New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-06

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- snd a IL aAma extent that lik<
peopertyh GAe ely q Washiu0ton owned
and possessed By Individuals i liable d
Aaaeo6ment and taxnAion.
Gic. IA And b. Il farther enacted,
That in couoidsraiioas Of the privileged
granted BY this oct 10 tie Washipgsor
Market Company, tie sid company
shsh pay; ye.Ely, every year during
years, unto the ctty OF Washington
the sum Of twenty-five thousand dollars
which sum shall b received by said city,
and set apart and expended by and. undeI
the direction of The city government o.
aid city for the support and relief of the
poor .of said city and of the District Of
Columbia; and eaid city may enforce the
payment Of said sum from time to time az
the same shall become due, either BY an
action at law or by the same proceedings
DOW authorized by law for the collection Of
taxes by said city. III
Sec. Is And be it further enacted, That
It the oorporators named in this act, or q
major part Of them, shall refuse or neglect
for sixty days from and after the passage
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 this
act, then aud in that case it shall and may
be lawful for any citizens of the city Of
Washington, to the number of twenty or
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 al the conditions
therein imposed; said articles shall be re-
corded in the Office of the register fort the
city Of Washington, and t%hereupon such
associates shall become o. body corporate
and be invested with all the rights, privil-
eyes, and immunities conferred by this. act
upon the corporators named therein. O
Sec is. And be it further enacted,
That the city government of Washington
shall have the right to hold and use, uoder
such rules and regulations as the said cor
poration may prescribe, the open space
at the intersection Of Ohio and Louis
lana venue with Tenth and Twelfth
streets as q market for the purchase
and sale of the following articles,
to Wit HAY, strsw, 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 IS the said corporation
may designate. And from and after sixty
days from the passage of this act Market !
ing o. me products named herein shall be
excluded from Pennsylvania and Louisi-
avenues, and the sidewalks and pave
ments thereon. |
SEC. IT, 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
this act are hereby repealed, sndthas
his act shall be deemed a public act, and
shall take effect from and after its passage.
But Congress hereby reserves the right to
in respect to said property
hereby granted, and TO amend or repeal
act. |
;PECIFICATIONs FOR WASHINGTON
CITY MARKET BUILDING. :
SCHEDULE.
Specifications Of materials aHd workman
hip required in carrying ont and complet-
ng the improvements proposed to be
made by the Washington City Market
on Center Market Space, ut
Washington, District of Columbia, and
aore particularly within the metes and
'0unds prescribed aud enumerated in the
ccompanying act.
Tbs work to be executed according to /
be annexed drawings, which are hereby
1ade a part of these specifications, and
'hich consist Of
l.. An elevationAl view in perspective
Ground plans Of first story ; 3. Ground
lans Of second story 4. Ground
lsns of third story S. Ground /,
lans of fourth and fifth sto.
es, and sectional views, showing ]
le interior arrangement of the main ,
lilding, as well as the open structures j
T market purposes, to wit: 6. By a line {
due east and west through center
square; Z. By q line running due north
I'd south through center of the square; 8.
7 q line running transversely through
ings of main building. q
The work must be done also in accord.y
ice with all working plans and detail '
Gets in explanation of the above designs, b
cb as the architect may find necessary a
order to give full artistic effect to most v
bstantial and permanent structures. b
DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. q
A. Main building on the northern front.-o
Re northern or avenue front will be APP 8
to an edi6ce which consists, as fl
: design, Of projecting pavilions, with A
ep returns on Seventh and Ninth n
Gets. These are five stories in keight n
owe the grouod, exclusive of the proni- Il
ut Mansard roofs; further. it consists of n
meeting wings, four stories high above b
Dund, and having also Nansard roofs. "
e main part OF this building will be to
,hty feet in depth, exclusive of wide pro. "
:tions= at center and at ends, toward G.
. south, and of Light, ornamental pro- 81
tons to the north. ..E : sao4 OH al
The first story OF this building is occu- &C
d by stores, and the upper stories will
toll all the Necessary and useful ac- az
for Offices, rooms, or other to
7ful purposes, the servants department tn
which is located in a basem ent, which b.
!, also cellars for the stores, and the tn
,essary cold air ducts, hot air flues. VI
L.. Of steam pipes, chambers and be
:ures for heating all the rooms pl
! corridors of the whole build Ia
with low pressure steam generated in tn
,~-explosive boilers, walled in fire proof. co
long the modern accommodations are ur
separate elevators. with best ho
chanical appliances for the conveyance
persons and baggage to the different an
ries, liberal allowances for lobbies, in,
and private parlors, reading rooms, SCI
&c and well ventilated modern public ira
private halls, suites Of rooms and inf
gle rooms, with communicating bath piI