The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-19

capitol building will be completed and |
her lawmakers will once more have a |
place they can call home Not since
the fire several years ago which de-
stroyed the state have have the mem
bers Of the Legislature and other state
officers ceased planning to provide a
structure which would not only be
adequate to the needs and convenient
in its appointments, but that from an
architectural point of view would be
credit to the great state and in har-
mony with the magnificent site pro
vided on the commanding heights at
Madison And the fruition of the
planning is to be found in the stately
building now being reared out Of the
tons upon tons Of steel and the noun
tains Of stone and cement. The work
Of setting the pure white Vermont
granite Of the exterior walls has be-
gun and 1t is expected that the west
wing Of the six-million-dollar capitol
will be up and enclosed by next Janu-
ary, and the architect promises to
have this portion Of the building,
which is about one-ffth Of the entire
structure, completed and ready for oc-
cupancy by the time the next legisla-
ture convenes two years hence.
1t is expected that when the new
capitol is completed, which will CON
sumo about ten years, Wisconsin will
have the handsomest and most con
/ venient state house Of any common
wealth in the United States Archi-
tecturally it will be massive and mod
. estly ornate. The exterior walls will
+ be Of white granite Quarried at Bethel,
). Vt, and generally considered by ex-
q perts as being the best building stone
! in the world. 1t is the hardest and
q whitest granite known, qualities
t which prevent it from absorbing much
moisture and becoming discolored and
e dirty like most building stones. An
4 other of its good qualities is its fine
d texture, which makes it an excellent
It stone for the carver and sculptor.
J. The granite Will be cut and filed
e at the quarries, each block being
marked as it is finished so that the
Y workmen viii know just where it be-
longs. The granite will be about one
foot in thickness and will be backed
by two-foot wall of brick. The
courses or layers of granite win be
20 inches wide. The back walls will
be built simultaneously with the gran
ite facing. The total weight of the
granite to be used will be 99,000000
pounds or 1850 tons. At 40 tons tc
carload, it will require 1912 cars
to transport the granite from Bethe
to Madison. The cost Of the freight
and the cutting Of the granite will, i
is estimated, be about six times th'
value Of the granite in the rough a
the quarries.
The largest pieces OF granite vii
be used in what are known as thl
'pediments" or gable ends Of thl
building, where the ornamental sculp
turing will be. The sculpturing vii
be done after the pieces have beei
set. 1t is estimated that these piece
will probably weigh 10 tons each. Tn
pillars and columns will consist o
round blocks 20 inches thick. tn
same as the course in the walls.
The most notable building cor
structed of the Bethel white grant
so far is the new Pennsylvania raj
road station at Washington, D. C.
The foundation walls for the ives
E. wing Of the new Wisconsin capitC
:. are now ready for the superstructur'
k The foundation walls are built of col
crete reinforced with steel. The ou
er walls have been finished and tn
interior walls and supporting pillar
g are being put in.
In form the new capitol viii 3
much ike the old one, consisting ,
a large circular part bearing the hug
ad dome and four large wings extendir
ne out toward the cardinal points Of Il
compass. The wings will be 100 fel
~ in width and the distance from Il
entrance 10 ohc W that VI thS y
his pOsite one will be 40 feet The
,se height will be four stories exclusi'
IN. Of the basement The central poll
II Of the new building will be just
,ek feet west Of that Of the old one. tn
ne being necessary to make it corr
+" spond with the central point of Il
capitol park. Just why the old capt.
ac. was not built so that its center CO
responded with that Of the park Is n
known. but it is said that the fir
capitol was located little to the ca
lee OF the center Of the park becaul
cir that location Afforded better found
ton and when the legislature provi
ed for the erection Of the prese
capitol It through oversight or err
required It to be placed in the san
fe1. relative position as the old buildin
49, This at least is the explanation
the matter given by Secretary Porte
The main entrance Of the new capt.