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Show HOSPITAL BUILDING NOT YET ACCEPTED POCATFLLO, Idaho. Feb. lo. The board of county commissioners and the city council held a joint session Tuesday night to determine whether or not the new addition to the Pocatello general hospital hos-pital had been constructed in a satisfactory satisfac-tory manner and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the architect. Tlie weight of the testimony given was to the effect th-.it no effort had been made by the contractor to skimp the work and that such flaws as were to be found in the concrele work were due to poor workmanship. work-manship. Architect C. B. Onderdonk and Contractor Con-tractor Kdgley explained some of the adverse ad-verse conditions under which the building had been erected, such as the shortage of water and the lack of skilled workmen. At tlie close of the meeting a motion was passed referring- the matter for further fur-ther investigation to a committee composed com-posed of the county and city engineers, the chairman of the board of commissioners commis-sioners and the parks and buildings committee com-mittee of tiie council. |