Show POSTOFFICE SITE FOUND ALL RIGHT Tests Convince Contractors That There Is No Danger to tho the Big Building The tests teste which have been made on the site of or orthe the Federal building to de determine determine determine de- de termine the character of or the subsoil have convinced con the contractors that there will wm be no necessity of ot changing the site of the building Borings of or twenty feet teet from the base of ot the building or thirty five ve feet below below be be- low Jow the surface showed the soil 60 to be principally clay of oC ordinary hardness A test was made yesterday to learn of tho the solidity of or the south trench Fourteen tons' tons pressure to the square foot was the test tet given The beam sank very cry little under tinder this severe test Structural Engineer Av leaves to tonight tonight to- to night to Inspect the proposed e site of or orthe the tho new postoffice and Federal building at Leadville Colo Cole for which an appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap was as recently made and the plans of ot which have Just been com corn |