New-York tribune., 1903-03-22

FurthermorG an excssiyElT IN ngh TPe af2 f%r Il f fE
cars ] - illat @ iI ~ I ri,,bt Io6r without bob
| hing up and down and wasting h"th time ana
! With an upward speed of G@o feet and downward
| miles hour: The averag" travel OF an elevator
| however is about fourteen car mics an hour ~
% dDE h"IrGI IN m RtrSn5I, IAN bWfldng quicker SER
| stories by express elevators: but engineers now
| buildings due to the limited sp""d Of elevators Is
| between twenty five and thirty stories. . ..,
| Within few months bjIlldFTS "T SKY
| scrapcrs" have awakened t" the fact mt IN tEo
mns Pr6t@ct theT TENANTS light T tn 'usirin
Of adjoining Property whe[r i2W M 4iiInE @ may ma % r
west side of broadway. hrtw'"n Liberty and Cedar
r,c WhsTT grcfro 1nG b3s 6 srnG@d between
two ''skyscrapers. thus forming sort of court
The danger of one tall building cutting off the
sT'ken Of at this time because OF the pres
ent movement to stamp ont tuh"rcuoss as lar -
Srganzation Society is busilv Scattering informa
@n through 9 wn thr 9"H 2EI N5 %r aFt dark
rooms. foul air and tnsutIci"nt n"urshm"nt; Plans
for a great sauatorium in prang" County Tor the
sori p tfe iFt,f snr,es Of ttcr,uiar conri
because Of ~" darkness and Lack OF al: IL l!Se
| nrc uotrfintr to the 'skvsrra1rr." and say that
when these tail buildings are s:.ldly built together
rular germ the tenement house"
this point was strongly "nnhastz,eI. wheeler H.
Et'EtIIH.
newspaper to-day IF the h"l"v"i~at project :" tutll
great hospital TN. cuSUmptiv,S. the victims
Of tuberculosis. WI.ero they have air and sun
light And In III, paper read Of plans for 4
thirty story L ling What are We trying {" DO?
! What DO l,'sau hv putting up th"~" h.rrihi"
ever penetrate? When broadway j. lined with th'
structures ttr" wont bC room in the street for tn"
tenants, unless they packed horizontally thirty
f,.t thick l. never meant that "" should
house such population on IN" lower "ut of Nam
haftAn Islari. Il Is morstrnu~ tl".- W. need
propr legislation TO prrs"rv" tn" health "s or
workers.
Another phase Of tho sFvscraynr controversy * in
regard the prrn!anpnCy ~ the steel frames
which these buildings constructed. MaXimilian
T0rh chemist. the result of
animation several tall buildings, that there
vidcd against the rava-c$ Of time. some h." says,
have hrcn built that thrE Will last till day
If doom. Here has been taken t. protect th'
steel work against rust and puS!.I" dsiutcEratinn
lv nurying ii in cement. Others. II" asserts. Will
not last more than :ifty Snvruty-tivn IIH
used on steel. sorts of which only te0l to
Cnrr0do. while others a temporary pro-
lection lie made the alarming statement that
some. apartmcnt houses uf tho W,s Side have been
put up hastily ho sold that they Will Not last
| fifteen years.
It is the opinion OF bridge Commissioner Linden
thai ana Chief Fur!neor Miller, of III" !:rIrcau o5
I}uldin2S, St"-l tlIri'G cement offers th'
most permanent form Of construction. and If an
| owner wants the l"St kind + a building he u""l
Only ray for tL.s kind oi work
The only legal requirement." sail Nr Miller
Yesterday rs that steel w"rl. should H. painted
| Certain kinds Of paint. such n rcd lead paint.
afford good protection against rust. steel in
certain kinds Of cement, however. Will last cell
| turie7"