UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2130, 23 April 1914, Page 8

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS.

PROPOSED ESTESSIONS. College b«i!dtngs of tbo futufo irerft ftMSitioßcd At. the Febn>arv woeting of tie. Vip{ori%. C-oflcgo Ctevuicil, aiifl s e«amiit-co was tftca set np to report <at ihc qucst-ioH, Tlw committ-co caesisiotl of Messrs. B. H. Clst-IoT (cbjiirmaii), William Ferguson, slid W, H. Jfortoli, and tfio -order ti reference' was:—(I) To consider and i-eport en any plows uiik'it may bo isi cxistcnoo relating tp college buildings ycti to bo erected. (2) To prepare fttid safcniit to the c<jtincil a scbeow for the ei-ection of college' buildings iu tho futuri?, and to supply all estimate of the cost of such Building sshe-aic. (3) To prepare arid eubiiitt i<i tire 001111oil a .scheme for tho knprovemwit of tlio eoHogo großitds, a-ivd taffurnibli au e-stimato of tho cost of the work. . There was net in csist-ciico nny -plan showjttg the grceude or the buildings in relation thereto, and the toranißtee deemed it to liavo . such a plan pfCiparecJ having Jevels «nd contour liiies ffia-rked- tlieron. Tito Mi«< jfliitce in its' 'report drw the- attoitton e% tbe cowncii to the fact that, jrobaWy tliroagh the ffiijit oi a proper plan of the ground vested ill tlift- college, eerta.ili of th<b works have beeii constructed outsklo tiie boundary, and that tins, if confirmed en fnraer .investigatien may i-eijitiro to be rectin«cl by_ kgisktioit. The conyuiittee fculjniitted s. tracing in outline tlio additions to the present building thafc they proposed for iii-o coiisideratiftii of tho'couuoil. . . These include aii esteiisioii on ite ■sovjtk end of tho present Iniildiisj:. This bk«'k would te tl-ir-eo steffios in lioignt, a»wl correspond estornally witli the main bunding, and iwvakl contain en the Upper floor a- largo .rooni to he iiscd nf a botanical and xookgjcal maseutt. with 3- spcckttm preparation room. The «\> proximato cost of this block is «.slinsato(J fai the absence- of detail plans at from £7500 to £8000. An'extension rocotameiided to ibeniqde on the northern end ivo-irid consist of a tbree-stery bttildiag. with floors correv ponding in levels with tlio existing building, but having at tko torthcivii end lvlicro i-bft ground .has lif.en cut away a tiasenaect. The apprbsiuiato. cast ef this block, in tho absence of dotaii drawings, was esHwatod br iiic oommitteo at from £11,000 to £IS,OO@. Other proposals b* the conitnittce were that iL special kuildjttg for the Hbrstty be built, baying its 'ftder level witk that or the main fldor of tho present bui-ldiiw, with a basonienting therouoder to 'be 'iise<l as a, book storfij etc., aad that erentuaUy t-lio esist-bg Mock of. buildings with the proposed, oxteiiaions be finished off to the northern cud by tte erection of a- ferga ball fw use for examinations and for college fimetions. As" -regards tho wiproveiacnt of the ■ grounds, the wtfumittftp sDagested that ■ ik res'pt'cfc to tie nart-Wii end of tho property,it b<i lakt out Willi Tcgart? to] the' selienw of liuilding subniittevl, and tfcat tise- sioiKs of tho hanks be fcriitoTed ■and grassed, and tbs-l. saiitußk hedge trees and -lnkhe-3 bo pliw-i'tctl; alwo tfe.tt tli<s flat are , ?. Mow unutilised by trimmed, grasseds and planted with flmvcriiig sbfijbs, at an estiiuatcd epst of tJus week ©f £550. Altliough the or-flnr of reSevenco did not contain <my instrtictioti as to reporting iii! to how the funds lijay he pi'o< vidiKl for tho proposed extensions of j Miliifngs. the- co.i»mi(.tco drew tho attention of the council to -a- leiigtby Mcmorattdnni preparwl by its oliaifinaii, Mr. Ostler, upon tho Opaku reserve fund. This nwHieieiidirai sihiswea. tluit ftcrfl is <-in a«,HMW : !at««I sum *}f over .CI 1,000 in the lumds of tfe Public Trwslw, wivioli, if it could be obtained', would 'be uvnikble fnr f-)-u.i'Mift.g tujd.lh-st wftho'.vt in im? way nffoetaHia; the «:h(ilarehi)is nnw tiejlig fS'raiitw} n-ttt of tire aunnnl i!icoi»i<? of t-ho «n3tfwmoirt ; Wlipß tho report ljnd beoii eXphiinod 111 eormectiet) frlt-h the j>ifl.nft tho Hcin. .A. L, HcrJman wprasstd thft oniiiteii litet tlio fYWj-iicH ras u-iider a deep debt of gratitusfo to the eoMJiiittefi for. its work. Tli-o In the re)»rt was. bft (xi-nsycrefl, of Um .great ilhportattce to lie considered tb*(. Jiiglrt, and might to fe hoM flVer until tho MXt meeting in order rtiat- momW,s might fully TOKlersta-ji-f] it. S« tn<?v«d that iiic mrtiiters of the ei«iri)H : li'.*o. w> -tlj-artWr-! for their ifnrk, a-i-Kl that coWsiifaraf-wn of -iite report bo deferred uiriiJ nest nlpfittag, The ttctiofl •was ,