. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. jir**^^^^^ 18 The Rotists' Review OCTOBEB 10, 1916. _£rK»^ © © © © /o © II © // /f 16 12 20 /3 /r ^ /7 /? u ^2 © 21 24 :Z3 J)rii>« Ground Plan of Completed Portion of the New GuUett Range. for miles around. One chimney is five feet in diameter inside at the top and 110 feet high; the other is seven feet inside at the top and towers 160 feet above, ground. These have a total ca- pacity of 2,500 horsepower. The boilers in this building are set two in a battery and there are three batteries at present installed. Each battery is 300 horsepower. The
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. jir**^^^^^ 18 The Rotists' Review OCTOBEB 10, 1916. _£rK»^ © © © © /o © II © // /f 16 12 20 /3 /r ^ /7 /? u ^2 © 21 24 :Z3 J)rii>« Ground Plan of Completed Portion of the New GuUett Range. for miles around. One chimney is five feet in diameter inside at the top and 110 feet high; the other is seven feet inside at the top and towers 160 feet above, ground. These have a total ca- pacity of 2,500 horsepower. The boilers in this building are set two in a battery and there are three batteries at present installed. Each battery is 300 horsepower. The boilers are of the horizontal return tubular type and are all connected with one steam header. After leaving the boiler room, one enters the big packing room. Here are all the modern conveniences needed for a big range. The refrigerating appa- ratus is large enough -for 1,000,000 square feet of glass. It is a 2-room box, built right into the building. Each room is 12x20 feet and fitted with tables and shelves. The packing room is fitted up with tables for packing, bins for supplies, scales, balconies for storage of boxes, etc. On one side is a private office for the manager and shipping clerk. Above this office there are t^o bedrooms of ample size. At one end a lavatory has been installed for the men. Another and larger room is fitted up for the seven steam pumps which handle the heating and watering systems. This room is enclosed with glass, and the maze of piping, valves, oilers, pumps, etc., is bewildering to the uninitiated. The outfit, however, is said to be sim- ple and easy to handle. Some Appreciative Visitors. Under the guidance of the manager of the range, Adolph Nielsen, a party of visitors recently left the big service buildings and started through the green- houses. The range has been carefully mapped and each bench, section ajgd house i« numbered^ 88 ftidieated pftlw in the accompanying sketch. Entering house No. 9, the visitors walked west oh a broad c
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