General Comment to BP:

Please check in Clem Labine's Traditional Building (TB) for sources of
not only manufactures but trades. After we run through our personal
contacts, it would make sense to make TB an obvious next stop. TB is
trying hard to be a networking clearing house for anyone needing
specialty items and services in historic preservation / restoration. It
makes the process of networking between trades, and between trades and
manufacturers less difficult. Clem has and is being very supportive in
many ways including providing free photographs and captions in TB for
anyone (as space allows). This allows the individual tradespeople to
think about and start on a marketing program with a minimal budget.
Additionally, -----  TB   ---- ads are amoung the most reasonably priced
with in the
industry, thus providing marketing possibilities to a greater range of
businesses.

Another example, at the IPTW-97 ( http://www.PTN.org ) TB provided
funding for the Computer Lab. Six computers hooked up to the Internet so
that attendees of IPTW-97 could experience the resources available on
the Internet.

Another item is that PTN has made arrangements with TB to have the PTN
Newsletter printed in each issue of TB. This arrangement provides the
PTN Newsletter with a greater distribution at a greatly reduced cost to
PTN.

Comments by: Crass Lee Commercial

PS: the short answer is that there are fountian manufacturers in TB.