New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-02

gtaute0 Dy t016 act 10 the WoehlDgt0l
Market Company, the said compan,
shaA pay, yearly, every year durin
the said term q Of niuety-nin
years, unto the city Of Washington
ne sum OF twenty-five thousand dollars
whcA sum shallbe received by said city
aud get apart and expended by and unde
| the direction of the city government o
said city for the support and relief of tb'
poor Of said city and of the District o
Columbia; and eaid city may enforce th,
payment Of said sum from time to time q
the same shall become due, either BY a
action at law or BY the same proceeding
DOW authorized by law for the collection o
taxes by said city.
SIC. Is And be it further enacted, Tha
II the corporators named in this act, or
msjor part Of them, shall refuse or neglect
for sixty days from and after the passag,
OF this act, to accept the franchise hereb,
| created, or If, having accepted the same
they shall have forfeited the same within
two years from and after the passage of thi!
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 o.
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
1t the intersection of Ohio and Louis
lana avenues with Tenth and Twelfth
streets as a 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
boot, 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.
i 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 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. srH-
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WASHINGTON
CITY MARKET BUILDING.
SCHEDULE.
Specifications of materials aHd 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
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 S. Ground
olans of fourth and fifth sto.
lies, and sectional views, showing
he interior arrangement of the main
as we'll as the open structures
or market purposes, to wit: s. By line
'unning due east and west through center
If square; Z. By q line running due north
md south through center of the square,; 8.
By line running transversely through
wings of main building.
The work must be done also in accord
nee with all working plans and detail
meets in explanation of the above designs,
UGH as the architect may find necessary
q order to give full artistic effect to mos.
and permanent structures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
A. Main building on the northern 'front.'
The northern or avenue front will be ap-
'ropriated to an edifice which consists, as
YER design, Of projecting pavilions, with |
eep returns on Seventh and Ninth !
treets. These are five stories in height |
bove the ground, exclusive of the proni- |
ent Mansard roofs; further, it consists of |
wings, four stories high above !
aud having also Mansard roots. !
he main part of this building will be |
lightly feet in depth, exclusive of wide pro-
ections at center and at ends, toward
he south, and of light, ornamental pro-
actions To the north ...
The first story of this building is occu-
led by stores. and the upper stories will
ontsin all the Necessary and useful &C.
for offices, rooms, or other
awful purposes, the servants department
f which is located in a basement, which
as also cellars for the stores, and the
ecessary cold air ducts, hot air aues.
oils of steam pipes, chambers and
xtures for heating all the rooms
nd corridors of the whole build
az with low pressure steam generated in
on.explosive boilers, walled in fire proof.
lmong the modern accommodations are
prominent separate elevators, with best
appliances for the conveyance
f persons and baggage to the different
tories, liberal allowances for lobbies,
ublic and private parlors, reading rooms,
,rge and well ventilated modern public
nd private halls, suites of rooms and
ingle rooms, with communicating bath
ooms and alcoves, good-sized plain
ooms, spacious corridors, twelve feet in
'idth, easy and wide stairways in sufficient
lumber, which afford easy egress in case
( alarms; further, large dust shafts
trough the house also, speaking
hes in all directions, electric bells and
ocks.
The whole avenue front, as well as the
onts of the pavilions, yeturned around
,eir northern corners on Seventh and
inth streets, will be faced with granite
" entrance story, and with marble or cut
.ndstone of equal style and durability for