Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23
COST WILL BE $500, 1000
Noble and Imposing Group to Be
Erected.
AND PERFECT PLANT
Work Being Carried on With Ability
and Judgment by Maj. John
NJ. Carson.
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

Chicago Record Herald.
WEST POINT, July %. 1902
/ The progress of the work upon the
new buildings of the Military Academy
| has been so rapid that one can now form
| some idea of how the institution will look
when the entire plan. upon which Gen.
| Albert l.. Mills, the recent superintend-
/ ant. and the academic board spent SO
much time and thought. is completed. 1t
will be gratifying to all who care Tor
| such things to know that the designs
| and material for the new buildings Will
be in perfect harmony with nature, and
| they will look as If they had been hewn
out of the cliffs upon which their founda-
tions rest. Those upon the river front
of the reservation will extend upward
from the rocks as if they were a part
of them and their walls will terminate in
| towers and battlements of stern and rug
ged lines like those of medieval fort
| ress.
The architects have adopted the early
| Norman school. rought and austere.
| whose principal features are that dig
| nifty and massiveness which befit a fort
ress. and were used before fine lines and
| pointed angles were introduced into the
architecture of human habitation6 as
| the taste and skill of builders developed
| Everything will be fireproof and every
| lasting. while the interiors of the build
| ings will be finished in a plain but SUBJ
| stantial manner and equipped with all
| the conveniences and comforts of mod
| ern ingenuity. From practical military
| standpoint the new academy will be
| a complete and perfect plant, while from
| the artistic point of view it will be
perfect and appropriate example of ar
| chitecture. Much of the building ma
| terial has been quarried on the ground;
the plans were obtained by competition
/ is ~
| tract on percentage basis under the
direction of Maj John NJ. Carson OF the
| quartermaster's department, who has
| shown extraordinary ability and judg-
ment. and has displayed patience and
| fertility of resource in dealing with diff
ficult and complicated situations. His ex-
| perience here will qualify him as mas
ter builder.
Cost $7,5oo,ooo.
The entire mprovements-those ac-
complished and those in contemplation
will cost $500. 900. and the work began
in 1902 by the academic board submit
ting to the War Department report set
ting forth the defects of the existing
plant and the improvements which were
envy to perform the functions for which
IT was created. This report was sub
mitted to Congress. and that body
promptly authorized the Secretary of War
an appropriat ton of $500. 900 was made
In two separate acts. The Secretary of
War called into consultation ten of the
leading architects In the country. who in
v1ted competition In designs. The award
was made to Cram. Goodhue & Ferguson
or Boston, VINO shortly after submitted
detained plans Tor group OF buildings
Whlch every Judge OF such matters pre-.
uic's WIN suTpdss IN every respect All
otners lnat were ever desiened 1or simliar
purposes. Inc Nork mas peen gong on
u. nov Ioi nv ,: anu apou. ~ PEI cenl
ttatr -. Lii ~ ., uuihss
anu .ileh eos's VIII NC "ppioAiio'eiS 90
loiio"s' 80
Sadet parracks >1S3' U
pnuer heat and iiybt Mani aoo 900
cavalry and artillery barracks .. 405 900
Administration building. .............. 500 600
Chapel Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Bachelor ofhcers quarters. ............. loo,ooO
klding nan. .voo gu
crmn.sirn, ouiiuins 900 ono
Cadet beadonarters and store ~ 2T5 Oo0
Increase of water supply. 400 900
New walks and roads .................. 15o, 900
Elevator from railway and gate loO,ooO
In addition to these principal buildings
will be several others of lesser impor-
tance-a guardhouse. a post exchange,
laundry. a school. a stable. engineer bar
racks, a memorial bridge, non-commis-
stoned officers quarters. railway freight
docks and sheds and number of
officers quarters. which have already
been completed and provide the most
comfortable and coy dwellings that