The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-07

The House 10 BE Used IL Cadets
Quarters Occupies Twelve Acres OF
GrOund-One structure G2n Rect
Long-The New Marine barracks.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. oct THE Hon-
man Engineering Construction Company,
Of Philadelphia. the contractor for laying
the foundation Of the Naval Academy
Building for cadets quarters. is fast com
pIetiug the work This was "A gigantic
task. The ground enclosed for this build
ing covers an area Of twelve acres and
stretches across the Academy grounds at
the southern end. The excavations for
the building meant the moving Of 69.op1
cubic yards Of earth. This task is about
finished After the excavating was sufi-
GENTLY ahead TO peremit it pile-driFing be
gan. I'D 10 date 5000 piles have been dTiv-
en-. and only a hundred or SO remain 10 go
down When this is completed il is claim
ed that the foundation viii be the most
solid thing Of its kind in the world
The foundation walls and piers were be-
gun after the piles were driven. They
are of concrete. The material used for
this work consists Of the following. For
every 100 cubic yards there were mixed 100
barrels Of cement, three carloads Of sand
and FIVE carloads Of crushed stone. The
concrete thus formed was placed layer
after layer in forms made for that pur-
pose. and when hardened makes a forma-
ton that would support the greatest
weight possible
The foundation walls. # run in a con-
tinuous line with the piers placed side by
side on the end. would make length ~
about a mile. The walls have an average
height Of about z feet, with width Of
2 feet inches. on the whole about 3uo5
cubic yards Of concrete viii be used. This
concrete is the only foundation work
amounting 20 anything that Is Yet unfln-
ished. except about $50 cubic Yards OF
grading and back filling. which viii % IN -
Tbera ar. nov, over coo men az work on
this contract. with four pi.e-dTiVerS, SIX
upright engines with an aggregate OF ~
horsepower, two horizontal boilers or %
horsepower, two W OrtnlnStoh tupltA
/ pumps one engine on concrete mixer one
large concrete mixer and complete
blacksmith and machine shop 70 make all
me main building for cadets viii be
/ go feet long with the boathouse on the
east and the armOry on the west. con
n,CtCd 10y cuIOnuades loo feet long ] ms
viii make Of the whole one Architectural
unit with 2 length Of LIS feet rms IS
said TO be the longest building IN the
( United states L is SlEhjlH over one
third longer than the Capitol al VI dSLill5-
/ ton twice as long as the Congressigftl
J Library. longer than any city square in
/ Baltimore. and much longer than tne
] Boston Public Library. the metropolitan
! Museum OF New York, and other large
I buildings II the country II has WIDTH
1 Of 4565 feet. and probably covers more
/ ground than any other building IN the
/ country The building material viii be Of
] granite for the first floor for the other
/ four stories bun brick, finished with
I granite IL will be divided into various
/ paviIions the principal one being the
/ stairway pavilion, which leads 20 me
! mortal hall This hall viii be the priI CT
pal architectural feature. Occupying lhe
! central portion, IL viii extend upward
/ from tho second floor. The walls au0
! ceilings II this room will be magnificent
/ and 4 viii have pair Of bronze doors.
/ to cost $1,000. the Slf- OF Colonel IhOmp-
/ son. Of New York. who has been the
donor Of many costly presents 20 the ca
diets. In this hall, among other things,
/ will be kept all the sporting trophies won
by the cadets a bedroom viii be pro-
1 vided for each Of so students. with a
4 IGXlG-fOOt study for each two. These bed
| rooms and studies viii be IN the two
/ wings Of the cadet quarters proper The
| building viii the thoroughly ventilated
steam-heated. and treproOf, and VIII
have electric lights The kitchen, bakery
| laundry, and plunge baths VIII be In the
/ basement
Work is also being rushed on the ar,
mory and boathOuse buildings. especially
on the latter. which as il now stands is
! ready for the roof. Every contractor fOI
! the Naval Academy work so far has had
! TO ask for an extension Of time, but n
this building is completed as fast as tht
| work has been done up 20 the present
time IL viii surely be the first TO be I'm
ished within the time specified. All IN,
! stouework is completed except littl'
| stone-carving on the south end. The sky
! lights are very nearly an in. and IN,
| cement floor IS about laid over this ce
ment will be placed q floor Of wOOdeT
| blocks.
Messrs. Snare & Triest. contractors fo
the foundation Of the new building fol
| the department Of marine engineering aut
| naval construction. are much behind time
/ Their contract stipu!atcS that 500 pile.
! should be driven by October !. but 60 dat,
| only about 500 have been placed This is
mainly due To their inability 70 get pile.
J as they were needed.
/ Ground was broken last week for tn,
| new marine barracks on the Government