Show skyscraper found to have its disadvantages the aimless way in which sky se sc have been crowded together not only in new york but in other cities Is causing much congestion for that reason in the opinion of flavel shurtleff secretary of the na lional conference on city planning the skyscraper Is having the fight of its life to 0 o justify the enormous cost with which it has burdened the taxpayers for traffic facilities skyscrapers have been generally accepted on oil tills this s side de of the atlantic as both necessary and desirable writes mr shurtleff ert in progress magazine theoretically the height of buildings Is immaterial except that height to Is deprecated when it creates excessive bulk in relation to the traffic capacity of the area even in texas where land Is so a abundant and cheap that ten acres are allotted to one steer for pastur age at least four cities boast home made sky lines which are assumed to be ohp hallmark of metropolitan distinction houstons Hous tons skyline in eludes five buildings of more than han twenty stories in height housing thousands of tenants on art less ground than would suffice to nourish one steer elsewhere in the state |