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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-08-02, Page 2,z. It xa„ it 4' PAGE TWO' .THE; LUCKNOW SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARIO THE LO KNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW,, " ONT4RIO "The Sepoy Town" -- On the , Huron -Bruce. Boundary . 4uthorized as second, class. mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa • Established 1873,...:. Published Each Wednesday ' Afternoon ' Member of the C.W.N.A. 'and the O,W NA. Subscription Rate, MOO a year, in, advance -- to the U,S,A.,: $4.00. L.•Campbell Thompson acid Donald. C. Thompson. Publishers; WEDNESS)AY, • AUG. 2nd,, 1961. Board Receives Engineer`s` Report:. uc now District. Hugh. School ilnspection • The:. Lucknow District High examination was made .of the • School Board held a specialmeet., walls,' both: from inside and out lug last Wednesday . evening .to side of the building. As a, result consider the structural engin- of this inspection,. certain items eer's report • regarding' the recent were noted as, follows: • inspection of the Lucknow Dis,- (a) All the solid timber :beams trict • High SOhool.. showed evidence • of ,checking &.l' 'At the regular August.. meeting splitting due• to ;shrinkage. In a 'on. Tuesday• night the Board was 'few cases where a timber beam scheduled, to meet with the archi- was not. true grained, • 'splitting • tett to. draw. -plans for renovation of a more severe nature was not .of ,the • front -entrance, which is ed.; The worstcondition of this referred to in the report • latter type was' founc4 in.the audi- ' The front entrance . columns torium, where the north .end of have •'nothing ' to • do With the one of the Auditorium beams was• structural'. safety, The •Sentinel cracked diagonally downwards' has been informed by the Board near thenorth supporta Certain' Reference is also Made in the other similar• cracks were noted report to the snow load capabili- 'in a few beams . throughout the ties"of the roof in terms • of square Classroom ' , Witig. In .all; about •feet. The Board' points put • that six• beams are so affected.:. . • on this basis the auditoiuuin roof (b)' All exterior walls andwall would. 'support a 70 -fon, weight.; piers •appeareif to be sound and ;The, verbatim report dated in good condition.. Some cracking July 25th, 1961, is as 'follows; in 'the exterior, walls: at. the dis-. • ' Lucknow District High School . continuous ends of, • .the window Board, • • • canopies was. noted. These cracks Lucknow, " Ontario, were diagonal and"tended to ex - 'Gentlemen: tend " from the endof the ca'nopy On Friday, July; 7th, •1961, the upwards towards the `roof,/ writer visited ;the ::above `school (c) The concrete canopies . had and carried 'out •an• inspection of cracked; at right angles. to' their the structure 'in the company of length at regular ; intervals •of M. A: Hughes and certain other about 10 feet. 'There was some Board' " Members, who were pre evidence 'of/jii rater leakage through sent at intervals..The "date' Nand the canopies ,at these ,cracks. time of .our visit 'to the:, school. (d) Two.. of the ,Front'.Entrance w"er a arranged with your Mr. column mullions were. found 'to ' iuughes by Mr.. Salter .of the .firm be .considerably rotted at their of Salter and • Allison, . Barrie, base.' It • was estimated. .that not 'Ontario..'The . purpose. of this in- more : than 50 per cent of the . ori-• ;apection was to . examine, the •ginal' cross -'section of these two structure •of the building; to re= columns was still intact at the port on its., structural condition, base. and to suggest any repairs which • The writer. was lent copies, :of ,]night be necessary. Our report . the drawings ,for the. building .for,. follows. • " the purpose of checking the struc-•' The • building is a one -storey tural design of the roof members: :structure about 65 . feet wide and as they are notedon' the draw - 260 feet long:The roof is. general ings. This has been done .and we ,1y; about 18'°0" above grade, ex- report, that, . with one: exception, sept • for the Auditorium Roof,. the; roof; framing is:, capable of which is about 20' 0" above grade, supporting' a: -snow load • of 40 to and the .Administrationportion flf 50• pounds per' square foot without the .building, which' is. about .1'2' exceeding allowable stresses. The 0" above. grade. The'•Ground floor exception, to this, statement • is the consists of .a ' concrete. • slab " on .framing over :the. Front En'tranee. earth, ':except the area below •the :Here, the' drawings'.ca11' for •4x14 Principal's Offie, Men and Wom., beams at '5', 4" centres spanning ert Teachers' Rooms and .Receiv- distances varying. from`. 