The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-06
STATE CAPITOL COMMISSION DE-
CIDES TO MEET ONCE EVERY
MONTH.
STONE FOR THE BUILDING.
GRANITE, CUT AND FINISHED,
ALREADY HERE.
FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF MARBLE.
Mills for Cutting the Georgia Article
Being Erected-PreparattO
for Spring Work.

The state capitol commission, at its
meeting Tuesday, passed upon an esti-
mate for fourteen cars of st. Cloud
granite, which has been delivered upon
the grounds a few weeks ago, cut and
finished all ready to be put in place in
the new building. 1t was also decided
to hold a meeting Of the commission
once month to pass upon estimates
which will come up from now on, as
the work is progressing so rapidly that
the commission felt that to carry out
the provisions of the law, it would be
necessary for them to consider the es-
Inmates of the contractors for stone at
least once a month
The first consignment Of the Georgia
marble for the new capitol building
will be received in about three weeks.
In the meantime the contractors are
busy making preparation for its recep-
ton. They have commenced work on
the marble mill where the marble will
be cut and dressed, and expect to have
everything in readiness for the work
Of preparing the stone by Feb. 1.
The marble mill, which is being erect
ed upon the University avenue side Of
the grounds, is S1x52 feet, and will be
equipped with two modern marble cut
ting machines. It Is claimed that the
fast RUNNING saw will cut fourteen
inches an hour. This machine is some
thing of an experiment, but the But
ler-Ryan company are confident that 1t
will be found practicable. One of the
less modern marble cutting machines
will also be put in and will cut between
four and six inches an hour. The ma
ture Of the work necessitates the use Of
very heavy and bulky machinery, and
the contractors in putting up the mill
are guarding against any chance of
breakdown of the ponderous machin-
cry which would delay the progress Of
the work Of preparing the stone by
making the building sufficiently strong
to support the weight and Earring Of
the machinery.
Adjoining the marble mill will be the
stone cutters shed, where the stone
will be dressed and finished off after
1t has been cut In slabs of the proper
size in the mill. Most of the polish
ing and finishing will be done by hand
and will give employment to a large
number Of men, as all the stone to be
used in the new capitol will be pre-
pared on the grounds, with the ex-
ception of the twenty-five cars of ST.
Cloud granite for the basement. The
mouldings will be finished by the use
of a stone plane. Work in the stone
cutters shed will begin Just as soon
as the marble mills get into working
order. The shed is to be $50 feet long
and thirty feet WIDE and will be built
before the first of February.
It was said yesterday by an official
Of the Butler-Ryan company that it
would take between 500 and 600 cars
of the George marble to complete the
hy1i1 In% No.,
of the st. Cloud granite were yet to
be received. The contractors could
commence to ship the Georgia marble
at any time, but they do not want to
start shipments until they can make
a continuous delivery Of the stone, and
that until the mill was completed they
would have no place to receive the
stone. Each car would contain about
250 cubic feet of the stone and it would
require 125, 600 cubic feet to complete
the undertaking. The stone will come
in flfteen-ton blocks and will be about
ten feet long by four feet square.
The consignment Of the st. Cloud
granite received few weeks ago is in
readiness to be put in its place in the
building, but nothing can be done I'M
til the first Of April, when the work OF
building the walls of the new capitol
will begin in earnest. The granite will
form the basement, which will be thir-
teen feet high; above that the entire
building will be of the white Georgia
marble The backing of the walls will
be brick and a great deal Of this ma
terial is now on the grounds. Although
no building can be done until next
spring the contractors will take advan-
tage of the intervening three months
by getting everything ready, and
the construction will be pushed next
summer to the limit
The contractors have moved a large
building which formally stood on the
corner of Wabasha and Central avenue
to the University avenue side Of the
grounds. This they will use as an off,
&c and will furnish them place to
keep the plans and specifications which
are in constant use.
The Butler-Ryan people are quite
pleased over the progress that has
been made thus far on the contract,
and said yesterday that when the new
capitol was completed a few years
hence the people Of Minnesota would
marvel at it's beauty.
NEARBY GUESSEs LAST,