The University Hall

Aswotated in onr last Issue itould be, {round km brokcn on Monday morning brllie new U'jlversity Hall, and tl.e conIwtortor the excavaiion, J.vs. McMaiion, itliscity, is pufrhlng the work rapidty. fte bolkflng, as we have beforo stated, ■s to HIJ thecntire space betwcen the two buildings, and wlll have au outside Stssiiretnent of 133 feet north and south "l144 feet east and west. It projects in ;ot tlit old bnüdlugs 10 fret, and btshas a central projection 16 by 64 feet. ftetwoold buildings will fonn wlngs wh 40 by 100 feet, and tlic whole building 'üMiavea frontage of 347 feet. The small;!it Windows are to be taken out ot thé "?8aml replaced eacli with two-light "li. Eacli wlng Is also to be furtlier imJfwed by a pediment, and a bclting course m uiider the secoud story wlndows, hoging them more iuto harmony with centml buildlDg. Tlie contract prices Mode these alteratlons. 'te plans, as our readers have been inW, are by Mr. E. S. Jkniso., of Chlcaí". gradúate of the University of the ofiSfüj, who is in this wise permitted "mike-hls x mark" on or at his alma ■ The new building is to be in the Vjribian style, with Frenen slate roof, l" lurmouuted by a dome. Tbe inoasurc st 'rom the ground to the top of dome 144 feet, and It is hoped thát some !ll)il:splritd citizen of the State nwy the same to be surmounted by a copy ."EBs'bronze statue of Miclilgan, if EBscan not be iuiuced to produce thug more appropriate . he flrst story is to be tifteen feet iu t The maln entrance hall wilJ Jut 17;., "We, runnin-g back % feet to a transall H feet HOrth of thc 1]a]1 aChapel,54 by 80 feet; south of 1 Ibe President's office, 20 by 20 Mui"816"1'8 rOOm W by W feet' 'oaiM OfTaUlt adJoinlDg; a lerture , by 64 fect . an(1 a glore room !11 Tf lhe The mai stairways ther t the tr"Ilsverse lia" but two k' tiito maln entot . ackoi the tJausverse hall recitation rooms, each 23, by 41 i ' ' fceulty aud a ladies' -aitlng room, "JibyiOfcet, h' lbc ond story, In front of the J hall aud approached by iQur littülT' ' Ule W'n "fl111610 rifl or &"' for lectureg, ehibitious, commentSi aüd othcr public j l'1'll is 80 by 127 feet, and 46 Cwtffolgh. . iu gtaKe „ frolIti „„a MmI. Wau,wiHbeWell llghted, appro, Ht fPeweoed. c. It Is calcnlated to (W pfsong, the stage bcing in full T'fe-ery Wat. ;, lliFd iw1 ha lp front of the trans' "' aHeriesto tfee mald audl""'"t. for 00; and in the 23J4 by 41 feet. Tüc rear Wlil sho a fourth story, wlth same capaOlty b:ick of transverso hall as the loWsf stories. The height of the storles aboVe tile flrst are: 2d, 14 feet ; 3il, 14 feet fttld 4th, 12 feet. The building is to bt of brick and stuccoed, the old buildings ïnaking finishing In stucco not a matter of cholee. The con tracts iVere let as follows : EcaVaUon, brick and stone vork, to tlackett & Wililams, of Chicago $18,987 00 Plustering, lo Pike & Hornby, Chicago 6,500 00 Cut Stouc, James Yoülig, Toledo, 1,440 00 Total masón work, f26,027 00 Oarpenter woi'k, locludlng cverythiiig as pet1 ípociflcations, with dome, William (Joldlc, Chicago 80,500 00 llentinií and Ventllatlon, Johtl Dftvlé fe Oo., Chicago 10,450 00 Iron Work, N. 8 Bouto, Chica' ge 1,671 00 Paintlnj: and Glazlng (Including ctiunge in Windows of oíd buildings, P. Sorg, Aun Arbor, 4,708 00 'Itimbingand gis Bttlng, Holmes & Webster, Detroit, 855 00 G-alvanized ron, tiu, and salte, - Dewey, Joue-, & Sauuders, Chicago 3,150 00 Total f77,261 00 Ad for roof, not let . . . ? 600 00 " " fresco, uot let. 1.000 00 " Oasflxtures,.. :!,000 00 #4,600 00 Total cost of building $81,361 00 Which figures, however, do not include architect' conmiission. The comer stone is to be laid Cotnmencement day, and tlic building is to be com íletcd by August of next year. Mr. ksisoh hopea, however, to have the large íall done for the next class-day exercises. The Third Animal Commenccmcnt of Cornell University is set clown for Thurstlay next, June 22(1. The public compctltion for the Woodford Modal ($100 for the best oration) comes off the preceding Monday ; the class-day exercises of the graduatlng class on Taesday ; aud the formal opening of the Sibley building on Wednesday. Wc should be pleased, did circumstunces permit, to accept the invitatlon to e present ou the occasion. But an excurion to Ithaca Is not down on our proramtnc for the seasou. The Councll have ordered ihc present gas Itirnps improved and about forty new ones put iip, and it is BOggested that along maiiy streets shade trees nced trliinning up to permit their light to shiue ; and we add, in our own behalf, to save hats and nmbrellas. Wool is st.irting n. little more frcely this week, with an Increased number of buyers in the market. We quote ruling prices yestcrday afteruoon, 47@52 cents, the latter belng untside figures. Growers ore referred to au article in anotlier column, " Ihe New Tork Wool Market," and to our " Commercial" department. Frank Weil has come down from Chicago, and has eutered the wool market as a buyer.