The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
MUST HAVE MONEY
BEFORE THEY BUILD
Board and Committee Post.
>Done Action on New "U"
Buildings

The state board of control and the
executive committee of the board OF
regents of the state university at a
conference yesterday, decided to post
pone actual commencement on the
work of new buildings for the state
university and the state agricultural
college until funds are available for
the immediate completion of the three
large buildings for which appropria
tions have been made in part.
The joint boards, the board of con-
troll and the board of regents of the
state university, will make contracts
for the new administration building Of
the state university to replace the old
main building recently destroyed By
fire, the new medical building at the
university and the new administration
building to be erected at the state
agricultural college.
1t had been expected that work on
the construction of the medical build
ing and the new structure at the farm
school would be begun this fall. but
in the light of previous experience in
building by the board of control no
contracts will be entered into until the
board. has funds at its disposal to COM
plete the buildings without delays be-
tween the placing of the foundations
and the final interior work.
Has the Insurance Money
The board of control has $55 900
available from insurance on the old
administration building at the univer-
sity. but it has been decided to await
the session of the legislature and the
making of an appropriation before be-
ginning on the new structure.
Plans for the new buildings are being
l-afNr1 al - A ~ TIL 1,&0
The new administration building at the
university will be three instead of 4
four-story building, the height of the
structure burned, and it will require
more ground space than is available
on the old site. The new edifice will
be Of brick and stone. built fireproof,
and will be located east and north of
the present physics building. It will
cost between $250000 and $500. 900. The
new medical building will cost 100000,
and the new administration building at
the state agricultural college will be
built from an appropriation of S175,-
600. For this handsome building and
for the medical building at the state
university the full amounts of the ap-
preparations made by the last legisla-
ture- are available Aug. 1, 1905.
Nothing definite other than the de-
cision not to begin building operations
on any. of these contemplated improve
ments until we have money enough in
the fund to complete 'them was reach
ed at the conference Chairman J. F.
Jacobson, Of the board of control, said
yesterday, when the meeting had ad-
journed.
Partial Building Costly
'Our experience is that putting in
an expensive foundation and then
waiting for some months for money
| with which to complete the super
structure is an expensive and unsatis-
factory system. We decided to make
the new administration building at
the university three-story structure,
instead of four, which was the height
of the old building, and the new struc-
ture will require more ground space
than the old.
''There will be some thirty recitation
rooms, with accommodations for 1,200
students, and it will require a large
edifice.s L think the administrative Of
fees will be kept in the library build
ing. where they now are. Our board
has decided to build only fire-proof
structures wherever possible in the fu-
ture, and the new buildings in connec-
ton with the state university will be
as nearly fire proof as practicable"
At the meeting, besides the three
members of the board of control, were
]. T. Wyman, w M. Liggett and E. w.
Randall. regents of the university, con-
stituting its executive committee. The
conference was held at the board of
control rooms at the state capitol yes
terday afternoon