1956/09/22: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton
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August 22 1956
Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton, updating him on construction. The fire door between the existing building and the new building will not be delivered in time for the dedication. The rest will be ready for [September] 27th. Laboratory work is nearly complete. The service drive to the greenhouses and the service entrance to the new wing is complete. The overhead door installers will be trying a new spring to solve that problem at South Farm. Mr. Price has finished trimming, removing and relocating 427 trees for $520. Godshalk details the amounts paid to Ralph Miller, Sharpless and Price for this work. The Toll Road Commission bore three test holes where the lake would be. They struck rock at 28 feet and the soil is silt and gravel. They struck water at 9 feet, so the new lake might fill on its own with water to the level of the river. Howard Fisher will check with experts. The men are removing Dutch elm trees as fast as they show signs. He comments that the beetles are likely carried by the wind. He is anxious for the labs to be finished so he can begin some experiments. Argonne Laboratory might partner with them to trace circulation in trees with radioactive materials.
Morton, Sterling (received by)
Sharpless, Miles (is related to)
Miller, Ralph (is related to)
Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc. (is related to)
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (is related to)
Price, Enoch (is related to)
Sharpless, Miles (is related to)
Miller, Ralph (is related to)
Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc. (is related to)
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (is related to)
Price, Enoch (is related to)
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