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proved  by  the  underwriters’  inspector 
covering  that  particular  district  and  for 
which  a  certificate  has  been  issued  cover¬ 
ing  the  total  number  of  lamps,  fixtures 
and  appliances  for  that  building. 
Any  changes  in  the  wiring  or  fixtures, 
or  in  the  total  number  and  wattage  of 
the  lamps  after  this  certificate  has  been 
issued,  requires  a  reinspection  and  a  new 
certificate  issued  to  cover  such  changes. 
Should  a  fire  occur  in  a  building  which 
has  been  wired,  but  not  inspected,  and 
should  such  a  fire  be  caused  or  shown  to 
have  been  caused  by  defective  wiring,  or 
in  a  building  which  has  been  inspected 
and  in  which  some  device  not  approved 
in  the  code  has  been  installed  after  such 
inspection,  I  doubt  if  any  insurance  could 
be  collected,  even  through  a  suit  at  law, 
as  the  fact  that  devices  of  that  character 
were  installed  would  surely  go  very  much 
February  3,  1923 
sive  amount  of  grease,  such  as  may  come 
from  washing  dairy  utensils,  may  require 
a  special  grease  trap,  and  strong  anti¬ 
septic  solutions  will  interfere  with  the 
action  of  the  tank,  but  ordinary  ho.use 
kitchen  sinks  should  be  connected  with  the 
septic  tank.  m.  b.  d. 
Building  a  Concrete  Ship 
The  R.  N.-Y.  family  is  a  large  one. 
In  a  recent  issue  information  is  asked 
about  concrete  ships,  and  one  subscriber 
worked  on  the  concrete  ship  “Cuya- 
macha,”  built  at  San  Diego,  Cal.  First 
a  wooden  form  is  built,  with  the  braces 
outside,  and  inside  is  covered  with  con¬ 
crete  “chairs”  or  round  blocks  about  1*4 
in.  in  diameter  and  1  in.  high,  with  a 
groove  to  hold  a  steel  rod.  Then  steel 
rods  are  wired  to  the  chairs,  each  rod  the 
The  two  pictures  shown  on  this  page 
are  sent  us  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Livingston  of 
Massachusetts.  The  picture  of  the  road¬ 
side  stands  shows  how  he  disposes  of  cur¬ 
rants,  strawberries,  peaches  and  a  good 
share  of  the  apples  and  vegetables.  He 
seems  to  be  on  a  good  road  near  Lowell, 
and  there  is  a  good  trade  from  passersby. 
In  many  cases  where  a  man  handles  such 
a  stand  properly  be  can  do  a  heavy  busi¬ 
ness  in  the  course  of  a  season. 
The  other  picture  shows  a  corner  of  the 
peach  orchard  just  about  the  time  of  pick¬ 
ing,  and  this  indicates  what  can  be  done 
in  New  England  with  peaches  when'tliey 
are  handled  right  and  the  season  is  favor¬ 
able.  Mr.  Livingston  wants  us  to  notice 
the  little  tree  shown  at  the  left  of  the 
picture.  He  says  that  this  tree  bore  a 
crop  every  day,  and  we  presume  he 
means  by  that,  every  day  of  the  apple 
season.  It  seems  to  have  been  grafted 
to  a  number  of  varieties,  such  as  Weal¬ 
thy.  McIntosh  and  Wolf  River.  These 
apples  were  right  close  on  exhibition, 
and  they  brought  5  and  10c  apiece  from 
their  good  appearance  and  quality. 
against  the  recovery  of  such  insurance, 
and  only  make  the  loss  greater  by  the 
cost  of  such  a  suit. 
Therefore  I  would  sound  a  note  of  cau¬ 
tion  to  any  of  your  readers  to  go  slow 
with  homemade  devices  of  the  kind  shown, 
until  they  can  consult  their  insurance 
agent,  or  look  up  very  carefully  the  ques¬ 
tion  in  their  policy.  geokge  piiipps. 
