NEW BUILDINGS OF DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 951 



The buildings will be either of marble or granite, with solid masonry 

 walls, the floors being either of steel with fireproof construction 

 between, or of reenforced concrete. The corridor floors will be of 

 Terrazzo with marble borders, and the laboratories of concrete, maple 

 floors being used in the offices. The walls and ceilings will be of 

 cement plaster. The total floor space provided l)y each building is 

 80,000 square feet, including the corridors. This leaves about 55,000 

 square feet in each building available for office and laboratory rooms. 



The construction of the Ijuilding will be in charge of Captain John 

 S. Sewell, of the War Department, as supervising engineer; R. Bar- 

 nard Talcott, consulting mechanical engineer; and S. Franklin Gard- 

 ner, mechanical engineer and superintendent. 



The flnal plans and specifications are now being prepared, and it is 

 expected that contracts will be let and the work of construction begun 

 during the present summer. 



