  The following claims are made for the “STANDARD” Bowling Alleys, and have been sustained by use: KEEP LEVEL. On account of the air space underneath them, which is ventilated by openings, the beds are less affected by moisture rising from the ground, cement, etc. SURFACE. The bed being glued up of strips having rabbets cut on the sides, form a solid bed in which no piece can get loose, slip, raise up, or give any trouble. FOUNDATIONS. Practically, no foundation is required; hence, a great saving is effected. The sills can be laid on a tar concrete or cement floor, or on piers or posts set three feet in the ground. All sills are supplied by us. As no part of the foundation is buried in cement, it lasts indefinitely. WEAR AND TEAR. By long experience we have ascertained the best materials and forms to stand the severe usage of public and club alleys and by their use avoid the vexatious break-downs formerly so common on alleys. EXPERIENCE. As we build a great many alleys our workmen are accustomed to the work and know its requirements. Our alleys are not experiments; they are tried and proved successes. DURABILITY. The beds being made of double kiln dried White Rock Maple, last longer and do not require so much re-planing as if made of softer woods or maple as ordinarily seasoned. RE-PLANING. The strips of which the beds are made do not dry out and have cracks between them that fill with grit and make re-planing almost impossible. MAPLE is unquestionably the best wood for alley beds. It is hard, white, durable, even grained and when properly seasoned and dried, will remain as laid without shrinking or warping. That is, the best maple will do all this. We are large buyers of maple for alleys and other purposes, and get direct from the mills the highest grade of Hard, White (Rock) Maple. Such stock as is never carried by city yards—they have no call for it. This fine stock enables us to build alley beds that are clear white from end to end, without spots or streaks, level and true. The ideal bowling surfaces. LOW Posts and runs are an innovation we introduced three or four years ago. Their advantages were apparent from the start and now nothing else will be tolerated. They give both players and spectators an unobstructed view of the alley beds and pins. In a room containing eight or ten alleys, one can see every pin. The runs are strong, the posts being short, and as the balls do not have to be raised so high to put them in the cage they are dropped in easier and wear longer. |
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