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tion Work the government. waived thefface a siulds-n transition from bricks and
import duty on cement and placed it on inorlar to _-tt-cl and concrete. Owing 
the free list. The demand for this was tilt- dl-it-cti\'c 1-ystcin of training, for ul
enormous and shiplosd after shipload was Jnin.:ica thc apprenticeship system bl!
brought down. Brick was discarded and`falh-n into rlisusi-_ and there are no in
now is not being uscd even in the erec-'dustrial ni' tecluiu-al scholars. the _supply
tin" uf thc meanest, lmugg, ln? (list lla.-s arti.~ans was, at the belt .af
\\'hi-n the earthquake passed over not U"“"- fl* ll“""'- “ml ""|`*fl‘“l»*l¢‘~
a church in Kingston was left standing. 'U "_"`i ""'f"‘“"‘”"‘ “"~""e °h‘_"y “bm”
There was something strange, something ?"‘l'l"3'"'*‘ "“l_"'“ l"l."”`_ on _‘he ""l’°rt0“t
peculiar in the fact that of these edifices -l°b"- bm ill” 9"”-l“d“-`° U 'ww dylng
LITTLE over 18 months iigo King-
ston, Jamaica, was a eity of
brick and mortar, an ugly, dingy
city, chamcterized by its Spanish
style of architecture, in strange contrast
to the wcll laid out streets and thc dis-
tinctly English manner of the town. The
buildings not being uniform in architec-
ture presented an ungraceful appearance.
'l`wo-storied houses alternated with onc-
story structures, and the general aspect
of the town was far from pleasing to the
eye.
Then came the earthquake at 3.30 o’clock
on the afternoon of the 14.t'.h of January
There was only a low grumbling of the
earth to warn the citizens as the rippling
earth caused to tumble in confusion the
ancient brick and mortar buildings which,
tw they fell, killed 2,000 people and did
damage to property to the extent of
many millions of dollars. But like so
many of the seeming catastrophics of this
world, what seemed a great misfortune
was in reality a blessing in disguise. That
was n littlc ovcr IS months ago, and to-
day the old order of things has changed
making way for the new. The old order,
dating beck from the end of thc eighteen-
th century, was brick and mortar; the
new is steel-frame buildings reinforced
with concrete, for Kingston and its inhabi-
_G\'t‘I‘l00k Kingston serious people looked
' not only on the financial loss, but also on
lthe loss of population.
With the true spirit of detennination
the inhabitants of this, the most im-
lportant town' nf the most important pos-
iswsion of the British dominions in thc
i\Vost Indies, have set about rebuilding
ithe stricken city and to make it, as far
,as human power is able, earthquake and
_hurricane proof. Following the example
‘of the pcoplc of San Francisco, to whom
'a like inistortune had come thc ycar lic-
.l`orc, and on whose grit and energy the
‘whole world had looked in adiniratiou
and applause, Kingstonians have put
their whole soul into the task of recon-
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*HMB l1BV_¢ 100ml- their wsfly 1955011 *md struction, and have been generously aidcd
“re Pmmmg th°|'°bY~ in this work by the British government.
While the property lem was undoubted- i From the latter they have received nearly
ly heavy and spelt ruin to many mer-lfi\'<~ niillions of dollars, partly in thc
chants, yet this loss would not have mat- form of a loan, payments of which 'ex-
tered so much if it had not been accom- tend over a period of 20 years, and part-
panicd by thc terrible loss of lifc. It is ly as a gift. For the administration and
ndniittcd that Jamaica is underpopulated; l distribution of tlicse funds two bodies
fur this fertile island has only about 180 wcre created, the Kingston Loan Board
'wrlfnus to tho square mile. So when ruin and the Assistance Committee. The lat-
ter has been violently attacked in the
English and Jamaica press for punsuing a
policy of “to him that hath shall be giv-
en, etc.” This committee is decidedly un-I
popular.
If the citizens ol' thc \vrccketl elty were
determined that it should rise Phoenix-
likc from its ashes, thc gnveruuu-ut was
equally dctcrmmcd that in its rcgencra-
tinn_ it should be beautiful and uniform.
