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front, which assures light on all sides, while
permitting a height limited only by consid-
erations Of economy in elevator service.
Only one Of the buildings now under
construction will have fewer than eighteen
stories. The new Singer Building will have
q tower rising to forty stories, and the build
ing OF the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany will also have a lofty tower. As planned
In these structures the tower Is virtually a new
feature, being designed for revenue rather
than for ornament. 1t Is In effect a building
placed oil top Of another. Its earning power
amply j~ustifes its cost. The tower plan
also admits Of IN economical disposition Of
the elevator space in a big structure. 1t Is
probable that hereafter variations OF the
plan will be used wherever sites Of consid-
cradle area are available. A corporation
owning a whole city block will no doubt in
future prefer for the purpose OF investment
a twenty-three or twenty-five story building
with q high central tower to any other
model. .
Downtown leases date from May I. Be-
AUS OF the huge sums Of money tied up
during the time Of construction every effort
Is being made 10 AVE the new buildings
ready for occupancy by the beginning of
May next year. Meanwhile agents for the
structures have been appointed and are
actively engaged in securing tenants.
Two-thirds Of the floor space in the Howard
Carroll Building, for instance, is said to have
been rented.
Work on the various structures continues
night and day, three shifts Of workmen fol-
lowing one another at eight hour intervals.
A months delay would mean a big loss in
renfa Ia and In intaraat M eooner are the
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United States Express Company BuildfHgg
at Rector street and Trinity place; the Trust
Company OF America Building, at 8; sl1
80 Wall street; the twin structures FOR the
Hudson Tunnel Company, on Church streets'
extending from Cortlandt to Fulton street,
the City Investing Building, at Broadwsys
Cortlandt and Church streets; the Howard
Carroll Building, covering the West street
block front between Cedar and Albany
streets; the addition to the Singer Buildings
at Broadway and Liberty street, and the
extension to the Whitehall Building, at
Battery place, West and Washington streets;
and the Wall-Exchange, the Seligman,
the Cookroft, the Royal Queen and the St.
Louis Mercantile Trust Company buildings.
The list does not include several construo.
tons for which sites below Fulton street
have been purchased but for which plans
have not yet been filed with the Building
Department.
For how large a population will these
fifteen skyscrapers with their 2,500,0 900
square feet of Of ioe space provided In other
words, what does their construction signify
with regard to business expansion Ia q
single district Of this town-the district
devoted to banking, brokerage and insur.
ance and to the management Of great In
dustrial and transportation corporations?
In one Of the big downtown buildings;
which has a population Of 1000, the offices
contain on an average 100 square feet,
and each Office has an average OF four
occupants. On this basis the new build.
ings should have 5000 offices, furnishing
room for 100000 people. Not all Of these
offices, however, will be a net gain; but
the old offices were certainly not moro than
one-ffth as numerous as the new. IL
seems reasonable to conclude that tho
new constructions under way In the finan-
cial district will produce a net increase OF
housing for 5000 or $4,000 people. Il h
difficult to appreciate the tremendous oon
centration OF wealth and population which
Is brought about by the multiplication Of
skyscrapers on q small area OF land. The
National Board Of Fire Underwriters has
figured out that the fire hazard In single
blocks downtown Is equal to that Of many
cities Of the second rank In the West.
Some idea Of the enormous traffic In che
skysoraper district may be obtained from
the fact that in q single day the elevators
In the Park Row Building carry as many
passengers as the entire street car system
Of, say, Nashville, Tenn. This was ao-
curately established by the superintendent
Of the building not long ago. Guards
were stationed at the entrances and every
person who came In received a ticket;
which was taken up by the elevator driver.
Thu tickets when counted at night showed
that more than 90, 900 persons had ridden In
the elevators during the day.
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The skyscrapers Of New York made an un-
favorable impression on Maxim Gorky,
He says they are rectangular and have
mo desire to be beautiful" As a mere
statement Of fact this proposition can
hardly be challenged: but 1. may be
doubted whether business buildings should
desire TO be beautiful. II 1t Ia a proper
canon OF architecture that all construc-
lions OF whatever type should in appear
anoe express the general character, Of the
use for which they are, intended, there
seems to be little room for display Of high
artistic qualities In buildings designed
exclusively for u~tilitarian ends.
