The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-22
REBUILDING OF MEssrNA.
A Competition Organized, to Secure Good
Design and Speedy Construction.

Design and Speedy Construction.
The reconstruction Of the cities aof
Messira, Reggie, Palmi, Bagnara, etc.
having been decided upon, the Italian
government win, as soon as the debris
left By the earthquake shall have been
cleared away, direct The engineer corps
Of the civil state, or a special commits
sion composed Of members of that
corps, 10 proceed to divide the areas Sc
lected for reconstruction into building
lots. These lots will BE- bid for by Ttal-
ian and foreign contractors who NAV
wish 70 undertake the construction Of
new buildings thereon. Anticipating the
time when the location and dimensions
Of the lets viii be made known, the
public works cooperative society Of
lombzardy ESoeieta Cooperative Lom-
bardia di Iavori Pubdoi) announces that
1t will hold public competition TO de-
m0nstrate the relative meFidts of
varisous materials and methods Of work
and construction adapted for use in the
devastated regions. While the compe.
tition will deal especially with types
and systems Of construction for urbans
rural and industrial ediiices least likely
70 be affected by seismic disturbances,
the widest Latitude will be given COM
petitors regarding their exhibits. They
viii be at liberty to submit designs,
general proposals, reports, photographs,
models, samples Of materials, etc Three
prizes will be given: One Of s57a, one
Of $3.50, and ono Of S1Ss. Exhibits must
be sent to the College Of Engineers and
Architects (Collegio degli Ingegneri ed
Arehitetti), No. 10 vim s. Paolo, Milan,
free Of al costs The Public Works Co
operative society Of Lombardy reserves
70 itself the right Of applying to its
own ends. with or without notifications,
any exhibits that shall receive prizes
Ia such cases, whether exhibits are pro-
tected by patents or copyrights, or not,
the society win make suHable arrange
ments with owners for compensation.
In addition 10 this competition and
70 others Of similar character that may
eventually be held the Italian govern
ment win probably hold special com
petition for the solution Of purely tech
nieal problems. This competition viii,
however, only take place after the gov
eminent shall have solved the grave f.
nancial and administrative problems
that now demand its attention.
From present indications II seems
likely that steel re.enforced concrete
win Be widely used IN tho work 81 re-
construction and that the height Of
buildings win be limited to 1921 feet. !
1t u also probable that only the very
lightest materials viii he used for floors. |
ceilings and roofs. American manufac-
tuners should give this fact thorough |
They are believed to be |
in the unique position of being able To
supply large quantities Of material to
fill 4 demand that cannot be met By |
outside competition.
If possible, representatives carrying
full lines Of samples should be sent to
the chief cities Of Italy to confer with |
italian contractors. Manufacturers
should in any. case not fail to send /
or samples of material. paper
and asbestos ceilings, Of woods for
floors, and of roofing Of rubber, paper,
fibre, felt, prepared or patented
sheet iron and protected tin,
to the competitions Of the Lombardy
Works Cooperative society Of Tambardy
and to important Italian contractors IA
list Of which. forwarded BY the consul.
may be obtained from the bureau Of
Manufacturers should bear in mind
that the mean temperature in Sicily in
January is SO degrees r. and and the
mean temperature in July and August
Is degree From Current Age.