Water Supply.—It is essential that a good supply of water should be available. This should be distributed by pipes all round the building, so that a hose may be used in every part for the thorough cleansing of the factory at intervals during the hours of working.
Summing up, it might be said that a good factory, therefore, should have the following features:
1. Plenty of windows, or walls of expanded metal.
2. A jack-roof in the ridge, and hence a good system of ventilation.
3. Engines in compartments outside the walls of the factory.
4. Machines close to and parallel with the wall outside of which the engines are placed.
5. Latex tanks and other fixtures along the wall opposite the machines.
6. A long middle free space, at either end of which a large double door should be placed in the end walls.
7. A good concrete and cement floor sloping slightly from the middle towards each long wall.
8. An abundant water supply, and several lengths of hose.