Show AGE OF CONCRETE I IS HERE TO STAY New Building Material Acquiring Acquiring ing Distinctive Artistic Merit erit IS CHEAPER THAN STONE USE IN SAI SALT T LAKE HAS GREAT POSSIBILITIES The age of concrete has been ushered In and ushered in to stay was the state statement meat ment of a lo local al architect yesterday esterday In fn answer to a question as to the use of concrete In city building It wm Will DO with Salt Lake like It is with man many cities of the country Concrete will gradually take the place ot of stone as a building material I you ou that It ma may not be to such an Ext extent nt because of th great amount of stone available for builders needs In this section ot of the country but concrete will undoubtedly be used quIte extensively within the next ten years Even though there are mountains of building stone within easy distance still the cost ost of quarrying transportation b by railroad hauling by team and the cut cutting ut ting aud trimming when It arrives at Its destination Is far In excess of the cost of hI 1 think that stone has ap appealed pealed to a possessing more dig nIt and beauty than any other build lag inE material But a stonehouse stone house Is ex and although it a man about to build may covet the Impression ot of solid its and permanency that a stone house houseW aves W S ho he cannot afford to build one Even the tue cost of the cut stone trim trimmings trimmings for a brick house Is often otten pro prohibitive are must be taken to distinguish b tween twe n poor concrete and con oon cre Tf The latter Is mixed with g nce and skill and is 15 the equal ot of nat natural natural ural stone In appearance and the superior to most stones in durability and fire fireproof proof Qualities Good Examples of Concrete ThE McIntyre building In this city Is a example of the concrete structure in this building even een the tho thea a 8 are of concree and anu It would 11 I hard for tor a fire to get a start Another of the concrete building Is that of the hotel on Fourth South and State Stat streets S Some ot of the most beautiful structures in the country built In recent years ears are aro of In the RAcquet club at Phil the grill room has columns and of concrete purposely left with no more morl finish than the they had as the forms kit them Free and unconventional linc and a rich uneven surface texture that sends back the light like an old mosaic surprise the new visitor It If this Individuality this frank use of oC tue Is not more beautiful than tue usual hard Ilard smooth wall surface tiun a rough watercolor sketch by a master is not superior to a shin shiny litho lithe lithograph graph Spots ot of klor olor have been boen introduced aj a J th tb whole effect Is an artistiC ae achievement that delights the eye and us realize that the lack laok of this s Is where so many architects hye Lve to in The Thep hate hae covered fireplaces and walls with a asam asam sam fuet fm of glazed material Concrete Is Distinctive Tb lay of the machine cement blocks aH made mad uilke in Imitation of ste e is 19 past so far as people of taste taster r rc The concrete stone that is israk fra rak k and good architecturally has charac arid individuality stamped upon it l rom om hE molds used textures ma may be made sand rough or smooth but It stands as frankly for It Is as does the pour J 1 The lore ore hall hail at Harvard Hafard the Simp Simpson Simpson son M church the Lindley hotel and the thi De Laittre residence ot of Minne I ar are some of the examples of the hIgh dass ot of work being done In Ha ana Cuba stands the la est building ct t of this artificial stone stonette tte Lonia del Commercio or chamber chambor cr Cf commerce It is rich In ornament to toLi Li ligh the Spanish but shows strong lean denn lines and clear detail but all In n a ns s surface few fow cut stones i can C rival V n It Mercer a Pennsylvania tr who is using concrete stone for some of his finest work In art pottery and gar gardEn gard dEn d n furniture says BaYS It should n not t be beti ought ti that because the material often otten rEsEmbles r natural stone it is an attempt to counterfeit stone The architect or Is strIving for something good In Int t tn n and texture and If the result is 15 isS I S t the stone that does not pro pre YEnt It from having many qualities and beauties ot of Its own owl and being frankly itsElf |