Show NEWT NEr YORKS YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS HIgher and higher go the great of New York YOlk CIty the Empire building a heIght exceedIng the Eiffel towers towels 1000 feet ving the piling up of these massive bUIldIngs some have whether eventually Manhattan l Island mIght not gIve way under the strain and collapse Into the waters No such thing IS lIkely engineers point out for two FIrst the cIty IS built on solid rock whIch would bear any w eight man could ever put upon It Second the great of stone removed In excavations e for these great gleat buildings is heaVIer than the completed although of much less bulk Citing a recent example the stone excavated e for the Chrysler building weighed twice as much as the building Itself which when bUIlt was the hIghest In the orId So the weIght support support- supported ed by the Island IS becoming less instead of greater Folks may be reassured then that whatever may be the dangers of New York Y the collapse of Its foundatIOn IS not one of them |