The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-12-01

WHO PAYS THE COST?

A certain improvement now going
on at w ashlngton, as an appurtenance
70 the Presidents Mansion, is strik-
ingly illustrative of the taste and
qualities OF mind which control Presi-
dent Grants life and character. 1t
seems that the stables, near the White
House, are not at all to Grants mind;
he has great concern for the fine hor-
ses which have, from time tb time,
been presented to him; they occupy a
large part Of his time and most of his
care and he wants them housed in a
style to correspond with his taste, and
the taste Of his horse jockeyiDg com
panions. So he demanded OH Con-
gress new stable; and Congress,
obedient to the royal command, made
the requisite appropriation-not mig
gardly sum Of few thousand dollars
to build a good and substantial stable,
but horse palace, worthy to lodge
the royal stud Of the pew regime, .sun-
der Radical rule" The Washington
Chronicle, the Court Journal, has the
following characteristic article on this
SUBJECT:
II is fact not generally known
that there is being built for President
Grant one of the finest stables in the
United States.
The new stables will be two stories
high, pressed brick front, with Seneca
stone trimmings, and a most elabo-
rately finished and beautifully design
ed French roof, in the center of which
will be built handsome tower. The
outside measurement of the building
is so by 70 feet. The lower floor, on
which the stalls, from 20 TO 25, will be
built, has 1G-feet ceiling. The up
per rooms will be about 13 feet in the
clear. There will also be a a cow
house in the cellar.
The ventilation is on the most per-
feet plan, fues being used throughout
the cellar and building. The stables
will front on 18th street, where there
are two wings which will be used as
carriage houses. Accommodations
are made for four carriages. BY put
ting a division into one Of the lower
rooms, more stalls can be provided if
needed. On the upper floor the front
room will be occupied by the hostlers,
while the rear rooms will be used to
store away hay and other feed. Gas
and water will be used throughout the
stable.
The building is now ready for the
roof, which will be put on during the
coming week. Marble dust will be
used on the front with the mortar, in
stead of white sand. This will give
the joints brilliant, snow-white ap-
pearance, which will not have to be
painted or oiled, as is generally the
custom, as acid will be used to clean
off all marks.
The stables will cost, it is estima-
ted, $4,000. The work is being done
under the supervision. of Jacob Ad-
ans, the brick work supervised by
James \. Collins. The stables when
finished will compare favorably with
any in the country. There are larger
stables in the country THAT of DIR.
Jayne in Philadelphia being built OF
white marble, and larger) but none
can compare with it in beauty, style
of finish, adornments, and practical
usefulness. Special attention has
been paid to the ventilation of the
rooms and stalls. The stalls will be
a little larger than are generally built
and will measure four feet nine inches
in the clear.
In the rear of the stable will be 8
door which will lead out into the
White Lot, where the horses can
roam at will.
The stables, when finished; will at.
tract many visitors, and may be as
much songht after as the famed sta.
bles of the Queen of England at
Windsor.