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4 Document No. 5, [Session : about one thousand square feet of surface, needing more or less repair. Recommended that the Superintendent be authorized to make such repairs, and that the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars be appropriated for this purpose, and that the balance remain-ing, if any, be used for any rapairs found necessary upon the Capitol. It is also recommended that the Superintendent be autho-rized to expend |200, or so much thereof as is needed, in the jDwr-cliase and transplanting of deciduous, and evergreen ornamen-tal trees, of the choicest varieties, in and about the grounds of the Capitol, those already set proving inferior and unthrifty. It is conceded that the system of water closets upon the Capitol grounds is a public nuisance tliat ought to be abated ; the vaults being upon the same level wdth the wells and the water therein being impregnated with it, rendering it unfit for use. There is no sewerage for conveyance to remote and appropriate localities. The system of heating the Capitol building is incomplete, and behind the improvements of the age. It is deficient 'in effect and economy of fuel. Modern appliances for heating a building of the dimensions of the Capitol with one fire by heated air or steam are complete and elaborate. The Capitol "has thirty fire places, all, or nearly all of which are in use during the cold weather, some burning coal, and some burning wood. The wood used per day at this date is about 4 cords, at $4 per cord, cost $16. Coal is used in six fires, and cost about $15 per ton, or $Y 50 per day. It is estimated that one-fourth the fuel used in the Capitol would do with hot air what all the fuel used in the building does not do, viz : heat all the rooms to a uniform temperature and make them comfortable. It is recommended that the Superintendent be authorized to inquire into the cost of a change of the closets from their present location to the interior of the Capitol building, and of proper sewerage therefor, and for lieating the Capitol
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Full Text | 4 Document No. 5, [Session : about one thousand square feet of surface, needing more or less repair. Recommended that the Superintendent be authorized to make such repairs, and that the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars be appropriated for this purpose, and that the balance remain-ing, if any, be used for any rapairs found necessary upon the Capitol. It is also recommended that the Superintendent be autho-rized to expend |200, or so much thereof as is needed, in the jDwr-cliase and transplanting of deciduous, and evergreen ornamen-tal trees, of the choicest varieties, in and about the grounds of the Capitol, those already set proving inferior and unthrifty. It is conceded that the system of water closets upon the Capitol grounds is a public nuisance tliat ought to be abated ; the vaults being upon the same level wdth the wells and the water therein being impregnated with it, rendering it unfit for use. There is no sewerage for conveyance to remote and appropriate localities. The system of heating the Capitol building is incomplete, and behind the improvements of the age. It is deficient 'in effect and economy of fuel. Modern appliances for heating a building of the dimensions of the Capitol with one fire by heated air or steam are complete and elaborate. The Capitol "has thirty fire places, all, or nearly all of which are in use during the cold weather, some burning coal, and some burning wood. The wood used per day at this date is about 4 cords, at $4 per cord, cost $16. Coal is used in six fires, and cost about $15 per ton, or $Y 50 per day. It is estimated that one-fourth the fuel used in the Capitol would do with hot air what all the fuel used in the building does not do, viz : heat all the rooms to a uniform temperature and make them comfortable. It is recommended that the Superintendent be authorized to inquire into the cost of a change of the closets from their present location to the interior of the Capitol building, and of proper sewerage therefor, and for lieating the Capitol |