. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Reconstructed Construction A BOUT five years or so ago, when we first began urging growers to use concrete walls, capped with our cast iron sill, most of them threw up their hands and said "we were altogether too fancy in our ; "What did we think we were build- ing anyway, show places on private estates?" "What they wanted was a practical growing house that they could make some money with.'' In spite of all the turn downs we got, we nevertheless kept right on pounding for the use of the cast iron sill, because we kn
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Reconstructed Construction A BOUT five years or so ago, when we first began urging growers to use concrete walls, capped with our cast iron sill, most of them threw up their hands and said "we were altogether too fancy in our ; "What did we think we were build- ing anyway, show places on private estates?" "What they wanted was a practical growing house that they could make some money with.'' In spite of all the turn downs we got, we nevertheless kept right on pounding for the use of the cast iron sill, because we knew it was the only permanent satisfactory way to build. We could never get it through our heads why a man who was will- ing to spend the money for an iron frame house with concrete walls, would then use a wood sill that in spite of all you can do will rot out. HiicKitvfifs REW TMK OFFICE 1171 Iruiway Castlron Sill bolted to the Rafter with a .., Cast I ron Brace Lug &V But that time is past with most growers, and now they are asking us to use cast iron sills. It has become a standard part of our con- struction. It is one of the features of our Reconstructed Construction. Then there's that Z-Bar Non- Drip-Splashing Eave Plate that some claimed was too heavy and cast too much shade. They seemed to lose sight of the fact that an angle eave with a drip gutter kung beneatk it, cast a good deal more shade and was not nearly as good a piece of workmanlike construction. Besides taking care of the drip perfectly, this Z-Bar Plate of ours makes a much stiflfer, stronger eave. In our next ad we will give our point of view on columns and show you the column anchor base we use in our Reconstructed ntpatty SOKML OFHCEt MD FACTfRT. ELIUSnil. R. J. ROSTOH OFFICE 48 Fedtral St. PHIL«RE1MI« OFFICE M S«. IStk St. m^sm^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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