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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1910)
TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 1010. The Construction of Fireplaces Axtho O. Casus, JLrehllMt. Vs.. ' ft Vr WJ PIWMM Mill llliHtHMJiillllUMi mt.PIIHMMIP J1 3 ffl Electric Lighting Convenience Reading in bed i$ one way to win slumber to wakeful eyes; the ligHt is banished at the call cf dreamland. The early morning look at the clock is easy by electric light. No home can be entirely comfortable with out electric light, and it is not expensive. The G.E. MAZDA lamp has revolutionized electric lighting by giving more light for less money. We are hirnishing these new lamps to our customers. i you own a house located in our distribution line we will give you ' tacta about wiring it foe electricity. Omaha Electric Light & Power Go. 1 LL Alaska Refrigerators The easily cleaned, sanitary re frigerators; no dead air, no foul odors; either zinc er white enamel, each .$9 to $36 Acorn Gas Stoves The stoves with the automatic pressure controller; at least, one third of your gas bill saved by Xd:v.l?r'.....$i3 to $34 ' Lawn Mowers J from $2.75 to $16.50 Rubber Hose Froa 6c to 20c per foot JOHN 53USSIE HARDWARE CO. Sol Agents for Celebrated Fox Furnaces 2407-2409 Cuming St, "11 you bay it of Hassle it's right" N the building- of a fireplace the proper construction of the chim ney throat and flue Is vrry Im portant. First, the chimney should be built higher than the noarby roof ridges, and there should be a separate flue for each fireplace, stove and furnace. If the chimney Is built on an outside wall It Is best to have a double wall with a two-Inch air spice be tween on the wrather exposed side, to pre vent the face brick from cracking In cold wcathtr, and assure a Rood draught. A fireplace well constructed should fire a fair amount of htat for the fuel burnt with out smoking, which Is not a difficult r?ult to obtain if a few simple rules are ob served. Splayed sides to a fireplace re fit ct more heat Into a room than aides thst are at right angles to the front and back. Fireplace section Illustrates further re marks: The throat should be as near the front as possible and extend the full width of trie fireplace opening, making It narrow and long. This throat should be contracted gradually until It Is the width of the flue. The throat should become gradually wider from frorH to rear and relatively narrower from side to side as it approaches the flue proper, so that at all places the throat and flue will have the same sectional area. Tbe flue biglnnlng at the opening to the throat should contract to the desired site directly over the middle of the fireplace; from there on it can be gradually deflected to one side, but in no case should the flue arise directly from the side of the fire place, as the draught being all on thai side It would allow the fireplace to smoke on tho other side. The writer was once called In to decide what was wrong with two fireplaces which smoked. The remedies were almnl. A hnsty investigation showed that in one the damper when open still closed half the throat. In the other the brick work be tween the throat and outside face of the y. i 1 ... . .,. . B'T 11 i-rf- J r-'; ii 1 ' ilLji h , iM4 -. IJ ' f'Z?t " 1 ' . s ' s arry .ti."-.---x : - ' ! Mwii'V woo -.n.i iwii w .iwi.1..Mw Mi ?-. : ' IMS! II 1-1 y I I", "I 11 - "I. HM.M rl.' .ii-'-ir.iirni.uui.UL nJ - t - smwasiBsaBsnsBsaBM-- ! -' of bricks from the floor to i-eriect luat !nto tho room, thus also providing a shelf Jn the throat, which Is considered qtilta advisable. There Is sometimes a Uownwaid current of atr In the upper flue, which If allowed to go down unobstructed would continue on Into the room. It l this con struction which causes a flrepluce to puff smoke into the room when a fire is first started and It continues to do this until u P;i fl REPLACE I I x nwsneisuxd twelve inches square, and the throat at its opening would be three Inches by forty eight Inches, both throat and flue having a sectional area of 144 tquare Inches, or one-tenth of the fireplace opening. Many fireplaces smoke, but the remedy In most cases is very simple. The common cause Is the clogging up of the chimney, during the construction, with rubbish. Often a small piece of board will be dropped into It and, lodging at an angle in the