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As a general proposition in latitudes where the temperature is likely to be frequently uncomfortable, and where a locking machine and ample shoproom is available, the usual method of putting together in rolls and soldering lightly to prevent the seams from slipping apart will be found to be the best method, as in a large number of cases the rafters of a roof and consequently the courses of tin are sufficiently short to allow of being cut off to the proper length and tonged up or edged before being hoisted to the roof, thus saving considerable labor, as it is easier to work on level ground on temporary benches made by laying boards or horses, than on a sloping roof, where everything must be done at a comparative disadvantage.

1907 May 4, H. Tims Reilloch, “Standing Seam Roofing Without Solder. Third of a Series of Articles on Handling Sheet Metal Work”, in The Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter, page 57

As has been sald before, It is imperative that tuberculosis, cardiac, and gas cases shall receive their vocational training under careful and continuous medical supervision after discharge from treatment. Already some of these training cases have broken down. Negotiations are now in progress to make Rutland, Mass, a training center for the tuberculous. The Federal Board has appropriated $10,000 for necessary equipment, private agencies, and instructors, but more shoproom and housing are needed. The New York committee on tuberculosis has under consideration the establishment of a productive vocational workshop conducted on the general plan of the garment shop of the committee on the relief of the Jewish tuberculous. The national association has agreed to subsidize this shop up to $10,000. The Catholic War Council is considering the establishment of a training center in Pennsylvania which they hope may develop into an agricultural and industrial colony.

1920, H.A. Pattison, “Vocational Reeducation: The Rehabilitation of the Soldier Handicapped by Tuberculosis”, in The Vocational Summary, volume 2, number 4, U.S. Federal Board for Vocational Education, page 66