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Show KvIimm Ins Km wt & MfM MM TflffP llWMARADFORR : i Mr. William A. Radford will answer ' questions and give advice FREE OF COST on ail subjects pertaining to the subject ot building, for the readers of tills I paper. On account of his wide experience 1 as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he i la, without doubt, the highest authority ! on all these subjects. Address all inquiries I to Wllllnm A. Radford, No. ITS West Jackson boulevard. Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The rooms in this house are old-I old-I fashioned in regard to size, as there are only five, and they use up the available space in a building 2-4 feet wide by 43 feet long, without measuring measur-ing the front porch. The design is attractive, at-tractive, and it is very easy to build a house of this style. For a family there are rooms enough, and they will suit those persons who feel cramped in rooms of smaller size. A dining room 15 by 23 feet is unusual, except in tha very largest houses; and a kitchen that is 11 feet 6 inches by 15 feet also is unusual. This arrangement arrange-ment of dining room and kitchen is well adapted to farm houses, where kitchen and pantry space is an object. There is only one chimney, but the chimney has three flues. There is economy in building a chimney like this;' but not every house is designed so that, the kitchen chimney will answer an-swer for cooking and also for the fireplace fire-place and heating the house. This' style of house, moreover, Is very good for a comfortable summer home; and there are more such houses being built every year, both at summer resorts and in farm districts. A good many people are obliged to live in the city in the winter time, but they like to get out into the country as soon as spring opens. They usually have a good deal of company to meals, and this is another reason why a dining room of this size is preferred. For such a purpose a house must be built without a cellar which will, save a good deal in first cost. The range in the kitchen and the fireplace in the dining room will answer for heating until severe cold weather comes late In the fall. Where fireplace heat is depended upon, a good big room is necessary nec-essary so that he heat may be gently iiffused Instead of burning one's face. 1 w r mvrstr r'.i . u rgi tJ 6 rj First Floor Plan. Is well to look into the newest mechanical me-chanical devices for supplying water to the bathrooms in the country. The most satisfactory arrangement is a ! tank In the ground, which may be a i large, discarded boiler shell; and it ; may be filled from the eaves by open-' open-' lng a valva before each shower and closing it afterwards. There must be Bufflclent air pressure to drive the water wa-ter up to the second floor, but this is easily supplied with a bicycle foot-pump. foot-pump. By having two tanks, it is not necessary to let the air out, but the water is pumped into the second or pressure tank as needed. The air pressure system is a good one, when you become accustomed to it, as it will not freeze in winter, and you have the advantage of high pressure press-ure if you want it. Soft water is always al-ways appreciated by city people, because be-cause ordinary tap water is usually too hard for comfort; but soft water, like every other luxury, cannot be had without some effort, and it always requires attention at certain seasons of the year. A good filter is one necessity, but a I I f H rye rKct fl " B arcTrocitf n O0i I ,'" I r fl BED F-oaM i I :zr. k-, in ijimmmmiiI CLOy nl I CLOZ. I (I fl e uxtj II Second Floor Plan. filter need not be expensive or bothersome. bother-some. A hogshead partly filled with sand, charcoal and gravel stones in layers, makes one of the best filters, and it is one of the cheapest. But you cannot use It year after year without emptying and re-filling. When thf premises are fixed up early ' in the spring, it is the time to empty out the old filtering material and put in new, clean stuff. The tank should be cleaned clean-ed out at the same time, "iid the whole water system put in .lorough repair. It will then go alon:-. tor an other year with very little attention. It is a great nuisance to keep house in the country without a satisfactory water supply. It is astonishing to see K7 " " r This dining room will serve as a pleas- out Bitting and reception ruum during the day, and it answers for a reading room and general living room in the evening. The bathroom Is over the kitchen, where it may be kept warm enough in moderate weather by means of a drum i through which the kitchen smoke pipe passes. Water may be supplied with a force pump from a cistern at the j back of the house, without going to a great deal of expense. j In building a house of this kind, it I how many houses are occupied yeai ! after year with an old pump that ia out of order most of the time, and; j when it does work, needs a horse to ; run it. A man, to live comfortably in the country, must have some mechanical mechani-cal skill and some business ability tc keep everything in proper order. Ex cuses are perfectly useless, and thej mean nothing. It is cheaper, as well as much better, to have a good watei supply properly put in so that the pipes may be drained to prevent freez ing and an abundant supply of watei will be ready at all times for use just by opening a faucet, than it Is to de spend on a pump and to carry water in a bucket each time that necessity demands it. The cost of this house depends very much on the manner in which it is built; but it is better, probably, tc build it well, even for a summer house. Under favorable circumstances, from $1,800 to $2,000 should build it complete, com-plete, with the exception, perhaps, ot heating apparatus, gas, and eluctric wiring and fixtures. |