The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-23
PLANS FOR CAPITOL
HANDSOME MARBLE INTERIOR IS
 AGREED UPON.
Plans and specification Are Presented To Uonnnsssicn ny Architect Lock- wosd~-New Layaforfes and
 Flumbfng.

Plans and specffications for the mar ble tiling and flooring with which 1t is designed to furnish the corridors and rotunda of the State Capitol. were pre- scented for the consideration of the Cap itol Building Commission at a meeting of that body yesterday at noon.
 Estimates which had been prepared by Architect Frank Lockwood for the Commission were discussed and approv- cd. and the architect was directed 70 ask for bids for the work by the next meeting.
 These plans, as outlined in the policy adopted by the Commission at it's last meeting, include the lining with marble Of the entire corridor lengths of the te gether with the erection of eight mar bie columns In the rotundas in place of the four now there.
 Tn discussing the adoption of the plans, the Commission stated that It has since the matter was first broacf- ed. been strongly in favor of the use of Alabama marble in the improvement Of the Capitol, and 1t was practically de- eided, that. if the marble companies In this State can furnish the required rna- terial on time the native product will be used
 Other plans and estimates presented bv Architect Lockwood reIated to the sanitary and plumbing Improvements contemplated at the Capitol IL was decided to repair the lavatories on thr second floor, and to build an additional lavatory on the third floor This work, Il was stated. will be the best than can be put into the building. Attorney Gen. eraa Massey wilson who Is member of the Crnaniseion. was directed to eH- ter into a contract with webber and Johnson. of Montgomery. to do the work for $1,i2s.
 The plans of the architect for re- pairing the first floor of the old build- ing include a ten inch marble tile. with a suitable border for the fioorfne. and a waifscet of marble. including base and crown mould. which will be four feet in height. In addition to this, all the door facings opening into the corridors of tho building are to pc ot marble, the object sought being complete marble lining for the entire corridor length Of the first floor
 Above the wainscoting, 1t has been decided to plaster the walls with new kind of cement plaster. almost as hard and durable as the marble ttself.
 A border Is contemplated for the upper part of this pIastering. with the cornice handsomely drawn out and with oil paintings above tho wainscet.
 In the rotunda, replacing the four old columns standing there at present, the Commission decided to have erected eight marble columns, two flanking each corridor, giving to the center OF the building a piiaster effect.
 Regarding the marble which Is 70 be used Arehitect Isoekwocd was di- rected to see to the use in the build Ing of the Alabama product, provided 1t can be secured sufficiently early not to delay the completion of the work. The Commission has always been in fa- yor Of Alabama marble but thus far there has been diff3culty in making arr rangements for getting the amount de- sired in time for the work.
 At the previous meeting of the Com mission, four lines. or policies of the improvement work were laid out for Architect Lockwood to follow. The only estimates submitted yesterday, how ever. were those for the corridors and rotnnda on the first floor and the san. itary plumbing. The architect asked for further time to complete his esti- mates on the work of the other two lines, his request being granted.
 Representing the Georgia Marble Company, ]. A. McCluskey appeared be fore the Commission. He came, he said, merely to offer to the body the services of his company in the event qt their not being able to make the propyS arraf gernefits with an Alabama marble company. He is an Alabamian, and ex- pressed himself as favoring the use of the native product if It is possible to secure 1t. Failing in this, however, he