The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY "CALL. TIARLY pAGES TIONS % “€ i BUlLD C. G. Hightower is a local superin- tending engineer of wide repute, who bad practical experiemce in the tructien work om seme of the most <o formidsble steel structures of San Framciseo, notably the St. Frareis Ho- tel and the Shreve building, both of which withstood the recent quake and the accompanying article he deals in a somewhst techmical, although compre- hemsive manner, with the safe axd w safe bulldings of (his city from a stru tural viewpo le comclusions freom information ¢ hus gleaned from = reful inspec- vion of the founds ms and structural portions of the buildings that were de- stroyed mnd those that remained stamnd- ipg after the calamity. Amemg those he ‘examined was the Hotel,of which o muck d from whick mamy ratker vague and in ite theories have emamated. Between these ruins amd the founda- tions of seme of the stromger struc- tures that are soen to be restored teo their former conditions, Engineer High- tower has drawn some interesting com- parisons, amd to these he has added) seme timely suggestions as te how the bulldings of San Framcisco should be constructed in the future im anticipa- tion of any pessibility of further visi- ations of temblers or devastating con- srations. fact th , deducting manmy valu- he as beem writ- }?E -fHFORC i ‘ ExPANDEP : Q‘\ SHERT e WaALL FRAMEWITH Winipow CASEING OF SHEETMETAL MeTR- Coeend OWER — Oup ITTLE PiitaraeBeamTie IreN avo Weoeos Figure 3, the force is deflected upward, | cross-section of foundation and ‘ruundi t to earth motion and been shown by the or rock and the formation of crévasses;one to twenty feet in the lower places|covered by a substantial culvert or or es, the phenomenon of sul-|to bring the streets up -to certain|sewer and then filled up to required|forming couples or a radient force nation of the area n noises, the appearance of | grades and above highwater mark, or|street grade. Figure 1 shows a fair|curve, first lifting the filled ground y of San Franciscy, |even higher, in all originally marshy |sample of unsafe foundation. Figure 2/and any structure resting on it, then t this last shoc The only effect of the shaking of the |localities (as for example the “‘Mission | shows how the same building could|dropping it. its effect at ie | earth on April 18 was the rupture,|District”), lay as so many loose surface | have been built safe and secure by the At the point occupied by the Valen- lity assumed the pro- | sh ng up, sliding and partial dis-|scales within or bordering on the solid | use of piling. cia Hotel the force undoubtedly formed portions of am earthquake, in the ac-|placement of u le artificial areas|natural depression of the hills, and| Seismic shocks travel in waves and|a couple as shown in Figure 4, the cen- cepted and 3 T f that which in every case consisted of “filled whereas the earth shock had 7ittle or|practically at right angles to the verti- | ter of gravity or fulerum of which was term, viz. apart groumd.” This ground taken from the no effect upon the latter or the struc-|cal walls of bulldings. The direction|near the original solid surface of the or opening t al soil | higher places and spread to depths of | tures erected upon their solid slopes,|of travel on April 15 was generally|bed of Mission Creek. With proper Owp PLATE S N RAFTER oL ,f/vA LENCIA SirtcTion OF ForRch Zx10” CTAH. D OLD ARP - TTEW @J\{ETWUCTI-Q/\\ M Fw WITH [TAFTER DT IRRUPk (oVE PRACKET QF IRON. Frie.9- 2" x 10 x 12’ CENTERS, F16.6 &5 £ s =SHEATHING CONCRETE s ConCRETES. Sttt ANCHER. x OLp RaFTER Joi~NT |the filled ground with the buildings, erected thereon, and with no founda- ! tions resting on the solid foundation | soil under the filings, was affected | more or less, ranging from a shaking down of chimney tops to a complete | collapse of the entire building. | | An illustration and explanation of | this severest effect is found in the ill- fated Valencia Hotel, of which Fig- ure 1 is a cross section of the’ build- ing, filling and subsoil. It stood near | the old Mission Creek, which had been ‘]bfiniH(.enr'y dn Sur;lmer Resorts| | i BY GEORGE V. HOBART. | Me for that summer resort gag—Oh! | fine! i 1 fell for a Saratoga setbadc this | summer, but never no more for mine. | At night I used to sit up with the rest | of the social push and drink highballs | to make me sick, so I could drink Sara- toga water in the morning to make me well. That's what is called reciprocity, be- cause it works both ways against the middle. Isn't it the limit the way people from all over the country will rush to these | fashionable summer resorts with wide- open pocketbooks and with their bank | accounts frothing at the