The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-01-03

when snow blanketed tn e
northern section of the country
reaching as far south as
Georgia, Louisiana and Ala
bama. Alth o ugh passenger
trains were slowed one to six
hours, the great difficulty was
in moving freight which came
to a standstill in the large
classification yards. Snow rails
es havoc with freight cars,
getting into wheel journals,
turning to ice and freezing
switches. In Buffalo, the ma
TONS second largest freight
terminal (St. Louis will dispute
that thousands of cars
headed east and west were
s%nowbound. Some of them will
not get out for a long time
especially if wind blows snow
back into the 1900 switches as
they are cleaned. That happen
ed last year and resulted in
two embargoes which delayed
some individual cars for weeks.
Buffalo, through which west
ern food moves to the great
Atlantic coast metropolitan
centers, is particularly suscept-
ible to snowstorms. Not only
do storms form along the At
lantic coast and move west to
Buffalo, but a few private ones
marked Buffalo only" form
on Lake Erie or north and
move into the city.
STOVE TALK-T h ere is
something warming just talk
ing about furnaces in the win
ter, so a recent discussion on
heating systems by G. B.
Sweat, vice president of the
Minneapolis R e gu
lator company, seems approp-
rate at this time. A great
many people, he says, do not
put enough thought into heat
ing systems when they are
building new homes, although
they are equally as important
as the four walls and roof
especially in winter. On the
other hand, people are acutely
conscious of the Importance of
heating after they have moved
in and begin to suffer from
drafts, unheated rooms and
excessive fuel consumption. BY
that time, however, it is toe
late because a large part OF
the heating system is buried
behind walls and cannot be re-
modelled or replaced withou,
expensive and extensive re-
modelling costs. Home owners
spend an average of four pei
cent of the total house cost
for heating, Mr.. Sweat says
but he questions whether thai
lis sufficient. The cost of the
heating system, he points out
is included in the mortgage
and may be amortized over q
! years. Therefore, he believe.
home-planners should be SURE
they have efficient system.
with controls which eliminate
drafts and cold floors ane
which cam be applied to almos'
all types of heating using an!
kind of fuel.
THINGS TO COME
summers hedge trimming jol
should be lightened by a nev
type of shears made of light.
weight metal with finger-con'
forming handles. .......A new ell
ectrically heated blanket will
an electronic control. Made BY
the Simmons Company, it ha.
two parallel conductors, ons
connected with an electronit
control which maintains steady
heat regardless of body or room
temperature changes.....A gift
check, which a New York banl
has prepared. It comes as
personalized, dignified gift
pachaged in a greeting care
folder........A new washing ma
chine which does not have tt
be anchored to the floor; it il
vibrationless.......A new denta
cream which comes in foul
! f~lavors, peppermint, rose pep.
permint, strawberry . PIPER.
mint and mandarin pepper.
mint. It contains a dye which
gives the gums a redder lool
and is an antiseptic. It is ex.
pected to sell at SIPS a tube.
GLASS MACHINES-The dra.
matte story of glass is told ir
gossamer-fine draperies, glas.
wool for chair cushions, glas!
! water pipes, panels for heatins
in cuShiony springs of glas!
coils, in plate glass window:
which let in light but keep on
cold. Less dramatic, but per.
hapS even more important, il
the story of machines invented
over a long period of year
which make all the subsequen
development possible. John D
Biggers, president of Libby
Owens-Ford glass company
! points out that step by step
through the early part of thi
century, machines were in,
vented to blow, to draw, to GU
and finally to grind and polish
flat glass. Former primitivl
rootboJc If hond;oroff uor.