New-York tribune., 1891-02-07
PROGRESS OF WORK on THE NEW CAPITOL
Hills INTRODUCED MAKING APPROPRIATIONS
OF al 400 600 FOR THIS YEAR--ONLY ABOUT
1900 600 LIKELY TO BE SPENT.

$500 900 LIKELY TO BE SPfNI.
Albany. Fob. s tspeciaD-Bills have been intro
duccd in both branches OF the Legislature making ap
prppratJns all told Of about S3OoooOo or li' '""
pl-tion Of the Capitol building. senator 'n''r' ="
Albany hurried in his measure asking for 32GOo'ooo'
ON the frst dav Of the session The other appropr"
,on II 600 600 was m bill Of As-omblyman NaTd >
of the same city, senator Chase was dc'prri'p
afraid that some other senator woud get ah'au 81
him: and IL seems that Albany Reprc'ehta'Nr, "'o
ga ,c and standing unlr-S they are the hi't Win 'r
appropriation bills for this purpose alid uhlc'' "''
bin, call for a much larger sum thah Is U" o' ""' "
any otbcr hill When the Capitol building mas been
cnrpIetcd what will the Albany Democrats have Tor
a p,litical is,u,1 Nothing viii ucn remain for them
uulc-. II l. a propo,ton 10 tear down the structure
and build 1t all over again. on 'nch an lNruo
Democrat I'm Albany could probably be elected Dy
large majority
In splte of thc large sum asked for. the approprla
ton for mi, wear will not be- more than 0hcelAh oi
that amount II Is not the intention of the Ke
publc,, member, Of the senate 10 expend more than
200 900 I'M, year toward completing the building
senator sloan, the chairman of the Finance '"hl,'0
n that house. said the other day that was lpo'''o'
TO spend any money each year ana 90 JusIlcc "
the state.
The Lieutenant. Governor who IS member of the
Capitol Commission handed down in the senate TINS
morning the report Of the commission for last year
tho outset fe report says that the commission Nal
lied the responsibilities of the work Of when tc' ip
charge and declared That 1t required careful miia-e
mcnt 10 complete IT within the Appropriation gwen
The work by the act making the appropriation for la-t
year divided into six sections the hr't sc'tiol
called for the completion Of the western staircase To
the third floor and the corridors adjoining the starr
case on the lret and second floors. For tls pl'"l''
appropriated. The next division was iof repairs
the golden corridor and old Court OF Appears anu
adjoining rooms and corridors for partitions dVio"S
the golden corridor into committee rOOh' ior 'or
ndor along the old Court Of Appeals room, ana i)r
furnishing the Division Of the Court oi Appeals
Tn q work IL wa, estimated, would cost F9ofoo Iheil
$4,000 was spent for fixtures ana inrlt"'c io' '"u
state library This expenditure not contemplated
In the original plan or estimate
To put the building In sanitary coHun"i, aoooru
ing 10 the plans of the state Board Of Health cost
80 ooo ror r,pars to roofs and CUTTERS there was
spent sl65OO and $4,000 more went for a new ma
chine shop REGARDING the work on the western s-lr-
case the report says:
Tho ,ror, ON the great eastern staircase has been
proges ,ed as rapidly possible since the resu"Po"
80 norl last NAV The work Of cutting away ana ne
moving the old material required lot the ie,oP''"
Of the new stone was necessarily 'io"' Ou' Nv"
nearly coupleted The main supports to the STAR
case consisting Of cluster columns and Wa'terS' which
divide the various runs Of stars ha'c ooo" wi"
strncted to their respective height, III inc ,o'onu
tory. and the massive red polished granite hhteis'
49,, un, the columns on the east and west
,cados of the staircase. The north walls are con
structed a distance Of more than two-thfdS o' inc
reouired height of the second story The east wan oi
tho eastern corridor Is bnt and ready to receive inc
stone -crolned ceiling which ceiling support the u'l'u
story floor of the above named corrluor. Inc '''"e
which will carry the steps to the various runs are
hci,g pIaced in position. The old defective grolhed
granite arches IN the western entrance, Immediately al
Joining the staircase, being firmly centred prepara-