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Conifer .4partrir.n[s Septembcr i3, 191G Page Four <br />9laciers and con,pacted imAer the a�eight of approximately 5000 feet of <br />ice. <br />Soils have settled away from some of the foundations suffieiently <br />to expose piles which appear to be supportin9 the majority of the exterior <br />of the buildings and some portions of the interiors. About half of tli� <br />piles inspected appear to be untreated and some sho�•i evidence of decay. <br />The piles which appeared to be treated had a thin treatment of creosote <br />preservative. This appears to be painted on rather than applied through <br />�ressure treatment as would be normal for piles intended to resist decay <br />nn a long term basis. At least one of the piles for the east building <br />appears to have settled and pulled away from the remainder of the foot- <br />ing. <br />There was much evidence cf shimmi��, shorin9 and reconstruction <br />ro maintain support of those portion; of the buildings vihich �nere <br />supported on spread footings. Exteri�r po�ches appear to have settled <br />up to 16 inches below adjacent pile supported sections of thc buildinr�. <br />Lar9e cracks, repaving and a broken retainin9 wall give evidence of <br />differential settlement bet�:en the yard and parking areas and buildings. <br />It appears that utilities in the fill also have becn draged do�vnward, <br />and in the east building a section of the foundation was cut a�•iay <br />�ipparently to prevent interference between the settlin9 sewrr line ar.d <br />the foundation. <br />Our testin9 of the peat indicates that it is the most compressible <br />orqanic material which this writer has encour.tered in 20 years of <br />experience. [3uth primary, which is the most rapid and isually larger <br />portion of peat settlement, and sec�ndary settlemei��° :,�pear to be large. <br />Our calculations indicated a remaining settlement of only ? inches, how- <br />ever, this is based on assumptio�s concernin9 the duration of existing <br />fill loads and does not fully ta4;e secondary compression or unknown <br />phenomena into account. 41e expec!. that settlement will be more than 3", <br />and will euntinue for v�ars. <br />� <br />