Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-29
CEMENT MAKERS AND USERS
seating $4,000. and will be used for high
school athletic and similar events. The
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

seating 10000. and will be used for high
school athletic and similar events. The
cost Of $4,000 was met almost entirely
by popular subscription.
The steel and concrete steamship docks
which have recently been completed in
New York harbor at cost OF SIC. 600, 600
demonstrate how well cement lends it
self to decorative architecture. There
are nine OF these piers, seven double and
two single. and their substantial archi-
tectural lines as we'll as their pleasing
yet unobtrusive ornamentation are in
striking contrast to the old docks, which
were an eyesore along the river front for
50 many years. The initial cost Of &c..
OOO. 900 was not so great when It is re-
membered that the city Is receiving an
annual rental of $685.. 600 from the steam
ship lines using the docks.
toned above cement has played only a
small part in decorative architecture up
to the present time, but after the sue
cessful molding Of a colossal statue Of
an Indian in Illinois 1t would be unsafe
in the future hold a distinguished niche
In sculptures hall of fame. This statue
is of Blackhawk. chief Of the Sacs and
the Foxes. It Is forty-eight feet high
and stands on a rocky bluff 25O feet high
Ill. The artist was employed for three
years in its construction. but he believes
that he has created g. work Of such en-
during art that 1t will be In existence
long after the Egyptian Sphinx has
crumbled into dust.
The United States Department Of Agri-
culture recently gave great impetus to
the cement in
Plan for Making dustry by issu
Floors Of Cement. .att,na 1917
the truly startling losses suffered by
farmers. grain merchants and others
through the depreciation Of rats. This
bulletin gives in detail plans for laying
cement floors to all barns. corncrtbs and
cellars. A national warfare is to be
cause he is a ravenous feeder and exacts
an annual toll Of millions of dollars
worth Of farm products. but because as
a spreader Of disease and epidemics he
is a paramount pest. The ravages of
the bubonic plague are said to lie solely
at the door of the rat. The cement
floors, making impossible any ingress
to the grain bins. will. it Is believed. eff
but terrible devastator.
The cement or poured house is
gradually attracting attention through
out the country. These houses are made
orally pouring them full Of house"
When completed the building Is fire.
proof. dampproof. absolutely sanitary
and can be washed out with a hose.
Many big manufacturing concerns
for the use of their factory hands are
considering the advisability of adopting
the poured" house as an economic move.
Where a number Of dwellings are to be
poured in the same locality the cost is
and setting up of the mold more than
once is avoided, 1t being possible to
move 1t from lot to lot intact.
In the far west, where so many irriga-
ton projects are being fostered, cement
is being put
Material Utilized toeven more
in Fence Construction the eastern ~
states. The largest concrete fence in the
world recently has been bualt In one Of
the Rocky mountain states 1t is 7.400
feet long. eight feet high and four inches
broad at the top. Cement telegraph and
telephone poles have been used success
fully, and have met with some favor
Heretofore the railroads have been un-
able to make use Of the concrete tie in
railroad construction. because they found
It too rigid for long service. Recently.
however, 1t Is asserted that George Gates,
a Grand Army of the Republic veteran
of San Jose, Cal. has sold to q syndicate
of eastern railroad men for $17.OOO.O 900
the patent right for q process OF concrete
tie-making.
In all cases where compressive rather
than tensile strength Is required cement
has been found to be highly satisfactory.
the comparative resistance to forces Of