Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01
USE OF ARTIFICIAL STONE

Il Il Succeeding the Natural Article In
Building Houses and Bridges
Of all the great improvements which
have been witnessed during the past
twenty years that Of artificial stone
stands in the front rank Nearly all
the large cities Of the 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 es
p~eciaIy interested in architecture and
engineering work, but Others who have
not had the opportunity Of ~investiga
ton would be amazed TO see the con
Etructions in artificial stone which have
taken place in the last decade. The
magnitude Of these works would as
found the old Roman engineers whose
works are historic.
The Vaune aqueduct thirty-seven
miles long, to supply the city of Paris
with wasar. is built of composite stone.
II comprises two and a hah 70 three
miles Of arches some Of them as much
as fifty feet high, and eleven miles Of
tunnels II also includes eight or ten
bridges of seventy-five feet span. The
pipe is siN and ahalf feet interior diam
eter, with a thickness of nine inches at
the top and twelve inches al the sides
The Lighthouse az Port SAID. Egypt $50
feet high is another notable example
Of artificial construction. 4 Gothic
church at NHinet near Paris. is one
piece Of stone, including the stesple 80
feet high The municipal barracks at
Nocre Dame, Paris Of artificial stone.
have arrhei ceilings whose spans vary
from twenty two 70 twenty-five feet
over thirry-One miles Of the Paris
sewers are constructed Of this material
The jetues at the entrance Of the Suel
canal ar built Il artificial stone blocks
each weighing about twenty tons and
1000 Of them were used in the i'm
prOveEent Of the docks in New York
Space viii not permit Of statement
IN detail Of SCORES Of hundreds Of e1-
anples Of artificial stone construction
in this country, bat among the more
recent may bementioned the Pompeian
villa at Saratoga the Moorish villa
Hotel Ponce de Leon Alcazar hotel
and the Casa Monica St Augustine.
Fla These hotels the most MAGNIFICENT
In the world are constructed of artia-
cia stone, including roof towers. cell
mR, baths etc. There Is not a Joint
IN these immense structupes The bal
comics high up on the towers ara of
solid terra Gotta and weigh FIVE tom
apiece The Casa Monica has a front
age IF 40 feet More than 60 o
barrels of oenDent were used M The con
strocoOn OF these hotelA
A dwelling was erected a few years
ago - Port Chester, without Joint or
seam The house Is ftremuuf The
6Oon rood, stairxays and towers ars
all OF stone and 1000 barrels of cement
we're used
An interesting Application Of this
material 10 tbe-oonstrucnm of a hollow
sustaining val was made at the ceme
Of Pasy n suppuEing a bank Of
earh9 12 tees high EuDesuos rus
tic bridges in paris and ee1neteneAn
various parts of the country have been
built d tins material The most tn-
portau and general uses, hOrpevez. 20
which artificial EoDek put is that of
for brick buldinz
1t Is specially adaposd for enrr
rrons Of commercial buildings and f0
churcbS schools hospitals and dwell
ings Il is also largely used for var
facingin basements of frame DWELLINGS
Late improvements have been msda
greatly enhance its value as a
building material, whereby the surfases
of b stone are made rough, represent
ing the tool work of the stonecutteL.
And buildings erected of this material
ne represented as beng much admired
and the tone in them is not easily din
inguished from the natural stone
Rochester POst~ErprsA
The Monkey Wrench AID Its Inventor.
Monkey wrench is the name applied
a tool, a sort of spanner with amov-
Lhe jaw. Some etymologists account
or the forepart Of the name by recall
ng the fact that a monkeys jaw is
Movable also. The monkey wrench
invented some years ago by a poor
mechanic whose name is Charles None
.ey. He sold his patent for a song,
nd is now working for days wages in
brooklyn His invention has made
Millions of dollars for those who were
bic TO place it upon the market
iarper's Young PeOple.