Show HEIGHT MANIA IN ERECTING BUILDINGS DINGS GETS HARD JOLT i i NEW EW YORK Nov r 11 The Tho Tho doom orthe o or othe the modern skyscraper has probably beer sounded In this city by drastic regulations regulations' which have o been adopted unanimous unanimously b by the building code commission These These- regulations provide pro that after January 1 no new now building shall shan bo be over o feet In height I I The Tho ne new law Jaw Is aimed to stop the fey fey- ev- ev i raco race for the construction of or high high buildings s. s That a limit must munt bo be fixed I somewhere has been the advice of note noted fire underwriting experts and Fire Chief Croker himself has sounded d the tho warning Tho The fire tire insurance Interests have ha feared feare that the story ono Singer building I might be followed next b by a stor story structure That the new regulation will be passed by the tho board of estimate and the aldermen aldermen aldermen alder alder- men before it finally becomes a law 1 I. I regarded as likely since several of tho cItY city's be best beat t known builders as members member pf r the commission voted for It Il They all agreed It was advisable able to call a halt hall In Inthe Inthe Inthe the construction of or story forty j I. I tho though gh Theodore Theodoro Starrett who is a 0 member member mem mom I b ber r of tho the commission expressed ed the opinion that a skyscraper could go feet high and be bo perfectly safe safo It Il was of real fireproof construction More than two score of th the city's best besl kno known n skyscrapers exceed the tho deadline I fixed by hy the ne new line Of course these buildings building are arC not affected b by the new 1 regula regulations I I |