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Show r SHORTAGE OF STEEL AT COUNTY HOSPITAL Onstrnctioe- work Bag been held an oa th eounty Infirmary pending: ia-Yestintion ia-Yestintion ! thw report f ths r 'aap-bell 'aap-bell Bnildinir eompany, eOBtractora, to the effect that the eteel heme supplied sup-plied is probably BOt uf fieient. The eonnty eomoiissi oners seat Carl w. Bcott to investigate the work and lie has reported that there U inauffieient gteel going into the first story. The Campbell Building eompany baa B eontraet with an eastern firm, the Trust Concrete Steel eompany, to furnish fur-nish tha Kaba system of steel-eoa-erete, material and tha opeeif ications npoa which the contractors are working work-ing are insorporated into the contract with the county commissioners. These ' call for about J3 tone of ateel. A few deya ago the. contractors and the inspectors- on the building decided that not s auff ieient amount of ateel waa being; supplied and that at this rate only about eighty tona -would be, used. This waa reported to the eom-nisaioaera eom-nisaioaera by tha contractors, with the result that Seott waa appointed to investigate. in-vestigate. The building contractors immediately immediate-ly wired tha Kaba people and that concern con-cern 's chief engineer ia now ob bis , way to Bait Laka to investigate. If he eoineidea with the opinion of the contractors, the - euperiatendeat and Engineer Bcott, It will be up to the Truat Concrete Steel eompany to fnr-aish fnr-aish more steel aa their contract calls or sufficient steel to carry four times the required "live and dead weight" ob the first etory. Mr. Campbell said this morning that the first story of the building ia ready for pouring concrete. Of bia own accord ac-cord ke suspended work until the ojneo-tioa ojneo-tioa of the ateel construction ia settled set-tled satisfactorily. |