The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-05-20
CIRCULATION:
Litchfeld County.
NEW MILFORD.
A HANDSOME CATALOGUE.

One of the neatest catalogues ever is
sued by any New Milford concern is
that just gotten out by j. A. Northrop &
Sons, the foundrymen, manufacturers of
the Unique steam and hot water heater.
1t 10 from the press of the New Milford
Gazette, and is a creditable job, one of
which this or any publishing house
might we'll feel proud. The "Unique"
heater is something new in the heating
line. The manufacturers positively as
sert that it is the most economic heater
on the market to-day. The day of the
hot air furnace is gone. People want
heater that will give steady, uniform
heat in all parts of a room or wh6le
house. After having studied the queg-
ton carefully for several years Messrs
NorthrOp & Sons believe they have at
last solved the problem in their"Unique''
heater. The ''Uuique'' is made entirely
of fiji st-class material, with trimmings of
brass. The entire fire surface of the
heater consists of drop tubes suspended
directly from the crown sheet of the
dome into the fire-box. The position of
the tubes is such that every square inch
is directly exposed to the fire and also to
the radiation of heat from the fire. The
tubes are self cleaning on the outside,
and the circulation of water on the in
side is such that there is no chance for
scales to form and thus cause the tubes
20 burn out. The front of the heater is
Aa re hno OF Sw0T
inner surface of IA inch asbestos mill.
board, thus preventing radiation of heat
into the cellar. By this arrangement a
great deal of coal is saved. The fire-box
is so constructed that it will hold coal
enough to last ap entire day. 1t is very
deep, and the combustion chamber
above the fire-box Is very large, giving
ample time and space for the mixture of
gases and their combustion. In this re-
spect they regard the "Unique'' as sur
passing all other heaters. The fire-box
and dome are connected on the corners
by extra heavy wrought iron pipes, with
screwed joints, making leakage impossi-
BILE, also making q free circulation OF
water. The dome is large enough to
hold water supply for heater and also
| give sufficient room for circulation of
steam. Each heater is furnished with a
complete set of water and steam gauges,
gauge cocks, safety valve, automatic
hamper for regulating the draft, check
draft on top, and complete set of fire
tools. The door mouth is a hollow cast
iron casting, connected with the steam
dome by two one inch extra heavy pipes,
also connected with the f1re-box by one
l la inch extra heavy nipple. The
| spreader is for equalizing the distripu-
ton of heat, and is connected with the
crown sheet of dome, just under the
smoke pipe, by four large extra heavy
nipples. The distribution OF heat is
such that all the pipes are thoroughly
heated at once and steam is generated in
a very few minutes. By this arrange
ment 1t Is possible to have the house
comfortably heated Immediately after
the fire has been started. Into the
spreader are screwed numerous drop
tubes. The check draft Ia placed ON the
smoke pipe elbow. The fire box Is q
hollow cast iron casting which Ia always
filled with water, making it an impossi
bility for 1t to burn out no matter how
heavy the fire. It also serves as q mud
drum in which the sediment from water
collects, and may be cleaned out by
| opening blow-oft cock connected with iG.