Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
CLEARFIELD Pa, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1881.

dormers, including the height OF the
stylobate, which is ieet while the
> roof structure, rising from tho stylo-
10 bate with gradual inclination, gives
an additional height Of | | feet inches,
making the full exterior height OF this
d story upon the curtains 81 feet inches.
Ali the dormers in the building pro
. ject from the roof structure in continu.
alton OF the perpendicular line of the
+ elevation.
. The corner pavilions have each an
attic of 10 feet inches, terminated by
dormers 27 feet 8 inches high, with
caryatic supporters IL feet 0 inches in
height bctweeen the cap and the base
/ The entire uperstructure, including
all its mural Embellishments is compos.
ed Of white marble from the quarries
at Loe, in Berkshire county, Mass.
A courtyard OF 1856 feet north and
south by 220 feet cast and west is To-
Gated in the centre of the structure,
which, together with two additional
open areas, each measuring 45 feet
north and south by SO feet east and
west, afford abundance of light and air
to all tho adjacent portions Of the build.
ing. The principal stories facing the
court yard are for the most part, each
divided by u mezzanine or half story,
affording increased space for smaller
rooms.
From the north side of tho central
courtyard rises a grand tower Of 80 |
feet square at the base, gracefully fall.
ing off at each story until it becomes,
at the spring of the dome (Which is
395 feet 2 inches above the level of the
court yard), an ootagon of Sc feet in
diameter, tapering to the height of 103
feet 10 inches, where il is crowned
with q statue Of the founder of Penn
sylvanla, 36 feet in height thus com.
pleting the extraordinary altitude of
535 feet, making it the highest arti-
ficial construction in the world, while
at the same time it possesses the ele-
ments of firmness and stability equal
in degree to those of any known struc.
ture of like character
The foundations of this tower are
laid on bed Of solid concrete, eight
feet thick and ninety feet square, at :,
the depth Of 20 feet below the surface
of tho ground, and its walls, which at
the base are 22 feet in thickness, are
built ofdressed dimension stones, weigh. ;
ing from two to five tons each
THE INTERIOR.
The entire structure will contain 52O !
rooms, affording ample, convenient, {
and stately accommodation for the i'm {
mediate wants of all the Departments
of the City Governmentineluded under
the heads Of Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial besides which, an amount
OF surplus room remains for use in the
classification and preservation of the \
archives OF the city, for storage and ;,
for increased accommodations which :,
will undoubtedly be required from time
to time by the natural increase of the
public business and the accumulation A
of the public records.
Theactual floor room included within
the walls amounts to 631 ,43Ssuperfcial n
feet or Ia! acres, inclusive of the sub "
basement, which extends under the Il
whole structure. "
The several stories will be approach. fi
ed by four largo elevators, located at ii
the intersections of the leading cor a
ridors, so as to facilitate the intercourse N
of the citizens with the public offices, W
courts, and other branches OF the Gov. h
ernment, In addition to these means fl
of approach there will be large and CT
slairways in the four corner VI
pavilions and grand staircase in each SC
of the centre pavilions, on the north, h
south, and east fronts. n,
Every room in the building will be well cl
lighted, warmed and ventilated, upon ol
thorough, effective, and approved al
system, and every part of the struc. OF
Iure will be absolutely fireproof. al
The heating and ventilating apara- a
Lus for the eastern half OF the work is Ii
now virtually completed, and in opera. b,
lion. The system adopted to accom-. S,
plish these objects consists in drawing nj
given quantity of pure external air si
rom the courtyard into passages Is a
eet wide and II feet high, constructed CO
or the purpose, under all the corridors "c
of the basement story, and forcing it, SC
by means Of steam fan, among and th
lround stacks of radiators heated by dg
'team boilers, into all the rooms and or
corridors of the basement and super. as
structure of the eastern half of the an
I'm
The fan is located in tho southern he
portion Of the sub-basement. Ii has IN
! disc Of IL feet in diameter, with 16 of
wings on each side, and is capable of re
S55 cubic feet of air per each
evolution. 1t is driven by horizontal n
ngne of 20 horse power, and admits hi
# being run up to 100 revelations per bo
minute, which will deliver throughout a,
he eastern halfo the building at the all
ateof 102,564 cubic feet of air per w, w,
minute. '"
Tho warm air is generated by 6 ho
boilers 60 inches in diane. ah
er and II feet long, each containing or, %
B four.inch tubes, and q steam dome a ,
0 inches in diameter and 80 inches = =
Ugh. The boilers are each 65i horse IN,
over making an aggregate of horse 60,
over amounting to 394l. They GRE n {
ct in nests Of three, and the pipes and an
onnections are so arranged that each On
oiler may be used Independently or yo
connection, as may be required IL
This process Of heating produces sh,
reed ventilation, inasmuch as the air els
ltroduced into the rooms of necessity on
isplaces an equal quantity of vitiated wa
r, which escapes through ventilating we
'gisters opening near the floor 10 sue
very room, and connecting with large ter
Ehaust shafts which discharge at the int
eight Of l70 feet above the level of lea
le ground. ma
None Of the apparatus for heating sta
I'd ventilating the western half of tho :
hiding is yet provided for. be
The following materials have been vo,
'od in the foundations and in the por- Ia n
ons Of the uperstructuro already exc. sel,
tied, TO wit = H.
sO,325 cubic feet Of concrete foundations. cas
s2a,s65 cubic feet Of foundation stone, from I.
Conshohockon, Pa
1870, ,7os cubic feet Of dressed granite 10 the doc
exterior OF the basement and sub she
haaa