Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
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Highest you may make your nd
Ideal or mlnistraton as business
Civic Life. like us possible; you may
improve your public
schools until every child In the com
munity has a complete education; you
may bcautify your city until it dlms
the glory of Athens and Venice, but
YOU will not have the highest type of
civic life unless the citizens are filled
with the spirit of Jesus Christ. You
are the light of the world!' Let your
light so shine tAat men may see your
works and glonfy your Father which
is tn heaven. In the light OF this
teaching we must reconstruct our
American Ideals We people of the
church of Jesus Christ have been too
self-centered We have not realized
what the church should mean in the
city The church Is a place from
which the city should be ruled by
Christian men intent upon seeing
Christ enthroned in the market place
and the city hall; place from which
power dynamic energy issues TO con-
troll the tides of humun life. Keep out
of politics" cry the politicians, Hands
off of busiuess!" say business men. In
redeem the city, I should like to know
why. That cry is the cry Of fear. II
there is anything in politics or in busl-
ness which cannot stand the light
which streams from the teachings of
Jesus Christ, that thing is evil and It
must be destroyed.-Rev.N n. NJ. Hall,
of Springfield. Mass.
What Is n A building to he fireproof
Fireproof IN the true sense must be
Building, able TO resist the appllca-
ton OF water during the
progress OF a fire This Is Il factor
perfectly understood by engineers and
experts but frequently overlooked by
the layman. The iron or steel columns
supporting a many stored structure
may be encased with a material, terra
Gotta, for instance. which viii stand
the most severe ordeal of laboratory
furnace, but which, when hot, will dis
integrate and wall away If drenched
with water, thus exposing steel and
iron to the flames, ultimately causing
their destruction and the collapse of
the entire structure. That Is why
modern engineering science defines
the tireproof building as a structure
not only capable of resisting fire, but
one in which the supporting members
are protected by q fireproof covering
tion Of water when intensely hot.
Therefore, to be really flreproof, as
the term is used in this day every
part of a building must not only be
of non combustible material, but every
vital member must be protected by an
outer covering of the character
described 1t is of the highest i'm
portance that there should be fireproof
doors and windows to prevent the
spread of flames through various ap-
artments. Indeed, the modern trend
of endeavor in seeking to establish
absolutely safe conditions Is more in
the direction of preventing the spread
of fire than devlsing means to sub
due IT, The natural inference would be
that fireproof construction means a
vast outlay of money over and above
what is now expended. Fortunately
this is not the case. but even at large
ly increased first cost such a reform
W1rl7 mC"u economy in the end. over
q half million dollars was lost i'm few
hours in New orleans the other day.
This money expended in flreproof
construction of the type described
would have been good investment
Cement Age