Pag-e 2 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 1, 1970
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THE BATTALION
Water, sewage facilities
undergo construction
New sewage line and treatment plant—will replace this sewage treatment plant located
near Easterwood Airfield. The new facilities will nearly double the present treatment
capabilities.
Major construction projects in
three different areas are under
way to expand and improve the
existing university facilities wa
ter treatment, according to As
sistant Director of Maintenance
and Utilities William E. Holland,
Jr.
Construction is in process on a
new sewage line and treatment
plant and for a gas turbine gen
erator. Contracts will be let and
construction expected to be start
ed this month on a 24 inch water
line to supplement the existing
18 inch line.
Holland said the new sewage
line is being built along with a
new sewage treatment plant since
the present one is not sufficient
for the university’s needs.
The 15-inch sewage line will
run from the College View Apart
ment area to a new booster plant
which will replace two existing
booster plants, Holland said.
The booster plant is necessary,
Holland explained, due to a ridge
which runs through the campus
from the Physical Plants offices,
to the Academic Building, and
through Duncan Dining Hall.
After the waste is pumped over
the ridge it will flow the remain
der of the way by gravitational
pull.
The present sewage plant sup
posedly has a capacity of treat
ing 750,000 gallons of waste a
day, but is treating 1,090,000 gal
lons a day. When the new plant
is built, which will treat two mil
lion gallons of waste a day, the
present one will no longer be
operated, Holland said.
The sewage line and treatment
plant is due to be completed in
another year.
The new gas turbine generator
will be placed on the north side
of the building which houses the
present generators and water
chillers, and will have a capacity
of 15,000 kilowatts.
The generator will be put in
along with a 175,000 pound waste
heat boiler and two 3,350 ton
steam driven centrifugal chilling
units.
The chilling units, which pro
duce chilled water for buildings
on campus, will add to the eight
1,000 ton chiller units. The chiller
units and the generator will dou
ble the value of the plant to $14
million and will nearly double the
electrical capacity.
The new 24-inch water line
will run from the Well Field
Pump Station eight miles north
west of the campus and another’
two million gallon ground storage
tank will be built just north of
the campus at the end of Fin-
feather Road, Holland said.
The new water line and tank is
needed since 5.25 million gallons
of water is used a day while the
capacity of the 18-inch line is 4.84
million gallons a day.
Holland said a two million-gal
lon elevated water tank will be
put in eventually across the tracks
and will replace the 150,000 gallon
tank standing in the center of
campus.
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Directors award contracts
Contracts total more than $9.3 million
Contracts totaling $9.3 million
were awarded at the board of di
rectors’ most recent meeting.
The board also sold a $5 million
revenue bond issue to Halsey,
Stuart & Co., Inc., and Associates
of New York, low bidder, at an
effective interest rate of 7.5030
percent.
Largest contract was a $7,197,-
000 award to Houston-based Man
hattan Construction Company of
Texas to build a new low-density
dormitory complex on campus.
Revenue from the bond issue will
help finance the project, designed
to accommodate nearly 1,000 stu
dents.
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Another large project included
six contracts for improvement of
water system facilities on cam
pus. Contract winners were Pan
handle Construction Co., Inc.,
Lubbock, $562,220; R. B. Butler
Inc., Bryan, $388,838; R. B. Hodg
son & Co., Inc., Dallas, $285,466;
Gorbett Bros., Inc., Fort Worth,
$41,669; Smith Pump Co., Waco,
$32,865; and Delta Machine Co.,
Inc., Houston, $16,680.
The Jarbet Co. of San Antonio
was awarded a $357,041 contract
for construction of new parking
facilities for the northeast sec
tion of the campus and pavement
repair around the System Admin-
istration building.
Contracts totaling $256,149
were awarded for two construc
tion projects at Prairie View.
Rowe and Mayfield, Inc. of Hous
ton received a $129,700 award to
construct an eight-classroom
building. Chappell Hill Construc
tion Co. of Brenham won a $126,-
449 contract to build a new fire
station and campus security of
fice.
