Cathedral of commerce. . have been made, no vibrationwhatever was detected. TheTower is braced to take care ofwind strains by a system of portalbraces like those used at the endsof bridges. These occur in allstories, so that wind blowing atany floor level is transmittedthrough the braces below suc-cessively untilit reaches form ofbracing is un-usual in build-ing construc-tion, but itwas consid-ered by far thebest solutionof the difficultengineeringproblem i nhand. The copperroofs on the Tower and on the main buildingare connected by means of cop-per cables with the Buildings
Cathedral of commerce. . have been made, no vibrationwhatever was detected. TheTower is braced to take care ofwind strains by a system of portalbraces like those used at the endsof bridges. These occur in allstories, so that wind blowing atany floor level is transmittedthrough the braces below suc-cessively untilit reaches form ofbracing is un-usual in build-ing construc-tion, but itwas consid-ered by far thebest solutionof the difficultengineeringproblem i nhand. The copperroofs on the Tower and on the main buildingare connected by means of cop-per cables with the Buildingsstructural steelwork. Thisgrounds the structure and pro-duces a result similar to the or-dinary lightning conductor. TheBuilding is, therefore, safe evenduring severe lightning storms. No description of the Wool-worth Building is complete with-out a word concerning that vi-tally important feature calledservice, a feature, perhaps,more important than all othersto the tenants. Every possible. need of the tenants is antici-pated and cared for promptly,courteously and efficiently. Thesmooth-running organization,planned as it has been along de-partmental lines, as in a greatrailway system, has for example,its Fire, Police, Cleaning, Repairand Maintenance Departments,on duty nightand day, al-ways, eachworking withrigid alertnessand Buildingcontains near-ly 30 acres offloor space,yet this vastarea is cleaned— yes, andthoroughly—every singleday, but notduring busi-ness hourswhen such work would disturbthe tenants. The 5,000 or morewindows throughout the Build-ing are cleaned once a week andmore often when storms make itnecessary. The work of the NightWatchmen, who make hourlypatrols of the Building, and ofthe Police and Detective Forces,is especially important to ten-ants, because they are sure ofthe absolute security of theirproperty during closed hours andbecause it prevents interruptionand annoyance during businesshours, of a kind commonly ex-perienced in som
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