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<br />presen,t"time, we are badly in" needaf this..,a.dditianaL equipment" and to., re- '
<br />adv,er,tise far bids an the pumper, wauld mean an,additianal.delay af 18 manths to.
<br />2, years., at a ,cast af $3000.00 mare t.han,.. the, .cantract.. purchase pric.e., In view af
<br />the fact, that"..the ,illustra tians. af, the pumper"and" a desc.riptian_ af the same
<br />shawed an enclased cab, it is my recammendatian that we accept the pumper pra-
<br />vid,ed"..that thecas,t, af the enclased, cab ($350.00) be credited- to., the, City.
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<br />The,aforementiDned., r,ecammendatiansar,e submi,tted. ,fory.our a,ctian."
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<br />It wasma;ved, by Hawn, secanded by Ba.iley that the repart af the City Manager be
<br />received and placed an file and that all'recammendatians cantained therein be
<br />ad,opted,., Ma,tian carried,.
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<br />! The matter af sending" Sg,t. William Smith af the Eugene. Palice Depart-
<br />:1 ment, to. the, F.B.I. Training SchaaLat Washingt,on, D.C. was intraduc,ed by the City
<br />Manager. It was. explained tha,t an. invitatianto send a ,representative af the
<br />department had been extended by the Federal Bureau af Investigatian and that
<br />Sgt. Smith had been selected to. attend the 12 weeks training caurse.
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<br />:'1 It was maved by Hawn, secanded by Davis that the necessary funds, appraximately
<br />:1 $900.00, be apprapriated fram the Palice and Emergency apprapriatians to. defray
<br />" Sgt. Smith's expenses,. Matian carri.ed,. ' .
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<br />A cammunicatian fram M. E. Palleske, Building Inspectar re: pre-
<br />fab,ricated, hauses" was su,bmitted and read as fallaws:
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<br />"In respanse to. yaur recent request far infarmatian cancerning the can-
<br />structian and cade campliance af the Prenca Prefabricated hauses, please be ad-
<br />vised, as fallaws:, .
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<br />A persanal investigatian was made at the Prefabricatian,Engineering
<br />Plant as to. the methads af assembly and materials used in theirhause pre-fabri-
<br />catian, and it was faund that materials and methads camply with their specifi-
<br />cat~iansa's pUblish,ed in plans at hand.
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<br />Any analysis af the prefab structur,e or standard fr.ame butlding must be
<br />based an the averall, frame - its supparting, membe.rs, and. the 'sheathing,. A frame
<br />canna,t, be cond,emned, as nat.. being ,saundbe,cause it is' nat mad,e af 2" x 4" studs.
<br />Thus" the fallawing. analysis" taken, fram..the reparts af the Dauglas,Plywaad Assaci-
<br />atian and the U. S. Dept. af Agricul,ture,Farest, Praducts Labaratary a,t Madisan,
<br />Wiscansin tend, to., shaw. that allpanels,..submi tted far testing praved af greater
<br />str.ength than the standar,d type, af canstructian. Also., the pane.ls, submitted had
<br />1" x 3" framing material whereas the hause we are cansidering has 2" x 3" interiar
<br />wall studs. These panels whe.n, cample,te, farm, a member similar, to. a bax girder.
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<br />, The banding' agent is Phenalic glue and this glue under heat and hydraulic
<br />',I pressur-e causes a band that is af such strength that the waad will break befare
<br />I the glue. will. pull laase.
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<br />I The wall panels when tested withstead a pressure af 200 Ibs. per square
<br />, faat befere failure.
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<br />I )A 60 mile an haur wind has a pressure af 12 Ibs. per square faat ar
<br />1/17th af the laad required, to.: ,break. a raaf, panel..
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<br />I Smaller studs and jaists are feasible, because the Plywaad carried
<br />;1 ~ensian,.,s.tre,sses- an ane face a~d,campressian en the reverse face of the panel units.
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<br />Flaar panels when tested wi.thstead a pressure af 300 Ibs. per square
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<br />Reef panels tested to. 37 Ibs. per, square faet.
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<br />Far: example a 4' x 8' wall panel censisting af faur 3/4" x 2 1/2" studs
<br />spaced 16" an center with the custamary tap and battam plate, a 3/8" plywaad sheet
<br />glued to. ane side and a 1/4" an the ather side, carried laads averagitig 290 Ibs.
<br />per square faat aver a 7 1/2' span. '
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<br />The Prenca hauses,use the 2" x 3" studs.
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<br />It is the apinian af the writer that the. pre-fabricated, plywead hause
<br />under cansideratian is a strang rigid building capabl,e af standing all pressures
<br />I required' af a standard frame hause and by. this reasening based an the analysis af
<br />! reparts at hand by campetent testing la..baratar.ies" I belie.ve, it meets the cade
<br />t requirements. It daes net seem necessary to. go. into. elabarate mathematical cam-
<br />~ putatians to. determine the answers when they are published by a disinterested
<br />I gavernmental agency.
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