chimney, prove a hindrance to the draft until a brick or stone Is dropped down from above to loosen and dislodge It. Another common cause of smoking is the damper used In the throat. The sliding damper, which when open, still closes half of the throat with its metal parts, should never be used. The damper when open should leave the entire throat free and unobstructed. There are several dampers In the market that ac complish this easily, some of them bcini? controlled from the outside. There should always be a damper In the fireplace throat, since there are tlnies when It is desirable to close up the passageway. In some parts of the country it has been observed that mosquitoes make their way down through the opening In the fireplace. When somo kind of damper la provided this Is pre vented. The best kind of dumper is one that is constructed to regulate the draft according to the amount of fire needed. The writer cannot too earneatly Impress upon the readers the importance of watch ing the construction of chimneys, flreJ places, hearths, etc.; it Involves small ex pense to have them right. ITTir I A GOOD INVESTMENT The overcoating of old frtuno houses by covering them with cement mortur, if viewed solely in the light of an invest ment, will yield better results thnn any bond or mortgage. Peing much warmer in winter there is a large saving of fuel, and the frequent renewals of paint will not be necessary. In these two items alone the annual reduction in the expense of living will be equal to from 870 to 12 70 on the cost of doing the work. The houso will be cooler in summer, and when 6old will bring n better price. Expanded metal lath is used to hold the mortar in place and the work cau be done by any good plasterer. Write for particulars. Northwestern Expanded Metal Go, 34 VAN BUREN ST.,. CHICAGO, ILL. R A ARTISTIC WALL PAPER We carry trie most complete and artistic line of Wall Paper In Omaha. Come here and pick the style of paper for your dining room, living room bed room or den. You can certainly find everything that will suit you from our tremendous stock. REMEMBER we guarantee to undersell any firm in Omaha, either wholesale or retail, and promise ycu absolute satisfaction. THE WALL PAPER STORE OF OMAHA SAM NEWMAN sh0tts!L DOUGLAS 43. A-4313 fireplace was eight Inches thiclt Instead of four, making a broad surface agairst which . the smoke struck and glanced out ward Into the room. These defects remedied, there was no more trouble. In some loca tions If the throat is not closed in the summer tlmo mosquitoes and other Insect come down the flue into the room. A damper In the fireplace throat Is desirable. to regulate the draught, but it should be made to open the full length of the throat. The back of the fireplace should slant for ward commencing with the sixth course the upper currents in the flue are warmed and reversod. But If a shelf Is provided as detailed the current Is deflected upward as Indicated. This Is the safest way, al though it la a fact that fireplaces are some times built otherwise and give satisfaction. The seotlonal area of the throat and " the flue also should be one-tenth the area of the fireplace opening. For example. If the fireplace opening Is four feet wide and two and one-half feet high, the sectional area of the opening would be ten square feet; this, divided by ten, gives a flue MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK. "The Art. Selenoe and Sentiment of Homebuilding." ( 80 chapters, 310 illustrations and y a thousand facts on the planning and designing of every kind of home. It covers a wide range of subjects, including the planning of bungalows, suburban and city homes, letting contracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrances, windows, fire places, etc. Price, postpaid, 11.00. A monthly supplement, "Practical Homebuilding." sent gratia for twelve months following the sale of the book. Address, Arthur O. Clausen, Archi tect, 1136-37-38 Lumber Xxohauge, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 'l.n'irfiii i arm ANCHOR FENCE CO. J 1 bri mm Phone Red 814. 205-207 North 17th St. The Time and Place to Buy Fencing 3c Per Foot and Up. Quick Drying Floor Paint la one more item In tho Sherwin-WllllaniB Paint and Varnish line. -. W'K BELL ALL. Call for paint circular and color card. ' I . T . . I . . . . . 