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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

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  together 
  on 
  top 
  with 
  2" 
  x 
  G" 
  ceiling 
  joists, 
  four 
  to 
  each 
  Lay, 
  with 
  2" 
  x 
  4" 
  tliafifonfti 
  

   ties, 
  all 
  thorouiihly 
  toenailed, 
  etc., 
  all 
  complete. 
  

  

  Groined 
  ceilings 
  of 
  arches 
  a 
  and 
  h 
  and 
  c 
  each 
  to 
  have 
  an 
  eye 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  made 
  with 
  

   a 
  circular 
  drum 
  in 
  two 
  sections 
  of 
  four 
  pieces 
  each, 
  of 
  1" 
  x 
  10" 
  boards, 
  joints 
  framed 
  

   and 
  toenailed 
  to 
  curved 
  ribs 
  as 
  shown; 
  the 
  curved 
  ribs 
  for 
  groins 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  two 
  

   sections 
  of 
  1' 
  x 
  4" 
  each, 
  sawed 
  to 
  shape, 
  joints 
  broken, 
  all 
  thoroughly 
  nailed 
  with 
  

   steel 
  wire 
  nails. 
  

  

  The 
  curved 
  main 
  ribs 
  to 
  be 
  spiked 
  to 
  3i-inch 
  turned 
  uprights, 
  around 
  whicli 
  plaster 
  

   columns 
  are 
  built, 
  extending 
  from 
  floor 
  to 
  ceiling, 
  and 
  to 
  circular 
  drums; 
  to 
  have 
  

   horizontal 
  and 
  other 
  curved 
  ribs 
  cut 
  between 
  as 
  shown; 
  the 
  ribs 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  braced 
  

   to 
  uprights. 
  

  

  The 
  curved 
  ribs 
  of 
  the 
  rotunda 
  and 
  the 
  arches 
  of 
  entrances 
  to 
  be 
  constructed 
  of 
  

   1" 
  X 
  8" 
  boards, 
  cut 
  to 
  shape 
  in 
  four 
  sections 
  (see 
  diagram) 
  to 
  each 
  rib, 
  nailed 
  to 
  1" 
  

   x 
  6" 
  X 
  16" 
  fish 
  plates, 
  and 
  sep.urated 
  by 
  blocks 
  of 
  3" 
  x 
  4" 
  stuff, 
  nailed 
  with 
  10-penny 
  

   steel-wire 
  nails, 
  clinched 
  on 
  the 
  inside, 
  8 
  nails 
  to 
  each 
  joint, 
  all 
  as 
  shown; 
  the 
  ribs 
  

   to 
  be 
  toenailed 
  to 
  curb 
  plate 
  and 
  eye 
  drum 
  of 
  dome, 
  the 
  drum 
  to 
  be 
  made, 
  in 
  a 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  manner 
  as 
  specified 
  above, 
  of 
  2 
  circular 
  sections, 
  each 
  section 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  4 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   1" 
  X 
  10" 
  stnft", 
  joints 
  broken; 
  the 
  horizontal 
  ribs 
  to 
  bo 
  

   made 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner 
  and 
  cut 
  between 
  main 
  ribs, 
  etc., 
  

   all 
  complete, 
  and 
  all 
  nailed 
  with 
  10-i")euny 
  steel-wire 
  nails. 
  

   The 
  platfoini 
  supporting 
  the 
  aquaria 
  to 
  bo 
  constructed 
  

   as 
  shown, 
  well 
  braced, 
  braces 
  to 
  bo 
  bolted 
  to 
  the 
  uprights 
  

   and 
  horizontal 
  pieces, 
  etc., 
  as 
  directed, 
  all 
  complete. 
  

  

  The 
  foundations 
  for 
  salt-water 
  tank, 
  filters, 
  and 
  pumps 
  

   to 
  be 
  made 
  as 
  shown; 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  flooring 
  and 
  Hoor 
  joists 
  

   of 
  Exposition 
  building 
  lloor 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  and 
  taken 
  up, 
  

   these 
  parts 
  to 
  1)e 
  relaid 
  in 
  a 
  proper 
  manner, 
  as 
  directed. 
  

