Evening star., 1896-12-08

ketcbam iron works Of Indianapolis, Ind,
and that Of the book stack roofs by the
King Iron Bridge Company. The Phoenix
Iron Company of Philadelphia, built the
corner and east pavilion roofs. The latter
company. John II. Cornell Of New York.
the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company Of
arRs rsaon; =, y T. and the Psnsoyd Iron
the sirders and rolled beams used in the
floors. The Snead & Co. iron works of
Louisville. KY, manufactured and erected
the Iron and steel work of the three book
stacks and the shelving Of the octason al
coves Nearly all Of the cast iron door and
WIDOW frames, castings and trimmings
were supplied by the Tacony Iron and
Metal Company Of Philadelphia. Terra
Gotta Is used in most Of the second story
noors. the covering Of the roofs and in
both shells of the dome. This was supplied
W,th 0y the Potomac Terra Gotta Company Of
Proofing Company of Pittsburg, Pa.
wv. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio. manu-
| Iactured the ornamental copper work Of
tne dcme. while the Ansonia Brass and
| phed the sheet copper used for covering
the dome. book stacks the west front. and
that Tor the remainder of the building was
ruen,snea rnnnn oy James Clendenin of Baltl-
was supplied by the Expanded Metal Fire
rroonng Company Of Chicago and the
0heao q GO. iron works, Louisville, KY.
Marble Work.
of the construction and wainscoting
within the building. excluding floors, that
| OF the octagon or main rotunda was fur
| nished by Patterson, See & Eisele of New
| 10TH mat OF the main stair hall and north
| corridor of the basement by the Evans
Mase1e Company of Baltimore, Md; that
| OF the two west corridors of the first story
by the Vermont Marble COMPANY: that of
| Ihe stair hail basement by the Davidson
| sons Marble Company of New York: that
| CT en an lavator.es by Davidson & Sons of
Chicago; that of the south and two uest
corr1cors in the basement and the vesti
| puIe IN the southwest pavilion. first story
| by Charles f. Hall & Co of Boston Mass :.
| anu mat OF the east basement corridor by
| me hennesaw Marble Company of Mariet-
ia: Ga. - '''''' -
of the tile and mosaic floors the PickeI
| 1Marpie ana Granite Company of ST. Louis
| MO- furnished the tiling of all the base
| ment corridors. the corridors of the 6rst
| and second stories of the east pavilion the
| octason gallery and the decks of the hook
STACKS: Batterson 4 Eisele Of New York
,he granite and tiling of the body of the
| octaSon and first floors of the stair hall /.
me Eulcanite Tile and Mosaic Company nf
Ihliadelphia the mosaic floors of the two
west CORRIDORS. first story: the granite of
| the octaSon basement and first story al
| coVes. the granite in attic floors, and the
| combined granite. tile and mosaic floor of
| tne northeast pavilion, second story Her
eei nro'hers or New York. the mosaic
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| southwest and southeast pavilions second
story: and j. F. Manning & Company of
Washington. D. c.. the tile floors of the
| two west curtains or museum halls seq
| ond story. Henigke & Bourn of New York
| manufactured the ornamental ceiling lights
and the inner windows of the rotunaa.
| ihe mosaic raulting in the first story of
| the main stair hail was put in place NV tho
! Venetian Marble Mosaic Art Company of
Detroit. Mica Mcneil Brothers of Boston.
Mass, did the wood work of the two rooms
OF the first story south of the stair hall
| and ID. s. Hess & Company of New York
| that of the librarians office Most of the
oak and mahogany doors were furnished
| by the Matthews Brothers Manufacturing
Company of Milwaukee. Wis. and most Of
| the reaGing room wood work. in mahog-
| any, b. the Harlan & Hollngsworth Com
pany of Wilmington. Del.
| Most CT the masonry was laid with ma
tural hydraulic cement of the Cumberla nd
| and Round Top brands manufactured in
| Maryland The park walks and street side
| walks, in granolithic. and the asphalt of
| the driveways was laid by II. l.. Crawford
OF Washington, The boilers. tanks and wa
ter heaters were manufactured by Thos.
| {. Basshor & Company of Baltimore, Md. !:
| the cast iron pipe and heating coils by
Bartlett. Hayward & Company of the
the heating and power apparatus by the
| Crane Company of Chicago.
| The other formal contracts not above
mentioned have been tabulated in the pre-
| vious annual reports. There l06 such
contracts in all. not including ten made by
/ the commission. but terminated when Gen.
/ Casey took charge of the work
| Built for the Future.
| Throughout the construction of the
| building nearly all of the materials and a
| very considerable part of the labor were
obtained by contract through public ad-
| vertisement, but such of the work 1t was
! impracticable to procure in that way of the
l hired
! labor. All parts of the building bave heen
| arranged and constructed for the immed-
| ate accommodation of the library and the
| growth of its accummul6 tionS and func-
| tions for many years to come. All floors
| and supports are amply strong. as indicat-
| cd OH the record plans and all of the walls
| and foundations are of the most substantial
character. The spaces are generally whole
| and undivided. but capable of being parti-
| toned, more or less, for either permanent
| or temporary purposes. and the curtain
| rooms OF the Eorth east and south fronts
! are especially constructed for the extension
| into them, at any time, of the book shelly
| ing on the stack alcove or any other plan.
All parts of the basement story are also
! capable OF receiving shelving, cases and
| library material of all kinds.
''The book shelving now in the building
| is confined to the three regular stacks and
| the two tiers of alcoves in the rotunda. It
| amounts to $50 running feet or about
| forty-four miles, which will accommodate te
| 2.OS5. 12O volumes of books. reckoning nine
| to the foot. The capacity of the additional
| shelving which may be placed in the first
| and second stories of the curtains of the
| northeast and south fronts is about O.,
| $4,000 volumes, and the ultimate capacity
| of the building for books. without en-
| croaching on the pavilions, reading rooms,
| museum halls other parts of the west
| front, any part of the basement story
| or cellar. Is therefore upward of 1900, 600
| volumes, or somewhat less than one hun
| dred miles of shelving.
Execution of the Work.
| "In the execution of this work Gen. Casey
had the entire responsible charge under
| Congress from October 2, 1888, until his
| death. on March 25, 1896, and he also dis
| Dursed the funds during that period. He
| held general supervision, gave general di-
| rection to all principal proceedings and
| maintained an intimate knowledge of the
| work at all times. while performing the du-
| ties of his more absorbing and important
office Of chief Of engineers of the army at
the War Department, to which he sue
| ceeded a few months before he was plac ed
In charge Of this building by Congress.
| Prior to this date, superintendent and
| engineer under the commission in the sum-
mer Of 1883. 1 laid the first half of the
| foundation on the old plan above referred
| to. Gen. Casey at once placed me in entire
| charge of the office, and of the design and
construction of the building under his di-
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