The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-30
PREPARING TO BEGIN WORK
MATERIAL FOR THE PUBLIC
BUILDING ALREADY ORDERED.

The DerrieI<s 10 BE Put I'm Place the
Early Part of Next Week-wOrk
VIII Begin About the Middle OF
JuIy-AII the Marble TO Come From
Pickens Countryside Work 10 BE
Completed in sixteen MOnths-The
suDerstructure VIII Take $50
Tons of steel and Iron.
Mr.. F. w. Bradt, Of the firm Of Miles
& Bradt Of Atlanta, the contractors who
will put up the supersructure Of the new
public building. is in the city making ar
rangements for beginning work.
The contractors are now getting their
machinery in shape in Atlanta. and will
have it here within a few days. They
will put up two large derricks with which
all the lifting and placing Of the large
blocks Of marble will be done. The work
OF putting the derricks and machinery in
place. Mr.. Bradt says, will begin about
the first or middle of next week. just as
soon as they can get the machinery here.
The change from brick to marble Will
undoubtedly be appreciated. The contract
ors say it will make one Of the handsomest
buildings to be found anywhere in the
Georgia quarries, the contract for furnish
ing it having been sub-let to the Georgia
Marble Company of Tate, Pickens county.
There Is a sample block of the marble
to be used now in the Office Of the super
intendent of the public building, Mr.. J.
j. hewitt. 1t is a handsome stone, and is
in the shape In which will appear the
blocks of which the building will be COM
posed.
The marble will come from the quarrles
already dressed, that for the lower stories
with crandalled surface, and the upper
stories In drove work, Messrs. Miles &.
Bradt Will have pneumatic plant for
doing the carving work The carving
will be done by Messrs. Raekles and Walz
Mr. Walk is the well-known sculptor who
for several years past, has made his home
IN Savannah, and who has done some
of the handsomest work around the city.
The sculptors will have to make full size
models of all their work, which must
be submitted to. the department for its
approval.
The steel framework is now being made
by the Carnegie Steel Company of Penn
sylvania. Altogether there will be 250
tons Of 1t. Mr.. Bradt says the work Or
putting up the superstructure will be be-
gun in about three weeks. Contracts have
been made for all tie material and Il Is
now being turned out as rapidly as possl-
Bile. The contractors have sixteen months
in which to complete the work. and Mr.
Bradt says they do not apprehend any
trouble in getting through within that
time The work will be superintendent y
himself and his father, Mr. G. @. Bradt
The bid of the firm for marble was S20g,-
900, which will complete all but the inte-
rior finishings and plumbing work. From
fifty to seventy-five men will be en-
ployed on it, and It viii be pushed along
as rapidly as possible. Practically no re-
vision has been made in the plans, except
in the detailed drawings where neces-
sary in order to substitute marble for
brick.
The officers hera in charoa ~ tha ,,,or,.
assumed their duties again June q, after
being laid off for three months while the
extra appropriation was being sought
from congress. They are Supt. ]. j. Me-
G. Cornell and Disbursing Agent NJ. j.
SOlOmons.