The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-12-19
A Faulty Building
Methods.

mouse IN washington mas arouseu
the building departments OF our
several cities. Great activity pre-
walls and there will undoubtedly
ensue some drastic regulations forI
the handling Of that peculiarly
hazardous system of construction.
No other form sof building has
left such a trail of blood and
property loss as this and it is
something Of wonder that any
thing that is so distinctly expert
mental and dangerous should be
allowed at all.
The records show that in old
Rome, when they used concrete
construction in their larger build
ings, a protest was made to Nero
by the conservative element in
his encourage against the use Of
that material because its acct
dents and collapses caused SO
many deaths among the slaves
that worked upon those
buildings it was feared
those workmen would mu-
thy. Since the revival Of
concrete construction within
the past ten or twelve years there
has been some very successful
work done, but, on the other hand
collapsing dams, leaving reser-
voirs and cracking retaining
walls have become so common
that it is a wonder that a reput-
able engineer would undertake
the employment Of that material.
Its questionable behavior urder
ire has been fully shown in Palti-
more and San Francisc and in
the awful catastrophe at the Iro-
quois theatre il Chicago. It's
other very grave danger is that
buildings of it are so susceptible
to collapse, particularly when
nearing or just reaching compile
ton. In 1900 a great bridge in
Paris collapsed on account of that
faulty construction; in Madrid, in
1902, another concrete structure
collapsed, killing nearly three
hundred people; November 20
1902, the Paddington apartment
house in Chicago collapsed, kill
ing one man. In 1903 there Were
many and fatal collapses Of rein
forced concrete buildings. Febru
airy 3, highway bridge at Tren'
ton; February S, the Lawrence
Savings and Trust Bank Building
at New Castle, Pa, one man killec
March %, floors of the johnson
Service Building at milwaukee,
collapsed-this building was mos
! carefully superintended and wal
apparently of the most perfec
materials. May,t Peavy grain
elevators at Duluth, Mimi, col
lapsed after being in evident sue
cessfnl operation for months Ma!
5, collapse in Dayton Arcade Co
Building at Dayton, o., seriousl!
injuring one man; June, secon'
collapse in the North Homestead
School Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
October 3, collapse of concret
factory building Of Will & Bau
mer. Green Point, N. Y, one ma
killed; October 80, collapse in tn
new Courthouse at La Crosse
Wisconsin; November 20, cOllaps
in the Clarke County Court Ilous
Clarke County, ILL.,. December
collapse in the Carnegie Library
Binghamton, ~ 'Y.-an especial
strong reinforcement and mos
carefully superintendent buildin
~; December 10, the Wing an
Bostwick department store, Corr
Ing. y. T.; December 20, Norma
Street School Building Bostol
Mass. December 4, the Belletiel
Apartment Building, Pittsburi
ten concrete floors collapsed, xii
inc several workmen and endanI
ering the lives of two-hundre
and fifty others; December 8, I'll
Mott Iron Co.'S, new plant, Trel
ton, n. j., killing two men. Til
building was just completed an
under test and the test caused tt