Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-18 | Page 4 | Local News

It 1b hard to credit tho statement of C.en William S Smith that the steel framework of the Chicago sky-scrapers Is eoirndlng nnd that In the course of a few years those buildings will fall to the giound Ills further statement thut this eonelltlon Is nothing short of a public ojtragi. Indicates that ho considers con-siders It po.slblo to prevent the corrosion cor-rosion It seems as If that Is n correct view too for It ought not tn be difficult diffi-cult to so cover nil the steel ns to pievent . orioalon Hut It Is possible that tte trouble Is from another causo thst which makes engineers afraid of steel bridges The constnnt Jar and wu)lng nf these steel bridges Is fall to destro) the cohesive power of the steel granulating the metal and rendering ren-dering It w irthless If this Is what nils the Chicago sky-scrapers, tho osell. luting and the Jars of the earth then there Is no remed) other than specially piepnred metal, perhaps with an ad-mixture ad-mixture of nickel ns In armor-plato for warships