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OCR: Third Legislative Building In 1913, the construction firm of Thomas Kelly and Sons was given the contract at price O1 $2 000 000 and the excavation work started in August of that same year Ayear later when the walls were taking shape above the foundations, the outbreak of World War I brought construct tionto halt Slowly con struction started up again, bur additional delays arose from the war effort, shortage of funds and major financial scandal regar ding the costs of constructing the building. const truction Augus vear construdtion sareo delay rding