University of Washington's New Campus Takes Shape
After years of litigation and labor strikes, the new university building nears completion as landscape work begins on the grounds.
The trusses to support the roof of the new university building are now being put in place. The stone and brickwork of the main walls are nearly completed and the structure will soon be under cover. The roof would have been on last fall but for the railroad strike, long litigation regarding the stone quarry from which the building stone was obtained, and delay in securing the terra cotta. The delay in getting stone was only ended by Cameron & Ashenfelter, the contractors, taking charge of the quarry under order from the court. Harry Hindshaw, the landscape gardener, has about eighty acres of land surrounding the main building cleared and most of it grubbed, and is busy with a force of fifty men and a team in leveling and grading roadways and walks. His force is totally inadequate, but it is hoped the legislature will make a liberal appropriation so that it may be finished. Flynn & Rawson have completed their contract for the erection of the armory and gymnasium and have turned over the building to the regents. The furnishings for the gymnasium are lacking yet, also awaiting an appropriation.
“His force is totally inadequate, but it is hoped the legislature will make a liberal appropriation so that it may be finished.”
This report details the construction of the original Denny Hall on the University of Washington's current campus. The 'long litigation' and 'railroad strike' delays echo the perennial struggles of Seattle's major infrastructure projects, which often face similar bureaucratic and labor-related hurdles today.
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