September 20, 1913





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





533





woman who visited the apartment. It
consisted of a lavatory with a bowl of
special shape, over which, in addition to
the usual faucets, was a miniature show¬
er bath for shampooing purposes. There
also was one of the latest combined
shower and needle baths and a silent
flushing   closet.

Gas  for  Steam  Heat.

GAS can now be used in every depart¬
ment of building equipment. The dis¬
play shows how it can be used in the
kitchen, the library, the reception room,
the kitchen and the bathroom; but the
exhibit that positively proves that it can











A   MODEL   GAS   EQUIPPED   KITCHEN.

serve the whole house is that of the
gas boiler that generates steam for heat¬
ing, made by the William Kane Manu¬
facturing Commpany. It is a three-
horsepower boiler that offers a wonder¬
ful solution to the coal, ash and heat
problems that suburban as well as urban
dwellers constantly complain of.

The accompanying illustrations show
the gas equipment of the House ot Con¬
solation at 228 East 21st street. .A Kane
gas boiler is used for steam heating the
building; a Ruud hot-water heater and
a clothes dryer and iron heater are also
operated by gas.





Carrara  Glass  Table  Tops.

ANOTHER feature which Mr. H. B.
Mct^ean had in mind in laying out
the exhibition was the close relationship
that existed in every department be¬
tween the decoration and model light¬
ing arrangements. In the kitchen, for
instance, he discaided the marble-topped







CLOTHES   DRIED   A.\D   lUO.XS   HEATED
BY  GAS.

pastry and cutting tables for the new
Carrara glass that the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company has been introducing;
first, because it absorbed less natural
and artificial light, thus giving a better
vision of the work being done on the
tables, but because it absorbed no
greases, and therefore was non-staining.
He lined the walls with a dull finish tile
for the same reason.





The contrast, naturally, was very great
when the guest was taken into the recep¬
tion room done in light yellow, which
gave an ideal lighting effect with com¬
paratively little lighting power. In the
library heavy dark hangings were cm-
ployed, and the absorptive power of
decorations of dark hue upon lighting
arrangements was shown in the use of
si.x instead of one light.





The Gas Coffee Warmer.
I N PASSING into the Colonial dining
1 room it was planned that not only
should another idea of proper lighting
be gained, but that the further use of
gas in light auxiliary service should be
demonstrated. In the first instance the
dome over the table was equipped with
a system of frosted glass, so that the
rays fajling upon the white cover should
not project a glare into the eyes of the
diners, and, secondly, that gas may be
employed   to   even   better  purpose   than







THE     GAS     HEATING.     STEA.M     AND     HOT-

■ft'ATER   GENERATORS   WORKING

SIDE  BY  SIDE.

alcohol for use in heating coffee in per¬
colators or urns or for utilizing gas for
chafin.g  dishes.

The illustrations are published by
courtesy of Robert E. Livingston, pub¬
licity mana.ger for the Consolidated Gas
Company.





Saves Digging in  Pipe Laying.

IT is no longer always necessary to
dig trenches to lay pipe for short dis¬
tances. Thc newest method is to drive
them throu.gh the ground by the use of
a special jack manufactured by the Mid¬
dleton Manufacturing Company, of Mid¬
dleton.    Wis.      Pipe    cannot    be    forced







through solid rock, but in ordinary soil
a gas or water pipe can be driven with
this implement 25 to 75 feet an hour.
The jack can be placed in the cellar of
a building or the opening in the street
and the pipe can be forced into the
building without the necessity of break¬
ing up the pavement or disturbing traf¬
fic. It does away entirely with the
expense of tunneling. Its use in the
great development operations in the
suburbs, as well as in the crowded thor¬
oughfares of New York, should effect
a saving in plumbing cost.





Pen Lifter for Recording Instruments.
"T" HE Industrial Instrument Company,
•*• of Foxboro, Mass., is putting on the
market an attachment to its improved
recorders, consisting of a German sil¬
ver strip, mounted on a special holder,
inserted under a screw-head which holds
the chart disk. A slight pressure on a
small lever brings the strip up against
the pen arm and lifts the pen from the
chart. Friction holds it in the raised
position, thus giving the operator free
use of both hands for removing the used
chart and supplying a new one.

When the door is closed, the pen arm
is automatically released and the pen
returns to its marking position on the
chart. This automatic feature makes it
impossible for the operator to forget and
leave the instrument out of service.
The device eliminates the necessity of
handling the pen arm with the possibil¬
ity of disturbing the adjustment, due to
a slip or accidental strain. It also pre¬
vents accidents commonly resulting in
spreading ink where it does not belong
and is not desired.





THE   GAS   PIPE   PRI-VER.





Utilizing Human Heat.

THIS is the rather startling idea be¬
ing introduced by a Chicago com¬
pany, of which James H. Denton, of 1328
Broadway, is the eastern manager. In a
word, it commercial¬
izes the fact that a
person radiates
about 400 heat units
per hour. In a
room containing 325
people enough heat
is generated to save
one pound of an¬
thracite coal burning
to 10 per cent, ash
and non-combustible
matter in the heat¬
ing equipment be¬
low.

The idea is to in¬
stall an electric ther¬
mometer control, il¬
lustrated herewith,
which as the animal
heat in the room in¬
creases, the demands
upon the furnace
or boiler decreases,
thus saving fuel.
The idea was first
tried out in passen-
.ger street cars and
worked well. The
device cuts off the
heating current the
moment the heat
reaches a predeter¬
mined temperature
and automatically
restores it when the
temperature falls be¬
low a given point.
It involves no up¬
keep expense and is
sensitive to within
one de.gree of tem¬
perature change. It
is fool proof and is
unaffected by vibra¬
tions. It is especially applicable where
electric  heating  systems  are  employed.