The state herald., 1891-09-11
CAPITAL DOINGs. /.
ENTERPRISES AND EVENTS or
GENERAL INTEREST.

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ENTERPRISES AND EVENTS or
GENERAL INTEREST.
The 6,ate Capitol Building 6tons
Work Nearly Done-Bonas 10. the
Amount of 100000 to be Voted
On-Henry G. Browns Million Dol.
lar Hotel.-Leased and viii be
OpeneI by Bush & Tabor-Coming
Triennial Conclavs Of Knights
TempIer.
DENVER, Colo, Sept 7, 1891.
The State capitol building is being push
cd steadily, quietly but systematically
toward completion. The heavy granite
walls are now finished up to the cornice
which is being put III position. Tbs walls
now stand eighty feet high above ths level
OF the grounds, and littls moro than 100
feet above the foundation. To appreciate
the amount Of work that has been dons
one must visit and examine the building.
Standing alone, at distance from other
buildings, its symmetrical proportions dc
celvc the eye, and tho beholder does not
realize how vast an cdifce II really is.
The largest business blocks in Denver are
from l25 to l15 feet long, and none Of them
exceed 1!5 feet In width. The capitol
building Is 204 feet long and a3l feet wide,
and will when completed have cost more
than twice US much rs any other building
In the State.
Under the efficient board Of capitol
managers tho work OF construction 10
going forward as rapidly as the character
OF the building will permit. The board
consists of Gov. John L. Routt, c6sttinan
ex.oflicio, and Messrs. Otto Mears, Benia-
min +. Crowell, Charles ]. Hughes, Jr,
and Job A. Cooper. The granite used,
from tho Gunnison quarries, is Of beau
tiful light, gray color aud Of fne texture.
Up to tho present time the exact amount
of money expended upon the structure is
81, l64, 7s3,6y; but contracts now nearly
completed will call for over S,OO, 900 more,
which is fortunately now in hand.
In pursuance Of an act passed by the
general assembly at is last meeting, the
people Of the State will be called upon, at
tho election in November next, to vote on
the question OF issuing $500, 700 OF addition
al bonds to enable the board TO complete
the capitol without delay. This is not
proposed as an additional appropriation to
increase the cost Of the building, but
merely as q loan to expedite the work. As
the sooner the capitol Is completed tho
sooner tho present large expenditure for
rent OF State offices will cease, and the
sooner the State papers will be removed to
place where they will be safe from de-
struction by fire, 1t will manifestly be an
act both OF prudence and economy TO vote
FOR the bonds.
Every citizen Of Colorado will be proud
of the capitol when the State government
il finally established beneath its roof. 1t
will rank among the finest public build
ings In America, and the view from lts
dome, $50 feet high, will be grander and
more extensive than eau be had from any
other capitol in the world.
THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL
The Henry G. Brown hotel building, In
the triangular space NJ tho corner Of
Broadway and 18th street. which has
been progressing slowly for Two or three
years,is now being hurried to completion
The walls are already laid to the eighth
story. and tho upper two stories will
soon be added, making 1t min.
stories high. 1t Is to be finished by July
!, ls92, and has already been leased b,
Messrs. Bush & Tabor, who will furnist
1t In magnificent style and open II 70 th,
public In time for the triennial conclavs O.
Knights Templar.
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The Sir Knights TO tho number OF more
than 10000, together with their wives
families and friends uggregsting fully u.
many more people, will gather In Denver
on Vie 9Th Of August and extend their cx
cursions to various parts Of the State
The fare that contented the Templars O
old will not satisfy our Knights, who ars
able ana willing to pay for the best tha
tho city can supply. The local committed
is besieged with applications for quarters
in person and by letter, and already 6,ooS
prospective visitors have engaged accom-
modations. The Knights Tcmplar wht
will DO represented at the conciAve mum
Der more than 10000, there being thirty
nine grand communicates AID about i,0ol
commaEdcries. The various grand com
manderies will have their headquarters OF
the tirst floor OF the Henry G. Brown ho,o
and other buildings In the immediate VI
cinity, while the delegates, some 300 IL
number, will meet In the large hall Of tn,
Masonic temple.
The grand auditorium, about which s,
much has been said, Is still . gloriou,
vision In the minds Of It's projectors. A
hall capable Of seating ten thousand pco
pie or more would be useful during tht
session Of the conclsve, but 1t IL not indis
pcnsable, Denver already has quite =,
large assembly rooms rs most Of the elite,
Ia which the conclavc has been held.