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BOSTON HAS COLLEGE
SEEKING TO MINIMIZE
EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE
BOSTON, Aug. 14. (/P)—When
earthquake shocks of any consider
able magnitude are felt in any part
of the world, the public soon after
reads statements of scientists con
cerning the situation. In recent years
statements from Engineering Econo
mics Foundation have been appear
ing with increasing regularity and
members have been asked many
times “Just what are you trying to
do?”
The Engineering Economics Foun
dation is really a college without a
campus, operating in Boston and is
engaged in gathering and disj ininat
ing information concerning national
emergency of all types and methods
of reducing loss of life and property
in emergency. It focuses its work
upon earthquakes because they tn
i elude virtually all types of hazard,
i The headquarters of this college
are in an old house on Beacon Hill,
into which come reports from every
section of the world that relates to
disturbances within the earth. Ii is
from these reports, which scientists
study constantly, that deductions are
drawn, new methods of prevention
developed and steps taken to wage
, the fight against destructor*. Ade
quate evidence is 3howri that if pro
per precautions are taken in ad
vance the maximum destruction from
any earth disturbance can be re
duced by 7 per cent.
( The Foundation follows the two
caidinal principles of the college as
an institution; the organization of
knowledge by research and the trans
mission of that knowledge by teach
ing. Its teaching program is con
cerned first with the transmission of
knowledge io the men who will ba
called upon to lead in an emergency
and second to the public. Like vir
tually all colleges of i'.s type its fi
nancial resources come Irom citizens
interested in the deve’opuu'iit of its
work.
Explaining the fundamental prin
ciples of this endeavor the Founda
tion in a statement, says all the
work is “directed primarily to the
prevention of I033 and suffering 1o
men, women and children; its work
is directed secondly 10 prevention of
that destruction and loss of property
which involves human loss and suf
fering.”
The research program, broadly
speaking, calls for two distinct stud
ies; the earth, the city and preven
tion and the earth and the services
of the city.
The first part of this program in
volves a series of studies of cities in
the northeastern area of the United
States. A study of Boston already
has been started on the basis of the
Foundation’s knowledge of the effect
different types of earthquakes would
have upon the city should they occur
under present conditions.
The study of the earth and the
services of the city, the second part
of the reasearch program, calls for
a series of inquiries into the struc
tural conditions and readjustments
of the earth with respect to the
carrying on of the services, or the
work of the city.
* The services of the city are con
sidered by the Foundation to include
construction industries, fuel services,
life and fire insurance and the like.
A study of the earth in its relation
to these services and the effect an
earthquake of given intensity might
have upon them is planned as a basis
upon which men can understand and
use effectively the methods to pre
vent the maximum of destruction.
Such' a study is designed particularly
to develop organized knowledge by
which loss of property can be mini
mized and thus minimize human loss
and suffering.
All this knowledge, once gained by
research, must be taught. Thus the
second function of the college is
brought into play and the Founda
tion has outlined its teaching pro
gram so that the knowledge thus
gained can be put into practical use
in the event of disaster.
In its efforts to reach the whole
public with its knowledge of how to
prevent destruction, the Foundation
announces that it will issue 15 bulle
tins during the coming year.
In addition to these bulletins re
ports on methods of organization of
written sources of knowledge of
earthquake hazard and on research
sources prepared for the American
Reparations Commission will be pub
lished.
The railroad between Callac and
Oroya, Peru, is the most elevated in
the world, with a continuous grade
for more than 100 miles.
Men’s and Boys’ Trousers
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MEN’S HEAVY WOOL PANTS,
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MEN’S HEAVY CORDUROY PANTS, made to
stand hard wear per pair - - - $6.00
BOY’S CORDUROY PANTS, double seat and
knee, just the thing for school days, pair $3.50
Just received’ a large shipment of Riding
Breeches, including whip cords, serges, wool
and corduroy’ lace or button leg, priced
very low.
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By-Product of Pulp Mills
Used to Surface Streets
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 14. (£>)—Thru
the use of an industrial by-product
which has hitherto been wrasted,
Stockholm is henceforth to be made
a dust-free city.
After conclusive tests the authori
ties have discovered that by sprink
ling streets or roadways that are
either macadamized or unpaved with
the lye in which w'oodpulp has been
dissolved, they become coated with
a resilient substance which holds the
dust down even in heavy traffic. At
first the streets so treated are a bit
sticky, but as soon as the liquid is
evaporated the residue forms a brown
coating that in many respects excels
cvrude oil or any tar-like substance.
The slight odor also disappears very
quickly. In the past pulp mills have
been in the habit of pouring this
chemical laden liquor away.
In the suburbs of Stockholm a
piece of roadway has been treated
with the new liquid every two weeks,
and now the surface is smooth and
hard as though coated with, some
kind of asphalt.
“Smiie With Nile” Saturday night.
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BASEBALL
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National
St. Louis 5, Chicago 8.
Pittsburgh 1, New York 4. *,
American
Chicago and New York, rain.
Boston and Detroit rain.
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 5.
Washington 0-5, Cleveland 2-4.
Coast
Portland and Oakland, rain.
Seattle and Vernon, rain.
San Francisco 2, Salt Lake 4.
Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 5, 12 in
nings.
Jivavi Rao, agei 9, has become
ruler of the state Gwalior, India,
succeeding his father, who recently
died. The young maharajah has
nearly 3,000,000 subjects.
Four babies, three girls and a boy,
born to Mrs. Thomas Mahoney of St.
Johns, N. B., on Christmas day in
1923, are all living.
The 12 year old daughter and 15
year old son of Rev. H. R. Crawford
recently held services instead of their
father in the Minnehaha Congrega
tional church of Minneapolis.
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