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exhibiting the best example in the United States of the style of architec- 

 ture in which it is erected, and that the building committee, if thereto re- 

 quired by the above vestry, will furnish to them, at any time, as manv im- 

 pressions from said plate as tliey may desire, at the cost of paper and 

 printing. 

 And, on motion, the committee adjourned. 



THTRTY-FIRST MEETING— April 20, 1S47. 

 [Held at the office of Mr. Totten.] 



Present, Messrs. Totten, Seaton, and Owen. 



The architect appeared before the committee, and the various specifica- 

 tions, especially those connected with the foundations of the building, 

 having been revised, the following items in regard to the same were agreed 

 to: 



That the concrete, as given in the specifications, is unnecessarily rich 

 in mortar, and that about 14 parts of stone or brick fragments to 2 of dry 

 cement, and one of lime paste, and eight of sand, is a suitable compo- 

 sition. 



That the concrete under the foundation be laid in two steps, and in six- 

 inch courses. 



That a bench mark be set up in some convenient spot in the vicinity of 

 the building, for permanent reference. 



That when the foundations are excavated, they be tried with a ram- 

 mer; and if any impression be produced, that the bottom be thoroughly 

 rammed. 



That the architect ascertain from the contractor, and report to the com- 

 mittee, what sum would be saved by substituting two-inch furring and 

 lathing for the brick lining wall; the flues being sunk to a suflicient addi- 

 tional depth in the wall. 



Th3.t a pattern of the jamb of one window, and of such other portions of 

 the cut-work of the building as may be designated by the architect, be 

 prepared as a sample; and, after being approved, be preserved for reference. 



On motion of Mr. Owen, the following preamble and resolution were 

 adopted : 



Whereas it has been represented to this committee that one of the part- 

 ners of the firm of Alexander T. Stewart &- Co.. of New York, has signi- 

 fied the probability that the said firm might supply an elevation, on steel or 

 copper, of the front of their marble store in Broadway, to insert in the vol- 

 ume on Public Architecture about to be published by this committee: 

 Therefore, 



Resolved, That Mr. James Renwick, architect of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, be and he is hereby authorized, on behalf of the said institu- 

 tion, to state to Messrs. Stewart and Company, that if they decide to fur- 

 nish said plate, it will be accompanied in the said volume with a drscrip 

 tion of their store, as exhibiting the best example in the United States of 

 street architecture in the modern Italian style; and that the building 

 committee, if thereto required by Messrs. Stewart and Company, will 

 furnish to them, at any time, as many impressions from the said plate as 

 they may desire, at the cost of paper and printing. 



The committee then adjourned K> the building site belonging to the in- 



