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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated balance sheet of Bryan Steam Corporation and its subsidiaries as of
June 30, 1998, and the related  consolidated  condensed income statement for the
year then ended,  and is  qualified in its entirety by reference to such audited
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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