17". 0" to in'g and Storage ,Roomm, where a 27' 0". Our .calculations indicate .-. " a basement boiler room is located that . where • the sp n of these The length . of the building 'ex- beams exceeds 22' 0" they 'are tends in an east -"west direction. " incapable. .of supporting a .snow The roof construction • consists load; of'. 40 pounds per : square of `2 -inch wood• decking supported foot, at allowable • stresses. on solid • timber • beams; which We have carefully: checked the span• from the exteiiior wa10 to design • of the canopies over the • and across the corridors. Cover windows ` and have found them the •Administration; ' Area wood adequate to support 40 ' pound "joists spanning from thg exterior snow • loads without overstress. Walls to the corridors 'Ire ' em- However, it shottld• be' re orted played. The support for the trans- that the anchorage for these canti_ verse timber beams' at the ex= levers • employs somewhat Hess: terior walls'consists of 10 or 12 factor of safety against deflection inch concreteCilock and at win- .than is normal for a canopy of • dows consists of 10 Or 12x16" con- this type. We emphasize, however; crete block piers. ; All exterior that our calculations do not indi- block "work • is laid up in ,a stack ..cate any actual instability,.in the bond arrangement.' 'The corridor canopies. • : • supports for the timber be ins' . As a result of our obter pp a vations. consist or wood posts, Stud parti- .of the ;buil'ding and our checking • tions, . are used to separate the of 'the design shown en the draw classrooms from the corridors. ings we wish to suggest the. fol- . The - floor 'over ' • the 'Boiler lowing conclusions, • ' Boom is a concrete'slab and• the •' (a) Generally,'' the, structure'=of' basement walls of the Boiler the building :has been. found toe goodcon Room are also of concrete. in 'reasonably � b condition.In At the Front Entrance; timber our opinion; the training of the beams extend' from the north school is „basically sound and no wall of the Auditorium to sup- concern need be felt for its safety. ports which consist -of "sloped tim- " •eb) :The checking of 'the solid ber columns which extend• down timber be' • s which has • .• • as been beams to the to of a foundation wall„ at noted above is p quite common for grade level. "These front entrance solid timbers of this type and columns also serve as mullions does not indicate an structural `for ••wi ws. •- failure. Where Y `',poorly .grained Poured concrete canopies in Pieces have been used, such as .. " y. , _ se of one of the 'Auditorium . the ca v, ., , • .. ,. t ' e form of -an , e ebrow extend continuously above the windows •beams and certain other beams on all sides' of the building. :throughout • the classroorri wing, The writer visited all rooms of some repairs should' be effected. the building arid carefully •e to Iii our opinion,' these, beams can mined all of• the structure which l be made safe by • the ap,plicatian was exposecl`'to view, Also, a Close of", steel strapping to thein: In - WEDNESDAY, AIM. .2nd 1961 ANNIVERSARY LE ENUINE Discoi In appreciation of 'the past ten years of your patronage we offer you many bargain's ..on complete selected stock. Thank you .for our success in business, • LAST CHANCE BEFORE 3% ' TAXATION . �Blankets,Flette $550 1'0 percent 0 f OnA All Men's Clothes Coats, `Suits, Trousers, Sport •.Coats SPECIALS Bathing. Suits, 'Short Sleeve . Shirts Straw hats Men's ,Slims . Sport Shirts . . 