Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-25


night. The day force worked II
hours ana poured the slab or panel
work; the night force worked 10
hours and poured the beam work. In
an beams 3-i and rs inch square
twisted steel hara were used, crossed
at short distances and tried, In all
posts one inch round steel was used
tied with one-haf II ch cables at a
distance OF eighteen inches, More
than twenty-five hundred bags of ce-
ment were used In this great mono
lith.
The walls Of this unique structure
are OF granite quarried from the
mountalnsde nearby all laid In ce-
ment, while the outer face OF the
walls Is covered with rough noun
tain bOuldors as they were taken from
their mountain beds, This produces
n wonderfully rugged, but pictures
quely beautiful and unique effect All
floors are OF cement with n 30-inch
border OF silver gray tile. There
will be no wood used In the construc-
tion of the building. save the doors
and door frames, windows and win
dow frames.
About 10000 barrels OF Cllnchfield
Portland Cement, made by the Cllnch
field Portland Cement. made by the
Clinchfleld Portland Cement COM
pany OF Clinchfield. Tenn, will be
used in the construction of this beau
Al h.,lIlgntr ,rh htgh ,,rf11 IntA1
/, 1913. The Southern Ferro-Con-
crete company Of Atlanta has the
contract TO do all the concrete work.
Although this building IL unique In
construction throughout, the roof af-
fords one Of its chief features of In
torest. II will be one great 3 y inch
concrete slab, reinforced with half
inch square twisted steel bars, six
inch mesh and tied at each crossing.
The estimated weight of the twisted
steel bars in the roof is 10000
pounds. In to s5 feet lengths. This
cial 5-ply treatment by the II. w,
Johns Manville company, to make II
absolutely waterproof The first
treatment primer, second, Trinidad
hot asphalt; third, felt paper laid on
and rubbed while asphalt Is hot;
fourth, second coat Of Trinidad as
phalt fifth, a second layer Of felt
paper rubbed on. over this special
treatment OF the cement slab Is laid
red tile shingles 6 inches wide, l3
inches long and three -eights of an
inch thick made by the Murray
Roofing company of Cloverport, Ky
These shingles will be fastened on by
a four-penny copper clad one and
half inch o. 10 nail through two holes
In the shingle into the special five
ply covering and into the sand and
cement finish coat of the cement
slab.
Around the dormer windows will
be arranged narrow tile laid in ir-
regular courses, which will give the
effect Of thatched roofs seen ~ many
interesting old buildings abroad. To
carry out this thatched effect, there
will be no peak, or combboard on the
roof, but the peak will be rounded
and covered with No. II spun cop
per sheet so that, from the ground,
tba ove will not no able to detect the
differonca between the conner peak
and tbe file shingles There will be
ma angles in tho roof An turns are
made along law graceful lines that
flow downward. rather sharply
drooninp over the caves which ex-
tend bevond the main walls 5-6
foot The baso Of the caves is 4 4-6
foot bolow the ton of tho main walls
The nlumbinp and heating pipes
md electr,c wiring of everv kind will