The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-08-25

TEp South Dakota state capitol at Pierre,
with thc twenty acres of Land on which il
stands, t, the uuqucstioncd property Of the
state having been donated 10y private clti-
zcnS and not hy tine municipality.
This Pierre builGing covers nearly ono and
onc-haIf times the ground area covered by
Nitchc..'s city Lail huiding, the Use Of
which .or capitol purposes l. proposed.
This i',rrrc building comprises MORE
THAN THREE TIMES the floor space iu-
Guided IN that part Of the Mitchell building
which viii tg actually available for state
offices and the supreme Cuart, etc.
10 Per Cent. More Ground Area.
This Pierre binding comprises a Inain
structure - by 10 feet and wing - by
1850 sGnarc feet. Thc Mitchell building is
50 by 10 feet. making Its tota. ground area
$50 square feet, or 4.l,O feet less than
that Of the Pierre builGmg. So Therefore.
the ri i.rrc building covers 80 Per cent more
ground than the Mitchell building
III" basement iH the i'i.rre building 90
~ 62 foci( Is used for storage ot archives
ln}rritrd by the state from the territory;
which # course must be sacrediy preserved
even though they are not required for cur
rent busiucsS: and the basement OF the
Mitchell huildiNg would have To he used
for the same purpose, and for other ar
elites that woUld lie crowded out of the
various state Offices oH account of lack Of
spatc In ease Of car ij1i removal.
TtiS. then, would make the Easements Of
the two buildings cancel each other, so far
as 'Nailahi.it? Tor current caTiinl business
Is diIcCFUCQ. THIS would itaNc only the
Gr,t aud second floors Of either building for
use of the state officials and the judges
and library of the supreme court, and for
the accommodation of thclr records and
the luullic library. ard for chambers for
the Two houses Of the Legislature.
Tile Pierre building Is full two stories
abotc fhc basement The Mitchell building,
as IL present constructed, is partly two
stoitS above the basement. and partly only
one ttury tthi, lattcr portion being designed
for be auditorium Of the city hall. reach
ing from the first floor 10 the roof, and
therefore cutting out that much available
spad from the second hoor).
IbubIe the G-nernl Floor Area.
Tn. general floor area In the two fun
stofi.s Of the Pierre building 13,520 square
feet for each story is 21.Oi0 square feet.
The floor area In the two stories of the
Mitchell building, after eliminating the
800 taken from the second floor by the
doubh story auditorium (6G by 80 fect.
would be $3.50 feet for the first floor and
$50 for the second floor. making n total
Of Il. $50 square feet--or CONSIDERABLY
feet Of general floor area in the Pierre
building.
Iut 1t is claimed by the Mitchell capital
committee that it is the intention to trans
form the doublcstGry auditorium portion
into two independent stories, by putting
IN a false floor at the gallery level and
thus providing an additional chamber for
legislative purposes, making two of them,
each GG by 50 feet
without saying anything about the
architectural butchwork of such an ar
rangcmcut, or about the danger of false
floors not provided for In the construction