REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 621 



concrete, rough stone in foundation below the superstructure, setting the rubble-fac- 

 ing, and cut stone work of all parts of the building, and back-filling the same ; sess- 

 pools and flagging for the foundations of partition walls— furnishing all the materials, 

 except the rubble facing and cut stone— for the sum of thirty-six thousand two hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars. 



[Note.— The material for scaffolding, the brick and brick work, and the north room 

 flagging, are not included in the above. If I furnish the iron cramps, dowels, and 

 anchors, the price will be six cents per pound. In case range work is adopted instead 

 of the rubble facing, one thousand dollars will be deducted from the above.] 



I refer you to the following gentlemen: Charles B. Eisk, Esq., chief engineer on 

 the Chesapeake and Ohio canal ; A. B. McFarlan, Esq., Eobert Brown, and Andrew 

 Small, Esq., of "Washington city. I name for my bondsmen Mr. John Higham, of 

 Baltimore, and Andrew Small, Esq., of Washington city. 



JAMES MACPHEESON. 



To the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 



Gentlemen : I do hereby agree to furnish all the materials and perform the brick 

 work of the building, according to the plan and specification agreed upon by the 

 Kegents of the said Institution, for the sum of twenty thousand three hundred and 

 fifty dollars, ($20,350.) 



Or, I will furnish and lay one million of hard bricks for the sum of fifteen thou- 

 sand dollars, ($15,000.) 



Or, I will furnish all materials, provided all the outer walls are backed up with 

 brick in the place of rubble-stone, for the sum of thirteen dollars and forty cents per 

 thousand, ($13.40.) 



GEOEGE H. PLANT. 



To the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. 



P. S. — If my bid be accepted, I am prepared to give the security required. 



G. H. P. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Frederick County, March 15, 1847. 



The undersigned regrets very much that he did not see, until very recently, your 

 proposals for bids to furnish materials for the building of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, because he has not now time to ascertain whether the Chesapeake and Ohio 

 Canal Company will consent to reduce the toll for transportation of marble on this 

 canal. 



Assuming that the tolls will not be reduced, he offers to furnish 110,000 feet of 

 beautiful white marble, for rubble facing, one foot thick, at GO cents per foot ; and 

 20,000 cubic feet dimension stone, of white marble, for cutting, at 90 cents per foot; 

 and will give as securities, for the faithful execution of such a contract, Sebastian 

 Eamsburg, John C. Osborn, John Hagan, and Joshua Dill, all of whom hold valua- 

 ble real estate in, and are citizens and residents of, this county. 



The undersigned is not certain whether it is expected that those who propose to 

 furnish the materials for building above mentioned must also submit proposals for 

 the construction of the Institution, and has, therefore, submitted proposals for mate- 

 rials only. If it is the intention of the committee to have the materials furnished, 

 and this building constructed under one and the same contract, he will undertake, if 

 time be afforded for this purpose, to form a company that will submit a proposition 

 of that character, at an early day, and on terms that must be esteemed desirable. 

 This is said confidently, from his knowledge of the superior quality of the marble he 

 proposes to furnish, and from the facility with which it can be delivered at Wash- 

 ington. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



PHILIP McGAUGHEN, 



Point of Hocks. 



Hon. E. D. Owen, ~) 



W. J. Hough, \ Committee, Smithsonian Institution. 

 W. W. Seaton, j 



All of which letters were laid on the table. 



The committee, then, in the presence of the architect, James Eenwick, Jr., and of 

 the superintendent, Eobert Mills, proceeded to open the bids, and found them as by 

 the following table : 



