Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-01
Bis BUILDING FOR
gAMANHP DEPT.
New York Firm Gets Contract At
$ee2 .892, And Work viii BE
Pushed This Summer
CON. TAYLOR IN CHARGE

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the contract for the seamansllip
and navigation building at the naval
academy has Eeen awarded By the
Navy department, to Lowering and
/ Garrigues Co. general contractors,
New York city. The lowest bidders. at
their bid 81 sS62.692 90. All work 20 be.
IcOmpIeted within no days from the
time Of the signing 81 the contract.
The contract provides Iianidated dam
ages for delay of $4,000 per calendar
day for every day In excess of the
lcontract time
The lowering and Garrigues Co. is
one or the best known contracting
larma III the country Their work has
extended from coast To coast, and
nearly every large city In America
contains one or more buildings con-
structed by this firm At the present
time they have under construction
buildings al Indian Head Proving
Grounds New Haven, Conn: New
port, ii. Ii; The Portsmouth Navy
Yard, and are making extensive I'm
lprovementa at wellesley college.
The new seamansfip and navigation
building viii la located Letween Luce
Hall and the santee Basin, parallel
ing Luce Hall, and ST FEEL away The
front on the building Will Il s. feel,
east Of the front line Of Luce Hall.
with d eannectlng corridor esWeea
Luce Hall and the new luiiding The
new building itself will be 227 feet
81 80 feet and four stories In height.
Architectural Features.
The general architectural features
from the front elevation, Will L.
somewhat similar to Luce Hall. SO as
to carry out the general architectural
|scheme of the Bancroft Hall group Of
buildings. but there will lie more win 1
dowa sn the front elevation than "a
Luce Hall, to take care OF the light
Ing requirements for the various class
rooms. The building will have q base
course OF pink granite. with the re-
Imairder oil the building Of gray gran
lite. matching the new Bancroft Hall
wings. The building proper will con-
sfst OF reinforced concrete columns.
I cams and slabs, with gypsum roof
under slate The building will he
equipped with an elevator and will
have the very latest improvements IN
plumbing, heating and ventilation.
The first floor provides offices for
the head of the Department of Navi-
CATION, an instructors room. d chart
room, ali instrument room. and thir
teen class rooms together with one or
two smaller rooms The second floor
provides Offices for the head Of the De-
Epartment OF seamanship, an instrue
tors room and firteen class rooms, to-
gether with two smaller rooms for at
tendants. etc. The third floor has
nine class rooms. with one large lee
ture room to enlarge same. The fourth !
fioor has one storage room, four class
rooms. and the remainder Of the floor
Is used as d rigging loft, where prac
teal work may be taught the mid
shipmen iii regard 10 rigging, as used
on board ship The entire fourth floor
Is So provided that Ii can also BE used
Tor dances.
Extra Roem Needed
The seamanship and navigation
building Is urgently needed Al the
Naval academy. as nearly al Of the
departments have been provided with
additional room and facilities during
the past year, and every EFFORT will be
made To hare the building available
even before the contract time
The work will be handled BIZ the
office Of Pntiic Works Construction
al the Naval academy, coming under
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, with
Lieutenant Commander H q. Taylor
lin charge. graduate of the U. $. Naval
academy and also Rensselaer, Poly
technic institute Of Troy, N. J. Lieu-
tenant Commander Taylor has been IN
charge Of oil Aew construction at the
Naval academy since September.
1917