So thc building authority was created.
llc-fore thc disaster a man could build
auylinw and au_vwhcrc, und in some cases
buildings were put up which took in u
portion of thc strut-t.~'. lint tlu- gn\.'|~rn-
nn-nt st:-ppcd in, and with paternal in-
terest (which of cunisc, \\'as ree-iciitedl
sanl: liuild all you like, but l must have
u say as to ho\v und whore you shall
build. So now no building can be erected
that does not como up to a certain stim-
durd, and the plans of which liavew not
been submitted to thc building authority.
The goveriunc-nt, however, did not ham-
per or restrict lniildiiig operations. To
the contrary, it set a very good example.
Soon after the quake the determination
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was reached on gi~fui|i<l|~i nf public safety whled the steelwork was put together audi
to remove the excise wareliouscs with tillcd it with concrete. Crowds of blacks-
tl.cir contents, comprising from 3,000 to gathered in the streets and stopped trailic
0,000 casks of rmn to the extreme westin.-i they gazed in amazement at a hugct
of the city, and thc legislature opprn- girdcr, with a man climbing to one endl
,printed $40,000 ‘ -r constructing siiitablciaiul being hoisted into position 100 fectl
tire and cartl\ip;akepruot` stores, with adv- , above the street. They had never set-ni
qiiaie accoininodatinn. Land was qiiick|ylanyU'ing like it before. |
acquired and the work is now well undcr| ]|,|_~_1_,- had the burning llqbrig L-¢,(,|pd
ruling authorities in-ipiiretl land in the
centre of thc city and announced that
thi-_v would erect public buildings on this
land at a total east of $500,000.
(hire the possiliilitics nf l(iiig,<to|i`s rar-
cniistriictioii and ilu- icsultant tindc \vc|-e
it-alized various .\uierican coinpanics be-
ei-.rtliquake than the oflicials of the Nova
lticction of a liiliigliificciit structure, to
not one survived the thirty seconds of ““'“~"~ Q"l*'k 1° “ich °“‘° l-hlmls “nd
carthshaking. A story is told of an Ang-
lican panson and a Roman Catholic priest
thc church of which denomination wail
completely demolished. Said the parson.
"Your church has suffered most." "Ya,"
replied the priest, “God has been good
to us. He has spared us the trouble and
expense of pulling it down." '
The first clinrrh to be restored was the
\\'l-.slcyaii t`hurc|i (`okc. Others are
la-ing gradually comph-tt-il. 'l`he Roman
t`allu»lics have planned a mammoth ca-
tlicdi-nl_ which will cost $75,000; work on
the ctlitlce has been commenced and is be-
ing pushed forward as rapidly as poxi-
ilv.
Another most important building opera-
tion is that connected with the new rail-
way workships, which will cover nearly
thrce acres of land in the western portion
of the city. The site has been cleared
and the entire steel structure will be im-
ported from the United States.
Notwithstanding the fact that the re-
building of Kingston is being accompani-
cd mainly by British money, yct the trade
has turned towards the United States.
The fact that a British colony should use
peculiar' but it must bc i‘ciiiciiilu-i'cll that
to grasp idea.-‘_ tne native workmen hlvl
adapted th~-im~t-lvcs to the new conditions,
so that tlu~ ivork of t'rcctiii steel frame
biiildings- now cunu-s naturalii' to them.
The liu~i|raiie¢- companies have _gr2&tl!'
restrictl-il iclmilding. Un the receipt of
lthc nt-~.\':; nl' thc tire following the Olttli-
\ qua'..~ the iu.~uiancc cninpanies repndlated
all li.\lrli1_\'. "\\'¢» \\-uu't pay," they said.
'.l`lir_\' nic :nm lu-ing an:~\lc to pay through
the !.i\v .»»u|i.-. 'l`|u- pn|ii»_vlinldei's` com-
mitiu-c .-1-.iii that lu- i-nntlagration was
can i--l by ii lirc ivhich started before tn:
earil.pi.ikc and tr'-» piiies at Mandeville
and llontcgn li.i_»- ilccitlt-il that it was so.
