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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1905 



The (HHMPI0N IR0N CO. 



^^^"^ KENTON, OHIO. 



STRUCTURAL IRON. 



ORNAMENTAL 



CAST and WROUGHT IRON. 



JAIL CELL WORK. 



FENCES and RAILINGS. 



Catalogue of above furnished, and Prices 

 quoted on application. 



As You Ride 



about the country your at- 

 tention is always attracted 

 by the tanks and towers 

 that supply water to country 

 homes and rural villages. 

 1 he handsome ones are 

 made by the 



W.E. Caldwell Co. 



Louisville, Kentucky 



©*e Davis <®L 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 & l^ocsch Temperature Controlling Co. 



NEWARK, IM 



ing or having bathrooms installed to be able 

 to view the styles and sizes of these lavatories. 

 The assortment of nickelplated brass trim- 

 mings was never so complete as to-day. See 

 the patterned grace of the nickelplated brass 

 legs and frames designed for the " Copley " 

 and " Lenox " types, also the legs for use on 

 one piece lavatories supported on concealed 

 wall hangers. On examination of the various 

 exhibits it will be seen that the line is unsur- 

 passable and of sufficient variety to meet the 

 taste of any one. Besides lavatories for homes, 

 the visitor will see these articles designed for 

 use in alcoves, closets and wardrobes, in 

 offices, hotels and public buildings. The 

 " Recess " is an example of this class, and is 

 made in two sizes, the larger 21 X31 inches. 

 For factory and institutions in general will 

 be found a porcelain enameled lavatory for, 

 use in corners of rooms, the total length of 

 the piece being 14 feet, 7 feet from the cor- 

 ner to each end. For barbers, schools and 

 public toilet-rooms, the " Duo " design, one of 

 the very newest creations, with two complete 

 fixtures in one piece; also the " Tonsorial 

 Sectional Lavatory." Each of its sections 

 is a complete one-piece article in itself, and the 

 different sections are permanently secured by 

 nickelplated union strips. In their way, as in- 

 teresting and important as the above are the 

 laundry trays and kitchen sinks, porcelain 

 enameled and fitted with the accessories re- 

 cently developed by the designers of this branch 

 of the great industry. The goods mentioned 

 and the general output may be seen to de- 

 cided advantage also by procuring the great 

 catalogue and the monthly parts of cata- 

 logues. No finer work has ever been reached 

 in this or any other line of manufacturers' 

 printed matter. This unsurpassable catalogue 

 and the periodicals are issued by the company's 

 publishing department. The numbers form 

 a sequence of art and typography devoted to 

 the interests of modern sanitation, that ad- 

 mirers of good form in illustrated and descrip- 

 tive business literature will not willingly see 

 decline. Address the general offices, Stand- 

 ard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. 



The Story of an Industry 



IN a highly specialized industry like the valve 

 and fitting business the manufacturer 

 must be constantly designing and building 

 labor-saving machinery, must be always im- 

 proving the quality and design of the goods 

 produced, and must bring out new lines of 

 products as rapidly as the growth of trade de- 

 mands. With these facts ever in mind, he 

 should devote himself assiduously to the study 

 of the mechanical features involved in the 

 enterprise, early recognize the importance of 

 system, and be alert at pioneering in any direc- 

 tion of industrial effort in his line of work. 

 This policy has always been followed by the 

 Crane Company, established in Chicago in 

 1855. Mr. C. T. Crane, its founder, opened 

 a brass works in the corner of a lumber yard. 

 Sand was obtained on the premises, and the 

 first castings were couplings used in connecting 

 lightning rods. Soon he went into the making 

 and finishing of brass goods. A foot lathe 

 was purchased, and the manufacture of brass 

 engine trimmings begun. A few months later 

 a room with power was rented and early in 

 the next year a small three-story frame building 

 was rented and equipped for power with a six- 

 horse power portable engine. Another year 

 and jobbing in wrought-iron pipe and fittings 

 and steam warming work was taken up. Civil 

 war demands created an enormous call from 

 the Government for all sorts of materials. 

 The brass plant was enlarged for the purpose 



