The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-06
TALL BUILDINGS.


An Experts opinion ~ Them IN the Ncor"
of ir,itbmlncs. NE
A. 0ur READER know q bll was No..
troduc.I IN winter into tine New York
Legislature providing that the height Of
buildings Ia the dwclliug-hou-o quarter
Of tho ctty Of New York .hould be re-.
slrictcd IA n certain limit, which-wH.,
100 u maximum. set at eighty feet
from the sidewalk, The object Of the
bill wa of course - prevent the cree
ton Of tho great apartment houses
which tower IN some eases two hun
drcd feet above the pavement, and M.
quest onnbly shade the .lr,ots and
huu,c, north Of item and reduce, by
comparison, the apparent size of the
ncIglborng buildings, Whether this
dwarling effect would bo alprcciablc
in the selling price OF the property
nest TO such structures is more than
doubtful, and the real grievance seems
10 be- confined TO the shadow east by
them, and rs this seems 10 hayo been
considered M insufficient basis for 80
arbitrary II restriction NJ the one pro-
posed, the advocates OF the Bill have
recently undertaken to iortify their POI
sition by the very doubtful device Of
attacking the apartment houses them
selves, and have produced evidence, In
tho shape Of opinions by certain ply
s%iclans, 10 show that the inhabitants
of such buildings are Liable 10 ~
motto diseases from the probable OPEN
ing Of the joints of the drain pipes in
them, ~ well ~ to contagious dis
orders from the difficulty oil isolntiug
patients attacked with such maladics
in them. AZ might have been expect
ed, this aitcmpt has brought out
mn overwhelming amount Of re-
butting testimony. Several Of the
lost physicians In the city join in COM
mcndiug the substitution u elevators
for stairs, which forms one of their
principal characteristics, and IL IL easily
proved that, however such building.
may shade the streets below them,
those who live In them enjoy u greater
amount Of air and sunshine than tn,
dwcllcr in the average city house. IL
say nothing Of the advantage II being
raised above the surrounding buildings
the planning Of the hest apartment
houses Away, secures outside light AM
air Tor the bath rooms aud hallway.
, which In most city houses ARE dark nm
unycntilntcd, while the interior spac
between the front and rear chamber,
which in houses Is usually given mp to
mass Of unycntlateh closets, eupbnard'
bathrooms, wash-hasins, aud slol
Il. sinks, and o o becomes the pcrmanci
- abode Of the insects and crluyia while
ARE supposed to be indispensable TO
- city dwelling. is practically unknown
the trst-class apartment house. whc
economy Of room, rs well rs hctt,
principles of planning, demand a d
tributIon Of these nd uncts 10 domCst
y, lie which greatly fac litatcs their mai
:, tcnancc IN wholesome Conditio
Whether infections diseases are like
- to spread more rapidly In an apal
mcnt-housc than In q block OF hou.
," we will not venture tn say, but in {
hrc-proof buildings. which should alo.
b. constructed for the purpose there
!, little probability OF c%ontagion beil
~ communicated through the walls
" floors. and the risk that nny per-N
=, leaving the patients room will cnnv
~ the Infection To others hy contact In
elevator, and halls is no greater til
. that which every n encounters Ia r
|" Ing in a public conveyance -ARieyic
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