The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-02

stake to invest in Alaska. and by helping Alaska, help themselves.
 The Warrack Construction Com pany was the general contractor and MT. J. B. Warrack of this firm was in direct charge and he set an example for every sub-contractor and every working man on the job. His every effort seemed not only to live up to the specifications, but to give more than they called for, to give those thousand and one little things that can never be written in the specifications. It is an honest building, honestly built and if any mistakes were made they were honest mistakes.
 Head System
 The heating plant is what is known as the Over Head System, and every radiator in the building heats on less than one pound of boiler pressure, and in addition the Nelson Building across the street is heated from the same boiler.
 The boiler is Birchfield, manu- factured by the Birchfield Boiler Co.,. of Tacoma, and sold through Rice & Ahlers Co.,, sole distributors for Southeast Alaska. These boil CTS are of the finest built in the United States today and in their efficiency compare favorably with the Scotch Marine and in actual test have shown saving of 48 per cent over the old-style cast iron boilers.
 Automatic Oil Burner
 Installed in this boiler is a Dee B. Hart full automatic oil burner. This is equipped with automatic controls that shut the burner down when the temperature of the build ing reaches 720 and turns the burner on when the temperature drops to 68o. The thermostat con- trolling the temperature of the building is located in Miss Halvor- sens store. On the boiler front is an automatic switch that shuts the burner down, if the fire goes out or does not light, and on the water column is located the low-waJer cutout that shuts the burner down should the water get low so there is no danger of burning out boiler tubes. In addition to this regular safety valve is an automatic con- trol that shuts the burner down when the steam pressure reaches 8 certain point, never allowing the pressure to exceed two pounds. The condensation from the ra- diation is carried back to a Trane condensation pump which automati- cally returns it to the boiler.
 Hot Water Supply
 The hot water supply for the building is furnished from a 250- gallon steel storage tank, contain ing coils through which the steam passes assuring an adequate sup ply of hot water at all times.
 Plumbing
 The plumbing in this building , required considerable planning ant , thought, as the thin sound proc ! walls are filled with blanket o sea-weed which left little room fo :, piping but through the co-opera tion of the owners and the genera ; contractor, we were able to conces 1, practically every pipe, but at tn :. same time, make them accessibl
 for cleaning out.
 The plumbing fixtures in tn
 building are Crane and Standar
 make and the best of their kint
 The sinks are a special flat Til
 with solid back especially design y ed for built-in drain boards an
 each and every sink is equippe
 with a swing spout faucet on whie : is mounted a white soap dish. o The domestic hot water suppl which is taken from a large tar in the basement is circulatir ,a system, so that when the fauce o on the kitchen sinks are opene
 you can get hot water right now .o Bath Rooms Complete ,, The bath rooms are comple = in their appointments built-in tut , medicine cabinets and tile flool
 The laundry is equipped with tx
 stationary tubs set back to ba " with swing spout faucets, whi II makes it possible for at least tN 'n tenants to be using the laundry i.a ia the same time.
 IL The sheet metal work throug
 out the building was installed Ill Rice & Ahlers Co.,, under the ( os rect supervision of w. c. Jenst
 Armco iron was used througho
 and while the cost of Armco W m slightly more than that of ordina 'le cast iron, it will last many ma US times longer. Armco is copr C. bearing iron and resists rust a on corrosion far beyond that of a T. ordinary zinc coated iron.
 We point with pride to our ps a in the erection of this fine buildiI