Most people feel instinctively that the
flowers which the Russian novelist missed
'in the windows Of these business houses
would be out OF place. Architectural
In purely commercial surroundings. Any
one who views the skyscrapers OF New
York with this idea in mind will find much
to commend and his judgment must on the
whols be favorable.
Their design Is generally controlled
by good taste, coupled with absence OF
incongruities and Of i'll considered details.
This Ia particularly true Of the newer build
ings, for many experiments and some I'M
qualified failures were inevitable before
principles of design appropriate to tall
steel frame constructions could be evolved.
No doubt there Is at times q want OF har-
mony between neighboring buildings OF
the modern type, but lapses in this particu-
lar are not 80 common as might be expected
whore the municipal authorities are power
ess TO enforce uniformity.
In appearance the skyscrapers that are
now going up are far superior to the ugly
row Of low, unsanitary structures they
are ~displacing. They are at any rate de-
signed by trained architects, and the others
frequently were not. The world city that
Is rising on the site Of provincial New
York will be stately, impressive and whole
some, though 1t may not be altogether
beautiful.
The process OF reconstruction Is Just
now extraordinary in point Of magnitude
and character. 1t affects the larger part of
Manhattan, but Is especially noteworthy
In the downtown section. One must a in
mind that every business building which
existed in Manhattan sixteen years ago no
longer answers the requirements OF modern
busines methods
Steel frame construction wa intro
duced in 1889, beginning a new era in the
commercial housing of the city. Since then,
however, 80 many improvements have
been made in fireprooffng, sanitation, heat
ing, lighting, passenger elevators and
other matters that the early steel frame
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The terminal, including the twin super
structures, will cost $40, 900 900. 1t will be
perhaps the most frequented spot down
town. The tunnel railway will have a
carrying capacity Of 10, 200 passengers an
hour each way, and the offices over the
terminal will contain a day population
equal to that Of a good sized town.
The erection Of the United States Realty
Building on the block bounded by Broat-
way, Trinity place, Cedar street and Thames
street involves a change in the street plans
at that point. By arrangements with the
city the bed of Temple street has been decided
to the United States Realty Company and
will be built upon. Thames street has been
moved northward 30 as to give room for
q t~wenty-one story addition to the Trinity
Building. The United States Realty Build
ing will be Of the same height. This and
the enlarged Trinity Building are to be
alike in appearance and Of about the same
dimensions. They are owned by allied
interests and represent an investment Of
SIS, OO0, 900.
The addition to the Singer Building at
Broadway and Liberty street will be q
fourteen story structure. Its tower
Of forty stories will reach 6o4 feet above
the curb. The tower will be sixty-fve feet
square with q dome OF four stories sur
mounted by a cupola. Tower Offices above
the main structure will rent at Is q square
foot per annum. The addition to the Singer
Building will cost 81, SOC. 900.
On the south side Of Cortlandt street
between Broadway and Church street the
City Investing Company Is clearing the
ground for a $40 600, 900 building, One Of
the structures that are being torn down
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talking about sunbonnets. It's a heart-to-
heart chaw between a pair OF seminary
girls about what they're going to wear
at the graduation exercises.
sits the love making Of a pair Of mating
cave magpies. It's the Say, did YOU
never hear Of Steamy Burnham, the Cochise
f~reighterp
sFact Is, Steamy once put a New York
man in the Las Vegas Hospital for four
months Just by making a couple OF obser-
vations to one Of his muleo hat had cast
O shoe. The New York man was riding
on the seat while Steamy was in the saddle
on his rear mule.
when the mules shoe dropped Of In
the sand sieamy just hoped on his mule,
placed his hands comfortably on his hips,
cleared his throat, careiessiike, grfnned
pleasantly at the New York man on the
seat and relieved himself Of a few observas
tons that he had In his mind with regard
to mules that couldn't wait TO cast their
shoes till they got somewhere near a camp.
