. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). x-cavation, which included 8,920 cubic yards of rock and1,257 cubic yards of earth, was begun in May and fin-ished in September, 1885. The cost of this work wasa little less than Fifteen Thousand dollars. Meanwhile the plans for the superstructure of theproposed building were under discussion. Much con-sultation was required to determine the needs of thevarious departments and the distribution of spacemost serviceable for the general purposes of the insti-tution. It was not unt
. History of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (Medical Department of Columbia College). x-cavation, which included 8,920 cubic yards of rock and1,257 cubic yards of earth, was begun in May and fin-ished in September, 1885. The cost of this work wasa little less than Fifteen Thousand dollars. Meanwhile the plans for the superstructure of theproposed building were under discussion. Much con-sultation was required to determine the needs of thevarious departments and the distribution of spacemost serviceable for the general purposes of the insti-tution. It was not until January, 1886, that the com-mittee was enabled to report to the Trustees fullydetailed plans, with specifications and estimates ofcost, suitable for recommendation to the report and its recommendations were approvedand adopted at the same meeting, and the committeewas empowered to complete the building contractsin accordance therewith. Under this authority the foundations of the build-ing were commenced March 19. 1886, the earliestday of the season at which it was thought safe to i68 THE COLLEGE LN. «3 a CJ en CD C/3 L. CJ QCJ FIFTY-NINTH STREET. 169 beo^in masonry work. The foundations were com-pleted during the following month ; and when thebasement walls were about half way up, the cornerstone was laid, under the auspices of the buildingcommittee, on Saturday, April 24thi 1886. The exercises on this occasion were opened withprayer from the Rev. Sullivan H, Weston, ,Trustee and Chaplain of the College. A leaden box,containing cataloofues and other documents relatino^to the institution, was then deposited in a cavity in thebasement wall at the southeast corner of the building,and covered by the granite corner stone, which waslowered into position, guided by the hands of W. Vanderbilt. This ceremony was followedby an address from the Hon. Chauncey M. was a large attendance, consisting of the Trus-tees, Faculty, Alumni and other friends o
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