The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
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scuth Wing to Be Ready for Use
 h December.
AlGs fer Censtruction Are to Be Opened < en ApriI 18th, wAen fhe' Cos x
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ing the Capital Building Commission decided unanimously on the construc- ton Of a two story annex to De ouiit at the south end of the State House and the building is to be ready for oc- cupancy before the beginning of am other year.
 The Secretary of the Commission was directed to advertise for bids for construction of the building which is to cost 35o.ooo, the bids to be opened on April l6 at noon. At this time the contract will be awarded. Work will bssin as soon thereafter as is pos Bible. The. Commission. met in the private ofice of Governor Jelks. at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. All af the mem bers were present except, Attorney General Massey Wilson, who Is trav- cling in the West It is understood that the Attorney General is in per- feet accord with the plans agreed upon.
 The Modified Plans.
 Frank Lockwood, < the Montgomery architect who was awarded the con tract for designing the, building and supervising the construction wark. was present. He went over the new plans and explained them to the commis- sfoners.
 After the explanation of Mir. Lock wood and certain notifications by the Commission Secretary Cwen4 was. di- rected to advertise for bids for the construction work.
 The building proposed to be erected will Ae two stories in height, with basemenf. the floor above the base inent corresponding with the level of the present ground floor There will ;ss3 eorflde er guuiing thrcskEh ik rsza- sion of the main corridor through the old building. It wilibe situated twen- ty-nine feet from the South end of the present building. and a broad connect ing corridor will unite the two. In the east side of this corridor broad stairway will ascend to the second floor. On the right of the corridor will be large doors opening on small portico. This will serve as minor entrance.
 On the south exposure will be por- tico similar in elect to the main DOT tico of the old building, with the ex- ception that the columns will be only thirty-four feet in height. There will be six of these columns. On the west front there will be six columns, while on the east front there will be like number. These columns. however, will be in effect pilasters. There will be no entrances on the east and west or the new addition. Board steps will lead into the corridor from the south portico. In addition to the entrance through the west side of the connect
 
 reached from the corridor of the old. The centre of the new building is on direct axis of the old.
 Dimensions of Annex.
 The area of the addition will be sev- enty-two feet north and south by nine ty feet east and west. The height of the ceilings of the first floor will De fifteen feet and six inches while the ceiling of the second floor rooms will be fifteen feet
 The building is to be of bri k and stucco, similar in effect and appe trance to the architectural finish and design of tho present building. Hardwood finishings are to be used throughout. The basement walls and the ground floor are to be of fire proof construc- tion. The plan adopted involves as can be seen a two-story addition or wing, hardly more than one-half the size of the design first discussed
 The commission in reaching con clusion as to the advisability of the selection of two or three story plan, some two weeks ago called in Charles F. McKim. of New York. perhaps the leading architectural authority in the United States. MT. McKim went over the whole ground of the proposed ex- tension, and gave it as his fixed opin- ion that the only appropriate method of extending a historic building. m n he tuated. was by an addition or wing subordinate in height to the main structure.
 Change in Plans.
 It will be remembered that in the original contest or competition for the selection of plans and choice of an ar- chitect, MT. Lockwood was the sue eessful contestant At that time it was in contemplation to make an addition or wing of suitable size to meet the needs Of the Supreme Court, looking to the accommodation therein of the court room, the library, judges cham bers and offices. The two-story plan then designed was eighty-fve feet front on the west by 130 feet facing south. The building thus proposed would have cost in the opinion of the Commission $S5,a00, a sum the Commits sion did not have, The area of the first design was 1l,e50 square feet as
 
 agreed upon and to be built This re. duction in size was made necessary from the fact that the Commission con . sidered 1t impossible to devote as much as even $75.0O0 to the addition. The present plan involves only an outlay of $50.000 at the outside. and leaves a substantial sum for the improvement of the interior of the old building
 The new wing will be suitably sub divided. and will be devoted to the uses of Several of the State offices but the designations have not yet been agreed upon. The removal of several of the officers nSw occupying rooms or quar- ters Tn the old building will leave con siderahle space. which will be over hauled and put in the very best con ditioD
 TN Improve Old Building.
 The commission has already agreed tpor tfSs expenditure of $25.000, or so uIuch at may be available and putting in order the interior of the old build n