^^ iil: 111 ill •illii iiliii^ dH^lilii!; 0^ ^^^ .^v^ "^^ 0^ ;^/H 'f'. •r>. \V '^ A ^ '^' r:' 1.^:- / 4 O .0 i^ 't^-o^ , \ ^^""^ \ v^^ :5#|^,^c t^^ .& _^" o A^ „ . . « ^ -V o"^ " « , -^o .^^^ •<:>. -^^ A v>' ffM:^- ^-^-0^ :■ ^ ^-^ "^° ^ . .. ^,-. ""^ a"^ ./.^ "> .^ ,0' ^^ •/ '. > :m X/' :m "^^^ ' ^i# %^ r -"^ "^""o ^^-^^ .w^;^ V ^v?rs? .0 i:. A^ -^^ ov ... ^^^^ m ^l^:-' .1^ ■ ,-i^^ .!^;kr ^ ^ -'Mm-. \.^ f»\ \^^ # :^Sr/: .vV-^. .0 ^'^ -^.^ ? o/^ °^% .^ 4- '^-°4^./^ o " <^ * O >.*-■', ■'^l 1- - >-^. ■^ for sale, situated in the following manner, and having the following marketable rela- tions. This tract of land bounds Northerly on Ann street 68 feet — Westerly on Mercliants' Rovr, near t!ie Northerly entrance of the late Roebuck pas- sage 61 feet — Southerly on a new street to be laid out, under a resolution of the City Council, for- ty feet wide, in the rear of the said block of stores on North Market street, there measuring; 260 feet. The above forty feet street being con- nected with a new street called Second street, fifty feet wide, leading to Shaw's wharf, or Richmond street. This (Committee have also vested in the city two other tracts of land, in the vicinity of the former, and situated on the opposite side of the Mill Creek, each bounding on the last mentioned fifty feet street; the one 78 feet, and the other 40 feet. An inspection of the plan of these tracts will satisfy any one, of their great, and increasing rela- tive value. They contain 26,517 square feet of land, — are capable of being laid out into fourteen, or fifteen, store lots, some of them little inferior, in point of value, to any in the city, and all of them of great marketable value. After consultation with several gentlemen con- versant with the present value of real estate, your Committee have concluded to estimate them at four dollars the square foot* — A price, which, considering the above circumstances, and, taking into view the great advantage the city sesses, in selling lots of this kind, by the extei of the time of payment, it cannot reasonably, questioned these lots will produce. They tli fore estimate them short of that price, viz ,$100,000, 2 10 Under the bead of funds available for the extin- guisf ment of the city debt created by the proceed- ings of this Committee, they farther state that their said proceedinajs have vested in the city, wharf- rights and flats, lying Eastward of the New Mar- ket, containing more than 140,000 square feet, which now produce an annual income of six thou- sand dollars ; for which they have been already of- fered one hundred thousand dollars, but which, in their opinion, are of greater value. In order how- ever, to prevent all objection, they estimate the above wharf-rights and flats, only at the last men- tioned sum, viz. $100,000. Deeming it unques- tionable that both these species of property can- not be estimated, by any intelligent and impartial man, at less than S200,000, — the sum at which the Committee estimate them as above. The result then of the entire operations of this Committee is as follow s ; They have created a city debt a- mounting, in the whole, to $608,475 00 The} have delivered over to the city an available and productive personal prop- erty, amounting to g!224,270 74 7 have vested in the y marketable real prop- ty as above stated and escribed, of the unques- onable value of 200,000 lount carried forward, 424,270 74 11 Amount brought forward,^ 424,270 74 All of Avhicli may, if the city will, be immediately ap- plied to the extinguish- ment of said debt. It follows that the only bal- ance of debt, created by this Committee, for the payment of which they have not provided funds, amounts to the sum of 134,204 26 §608,475 00 From the preceding statement it also follows that the only real debt, in which the proceedings of this Committee have involved the city ; — that is, the only debt, for which they have not provided funds, is the above amount of 8)84,204 26 cts. In other words the whole cost to the city of all the improvements they have made, of the streets they have laid out, — of the land under the Market house, and of the Market house itself, is only the sum last abovementioned Your Committee, considering the well known character of this improvement, — its greatness, — its beauty ; — above all, its convenience and utility, ap- prehend that it is not necessary for them any far- ther to illustrate the result of their proceedings, or to enter into particular details concerning the na- ture of the equivalent those proceedings have giv- en to the city, for the actual balance of debt crea- ted by them and unprovided for, as above stated. 