Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-13
tibet NEW CAPITOL ALMOST COMPLETED
The Exterior Work Will Be Finished Next Week and the Interior Will Be
Ready By October l5--A Magnificent Building That lisa
Credit to the Territory.

The classic beauty of the new capitol
is apparent now to every beholder, but
to get a true idea of its magnitude and
the thoroughness with which the build
ing is being constructed, it must be
closely inspected. For that purpose,
Assistant United States Attorney w.
H. Pope, of Santa Fe, who is secretary
of the capitol rebuilding board, and a
number of other citizens and visitors
spent two hours at the capitol, and were
shown by Architect l. H. Rapp through
the building from the basement to the
top of the magnificent dome.
The exterior of the building is almost
completed, and the finishing touches
will be put to it within the next two
/ weeks. The entrance from the west is
| grand. Six Ionic and Doric .futed col
| umns, about q feet high, of Bedford.
Ind, limestone, bear a triangular tym-
| panum, upon which is being carved the
| crest Of arms of the territory. Thirty
! six stone steps, 36 feet 8 inches wide
| and 14-inch tread, lead up to the main
entrance of the building. The whole
| entrance is as magnificent an architec-
tural monument as is to be found in
| the southwest. The brickwork and
| stone coping of the exterior Of the build
| ing also show up very well. The dome
surrounding the building is a work of
| beauty, and gives to the whole city a
distinctive appearance.
The frontage of the building is 1f
feet 10 inches. The depth is rs feet 1C
inches. The building is three stories in
| height, and from the basement to the
| top of the lantern above the cupola is
| about $50 feet. The ground floor or first
| story of the capitol is of Lamy sand
| stone, while the other two stories are
| built of yellow brick, the color of sand
| stone with handsome Grecian coping
| and rook in harmony with the whole.
The basement is II feet in the clear,
| and contains the boiler room, cold all
| chambers, storage rooms, coal bins and
a 9-foot ventilating conduit, through
which air will be forced throughout the
capitol building. The boilers have al
| been placed, the pipes are all in posi-
| ton, and the plumbing completed.
The first story is over y feet in the
| clear, and the artistic work of the plas-
| terers is beginning to show up finely
| In the north wing are found the offices
| of the treasurer and the auditor, each
with very large vaults. The treasurer
| will have two rooms 17x24 feet, and the
auditor four rooms, n Of which will
be used as a reception room, and al
large enough, as one of the party said
"to house the auditors whole family
The fireproof record vault is 13x16 feet
In the south wing are the offices Of
the governor and the secretary of the
territory. The governors office rooms
will be the prettiest apartments in the
capitol, and even now, before they are
completed, incite admiration. The su.
| perintendent of public instruction will
have three rooms in the ear. There Ii
a corridor 10 feet wide in the wings an6
Is feet wide in the main. Two wide iror
stairways, finished off with ash and
with brass banister, lead to the SECOND
and third floors. The second floor will
also be reached by the magnificent
I flight of stairs from the outside.
The entrance has two sets of doors
n set from the classic portico with
stone balustrades, and a second from
the vestibule into the main corridors
At the right of the entrance are the
offices of the attorney general, includ.
ing two rooms. On the left is the read.
ing room of the senate, with the pos
office, which has a large arched window
with Florentine Clipped glass TOWARD
the corridor. The rear of the second
floor will be fitted as the territorial II.
brary, and is we'll lit up with large
windows. Adjoining it is the supreme
court room.
The senate chamber is in the north
wing, and is q feet high. There is q
commodious gallery in the chamber
supported by iron pillars, that will BIZ
covered so as to resemble marble pill.
lars. A lobby, committee rooms, toilet
apartment, lavatory, ETC., are also or
the second floor. The ceiling Of the sen
| ate chamber is artistically studded with
fifty electric lights. In the whole build.
ing there will be over LOO electric
lights, in addition to $50 lights in the
dome. The electricity will be furnished
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