. Christian herald and signs of our times. lts in lifelong irritation and are wise who follow the Apostolicadvice: Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers : for. . what communion hath light with darkness ?(2. Cor. 6 : 14.) The Law of Foundations. Few owners of property in New Yorkwere aware until last week of the existenceof a law which affects their interests. TheSuperintendent of Buildings cailed atten-tion to it in his testimony before the Su-preme Court Commission which is makingan inquiry in connection with the RapidTransit scheme. He said that under theexisting law, if a


. Christian herald and signs of our times. lts in lifelong irritation and are wise who follow the Apostolicadvice: Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers : for. . what communion hath light with darkness ?(2. Cor. 6 : 14.) The Law of Foundations. Few owners of property in New Yorkwere aware until last week of the existenceof a law which affects their interests. TheSuperintendent of Buildings cailed atten-tion to it in his testimony before the Su-preme Court Commission which is makingan inquiry in connection with the RapidTransit scheme. He said that under theexisting law, if any person having a foun-dation dug, found that his neighbors walldid not go down ten feet below the line ofthe pavement, the neighbor would have tobe at the risk and cost of whatever workwas necessary to secure its safety. If thefoundation was a clear ten feet down, thenthe responsibility and expense of under-pinning, or shoring up, fell upon the per-son erecting the new building adjoining it:but if it fell short of that depth by onlv a.


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