Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1920 — Use Discarded X-Ray Plates as Windows [ARTICLE]

Use Discarded X-Ray Plates as Windows

Detroit, Mich.—Discarded Xray plates will glaze all windows in the Detroit Municipal Tuberculosis sanitarium being erected .near Northville. "These photographic plates cleaned of chemicals will serve the purpose as well ar new glass and will save the city $30,000,” said Health Commissioner Henry F. Vaughn. “Plumbing fixtures are coming out of the Pontchartrain hotel and will cost only $7,200, as against $50,000 to $70,000 for new. . - “Five hundred mahogany door frames from the dismantledhotel will save the city $15,000,” Mr. Vaughn declared.