Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
FLORA'S NEW TEMPLE.
Selecting the Plans for the Conserva-
tory at Schenley Park.
MR.. PHIPPS MUNIFICIENT GIFT
To Be Located in q Central Spot in the City's
Pleasure Ground
PURCHASING FLOWERS AND PLANTS

The contract for the building of the $780,
600 conservatory at Schenley Park, which
will represent the generosity of Henry
Phipps, will be awarded on Monday, May
2, and work will be commenced Immediately
afterward. The building will be completed
duringthe summer, and part of 1t will be
occupied early in August by a selection of
flowers and plants Chief Bigelou is now
preparing to purchase.
When Mr.. Phipps made the offer Of his
gift to the citv it was accepted by Mr.. Big
Glow, who had authority to do 50. A COM
committee consisting of Chief Bigelow,
John Walker and NJ. F. Scaife was ap-
appointed by MIR. Phipps, to whom the
work of selecting plans and securing the
most desirable building possible for the
money was entirely referred.
Become an Enthusiastic Horticulturist.
Naturally most of the work has devolved
on Mr.. Bigelow, who, aside from his enthu-
siasm on the Identification of Schenley
Park, is as equally enthusiastic on flowers
and is quite connoisseur in that science.
He has visited every conservatory of note
in the country in search of ideas to be in
corporated into the new conservatory, ac-
companied at times by one or both the
other members of the committee, and Is
now in position to saw that Pittsburg's con-
'servatory will be much larger and grander,
SO far as the building is concerned, than any
other in the United States.
The committee has been meeting nearly
every day for the past week, and at meet
ing held in Mr.. Walkers Office yesterday
afternoon definite steps for carrying out the
provisions of Mr.. Phipps' gift were decided
upon. A number of plans have already
been submitted bv architects from New
York, Boston and Chicago, and two or three
others are expected before the time for
letting the contract arrives.
It May Be Too Expensive.
Lloyd & Co., of New York, have designed
a magnificent building, but there is some
doubt as to whether it can be built for the
money provided. Mr.. Lloyd was present at
the committee meeting yesterday afternoon
and agreed to furnish detailed estimate of
the cost, which he was satisfied would not
exceed the s1OO, 900 limit.
The committee also definitely decided
upon the location of the conservatory build
ing at the park. There have been a Dum-
Der of locations selected, one being the hill
side to the left of and beyond the bridge,
and another the field used for athletic
sports, but it is now settled that the elevated
spot occupied by the stables to the right of
the main entrance and not far from the
bridge will be the one used for the con-
servatory. The building will be large, of
the most substantial construction possible
for building of that character and Judging
from the plans already submitted. will pre-
sent beautiful architectural appearance.
All the fastest Improvements and ideas, in
use in various conservatories of the country
will be combined in this one, and it is ex
pected that in a few years Pittsburg will be
advertised throughout the world by its
magnificent conservatory.