New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-18
ENCAUSTIC THING.

If cleanliness be next to godness. then we must
write down the fns 6om Of
me day No one need be told OF the apparently un-
worH in schools but only baceriolog.st can prop
erly estimate the lurking dangers IN such APP
low levers malaria etc, and the propagation OF
contagious Of greater or less malisnlty.
Tns remedy for this evil. the ounce OF proven
ton, is 10 be found after due attention has been
paid to ventilation and sanitary inspection. In the
toiiet,rooms. but in the halls and classrooms. with
an absolutely impervious floor and wall surface
sity for ncrobe proof surfaces in their operating
The largest. most complete mandatory OF tiles
in the world Is that OF the American Encaustic Til
ns Rvey With Si es at m
York. Townsend Bldg Here seven hundred hands
buildings. covering thirty -nve acres of land AT
the opening Of 5hs new w1rks on Apr u.s. l
address OF the day The Pennsylvania the BaIti-
more and Ohio and several other large railroads
converge close at hand while the companys pri-
waite roads connect their own cars with each OF
rightfully claim 10 have Solved the problem OF a
perfectly sanitary. indestructble tile floor. These
inches square and larger also hexagon and octa
shapes They are PERFECTLY ma
series of exhaustive tests at the WATERFOWL Ar
senal the Ordnance Department OF the Wnitei
Of th.ir uneaualled merit. Their non absorbent
v,reous tiles for flooring dense and so abso-
soaked in ink or any hgh-coored fluid they may
be wiped dry with cloth and carry no traces OF
their treatment
put. ~, =, H., =. .,,,, ,
ivory wall and also gold and variously tinted dec
Grated Tiles Of superior quality, well 10 their
Assortment Of convex and concave angles, mould
ings caps and bases which latter are especially
adapted for bathrooms, school lavatories and hos
uitals and are the mos. modern and best santary
feature Introduced up to the present time.
There Is no great building In the world wherein
the bud .rs and decorators arts have been brought
10 higher perfection than the Astoria Hotel the
giant building which. still unfinished. adjoins the
Waldorf In this city For this modern palace
more than one hundred and fifty thousand square
the thousa -andone different places where absolu
ornamental thing for bathrooms, elevator shafts
and the thousand-and-one different places where
absolute purity has to be ntained. have been or
dered. They have also fitted up the operating
room bathrooms and corridors in st. Luke's and
Roosevelt hospitals. and many Of the schools in
this city contain specimens OF their beautiful and
useful work.
This Industry OF tile manufacturing. comparatively
n new one this country, took birth In this same
town Of GAINESVILLE in 1874 under individual man
agement and In a small way. Owing TO the in
domltable courage and perseverance OF the pro-
moIers, Notwithstanding the difficulties which be-
set them n company formed In 1876 and from
that time the growth CT the business was remark
able. until I'm 1892, before stated. the present
huge plaDt was Installed and started on It's sue
cessful career. 49,
The questions to be solved and the difficulties to
be overcome endless. but skill. ample re-
sources and perseverance have trlumphed. until