The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-27
BUILDING: COMMISSION.

The Model OF the New Public BuiIdIngs Bx- |
hpSition-It is Accepted, aud Councils Notlhed |
Of the Fact-The Wnlnut-street Front 20 be |
First Executed.
At noon to-day the Public Building Commission |
held special meeting, President W. 8. Stekley in
the chair.
The model executed from the design Of Mr. John |
Macarthur was exhibition in the room and was |
examined by the commission.
Thomas Z. Walter, ESQ.,, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Plans and Architecture, submitted the |
following report;-
The Committee Plans and Architecture respectfully
gagged tho services Of the architect Of the accepted design
revise modify and redraw his plans throughout 80 as to
bring them % into SS1fG%S 35 with the views Of the
have from time to time been expressed The revised de
the action Of the commission they accompanied
by SS9deP @ nj no6S Ss order Of s eGod
general idea Of the outside appearance Of the building
on SS%ssf
an S Snp n
pee and convenient GcOommod6tons provided for all
and that provision been n:de for the free and
ten Of al who may have business to tsnssc With any Of
The courts are admirably accommodated; The court
rooms are Of ample dimensions ard are well DESIGNED
sse nave been cSrefuy attendeS to- The iury rooms
the rooms for consultation the Law Library and all the
and well adapted 10 the purposes for which they in
The chambers for the Select sud Common Councils are
grand and imposing, and the Offices lo6bes. retiring
branch of the public service are spacious and conye
All other departments bureaus and offices connected
with the entire municipal goEer9rnent in all It's rsmoa
is afforded in well ventilated apartments, for ell the
All the rooms halls. corridors and Iobbes are well
lighted by windows FROM the outside well yentiated and
strictly and absolutely iireproof.
aocommodSton Of the municipal government there viii
be large surplus of in the buildings for future
he aug
to all Offices bureaus and departments judicial sEs
the the floor room At present
assigned hereafter, the business Of the city may
As It regards the exterior Mr. Macarthur has msdea
sudied revision OF his design, by which
They are OF the opinion that as an COMPOST
ton it is in complete accord with the purposes of the
r0f Of SOHns Snder Which Se
adopt plan at time during the 1859 That they
hs ,Ss what Of the said pa
least wsE IN IN 9Re @ or m9rs @
the contract contracts to the lowest
best bidder recurring ample & security and that they shall
form OF which being first approved by the City Solicitor
terms Of the law first adopt plan before the close Of
the In order S to SSSnRh & this the
the architect and they have now to say that the work Of
you time for action within the limits prescribed by
The next provision of the law requires the Commits
sOner to des11 Ss mi s what OF such plan as they
The committee of the opinion that the buildings
aPsd Rd L. s SS % S @
accommodations connected with the Court are in this
o condition of the occupied by the Courts
hs s e fhs to be o # % 5
also be remarked that by afordng accommodations
ne @ be- Vacate be- doW anS the he
cid materials used in the buildings remaining to be
In view however, the present high prices of every
pnns the Walnut pOron
the s o they the
into contract contracts for such parts only
%S SeT so the law in such
see ask Ieii the annexed
All VI ' " EEHHSSkf EHFISkkksB Z, syAEEHEs kEH9ss.
lgEspE gEEEPskEoK y KsTS6N GRAEF'
JOHN ROBBINS,
,.., JOHN htsff McoXkra2. G XXrraAHN'
Resoipsd That the design for the public buildings
submitted by the Committee Plans and Architecture
Rogd That the Walnut street portion of the buildings
RssoVed, That the Committee Contracts be directed
ADVERTISE in accordance with the second section of the
ordinance To provide for the erection of public build
ngs for proposals for such materials and labor may
sreet porton Of the buildings and in eonsaCns the
foundaOns the cellar walls and the walls Of the base
and conditions Is upsn which oh t the or
provided for by the third section of the aforesaid od
| nance.
The report was accepted and the first resolution
Mr.. Dickinson moved to postpone, on the ground
that he, with others, had not had an opportunity to
Mr. Robbins said that the time for the adoption OF
the model was growing very short, as the ordinance
requires the plan to be adopted before the beginning
! OF the next year.
Mr. Ellington queried whether there was not O
greater barrier to the erection OF the buildings
Councils had refused to levy the tax to provide the
means to pay for the work
Mr.. Spering thought that, no matter what Councils
had done the commission should do the work
assigned II. The law required the plans to be
selected before the expiration of the year 1862 and
that duty was part Of the work designated to the
commission.
against this resolution, as he would be necessitated
to do were the matter forced TO vote now. The
model was not the same as was directed by the com
mission, and that he deemed SUFFICIENT reason fol
| postponement.
The motion to postpone was not agreed to.
Mr.. Ellington considered that the Committee or
| Plans of this body had had more power conferred
| upon 1t than any similar committee OF any othel
organization. He wanted time to examine tht
| model.
The first resolution was then adopted by the fol
| lowing vote:-
Yess-Messrs. Day, Gilingham, Graf. Kneass, McCsr
hy opo ps SpSG aoosSs g.s, Walter Watson
Nays-Billngton, Dickinson, and Miller
| The remainder or the resolutions were adopted
when, after considerable discussion, it was agreed
that City Councils shall be notified OF the action o.
| the commission, and asked for permission to eX-
| hibIt the models in Independence Hall.
| Photographs OF the model were ordered to bC
taken when the commission adjourned.
LOCAL ODDS AND ENDs.-The watering pots of thu
NEUROLOGICAL deity Jupiter are evidently out OF order
| "A good reply was made yesterday by stranger
| who on being asked as to what he considered thu
most noticeable feature OF the city, replied, 'You
| dirty streets"
| Napoleon III, by telegram, expressed his regre
that he could not be present at the Reportoria Ban