The New York herald., 1867-02-23
No ARCHITECTS.

rINO ARCHITECTS
Congress. of rssd States have adopted the following
erected for Post once and unted States Courts IN The
RESOLVED That all Architect. desiring to compete for the
sallaiss o,sse and Court Rooms he q
s q III. s nsS Ss re &
that The following are the conditions and rules be observed
riTs.mIhs plans 70 Be upon uniform scale Of one.
perspective drawing to the same scale
be free from eoo1ng except so far may be
nasfn nds dsa'
approximate estimates in detail.
Fourthspecial reference be the subject OF
fhThe material o. the exterior be OF white marble,
except as TO vt floor which is TO be estimated both for mar
to be the
% & New York on or beiore Monday the sh day OF April
WV REQUISITES FOR THE BUILDING
To be three stories and attic IN height above the base
Basement and First Floor TO be used entirely as Post
The Second and Third Floors be divided follows
First-six rooms for United States District
Attorney, assistants and clerks Second floor.
second.-Three rooms for United states Mar
Third.-one room for Circuit Court at least
Fourth room for District Court at least 'N'
FShyone room for District cour, Judges ''''Aa A''
sisth.-one room for Circuit Court judges eS0 80
seven!h-Two rooms for Circuit Cour: Clerk '~0'. 80
Eishth.~Two rooms for District Court Clerk ''e w
Ninth~one room for Grand July .. Third soor
Tenth One room for arbitration Third noor
Eleventh Two rooms for Referees of Circuit
Tvenb;-one for District Attorneys
rhrseenth extra rooms, ii required for
o a oor
All other in second and third stories and attic will
be required for Post Office purposes
All the above to be with the necessary wash
As many tanks in the upper story may be required 10
furnish constant and sufficient supply Of water through
and 3, vaults ~, be in the
All unnecessary and inappropriate ornamenaion to b
An plans and estimates to be presented as Aforesaid
with the name Of the archeci.
M whose pa sh se n sr the
Conmisson tha. such archtect be recommended BY the
n nc he q a. e s
lawfully constituted authorities thereof for that purpose;
at ne pc 81 psd ana nd receive ] a @
on balance Of the amount Of expenditure and cost of erecting
Resolved That tn. OF ssolo be paid to the srchec;
whose plan shall be reported upon and adopted sy tne CON-
to the architect whose plan may BE- deismned bS the Com
to the architect wosc plan may be Sy he
mission TO be fourth in merit
rsspssSey BY this most asssrsns Of
rst yson be pad $500 each and that the second division
Resolved That this Commission reserve tho right OF re-
jecting ALI plans proposed and submitted to II.
Resolved, That all plans for which premiums shall be
awarded be retained the property OF the United states
and that all other plans be returned the architects who
submitted them.
Resolved. That architects requested apply to James
Kelly Postmaster, Secretary OF the at the Post
Once. for the proposals. surveys and maps.
s:,,s.s4 &. fsss
John 7. Hoffman, Mayor James Kelly Postmaster
samuel q. Courtney " Jonathan Sturges. President
Atty. South'n Dist, n. y. Chamber OF Commerce.
jackson s. Schultz Moses Taylor.
Charles H. Russen. Charles N. Rogers.
JOHN 7. HOFFMAN. Chairman Of Commission
JAMES KELLY, Secretary.