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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May VJ: 1910. 



Stood Tremendous Explosion 



Tbts cut sho^s tbe store and ■reenhouse as reelazed after the explosion. 



3604 West 25th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Tliis house was not dLsigriie<l espeeiully to withsUuM explosions, but couM not Imve STOOD 

 UP Letter had it been. 



''ASK THE MAN WHO HAS ONE** 



Tji kn 

 Ask us for Estimate. 



Copy of Letter Received from Mr. Witthuhn. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Minch >. I'.tli). 



1\IN<J CONHTKUCTION Co., 



North Tonawanda, N. V. 



(rentlemen:— I have been IntemiiUfr to write 

 yoii for soiue tliue. relative to the boiler explo- 

 sion which I had on .January Kith, 



When I reached the place I found the store 

 ir-ont and one side blown out into tlie street. 

 'I'he partition l)etween the store and room over 

 l)Oller pit was also a wreclc. I fully expected to 

 Hnd my greenhouse entirely flat. Imutrinc my 

 surprise on seeing the iron framework ;ind rool 

 Ijars still In place and apparently unharmed. 

 Both side walls for al>out half the length of the 

 house were blown out away from the sill and 

 only held by the eaves. In place* even the 

 eeuient walls were cracked and liroken. All the 

 I'oof vent sash wei'e blown up ami in the flret 

 three sei'tions the force was so irreut that the 

 sash were raised straight up. The vent shaftinK 

 was twisted completely out of the clamp coup- 

 lings. The force of the explosion was down 

 through the greenhouse: parts of the boiler were 

 forced through the coal bunker an'! retaining 

 wall. 



The damage to the greenhouse aside from 

 that mentioned above, and of course the glass 

 breakage, was small. The lower struts are 

 slightly bent and the rafters a trifle bowed in the 

 tirst three sections, but this does not affect the 

 strength or utility of the house in the least. 

 When I replaced the I'oof glass I did not have to 

 line up or readjust a single bar. 



When I think what might have been the 

 result of the explosion had the houses been of 

 wood construction or any other type not de- 

 signed as youre are. I feel that youi Iron Frame 

 House is by far the safest Investment. 



. You may rest assured that my future build- 

 ing will l)ethe King Houses and will '»»oonimend 

 tliem most strongly. 



Wishing you success. I am. 



Yours very truly, 



Fbei> C. Witthuhn. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO., N. Tonawanda, N. Y. 



Manufact- 

 urers of 



Gulf Cypress Greenhouse 



Material, Hotbed Sash 

 (Single and Double Light) , 

 Ventilating Apparatus, 

 Bench Fittings 

 Fittings for Pipe Roof Sup- 

 ports, Greenhouse Putty, 

 Seal Tight Liquid Putty 



One of our new lulditions, contnin- 

 iiiK abont «ni<* acre of floor space 



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Boilers, White Lead 



and Paints 



We are in business 39 years, and up to the present day 

 never had a greenhouse built from our material that had to be 

 rebuilt. Th^re is no secret. We only use Louisiana Red 

 Swamp Cypress, air dried and smoothly milled, with drips, 

 grooves and beveled. 



Send for our free catalogue and estimate. All material is 

 cut and spliced ready to put together. We furnish free 

 working plans. 



S. Jacobs & Sons 



1361-1365 Flushing Ave., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



