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...worse than ever; but in reality the same state of inefficiency has existed ever since they were made. It is only because it is now the season when this nuisance is most annoying; we are constantly thinking of present things and wonder how we ever endured them before. The gravel walks are so poorly graded and drained, and the flag walks so badly laid that they are all a series of puddles from end to end. The college may think that plank walks are more expensive than a proper grading and relaying of the paths. If so let them take...
...Faulty construction: not having the summer, which had to carry the bulk of the load, rest firmly on the pile; not fastening the pile to the other parts of the structure, and not sinking the pile firmly into the gravel...
...careful investigation of the joint before the accident would probably have shown the faulty construction and repairs, and the washing away of the mud, but not the decay inside of joint or the shortness of pile in the gravel. My attention had never been called to the condition of the supports to the platform, and I repeatedly asked if there was anything more which required attention...
...unfortunate mistake has been made in regard to the track, owing to a misinterpretation of the contract. The specifications called for a layer of coarse cinders and gravel upon the foundation, and then upon this a layer three inches thick of fine cinders and sand. This would make a porous covering through which any water could easily pass to the foundation and be drained off. But instead of this being done a layer of small rocks and gravel was laid, and this covered with a layer of ashes and fine gravel. Of course this would tend to form a concrete...
...central tower of the western wing, will be entirely independent of the other foundations. The entire basement, excepting the boiler, coal and engine rooms, but including both the floor and roof of the constant temperature room, will be concreted two and one half inches thick with cement and gravel in two coats, of which the second coat will be pure cement put on before the first coat has entirely set. The floor of the fire, engine and coal rooms, will be made of hard brick set on a gravel bed and covered with cement. The floor of the laboratory...