Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-16
COLLEGE PLANS.
The main Building to be 416 feet long,
and to be crowned with an
immense dome.
TO be three stories high, with a base
ment. A part to be built
at once.
Other matters pertaining to the state
agricultural college and
school Of science. =

The agricultural college building viii
be quite an extensive structure. Archi
tect Preusse, OF Spokane, was instructed
to prepare plans for the new college anC
submit them with estimates at the mex
meeting Of the board, which will be Oh
the 22nd inst, at Pullman. The mair
building will be 416 feet long. The
central portion Of the building with an
immense dome and small towers. is 89x-
l2S feet. It will contain the offices OF
the president, steward and registrar OF
the college. On the ground floor Of this
portion Of the building will be located
the spacious library rooms, and above
the library, the auditorium. Solid fire
walls will separate the central portion
from the wings, which will be fitted up
as recitation rooms. The building, ex-
| elusive Of the central portion, will be
three stories high, with basement, and
the wings will be 51x83 feet. The heat
ing apparatus will be separated from
the building to insure safety, and plans
for a power house will soon be submit
ted. A fourth story is designated to
be set apart for the geological, botanical
and geological museums.
Matters pertaining to the agricultural
college are now going smoothly. A GER
tain few individuals and newspapers
tried to make it appear that Pullman
was not yet sure of that institution.
The tickle Spokane Spokesman, which
was at first friendly toward Pullman,
wheeled around and for few days was
loud in its crys of i" Doodle " and " fraud"
out it saw the mistake of its latter course
and made another flop, and in the issue
of that paper on last Wednesday there
appeared the following article:
..S--4-.-----...o- sound apers continue to
discuss the agricultural college question
AS though it were simply a matter OF
location, and they declare that Pullman
is inaccessible, inconvenient, and totally
unfit as a location for the college. The
editors who make charges or comments
of this kind know nothing of Pullman.
So far as the question of location goes
Pullman is just as good point as any
in the state. 1t is on both the Union
Pacific and Northern Pacific roads. 1t
is very much easier to reach than Olym-
pia or Port Townsend or half the towns
in Western Washington.
1t is far easier to reach from all east
ern Washington than North Yakima,
and does not require trip via Portland
from Klickitat county as that town does.
1t enjoys splendid climate, has fer
tile country surrounding it, the greatest
supply of fresh water in the state, and as
enterprising, live, and energetic people
as the state of Washington contains.
Because it is eight miles from the
Idaho line is no more reason for its be-
ing unfit for the site of public institu
ton than Moscow is, for instance, which
is only "a mile from the Washington line
and yet has the idaho state university
Rich deposits of excellent coal are
known to exist at or near Pullman and
the town some day will have important
interests in that direction.
There is not a town in western Wash
ington the size of Pullman that has her
advantages. They would be mighty
lucky if they had.
The college question has nothing to
do with location. It depends entirely
on what influences were brought to beal
to secure the location at Pullman. II
the methods were fair and will bear the
light of day, and the ex-acing governor
can explain or disprove the charge made
by Mr.. Chamberlain that he swore two
of the commissioners before appointing
them, to select Pullman, then that towr
is honestly entitled to her victory anC
should only be congratulated on hel
success.
After summing up the advantages o
the town, and making the statement
that no place was better qualified TO
the location of the college than Pullman
the editor Of the Spokesman raises the
doubt as to means used to obtain the 10
cation of the college here. Fraud i
= used in a case to defeat right and jus
tice. Every newspaper in the state ad
mits that Pullman is the proper plac
for the agricultural college and sehoo
of science; if this is fact, then it is
proof that dishonest means were no
3 used, for they were not needed, and
fraud was attempted by any city it ha
" no weight, and justice prevailed. Th
members Of the locating commission
d were men Of good Judgment, and readil
S saw the better claims of Pullman, cor
sequently Pullman won.
The deeds for the college site wer
turned over to the state, by DR.. H. ,
! Webb, this week. The Olympia TriE
une, in speaking of this, said:
! DR.. H. J. Webb, who was chairman
the committee of citizens at Pullman VII