BEPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 679 



States of the style of architecture in which it is erected ; and that the Building 

 Committee, if thereto required by the above vestry, 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. 



And, on motion, the following additional preamble and resolution were adopted: 



Whereas it has been represented to this committee that some members of the vestry 

 of Grace church, New York, have liberally expressed their willingness to furnish to 

 the Smithsonian Institution a plate on steel, containing a perspective view of Grace 

 church, to be printed in the forthcoming volume on Public Architecture, about to be 

 published by this committee : Therefore, 



Resolved, That Mr. James Kenwick, architect of the Smithsonian Institution, be 

 and he is hereby authorized, on behalf of the said Institution, to state to the said 

 vestry that if they decide to furnish said plate, it will be accompanied in the said 

 volume with a description of Grace church, as exhibiting the best example in the 

 United States of the style of architecture in which it is erected, and that the Build- 

 ing Committee, if thereto required by the above vestry, will furnish to them, at any 

 time, as many impressions from said plate as they may desire, at the cost of paper 

 and printing. 



And, on motion, the committee adjourned. 



Thirty-First Meeting, April 20, 1847. 



Present, Messrs. Totten, Seaton, and Owen. 



The architect appeared before the committee, and the various specifications, espec- 

 ially 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 two of dry cement, and one of 

 lime paste, and eight of sand, is a suitable composition. 



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 rammer ; and if 

 any impression be produced, that the bottom be thoroughly rammed. 



That the architect ascertain from the contractor, and report to the committee, what 

 sum would be saved by substituting two-inch furring and lathing for the brick lining 

 wall ; the flues being sunk to a sufficient additional depth in the wall, 



That 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 partners of the 

 firm of Alexander T. Stewart & Co., of New York, has signified 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 volume on Public Architecture about to 

 be published by this committee : Therefore, 



Resolved, That Mr. James Kenwick, architect of the Smithsonian Institution, bo 

 and he is hereby authorized, on behalf of the said Institution, to state to Messrs. 

 Stewart and Company, that if they decide to furnish said plate, it will be accompa- 

 nied in the said volume with a description 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 to the building site belonging to the Institution, 

 where they found the excavation for the foundations of the east or chemical wing 

 commenced, examined the character of the ground, as shown in a square trench dug 

 for the purpose of ascertaining its character ; and decided that the foundations as 

 specified in the contract were sufficient. 



The committee then returned to the City Hall ; and, on motion, adjourned. 

 Thirty-Second Meeting, April 21, 1847. 



Present, Messrs. Seaton and Owen. 



The chairman laid before the committee, from the president of the Chesapeake and 

 •Ohio Canal Company, the following letter, received to-day : 