12 The simple statement above made, they cannot question will be entirely satisfactory to every in- telligent and impartial citizen. When, however, your Committee Reflect that, in the course of near- ly three years, during which this improvement has been in progress, they have had to encounter the doubts of the cautious, the fears of the timid, the asperities of the interested, and the cavils of the captious, a sense of duty to themselves, to the City Council, and to the community, demands from them a somewhat more enlarged exhibit than that, which they have already given ; and one which shall present more distinctly, and in detail, the benefits resulting from their operations, and the real effects, in a financial view, thus produced on the pecuniary relations of the city. Amid all the objections and censures, to which, from time to time, they have been exposed, they have looked, w^ith confidence, to this final result of their labors, for their complete justification. And while, both as individuals and as a Committee, they are happy in the consciousness of having executed this great trust, with a strict and single regard, in every in- stance, to the true interests of the city, swaye d by no personal or local favoritism, they deem it their right as well as duty, that all the great benefits re- sulting from their operations should be known and realized by their fellow citizens. For this purpose they ask leave to state three distinct views of these results. 13 First view. — The Committee have involved the city in a debt of one hundred and eighty-four thou- sand dollars. To indemnify the city for this debt ; 1st. '.rhey have vested in the city a Market Iiouse, which has cost, (stated in round numbergi,) the sum of Si 50,000. Its style of architecture, general character and accommodations, are well known. It has been thought proper, however to annex to this report the arcliitect's specification of particulars; which appears in the document mark- ed (I.) 2d. They have vested in the city six new streets. 1. South Market street, of the width of 102 feet. 2. North Market street, and also 3. a street leading from the Long Wharf, each 65 feet wide. 4. A street North of the block of stores bounding on North Market street, 40 feet wide. 5. The Roebuck passage, widened to a 35 feet street. 6. A street South of the block of stores, bounding on South Market street, also 40 feet wide. These streets contain, as appears by the state- ment of Stephen P. Fuller Esq. annexed, marked (H.) A quantity of land amounting in the whole to 166,935 square feet. The land covered by the 3Iar- ket house contains, as ap- pears also by said Fuller's statement, 27,012 square feet. Making a gross amount of 193,947 square of land, vested by the operations of 14 this Committee in the city, in streets and in the Market lot. Now your Committee state, with confidence, their belief, that, if previously to the commence- ment of these operations, there had been offered to the city this number of square feet of land, laid out in streets, according to their present location, and a Market lot, such as the city now possesses, at the price of one dollar the square foot, there is no ju- dicious man in the city, who would not have glad- ly acceded to the proposal, and considered it a great boon. In this view of the result of their proceedings then, the Committee submit to their fellow citizens whether they exceed, in any respect, the facts, when they state that their opeR.tions have vested in the city, land in streets and in the Market lot, ofthe value of - - - - $193,947 If from this amount the actual debt, in which they have involved the city be deducted,\'iz. - - - 184,204 26 A net balance is left of - - $ 9,742 74 of value, in land, above the actual debt created. In other words, if the committee be allowed to take credit for the land as above actually vested in the city, the market house, which cost $150,000 and which, estimated by its rents, as will hereafter be shown, is worth $500,000, is a clear gain to the 15 city ; to say nothing of other advantages result- ing from their operations. Second view. In this your committee will have an exclusive reference to a comparison of the annual interest to be paid, and the annual income to 'oe received, from the result of all their operations. 1st. It appears by the auditor's statement mark- ed (A.) that, in the course of their })rocecdings, this committee have paid all the interest, which has accrued, on stock issued, and on monies borrowed from the commencement of the improvement to the present time. It foUoivs that not one cent has ever yet been ad- ded to the taxes or burdens of the city, by any of the proceedings of this Committee. 2d. Again, it appears by the auditor's statement marked (C.) that the whole of the annual interest of the debt, contracted for the city by this commit- tee, is S3 1,622 95 cents. This then is the whole annual amount of inter- est which the city icill ever, at any time hereafter, have to pay, in consequence of the debt created by this committee. To meet this annual amount of interest, this committee have provided and vested in the city, the following property, now productive of an an- nual interest and income, as follows, viz : 1. The interest annually accruing on the notes transferred by this com- mittee to the city, as appears by the auditor's statement (C.) - - $11,10923 Jtnoimt carried fortvard, 11,109 23 16 rlmount brought forward, 11,109 23 2. Rents of the floor and cellars of the New Market house - - - 26,000 3. Annual income from the City Wharf 6,000 Thus it appears that an annual in- come of - - - - - $43,109 23 lias been delivered over to the city to pay an an- nual interest of ... - g31,62295 It follows that, not only, as was just above shown, no addition has ever, as yet, been made to the taxes or burdens of the city, Ijy the pro- ceedings of this committee, but also that, as is now shown, no addition can ever, hereafter, be made to the taxes or burdens of the city, by any of those proceedings. The income they have provided is adequate to pay, forever, the interest of the debt they have cre- ated. Third view. The city has been made to incur a gross debt, by the proceedings of this committee, amounting to - - - - $608,475 00 This debt bears an annual interest, as above stated of - - - 831,622 95 This is the whole burden cast upon the city by their entire operations. As an offset and full equivalent for this burden, your committee finally state, what they apprehend to be the fair financial view of the result of their proceedings. 1. They have vested in the city a market house, and lot of land covered by it, which now 17 produces an annual rent, notwithstanding only its lower floor and cellars have as yet been leased, of the sum of Se6,000 Nor can it be questioned, when the remaining rooms and chambers shall be leased, as they readi- ly ma}', unless the city choose to retain them for purposes of a more general character, that they will produce the sum of - - - ;S3,000 In other words, the whole market house may ea- sily be made to produce a sum equal to twenty nine thousand dollars. An income of this kind, derived from such a real estate, abundantly authorizes this committee to state the value of the market house, considered as a productive property, at - $500,000 2. They have vested lands in the cit}', as hereinbefore stated, lying north of the block of stores, bounding on North Market Street, of the value of . . . 100,000 3. They have also vested in the city wharf rights and flats, as above sta- ted, of the value of - - - 100,000 4. They have transferred, in good notes and demands, to the City Treasurer, on his receipts, (Docu- ments F. and G.) the sum of 220,325 19 And a balance of interest due from the city to this committee, of 3,945 55 Amount carried fonvard. J?924,270 74 rs Amount brought forward, $9^24,270 71 The committee, therefore, confidently state, the fair value of the real and personal property, vested, by their proceedings, in the ciiy, to be the sum of - - - - ^924,270 74 If, from this, be deducted the amount of the city debt, created, as above stated, amounting to - - 608,475 00 It follows, that there remains a bal- ance amounting to the sum of ;S3I5,795 74 This balance, your committee apprehend is, on a fair estimate of the real value of the property transferred, or vested by them in the city, a clear gain to the city, after payment of every debt incur- red by this committee ; without taking into view, or claiming any allowance for land in streets, or other incidental advantages, ensuing from this im- provement. A scarcely less favourable result to the finances of the city, will arise from a comparison of the in- come justly to be expected from the whole amount of property thus transferred to, and vested in, the city, with the annual amount of interest the city will have to pay on the debt created by this com- mittee. The annual amount of present income derived from that property, has been shown to be the sum of 43,109 23 dmount carried forward, 43,109 23 19 Amount brought forward ^43,109 23 Te this will be added, whenever the chambers of the new market house shall be leased, a sum, certainly not less than ----- 3.000 And also, whenever the land north of the north block of stores abovemen- tioned, shall be sold, for interest upon the estimated sales - - 5,000 The income to be reasonably expect- ed to be derived from the whole property abovementioned, will a- mount annually to the sum of ;^51,109 23 If from this amount be deducted the amount of the annual interest ac" cruing on the city debt created by this committee - - - 31,622 95 There will remain a clear balance, or excess of annual income, after pay- ment of the whole annual interest on that debt, amounting to - S 19,486 28 Last of all. It appears by the Audi- tor's statement marked (D.) that the whole funded debt of the city, exclusive of that created by this committee, amounts to the sum of $384,800 It appears, also, by the same state- ment, that the annual interest paid on said debt, amounts to the sum of $18^508 00 20 It follows iroiiii the preceding facts, that the ex- cess of the fair estimated value of the property transferred to, or vested in, the city by this com" mittee, after the debt it has created is deducted, amounts to a sum not far short of the whole re- maining debt of the city ; bearing to it the propor- tion of 315 to 384. It also follows that the excess of the annual in- come, remaining, after payment of the annual inter- est on the debt created by this committee, is more than sufficient to pay the