The record-union., 1897-08-15

by oakum and lead. There was always
The new method is, to say the least,
far safer.
So much for general drainage. An
interesting phase of the new plumbing
is its water supply. The old-time lead
pipes have been to a great extent su-
perseded by pipes Of wrought iron, gal
vanized or porcelain lined, and where
exposed finished either in brass or the
more valuable metals, such as nickel.
silver or gold. In the best work the
street pressure system is not considered
sufficient, and tank on the upper floor
is added.
Hot water supply has been considered
carefully, with the result that the old
idea of a single boiler has been dis.
carded. and now houses are fitted out
with the twin boiler or the double
boiler system. The former is in use N
modern houses of the type of the Van
derbilt. Huntington and Yerkes man.
sions of this city and the West. In
the best designed apparatus of this
class there is a separate pipe running
from the boiler to each hot water fau-
Get, each pipe fitted out with a stop
cock near its beginning, that IN case
of any trouble that pipe may De smut
off and hot water continue to be sup
piled to the rest of the house. Inc
double boiler is placed by the SIDE OF
the kitchen range in the usual manner,
but is q boiler within boiler, tAe
outer cylinder supplying the two lower
floors. the inner those above, or wee
versa. The twin boiler is simply two
boilers standing side by side
Wash basins and closets, baths ana
tubs have not only shared in the gen
eraI advance from a scientific point OF
,yia4y hut have been made highly deco
rative with rare marbles anc Costly
metals. The modern bathroom has
hardly a. trace Of wood in 1t. Closes
are now built largely Of porcelain, and
during the last ten years the siphon jet
has replaced in all fine work the lof-
mer wash out system. The greatest
ingenuity along these lines, however
has been expended on the water supply
and the wastes of bathtubs ana DdslllS'
The bell supply for TUBS Is 'H
most improved and successful device oA
them all. 1t is Sd called because II IL
faucetless aud the water springs CUT
hot. cold or tempered, as fancy may
dictate. from behind piece Oh puI-
nished metal, silver o" nickel plateu'
generally ~ the shape OF the top OIL
hell. This bell IS set well down III
the tub, ana the flow OF the water -
noiseless, as the circular bit OF metal
10 so on covered Wash basins are
seldom supplied with these, put the
more modtrn ones have nearly all SIN
gle orifice just at the edge of the BOWL
ont of which water Of any desired tenn
perature may flow, in the place of over
hanging faucets. The handles for turn
ing on the water are often set low on
the slab. too, so that they may not Ee
in the way.
The old STANDING waste" has long
gone out of date, ana in its place nave
come several others. The one most n
use to-day is so devised that there is
no possible Iodgment for disease germs
A handle turned at the back of the ba-
sin, by a mechanism of many little
rods. pushes up a thin, circular mefal
plate in the basins bottom and lets
the water flow quickly out. Basins, by
the-wl.y, are much more elliptical tnan
they were, and not quite so deep,
though of greater capacity.
If he pleases, the millionaire may
readily spend $1,000 on a bath room,
from $500 to $500 of which will go for
the tub. The old copper bath tub, tin
ned and FURNISHED, is put in now only
in the cheapest class of work. Tubs are
made nowadays of solid porcelain. steel
clad (that is, of shell Of two sheets
Of ctnal with a sheet of asbestos in