Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . of the wardrobe rooms, which obvi-ates the necessity of going into the hall. The following will give some idea of the vast amount of material usedup in a building of this kind. By measurement, there are 1,149,611 bricksin the walls, and 451 feet of granite in the sills of apertures in the base-ment. The wrought iron amounts to 6,288 pounds; cast iron, 20,574pounds. There are 663,000 feet of lumber; 2,500 yards of cement workon the exterior ; and 7,800 yards of plastering in the
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . of the wardrobe rooms, which obvi-ates the necessity of going into the hall. The following will give some idea of the vast amount of material usedup in a building of this kind. By measurement, there are 1,149,611 bricksin the walls, and 451 feet of granite in the sills of apertures in the base-ment. The wrought iron amounts to 6,288 pounds; cast iron, 20,574pounds. There are 663,000 feet of lumber; 2,500 yards of cement workon the exterior ; and 7,800 yards of plastering in the interio The nura- 212. FIRST STORY. A A A A A B B B B -Recitation rooms. C C.—Teachers D.—Vestibules. ber of lights in the windows is 2,052, or 8,840 feet of ground glass. Thibuilding is an honor to San Francisco, and the pride of our public sehoohThe charge of extravagance has been raised against the Board of Edication which planned and built it; but it is a safe prediction that in teyears from now its erection will be considered a most wise and judiciou
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