REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 617 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington City, March 15, 1847. 

 I hereby propose to furnish the material and lay one million bricks, according to 

 plan and specification, for the sum of $11,500. 



Tours, very respectfully, j # RAY. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 



Gentlemen : The undersigned proposes to furnish and lay all the bricks that may 

 be required about the Smithsonian Institution, to wit: 



In the walls, per thousand, measured, $9.62}. 



Or, per cubic foot, 14} cents. 



All the bricks to be hard ; lime of the best Potomac stone ; sand clean and sharp. 



If these amounts satisfy the honorable committee and the architect, then it is time, 

 I hope, (in my opinion,) to furnish a security, or retain a percentage on a certain 

 amount of money, for the faithful compliance with this bid. 



Yours, with respect, THOMAS LEWIS. 



To the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 

 I propose to furnish one million of the best hard brick, for the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, at $4.93 per thousand. I propose to furnish the best hard brick for 175,000 

 cubic feet of backing, at $4.93 per thousand. 



E. KINGMAN. 

 Hon. R. D. Owen, ] 



W. J. Hough, > Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 W. W. SeatonJ 



I offer Messrs. Tyson and Brickley as my securities for the performance of the 

 contract. 



E. K. 

 The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Proposals to deliver to the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution, at the 



site of their building in Washington, white marble in the rubble, and in the range 



and cube form. 



For every perch of 3,100 lbs., in such shape as will facilitate the preparation by 

 the mason, and in sizes of 70 to 300 lbs., $4.60. 



For range work, with split faces, bedded to make a joint not over half an inch, 

 and roughly pitched oif to a line in courses of 10 to 18 inches, per superficial foot r 

 measured face only, 47 cents. 



For marble in the cube form, quarried as near the size wanted as practicable, per 

 cubic foot, (large crystal,) 50 cents. 



Medium crystal from my quarry, 62} cents. 



Fine crystal from my Owens' quarry, in small blocks for foliage work, 70 cents. 



My bondsmen are John W. Brown and Wm. Baily, Esquires, of Baltimore. 



THOS. SYMINGTON. 



Washington City, March 15, 1847. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Proposals by George Crest, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, by his agent, Thomas 

 Symington, of Baltimore, to deliver in Washington city, for the building of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, white pine sawed timber, viz : 



For all white pine sawed timber, to dimension size, out of good sound logs r 

 delivered in Washington city, on the landing, per 1,000 feet (board measure) $18. 



[Note. — In case the freight from Havre dc Grace is less than $3 per M., a corre- 

 sponding reduction will be made. In all cases the Building Committee are required 

 to pay the captains the freight from Havre de Grace to Washington city. The said 

 freight will be as part payment for the lumber.] 



Mr. Crist is proprietor of one of the largest saw-mills on the Susquehanna river. 

 He is a responsible man, and has directed me to say that he will give the necessary 

 bonds, either from his own neighborhood or from Baltimore. 



He further states, that he would like to deliver the whole quantity during the ensu- 



