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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 47, no. 1208: May 9, 1891

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sm Record and Guide. ON HINTS PLUMBING. g.—EXPERT OPINIONS OF THE .McCLELLAN ANTI-SIPHON TRAP VENT. JAMES C. BAYLES, M.E., late President of the New York Board of Health : " Under the conditions de¬ scribed it works better, I think, than a vent pipe. It responds quickly to a demand for air, but as promptly closes against a cur¬ rent seeking escape through it." J. M. Hazen, Inspector of Buildings, Minneapolis, Minn. : " It meets all necessary require¬ ments in preventing siphonage. Its reliability, durability and economy commend its favorable consideration." Col. George E. Waring, Jr., C. E. : "A perfectly safe device, of little cost, simple and easy of application, and sure to supply air when needed." Carroll Phillips Bassett, M. Am. So. C. E. : "That it fur¬ nishes the public with a satisfac¬ tory substitute for expensive vent pipes, which is applicable over a wide range of conditions, must be admitted." John Hickman, late Plumbing Inspector, Paterson, N. J. ; " It stands the severest tests and gives entire satisfaction when put up according to directions," Col. Geo. D. Scott, First Presi¬ dent of the National Association of Master Plumbers of the U. S.: " Its advantages are its great re¬ liability in preventing siphonage, its simplicity of construction, con¬ venience of application in both new and old work, and its greater economy." Leonard D. Hosford, late Sec¬ retary of the Master Plumbers' Associa;tion of NewYork City: "After carefully watching its op¬ eration in the many places where I have used it, particularly in my own house, I unhesitatingly in¬ dorse it as a protection against trap siphonage, and have always found it to operate satisfactorily when properly adjusted." E. Murphy, late Secretary Mas¬ ter Plumbers' Association, New York : " Its advantages in reduc- in'T the cost of plumbing, in fur- 1 .ling an adequate supply of fresh air, and its non-liability to get out out of order, are so patent that further comment would be useless," Send for descriptive circular. Du Bois Manuf'g Co S45 Ninth Avenue, Wew York. some branches of the lumber trade. Ills a time for taking account of stock, adjusting tbe tax question, reotiag quarters, arranging for insurance, and in many instances it is moving day witb dealers. It is a tirae wheu a pause is had for the purpose of read¬ justing matters and taking a new start. Naturally dealers do not branch out much in the direction of pushing business during the laat half of April, The Misaiasippi Valley Lumbermaji as follows: Tbe late spring bas resulted in a good stage of water in tbe various streams witbout floods yet at any point. Tbe loggei-s are finding it a good driving season as Ihey found it a good logging season, and so far as flrst cost is concerned there is no reason why lumber sbould rot be cheap. Or rather why there should not be a margin of profit in the season's oper¬ ations. High winds bave opened tbe bays and harbors of the great Northern lakes and navigation is now fully opened. Vessels in the lumber carrying trade bave started out after cargoes, and the summer movement of lumber from mill to market by water has com¬ menced. The mills in tbe white pine district are pretty much all running at tbe present time. There is a good stage of water in the various streams, and tbe drives are coming on so satisfactorily as to make it more tban ever evident that this is to be a year of large pro¬ duclion at least iu the Mississippi vaUey, If lhe re¬ ports received ore accepted nt their face value, uot so mauy loga were put into the streams as was the case laat year, but tbe large stock carried over from 1890 insures a full stock. If these logs are converted into luml>er before the end of tbe season, there wiU be a very importaul contribution made to tbe leveling up of the conditions surrounding tbe trade, Tbis willbe pspecially true if, as now seems evident, trade should keen tbe stock of manufactured lumber down lo a normal amount. PENNSYLVANIA, Aletler dated at Williamsport at tbe close of laat week says: Tbe resources of our local lumbermen bave been tared to their utmost during ihe past thirty days to take care of the immense number of logs that bave come into the boom. At the close of last week it waa estimated that 171,000,000 feet had arrived. A con- sidera'ile rise in lhe river haa swelled the quantity to over 300,000.000 feet, and every available fool of boom apace is occupied. As a resort, and the only means left for holding tbe logs, it became necessary to close the river from shore to shore. As ihe entire output at lumber for tbe season was estimated at 225,000,000 feet, it will be seen by the above flgures that il is almost all boomed.-The present condition of affairs is moat gratifying and insures one of the busiest sawing seasons ever esperienced. Many of the mUls are already in operation. MISCELLANEOUS. ATLAITTIC WHITE LEAD AITD LINSEED OIL COMPANY, llanufactnrers of ATLANTIC" PURE WHITE LEAD. The bett and most relia1>le Wbite Lead made and uneiualed for unlforiu IfJH.'-enes", Fineness and Body. RED LEAD AND LITHARGE, PURE LI?iSEE:i> OIL, Raw, Refined and Boiled, itiantic White Lead & Linseed Oil Co., 2S?~FEVRL STREET, New ¥ork. A. KLABER, Importer of and Worker in MARPUE, ONYX & GRANITE 331S to 244 EAST 5Tth STREET, tt9d *v P.lesati'd R. R. Station. NH:"V YORK STANDARD IRON WORKS, Iron Work for Building Purposes AND OBi\AaiE»TAL IK«» WOBK, 618 TVEST astli ST. w. H. & J. J. McCaffrey. new tork. AUGUST JACOB, Iron Cornices, SLATE AITD METAL K00FIN6, No. jt