132 AMERICAN HOMES AND ‘GARDENS February, 1906 
This is the Pierce Great Arrow, 98-32 FER: with 
straight tonneau body, cape top and folding glass front. 
Price, without top or glass front, $4,000. Cape top, 
$200 extra. Folding dlass front, $50 extra. 
One convincing proof of the excellence of Pierce cars is 
the fact that they appeal most to the most mechanical minds. 
An automobile is a machine. The most a man understands 
about the principles of mechanics the better he appreciates 
the way in which the Pierce Arrow is made. 
The initial cost of a Pierce Arrow is greater than that of 
any automobile made in this country, but the price seems 
low when compared, not only with the small cost of main 
taining, but with the long time of service given. 
Pierce Arrows are never out of date as far as effective 
service is concerned. 
Catalogue and descriptions mailed on request. 
The George N. Pierce Company 
BUFFALO, N.Y. 
Members Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers 
se OF DEALERS 
Boston, - D; Maguire Co., 745 Boylston St. 
Chicago, - - - - H. ¥ aulman & Co., 1321 Michigan Ave. 
New York, Harrolds Motor Car Co., Broadway, 58-so9th Sts. 
Pittsburg, - - - Banker Bros. Co., Baum & Beatty Sts. 
Baltimore, - - - Southern Auto. Co., 2021 Maryland Ave. 
Buffalo, - - The George N. Pierce Co.,752 Main St. (Retail) 
Detroit, - - - - J. P. Schneider, 189 Jefferson Ave. 
Denver, - - - + The George N. Pierce Co., 1643 California St. 
Geneva, N. Y., - - Ji. A. Place, 
Hartford, Conn., - The Miner Garage Co., 120 Allyn St. 
Houston, Tex., - Hawkins Auto. & Gas Engine Co. 
Kansas City, Mo., - E. P. Moriarty & Co., 1612 Grand Ave. 
Los Angeles, - - Bush & Burge, Cor, 7th and Main Sts. 
Louisville, = - = che Zorn-Strauss  Co:,, ine 
Milwaukee, - - Hibbard Automobile Co. 
Ottawa & Montreal, Wilson & Co., 142 Bank St. 
Oakland, Cal., - The Geo. N. Pierce Co., 1013 Clay St. (Whole- 
sale). 
Philadelphia, - - Foss-Hughes Motor Car Co., 201 N. Broad St. 
Portland, Me., - - J. A. Dowling. 
Portland, Ore., - - H. M. Covey. 
Providence, . . - The Shepard Company. 
Rochester, - - - U.S. Automobile Co., 21 Plymouth Ave. 
San Francisco, - - Mobile Carriage Co., Golden Gate Ave. and 
Gough St. 
Saratoga Springs, - W. L. Hodges, 16 Woodlawn Ave. 
Scranton, Pa., - - Standard Motor Car Co. 
Seattle, Wash., - - Broadway Auto. me 
Springfield, Mass., E. R. Clark Auto. Co., 117 Lyman St. 
Syracuse, - - - Amos-Pierce Auto. ee 109 S. State St. 
St. Louis, - - - Western Auto. Co., 4701 Washington Blvd. 
ot. Paull - - - C. P. Joy Auto. Co., 368 Minnesota St. 
Toronto, - - - Auto. & Supply Co., Ltd., 24 Temperance St. 
Troy, N. Y., - - Troy Auto. Exchange, 22 Fourth St. 
Utica, IN. X55 - + Utica Motor Car Co. 
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a germ-free effuent, when properly cared for, 
but they are at best laboratory instruments, 
and are safe only under laboratory conditions. 
If used in the household, they do not, can not 
receive the attention necessary to their efficient 
action, and, in consequence, they create a false 
sense of security, while, moreover, they will in 
time give an effluent greater in its bacterial 
content than the raw or unfiltered water. All 
drinking water, he adds, should be boiled for 
about twenty minutes, a method which, while 
rendering the water to a certain extent un- 
palatable, is sufficient to kill the vegetation 
forms of bacteria, leaving only the spores, and 
fortunately those of which we need have any 
great fear, as typhoid or cholera, are non- 
sporulating, and, hence, easily killed. 
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