The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
Taking Rest on an Upright of New
stvscraper 800 Feet Above the Earth.


= IA Metropolitan tower had ever been erected
y sand as z sightseeing marvel there would
e, record record breaking crowds gaping over the con-
4, ~ onr Of the chief wonders Of this most won
an As il is, built in our hurrying, work-a-
sis ii gets but passing notice,
IL dsy stop for half an hour beneath It's shad-
n Ink NO at il as it pierces the sky-look up
~ Of IT, Consider the great girders beams,
a and struts that make its grand framework,
rs-y on story from a foundation weight of
lbs a single girder till they look on high like
n iny tracerv-
f,l Of the awful strain and stress of them, the
RING strength of them, the century enduring
4 them. and then give a thought to the human
sk placed them there, swung them. turned
n them and riveted them there, swarmlng over
riugng, clutching, climbing, walking over
n story by story, up, up. till the last dizzy.
beam was anchored fast fifty stories and
isnded feet above Your. secure, earth-stepping
/rrk OF the top man on that last beam, with only
Feb Asnge between his feet and a sickenng
rs drop Of seven hundred feet-think of him
"A nin on his lips and comical wink In his
N qiye him full credit for the grit in his heart,
Ee il you Ike, walk over 10 Vandewater street
4 hyto the corner hotels and boarding houses
ny anchorage OF the Brooklyn bridge and take a
gtn.
|nEt is one bright. particular star in the sky
/rs armament, above him constantly. whether
IEirging to the cable Of towering bridge or tip
4 beam on the fftieth story-that is the star Of
|t'y young fellows, nearly all of them. and
|ktae in luck. fate or whatever You may call it.
Ehw grow old-if they do grow old-thev lose
|t;htence, but they are not sky Shippers rhcn-
IL i but once-and that on the ground as quick
Il air. said one Then be went on to tell me
|1E Billy Schroeder, out in Ohio who had
W. killed by fall OF eleven feet. And I fell
-<fgtt ya.s - j. sszn
FCirOina, and ouly got my chin scratched Fell
bff sand on my hands and knees-ca slump I
~ not bone broken-1ust my stomach up
t'n the foundation girders to the fifty second
Flsd take of my hat to the builders of that
ND he mot an accident on it, not even a
| " you call that luck7''
Eh" sad he, hesitatingly. "Tbey're getting
careful nowadays-and we had good bell
good deal depends on him. Yes, they re get
POINTING at the building on the old Fifth
ioiel site-tbey call cightceu.story buildings
gas now-''they killed man last week. -
~ t nne piece of work, th erection of fifty
|ssE t9wer above crowded square of streets
accident to those above or below, There were
iitoT escapes however.
": ey drift pin weighing about three pounds,
4 ahhoeently of plank on the ffticth story.
~ 1t vent hurting out into the air-on, out and
~ nfoodway car it swung into the curve in
nlns f!atron building. 1t shot through the
we ear like cannon ball and buried itself in
E,.n,na nsr fSklnnng the side Of suit case owned
ooolng lady passenger.
m nT.a 70 the tower did not know Of the occur
IN rsVhy Wy inspector, roundeyed, came rushing
|ElSi an y mem; mem; and then they saw the line of
4 fu Nv ~ rue street. An architect estimated the
ts .n5 Of this high falling bolt as equal to that
|in,, a. 1alf weight an inch from the ground.
n, fos., y doly bar weighing forty pounds, fell
ipm;ss.:ehth STORY down to the twelfth, where
beam, bent like a rainbow ard top
|oS iii y, over on an adjoining roof 81 saw
M. e 'e.a Inc man responsible 'and right in line
"a Wvlat or bakery with lot of people
Ia - ;sr,lt neaIt was IN my mouth, and when she
IA Ia 1:aIlIAeo on my hat and went home
',,. ss nSseyak along the street side of the Madi.
Ia a. .i;sesoyteriau church there was until re-
,sorv ,snt or heavy maui that fell from the
|si6sS' ,.a ~ Icbounded high above the heads Of
marble. anu '"'ppeu away 'arge
81 s;s Sas day derrick broke and went down,
'f7p X" !" nngc stone and q section Of thc
;ik lesD. eau one was hurt below, but there were
of dangss TO safety above from Just hair's s
ala orn see plank busting
ns WIZ wSoIa nan, 'and | ran along steel beam
alhe otSas Snole sidewalk, A 'pusher' standing by
tsht md. way, toward DR.. Parlshurst's church
E 'he plank and lust missed it by an
meI anG rld You run that way. Billg' said I when
\ Oh weIi I'VE were breathing easy
hipbt ~ SAD he. i thought | was done for
8tyen;sssSe ss well run for the church and make
|ssk 'TTent Telntt for a fuueral!''' -
I7tcp al iIat hit is the sky skipper's goddess, the
"a iho ;oh ,s song, 90 We Never Say Die Luck
EpolsottsD tDp, and-if grim Death does perchance
lcps IN mn. MN. That, day and night, is the up.
iIs,a 10 his secret soul.
gisss are other factors
Lllt of fSaus nus are bad said one man ''They
fm see 'ono,e and kill many a good man
bgslher Sooa men watch one another-and
Xthl and ~ = Oh Know that and YOU feel safe-and
II ,qpd r'headed- But let green man get
,eG hapnaunu. you get nervous-and pretty soon
p9a, and ine ,l Williamsburg bridgc-only four
,DYdy cou,d ,,dnree eee, OF them by a derrick falling,
AlAla bTiaa br;a.. help. Aud now take the Black
Ald out ~ ua "a green man IS job. Sixty-seven
se, opeso Oo ,tnose hlg steel works going up at
S!p are tboso" e"cS average a man day
Io2lurs-nanaelsc green men 20
II ont .hn,;I-y They re used to climbing and
~ ufe.rpco ~ 'o not used TO iron, and there s a
Kl there's tot"ecn boat and bridge. -
~ ai tho J Jeu" ioremal-another factor,
Esoels il e.sseY power house of the new North
n gedt-not 'orfman with remarkable record
Eeght yeiys Il single accident to his men in
IVA with b;a to talk with this mau. He has
E2tsblc n,at .o trade and up with it. and his pres
,@ brdprm.. IS clear proof of what the sober,
~ Tho otbcr tbl;h ~ can do. Even while [ talked
EouDger tb. SIDE of tho picture was presented
T'e him w;iL ne but broken with drink stand
VIA avcrtcd head and ncrvously ap.