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Further faults in the Biological building were revealed when it was found that one of the floors in a room on the ground level had to be relaid three times before it was satisfactory. Each time more water seeped in causing the parquetry to swell and buckle necessitating new flooring. It is believed that the University had to sustain the expense of this unexpected repairing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Serious Leaks in Biological Building Necessitate Costly Repairs on Walls | 11/29/1933 | See Source »

There is just one objection to turning up all the billboards. Motoring, in such a case, will become so pleasurable a pastime that the highways must be doubled in width, and relaid every year, and the public will be switched by three Mr. Goodwins instead of one. But such calamities, like the removal of the present pest, are remote possibilities, always pleasant to anticipate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OH LORD, HOW LONG? | 3/11/1925 | See Source »

...conclusion of all construction work connected with the subway, surface tracks will be relaid through Harvard Square and along Massachusetts avenue. Surface traffic then will eventually be resumed under the same conditions that existed before the commencement of subway construction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAPID PROGRESS ON SUBWAY | 11/8/1910 | See Source »

...thorough renovation of the cinder track, which was in poor condition, has been begun. The whole track will be dug up to depth of six inches, and when relaid should be one of the best tracks among the colleges. In the national cross country run for the senior championship of the A. A. U., at the Travers Island course Thursday, W. J. Hail, captain of the Yale cross country team, won first place. A. O. Friel 1909 finished sixth in the junior race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter | 12/6/1905 | See Source »

...overhauled. The floor has been dug up to the depth of four inches, the rough materials will be taken out, and sifted loam will be put in instead. This will make the surface more suitable for the needs of the base ball men and sprinters. The track will be relaid with loam, with a top dressing of finely sifted ashes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale and Princeton Nines. | 1/7/1892 | See Source »

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