The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-03

ingly divided the Ss.0O0.00) as follows:
 Amount already appropriated. l,zzU,UVO Three city blocks of land....... l52'0O0 Sea wall. .. .. ...................... zl2,VOV Dt ainere . .,....,,. 15,000 Filling in and dredging 10000 Subway ..........,,,,,, 50.000 Practice battery .. .. ............ 25,0Ou Rebuilding old house for super
 intendent's -uarte-s.. .. .. .... A.OOo
 race race and colonnade.. =. .. ... 2.6sO.OoO
 fhent, less amount already ap- ,-o ooo propr1ated'' .':''..';'-.'..' A'o'V'' DH%1 foor nouse' .i.... .' 10000 Nsne bIocks of officers houses 300, ,OOC Physics and chemistry building. 35O0O Academic building, including ter ,.. 40. race and amphitheater.. ...!.. l,OOO.oW Officers mess and bachelors o., Administration building. :. 10000. , Storage and shops. power house. 125,O00 Reacnna ,.......... 75.000 Rest Restoring old Fort Severn. .... lOOOo Various small buildings. .. 2,O00 Gvmnasiu . ............. 150,00) Contingent fund. .. . ........... 390. 900
 Tots, .sS, ,OOO 900
 Considerable headway has already been made under this plan. Contracts have construction of the power house, the armory and boat house. The power | house is to cost $12S, ,950, according to the contract; and the armory and boat mouse srns which will be identical, are 10 cost $7s2,- | 080. The same firm has a contract 70 | build portion of the sea wall at a cost | of $50, 900. Foundations are now being | laid for the cadets quarters ana Tor the marine engineering and naval construc- | ton. Four hundred and fifty men are
 now employed on this work. To furnish
 a base for the foundationss;;, s;, pIoV E sS pties 13, GOO cubic yards of colcrete and 41eOOO | brick.
 | existing area of the Academy. This now
 comprises several hundred acres, of
 which the principal plot includes the old
 site which has a frontage on the bay
 of 1.2oo feet and on the river of about
 ground that the new buildings are now
 being erected. The new armory and
 beat house are sister buildings and are
 placed parallel. standing sdgewlse to the
 harbor. the beat hLuse Being adjacent to
 the Severn River and the armory to
 the town. The new parade ground will
 occupy the area between them. and will
 be open, as now. to che end of the bay
 The scheme of the architect provides for
 the filling in of a large tract of land
 which is now under water in order to
 secure gItater space for drill purposes
 These alterations will bring old For
 Severn nearly in the center of the tract
 The armory is to contain hall 3ol
 fee. long. and no feet wide the floor o
  around which will be great gallery tC be used as a museum for arms, models etc, and the like. The ends of the arm
 orv will consist of single arches of ma sorry, which will be among the largest , in the country. In this building will b(
 located the offices of the department o s machinery. recitation rooms and ord nance repair shops.
 . The boat house, corresponding in sig, g | and appearance to the armory will b t used to store the practice boats of thu a l Acad4ny It will also be a museum fo 7 the department of seamanship. as thu e armory will be for the department O f machinery.
 E The power house is being erected on ~ pier, jutting out into the Severn, an( V when cnmnleted will contain the engin, : and boiler rooms and the necessary ma IS chinery for supplying power throughou ,~ the grounds.
 Q The central building and the most i'm a posing structure of the new Academy d will be the cadets quarters, detailed
 plans for which have just been finished n Proposals for erecting this magnificen ,0 edifce will be opened at the Navy De a partment on November P. The quarter V will occupy the great space between tn e armory and the boat house. and vii /, be connected to both by a covered col ,- onnade. The quarters will be the dom l. mating structure and as seen from tn l. bay will have the appearance of bein if located on a terrace. The enlarged pa e rade ground will be in the rear of tn = cadets quarters, and in front will Il
 the campus with it's existing lawns an 1t trees preserved. The principal room i ,- the cadets quarters will be the memo e rial and assembly hall which will be 16 .- feet long, 5s feet wide and 50 feet high h 1t is intended to contain the naval tro V pries, tablets and other memorials nov e in the possession of the Government i, and Is also to serve as 3 general meet " Next to the quarters the most Stri.l . ing lecture will be the basin a1i am i. rbitheater. The former will be produce,