WARMING THE TOWN HALL
SUGGESTED USE OF EXHAUST • STEAM. An effective way of heating tho Town Hull. Concert Chamber, Council Chamber and municipal offices.has been^suggested by one who has suffered from the cold recently. The- suggestion is that tho whole of the "Town Hall should be iitted with steam pipes (on the American pUir), the steam needed for heating them to be obtained from the Mercer Street power-house, which is said to waste ten times as Eiiieh steam in exhaust as would serve the purpose of heating.the big buildiaf. Although h-t----water radiators weTe in action during the Gertrude Johnson concerts, tho Inrge hall was very cold, and everybody lind to Mt snuggled up m grenu-onts and furs. At present a big furnace I.<h to be kept going ni! day and all (he evening to supply the necessary flow of hot water to the radintors, and it is contended that if t ; he waste steam from the power-hoitso were used it would savo a big coal bill, mid the labour attached to it would consist of turning a tap.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 263, 31 July 1920, Page 12
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178WARMING THE TOWN HALL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 263, 31 July 1920, Page 12
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