The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-23
MARBLE WILL BE
 USED IN CAPITOL Alabama Product is Now High
 in Favor TWO CON l RACTS ARE LET If Alabama Marble Can Be Delivered In Time the Commission Is Urged
 to Have 1t Used In the
 Improvements.
TWO CON I RACTS ARE LET

Montgomery. June 2.-(Special )-Ths lower floor rotunda and corridors of the capitol are to be made things of beauty and long time joys, according to plans adopted today by the new capitol commis- sion. They are to be finshed handsomely in marble tile, four foot wainscoting and oil painting with pretty moulding that will give the very best results, so far effect goes. The sanitary plumbing is to be fully rebuilt and plumbing or the second floor added, all of which will be contracted for this week by the at- torney general, into whose hands the de- tails have been placed. Webber & John son of Montgomery have this contract at SIPS.
 The commission met this noon in the office of the governor, the governor, secre- tary of state and attorney general being present. The treasurer and the auditor were out of the city Secrstary Thomas M. owen was also in attendance. Frank !, Lockwood, the official architect, was also l on hand
 l Ii had been decided at a meeting ten days ago that plans and estimates for i doing over the interior of the building would be made and submitted today. MT. l Lockwood had ready the marble idea of , finishing for the lower floor and the sani- i tary plumbing. He was granted more l time for the halls and the dome. These will be taken up and given a thorough overhaulng in time.
 The drawings for the main halls of the lower floor ten inch marble tiling, suitable 1 xtritb
 ble base about four feet high and crown moulding There are to be light marble
 columns to replace the four now in use,
 sitting at the beginning of the approaches. 1 The door facings and Trainings will also
 be marble, while the walls and cornices
 will be handsomely drawn out in oil paint
 upon new clustering. overtopped with d 1 handsomely decorated ceiling.
 Alabama Marble.
 The commission took up the question of
 the use of Alabama marble and it was
 shown that every member of it was for
 the states own product. That much had 1 previously been shown at a meeting of
 the body attended by all the members.
 Architect Lockwood was directed to see if the Alabama Marble Works at Sylacauga
 is able to supply what is needed here, and l it will be used if it can be had. J. A. MeClusky a representative of the Georgia | Marble company. at Tate was before the commission and indicated his opinion that l if Alabama marble can be secured 1t l should be used. However he wanted to 1 get the contract if any other state fur i nished it.
 The contracts for the marble and other
 work on the lower floor will be let at a meeting of the commission next Friday. 1 In the meantime plans will be worked out
 so that there will be no trouble to get l at exactly what will be done with the 1 looked after in the general scheme of making the interior of the old structure as l beautiful as if can be made. The sanitary i contract contemplated flnshings in mar 1 ble and a ladies toilet and resting room on the third floor.
 Let Contracts Next Friday.
 Tho commission is looking forward to l having the interior of the building in ship shape before the additional wing now l going up Is finished. so that when there l is a housewarming next fall all the domi- | cile will he in such condition as to make ] the state happy to have not only its own ! citizens but the whole country come call l ing. Members express regret that the l work on the south wing is not going along as ranidly as was expected. but realize ] that the contractor Is handica pped with l the delay in securing material. and the architect assures all that with the arrival | of the material everything will come along