HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1912 
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If you are tired of underheated or over¬ 
heated rooms, tired of continual trips up 
and down stairs to change drafts and 
dampers in an effort to keep the furnace 
regulated. 
If this daily grind bores you,send for our 
interesting booklet “Automatic Comfort.” 
It tells how heating troubles are banished 
by using the simple and inexpensive 
Aulomaiic Damper "Regulator 
' itie Janitor Jtiat Never iSleeps" 
Regulates hot-air, hot-water or steam¬ 
heating systems. Wonderful in its efficiency 
and so simple that anyone can install it. 
A small mechanical thermometer in your 
living-room regulates the furnace draft and 
check dampers before the heat can vary 
one degree above or below the desired 
temperature. 
30 Days* Trial at Our Risk 
We will refund price without question 
if a “Crandon” does not prove the acme 
of convenience, and a fuel-saver as well. 
NOW, "while you think of it, 
write for booklet H. 
The Crandon Manufacturing Co. 
BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT 
HOMES OF CHARACTER illustrates 40 TYPICAL 
FLOOR PLANS OF MODERATE-SIZE HOMES—Bunga¬ 
lows, cottages and houses, costing from $1,000 to $10,000— 
with exterior Tiews, concise descnptions and accurate cost 
estimates. We develop these plans to suit the individual 
requirements of clients all over the world. We will develop 
one to fit YOUR needs, or make SPECIAL PLANS 
according to YOUR ideas, at reasonable prices. HOMES 
OP CHARACTER $ 1.00 postpaid. Des. Cir., 2 c stamp. 
JOHN HENRY NEWSON (Inc.), Architect 
1234 Williamson Bldg. CLEVELAND, OHIO 
patience and considerable elbow grease 
they have blossomed forth in all their old- 
time radiance, and are the envy of the 
neighbors. 
Suppose w'e appropriate $150.00 for a 
house containing living-room, dining-room, 
hall, porch and kitchen on the first floor: 
three bedrooms, bathroom, hall and maid's 
room above. Our expense for any of the 
well-made fixtures in any of the simpler 
styles would run somewhat as follows. 
Economy may be practiced if oil lamps are 
to be used in any of the rooms. 
The living-room may be furnished 
with either a center shower or 
four double wall brackets, for less 
than..'..$34-00 
The dining-room may have a dome 
with four lights, or a ceiling light 
and two side brackets for less 
than . 34-00 
The hall may have a hanging Shef¬ 
field light for. 8.00 
The porch may have a hand-made 
wrought-iron hanging lantern for 12.50 
The kitchen may have two fixtures 
for. 5.00 
The upstairs hall. 4.50 
The bathroom. 2.50 
One bedroom may have two double 
sidewall brackets for. 12.50 
One bedroom may have a four light 
center fixture for. 18.50 
One bedroom may have three single 
simple Colonial brackets for. .. . 13.50 
Maid’s room. 2.50 
Total .$147.50 
Comparative Costs of Different 
Materials 
{Continued from page 36) 
let us take up the various sorts of exterior 
wall construction used through the coun¬ 
try and compare their costs, using the 
prices current around New York. Stone 
is the oldest of all building materials, and 
probably under capable handling is both 
the most attractive and durable material 
possible, but even where it is produced in 
abundance at or near the site of the house, 
it is the most expensive of all because of 
the difficulties attending its handling and 
shaping, to fit each piece for its particular 
position in the wall. Since cellar walls 
are almost entirely concealed in the 
ground, and very rough shapes can be 
used, where stone is abundant it is still the 
cheapest material for that work, costing 
about twenty-two cents a cubic foot laid 
in the wall, or since a wall is a foot and a 
half thick about thirty-three cents per 
square foot of surface. The price of con¬ 
crete, the usual competitor of stone for 
cellar walls, varies greatly with the local¬ 
ity. In New Jersey good, sharp sand for 
concrete has oftentimes to be hauled a 
considerable distance, and broken stone 
must be obtained from the nearest crusher. 
In Long Island, however, over a large 
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Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia 
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