74. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



" It is due in part to the rise in fhe prices of materials and labor, but 

 principally to the execution of many improvements which were not 

 originally contemplated, but which it was thought best to make during 

 the prosecution of the work. These improvements were the sewers 

 for drainage ; the cisterns for supplying water ; the substitution of 

 stone for iron stairs ; the making of new sashes for many of the win- 

 dows ; the strengthening and in part reconstruction of the roof of the 

 main building ; putting in copper gutters and leaders on the towers, 

 besides other alterations and additions tending to swell the cost of 

 the work." 



So many changes had been made in the plan of finishing the in- 

 terior, and such different materials had been employed, that it was 

 impossible to be guided by the original bid of the contractor, and 

 therefore the committee were obliged to be governed entirely by the 

 estimate of the architect. They, however, took the precaution to sub- 

 mit his award to Capt. Meigs, superintendent of the Capitol exten- 

 sion, who, under the circumstances of the case, expressed his approval 

 of it. 



Though the building is finished, an annual appropriation will be 

 required for repairs and the substitution on parts of the roofs of the 

 ranges and wings, of copper in place of tin. 



Eespsctfully submitted : 



KICHAED EUSH, 

 W. H. ENGLISH, 

 JNO. T. TOWEES, 

 JOSEPH HENEY, 



Building Committee. 



