A Water Supply for Country Homes
The Water Supply problem for country and suburban homes has long been a perplexing one for the architect.
How to give his client the conveniences of a sanitary supply and avoid the inconveniences of the gravity system, has been a difficult feature of the architect’s plans.
But the country and suburban water problem has been completely solved by
The Kewanee Water System
With a Kewanee outfit a man out in the country may enjoy all the conveniences, comforts and safe-guards of a city supply.
The dangers and troubles of the elevated tanks are entirely avoided where the Kewanee System is installed. Here is how it operates:
An air-tight steel . Kewanee tank is located in the cellar or buried in the ground. Water from the well, cistern, lake or other source is pumped into this tank. The air, having no escape, is gradually compressed as more water is forced into the tank. It is this air pressure, caused by pumping water only, which forces the water through the supply pipes.
A good average pressure with the Kewanee System is forty pounds, which will raise the water about ninety-three feet. This is much better than the city pressure in either New York or Chicago.
An elevated tank is unsatisfactory because it is so exposed that it will deteriorate and cause constant repairs. The water freezes in the winter and becomes warm in the summer. Besides, the tank and tower are an “eye-sore” to the natural beauty of any country home. An attic tank is liable to leak and flood the house. It cannot be placed high.enough to create sufficient gravity pressure for sanitary plumbing or for fire protection.
The Kewanee Pneumatic tank rests on solid ground where it can do no damage. It is thoroughly protected from all the extremes in the weather. It is made of steel and will outlast a dozen overhead tanks.
The Kewanee System offers the ideal solution of the country and suburban water problem. When the architect specifies*a Kewanee Outfit, he evinces a guarantee of good faith and he is bound to please his client. We guarantee every
Kewanee outfit to give perfect service. Our descriptive and illustrated catalogue No. 40 is free to readers of American Architect.
Kewanee Water Supply Co.,
Drawer 00,
Kewanee, 111.
complete brewery to be built at Alberton for the Lethridge Brewing Company. It will comprise a number of buildings, two to six-story, of various dimensions, of fireproof steel construction, with brick and stone exterior, on concrete foundation, have cement and asphalt floors, steam heat, and the latest improvements. Cost to be $150,000. The owners will receive bids.
Anglesea, N. J.—Thomas S. Goslin has been awarded the contract to erect a 200- room hotel for Dr. Littleton, owner of the Tracy apartments, Philadelphia. It will cost about $200,000.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Price & McLanahan, 1624 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., have plans ready for bids for a nine-story hotel at Atlantic Chy for Josiah White & Bro. To be of reinforced^concrete construction, with marble’, ornamental terracotta, etc. The estimated cost is about $700,000.
Atwood, Kan.—-Reports state that a $50,000 hotel will be erected here.
Avondale, O.—It is reported that plans for. the new hotel, 320x220 feet, to be erected on the Van Antwerp homestead at the northeast corner of Forest and Lewisham Avenues, Avondale, O., of which George T. Alter is the promoter, have been prepared by Architects Samuel Hannaford & Sons, Hulbert Block. The structure is to be six stohies high. Cost, $500,000.
Baltimore, Md.—The Baltimore Country Club, it is stated, is about to build a large addition to its clubhouse at Roland Park.
It is stated that tentative plans are being prepared for the proposed child’s hospital to be built on the grounds of the Johns Hop
kins’ Hospital by the Harriett Lane Home for Invalid Children. The structure when completed will cost about $250,000.
Louis Levi, American Building, it is stated, has been engaged to prepare plans for a new Hebrew Hospital and Asylum to be erected by Mrs. Samuel Leon Frank, on Monument and Wolfe Streets, as a memorial to her late husband. Probable cost, $7S,ooo.
Batesville, Ind.—Architect C. M. Foster, Cincinnati, O,, has prepared plans for a four-story pressed brick office and factory addition, 50x72 feet, for the American Furniture Company. George Hillenbrand, president, Batesville, Ind.
Berkeley, Cal.—It is reported that the city will vote on the issuance of $110,000 of bonds to be used for the erection of a new town hall.
