Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-23 | Page 6 | Accommodating the Kibitizers

Y r. r Accommodating the I j T-J T HE E is a P peculiar 11 31 individual who has not felt feltI I the irrepressible impulse to have part as as a citizen n in the consummation of projects in which he has no pecuniary or personal interest what what- whatever ever such ever such for instance as th the digging of a aIti Iti hole for fora a utility pole the razing or erection of a public or private building large scale excavation t work ork or a job of street paving To some extent ss of the thing urges the passing man manto to stop and have an eyeful He may feel that his moral support will help things along He Hel l may have pave a chance to give vent to an idea of the proper way to do the task tas Indeed in these times t f there is a certain c nove novelty ty in seeing men at at work at all and to stop to linger and to watch is certainly certainly f. f a pastime out in the open air en tailing no personal outlay ir i Who for instance can resist an opportunity t XV to pause peek and ponder where a steam shovel l B- B Bj j is at work gnawing into the earth biting off a 1 SC mouthful of same transporting it to waiting r chariots and then returning to do the same thing all over again It is a hardy soul who can That John D. D Rockefeller Jr seems to be how looks at it it J 5 This This great and good friend of steam shovel J watchers has done something that other builders build build- ers of America merica may well note and copy In New York where he i is erecting Holland Ho House Housein se in Rockefeller Center observing ng a host of kibitzers kibitz kibitz- ers gathering about daily he has not only organized organized or or- the Sidewalk Superintendents' Superintendents club but butI I has erected a grandstand for the members and issued cards to them on which is imprinted in best pilot Dutch an old motto reading The stands on the shore i j i The accommodations provided and the gesture I f ture of fellow feeling appear to be greatly apH api ap- ap H i 1 I 1 C 1 It predated as the grow growth h in membership is noticeable noticeable noticeable no no- each successive day With a solid roof overhead and wire screening to prot protect ct the audience audience audience au from flying rocks Mr Rockefeller has possibly considered that the unique structure also has something to offer as a safeguard from liability