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A CON VICT'S ROMANCE.
The Story of the Construction of the
Old Statehouse at Albany-The
Price of a Genius Who saw
and Grasped His Oppor
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New York Herald.
Vouched for by the late Henry
Smith, who said he learned the fact
through being speaker of the assem
bly, there is an interesting bit of his
tory conneeted with the old statehouse
at Albany, where it has stood for
years, the finest example of pure Dor
ic architecture in this country, on the
easterly side of Eagle street, between
Pine and Steuben streets, its walls
and partitions all of solid stone, very
much as if its halls, rooms and stairs
had been carved out within a huge
block of marble.
It was completed in 1842, costing
the state about $350,000. It is built
entirely of Sing Sing marble, quar
ried and cut within the prison walls.
The old capitol being inadequate to
accommodate the increasing business
of the state, this additional building
was planned and built and is still used
for the offices of the state comptroller,
the state engineer and surveyor and
the state banking department.
In a spirit of economy it was decid
ed to have as much as possible of the
work done by the prisoners from the
material found within the prison walls
at Sing Sing, fairly good material,
too, but .not the best, as it is a: soft
marble, as evidenced by the wear
which now shows so plainly in. the
steps and by the crumbling of some of
the stones from exposure to the wea
ther. All the material was c'ut to
completion within the walls of the
prison under such plans that when
shipped to Albany there would be no
further work necessary except prac
tically to lay one stone upon another,
and so on until the whole was assem
bled in the completed building.
To accomplish this detailed plan a
system of marking the stones was nec
ssary. The plans were carefully
made and a system of marking elabo
rately laid out by the architect in
harge, who found in the prison at
Sing Sing a life prisoner whose record
howed him to be an engineer of the
Iighest ability and who seemed as
~ompetent as any man in the country
o carry out the work to be done in
he prison, and naturally he was not
mnwilling to follow his chosen pro
ession in preference to doing the
nanual labor of cutting or quarrying
stone. So, -following :the spirit of
conomy referred to- above, the plans.
n detail and the .system of marking
were turned over to-him and the.whole
work at that end given over to his
ull superintendence and absolute con
rol.
In due t,ime the stones in their vari
us shapes and sizes and in quantity
~or the whole -building were delivered
n Albany and the work of construc
ion commenced in accordance with
~he plans and system of marking orig
~nally furnished. With the very first
tone there was trouble. It not only
id not fit the place, but none of the
~tones marked to adjoin it fitted it,
nd, further. it did'-not seem ever in
ended for the place the number in
icated. In vestigation brought out
~hat the stones were not of the sizes
r shapes specified and shown on the
lans. and, as to the system of mark
g, it was quite evident that the
~tones brought together by it had no,
elation whatever to each other.
The bewildered architect hardly
:ew whether he was a candidate for
he asylum or possibly for Sing Sing
Iowever, a careful verification of his
lans and his marking system proved
heir correctness, and the blame fell
quarely upon the civil engineer, the
ife prisoner. He was questioned, tak
n severely to task and roundly rated:
or his incompetence and threatened
nd abused. He met it all calmly. "It
>oks to me like a mighty good joke on
ou fellows. Anyway it is the best joke
have heard since I came to Sing
sing.''
As to their continued threats he
aid:
"What can you do to a life prison
Finally, in answer to the abuse and
lurs as to his capabilities as an en
'ineer. he said he had changed the
lans both in dimension and shape*
rhere they had diverged from purity
f style, and the system of marking
e had 4hanged altogether, but if they
ould find some one who understood
al svstern the building would go up
complete and perfect excelling the
original plan. 'But.'' he added, with
a grin, you can probably get out
new stone a good deal quicker than
you can work out my system.'
Then the state officials said, "We
will take you to Albany and force you
to put up the building.'
He said, "No."
They pointed out the advantage of
life in Albany for a time in prefer
ence to Sing Sing.
He said, "No."
They tried to bargain with him.
He said, "Secure my pardon and I
will stand by you until the building
is complete."
They offered to have him pardoned
after he had proved what he said by
finishing the building.
He said, "No."
Then they said they would compel
him to do it anyway.
He said he could be compelled to
work in prison, but not in Albany,
and that even in prison they could
compel him to do only manual labor
unless he chose and that the price of
his genius in grasping the opportuni
ty that had come his way was a full
pardon.
What else was there to do?
He was pardoned, and the old state
house stands today in testimony of
the fact that he kept his word and
a glorious memory to an unknown gen
ius.
Business Training.
Baltimore American.
"That man is a very witty fellow."
"Well, he's a chemist. He ought
to be."
"'What has that to do with his
wit?"
"Because chemists as a class are al
ways ready with retorts."
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Time Table No. 5.
In Effect November 29, 1905.
Between Belton and WaIhalla.
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