1 .. ......... I nil . C 7-IUI Bum J iv u i jiuuiiu l.uiur uiuuiiu ill yjii . ........vu gallon can Outsldo Paint, covers l.rmu square feet $a.S0 K-plnt Bicycle Enamel OOo I gallons Rich Bed Sam Paint ....B4.33i 1 gallon Outside and Inside Paint (covers 30U square reeu, 4U snuues to etiooee from, at a 1.85 t quart Mar-Not Durable Floor Varnish. at oae .600 , .86e , .86e pint Good Varnish 35oUv-unt White Uath Tub Knumel.. quart Inside Floor paint aoi Vj-pint Iluggy Paint gallon good Boot Paint Bl-131 V-plnt Can Aluminum Paint .... SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG CO. Corner Sixteenth and Dodge Streets. . OWL DRUG CO., Corner 1Gth and Harney Klcrfric nlif Printing. Av to nidhi. rain ar shin. Nothing too fare's or too small. MODERATE PRICES 7th Floor Bee Did.. 17lb ao4 Firaam Slretst Scott Tent and Awning Co. 314-310 South 12th Street. A. C. SCOTT, Frraident and Manager. Do you need anything for the camp or, lnfact, anything made of canvas. Sea our line of Tents, Awnings and Porch Curtains, Anything Special Made of Canvas. All employes thoroughly experienced In their line. Pay our factory a visit and see where the finest line of canvas made goods are made We will bo pleased to make estimates. .j( UeU I'houe Douglas 338. Not "Watch Us Grow". Dut "Help Us Grow" 1 1 i! .1 1 aHiesp Bse-BBai BSiaHBsMSZJsaaBBBBBBBsMBsaajBsBaBaHsai ssseasBs ; TTWY PejltZ!!ZiBasBBBBBiZ ? I i piina moors 0 CHAMBER. I Jn iiojri3-o J ii-o'xie's' I I I LIVING ROOM I trner 1. ox so- 1 , 1 " jLjsMSMSSMSJsaJssaaaaKS vtsr. lis IfasdC DvNVSS COOM CMAMECR. 11 y wtu. lrviMG . U... o ii "I 'a I MAUL. ct ift O Q 0 Safe Fireproof Storage We take great pride in saying what we know to be an absolute fact, and that is that we have the FINEST. AND SAFEST MODERN FIRE PROOF storage house in the west. When you storage anything with us your worry and responsibility in regards to its safety ends. You are sure of careful handling, safe from FIRE or burglars ,and moderate in cost for tout insurance. HOW about your piano when you are gone, or any other valuable piece of furni ture. We have private rooms, special rooms for household goods. OUR WAGONS WILL CALL ANY TIME, ANYWHERE. Don't wait until you incur A LOSS BUT DO IT NOW. Moving and fire proof storage is our business. WE KNOW HQW, let us do it. jscons neon. TIC BMCK. Have you seen it? The brick used lu the pew residence at 37th and Pacific streets is called Sunderland's Turkish, No. 110 and Is the most beautiful ever shown in the west. Kee it Don't pass by hurriedly, eaamine it, study it "rubber little." WE ARE STRONG FOR BEAUTIFUL BRICK. nUlil is mmmmmmmmmimdmm Artistic Brick for Frame Houses Face the foundation, chimneys and porch piers with our Artistic Brick. The extra cost over common brick facing la Insignificant compared with tbe added beauty and Increased jelling value. We have many kinds specially suitable Some at very lew prices See Our Exhibit UNDERLAND 1GI4- HARNEY ST. I The Gok Furnace & Tin. Co. I You Aro Invitod We cordially invite you to inspect our new beautiful fire proof warehouse. An attendant will gladly show you every part of the building1. SEE WHERE YOUR VALUABLES ARE SAFEGUARDED. Call Douglas 1T59; Ind, A-1335 Omaha Fire Proof Storage Go. 804-812 South 16th Street.' 83 i ii I Portable Screen Houses For Town or Camping Perch Screens, Window and Door Screens f) l!fiN4A... Crnn An Telephone 5 UlllUlId WIIIUUW UUIUUII UUi POO P"1' SCMCCN H IsicnoKl i tecTiam B Doug. 4692 A SURETY BOND in my company guarantees the completion of the building according to the plans and specifications, within tbe time, free of liens and incumbrances. Request it of your contractor and thereby protect yourself from an xiety and 1oki. $14,000 paid in losses by this agency last year. JH MITHFN 203-03 First Nstlnn.l Bank Bid.. 1 yiwaiwins'-iii'isB inrm The furnace is q very im portant part of your home and when you are building or putting in a furnace be eure you get a 1012 F arn m Street FRONT RANK It is recognized as the best made. Estimates cheer fully given. Phone and ask us more about it. Douglas 2087. S The LCONOMY WINDOW SCHEEN WILL SAVE YOU ONE-HALF All Klsdf el MlUwerk rHOVB WI1IT1B asrr T. II. VVEIRICII FIXTURE CO.. 1317 SOBTH 84th ITBZSt MANTELS A.IMD TILE Fireplace Urates and Fixtures, Tile. Floora for all purposes. Furnaces and all kinds of Hardware. EYlilton Rogers & Cons Co., Fourteenth and Fernam Streets i