The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-02
RENoYATIoNs REQuIRED.
The Unwashed CoadItion OF the stats
capiioI-A Hercules and y River
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The Unwashed CoadInon OF the State
CapiioI-A Hercules and n River
Needed.
One OF the ladies who assisted in illu-
minsting and decorating the Capitol build
ing last Saturday night, was heard to ex-
claim, "our display would Just be elegant
II It were not for these horrid dirty win.
dows. Why, you can hardly see through
them" The above remark we have heard
frequently, not always in the same terms,
but to the same effect. The truth Is, the
whole building from dome to catacombs,
is wretchedly dirty, and in some instances
lisgraceully So The State library occupies
nearly all Of the third floor, there being
only the Adiutant Generals Office and
one other small room partitioned off Of 1t.
In one OF these rooms, not the one oc-
cupied By the :Adjutant General, are
portion OF the exhibits Of West Wiz
GINA at the Wold's Fair in 1879 exposed
70 view in show cases; that is they are sup
posed TO be exposed, but the dust and dirt
Of the last uuartette OF years have settled
down upor them 80 thick that It is with
difficulty one can make out the contents
of the cases. The shelves OF this room are
covered deep with dust, % are also
the shelves and books In the library
| In the next room. The windows looking
into the streets are almost entirely OBJ
secured, while "the owl sings his watch
song In the towers overhead, and the
spider unmolested weayes his web in the
i corners"
This is the condition Of things in the up.
per part OF the building, and as you come
/ down stairs II gets worse. The second floor
| IL occupied by the Supreme Court OF APP
peals, the House OF Delegates aud the SEN
ale Of West Virginia, whom in session
There are also other smaller rooms, offices
and ware rooms. Our reporter had his at
teution directed first on this floor TO the
condition Of the hall of the House OF Dele
gates. The carpet, which should have
been raised and properly taken care O.
after the adjournment Of the House, Is II
a dirty condition, and covered with dus
ali over. The spittoons have the SAINT
appearances OF filth aud responsiveness tha
characterized them during the last day ol
1.-The Legislature, two years ago. Tht
Speakers desk is dusty and unsightly, anC
the atmosphere OF the room, very musty
and unpalatable.
In the Hobbies, spider webs and empty
peanut shells are the only ornaments
while 1890" Is traced in the.dust all arounc
not only in these rooms, but nearly every
one into which the Juvenile artist coulC
gain Admittsnce. "rhe rooms along thu
corridor connecting the two Legislative
halls are in more or less advanced stat'
Of cleanliness" said our guide. In th'
Supreme Court room the windows are dir
~, and the globes upon the chandelier
4 are smoked and dirty. The Senate cham
Der Is strewed with dirt, dust, paper ant
the Iensins Of Saturday nights illumtna
ton, and the windows would nearly pro
duce potatoes.
The west room in the southern end o
the building Is disgraceiully filthy ant
dirty, the marble slab and the wash basins
In the Offices on the first floor, q littl,
better state OF affairs exists, but vast i'm
proyements can be made in all OF then
/ vet. Some OF the smaller rooms on thi
! door are as dirty as they can be, notabl!
one OF them near the 'rreasurer's office
Il on the east side OF the building, which l
Uttered all over with paper and othe
scraps, while the walls are ornamentet
with drawings and pencil pictures, al
i country school house. A b1ttle OF ink ba
/, evidently been broken against one OF tn
n walls OF this room, and the results cer
4 tainly heigAten the effects OF the penci
pictures, as the ink has splattered owe
1 Il l. ~
| Down IN the cstacombs there is tn.
usual amount OF trumpery and dirt but i
Iisno use to mention this neglected portion
OF the building when the better aud NOR
Exposed quarters are so shametully dirty
We do not know who is responsible TO
the above described condition Of things
but we do know they are not misrepre
, sented nor overdrawn, and the sooner tn,
biennial "clarin" up time begius, the bet
ter. Some OF the clerks in the building
, have told our reporter that 1t was impos
sible to get anyone to clean up the room
In which they were employed, and in two
instances in our knowledge the clerk
washed the SCOT and CRIME off the wall
in their own rooms. 49,.
The dirty and unpresentable condition
Of this building has been the subject Q
frequent unfav0rable comment, and, il i
| is the fault OF the janitor, discharge him
and II not, 1t is the duty Of those VIII
have the control OF affairs 10 procure mel
sufficient to keep the State building in
clean and presentable condition.