Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-18
Manufacturing Com.
pafly.

A. ID. Rathbone, president; J.. III.
Whitney, vice president; j. i. Phillips,
secretary and treasurer-manufac
ers of the celebrated Aldine fire place
and artistic ;nantels-corner ShawIaut
avenue and Court street.
The Aldine fire. place is the ripened
fruit of 4 lifetime of study. investiga.
ton and experiment by A. I. Bennett
of New York, who devoted his best
years 10 perfecting system which
should at once assure the greatest pos
si5le heat from the smallest consump-
ton of fuel-thus preventing waste
and at the same time provide for
wholesome ventilation by carrying the
yitiated xlr of artificially warmer
apartments up the chimney. The
Aldine Manufacturing company WAS
organized and incorporated in April,
1886; capital stock, 100000. The
works, situated at the southeast corner
of Shawmut avenue and Court street,
on the west side, comprise three ad-
joining buildings, each 40x90 feet, that
on the corner two stories, the
others one story, fitted up
appliances and giving employment
y
mechanics. The output varies IN
volume, but is rapidly increasing. sales
for 1891 reaching 800 fire-places conn.,
plete, besides great numbers OF art
mantels In wood, slate and marble.
Transactions for the present year
promise to be much larger.
The "Aldine" CRATE burns hard or
soft coal, gas coke, wood or gas with
equal facility and economy. 1t en-
bodies in an open fireplace the return
draft principle of the nard coal stove,
and provides for perfect ventilation.
1t furnishes heat equivalent TO that
given by the stove, and conditions not
To be had through the nee of stoves or
other CRATES, making warm floors, an
equal temperature in all parts of the
room, and unsurpassed sanitation.
The slow and continuous combustion
gives far better results than can be Oh
tanned from any hard coal eioves. and
it 10 IN all respects incompar-
ably superior to any other known
means of combined heating and yent-
ton. Some of the advantages of the
Aldlne are thus briefly stated:
j. Ii is a perfect ventlator. 9. Ii is
perfect distributor OF heat. and,
3. 1t procures the most perfect
combustion of fuel AMI there
fore. 4. Ii is the most economical.
D. 1t keeps the air of the room at an
even and proper temperature from
floor to ceiling. 8. II is a perfect hard
coal burner. Z. Burns soft coal. gas,
coke, wood and gas. equally as Geo.
nomically. s. The designs are new.
attractive. unique and artistic. 2. It's
use insures health, comfort, and for
economy il challenges the world. 10.
Ii will keep fire through the night
equally ne we'll as a hard coal stove.
1t Is only necessary to be replenished
with hard coal twice day 10 insure its
constant and steady work during a day
of twenty-four hours. and compares
with other CRATES as the modern return
draft coal stove of today compares
with the direct draft coal stove of
twenty-five years ago.
The Aldlne Is so arranged that when
required the entire warm sir clrculs-
ton can be thrown into the rooms
above. or into the room back OF that
in which the CRATE IL placed. By re-
versiag special damper. the entire warm
AIR circulation is returned to the room
IN which the CRATE and mantle are
placed in position. Being in one piece
wncn mounted, IL can be easily slipped
into sthe opening under any square
faced mantle. When The from; s hung
aoa on the hearth ia Ia e IL il ready
for nse. The only locas connection es-
sentiai 10 ia perfect operation u a good
chimney. which may he IN the next
room. or even several rooms removed
from the CRATE itself. the connection
beng made "a with q stove with ordi-
nsry stose-pipe-
Finally. tie Aldine saves and utili1es
ninety per cent OF the heat. and con-
seQatntly of the fuel wasted by any
other CRATE CT stove 30 produce tie
same amount ef cornfoFt. Ii - un-
qnaliiedly Endorsed BY physrisns. the
press and all who have seen II IN oper-
alton.
The A'dine fireplace - finished o.
ter different styles. Espsuess bronze.
cia SILVER. old hrsss. nickel. taseht con
PER. snt'qac hrenEe, ETC., and msntt il
81 nassch STE furnished - order IN any
required mater a. Citizens II Grand
Rapids can olsta3n these msuteis and
EfsSes ~ mauafsesureTs' prices