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ters, rails, arches, trefoils, newels, coves, and brackets, similar to those of 

 the principal front stairs. 



The stairs to the chemical lecture-room and its gallery will be placed in 

 the porch on the eastern end of the chemical lecture-room wing. They 

 will consist of two flights: one in the porch, leading level of the porch floor 

 to that of the chemical lectnre-room floor, and one in a double flight, land- 

 ing from the latter level to the gallery. The latter will have steps, coves, 

 newels, balusters, arches, (fcc, similar in character to those of the two 

 principal staircases, but of smaller horizontal dimensions. Beneath the 

 latter stairs a flight of steps will lead from the level of the chemical lecture 

 room floor to the floor of the basement beneath it. These will have risers 

 and treads of yellow pine, and plain octagonal newels five inches (5 inches) 

 in diameter. The balusters will be octagonal, two inches (2 inches) in 

 diameter, Avith S by 4 inch rails, all of black walnut. 



The stairs in tower of west wing will be square, filling the whole of the 

 tower, and will be carried first to a level with the floor of the first story, 

 and then to the top of the side aisle arches, with handsome octagonal bal- 

 usters two inches (2 inches) in diameter, with semicircular arches between 

 those of the same finish, etc., as the two principal staircases, with a square 

 newel handsomely carved, and a 3 by 4 inch moulded hand-rail, all of 

 black walnut. The sides of the tower will be wainscoated to the height 

 of the hand-rail. • 



The private s/airs to Regents'' room, lecturers' room, and muniment 

 room, will be in the small octagonal tower attached to the central rear 

 tower. They will be carried from the level of the surfece of the ground, 

 to the third story of the tower, or muniment room, a height of about sev- 

 enty feet, (70 feet.) They will wind around a column from 8 to 12 inches 

 in diameter, and will have treads and risers of yellow pine, and a hand- 

 some moulded hand-rail, 3 by 4 inches, of black walnut, secured to the 

 walls by iron elbows. The walls will be wainscoated, on end, with black 

 walnut, as specified in former instances, to the height of hand-rail. 



Laboratory stairs. — Private stairs, with steps three feet in width, having 

 octagonal balusters two inches (2 inches) in diameter, and 3 by 4 inch 

 moulded rail, of black walnut, will be carried from the ground floor of 

 laboratory, at the end of the chemical lecture-room, to the second floor. 

 A flight of stairs, also three feet (3 feet) in width, will be carried from the 

 first story of the east connecting range to the second story of the same, a 

 height of about thirteen feet. They will be partitioned oft' with 3 by 4 

 inch joists, and will have a 3 by 4 inch handrail fastened to the wall, 

 both with iron elbows. Under these stairs a flight of similar width, and 

 similarly finished, will be carried from the first floor to the cellar. 



^'tairs in library and museum. — Twelve small flights of circular stairs 

 will be carried, at the places shown in the plans, from the ground floor and 

 to the galleries of the library and museum. They will be supported on 

 iron, and there will be a trap-door above each of them in the gallery floor, 

 hung on best hinges, which will serve for the purpose of communicating 

 with the galleries. 



Elevators. — In each of the smaller towers at the corners of the main 

 building, elevators, having each three (3) shelves, set three (3) feet apart, 

 and framed strongly together, will be furnished. They will be provided 

 with sheaves, cords, and will have cast iron counterpoises running in 

 bojces on the four sides of the tower. The elevators will be worked by a 