The New York man was hearty looking,
with a good, rlddy skin, but after listening
TO Just eight OF Steamy's preliminary and
Introductory words he turned pale and
began to culver and shake.
Not noticing this, Steamy, turning to
the mule with the dropped shoe, continued
his remarks In the low, even tone that he
always employed on such occasions. The
mule shuddered considerably himself as
Steamy introduced q few new ones, and
thcn SteAmy heard a thump In the wagon.
The New York man had toppled right
backward from the seat.
= satearnv had to waste q quart or so Of
precious water a-throwing IL over the New
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structures nave themselves become anti
quated and some Of them have already been
marked for demolition. 1t Is probably
safe to say that few downtown buildings
erected more than ten years ago are re-
garded as permanent.
A similar situation Is present In the resi-
denoe districts. There private houses are
being torn down in large numbers to make
way for fireproof apartments and model
tenements. Perhaps no array Of statistics
can impart 80 vivid an idea Of the city's
marvellous growth in population and indus
try as can the knowledge that, while build
ing activity is extending outward in every
direction in the wake Of new transit facili-
ties, it Ia at the same time sweeping clear
and reimproving a large part Of the central
borough.
As much property is being destroyed as
would be the case were the city visited by
q great confiagration, but 1t Is being de-
stroyed in the interest Of pr ogress. No
doubt this ceaseless tearing down and
building up is largely responsible for the
impression OF restlessness and ruthless
energy which New York makes on visitors
from abroad.
The reconstruction movement under way
III Inc uibtIiCt sOutn Ot CuitOn btT0ct lS CspC-
cially noteworthy. Plans have been perfected
for the erection in that limited area Of If
teen tall Office buildings at a total cost Of
$40 0o, 900. The aggregate amount Of rent
able Office space which they will provide 10
$500, 900 square feet. The most active recon-
struotion period until now was that from
1899 TO 1902, inclusive. During that entire
period only twelve tall buildings we're
erected, and the amount Of rentable space
which they provided was l,bOo, 900 square
feet. 1t is interesting to note that while
the average number OF stories In the build
ings then erected was seventeen, the aver
age now Is twenty-three.
The tendency Is not only toward greater
height, but toward larger ground area. A
few years ago IL was generally believed
that the extreme limit OF height had been
reached in Office building construction and
that in future structures Of moderate eleva-
ton would be preferred.
1t had been discovered that owing to the
multiplication of tall buildings owners
Of the latter were obliged to protect their
light and air by the purchase OF expensive
adjoining property. Inasmuch rs a tall
structure required the protection Of a three
or four story building next door, 1t was ar
gued that the sites OF both buildings might
have been covered with a single structure
Of moderate height, say, a dozen stories.
However, q way out Of the difficulty has been
found by building on larger plots, plots
comprising either an entire square or a block
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laid than the steel skeleton is

foundations laid than the steel skeleton is
begun.
Behind the steel workers come the masons,
placing the tile that forms the floor and in
cases the steel frame. When the last beam
is swung into place the structural work is
practically completed. The feat Is accom-
plished by the time cold weather sets in,
leaving the interior work to be done in the
winter.
1t is interesting to observe hat a majority
Of the new skyscrapers are west Of Broad
way. Until this year few people expected
that the financial and brokerage business
would ever grow to such proportions as to
call for tall office buildings there. The
district east Of Broad way has already for
the most part been rebuilt. 1t centres
around the Stock Exchange, the presence Of
which caused 1t to be first reconstructed.
The westerly district, on the other hand,
has remained neglected, chiefly because
1t was regarded as too remote from the
Stock Exchange. Trinity Church and its
churchyard break the connection between
the two neig~hborhoods, with the result that
land brings $500 a square foot east Of Broad
way and 500 west Of Broadway.
At present nine big office buildings are
under erection there, as against six east
OF Broadway.
