Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-01-10 | Page 16 | Tiling Buckles in Capitol and Frightens Men

I TILING BUCKLES IN CAPITOL AND FRIGHTENS MEN When the floor comes right up In your face wouldn't you Just naturally run In another direction asked T T. T. T I Larabee who is in charge of the elevators ele- ele i i in the capitol building today I As I was walling walking to the tho stairway I that leads into the basement he conI continued continued con- con I in order to turn on tho power j the floor in the north side of or the build build- I I Irig on the first floor and In the cenI center cen- cen I ter of the structure appeared to rise I right right up In front of or me There was wasI I j no shock that would Indicate an earthquake earth- earth I quake but the floor that floor that Is the tiling just just buckled apparently and then when it settled down it was bulged up covering a space of about four feet fee feet square Possibly It Is due to the settling settling settling set set- of the building But it did frighten fright fright- en me i Engineers in the tho capitol asked the i cause catbe cause of the freak said it might be I due to the fact that the temperature on the floor had been reduced and andi i i that the turning on of ot a greater head i of steam caused an expansion which caused the tile flooring to heave I Some or of the Janitors on the first floor of or the building are superstitious and they attribute the upheaval to toI I fhe the fact that the mummies and skeletons I tons which were unboxed in the basement basement basement base base- ment on Saturday last and which have havo not been removed are responsible for forthe forthe I the tho break in the floor