The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-07
THEY COME AT LAST.
The Reports on the City and
County Building Plans.
APPOINT WILL HAVE HIS SAY
He Charges that Politics is at the Bottom
Of the Whole Affair-He Didn't
Vote to Suit.

The public has been cognizant of the fact
that there has been good deal Of what is
commonly known as monkey business"
going on in connection with the proposed
joint city and county building.
The masses, who read THE HERALD, are
also aware of the reasons for the procras-
tination.
We have been assured time and time
again, that the building would be con-
structed, but the hole still remains on the
corner and nothing has yet been done.
The plans made by Architect Apponyi
were submitted to another architect named
Hale, and tafter spending a short time in
looking them over, he made report This
the city officials declined to make public,
even when their lord and master, P. H.
Lannan, OF the Tribune, demanded it. 1t
would probably never have seen light now
had it not been for the fact that the county
court made demand for it.
After the plans had been submitted to
Hale and his report had been received,
they were again carted off east. and again
landed in this city. 1t was understood that
they were submitted to Professor Ware, of
Columbia college, but what report he
made, if any. has never been given to the
public. and probably never will be. There
was another delay, and the plans were
again sent of.
The matter rested until yesterday Then
the report of a man named Illsley, of ST.
Louis, was received. 1t is presumed that
1llsley's report suited the city dads, for
they made 1t public, and both Hale's and
the ST. Louis report are given below.
Architect Apponyi was seen yesterday by
HERALD representative, but he said he
had nothing for the pubic, but would have
a reply ready to-day. He was not slow,
however, in asserting that politics alone
was at the bottom of the whole affair, and
had the iron, etc., been ordered through a
certain local Institution, the safety OF the
proposed building would never have been
called into question. We leave Apponyi to
make his own defense.
HALE's IDEAS.
To the Building Committee of the Salt Lake
city and county buildings:
GENTLEMEN I'm compliance with your
orders i have examined the drawings and
specifications for the city and county build
ing and beg to submit the following report:
We will first take up the question of
strength and the durability of the building.
The brick walls of the central portion of
the building are three feet thick the entire
height, which is bad construction. have
assumed that the tower proper is to be
omitted.
The weight on each square of basement
tower walls, with tower omitted. is S.4 tons
With the material ana workmanship liable
to be obtained in this city, consider Six
ton pressure per square foot the limit of
safety. In short, even if the tower be
omitted, the basement walls would crack
and soon become dangerous. If the tower
should be built the basement walls would
undoubtedly crush.
Take again one Of the inside columns. S
inches In diameter, one metal, basement
column. Said column Will safely carry Us
tons, but the load thereon according to
plan is a tons, and the column is unsafe
The footing of brick under said column is
nine square foet, hence the pressure on the
brick is $50 tons per square foot, but as six
tons per square foot is the limit of safety,
the brick work would certainly crack ana
eventually crush.
The thickness of the walls in most cases
Is not figured on plans, hence it has been
difficult TO ascertain their strength
The corner turrets appear to be built of
stone, but no support is provided for the
inside corner. / cannot ascertain the kind
OF material used in constructing the roof of
said turrets.
The beams under gallery posts are not of
sufficient strength. They should be capable
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specified their limit is thirteen tons. or
seventeen tons, as shown on one drawing,
The drawings disagree.
The necessary tie rods between beams
have been omitted on gallery plan Of steel
work
1 also object to eight inch walls three Or
four stories high with steel beams of suffi-
cent strength built therein. The beam
should be strong enough to carry the entire
strength.
The drawings and specifications are
part of the contract, in fact the very es-
sence thereof, hence should he exhaustive
and clean and free from errors, thus saving
large bills Of 'extras." 1 find the drawings
and specifications very incomplete. In some
cases the kind of material to be used cannot
be ascertaiued and in other cases variety
of material is indicated for the same pur-
pose.
The window acres are not shown on the
plans; their size and material must be con-
lectured. Error.
The fiues are located wrong on the base
ment plan, all elevator walls are 615x5 ex
cept fifth floor, which is 615x5 Error.
TIE section of the water closet should
show in section of building. Error One
iron detail of sky light webs 2x415 does not
tally with 2xll'< on section OF building.
Also the figure SKI lin 22x615 line) should
read 3x75S. Also the line Of rigures in plan
duuc OcAO, odulc 4luS III S6CGlOQ on small
drawings adds 3Sx0. Error.
The specifications say ''See detail of sky
light" but no detail is drawn.
No access is shown TO the roof or to the
rear area.
No transit is indicated over inside doors.
No doors are shown to the water closets
The great variety of windows, part of
them practically inaccessible, showing the
court rooms and council would present
from the interior very unsightly appear
ance.
The gallery floor should be inclined.
There areno drawings whatever of the
window frames or the door frames of the
finish (casings, etc.
There are no details of the stone work.
The statue is not mentioned and might be
furnished Of marble or zinc at the option of
the contractor.
The depth of air ducts, location of sewer.
ETC., to which reference is made to plans. is
not indicated on plans.
The figures on drawings are very incom-
plete. In short, there are not one-third
enough drawings to illustrate the building
in proper manner, so as to allow an in
telligent estimate of cost and to insure
contract embracing the complete building
in all its parts, without continual 'bills of
extras during its progress.
We will consider each heading separately.
Excavations.-The excavated earth from
trenches should be removed from premises.
Sewer Pipe.-"Very best quality" but
the material is not specified
Plumbing.-A grade of in 60 is INSULT
Gent for horizontal soil pipes.n The
channels for all pipes should be shown on
drawings. The size and material of an
pipes should be specified.
Water Suppiy-The tank should be To-
Gated on plans and proper supports pro-
vided an access given to the tank. Tanks
should be prevented from freezing and be
provided with at least three inch overflow
The location Of supply pipe from tank,