Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-06
Elaborate Exhibit Showing Char.
aoter and Formation is
Being Prepared.
NEWS LETTER FROM GOTHAM.
Some Interesting Gossip of Events and
Happenings in Americas Fore
most Sky-Scraper City.

hlbit, showing the character and form
alton of the great bed OF rock known
as Manhattan Island, is being prepared
at the museum OF natural history un-
der the supervision Of DR.. i. o. HOvey,
who is in charge OF the geological de-
partment. BY means ol behring's taken
from deep excavations, specimens al
ready obtained show the formation of
the island at y depth OF $50 feet, and,
within q short time, twice this depsh
Win be shown.
Specimens obtained, so far from
depth OF $50 feet, have been secured
from sections of the island lying be-
tween Liberty street on the south and
Sventy-1ourIn street oil the north.
w haze specimens from IL depth OF from
90 to lVQ feet were obtained readily
from excavations toT big buildings, at
was Impossible LoT a lons tame 10 aud
out the rock formation at u greater
depth line invention Of the plnnger
type OF elevator removed the dllIi-
oulty.
E.levat tors of this type now are be-
Ing used generally IN the new sky
serapers- The car is raised by a huge
beam, usually lO inches or loot iu
diameter. When the car Ia at the bot
tom OF its shaft the raising beam is
%nea thed in a straight bore which goes
down into the earth at u distance equal
10 the height OF the building. 1t the
ear has TO travel 800 yleet from the
basement TO The top floor, chen the
raising beam must run 500 feet into
the earth below the building, and 10
1eet more to permit the working OF
the machinery that raises the BEAM
Specimens from q depth OF $50 leet
We're obtained first from under the
ground on which the big Ansonla
apartment hotel was built, but specl-
mems from a depth of $50 feet WIN be
obtained In short time from he
heath the site of the big Singer build
ing, which Is being constructed in
lower Broadway. The borings for these
pIunser elevators are made with hol-
low drll and the core comes out in
solid cylindrical pieces of rock 10 40
Is feet long.
AN of the specimens so far obtained
from the lower strata under Manhat-
tan Island are OF the class of rock
known as mica shista," This indi-
Gates 20 biologists that this section
OF the United States in the past ages
went through it's period OF earthquake
and volcanic disturbances and that any
Further trouble of this sort, like thac
which visited San Francisco year
QSOs ~ lllOSN ualllhtlys
HISTORIC BUILDING
The oyerhauling Ut that historic
building known as Fraunces' Tavern
Il nearly complete and. on May 1, the
restored structure win be opened by
the Sons of the Revolution as the
headquarters of the society and as. a
public museum of historic antiquities
This famous old building. at the
nF "A
in many respects more interesting
than any other structure in old New
York. IL was there In the Long
room that Washington bade farewell
TO his generals at the close OF the
Revolutionary WAT and II was there
during the colonial and revolutionary
days that countless epoch-nlnRins
mee tings and social functions We're
held.
on two occasions the building was
nearly destroyed by fire, after which
IL passed through various yiclssitndes
and was, for tir1e- so-called Raines
Law hotel Finally about a year ago
il came into the hands OF the Sons OF
the Revolution, who employed archi-
tects AMI builders 10 restore the build
ing to the same form in which II was
known In Its earliest historic days.
The Tavern. when re-opened May l..
will look as nearly like 1t did when
It is possible for architects and anti
auarians 10 make 1t. All OF the old
oak beams In the house have been
preserved, including the oak floor of
the room In which Washin gton made
his farewell address. Holland brick
and pieces OF lumber OF the original
building, as far as possible, have been
left in place
IT'S new owners believe that II amy
one OF our former citizens OF the year
1883 should pass the structure now
he would notice no change
ENEMIES OF THE OYSTER.
Among the recent additions TO the
tanks at the Aquarium arc n large
mum Der of little snail like shellhsh,
which visitors are often amazed 10
learn constitute ono of the American
oysters greatest enemies.
Every child who has ever visited the
soashore in the summer time has col
fected hundreds of the pretty brownish
or ashy undulated shells Innocent
as ;he drilf looks. for that Is tho name
It has earned for Itself. 1t Is one OF the
most injurious sea enemies OF the
oyster, So important Is 1t In the
destructive class that it hos come UNI
der the consideration of the govern
ment authorities who are planning
TO take steps 20 prevent the eytermina-
tion of Americh's famous bivalVe,
The oyster has three great enemies.
First comes man. who seeks only the
full-grown bIyalvc. IL Us his aim to
protect and noursh the young oys-
tiers until they grow to an edible slso,
The two other enemies are the drill
and the starfish, They are nos SO dis
eliminating. The starfish wraps 1T
self a bout an oyster with its Ave arms
and eventually pulls II apart and de-
YOURS It.