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Show mlS loi A number of tho employes of the city hall aro offering objections to the presence of the chemical laboratory labor-atory of the engineering department in the cellar o the building. The objections are caused by the variety of urifragrant odors which at sliort Intervals Inter-vals pervade tho entire building and necessitate either a hasty exit or the throwing open of the windows In the various rooms. It Is Fa Id that when tests are being be-ing made in tho laboratory a gas Is formed and the entire building is filled v. iUi au wdor resembling that of i half hatched egg. It is In fact the some gas that Is liberated by the breaking of addled hen fruit and it paid to be not altogether pleasant to the olfactory nerves. Mingled with this odor comes the fumes of sulphur intact and a mini-1 mini-1 or of miscellaneous smells, varying in their stylo from that of crushed onions to that of stewing cabbage. So obnoxious do these odors become at ! limes t'oat the fumes of formaldehyde j issuing from the sanitary department j r.re welcomed by many of the clerks. I It is considered likely that a petition may be sent to the city council ask-J lug that the laboratory be moved to some less objectionable place. I |