The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-26

tractor knows the cost of the sculpture
or the names of the sculptors-seen
everywhere about the building. The
bid of Sc, 1900 900 for the shell included
the stone and all decorative enects. But
the cost of one or two things, accident
ally known, help the eye IN proving
that no expense has been spared IN
fitting up the hall. Two chandeliers
cost $4,000 each. They are gold
plated. They hang in what are
known as the conversation rooms,
in decorating which tens of thous-
ands of dollars have been spent. These
rooms are really reception rooms
for the use of the Mayor and councils.
One OF the most remarkable pieces
of sculpture is that of the Greedy
Cat" 1t is a series of eight panels.
The first shows a cat discovering two
mice. one on either side of her In
the second panel she grabs one with
her right paw In the third, in her
struggles to get the other mouse, she
drops her captive. and In the fourth
she clutches the mouse to her left. This
she puts in her mouth and reaches for
the mouse to her right, which she Sc
cures. but in the sixth panel she has
released her hold on the other mouse.
In the seventh panel this mouse tries
to escape, and in her anxiety to catch
it she let's the other mouse loose. The
eight panel shows both mice In safe
flight and a bewildered and hungry
cat.
The biggest stone column is twenty
four and one-half feet high and two
feet eight inches in diameter. 1t
weighs fourteen tons and Is of one
piece. 1t and nearly all the stone
used in the building came from sin
gle quarry In Massachusetts.
over Four Miles of Corridors.
There are nearly three miles of main
corridors and one half that distance OF
branches. good walker would have
difficulty in walking through all these
passageways in an hour of steady
walking. and If he walked, instead of
rode, from floor to floor, his task would
be added to considerably, for each floor
is about eighteen feet above the other.
Some of the rooms are given over. to
unusual purposes. One holds sand for
use by the bricklayers, another ashes,
a third flags and bunting for decorat-
ing on national holidays and celebra-
tions. Two are for the accommodation
of newspaper reporters, and three are
fitted up as bedrooms for the conven-
fence of juries locked up over night.
Then there is a big cell room, with
twelve cells, where all the prisoners
brought to the City Hall police station
are kept. The only bath room in the
building Is attached to the cell room.
The total number of toilet rooms is
thirty-five.
Only four women are employed about
the big building They have charge OF
rooms for women.
A dozen bootblacks are kept busy
shining the shoes of the clerks and
their superiors. and an equal number
of cats are taken care of by the city,
because for years they have kept the
hall free from rats and mice.
Mecca for Bridal Couples.
The FIVE guides for the convenience
of visitors declare that, on an aver
age, 800 persons. who have no object in
view other than that of sightseeing
are daily shown through the building.
This makes a total Of 10000 yearly.
Bridal couples are in evidence by the
thousands. When the courts are in
session the corridors are SO blocked