Daily Republican., 1885-08-20
| School Tower


! School Tower
r,No or THE COMMIs.
.sT EvENING-lNVEs-
kTINs IFS STRENGTH
PINION OF BUILDERS
nt to adjournment the com
determine the difficnltiee be-
(uilding Inspec,or handler
Rice. Jr., the architect Of the
% school building, held q meet.
veuine in the chamber of City
,u;ssiop is composed Of the
nIIdlpe Committee, consisting
r. ri. Taylor, Merris Taylor,
Crnbb, Alfred S. Denney and
Moore, with Chief Eng ineer
eyor EobiAson.
EIilding Committee OF the
pnhl .c Education was repre-
n. Hofiecker, Esq, while
Dse TO him was E l.. Rice.
Had the plans Of the new build.
sd ont on a desk III front OF
iIdinc Inspector Chandler oc.
saat on the right, add there
nbsr ofprJminet builders and
brs present. :, -
hlfors 8o'clock by MIR. X.
who ~ chairman OF the
Bit!ding Committee OF City
pcseding, wers opened by Chief
Robin on, who read the fol-
bl,ers
slsGroY, Del, Aug. II, 1885
d Il. ROBINSON, Esq, Chief
gineer, Nc.
sIR; We herewith notify you
hin objections, as set forth in
sed paper, have been made by
a Chandler, Building Inspec-
4 proposed method OF c0nstruc-
main portions Of the new high
Hiding, at Eighth and Adams
bis ci,y. We do not regard the
d as being well founded and re-
\ appeal from tho opinion of
dlnp inspector, and ask that
On shall bo taken as is provid.
Section 10 of the City Ordi-
bsssed at the City Hall, May
JAMH. II. HCFFECKER,J Il.
MIruAEL DUNN,
B. H. HElSLER.
IL.
eor THE BUILDING M
Rooms MOB. II and II,
e Building, Seventh and
treets, Wilmington, Del,
O 1855.
ii. HuFFECKER, JR., ESQ.
lMAy B, g., NEW SCHOOL.
Sir Please take notice that
pe,ted ths walls, and examined
for the construction OF tn,
sch1o, Eighth and Adams
| hlieve them unsa fe for the
pt The new tower, the bast
d piers being too light for IL
therefore notify you not u
asy ilrthsr with the ere c
sald wall OF tower thereon
etuFe being to light to bea
bin o, Wind or natura
ithey would be subject to
ftlsr notify you to put three b.
% be- studs il the first and secont
lOper.y secured with nails ant
tbs lolst, window lintels an,
IL w..!i 10 stifien the outsid
eF5hv Respectfully,
Q A+t ~ i1 " n ' VI n y III f.lk.
hullding Inspector.
lring oiteslimony was then com
and Bnildiug Inspector Chan
aled that at the base th,
pul l3 inches thick, and that a,
would weigh 6S tons ho di,
lieF Il strong enough. Thi
also inches of terra Gotta
Y Did not think as strong a
ni therefore there was notbin
y inch BRICK wall to depsn,
Is proposed to cap this wa
lhe, which he was informed b
wilson woald weigh not les
pouAds It was also propos
III a girder to support til
pa,s' II would have to sustai
o. hot less than 40 tons, h
il.
~ the girder would shrink o
an inah. AID he objected t
y On The scound that neither th
the glriel we're strong enoug
y When the floor was laid an
..etlng done, aud children in th
y woA'd make an addition;
Is y, "eIght on these thirteen inc
ne san Ihat he had been TO con
lFoab.e about this build ing, a
conHenced to build IL with
"a'' G. salmon brick, whic
iFu'hea, aud ordered that tn
'a!ftten inches thick of har
n'cl alteration was made.
lr Ha% th't they were putin
>, ETaet IN he objected, an
t,.o4shf II should be iron, bu
n,ai ,.,re. A1.d :; was strong euoug
moE.' not change it. He di
w 'tsY w1lli ever be able I
- owe, aad it was his opinio
'aolIi they ba able to con
!. would fail TO the cellar a
y, y, props were removed, but
!. !. w9H.d certainly fall as 500
.1,.S "inI pressure, or th
'onAenced TO move aroun
90 'hongi mat studs should b
a,o9hd lEe second and thir
'eas slxty.fve feet of IL
Eh;at It'su,h street is only mir
n,rh, w" lie conslderd the build
weak throughout, and woul
i Guy ny Responsibility in the ma
''pp,1ec'lons were overruled.
as ME-, -, H., testified that IL
" 10 supported by a stone wa
!sani, "a .neAes thick at the base, an
wen , inches above, built in II
" manher, He denied that II
"a, " y nine inches thick at an
Ia ' ~. I.s tower, and explaine
A., 'uiF'een-inch wall faced vii
onal MN Ia.ly described the buildin,
luef " III In which lis constru CITE,
scas s"lls ~ taken to strengthen it /
Ves. ~ de believed the tower to
- odit, AnH au >,