The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-05-15
Coiumbu, COrrespondenco.

CoLuMaUs, o., May 4, 1851.
"Tbo farmer who Is use to building fence at q
coat Of not moro than $50 per mile, may be a H.
lie surprised to know thai the Extra ''Rerorm
Legislature, which has just adjourned. appropri
ated ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS OF the peoples money, to fence In the pile
Of stone at Columbus, called the State House =
The string Of fence will be aboat quarter OF a
mile long. When il Ia reconeoted that the entire
State House Of Indiana cost but $50, 900, twill
seem odl that Ohio must pay 100000 for fen
cling her's ln,"
"Oh tho beauties OF Fus'on Reformw
The above is taken verbatim from the Adssr-
,issr Of May lat, and has gone out 70 the sub
soribers OF that paper az Law ana Gospel. We
propose with your eouaent,l 70 giveitthe bene-
dt Of one insertion In she TRipuEE, with proper
comments, thereby showing up the slight mistake
which tho ApvEausER is laboring under.
The Ohio Legislature at It's adjourned session
made no Appropriation for the purposes stated
above They did appropriate One Hundred
Thousand Dollars for the prosecution Of work on
the State House, 10 be applied as follows
Firstly--To finishing IN a plain and substantial
mtnner, and without ornament, the loor, walls
ceiling, windows and doors Of the room assigned
70 the State Library. Tao loor to he laid with
slabs Of Free Stone OF Marble, as the State House
Commissioners may deem best.
secondly-To finishing the several rooms as
signed to the Committees of the two Houses.
Third'y-To 6uishins the rooms assisncd D the
State House Commissioners, the Architects the
Adulan, General, and the School Commissioner
Four,hy-To eon,ipe.ing the algh, Of steps
at tho north and AZ the south ends of the State
House, aud paving with limestone Gags the re-
oesses between the columns and the exterior
walls Of the building
Fihhly-To naishlng, In plain. neat and sub.
slantial m1nner, without unnecessary ornament,
the hall or passages, anl stairs AMI railnglead.
ing to The lie ,lsla,lve halls, and other rooms as
signed for various uses
SlKihly--Ta constructing substantial fence
around the State House square, or 80 mleh Of
said fence as can be economically constructed by
tho ns Of Railroad iron NOW owned by The State,
properly prepared for that purpose, together with
eNNitN N NNAtNA ANNtHAAa tiNNNaa1 sol ttlAN nNl
pose.
seyon.hly-To progressing with the graduation
Of the State Il lu,e square, provided. that tho
cost Of earth used for that purpose, shall not
c ,st, delivered in said square, more than twenty
cents per cubic yard.
The present asiiug Commissioner reports the
cost Of building fence around the State House
yard At $4,000, 10 the oven, Of new iron being
used entire, which Is nos 70 be the case, as viii be
seen by the 9th paragraph above ard this Is a sa.
wing to The State OF $2S0o0, tao Locogoco acting
Commissioner having reported tlle COSY at S65.000
The LocofOco Legislature appropriated for the
'ears ls5t-5 si7S0oO for prosecution Of work
IN State House, all Of which was expended by
Loeofoo0 officials, and farther debts contracted y
no amour, OF sos. I2S.sa Ssl9,76s.7l oil
Shieh vas paid during tho h'oAl year Of 1856, |
saving baliass unpaid on shs l5;h Of Novem