El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-30
MAN
MADE HOUSE
Planned
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Cover Entire Block.
SCHOOLBOYS ARE
PARK GUARDIANS

vEW YORK. Aug. Aug. SO.-En-
~ gineers everywhere are evincing
4 much interest in a stupendOUs
building operation now well under way
in New York, which is to result in the
largest man made structure on the
face of the globe built for business pur-
poses Among its unique features IS
10 be a mammoth Golfer dam, the very
largest of its kind ever consul uctSu-
1t is to form a protection wall for the
foundation wall for the IOundatioh OL
the new Equitable building, now pc
ing erected on the same site as tndl
on which stood It's pfeueCessOr uS
stroyed in the remarkable fire
This edifice, covering the whole OF
one of the most valuable Of all city
blocks. viii tower 50 stores ga
gantic mass of slneWy Steel carved
stone and polished marble
It will contain more than one mil
lion square feet OF rentable space, u
2 accommodate 5000 or more workers
It will also be the heaviest OF all
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no less than two
hundred thousand tons-and must
needs have underpinning sufficiently
strong and stable; by all means PROOF
against water from below.
As at this point bed rock is so feet
below the street level and nearly as
far below the water level. not stone
NAV be laid until provision has been
made TO keep out every drop OF leak
age Hence the necessity Of 1ncloslnS
the underground portion of this edif1ce
with a mighty cO1fer DAM Wnlch Wnel
completed will be solid, steel
strengthened wall Of concrete, six feet
thick 80 feet deep, about 1000 feet IN
length. and protecting absolutely from
moisture an area Of about $1,000 square
feet. That the great WOOlworth build
ing, with its 81 stories, weighs only
100, 600 tons viii afford some idea as
to the massive construction TO be
shielded by BY this monstrous Golfer
dam
School Boys rs Park Police.
The enlistment of New York school
boys as park police" is an innovation
that promises to be far reaching, may
be riValing the boy scout movement IN
point of numbers as well as Of actual
usefulness Boys who use Central park
as a recreation ground volunteered sew
eral months ago their assistance in pre-
venting depredatiOns and the ltter1nS
of the park with papers and other rub
biSh There are now enlisted In the
Boys Park Protective league more
( than 300 Of these youthful cops
whose sense of civic pride and response
biIity augUrs trouble for those disposed
to abuse the privileges that these
/ breathing spots afford.
The park commissioner has turned
over to the boys as their police head
quarters" a picturesque cabin formerly
! use IN connection with SpOrIsnen 5
, exhibit. and each Officer" is armed to
Z the teeth with police whistle so that
, in case of inability to handle a viola
Tor OF the PARK EuAGS. LlEl can LEdlAAl
summon q patrOlman-
Taxfcab War On.
New York has at present a merry
taXicab war in which no one seems TO
know where he stands or how much a
ride is going TO cost At present every
thing is in chaos. The whole situation
arises from the recent action Of the
board Of aldermen reducing the legal
rate Of charges and abolishing the pri-
. vate cab stands at hotels and restau-
rants by which a practical monopoly
3 of the trade was controlled by Few
men. The taXicab trust Immediately
! secured an injunction against the en-
/ fOrcement of the ordinance. while the
+ Independents accepted II gratefully
Another complication was added
/ when the latter discovered that IN many
cases they were not to be allowed TO
seek fares at certain hotels and res
I taurants- Now, still another angle has
turned up, as the legal sharps have dis
covered that man owning cab can
: house it in a garage and go out on tel
, ephOne orders without having his mo-
tor or cab inspected or being examined
as to his own fitness
More Landmarks May Go.
Prospects are that out Of the passing
! of the historic old AstOr house, at
I Broadway and Vesey street win grow
/ a further shifting Of landmarks and q
/ notable change for better in the ar
/ rangement of things down city hall
I way. As the Broadway subway. now
[ under construction. is TO pass directly
public service commission viii proceed
I at once to rae that portion, leaving
the northerly half to be demolished
/ later on. Meanwhile rumOrs are that
/ the United States government may buy
/ the hotel plot and erect modern Of
I flee building to replace the out of date
/ and unsightly general pOstOffice build
/ ing directly opposite in which even the
/ triangle which it occupies would re-
/ vert to New York city and would IN
/ dOubtedly be made an addition, not only
I in size. but to the beauty and utility OF
! City Hall park
Hotels Have August Rush.
The hotels of Gotham are enjoying.
/ almost complaining Of an unprece-
I dented August rush OF business. Not
only the houses catering especially to
I commercial and sight seeing travellers,
but even apartment hotels which can
be cajOled into waving their long
( lease scruples are housing all the viSi-
I tors they can accommodate. This cheer
ful state of affairs. as against the IN
usually small bookings of a month ago,
I is ascribed chiefly to the coming of
buyers from all sections much later
than usual-having held back as long
as they dared hoping to see Just what
was going to happen to the tariff. The
season IS now so nearly upon them
that they simply must make their fall
and winter selections and be ready to
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