The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-24

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~ By authority of an act of lhe SiXtee IN
Legislature OF the state OF Texas, upproye1
April %, A ID 1879, entitled "An act t. pro-
vide for building new state capital" TO he
erected on the Capitol Grounds at Austin
Texas, plans and complete specifications will
be r, ceived by the unuersigne building c M
missiOEers Tor same
UNTIL IL O'CLOCK NJ. JANUARY s, 1881 .
The sud house mutt have apartments Al Il ar
rangemenis mt least equal t. the following:
Governors Office and apartments, rooms; Sec.
rotary orState's apartments, rooms; Attorney
Gene. ais, rGOmsi Comptroller =, % rooms;
Trensurer'S, 4 rooms; statistics aud Agriculture
r0omqi Educational, rooms; AdjbIant Gem
erals, 2 TO ms Police Guard and Janitors, 3
rooms; Geological Department, large speci-
men room and Office for same; | large vault
COR Treasurer; large vault for Secretary of
State2 large vaults for Comptroller, each fire and
burglar proof; water closets, sewers etc COM
plete for each story In bulldog. Provide on
second iloorfor Senate Chamber approximate
ly $500 superficial feet, with LOBBY and galleries
also, posloilice room, cloak roor1, Lieutenant
| Governors p ivate room, enrolling clerk Is
| room, enRr ssing clerks room, Representa-
| ives Hall, approximately 1850 superficial
| feet, loby ana galleries; postoffice room; cloak
room, engrOssingc erk's room enrolling clerk 8
room; Spea Ell = private room janitor's room;
State Library room, opacity OF loo, 900 volume
Third floor, Supreme Court, one room; APP
pellate Court, one room, ana one law library
each court, and at least nine private rooms for
| use of judges; one marshal's room for each
court; one jan't'r's room, and not less than
thirty commit ee rooms, situated on second
| and third floors.
Provisions must be MISC de for properly light.
| Ing the entire building, and also for heating
same by steam as well as for wa er facilities,
| on each floor; thorough ventilation throughout.
the laws OF &C "Ousttcs mus be carefully a d
| rigiuly obser ed. The entire structure must
be made RS nearly as possible fire proof
Drawings will consist of foundation plan
| first floor pi II, second floor plan, third floor
plan, roof plan, longitudinal section, trins-
| we're section, front elevation, rear elevation
II is left optional with the architect whe her he
| submit perspective diawing ornOt.
The building VIII be ere cted In the center of
| n square with principle facade to the s nth.
The supersiructu'e to be Of s'one, and the
| building to be worth one million fvo hundred
| thousand Isl so tt0) dollars.
Plans din ring from the general ,utluc
herein indicated, ana cOniaiplug the forcgo-
| Inc Accommodations vii be duly c nsldered
| The drawing must be sent 90 the Bri ding
| Commis'i Iets Mt Aust n, Texas, and ndnrsed
| up ans tor Styts Capt. " and mus, c0ms I'M
| derH nom derlume the 70 al nome IN address -
he sen 10 the Commissioners IN n sen'ei enve-
lnpe not 10 be opened until after the award is
| made
The sum OF seventeen hundred dollars will be
paid the architect whose plans may be accept
| ed, out of the proceeds Of the sale Of the nrs
| 80. tt0 acres ui capitol lands Estimatef may
| he based uvnn The fact that atom brick, lime
and sand can bl procured within from one 10
| five miles from the grounds
The right to reject any or all plans Is reserved
j. n. PRESTON,
Superirtending Architect.
| N. l.. NORTON,
JOSEPH LEE,
Commissioners.