Some Of the new constructions are worth
special mention. The Hudson and Man
haitian Company's tunnel terminal Is with
out doubt the most remarkable. The
station will be underground, extending
two blocks in length on the west side of
Church street, from Cortlandt to Dey.
Over the station will be two twenty story
office buildings, separated by Dey street.
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stride when that husky looking young car
penter, becoming lottery, sat down on a pile
OF lumber and began to clutch at his hair with
his hands. He had q fine head OF tight,
curly, brownish hair, but when he olutched
at it while Steamy stood there cussing in
that even tone OF his. blamed II two handouts
of the tight, curly hair didn't come right
out In the husky young carpenters hands.
sThe rest Of the hair was all loose, too;
and the zephyrs that stole along blew every
bit Of It from his scalp, leaving him as bald
as he was the day he came into the world.
The carpenter was 50 sore over the loss OF
his hair that he picked up q ohisel with
which 10 attack tho sstonishsd steamy.
He wa too weak to get to his feet and
use the chisel. and Steamy. feeling genu-
inely sorry for the carpenter, mounted his
rear mule and drove Of.
sThe cook Of o sheep ranch at q ehearing
was framing up, as q particular treat. q fine
mess Of cornstaroh pudding for the shearers
one day when Steamy happened along.
While lighting his pipe steamy, not seeing
where he was going, walked into tho out
standing tongue OF the cook wagon and
tumbled over II on his head, while the nre
from his pipe sprinkled over his shirt and
burned MIN.
-steamy picked himself up, brushed the
sparks from his flannel shirt, picked up his
pipe, reflled It. lit IL and got 1t going right,
and then, sitting down on a soap box, started
to uncoil the ideas that were In him with
respect to people. meaning himself, who
didn't know enough to walk around without
falling over things.
sonly half q minute before the camp cook,
who was stirring that big, fine mess Of corr.
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Irish Language In Church.
From the Edinburgh Reriee.

from me BdtnbuF6H NttTet,
This year, perhaps for the first time aimee
Queen Eliyabeth's day, q service was read
In Irish at st. Patrlck's Cathedral In Dublin.
Ten years ago any man who had predicted
such a thing would have been counted Q
lunatic: to-day many will resent Il. Yet
none the Ess II IL n sign Of a growing feeling
that tho Church OF ireland, III In to justify
It's title, cannot shut itself of from the pa.
muoh neglected language and literature has
Given ecope In more ways thansthis for the
meeting OF ancient opposltes.
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a Right BeeInnInR-Let the Good
Work Co On.

On a platform that is commends-
BILE in that it takes bold stand for
the maiptenance Of good government
in Colorado and IN support of the
patriotic course pursued by the state
supreme court IN upholding the
hands Of the executive, the nomina-
tions made by the republican state
convention yesterday are without
flaw and will meet with the approval
of the entire party and of good citi-
zens. Now let the good work go on
to the end that ticket Of the very
best oslibre, standing on courage
GUS platform, shall be presented to
the voters.
The nomination Of Mr.. Bent for
the choice of treasurer is we'll de-
served tribute to man who has
made . first class record as state
auditor. Two such clear-cut charac-
ters as those possessed by Messrs.
Stewart and Bent are incentive to
the party and its future success
Denver Republican.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-09-19
The Joseph Newman Co.

1t is alwsy pleasure to announce
the coming of the Joseph Newman
Company, for it means another even,
ing of delightful songs. music and
little PLAYS. Mr.. Newman has a
field in the show line that seems to
be peculiarly his own. He couldn't
head grand opdra company il he
tried. As an actor, he probably
ranks with those whom we confess
to play a minor part. But so does
Riley, as a poet; so did Gene Field,
and so in a measure do all those who
with simple jest, gentle and tender
pathos and sympathy, play lightly
land sweetiy upon our heatstrings
And it is these quiet touches, after
'alI. tbst do more for US than the
er1se tragedy, the fight of oratory
he display of pomp and blare OF the
O. e,ster stage.
sp Mr.. Newman comes to us each
sea. ,oC,, and everyone is glad to see
him. He always has the happy
faculty. of gathering around him
bevv of artists in their line, and his
performn ices are always smart.
