The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-15
VIEWED THE RUINS 1.
VIM. Lindsey Tells Of the Material
That Stood the Strain

VIM. Lindsey Tells Of the Material
That Stood the Strain
VIM. Lindsey, the marble man of
this city, and who probably knows
more regarding the virtues OF building
material than any man in this State,
has returned from trip to San Fran
cisco, where he went with the intent
OF viewing the wreckage and also
Investigating the materials that stood
both earthquake and fire. Mr.. Lind
sey, furnished a great deal OF the
fine materials that went toward con-
structing the best buildings IN San
Francisco. In the Mills building con-
siderable travetine was used from his
quarry in Mono county. He also
furnished considerable Nevada marble
for buildings that have been construct
ed with fine finish. In most cases
this class of material went with the
fire or was shattered with the quake
In speaking OF his observations he
said:
The new San Francisco will be
concrete city. This material has prov
en- its worth. Concrete where it was
reinforced with steel stood the te st
OF 10th bameS ali. quake. Fire does
rot SKATER tins i..ade material and It's
value as d l....l.:lng product is an
criterce that III rlust realize ,iG
confess.
The granite and marble buildings
went like cheap wooden structures.
In the great hills building, which
was one of the finest buildings in the
city there is not piece of marble a
| foot square left. The fire shattered
it. Granite acted the same way. The
minute the intense heat struck the
walls they crumbled split and fell to
| pieces. These materials are beautiful
to look upon but are not the stock
to put into buildings where there is
| chance for a great fire.
AT the Fairmont the great build
| ing stood the shock and re better
than was anticipated. 1t was not the
building Immediately surrounding the
| great structure that set It afire, but
the tremendous heat from the fires
above it. The heat at the upper
| stories was so intense that the men
stationed to protect the structure were
driven away. The heat was carried
up and this is what destroyed many
of the tall buildings as in the case
of the Fairmont This building can
be replaced at comparatively small
cost, and its owners anticipate being
again under cover by the middle of
October
The new postoffice building while
it was saved from fire. shows the
effect of the earthquake. The mass.
i've granite stone is cracked in a
hundred places The cracks instead
OF following the morton seems, as
would be the supposition, went
through in a hundred places. They
can be eaced from top to bottom
The present cost OF repair is calcu
lated at $4,000, but from what
could see it will exceed this figure
In all counted twenty-six build
ings that can be remOdled. They
are all somewhat damaged, but cal
be replaced at comparatively small
cost The great Call building stoot
the shock as well as any building i,
the city This is made of sand ston
and it's value as building materia
cannot be spoken of too highly. Thi
building when the windows are il
place will look as good as the da.
it was built.
Concrete is to be the buildin:
factor in new San Francisco. 1t is nov
proposed to build with reinforced con
crete. When such building is cor
structed with steel frame back O
it and asbestos between floors an,
other projections such as are show
to be needed, San Francisco will b
the model city of the world, an
these buildings are going to be bui!
as clearing has started and materis
} is being ordered. The disaster is
/ terrible affair but it means the mode
ing OF the greatest c,ty in the Union.