NIAGARA FALLS AND VICINITY Reproduced from a model made by Howell's Microcosm, Washington, D. C. the Panama Canal many relief or model maps have been made in carrying out the various ideas relating to locks, etc.; and these were made not merely as show pieces, but as definite and tangible aids to the building of the part concerned. Viewed also as an advertisement of a city, the relief or topographic map or model is no less valuable. For cities as well as private concerns grow by advertising, and the city which can most convincingly advertise itself as a business center, or as the most attractive place of abode, is the one which other things being equal-grows the most quickly. A single model showing some improved facilities for transportation, placed on public exhibition, has been known to bring about the installation of more big business plants in one year than had accumulated there in the previous decade. The model showing the advantages to be obtained, catches the eye, arouses the interest, and very often settles the determination of the searcher in his quest for a new and THESE prices will be maintained for the next 30 days only. Here's your opportunity, now. Next month the prices go up. This sidewalk set includes sufficient forms to lay 34 running feet of walk, 4 feet wide or under, at one setting of the forms, and is sufficient to lay 100 RUNNING FEET of walk per day. Dividing plates for wider walk will be furnished when specified, at a slight advance in price. Indiana forms have no wedges, no bolts, no nuts, to bother with. The same rigid side rails can be used for curb and gutter work. One equipment for two classes of work is a big saving and a mighty strong recommendation for their use. Simple to operate. They enable you to speed up on your sidewalk work this Fall, to discount competition and to underbid the other fellow. For $10 more you can buy a special set of curb and gutter steel forms. Using this set with the side rails of the special set of walk forms, you can lay 20 running feet of curb and gutter with one setting. These outfits will start you toward success. You will not be disappointed in their convenience. They are made rigid enough so as not to bend out of shape, and light enough for easy handling. Catalogue on request. We are prepared for a rush of orders on account of the special price, so send your check, draft or money order in early, right now-there is no better time. INDIANA CONCRETE MOLD CO. STOP! LOOK!! LISTEN!!! The "Big-an-Litle" From any point of view the "Big-an-Litle" will help you do better work-more of it-reduce your expenses-and increase your profits. Look at this mixer and send to us at once for full and complete information. JAEGER MACHINE CO. 215 W. Rich Street COLUMBUS, OHIO 42 EAST RIVER STREET PERU, INDIANA 1914 Model Now Ready VOCATIONS FOR GIRLS A book to help the right girl find the right place. The author is an authority on the subject. 41 12 mo. Cloth. 75 cents Net. New York A Selected List of will be sent on request by When writing to Advertisers please mention THE AMERICAN CITY. finer location for the plant he is to build. In the hands of the proficient manufacturers of this form of map, these models have attained a very high state of perfection and naturalness. Besides being accurate exponents of ideas, they are many of them beautiful and artistic from a purely pictorial point of view; the characteristic features, foliation, etc., being treated sympathetically, artistically and accurately. The leading schools, colleges and educational institutions both in this country and abroad have already realized the immense value of relief maps as teachers of geography. They are awake to the fact that the student will comprehend clearly and definitely the meaning of what is being taught in a very small fraction of the time hitherto spent on illustrated text books filled with masses of statistics. The significance of this should be apparent. If those whose vocation it is to find the quickest, most impressive method concede the superiority of the relief map as the best means of conveying a geographical idea, then the busy man -or the city, which is the collective busy man-can hardly afford to ignore such a means, when desirous of presenting either a projected enterprise for inspection, or a completed one for approval. Methods, Materials and and Appliances News from Engineers, Manufacturers and Supply Houses Many Satisfied Users will tell you what Atlantic Pumping Equipment earns for them. We will gladly tell you where you may talk to a contractor who uses them, and see the Atlantic in operation. A sturdy gasoline engine attached to a pump; both mounted on a wheeled truck-easily moved around the job to where needed. Engines are single-cylinder, jump-spark. The pumps are from 2,000 to 3,000 gallons per hour in the smaller sizes, to 5,000 and 6,000 gallons per hour, in the large sizes. There are four types of diaphragm pumps, one piston force-pump and one centrifugal, all equipped with the strong, trouble-proof Atlantic Pumping Engine 42 while running at any speed. New 3-inch Atlantic Diaphragm TRENCH PUMP Guaranteed for One Year For one year after you receive your Atlantic Gasoline Pumping Engine we guarantee it to work properly and we will replace any parts broken on account of defective material or workmanship. In order that you may see that the Atlantic Engine will do your work, you may wire or write us and we will have our nearest agent ship you a pump for 5 days' trial free. If it doesn't do the work we claim for it, ship it back at our expense. Telegraph or write for net prices and full description. HAROLD L. BOND COMPANY 383 W Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS. -Manufacturers of Ross Concrete Spade, Andrews' Concrete Tamper, Safety Trench Braces, Felton's Sewer and Concrete Rods and Pearl Brand Suction Hose. When writing to Advertisers please mention THE AMERICAN CITY. Clever Advertising The Hersey Manufacturing Company, of Boston, is advertising its "Detector-Meter" by an attractive poster stamp, 134 x 22 inches, which claims instant attention by the heading of "Safety First" in orange letters against a deep-blue background. Below this is a cut of the "Detector-Meter" against a shield of red and orange radiating rays, and the statement that this device protects water departments and underwriters completes the unique little advertisement. * * The Automatic Flagman The Automatic Flagman is a device to protect railway grade crossings by giving effective warning of the approach of trains. At the approach of a train it rings a loud gong and waves a bright red disk by day and a red lamp by night. So sensitive is the human eye to red and to motion that such a warning can hardly escape notice. As shown by the illustrations, this device consists of a weatherproof case containing the operating mechanism and the signal disk, upon which are mounted standard ruby-red switch lenses with an incandescent lamp between. A small Westinghouse electric motor operates the mechanism that rings the gong and waves the disk. The motor receives its energy from storage batteries, lighting circuits, or trolley circuits, depending on the character of the installation. The device is manufactured by the Automatic Flagman Company, Los Angeles, and the illustrations show an installation of the Pacific Electric Railway Company of that city. This machine, which is one of several hundred THE AUTOMATIC FLAGMAN "Automatic Flagmen" on the lines of the Pacific Electric Company, operates about 300 times a day, with an average duration of about 12 minutes each. |