Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-17
A CONvICT'S ROMANCE
600 WAY ~ WHICH A LIFE SalsoNsR
WON MS FREEDOM.

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Pysss 81 . Genius whs Saw sd
6sssDSA nis oDDsssasssy.
veuehsd for By the late Henry Smith.
kho said hs learned the fact through
being speaker Of the assembly. there y
an interesting b. of history connected
with ths old statshouse at Albany.
where 10 has stood for ysars. the finest
example Of pure Doric architecture In
this country. Oh the essterly side Of Ea-
gle street. between Pine and steubsn
streets. its walls and partitions all of
solid stone. very much as II Its halls.
rooms and stairs had been cnrved out
within a huge block of marble.
II was completed In 1872. costing he
state about $3J0.OO0. 1t Is built entirely
Of Sing Sing marble. quarried and cut
within the prison walls.
The old capitol being Inadequate to
accommodate the increasing business
OF the state. this additional building
was planned and built and is still used
for the offices Of the state comptroller.
the state engineer and surveyor and the
state banking department
In spirit of economy IL was decided
10 have as much as possible OF the
work done by the prisoners from the
material found within the prison walls
NJ Sing Sing. fairly good material. too,
but not the best. Is ii is soft marble,
as evidenced bv the wear which now
shows so plainly in the steps and by the
crumbiiug of some of the stones from
exposure 10 the weather. All the mate |
rial was cut 10 completion within the |
walls of the prison under such plans
that when shipped TO Albany there
would be no further work necessary
except practically TO lay one stone up
was assembled in the completed build
ing.
To accomplish this detailed plan q
system OF marking the stones was nee
essary. The plans We're carefully made
and a system Of marking deliberately
laid out by the architect in charge. who
found In the prison at Sing Sing a life
prisoner whose record showed him to
DO an engineer Of the highest ability
nj VIII, saemed A comnetent N any
man In tho countrr to cary out fha
work to BE- done In the prison. and nat
arauv h. WA nos unwilling To fo,lsv
-. cA0..u p,ofes.ion In preA>,sno. to
ioinr II. mammal labor Of cutting or
,usrryyos sa>oA So following ths
,piyst Of economy rsfesrsd to sbors. he
,lsns In detail and the systeu Of mari.
Nc -s<. i,.rnsd over to him and ths
vhole work at that end rt~sa over 10
II full s.oax4nsSnhpacs and sbeoautp
,oasra.
I'm due dina - stones In thsir var.
AZ shapas sxd s,s>> and IN Quantity
or The vAo5s hapxadsn9 were delivered
q Albany and ths vosk OF coustruc-
ion commenced In accordance with the
lans and system OF marking original
y furnished. With the very first stone
here wa. troubA II not only did not
i the Mace but none OF the stones
,a r.ad IN aS,o,n n fltted n and fur- |
her II did not seem ever intended for
,e nlace the number indicated. In c
cstiration brought ont that the stones I
,era M, a, rho Sizes or shanes sneci-
Cd and shown on the plans, and as to
M s,-s,an, of marking n was ouite
,.tdan, ,ha, tho stones hrourht tooetb- Z
, nv :, haa No relation whatever IN q
,cb other I
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p,on ,hs c,vtl ensinaer the life prts.