Bismarck, N. D.—E. G. Patterson is figuring on making his new Soo Hotel fourstory instead of three, as originally planned. He also contemplates building a hotel next season at Fourth and Main Streets, to be connected with the present structure by a covered way over the alley.
Boston, Mass.—The Conness estate, in Mattapan, has been secured as a site for the new consumptive hospital. Prof. F. W. Chandler, of the Institute of Technology, has been selected to formulate plans for the new building. Six firms of architects will submit plans in competition.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.—J. M. Barker and J. B. Lyon will let contract at once for the erection of proposed five-story brick and stone building.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—It is reported that the
following new buildings will be erected at Fort Hamilton: Ten sets of quarters for bachelor officers in one building, two double barracks, barracks for torpedo company, hospital, administration building, guardhouse, bakery, machine shop. The work will cost about $350,000. A $50,000 building will also be erected by the army and navy branch of the Y. M. C. A.
F. A. Regan, architect, has plans for a parochial school building to be erected on Summit Street, near Flicks Street, Brooklyn, for the St. Stephen’s Parish. It is to be a three-story brick, stone and concrete building, 100x100 feet. Estimated cost, $100,000.
Plans have been approved by the building department for the large, new storage building which is to be built on the southeast side of Hoyt Street, 168 feet southwest of Fulton Street, for A; I. Namm, 41 Pierrepont Street. B. E. Lowe, 102 Hart Street, is the architect. The building will be six stories high, measuring 60x125 feet, and cost about $60,000. It will be built of brick, stone and iron, with composition roofing.
Brunswick, Ga.—Reports state that a new $100,000 exchange will be erected here by the Southern Bell Telephone Company.
Bucyrus, O.—Plans have been prepared by Architect Louis Lane, Nasby Building, Toledo, O., for a $50,000 addition to the court-house for the Board of Commissioners of Crawford County. Samuel Easterday, president, Bucyrus.
Bunkerhill, Ind. — The Bunkerhill Pleasure Club is reported incorporated, and it is stated will soon ask bids for erecting
The Water Supply problem for country and suburban homes has long been a perplexing one for the architect.
How to give his client the conveniences of a sanitary supply and avoid the inconveniences of the gravity system, has been a difficult feature of the architect’s plans.
But the country and suburban water problem has been completely solved by
The Kewanee Water System
With a Kewanee outfit a man out in the country may enjoy all the conveniences, comforts and safe-guards of a city supply.
The dangers and troubles of the elevated tanks are entirely avoided where the Kewanee System is installed. Here is how it operates:
An air-tight steel . Kewanee tank is located in the cellar or buried in the ground. Water from the well, cistern, lake or other source is pumped into this tank. The air, having no escape, is gradually compressed as more water is forced into the tank. It is this air pressure, caused by pumping water only, which forces the water through the supply pipes.
A good average pressure with the Kewanee System is forty pounds, which will raise the water about ninety-three feet. This is much better than the city pressure in either New York or Chicago.
An elevated tank is unsatisfactory because it is so exposed that it will deteriorate and cause constant repairs. The water freezes in the winter and becomes warm in the summer. Besides, the tank and tower are an “eye-sore” to the natural beauty of any country home. An attic tank is liable to leak and flood the house. It cannot be placed high.enough to create sufficient gravity pressure for sanitary plumbing or for fire protection.
The Kewanee Pneumatic tank rests on solid ground where it can do no damage. It is thoroughly protected from all the extremes in the weather. It is made of steel and will outlast a dozen overhead tanks.
The Kewanee System offers the ideal solution of the country and suburban water problem. When the architect specifies*a Kewanee Outfit, he evinces a guarantee of good faith and he is bound to please his client. We guarantee every
Kewanee outfit to give perfect service. Our descriptive and illustrated catalogue No. 40 is free to readers of American Architect.
Kewanee Water Supply Co.,
Drawer 00,
Kewanee, 111.
complete brewery to be built at Alberton for the Lethridge Brewing Company. It will comprise a number of buildings, two to six-story, of various dimensions, of fireproof steel construction, with brick and stone exterior, on concrete foundation, have cement and asphalt floors, steam heat, and the latest improvements. Cost to be $150,000. The owners will receive bids.
