The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-30
SENTINEL THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1875.

the recommendations mace under the first
head as follows: That all the stone now
upon the ground or yet to be delivered by
the contractors shall be rigidly inspected,
and none placed in the building which 90
not come up TO the requirements OF
the contract. and such stone now in place Is
have been patched in an unsightly or inse-
cure manner, or which may have seriously
disintegrsted Oh broken, shall be replaced by
stone which conform to the requirements OF
stone now In the walls shall
remain in the building until
its completion, when such as have not
bleached sufficiently shall be replaced or
refaced by recutting or substitution; that
the concrete from acting shall be thoroughly
secured against frost and that no
masonry work be done after the
frost sets In or while it remains
in the soil, that permanent bench marks
shall Immediately be made by driving one
or more piles firmly to the blue clay in the
proper places, and that the superintendent
be required TO refer the levels of the build
ing to these bench marks At r, gulaf inter-
walls of time and to keep record of the re-
suits; that the wash of the main cornice of
the first story be protected BY covering BY
sheet copper, or some other suitable appli-
ances. The board are also of the opinion
that the enormous cost OF the stone cutting
is due in great degree to the mistaken
principle which this contract was
made, that of the larger out
lay for labor the greater profit to
opinion that the suspension of work on
account of the apparently dangerous crack
in the wall and the general APP pearance of the
building, after its winter exposure. without
due protection and care, was necessary
precsution for the protection of the
interest of the government, bnt we
see no reason against an immediate resump-
ton Of work in accordance with the sugges-
zion herein made.
Signed, w. b. FRANKLIN, Chairman.
J. II. WILSON. JNO. MACARTHUR,
II. WHITESroNE, NATHAN J. BRADLl.K,
HENRY KENNEDY, b. j. DoBBINs.
ACTION OF SECRETARY BRIsTow.
The following are the instructions of the
secretary to the supervising architect:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept 20.
Respectfully referred to the supervising
architect of the treasury, who is hereby
directed to take measures for strengthing
and com pletiDg the concrete foundation in
accordance with the recommendation
of this report. He is also requested to take
down those parts of the building herein
recommended and to proceed with their re-
construction at once. He will bring the
building as near as may be to uniform
level before hard free ling weather, when he
will suspend building work and adopt
such measures as may be necessary
to protect the building thoroughly from ex-
posture TO the weather during the coming
winter. Before the resumption of work
in the spring the supervising architect
will carefully review the plans of the
building, redistributiDg the weights
aud tightening the structure as much
as practicable in accordance with
the suggestions and recommendations con-
tanned in the report, and also reduce and
cheaper the character of stone cutting on the
superstructure. He will select for the
superintendent of this building the most
competent and trustworthy man be can OBJ
tain, and will charge him specially with
seeing that all the contracts with reference
10 material are rigidly enforced,
and that all the material furnished
is carefully inspected. The supervising
architect will also cause to be set perma-
nent bench mark, from which levels shall be
taken from time to time, as recommended in
this report, and to take whatever steps he
may find necessary to carry out the recon-
mendations of the report.
lSgnedl b. III. BRIsTow, Secy.