He Built A Large Mill At Montmorency, Having Exchanged His St.
George Street House For The Mill Site At Montmorency.
His mills have since
attained to great importance.
In the rear of (St. George - now) Hebert street loom out the lofty walls of
the Laval University, which received its Royal Charter in 1852. [48]
THE LAVAL UNIVERSITY.
The main edifice is 298 feet in length, five stories high; a plain,
massive structure of cut-stone, much improved in appearance since the
addition, in 1876, of the present superstructure, which relieves the
unbroken monotony of its form. The work is a great ornament not only to
the immense building itself, but to the city. The task of designing the
superstructure was entrusted to the taste and talent of J. F. Peachy,
architect. The superstructure is in the French mansard roof style, with
handsome cupolas on the east and west ends, surmounted with flag-staffs
and weather vanes. In the centre towers a dome far above all, surmounted
by a gilt-iron cross in the modern Grecian style - the upright shaft and
arms being formed at four right angles. The crown ornaments on the centre
top and ends of the arms are all of wrought iron and weigh about 700 lbs.
The base is strongly braced and bolted to an oak shaft, secured to the
truss work of the dome so firmly as to resist the fiercest gale of wind or
any other powerful strain. It is 11 feet six inches in height and the arms
are 7 feet six inches across. Mr. Philip Whitty, iron worker and,
machinist, of St. James street, was the builder of this cross, and its
handsome design and solidity reflect credit upon his taste and
workmanship. We believe that it is intended to have a picture gallery in
the superstructure under the central dome. The entire roof is strongly
trussed and braced with iron bolts. This portion of the work was done
under the superintendence of Mr. Marcou. We understand that it is also the
intention to erect two balconies on the eastern end, fronting the St.
Lawrence - these balconies to be supported by Corinthian columns. From the
base to the present superstructure, the building was originally 80 feet
high; it now stands 202 feet high from the base to the top of the cross on
the central dome.
In 1880, another important addition, involving a heavy outlay, was
planned. A lofty wing, 265 feet in length has been added to this
imposing pile of buildings; it covers a large area in the seminary
garden and connects on each story with the main structure, from which
it stands out at right angles. Both buildings are intended to form but
one, and seen from Levi or from the River St. Lawrence, it looks like
an extension of the Laval University itself. The edifice is fireproof,
its internal division walls are of brick, its rafters of iron; the
floors are brick lined with deals as a preventive against dampness.
The iron rafters were wrought at Lodelinsart, near Charleroi, Belgium;
they weigh 400 tons, and cost laid down 1-1/2 cent per lb.
The basement and the ceiling of the first flat are vaulted over. The
refectory takes up a whole wing of the first story. The masonry of the
upper corridors rests on eighteen cast iron columns, weighing 3,000
lbs. each. The ceiling of the refectory is exceedingly strong and
handsome; every story, in fact, is vaulted from top to bottom.
A corridor eight feet wide and two hundred and sixty-five feet long,
intersects the centre of each story. All the vestibules, corridors and
passages are paved with ceramic square blocks brought from Belgium.
The most notable part of the structure is the main staircase, entirely
of iron and stone; it contains 120 steps 8 feet long, 16 feet broad, 5
inches high, each step hewn out of a single block. The iron material
weighs about 37,000 lbs. There is also another flight of steps made of
iron. A hydraulic elevator in the centre of the building will provide
an easy access to every story.
The roofed galleries, eight feet wide, attached to each story on the
front, present promenades and views unrivaled in the city looking
towards Levi and the Island of Orleans. On a large stone or the
loftiest part of the front wall, over the window, is inscribed -
Conditum, 1880.
The arch of the entrance to the Court House burnt in 1872, which, it
was said, had formed part of the old Recollet Church, destroyed by
fire on 6th Sept., 1796, has been used to build the arch of the porch
which leads from the seminary garden to the farm-yard in rear. There
are 230 windows in this new wing which has a mansard roof. It is
computed that 4,000,000 bricks have been employed in the masonry. The
architect is J. F. Peachy.
STAFF OF THE LAVAL UNIVERSITY IN 1881.
Rector, Revd. Ed. Methot, - Superior of Quebec Seminary.
Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, - Hon. Napoleon
Casault, J.S.C.
Professor of Civil Procedure, - Hon. Ulric J. Tessier, J.Q.B.
Professor of Civil Law, etc., - Hon. Chas. Thos. A. Langelier.
Professor of Roman Law, - Hon. Ed. James Flynn.
Professor of Commercial Law, - Hon. Richard Alleyn, J.S.C.
Secretary, - Thos. Chase Casgrain, Barrister.
Professor of Internal Pathology, - Dr. Jas. Arthur Sewell, M.D.
Professor of External Pathology, - Dr. J. E. Landry, M.D.
Professor of Toxicology, etc., - Dr. Alfred Jackson, M.D.
Professor of Descriptive Anatomy, - Dr. Eusebe Lemieux, M.D.
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, - Dr. H. A. LaRue, M.D.
Professor of General Pathology, - Dr. Simard, M.D.
Professor of Materia Medica, etc., - Dr. Chas. Verge, M.D.
Professor of Practical Anatomy, etc., - Dr. Laurent Cattelier, M.D.
Professor of Clinical - Children's Diseases, - Dr. Arthur Vallee, M.D.
Professor of Clinical - Old People's Diseases, - Dr. Michael Ahern, M.D.
Professor of Comparative Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology, - Dr. L. J.
A. Simard, M.D.
Professor of Political Economy, - Hon.
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