The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-24
gbs Territorial 10
sane AsgIum.
The Amount Of Building
Material Used In Its
Construction.
One Hundred and Thirty
Three Patients Now
Confined There.
The Capacity Of the Full
Building When 1t Shall
be Completed.

JSruaY spent PHEASANT AFTERNOON III
with Supt. w. r. IL. Paxman,
of the Provo l.. NJ. q B. Co viewing
the immense work now III progress at
the Territorial Asylum. Talk about
buildingSl Here is one that has not its
equal in the Territory. lG IS build
ing which, when completed, will have
cost over three hundred thousand dol
larsl Just think of it, Ii there ID not
substantial about a building
with such an outlay then we want to
know it. 1t is building that when
completed will have consumed over
five million of brick, Sixty thou
sand OF this brick is What is known
as the Ogden pressed brick, but which
comes from Harrisville six miles above
Ogden. This brick is worth S65. 90 per
thousand laid in the wall, which The
rest, made in Samuel Liddiard = yards
in this city costs $500 per thousand.
Hence we have a figure OF S62.1S0 for
brick alone, or enough money to build
a home for l25 families.
In the new part OF the Asylum
building there are AGO cords of rock.
qnarried from the mountains sast OF
the building. Tba contrsi or adm mis-
tratiop-bnildiag has 100, 000 feet of fine
cut rock from Kyune, Spanish Fork
CANYON. This cut rock, with the
Ogden pressed brick, gives the build
ing most imposing appearance. The
cut stone in tue bailding cost $1,000.
The floors are all fire prolt. made so
by iron joists laid four feet apart, tiles
built in the space. fter Athe tiles are
laid. a two-iuch coating OF cement is
laid on top, after which comes the floor
ing. So that hough the building might
be enveloped in flames, and completely
Quilted. yet it would stand, because of
Che fact that there would be nothing
to burn only the window frames.
This iron work is being done by i
Chicago company at bid of S26 sou
TIE agent OF this company, MI
,RLnosf.y, is here supervising lhe w0lN.
Mr.. Samuel LiddiarT rs DUNG the titlit,-
work. Twenty-Five carloads of tile
have already arrived.
Through all the building are air
ducts, or chambers, in the construc
ton Of which over half a million
brick has been used, These air ducts
take the steam from The engine and
sand il all through the building by
means Of tlues connecting with the
duct The Old building has not got
this duct, as the architect did not en-
body it in hiG plans at the time. 1t
will Lave it, h0Ne@er, as The work las
been contracted for By Mr. Liddiard.
These ducts are from nine to fourteen
feet wide, and five feet high, with an
2rched roof. With but a Slight stoop,
any ordinary man can walk through
them.
Galvanized iron cornice, shipped
from Denver, is being put on the
building. giving it finishing touch.
This work and the laying of the iron
roofing was being done on the north
wing while THE DISPATCH representa-
tive was there yesterday,
The Provo Lumber. Manufacturing
81 Building Company were the success
fui bidders for the entire work Of
building the north wing and central
building of the Asylum, and MI
Samuel Liddiard is the sub-contractor
of the masonry portion. The Work
started in July last, when over seven
million pounds, or 1900 yards of dirt
were excavated.
Since that time over 100 msn have
been working steadily on the building.
In fact Nj, Liddiard at one time had
over that number. There has been no
delay in the work since it first COM
menced, with the exception of this
week. when the weather has inter
rupted matters somewhat From now
on there will be fifty to sixty hands
employed until the central building is
finished Ten teams. on an average,
have been kept busy hauling brick
and sand. The foundation of the
building is len feet deep and four feet
wide. Before the foundation was
laid, however, 500 yards of cement
we're laid on the ground.
In reply to our query as to when
Mr.. Liddiard thought the masons
would get through with the main
work. he said 1--WE have got about
two weeks more work, and if the
weather will hold out we will be
finished about the 9Th Of the month.
We will then start in laying the tile
floors"
Mr. Liddiard showed us two builders
elevators he purchased in the East this
summer for especial use in the Asylum
nOIh. W lbll O'iC VI uliCoG llCGo IiOISGCO
as much IS thirty thousand brick per
1av, besides mortar. Upon our eyinc-
ing surprise at this, Mr.. Liddiard said: |
why, that is nothing compared to |
what they are capable of doing. Con-
tractors in the East think nothing of |
sending two or three stories high brick
% the amount of 100000 every day"
This elevator, which can be- man
pulated either by power or steam. cost
1850. There is no other piece of ma
;hinory like it in the country. They |
Ire perfectly safe, self-cIamping, and |
adjustable for any height.
II suppose you have had to use con-
siderable lime in the building. Mr.
4iddiardpn
Yes, something over eleven thou
and bushels, or nearly one hundred
thousand pounds. we have used,
.lso, fifteen hundred loads of sand in
making the mortar, which would make
quite little mountain if placed all in
me pile y
We descended from the roof of the
and entered the door in the
onth wing, where the portlY form Of
he genial steward, Mr.. James Dunn.
fas nperintending the unloading of
new laundry machine that had just
lrriyed from the East.
"Where are you going to put that?n
as our Interrogation, while exchang-
lg shakes. "
swell, it's hard to say. We havenit
pom hardly for ourselves"
''How many patients have you now
] the building?D
We received one from Salt Lake
onnty Yesterday, which makes 1873. Y {
zen snd 81 women. The patient that
ime yesterday Was a VIM. Bnttrick l
{ has been suffering from epilectic {