The Detroit times., 1917-10-17

The gut,a percha spinal column viii
Wabble into oblivion along with The
wooden hotel
a Century Of Progress.
AS matter OF fact. the modern
concrete Is an undoubted improve
ment upon that OF the Romans and
had they nodded their emperors AS
zee gestcd. they would undoubtedly
have come 10 us disfgured, their
noses nipped by the frost, their
ears crumbled by the torch while
tle classic figures cast Of concrete
IN heroic mold. 20 surmount the
stone and steel OF the Boston City
Han annex Will without doubt, be
little touched by time when the
natural stone ccrnice which is their
.unnort has crumL lnd into min
The particular hydraulic cement
which WAS the imperfect predeces
s0r OF The refined and improved
binder ~ the modern concrete was
hfst made In England Il littlc more
tKau II century Hgal -itzvEtz earl
used in making mortar for iighi
house construction Very little was
manufactured and is application 10
General structural purposes was
ny limited for many years Il was
C1llod Portland cement because
IFS color was like natural stone
FOUND near Portland. England r.
was rnthcr remote. farfetChed and
$50 commonly misunderstood IN or
,cin that cement manufacturer
have themselves dropped the capital
p from tho name.
II was not made In the United
States until the early 70s II is
said that tho first portland cemen
-ruUrrUrF sidewalk WIS tatd IN Kaia.
mazoo. Michigan with cement made
In this rate The pioneering In &c.
mcnt manufacture is divided be
tween Pennsylvania and Michigan
n is something in the way OF
hereditary distinction however. that
Wayne county should
have set an example 90 the world
in concrete road construction and
that our own Edward y Hines is
known thruout the industry as The
Father of Concrete Roads" Not
that be paved The FIRST highway with
ihc material because Ohio and lu
diana towns have prior claims o.
that distinction. but he Is the man
who got across"---got across 20 the
civilized world with the idea so
'hat pilgrims from the Antipodes
have j1urneyed over our local high
ways and come 10 Mr., Hines 10 find
onf how he did IT,
For an that century has elapsed
since portland cement was first
made 81 only within the year
tha death has taken the man who
erected The frst reinforced concrete
lH ding in America I'M fact Tho
memory U ana one JUST Hti,
ni. the draft" age minht iru l"
IHa iefu-.r even. nf ttt c0nsfr'D
On by ono ihe Problems
az To- .catou fo ihe myraj o.
euliueerur are being
nrrete is common bur
rat tt rrusnonplacp for II has that
na4rinaiinu which is born
f.rrI rre Wonder.
20 So after all simple compo
.fhtlic etone While Tho
N- Maher Nrred the fires OF
taa. McyCi continents of ire
snI Da ahDer land and 'ond
ah1vo .rI. io MAX. tho stone which
She world has utilized from time Iw-
memorial. The MANUFACTURER of SYM
thetic stone. the modern concrete.
tHkrs tho scraps etd
quarry proportion mitrs them
combine them with ron ARID
ment and water and az leD l nro
duces what some ~ our most lter.r3
architects mistake for rho craft ci
God. Here s. true story.
An eastern architect with an eir
Gated sense of things structural nnl
"a fine discrimination among things
architectural. had heard and seen
more or less OF the inner examples
~ manufactured building stone 10.
fore specifying II for a bank build. /
Ing he bcthoughtj him to Investigate +
Tine manufacture OF the material and
went 20 a city where manufacture .
stone of "A particularly high Quaiit
was made and fooled so as 10 have I
an the rugged beauty OF natural f.
ranitc When he reached The I
town he did not go al once 10 the /
fac ory. but went about looking az 4
a few Of the buildings erected with I
the material in question, and when
met by the manufacturer little
later, the architect had cooled, He