With him again this season are Miss
Inez Brown pianist, and Miss Car
lotto R;xIe, violinist, both of whom
are most favo rsbly known here. The
s;,,ar tb;s 40, son will be Miss Greta
Rost. who ha rich unique con-
tra,to vo;ce of unusually low range,
suited to drarnsA tc singing. Among
her selections VIII be peculiar wierd
song "Tne Haunt of the Witches,'
and Greene's tend er lullaby "Sing
me to Sleep which, will be given
with iolin obligetc.
The ii tile comedies this year will
be "Firs Aid to the Injured" and
"Woman s. Proper Place." neither OF
which ha } ever been presented mere
by Mr.. Newman or any one else
Thew are bright, smartly-written up
to-dste CO, nedies IN which there is
quiet vein of humor that is daioty
and rehn ed ''Woman's Proper
Place. mu st be seen to be appre-
ciated. II ,e engagement will be FOL
one even in, only at the Lamar oPera
house, S att lrday, Sept. %. Reserv
ed seats may be secured at box office
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-09-19
The Scramble In the Democratic
Camp.

There is something intensely pa
thetic in the democratic situation in
Colorado. Let it be granted for the
sake of argument that the allied
forces bearing the imprint OF the
democrat donkey's hind foot, could
carry the state of Colorado. Demo =
Gratis themselves are going on that
assumption, and basing their calcu-
lations on this promise they have d.
vided up into several parties, each
believing that it can get something
from the plum tree.
First there is the Patterson ticket,
with Alva Adams at the head. This
is the ticket which nominated Judge
Seeds for the Supreme Bench.
Judge Seeds is a frie nd of the West
ern Federation of Miners. This
stamps the ticket as that of the So
cialists and anarchists.
Second, there is little Benny Lind
sew. He did not know for a long
time Just what he would do. he
said once he would support Adams.
Then his "frier.ds," among them the
unspeakable Denver Post, told him
that he must run for governor. He
has announced tn at he will run inde-
pendently.
Third, there is that other branch
of the democratic party, the social
ist, with William d. Haywood at its
head. Mr.. Hay wood, the brains OF
the "inner circle" of the Western
Federation, is awaiting trial for MUIR
der in Boise, Idaho. But he Is IN
the running for the goyernshlP'
Fourth, Jim Burus has announc-
ed that he will run on separate
labor ticket for the office OF Cover
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Asuccessful Amp.utation

The democratic party, on the ad-
vice of Doctor Patterson, has cut of
it's right arm in Denyer. The SPeer
machine has for years BEEN the ei-
fective organization in Den yer, and
is the only agency that pr revented
the republicans from coming into
power long ago before they dill 1t
embraces not only the workers of the
party, who get out the votes, bu al
so the strongest men In the part Y
such men as CHARLES j. Hughes, II
@. Stimson, Jacob Fillius, Char. les
S. Thomrs. Thomas F. DAILY, Clay b.
Whitford, A. B. Mckinley al ID
others. The Democratic conveI1tio L
virtually told these men that thel
are traitors to the party principles
and that their influence and tn cir
votes are not wanted.
Hereafter the sole decision as o
party regularity is in the hands o
Patterson. What he says is law,
and nothing else is. He is absolute
boss. Nobody has even the right
to advise him: He is the whole
works. What the democratic party
will do with such a head, and with
out its strongest and most respect
able members. remains to be seen.
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N ay Valley.

The rainy weather is delaying
threshlng and the third crop of al
falfa haying.
E. r. Hobbs started for q tour OF
Idaho Thursday, where he will look
into some of the lately reclaimed
valleys by irrigation. He expects to
invest largely while the opportunity is
open to get in on the ground floor.
The large ranch property here has
Dbeen leased to E. j. Wagner for u
number of years.
Scarcely half the track on the May
Valley spur is laid and no indica-
tions of commencement OF the beet