mouth? The most popular fad at every sum- | mer resort I've ever climbed into is to watch the landlord reaching out for coin. N Husbands make bets with their wives ‘whelher the landlord of the hotel will get all their money in an hour or an | hour a~1 a half. % | Both 1-sband and wife lose: because {the landlcrd generally gets it in ten min it 5. | A some of the hotel dining-rooms it | costs $6 to peep in, $8 to walk in and | $15 to get near enough to a waiter to | talk soup. | You can see lots of swell guys in the dining-rooms who are now using a fork in public for the first time. This reminds me of an experience I had in a certain summer resort dining- | room not long ago. | At a table near me sat Ike Goose- | heimer. 1ke is a self-made man and he made a quick job of it. Tke was eating with his knife and do- ing it so recklessly that I felt like yell- ing for the sticking plaster. After I had watched him for about five minutes trying to juggle the new peas on a knife, it got on my nerves, so | I spoke to him. | “Ike,” I said, thinking possibly I might cure him with a bit of sarcasm, “aren’t you afraid you will cut yourself with the sword?” “Oh! no, no,” Ike answered, looking at the knife with contempt, “there is |no danger at all. But at the Palmer | House in Chicago—aAh! there they have sharp knives!” Ike is beyond the breakers for mine. The races at Saratoga were extreme- ly exciting. A friend of mine volunteered to pick out the winners for me, but after I lost $8 I decided that it would be cheaper to pick out a new friend. | But I do love to mingle with society jat the summer resorts. It isn’'t generally known, but one of my great-grandfathers was present when the original 400 landed at Ply- mouth Rock. My great-grandfather rock. A couple of nights after the original 400 landed on Plymouth Rock the leader of the smart set, Mrs. von Twee- dledum, gave a full dress ball. My great-grandfather looked in at the full dress ball and was so shocked that (he went and opened a clothing store | next day. Society never forgave him for this| | insinuation. | But say, isn't it immense the way the | doings of these society dubs are chron- |icled in the society papers? In case you haven‘t noticed them 1 would like to put you wise to a few: Among the smart setters now present at Saratoga is John J. Sousebuilder, the owned the NEW-WIT H IROM SAPPLE &RIPGE from south to north, although deflec- tlons of the force due to varying re- sistance are known on every hand. A destructive upwapd deflection jfol- lowed by collapse of uctures is, Now- ever, only possible when conditions are | as noted in the case of the Valencia | Hotel, for when the force waves | traverse a friabie fill and then rebound against a solid patural surface, the re- action equals the force of impact minus the force passing through the more solld natural material, or as shown in | | { i | well known millionaire from Cincin-| (nati. He is here to follow the races, | but he seems to have an idea that the horses live in the hotel barroom, be- |cause that is where he does most of | his following. Cornelius Sudslifter, the well known inventor of the patent chowless chow- | | der, is paying deep attertion to Esme- | ralda Ganderface, the brilllant daugn- ter of old man Tightfist Ganderface. | the millionaire inventor of a system of opening clams by steam. Cornelius | and Esmeralda make a sweet and beau- | tiful picture as they stroll arm in arm to the postoffice, where Cornelius mails a check for the week's alimony to his | former wife, who is visiting lawyers in | Soth Dakota. | Hector J. Roobernik, well known ju| | society, is spending the summer ot At- lantic City. Hector was formerly a Bohemian glass blower, but he is 10w rich enough to leave off the last part of his occupation, so he calls himself| just a bohemian—~which is different Hector is paying deep attention to Phyllis Kurdsheimer, the daughter of Mike Kurdsheimer, the millionaire in- ventor of the slipperly elm shoehorr. | Gus Beanhoister, the widely-known |bvun|°" broker and society man of South |Newark, is summering at Cape May, of fashion. Gus finds it very hard to| refrain from looking at people's feet | during the bathing hours, but other- | Wwise is doing quite well. ! Hank Schmitpickle and his latest | wife from Chicago sailed on the steam- ship Minnehaha last week to spend the Season in the British capital. The Schm_nplcklel will occupy the villa at No. 714 Cottagecheese place, Blither- ingham Park, near Speakeasy Towers on the Old Kent road, Bayswater, across from Shoreditch—God save the King! Mercedes Caulifiower is summering at Narragansett Pier, and her flance, Mr. Peter Cuckoobird, Is dancing at- tendance upon her. It will be remem- bered