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 A Sanitary and Fireproof 
 Building Material 
 
 Manufactured by 
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 765 Thirtieth Street, 911 Security Building, 
 Milwaukee, Wis. Chicago, III. 
 
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 organization for the manufacture of Compo- 
 4 sition Flooring in the United States, engaged 
 7 , ¢> in this business in 1898. 
 
 Ab” Lissa During these years, they have perfected and 
 improved their Composition flooring, both as to the chem- 
 ical composition as well as to the practical manner of ap- 
 plication. The firm has made a special point of keeping 
 in touch with all improvements in the building line, both 
 in the United States and Europe. They are members of 
 the Association of Composition Floor Manufacturers of 
 Germany (Verein Deutscher Steinholzfabrikanten), with 
 headquarters at Leipzig, Germany. 
 
 They feel confident of being able to give absolutely the 
 best material of this kind in their Composition Flooring 
 Material—"‘ Monolith.” 
 
 This book will give as full a description as possible of 
 the special merits of Monolith Composition flooring, and 
 we wish particularly to call the attention of architects, con- 
 tractors and builders, to the fact that the most important 
 thing in the manufacture of this material is a full, practical 
 and technical knowledge, which can be gained only by 
 experience. 
 
Monolith Composition Flooring 
 
 
 
 Fireproof Administration Building, Larkin Soap Company, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Designed by Mr. Frank Wright, Chicago. A large percentage of the 
 flooring in this building is Composition Flooring. 
 
 
 
 Stenographer’s department, Larkin Soap Co. All furniture in this build- 
 ing is freproof. We furnished over 1,500 slabs of Monolith Composition 
 for desk and table tops used in their offices. 
 
Monolith Composition Plooriiug 
 
 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
 
 Monolith Composition flooring 1s mixed on the job, and 
 applied in plastic shape with a trowel; it will adhere to 
 any hard, firm surface, such as a sub-flooring of wood, con- 
 crete, brick or stone. The material sets and hardens fully 
 within twenty-four hours from the time it is laid, and be- 
 comes as firm and durable as stone or cement; it is as 
 pliable and elastic as hardwood. It affords an absolutely 
 jointless floor surface, which can be continued up on the 
 wall as a mop or base board. It is pleasant to walk upon, 
 not cold to the touch, and is a deadener of sound. It is 
 absolutely fire and water proof—a necessity in modern 
 construction. 
 
 The superiority of this kind of a floor over a wooden 
 floor, is its continuous jointless surface. A wooden floor, 
 no matter how well laid, is made up of narrow boards, the 
 joints between which soon become filled with dust and filth, 
 forming breeding-places for microbes and bacteria. <A floor 
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 Chicago Union Hospital. Monolith Composition Flooring throughout. 
 
Monolith Composition Flooring 
 
 
 
 The Pullman Company uses Monolith Composition as the only 
 practicable flooring for its dining cars. 
 
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 walked across, it causes the air to puff up between the cracks 
 like a bellows, scattering the accumulation in the air. A 
 wooden floor can never be sanitary in a strict sense of the 
 word. A Monolith Composition floor is absolutely sani- 
 tary, both as to dust and filth, and also proof against vermin 
 of any kind, such as cockroaches, rats, mice or ants. 
 
 We recommend this flooring for use in all buildings, 
 public or private, where the essential feature of a floor 
 should be cleanliness and practicability, combined with the 
 features of wear, fireproof and waterproof. ‘The surface of 
 a Composition flooring is finished and treated similar to that 
 of a fine hardwood floor, and it requires about the same care 
 and attention. All floor surfaces subjected to wear, need 
 some special care and attention, in order to retain their ap- 
 pearance and give the best service. 
 
 
 
 Brown's Book Store, Fine Arts Building, Chicago. 
 
 The flooring is Monolith Composition. 
 
