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Domestic News
October 1, 1857
Bellevue Gazette
Bellevue, Sarpy County, Douglas County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
Commentary on the high cost of completing the U.S. Capitol in Washington, with appropriations since Sept. 30, 1851, totaling over $10 million including new dome and original building.
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Cost of the National Capitol.
The Capitol at Washington ought to be a very handsome building when completed, if we are to judge from its cost. The various appropriations for its extension merely from Sept. 30, 1851, amounts to $4,325,000, and to complete this portion of the work it is estimated that $1,183,183 more will be required—making in all $5,510,183. The estimate for a new dome is $1,500,000, which, added to the last sum named, makes $7,010,183. The cost of the old building and grounds is reckoned at $3,000,000, so that the entire cost of the capitol when all the improvements now in progress are completed, will be above ten millions of dollars. This is a pretty large expenditure, but it may be well applied if in the end, we have a structure every way adapted to its use, and which will do honor to the architectural taste of the nation.
The Capitol at Washington ought to be a very handsome building when completed, if we are to judge from its cost. The various appropriations for its extension merely from Sept. 30, 1851, amounts to $4,325,000, and to complete this portion of the work it is estimated that $1,183,183 more will be required—making in all $5,510,183. The estimate for a new dome is $1,500,000, which, added to the last sum named, makes $7,010,183. The cost of the old building and grounds is reckoned at $3,000,000, so that the entire cost of the capitol when all the improvements now in progress are completed, will be above ten millions of dollars. This is a pretty large expenditure, but it may be well applied if in the end, we have a structure every way adapted to its use, and which will do honor to the architectural taste of the nation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Economic
What keywords are associated?
National Capitol
Washington
Construction Costs
Appropriations
Dome Estimate
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
From Sept. 30, 1851
Outcome
entire cost estimated above ten millions of dollars
Event Details
Appropriations for Capitol extension from Sept. 30, 1851, total $4,325,000; additional $1,183,183 needed to complete, plus $1,500,000 for new dome; original building and grounds $3,000,000.