Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . and corners,and thin pieces of paper must be putover the form to prevent the glue fromsticking the pattern to the form. Fur-thermore, the pattern can only be re-duced with difficulty from 5^ to five feet or lengthened as desired, and eventhe best wood pattern can usually beused in the sand only three or fourtimes as the pattern can be easily splitby a few hard taps with a mallet. HONEYWELL DOUBLES MANUFAC-TURING CAPACITY. The Honeywell Heating Specialty Co.,Wabash, Ind., has completed an addi-tion to its plant which will double thecapac
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . and corners,and thin pieces of paper must be putover the form to prevent the glue fromsticking the pattern to the form. Fur-thermore, the pattern can only be re-duced with difficulty from 5^ to five feet or lengthened as desired, and eventhe best wood pattern can usually beused in the sand only three or fourtimes as the pattern can be easily splitby a few hard taps with a mallet. HONEYWELL DOUBLES MANUFAC-TURING CAPACITY. The Honeywell Heating Specialty Co.,Wabash, Ind., has completed an addi-tion to its plant which will double thecapacity for the manufacture of heatgenerators and other specialties. TRADE CONVENTIONS. The National Convent ion of MasterSteam a,nd Hot Water Fitters of theUnited States is being held this week,June 14 to 17, at Niagara Falls, The Nation Master Plumbers Asso-ciation of America holds it 27th annualconvention at Detroit, June 22 to 25. The American Society of Heating andVentilating Engineers is to bold its sum-mer meeting at Indianapolis, July 15and PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER June 15, 1909. Three-Inch Soil Pipe in Dwelling Houses Charles M. McHugh, Plumbing Inspector, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,Explains why He Does not Approve of using 3-inch Pipe in Ordi-nary Dwelling Houses—Paper Read at the Recent Convention ofPlumbing Inspectors. It may be possible that I am wrongin my opinion of a three-inch soil pipe,but in my experience I believe that wehave reached the limit of decreasing thesize of soil pipe when we are at four-inch, and not unless it can be proven tome that a three-inch soil pipe will standthe test under all the conditions fromsyphon fixtures and all other conditionsthat it comes in eon tad with will 1 sub-mit to its use. Suppose a job of three-inch soil pipeis installed in an ordinary dwellinghouse with a complete bathroom on firstor second floor and that later on anothercloset or some other fixture should beinstalled on the same line of soil pipewithout any revent of it
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