The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-04-21

-a-e engaged in the installation
BID md hot-water equipments to
Iciently and with greater
IT. Tie extent of such equipment.
GUS instances of unsatisfac-
tions made by men of recog-
.paence, and who have success
,r:lcd other systems under diff
. EDITIONS, afford sufficient evil
. lu's need.
tl4 be we'll to state here that this
ra tical manual of steam and hot
, 0esung is meant to apply chiefly
f. tam and hot-water heating of
raes and small buildings. The large
rg jobs are undertaken, as a rule,
in the subject, who have
II, 5ammand all the data for sue
II sarrying out their work. On the
haai, residence-heating offers so
1ar atoms that a great mass of
lg- and heating business men have
il t.rherto difficult to reconcile the
esteemed correct for large heating
cations with their variable expert
IT. small residential equipments.
oa most failures are the result of
.a.lity for ignoring fixed laws in
fg EDITIONS.
.s.I,ct is undoubtedly an import
-e nom the fact that it requires
@ fl" new houses to supply each
.-- aatural increase of this country's
s and it has been estimated
IL. nual loss by fire exceeds &c.
..s The field for the plumber
tear liter on this new and recon-
ork is large, and it is to be
-a' lat it will continue to extend
tg ear. To turn these 300, 200
, homes will be your privilege
home is a house with the chill
'. come to the consideration of
eations Of the author of the
j.. task. We introduce to you
ft4 Fjward Richmond Pierce, who
m ID in his manual the result of
.-g IONS during his active partici
NE growth of the heating in
The United States for nearly
-arter Of a century.
Fierce first entered the heating
ss- as d manufacturer of wrought
pla adiators and cast-iron heating
rs 10 Portland, Me. The company
Inst Led heating plants. Soon after
s,r-ron radiator manufacturers be-
10 gta prominence. he become con-
y with the Michigan Radiator &
Mana facturing Co., Detroit, Mich.
@ager Of the company's New Eng
Business, with offices in Boston.
-' his Management the Detroit COM
3oan crew to be the largest dis
mr If cast-iron radiators in New
ar m. American Radiator Co. was
-e- MIR Pierce was selected as man
0 Is New England territory, and
This office was thoroughly estab-
q q business-like basis, he was
'itnet to the great central district
h7aaq9arters in Chicago.
l-s aew position the business in
.gaa Indiana, western New York
vania, West Virginia, Ohio,
Uea and portions of the South came
a.s sontrol and Mr.. Pierce's sue
Vas marked. About eight years
@a.n The business Of this district
gg'r to large proportions, branch
established at Cincinnati to develop
southern States from the Ohio to the
b ia1 from the Atlantic to the Mis-
'p Uyer. To Mr.. Pierce was as
'he supervision of this new
sa. In January, 1909, he resigned
work and retired from active bust
and for the past year has spent his
IN travel and investigation of heat
Conditions throughout the country
coast to coast, the present manual
y The result. 1t is given to few au'
IS to possess qualifications so marked.
OPPORTUNITIES for observation of the
" Of the trade to which his company
red We're vast. He came into con-
1aily with minds of different types
with practices most varied. Further.
+ throughout his life-work he enjoy
1e ncalculable benefits of persona
.aaSblp with such men as C.. c. Wal
IN, Boston; J. Mason, New York
aefle Tudor, J. H. Mills and Colonel
en; all of Boston. The influence o.
W NJ heating specialists on the develop
h. OF the industry was very pro
4!ced. Mr.. Pierce maintained clos'
with them through man.
j., and he claims that from Messrs
VT and Mills he derived in specia
! me directing inspiration for careful
II I1slgation and inspection of heating
sslems, which have enabled him t.
r ,orm his difficult task and bring it t.