. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 100 The Weekly Florists' Review* 11, 1912. SNITH,UNEAWEAVER&CO. GO AIL AnUu-Mite, Bltaminons, Coke and Uas Coal Philadelphia West Knd rrvst Baildinar, Greenhouse Heating. COAL OR NATURAL GAS. AVc liavc ;i liousc 20x]]0, heated by a boiler Avliich is eight feet in length, witii a iirebox 2 x I! feet. We heat by steam and have about 7 in mod- erate weather and u little more in zero Tvcather. How many feet of gas would be equivalent to the ton of coal, or would heat the house for a week? "Which would be the cheaijer, coal at $ to
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 100 The Weekly Florists' Review* 11, 1912. SNITH,UNEAWEAVER&CO. GO AIL AnUu-Mite, Bltaminons, Coke and Uas Coal Philadelphia West Knd rrvst Baildinar, Greenhouse Heating. COAL OR NATURAL GAS. AVc liavc ;i liousc 20x]]0, heated by a boiler Avliich is eight feet in length, witii a iirebox 2 x I! feet. We heat by steam and have about 7 in mod- erate weather and u little more in zero Tvcather. How many feet of gas would be equivalent to the ton of coal, or would heat the house for a week? "Which would be the cheaijer, coal at $ to .+;; ])er ton or gas at ]2''i. cents ]ier thousand? A neighbor has a well that wo can get for $oU per year, but we can not t(dl whether the flow would be suflicient to run the boiler. A gas company will furnish us gas at 12^/0 cents per thousand, J>ut we think that would make too nundi difference in the cost of heating. Our location is northern Ohio. O. E. K. The temperature at which tlie house is kept is not stated and it is not possi- ble to judge of the eOiciency of the system, but with the amount of pipe mentioned, if ]iroi)erly installed, tliere should be no diOiculty in maintaining a temperature of GO degrees in zero weather. One ton of coal per week should keep up this temperature, with the weather averaging 10 degrees above zero at night. A goom in a hot water boiler, liecause of their high cost. He admittdl, however, that he had nevpr given the subject much thought, and stated that he had noticed that when sjiace was an object, when the maximum service for the minimum An Innovation in Steam Trap Design and Construction THE NEW. ire devoid of all onnecessiry fflechanism. Every part designed, mannfactnroA and assembled with the idea if permanence foremost. Every tilt of the trap shows that it's working—draining every dri^ of condensation from the heatiBf system and automatically retnniM it to the boiler—no pumps—m trouble. Condensation is the purest kind of boi
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