The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-23
STATE UNIVERSITY.
Work on the New Main Building
to Be Begun Soon.
PROPOSALS ADVERTISED FOR.
Report OF W. r. Boone. the Architect,
Recommending Many Fine Structures
"A Magnificent Equipment.


The State university land and building
commissioners held meeting in this city
yesterday afternoon. The report Of the
architect, William E. Boone. adopted the
day previous at Olympia, was made pub
lie, and the advertisement for proposals
for the building was prepared.
In the report Mr.. Boone recommended
the erection Of sixteen buildings on the
new site. But one Of these will be put up
now and the others will be erected as the
university extends its work and receives
funds to enlarge its scope. The building
of administration and belles-lettres is the
one TO be erected at once, and this is
the one for which the board desires
proposals. After September / the plans
will be on exhibition in the Office OF Boone
IL Wilcox, in the Boston block. The other
buildings recommended are a biological
hall, chemical hall, hail of, law and medI-
cine, hall of mathematics and OF mines.
out building, general library, gymnasium
observatory, dormitory for men. dormitory
for women, dining hall. chapel, manual
training hall, stables and boat mouse.
When these structures, as planned by Mr.
Boone, are completed the state university
will have one of the finest equipments IN
the United States, and viii be one OF the
attractions for visitors to the Northwest.
The report follows:
In considering the question OF arranging plans
for the building of the University OF Washing
ton, il vas deemed proper by yonr architect to
make as complete n study as practicable OF the
most noted and successful universities in other
portions o. the country: to examine into their
faults: 10 profit from their success, aud 70 take
advantage OF the results which have been OBJ
tanned By costly experiments. With this object
in view, n careful canvass has been made of the
various buildings constructed elsewhere. and of
their workings: and, in addition, correspond
ence and interviews have been had with we'll
known professors OF experience in their special
scholastic departments. No effort has been re-
Taxed. No subject that nigh. possibly have
bearing upon and lead up to the success of the
undertaking has been considered unworthy of
consideration. An appendix, giving the results
of our examination OF other universities, is an
nexcd 10 this report and made part of ii.
But very few oil the Eastern universities have
hal their colleges constructed under auspices
30 favorable and fortunate as those Of the Uni
versity OF Washington. Commenced at times
when the country was not in IS iourishing a
condition ut present, the Oldcrtuniyersities
have had their bindings added to from time To
time, and new structures have been wcdged in
between older ones In such heterogeneous
manner that they have been rendered ineon-
venient ineongruous and inharmonious. In
many instances, from lack OF space for concen-
tration, they have been separated for miles. II
Is. indeed, fortunate that the state Of Washing
ton Is relieved OF this serious drawback for,
with our allotment of ground, the buildings can
be so planned and grouped that, when all are
finished, they will form completes and sym
metrical system. The requirements OF the pres.
.twffT r.
Typographical difficulties have been con-
sidered closely. They reed never stand in the
way OF placing other buildings in the future,
one after another, as they may be found desira-
bic IN eligible. orderly and symmetrical relation
and connection with those earlier provided.
The University Of Washington viii occupy an
exceptionally advantageous position In health
fnlness and accessibility, to say nothing of the
beauty and graGdeur OF the adjacent lakes and
gracefully rounded hills and serratcd mountain
cresis, clothed yth pTimevai forests, which are
ever in full view. What others have done in
some rich communities r. tame and insipid in
comparison with what nature has here fur
nished without cost la the location If the
buildings, these considerations have not been
neglected. There are all around the buildings
such views -, for variety and grandeur. can
rarely be met with. These. II preserved. will
confer upon the university character of I'm.
rivaled beauty and attractive interest
With this brief introduction let me explain
the plan proposed for the buildings which shall
constitute the University of Washington. A
plat of the ground upon which the various col
united for your approval and adoption.
Water must be bountfully provided, either
from Lake Washington or by artcsisn work, and
stored in tank reservoir. in which n water
tower must be constructed ia "A central location,
~ that all buildings may be supplied eeonomi-
cally by pressure. This tower would be better
located near the buildings in which are placed
the boilers for heating.
II is proposed to heat the buildings by steam
the boilers in batteries To be as central as pos
sibe. The boilers aud engines are located in a
portion OF the building arranged for the manual
training department. II is proposed 10 light the
buildings and grounds By electricity. 4 system
OF sewerage must be thoroughly considered as
soon rs the need therefor shall have arisen. No
natural barrier exists 10 prevent proper flow and
flush.
Upon entering the grounds the first college
approached is
BIOLOGICAL HALL
Here the student must aequant himself with
the problems which have In do with the life,
growth and reproduction of plants and animals
with the structure, origin and composition of
the soil; with the varying conditions OF the
air, ana in general with the great forces OF ua-
ture In the basement are proposed TO be ar
ranged the testing room. crcmatory, propagat-
ing rooms, yivisection room, store rooms, work
room. toilet rooms and head gardeners oi'ice.
First floor Departments of agriculture, hor-
ticuture. botany, arbcriculture. with profes-
sors' rooms, herbarium, lecture rooms, class
rooms. library, aquarium, general museum and
the various laboratories and cabinets.
second foor-Gallery of general museum,
geological and chronological laboratories lee
ture and class rooms, professors rooms. About
ten acres of ground should be allotted for the
accommodation OF glass structures. outdoor
aquarium, arboreten, rockeries, ferneries and
ornamental grounds.
The next building approached is
CHEMICAL HALL
This building is being planned after a careful
study of the newest and best arranged labora-
tories OF Europe and this country, covering ar
rangements for eQuipping it throughout with
approved apparatus in the most thorough man
ner The work rooms convenient, comm dions.
well lighted and adapted 10 the study OF chem
istry ia all its branches. Each room IS to have
its ventilating hoods. steam aud sand baths,
drying ovens, altering pumps, etc Each table
is 10 be supplied with complete set OF re-
SCENTS gas aud running water. supplied
through glass or timed pines.
BasemcDt-A lsrSe general laboratory, in
which eighty students can be provided with
conNeniences for work al the same time Ad-
tsoent are rooms for storage of apparatus ana
and chemicals, and for assaying. com hustion
aud dlstilllng, rerSiring and testing rooms
First floor Qualitative laboratory for thirty
two students at time, lecture room and class
room, special analytical laboratory, room for
analysis Of gases. store rooms ana museums
second floor-Lccture room capable Of seating
SO students qualitative laboratory with tables
Tor twenty students, library, balance room pro.
fessors' study rooms and special laboratories.
store rooms and apparatus rooms, dark and pho