, 1869-02-01

Would eatlsly the Hanta OF the State for all
time to come. That thcy we're sincere In the
view they then took, their present action
proves.
Now another General Assembly conyepcs
and IN additional appropriation IS asked for.
Complaints hare been made as to the MAN.
ner In which the work has been co7ducted-
complaints Of SO grave nature as to deserve
and to receive the attention Of the Legisla-
ture. The Commissioners and architect are
called upon for information IS to the way OF
dong the work, and as to what the building
will cost. just imagine the surprise Of these
people who voted for three millions when ali
the Inflammation they can get Is that this will
Of broad views. and are frightened at this
loose way Of talking Of millions. They learu
that they are pledged to the construction Of a
building about as large as the National Capt.
tol, and eurnounted With dome greater
tyen than the Washington one, aud which it
VIII Lake generation to complete.
The aspiring youth that planned the Springfield
Can nesef live to s.y be reared it.
They find that they are pledged to cover ac-
res E1ih stone, and that then there will not be
land enough. Now, they say, or propose to
say Al tlis was not In the bond. We nre
unable TO take any steps backward; there Is
the foundation, but We will take none for
ward; there let 1t stay'
At this juuctrre, It shows great magma
nlmity, great forbearance, aud an angelic dis
position, not to say to some Of these folks,
60 1t seems that the estimates made two
years ago have grown wonderfully between
now ard then. The architect took q very
natural yiew Of the thing-'Trecs grow, boys
grow, why not estimates :" Certainly, If
the minds Of the members Of the Legislature
who adyocate this thing came here with tint
excellent old saying about shooting ono ar-
ROW after another to sec where theIirbt Is gone.
Enid A TO B "1f you bet another ten dollars
Oh that queen the chanccs are that you will
get your money hack.n There arc th.
them"
These foundatlonst These foundations
Senator Snapp should, in Introducing hi bili,
have read the parable ol the man who builded
on the sand, and have stated tho subsequent
subSidence and depression Of thai man. When
Tue specifications were prepared, settling forth
tue dimCnsions Of the stone to be used In the
foundation walls, pa1ns werc taken to make
tAem such as to exclude the tough lime.
stones fom the quaEties of this Stute. It
Was required that the stone should be thirty
Inches in thickness. The result Of this was
thnt The PepitentIary Commissioners, Singer,
contract WIS entered into with tic proprie.
tors of certain quarrfcs at Ronorn, In Han
cock County, whence came the stwnc which
Is used In tho construction Of somc OF the
government buildings ut Rock Island.
Ills ia sort Of sandstone, resisting l1ttlc
as can he endured by the linaestoues from
the more rorthctly part Of tho Slate. In
order to aid, too, In cf:ttlng out thIs stone, a
bIll las brcn introduced to charter the So.
nora Railway. road which runs all around
and through Hancock County, like Virginia
Nov, one Of thc. mcmbcrs Of the Lcgis!a.
ture, Mr. Cook, Of Lake County, is a man
who has had 10 deal prnctlratl = with the
working Of stonr oil Ills life, md Il, speech
which he made the other day
he spok;e j !n 4 Terms terms Of decided
by tho Commissioners. According to him,
to have the stone Of such u thickness Is
to fujure and not TO help your building. If
the slone were decidedly thinner, the num-
bcr Of bonds, of oscrlsppings, would be
greater, strength would be gained, and the
more equally distributed. This Sonora
stole, too, yields at 2 crushing test OF nine
thousand pounds, while that from Joliet
yields Mt fourteen thousand, and the
quaTies there eau furnish an abundance
this did not suit the Commissioners, / do
not know who owns these Sonora auarrics !;
but, Tor some mysterious rcason, these mana
gers have so arranged 1t as to use this erum-
bling stone. which Is too thick, and costing
twice as much as that which could have bceu
obtained from Joliet, where the State has
quarFlcs--for the lease of which 1t pays but
4 nominal sum-and where It can extract and
work stone with its convict labor.
These arc grave questions, and It Is well
done, when members propose TO cover over
these foundations and let them remain there
for couple Of years,t and see what effect .,ns
elements will hare upon them. It Is .a,,art
cd that this store IS eTen low dis;utcerat;,.. H..
To sum 1t up, 1t appears that on ~: :erah @a &
insufficient t1ss and outFaseo"-; costly fouud9.
".~4 will cost nilliors beyond the original
estimate, ard will tax the entire State for the
benefit Of the city Of Springfield.
| ihercIole senator Snapp has rtapartd arc;
ln%1odueed this "bi1l to repeal an act. !. &c.
and hence this natural terror and df5m ~
among the people Of this good city, who
nave seen IN the State HoL SO unlimited bread
and butter, aud who insist upon dragging
every stranger out through abTsscs Of mud,
to look At these erumbliDg walls. They feel
that they are seeing the last Of earth, and
] that. uniike the conies, In the hollow Of thp
rock they shall not be sheltered.
The situation Il best described In the re-
mark. ns pathetic as classical, Of General
John Cook to 3ir. Jacob Bum. Il Mr., Dunu. u
says the General, "fumus Troes, fuit Hon.
"Ycs," replies Mr.. Bum. they will abolish
SIX per cent next, and We shall all die In the
poor house, sin that case" says the Gen.
cral. II will at once introduce bill for 81
appropriation to build one with capacity ol
| population. "a nd shall be q Commis
sicner," says Mr.. Bum,
And will nse aud twitch my mantle blue,
And hte mo to fresh fields and pastures ne >