Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-17
Nebraska
STATE MUST FOOT THE BILL
Normal Board in Session to Consider
Chadron Normal.
ARCHITECT FOLLOWED BOOKS
!srriins,hoff Says Tests of the
Greund Mt side of school Were
Made, hut Dampness Had
Peculiar Effect.
tFFnm Z staff Consequently


LINCOLN. Neb.. April l6-tSpeeial
G'eiegrsm,l-The State Normal board was
.n session this afternoon and the prin-
cinal 5asincss concerned the condition
at :hs Chadron Normal school building.
which : cracked and one corner is sett-
lag 50 account Of trouble with the
:Aun5ations
s':sts Architect Miller. Architect Ber-
r.:choft vino designed the structure.
. All Contractor Eisenmacher, who erected
il. were heard. Miller said that the
foundation was insecure because the
s-olind OF which the footings rested had
seitleE at one corner of the building.
rhe soil. lie said. was peculiar and that
Erhen dry /; appeared firm, but when
ae; vas likely to squeeze out from under
tl'e foundation. Architect Berlinghoff
said that after figuring the weight the
f0U.ihjioa rnust carry he tested the
ETau1i before the foundation was laid
aE5 by actually submitting il TO tests
greater than il was TO carry. pronounced
il sold. He said he used the method
prescribed by tho best authorities. Tho
popularity Of The soil when wet was
uEkn5ga to him or TO other builders,
So far as She foundation was concerned
# vas according to specifications.
After bearing ali the statements the
board concluded there was nothing 10
do but 10 have the foundation fixed. and
ordered Architect Miller 10 proceed with
The work, and the board Will have TO
stand the expense. as from facts before
was due TO conditions which could not
have -scen foreseen. The work will be
done at once to prevent further damage.
though town architects unite In saying
the building Is In no danger Of falling
down. The windows, which have caused
some trouble and IN which specifications
were not followed strictly. will be fixed
by the. contractor without expense TO the
state.
Not Date for Argument.
No date has yet been fixed for argi-
ment on the conflicting water right
claims of coad and Ross. the testimony
.on which was heard some time ago By the
State Board Of Irrigation. II was orig
inally set for AprilI12. but on that date
a continuance was. asked for to a date.
to be determined later. There has been
no move since TO fix date and those who
have been watching the current OF events
have concluded that a compromise Is
being engineered, by which all the con-
flicting claims on the Platte. Loup and
Elkhorn rivers can be harmonized and
litigation stopped. The question Is now
in such a tangle Of protests and counter
claims that II the matter went 10 a
Trial and was carried through the courts
It would hardly be possible to reach an
end to- the litigation inside OF five years.
II is confidently predicted that some
agreement Will be submitted soon which
viii end II all and permit the commence
ment Of work on some, of the projects. \
Engineers, Price and Roberts OF the
state engineers office viii go to FIRE.
mont tomorrow to meet with the county
board OF Dodge county and 20 over
bridge matters with the members.
New Banks Authorized.
Two new banks were authorized today
10 commence business. as follows: North
Loup State bank Of North Ioup. Neb.,
capital SQeoa Z. ]. Andrews. W. II.
Schultz and C, o. Earnest. ineorporators.
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