The record-union., 1898-07-30

free-standing columns, supporting an
entablature at the level of the impost
of the arch. The building will be
abundantly lighted by great arched
openings along the sides and by sky
lights in the roof. The main room
will be large enough at the June gradu-
alton ball to call all the beauties of the
, Union to order for the opening dance.
THE BOATHOUSE.
The boathouse is the second building
| that will be commenced. 1t will oc-
cupy corresponding position to the
armory, to the east of the cadets quar-
| ters, with the parade grounds between
| it and the armory, which grounds also
| front the cadets quarters. The boat
house will be connected with the cadets
quarters by a covered way. The boat
house will have two main entrances,
| one to the east of the basin and one
| upon the parade grounds. The basin
| is to be formed by an elongation into
| the Severn, off the point of land known
as the Phlox's wharf, to point par
allel with the Santee's wharf, and will
| be inclosed on all sides save it's en-
| trance into the river.
| The boathouse will be of the same
proportions as the armory, will dupli-
cate it in style and general character
and will cost about the same amount
| of money 1t will be traversed longi-
| tudinally by a marine railway, con-
meeting with the ways at the eastern
| end of the basin. There Will be ac-
| commodation for twelve pulling cut
| ters, twelve sailing launches, four small
| torpedo boats and two large torpedo
| boats. There will be on the ground
! floor a machine shop, blacksmith shop,
| carpenters shop, foreman's office and
| paint shop. On the second floor will
| be the sail loft, where the cadets are
| taught the ropes and knots; a model
room. workshop, department of sea-
1hanship, with six recitation-rooms for
ten pupils each; offices and storeroom.
| Attached to the western end of the
| boathouse will be an overhang for cut
ters and small boats.
| The cadets quarters will be the third
| and central figure of the improve
ments that are to be commenced at
| once out of the appropriation in hand,
| the academy authorities and Navy De-
partment looking confidently forward
to the fact that when these are ex-
hausted other largesses will follow to
finish the good work. The cadets
|
| grounds from the campus To make
place for this building the Superintend-
| ents residence will have to be pulled
down, and the last of the buildings of
Fort Severn, except the fort itself
| The cadets quarters will enclose
three courts, and will face the parade
| grounds and overlook the Severn and
| the Chesapeake. The building will be
centrally located as to all the depart
| ments of the Academy, and will be an
imposing, central and dominating mass
! over the edifices of the Academy. The
| eastern portion Will be upon a terrace.
The central court will be open to the
| westward. The dimensions of the
court are $50 by 200 feet. The other
! two courts will be entirely closed and
| will measure about 100 feet square
| each. The extreme length of the
building will be GOO feet. with a width
of 400 feet The area it covers will
be 10000 square feet. 1t will, when
completed, cost 81 434 4334 800 The quar-
ters Will have accommodations for 500
students more than the number now
allowed by law, and about twice the
number that is usually at the Acad-
emy. So the Government is econom-
ically building for long period down
the future.
There will be two principal entrances
-one from the great court and one
! from the terrace that overlooks the
parade grounds. The ground floor Of
| the central block will be entirely de-
voted to vestibules and stairways Cor
| ridors will extend through the build
ing and will connect with the covered
ways that lead to the bOathouse and
armory. -Four narrow courts light the
corridors, with the aid of ceiling lights
| Near the vestbule are the offices Of
the commandant of cadets the officer
Of the day, the cadet officer in charge
and the surgeons and the reception
rooms.
| The machine building, or power
house, will be one of the very earliest
buildings to so up. 1t is one Of a
group of three to be located at the
northwestern end of the basin. 1t
will be 2O0x65 feet and two stories
high, and will contain $4,000 cubic
feet. 1t vii cover an area of 1900
square feet and cost $4,000 In it
will be the dynamo room, pump room,
carpenter shop and cabinet and general
repair shop, with offices for the fore
man.
OIncerS quarters Will be built at once
TO take the place of those torn down
in Porter Row. These will be located
in oklahoma" as the newest addition
to the Academy is facetiously called.
, The superintendent residence will be
In the present library building. which
is one Of Annapolis colonial treasures,
having been built before the Revoiu-
ton and occupied by Governor Eden as
the Executive Mansion who enter
tanned Colonel George Washington of
Virginia" in it before the War of In
dependence.
The other buildings to follow are a
new steam engineering department an
academic building and library a boiler
house, a department of chemistry and
. physics. and chapel which it has been
suggested here should be the gift of the
nation as a memorial to the Maine's s
dead.
! The general plan OF improvements
: shows an entire change in the face of
, the Naval Academy. All of the old
, and unsightly buildings will be re-
/ moved, and in their places will stand
| suitable and imposing buildings, locat-
ed at convenient points for the prompt
| and efficient autonomy of the school,
r The view from the cadets quarters will
be one Of magnifcence, showing the
r Chesapeake. with its varied water