Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-08
USE OF CONCRETE BECOMES
MORE POPULAR WITH BUILDERS
Examples Are Numerous in Capital Nova
days of Structures Built With
This Lasting Material.

| in the United States by a municipal schoo
board. 1t is intended for the use of the
| public school pupils of tho city of Tacoma
| The cost of this structure and of large
earthen fill was Sl35, and this fund
! was contributed by the citizens of Ia
coma. The arena contains great ath
| letic field 400 feet long along the centra
axis and 400 feet wide at the opening
which is toward Puget sound. The sta
! dim contains a Straight-aWay track Il:
yards long and an oval cinder track OF
five laps to the mile. In the center is a
| field for foot ball, base ball and other
games.s The seating capacity is 10000
While underneath are the dressing rooms
shower baths, toilets and other necessary
rooms. This is second in size to the
stadium at Syracuse, n. Y. which is the
largest in the world. and which cost
nearly $1,9oO.0UO. The economy in con
by the use of natural ravne close tc
the high school. This stadium is interest.
ing because of its relation to educational
problems in general 1t has been accom-
plished by one of the younger progress ive
cities of the Pacific slope.
One of the foremost authorities in Wash
ington is Edward p. Coweli, member
of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
and in a recent article anent the protec-
| ton against fire which is afforded by
concrete in building construction he said
| in part:
SOSC OF concrete varies.
"The cost of concrete structures varies
with conditions. In New York, Phila-
delphia and Washington the cost is about
the same as of brick; i'm some places il
| is no more than of wood. But think OF
the safety feature; the freedom from
worry over fires.
Recently elaborate fire tests We're made
by the United States geological survey
l<H 1,y13 -S.,1<, hi.
Gotta and concrete. Concrete withstood
! the fire best of all. When the tempera-
ture was 800 degrees Fahrenheit on one
side of the wall it was under 100 degrees
on the other-just warm to the hand.
by following this plan of using con-
| crete in buildings. see how many birds we
kill with single stone. We help con-
servation OF our timber supply-of human
| lives-of financial resources-and we Sc
cure permanent buildings.
THE man who spends his money erect
ing concrete structures is entitled to eX-
emption from taxation; he advances the
cause of architecture and building; he
constructs barrier to fire, protection
warmest thanks for the example he sets
before us free of charge.
! I'VE feel very sorry when our neigh
| boris house burns down. Then We for
get about 1t; we do nothing. Our losses
from fire in this country i'm 1907 were
s266. 100000 (Which is the average loss
annually. while in 1905 the fire loss was
$444. 100000. In addition, during each
year nearly 5000. 100000 is spent in pre-
miums to fire insurance companies. Be-
sides, many more millions are spent an
nually upon city fire departments.
Not only these vast sums of money
are absolutely wasted but 6,OOO human
lives are sacrificed annually.
Fires Represent Negligence.
care our fires accidentso No thew
represent criminal negligence 1t is so