A. At Mr ---------request we gave our opinion on the proper way lead should be fitted in a tank for wiped seams. After having asked for and received our reply, Mr. --------- sends us his own views, as above.

We venture to say that if he has ever lined a tank 8 feet by 6 x 6 feet, or one-half that size, previously preparing the seams for wiping, without having afterward had to soil shave them when the lead is in place, it is the first one that has been done without making a "bungling " job - such as he has been pleased to call our method of doing it. Mitering the lead in the corners, as he describes, cannot be done without leaving openings for the solder to run under the lead, thereby causing its bulging, which would crack the seams as fast as wiped. The further the tacks are set in as decribed the more solder would run under the lead, and instead of fifty pounds, which should be a sufficient quantity to make a good job, twice that amount would be consumed, and but poor work obtained with the best hand at the cloth.