Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-25

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nuiidtna Houses and Bridges.


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nuiidina Houses and bridges.
or NIL the great improvements which
have bcon witnessed during the past
twenty years that Of artificial stone
stands In tho front rank. Nearly all
the largo cities o; tho United States
have their works for manufacturing
artificial stone, and scores Of Thousands
OF barrels Of cement are annually used
In the industry. This may not be
news TO people who travel, and are Is.
pecially Interested In architecture md
engineering work, but othcn who hnvc
not had the opportunity Of invcstiga.
ton would DO amazed TO 500 tho con.
structions In artificial stone which have
taken place Ia the last decade. Tho
magnitude Of these works would as-
found the old Roman engineers, whose
works aro historic.
Tho vaunc aqucduct, thlrty.scvcn
miles long, 20 supply the city Of Paris
with wa.nr, Is built Of composite stone.
IL comprises two and half 20 three
miles Of arches, some Of them as much
rs nifty feet high, and eleven miles Of
tunnels II also includes eight or ten
bridges Of seyonty.ilyc feet span. The
Pipe Is SIX md n half feet Interior diam.
eter, with n thickness Of nine inches al
the top and twelve inches Mt tho sides.
The lighthouse Mt Port Said, Egypt, $50
feet high. Is another notable example
OF artificial construction. A Gothic
church at Visinet, near Paris. Is one
piece OF stone, including the stcoplc. 1870
feet high. The municipal barracks at
Notrc Dame. Paris, OF artificial stone,
have nrchcd ceilings whose spans wary
from twenty-five 10 twenty-five feet
Over thirty.one miles Of the Paris
sewers are constructed Of this material.
The 1ottics Mt tho entrance Of the sucz
canal arc built Of artificial stone blocks
each weighing about twenty tons, and
1000 OF them were used In tho i'm.
provcmcnt of tho docks In New York.
spaco will not permit Of statement
In detail OF scores OF hundreds OF ex.
anplcs Of artificial stone construction
In this country. but among tho more
recent may be mentioned tho Po,npeian
villa at Saratoga, tho Moorish villa,
Hotel Ponce do Leon. Alcazar hotel
and the Casa Monica, st. Augustine,
Fla. These hotels, the most magnificent
In the world, arc constructed OF artla.
cih stone, including roof towers, cell.
ings, baths, otc. There Ia not Joint
Ia those immense structures. Tho bnl.
comics, high up on tho towers, are az
solid terra Gotta, and weigh five tons
apiece. Tho Casa Monica has a front.
ngc of $50 feet Moro than CO. 900
barrels OF cement were used In the con.
struction Of these hotels.
A dwelling was erected few years
ago at Port Chester, without Joint or
seam. Tho house Is flrcproof. Tho
hoon', roof. stAirways and towers nrc
all Of stone and 1000 barrel, Of cement
wen, used.
An interesting application Of this
material In the construction Of hollow
sustaining wall wns made at the come.
terry OF Passy In supporting a bank Of
earth 70 i'2 feet high. Numerous rus.
Tic bridges In parks and cemeteries In
various parts OF the country have been
built oil this material. The most i'm.
portant and general uses, however, 10 |
which artificial stone is put is that Of |
trimmings for brick buildings.
IL Is specially adapted for entlre
fronts OF commercial buildings and for
churches, schools, hospitals and dwell. |
hgs' II is also largely used for wall |
facingin Easements Of frame dwellings |
Late improvements have been made |
which greatly enhance It's value MS n
building material, whereby tho surfaces
oil the stone are made rough, represent.
Ing tho tool work OF the stonecu,tcr
And buildings erected OF this material
arcrprcsentcd ms being much admired,
and the stone In them Is not easily dis.
tnguished from the natural STONE
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