The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-05
NOTICE TO ARCulTECrs


~ BY authority Of an act Of The Sixteenth
Legislature OF the state of Texas, approved
April rs, A d: 1879, entitled IAN act to pro-
VIDE Tor building new state capital" to be
erected IN the capitol Grounds at Austin,
Texas, piins and complete specifications will
be received by the undersigned building COM
missioneTn ior same
Until !; O'CLOCK NJ, JANUARY s, 1881.
The said house NUT have apartments aid ar
rangements at least equal to the iol< owing.
governors Office and apartments, rooms, Sec.
retary OF states apartments,4 Ar ms;Attorney
GeneIaPs, rooms; Comptroller % rooms;
lrensurel's, rooms; Statistics and A. riculture
rooms; Educational, rooms; Adjutanl Cen
erals, roomsi Police Guard and Janitots q
roomsi Geological Department, large spec.
men room and Office for same; l large vault
IOr treasurer; large vault for Secretary of
State;2 large vaults for Comptroller each fire and
burglar proofisw closets, sewers etc com
plete Tor each story In building Provide on
second uooffor Senate Chamber, approximate
ly 0,5Ot superficial feet, with lOby and galleries;
also, pOstoflice room, cloak roofN, Lieutenant
GOVernor'B private room, enrolling clerk, ~
room, enerossing clerks room, Representa-
ives, Hal, approximately l6, 500 Superficial
leeI, looy anu gallerles postofiice ROOM cloak
room,engrossing CLERK room enrolling clerk "a
room; Speakers private room, janl,or5s room,
state Library room, capacity of 100 900 Volumes
Ihlld Moor Supreme Court one room; APP
pelste Court one room, and one law library
room COW 4nieL TO both; one clerks onice for
each court and at least nine private rooms for
use Of Judges; one marsha's room for each
court; one janlt1r's room, and not less than
aud third floors.
Provisions must be made for properly light
Ing the entire building, and also for heating
same by steam as well as for wafer facilities
o., on each noori thorough ventilation throughout.
Inc laws OF acoustics mus be carefully and
rigidly observed. The entire structure must
DE made us nearly rs possible fire proof
Drawings will consist of foundation plan,
htst moor plnn, second floor plan, third floor
plan, roof pl0ni long tudinal section, trans
verse section, 'front.' elevation. rear elevation
II IS left optional with the architect whether he
submit perspective dihwing or not,
The building VIII be er, cted In The center OF
Nsquale with prlnc.ula facade to the sautn
the superstructure to be of one, and the
building to be worth one million Ave hundred
thousand (sl $50 tO0) dollars.
Plans dihrrlrg from the general outline
herein indicated, and containing the fOrego-
ing Accommodations will be uuly snsldered
The drawing must be sent to the Building
Commi7sionets ut Austin, Texas, and endorsed
~ ans i0r state Capitol, "andmpst come nm
der& nom deplume the real name and address In
be sen 10 the Commissioners in q sealed enve.
l2Re not TO be opened until sller the award is
made. 80
The sum OF seventeenhund dollars will be
paiu the architect whose plans may be accept
GU, out OF tue pr0ceeds of the sale of the frat
bO,QO acres OF capitol lands. Estimates may
he based upon the fact c ut tone, brick, lime,
and sand can be procured within from one TO
hye miles nom the grounds.
The time within which plans and specllca-
lions are to be submitted, is hereby extt nded TO
thelrstday February, A. ID 1881, and the sizes
as figured above, Is SO modified as to authorize
parties submitting plans to proviuo for com
PORTABLE room for the accommodation of three
Senators.
Therlghtt reject any or all plans is reserved
j. N; PRESTON,