, 1881-05-15

the fla,lus ot agents, Whn will have {, siron
stimulus to push i sale to Il successful ri
suit. anu thereby benefit the county nlnr
than any effort Of county official paid 10
| other duties.
In conversation with 4 TRIBUNE reporter
Col. Ellison, Of Ellison, FlerS!lcitn i Co.
strongly opposed is; iNfudiciouS any otho
way OF dsposins Of tho kcform-Srhool prop
erty Than BY ! public auction sale Oh til
ground under the auspices Of some lirst-rlits:
auctioneer. BY taking the bidder to TIL
ground. the beauty Of. the situation ;e1.t
spf Is acceSsioiltX san ,o would do mao it SCI
tied, and much better prices would
bu secured than in any other way The bes
time for tile SALE, Col. Ellison thought, would
be in June, when the leaves had 4 tender
green. anu young married men lightly turned
I to thoughts or lots.
EUILDING.
Messrs. Burnllan and Root, the architects,
have perfected the plans for the new Office
building oil Monroe street, west Of 1laver1y's,
to be built tor Mr.. Brooks, of Boston, and
also those Of the new building of the Chica-
so, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, on tho
northeast corner Of Adams and Frank
lin. Work will be begun at once
OIL both structures. The Importance of
these new improvements may be understood
from the fact that their aggregate cost will
not fall short of $500, ,0O0. 1t is the intention
Of architects and owners TO make them the
best of their kind. The Monroe street build
lnS will cover III area of TOXIC. OF this {, 800
square feet, about 5000 will be covered by
the foundations Of the outer and inner walls,
vaults, etc. The weight OF tile whole build
ing. will BE- 5000 tons. 1t will bo
eight stories high above the basement. Red
brick anu rtd-glazed tcrra-cotta will be the
material. The basement will he of stone
The style OF architecture might be called
conmercl;l Goihlc--the SIMPLEST expression
IN brick Ut the idea Of providing the greatest
curity. The cornicc will be inat!e,of nodded
bricks, without brackets, and small projec-
1l"Ns: The effectiveness Of the building will
be derived fr9u' the hight. Tho base
spceiay @ designed pasa for brofers te 0'''sSs Gs
large bai,ktns oiaice, s4xc5 This viii viii have ::
gallery leading to an upper tier OF vaults.
Elevators will be placed Oh eaci side of tia
case will face the entrance. Broad windows
on the staircase will light the landings 4
large skylight will illuminate the hallway,
a'ld the court will be lined with buff glazed
bricks, of c1or spe!calIy restful to the eye
west Of the entr:lllcc, with two vaults, and,
behind this will be two offices il,
the rear, looking: out OIL !. court
twenty feet wide. Above, the stories will be
divided into seventeen offices on each floor.
all we'll lighted ;.ild ventilated Every oilice
i'll this building will have 4 fireplace and a
vault.
The Office building Of the Chicago, Bur-
lingt0l' y Quincy Road will have I; frontage
Adams. The material will be. above the
first story, brick with a nodded cor1licc. |
'fhe basement will probably bc vi |
tue new. G!ocoate-:olored gran!t FROM Wis |
consn, which, when polished. is the hand
six stories l1l:,h. IL, the interior there will |
be Il sralld tourt, 5JSG0, running up from the |
lirst story to tile root, and covered by one
skylisi1l. The vaults will be built III the !
AMI northwestern. corlors Of
'it corners opening directly Into the court,
md III these will be located the iron stair
cases and the large elevators. There will
D. pair of elevators ut each end Of
cries in each story, tive feet wide, will run
clear around the interior courts to facilitate
between the Offices. Light
lnu air viii DC supplied to the rooms from
nc court Us well rs froln the outside. and in
Yliter the alr in tie court will be heated and
PASSED into the rooms over coils, tho temper
lture Of which can be regulated by the
occupants Of the Offices, Each Of
ICE fx VIII VIII have hs ,;';,ndI} fireplace Frcs'
Iile building will be fire proof, and It IS the
litentlon of the architects and the Railroad
;olnpany to make it more complete in all its
ppollituents than any other Office building
l. the country.
hessrs. Bl1lnham & Root have also COIN
ctett the plans fora line residence for Alr.
|. Dyron, to By built oil Michigan avenue.
gar Twenty-nflth street. 1t will be Of tic
,le!nlstl style, anu tile material will be tile
'edford ii'nestolle, in dierentco with tie
;,lll wells Of random rubble busll-han1mcre,
here will be two stories, besides the base
lent and attic. The roof will be pitched |
ridge, c0vcrcd with slate.
d. W. +Ackerlhann, the architect, is now ,
ntting w the following list of buildings: !
,2 ;one building. two stories and basement, x {
y 1eef pressed brick. with stone TRIM
n J. I. Is NJ, Mewet, 81 Granger
feet, two-story anu cellar residence, :seeaax t
S one 'rfSfea if1pss nEek S %'th ces2 Berlin San @
r Dr.. a. J; Baxtex, corner of Monroe and
t'crdeen streets. barn 24XGGC feet, two
ores, st: Louis pressed brick, stone trim :,
!ngs. and slate roof, to cost s, 20; No. II u !,
ories,, cellar: and attic, 2axc7, octagon l
mt, stone trimmings, with ma,lsard roof, II
cost $500; for X p. Williams, No. Su; ! f. f.
I llton street. two story and cellar residence, -
s4s feet pressed brick, with stone trim Q
tiding, two stories, 2aix53 feet, West Fiftietf il
q Hubbard streets, tn cost $4,000: at Ans n,
!, ILL.,. residence fur u. II. Murray, to cast u
''u3; at Evanston, ILL.,, residence for G. N. III
urEent, r. te cost S40N; also n residence in o.
lr. George Edbrooke, the architect, is y:
lshing designs for Battery DIS new armory, =,
lch IS TO compare with anything of its a. -,
! sehoothouse, to cast so, 900, is about to ci
built at Nos. Lis and 1C3 Eyerereen street u,
DIX Will ttaNin This rtnffI, l. III