SKYSCRAPERS
DO NOT BRING
GREAT PROFIT
MNNEAPOLIS, Aug. 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—Low buildings erected
on expansive lots are more profitable
«4|ian skyscrapers towering into the air
is the opinion of various members of
the National Association of Building
Owners an Managers, expressed at
their annual convention here. This is
contradictory to the generally accept
ed theory of realty men.
Reading a paper at one of the ses
sions on “Analysis of the Comparative
Investment Value of Office Buildings
of Various Heights,” Edwin S. Jewell
of Omaha, an advocate of the low
building theory, said that since land
values are enhanced by the increase
in population in a section and not by
^mie size of buildings on it, structures
under 10 stories in height were more
profitable in that a saving would be
made on the tremendous cost of found
ation and enormous elevator equip
ment.
“If a builder erects a six to eight
story building in a part of the city that
is the business section,” Mr. Jewell
said, “and if that business section
shifts in a decade or two. the structure
can readily be used for a factory,
warehouse, or other purposes. It is1
still a marketable building. The same
is not true of the skyscraper.
“When builders begin to erect low
buildings in our cities, the tremendous
amount of money now being used for
building foundations and sub-base
ments can be put into other buildings.
The money put into elevators, heavy
framework and other incidentals nec
essary to the erection of a skyscraper
would pay for a good, practical office
building four to six stories high cover
ing the same piece of ground.”
Mr. Jewell, who is chairman ol the
operating experience committee of the
building owners’ and managers’ asso
ciation, also asserted that the low of
fice building plan would spread the
& business districts of cities over a
wider area and raise land values, en
abling cities to raise more revenue for
schools and other public improve
ments.
“The low building plan,” he said,
■“would prevent congestion, promote'
s^ty and good health and by forcing
the spreading of the business district
over a wider area, provide more
stores, which would result in greater
competition and lower prices to the
buying public.”
A low building. Mr. Jewell asserted,
can be built for 14 cents per cubic
foot cheaper than a tall building of
the same quality because cement can
be used instead of steel.
Mr. Jewell asserted he had made
a study of revenues from a large num
ber of office buildings in more than
50 cities, adding that the receipts and
expenditures from 143 buildings in
1919 showed an average income of
■*about $1.41 per square foot, whereas it
would require $2.64 per square foot to
make an investment realize 6 per cent.
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WILL EXPLORE
TEMPLE RUINS
FOR OLD RELICS
PAPEETE, Tahiti, Aug. 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The ancient lore of
Tahiti is to be resurrected and the
ruins of the temples of the South
Pacific Islanders, ordered destroyed
a century ago by Christian mission
aries, are to be uncovered by excava
tion. Efforts to gather the relics of
a forgotten worship are being vigor
ously prosecuted here.
Interest centers upon the great cen
tral temple of Marae at Atehuru, on
Tahiti island, where human sacrifi
ces were offered to the bloodthirsty
god of war, “Oro.” So completely were
the wishes of the missionaries car
ried out that nothing remains save
traces of the foundations of this ex
tensive temple. Excavation's are ex
pected to bring to light some inter
esting objects, which, it is hoped, will
reveal the purposes and uses of this
ancient structure.
Marae, while being the chief temple
of Tahiti, was not the oldest or the
most important in the islands. The
temple at Opoa, traces of which still
remain on the island of Raitea, was
the sacred center of religion in the
eastern Pacific and not until a stone
from this has been incorporated in
the structure did the Marae temple on
Tahiti become consecrated.
It was at Marae that Captain Cook
witnessed the ceremonies of human
sacrifices chronicled in his “voy
ages.”
The natives, while professing
Christianity, and manifesting it by
most active church attendance, have
a deep fear of these places. Under no
circumstances will they approach
these temples at night, nor venture
near them by day without great tre
pidation, believing that should they
in any way offend the sleeping gods,
vengeance will come.
PRESS CONGRESS AGAIN
POSTPONES MEETING
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 9 (by As
sociated Press).—After several pre
vious postponement, the Press Con
gress of the World, which is to be held
here, has once more been postponed.
Instead of taking place next October
it will be held next Easter.
The change was due to the recent
change of government in this state
(New South Wales). Originally it
was a Nationalist government, under
Premier W. A. Holman, which invited
the press of the world to this city.
Now a Labor government is, however,
carrying out the arrangements made
by the preceding government and Mr.
Storey has placed over the congress
the minister of education, Mr. Mutch.
Incidentally, it is blieved that the post
ponement will increase attendance
from the United States, because the
congress will not coincide in time with
the height of the American presiden
tial campaign. Incidentally, also, it is
hoped that by next Easter steamer
fares all over the world will have
been somewhat reduced.
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FIFTY PER CENT DROP
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 9 (by
Associated Press).—Airplane passen
ger rates dropped fifty per cent here
recently and, according to the mana
ger fo one of the airplane companies,
fcvill continue to fall until they are
lower than taxicab fares. Before the
drop pilots charged ten dollars a
passenger for short flights. Now the
rate is five dollars.
Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
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