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Show TROWELS OF THE DRICKLAYER. Modern Changes In Them Different Styles Used. "Tho bricklayer's trowel," said a denier In such things, "might hnvo seemed long ngo to have reached its final perfected shape, never to chango ngnln; but, ns a matter of fact, It has been In tho past dozen years altered considerably In Its proportions, tho hotter to adapt It to modern condl- tions. "Tho old style tiowcl was used for Inylng bricks with mortar, but now bricks arc laid moro commonly with cement, wlch Is used In a far more nearly fluid, state than was mortar, and tho old stylo trowel wouldn't tako up enough of It. So masons woro continually con-tinually calling for a wider trowel, and In nnswor to this demand tho trowel has gradually boon widened until now It Is an Inch or moro wider than It formerly wns, It Is also made nowadays now-adays n Ilttlo shortor than formerly. "And of trowels In general there are now moro styles than thero formerly were, duo to tho greator complication of modern construction, nnd tho greater great-er need of trowels for special uses. "While tho bricklayer's trowel. shorter nnd wider, ns I hnve described It to you, Is now tho stnndnrd hero-abouts. hero-abouts. bricklayers throughout tho country do not everywhere uso tho same kind. Thus, while wo uso hero a trowel of a certain form and dimensions, dimen-sions, they uso In Cnllfornln a trowel with a bigger and thinner blado than that of ours; thcro they don't cut nnd trim bricks with the edgo of tho trowel, but uso a cblsol that is mado for tho purpofcc. But, then, men ln different parts of tho country hnvo different methods In bilcklaylng practice, prac-tice, as woll ns different tools. "A Western mnson, for Instanco, will spread his mortar or cement along and lay threo or four bricks at onco, whllo n Boston mason lays bricks singly. sing-ly. I don't know thnt ono method Is any faster 'than tho other." |
