A FINE BUILDING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 142, 10 March 1908, Page 9

A FINE BUILDING.

PROGRESS OF PUBLIC. "TRUST OFFICE: Two obstacles to ..tbe^proper'• progress, ofconstruction of tho- now •Piibhc..Trust : ''oflice> have recently. boon-! remdyed'y ; arid'".the; buildfiiig is now 'advancing• sfroMy §orn i! plotiori; The obstacles wero supply and the Into arrival of .two: Aberdeen .stone-,columns for the mam entranco. .; For. .some,' time. : the "supplies o£ st'oiie: fr.dm;;Tonga.i •Bay'i'";.hear. Nelson, camo.to hand- .-W"very 1 inAdeqiiate','quaiitities,;, l and; the - masons vwei'Q.; delayed iii consequence.- ( .Largo supplies-, aro now . coining forward, and:,it- is. noticeable, tthat ; tlio -quality ;:of..thp' aitoprp.tes/riSj .the quarry is 'opened,' ,hi 11,.. The Aberdeen 'pillii's, after, four months late, havdnibw been set in posi-' . tion, and a good impression can be gained of the appearance that will be . presented ,-;by,• tlio main entrance, at thp porner of'Lambton . (Quay aiid'-Stout polished shafts. aiid base^,'' . carved, caps;, .; Tlio now structure, wlupli should bfi'fimshtid by the end 'pf-tho year,: will tie,a steeU'fi'amed building,' having, the "walls jfillbd iii'-witli . gra liite' and presspd" bricksr arid hereto,' rpinforcod iwith expiiiidcd'''niptal. 'It' will b'o : unus'uhlly fireproof,;-aiid ;is. of the building nvhicli withstood''iiiosf' -sui--cnssfnlly' tho, 'earthquake':' iii ', San .Practically t tho wliolo of tlio steel'' worl? is now .'being''-put. in.' concrotop .has.- . stonowork Of the' building „is prnbticiijty'.'epni:pleted to tho- top of the' first flpor AhridMl^ 1 Somo of tho stoiies, are very largo, 'weighing up ■to ■ oiglit tons.' liS' stpiio," is";saWn into" slabs at tho.quarry'r : and7n'*a l l 'sp6Piall,V : .built. factory opposite' tho; rising: : buildirife' twoiity-fivo -.luasorts' aro' at work 1 snapiifg'-.tho' columlis and their basei'NvitK' of - their strong chisels'. "T]TO Vcolumn6'' : arb afterwards smoothed byr blow.V of' : s]K«ia.l, axes,, made or : six • Pdgc?, all of iwliich. striko 'the; hlatStial Two overhead driving 'e'aicli 'Phpablo • of lifting tlireo tons, are"' \isjtl 'f6'r ;< moviriC' tho liugo blocks of stono. > 4 Thi ; forges for tho steel framo'-'worfc engine to drivo machinery form part-of -the' contractors' plant, which aho includes a steam crano, at tho top of"tlio* buildifig,* capablo of liftini; ten tons.-and a band crano a bio ..to' lift seven r .', ;,-V ' Messrs. J, A. Wilson,.,Ltd,j .aro-tiro con-.. tractors, and tho contract price of tho build«ia. is £4LOOO.