The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-08-28

New York. August 2S.-Engineer
everywhere are eyincing much inter-
est In u stupendous building oper-
alton now well under way In New
York which II to result In the largest
man made structure on the face of
the globe built for business purposes.
Among its unique features il 10 be =
mammoth Golfer dam. the very larK-
est OF Its kind ever constructed. II
Is to form a protection wall for the
foundation wall for the new Equit-
able building. now being erected on
the same rite rs that on which stood
H its Predecessor destroyed In the re-
markable fire. This cdifice. cover
Ing the wohle OF one of the most val
able OF all city blocks. will tower
thirty-six stories, u gigantic mass Of
sinewy steel. carved stone and polish
ed marble.
Il II viii contain more than one mil
lion square feet of rentabie space. to
nceommodaie fifteen thousand OF
more workers II Will also he III.
h-a' lest Of all buildings ~.ignins
no less than two hundred thousand
tonS-nnd must needs have under
pinning sufficiently strong and stable
by all means proof against water
from below. As n this point bed
rock ix eighty feet below the street
level. and nearly as far below the
water level. not q ston. may he laid
keep out every drop Of leakage.
Hence tn. necessity Of inciosing the
underground portion al this xarEsn-
iuan -difIrc with = mighty Golfer
dam. which when completed viii hc
n solid steel Strengthened wall Of con.
crete. six feet thick. eighty foe; deep
and about on" thousand feet In
length. and protecting absolutely
from moisture an area Of about my
thousand squar. feet. That the
great Wooi~orth building. with is
finy-orc stories. weighs only ono
hundred thousand tons. will afford
samc idcs ~ Ia the mss.iy" consir,.r-
ton to h" shielded by this monSiron.
.off-. dam.
Tho enlistment Of Now YORK.
school boys ~ Park police Is an in-
novation that promises To he far
reaching. may he ytvaiiing the ios
scout movement In point os nubmctx
a. we'll as Of actual usefulness. II
WAS = happy Inspiration that prompt
cd Q few OF the bo,s who us- C~utrai
PARK rs , recreation ground tn III
nni~cr several months ago. their as
ristanrc IN preventing depreciation.
ami ;hc iitt-rinr of the park with
papers and other rubbish. The. are
nav enlisted In tho iio,s' Park Pro.
| tresivc League morr than three hut
dr~d Of sh~s~ youthful cops whose
srns- Of civic pride and rcsponsihi,n,
auxurs trouble for ihes" disposei To
abuse tho privilege, thai these
breathing spots afford. Tho park
commissioner has turned over tn the
bows rs their pole" headquarters =
picturesque cabin formerly used In
connection with n sportsman's .v-
hibi,. mud each officer Is armed t."
the teeth with n Irolic" whistle -
that. In case OF inability - h,aii"
n yiolAtor Of tho mark rules. they
can readily summon n patroiman. "
remains to he learned how much CO.
operation is going 10 he received by
the regular policeman who hi." been
rcvellinR In the soft snap" assign
n'rn,~ to park POETS. To u consider
abl. extent their duties ar" now be-
ing taken over nv the very on.s
whose pranks have heretofore mad.
their presence necessary. and man
NJ them will probably ihank' .hs-"
boys for their transicrs TO more ~.
tive assignments.
New York In at present in the
midst nj very merry iax.cab war
in which no one seems TO know he
stands or how much ride Il going
to coat. Al present everything II
In chaos. Tho whole situation arts
ca from the recent action Of tho
board Of aldermen reducing the legal
rate NJ charges and abo,ishins the
prtv,tc cab stanis nj notels ana rcs-
tanrants by which n practical nionop-
DIV Of the trade was controlled bv n
few men. The iaxicab trust immcdi-
ataiv secured an injunction against
the enforcement of the ordinance.
while the independents accepted T.