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tage of being more economical to heat, especially the lower floors. For this type of dwelling, the individual plant is the most satisfactory. In Fig. 2 is shown from one part of the house to the other.

The floors in the living-room and dining-room are of ⅜-in. tongue and groove "select" oak, while the remainder An image should appear at this position in the text. a plan of a cheap four-family apartment such as is usually erected in the less restricted sections of a city. This house An image should appear at this position in the text.Fig. 2. The cost of this house is comparatively small is to ft. narrower than the one shown in Fig. i. Although the buildings are the same length, exclusive of verandas, the plan shown in Fig. 2 is considerably cheaper to erect, not only on account of the lo-ft. saving in width but because of the perfectly plain roof and other differences where cost is the chief consideration.

The foundations of this house are of concrete blocks laid on a 6-in. footing of concrete. The fire-wall divides the house in the middle of its length instead of the center of the width as in Fig. I. This fire-wall must be constructed in the same manner as is the wall in Fig. 1 , extending from the foundation wall to the ridge of the roof without openings of any kind through which fire could communicate of the flooring is ⅞-in. tongue and groove yellow pine. The kitchens are wainscoted with ⅜-in. yellow pine, 3 ft. high, and finished at the top with a suitable cap, while the bathrooms have a 4-ft. wainscot of stamped metal tiling.

The refrigerator space is provided in the rear-stair hall, a galvanized iron pipe being placed in the partition so that the water will run away into the floor drain in the cellar. As will be noted from the plan, this house is provided with two verandas, each of which has a deck for the use of the second floor tenants, the decks being covered with canvas, whith is much more satisfactory and durable than tin.

In the basement of this house are four hot-air furnaces, and instead of the automatic water-heaters of the more expensive plan, thirty-gallon range boilers are installed in each kitchen.