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By William T. Comstock

Designs and plans for developing state houses with over a hundred thirty illustrations depicting inside and external designs, views, and extra.

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Frank W. Beall 318 Broadway, New York. L. S. Buffington Minneapolis, Minn. Creighton Withers 21 State Street, New York. A. W. Cobb Winthrop Highlands, Mass. A. L. C. Marsh 90 Nassau Street, New York. McCurdy & Pulis Denver, Col. Stanley S. Covert 19 Park Place, New York. John Brower, Jr. 109th Street and Riverside Drive, New York. E. R. Tilton 21 State Street, New York. All inquiries regarding the designs in this book should be addressed to the architects, who will be pleased to furnish whatever information is necessary.

THIS house is designed especially to meet the requirements of a small family desiring to enjoy the advantages of one of the many suburban towns surrounding our large cities, where narrow building lots are the rule, and is intended to give the greatest amount of actual comforts at least expense and to present a pleasing and attractive exterior, simple and chaste in character, such as the best taste indorses as befitting a family of small means. The hall, by being roomy and comfortable, as well as unique in arrangement, is designed to make a cosy reception room for the casual caller, as well as a comfortable lounging place.

Next comes the question of cast or wrought iron soil pipe. Cast Iron Pipe for Drainage Purposes. This pipe has been used for twenty years or more almost universally and with almost perfect success, the only objection being that there is an occasional sand hole in a casting, which, however, is always discovered when a pressure test is employed. The commercial standard is known as “extra heavy,” and no other should be used. One more objection to cast iron pipe is urged by some, claiming that the necessary lead-caulked joints are not scientifically made, and that they are liable to be blown loose when the hubs are expanded by heat from escaping steam, which sometimes happens, more especially in our city buildings.

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