New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-22

DE center room for their meetings AMI the in the
rear for sitting and reading The mlin entrance u VIII
be ght feet in width and will be divided from h stare
by pair of folding doors, which Will FORM large Fe
ceving vestIbule.
The second story be 30 fee, in hight; and g 70 con
tain three ruoms One large for the meetings OF t-
representatives the engineers and :oremen and tle TX
ernpt Fremens Association. This room 70 be y feet
vice, and II feet deep Ii viii be wei
the adjoining buildings three feet. On each side OF the
stairway ia room Is feet by 20 feet for committee rooms
The tkd story will be II feet in blight, and Will contain
the sere number Of and Of the same size as the
second .tory The large viii be used for library
and readir rcom and the small rooms Tor the librarian
and committee All the rooms above the frs. story are
10 he heated with hot.air furnaces
The front Of the building il TO be Conneceut brown
stone cut in the bes; manner The style oil architecture
l. Italian or in other words composition OF Greek anc
Roman details applied by the Italians TO modern building
The two outer angles 10 be formed WIN rustea'ei
quoins The doors and windows are 10 be trimmed "lh
hrchatrives piasiers and cornces supported on orna
mental brackets Two vertical lines ot Pila-ters extend
the biz hi Of the eey alton each ce OF the entrance
doorway and the windows Upon the face of these
autaes on the first story 10 be cut IN reiei the emeems
Of the Fire Department, such es nOOks ana ladders,
torches axes trumpets &C. and the tops OF these anta,
are 10 be surmouried with fre-hydrent. The name Of
The building FremeHs Hail. i to he cut on the stone over
the second story wiDdows The main corner OF the front
will he IN elaborate pattern, and wui De supported 0y
heavy trrs bracket On the top OF the cornee Is 20 be
bekinq cour-e with three pedestas the side
surmouIed with cluster OF torches and the center one
with the fusze of freman-the same one wrch
In semi circle arch the front entrance door IS 20 be
carved ia bss-Teef the figures 0 Protection and Benevo
lerce as repreenied the initiation certificate OF the
Ney-York Fire Department and upon the keystone Of the
arch will be u!lsize fire cap The whole building
II 10 be constructed IN The most substantial manner Inc
cellar wall is 10 be ;weniy.egh inches thick the first story
walls twenty inches thick and the second and third story
walls are 10 be sixteen inches thick. The HOOrb beans Of
the third story supported by five MASSIVE iron grtor
twenty four inches WIDE resting and anchored IN tue
side walls, and which TO support the ceiling Of the
Repre,enstives Hall which has space of thirty yeigh
I, et and is be beautifully ornamen;ed with succO
work.
The plans for the building drawn under the drec
ton of Mr. james l.. Miller the Chairman Of the Building
Committee from the Board Of Representatives. by Me-sr
Field Coreja architects the same gentlemen 70 whom
was awarded The fret premium for the plans o the
City HGl by the unanimous vote of the Common Council
Committee
The whole cost of the building which is be paid for
bv the Civ and the estimates advertised for and
awarded TO he lowest bidder, follows.
Messrs. Platt & Fisher for the mason work, sl331.
NessTs. James l.. Miller Il Co.. for capenter work.
ell 500.
Total, s34sl
The stone cutting has been subconracted 10 Messrs
Gazette g. NJ GGrga two enIerprsng hremen, who have
been but short time in business but who have already
given evidence OF Their superior ability on several engines
and hose houses recently erected.
The iron work from the works of the Iessrs COrnel
the psDting by Mr. james Gilmore the carved work by
Mr Dewitt c. Mott and the ornamental plasterng by Mr.
A. j. Garvey.
All Of the above gentlemen connected with the Fire
Department of this city, and each of them is endeay
oring excel the other la the superior manner in which
the work shall be executed in their respective br inches
The Building Committee from the Board Of Representa-
tiyes Of Messrs James l.. Miller, james +. en-
man, and William ID. Wade.