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1899.) -. --_-- ea INCREASED USE OF FIRE-PROOF WOOD. As an indication of the increased use of fire-proof wood, it is inter- esting to note that the new building code of New York city, just com- piled, provides that when the height of a building exceeds twelve stories, or 35! feet, the sleepers and floors may be of wood treated by some process approved by the board of buildings to render the same fire-proof. THE KENNEY FLUSHOMETER FOR FLUSHING WATER-CLOSETS. THE BEST SYSTEM EVER INVENTED FOR USE ON STEAM VESSELS. NO CUP LEATHERS OR SPRINGS. #,/ Owners and Constructors of Steamships, "--S>" Yachts and Steamboats have found Shomynempali cation it indispensable. ' Used by the U.S. War and Navy Departments--Transports Grant, Sheridan. Burnside. Terry. Hooker. Thomas. Sedgewick, Meade. Crook. McClellan, Sherman. Also Albany Day Line S.eamers, and others. THE KENNEY COMPANY, 72 to 74 Trinity Place, NEW YORK. 1S te -[Patented.] Catalogue? MARINE REVIEW. 23 The inside window frames and sash, doors, trim and other interior finish may be of wood similarly treated. The American Wood Fire-Proofing company of Bowling Green building, New York, well known to ship builders by reason of the quantities of fire-proof wood which they are furnishing for vessels, are making preparations to meet the increased demand for their product that will undoubtedly result from this tendency to put fire-proof material into all kinds of new structures, rt Compass Adjuster, CAPT, GEO. A. SIMPSON, FxPert Compass Ad Yearly Contracts Solicited. Nautical Instruments Repaired. OLD 'PHONE No. 319. SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. FOR SALE. Hulls, Machinery and Boilers of the Steamers Ivanhoe and R. L. Gordon, upper works having just been destroyed by fire. Can be turned into Passenger Boats or Steam Barges. Ivanhoe, iron hull. The Gordon has wood hull, rebuilt spring of 1899. Good as new. Apply B. L. Newman, 2032 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. to sh ai a AMERICAN WOOD FIRE-PROOFING CO. GUY PHELPS DODGE, President. J. S. H. CLARK, Vice-President. Bowling Green Bldg., 11 Broadway, N. Y. tet. so. 1338 Broad Make all kinds of wood ABSOLUTELY NON-FLAMMABLE, at their works at Newark, N. J. Our treatment has been accepted and is being used by different bureaus of the United States Navy and the General Electric Co., having passed the required tests. A SPECIALTY : | A SPECIALTY: | 4-STRAND i Sl PLUMBAGO Oo H HEART Ww | H | 2 N Ss' = (es = 3 : ; N + wl THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO. |< Ps " |ROPE : E 65 Wat.L- STREET, NEW YORK. For S z THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF FIBER IN THE WORLD. CARGO FALLS BUMATIG TOO FOR UL f eeeetiitnnes > oiemnnninapeeneneel pa \\ F IN [DS) MOR Keay CHICAGO - NEW YORK , Sa og