatever you need or may need. 



UNITED GOAL SALES CO. 



8p«ciaiists hi 



Florists' Coals 

 FISHER BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mi-ntlnn Th» RptIow when yog write. 



a temperature of 55 degrees in zero 

 weather. 



A simple way of heating the house 

 would be to put in a coil of six 2-inch 

 pipes and run them around three sides 

 of the house, and there connect them 

 with a 3-inch pipe which should run 

 directly to the boiler. 



Another way would be to run a 2%- 

 inch flow pipe along each wall on the 

 plates. One flow should run across the 

 farther end of the house. Underneath 

 each flow pipe run five 2-inch returns. 

 Connect the return coils with the boiler 

 by means of 2^-inch mains. 



A GENEBAI. PURPOSE HOUSE. 



With material the workmen had left 

 over from my larger house I am build- 

 ing a small house on my residence lot, 

 to be devoted to general purposes. I 

 am sending you a rough sketch of same, 

 on which some questions are noted. I 

 would appreciate it If you would let 

 me know at once what you think of my 

 calculations. Of course I had nothing 

 to do with the calculations on the large 



house, as it was all done for me; hence 

 you see I am green on the subject. 



H. V. 



The sketch shows a bouse 10%xl*^ 

 feet, in which a temperature of 55 to 

 60 degrees is desired. There is also ''i 

 coldframe six feet wide along one side. 

 The house has about two feet of glass 

 in each side wall and about one-half 

 of each end is protected by a work- 

 room. There is a Wilks boiler, 16x30 

 inches, with a 1%-inch tapping, loeate<l 

 in a pit five feet deep. 



The piping as proposed shows one 

 1%-inch overhead flow and twenty-six 

 1-inch returns. It would be far better 

 to use one 2-inch flow and nine IV^-inch 

 returns, connecting the coils with the 

 boiler by means of a 2-inch return or 

 two 1%-inch. While it would be better 

 to have 2-inch tappings at the boiler, 

 it will answer if a 2x1% -inch redttcer i-'' 

 located close to the boiler. 



To keep the coldframe at 50 degrees, 

 run two li^-inch pipes along the front 

 and one at the back. Connect the en'i 



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