The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-05-11
Friday q - may 5, 1854.

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hEsIesAf'q M. WEsr-zar- Pay
e'S I'eaa yoe' I'VE publish belo'
.le leseer q J 'e. Mr. West, sen
in'o lne legs tom which th
payers = can read a fruitfr
t,ssson' iron iney can form som
,ue- u ''io ney',scy, =, dishonesty, mis-
management et.''e'f pubic servants. A
'ie ',ose u '''S 81 = 900 Mr. West recon
,nenueu an ,Rss'tlAuon OF S25o,oOo
"'i'n '. "ou'u ss g e.''S'eie % -"hnish the ex
error s'One wet1 e<eeps the terrace,1 ant
pun 'llc pcll''',''. s,DA on tne building -
Dus 'ie p' oisarranged AM
frustrated ms Plan Dy dismissing useful
experienced ahf Indispensable hands an,
Ireplaeed them 4 49, sol;t;csl q ,o,;,o. II,
tha ros,,lt u ], :, t,,, g y. IS. q, I
,,., 4. ~ '''''', gS''s'''.''; z
.sps's sss 2z23 Y e. - 2, 's''z q
t1'o''''' y fl0oYs ssls'le'tct Is mol dosas, and
what is more, we are informed by compe
tent iudges-(not by the architect for h,
hoe cow r.st, tf.t :. u.;u III. =
"N 'aAo noi
Seoe'Iy5'"s 20 e'9Nfy tNoaSd'a 0o1ars t
bring the work forward to the state prom
ised when the appropriation was granted ;
Tax.na vars Of old Fairfield arc Won roodr :,
g COO 900
pay your PioPoi'loh u Y0o'oo0e.ery 'w'
years TO the plunderers OF the public money
who have the new State House under thei
supervision? Are YOU ready to endorse III,
nr1, 1,e;ooou and oorrrt;,,, of +Lo 60,
=. ~ %"
oeilaggogueS Gaming themselves Demo
Gratis? Read the following letter and ans
wer for yourselves:
CoLuMpus, April 10, 1854
GENrLEMEN.-When YOU EXPRESSED 2
wish that should continTe to be arcb;tect
of the new State House, | understood from
the President Of tbc BOARD tbat Il Tvos tt1
intention Of the new Comm;ssiorors 70 rar |l,l
NIT me to carry ont NV mans in snch .
manner as 70 mako ! GOOD and durob,o
building
When first accented the anro;rtmert .,
arcb;toctir 1848 Il IVES tbo mn dorstand;no,
usual in sucb cases that T as orcb;toci
sbould have tho s,nar1;s;on of tho VOL,
and tho Comn;sa;opers tbon in of;co Jotor
mined to di snense with anv other general
sunerintendent ITndo, nv d;roct;on I'm
work was ACCORDINGLY carriad on Jur;na
more than four years and in that time the
house was raised to the ion Of the piIasters
and tho whole oftbe frs. and eocopd stor'
los vanlted with brick II was mart of tbo
system established for me to rcnort to the
Commissioners At tho close Of avarv yoar
the progress and condition of the work and
to furnish such estimates and information as
would enable tho Ganeral Assembly, 20 coo
what amount Q I - ;uaicionelv exnend.
ed the follo,ss,z - !" y - ran,art fl st
durjng AZ: = 9: = !snsose5 eypry r,
wear eyacti,aort b kstone to which
i had calculated,s - "a raised bv the
amount anpronrisl lsl, AT the end of the
wear 1851 the work was in the most com.
plete condition fobits most rapid and ecopo.
mical prosecution and I exnected durino
the following two sessions of l852and 1858
TO have been able 10 finish the exterior stone
work, (excent the Terrace and to mt the
nermanont roof ON tbe buildinq To ac.
complish this stated that s25o.OOO would
he reouired and in nv renort at the close
of the wear 1881 recommended that NOT
lass than that amount should be asked of the
General Assembly. which amount has since
been apnropriated
The nrasent Commissioners on coming
into the office, in addition to the architect
"tbouobt Il indisncnsablv necessary to have
ono renoral eunor;ntendent over all the do
nartTapts - Ieoo ronort 1890 II
poxttbounbt rocossa ~ to romovo with ono
oxcont;on ovorv r,astor roocban;c, an tho
bn;Iding as vol as tho sunnr;ntondant of
the stone quarry ono whose energv ;ntaIIi.
oonce and knowledge oftbe courses ofstonp
from which T wished To have the most i'm
nortant blocks ouarr;ad rondorod invalua-
blo Tbese men fan;l;ar with tho work
nndor thor cbarno bayo suddenly 70 a;vo
niaco 10 now boHdS somo nnon.i;fed and
some nnw;ll;nn to rorform tba;r dutios -
Ordor svstonS ond Srbord;ro+;on Soo,, cor,o
10 an end WorLmon sometimes received
directions from tbe president of the BOARD
and somotimos fron, tho arcbitoct OF those
GIVEN bv me- some were obcvcd some were
S3;sroooydoJ ond so,,,o woro conntormand.
Cd by tbo clorL and found that no Iong-
or had that controlo and sunervision Of the
work w;tbout which no architect can have
h;s nions n nronorlr carr;od ont
: - Tbo rosnlt Pof tI;s obanao Of svstom has
boen to nroduca I delsv TO- cause useless az.
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