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Show HUNDRED-FOOT SMOKESTACK COMPLETED There was an Informal celebration today when the cap was placed on i he big 100 foot smokestack of the new heating plant at the depot The tall stack Is another landmark and can easily be seen from Twent -fifth street and Washington avenue, looming loom-ing above ihe buildings Withoui supports of anv sort except ex-cept the big concrete foundation to which the steel stack is firmly anchored, an-chored, the cylinder stands graceful -Ij in the air and although It seems as If a breeze would topple it over the engineers declare that the stack will stand against the strongest canyon can-yon wind. Beginning EViddy morning, a slee-ple slee-ple climber will start on the task ol painting the pipe It was not neces-s.irv neces-s.irv to go outside the depot grounds I to find an experienced steeplejack, for there Is an experienced hand In I the present heating plant. Herman Johnson a ftreman who does not make steeple painting his hobb Is a good one nevertheless He painis high chimneys for recreation while, taking a vacation from his regular work and enjoys the excitement of hanging suspended in a swing at the beighth of a hundred or more feet from the ground Early Friday he will begin at the top with his bucket oi black paint and graduallv lower himself to the i ground as he proceeds with his task j ot painting |