Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-13
IREE WARRINGTON NiONUtIENT.
Annual Report Of Col. Casey.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF TIE WORK.

The report OF the joint commission on the Wash
day. The report of the engineer in charge Col
Casey TO The commission, is part of ii. This re-
port reciteS that
''Fiie work was closed las: season on the 10Th of
December The obe,'s had then been carried TO
the height or 30 feet above the floor and
tAer. was every prospect that large
addition would leo made to that height
during the year just past.
THE MARBLE wORE
Through the winter months .iie delivery OF mar
be was SLOW aud Irregular, and il was the lst OF
May, 1882. before the STOCK Of cut marble wo,ll.t
WARRANT IN" commencement Of building ON rE"
shaft. IGnn That date however building WIS;
begun. and by June 2Gth 1855; siirty feet had hea.i
acd"d1 ~" structure At this tine the entir.
stock n' n,tb.c, which Ind thus Tar been obtained
contract "f MAY 18Th. 1S>,:. w:s exhausted
Proposals for S'niitent marble t. finish the Oln-
!isk nae ',hrn invited by publ advertisement On
the !! II oi March. 1S$ and from the bids received
contract had been entered into April Is. 1883 with
NE Lee "af3ic company OF New York CITY. the
lowest bidders
unthe.i OF July. lsS: this contract was annurtl.
owing To The evident! inability OF the cortr i:tOrs TO
fuiiii ii. and new adverii~nEnnts for the stock re-
quir,ft were AT once issued. In pursuance of this
course contract was entered into with Mr.. Hugh
>iS>on oi Baltimore. Ma .Iuly 20. 1882 and The de-
hVerE ol inaIbi" immediately commenced
S;i,ihirnt cII marble was accumulated hy the
ii>' OF nlon@r 10 permit 1t resumption OF build
in. and b., the 2ith OF November a height OF 30
feet auiipi 10 the masonry ni the shaft br.n,r
In" lis top 10 The Level o 10 itt above the floor
ana making il total addition Tor the season OF 20
feet.
wasted bE the delays OF the Lee. company contract
a greater progress wOl:,G. have ieen made
In connection with the iaasohry cr the shaft the
iron frame work In the Wei was Dt to the level
OF l2O fecl. and = quantity OF material waS pro-
cured sufficient 10 carry this IRON frame 10 the ;op
nt the Sraf Il, the 500 foot level The Uranitee
I n f'p ba,i }f
VI ~ ftct has all been purchased and dressed the
.Aat blocks having been finished Oh the slst OF
November.
THE WORK LIKELY TO RE FINISHED NEXT YEAR.
Since tue date OF the contract OF July GOTH 1883
with Mr. Hugh SiSSon, the marble has been arliy ing
at the rate OF over two hundred blocks DER MONTH
which Fate Of delivery, II continued during the
WINTER anu spring. VIII supply all the marble for
The Shat by the end Of April, 1884 and will make II
possible TO finish the walls and roof by the close of
the working season OF 1854
une Thousand one hundred and twenty blocks OF
marble. containing 21.1lS cubic feet, and 49O blocks
OF granite containing Il 43S cubic feet were built
| into the structure during the working season
WEIGHT OF THE EMONUMENT-sIIGHT SETTLEMENT
Since the completion OF the foundation 81 543 tons
have been added TO the weight OF the then ey,stino
structure and the settlement of the shaft has been as
follows: southwest corner, 2-inches: southeast
corner, 1bl Inches; northeast corner, l6.--fn.
ches: northwest corner, It's, inches, an average
for the entire structure OF 65 inches The rnf II
pressure on the '.bed OF structure" Is now - oSn
tons, nearly 81 per centum OF the entire weight to
he placed upon 1t.
CONTRACTS
The following contracts were made during the
year:
April 3-Wm. s. White, Rockland, Maine. 10000
cubic feet, more or less, of granite, dimension
blocks, 81 cents per cubic fOor-completed
April 1S-Iee Marble Co., New York CITY, q OOO
cubic feet. more or less, OF white marble dimension
blocks. 81 29 per cubic fOOt-ann,llled july ? 1SS3
April 1s-lhHnx Iron Co.. Trenton, New jersey
wrought and cast iron, ,$10,2s5-cOmpleted.
July 21Hugh SissOn, Baltimore, Md. AZ 900 cubic
feet, more or less. white marble, dimension blocks
81 so per cubic fOOt-in force
FINANCIAL
Statement OF expenditures for the year ending
December 1st, 1885, Balance Of appropriation on
hand. December 1st, 1882, ss34l..S1; appropriated
by act OF March Sd. 1884, $3.50 OOO-tOtal a.
xpendtures-Expended during the year for ma
terials. tools, labor. &C. Sll9 b3; material on
hand not paid for, $l0l'0ss-total expended $780,
0i23l. Balance available, December lSt, 18&3 $751;
1886. No further appropriation iS asked for the
completion OF the Obelsk. The above balance viii
be sufficient, If no accident is met with,
stair case and platforms, the masonry OF the well,
the paving OF the floor, and the passenger elevator
No account Is taken In this estimate OF any embe-
lishinent OF the dOOrways, the tefrnce and an
prOaches to the structure, the insertion in the walls
OF the presentation stones, the nal disposition of
boiler house, or of any appliances for lighting the
interior OF the shaft
BROOKLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED 10 Co1oREp
CHILDRRN.-It was resolved by the Brooklyn board
meeting on Tuesday evening, that the principals
and heads OF departments OF schools under the
control of that body 'be directed TO receive all
colored children that may apply fof admission on