Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-26
THE NORTH ERN MARKET.
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Tho farmers northern market, corner
Of Moth Queen aud Wnlnu, streets, which
foll beneath tho great weight uI snu@ on
the root ~ It Just bc,uru Christians, r. soon
to DO rebuilt. Tho board ui managers Of
tho northern market company engaged the
scrvicos ot John Evans, tho architect, u
furnish plans aud speciHGntluus for nov
market house. That gentleman hhs iiu.
ished his work, and the board Ot managers
after thorough examination Of IT, have
accepted u, aud Advertised for prupDSals
Tor tho erection of the building. ino
plans aud specifications are now ut Aldct-
man Samsou's office, and tho proposals ui
builders will hC opened on saturday next,
when no doubt tho work viii bo awarded
20 tho lJwnst and bcSt bidder aud be ~
once pat under contract.
gno Proposed Rev Iuiluiug.
Tho new building Will hI much hand.
sOmcr aud more substantial than tho old
one. The front elevation On North Queen
street will b. quito ornamental. Tho side
walls will ba heavier and stronger than
tho old ones, and Instead OF Blopiug from
North Queen To Market street, as tho old
walls did, will DO built loyol On tho top, 30
that tho trusscs which are tu support the
archcd roof Will all bo Orcqual height, Tor
ono half tho distance from North Queen 20
Market street, at which point there will
DO break ia the height OF tho
wall whiCh, from that p1IlG " Market
street, will bo about two feet lower than
the other To conform To the grade of the
street. Those portions Of tho wall on
which the trussos ara to r1st will bC 20
inches thick from the foundation up, the
other portions of the wall u bo 20 inches
TO the gallery aud lS inches from that
point to the top,
a strong structure.
There will bo eighteen truascs iustcal Of
fourteen, rs in tho old structure. This
| will reduce tho space b0iwten thcm 20
| l3 feet, and each truss VIII be made OF
| heavier timber, tho cords to bo - by 10
| inches instead VI by 8. Tho root VIII be
strengthened by having . greater pitch
than tho old one, the trussCs - be c"nsld-
erably higher in the ceutro. There will be
a skylight, s by 40 feet, In the eastern MALT
| of the roof, instead Of the long Skylght
which ran almost thg entire length Ot the
| old building. As tbs uow building Will eX-
tend entirely to Market street aud takein
the space formerly occupied by Bushong 8
| -four and feed store and tho west wall will
have tour glass doors, and be perforated
by a number OF large windows, thore will
| be no necessity for skyhght IN the vest
eru half of tho roof. Tho roof Will DC
sheltered and covered with tin.
The Uhange Ia the Interior.
The interior Of tho building will also be
much changed aud improved. The stalls
will be arranged IN avenues rs they now
arc, but there will 10 galleries all around
the inside of the buildmg-the Cui
galleries to be 81 aud tho sido gaI,crl,a III
ieet wide. These galleries Will hc very
strongly built, with view OF using them
for market purposes, when occasion shall
require their use. Tho galleries viii Oo
reached by throe starways-ouc At the
east front and ono each midway along tho
north and south walls. The stairwayB and
galleries will be securely enclosed with d
heavy railing.
In the cast end Of tho buildnS un =
level with the galleries will bo five room
dwelling house for tho Janttor aud his
family. and au adjacent room for the ust
OF tho board of directors. These Will bt
conveniently l1li out aud furnished with
water aud Oth,r cOuyGuicuCes.
, Altogether tho building will be great
| improvement. on the old one, aud the
patrons of tho market will be Pleased I,
learn that 1t will be erected without II
( any way interfering with tho marketing
now being carried on N tho temporary
sheds recently erected on the site. The
, new building will bo erected outslde auC
over the sheds, which will DO removed
| after il shall be finished.