Lubbock Evening Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 2
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- Lubbock Evening Journali
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- Lubbock, Texas
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1'OWS of sents, the University ol Texas stadium has 51 of seats, A. Kyle l'ield 40 rows, Cotton Bowl at Dallas 49 rows and the lower tier of Yankee stadium in New York, 40 rows. A departure from the usual construction of seals, has been 1 used in that the architectural design calls for wider seat, using three two by fours instead of the more common method of. using one two by ten board, Individual scal numbers are burned into the center scetion of the seats and all alsles are appropriately numbered by built-in-place attractive cast bronze numbers. 'The concrete sections are designalecl by enameled cul-out letters tour feet In height, backed by a reinforced concrete plaque.
Box scats are Individuallyby small platos welded to hand rails. Contractors Listed The architectural fIrm of Haynes and Kirby of Lubbock furnished the architectural drawings for the stadium and Parkhili, Smith and Cooper, Lubbock engineers, drew engineering plans and supervised construction. C. E. Small was projoct manager for the Oldt-Mid West company and M.
Payne was superintendent. A. C. Bowden was enginger. Subcontractors who performed work on the project included: Bell Plumbing company, plumbing and healing; People's Eleetric shop, electrical work; Odessa Steel Erectors, placing steel; Roy G.
Calcote, masonry; Elliott Taylor, feld grading; Worlman Plastering company, plaster work; Texas Rooling company, roofing and sheet and ShookOwen Construction' company, underground utilitics. Material Supply Firms Named Principal materials were supplied by the following firms: Pare: 2, Lubbock, (Texas), Evening Journal, Friday, November 28, 1947 New $400,000 Tech Stadium Will Be Dedicated Saturday Dreams of Texas Tech foot- I fans tor a modern athletic piant will be realized in its first Saturday afternoon when a $400.000 concrete and steel Mootball stadium will be dedicated to highlight annual homecoming activities. Dedication of the new stadium, which will seat approximately 000, persons. will be a pre-game ceremony before the annual clash tof the Red Raiders with their arch riyals from the south, the HardinSimmons university Cowboys from Capacity Crowd Expectad A capacity crowd of 20.000 is Fexpected to see the name. Includ.
red: in the, spectators be estimated 5,000 graduates and exstudents who will be here for the day's The new stadium is constructed on a sitc northwest of the old field and is surrounded by parking spaces. Only extensive, sides of the stadium, tending from the ten- lines has been constructed, but future plans call for enclosing both ends, completing the horseshoe and increasing capacity from 18.000 to possibly 45,000. Financing Described The new stadium is officially known is the Clifford B. and Audrey Jones. stadium, named honor president emeritus of the college and his wife.
Unof. ficially at will be called Jones stadium. Dr. Jones launched the Daabcial drive for the stadium by offering $100,000 to the college board of directors in 3 per cent which, upon the death of both Dr. and Mrs.
Jones will be to the college. Accapting Dr. Jones' offer, the board increased the bonds to 5 per cont Matching Dr. Jones' offer of the bonds, Texas Tech grid fans and Lubbock business men conducted a campaign, in the fall of 1946 raising $150,000 for the new stadium the board of directors authorized the expenditure of an additional $50,000 in college junds. Advertising of bids revealed costs of the stadium would re: quire another $100,000 and the college board of directors voted 1p issue other revenue bonds for this purpose.
The Oidt-Mid West company of Dallas was low bidder and was the contract for construction of stadium a bid of $395,600. A work order was issued on Jast March 17 and actual con. struction started Immedintely. A fast schedule was maintained i by the contractors, especially in www of delay in shipments of critical materials such as reinforcing steel, but on June 20, with three completed sections of columns, beans antl forms in place for seal dock, construction was seriously setback by a disastrous fire. Fire Delays Work Oil-soaked forms caught fire from some undetermined origin and due to high winds, this section of the new stadium was damaged for a total loss of approximately Work was resumed next day on construction of the west stands, causing no actual construction delay except for that portion destroy.
ed by fire. the construction contract called for completion for the beginning of the present grid season. the fire loss in time and materials caused completion to be die. laved approximately days. Press Box Modern Approximately 3.200 cubic yards of concrete were poured for the being poured by the usual method of a concrete pump.
RELIEVE SORE THROAT A -DUE TO COLDS7 Bad weather brings sore throats. Be ready with time-tested TONSILINE. Assure your family of fast soothing relief at once. Your druggist has it, always depend on TONSILINE 'There were approximately 820,000 pounds of reinforcing steel used, 10,000 seat bracketts, 80,000 galvanized seal bracket bolts, about 00,000 board feet of select, Clear- California redwood for scats, six ornamental flag poles installed atop the stands, all elaborate combinalion press-and-radio quarters, with allglass front installed on the west section. The press box, with all its ern features and size, is the most complete phase of construction incorporated Into dium in the U.
S. An inter-communication system is also built titderneath the football field for (clephone contact section of tho stadium. Lighting Systom Doscribed Erection of lighting for the new stadium, to come at a luter date, include six 80-foot monotube steel lighting towers at tho back of and attached to the stands, cach carrying twelve-bank electrical flood lights of 1,500 wutts each, giving the stadium one of the best lighting systems in the Southwest. The six steel poles will extend 136 feet from the ground. holding the 80-Coot lighting towers are large galvanized spociaily-built bolts, two and one-half inches in diametor and 80 inches long, weighing 135 pounds each.
entrance and exit stations of the stadium supplemented by gradually Inclined concrete ramps, thus emptying the stadium easily. Paving Planned Within the stands structed concession stands, toilet facilities und a home and visitors clubhouse room, In the home field house such features 39 fireproof vault and elevator are installed and steel casement sash built into masonry walls, Original plans called for considerable paving underneath the stands and paving of the parking and street areas in and around the field, due to present day construction costs and limited funds, these unnecessary features were eliminated for the present. Stands on each side of the field have 45 rows of scuts, The west stands are amply supplied with box seats, these seals with chair backs and all boxes separated with galvanized hand rails. The east stands have been primarily designated as the student section, have no box scats. Wider Seats Used Comparing the sladlum with other stadia in the number of DIONNE 'QUINTS' rolare songootien of CHEST COLDS BY RUBBING ON I MUSTEROLED AUTH CRIZED.
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Dial 6608 to LO GATE GATE 3109 GATE GATE GATE GENERAL GENERAL ADMISSION ADMISSION -N 10 10 ZT 3 GATE GATE GATE 2149 9 JAY LV9 SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF NEW JONES STADIUM--The diagram above shows the sections for Texas Tech's now Jones stadium, which will be dedicated in ceremonies before the Hardin-Simmons game Saturday afternoon. Approximately 20,000 persons are expected for the game, with bleachers set up for approximately 2,300 in addition to the 18,000 scats the stadium' provides. The cast stands have, been designated for students while box seats on west side. If you have a seat in section West stands, you can drive on west side and find it casier to get to your seat by entering the designated gate. Lubbock B3ufiding company, concrete; Roberson Steel company, Oklahoma City, reinforcing steel; C.
E. Flowers, N. T. Wilson, Forvest Lumber company, all of bock; Gunnison River Timber company, Sapinero, and Snider Lumber company, Marshnll, lumber and nails; Plains Builders Supply company, finish hardware; Western Brick Supply company, steel windows; Lubbock Glass Mirror company, plate glass; company, metal partitions and doors; Hunter- company, Dallas, elevator; Lubbock Wood Works, millwork; E. G.
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