The times., 1899-05-13
TEN ARCHITECTS CHOSEN.
The Carnegie Library Competition
and the Rules.

In the absence of Commissioner John w.
Ross. President of the Washington Public
Library Commission, who is now in Bos-
ton, one of the subordinate members of
the Commission made public yesterday the
rules adopted several weeks ago to govern
the competition of architects. The names
of the ten architects who have been chosen
to compete and submit designs for the
building were also announced as follows:
Alden & Harlow, Pittsburg, Pa; Appleton
p Clark jr., Washington; Henry Ives
Cobb. Chicago; Hartwell Richardson &
Driver, of Boston; Hornblower Marshall,
Washington; Marsh & Peter. Washington;
Fred D. d. Owen. Hartford, Conn; W. NJ.
Poindexter, Washington; G. X. Thompson,
New York, and Wyatt & Noting, Balti-
more.
The designs must be fiat and unmounted
and sent in portfolio by noon of July II
to the president of the Library Commits
sion The ten architects will select two
persons who will act with the Commis-
sion as judges of the competition. Those
among the competitors who are not sue
cessful will receive $3.50 each in compensa-
ton for the time and labor spent in pre-
pairing plans. The competition will not be
limited to the competing architects. The
Judges will consider designs submitted by
any architect not included in the list of ten
competitors, but these architects, if un
successful, will receive no compensation.
All the drawings will be returned after the
final decision has been made.
The successful competitor will be ap-
pointed architect for the library building
| and will be required to hold himself In
readiness to restudy or modify his design
| in conformity with the desires OF the
! Commission.
1 no Ya rf ha huflt in
cuding book stacks. and heating and light
| ing apparatus, is limited to $3.50 900 for the
purposes of competition. The structure will
| be absolutely fireproof 1t is the desire
| of the Library Commission that the outside
walls Of the structure be faced with white
marble, if building can be constructed
out OF this material large enough to ac-
| commodate every branch of modern pub
| lie library. and provided also that build
| ing of this character can be erected With
! the limitations of the amount which the
Library Commission has at its disposal.
AS far as is practicable the partitions
| will be of glass, and in addition to the
main entrance for the public there will
| be a basement entrance for bicycles On
| the first floor will be book room. which
which will probably have an area of 5000
square feet. There will be provision for
| 225. 600 volumes, which capacity may be
| enlarged in the future. Among the other
rooms on the first floor will be the cir
| cuIating department. public reading room
cataloguer's room, open shelf room. chill
dren's room, librarians room, and recep-
| tion room.
Provision will be made on the second
floor for. periodical and newspaper room,
class or lecture room, a book room, four
special reading rooms, and a trustees
room. In the basement will be located 4
packing and shipping room, lunch room,
a binding and repair room, stock and store
rooms. bicycle, and fuel rooms, and the
boilers and mechanical apparatus.