The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-13

ress. which is quite legitimate. but to
fight nature I'm order to avoid delay
and To prove the superiority OF inven-
ton To natural laws. In this respect
II IL likely that nature will prove the
master. There Is abundance OF room
on the more solid parts of the earth
for cities OF any size. San Francisco
did not need to destroy the original
waterfront and create "A fictitious value
for Insecure made land. while its linn
its were capable OF extension to San
Jose. But when II really began to en-
large, instead OF solving the question
Of CHEAP. RAPID AND SAFE
TRANSPORTATION, which is proba-
bly, the important issue Of the day. pop
ulation attempted to climb upwards
into the air. Since then and notwith-
standing the lesson OF the earthquake.
the effort to educate the masses into
the belief that the higher n building
/ is. II made of steel. the less vulnerable
/ II Is 10 seismic conyulsion and to fire,
has never for "A moment ceased. on
the other hand II Is claimed that no
tall building nor building made Of steel
/ has ever been or ever Will be proof
against either conflagrations or earth
quakes. No modern invention has so
far produced structure that would
endure sweeping and unchecked fire.
There are numerous edlfices in which
fire will not originate and some are
rendered immune by their environ
ment. But raging conflagrations In
large cities, packed with modern struc-
lures, unless arrested by water or dy-
I It.ly D. lYa n
way, even though skeletons warped
and untempered, may be left standing.
A building moreover may be anchor
ed and It's double frame tied together
from foundation to cupola. and yet not
be earthquake proof II Is said that a
"skyscraper" I'm San Francisco was
constructed. so as to allow an oscilla-
tlon OF eight feet. Within this re-
striction, It's balance might be recover
ed. although It's frame would be great
ly strained. But what II the oscilla-
ton were nine or ten feet or more?
And what is the difference between the
disruption OF a building where 1t stands
and its destruction by topping over?
When the center OF gravity Is fully
overcome IL must necessarily fall. No
one knows when the next great earth
quake will come or where 1t Will be
most acutely felt. II may be a twister
or have n vertical movement. II so,
the "skyscrapers" might be gone In an
instant or two OF time. Great trees OF
the forest, with their roots deeply I'm
bedded In the earth and possessing an
elasticity that even science can not i'm
part to perpendicular structures, are
thrown over by the wind or torn asun-
der by lightning or lifted up and fiat
tened by seismic movements.
II appears to many TO be contrary to
experience and correct reasoning to
claim that "skyscrapers" OF steel can
effectively resist either earthquakes or
fires, OF more than ordinary intensity.
The truth II we have improved on the
anclents In interior construction, but
hardly IN the stability OF buildings.
The Pyramids, the great wall Of China,
old castles and Notifications. have stood
every test. II these illustrations should
be objected 10, an not directly anala-
gous, there are business structures IN
London, IN Paris, Ia numbers Of cities
IN Europe and Asia and even IN Amer
lea, that for centuries have endured
not only the ordinary process Of disin-
If'tlhil'if bHh WY H'hfY 'hIlHIbhhfH
ana fires. There are adObes IN calf
fornia, IN Mexico. ~ Central America.
IN South America, IN the Philippines,
ana IN other parts ~ the globe, that
have been subjected ~ nearly every
strain mat nature can produce and
yet where tho materials ana the eOn-
slruetiOn were NJ lhe best quality, 70
maiHed comparatively perfect The
Old Mission church az The Mission Dot
ores Was not seriously damaged While
tho nov church alongside ~ II was
ruined. The f0rllncatiOns on tho BAY
NJ San Franoisc0 ara virtually intact
the Mnf ana me AppraiserF build
ms STAND Al ihe Wpfk done fof tho
fndefai government indeed presented
"a nnn contrast 90 municipal ana sYen
90 puFain construction. because mo
element ~ gran 500 rkrlua'd ANA ihH
honest mortar upuu ihr absence Nf
Nhich in many insiHnrrH iVlHhftn a.
pNu commented $500 present
a ~ MEN 900 lIFhiNmFhis com
|pllri Az "a billion nI rtru hllf "a hil.
Don NJ dlllsIH Of rHp.iHi fuppplirl ~
professional OpHIHnH HHi hrni uluu %
Hlnn iNsuif lui tnn nnfirilNp "
Nllny rniruHlWl ihAi iie mair
Hfplni M Han flHnNlH.n. 40 ihr rsinnl
.plaDlNHmp rhNNil hN Hn4ulHnfi ah4
|ihr nuHnal NHinnnW restores. mos
husln0ss structures fhnull lfH ulHl
plnal Ani s9lll flln4ili'nf th4Nll