REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE 721 



articles of ethnology, such as the stone images from Central America and the 

 stone sarcophagus from Syria. 



The apartments on the nest story have been fitted up with shelves, bins, and 

 other fixtures for the transaction of the business of the literary and scientific 

 exchanges, packing and distributing the same. 



The apartments next above have been finished for the meetings and conven- 

 ience of the Board of Regents ; and those on the three remaining floors have 

 also been finished and appropriated to storage and such other purposes as may 

 become necessary. In this tower are also provided an elevator, with conven- 

 ient mechanical power for removing books, specimens, etc., to and from the 

 basement and four stories above it ; water-closets and other necessary con- 

 veniences, with arrangements for the use of the Potomac water for general pur- 

 poses and in large quantities in case of fire. 



To increase the accommodation, two additional floors have been added to the 

 original subdivision of the stories of the north and south towers. To furnish 

 light to the new rooms in the south tower, circular windows have been opened 

 through the walls, without interfering with the original architectural effect of 

 the exterior, thus furnishing sufficient light for the purpose for which these 

 apartments are intended. 



The result of the year's labor has been to provide ample space and con- 

 venient accommodation to subserve all the wants of the Secretary of the Insti- 

 tution, to enable him to carry the views of Smithson into effect for the present 

 and several years to come. 



The floor-surface in 57 apartments of the building, not including the Secre- 

 tary's quarters, is 66,252 square feet, or one and fifty-two hundredths of an acre, 

 a space, so far as now can be foreseen, abundantly sufficient for the wants of 

 the Institution, only requiring to be adapted therefor, from time to time, in 

 details, furniture and special finish. 



The following is a detailed statement of the expenditures on the building 

 during the year 1867 : 



FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF PARTS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. 



Iron-work, beams, doors, &c $2,791 67 



Iron-work, new roof 8,591 50 



Stone-cutting and setting 3,354 05 



Brick 116 87 



Bricklaying 4,277 53 



Lumber 1,000 00 



Carpentry 7,398 50 



Elevator 450 00 



Laborers 844 00 



Sand 31 82 



Blacksmiths 7 50 



Hardware 174 90 



Rope 8 25 



Painting 1,927 00 



Frescoing 730 00 



Tin and metal work 3, 135 26 



Slating new roof 3,534 89 



Plumbing 1,000 00 



Gas-fitting 296 55 



Plastering $2,000 00 



Architect 2,315 15 



43,986 04 



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