Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-06
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TO fhe Binding Colssiffce u fle SaR Il
City AMI County Buildingt.


To N, BuRdirg cozaittce Of fAe SaR LaIe
City AMI County Buiidingt.
GenIemen;-In compliance with your
orders / have examined the draw
inEs and specifications for The City and
County building, and beg 70 submit the
following report.
We will lrsl take up the question of
sfresgih and the durablRy of the building.
The brics walls OF the central portion OF
the building are three feet thick The entire
height, which IL bad construction. ! have
assumed that the tower proper u 20 be
omitted
Th- weight on each square OF basement
tower walls, with tower emitted, y tons.
with the material and worku anship liable
20 be obtained IN this city. consiser sLr-fo7i
pressure per square foot the limit OF safety
In short, even II toe tower be admitted, the
basemen. walls wOuli crack aud soon be-
eome dangerous. II the tower sh1uld he
built, the basement walls would undoubtedly
crush.
TAEe again one OF the inside columns. 5
inches in diameter, one metal. n basement
column said column will safely carry -
tons. bus the load thereon according TO
uian Is ~ tons, and the column - unsafe.
The footing OF brick under saId column J.
nine sou re feet. hence the pressure on the
brick Is s.s9 tons per square foot. but as SIX
,ons per square foot Is the limit Of safety,
the brick work would certainly crack and
even ually orush.
The thickness Of the walls in most cases
is not figured on plans. hence II has been
difficult 20 ascertain their renEth
The corner turrets appear 10 be built .,
| stone. but no support u provided To- the
| inside corner. / cannot ascertain the KIND
/ Of rna'erial used in Constructing the ROOF OF
said turrets.
| sufficient strength. They should be eapa.
BILE OF cArryiog thirty-two and one-haii
tons, but as specified their limit 70 thirteen
tons, or srvente n tous. a SHOWN
on one drawing. The drawinss dlsagree,
| The necessary tie rods between beans
have been omitted on gallery plan OF steel
also object 10 eiSht-inch walls three ~
four stories high with steel beams Of sam
should be strong eaouEh 20 earTJ the entir'
strength
l. TIE DRAWINGS.
The drawings and specifications are !
part Of the contract, in fact the very -
sence thereof. hence should be exhaustive
and clean and free IRON errors. thus sayin.
large bills OF extras" find the drawings
aud specifications very Incomplete IL
| some cases the kind OF material 20 be used
cannot be ascertaioed and in other cases .
variety Of material Is indicated for ih'
The wIndow areas are not shown on the
plans; their SIZE and material must be con
iectured. Error
The nues are located wrong on basement
ifth floor, which is 6iz1a. Error. Tie see'
tlon Of the water ei5-et should show N
| lection Of building. Error. one non De
tail Of sky-light webs 2ntS does not taill
| with 2xleS on section OF buiidinE az
he dgure 3x7 lin .sx6 = iine) should read
NJ Also the line Of nS~res IN plan az -
= n. same Iine in section en- small draw
fngs ADDS $50. Error
| The specifications say "See detail OF SKY
Iighi," but no detail Is craSn. a.
No aece . Is shown 70 the roof or 70 ihe
| 40 rrSnsif IL Indicated over inside doors.
40 doors arc shown 70 the water closets
INC great variety OF WINDOWS, par ol
me court rooms and council would pre-
mt from the interiora very unsishuy aP-
The gallery foor should be inclined.
LACK OF DETAIL
r,.r. are no drawings whate ver 81 the
window frames or the doof frames OF the
h9 Thsrs ar no details Of the stone work.
The statue Is not mentioned and might be
| furnished OF marble or zinc al the option OF
me Ts SeS depsh Of arr ducts, location Of sewer.
,ts-- 70 which reference Is made 70 plans, Is
/ NOT indicated on plans:
| The figures on drawings are very neon.
nlete. In shori, there are not oue-tnlrd
| fnonrh drawings TO illustrate the building
| N a nroper manner. 90 rs 20 allow An IN
| terT,gent estimate Of cost. AID 20 insure =
| contract embracing the oomplete DuiidinE
:. an rs parts, without oonunuai "biils OF
| extras during It's progress
SPECIFICATIONS.
We viii consider esch heading tepa-
| rAfeiy. 49,,
| ,re1rhes shou 4 be removed from premises.
s.wsr Pipe.-svery best quality" but
the material l. not specieed.
Ne,nnhinr.-a Frade Of / in 60 a insnl-
| e,cnt Tor "horilontal snil pipes Inc
l ebsnnris for sllnipes should DC SHOWN on