House <y Garden 
“ SUNNVSIDE ” 
THF. HOME OF WASHINGTON IRVING. 
This quaint old mansion is one of the literary and historical shrines of America, and when it became necessary to 
enlarge the house and build new stables, a few years ago, the worshippers were fearful that an incongruous result would 
be unavoidable. The delicate problem was entrusted to Architect William H. Mersereau, of New York, who worked 
it out so successfully that the wails of the antiquarians were silenced. The house roof is covered with old Dutch tiles, 
and the difficult task of reproducing the same effect on the shingled roofs of the stables was accomplished by the 
manufacturer of Cabot’s Creosote Shingle Stains, who compounded a Special Stain which imitated exactly the red of the 
tiles. Mr. Mersereau is only one of many architects who have found Mr. Cabot’s willingness and ability to produce 
these special shades of great assistance, and every architect (and owner) should bear the fact in mind. Cabot’s 
Shingle Stains were the first made, and after twenty years they stand higher in the favor of people who appreciate 
artistic and reliable effects than ever before. “ Sunnvside ” additions were made warm and the floors sound-deadened, 
bv lining with Cabot’s Sheathing and Deafening Quilt, another of Mr. Cabot’s scientific and ingenious products. 
The Willner Wood Co., 52 Wall Street, New York, are turning out verv handsome carvings on solid wood bv 
patent process, thus being able to reproduce very elaborate designs at comparatively small cost. This work is being 
largely used bv piano manufacturers for panel work, cabinet and furniture manufactures and for interior decorating. 
Even with increased facilities their works at Rahway, New |ersev, have been working overtime getting out special orders. 
THE BURROWES INSECT SCREENS 
RECENT VALUABLE IMPROVEMENTS. 
The E. T. Burrowes Company of Portland, Maine, has recently invented a sliding screen that can be adjusted for 
the varying widths of the windows and fitted without cutting or planing the screen. This New Century Screen is easily 
regulated to slide more easily or more tightly by means of a metal fixture operated by a special screw leading through 
the screen frame and turned handily. All bearing parts are of metal, the screen is workable in all weathers, and 
slides most smoothly. 
They also have an improved method of wiring, using no tacks. Thev fasten each and every strand of the netting. 
This is in the way the frame is made. The screen is also molded on both sides, giving a complete and handsome finish, 
while at the same time allowing for the screen to be easily re-wired with simple tools. The Burrowes Copbronze 
Netting is offered for “rustless screens,” and is strictly guaranteed never to rust or corrode in any climate. It has a 
rich, statuary bronze appearance, is stiff, strong, and springy, therefore will not dent or bag easily. It is a most elegant 
netting, and The Burrowes Company will send samples upon request. 
They also furnish estimates to architects and house owners for their screens, and have branch offices and salesmen 
in nearlv all the cities in America. 
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N. & G. TAYLOR CO. 
GENERAL OFFICES NOW IN THE MARINER AND MERCHANT BUILDING. 
The N. & G. Taylor Company announces the removal of its general offices to the Mariner and Merchant Building, 
Chestnut and Third Streets, where it has had spacious offices fitted up for its use. This change is necessary for its 
rapidly growing business in the enlargement and development of its tin plate plant ; for its trade in open hearth, soft 
steel sheets for stamping purposes, and for its business in plate, iron and steel, from its works at Cumberland, Md. Its 
minor offices are transferred to its tin plate works at Tasker and Swanson Streets, where it has also erected spacious 
warehouses for the proper handling of goods. Its tin plate departments have also been enlarged, and a new smelting 
works, to meet the increased demand for its fine makes of solder, babbit metal, etc., has been built. 
This house was established in 1810, doing business at that time in the old district of Kensington ; subsequently 
it removed to Second Street, above Race, then to Third Street, above Race, when in 184.5 built t * le P rern ' ses on 
Branch Street, which it is now vacating. It has had a continuous existence as a firm for ninety-two years, being the 
oldest firm in its line in the United States. It is the sole manufacturer of the celebrated “ Taylor Old Style” brand of 
hand-dipped roofing tin. This old-fashioned tin is made the same as the first roofing tin that was ever made, which 
was in 1830, in Philadelphia, and sold by it at that time. The “Taylor Old Style” brand covers most of the 
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