The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
More Excitement Created
By 100 Foot Building
Than Would Be Now
by One of 1000 Feet
...Some Of Its For.
gotten Romance


me hecono e'eei frame ouiidihS III
'h's Guy was nov Hnuch Oh an improve
ment on the nrst. IL was erected ana
SUN s.ahus AT % tlhe street next 10 the
Sub-Ireasury. IL IL ten story ruct'lre
occupying lot ~ feet inches VIDE ana
~ feet inches deep II was started just
as 'he lower buildlns was being COM
Pie'e'' near Propress was MACE now
ever "he" III 1871 tle 'oiUfhoia buiiuine
was erected AT ~ broad"ay' corner OF
MOTIFS street u Is Twelve stories or ~,
iee' h'sh' anu LOT long 'ine IL stood
o"' Dc ''e i,ioe' tio'iiinsi'' anu mos, sue
,es7'u' steer 'r"'',e pul'uils III new 10TH
.'S Vo''''''''N "'' ", 49, a'ia us ou'cF oricH
vans are ,"ei,e iiicht ,iilcN'
H'er ''e ''iiee o"iuinss "hich nave
oecn i''eii''o'ieo sho"eu INA, steer ira'ne
oo"',i '''iv' was s"'e' piac'iodi anu eco
no'''ica' al oiuer lorins were aoahooneo
III sc''io"s "ne'e iaho Haiuee were hieh
an" sP"ee h"ii'eo' o'cei iraiiic puiiuines
sre"'er area ana e'ea'er henSho ioi-
,o"e" III QUICK succession, me Man
'ia''ah lie punuine was 'ne i'rs' s'ep
.o"aro ,ne puiiuings when 'o-oay wouio
We oo"si"''" syhS'i'ieie' ~ was ,he
'"e. e'u''uic 'oo VI 'i'e 'iioueih Aihu
W nave h'th 'o"er sur"louhtihS mo
Pi,n''i"i p"'' Oh 'ie pd'iuihS
WIN the erection "i the American
surety n",o'hs III ioo' 'he iIrs' puilulng
oi more 'hah twenty stories appeared,
"'u 'ne irs' STRUCTURE more IMAM soo 'eet
"isn' !, Jus' "'"' over ooth oi 'hese
MAJ ~ 'o' ~ '"'i''i"' twenty -oh' s'oines
a''o - Oh i'e' nish "po'e 'he siueWaik.
us glory III III" 'alie-' STRUCTURE was SNORT
hNe"' however lor " was ohIy year
la'er 'ha' 'he iarh no" syndicate bnild-
ing was started Win us t"eh'y-siN stories
anu i'- 80 'eeI vi heieh'' oes'lheu 10 Dc
| 'n' giant among giant cuttings uh'iI
the singer ioihs conceived Tue ldea OF
| putting up ,he Original sKyscrapihg
| tower on 'heir plot ut broadway ana
| ihper'y street.
| mere are Sooo many Interesting
si"e hsh'S on 'ne grown oil 'he SKY.
scraper III Ne" iork' put none propapiy
mas more human interest IMAM 'he story
Vi hanhaser hreischer faturaiized
american ci'iZeh ana manufacturer or
| IRE prch' VINO fane possible cohslruc-
'ioh 10 an almost uiliiihiteu heIph' ny IN
Neh'ihs 'he morrow 'lle pioch "inch now
II uSeu universally IN the construction
oi noors Ill Hreprool huildlhGs. thlii
hreischer invented me huilow piock
all hoors were supported ny hrick
Arches h'leo on '"P WIN cement 10
| fndhe theh l'Nei ana theh covered
WIN WOOD Inc under slde az mo
archeS was leit exposed hTclHchers
invention not oh'y hEht'h"d the weight
OF each moor so mat the steer frame was
subjected To less pressure. hlh It made
nat arches possible 80 thd' c"'inSs To-Day
are nat ana ho' waved a. ol on Inc IN
Ne"tion was HrSt uS'u III III" New >orK
fost o'hce buiidihg IN iN'-a ana IN the same
year IN new structure III 'hlcago. Inc
holioW 'lle system on hporS was then
adopted widely ana cam" INTO use cspe-
cially IN the erection oi carry sky
scrapers here
presently the matter o' IN" patent on me
block reached tn" courts, where IA tight was
waged Tor many years which resulted IN
the court ruling that the hr'ISchcr patent
was Hold Tor want "i originality under tho
crhciai test oil puhlcdiipnS IRON all parts
! OF the globe, lhr"'igh TINS ruling krei-
! scher was deprived oi an almost unlimited
revenue. for IN later years his invention
became and il now one Of the principal
needs in building construction
! win ,b, ;,o,o,.i,,, h,,i,h, and uo;cb,
/ l,,:i-
W cummings '"' "'"''' VI '"ii'i'tio'S
became serious problem which was
solved in many WAYS unit! in 1893 the sink
ing of pneumatic cai-sons was adopted.
/ which .,or .inco has hoon ,b, moi, nod am.
I,
n''''' u" '' ''' W nv '''' t''r'
/ Inc hrsl hlth huildlnS foundation" were
laid on foOting,. of stone or concrete laid
upon the earth I'm soft or ma,shv plnces
wh,r, ,b., .,,., .,,.t,iri,,, -,r,,,,,l az tho
Sro"ho "'S i'i'"'p"'u' '""E'"N 'iih"e's
were resort"d To or piles W"r" dIlNcn To
/ solid hearings Later came tho use of
rolled stool rails and heams IN tho form ~
/ ,,riI,,,,, ros,in, an a., Lod ,,g ,,,,,,t.,
S. .n,'fe .''''"N y" w." ',' ". 'i, w
sun ia''' we USE VI E'i''"S' N"0 Ca
panded until II covered the entire area OF
the lot or the space TO he occupied by the
buildinp ike n hu,,e raft .,,pon which tho
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Va '''''' .,,,
Wheh lhe Manhattan ILIe hullulhg was
prpCtpl in lkNb Francis III klTnllull faced