, 1869-08-27
ERECTION Of UNSAFE BUILDINGS.
NrRAKtuN ShnntIr~ Through klECrtAs

During rnch and every summer various oxc!ie-
ments aris., t1gc for time, nnh then lilo away,
having nluttcEs scsg much lis they we're ut tho
beginning. There have been sons Newspaper
Articles, few communications, a resolution In
tho Common Council. md an inquiry by men-
her Of the Hoard OF Police. Then comes winter
and quiet, lnating until the succeeding spring.
Prominent hmoug these summer complaints is
The outcry In regard TO tho erection Of build
infs which HTo supposed to bo unsafo- 9omc
eco1oAIcsl& owner and somc Indifferent architect
unite. They run Up dInsJ structure, WherG flAtl
columns tend beneath m ill-tl!Bt1ibutcd weight
Some Individual, with nnc eye for consequences,
NOTICES this, and scuda communication TO the
paper. II Is publi.hed. There is a pathetic appeal
to tho rowers that be to stop the erection OF such
things Then con.cs the artlchect and rsovcs hJ
cgurcs that tho columns could sustain weight
rttJ rer cent GREATER; that any appearance Ut
bending from the perpendicular Is an optical delu-
Eou, nnu that the building IL IN ornament TO the
When mRn appears anu Rayx that column OF
wall will support given weight, It is 10 he prt-
khre.1 thai he knoHA what he II abouI, mud only
uf expert can property contradict hiul.
Sometimes, II iho building Is wlth1C the 1rc ltm-
it, the F1rc Marshal stslts H. nt occasionally Rcia
rasc lr is apt to interfere With Its erection. There
IT, generally, only m arttGlc In the rurcrH, aud
then tho subject IS dismissed until the ucIt
season.
This summer has not been an exception 10 The
rulc. We have hid thu east wing of the Court
liouec, which not all tnn putty In Chicago can
make slehty, and from MI ointr parts of tic city
where building IL gong on there CONC similar coln-
IlAnts.
Sheldon streets Was blown down OWING TO ia
nraknt4R ScrJ little MAS sa1t about IT, nuu
eon,r one Immediately cleared n~ay The rulus,
| mud projected 10 erect en1ne dwelling -heusea.
The walls of these structures, atoys ths founla-
tinn lut c!ght inches In thickness II looks as
II high WIND could upset II, Of infuttAtet OF
1N}f n down. tn the uUetcnfc1 II rrSkNt,
tleR mere Carl castle, aud one leeIa TINT 1t must
rome day tumble down and Kill or HAHN tho In
untcE. 49, ...... -.
| The hui'dcr Ra3s Il Ia perfectly sltc, and that
the fnrltiatlou wAlls nrr strong eno1gt; that that
Is all that Is Fe9ucd, II! beyond the IRE limits,
aud hence the Fire Marshal RAYS he will not Inter.
ferr. Ii docn net srcm thA. II Ia hodj business
to look after II. So ~ll 80 completed a1ioccu-
pied. II 1t docs not tumble dow ihe architect ~
justife II docs, nothing Ia eAllI a,uns tnc mat
itr a week sitter II has happened ami another hit
Of architectural trslly Il launched Into existence.
corner OF Illinois nnd Clask ttrrrte four stories In
| height with lrpn columns IN frnnt Tn-ki!letl
na.s e5 soe m u iS 'sas + @ NJ.
utdA II rcemc., to thcm that the few slender
columns. WHICH appeared In front, wrrr not strung
Finally fina'iy II i 1 Scssmr ,nauicst to cscr!Soly
lux lux 10 10 nc sSa'S. S sI E1sa tic t aFshi.
10 HutA, khuyeA UP tho b'l!nE, nhd RESTORED The
two Grant columns 10 thelt rrhpcr positions. from
| Which tnCf HA1 HAniefrNl A1PQnt All lhEa hHl d
half nrsece. This has sonic xnat s,AssureA those
wfu arr compelled 10 Enss nigh this structure. int
they Atc still little doubtful The n5chitstt* arc
MctsrE~ F. l. L. Naunann.
| II Il NET knbwn thAt my Inspection has bccu
made t,y the officer Of shc Fire Department.
AZ Il wrll known. fifteen Ai'!rIn~n viii tr out
of ot1cc next November. AZ lar M hcar1i frnn
lhty nil Wsni TO hc reelected, nnI Ihrr. ls HI
reason ~hy zach one ~ thrtn hhauld net In onirr
IN gain little popularity. Introduce at thr next
1nr.tng Of thu tuunrI m alnendc'i ordnance uu
this subject. II II wutth consideration. -.
The Noarl Of Police, the 1nenrrH nf whtrh arc
40 Wrll Alufcti, might gaiu l.tIe rrrtt by tnrca.
! tthtinR lh!a enhtTt aid 1'F interfering ,NcAslUu.
ally with the erection Gf slaughter huusck.
| While nh thts Erucral subject u buildings there
Il uUe Uthrt REMARK that ulhy t.c r,taa lt'uht-
1rss thr rntnc thing has s*rn ha. sforc. hui Il is
luff n true now. That's In trlat,nn 10 ihr per
inlts granted y Tho llsIArt OF flhllc NGks for the
! dragging of hnHsch through our atrcctA E~rry
sthy aelIc ni lrrrnur building. full 0t Insects hnl
rtIrnhr's, Ia seen m Its tfusr& thrug!1 uur MtMs
frt9uenfe,l Et7sei*, 1'ilihH ur thr wkJ and trltr'
| ft:T &tc rnah tHH. They nrr finally stuck dHwnN IN
decent BIT Of land 10 tic dA,nhAtthn q! It's pros
| rtrts, ....-.
II might s.c ~rl 10 consider " hrthrr e,rryisH.J
Gn Michigan ,rnne. ruuth Of Madison I'll f'rt. tor
| insiAnrr. etnntl hr nnnotrd IN Atrnunt Ut sutne
| hld shed Ut thing " heh ws'uh Nnl kFl fnr =.
At alrtin. IL Il not &,rttrt TINT tnr ownrr Rhnn.
| ~ A1nnnctt than that whnlr community Rhunlf
injured In every tiy slpn Ut tho city these oil
leatkR, Ana tltAkkilfE the principal avenues, Al
of thrfl netting under The authority Of the Hoar,
nI itll,llc works, IL II time thAt the subject WA
1 trtt n st,tnr