, 1877-11-05

In Febrt1ary lnat special committee Of
Rvo WIS appointed by tho Illinois Senate to
examine md report upon the new State
House. This Committee consisted OF Sen.
atorB JONES, WHITING. RAINY, 5lcC1ELLAA,
and FaAArz. In unanimous report thoy
say:
AZ tho very outset your Committee was con-
frontcl with psublens which IL dlcult to aolye.
After giving history Of the appointment
OF the Board Of Ssate-IIouso Commissioners,
the report continues,
1lepos1ny tho utmost confidence In tho Board Of
sate.1'ouss and the architect work.
Ing under IT, direction, the representatives OF the
poople have nil nlong provided them With every
dollar Of money they aakca for.
Thus In 1907 tho Gensral Assembly appropriated
$45o, 600; In lR3, 8D5o, 900: in 1S7l, S8O0, coo;
In IS73 81, zoo. 600; aud in 1875. $500, 000-or .
grand to,al Of -. SOC. 600.
In 1H70 the building had progressed 10 far, and
which enabled tho Commissioners u nuthoEtta.
lively ASSURE tho monbsrs OF tho Constitutional
Convention, then in scsston, that tho sum Of
g. GOO. 600 would prove amply sufficient to COM
pleso tho building and furnish H. ~ also to aulsh
ths grounds foaRd about 1t.
That sum Of u, 400, 600 hos been expended, and
to-day your COMMITTEES ands the building onty par.
kkaAlJ CAA4fi&ktV& uaHJ departments VI 4N3 fs4k1
tioycrnment unfinished. nnl tho grounds Hnfenceu.
This, then. IL tho pEoltetn your Committee has
sought 10 solye: For the lat siK Year, thp
Hoard OF Stals-iiuusa Commissioners su0 tho
principal and acting Archtccaa have repeatedly ~.
sursd tho Governor. snd through him proclaimed
10 tue people. that - for u, Zoo 900 We expect to
complete tho entire structure By tho 1T day Of
January, 1877" WhI taess responsible persens
haru failed in tho fulh!lnent Of thelr oft-repsased
ulcdQ6, II subject of EfAYe concern.
The only solution Of this problem the
Committee could give ia aa follows:
The larger portion Ut the expense Ut tho building
over The estimates has BEEN caused, in the opinion
pt your Committee. by tho excessive aud ELABORATE
otnamsntsttop and by the many ehAnxss from the
original plana In osusmsntatton. tho Supreme
Court room may be cited a. m instance ot
sire decoration room upon which Largo sum
Ut money has been worse than usplsssly expended.
The chaucs Of plans for tho dome has involved
other additional heary expenss Vt SHE. aaa. ct.
The Committee also found that In many
cayes materials Of such inferior quality. had
boon used aud the work 10 poorly done that
| it will soon have to be replaced by something
better and more substantial.
The report closes with the following
| recommendations
| Il A8p844y eN&GkMeuk VI AAN ~ SSSR9V SoS ~
d!ttonal ground south Of tho Capitol according tn
tho bonn Riscn by certain citizens of Springfield,
- In tho opinion Of your Committee the psopls ol
| the Stats will not yots any moEs money towas1a
The new 6tste- House ouless sho said ground IL pro-
| enftd fsee Ut cost to the Stats.
Z. That the o1ics OF Stats House Commissioners
and ScetetarY to tho Board Of 6tats. uouse Cou,
raissIonsss bs aboitshed, In accordance With tha
psoyisiona OF Senate Bill 3o7 now under eoasidsFa.
ton BY the Senate. sitsf tho tans II properly
amended.
=, That Joux c, CocR1Axx bs forthwith removed