The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
AN IRON SKYSCRAPER,
Marvellous Method In Rearing the
lowering Structure.
MAGIC OF ITS MECHANISM.

ting Together of a Modern American
Wateh-Simply a Matter of Assem-
bling the Various Members"
On the twentieth floor of a towering
Office building in lower New York a
young man sat at roll top desk talk
ing into telephone. He was a clean
shayen, clean collared young man, with
gray eyes and cool, dry, even voice.
1t was Il sunny Office, with an admira-
Bile rug on its oaken floor, and from its
windows you could see over into New
Jersey. The young man at the desk
was the general superintendent of a
company which Dads "skyscrapers,'
Rnd he was performing the functions
Df his Office
What report on those beamsH' he
gas asking. 1here was some reply.
How many men have your" he in
uired and then presently remarked:
We'll. make it 610." Then he turned
b the reporter who had come to ask
him how big buildings are erected
But the telephone claimed him again.
nd again he asked:
''What report?' and to the reply an
aounced:
''The masons must catch up by
Wednesday. This is final Goodby."
70 turned again to the reporter, and
tie reporter asked:
How do you put up skyscraperp
Nbe cool, clean faced superintendent
ted across to New Jersey for sec
neH and said
The building of an iron constructed
Fscraper is huge counterpart of the
Mllding of modern American watch
4 Is simply a matter of assembling
|Aa parasitic members we call them.
1be fact is that little of the real work
Is lone on the site of the building at
aIE as in the old days of stone con-
6tkuction. Broadly speaking, the dig
ging OF the cellar and the sinking of
ca Sons in order to lay a bed for the
iNonWork comprise most of the engi-
n ing done on the spot. The rest we
az ~ the Office
What is the advantage of iron con-
n etion, aside from it's having made
bkyscraper possible? Is it stron-
~
d; it's cheaper"
BIT you have to use stone anyway.
H0e would think that the added ex-
E of the ironwork, say, on a com
lively small building would in
be the cost"
isn't material that costs = it's
You see, in putting up an iron
ruction building everybody can
at once-excavators, craftsmen,
& mills, ironworkers, masons,
bers, finishers and all Suppose
PINE here and tell us you want to
$10O00,000 on building to take
ace of a big stone hotel. To as
b the shape and dimensions of
e is of course easy. This done,
IN the diagram over to an archi-
He does the aesthetic part of
ork, and we don't bother much
i'm after we get his ground and
Elevations, though of course we
~ close practical touch with him.
now, as soon as we close the
18th you-not a week afterward,
! tbs very next day-we are tearing
ne old building, the architect is
:, ag out his floor plans, and we
ring, with your assistance, how
j. mach eight each floor will have TO
q And all the while this is being
DIS one odF superintendent are arranging
gh Cd on men, ironworkers, masOns
nd IS he rest of the labor. At the
- zane ae our foundrymen and quarry
tc en planning to be in readiness to
" alU terial when 1t is needed. In
To- lel arything moves forward stimuli
nea
fta Is the first step of actual con-
atAanP'
rs, K1 Het the architects finished
~. HNH Nan away from him. He dear
continually to make changes
'i"e nd of the work. AS soon as we
ground plan we can tell by
cor BE- Of the future building just
he uprights are to go and SO
4th shall have to sink our cais-
santime we have found what
IN lh upright will have to carry
know the sort of foundation
eture each will require. By
va! we get the final ground plan
alton is so well under way
yeIl pm work may begin, and we
lOdg et our craftsmen to making
ches for the guidance of the
street man. This is what meant
that the real construction of
Ia big building is done in the
GU make a drawing of every
Ter and upright to be used,
los dimension calculated to the
be an inch 'and every rivet
d Ale1 led as to place and size to a
aere is a separate drawing
ne of these MEMBERS and
nbered. The drawings are
POLLING mill and there repro
- teel When a member Is
0 lb the rolling mill it Is num-
respond with the drawing.
ID u nee. we want a beam with