Show P IN PERIL Quicksand Discovered Under Under Under Un Un- der New Federal Building Building Build- Build in ing Foundation The paths s of ot Fc Federal eral building constructors constructors constructors con con- are not always through blossoming blossoming blos bIos Edens or in lit rose bowered gar gar- dens Fresh obstacles seem eem to come up for or the contractors au and architects to surmount every da day Quicksand has been dl discovered under the foundation trenches of the new postoffice and every ery indication goes to prove that the site was once the bed of a river A layer of oC treacherous tre quicksand underlies un nfl- the entire site Eite and it will prove a serious problem for or the constructors to overcome o it A Government architect arch archi- Lect has been ordered here from Washington Washington Wash Wash- In ington ton and everything Is at a standstill standstill stand stand- still until he arrives Superintendent Ash says sas that the quicksand would be all right for or a foundation foundation foun foun- dation if it were He lie ad adds s. s however that should the building be erected on the sand and another foundation foundation foun foun- dation be excavated excavate adjoining the sand would be forced out by the weight of or orthe the bUilding which might collapse A message was received by Mr Ash today from Washington which said that an architect had started for Salt Sail Lake and would arrive tomorrow |