Evening star., 1926-11-08
M'CARL CENSURES
ENGINEER OFFICIALS
FOR SCHOOL WORK
Continued from First PaRe)

trict Of Columbia League Of Woman
Voters, Mrs. Hiram Snell Washing
ton Chapter, American Institute of
Architects, Gilbert L. Rodier, secre
tary; the Association for the Proven.
ton of Tuberculosis, Walter s. Ufford
Of American Legion, Maj. Gen. Amos
A. Fries, commander; American In.
stitute of Architects. Horace w.
Peaslee, chairman Of the committee
on the plan of Washington.
Given Extension of Time.
The West End. Congress Heights,
North Capitol and lexington. Brook.
land. and other Citizens Associations
were given an extension Of time in
which to make their recomme ndations
in writing.
Representative Ernet w. Gibson
of Vermont. and Robert G. Houston
Of Delaware, both Republicans, were
the only two members of the sub
committee of seven who were present
at the meeting today. The hearing
was continued this afternoon for oral
statements by representatives of va
rious civic orga nizations.
Expects Long Session.
Chairman Gibson announced at the
mittee would he in session for several
weeks In discussing the Western
High School addition, the report from
Controller General McCarl's Office
declared that most OF the items in
the per cent column cover work done
by other than Parsons & Hyman
Apparently Parsons & Hyman re
ceived the bids, which, of course, in.
cluded a profit for the bidders, and
then added Is per cent for themselves
Taking all these items sublet by Par
sons & Hyman to others reveals that
he Is per cent profit to Parsons &
Hyman amounted to $5,518.77. to say
nothing of the profit accruing to the
bidders. Nothing has reached this Of
fee to show that the actual cost to
Engineer Commissioner, as provided
in the instructions to bidders.
I'm discussing defects which investi-
gators from the controller general s
office found on a personal inspection,
the report says: 1T appears that the
concrete was laid in one continuous
mass. there being no provisions for
the expansion and contraction of
same. Consequently all corridors on
the three floors are very badly
cracked. many Of the cracks measur-
ing more than l inch across. In some
places these cracks meet at angles
and pieces have broken out. leaving
holes several inches deep and as
much as 6 inches across. These have
been remedied by filling with new con-
crete; however, the cracks are con-
tinuing to open up, and this new con-
crete is chipping out in places. Along
some of the cracks one side OF the
concrete has either raised up or set.
tied down, leaving the floors very un.
even"
Flooring Has BuckIed.
The McCarl report further states
that "the flooring in the auditorium
was laid over a compound, with the
result that in many places it has
buckled, pulling loose from the com
pound and rising several inches, ere
ating a very uneven surface. This
necessitates boring through and TAX
ing out portions of the board, and re-
mailing directly to the floor. This
condition has not been entirely RENE
died. because the floor continues to
buckle and come loose from the nail
ing compound. which does not hold
securely, as specified in the contract.
THE flooring in the classrooms is
in very much the same condition as
that in the auditorium. In many
cases where the seats have been fas-
tened to the floor an entire row of
seats will he fastened to the same