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Show 5 Work on State Capitol Progresses May Lay Some Granite This Fall I UTAH STATE CAPITOL AS IT NOW APPEARS. "" 1 Scaffolding Being Erected for Third Story; Car Service Soon. WORK on tho new statehouse, which will sit grandly on Capitol Capi-tol hill, looking dlreotly down State street to tho south and over the entire city In all directions, di-rections, is going forward rapidly' and already the Immense structure has taken enough shape so that visitors may gain an Idea of what tho oomplcted structure will be like. Tho reinforced concrete "main floor 1b entirely completed and most of the second floor, which Is constructed of reinforced concrete and tile, is finished. At least half of the third tloor Is propped up with temporary scaffolding and the floor will soon be laid. This and tho floor above will bo made of tho same material as the second. So far, not a stone has been laid in tho construction work, although there has been no delay because of a stone contract disagreement between the construction con-struction and stone companies, as was frequently rumored. Even though the' difficulties In regard to the local granite should not be settled for several weeks, there would be no delay, as the work of putting Jn the rest of the concrete floors and pillars could go right on. The James Stewart & Cb.-Utah Consolidated Consol-idated Stone company disagreement in regard to the granite and marble contract con-tract is expected to be cleared up this week and members of the capitol commission com-mission are hopeful that some granite may be laid this fall. Drill Room Provided. Owing to the slope of the ground upon which the structure stands, the basement base-ment will be much higher at the west than at the east side, where a veritable cliff has been cut in the hillside to make room for that portion of tho building. build-ing. The west end of the baBement will be used for a drill room for the mllltla, while the opposite side will be used only for a storage room. The grounds are hlch and precipitous to the east of the capitol and slope down low and Irregular Irregu-lar to the west. They will be brought up to grade about level with the main floor so that the capitol park will have no slope in front and very little In the rear. In the center of the ceiling of the first or main floor a .circular opening about twenty feet in diameter has been cut. This is directly underneath the tall framework x which marks the place for the dome. This, opening Is to be covered with glass so that the celling of the main floor will be entirely closed. The. upper floor will have no ceiling, however, how-ever, but will open straight up to the dome as in most of the slatehouses of the country. A circular rotunda will be built on each floor. Stone on Grounds. All around the building construction tracks now run for the street railway material cars and near the engine room Just northwest there are so many tracks that It resembles a railway yard. At the engine, house Immense blocks of white Sanpete sandstone are piled, all numbered num-bered and ready to go Into the Interior of the building. There also may be seen the giant engine which saws big blocks of stone Into thin slabs as easily as if they were made of wood. The capitol site Is within easy walking walk-ing distance of the city coming down. Going up Is a different proposition, as the steep hill and lack of stroot car service makes the few blocks seem mllos. At present the Center street car service ser-vice seems to be most popular with motor mo-tor earless persons who -wluh to watch the statehouse progress. Tt ia understood, however, that the street railway company com-pany plans to Institute car service soon on the freight lino which operates to the front entrance to the grounds. |