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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1905 



This is :i rather Rood picture of the Groat Arrow Victoria Tonneau, 40-45 

 H. P., with semi-enclosed top, made by the George N. Pierce Company. 

 Price, §5,000. Semi-enclosed top, extra, §350. Cape top, extra, $150. 



FIVE thousand dollars invested in an Arrow car brings a better return for the money than twice 

 that amount invested in a foreign car. The prestige of foreign cars, aside of course from admitted 

 good car construction, is due to a certain sense of pride and satisfaction in owning an imported 

 and expensive car. Every American gentleman who considers his investment in a touring car on the 

 basis of the best return for the money will, on investigation, be convinced that the Arrow will give him 

 more for its cost than any foreign car made. The Arrow is the highest-priced American car made. But 

 as the American motorist learns to discriminate, he will consider the additional price a good investment 

 when it saves both expense and worry. The chief expense of a motor car is the cost of running it. The 

 record of the Great Arrow, in the Glidden Trophy Tour, of one thousand miles without a single adjust- 

 ment, is not a phenomenal performance for the Arrow. It is something which any American gentleman, 

 not an expert chauffeur, can duplicate with a Great Arrow car. 



The Arrow, built by Americans, for American roads, American conditions and the American temperament, 

 offers more to the non-professional American gentleman who looks to his car for enjoyment and pleasure 

 instead of glory and expense than any other car made, foreign or domestic, high-priced or low-priced. 



THE GEORGE N. PIERCE CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Member Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers 



PIERCE AGEINTS 



New York 



Boston 



Pittsburgh 



Chicago 



San Francisco 



Philadelphia 



St. Paul 



Harrold Motor Car Co. 



J. W. Maguire Co. 



Haulier Bros. Co. 



H. Paulman <te Co. 



Mobile Carriage Co. 



Foss-Hughes Co. 



C. P.Joy Auto Co. 



Baltimore 



Southern Auto Co. 



St. Louis 



western Auto Co. 



Hartford 



Miner Garage Co. 



Kansas City 



E. P. Moriarity * Co. 



Los Angeles 



Bush A- Burge 



Providence 



The Shepard Co. 

 C. S. Auto Co. 



Rochester 



Scranton 



Standard Motor Car Co. 



Springfield, Mass. E.K. Clark Auto Co. 

 Syracuse Amos-Pierce Auto Co. 



Troy Trov Auto Exchange 



Utlca Miller-Mundy M. C. Co. 



Ottawa and Montreal Wilson & Co. 

 Toronto Automobile <ft Supply Co. 

 Denver Branch The G. N. Pierce Co. 



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will be obtained if the smoke pipe can enter 

 the same on the narrow side, as this will allow 

 the smoke and escaping gases more room in 

 which to change their course from the hori- 

 zontal smoke pipe to the vertical flue. A flue 

 of less than six inches of depth will not allow 

 freedom for this change of direction, which 

 directly accounts for the unsuccessful opera- 

 tion of boilers on shallow flues, and the con- 

 sequent condemnation of the entire system. 

 Be sure that the flue is of proper size and 

 shape and has a good draft before attaching 

 the boiler to it ; for many heating systems, 

 first-class in other respects, fail to give satis- 

 faction merely on account of poor chimney 

 drafts. A newly built chimney will not draw- 

 perfectly and due allowance should be made 

 until it is thoroughly dried out, which will 

 probably take a week or two. In looking over 

 the chimney and connecting the boiler to it, it 

 is well to see that there are no openings into 

 the boiler flue, either above or below the boiler 

 smoke pipe, special care being exercised at the 

 base of the flue that the boiler flue does not 

 connect with the other flues through the soot 

 pocket. That the cross writhes or division 

 walls of the chimney, if it contains more than 

 one flue, are carried up to the top of the chim- 

 ney, so that each flue is independent of the 

 others throughout its entire length. That 

 the area of the chimney flue is maintained full 

 size throughout its entire length, and is free 

 from all obstructions, such as loose brick, 

 mortar, etc., that might have become lodged in 

 it. That the chimney extends above the 

 highest point of the roof or other immediate 

 surrounding elevation. This is quite impor- 

 tant, and failure to observe the same may be 

 looked to as the cause for a poor draft. That 

 the flue is at least six or seven inches in depth 

 and never less in area than size of smoke pipe 

 given by a boiler manufacturer. That the 

 boiler sets as near the chimney as possible, thus 

 shortening the length of the smoke pipe, which 

 is desirable. That the smoke pipe does not 

 project into the chimney too far and thus lessen 

 the area of the flue at this important point, 

 where the smoke leaves the pipe and enters the 

 flue. The research shown in this exposition 

 of the peculiar qualities of a chimney is re- 

 peated in every branch of the work carried on 

 by the Herendeen Company, in steam and 

 hot-water heating, a system considered by ex- 

 perts as possessing many of the great advan- 

 tages. These may be enumerated as follows: 

 First, the heat derived from a steam or hot- 

 water system is thoroughly healthy — the air of 

 the rooms being heated by contact with the 

 radiators, and, consequently, not becoming a 

 mixture of coal gas, dust, and smoke. Second, 

 it is possible to thoroughly distribute the heat 

 — thus enabling an evenness of warmth and 

 uniformity of temperature to be maintained 

 throughout the building. Third, an efficient 

 and properly installed steam or hot-water ap- 

 paratus requires little care and attention. It 

 is safe, durable, simple in operation, and the 

 average housewife or servant can easily at- 

 tend to the management. Finally, great 

 economy of fuel is obtained by the use of 

 these systems, the saving often averaging from 

 2 5 to 33 per cent. The boilers made by this 

 firm are practically self-cleaning and now pro- 

 duced in over two hundred different styles and 

 sizes, embracing sectional, portable and brick- 

 set types. They are known under the names 

 of Furman water-tube boilers, portable boilers, 

 brick-set boilers, " Junior " boilers and tank 

 heaters, laundry, store and water heater and 

 new sectional boilers. The Furman new sec- 

 tional boiler is a new type, cast in sections 

 which assemble in a vertical position. The sec- 

 tions are made from the best quality of cast 

 iron, and are without doubt the strongest 

 and most durable that can be used for the pur- 



