The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-04
TO ARCHITECTS

NOllCE ~ AkCHlTkCTS.
~ BY authority OF an act of the SiNteenth |
Legislature OF the state Of Texas, approved |
April Is, A ID 1879, entitled can act TO pros |
vide FOR building new state capital, 4" TO be |
erected on the Capitol Grounds at Austin, |
Texas, plans and complete specifications will |
be received by the unders, gned building G m.
mlsSioners for same
UNTIL y O'CLOCK M, JANUARY &, lsSl. |
The said house nust have apartments AID ar
engagements NJ least equal - the following,
GoVrrnorR ohlee and apartments, ronms; Sc,
retary OF states apartments, 4 rooms Attorney
NeneAM's, raonsi COlrptrullei -, - rooms;
I'ssuier'e 4 M MS statistics and Agriculture
rooms, Educational, $ iOons; Adj tsnt zen.
efal ;, = 70 ms, Pol &C &ualu and JOuitars, )
rooms; Geological Department, / large sieei-
men room aud Office for same; large vault
for Treasurer, large vault for Secretary of
State;2 large vaults lor Compirdler each hIe and
burglar proof water closets, sewers etc, COM
plete for each story In building, Provide ON
second door fnr Senate Chamber, approximate
ly ,SMsuperhcial feet, with LOBBY and galleries;
also, poslothec 10 N, CLOAK rooiN, lieutenant
Governor's p' iNate room, enrolling clerks
room, enerossing clerks room, Representa-
lives Hall, approximately IL, $40 superficial
feet, LOBBY ana galleries. plstottice rooms cloak
| room, ngroSSius c ork room enrolling clerks
room; speaSer's private room, Janl'or's room;
state Library rnom, cHpaciiy Of lG0. 900 volumes,
Thitd foor, supreme tourt one room; APP
! pthete Court, one tonn, and one law library
| room conVsnte to bolhi one clerk 8 ficp tor
each court and III least niue private rooms for
use Of judges; one marshai's room for each
| court; one iauit RS room, and not less than
thirty eammit'ee rooms, situated on second
| and third floors
l'r visions must be made for properly light.
ing the entire building, and also for heatiu.,
same by sleam n well as for wa'cr facilities,
on each noori thorough VENT. alton throughout.
The laws o. ac Oustics mus be carefully and
rigidly ohser> ed, The entire structure must
be made rs nearly rs possible fire proof
Drawings Will CONSIST OF foe ndAtion plan,
lirst floor plan, second loor plan, third hoyl
plan, roof plan, Longitudinal section, trans.
verse section, front e'eye tinn, rear elevation
II Is left optional with the architect whe,hor hi
submit perspective drawing or not,
! The building viii be er, oted In the center o
n square with principle fscsdo To- the uth
The superstructure to be Of ssnc, aud HI
building TO be worth one million nva uodre,
thousand (sl ,h00, CtO) dollars,
Plans din ring from the se1e~nl Nlpn
herein indicated, and containing the fore 20
ing accommodations vii, be duly 0 nsidAIcd.
The drawing must be sent 10 the Buildn
Conmiss Il ners at Austin, Texas and endorse
Pans for state Capitol and mist cOIls I'M
: der nom deplume the real ssme and address /
be senl 10 the Commissioners In u sea Ell envC
9 lope not 10 be opeued until after the award
made.
, The sum of seve ntcen hundred do lars " III b
i pad the architect whose plnns ~ ay he ace III
q cd, out OF tue proceeds of the sale VI the hrS
= 80 GO acres of capitol lands. Esumatsf 1uu
4 he based upon the fact that ton, brick line
/ and sand can DO procured withih from one
- i've miles from the grounds.
The time within which plans and specifics
Q lions are % he submitted, Is hereby extended I
: the fret day OF February A. ID 1881 and the sic,
q as figured above, Is 50 modified as 10 authorlI
: parties submitting plans TO provide for con
J, Portable room for the accommodation OF thrC
y hundred Representatives and one hundre
Senators
o The right torejeet any or all plang is reserve
u j. n. PRESTON,
70 experimenting Architect.
IS N. l.. NORTON,
II JOSEPH LEE,
r Commissioners