| Show I U HOLLOW TILE IN BURNED SCHOOL BUILDING IS SHOWN SHOW TO O I L HAVE T WITHSTOOD HEAT AND THE WALLS STAND ERECT a I 44 I 4 y t t ta L A Vf S 1 S c 5 r S h q 4 S 5 5 5 S S I S SS 5 S Tho destruction of at tho the Liberty Park school by fire has brought forth a great deal of comment commont an and criticism on the tho manner In which the structure was as built and the material used In construe construe- I tion But the one thing that Impresses the visitor to the charred ruins Is that the walls stand as ns erectly and In as perfect alignment as the tho day the buildIng building build bull ing was completed Despite the fact tact that the building was literally gutted guttel 1 by fire an and th hea heavy roof root collapsed the tho hollow clay tile walls do o not show tho the slightest trace of or Injury To all appearances tho the walls were not in any way affected b by the conflagration arid and experts who who havo have made a thorough Investigation have expressed tho the opinion that the they were not affected Hollow clay tile has been condemned 1 by some since the fire as proper material material ma ma- for lor the construction of or exterior walls But an any Intimation that hollow clay tile Is not fireproof that It will not flot stand stan excessive heat better than brick is refuted b by the walls of or the tho Liberty school If It tho the walls of or the building had b been en of at brick the tho they would have been warped warpe or cracked because a I. I solid wall could coul not have hae wll withstood the expansion caus caused d L by the tho Intense heat On the other hand the hollow cia clay tile leaves lea room for tor enormous ex expansion ex cx- without in nn any way affecting tho the strength of ot the walls was Tho The same L' L n applies to partitions of or hollow clay y tile Tho wide variance In fn tho the effect atthe of at r the tho fire tire on different mat materials Is strUt strUt- noticeable In the vicinity of or the tho big chimney to tho the heating plant of or the school In the Immediate vicinity of or orthe the chimney are arc sheets heets of at iron warped an and bent and burnt so as to be practically useless Alongside the battered Iron and around tho the chimney Is a ring of hollow clay tile tHe which was In no nowa noway noway wa way affected One or two hollow clay tile partitions perfectly perfect withstood the tense heat whereas all the other partitions partitions partitions par par- of at lath and plaster were wore completely com corn destroyed estroe We learn from torn tho the Utah Fir FirA Clay company compan who manufacture this hollow cIa clay tile that tho the one thing which makes hollow clay tile practically Impervious impervious Im Im- im- im pervious to fire Is that It Is subjected to a temperature of ot approximately 2200 degrees at the kiln a temperature rarely reached b by ordinary tires fires In order that there may be no question ques tion as to the strength of at the walls of ot the tho burned building experienced arc architects architects archi archi- l- l havo have been employed to make a thorough Inspection of ot tho the charred ruins Each has pronounced the walls aIls In as ns good condition as tho the da day the building was completed complete and has ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed the opinion that the tho structure ture turema ma may bo be rebuilt with safety upon the walls alls as 58 the they now stand Advertise m ment en t. t 5 4 i vyV 1 4 a t r i 1 A y 4 j 44 V S 45 sf 3 tg S t gl g l 7 5 4 s i 5 4 1 4 L Li i w e S. S S. S m v fitl S 1 A. A 36 St 5 t z A 4 y 4 Wu S St S 3 3 4 5 1 Y il t M W S 5 5 L 4 g it 4 w wV 5 t V r Ya 4 s' s sS s'S S S S V r f-f f ff 1 |
