New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-06

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Premium III. two Leasshodsrs bcseea tie Fresoder
and the present ls'sss
1t was Of course important To know how these 6ns
large blocks Of brick dwellings could be erected In the
heart " London within quarter Of an hours walk OF
the Bank Of England and thus so convenient for th,
artisans so oheaply The brick used wa Of the very
best, and the walls substantial. One source Of the
|cheapaess was the admirable economy VI space which
mad been observed Another the bringing oil syey
tenants front door Int hall before IL reached tbs
esress on the street thus getting bsysnd certain
city tau But the principal foatrre Of saving was the
Of new material artificial stone. extremely
hard, dsrsble ssd light. Ills atone 10 composed Of
clinkers egln. hard broken coke, And similar rough
porous ealeined substances in the proportion 81 four
parts " Que Of Portland csnent. Sufficient water ID
added TO these materials 70 bring the composition
when well niIed ~, 10 the consistency Of ordinary
mortar. 1t Is then plseed In nolds or trough.
for the purpose Of giving to 1t any desired
form, such ~ lntek. arches chimney pieces stairs
window drsSsings and ails, slabs &C. &C. In tho com
position Of the tinted portions Of the Plante fire
preof eors sfthe wasahouses balconies and pssagss
and In the making Of the Eat roof-it Is applied the
following msaner. Ban Of inch BY Ainch iron ere
stretched edgewise across the building from front u
back at distances Of feet spaI And carried into the
brekverk Of tho walls 10 form tics and bid che
building into solid mass Halfinch iron rods, feet
apart from each other, pas through the iron BARI
already described. and beneath the network Of Iron
thus formed temporary layer Of boards Is placed. and
then the patent material v filed In TO thickEss Of
about inches In tao course Of day two the whole
nsss ssts with sufficient hardness to allow removal Of the
boards and aer week or exposure TO thear II
becomes % hard and firm that II will stand any anoun,
Of pressure On the day f1ed for the opening Of the
buiIdng, On opportunity was Afforded Of testing the
stY rtA Of this material About one hundred persons
were massed together part Of the fat ROOF nsas'
urng about % feet by Is feet and their mOvemsnt did
not produce the slightest strain upon any portion o! It,
Its binary chsspness will DO apparent when II
d sudsrsteod that the arches and Hntes throughout
the whole Of the building have been supplied and lied
In their places ct the cost Of what would have been
spent In labor alone II the ordinary brick arches had
bssn employed. So that practically speaking the use
Of this material has Effected saving Of the cost Of the
bricks sad mortar that otherwise would have been
nployed In the arches to say nothing Of avoiding the
loss Of time that always takes place while an srdily
brick arch IL being put In.
when IT Is considered that besides the numerous rail-
Ways that ilterscct LondOn-overground and uDisr'
ground--thsrs are between twenty ard thirty more
asking Pariihent for charters that wherever bsse
new railroads 20 hundreds and even Thousands OF sd
dizzy tensmsns fall 1t great comfort TO hnos that
tho poor who driven from them are Aow Ser 70 De
driven not into the lower parts OF London nor intoee
lars but into comnodous houses, whore they have only
about tho same to pay 81 before. Mr.. Waterlow has
proved that thousand persons can have comfortable
ONES Oh less than half acre Of ground. Ueonvened
with many tenants. Esnd they all testified tier
delight IN fading such homes.) Ho has also proved
that capitalists can make awsys7 per cent by building
such houses doubt not therefore, that the 81 blocks
win b seen followed b. many others Ths inpzovS