Show Sa I New Structure ture Making Record for Speed 1 i 5 S St t i t 4 I t 4 Y r rJ ra f a J r. r a HE Salt Lake Lako time record In building build build- THE I ing operations to date dato has J eon made mAd b by the tho Auerbach building With all excavations completed the sub structure re was waR started on September Septem Septem- ber 1 I when work was begun on the concrete footings On October 1 It had bind lI progressed ed above tho first stor story with the laying la of tho the forms torms for tor the concrete te flooring of tho the second The Tilt building is Ss of oC reinforced concrete and absolutely fireproof with an nn outside curtain wall of brick and terra cotta When hen completed It will bo be three stories storIes stor- stor Ies les and basement b by foet feet and It will house one ono of the tho largest dol do- do l stores In tho the west The site at Third South and State streets was purchased and excavations for the mammoth store atoro were be begun un some time ago but a temporary delay delav occurred with the tho understanding that when active operations were recommenced recommenced recommenced they thoy would bo be rushed to a finish fin fin- ish This promise is being liberally by the architects McDonald Cooper and the tho James Stewart Construction Construction Construction Con Con- comp company n Ninety columns made mado of oC twisted square reinforcing steel bars on one inch In diameter bound together by b wire and embedded In solid concrete uphold the great r structure These are sup sup- upon wide concrete footings and the tho floor b beams bams ams and floors are aro of or similar construction Columns and md cross beams are designed ned fo to be adequate ado ade I quate to support additional stories h ot 1 the na a h. h hA be at nt An any future s U 9 v u t time Ume Each Kach of oC the columns contains from twelve to fifteen of oC these stool steel bars set about square wooden forms Corms am and interlaced with wire Concrete is poured Inside and outside tho the square of oC bars so that when the tho forms Corms are arc re removed re- re moved mo there thero is a 1 solid reinforced concrete concrete concrete con con- crete column of or great strength The Tho bars project above o the columns to the floor above o whore where the they forthe form torm the tho connecting connecting con con- link Ink with the tho second set a of ot columns Beams of oC concrete reinforced reinforced reinforced rein rein- forced with steel truss bars bare connect tho the columns and carry the six Inch concrete concrete con Con- cr crete floor AH All beams s and columns in the basement basement base base- ment have b been en poured with concrete and the tho floors are finished above aboveground ground round Work orle of ot pouring the beams above the first floor Is now under way wayby wayby by y a process which permits of extreme rapidity In the work In the basement a track runs from the tho pile of aggregate tc to the concrete mixer operated b by cars which v carry one half of a a. cubic yard of material This IB is dumped Into tho mixer mix mix- er and from there to dumping buckets which are raised to the tower by a hoisting cn engine lne their contents poured Into a hopper and then spouted In beams or columns as S desired by a n gravity gravity grav grav- raIt ra ity It system No manual labor In l s required re required required re- re to handle tho the wet concrete ohe tho process gaining l in rapidity by y wholly 5 m mechanical operation When hen the Ule concrete columns beams floors and roof root are arc completed the building Is II a 0 unit In itself Itself with the tho outer walls added merely as an enclosing enclosing en en- closing surface or curtain and supporting supporting sup sup- porting no part of or tho the weight of the tho structure This will be of or brick with torra terra cotta trimming It is planned to o ha the building in readiness for Cor occupancy bv by February 1 |