Nifiw York will yet claim the honor of
containing the largest business building
in the world. Ghicago has outrivalled
Ibid metropollHiin in Ibis respect for some
years, but the only I.WI) slrm laros which
will surpass tlio proposed building in
height are the I'lilTel Tower and the
Washington Monument. If will stand
on the west side of lower Hroadway near
Dowling Green extending lo Groonwieli
street and will ho 680 foot high, contain
UH lories, constructed miiinly of steel, the
estimated cost being almost 81,ODD,ODD
Tine new Gal Hernia lake promises to lie
permanent and to deepen us I he mouths go
on lls i (Teels upon climate remain to he
seen, hut. Iho possibilities nre interesting,
If will certainly fertilize large desert areas
now barren for waul, of moisture, and if
may easily change the conditions that
render a part of Galiforniti a “rainless
country." How much this would mean
only those ran realize who know how rich
the adobe desert hinds me mid how on
tirely their desert condition is due lo the
lack of wato r.
Iris pertinent at Ibis time to remind
Hie people of Hm danger there is in lunch
ing wires. What will the network of (ol
ograph, tel* phone, electric light mid elec
tric ear wile ever our heads, one is liable
le he slntek by lightning almost any t ime.
Ihe wise thing to do is never to touch a
wire under any eirc unstmiees. Never try
out of curiosity to see if it bo loaded.