Monolith Composition Flooring 
 
 
 
 One of the new Pennsylvania all-steel passenger cars. In this mod 
 Flooring exclusively, because of its fireproof, durable, sanitary features, anc 
 
 
 
 Cross section of Monolith Composition Flooring on sub-floor of concrete. 
 
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 ype of equipment the Pennsylvania Company uses Monolith Composition 
 ause it is the only material practicable for flooring in the construction of these cars. 
 
 
 
 Monolith Composition Flooring on sub-floor of wood. 
 
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 Wisconsin State Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis., in which a large amount 
 of Monolith Composition Flooring was used. 
 
 
 
 The perfect flooring for hotel and café kitchens. 
 
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 This book will give an idea of the many places where 
 this flooring is desirable and useful, and we invite corre- 
 spondence as to any special application of the material. We 
 are at all times ready to give estimates of cost, and a sat- 
 isfactory guarantee with all work that is entrusted to us. 
 
 Seepelral INFORMATION [TO ARCHITECTS 
 AND CONTRACTORS 
 
 Composition flooring is generally applied at a thickness 
 of % inch, and our prices are based on that thickness by 
 the square foot. The baseboard can be continued up on 
 the wall, to any height up to one foot; the most popular 
 height being six inches from the floor surface. We figure 
 this work by the lineal foot, based on a height of six inches. 
 
 Where Monolith Composition flooring is to be specified, 
 the sub-floor should be brought to within ™% inch of the 
 proposed finished floor level (or the thickness desired by 
 the architect). All surfaces should be either firmly nailed 
 or thoroughly hard and set. 
 
 The Composition flooring is made in a variety of colors, 
 and we recommend the red, gray, buff and natural (light 
 straw color). We will mail samples of colors, on request. 
 
 In large spaces, we recommend laying the floor in 
 squares, the squares being divided by a strip border of any 
 width. Floor surfaces, with plain border of different color 
 than body, or laid out in large squares, can be laid without 
 additional cost over square foot price. 
 
 The Composition flooring should be put into the build- 
 ing after other 
 mie ha nic $:, 
 such as plas- 
 terers, wood- 
 workers and 
 plumbers, are 
 through, so that 
 the floor will 
 not be marred 
 or scratched 
 after it is fin- 
 ished. 
 
 
 
 Memorial Library, Franklin, Mass. 
 All flooring Monolith Composition. 
 
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 STAIR CONSTRUCTION 
 
 We call special attention to the illustrations showing our 
 Monolith Composition stair construction. We manufacture 
 the stair tread and riser in one piece, in lengths to suit, as 
 shown on illustration of top tread. ‘These treads are fin- 
 ished on both sides, doing away with the necessity of finish- 
 ing or painting the rear or underside of the stairs, as in 
 the case of illustration of Oak Park High School. These 
 stair treads are absolutely fireproof, light in construction, 
 economical as to space, and reasonable in cost. ‘The stair 
 treads, as shown, weigh thirty pounds to the lineal foot. 
 These treads can be shipped from our factory in sizes as 
 ordered, or they can be made up on the job as desired by 
 fe architect. 
 
 
 
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 MONOLITH PATENT TILE CEMENT 
 
 We manufacture a Patent Composition Cement for set- 
 ting tile on wooden construction. This Cement is sold by 
 the ton to tile setters, and is very useful in all cases where 
 tile is to be laid on wood. It is the only Cement with which 
 to lay tile on old wooden floors, making it unnecessary to 
 tear out the woodwork or of reinforcing the construction 
 of the building. 
 
 We recommend every tile floor layer to order a sample 
 shipment of this Cement to experiment with, and he will 
 readily see its usefulness in his business. It will enable him 
 to figure tile work reasonably in reconstruction of old build- 
 ings, and in applying tile on woodwork in a great many 
 places where it is impracticable to use Portland Cement. 
 
 The American Monolith Company is ready at any time 
 to give full instructions and information regarding the ap- 
 plication, and we send full directions for mixing and ap- 
 plying with every shipment. 
 
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 Milwaukee, Wis. Chicagowis 
 
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