Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-07
New Mexico College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
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Las Vegas are quite homologous in
structure n well made. That stand
ing the best test was one of bufr color
which ala not rupture under q load OF
10000 pounds for a half brick. Both
machine and hand made brick are man.
ufactured in Albuquerque and Las We.
gas, ana the great superiority of the
former can be realized from the tests.
Conclusions,
After performing this series of tests
the Following conclusions were deduc-
ed: That New Mexico is gifted with a
variety of building stones of which the
standing on an average of 1000 pounds
per square inch under compression;
and that most of these sandstones hav
SILICA as a cementing material.
That the brick manufactured i'm the
valley of the inferior quality, standing
but 10000 pounds of brick or 5000
pounds per square inch; and that the
Albuquerque and Las Vegas bricks.
both hand and machine made. are of
good quality, standing, on an average.
respectively, 5000 and 100 900 pounds
each.
That the quality of the Atlas and
German Portland cements. as shipped
into this territory, at ieast those pack
ages received by the college. from
which the samples were taken. stood
the tests required in government spec
ifications, namely: that the tensils
strength of cement should be from 300
to 400 pounds after standing one day
in air. and six in water, and that at
least 80 per cent of cement should
pass through a sieve of 10000 meshes
to the square inch. Furthermore that
cement which is allowed to set under
water is by far stronger than cement
that is allowed to set in air; for this
reason cement in air should be kept as
moist as possible; again, that cement,
after standing two weeks was about
4 per cen stronger Ian that standing
one week; showing the value of allow
ing cement to set well before use.
That Texas pine is about 12b per
cent stronger per square inch than
Alamogordo, Arizona or Las Vegas;
Alamogordo pine standing better tests
than the last two, which are about of
equal strength; further that green tim
Der stands just half as much load as a
piece of well cured timber, the pieces
being of the same material.
Lastly, that the cast iron test pieces
from the Ell Paso foundry were of good
quality and stood a tensile strength
of $500 pOunus per square inch, being
above the average for cast iron. which
is 10000 pounds.
The orchestra then rendered the
waltz Isabel which was followed by
Mrs. Wooton, Miss McFie and Messrs.
WootOn and Drummer, singing as a
quartette THE Dream" and The
Lotus Flower"
The address to the graduating class
was eliminated by the non-appearance
of Hon. j. Francisco Chaves, the ter
%ritorial school superintendent, who
telegraphed that he had missed the
train.
The diplomas to the graduates were
presented to them by Hon. G. A. Rich
ardson, president of the board of re-
gents. Mr.. Richardson also presented
diplomas to the post graduates, Mat
thew Hill and Alfredo Sanchez.
This was followed by the orchestra
playing Creole Bellies" a beautiful
two step, after which the assembled
guests surrounded the graduates and
wished them all the happiness imagin-
able for future years.