  

  The 
  frames 
  for 
  the 
  front 
  entrances 
  to 
  be 
  made, 
  as 
  shown, 
  

  

  of 
  substantial 
  construction, 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  vaulting. 
  

  

  The 
  carpenter 
  is 
  to 
  do 
  all 
  cutting 
  for 
  other 
  craftsmen, 
  

  

  is 
  to 
  provide 
  centers 
  for 
  vaulting 
  and 
  arches, 
  scaftoldiug, 
  

  

  and 
  is 
  to 
  do 
  all 
  furring 
  required 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  job. 
  

  

  Front 
  entrances, 
  gallery, 
  and 
  rotunda 
  walls 
  to 
  be 
  faced 
  

   from 
  floor 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  d 
  d 
  (Z 
  (top 
  of 
  entablature) 
  with 
  |-inch 
  

   dressed 
  best 
  white 
  x>oplar 
  {Liriodendron 
  inVipifera) 
  or 
  canoe 
  

   wood, 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  details 
  ; 
  the 
  pedestals, 
  

   bases, 
  columns, 
  pilasters, 
  panels, 
  and 
  entablatures 
  to 
  be 
  

   faithfully 
  carried 
  out 
  according 
  to 
  design; 
  all 
  to 
  be 
  fastened 
  with 
  screws 
  to 
  the 
  

   studding 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  bo 
  easily 
  removed 
  when 
  desired; 
  the 
  cnps 
  of 
  columns 
  and 
  

   pilasters, 
  ornamental 
  friezes 
  and 
  panels, 
  and 
  all 
  others 
  up 
  to 
  lines 
  d 
  d 
  d 
  d 
  to 
  l)e 
  made 
  

   of 
  composition 
  material 
  (such 
  as 
  '' 
  Decoreo 
  " 
  or 
  similar 
  good 
  comjiositions), 
  according 
  

   to 
  details 
  furnished 
  or 
  selections 
  made 
  from 
  caiahxjues; 
  the 
  network 
  and 
  vases, 
  etc., 
  

   above 
  entablature, 
  as 
  shown, 
  to 
  be 
  also 
  made 
  of 
  aforesaid 
  composition 
  material. 
  

   The 
  statuary 
  and 
  arches, 
  including 
  their 
  ornamentation, 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  stucco, 
  as 
  speci- 
  

   fied 
  below. 
  All 
  this 
  work 
  must 
  be 
  perfectly 
  smooth, 
  sandpapered 
  to 
  a 
  proper 
  

   surface, 
  and 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  a 
  No. 
  1 
  ivory 
  and 
  gold 
  finish. 
  

  

  The 
  outside 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  grottoes, 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  Exposition 
  building, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  ceiled, 
  shingled, 
  and 
  trimmed 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  drawings, 
  and 
  finished 
  for 
  an 
  

   ivory 
  or 
  white-zinc 
  finish, 
  as 
  directed. 
  

  

  Flooring 
  of 
  ^ 
  inch 
  by 
  6 
  inch 
  joined, 
  square 
  edge 
  and 
  milled 
  stutf, 
  to 
  be 
  laid 
  on 
  

   floor 
  joists 
  of 
  aquaria 
  ])assages 
  and 
  between 
  aquaria, 
  as 
  shown; 
  portions 
  of 
  said 
  

   floors 
  to 
  be 
  left 
  loose, 
  as 
  directed. 
  Do 
  all 
  other 
  flooring 
  required 
  to 
  complete 
  

   the 
  job. 
  

  

  Closets 
  in 
  aquaria 
  passages 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  one-inch 
  milled 
  stufi', 
  tongued 
  and 
  

   grooved, 
  one 
  battened 
  door 
  to 
  each, 
  hung 
  with 
  substantial 
  hinges 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  

  

  