. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. standing timber, the task is mucharduous The men must often climb tall pines and pull the cones from thebranches as besl the) can. \\ here these are on the extremities and beyondthe reach of the hand, pruning shears are used. The cones are drop:the ground and then gathered into buckets and transfers ->• m which they are carried to a central point for further treatment. The extraction of the seeds is tedious rather than difficult. In somecases the cones are spread out upon sheets ,„ the sun, when, alter a open and the
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. standing timber, the task is mucharduous The men must often climb tall pines and pull the cones from thebranches as besl the) can. \\ here these are on the extremities and beyondthe reach of the hand, pruning shears are used. The cones are drop:the ground and then gathered into buckets and transfers ->• m which they are carried to a central point for further treatment. The extraction of the seeds is tedious rather than difficult. In somecases the cones are spread out upon sheets ,„ the sun, when, alter a open and the seed drop out ; in other cases it is necessaryartificial heat. This is applied bj placing the cones upon trays with screenbottoms and raising the temperature of the room to the proper degree. Thecones open, the winged seeds fall out. and the seed ,s separated Ithe Wings and dirl b) a fanning null. \ good many seeds ha\,removed from the cue by hand, but this is a sore trial to the ringpickers, and an exceedingly slow process. 52 The Architect and Engineer. Washington Street Elevation, Oakland City HallPalmer & Hombostel, Architects The Architect and Engineer 53 Oaklands New Municipal Building Marks a StepForward in American Architecture B3 HENRY HORNBi •£ The complete renderings of the i all that won the competition, held under the auspices of the A. I. A., are shown for the firsttunc in this issue of the Architect and Engineer. The junior member osuccessful hnn of competing architects, Henry Hornbostel, of PalmiHornbostel, was invited to give the readers of this magazine a descriptionof the building, the problems that had to b> ut, and the inspiration that brought about their development. What Mr. I says is, indeed. interesting, and his declaration that the plan represents a step forward insteel architecture, which latter style is pre-eminently American, shouldan incentive to fellow-members of the profession to make the building a ptype of city halls in the future.—
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