The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-04
ELEVITOR HEdRT DISEASE.
II Attacks Those Who Run the Lifts and 10
the Cause Of Accidents. Says n Doctor.
FROM IA, D.uv,v R,Dubi,cau.

The cause Of the runaway Of the elevator at the
Brown Hotel on Saturday night, which resulted
in the temporary penning up Of a woman and The
pilot, was explained yesterday. On Saturday
evening. when the accident occurred. il was though
the trouble was with the cable But the ex amina-
ton Of the elevator disclosed the fact that the only
damage done elevator, cable or lever had been
done by the collision Of the elevator with the top
Of the shaft The trouble was thus placed upon
Monte lnman, the pilot
4 sudden attack Of heart trouble Is said TO have
caused a temporary paraly ling Of the arm. which
refused for the moment to push back The lever
lnman viii not admit that this was the only cause
OF the accident, and insists that the lever " as out
OF order but when a physician was consulted yes
t'rdhy he asserted with great poSitiyen,~s that
the case as described 10 him was one Of an attack
OF heart failure lie went on 10 say that this
trouble Is very common omong eley ator pilots.
Especially IL this true In such high attitudes
as this, said pr r. ~ Brown Of Chicago, the
physician who discussed the matter al the hotel
The sudden ascent and descent and often the
shock Of n too hasty stop soon tell on the action
ol the heart when this vocation Is followed at an
Altitude of a mile above sea level. OF course, the
laster the elevator goes TIE more aggravated will
be me hsGrt trouble Of its manipulation, and in q
high building the chances Of serious result Il to his
health are more certain than in a lower building
me alr Al the top 81 the shaft In q sky scrsper'
IS lighter than at the bottom, and the rapid change
'''"' ''' ''A'b' - NV 'AllfI MAUI ~ I've a n
most serious result II cannot he otherwise,
The ordinary transient in this part Of the world
- Affected most uncomfortable by walking I'D
stairs at n fair speed, The ascent IN m elevator
At many times that speed does more harm The
guest AT the hotel ur the visit to the Public build.
ing does not notice II. much. but the pilot who re
mains in the elevator for hours nj a time. day after
day, IN permanently injured in due time
! was an Interested visitor 10 the State Capitol
on Saturday But a few hours before the accident
AT the Brown Palace Hotel | was conyersing with
the pilot Of the State Capitol elevator on this very
subject, and he told me that he was already feeling
the effects Of hi, vocation, and was al times during
services temporarily Of some other S,ats employee
10 do his work until his heart resumed It's normal
acton. This Is the same story told me every.
where 60 II is one Of the IN threatening fatal re-
suits OF what we call Modern improvement which,
IN other words, Is the refined manner Of ,elf torture
and nsk 81 HE and health In order To do something
a little faster and thus make a few dollars more
than We otherwise could do There is a point Of
Spt"d. beyond which as n matter Of protection to
life. limb and health, elevators and all other We
hicles Of lccomotiun should not be a!lo " ed 10 90
he mad rush in this country of which the fright
fll speed Of the %elevetor and the bicycle 'scorcher'
are typical, must stop somewhere The fatal re.
suits OF these things are most apparent
1T was only a few weeks ago that WAS called
10 attend a man in Chicago who had been suddenly
stricken down and who died before I reached The
house, | could find no reason for his death ex-
cept that the action Of the heart had been bad.
but upon inquiry ! learned that he had for two
wears been an elevator pilot There Was then no
doubt at all In my mind as 10 what caused his de.
mise His family finally accepted my statement
that he died a martyr TO the modern improve
ments' which make life so easy that the Rreat puh-
lie does not get proper helthful exercise. His
asst words were Top noor"