The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-24

Americans arc to have hand in IT."
work o. making Kingston. The partly
ruined capital o. jamaica. CrcHtor and
sal"r. ,ays Il special TO IN" Savannah
Meas. This j. one of the results 81
1Ec scientific exposition, headed by
Prof. Charles Wilson Brown, III" well
known z,eOIoG;sr. which started fOI
Jamaica aS soon after the earth
GEGk" is plans could be perfected and
which has Just returned nome loaded
down with facts. figures and hOnOrS.
This compliment paid Ia the Am"rl
can expedition is regarded ~ the 81,
max Of the reaction following the
Swcttcnham outbreak The honor aaS
entirely unsGught by the visiting
scientists II was rather thrust upoa
them by those who Wcr" apparent y
"l.id IF an OppOrIunity Ia secur" -
lcrt opinion regarding Il difficult sit;ra
ton: and besides. il reflected the 20?
ular sentiment which condemned
SWcttCnham 5 action
While the expedition WAS conduct
ing its .invcStigdriOn intOth" Ctus" and
cffccr of the catacIvSTn. VI !ch WAS III"
most disastrous one experienced II
that Gusky region since the seven
DESTROYED the local government sol!
CitOr and others concerned IN TIE
drafting of new aud more SUltabi-
highway and building laws in KINGS
ton. consulted with Prof Brown. who
recommended wider streets AMI tho
adoption Of strictcr regulations 20
,erHInc building materials and the ojyl
of architecture.
The expedition turned out to be {
remarkable enterprise owing 20 n.
: circumstance that ii was the only O.if
kOrganized to make Il scientific stuGE
'Of the tremendous upheaval Prof
iBrOUn reports that owing to the faU.tN
construction Of many Of the kin4a
ten buildings. ,iuc. 10 the HSc Of H. :Cf
foundations nut together with poo.
mortar. and the further mistake 81
Having out exceedingly narrow streets
Tho destruction of. both life and prop
icrty by the earthquake WAS much -
lvCrer than. TO judge by the intensity
iof the shock. should have occurred
1.-THE well-built. frame houses in re
!CapitaIs suffered only Il slight. interior
damage. such asSthe! cracking of plaI
ter. The white ants which inf"St
Kingston .and SOmctOtheT parts Of the
island are arrealIy dangerous foe I;
the foreign woods generally" used fol
! building purposes, hut this difficulty
scientist believes, can be overcome y
supporting frame structures cithel' on
cement or on well constructed bro
piers. Kingston. like San Francisco
has learned by costly experience Thai
reinforced concerto is also 4 highly
servicea BILE material fer foundations.
This part which the expedition
. plaved In the work of rccOnStrTciiu:
, now going on in Jamaica WAS quite in
cidental to the main purpose of. tn
venture. which was TO- gather material
bearing on the origin and transit Oi
tn" earthquake. The expedition was
PLANNED just As soon as il hcCam,
evident that the disaster was one a"
extraordinary proportions ProfcssO
brown. who led the expedition. Is
member of the STAFF of the Unite,
States, geological Survey. and in tina
Capacitv has made It special study q
earth foundations in the NeStel
Hemisphere
So far as observations of the offcc
of the earthquake arc concerned. III
CNpcditiOn WAS remarkably successful
The origin of the earthquake. how
over. remains q mystery. Jamaica lie
in an earthquake belt embracing abOu
a. pCr.Ccnt of the regions subject T,
seismic Disturbances This partiCu
lar belt extends through rhc Ncdit"I
rarran and Carrihcau seas ami rhel
little westward toward the Pacific