The Washington herald., 1909-07-03
AT THE HOTELS

I q VI lLic hpflQ- mat Is, L1e county ~
yesting nose extensively in foreign Iosnz.
Il win be surprise 70 its debtors 70
know that al this moment there srs IN
the republic only Loo persons who e7.
Joy an income on property and pesorsI-
! ity OF more than 5000 a year" s1ia
Armand G. DunOls. OF Paris, France. A.
the New willard NJ Dunois Is a baussr-
and has also made close study o. rts
I distribution Of the wealth OF France nov
[ and IN former times.
I Among these thousand. so command
4 continued the Frsnchman, 10 dispose Of.
more than S250.000 IN receipts. Fifty
/ among them have a normal budget oc
i $4,000. There are but a dozen n al
France that drew from the capital s.
/ 0o0-0oo To the mOneyed man OF
/ America this must seem a poverty
( stricken country exhibit. Going back 10
/ years, the research shows that there
/ were no citizens OF France that compared
Z with the fifty who enjoy Ss506o1~
/ Relations between France and Ger
many are extremely cordial added II. /
7 Dunols. and Il it were not for the re-
I venge' 5iugoes IA France. France and
Z Germany would be united in an alliance
I eminent and the people are fully aware
that the entente with England ana Rus
I sla Is OF 10 practical value. We are al /
ar the mercy OF the German Emperor,
no matter what England. Russia. or ny
/ government may say. Germany has the
army. the navy, the commerce, The
/ money. the people. the education, the
| courage. and the airships. ali Of which
/ things combined make them an invincibls
1 people in time OF war and q oOnqUeTlng
hero In times Of peace
| Discussing the erection OF ths s0o-geet
wireless tower in Rock Creek Park which
1 the government intends % erect. Martin
I B. Chambers, a civil engineer OF New
I York. VINO is az the Raleigh. said that a
I structure Of 159 stories. 200o feet high,
/ could be built upon an area 20 fesr
/ square without exceeding the building
( code limit Of foundation pressure.
I The walls Of the building" said AIr.
Z Chambers would be y inches Thick a.
the TOP and 1t0 inches or about y feet.
thick al The bottom Assuming two
thirds Of the val surface for windows.
/ these walls would weigh. il built OF
I brick, $500 tons. and assuming the
[
I ior construction az eighty pounds per
I square foot of floor area, the weight OF
I that part o. the building would be about
E3 50y tons The lie fOOrv load tC be
transmitted 70 the foundation would be
coo tons Adding these items, we get
q total weight of Gi501 tons. This.
distributed over the entire area Of 40.0o3
square feet availsbls fer fOoJi1gs, would
result fl q pressure OF thirteen tons Per
i square foot
The allowance for increase Of press
ure due 20 wind ard the weight of the
tOOtlngs themselves would easily bring
I this squire Up 10 the limit Of fifteen tons
I per square foot This would mean thar
There would have 20 be one solid block
! Of concrete covering the entire area O.
she IoL
7 don't approve Of the regulations
which are IN force in Washington restrict
I ing the height OF buildings. Z is an in
/ reference IN the earning power OF ones
/ property. in fact. this regulation prevents
many me buildings from going up, and %
/ keeps foreign investors away from Wash
I ingtOn-r
! Henry " O6eE- o. Montreal. who Is az
the Arlington, in speaking about national
/ greatness qualities. said last night that
I between one civilized country and another
there are extremes OF variation IN natural
resources; yet all are prospering.
The efficiency OF the workers in al o.
them Is low said Mr Odeu. who is q
real estate broker vet each country ts
/ growing rapidly in wealth. The cause %
prosperity cannot Iie IN natural resources.
since some OF the countries with the most
/ resources are most backward. and others
7 with the poorest resources are the most
forward. The cause Of prosperity. cannot
I lie In the ability or fdeIity OF rhe work
7 ers, since all Of then. when checked %.
are found 20 be Of low average efficiency.
The cause OF success must therefore
I -ic either IN some common trait which al
possess or IN the exploitation Of some dif-
ferent trait n each TIE only common
trait IS ambition. the desire for success
and wealth. but the eradication OF an
bi-ion, the attainment OF material Sue
cess. has each time been due 20 a differ
eut psychical instinct In Alaska the
eagle. the sea-, and the bear al grow far
Jy feeding on salmon. The focd IS com
mon 20 al three. but the method OF .ap-
preparation is different. The eagle de-
scends from the air and lifts the salmon
out Of the sea; the seal pursues and seizes
I the salmon In the waters OF the sea, and
the bear scoops him out with his nav
when be fnds him IN the shallow brooks.
The British. French. and Germans hunt
success along lines as different es those
Of the eagle. sea-. and bear"
In recent years It has beer. found both
practical and economical 10 make pave
ments entirely OF concrete said George
: Han. 8 builder ana engineer OF Phns-
delphia. az the Riggs last night AS Il
IS necessary with nearly all paveuents 10
have concrete foundation. why should
not Portland cement make GOOD binding
-ldlerls-l fcv the wearing surface as weU2
AisnoUgn ne englneering profession has
been a little slow IN accepting this cor
eics-on, because OF the fear thar the ele-
meuts would seriously affect the lad So
face, and thar what the clements wc-r5
not do the traffic soon would. vet in or-
era Of concrete construction the idea az
a concrete pavement could not be dov-ned
II was concded that properly maze
concrete would resist the action OF fba
elements 20 a remarkable extent. bur rhs
ldea prevailed that a concrete surface
Tor street 1r2f1c would De unsuitable. re-
cause it would be subjected 10 Calami-ias
which would render the streets practical
ly useless for any kind OF travel The fact
is that actual experience has demonstrated
that concrete pavemeGts are best when
properly constructed wiki q grooved s-l--
face resembling a pavement block ure-
suEnabiy done 10 give better footbol6
Tor horses, and there may be no harm
in so doing. as Il gives the pavement a
pleasing appearance
AZ is a sanitary pavement added 8r-.
HaIl and Is easily kept clean. as me
concrete surface sheds the street dirt
Ieaoily. and IL appears suitable Tor both
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