New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
=mith.on fnstituse Accident.

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Wl'siscT- s. SATURDAY Mac. z l.5o
,yelt oFs- u tae = dIss1s Institute us alter
noon 20 see IS - tba causes All extent o. the a-
dent there found Mr Bnoyy the super.ntensa1t
NJ C.yrGoy tie builder. sad Mr SsFFTS. wh3
does lie carpenter VOL q, the Institute they
showed ine tue part TIA, had given way. AMI al
th0sr' I. injury sser5us. y might have Jeea Tar
more 60 Five or 80 carrerters had scarce nlA
Ut .e't n which 20 save themselves from beng
crushed ~ tie falling floors. and ladies' and seu-
.emeu vlsito-s, had very sh0rt time before, pass
- Ind.r what as 80 soon u De wreck.
No. The est rom man balGIrg, ron pulsrs, PLACED
Ou stone foundations ere ~ be placed g. support
tr.r. a. sniphithester Ola tie basement level anG
item the fir and second nIofs were - rsst secure
b CA toe stors and iron. Mr RLNwIcK speclfcn-
ti0l was departed from 10 enable tho professors
aid 1.hers. who might be ectur0s aud performing
experiments ~ carry their chemics apparatus and
ltler tl 81 nlstsra.s necessary i'f nilstFatlon.
tb-or-h below the ground The ground aoor vas
made level instead ~ taking s.0plls form, a.1 10
ths stone foundation we're bIIIt brick piers. j
i4cn.. square, without stone caps o. these bricks
.ae heavy tmoers. inside, we're p.fccd, on the
ground level, The piers gave way. busted. ali,
of course the fret and recon. toO-s sunk ogu ~
tie hgtt 81 the BRICK piers. tbs dragged down te
upper for n the south corner seriously cram 20
to levels oi q others AMI o. cOurso al had O. be
I I
e. brick walls TAGGED above tire proof was the
6-st ldes Mr. RENyvIcK now recommends u inch
BRICK walls, With Gaping, suppose, Of stone IL
ace q, the Il inch BRICK piers Ile damage was
stated az 3G00-of cOuEe ths coltiact1rs would
nave 70 bear H. No compliant is made VI any talne
brt the DriCk PIERS
must confess tiat when have seen bnck pie,'
nsea DO sew York below me ero-ud level, % 'ap
rlrt nessiso structures. have lVsys disnked u.
q .|fr. al d. q 4
yer, commonly done, aud as ! Judge very inpru-
dcufiv. M told that Mr.. hENWICK says that haG
tls pisrs been capped with stone the occ1rTen
would not have taken place. The IS probable, aud.
10 correct. Mr. BENwIcg Nj BE0WN and Mr. CAN
FR5y. are all 10 blsme-the two former for not ia
sstrl on tie cans the after fJr upsting % piers
without them. Very isw men, however cxpeua
s'l5 O0Jiu ihewayoi building without committing
more material errors than this
confess my wish that The plaste,i1g add lmlta
ton Of stone the BRICK PIERS below, and much OF
ths wood work ~ The Institute were oi hroT-oOi
materials and that the plan Observation-Disclosures
mcau--hod more regard t. the dagger there always
49, in buildings oi this peculiar and compi 1'cd
form. Of fire Some OF the arches ani pillars have
rough stone inside and are plastercd round b re
sembls hewu stone Why have any plaster p
In Philadelphia too much Of GIrards Request was
employed to construct pa ace 70 keep school H.
Here an academic institution Of the highest char
acter and which is 10 be tho depository Of much
that curious aud useful belonging 10 the nation. be-
SIDE valuable libraries tho whole to bc worth, pre-
sumo before they set through with ~ and when The
contents oftho upper floor of the Patent Office are
placed iu f. 100000, is ROY So much Cu0ral
-saust accidents by fire as j. should be- Ih1 ob.
iect seems o. be economy % save tho principal d.
the donation. Ipt the economy that 10 wise On the
erection ~ private dwelling may be near si.ltcI
wa.l applied to an eaiiico intended as lie a .ina
Mater az learning and genius. mean t. reflect
900 no one in these remarks, which may possibly
be RreHter Indication Of my own detective iudg
meat than of defects in the material inside tue Ia
,iitute. the DIES IN and Workmanship Of winch !
am pleased with
Remembering that tie wei. built spire OF Trinity
ChItch saud a tOlt disarrsuziny ash.ar WORK. cor
uiccs, g.. asked ID the mgin lowers which arr L
be 90 100 and $50 feet mgh-uino IN number
wore come ted with the main body OF the nuild-
in but Ridni that prvis on had been made IN case
of tleir settling down. IT, grounds viii be .a'd
out with taste and elegance and when completed
the Institute will form one Of tho most romantic
features of the lovely valley Of the Potomac which.
when viewed from the Capitol hi. Is truly pictof-
esQus
la company with one OF the editors Of The Tn
buasI veniured into the apartment where the phil
osophical apparatus is preserved ia cases Pro.
fessors HENRY end BACHE, two Of the most emi
ient O.; the scieutifc men Of this country. were
present. We next went u the lecture room, where
Professor AoA.sz had lust concluded one oil his M
tero.tug scientific discusses
The best apology for the cheap WORK inside, IS ~
be- found H. acts of Congress assessing the Invent
,-s of tho United states ostcusibly 10 raise fund
Tor their benefit and then selling IT to build palaces
Tor Cabinet Ministers and new departments