Morris  Co.,  N.  J. 
Septic  Tank  and  Kitchen  Wastes;  Poor 
Heating 
1.  Can  you  tell  us  how  to  have  less 
heat  in  our  basement  from  our  hot-air 
furnace  and  have  more  of  the  heat  up¬ 
stairs,  where  we  want  it.  The  furnace  is 
a  good  one  for  either  wood  or  coal,  and  we 
have  two  cold-air  pipes  with  registers  in 
the  coldest  corners  on  the  first  floor,  but 
the  furnace  cellar  isi  always  much  hotter 
than  the  rooms  overhead.  What  can  be 
done  to  change  this  bad  system?  2.  We 
have  a  septic  tank  giving  satisfactory 
service  for  bathroom  waste.  Now  we 
would  like  to  connect  a  kitchen  sink  drain 
with  the  septic  tank.  Can  this  be  done 
without  interfei’ing  with  the  septic  tank’s 
working  properly?  We  have  been  told 
it  would  not  do  to  pour  dishwater  into  a 
septic  tank  drain.  G.  B.  K. 
South  Haven,  Mich. 
1.  An  overheated  furnace  usually  means 
defective  circulation  of  air.  The  capacity 
of  the  inlet  pipes  should  be  equal  to  that 
of  the  outlet,  or  hot  air,  pipes  combined, 
and  I  think  it  not  unlikely  that  your  two 
cold-air  inlets  are  either  too  small  or  ob¬ 
structed.  Try  opening  up  your  cold-air 
inlet  wide  and  see  if  that  does  not  show 
wThere  the  trouble  lies.  You  may  be  able 
to  do  this  by  temporarily  disconnecting 
the  cold-air  pipes. 
2.  A  septic  tank  should  care  for  the 
waste  from  the  kitchen  sink.  An  exces- 
sbape  of  a  lib  of  the  ship,  and  other  rods 
are  wired  crossways  to  these  rods,  and 
when  finished  the  spaces  between  the  rods 
are  so  small  that  when  we  picked  out  the 
litter  we  could  not  get  our  hands  in  be¬ 
tween  the  rods.  The  outside  form  was 
made  in  sections,  each  section  having 
small  doors  through  which  the  concrete 
was  poured,  bulkheads,  etc.,  being  con¬ 
structed  the  same  way. 
The  pouring  was  done  in  sections,  each 
taking  from  24  to  48  hours.  The  con¬ 
crete  was  lifted  into  the  hull  by  means 
of  steam  derricks,  dumped  into  troughs, 
scooped  out  in  buckets  by  hand  and 
poured  into  the  shell  of  the  ship  through 
the  small  doors. 
In  order  to  make  the  concrete  settle 
solid,  men  were  provided  with  pneumatic 
“guns.”  which  acted  as  a  steamfitter’s  or 
riveter’s  hammer,  jarring  the  concrete 
until  there  was  no  settle  left  in  it. 
The  ship  was  launched  sideways,  as  it 
was  figured  out  that  the  back  might  be 
broken  if  launched  the  usual  wyay.  When 
she  struck  the  water  she  keeled  over 
further  and  further  until  it  seemed  as  if 
she  must  go  over,  but  the  same  figures 
had  found  just  how  far  she  would  go  and 
'then  right  herself — and  she  did. 
California.  P.  B.  CROSBY. 
One  day  the  cashier  of  a  bank  said  to 
an  old  customer  :  “The  board  of  directors 
at  their  last  meeting  decided  that  they 
would  no  longer  renew  your  note.” 
“That’s  going  to  be  exceedingly  embar¬ 
rassing.”  replied  the  customer,  “because 
this  note  has  been  in  the  bank  now  about 
25  years.”  “Well,”  responded  the  cashier, 
“the  directors  are  not  going  to  turn  you 
down,  exactly.  They  have  decided  they 
can  no  longer  discount  your  note,  but 
they  are  going  to  charge  you  storage  on 
it.” — Judge. 
