The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-09

court room: this is done without any
exposure Of the prisoner or officer
until they arrive in the court room.
The wisdom OF the commissioners
has sometimes been questioned in To-
eating the court house as it was, but if
anv critic will visit the site and 80
/ through the building and inspect the
same without prejudice, they will see
that there was no mistake made in
locating the court house in the place
that it is.
But few people have any idea of
/ the enormous amount Of labor and
material required in constructing a
building like our court house, and be-
low We will attempt to give some idea
OF the task While this building is
by no means a large one, as its d.
mensions are lO5 feet by 50 feet and
four stories high or % feet up to the
jury rooms, and is 112 feet from the
pavement to the top of the light on
the dome.
70 give a correct account Of all ma
telial and labor required would occu-
py more space than can here be all
lowed. but a close estimate is here
Given for the benefit Of those who
care to know. Two thousand yards of
dirt was moved in the excavation. It
required 2O7,5OO feet of lumber to con
struct the forms; 77O.5OO pounds of re-
inforcing steel: $4,000 pounds OF
structural steel; 12,2O4 sacks of ce-
ment; 200,0l5 yards OF sand and 49,
500 yards of crushed stone, making
3,O0l0l2 yards of concrete; 1850 feet
of Bedford lime stone was used, and
4O0,12O brick; it required 2O,9OO.70
feet of Tishomingo granite which
proved TO be one of the most difficult
and costly portions OF the work, as it
had to be gotten out Of the quarries
at Tishomingo by hand and was ship
ped to Ardmore and cut by hand on
the court house site.
TO give some idea Of the amount
/ of labor required to cut this granite
we give the following figures: 1t re-
quired one man ten hours, striking
$4,000 strokes with his hammer 10
finish one foot. or it would have taken
! 10, ;tn
that was required. There is not any
probability that there will be any
more buildings in this part OF the
state that granite will be used in for
many years on account of the great
cost It required 25500 feet of hollow
, clay tile to construct the interior fire
: proof wall; $500 pounds of nails We're
use; 4,500 feet of algunite for orna
| mental work; four cars OF plaster ma
terial and lath; it required 1000
r pounds OF ornamental iron work; 5,
e COO pounds of pitch and 400 pounds
2 OF gravel were used in the construc
S tion of the roof; 5000 pounds of cop
e per plate were used on the extra ele
= walton: $4,000 pounds of oak mill worl
and $1,000 pounds of cypress and white
$ pine We're used in the finish: 24,OO(
$ feet OF maple flooring were used: ther,
@ are 1888 feet of mosaic floors anC
@ 10000 feet Of Vermont marble in three
r colors. 1t required four cars to brinl
$ the plumbing material including the
heating plant to Ardmore; 5,72O fee
/ of electric conduit were used in il
n installing the electrical plant: there
are 5000 pounds of brass electrica
5 fixtures; 1900 square feet of glass IN
y the building; it required 70, 400 pounds
. of sash weight to hang the sash
= Some idea of the amount of labor re
Y quired to put the building up can be
e had by the following: 1t required :.
600 loads by the draymen travelling
q 1000 miles or would take one team
. three years TO do the draying. it took
\ forty 4l3 days to put the building up
e after the material was shipped to Ard
A more, it is safe 10 estimate that IT
S required fully as much labor to pre-
pare the material for shipment as It
r did in placing it in the building.
The furnishing throughout the
, building viii he golden oak finish eX.
, cept the vault furniture which is en-.
- amol steel
{ The building when completed will
! weigh twentyone million four hundred
{ and sixty thousand pounds.
t As TO the credit for the building of
. Carter county's new court building
. and the successful execution Of the
t work there are a number of good
, men who share in the glory, but above
: all rarties TO whom credit is due
, the board of county commissioners of
whom r. r Scivally is chairman:
, Allen W Speake deceased; VIM.