The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-31
THE HERALD'S OUTING.
Two Crowded Coaches visit the Capt,

Two Crowded Coaches Visit the Capital
City.
Hurricane is a mighty good place
to have a reunion, and our days
there were always immensely EN-
jOyed; but it grows mOnotOnous to
go to the same place every year for
a gathering, so the HERALD con-
cluded to vary the program this
time and give its regular correspond
ents treat, and something new, by
a days sightseeing in Nashville.
According to previous announce
ment, the great outing came off last
Saturday, the 25th inst. The HER
AIDS coaches We're attached to
Capt. Kids Accommodation and,
early in the morning, the depot was
alive with happy, chattering people,
all bound for a day of big amuse-
ment.
We had all sorts of weather in the
early morning; sunshine and rain,
clouds and dank mist wed with
each other for the first three hours
weather recOrd-the sunshine finally
winning. 1t was warm enough too,
and no mistake, but, pshaw as my
Bowery friend calculated, dat don't
cut no ice with the scribes."
After reaching Nashville, our first
objective point was the State Capt.
toll, where we We're given full
possession. We viewed the beauti-
full grounds, took in the Legislative
halls and Governors office, the
State Library, (where We were
shown many cOurtesies by our
pretty tOwnswOman, Mrs. Irene In
gram, the State Librarian), and
even climbed to the tower to get the
magnificent view of the surround
ing city, and the rolling Cumber-
land winding its way on to the great
Ohio. The ground upon which the
Capitol stands was bought by the
State January Both, 1874, for $50, 900.
Work was begun January lst, 1916,
and the work was completed March
10Th, 1883. The Capitol is built of
Tennessee stone and is fireproof.
The building is a parallelogram,
ll2x239 feet. Height from ground to
top of tower pos feet and 7 inches.
Total cost of building and grounds,
81 100000.
After leaving the Capitol we took
street cars and went three miles out
to the Centennial grounds, stopping
at the Vanderbilt on our return.
The Centennial grounds contain $50
acres, which are being beautified
with grand buildings, rare flowers,
and emerald lakes, for the big
show next year. We visited the
Womans Building, designed by
Mrs. Sarah Ward COnley, and cost
ing $4,000; the Parthenon, costing
$25, 900, and an exact representation
of the old parthenon at Athens,
Greece; the commercial building,
costing $780, 900, which will be COM
pleted in about one month; the
Agricultural, Transportation, and
Administration buildings; the flag
tower, 500 feet high, which will be
handsomely Illuminated during the
centennial; and the Auditorium, a
$4,000 building, which seats 1000
people. All the conventions will be
held here, and the building will be
brightly illuminated with 1000 in
eandescent lights and 40 or 80 arc
lights. The Government building,
the Children's, the Negroes, the
Machinery, Minerals and Forestry,
and other buildings, are yet to be
built.
From here we went to the Wander
bilt, and after strolling over its
beautiful campus, and admiring its
grand buildings, we were all ready
to gather at some place to satisfy
the hunger of the elmer man.
Some went to the Nicholson House,
but the majority of us dined at
Gerding's, where we were Toasted to
our hearts content.
In the afternoon we We're turned
loose to do as we pleased. Some
visited the Custom House, the Nc
Kendree and other churches, the
suspension bridge and the boats,
while others took in the Publishing
House and the Door of Hope.
State Treasurer Craig and Secre-
tary of State Morgan chartered two
cars and wanted to take us out to
the new penitentiary, but a lack of