Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-16

session in single room fourteen by six
teen feet in size, the room Is not proper
ly ventilated and is occupied by five per-
SOUS.
Further statement OF these conditions
would serve Ms an unsavory advertise
ment Of Vermont.
On December u, in the forenoon, we in
Tted Oliver J. l.. Matthews a granite
expert, to meet US He Informed us the
matching OF the granite Is not serious
question, as this could he done from the
Milestone quarry in Barre. A building 20
feet long, so feet wide and ~ feet high
would contain about 1000 cubic feet of |
granite at about 80 cents per cubic foot
but that about one-half of it could he |
bought as "grout" at rs cents per ton |
delivered. 1t would cost to dress the stone |
about s1.25 per cubic foot. Total cost of
cutting and dressing about $4,000. This
information was not supplemented with
estimates Of other cost and served only
to confuse the committee, and It was 10
cided to look into the question of title
and then get an architect to sketch ten
tatve plans either for additions or a
new building
NO RECORD OF HOTEL CLAIM
First we called Il. NJ. Maynard, civil
engineer of the Montpelier a. Wells
River railroad From him we Learned
that in sos the state of Vermont pur-
chased a lot twenty rods on State
street and 16 rods deep; that this lot
is bounded on the east by a line par
allel with the west line Of the wall
of the Pavilion Hotel and eight feet
westerly therefrom and running from
state street northerly 16 rods; thence
turning and running westerly and
parallel with State street. three rods;
thence northerly at right angles to
State street a distance of 17Is rods:
thence westerly 33 rods: thence south
erly in the west line of Western ave-
nue. to State street; thence easterly
along State street to the point of be-
ginning.
Mr.. Maynard referred to a state
ment in the report Of special session
of the General Assembly held In
February, 1857, pages 9S and 90. as
the only record evidence of claim
by anyone that the state did not own
the land up to within eight feet Of
the Pavilion. Therein 1t was stated
by the then representative of Mont.
/
made with the owners of the Pavilion
! for the use forever by such owners
of strip of land three rods wide on
state street. and sixteen rods long
and adjoining the Pavilion on the
west
This claim, we understand. is now made
| by Mr. Heaphy, the present owncr of the
Pavilion. But no record of any such
! tso
ing such a strip or any land Of the STATE
can be found in the land records Of Mont
pelier The committee believes that no
rights by adverse possession have been
obtained by the Pavilion owners There
fore 1t Is assumed by us that the State
owns land Of ample width for the cree
ton OF a new building. Examination of
the journals and records of the General
Assembly d!scloses no ARRANGEMENT"
with any person of the nature above set
forth
TRIP MADE TO CONCORD.
While these records were being ex-
am!ned by one of the committee, the other
four members left at one o'clock in the
afternoon OF December q for Concord,
| N. H., to examine the new State build
ing at that place. Later the committee
invited II. T. Blanchard an architect of
New York city. and a native of New
Hampshire. to come to Montpelier for
consultation. His visit was made on De-
cember 81. After a careful consideration
OF the situation, he came to the conclusion
that a separate building was the only
feasible way to overcome our difficulties.
He was authorized to make tentative
sketches Of proposed additions and of a
new building.
Mr.. Blanchard spent a whole day en-
deavoring to plan additions He states
that wings would not destroy the archi-
tectural beauty of the building. but he
soon discovered that two wings 20 feet by
81 feet would not furnish additional room
adequate to our needs. The addition of
the west wing would cut off the light
from the present library building, the
present supreme court room would be
rendered useless for that purpose ana il
is tmpracticable to locate the court in the
wing The waste room that these add
tons would cause has been referred to. In
the last wing the Senate chamber would
have to be torn out and reproduced in the
new part in order to get communication
between the lobby and the new wing
Der remains where it now is. it will be
necessary for example for the Governor
to go downstairs and up again In order
! to reach the second floor Of the new wing
; COST PRACTICALLY EQUAL,
There are many other practical objec-
lions to the wing plan, one of which is
that the cost would be practically the
same as that Of a new building which
would accommodate our needs for ,
, years or more for library purposes ana q
, longer time for other departments. The
, new building would have the added adj
vantage of being capable of expansion.
, with these considerations in mind, Mr.
blanchard returned to Montpelier on Jan
, uary :. 1913. and submitted to the COM
a mittee tentative drawings of building
to be located on the vacant lot east of
the State House, showing elevations OF
, tho front and west sides and the five
floor plans. In consultation with the com
mittee on January and the architect
learned the particular needs of the var
4 ions departments, the requirements O
each as to space and location and Other
, details which would enable him to make
definite and full plans which the com
mittee could submit to the Legislature
, with their final report \ building con
, structed on such plans would cost betweoI
| $4,000 and $4,000, all complete. II
would be of classic Roman style and !.
designed 10 harmonic with the presen
5 State House. Such plans would require
some time to execute and would involv,
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