Anglesea, N. J.—Thomas S. Goslin has been awarded the contract to erect a 200- room hotel for Dr. Littleton, owner of the Tracy apartments, Philadelphia. It will cost about $200,000.
Atlantic City, N. J.—Price & McLanahan, 1624 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., have plans ready for bids for a nine-story hotel at Atlantic Chy for Josiah White & Bro. To be of reinforced^concrete construction, with marble’, ornamental terracotta, etc. The estimated cost is about $700,000.
Atwood, Kan.—-Reports state that a $50,000 hotel will be erected here.
Avondale, O.—It is reported that plans for. the new hotel, 320x220 feet, to be erected on the Van Antwerp homestead at the northeast corner of Forest and Lewisham Avenues, Avondale, O., of which George T. Alter is the promoter, have been prepared by Architects Samuel Hannaford & Sons, Hulbert Block. The structure is to be six stohies high. Cost, $500,000.
Baltimore, Md.—The Baltimore Country Club, it is stated, is about to build a large addition to its clubhouse at Roland Park.
It is stated that tentative plans are being prepared for the proposed child’s hospital to be built on the grounds of the Johns Hop
kins’ Hospital by the Harriett Lane Home for Invalid Children. The structure when completed will cost about $250,000.
Louis Levi, American Building, it is stated, has been engaged to prepare plans for a new Hebrew Hospital and Asylum to be erected by Mrs. Samuel Leon Frank, on Monument and Wolfe Streets, as a memorial to her late husband. Probable cost, $7S,ooo.
Batesville, Ind.—Architect C. M. Foster, Cincinnati, O,, has prepared plans for a four-story pressed brick office and factory addition, 50x72 feet, for the American Furniture Company. George Hillenbrand, president, Batesville, Ind.
Berkeley, Cal.—It is reported that the city will vote on the issuance of $110,000 of bonds to be used for the erection of a new town hall.
Bismarck, N. D.—E. G. Patterson is figuring on making his new Soo Hotel fourstory instead of three, as originally planned. He also contemplates building a hotel next season at Fourth and Main Streets, to be connected with the present structure by a covered way over the alley.
Boston, Mass.—The Conness estate, in Mattapan, has been secured as a site for the new consumptive hospital. Prof. F. W. Chandler, of the Institute of Technology, has been selected to formulate plans for the new building. Six firms of architects will submit plans in competition.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn.—J. M. Barker and J. B. Lyon will let contract at once for the erection of proposed five-story brick and stone building.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—It is reported that the
following new buildings will be erected at Fort Hamilton: Ten sets of quarters for bachelor officers in one building, two double barracks, barracks for torpedo company, hospital, administration building, guardhouse, bakery, machine shop. The work will cost about $350,000. A $50,000 building will also be erected by the army and navy branch of the Y. M. C. A.
F. A. Regan, architect, has plans for a parochial school building to be erected on Summit Street, near Flicks Street, Brooklyn, for the St. Stephen’s Parish. It is to be a three-story brick, stone and concrete building, 100x100 feet. Estimated cost, $100,000.
Plans have been approved by the building department for the large, new storage building which is to be built on the southeast side of Hoyt Street, 168 feet southwest of Fulton Street, for A; I. Namm, 41 Pierrepont Street. B. E. Lowe, 102 Hart Street, is the architect. The building will be six stories high, measuring 60x125 feet, and cost about $60,000. It will be built of brick, stone and iron, with composition roofing.
Brunswick, Ga.—Reports state that a new $100,000 exchange will be erected here by the Southern Bell Telephone Company.
Bucyrus, O.—Plans have been prepared by Architect Louis Lane, Nasby Building, Toledo, O., for a $50,000 addition to the court-house for the Board of Commissioners of Crawford County. Samuel Easterday, president, Bucyrus.
Bunkerhill, Ind. — The Bunkerhill Pleasure Club is reported incorporated, and it is stated will soon ask bids for erecting