, 1874-06-25

her, "ieroby q good story IL obtained without
tho Laoisneyea Mauserd root, and tho outlines Of
nont'ot 4 dinlcut problem. 7llo corniccs CIR
rlod up on bold alid vigorously outlined brackets,
that snrnng from the cornor quoina and tho
squar9, columns. 4 highly-orns1nontod parapot
whnt original feature Of tho cornice. Tho
1'o4estals arc richly carved 10 bold relief,
and tho panels ,otwoon arc carried through
nolid. md tho molding OF this coru1oo is highly
onrichcd, ns orc nlAo The brnclketa which support
1t. Above tho malu corniuo
THE ATT1oH oHronY
arises and Ia surmounted By D stosp, n1oping
roof, which gtvoB oil tho oifeot TINT Is secured
projections on eacL of tho four fronts Of tho
building rise twin towers, which aro constructed
ontiroly of atone, those on Clark a,ltl Dearborn
streois being 177 foot in hoight. and thoso oil
tionH oil Cla,k and Dearborn streets arc gablod
to conform to tho shape OF tho root, a,d TIC nky
limo IL granl]y mud boldly broken BY tho towers,
vontilntng Shafts, and otlor projections. Tho
roof will 10 covered with alato, atld the windows
will contain largo ehoota Of plhto CLAUS.
Tho following is about
THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL
ttBcd thus far, In tho construction Of tho bulld-
lug, now In course OF erection:
S;ass iron, loH o5e, ,1e5
Concrete stone, cubic ytls. 9798
Linaestono foot!ngs, cubic oft.........,... 42,eo0
F1eAt
Celeht Dts. lar208
Sand, cubic ..................:...... 6.l04
Ma:a. nrck edo,ooo o to
Tie teta producing a6ot pounds rssht
to say nothing Of timber and lumber.
TWO HUNDRED LApoREnB
wore almost constantly employed on tho foun-
dntion Of tllo building during tho nine months
already specified. III tho excavation Of the Hito
thoro were romoyod q, ,9l5 cubic yards Of earth,
which is equnl to IL miles Of tho Eric Canal.
o9tcnt was paved with Soncroto 1 feet deop,
which ca!lod for 9,6G8 sarda {oubio) Of that mate
rial. sufficient to pave Clark streot dstance Of
2eG 1nileB md iuchos thick. On tho foottnga,
perb, and sill conrae Of the basement story tlero
havo noen used 1870 PIG cubic feot OF stone. which
Tould make q Holid column 10 feet square and
1870 feet high. OF thls stone, 105, ,374 cubic
feet are composed Of Bnenn Vista sandstone, tho
blocks varying In weight from to II tons.
The cutting Oh this Btono amounted to 135, SD
feet, superficial measurement, and 1t il estimated
that this amount, If used aa cing-mnteria1
for buildings in tho usual nay, would supply
1-8 milos Of four.story frontage.
ooaarao ansde sSG eeen ssa u s"s tho f9sg
sand, 19,39G barrels of cement and 504,s00 gal
Ions Of wator. Tho latter itom brought tho
City Of Chicago $10G.90, tho water being meas
ured through meter and charged at the usual
rates.
Up to Nov. IS, 1878. there wore laid-a1though
that part Of tEio work Ind not been very lung In
hand-541, 900 brick, sufficient to conBtruot tho
largest brick store there is in Chicago Enough
iron had boon used up Mt tho same date to con-
struct 1711 mlos Of railroad, or 1,H18 $50 pounds
1hat weight would supply cannot,-balls for .
hrst-class battle, aucl as Loipac or Waterloo.
TIE COST.
There woro othor details Of not 60 much i'm
porlance, bllt tho entiro cost Of the work done.
up to November, Inst year, WAS S34S, ,207. .0a. OF
that sum $47, ,652 was expended for shops, sheds,
tlsrrcks, tools. cngines, fences, machinery scat
folding, sidewalks, etc.
There wero Mt ono time, during those active
nine months, al many az 1,600 men employed In
th'H work., being distributed as follows:
At the quarry Cincinnati, paid by tho con-
tracor who furnishes tho Bone about. 600
stoncc'tters, paid hr contractors. .......,.. a75
1ronWorkcrB at Battonh foundry. .............,, 80
Employed by the Government at the bulldng..., aJ5
....1 600
Delow nro givsu in detail tho classified dis
b1lrhenentB Oh account Of this work., all the
money having been paid at tho Custonl-HouHo by
the D'sbursllsE. Agont, Collector Judd:
For site Of building K......,.,......... 81 25n oo0 90
Eof htoHt-cHttn&--..... 429, ,1G0u1
LOT concrete. .-.................... q, ,4E022
Lor bricks. .......-.................. 3,DiO57
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