Other contracts included $84,-
261, Commercial Kitchens Divi
sion of Industrial Industries, Inc.,
Houston, portion of Kitchen and
food-serving equipment for new
dormitory; two awards totaling
$49,898 to J. A. Callaway, Bryan,
construction of portable animal
shelter complex; $17,830, Mar-
Cal, Inc., Bryan, replacement of
windows at P. L. Downs Nata-
torium.
Also $17,826, Mabry, Inc., Bry
an, fish tank temperature control
system in Biological Sciences
Building; $17,450, Sentry Con
struction Co., Bryan, convert
Dairy Breeding Center to Rumi
nant Nutrition Laboratory; and
$16,934, W. E. Kutzschbach Co.,
Bryan, outdoor lighting for vet
erinary medicine complex.
In other action, the board ap
propriated $297,990 for projects
here and Tarleton State College.
A $122,000 appropriation was
earmarked for hot water service
to the southeast portion of the
campus, where the new dormitory
will be constructed.
The board allocated $120,000
for detailed design of a new of
fice and classroom building,
$25,000 for detailed design for a
new educational television build
ing and $20,000 for landscaping
in the central campus mall area.
A $7,000 appropriation was ap
proved for detailed design for
electrical service for the proposed
Oceanography and Meteorology
Building.
Tarleton State received a $2,990
appropriation for continued Ad
ministration Building remodeling
and $1,000 for a program of re
quirements to utilize unfinished
attic space in the Tarleton Stu
dent Center.
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Edwin H. Cooper
Edwin Cooper
named head
of admissions
Edwin H. Cooper, former as
sistant to the university presi
dent, returned to the university
administrative staff as director
of admissions.
Academic Vice President Hor
ace R. Byers announced Cooper
will succeed Dr. Oscar Dorsey,
who becomes dean of professional
schools at Southwest Texas State
in San Marcos.
“We are extremely fortunate
to have a man of Mr. Cooper’s
background and experience join
the staff,” said Dean Lloyd
Heaton of Admissions and Rec
ords in the Registrar’s Office.
“He will be most effective as
chief admissions officer to help
attract quality students to the
university by telling the A4M
story.”
A 1953 Aggie graduate, Cooper
totaled 13 years of service with
the university before leaving las!
September to join an oil company
as a partner in operations over
this area. He had been director
of civilian student activities after
four years as assistant to the
late President Earl Rudder.
Cooper graduated from San
Marcos High School in 1949 and
then earned distinguished student
honors here. He was awarded >
bachelor’s degree in wildlife man
agement and has completed most
of the course work for a master's
in the same field of study. Here-
signed as sales manager for an
agricultural firm in Jacksonville
to join President Rudder’s staff
Previously, he was an assistant
county agent and wildlife consen-
ation specialist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service.' 1
Vice President
says 14,900
due during fall
Dr. Horace R. Byers, academic
vice president, has told the Board
of Directors to expect an enroll
ment of 14,900 in the fall term.
“This figure is inprecise —
wouldn’t be surprised if we went
below 14,000 or above 15,000''
Byers said. He added that the
figure would be approximately
900 higher than last year’s en
rollment.
Byers said he anticipates ap
proximately 3,180 (or 21.4 per
cent of total enrollment) gradu
ate students and about 1,350 (9
per cent of total enrollment)
women. He added that approxi
mately half of the women will
be graduate students.
“We anticipate the corps of
cadets to maintain its present
level,” Byers added.
He emphasized that the Uni
versity of Texas is already in
trouble with the Coordinating
Board, Texas Colleges and Uni
versity System, because of its
large enrollment. Byers pointed
out that A&M is slightly above
its projected enrollment.
“This is one thing we should
worry about—as time goes on.
we’re going to have to level off,"
he said. Byers added enrollment
will have to be held at 20,000 by
1980 in accordance with Coordi
nating Board’s figures.
He added A&M is limiting en
rollment by applying a double
standard for undergraduate stu
dents—one for out-of-state stu
dents and one for resident stu
dents.
“However, in graduate school,
the name of the game is to not
discourage non-resident graduate
students because this builds up a
college’s reputation on its ability
to draw students from throughout
the world,” Byers said.
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