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Show MENACE IN HIGH BUILDINGS Man Who Should Know Declares That City's Chief Peril la In lis 8kyecrapere. "Quit building 'skyscrapers,'" was the advice given to tho convention of the National Association of Building Owners and' Managers byFrcnkltn N. Wentworth ot Boston. Mr. Wentworth, who Is secretary of . the National Fire Protection association, associa-tion, declared that excessively high buildings are becoming a menace to the larger cities of the country. "It is said that the up and down traffic on the elevators of New York city is almost as great as the horizontal hori-zontal traffic," said he. "New York' city has been very fortunate. No disaster dis-aster more horrifying could be Imagined Ima-gined than that which would occur If ' New York city should have an earthquake; earth-quake; Just enough of a shock to break water mains and gas mains and to snap electric leads. Tho loss of life would be appalling. "Imagine tho panic that would occur If such a disaster came during the rush hours when 100,000 persons would bo in tho subways or when panic-stricken occupants of great buildings build-ings wero attempting to make their way down to the ground. "Tho skyscrapers havo mado the subway a necessity. A great conflagration, confla-gration, such as is possible In Now York, would bring the samo disastrous rcsultB as an earthquake and choke tho subways. "Now York Is beginning to realize tho menace and steps aro being taken to limit the height of buildings. Other cltjes not limited In space as, New York Is should set a limit on the height of buildings. It does not make a city any greater to have high buildings." |