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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1905 



THE MAN 

 WHO LOOKS AHEAD 



never thinks of using any other than 





PITTSBURGH 



% 



"APOLLO BEST BLOOM" 



Galvanized Sheets 



Experience has taught him that paying a little more for 

 the material is a sight better than paying a great deal more 

 for repairs. 



Apollo Sheets give him everlasting service ; they are 

 impervious to the actions of the elements, proof against 

 fire — and in applying are found always true to gauge, tough, 

 pliable and easy to work. 



Learn all you can about Galvanized Sheets before you 

 make a final choice. When you find how superior "Apollo 

 Best Bloom " Sheets really are, you too, will realize that they 

 are the best adapted to your purpose. Look for the red 

 stencil on every sheet. 



AMERICAN 



SHEET C& TIN PLATE 



COMPANY, 



FRICK BUILDING, 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



"BALL-BEARING" 



Grand Bans 



HLL-STEEL 



SflSH 



PULLEYS 



Are sold Direct to Build ■ 

 ers, Contractors and Mills 



at prfoes under the com- 

 mon, ordinary goods. 



If you make ten or ten thousand window frames, we can save you money 

 and give you a superior sash pulley. We are the largest sash pulley makers in 

 the world. We ship direct, or through dealers and jobbers everywhere. 



Write for catalogue and free samples and prices on half-gross, gross, barrel 

 or any quantity. Direct from the makers to you. Inquiries welcome. 



GRAND RAPIDS HARDWARE CO. 



17 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



more. They are not only cooler in summer, 

 but require far less fuel to heat them in win- 

 ter, and are dry and airy when compared with 

 natural stone structures, owing to the air 

 spaces in the blocks permitting a perfectly free 



CEMENT STONES. 



circulation everywhere in the walls. We an- 

 ticipate that the specimens shown in this article 

 will be a revelation to those builders who have 

 not had an opportunity to see all the substantial 

 and pleasing developments lately made in 

 molding concrete blocks. These results indi- 

 cate that the productions of this firm have 

 been under the careful and successive observa- 

 tion of its experts, that they make a fine addi- 

 tion and a truly noble show to architecture, 

 and at the same time they meet all the require- 

 ments of the fireproof class of buildings. 



Roof and Tower Water Tanks 



THE simple addition of a water tank in case 

 of a fire may pay for itself a thousand- 

 fold, for the cost is very trivial when 

 compared with the whole outlay upon a new 

 building. The value of the tank is very decisive, 

 too, when the ordinary supply of water happens 

 to be interrupted. When properly designed they 

 do not present features 

 unaccommodating to the 

 lines of grace that should 

 obtain in towers and 

 buildings. A tank need 

 not have points of squat- 

 tiness on a roof or tower 

 if made on the plans in 

 vogue with the experts 

 of the W. E. Caldwell 

 Company, of Louisville, 

 Ky. On the contrary, 

 they are erected in a style 

 that is calculated to give 

 an appropriate balance to 

 that part of the structure 

 which it crowns. A tank 

 with a capacity of 3,000 

 gallons, and seated upon 

 a tower 27 feet in height, 

 is pictured in the accom- 

 panying engraving. Ele- 

 vated on a tower even as low as the one shown, 

 and capped by a windmill, the poise is calcu- 

 lated to be an advantage to the character of 

 the structures that require its use. Thirty 

 years' experience in building tanks enables this 

 firm to construct them perfectly to resist all 

 climatic changes, and to equip them with pat- 

 ented attachments which insure their being 

 easily filled, kept filled or emptied, as occasion 

 requires. The tanks are built of red gulf 

 cypress, the most durable material known for 

 this class of construction, and are erected not 

 only upon roofs of all sorts, but also upon 

 separate towers where there is yard room. The 

 tanks are constructed of all sizes, from a few 

 hundred gallons' capacity to those that contain 

 thousands. All are built in accordance with 

 specifications of the Associated Factory Mutual 



