New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-27
AssH,iB1 lyman BUFFERS SHARP ATTACK oN THT
BUILDING ITS DEFECTS AND IT'S EXrrAYA-

AssEMB1 lyman BUFFERS SHARP ATTACK oN THE
BUILDING = ITS DEFECTS AND ITS EXP AVA
CANOES.
From speech Of Be Bg,sr ;t 4's'Hoynon from Ha"'"
Since 1869 a steady and unsiinted stream
S S Esy Of per % i the Woc Of wl
now amounts to the bewilderng sum oi I'll 419OOO-
whJle Inc total cos of tue National Capitol a Waslng
ton Is SO 723 423-and cannot yet the begiun
OF the end. We are introduced INTO gloomy corn lois
from which the light Of day is nearly ont comm
which would he discounted ny any reputable
lawyers Office IN this city, aud when we reach TINS
chlAber we find o W crOss'lgs. which seriously
ef ct The eyesight. whose nc insuc5 are abOm IL
able, whose ventilation IL drau2niy amt lmperlect
the ceiling is n syuonyme for architectural qllck ry
This chamber has three rTcmediabe defects: First IN
ia rrec.lr snnpc being 80 feet width b. 81 feet N
length below ana "a ect In width ana 40 N le gih
abovc VITA IFS raised gatries Iour p'iaa-Wo an Sc
ihein-.upPOrt the arthcl IoO' Over % Ieet ~ he'e"
break up the area mo Fc-ulr I"llns ms J. u
violation Of every law OF acoustl = ana the waves 81
soun1, instead Il belhE calSnt up auu Iepuieu' az
cOnvPVcd away ANA pafrd - conf III Is beng ~
imneI chamber or crypt OF stone 1t Is iu OF reYrr
brra;Ioh ana rcrrllhg Suu me 'nE OtcI s'oqe Nau
These perplex the speaker ana are flhI 10 the huu
The sandstone material OF tine ron. which
has already shown eympoms oil decay ana
IN he costly buildings mat are to De ana nave Dee
cleared away, me nilng the bauuiui ana ample lhrIy
building aud Ola Clpit0i,wlrch a might nave been
stV'u, tuGIr ~, inc Il, ,itc ~ 600 90 In tn q rch
for material for the ed Il he COMMISSION settled dn
two shades OF lite found III he meme" -liamps franl
material fir the, made nse OF 90" finest Rind OF
cutting. stead o! having Jan scr dressed thc' ap
nj sX me cutting cost OF - - per IUni, wirL
irc,uGng setting made cost % 10 ~ f"Oi ior ic
ganif" Xt taev l"ll into the hands uf thd Dlfrrt
ANA unse.lsh body OF in"u known As the mason ana
plsrrors union. who lid The brick nc total cost IL
cndng material Of IT'S n per Thousand vii venture
Ia Assert that the co ton OF the material. tt Two
SHADES OF granite .rb!e the tne cutting over lnr
nalncr dressed, and cJt 81 LAYING has alone MA IL
difference duiic - 0OO 900 in t, cost Cf The edIhc
Tn3 noted COart IiDu>' o. N"w-f1Tk CITY buIlt Al
of 100000 has passed mt hrOrI a. al * IN
u e OF nc tneys AM corruption Ofih TSrtd dynasty.
This capital will known in tic fuurc, not ~ an nus
tration of corrupt fraudulent aEr but rs pattern
Of aVag aud wanon cNp"nil ure hhruly less 10
be drlurld In the interior arrangement of me space
the same prOlIgal style seems IL nave Dern ad0l' a.
T. He ght Of the committee rooms - 70 ect whe IL
.cet igut would be apparently ample. IL s Had 10
nc a symbol OF resources. thc power am tde gau
deur o the Empire STATE Ihe thing has been brought
from across Orean. the marble from Tennessee th
ONYX aud the fancy woods rOn MrXc go. D!i IL ever
Occur to ne ut iurItIcs in cIarGe tat nothing, aOso
IN civ uo;nng, rXcrpt c hOurs ana AOintIy brlck WN
represented from NeWYOrk And yet eighteen cJuntrS
furnish black ana wuite and V.rlc;ated ald vrrl an
iiulr IN rbirs whhc the hrIutt!u cherry, ASH, ce~tA
MAPLE wainut and oak wllcn grow III peri IN or
State, are absolutely Ignored.