, 1864-05-05
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Committee Stu In Censultstlon-Nhat 1,
Wanted-4nother Dtsign.

TIE designs submitted to the arblt.Amcnt o. he
committee appointed to eelect euitablc plan fo,
the Dew building to be used by the Board o! Trade
are still under advisemeut The Committee w.s
waited on yesterday by two or three arch,tec,s
who s1ngly cxponnded their several designs. II is
not expected that selection vii be made for two
or th1ts Days yet to come. md the press IL still
unable unable to give description o! the whole, as not
pe1ng peImltted TO Inspect them. The committee
eeem to be anxious that the public should no,
know the material from which they viii choose.
Pending the action of the committee, the public
ss I'd Ssssn III hi sRS tSe 1e W
efforts made to kcep the thing secret will bnt The
mere stimulate public curiosity. The rr'al 10 the
Ecclesiastical 6zr thambr At Joliet was in ttself
insignificant, but its secret character SO much e1
cited the people to know what was dotn. that thrir
repFeteutntivca-the reporiers-wc!e Obliged in
duty bound, to iorce the in9nlsitoria chamber apu
whole city, which 1e involved, and On the action
S his II sSb s St he
Chicago will be held abrpad. There Ia here
Great strong motive tor curiosity. and we're the con-
cealment long to continue the reporters would be
tempted to rclay the hose pipe 30 successfully used
MOI having been permitted to do more than cas-
hs ea5 va: ale
give our opinion as 10 their relative mcr1te. We
csnnot even say that any one Of the designs sub.
mittcd il not fluffy equal TO the requirements Of the
case. But VIC eng<:est that II any of this class
there he, no mistaken notions OF economy shoald
be allowed 10 interfere in the consideration and
award, 10 induce its adoption. We be1leve th4
the rrcat majority Of the Board and of the subscrl
bers desire ~ see first class .sdce not one ne
ccssat1ly which is profusely illustrated with cuts
hut one which shall combine the essentials Of an.
wth enough Of artistic dnizh inside 10 give feel
ipc Of pleasure 10 is hsbitanta aud whose exterior
re Hoard did Wise thing IN arriving at the
general cDnclphion that the numencal strength Of
;Le Eoard would 70 much increase the future IS
20 1eccetttate the erection OF a building. which
wopid be available tor use by d much larger mum
ber tlnu that which now dntly thronse the e<-
chsngc room. Bat there arc other considerations
s hs la ths pan
tne semh'a1ce oi afch1tec1ofat noornmsnt Woulo
have been judged amply sunelcnt-nay. mere i IN
Wa ehc pidoaoe da 1d 1niufG H. ae n
caeo' 1ut h0cn ~ iaea ~onu .Hu una no aasqcA!es
non. lug psst .e" S:a!s - nas ooIs ~ us
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s;,.s;a vuH ~aSn .aa Mi ~ n's. Ioe
ions tn in.n,ct ~ ihs ,TorEshnns in Which hss hesn
t5 M ~ ms"uincon, ;oh ~ Ehtrao c
,atre h.rc s1Inc1n,g 4rhich ~ haSe,s ri
e,at,s nosr II viii he .hahnr ~ years
bcnce aud in ten. npeudurabic: and our
ss,1e viii he ashame Of It uimo.t hetore The frst
ehsie has hecn Ioosctcd from its port1co b. tae
e1i1,. hand Of tirnc and ere The f-cscoes are
s3jn,1nei by are the who's sttucture viii be con.
% m ~ D.e;r, enmr,ne ,na 1hs .en,i
mi: fhe iast terra n0t necessarily including ccw.
.aw.s or monstroeitles rniscalied em6elltshmeuta.
h-n,Tnnt I;t,tscen,.nt r. nni fIcd IN efrnnriv.
1,nt ~ "enc1., ides mnet he tb.I of snhstania;
srtistIc 5nancernen, Of tbe several ps5ts' suneri
posea On .ne e aS
IL III estfs5v he srhsrshs1s ~ The nnh7ie
Te aiye a rioS1 description Of anofher set of
ptans p; pt9possut " 81 II ,a4ttsa u 1a's
eTi naa nre n ~ ered Ala
.9; | nsh;e - ,,aa Nod n s,1,,,.r
Is e n,inni Enr a'I + ufs h,. rich1
9ollo'nse n son,insn.ad ~ n.s c.ss, lic9y
aaesoe ~ ssssSt s'
y y ~ a =, ~ tacs " Se.. ~, n.s - -
bnsinsts oses the Latter extending On IT. G9s
around me Mno,e o. ne onAong! oeSosasea A., W.
ne EXPERIMENTATION % eaaraessnsne @ i o. me style
;hrouxh he whole Of the upper portion Of ths
o1idlng. ana a. nc enc o. me seeoaa no9a ses
balcony supported of mass1se uassGs 1ormins i!1s
a. tme stas = .ae a. as ~ ~ u dass11
the hall being marked by range q widows cor
responding IN heiEht with tbst IN me prlncapa
front From the eutIanee r9ns epaaoos Goffadt @
the entire ienetn o. Inc ouIoane, anl1 Hacn eonl
Mun1cnte the oaces on either s!de, Sisans access
the hall n me entlanes ls Eesno9la anu n M
IRON which run tMo hlehiJ ofnamentM Ion staa5 ~ :
Ing to INC offices o. the board on eltnef sue, an
directly INTO the nan Mhicn = one hanaIea ana tnii
" feet long By ninety Vide ano lot1y'nTe les
Q6E0{8I&u
and nznamentations Of the style fa[ticnlar nsten
tion has been given to oa11aneements lor SenulaIso
: and the heating 10 by means o. not Na:et;
In the other design the facade towards asnin.
| ton street, is composed Of basement 70 feet high
| supporting Corinth1an Supersfrnc5ure f's
Ing to total height OF 80 teet, and divided into