Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-15

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without more convincing practical re-
suits to back it up. would never have
been granted in an American city. But
the French are nation of experiment.
ers and always ready and willing to try
something new. Louis Garchey, the
inventor, took conservative advantage
of his privilege. He paved only por-
ton of one street, selecting for the pur-
pose crowded section of the Place
de la Republique, which is crowded day
and night with heavy traffic.
Under his direction the pavement of
ceramic stone" was laid and finished
in November last, and it is now as sound
as when it was first put down. The ex-
pertinent has been pronounced by the
experts, who were skeptical in the be-
ginning. as entirely successful, and 30
thoroughly satisfied have they become
with the practical usefulness of it's in
yention that they are preparing now
large contracts for similar pavements
in other European cities.
The glass pavement is laid in the
form of blocks, eight inches square,
form of checkers. The blocks are fitted
together SO closely that no water can
soak between them.
The advantages of the glass pave
mcnt us developed so far are it's resist
ance, which is greater than that of
stone; it's property as poor conductor
of cold, owing to which ice will not
form on it readily; it's resistance to
dirt, which does not accumulate on it
as easily as on stone, and it's quality
not to retain microbes.
The Central Architectural society of
France made report on the material
recently, in which it said:
"'From the various forms in which this
material is presented, it's use can be
readily determined for both practical
and decorative purposes. On careful
examination we find that the Garchey
ceramic stone is glass brought to a
special molecular condition. In a Ger.
tain sense it constitutes q new sub
stance which resembles nagstone, gran
lite or marble.
This new product is obtained from
broken glass heated to temperature
of 1880 degrees and compressed in mat
rices by hydraulic force. The physical
transformation of the glass is due to
identification under the process. The
phenomenon of identification produces
a sort of dissolution more apparent than
real. for upon n chemical analysis the
devitrified glass is found to possess all
the intrinsic qualities physical and
l'chemicaD of glass, except the trans
parency, while taking on an entirely
different aspect. Furthermore, glass
treated under this new method is made
to resist crushing, frost and heavy
shocks, and to stand hard usage"
Apart from paving material, there
now is being produced from old glass
an excellent building material. which
is being used for buildings and interior
decorations. much as is cut stone. 1t
possesses all the intrinsic qualities of
glass except transparency, and at the
same time is made to resist crushing,
frost, heavy shocks and stand usage.
A proposition to erect glass house
a luminous palace-for the Paris expo
sifion next year has been accepted, and
the building will present completely
the possibilities of glass as strnc-
tural material. Mr.. Garchey says that
years time glass houses will be so COM
mon that they will not attract the slight
est attention.
The glass palace which he will build
for the exposition was described thus
by him=
I'm the middle of garden where
green sward is only broken by flower
embroidered. gravelly walks, lie palais
luminense will stand. 1t will throw out
into the garden an ingeniously adorned
silhouette resembling IL jewel set with
the phospforesccnt tones imbcdded in
greer foliage and swa1rl.
1.-The principal facade, i'll the form
of an immense portico roof, surmount-
ed with spires. and a winged statue rep
resenting light. will be supported by
heavy columns The ground floor,
reached by double fight of stairs, will
be large exposition room. Right and
to the left will be large glass basins in
glass grottos. In the interior of the
hall will be live large openings, in which
will be represented the five divisions
of the globe, Il 4uintup]e. polycllrone
vision; Europe bathed in the dawn
OF the morning: Asia baskiDg in the
golden light of midsummer; Africa,
with a sun burning in waves of Grim
son; America, lost in mist of pale
hyacinth and the tints of sunset; Ocean
lea, iii an atmosphere of lapis lazuii. =
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