Warren sheaf., 1910-06-02
BIG SCAFFO[D USED
Novel Method Of Constructing
Peace Palace at The Hague.

Never Before In Holland Has Super
structure Of Such immense Pro-
portions Been seen-Proyfs-
ion Made for EnIaroina.
The Hague.-In speaking Of the
progress made on the peace palace,
In course of construction here, Mr..
Van der Steur, the Dutch architect,
who has practical charge of the build
ing operations, In talking Of the novel
methods adopted In itz construction,
said: ~
Such free-stand1ng scaholding n
this right around building has never
been seen before In Holland. # Ia
quite a piece Of work In Itself, being
60 feet high and costing $4,000, but
then tt will stand hrm for many years,
and We intend to let It remain until
the whole outer part Of the palace II
complete, which will be In two years.
In that way 1t win protect the walls
from injury. Two great Lift towers,
1S3 feet high, are built into this scat
folding. with two mighty cranes, each
capable Of lifting 5000 pounds Such
great lifting power 10 absolutely nee
essary, since, for example, the blocks
Of Swedish granite for the halustrads
OF the lower terrace weigh 1000
pounds each. though when you see
them In place they do not look 20
particularly big. The scanolding h
built In several tiers and along each
level runs Decauvtl1e railway for
hauling materials. We use ~ much
machinery "a possible to tighten the
labor, and not one draft animal en-
ters our precincts, the material being
brought close up to the building
ground by especially made small rail
way lines from the station on the
Hague-Schovsningen line. Thence the
materials are hauled In trucks to the
foot of the lifts and brought to their
destination by means Of the cranes
and tiny railroads along the scahold-
ing. Another novelty for Holland is
the concentrating machine, which
can be handled by one man. The
foundations are entirely Of concrete
and the floors are REINFORCED con
crete below their covering of marble
or wood
Twelve million brick will be used
on the walls and about $4,000 cubic
feet of Obernkirchen sandstone, 3S,50O
cubic feet of white French sandstone
and 1850 cubic feet of Norwegian
granite. Four hundred thousand
pounds of iron will be required fol
the roof with 1900 cubic feet of small
granite and 10000 square feet Of slate
The great tower will weigh $4,000,
| 600 pounds. Although the palace Is
| of such important dimensions, the
members of the Carnegie foundation
committee have foreseen that 1t vii
eventually have to be enlarged, es
pecially when Americas project o.
making the arbitration court truly per
manent shall have been accepted b,
the powers. The architect is conf
dent that any such extension will II
no wise detract from the beauty O
the building. because with M. Gordon
nier he has planned the proportion,
IN view to such an eventuality."
The upper part Of the walls in tn
halls and stairways is to be Of whit
French sandstone, alternatsd witt
sculptures and marble mosatcs. Al
the doors are to be Of precious wood
tnlaid with ivory and other rich ms
terials. In the assembly rooms an
Justice halls, the floors, wa1nscot1n
and ceilings will be Of oak wood an
the walls Of hewn stone. These wi
almost disappear under the tapestrie,
paintings and other mural decorations
In the basement is located the re,
taurant, close to the kitchen. It Ia
vaulted chamber, which has. bee
practically completed by this time.
was at first the intention to do wit
out such things as kitchen aud luncl
room, but on mature confederation
was found better to put them In. n
cry one knows the influence Of goe
meal on the temper Of man No bad!
nourished individual can be expect&
I to be filed with peace and good vi
towards his fellow men. and 20
neglect Of the food problem mig
have spelled disaster TO the arbitr
ton court The architect said th,
the palace would be completed
1913, In time to receive the delegat
OF the third peacs conference.
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