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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



The Champion iron eo. 



^^^^ KENTON, OHIO. 



STRUCTURAL IRON. 



ORNAMENTAL 



CAST AND WROUGHT IRON. 



JAIL CELL WORK. 



FENCES and RAILINGS. 



Catalogue of above furnished, smd Prices 

 <% quoted on application. 



Absolutely safe and reliable. Ask your friends 



No North and 

 South 



or East and West Line divides 

 the Caldwell plants of tanks and 

 towers. In every section they 

 rear their graceful forms, every- 

 where and always working or 

 ready for service, supplying water 

 for all purposes 



W. E. CALDWELL CO. 



LOUJSVILLE, KY. 



#" 



&f>e Davis ®> RoescK 



Water Thermostat 



A DRAFT CONTROLLER FOR 

 HOT WATER HEATERS 



Simple, 

 Durable, 



Accurate, 

 Inexpensive. 



Will save 25 per cent, of 

 your coal bill. 



'Will regulate the tempera- 

 ture of your -whole House. 



Catalogue free upon request. 



Davis & Kocsch Temperature Controlling Co. 



NEWARK, IM . J 



Important Improvements in Boilers 



We have received from the Gorton & 

 Lidgerwood Company, 90 Liberty Street, New 

 York, N. Y., its booklet " Modern House 

 Heating," just issued, and note a number of im- 

 portant improvements recently made in its well- 

 known line of side-feed steam and hot water 

 boilers. From its inception, about twenty-one 

 years ago, this company lias manufactured only 

 high }:rade heating apparatus, and the wide de- 

 mand for the product has been the natural 

 result of more than ordinary merit and enter- 

 prise. Conceived on the most approved lines 

 for economy and efficiency, the development of 

 the Gorton boiler has been marked by a con- 

 tinual improvement both in design and con- 

 struction, until in the attractive and complete 

 line shown in the new booklet there would 

 seem nothing left to be desired where the 

 very best in the way of steam or hot water 

 heating boiler is required. Probably the most 

 notable departure is found in the increase in 

 the number of sizes in which the Gorton boiler 

 is manufactured, the company now making no 

 less than thirty-three different boilers for hard 

 and fifteen for soft coal use. Heretofore the 

 largest size of steam boiler made carried 3,400 

 square feet of direct steam radiation, while the 

 largest size of the new steam boiler will carry 

 4,500 feet. Another improvement of con- 

 siderable importance is the reduction in the 

 height of the large size boilers so that all can 

 be used in the cellars that are available under 

 old buildings. Where the largest size boiler 

 already referred to formerly stood 92 inches 

 high, the new style will stand but 81 inches. 



THE IMPROVED GORTON SIDE-FEED BOILER. 



Further improvements are found in the base, 

 which is now so arranged that the grate and 

 grate bars can be easily cleaned and removed 

 when necessary and still retain the free air 

 entrance feature, which has been a substantial 

 aid in promoting a complete combustion of the 

 fuel and effecting a high efficiency of the 

 surface. The improved construction also re- 

 tains the well-known side-feed advantages, 

 which are distinct features of the Gorton 

 boiler and by means of which the boiler will 

 maintain a steady even fire, and furnish con- 

 stant heat day and night in the coldest weather. 

 The boiler shell has also been increased in 

 diameter and provided with a large number 

 of tubes. The fire travel is the same as here- 

 tofore, and the products of combustion rising 

 in contact with the surface of the tubes to the 

 top of the boiler, where baffle plates necessitate 

 a downward turn, secure a long fire travel be- 

 fore the smoke outlet is reached. The Gor- 



