The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-01

they are to have, externally, one OF the
most beautiful and monumental public
buildings in the United States. It should
be finished in the interior in a suitable
and permanent manner, and that finish
should be better than what was origi-
nally planned. Owing to the rise in
prices heretofore mentioned, adherence
to the original limit of cost would compel
the use of inferior material and work
manship. To make this statement brief
and to the point, the commission pre-
sents the following details:
Present limit of cost Will require
hardwood floors throughout; TeIrazzo
floors are recommended for logGias, stone
floors for rotunda and corridors, wood
flooring in offices and assembly rooms
Present limit will require tin or other
cheap final roofing. Substantial tile roof
ing is recommended, because it will be
permanent and save money in future re-
pairs.
Present limit will require plain plaster
finish In vestibules. Mosaic ceiling and
vaulting is recommended
Present limit will require flre-proof
vault doors in executive and ,administra-
tive offices only. The same on storage
vaults in the basement and burglar-proof
doors in the treasurer's vaults are rec
commended
Present limit will require the cheapest
possible floor construction and partitions
and furrings. The latest improved fire.
proof construction is recommended for
these some of which has been invented
and put in use since the original esti-
mates and plans were made, and were
not therefore contemplated.
present limit will require the rotunda
to be left an empty space, without gall
lery, columns or stone 'facings, and with
plaster finish Marble columns on first
and second stories, a gallery with balus-
trade; facing of cut stone on the lower
walls, and decorative treatment of the
upper wall is recommended.
ON each side of the rotunda is a large
oblong hail, designed for grand staircases,
one leading to the great doors of the
senate and one to those of the supreme
court room. The staircases should be Of
marble, and the roof above should be sup
ported by columns of marble, or Mime
sofa stone suitable for the purpose which
also should be used as WainScoting and
pilasters for the walls. Present limits
will require leaving these staircase halls
empty, with plain plaster walls
To carry out these betterments of the
original design and estimates, to make
up for the rise In prices Of materials and
advanced wages since 1896, to provide for
certain needed sculpture on the exterior
to complete the areas and terraces sur
rounding the building, and steps and ap-
proaches from street levels, the limit of
cost of this building and site should be
increased by the sum OF $1,000, 900, which
can be done without increasing the an
nual taxes, nor requiring any present APP
preparation, by simply extending the time
during which the standing appropriation
of two-tenths of one mill on the taxable
valuation of the state shall be set aside
for this purpose until total of So, 900, 900
has been reached.
IF authorized to proceed the commits
sion expects to be able to turn ever the
capitol building, ready for occupancy. at
the assembly of the next legislature in
1903. In that case it will be necessary for
provision tc be made at this session for
furnishing the building"