REPORTS OP THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 615 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 

 The subscriber will furnish all the stone necessary for the cutting for the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, upon the dock at Washington, for the following prices : 



For East Chester marble, such as the Post Office Department is built of, for the 

 sum of 75 cents per cubic foot. 



Mount Pleasant or Sing Sing marble, from the Mount Pleasant prison, for the sum 

 of 55 cents per cubic foot. 



JAMES HALL, 

 Westchester county, New York. 

 Hon. Robert Dale Owen. 

 Wm. J. Hough. 

 W. W. Seaton. 



P. S. — I will name Horace Butler and James Foster, both of the city of New 

 Tork, as security for the faithful performance of the above. 



JAMES HALL. 

 The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Baltimore, March 15, 1847. 



We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to deliver to the committee of said Institu- 

 tion white crystallized marble for rubble work, on the cars at the quarry, in pieces 

 weighing from 75 to 3,000 lbs. each, at $2.20 for 3,000 lbs.; it being considered equal 

 to one perch of stone. 



If the range work should be adopted, we will agree to deliver the stone, as per 

 specification of 8 in bed, at the building in Washington, at 50 cents per superficial 

 foot. 



We will also agree to furnish the dimension stone, delivered at the building in 

 Washington, at 53 cents per cubic foot for stone not exceeding 1,000 lbs. in weight; 

 from 1,000 to 2,000 lbs., 57 cents ; from 2,000 to 3,000 lbs., 65 cents ; and from 3,000 

 to 4,000 lbs., 72 cents per cubic foot. 



We name M. S. and J. T. for our security. 



Respectfully, GRISCOM & BORROUGH. 



To the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 



P. S. — We should like to furnish the lime for the building, also, and would deliver 

 it at a reasonable price. 



G. &B. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Baltimore, March 15, 1847. 



We will agree to deliver to the committee crystallized marble in blocks, for rubble 

 work, weighing from 100 to 300 lbs. each, on the car at the quarry, at $2 for 3,000 

 lbs., this amount to be considered equal to a perch of stone ; and should the range 

 work be adopted, with 8 to 10-inch bed, then we will agree to deliver stone at 49 cents 

 per superficial foot at the building ; and for dimension stone, not exceeding 1,000 lbs., 

 60 cents per cubic foot; and from 1,000 to 2,000 lbs., 53 cents ; 2,000 to 3,000 lbs., 55 

 cents; and all other stone, from 3,000 to 5,000 lbs., 60 cents. And we would also 

 wish to contract for the lime, and name for our securities C. C. A. and J. S. S. 



Very respectfully, FELL & ROBINSON. 



To the Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 

 I propose to sell to the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution the 

 right to quarry such stone as they or their agent may select in my quarry, at the rate 

 of 50 cents per perch. My quarry is situate immediately upon the Baltimore and 

 Susquehanna Railroad. 



The stone can be placed upon the cars from the quarry with very little labor. The 

 ■distance from Baltimore per railroad is 15 miles. 



E. J. COOPER, 

 79 South High Street, Baltimore. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Baltimore, March 15, 1847. 

 Gentlemen : We propose to furnish from the Fox Rock granite and Waterville 



