The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-27
New orleans customhousc.

/ We continue to-day the publication oil the docu-
msn,s which justified the Department in deviating
from The original plan, and adopting one which
,.ve l;obt and ventilation to the interior and
.,,h;ch s,sra hundreds of thousands to the people
y, the for the erection Of the ne,o Custom
GrsTLEMENAty your request. now offer you an opinion
ON important changes proposed to be made in the
ieor details Of the an OF the new Cusomhouse in New
TO aid in giving for opinion, have been
by the stinguisheh Architect Col Dak, who also has
submitted to my study the os1. plan oee iuerO, details
being illustrative Of his Report.
and Z that the Of
the h and second stories OF the new not as
Other arrangements would be-: Because.
Fin-of the entire exclusion Of light, and, in grea,
story Or BE- semsnt range This is So evident in The PLAN
that eapsnss,GP Is SnpeseH rS .s.a IN tho Grand ,n.,,
ment Of the collection tbeng received only from the dome
sse Ss ye wse the central
presents to the perfect OF the oil apart
Tires principal things should Be- looked to IN the
ton Of all buildings erected in Sorthern coune but
Legislative Halls Customhouses etc. etc; and these three
things light ventilation; and CONSEQUENT salubrty
municipal laws intervened and compefed all buildings
within its limits to be Th sD regard 70
he best way possible |! is NOT in the well lighted and
victim therein while but is in the dark, damp
da houses OF the poor that Its yages are exhibited
Municipal power be Inadequate to regulate the
srucoa Of private buildings but the Of Government
not restricted IL relation e public buildings and therefore
The authority that decides upon them be assured that
light aud ptnaton well sutsbeness of design.
had been made in o % s , ng SshO
not immediately remeded even al the expense Of pull
be had to the principle REQUISITES heretofore mentioned That
the original pla9 IN its interior details lack, these requisites
That the notifications proposed by the Architect, will
completely supply these, appears to me to admit of nj
notice. with much satisfaction. the remarks Of the Arch
upon the massive brick arches, and piers forming the
flooring of the several stores and by which the building
sSs u he he %
arches abutng against them But even il these walls were
building founded reacherou. soil, the Compensatory
Of which difficult 10 calculate and when calculated, diff.
cult if moi impossible to remedy, by any system OF fonnda
desirable that all massive structures erected in New
Orleans should be simple their details of arrangement
possible and especially that al arches with considerable
bs svos on al and asins
in England and this country. the iron grdes supporting
the roofs and floors Of ire-proos buildings With such
front walls Of the new and the whole massive
structure might settle as it no doubt will settle without
ruins shoald be wanting in professional experience and
lgent Architect plan to be adopted.
So far Judge without measurement should think
gain by the modified plan would be nearly equal to
what lost by making the mob court the centre Of the
building The substitution of the floor arches supported by
grder and pillars gains greatly in over the heavy
piers and arches in the original plan But il the equation
complete or approximately near and the modified plan
BY his suggestion for the excavation Of ceaage.
fhs cearge which be easily arranged Of the utmost
Utility Attending extensive orage many articles of com
that could be well stored elsewhere. Ii would
l produce considerable revenue to the Government.
I tn
comparative Of the plans but have
eye that the modified details will cost much less than those
Of the original plan.
In structure, designed for the increasing
OF the eatrepot OF the western and eastern navigation OF s
Valley OF the Mississippi, structure that last
centuries. and which, in IFS erection viii large
money, which iar-sighled policy must supply hberay
in such structure, the queaon OF dosrs and
shou not intervene 10 the notifications to be adopted
when such requisites light, ventilation and
| sequeni sal ubrity under consideration.
have the honor 10 be, gentlemen obi. serv't,
WIN. II. CHASE.
\ 81 Charles Hotel, New Orleans, Onf Il, leo.