Arizona republican., 1911-07-16
RECORD BREAKlNG WORK
Contractor George Gallag-
her Says There is no
Doubt About the Hotel
Being Finished by No
vember First.


At IL o'clock yesterday forenoon the
pouring of concrete on the sixth and
last floor Of the Hotel Adams was
finished by the crew of laborers who
had worked increasingly for eighteen
hours, participating in a record break
ing job of concrete construction. The
last five Of the six floors of the build
ing were built in exactly two and i
half months, or an average of one
floor every two weeks Contractor
George Gallagher said last night that
so far as he knows no building of that
size has ever been put up in such a
limited length of time 1t has taken
close attention and hard work to do it
and he is justified in feeling a large
measure of pride in the achievement.
On the final dash the men were given
proper inducement to keep on to the
finish without changing shift. in order
to get the final floor done on the
18th. They were brought lunches at
every meal time and ate them on the
job.
There was no sighting of the
work. Everything was done in ac-
cordance with the plans and speci-
ficatiOns and Mr.. Gallagher says he
is Just as proud of the quality of the
work done as he is of the speed with
which it was accomplished, and he
is certain there is no better con-
struction to be found. He reiterated
his former statements that the build
ing will be ready for opening Novem-
Der first. notwithstanding the five
weeks delay OccasiOned by the shut
ting down at the time of the local
option campaign. only for that"
said Mr.. Gallagher, we would have
been much farther advanced with the
work
The partitions are all set on the
second floor and Monday morning
plastering will begin there. The plas-
tering on the ground floor is about
twO-thirds finished, as far as the
wOrkmen could go until other things
were attended TO. There is yet a lit
tie more concrete work to do for which
there is no great hurry, being the
big water tank on the top floor, with
a capacity of 1900 gallons. This tank
is to hold a water supply for the
upper floors so there will never be a
shortage. 1t is connected with the
street main by a direct three-inch
pipe. The lower floors will tap the
main as in any other building. but
the upper floors will always have an
extra supply on hand, so there will
be no such thing as taxing the main
by turning on all the hydrants in the
house at once
The building will be completed as a
five story structure. but it is planned
with a view of adding three or four
stories more when they shall be need
ed. For that reason, instead of put
ting the final roof over the fifth
story. the floor of the sixth was built
and a wooden roof will be put above
1t. one that can be easily removed
when the time comes for the added
stories Not only was this idea car
ried out in respect of the concrete
work, but in all features of construc-
ton. The elevator drum has been
made large enough and the cable long
enough to serve the added stories and
the plumbing has all been carried
through the sixth floor in such a way
that when the new stories are wanted
there need be no tearing out and no
From now on it will be a matter Of
rushing the inside finishing. which
will be done with the same push and
energy that has accomplished the
pouring of the concrete. The plaster
ers will work toward the roof as fast
AS they can and the other wOrkmen
will keep close in their wake. There
are three and a half months left to
finish the building in and Mr.. CAL
lagher says there need be no fear
but that it will be ready for use be-
fore the crowds assemble for Arizonas