Milford chronicle., 1913-09-19
SELECT ARCHITECT FOR The
AFFILIATED COLLEGE PLANS

The Affiliated College Commission held
an important meeting last week and
agreed on iurther plans toward making
| Delaware's first institution of higher
learning for women a reality. Decision
was practically reached on a number of
preliminary questions and consequently
many of the early difficulties have been
overcome.
L. R. Rogers was chosen to be the
architect to draw up plans for the build
ing from which the construction work
will be started. The selection of Mr..
Rogers to draw plans, it is said, does
not correspond to selecting him to be the
architect for the building. The COM
mission, it was stated, feels that it has
an abundance of plans from which the
final plans may be prepared.
The commission has in its possession
the FIVE sets of plans submitted by the
architects who entered the competition
devised to have plans submitted from
which the commission might procure
ideas. Inasmuch as three of the sets of
plans we're similar, Mr.. Rogers will have
the benefit of these three sets in drawing
the plans which the contractor will use.
1t was said that Mr.. Rogers had been
engaged at a fee of 500. Mr.. Rogers
will draw plans in accordance with the
expressed wants of the commission.
Another matter practically settled is
the amount of work to be done on the
appropriation of $3.50, 900. Deducting
interest on the state certificates of in
debtedness, which the commission assum-
ed the cost of the plot of ground and the
81 900 for the architects competition,
the commission will have to expend only
SIPS, 600. Inasmuch as this amount
must also equip the buildings, the cost
of construction cannot exceed Sl05 900.
AS all the architects plans submitted
would call for buildings costing from
S125, 900 to $3.50, 600 no buildings of that
type can be constructed. The commits
sion will probably decide to have a
Woman's dormitory built as originally
projected, and a science building about
one-half the size first intended. 1t will
then remain to depend on another legisla-
ture for sufficient funds to finish the
science building.
w. +. Slower of the Manufacturers
Contracting Company has conferred with
the commission. Mr.. Slower was called
in for advice. It is likely that the work
for the buildings will be done under the
direction of the commissioners themselves |
instead OF having contractor do the
work by contract. A contracting firm !
will probably be selected to supervise
the actual operations, and be paid on a |
per centage basis. Contractors are allow
ed from 10 to IS per cent, for such ser
vices. If the commission follows the |
plan outlined they will have direct |
charge of the construction work at all
stages.
One of the favored methods of estin1at-
ing the cost of new buildings now is by
he cubic feet method, and one which
he commission may employ. The du-
Pont Office building, it is said, cost be-
.ween "a and IS cents per cubic foot
while the Hotel dupont cost about as
,ents a cubic foot and the new dupont
Theatre it is estimated, will cost about
5 cents. The proposed joint city and
,ounty building, it is stated, will cost in
he neighborhood of 40 cents cubic foot
or the furnishings. By the same unit
he cost of an eleven story factory build
ng recently constructed in New York
vas 19 cents a cubic foot and of the
southern Office building in Washington
2 cents.