REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 603 



an arrangement with the two companies as will he entirely satisfactory to the Build- 

 ing Committee of the Kegents, and to the person with whom they may contract. 

 •Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



CHAELES HOWARD, President. 

 Hon. Eobert Dale Owen, 



Chairman of the Building Committee. 



Laid on the table. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter, containing proposals 

 to furnish marble from the State of New York : 



New York, March 6, 1847. 

 Gentlemen : I will furnish white marble from my quarry, at Hastings, on the 

 Hudson river, for the Smithsonian Institution, as follows : 



110,000 feet of rubble facing, one foot thick, at 30 cents per foot, measured 



in the wall 30 cents. 



20,000 cubic feet dimension, one foot thick, for cutting, at 98 cents per 



cubic foot 98 cents. 



Delivered in the city of "Washington. 



Very respectfully, 



JOHN B. GLOVER. 

 A. B. Raymond, Bondsman. 



Hon. Robert Dale Owen, ~| 



William J. Hough, \ Building Committee. 

 W. W. Seaton, J 



Laid on the table. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter, making proposals to 

 furnish marble from Massachusetts : 



West Stockbridge. 



Dear Sir : I understand from Mr. Hooker, of New York, that your plan has 

 been adopted for the Smithsonian Institution, and that you are receiving proposals 

 for marble for buttresses, blocks, caps, coping, and ornamental bands. I submit the 

 following proposition for your consideration : 



I propose to furnish you blocks of marble, for all sizes under 4,000 lbs. weight, for 

 eighty cents per cubic foot, trimmed near the size, and delivered at Washington. 



I have not the plan before me. Mr. Hooker states that there will be from twenty- 

 five to thirty thousand feet of said stone ; if that is the quantity, I will pledge myself 

 to furnish it in two years from the date of contract, or comply with your terms in 

 regard to time. 



Yours, &c, MILO M. PARRISH. 



Surety — Thomas Milligan, Wm. Milligan, Gilbert Milligan. 

 Mr. Renwick, Architect. 



N.B. — Furthermore, I think that it would be advisable to try Stockbridge mar- 

 ble ; it can be worked for some six cents cheaper than any other marble in this 

 country. 



Mr. Thomas Milligan was one of the firm of Leonard and Milligan, who had a 

 contract on the water-works at Dobb's ferry. 



Laid on the table. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter, making proposals to 

 furnish lumber, from Philadelphia : 



Philadelphia, March 9, 1847. 



Gentlemen : I do hereby propose to deliver all the lumber required in the erec- 

 tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including hemlock, white pine, yellow pine, 

 (including the flooring,) for the sum of twenty-six dollars per thousand feet, and will 

 give security for the faithful performance of the contract. 



I consider my bid as worthy the notice of the committee, and would be glad to 

 confer with them on the subject, should they deem it advisable. 



I have on hand a large supply of seasoned lumber, and arangements for the supply 

 of any quantity wanted. 



I would respectfully refer the committee to the Hon. James Buchanan, Secretary of 



