Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-26
Things and Doings at the Capital

of interest, / wall atr. mpt a description
of the house. Il Is 30I feet long, an'
1874 feet wide, and covers more than al
acre OF ground, il | have figured correct
". The basement is Is feet above The
common suffice of the ground. t.,
he GIT 10 the top Of the 81 ok 2 course
81 feet, TO the top Of the Roruuda. Isl
feet; diameter of Rounds, CT fert. Il
the basement are many rooms, The mum
Der. | am no, able TO stale cor ectlv; mol
their uses, but Tradition saws, some were
4 ted up and apr prla;ed for purposes
Thai even 10 name. Won d lie n NV
full" That prrlion under TIE Rnuni Ia.
c nIains the steam boilers, where slcau
is generated TO heat the entire bu Hing.
The ,ilrrs are fi"e in number. their
exact sig ] have no. learned; but they
are very large. There is an engine also,
of nice workmanship and said 10 be Of
sufficient ~cipaciIy for all purposes re
CURED. What use there is Tor an %enain''
there. some perhaps can tell The build
rrs NAV have rpas med from the e ness
of things" that there was a good place
for an engine, and they would put one
here, be that as il NAV, We will lcav
ibis dark aud gloomy part of The build
ing. and 90 To tn first hnnr above, which
Is divided into % FIRE prof rooms FIR
off ce<, varying in IL from ~ to 81 feet
in length. snd from 20 To IL feet in
breadth. o. this f,lr are The off ,es IL
the Governor S ,creiarv of Stale. Au 'ilor
Of State, Treasurer 81 ) ate. CO np'rnler
ofthe Treasury, Annrne, G-neral. B ard
of Public Works, State Board of Aeri-
culture, Commissioner Of Common
S .hnols, Archiiecr. &c.
The SECOND fl or contains the Rrpre-
seniatives' IL. 81 w 721 feet; The
<enaie Chamber Sc by "a fri; the
: ib.sry, Suprrmr Cnurr Rnms. &c
C mmiitpe Rooms. TIE a ors in all
these rooms are support d by arches and
with one or two exceptions ale laid with
m4rhlr. in ,qua es, of one foot each, III
al. rnate blocks being white aud black.
The main walls of the building ave of
'Scinio Marble" . notified limestone.
fund in abundance in this locality, on
excrllrnr building material.
There is bu; it'll. symmetry IN The
building, at 6r>t sigh, it being entirely
10 low for the length The cupola, about
which so much has been said and writ
{ II. after being almusi & ,i>h"d several
tunes, and torn down, and rrbuiii, is now
l am h"ppy to inform you. nearly COM
pie ed, sccnrdi"g to the original design"
What III It design was your readers
viii very readily comprrh' nd, whrn
tell them, the ornamental parr, towering
tnpmost height the c%rowniI z par Of
the work resembles an inverted cheese
boz NOR. than any thing else that ] can
cal 10 mind At this time.
AS The work PROGRESSES towards com
p 'piion; new detects are discovered, all,
Of course, charg able 10 the h'uniering
> upiftIy Or fIrdfer aIchftects II now
asceuainrd that la order 10 make the
building at all respectable in appearance.
here mus b an enormous projecting
portico 10 The West front. 1t will only
cosr SIS 8 70 90 AID, wi o cares TOR C" I,
v hen appearances are 10 be kept up
AnDlh4r irifiDg ornament Is proposed for
outside OF The Dome or CuPolh, sim
plv, a Co in hian co!onn rie ms too
viii add much to the appearance of The !
muse, and wall b. but an pen Of
s5l,41oO 90 There is still another "eve
to The establishment. that those " no
ire deternind to have things all right.
have di>covend d, viz: two large I'm Ike
racks in the eastern Cnurts # the build
These are rroPosed to b. removed.
md rebuilt as gate posts, at The Eastern
entrance Of the yard, and tie Boilers taken
and re set out side of the rain
building. This, with the necessary hX-
ures, viii cost merely $4,000 90 more,
rhers is another lmleimpprove
nent that had nearly escaped my notice.
account, | presume. of its being hut a
mai; item, y high is the amount ssktd,
,r fa;iny ire coiuEnns 10 the main hullf-
ny, just $40 10000, for luiing "a co.,
INNS. 7
A year or two ago. il my memory
erves me correcily. there was only re-
Ipired for this same fluting, the sum of
$4,000 90. but perhaps work lis ris"
j. CO then.
Toe Legislature app opriaied last year
he sum Of sIOs 600 90, f'r prosecuting
he work on The hous' ; add to this sum
he AMOUNT ~unexPended at the rnd Of The
'roceeding year, which was S44 SOB 30.
nd We rad he amount of So 4oI 30
D be usedas the 81 tie. House Co,ams
might direct, during the past year
rnose who voted this liberal %aPpropria-
len, expected ii to be applied to fin ishing
he building, and you may judge their
urpri-e. on their return this winter, 10
ind that scarcsIy any thing had been
lone in that direci on, but the greater
art Of The money haa been expended IN
recting an immense terrace. on tie
EASTERN size Il the house, e1tendirg near.
y the whole length Of the building. and
IS zeal as | can guess, 20 feet in width.
rh;s terrace IL arcled with brick, th