. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 659. Improved Eave Construction FOR OUR Wide Iron Frame Houses You must not lose sight of the fact that the wider the house, the more the strain on the eave. There are two things we do to meet this additional straio. One is to support the roof with a sufficient number of columns to overcome the inevitable tremen- dous eave pressure; and the other is to join the Wrought Iron fost to the steel rafter, by a double Gusset Plate as shown in the illustration. Then there is another great advan
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 659. Improved Eave Construction FOR OUR Wide Iron Frame Houses You must not lose sight of the fact that the wider the house, the more the strain on the eave. There are two things we do to meet this additional straio. One is to support the roof with a sufficient number of columns to overcome the inevitable tremen- dous eave pressure; and the other is to join the Wrought Iron fost to the steel rafter, by a double Gusset Plate as shown in the illustration. Then there is another great advantage of that Gusset Plate method—it makes the erection of the house a good bit easier— which means quicker—which meaDb> less erection cost—which means it costs you less to eiect whether you or we do it. If you want a house 100 feet wide, say so. and we will show you a Section that's most convincing. Lord and Burnham Co., New York, St. James Bldg, Irvington N. Y. Boston, Tremont Bldg. Philadelphia, Heed Bldg. Chicago, The Rookery A fintter With a Reputation ISO. I ^'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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