Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906The Secretary stated that the preliminary ¿oor plans and elevations were approved on January 27 1904, and that the detailed plans for the construction of the foundation had been worked out during the spring. The excavation for the building was begun on June 15, 1904, the Score tary turning the first spade of earth, and the Site of the building was inclosed with a high board fence. The excavation was completed dur ing the last of the summer, and the work of laying the foundation was immediately begun, the material used being concrete. This part of the work was finished November 9, 1904.Proposals for furnishing the granite for all parts of the building where this stone was to be used, were opened October 1. There were nine bidders, and after due consideration the following selections were made: For the basement story, pink granite from Milford, Mass, for the main and second stories, the white Bethel granite of Vermont, for the upper story, white granite from Mount Airy, N. C., for the trimmings of the court walls, the so-called Woodstock granite of Mary land. It was explained that the stones from these quarries would harmonize, and that the selection had the favorable recommendation of the superintendent of construction and of the architects.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.