Gryles, of Gryles & Gies. The name of the new firm will be Smith, Hinchman & Gryles. The business will be conducted at the present offices of Field, Hinchman & Smith in the Washington Arcade Building.
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
An Ash-pit for Every House.—Among the objects that invariably attract the attention of tourists in Denver are the ashpits at every house. These are made necessary by the character of the coal commonly used for domestic purposes and by the high winds that prevail. The ashes of the lignite coal so extensively burned hold the heat for an extraordinary length of time, remaining red hot for many hours, or, if kept from the air, for days after passing through the grate bars. It is evident that if these red-hot ashes were thrown out in back yards or vacant lots the high winds that sweep across the plains would scatter
them broadcast, making them a constant menace to the eyes and clothing of passersby, as well as to inflammable property of every kind. Every house is therefore required by city ordinance to be provided with an ash-pit, shaped like an old-fashioned bake-oven, with small openings at the top, through which the ashes are thrown. Another opening in one side at the bottom permits their removal when the pit is full. —Kansas City Times.
Racial Elements in Wisconsin.—I am speaking of Wisconsin, because it happens to be the State where I have pursued my ethnological studies, and because it epitomizes the central West. No other Western State has such a diversity of racial elements. Illinois alone, with its queer colony of Portuguese Protestants at Jacksonville, has an element which Wisconsin has not. None but Wisconsin has Bulgarians and Flemings. It has an Indian population of over 8,000. It is the greatest Welsh, Cornish, Norwegian and German
State. It has Icelanders with Minnesota, Bohemians with Iowa, and French, Finns and Hollanders with Michigan. The oldest and only purely Hungarian colony in America is on its soil, and the largest colony of Swiss. It has a native white element as old as the Knickerbockers, and even English-descended families who go back 150 years on Wisconsin soil.—W. A. Curtis in the Century.
Turpentine from Paper-pulp Waste.— A Maine company is now manufacturing turpentine from spruce pulp waste. Southern pine has hitherto formed almost the entire source of supply for this product. It is said that turpentine obtained as a byproduct in the spruce pulp industry fulfils all t,he requirements of the article extracted from the Southern pine, and is so closely allied to it that the average consumer cannot distinguish between them. The material now utilized in the manufacture of this new by-product was formerly consigned to the waste dump.—New York Tribune.
THE SCARRITT BUILDING,
GRAND AVENUE AND NINTH STREETS. KANSAS CITY. MO.
Ready for occupancy about May 1, 1907. This building furnished throughout with the “Davis Compound Inlaid Doors/’
Office of ROOT & SIEMENS, Architects, Kansas City, Mo.
E. J. DAVIS MFG. CO., Chicago, III. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26, 1906.
Gentlemen:—We have had your veneered solid doors in use for about a year and have seen your doors in buildings not under our charge which have been in use about two years. We are so much pleased with the doors which you have furnished us that we have recently let you contract for all doors in the new Scarritt Office Building. These doors are all mahogany and when made five ply, according to the sample submitted to us, with dovetailed core, we think we will have the best possible doors and as handsome as any that can be purchased anywhere in the country. Yours very truly, ROOT & SIEMENS.
COMPOUND INLAID DOOR
is the door of the future. Is approved and specified by the leading architects. There are no panels and varying thicknesses. These doors act as fire retarders to an extraordinary degree. The only ornamentation is in the simple ebony and holly inlay. They are made in mahogany, oak and birch.
Write for our literature.
E. J. DAVIS MANU FACTURING CO.,
CHICAGO
NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
An Ash-pit for Every House.—Among the objects that invariably attract the attention of tourists in Denver are the ashpits at every house. These are made necessary by the character of the coal commonly used for domestic purposes and by the high winds that prevail. The ashes of the lignite coal so extensively burned hold the heat for an extraordinary length of time, remaining red hot for many hours, or, if kept from the air, for days after passing through the grate bars. It is evident that if these red-hot ashes were thrown out in back yards or vacant lots the high winds that sweep across the plains would scatter
them broadcast, making them a constant menace to the eyes and clothing of passersby, as well as to inflammable property of every kind. Every house is therefore required by city ordinance to be provided with an ash-pit, shaped like an old-fashioned bake-oven, with small openings at the top, through which the ashes are thrown. Another opening in one side at the bottom permits their removal when the pit is full. —Kansas City Times.
Racial Elements in Wisconsin.—I am speaking of Wisconsin, because it happens to be the State where I have pursued my ethnological studies, and because it epitomizes the central West. No other Western State has such a diversity of racial elements. Illinois alone, with its queer colony of Portuguese Protestants at Jacksonville, has an element which Wisconsin has not. None but Wisconsin has Bulgarians and Flemings. It has an Indian population of over 8,000. It is the greatest Welsh, Cornish, Norwegian and German
State. It has Icelanders with Minnesota, Bohemians with Iowa, and French, Finns and Hollanders with Michigan. The oldest and only purely Hungarian colony in America is on its soil, and the largest colony of Swiss. It has a native white element as old as the Knickerbockers, and even English-descended families who go back 150 years on Wisconsin soil.—W. A. Curtis in the Century.
Turpentine from Paper-pulp Waste.— A Maine company is now manufacturing turpentine from spruce pulp waste. Southern pine has hitherto formed almost the entire source of supply for this product. It is said that turpentine obtained as a byproduct in the spruce pulp industry fulfils all t,he requirements of the article extracted from the Southern pine, and is so closely allied to it that the average consumer cannot distinguish between them. The material now utilized in the manufacture of this new by-product was formerly consigned to the waste dump.—New York Tribune.
THE SCARRITT BUILDING,
GRAND AVENUE AND NINTH STREETS. KANSAS CITY. MO.
Ready for occupancy about May 1, 1907. This building furnished throughout with the “Davis Compound Inlaid Doors/’
Office of ROOT & SIEMENS, Architects, Kansas City, Mo.
E. J. DAVIS MFG. CO., Chicago, III. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26, 1906.
Gentlemen:—We have had your veneered solid doors in use for about a year and have seen your doors in buildings not under our charge which have been in use about two years. We are so much pleased with the doors which you have furnished us that we have recently let you contract for all doors in the new Scarritt Office Building. These doors are all mahogany and when made five ply, according to the sample submitted to us, with dovetailed core, we think we will have the best possible doors and as handsome as any that can be purchased anywhere in the country. Yours very truly, ROOT & SIEMENS.
COMPOUND INLAID DOOR
is the door of the future. Is approved and specified by the leading architects. There are no panels and varying thicknesses. These doors act as fire retarders to an extraordinary degree. The only ornamentation is in the simple ebony and holly inlay. They are made in mahogany, oak and birch.
Write for our literature.
E. J. DAVIS MANU FACTURING CO.,
CHICAGO