The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-31
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 Fee, s1.OO.


 eral class room, and in other rooms wherever possible, there should be a teacher wardrobe, closet and a book ana apparatus case built in the wall
 z. TWO o< more fire escapes should he provided.
 5. Ordinary elevator for heavy freight would be desirable if placed on alley wall. 1. Boiler and engine rooms, dynamo. coal buhkers, etc., may be placed in suh basement if desirable.
 D. Adequate blackboard must be nro- vided in each class room. recitation and lecture rooms, and laboratories. The olackboards shall be the best quality of slate not less than three feet in width properly cased and provided with chalk troughs.
 6. The lecture rooms of the physical and chemical laboratories. the eool,ino .. room and the biological and nbvsin, graphical laboratories should be provid ed with several framed blackboards of cloth boards or other light material and so arranged upon springs that they may pc orawn down one at a time as needed ana pushed up again. These should be placed back of the teachers desk for lecture purposes.
 Burlap Surface.
 '. In auditorium claAs rooms. rec,ta ton rooms, laboratories, halls and cor riders, burlap surface shall be used ,n- stead of wainscoating. This should ex- tend from baseboards to blackboards. and, where no blackboards are used. to a line on level with the ton of inc blackboards in the class rooms, or. in general, about six feet from floors, In all rooms and corridors.
 s. Picture moulding shall be used in of fees, class rooms, laboratories and draw ing rooms.
 Eighth-Plans.-Com are re- quired to submit the following nlans.
 plan showing the location on the lot
 plan of each story and of the base ment.
 Four elevations. one of which may be shaded
 Two sections through auditorium; one north and south, one east and west.
 All plans shall be drawn to the scale of one-eighth inch to the foot.
 The plans shall not be shown to any of the competitors or to the public until the decision has been announced
 One design only shall be submitted by each competitor.
 Competitors may submit such addi- tional plans for said designs as they may choose.
 brief typewriter description should accompany the plans, calling attention to points of special importance. Economy of Construction. The object of the competition is 10 select a general scheme of arrangement and de- sign, and in making their selection, the board will consider economy of construc- tion as well as merit of plans
 The competing architects will submit with their plans a careful estimate of the cost of erecting the building accordl ing to their respective plans, and this must be accompanied with a certificate of reputable builder that the complete erection of the building. including all the matters specifically set out in section 1 of this article. as included in said com plete erection, can be had, according to such plans, for a sum not exceeding sf25.- eco; also descriptive specification of the material proposed, to be employed. and the mode of construction, and of heat ing, and of ventilating to be adopted The plans will be examined by the board, which reserves the right to reject any and all of said plans. The board will then make its decision as to which plan. if any. is the best, and