Show t NEW YORK CAPITOL FIRE I 1 The Tue partial parti l de destruction h by lW f fire 1 of the capitol at 1 1 Albany Albah N. N Y is a great greut loss luss of f a lamentable lam lam- iii loss of what hat it in tIme the tile gr great nt library cannot t u iC he That flint library held the records of the 8 state stale ate from froni ancient colonial times There were records or s of battles with Indians there were let- let sund state papers pape s 's of all aU the illustrious men who hh c lived hived in that great leat state the time records of I magnificent industrial achievements the re records I flo from n er c every field were gathered there It is said thc rg turc lc cost ost It eos cos the state stat J tl th that that- lt- lt t the real ost cost was vas p rd th that t I sum sum- the rest was stolen In ti form it was wa's mu much h like our city and county building only perhaps four times as large But it seems that despite despic the cost there was not forethought exercised in the building to prepare a secure place for th the priceless library of the state There should be no such stich mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take in Utah Indeed to make e a secure place for forthe forthe forthe the library is one of the most urgent ren reasons ons for building the structure In the New York case there must have been added to the graft of building gross neglect in the care of the building Then there is another feature which whelm should not be QC lost sight of in Utah There arc are man many kinds of granite some somo of them very verj beautiful but granite is not a n good building stone for great buil buildings ings because when subjected to great heat it will swell under it and amI explode That is it is naturally brittle not tough tough and and a a. great heat causes causes it to expand Hl until it flics flies to pieces like it a disintegrated iC burg Whole blocks went down own as though incited melted in iii the time great Boston f fire rc some thirty or more years jears ago Altogether the New York fire ought to supply many important lessons to those who will have ha charge of the planning and building of our capitol |