Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-20
State Capitol improvements.

ate and Assembly chambers. Inc ehtue
ventilation of the building has been
changed, as have also all the pipes connect
ing the sinks and closets with the sewers.
The work is being done by Smith q MUIR,
of this city, practical plumbers, under the
direction of Curtiss & Bennett, architects.
The work is progressing rapidly, will cost
about $4,000, and will be finished by the
LIST of December. Mr.. Bennett was the
architect of the Capitol building Uneven
tilators in the legislative chambers were
Immediately beneath the gallery, apout
nine inches in diameter, ana connected
with the chimneys The plan adopted now,
and which it is claimed is far superior to
the one originally in use, is what is known
as the Cutter system Fourteen openings,
in size 12x16 inches, are inserted IN the
walls of the Assembly and twelve IN the
walls of the Senate chamber. Ihey are
about six inches from the floor and instead
of being connected with the cold air by the
fues. they are connected with the hot air
under the roof of the building. rms, II Is
claimed, will keep up good clrcuiatlon Oh
pure air and will enable them to neat the
rooms more uniformly than heretofore.
They claim that in buildings of the size Of
the Capitol the atmosphere cannot be regu-
lated as to temperature and purity by any
other system so well as by the one adopted.
1t has been a great undertaking, the brick
| walls in both chambers having to be torn
out in many places, the plasterlng de-
| stroyed, and the interior OF both halls at
present look like they had been struck by
an Arkansas cyclone.
Smith g. Muir have also put into every
| Office in the building marble understands,
with Garland patent traps, something new
and which utterly precludes the possibility
| of any noXiouS or poisonous Vapor or gases,
which might arise from their connection
with sewers or cesspools entering Thereon
Each stand is also furnished with one of
Hennessy's patent self-closing basin cocks.
This will prevent any accident happening
| from carelessness of any one leaving the
water running, overlooking the basin and
running the ceiling of the rooms below,
which has happened on several occasions
and only a few weeks since was the case
in the Secretary of States office, owing to
carelessness of parties above.
| The contractors have torn out every
water-closet in the building, and IN their
stead have placed the latest and most i'm
proved Smiths patent syphon jets"
Their trapping is perfect and great i'm
provement on the old style.
Although not in the original contract,
Smith & Muir have constructed cesspoolin
| the grounds few yards east of the garden
er'S tool house. 1t is twelve feet deep by
twenty feet square, and connected with the
| discharge pipes of the Capitol building by
an eight-inch iron-stone pipe The soil
| taken from the excavation has been piled
up over the cesspool, making mound
some ten or twelve feet high. The
gardener will. with stone work and the
proper distribution of shrubbery and
| Towering plants, make it one of the most
attractive things in the park. An overflow
pipe is laid from the cesspool to the
Thirteenth-street sewer
Suffers FoRr.-A San Francisco paper
of Tuesday last had the following: "There
is q general disposition throughout this State
to preserve, as far as possible. the old land
marks and monuments of its early history.
OF them all there is scarcely any more in
| teresting than Fort Suffer, situated at the
| junction of the Sacramento and American
rivers, rear the city of Sacramento. As is
well known Captain Suffer constructed the
fort in 1888 for protection against the Indi-
ans, being the first settler in the valley.
General Fremont stopped there when he
made his historic entrance into the State of
California, and afterwards wrote very
|
This was the objective point of the forty
miners in coming across the continent, and
the initial place from which the prospectors
started out in their trips over the mount
aims The fort consisted originally of sew
| eral buildings, of which only one dilapi-
| dated adobe structure now remains. 1t is
about 45 feet long and 80 feet wide, and has
two stories. 1t is rapidly going to decay.
Recently one end has been restored with
wall of brick and the effect is said to be
grotesque and incongruous. prominent
gentleman, and one competent to Judge
has recently returned from a visit there,
and describes ii as piece of vile vandal-
ism" 1t may be mentioned incidentally
that the fort is about q miles from the
junction of the Sacramento and American
rivers" Further, the vile vandalism
committed in constructing the brick wall,
which was done long ago has palliating
circumstances-for instance, if it had not
been built the whole structure would years
since have tumbled to the ground. All the
same, it is a pity that the old fort has not
had more attention paid to it as an inter
esting relic.
WORKING FOR THE ORPHANs.-If all the
wagers on elections were made as was Ben
Van Raden and J. J. o Hares, no evil could
possibly result lIltTeITOIll, anu on Ilc COLI
trary great deal of fun would be pro-
duced and some deserving persons bene-
flied. \ few days prior TO the election,
the two gentlemen named, being enthusiast
| tic members of rival fire brigades, made the
| following bet If Cleveland was elected
| Van Raden was to black boots all day at
Sixth and X streets, the proceeds to be di-
vided equally between the Protestant and
Catholic Orphan Asylums. In case of
Blaines election O'Hare was to use the
polishing brushes. Yesterday Van Raden
paid his bet, worked honestly all day, never
threw off on q job no matter how tough it
was, nor charged double price for No. u
brogans, but did first-class work at I" strictly
one price" The winner stood by
discussing with his political admirers
the formation of the new cabinet,
wondering if Grover would not
| reward him with foreign ministry. He,
however, kept an eye on the work being
performed by his defeated friend, and
| watched to see that all the coins were
dropped into the little box. At ) P NJ the
| debt according to the bet was paid. John C.
Deyine and William Cohn were appointed
| Il committee 10 break open the treasury and
count the proceeds. They found the total
receipts to be $2S 20. After deducting 81
for the use of the stand, carriage and the
boys drum corps, the $24 20 was equally
divided between the Protestant and Cath
olic Orphan Asylums.
Police CouRr.-In the Police Court yes
terday Jerry Haley, previously convicted of
battery, was fined $40 or ten days Mary
Doe was sentenced to thirty days in the
County Jail for being a common drunkard
Barney Hughes was found guilty of drunk
ennesS. and fined $40. The case of Louis
| Hansche, for misdemeanor, was continued
until tomorrow. Eugene and Lizzie Cerf's
cases of petit larceny were dismissed at the
| request of the prosecuting witness. The
cases of battery and misdemeanor pending
against Jake Smith were continued until
| tomorrow. W. +. Hildebrandts case of
misdemeanor went over until the 22d, and
that of P. Rice, similarly charged, until the
25th. The case of Jack Mckenna, for an
attempt to commit rape, was continued
until the 2lst. Geo. A. Edwards case of
battery was set for hearing this morning.
| r. Buckow was examined on charge of
defrauding creditors, and held to answer
/ before the Superior Court. The case Of Rose
| Higgins. for the grand larceny of 500, was
examined and the defendant discharged.
The evidence was taken, and the argument
postponed until this morning.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-NeXt Monday
evening the Kendall combination, includ-
ing H. A. and Julia Kendall and a strong
dramatic company supported by full and