Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

call them, are ugly and dangerous.
too. don't see Why the authorities
allow them 10 be built, you know. Some
OF them are fourteen or fifteen stories
high, they tell me. didn't count the
number. but in case Of fire can't see
what can be done. 1t would DO impos-
sibie TO get stream Of water TO the top
Of one OF them When il was suggested
that the structures are supposed 10 DO
ire proof, Mr.. Speedy looked increiu-
lous and said: bah, They can't build
tire proof buildings. None have ever
been erected yet. To be fire proof.
building ought not 10 contain q splinter
of wood or anything else combustible.
but you people over hero put wood into
your fire-proof structures. You use too
much mortar. too. No building can be
sound with the amount 81 mortar in the
loists that is used here. II is impossible.
/ saw some very pretty buildings in
New York aud Boston. but Chicago
architecture is very bad
+. W. johnson OF Cleveland. who Sc
cured the contract for the steel work
in the rcmodeled county Jail. is a guest
in the Morton. The work will be the
|, best quality that can be done" said Mr.
johnson last night The cell work will
be the Van Dorm. patent tool proof steel.
and no crook on earth will DO able To
get through il. When it il completed
Grand Rapids will have the best Jail in
the state. We shall put fifty i've cells
in the Jail. and they will all be con-
structed Of the same material. The
work will probably lie completed in four
months The cells IL the present Jail
are thirty years behind the times. Any
tody with "A jackkniie or Ratchet ought
to be able 10 go through them. The
man that tries 10 saw or drill the new
cell bars will be painfully disappointed :
Grand Rapids furniture manufac.
turers are gilt-edged." said John Il,
veneer salesman. in Sweets yesterday
~Nowheretlse in the country viii you
find so large a proportion OF the men in
the business absolutely reliable and re
sponsible. That ia no reflection On Tho
other furniture manufacturers OF ths
country. either. As class they are
good. but in Grand Rapids this is excep
tloBafy true. We do business witt
thirteen firms here and the paper o
every one of them is as good % gold
That is the greatest and lest advertise
msnt the manufacturers II this cit.
could ever hope to have"
w. b. Scott Of Baltimore. one Of th'
heaviest buyers in the Grand Rapid
furniture market is guest in Tn
Morton. This is his first visit To tn
city. bis buying having been done hither
TO by representatives
S. ". Row. Lansing general insur
ance agent, and Cyrus Smith. who look
after tho Michigan interests Of tn
American Book company, are registere
in The Morton.
T. II. Ellison OF Fort Worth. Texa,
J. H. Hartman of Wilmington an
Henry Beck u Cleveland are guests j
The Morton. They are in the city buy
ing furniture.
Mai. T.. c. Watkins IL Rockford. e,
warden u the Iouia reforma'ory. vas
guest in the Bridge house yesterday.
Mrs. ". W. Mitchell OF Cadillac. az
coppauied by Mrs.. Aldrich. dined
! The Morton yesterday.
john u. Watson. Coopcrsville drul
get. was among the arrivals ia III
f.ase YESTERDAY!
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W Mitchell. Mrs. Aldrich. Cadillac;
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Z 4. Gardner, Lansing; c c. Holmes. "a
NAV. Fred Pieseuer. Saginaw; &.
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lace. Kalamazoo.
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