New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-01
and possessed by individuals is liable to
assessment and taxation.

granted by this act to the Washington
Market Company, the said compan.
shall pay, yearly, every year during
years, unto the city of Washington
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars
which sum shall be received by said city
and set apart and expended by and unde
the direction of the city government o
said city for the support and relief of thu
poor Of said city and of the District o
Columbia; and said city may enforce the
payment of said sum from time to time al
the same shall become due, either by al
action at law or by the same proceeding
now authorized by law for the collection o
taxes by said city.
if the corporators named in this act, or ;
major part of them, shall refuse or neglect
for sixty days from and after the passagt
of this act, to accept the franchise hereby
created, or if, having accepted the same
they shall have forfeited the same within
two years from and after the passage of thit
act, then and in that case it shall and may
be lawful for any citizens of the city o.
Washington, to the number of twenty OF
more, to associate themselves together by
articles in writing subscribed by them,
whereby they shall undertake and agree
to accept the franchise conferred by this
act and to perform all the conditions
therein imposed; said articles shall be re.
corded in the Office of the register for the
| city of Washington, and thereupon such
associates shall become body corporate
and be invested with all the rights, privil-
| eyes, and immunities conferred by this act
| upon the corporators named therein.
| Sec. 16. And be it further enacted,
That the city government of Washington
shall have the right to hold and use, under
such rules and regulations as the said cor
poration may prescribe, the open space
at the intersection of Ohio and Louis
lana avenues with Tenth and Twelfth
streets as market for the purchase
and sale of the following articles,
to wit Hay, straw, oats, corn, corn-meal
seed of all kinds, wood for sale from the
wagon, cattle on the hoof, swine on the
hoof, country produce, sold in quantities
from the wagon, and such other bulky
and coarse articles as the said corporation
may designate. And from and after sixty
days from the passage of this act market
ing o. the products named herein shall be
excluded from Pennsylvania and Louisi-
ana avenues, and the Sidewalks and pave
ments thereon.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted,
That all acts and parts of acts of the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Common
Council, and OF Congress, inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed, end that
this act shall be deemed a public act, and
shall take effect from and after its passage.
But Congress hereby reserves the right to
legislate in respect to said property
hereby granted, and to amend or repeal
this act.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WASHINGTON
CITY MARKET BUILDING.
SCHEDULE.
Specifications of materials and workman
ship required in carrying out and complet-
ing the improvements proposed to be
made by the Washington City Market
Company, on Center Market Space, at
Washington, District of Columbia, and
more particularly within the metes and
bounds prescribed and enumerated in the
accompanying act.
The work to be executed according to
the annexed drawings, which are hereby
made part of these specifications, and
which consist Of
l. An elevational view in perspective
2. Ground plans of first story 8. Ground
plans of second story; 4. Ground
plans of third story; 5. Ground
plans of fourth aud fifth sto.
ries, and sectional views, showing
the interior arrangement Of the main
building, as well as the open structures
for market purposes. to wit: 6. By line
running due east and west through center
of square; Z. By line running due north
and south through center of the square; s.
BY line running transversely through
wings of main building.
The work must be done also in accord
ance with all working plans and detail
sheets in explanation OF the above designs,
such as the architect may find necessary
substantial and permanent structures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
A. Main building on the northern 'front.'
The northern or avenue front will be ap-
to an edifce which consists, as
per design, of projecting pavilions, with
deep returns on Seventh and Ninth
streets. These are five stories in height
above the ground, exclusive of the promi-
nent Mansard roofs; further, it consists of
wings, four stories high above
ground, and having also Mansard roots.
The main part OF this building will be
eighty feet in depth, exclusive of wide pro-
jections at center and at ends, toward
the south, and of light, ornamental pro-
jections to the north.
The first story of this building is occu-
io1 NV ho will
contain all the Necessary and useful &C.
lawful purposes, the servants department
of which is located in basem ent, which
has also cellars for the stores, and the
necessary cold air ducts, hot air fues,
coils of steam pipes, chambers and
fixtures for heating all the rooms
and corridors of the whole build |
ing with low pressure steam generated in
non explosive boilers, walled in fire proof. |
Among the modern accommodations are |
prominent separate elevators, with best |
mechanical appliances for the conveyance |
Of persons and baggage to the different |
stories, liberal allowances for lobbes, |
public and private parlors, reading rooms, |
large and well ventilated modern public |
and private halls, suites of rooms and |
single rooms, vita communicating bath
rooms and alcoves, good-sized PLATA |
rooms, spacious corridors, twelve feet in
width, easy and wide stairways in sufficient |
number, which afford easy egress in case
IT alarms; further, large dust shafts
through the house; also, speaking
;ubes in all directions, electric bells and
clocks.
The whole avenue front, as we'll as the
ronts of the pavilions, returned around
heir northern corners on Seventh and