The .<iip|'cnn- i-nu:-t of .lainaica sustained
the vcrdiit nl' thc jiirics, and Kingston
wen' u-ild uziu tl--inglit when the news
cam" that ilu- liunl court of appeal, the
judk-iul c<>mmi~.tt-e ol thc privy eouneil,
had dcenh-tl in unc case in favor of the
policylioldcic The other case will come
on for hearing in tlctobcr.
Nfitwitlisliiiiiliiig all disadvantages,
Kingston is hc-ing restored quickly and
silently, ainl ‘hc .lay i- not far all when
all traces; ul ilu- \|i»~a-trnus earthquake of
January ll, 1007. will be obliterated, and
the pcoph- froin improved conditions,
way. This was not all, however, for tlie_a[tu-  ~ Qonflagmtion which gon-|p]¢¢,¢d B ___ . . f in d loan in order W, _ _ _- _
the w____»_; of dc“_SL_-_,_io__ bpgun by t____=___:___;i_i;isA__i_‘:_cg___ £\_:__e______s ____g____ _________,_will hit- \-_-ith gn-ati-1. security.
S“Ul'l"' Bank had drawn up Pllms for "h“‘tln~ Unilted .\'tnt<'s is thi' iintiiral iiu\i'l»:i-l.   
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‘<-usi ni-arly unc liundird and twenty thou- ',_`_`i_ ,_`]'l___|  ,hir I;-__iu__il  i:,U___»_`___`i .»\ i.~.l t- : ,i-r \-.'.ll ulicr about i,500
"“"'l ‘lUllm'”' ltliri-i: iiiniillis to get materials froiii .lt`nK iwlmiii “li A" ‘Z 'H ""‘li‘“l§ il" “‘ld\`4-'55-
'|`l‘l" Wl-Wk in l)l`0l§"*‘-‘“\l\lZ r:\l>l\ll¥ “W1 land. .\`l\nie varieties ul tisli can stand any
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lratirrcd tlicmscl\'i~.- to lu-lp thc \\'ui'k_along.
ltlne American company designed and
erected the first Steel frame building in
Kingston. _Their work was done for tho
,Jamaica 'I‘ohacco Company, a branch of
the American Tobacco Trust. Native arti-
sans knew next tn nothing about su-cl
framing, so the company brought ilowii,
its o\\'n ivorkinen. The iinlivcs loukvil i-ei
in wonder at the incredible spccil with
will lm "0mDl'¢f-'34 \\'ll-lllfl ll m°“il\ or 5°-1 ln the first days of reconstruction work ,,m,,,,", uf wiv . ,,,,,.,,, pwch Wm
The buildin will be on the S anish Col
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onnade style and will be the best bank
building in the \Vcst Indies.
With the example of the bank and of
other places before thoni the city went
up for steel and concrete. and so great
has lu-cn the demand th' ‘elays are bc-
ii experienced in gcttl iron work
down. ln order to aid in - reconstruc-1
was 'nampered owing to the tincertnin
quality of labor. \Vorkincn, nccustonied _ _ __ _
ull their lives tn follow a certain linc ol Wlfd H1 0V91`.‘ ‘ ""- HN’ \Vl1|ff“lh
work, when suddenly changed to some- .if L‘lunul.1, cal-,_ _ _ inigh holes in the
thing altiigrtlicl' tlil'l`ei'c|it, find themselves i_,,,_ |__,\.__ :,,,,.,, |_,,_k,,,| up 1-,.Uz,`." so “tm
"L a ihsmlmllmgik "ml _the cmn]0'Wr`q “fl that iln»\ \~,-.ul.l break like brittle sticks.
such labor sometimes gnc way to sinldcui _
ms of Dy,-o'_ec|,njL.,,| ,mmm_ 5,, "_ “~,,` -cl tt... -1 l.i~ iully t.i;i\red out abov.'r'.l
with the Jsniacian artisan \vlio had Io. -\,_.i.~| ol lui-_
live in point- ‘.riw.en practically
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TQUUY? .Who can nomo the winners
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26th Oct. for P. E. Island, and give
the correct total ml1J`0Fi\‘-Y of the
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Names of Candidates No, I N0, 2
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