New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-05

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minAbie ~. ~ III ~ 1opl pro.
!. perUso Of said corporasion ~ b eahject
% assessment aud taxAtlon tof I'll Dd6trfct
and municipal purposes, IN the same mad
Ense and, "a, tie same extent that Ike
property In the city of Washington owned
and possessed By individuals = liable to
os6e6ement and tAxAtion. ssa -
+. &c. IA. And b. IL further enacted,
That in consideration Of the privileges
0ronted BY this cot to the Washington
Lsfket Company, the said = company
s!nlI pay: yessly every yss s;... cssine
yeaxs, unto the city of Washington,
Che sum Of twenty-five Thousand dollars;
which sum shall be received by said city,
aud Get apart and expesded By and under
the direction Of the city government Of
said city for the support and relief OF the
poor Of said city and Of the District OF
Columbia; and said 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
now authorized by law for the collection Of
taxes by said city. =
SEC. Is And be it further enacted, That
if the corporators named in this act, or
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 il, having accepted the same,
they shall have forfeited the same within
two years from and after the passage of this
act, then and 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 aud to perform all the conditions
therein imposed; said articles ehall 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.
SIC. is. And be il 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
ct 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
hoof, country produce, sold in quantities
from the wagon, and such other bulky
and coarse articles % the said corporation
may designste. 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. 81.
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
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WASHINGTON
CITY MARKET BUILDING.
ID SCHEDULE.
Specifications of materials and workman
ship required in carrying ont 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 aud enumerated in the
accompanying act. =.
Tbs work to be executed according to
the annexed drawings, which ere hereby
made part of these specifications, and
which consist Of ~4 "
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
plans of fourth and 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 q line running due north
and south through center of the square; 8.
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-
propriated 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 proni-
nent Mansard roofs; further. it consists of
wings, four stories high above
ground, and having also Mansard roofs.
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-
ections to the north. a.. fEsE .-r
The first story of this building is oceu-
pied by stores, and the upper stories will
,ontsin all the Necessary and useful ac-
for Offices, rooms, or other |
awful purposes, the servants department
If which is located in basem emf, which |
aas also cellars for the stores, and the |
necessary cold air ducts, hot air fues,
,oils of steam pipes, chambers and
fixtures for heating all the rooms |
md corridors of the whole build
ng with low pressure steam generated in |
boilers, walled in fire proof. |
Among the modern. accommodations are
prominent separate elevators, with best |
mechanical appliances for the conveyance |
If persons and baggage to the different
stories, liberal allowances for lobbies,
public and private parlors, reading rooms,
arge and well ventilated modern public
md private halls, suites of rooms and |