BOWLING CATALOG E,
by NARRAGANSETT MACHINE
COMPANY, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
THErecent revival of thisinteresting game has resulted in the application of modern principlesof system and exactness to Alleys, Pins, and Balls. What would havebeen very good ten years ago will not answer at all now. The alley inparticular must be right from the start and remain so. This can onlybe expected of experienced builders, using first class materials. Wehave been building alleys for ten years and by giving them carefulstudy have produced good alleys. This catalogue describes them in everydetail. There are alleys and ALLEYS, but there is only one “STANDARD”ALLEY. The statements we make regarding it are facts, borne out by theclass of people who use it.
CLASS D, “STANDARD”BOWLINGALLEYS.
CONSTRUCTION. The beds rest on sleepers supported at their ends bysills running the entire length of the alleys. These may rest on aconcrete, cement, or other solid floor, or on posts or piers set 8 ft.apart, or where the ground is firm and dry of a gravelly nature, onflat stones laid on the ground. The sills raise both sleepers and bedclear of the ground or cement, and as there is ample air space beneaththem they are not liable to be affected by moisture which nearly alwayscollects in confined places near the ground. The beds are made ofstrips three inches wide, tongued and grooved on the sides, (see page14) and are built up by nailing and glueing each strip on top of thepreceding one until the bed stands on edge 42 inches high: in this waythe strips are firmly driven together and a solid bed secured. The bedis then laid down, screwed to the sleepers and planed.
DURABILITY. This is secured, first by the use of good well-seasonedtimber. Second by the ample air space beneath the alleys. As we uselarge quantities of the Hard White Maple of which the beds are made,we have arranged with several of the largest mills in the countryto select from their finest stock the best for our use, shipping incar-load lots. No such timber can be found in any city yards. TheSills and Sleepers are of Selected Hard Pine, known as one of themost durable woods. As none of the woodwork is bedded in cement orin any way closed up there is no tendency to dry rot, and it cannotbe affected by any ordinary degree of moisture. By long experiencein alley building we have ascertained the most durable materials fordifferent parts and their best forms, features that save wear and avoidearly and expensive repairs.
