Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-12
CITY AND STATE DEPARTMENT.

OR New CouRT IIousE.-Mr Editor:
I read, with pleasure, in your paper OF the bh
inst. description of our beautiful new Court
House: and. attracted by the description oil the
splendid hand -rail, which had not been compile
ted when last saw it. seized the earliest oppor-
tuni,y to inspect it, tits, indeed,a most credta-
blepece of workmanship, and should place the eH-
ecutor Of it in the foremost RANK of his craft
But the pride and pleasure which felt in sur
vcyiDg this noble edificc-at once ,hc pride and
ornament of our city-were greatly married by
the fact that the hand Of the reformer has already
laid its determined grasp upon thus yet unhnirh.
ed structure We all know that Lynchburg Is
unlike any other place in this wide world you
can't do anything of public character that VIII
suit any body; and unless every man. woman and
child la the communityis suited, the devil will
be 10 pay. On my previous WHIT t. the new
Court House, the District Court room had just
been completed, and admired is neat and CON
vencnt arrangement. On this occasion the ilx-
lures had been demolished and ran3ferr d to the
basement Of the building, at considerable addi-
tional cost, and the District Court room now hns
TO be again fitted up upon some new pla l. and
ut further charge to the city. In my /, noze.
ment nj this sudden whm, as thought it in the
building committee. enqurcd of the conf rae
tors the reason of this unexpected change of plan.
postponing the final execution of the work and
involving an additional expenditure from the
public treasury. Imagine my surprise when
was informed that the Hastings Court had taken
the matter in hnnd, and ordered the alterations.
to be made This work, understand, has, in
obedience to vote of the citizens, been undorta
ken, commenced and nearly completed by our
City Council, who alone have the right to erect.
public buildings, 10 tax the people to pay for
them. The plan, so much admired, was procur
ed by this committee and lis design has, thus
far been carried out by them, TO the satisfaction
of the Council at least, far rs | am inform
cd.
just ut this point the Hastings Court begin to
perceive defects-not in their own apartments,
but in the apartment of the District Court, ard
without conference consultation with he
Council or its committee, so far as the writer CON
leurn. set themselves about correcting these in,
nginary defects, Was this respectful to tie
Council or courteous 10 their committee,
Now every person who has attempted 10 build
pig-pen or II chicken coop, knows that any
passer- by can and will suggest valuable improve
mcnts ! would respectfully recommend to the
building committee Tor to the Hastings Court.
rather,) before proceeding further i'll their alter
atoms and expenditures. hat they make an order
summoning all the citizens of Lynchburg to
spectng its details and suggesting improvements.
This will save a.great many orders of Court and
building committees, by taking the whole i'll
lump. We shall then know, ut once, what sort
of n Court House we are to have. and what will
be its probable cost but according to the plan
like an often patched garment--wc shall in II few
years, be unable to see what the original
drsign; and as to the cost that's nothing to no
body" The writer is informed that the original
contract for building the Court House was SlS,-
600 and that, Is nov estimated to cost go, 900.
when completed should the Hastings Court krcI,
their bands off of it. But should they desire to
make q further display of their architectural
taste, we may have patch work building, cost
nl, the respectable sum Of S3DO5O. We shall!
have this glorious satisfaction, howevrr:-We
can cuss the Council for taxing to pay for it,
As to your suggestion of appropriating the
western room" to the Mayors court, beg leave
to entirely dissent, for many reasons not ncccs-
sary hero to be stated 1t seems to me that
your City Council, who have never had "A suita-
bic or comfortable place for their deliberations,
are. at least entitled to shelter themselves and
their records in this house of their own erection.
More anon.
COMPS