The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-02
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NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.
~ by authority OF an act OF The Blxteenth
Legislaluie OF the state Of Texas, approved |
April ~, A u 1879, entitled "An act tS nro.
vide for building a new state capltal y 10 Ss |
erected GA the Capitol GIounds al Austin
Texas, plans and complete specifications Mi, |
We received by the unders, gned building m. |
missioners for same
UNTIL " O'CLOCK M, JANUARY s. ISL
ihe s7ld house mu' have apartments and an
ranSementN Al .cast equal T. the following.
Governors Office and apartments, lrooms; SEQ.
rotary otStaie's apartments, 4 rooms : ttorn,,y
Sene'ats, Rooms; CoiHptr llei'n, ~ rooms;
lt~nsufer,s a rm MS statistics aud Agriculture
room-; Educational, S rooms; Adjatant Cen
ctalS. : 10 ms, Police Guard and Janitogs, s
rnDlnNi geological Department, large speed
men room aud Office for samoi large Vguit
Tor rreasuieri largo vault for Secretary OF
Stately large vaults for Comptrolor, each fire and
burglar proof; water closets, sewers etc COM
plele toI each story In building. Provide on
second door for Sonate Chamber, approx imate-
ly 800 supe fetal feet, with lOOy aud galterles
also, poS,onoe 70 m, cloak rooIS, Lieutenant
Governors private room, enrolling clerks
room, en.russlug clerks room, Reprosenta-
tive, Hall, Approximately 10, 500 superficial
| feet LOBBY Hn1 gllVriesi posto1lice room; cloak
room, engroSsing olerA loom eurolling clerks
room; SPEAKERS private room, janitor's room;
stale Library room,e paoity OF 10000 volumes.
| Thiiu Ne0r, supreme court, nne room; An-
| pellsle Court, one room, aud ono law lihraty
| 70 m conV 'niei 10 both; ono clerks oOlce Tor
each court amt ~ least niue priVa To rooms FOR
| use OF l0dg'si one marshals room for each
! court; one ianitT'a room, and not less than
| th'uN rommlttee rooms, sltuatsd on second
| aud Third floors
III, yisluns must be made for properly light
Ing the entire building, and also FOR heallny
same b7 steam a. well as for water facilities,
on each floor, thol ough ventilation tnrouy houl.
| the laws OtAc' 0ustics mus be carefully aud
| rightly observed The entire structure nuet
be made rs nearly AS possible fire proof
| Drawings will Cousirt OF Foundation plan,
nrsl noor plan, second llOor plan, third No I
plan, roof plan, longitudinal section. trans
vtr'u section, front elevation, rear elevation
II Is LEFT optional with the architect whether nC
submit perspective drawing or not.
The huilllrg will he or. cted IN the center Vi
Asquate with principle facade 10 the . vth
The supsTstructure to be OF s.ns, and N,
building TO be worth ono million flVs AuadrSt
| Thousand (s w. tCOl dollSrs
Plana dir ring from the souoiAl uuhn,
herein indicated, and containing tho torrgo
int Accommodations will be duly .nsldsred
The drawing must he cent 10 the BlidinS
Comnlsstnneis At Austin, Texas, and sndorssI
Up ans for state Capltol, +" and rnns, coirs nm
derH nom dcplumc The real asms Nnd address /.
be sen. to the Commissioners In a sealea cnvs
l"re mos 70 be opened until after the award l.
made.
The sEnn OF seventeen hundred dollars will n,
paid thu architect whose plans IN ny sc accept
I'd, out OF tins Iroceeds of tho sale Of tho IRA
, 10, Gee acreb Of capitol landS. EstltnatsB may
he based npon the fact that stoHr, brick, lime
and saud can be procured within from enc t.
ilvo miles nom the grounds
Tho time within which plans aud speclaca
tioDs are to be submitted, is hereby extended Il
the flrstday OF February, A. ID 1881, and the size
as figured above, Is - nodded ~ TO aathOriL
parties bubmltNug plaza TO proviu0 for con-
, Portable room FOR tho accommodation OF thr.
hundred Representatives aud one hundre
senators.
The right toreject any or all plau Is reserves
- J. n. PRESTON,
experimenting Architect.
: N. l.. NORTON,
JOSEPH LEE,
4 Comml aLiOners