“Live” Springiness, Extreme Durability
Outstanding Features of the

Spatding Official International and Intercollegiate

Swimming ‘Pool

Spring Board

The Spatding-3-Meter Board, “high-spot” at
the Spa, famous Oriental pool, A gua Caliente,
Mexico. Installed by E. P. Finigan.

 

A typical high-grade, one-piece, 16-foot Doug-
las Fir Board, after receiving the Spalding

finishing treatment.

     

Selected One-Piece, Vertical Grain
Douglas Fir Board

No other lumber is so marvelously adapted to

Spring Board use as Douglas Fir. This is due to

, . . mere its astonishing combination of resiliency and
It’s the radically new Spalding method of finishing the wood, so steed Chie sxe oe pas HE Monburestern
forests and carefully check the trees to be felled

as to leave the natural sap in, which preserves indefinitely the ee

“live” springiness of our Spring Board. And the Inwood process of Then rigid inspections follow: after the first
2 ee ee ae : cutting; before shipping to our plant; upon re-
sealing-in this “live” springiness with waterproof elastic material prevents ceipt by us of the rough boards; when delivered

to the planing mill; after tapering operations are

warping. completed; and after the finishing and treating
processes.
The owner of an outdoor pool in a hot climate will particularly ap- The completed 20’ Board, in either 14’ or 16’

lengths, handsomely finished, sides painted white,
with official stencil, will stand up magnificently
to heaviest usage, under severest climatic con-
ditions.

Board I-a-s-t-sse—AND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE OILED! Write for full details, including prices.

preciate these vital advantages. He knows from experience that the

conventional board dries out and breaks comparatively quickly. Our

E. P. FINIGAN CO.

 
  

Contract Department
GYMNASIUM & PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

Coast Representative 5
SWIMMING POOL EQUIPMENT

  

314 TWELFTH STREET * SAN FRANCISCO