Identifier: mechcontract1909toro (find matches)
Title: Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Air conditioning Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery Heating Plumbing
Publisher: Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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s got into an argumentover this matter, and A. D. McArthur,Ontario sales representative had tobe called in to convince one of thedebaters that a closet on display was en-ameled iron rather than solid porcelain. Several designs of fixtures with bidetattachments attracted considerable at-tention, this French idea having caughton in Canada amongst the class who canpay the price for the most modern andscientific fixtures. Every woman who hasstudied the advantages to be gained bythe use of this fixture is an enthusiast onthe subject. The large variety of lavatories, bothpedestal and wall, also excited comment,while the demonstration of bubble drink-ing fountains for use in schools and pub-lic buildings excited such interestthat it was sugested that masterplumbers could not adopt a better adver-tising scheme than to fit up a bubblefountain under pressure in front of theirshops. The beautiful pure mellow coloring inthe enameled fixtures was very notice-able, another point of merit being that
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CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION—Standard Ideal Companys Enamelware Display. goods without realizing that Canadianworkmen were capable of doing suchhigh-grade work. Occupying an entire section of about70 feet in length it was found hard toobtain a photograph which would dojustice to the exhibit. As will be seen,no expense was spared in making thebooth attractive, it being roofed in, art-istically decorated, well lighted, and thefloor covered with linoleum. The central feature of the display un-doubtedly was the showing of Alex-andra high-grade porcelain ware,grouped in the centre of the booth.About a score of fixtures of fac-simile solid porcelain were shown, in-cluding a number of new designs of bathtubs, lavatories, waterclosets, pedestal The Standard Ideal Co. has gone to anenormous expense in preparing the draw-ings and master patterns for the Alex-andra ware, the equipment for someof the fixtures having cost thousands ofdollars before a single piece was manu-factured. Having develo

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