The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-03
From the London Times, June 9Th.


sa,r.r Exu,.,r,or or THE INDusraY OF ALL Ma
r,ons. We understand that considerable progress
has beep made in the preparations for submitnnG 70
nuhlic competition the design for the VAST oui'"g
M will be required to carry ont this unoeIn.inS
ON a scale commensurate with the dlgnuy OF '"e
~. h.,a r.a.on to believe that the following info!-
nation nm the subiec: will be found to be substantial
y correct: O Aoo Zoo, ,ono. rather
,,ore than 400 feet across. and the rooted area WI"
rr.hlv extend to about 600 900 square feet, or up
wards Of 30 acres. :. ,
In .ha centre of the south front, opposite Frince
Gate. will be placed the principal entrance and ON
ces There will be three other great entrances 10 te
centre Of the other side of the building Gangways
4s feet wide clear and uninterruPted' excePuns ~
seats will connect the entrances, and al he
ton Of these main lines proposed to form ga"o
circular hall for sculpture 300 feet in diameter Ccn
s;der,hla apaces surrounding the old trees (whicn
must be carefully preserved0 will be htted up WIN
observation-disclosures. surrounding or"a'e"a' s''"s'''
Th. xast area destined to be filed with the products
of .I ciimes will be covered with remarkably SIM
nile iron roofing, Of feet span, running from
end to end Of the buding, supported by hollow IRON
columns resting brick piers, covered very Pfoo
ably with boarding and slate.
The exten. Of the roof covering the main avenue
will he nine,y.six feet. The lowest line Of the main
roofing will be twenty-four feet hgh and the clear
heioht Of the central gangway will be about fifty feet
The floor will. for BY Tar the create! poI'o" .. ue
ualls The external enclosures will in all cases De
CONSTRUCTED Of brick. The light will be principally
derived from skylights. :,
The central hall will be polygon Of sixteen sides,
four of which will be open into gardens reserved
sixty feet high. The covering Of this splendid apart
men, will be of iron, and probably domical. As the
conditions with regard to time, &C., must necessarily
be most stringent contractors will no doubt be reqa
ed to deposit an actual Of money as security tor
the fulflment of their respective contracts. The
whole building must be finished and delivered UP
by January 1, 1851. Contractors will, we understand
be required to tender two systems, one invoivhg
resumption, after the termination OF the exnionion;
of property in the materials supplied by them, and
the other proceeding the supposition that her maj.
assv,s commissioners become bona de purchasers and
take the risk of subsequent disposal OF the building
upon themselves.
In the arrangement Of the designs it has been the
aim to specify such materials aud combinations as WILL
be likely to be most valuable after the expiration OF
their temporary employment in the buiidng so tnat
the cost for use and waste,' as 1t is technically
called, NAV be the least possible; contractors wi
however, be permitted and indeed invited. to suggest
any tender for the Of other materials which may
probably in their opinion prove more economical.
From the varied and distinct nature Of the work,
and the simplicity of the plan, division OF the con-
tracts into the two classes best suited to the different
plans and connexions of engineering and arch'tecto-
raj contractors will be quite feasible, and upon this
basis il is more than probable that separate speci6ca-
tons for the sewage the centre hall, and portion OF
the iron roofing and waling. and for the central of
ces and respective set of refreshment-rooms' &C.,
will be prepared.
From what we have ascertained Of the actual state
of the drawings &c., We have little doubt that ano-
,her week will not pass away without some decided
step being taken by the committee in inviting the at
tenton Of the vast body Of intelligent and able con-
tractors whose spirit and enterprise have done so
much to elevate the scientific and structural character
of the public works of Great Britain.