, 1870-04-01

OF, which then brought down the Whole section Of
roof. 1n that portion now standing can be seen .
51 apa 1ae e cnea g
struts l.. hoid good. and preventing the fat q At
Least taat one tusa may naa nets u Gonnecaon
that there are PARTITIONS Below which the tie rods
arr now resting on, and which, In Ill probability,
relieve the bolts Of some Of the immense strain
, me1o TS ee nop en.c lae u ~ AZ ao
INA. fell. The bolts which now hold good would,
In that case, be OF little avail The manner Of
cont1ivcd and constructed az The palmer portions
Of tile roof, and the whole presents az miserable
freclmen OF construction Is u Is possible 70 imag-
sented to your committee.
1t Is obvious that the cause OF the cracks and |
ether impcr1ections In the Court House wing can
ginning with the foundations to trace the source |
Of these cracks Will say that consider them
nnar hs net fd5 t,a ma exterior w
imposed uron them The exterior walls are Of an |
average height Of 20 feet and Of an average 1hick-
nsss q s fse and ND sET sTnT gpon bed q con-
eogrse q footing stones aysrsesns rpm a to u
walls there are heavy projecting plaster string
courses, nn., crossing thu whole stone .cornice,
VIZ neas sSa sn.sa a1Se tGwsr1
stone: an, heneath ali thts lies this little ED Of
concrts. fect wide. and this concrete was laid
In or about frcezng weather. as stated by the cou-
in order to project it ffotn froa1, and upon the
opening OF it III spring, Was not examined by the
IuIit u1on, and the walA carried up without any
consideration rs TO whether thls bed had been
touched hy frost, or was otherwise unsound and
ile new east wing Of the Court House. Tnc con-
crete and footing stones Of the interior founIa-
tlons have not, I think, been examined.
snflc!ently satisfied. ny examining the plans that
they arc - nsu!iesnt for the purpose as those OF
,e eu
la1lurcs in construction. There are Twelve COZ
umns above, carrying the accumulated weight Of
stories, and ali have bearing beneath tho base
ment aoor upon the foundation walls. These
constructed with inverted arches, for the purpose
OF distributing The weight of coumns The col
unns rest opon the Swinging 1f these arshss Mhase
them. was !aid a ieasinv stone Of 10 Inches hy Il
"ron q these sss stones some % With and and som Some VIII.
out PLATES. The greater number Of these
stones arc crushed. some in sro and
rnath are c,ac,.cd and in one or two places the
nricKa a., crushed and broken, showing the nm
even distribution Of the weights, and there IS
thef, adding IL tic original Insecurity Of the
arches, and which, viii presently SHOW why, the
wherever they desired, 50 That there ts now hardly
. sound arch or hearing stone In the whole under
ground work, anh tho stone and almost the
Mhule arch Of one, was cut away until the base Of
the column on one side has no bearing al all, and
yet is required to cary the weight Of loors and
| hHcE partitions above. GEnss negligence and
| carrlessucss seem the only cause that can he as
signed for allowing snch vandalism as these work
,Se 3Se sn6 S s n
arches and hcas1 stones, are to be raced to the
unequal weights upon adjacent columns While
| one column r,st,ng upon one spring Of an arch
carries about = tons weight, UPON the opposite
spring u1 the ssunc arch rests column OF nearly
lilo tpns wright Eycr pound Of this Is felt In the
! arch, and II the weight be not equal at the two
springs there 1tll DC an Irregular settlement ut
some point This consider 70 he the chief canse
Of the tnperfecuons Of The foundations OF the ill-
| terror aud tho cause Of broken hearing stones,
aches, aud crushed brick to be found IN them:
The brick partition vail mcnnoned In the general
| report which IA IL inches thick and g feet high,
aud extending TIC whole depth OF the building,
r'sts upon iron ,oists These 1otsts have
dencetsd nearly two inchess This is g.
r0us settlement to make In iron iolsts only
NE fcct ron their bearings The wa1i win weigh
as much tyc years hence, Il it should stand so long
while The Iots,s VIII Eurely grow no stronger.
consider liz immediate removal As Imperative, fol
thu s1fety Of life aa well a. tho SAFETY of what
1T of the wing as II now stands There ls not tht
II thc new Of old building: in fact, IT would bt
s1nost impossible to Ect them over: II It VAS {
.nE. rlan building, with no angles OF corners, !
lccir Insufficient foundations, they will stAad
even should the interior collapse and ~ down /
Is not there that the danger lies. Although It
1Euc the foundations OF the exterior walls are
strious Matlcf, aud one can scaiee9 WH a ~" moei
!altne5 tney rEorose 70 ses1lc; nut nc Geunt ~
conien1 70 see as 6ruc1use selue uoNn N tn'
mud, whenever 1t takes notion. they can sc
along quite well with the exteTor wallis Th
: the inferior foundation and walls; md they can
at considerable expense, he rctuis1- II Is neces
sary for the safety Of the hnInf, and security Il
: life md limb; and, with properly constructe,
, | rot, The building can be made tenanle.
Tie tlefrcts In the Oil Conrf IIo1se are enouc1
to lax TIC tkill OF doctor Of SICK and dlapiIate
l,ulldipsx think the building IL troubled seri
cUt,y ron stem 10 Etcm with the. cnruuic diseas