Show 1 The University At the appointed hour on Monday Mon-day morning the board of regents met on Union Square t choose a location for the erection of the new University building a description of the plans of which was published in the HERALD on Sunday morning The members contented themselves with looking over the ground and determined to have the building erected somewhere near the centre of the large block providing a solid basis could be secured for the foundation foun-dation The ground slopes slightly to the northwest and it is feared that on the site chosen the walls ot the northwestern V portion of the building would not rest on a gravel foundation in which event the site must be relocated However How-ever it will be accurately laid out today and a couple of holes will be sunk at once on the questionable ground and if it proves well the work of digging the foundation will immediately commence I the ground is not satisfactory the site will immediately be changed In any event the work will suffer no delay unnecessary |