Elevator Problem
Imagine standing on the eighth floor for 4 minutes and 26 seconds, waiting for an elevator. It finally comes and you have to stop at every floor on the way down. You look at you watch and see that you are now late for class, because you didn't anticipate one of the elevators not functioning properly. The delays would not bother you as much except that this is the second time this week that an elevator has quit working, and it's only Wednesday. This happens to many people in Richardson Towers. Why should we have two elevators, if one is not going to work?
Bret Maher, also a freshman, says that the elevators function properly on average two days a week. The rest of the time, one of the elevators is stuck on a floor. He also said that whichever floor the elevator is stuck on, has to deal with loud noises and beeping coming from the elevator. Another student, a sophomore, said, "The elevators never worked last year for us. We had to ride one elevator like a bunch of sardines the majority of the time."
I believe that, in order for us to fix the elevators, we must remain within a budget for maintenance, delays must be limited while fixing the elevators, and it must be a permanent fix. We must stay within a budget for obvious reasons: we can't spend money we don't have. The delays must be limited, because that defeats the whole purpose of fixing the elevators, although some delays for a short period time would be tolerated, if the fix were permanent. The fix must be permanent, because right now there are maintenance men working on the elevators three or four times a week. They must be paid and if the elevators were fixed, those men could be used elsewhere.
My first solution is to install bungee cords in place of elevators. At first it seemed like a good idea, but then I realized that the cost would be enormous, because insurance would be necessary, and also someone would have to supervise the cords. Also, removing the elevators and installing bungee cords would cause great delays, defeating the whole purpose of our fix. Third, the fix would be permanent, but it would cause other problems and issues. This is definitely not a choice.
A second solution is to remodel the current elevators and replace parts. This is being done now, but maybe a more extensive remodeling could work.
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...afety should have inspected the building prior to issuing permits for further renovation, especially knowing this structure was going to be housing 124 residents. It seems that lack of knowledge from prior owners and lack of responsibility of city officials are responsible for this collapse and sadly, the loss of 9 brave men in the line of duty. The Boston Fire Department could have worked closer with the owner/ construction crew at the Hotel Vendome, and the deficiencies would have been found, and they would have known the instability they were walking into on June 17. At that point, firefighting operations would have more than likely been defensive. The firefighters did not conduct pre-incident planning which would have let them know they were going to face the construction barriers while attempting to lay hose, maneuver hose, and get the hose to a water source.
Girls and women ran to the doors and to the elevator. The elevator operator saved as many as he could, but he had to stop running the elevator because the fire had spread too far to keep operating it safely. Sisters, mothers, and daughters were separated. For some, the last thing they saw of their family member was either them going down the elevator, or trapped in the building. The workers became truly desperate. Some threw themselves down the elevator shaft after the elevator stopped coming. Others rushed to the fire escape, but it collapsed under all the weight. The firemen were not able to catch any of the girls that jumped through the window because the nets broke, the ladder on the tuck only reached to the sixth floor, and the water from the fire hose only reached the seventh floor. The firefighters sprayed the building as high as they could in hopes that the mist would cool the fire and start to put it out. The women soon realized that escape was hopeless. Knowing that they were going to burn to death, some turned to the window and jumped. None of the girls that jumped survived the fall. Within twenty minutes of the fire breaking out, there were bodies lying on the street and people surrounding the building. The total number of victims of the fire was 146. Nineteen bodies were recovered from the elevator shaft, and fifty-four workers died by jumping out of windows. 12 The two founders, Harris and Blanck, made it out of the burning building alive, but some of their family members worked in the upper floors of the factory and were killed by the fire.
The failure tragically occurred on the night of the dance party, with the added weight of all of the partygoers proving too much for the supporting bolts to handle. At 7:05 P.M. one of the upper walkway’s supporting bolts failed causing the rest of the connections to break and “unzip” (Chronology). The upper walkway crashed onto the lower walkway causing both to fall onto the lobby floor below. Numerous key factors are often cited as having left the construction project vulnerable to such fatal design flaws.
Jesse W. Reno was the inventor of the first working escalator. He lived from 1861 to 1947. He was born in Fort Leavenworth, KS. The first escalator was built as an amusement ride for Coney Island next to Old Iron Pier in 1895, it only ran for two weeks but more than 75,000 passengers rode it. The first escalator only rose 7 feet up in the air, but it was more than exciting back then. It also elevated the passengers belt 25 degree angle. Without Jesse W. Reno building this inclined elevator/escalator we would not have the elevators we have today. Reno came up with the idea at age 16. Charles Seeberger designed the modern escalator, around 1900, named it what it is called today. Three people have invented a type of escalator.
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