The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-29
.OTICE 10 AROHlrECTs

n OttNt-s ~ AhNIAIkC1S,
~ BY authority OF 6n act OF the Sixteenth
legislature of the state OF Texas. npnrovsd
April Is, A u 1873, entitled "An act 10 nro-
Vide Tor building anew state capitsl. - ta be
91,,svs.a on the Capitol Grounns at Austin.
ieNas, plans and complete specifications will
pe received by the underS .gned BUILDING COM
miasioueFa inr SAME
Until - O'CLOCK NJ, JANUARY e. 1881
rue stlu mouse mus have apartments and ar
rangemens OF least equal e. the tol \oygfng
Governors ohiee and apartments, rooms, sec.
fe'Nly utNtNte apWmcnts,lr ms;AtlOrnev
Geheiafs, roomsi GOiEptrollc, y rooms,
4teesurer's, q roomsi statistics aud A 'culture
roomss Educational, 3 looms; Adlutan Cen
erals, ro0msi Police Gnard and Janitots
roomsi theological Department, lerge spec.
men room and ofico for same; ! large Vnnlt
or LreAsureri large vault for Secretary of
Stute;a largeVaults for Comptroller, each fire and
burglar proof; water closets, sewers etc CONF
plete Tor eqch story Ia building Provide ON
second uoortOr Senate Chamber, Approximate
~ ,oMsupefhcial feet, with LOBBY and galleries;
also, pOSlonce room, CLOAK room Lieutenant
GoyornOr's private room, enrolling clerks
room, nngf0ssing clerks room, Representa-
lives, Han, approximately rs 900 superficial
ltel, l0Dy ana galleries; pOsiOiiioe room; cloak
room, engr0ssing clorR room, enrolling clerk "a
room; Speakers private room, jani,or's room;
state Library room, capacity OF 1850, 900 Volumes
iuhd lloOr, supreme Court, one room; APP
pellate Court one room, ana one law library
60 m convenisnt TO both; one clerks onice for
use OF judges; one mnrshGus room for each
| court; one janitor'a room, and not lrsa than
| thirty committee rooms, situated on second
and third floors.
| Provisions must be made Tor properly light
| Ing the entire building, and also for heGting
same by steam rs well as for wafer facilities,
| on each lOur; thorough ventilation throughout.
| INC laws OF aceousticb mus be carefully aud
| rigidly observed The entire structure must
be made as nearly so possible IRE proof
Drawings wiz cousiet OF Foundation plan,
| hist iioor plNn, second floor plan, third flo n
plan, roof plan, Longitudinal section, trans
| verse section, front elevation. rear elevation
II Is left optional with the architect whether he
submit perspective drawing or not
inc building will be erected In the center OF
p square with principle facade TO the slutn.
Ihe supeHuucture to he OF stone, and tho
building to be worth one million ave hundred
thousand 81 800 0O0) dollars.
Plaus differing from the general outhnt
herein Indicated, and containing the f0rego
Ing accommodations will he duly considered.
Ine drawing must he sent TO the Building
Commissioners NJ Austin, Texas, and endorsed
'Plans for state Capitol, Z" and must come un
uera nom deplme thcreal name aud address Il
he sens to the Commissioners In n sealed enve
lope not TO be opened until after the award 4
made.
The sum OF seventeen hundred dollars win b.
paid the arobitectwhose plans may be accept
ed, out OF the proceeds OF the sale Of the fIs
5000 acres Of capitol lands Estimates ma,
be based upon the fact that etonr, brick, llme
and sand can DO procured within from one L
Tive miles from the grounds
The time within which plans aud speeilra
lions are TO be submitted, is hereby exit nded I
The ilrstday OF February a. ID 1881, and the size
as figured above, Ia 80 modified as 20 authorig
parties submitting plana to provide tor cCm
Portable room for the aocommoda ion of thrt
hundred Representatives and one hundre
Senators.
lheright eject any or all plans IS reserve
j n. PRESTON,