that Mercedes is the daughter and heiress of Jacob Caulifiower, the | millionaire manufacturer of boflelelsl tripe, which has become quite a fad in society since the beef trust got chesty. Peter Cuckoobird is a rising young bricklayer on his father's side, but on account of the fortune left him by his mother, he is now butter-flying through life in a gasoline barouche with diamond settings in the tires. Hank Dobbs and his daughter, Crys- taline, sailed on the Oceanic yesterday for the Riviera. Before the steamship pulled out Hank admitted that he didn't know whether the Riviera was a city or a new kind of cheese, but if meney could do the trick he intended to know the truth, Mr. and Mrs. James Shine von Shine were divorced yesterday at the home ©of the bride's parents in Newport. The ceremony was very simple but expen- uh"e to the ex-husband. Considerable alimony changed hands. The private cottage of Mrs. Offulrich Swellswell at Bar Harbor has been beautifully decorated in honor of the approaching divorce of their daughter, Gladys, from her husband, Percy Skid- doo. Percy is the well-known manu- facturer of the reversible two-step so much used by society. Cards are all out for a divorce in the family of the Von Guazzles, but owing to a {ypographical error in the cards it is impossible to say whether it is the old man or the son. Both employ blonde typewriters. (Copyright, 1906, by G. W. Dillingham Company.) | where he mingles with the other pets |° New. STEEL, CONCRETE: PROTECTEP (ONSTRUCTISMN down to solid soil or bed-rock should be verified by comparison with street profiles in the city engineering depart- ment; and further, when the founda- | tion is built, the City Inspector should see that the plans are strictly followed out. All foundations to be hereafter built should be designed with an eye to more | homogeneity than heretofore. Dwelling S . OLP ©RNER-JTUY oM DILL-PLATCY plles driven into the lower ground, binding together the filled! ground, and bound by rods and struts| to each other at their tops, the shock | which destroyed “this building would | have had little effect on it. Following this subject to a logical conclusion, it develops that If hereafter | any building of more than one story is to be erectea, and for all one-story buildings to be used for manufacturing purposes, If such are to be reasonably safe from the effect of earth shocks, a foundation reaching into solid original 30il is absolutely necessary. With applications for permits to butld, a cross-sectioned drawing of the lot of land upon which it is proposed to build should be attached, and the drawing should in every case clearly detall the proposed foundations. This! OLP WALL TERRA-CETIA, Prick S°ne AnND 10N not- only corner-braced and heavily| shielded by sheathing at angles, inside and out, as shown in Figure 5, but also crosstied as shown, as against the con- | struction at present permissible, shown | in Figure 6. Foundations in general must be of concrete and reinforced by steel, of which a sample is shown as in Figures !7T and 8. I have examined the concrete foun- dations of three of the best preserved large modern buildings in my charge, and in every case these foundations are intact, without crack or flaw, and the superstructures, although severely af- fected by fire, communicated to them by other buildings, are in perfect condi- tion as regards to steel structural frames, walls and partitions. The force 4 1 o o ¢ ; O ot 9 o & e % % ) o¥ . © D o @ 0% & 5 2, ) 0 g/ () @ \/ ¢/ 2 ) 9 ) (/ 9, $/ 85 & & % &5 ) & 55 G 250 (XX %% Y% B 0 WiTH ANCHOR [SoLT T2 CeNCreTe FounpaTien of shock had practicauy no effect upen them. Therefore, if the New San Franeisco is erected on similar lines, no visitation such as that through which we have just passed will be experienced by pos- | terity. | Concrete, or the material compesing | it, viz.: sand, erushed rock and cement, are and will be available in any gquan- | tity required, and as cheaply as can be solid houses or cottage basements should be obtained anywhere In the world. The building with this material will be cheaper than, or as cheap as with, any materfal or combination of materials known to us. Its reinforcement, more or less, by expanded metal steel rods and beams makes an absolutely fire and shock- proof structure, and if we add thereto iron or copper ornamentation, we have all that the most exacting demands may require. The figures from 9 to 17 exhibit con- crete steel constructions and wood re- inforced by steel, and ‘it will not require the knowledge of a scienced architect or engineer to see that these, if put up, would be immeasurably se- curer than the models of old style con- struction shown alongside of each ex- hibit.