The Jersey City news., 1902-08-28
Alterations at Whittier
House Include Installa-
ton Of Steam Heat
ing Plant.
NEW PLUMBING TOO
Subcellar Raised Two Feet
to Make Bed for New
Pipes Memorial
Window Com
pleted.
NEW PLUMBING TOO

'renOyatl0ns, at Nhlttlcf HOUSE, lie
completed, and the old building scarcely
knows itself in its new paint. brick and
mortar. The house has undergone thor
ough cleaning and seraping from top to
bottom. followed by coating Of painting
and papering Even the floors have come
in for their share and now shine in
mirror-like freshness Of oil and wax. The
playground in the back yard, which was
closed during repairs. has been re-opened,
much to the joy of the neighborhood chill
dren, and everything is once more run
ming smoothly.
Most important of all the alterations
was the installation of a steam heating
apparatus. Heretofore Whittier House
has been heated by old-fashioned Balti-
more heaters, assisted BY even more old
fashioned stoves. The result was always
too hot or too cold, but it was not until
last spring that the Whittier House peo-
pie bought the property, so they had to
put up with it. Miss Bradfords first
thought, however, at the time of the p4lr-
chase, was for steam heat, and now the
plant has been installed. As the Settle
mentl has no cellar the furnace has been
placed in the laundry.
New plumbing has also been put in,
and in order to do this the floor of the
sub-cellar has been raised about two feet,
to make dry bed for the new pipes,
eighty-fve wagon loads of ashes, donated
by the Dixon Crucible Works, having
been used Whittier House, like all the
old houses in this section of Grand street,
which used to be Paulus Hook district,
is built on piles. OF course a cellar is
out of the question, SO four foot deep
excavation, bedded in with ashes, runs
under the basement for pipes Naturally
the ashes in time sink and must be re-
placed. With this condition of affairs
it is easy to imagine the unsanitary con
dition of some of the old tenement rook-
cries along Grand street, between Hen
derson and Warren streets, and the ne
cessity for the model tenements the
Woman's Club Education Department is
to work for next winter.
The floral window in memory of Miss
Mary Andrews, built by her friends in
Montclair, is now complete, save for the
Tiffany glass transom which is to bear
her name. 1t is small bay window, en-
tirely of glass, shelyed for the smaller
H., loI ba
larger plants. A small radiator has been
put in that the plants may have the
necessary heat without opening the glass
doors which lead to the assembly room,
thereby letting in gas. The Montclair
people have guaranteed to keep the win
dow filled with blossoming plants the
year round.
The big assembly room has been
papered in dark green tapestry paper and
the ceilings newly frescoed, a present
from Mr.. Mitchell of the Heights, who
did the work The floor has been newly
oiled and polished, as has also the sitting
room floor adjoining. The dining room
has been papered in red.
The costumes to be Worn by the wom-
en- attendants at the Woman's Profes-
sional League exhibition, which opens in
Madison Square Garden, October 6. are
certainly unique. They are a compromise
between the feminine and masculine. a
sort Of half and half, a mans coat and
hat with the feminine skirt, abbreviated
to be sure, but none the less adyan-
tageously feminine. Carriage attendants
will wear costume consisting of long
coachman's coat falling just below the
knees, top boots and a high silk hat The
police officer will wear a policeman s
coat, just reaching the knees, belted in
with a club hung on the side like a
chatalain bag. policeman's helmet, silk
stockings and French heeled slippers. the
Kind most suitable for "toasting nur-
poses where foreigners show their nd
miration by drinking out of the objects )
shoe. Perhaps doorkeeper Is not as II
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