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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  March, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  Water 
  Supply 
  

  

  6 
  — 
  The 
  First 
  Floor 
  Plan 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Fowler's 
  House 
  Is 
  Quite 
  Unlike 
  

   Mr. 
  McAdoo's 
  House 
  

  

  cabinets, 
  and 
  a 
  hearth 
  and 
  facings 
  of 
  deep 
  

   blue 
  faience 
  tile. 
  

  

  The 
  butler's 
  pantry 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  draw- 
  

   ers, 
  silk, 
  and 
  dresser 
  complete. 
  The 
  kitchen 
  

   and 
  its 
  dependencies 
  are 
  fitted 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   best 
  modern 
  conveniences, 
  including 
  a 
  sink, 
  

   fireplace, 
  dresser, 
  pot 
  closet, 
  store 
  pantries 
  

   and 
  ice 
  room. 
  This 
  kitchen 
  and 
  butler's 
  

   pantry 
  is 
  furnished 
  with 
  tiled 
  walls. 
  The 
  

   second 
  floor 
  contains 
  three 
  bedrooms, 
  large 
  

   closets, 
  dressing-room, 
  sewing-room, 
  and 
  

   two 
  bathrooms. 
  This 
  floor 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   natural 
  woods, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  bathrooms 
  are 
  

   fitted 
  with 
  tiled 
  walls. 
  Each 
  is 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  porcelain 
  fixtures 
  and 
  exposed 
  plumb- 
  

   ing. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  bedrooms, 
  and 
  bath, 
  

   store 
  room 
  and 
  trunk 
  room 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   floor. 
  A 
  cemented 
  cellar 
  contains 
  a 
  laun- 
  

   dry, 
  hot 
  water 
  heater, 
  fuel 
  rooms, 
  etc. 
  The 
  

   architect 
  was 
  Mr. 
  Benjamin 
  T. 
  White 
  of 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  By 
  Ralph 
  Ernest 
  Blake 
  

  

  EVV 
  matters 
  are 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  importance 
  

   to 
  the 
  house 
  as 
  the 
  water 
  supply. 
  In 
  

   the 
  city, 
  if 
  sources 
  are 
  good, 
  no 
  diffi- 
  

   culties 
  concern 
  the 
  house 
  owner 
  as 
  to 
  

   its 
  relationship 
  to 
  his 
  house; 
  in 
  the 
  

   suburbs 
  there 
  is 
  frequently 
  a 
  public 
  

   source 
  of 
  supply 
  which 
  requires 
  only 
  

   to 
  be 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  house; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  country, 
  

   where 
  an 
  individual 
  supply 
  must 
  be 
  obtained, 
  the 
  matter 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gravest 
  concern, 
  frequently 
  involving 
  large 
  

   expense, 
  and 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  a 
  complete 
  water 
  plant. 
  

   The 
  person 
  whose 
  business 
  or 
  occupation 
  calls 
  for 
  

   living 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  is 
  utterly 
  helpless 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  

   water 
  supply 
  and 
  must, 
  perforce, 
  content 
  himself 
  with 
  

   what 
  the 
  public 
  authorities 
  provide. 
  He 
  can 
  not 
  choose 
  

   a 
  city 
  because 
  its 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  good, 
  nor 
  can 
  he 
  avoid 
  

   one 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  bad. 
  But 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  freedom 
  of 
  choice 
  

  

  QlcqnoJLoob. 
  

   8 
  — 
  The 
  Second 
  Floor 
  Contains 
  the 
  Usual 
  Complement 
  of 
  Bedrooms 
  and 
  Bath 
  

  

  7 
  — 
  The 
  Great 
  Chimney 
  at 
  the 
  Side 
  Lends 
  Rugged 
  Strength 
  to 
  the 
  Exterior 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  country 
  which 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  availed 
  of, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  prime 
  essentials 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  site 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  

   water 
  supply 
  be 
  adjacent 
  or 
  within 
  easy 
  reach. 
  

  

  Water 
  for 
  household 
  use 
  must 
  be 
  pure. 
  Chemically 
  

   pure 
  water 
  does 
  not 
  exist 
  in 
  nature, 
  but 
  analysis 
  will 
  

   readily 
  determine 
  its 
  constituent 
  parts, 
  and 
  should 
  al- 
  

   ways 
  be 
  made 
  before 
  dependence 
  is 
  placed 
  upon 
  any 
  

   source 
  of 
  supply. 
  The 
  sources 
  of 
  water 
  are 
  well 
  known, 
  

   and 
  consist 
  of 
  rain 
  water, 
  surface 
  water 
  of 
  rivers, 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  ponds 
  and 
  ground 
  water 
  which 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   springs 
  and 
  wells. 
  The 
  ease 
  with 
  which 
  water 
  may 
  be 
  

   polluted 
  is 
  very 
  great. 
  Rain 
  water 
  would 
  be 
  pure 
  if 
  

   it 
  could 
  be 
  collected 
  immediately 
  on 
  condensation; 
  as 
  a 
  

   matter 
  of 
  fact 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  available 
  after 
  it 
  has 
  passed 
  

   through 
  various 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  air, 
  faring 
  which 
  it 
  

   absorbs 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  impurities. 
  It 
  i.oist 
  be 
  stored 
  in 
  

   vessels 
  or 
  cisterns, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  sources 
  of 
  

   impurity. 
  Owing 
  to 
  its 
  irregular 
  supply 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  least 
  

   safe 
  of 
  all 
  waters 
  available 
  for 
  household 
  use. 
  It 
  is 
  

   classed 
  as 
  "suspicious" 
  for 
  cooking 
  and 
  drinking 
  pur- 
  

   poses, 
  but 
  is 
  the 
  softest 
  of 
  all 
  waters 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  

   greatly 
  prized 
  by 
  the 
  housewife 
  for 
  washing 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  purity 
  of 
  surface 
  water 
  is 
  largely 
  dependent 
  

  

  