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Ground was broken yesterday for the foundations of an addition to the north side of Gore Hall, and work will be rapidly pushed ahead, so that the underground masonry may be finished before winter. The plans for this addition, which are by the firm of Warren & Smith, of Boston, have been under consideration for some time in regard to the expense. The contract with the contractors, Connery & Wentworth, was signed Tuesday afternoon...
After the completion of the new building, Austin Hall will serve as a general lecture hall, and communication between the two will be by an underground corridor, on which work is progressing rapidly...
...five main buildings are constructed of white marble, instead of limestone and brick as originally intended, and are connected by an esplanade of the same material as well as by surface and underground passages. Marble is used in the floors of the vestibules, but the other floors are of hard pine. The walls are of plaster, which will be painted, and are finished throughout in stained oak. The hot-water system is being used and both gas and electric lighting have been installed. The Power House, constructed of brick, and the Animal House, of plaster, are also connected by tunnels...
...Professor H. J. Hughes has recently been accepted by the Athletic Committee. During the winter about a dozen catch basins will be built to drain the surface water. Below these will be driven wooden piles to prevent the basins from sinking into the soft ground. A series of small, underground porous tiles will connect the large pipes already installed and leading directly into the Charles River...
Part 1. Beginning June 16 the class, under the direction of Mr. H. C. Boynton will spend about ten days in making and platting an underground survey...