Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14

! Then there will be call board. committee
rooms. etc. 1t will be ITO feet, . inches, by
100 feet in depth, with an Office building
to the south ITO feet, 8 inches,
by 65 feet in depth. The
main facade will front LaSalle street, with
a tower in the center 80 feet wide, rising
24O feet. This tower, ornamented by vari-
Gus cornices, is capped by pinnacle 40 feet
in height, around the base of which runs a
balcony, and is surmounted by a statue of
Mercury. The two corners on LaSalle
street will be topped with pavilions GO fee.
square. On each side of the new building
Will be tablet Sc feet long by % feet
high. These will be of stone, ard carved
upon them allegorical representations of
trade, commerce and the arts, nine man..
moth grar.lte figures. The tablets are to
De crowned by statues of Cares thirteen
feet high. These tablets will be each sup
ported by two brackets Of stone twenty
five feet high, their base resting against
stone gritfins. The two southern corners
Will ee double towers, raised slightly above
the rosf. The sides and front between the
towers will be ornamented by colonades,
and she entire architecture gothic. The
main entrance is to front on LaSalle street,
passing through the tower, and double
staircase will lead to the main hall eight
cen feet above the sidewalk. This hall
is to be 155 feet by 100, with two
galleries. It is to be finished
in hard woods and marbles, and lighted
from above, the skylights 70xsO feet being
Of stained glass. The second floor will
also contain the call boSrd, 7OxSO feet and
the Offices and committee rooms. Above
this will be six stories for Offices. The
total floor room will comprise $4,000
square fees' South of the main building
and iei:,ed to it Will be q second building
for offices, 170x65 feet and nine stories
bigA. The foundations of the building
have been laid eighteen feet deep, and the
entire edihco viii be fire proof. The
board OF real estate man
ayers expect to complete the
structure by May /, 1884.
At noon the board adjourned for the
day. Several bands then entered the
building and Lyon & Healey's went up on
the floor of 'ch ,nge, where it played ev.ral
lively airs for the bulls and bears to dance
to, after which the members fell in line
four abreast. President Durham and Sec.
rotary Randolph headed the line. followed
by the ex-presidents, board of directors
and the members. On the street General
Joe Stockston and p. P. Oldershaw, the
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lows:
| Platoon of Police.
First Regiment Band.
Company of the First Regiment I. N. G.
President and Officers OF the Board.
Members.
Members of the Open Board.
Chicago Stock Exchange.
Produce Exchange.
| Detachment of Second Regiment
Bands.
The procession was formed on LaSalle
street, and marched to Washington, thence
to Dearborn, thence to jackson, and thence
to the new building.
THE STONE.
The corner stone was a fine piece Of
granite, shaped somewhat like carpen
ter's square. Its faces were highly pol
ished, and measured about 7x6 feet. [;
weighed 12,442 pounds. space was cut
into it for the reception of the box
The stone was resting on blocks right
above its final resting place
and was all ready to be put into
position. The derricks where decorated
with many large and small flags, and a
temporary platform was made out Of the
adjoining masonry.
The streets above the corner stone were
crowded with people, and the Pacific ho:eI
windows were filled with ladies. Conspic-
uous in one of the balconies was Clara
Louise Kellogg, who staid there till the
stone was in place. When the crowd had
been wedged in about the center of a:trac-
ton, President Dunbar introduced Bishop
Cheney, who made prayer.
The band then struck up America"
and, after that, President Durham mount
ed the stone, and briefly addressed those
present.
Secretary Randolph and Mayor Har-
rison also spoke.
The bracing atmosphere acted like wine
upon the crowd, and they began to indulge
in various capers while the corner stone
was being lowered in position. A squad of
| operators started to jump up and down,
keeping time to the music of the band,
and this spirit of agitation speedily diff
fused itself throughout the crowd. The
sight of hundreds of men bobbing up
and down in this fashion was quite ludri-
cious, and vastly amused the spectators.
When the corner stone was being ''tamped"
into place, the jokers in the crowd
granted in chorus eaca time the heavy
wooden implement came down. The pro-
ceedings were also varied by loud cries for
various members of the board and aim ost
constant calls for Mayor Harrison.
| Trade Topics.
The ar nual report of the chief inspector
of grain at Chicago shows that the receipts
of grain during the year ending Nov. L,
99,3Oo,000 bushels, have been phenomenal
ly light. the lightest since 1877, being more
than 25,000,0oO bushels less than those of