Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-12-08
FITS DRESS SUIT
ON OLD BUILDING
ARCHITECT GIVES HIS INTERYRE.
TATIoN OF SORT OF WORK
HE Is DOING.
REHABlLITATING OLD CAPITOL
Although Work 10 Difficult, Old struc'
sure lie Being Rapidly Put in Fine
Shape-convicts Are Doing
Splendid Work.

Jackson.
According to Harry N. Austin, local
architect retained by Theo. C. Link,
supervising architect of the old capitol
restoration, to represent him in carry
ing on this important work, the prog
ess which is being made is quite sat
isfactoy. all round. The nature of this
work Is peculiar and out of the ordi-
nary, according TO Architect Austin;
pretty much like fitting dress suit ON
to man who is already wearing an
overcoat. or building within building.
The plan of building consists main
ly in bolstering up the inside masonry
with steel framing. and this requires
really more care and attention to de-
tail than does the ordinary building
work, where 1t IL dome outright.
The state convicts who are engaged
on this work are doing well, under
the direct and constant supervision OF
Jos. Mcdowell, state capitol engineer,
who is giving all his time to the SUI
pervision of these operations. Despite
the fact that but two or three Of the
men engaged in this steel framing
have had any experience in the same
line hitherto, it is stated that the pro-
cess has gone ahead just as smoothly
as though handled by experiences free
and expert workers in steel construc-
ton.
The operations of the mechanical
forces have been confined SO far to the
steel framing in the northern end of
the building. from the ground floor up,
and after four months work 1t is in
satisfactory shape. and is about ready
for the concrete flooring to be applied,
after which will follow the paIster and
kalsomfne work.
Christmas Gifts for Guards.
Biloxi people will raise q fund for
the purpose Of buying Christmas things
for Blocks soldier boys who are down
head off Pancho villa Tag Day" will
he held at Biloxi on Saturday, Decem-
Der 8, for the purpose of raising the
fund. and orange growers, merchants.
grocers, tobacco merchants and others
have agreed to donate articles from
their output for the Christmas Offering
for the soldiers. Biloxi has thirty-five
soldiers at the front who are members
of Company and M, First infantry
Coliseum To Seat 5000.
Contracts for six of the larger and
most costly of the Mississippi Centen-
NAL exposition buildings we're let to
successful bidders after keen competi-
ton, the awards being as follows:
Carroll Blake Construction company,
of Birmingham, Ala, coliseum, to seat
structed of brick, or $42.995 If con-
structed OF hollow tile, selection of ma
terial being reserved by the executive
committee.
Hancock G Macarthur, of Meridian,
five buildings, Mississippi building. Of
hollow tile. to cost $37.220 and tho
Arts and Crafts, Manufacturers, Wom-
ems, Boys and Girls building and Eff
fciency building. the total cost OF the
four being $52.61S. Total contracts
awarded to the MERIDIAN firm, $780,
1913. The Efficiency, Arts and Crafts,
Women's, Boys and Girls and Manu-
facturers buildings will be constructed
of metal lath, with stucco finish.
State Teachers Convene.
w. F. Bond state superintendent of
education, has returned from Gulfport,
where a conference OF educational
heads Of the state was held, with d.
rector General H. e. Blakeslee and
other officers OF the Mississippi Gen.
tennial Exposition commission. Mr..
Bond reports pleasant and harmon
ious gathering and consultation, with
all college heads on hand except Presi-
dent w. H. Smith. Of the Mississippi
Agricultural & Mechanical College.
The conference had been invited by
Mr.. Blakeslee with view to forming
some definite and central outline for
the upbuilding of comprehensive dis
play of the educational progress OF the
state throughout the century of its ex-
istence.
1t is the expectation of the exposi-
ton builders to lay special emphasis
on agriculture and its allied features
during the statehood of Mississippi,
and to make the great work Of educa-
tional progress fully as interesting and
comprehensive. The educational
world of Mississippi has Just cause
for pride in the progress OF the educa-
tional machinery.
To start On the Hospital.
II present plans are successful IL