Mr, Watson then proceeded to illustrate with large scale diagrams various problems and investigations which they were tackling. One of the major problems was the determination of the depth and shape of that part of the soil beneath a structure within which most of the compression during settlement occurred; the only feasible method was to plant underground bench marks; beneath and around the structure to a depth of at least one and a half times its mean width, An important investigation was the determination of the amount of A visit by twenty fully armed members of the Japanese Naval Landing Party to the Chinese General Post Office, North Szechuen Road at North Soochow Road, yesterday morning gave rise to a rumour that the Post Office had been taken over by the Japanese, Led by an officer, the twenty bluejackets arrived at the Post Office at swelling in the mud floor of an excavation. Mr. Watson pointed out that if excavation and construction of a building could be carried out instantaneously, or. alternatively, the floor of the foundation pit held firmly down during and after excavation until completion of the new building, the mud would suffer no increase in volume and no consequent Photo by V. F. Meisting.
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