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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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veral factors enter into the prob-lem lo alter conclusions as to total cost.The first is the matter of space. Theelectric heating plant occupies a com-paratively small space in the basement..Another form of heating would requirean extra building and smoke stack. The life of the euipment here usedwill be five to eight times the life of asteam plant. Again, the labor requiredto operate this plant is almost negligibleand this makes a large saving. The ab-sence of coal in the building is, ofcourse, an especially desiral)le feature ofthe plant. The smoke from the coalplant is something that can well bemissed. Still another point is that theheat is always ready. During the fouryears that the government has been gen-erating electrical energy at the Mini-doka dam. the service has not been cutoff fifteen minutes at a time. The Utah Engineering and Machin-ery Co., Salt Lake City, was the suc-cessful bidder on this work and the de-sign was furnished by the companyschief engineer. X. 1-. .Alison.
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Prometheus, the Food and Plate WarmerElectric, o/ course Resource — How convenientat the moment of delay to be able toconserve those qualities of the meal orluncheon which make for their success.Recourse to the Prometheus Food andPlate Warmer has helped many a hostessmaintain her poise and good nature whenbelated guests keep things waiting orunlooked-for-friends drop in. Its anecessary part of the house. Let ustell you why. M. E. HAMMOND. Pacific Coast Representative217 Humboldt Bank Building. San Francisco. 77ie FrosaetKeusElecltric CoEnpany nDDnnnnnnnnE 118 The Architect and Ensrinecr Fixing a Maximum Bid Somewhat uiuisual conditions are con-nected with the readvertisement of atrack installation job by the public serv-ice commission of the first district, NewYork City, says Engineering & Contract-ing. The first bids on this work wereopened last November. The low bid atthat time amounted to $53,930, w-hilethe ne.xt lowest bidder put in an estimateof over $102,CXX). The low bidd

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