Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-17
HIGH SCHOOL CHIMNEY
MAY GET INTO COURT
Engineer A. {. Strang Says
Inside Measurement Should
Be "a Inches

According to an expert report rem.
dered by Engineer A. L. Strang, of the
insane asylum, to furnish the required
draft capacity for the two sets of fur
naces in the basement of the high school
building the inside measurement of the
two new chimneys for the structure
must not be less than "a inches.
The inside measurement of one of the
chimneys, which has been completed by
Contractor s. A. Hughes, according to
the measurement of the building com.
mittee of the school board, is but 90
inches and the board of directors. at
last nights meeting authorized the
building committee to consult with &.
e. Bingham, attorney for the board, re.
garding what action is necessary to
take in arriving at settlement Of the
differences between the board and the
contractor. In the meantime the first
payment of $780, which Architect Fred
A. Lcgg certified to the board as be.
ing due Mr.. Hughes on the contract, is
being held in allegiance pending an at
justment of the chimney differences.
The report of Engineer Strang, who
examined the building and took meas
urements of the furnace and heating
space of the building yesterday after.
noon was in substance that each of the
furnaces in the doubeset of four in
the school basement showed crate
measurement of feet, capable of de.
velopment of 20 horsepower heating
capacity, and that each set of four
furnaces would require chimney drat
of at least "a inches inside measure
ment. Nothing was contained in Mr.
Strong S report having any reference to
the inside measurement of the new
chimney or as to its adaptability to the
needs of the furnaces.
1t is presumed that Contractor
Hughes, if he still stands upon the same
ground of contention which he has as
sumed all along, will insist that the
chimney was constructed in accordance
with the outside measurements as de.
scribcd in the drawings accompanying
the contract, and that it would have
been physical impossibility to follow
out the inside measurements as pre-.
scrbed for the chimney and use the ma.
ttIldlS utSCTlDtu III I0c SDeclllcNtlOnS
1t is not matter of how the dispute
y can be settled from financial stand
. point, as the board insists that the
! specifications governing the insid,
measurement of the flue be strictly ad
I hered to without regard for outsd,
measurement and the question will b,
whether or hot the entire chimney vii
] be condemned and rejected and the con
y tractor be compelled to tear it dow
n and build il over again according {
n specifications.
y The school board also took up tn
y matter of the plans tor the new grad
\ school building for South Salem, whicl
n are being prepared by Architect Georg
Z NJ, Post, and arrangements were mad
u for the entire board to meet upon tn
y site Of the school at $50 Thursday af
q ternoon for the purpose Of locating th
\ exact spot for the school to be bull
\ upon and the building committee wa
y authorized to make all arrangement
s for the sinking of well upon the prem
:. ises before building operations begin
Z Architect Post estimated last night tina
n he total cost of the building, so far a
\ he was able to figure at present, woul,
: be S2i,OO0 which would allow $4,000 70
= n heating plant, and with no alowanc,
: made FOR the building Of septic tanl
!. and the water supply system,