The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-11
THE KEYES DELIVERED
Agricultural Hall Completed and Ac.
cepted-Its Cost and It's
Construction.

Agricultural Hall is completed.
Contractor Shook cleared away his
debris, discharged his last man,
and shipped his tools to Salem Tues
day. The building committee of
the board of regents, looked the
structure over Thursday afternoon,
and the same evening accepted it
and made settlement with Con
tractor Shook. Every part was
found by them to be in perfect har-
mony with the plans and speci-
fcations, and the building as a
whole, faithfully and fully finished
according to contract. AS it now
stands, the building is the largest
and bestappointed as WE'LL themost
costly college structure in the state.
Itsentire cost including heating plant
is about $4,000. In the advance
in cost of materials and labor since
it was contracted, it is doubtful if
the building could now be con
structed for $4,000 or more. A fact
of interest is. that the final details
of the building were so well fgur-
ed out before the contract was let
that the entire cost of extras was
only 500. and of this $40 was in
c1uded in the breaking of stone
1intels, an accident that could not
be foreseen. The construction
work by the contractor was so sat
isfactory that, though the building
was a few days behind time in COM
p1etion, no demurrage was exacted
by the committee.
DR. Withycombe is so far the only
occupant of the building. Prof
Kent is busy with a force of men
moving the dairy into the basement
and within a short time will have
his department established there.
A small portion of the belongings
of Prof Lakes department have
been transferred to the new struct-
ure, but the removal will not be
completed at the present. The
other new departments that the
building will ultimately house, are
archaeological, chemical and en-
tomologica1 sections. 1t is proba-
Bile that, on account of lack of
facilities and means, all the de-
partments will not be installed in
the new Hall before the Christmas
holidays.
Agricultural Hall had its incept-
ion two or three years ago in a re-
port made by the president of the
board of regents, urging the need
of such a, building and
recommending its construction
When the last legislature
provided a $4,000 special ap-
for improvements at the
college and levied permanent ap-
preparation of SIS, 700 per year, be-
ginning first of last January, the
board at once planned the building !
and ordered its construction. A |
committee was appointed, !
of K Weatherford, Cap
ain Apperson and J D Daily. They
invited plans of a number of archi-
:ects, and finally accepted those
submitted by c A Burgraff of Al
oany. They advertised for bids,
md the contract was let to H Shook
If Salem. The contract was signed
~ all parties On the nth of jam
Try. On the 10Th, gronnd was
and the construction work
,egan. It has been prosecuted dill
gently ever since sometimes with a
orce of IS to 38 men.
The building is 125 feet long and
IS feet wide. It's extreme height
50 Il feet. It has four stories the
rst is of Cascade granite, anb the
est of Pioneersandstone. The build
ngis to be dedicated with appropri-
te ceremonies On Wednesday of
ext week.