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Cash — , No Layaways Please 7`. chided with this report. is' a sketch. drawing ' .showing the details 'of • the proposed' strapping. •• (c) ` Those Front Entrance 'col- umns which have rotted 'should be replaced. We suggest that the, over-all—design. of the Front En- trance might • be. altered. ,so. that More protection for . the base ' of the columns against water :• is provided. We suggestthat, an ex- terior wall be constructed out-' side the wooden: columns so that they; are .wholly' within.. the. en= closed part, Of the entrance.. We suggest that. the stability of ,the Front Entrance. 'would be improv- ed if its ,design were altered so, that the columns • are 'truly ver- tical; rather than' sloped as they• presently are constructed. ' (d) Theroof framing over the Front Entrance' should be `aug- mented by the addition of new beams placed.' mid -way between the existing beams Where spans in excess of 22' 0"' are, involved. We suggest that Mrs Salter Might: be consulted concerning the Arch- itectural redesign, of the Front Entrance: ' • ' • • (e) Because the factor of safety against instability of the "eye- brow • s canopies 3s Somewhat ;'less than normal; we. • suggest that they be 'maintained. in good repair at all times. The roofing should be maintained so that water is prevented fron'i entering the Canopy 'concrete 'at. cracks, The cracks which are present in the canopies are due to shrkage & `'temperature movements. The. rei:nforcenien;t. which has • been provided is insufficient to resist .'his . • longitudinal temperature movement and the canopies have cracked as a result. These cracks however, do not affect the • capa- city of the canopy to support ver- tical load. • In our opinion, the cracking in theexterior walls at the ends of. the canopies :is ':also due to temperature movement of the . canopies. We shall .be glad to,discuss this report with you at greater length if you require any further clarifi- cation of our observatio n and findirigs, May .we also • take this s opportunity to thank you .for the privilege. 'of ' being, of service to. you. '"Respectfully submitted, C. D. Carruthers and Wallace,. • • Consultants Limited. Per: R. L. Booth. . The finalagg ' a of the ; ' p deport is` a sketch plan of ;`suggested re- pair for beams with cracks. which • are diagonal," . NAMED TRIAL JUDGE Judge P, S: McKenzie. of Wal- kerton has been named •trial judge for a .case, involving two Windsor men charged with arson: and fraud as a result of a boat. ex- plosion and fire two years ago. Judge McKenzie will try the case in " Windsor September 5th. fits . appointment followed an. order prohibiting Judge Joseph A. Legris froin• 'taking any . fur- ther steps in respect` to the in, for nation upon which .one of the accused was eo'rriniitted for trial. Big Steel: Barn Built At pintail In these days when 'many, farm barns are being-' allowed: 'to sadly '. deteriorate, for benefit from tax ation, it is unusual to see a gleam.. ing new • steel barn now :. coma- • pleted on the farm • of Norman. O'Connor at KintaiL.The"building,' replaces two barbs destroyed by fire;.last fall. • I•t was built: by J. and H. Fiem- ing; of Hanover, specialists in this ty 'e ' .of metal -'clad barn. Its dimensions are .80 x 100 feet wsteehic4irs: wi11/ provide space for. a maximum of ,three hundred Designed for 'loose housing, of cattle, the stable, space will be divided into four pens running, the full length :of .the barn. Mudsills, one foot . square, of B.C. fir, support two by ten inch joists to • which ' . is nailed tongue ' and groove` flooring • Ample "ventilation is • provided by four' vents at the peak : of the barn; open cornices, : screened to • keep birds,' r• addi tional air'out circulation.,allow fo• .,r.;x district farmer, had a large. driV- by lire which threatened their. home. The ,'„,blaZe is 'belieVed to have Started when ;the tractor 100. gall:oils Of. gasoline were des-: • NYWDMSPA ociNggo Alien apple York Nabh Save 00d Save lig ()cal Mr. and 'Helen and SOndaY ;v1.1 Mrs. Georg Sunday of Mr. and ,son were 1V) We welc . and would of Lueknov Thorn in Norwieli weeks , trip Mr. and M Harvey 1 day fishing in the HaN Peterbornu mother Mr after Visit and Annie quite imp') to date to which the3 'three year UNIT Rev. 1 110:00 an' 11:00 a.tir StNt