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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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kwas as substantially done as any construction the State has undertaken.Its capacity is 22,000,000 gallons, and the cost of the work was $22,439.17. STATE FAIR BUILDINGS. Since the Departments existence there has been constructed underits charge a poultry building and stock barn on the grounds of theAgricultural Society, near Oak Park, Sacramento County. These twowooden buildings were some of the first constructed by this Depart-ment, and your attention is directed to their cost in the table of costs ofbuildings. There has also been designed an agricultural pavilion and amanufacturers pavilion for the same grounds, but the appropriation of$50,000 is insufficient to build both buildings. They will cost about$66,000, and the balance of this cost should be appropriated at this ses-sion of the legislature. While making these designs we sketched a lay-out for a complete exposition ground to fit the surroundings, with a viewof working to it. The present grand stand should be torn down and a
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36 REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING. new one erected. It is an unsightly building and has a great excess ofbracing, unreasonably placed for its strength. I specially recommendits removal, andja more pleasing stand built. SAN DIEGO NORMAL SCHOOL. The appropriation of $40,000 for the training school building wasinadequate for the necessary room the Board of Trustees wanted pro-vided. For this reason the hope of building this structure was aban-doned until some legislative action could be taken in an endeavor toincrease the appropriation to $62,000. This new building should har-monize in architecture with the other buildings, and should be built ofeither reinforced brick or reinforced concrete. OAKLAND HOME FOR ADULT BLIND. The dormitory building made possible by the appropriation during1907 is well under^way, practically all the concrete is poured, and theframing for the roof trusses is begun. This building is under contractfor approximately $46,000, and will be the first substantial

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