New-York tribune., 1886-08-28
ADDITION TO THE MUSEUM BUILDING.

GENERAL DI CESNOLA SAYS THAT MONEY GIFTS
ARE WANTING FOR TIE NEW ROOMS.
After delay Of nearly three years tho work on
.he addition TO the Metropolitan Museum of Art
will begin next Monday. The contracts for the
new building were awarded by the Park Depart
made all arran GENE ts to enable them to push for
ward the work until cold weather interrupts it.
The foundation was completed moro than year
blasting. Now the work Will proceed directly from
the foundation walls and 1t is expected that in
a year from this fall the annex VIII De ready tor
abont 1925. .OOO An act passed by the
Legislature three years ago approprtating the
money for the building and the foundation was
then begun The appropriation was to be raised by
issue OF bonds, but subsequent act OF the
Legislature prevented tho city from Issuing more
bonds at that time so that the APPROPRIATION came
TO naught until another bill passed by the
Legislature nado mandatory the part of the city
authorities to the money from the tax levy.
Bids were advertised for In July. but when they
were opened 1t was found that the lowest bid ex-
ceeded by several thousand dollars the approprla-
ton for the building The plans wsfs then n mod;
aud bids were again advertised for. The result was
q reduction of about $4,000 in the cost of the
work.
General di Cesnola, the director of the museum,
In speaking of the plans for the addition aud the
need of this additional room. said yesterday that
there was at the present time forthcoming sutfi-
cien number of works OF arts at the disposition OF
the museum to fill nearly the entire addition.
These cannot be accommodated in the present
building which Is already crowded. lie con-
tIDued:
Every year s adding large and valuable works to the
collections and bequosts and cotions now prom
ised TO II in the future whom the at hand for
providing for them that will aggregate over S7OO0OOO
dioo recently on his return from Europe. He
gives oondtonaliy about 81. 100000 to the Museum
Other bequests will come from wealthy residents of
EewiOrt and tho vicinity who interested In the do
voopment OF art In this country.
HEAVY SHIPMENT OF COTTON GOODS.
The new special freight rates ON cotton piece
goods which went into effect on Thursday, have
made things lively in the dry goods district. For
weeks previous TO the reduction no heavy ship
ments of goods affected by the change were made
except of stock that was immediately required
by the retail merchants AS result of this orders
accumulated aud for the last two days the shipping
forces of nearly all the large houses have been
working until far into the night. his agreement
between the trunk lines and the morchan is CON.
mttee does not affect ahv existing freght contracts
between the roads and the shippers, nor does 1t
require that this special rate of SO cents per hum
dred rounds must DO paid if foI any cause railroad
rates should drop below this tariff. The special
rate applies only to the firms that sign the agree
meDt to abide by the conditions of the reduction
imposed by the railroad companies About thirty
of the principal houses have already signed, inoud
ing such hrms H. Il. Clahin & Co., left. Weller
q Co., and Dunham. Buckley IL Co. 1t is expected
that all the rest will sign IN few days none of
the conditions are considered Objectionable by the
merchants