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SCIENCE. 



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the Council meeting of February 25, 1897, 

 the committee submitted plans made by Mr. 

 E. AV. Gibson, and they were thoroughly 

 discussed and referred back for certain 

 modifications. Both the architects who 

 have made sketches have performed a great 

 deal of gratuitous labor on our behalf and 

 are entitled to the gratitude of the Council. 



without knowledge of the actual spot upon 

 which the building is to stand and the 

 amount of money that may be devoted to 

 its erection. It is believed that the neces- 

 sary land can be procured in a desirable 

 location for not more than $200,000, and 

 that the building can be erected of the best 

 materials for about 8300,000. The scheme 



SCIENTIFIC ALLIANCE BUILDING. 

 (From Design of E W. Gibson, Architect.) 



During the past summer Mr. Gibson has 

 given particular attention to the develop- 

 ment of our ideas and has patiently drawn 

 and redrawn his designs several times. 



The result is that we are now able to 

 present an elevation and plans which seem 

 to us as nearly ideal as they can be made 



supposes that the building will occupy four 

 city lots, upon a corner, thus giving one 

 hundred feet frontage on each street. This 

 arrangement permits of ample entrances 

 and exits as well as an abundance of side 

 light. The first floor plan provides for two 

 rentable offices or stores from which it may 



