The Arizona copper camp., 1916-03-03
BY LESLIE N. GooDDING

The report of Lelsie A. Waterbury,
professor of civil engineering of the
State university, on brick samples
from the new dormitory of the Flag
staff Normal. may be Of interest to
the people of the state and may give
them some idea of the way the money
they are paying in taxes is being
appropriated. The bricks mentioned
were samples taken from a pile be-
ing used in the construction of parts
of the girls dormitory of the North
ern Arizona Normal school. The same
sort of bricks were used in construct
ing the entire east wing of the boys
dormitOry.
Two we'll wrapped bricks were sent
to Tucson by parcel post but were
broken in transit. Then two others
were sent by express, labeled 'glass." !"
The results of the test are shown by
the letter, which closes this article.
The walls of the boys dormitory
were constructed largely of broken
bricks, only the outer face being
made of whole bricks. the inner face
being constructed largely of halves
and quarters, etc., while the space
between was chucked with scraps of
brick and mortar This was done
because the bricks could not b
hauled for a distance of less than a
mile without being broken
Some other things may also prove
interesting The man who manufac-
tured and sold these bricks to the
state was made superintendent of the
works. The men who authorized the
use of such material are the mem
bers of the board of education of
the Northern Arizona Normal school,
George Babbitt, Richard White and
C. o. Case. The first two were ap-
pointed by Governor Hunt.
The letter from Mr.. Waterbury re-
garding the bricks. together with two
contracts let by said board of educa-
ton after the initiative measure had
gone into effect making it illegal to
let contracts on public works, were
referred to Governor Hunt who con-
sidered the matter of too little i'm
rortance to receive his attention and
referred it to the Hon. G. o. Case.
Other items may also be of inter-
est. Recently an advertisement for
bids on materials was published In
the Flagstaff paper This should be
noted as the exception; the board
does not commonly take the trouble
to advertise, it merely supplies the
necessary building and furnishing
material from Babbitt Bros. stock.
On this occasion, however, bids were
called for and the advertisement said
they would be opened February 7th
at II o'clock. One of the bidders
called up the secretary of the board
the afternoon Of the 7th of February
ard asked if the bids had been open
ed He was informed that the board
did not have time that day to give
the matter it's attention. At 10 O'Clock
the next day, the matter was still
not attended to. When it was final
ly done, the furnishing of small
part of the material was awarded to
a Mr. SWitzer, another small part to
Mr.. Jaeger, but the bulk to Bah
bitt Bros. 1t may have been legiti-
mate, but men who will construct
public buildings Of materials that will
endanger the lives of students from
all parts of the state will fix up
bids to suit themselves.
January IA, 1916.
Mr.. Leslie N. Goodding, Northern
Arizona Normal School, Flagstaff
Arizona.
Dear Sir: Your letter of January
7th, to Mr.. Gressick, together with
the two bricks for tests, were turned
over to me, and the two bricks have
been tested. The results of the tests
were as follows:
Modulus Of Rupture.
Lib. per so. in
Brick No. .110 5
Brick No. lis.