Gentlemen
The ventilating
arrangements for the State House are completed and in very
effective action;
Mr Woolley has handed to your clerk the keys of the four air
chambers and it only remains
with you to give orders to the janitor of the House
to assume charge of the
apparatus and to keep it in running order.
It requires
little attention; principally this has to be given in the occasional
filling with water of Eight
tin vessels and to facilitate this service a small sink
and pump have been established
at the level of the vessels. Should heating
of the State House be suspended
for several days, in cold weather, then this
water should be drawn off
I add
a paper of instructions which if you approve you can hand as your own
to the said janitor
Resp J. Crawford Neilson
Annapolis, Feby 16, 1882
The person in charge of the
ventilating apparatus for the State House. will observe
To ventilate the rooms of
House of Delegates, Senate and Senate Cooridor, open
the large transoms on the
doors.
In cold
weather, see that the storm doors are properly adjusted.
In very
windy and cold weather, see that the slats of the inner dome windows are
closed by pulling down
and belaying the four cords which are found on the floor of
the dome loft at first landing
of stairs to dome.
In ordinary
weather allow the said slats to open by loosing the cords.
See that
the eight tin vessels in the air chambers are kept full of water.
A pump is
supplied so as to make this
service very easy.
If at any time the steam
heating of the hall should be turned off in cold weather for
more than a day - then draw
off the water out of the eight tin vessels by the spiggots
and empty into the sink
at pump.
Observe
the play of the valves They should be loaded (as now) to work
lightly
and with perfect freedom
If dust or dirt interferes with the hinges clean them and
oil them
Observe
that the valves are loaded outside and that if any accident should damage
the weight it must be replaced.
This
apparatus required so little attention, that any thing going wrong with
it is
simply an evidence of gross
neglect.
Give
to pump and sink, the ordinary attention.