The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-05
TIE MARBLE COURT HjU3C.


The End Approach,ng-iiard Work by the
New Commissioners RS ImprO vemcnss ind
Additions-ih Columns Goins Up-The
broadway Side Finisacd-The Rear steps
UDdcr Way-The Doors and fces.6s.
the County Court House, which has oeen such
sink for public moneys III past years, seems last
to have fallen into the hands Of men aetcrmned TO
give the building 10 New YORK finished In superb
style and at a minimum cost.
WHERE CREDIT is Due,
IT should be awarded, and certainly the new Com
missioners have Tar wei employed their term III
regard to their duty In TINS particular. Many the
OLD RUNNING SORES OF CORRUPTION
have been vigorously excsed, and among them
may be mentioned the removal OF the Superlntend-
ent, who was entitled 10 i've per ceni on the gross
annual outlay. Under last years account TINS would
have been worth the lriang sum or 100. Another
Is the contracting for the cutting Of the stone to be
used. BY the old arrangement the men were boxed
III around the Court House. and worked Iazlly, in
true Old City Hall Park fashion. Four hundred men
are employed III westminster county, and TACT o
tneir not helpg small Try pon,iclalis D,oteges
thereof furnishes an explanation OF the work beng
MORE cnEAfLy. MORE euIcaLy AND BETTER
done. There nave been very few more men en-
ploycd than when the building i,lug ide. The
following list OF improvements and ADDITIONS made
IN few months ander re new RHINE VIII be the
s,ae IS finished. with the exception OF
rue MASSIVE COLUMNS,
which are now being delivered on the ground,
Powerful derrlcks are beng riggel, am the work
oil pacing the sections VIII commence next week.
1ne Broa iway end Is nm s,icd anu the view lrom
the greatest business street America Is eltlrcly
WORTH of ifs lame. By far the ereatcsS anodnt oi
work 70 be done - at the rear Of the Court House
spouing, as it does. the view on APPROACH I
from theCiiy HALL IL viii, therefore, be plelsuraoe
10 learn that work on this side Is BENG ,usned for
ward with crelitaDle aiscrity, and that the steps
which VIII complete IL are uader way.
THE QUESTION vi The DOME
mas not been yet finally decided lhere three
designs before the Comnilssi at present. but II
Il not known ttiat they have decided Oh any one.
mus much o me exterior IL Is in The Interior that
must pi ogress is'manles,. In the nrst place the
walls are now beng panied and the various olces
and courts have been
CnA,TELy FREsooED,
mostly IN the Pompeiian style. In the large vest-
buc tile great 'front.' aud rear doors MASSIVE
black walnut. tue very finest tie United states.
All the doors opening on the vestipule are back
walnut with engraved glass paness Tue superior
tirelv rearranged and several important add
tions mace wuereoy greater accommodation
which puolic and the bar win appreciate In tue
Sherins oIice number Of addi,ions have been
made, notably the furnishing a foon for the use OF
the extra deputies. his Is souetnmg Tor which all
citizens must be everast.ngy thankful, II IL on X
succeeds IN Keeping few OF those prominently
NOISY gentry from ming ~ the City nall Park with
the brlms OF
THE SHINING rnREe-sroRY HATS.
Inc 1fcscoing IN the County Clerks ShcrTfrs
the advent OF the new COMMISSIONERS. A most
necessary addition was the furnishing OF fIfeproof
room IN tie basement 10 receive the auaDlo ducu.
mcnts ned IN the County Clerks onice. These
valuable records incrcublc as 1t may seem, were
lorInc " stored IN wooden cases, II invlting the
nfe demon 10 go through them. The room mas been
firiED WITH IRON DOORS AND SAFES.
All tins has not been achieved without continual
watchnness by the Coainll ssioncrs who person.
ANY superntend the WORK, one, at least, Delng On
hand each day IN turn. TINS example Ras MOI been
without results, Tor 1t Is trulsl iron schoolJoy
days That
TILE MASTERS EYE
does nfty per cent OF the labor Il IL q fact that
more work has been dOne since the appointment OF
the new Commissioners than in the previous two
years walk through the Court House In this line
spring weather VIII verify All thai has neen said