The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-06
4 new PUBLIC BUILDING
The Dedication of the COurthC use
in Baltimore.
The Ground, Building, and Furniture
Cost S2,7JO,OOO, Coming Within
the ApprOPrintiOn-Add 10
He Delivered by Judge HRPlan,
Mayo Hayes, and John =. Poe.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-On Monday at
noon the new courthouse will be officially
turned over to the city by the members
OF the courthouse commission
The ceremonies will take place in the
room reserved for the law library in the
new courthouse at noon on Monday All
OF the judges have been invited to attend.
as have the mayor. the members OF the city
council, and other officials In addition
invitations have been sent 20 many mem-
bers of The Baltimore bar. The programme
viii consist Of an address by Chief Judge
Henry ID. Harlan. OF the courthouse com
mission. who win turn over the building
to the city Of Baltimore. Mayor Hayes
VIII respond. accepting the building on
the part Of the city. and later Mr.. John p.
Poe, representing the Baltimore bar. VIII
make an address.
The opening Of this new courthouse
marks an era in the history o. Baltimore
for in il the city has a building which, in
the opinion Of experts who have seen II
since its completion, is, compared 10 9TH
er temples OF justice. second 10 no other in
the world. 10 Is a monument TO the prog
ress OF the great city OF Baltimore and
viii remain Tor years TO come an attraction
TO visitors,
While no pains have been spent TO make
the new courthouse a model OF its kind, il
has been built entirely within the appro-
priation including the ground and the
furniture In round numbers the building
itself has cost about 81 100 600 and the
building. the ground and other appoint
ments has cost about s.. $50. GEO.
The building occupies the block bounded
by Calvert. Fayette. ST. Paul. and Lexing-
ton Streets. the exterior dimensions being
Igl feet on Calvert Street and St Paul
Streets by 51S feet on Fayette and LeNing-
ton Streets II has taken about four years
TO erect the courthouse and a brief resume
OF the steps leading to its inception may
not be amiss at this time.
In the first place. Baltimore decided that
il needed a new courthouse and commits
sion was appointed to superintend the
building OF II and the expenditure OF the
moneys which had been OF might be ap-
propriated. This commission consisted
originally Of Judge Harlan. Robert II.
Smith, Felix AEnus. Frank y Hoen. Dr.
Augustine J. Dalrymple. J. Olney Norris
and Mayor Hooper. Later James f Tate
and James Hodges were made members OF
the board. These two gentlemen dying
their positions were filled by General Fer
dinand c. Latrobe aRd Judge Samuel d.
Schmucker. These gentlemen are still on
the board. with eN-Nayors Hooper and
Master as members ex-Officio.
II was in July. 1894. that a hrm or Bal
timore architects. had their plans accepted
by the commission from seventy cOmpeti-
tors.
The basement story is OF Woodstock
I Odd granite, and the rest Of the stone
4.
like many public buildings. the marble is
net merely a facing OF marble but all the
blocks are solid. making the building al
most as strong as modern fOrtresses con-
structed to withstand the attack OF an
enemy. It was originally intended that all
the marble should come from the Beaver
Dam QUaTries at COCkeysville Md. and the
greater part Of the marble did come from
that quarry. Subsequently difficulties arose
regarding the quality Of the stone being
/ turned out and il was found necessary to
get the assistance OF quarries at South Do
yer. y Y. East Dorsett. Vt and Lee
Mass, in order to finish the building.
The architectural style OF the building is
! that OF the Renaissance. with treatment OF
! the Ionic order. Among the principal fea-
lures are the eight monster monClithic col
umns over the main entrance on Calvert
Street, forming a lOggia that is not 10 BE-
equaled in architectural beauty in Amer
I lea These columns are 81 feet inches In
/ height, exclusive OF the base and the cap
| ital and have a diameter OF 4 feet Is
/ inches at the base. In detail they are pure
| " Ionic. and their bases and capitals are
I richly carved. They cost about 50 O0e
I apiece. and their erection YVES one OF the
most interesting incidents in the construc-
! ton OF the building.
The original blocks out OF which these
monoliths were carved weighed about for
/ ty-fve tons each. They were hauled from
1 the COckeysville quarries on a specially
constructed ear, and il required twenty
/ Eve horses TO haul each one OF them from
tne railway station to the building. A gi-
I gantic shear-leg derrick was rugged TO hOist
them into their positions. and before many
4 interested witnesses the heavy coIU ms
we're lifted TO the pOrticO. which, in al