entire interest of the re- maining city debt. In making these statements your Committee have not considered, nor made any account of the objec- tion that the income, formerly received from the old Market, should be deducted from the income now received from the new ; because they deem it neither solid nor reasonable. The real property formerly occupied as a market, remains in the city ; and is capable of being applied to uses probably as productive as the former were. The whole income from the old market, amount- ed, on an average of four years, as appears by the Auditor's statement marked (E.) to a sum little exceeding $12,000. It cannot be questioned that Faneuil Hall lower floor, may be made to produce annually a sum nearly, if not quite, equal to $6,000. The square on the West front of Faneuii Hall, where the mutton stalls formerly stood, is capable of a proportional productive occupation. The 21 iianie may be said of )lie land East of Odin's block, formerly occupied by fruit dealers. This and oth- er real estate belonging to the city, in thrtt vicinity, which has been, by these operations, relieved from its former occupation, and made free for other uses to the city, may be made probably productive of an income equal to the former receipts from the old market. If the city choose to keep these spaces open for purposes of health, conve- nience or ornament, no reason thence arises for deducting any thing, on account of the amounts formerly collected in the old market, from the re- ceipts now actual!}' accruing in the new. Nor have your Committee taken any particular notice, in this report, of the land in front of Ham- mond's and Faxon's stores, formerly in the square, nor of any contested and disputable right the city formerly possessed in the Town dock, because the marketable value of that land was wholly derived from the operations of this Committee. Nor, on the other hand, have they claimed any credit for paving streets, opening the Roebuck passage, and a street to the Long Wharf, for the general ac- commodation of the citizens, and particular!}- of those in the North section of the city; nor for com- mon sewers, reservoirs, pump and well ; nor for land thrown into the street to widen Merchants' Row, in front of the new market and Sontli block of stores. All these, thoughpropcrdy cliargeabic to the general funds of the city, have been paid out of those resulting from this improvemcnl. and nr*^ iiioi c than an equivalent for a marketable value ex- isting in the dock and square above alluded to, previous to its commencement. The City Coun- cil will perceive that the sole object of the Com- mittee in this report, is, to account for the funds, with which they have been entrusted, and to state, distinctly, the results of all their operations. Nei- ther minor local rights, which the city formerly possessed in the sphere affected by this improve- ment, nor minor local advantages, derived from the proceedings of this Committee, are objects impor- tant enough to be estimated in this report. The purposes of this Committee will be fully answered, if they shall satisfy tlieir fellow citizens of the ben- eficial effect of this undertaking, on the pecuniary relations of the city ; and that its financial, is not less satisfactory, than its local and architectural re* suit If the great bod}-^ of our fellow citizens shall be satisfied, as it is believed they will, that this noble improvement has been completed, not only without any addition to the present taxes, or burdens of the citizens, but also, without the possibility of any ad- dition, in future time, on this account, to their taxes or burdens ; and, on the contrary, that it has aug- mcnted, ifi no inconsiderable degree, the real and productive property of the city ; — all the objects vour Committee proposed to themselves, in this elucidation, will have been attained. In conclusion, they will only add, that they claim for themselves no peculiar merit on account of the 23 greatness of these results. They were the con- sequence, chiefl}^, of temporary and local circum- stances, of which the City Council had the good fortune to take advantage. Your Committee cl aim no other merit than what arises from fulfilling, with earnestness and fidelity, the trust reposed in them. The success of this undertaking is chiefl}'^ attrib- utable, first, to the unshaken firmness and unanimi- ty, with which every succeeding City Council, since its commencement, have pursued and enlarg- ed the original design. Next, and above all, to the favor, with which, at an early period, it was receiv- ed by the great body of our fellow citizens in Fa- neuil Hall, and the encouragement and confidence, which they have extended to this Committee, in every stage of its progress. Signed by the unanimous order of the Com- mittee. JOSIAH QUINCY, Chairman. Boston, JVov. 13, 1826. Statement j1. It appears by the books of the Committee on the Exten- sion of Faneuil Hall Market, that the whole amount of fmids made use of by the Committee, is $1,141,272 33 Which have been disposed of as follows, viz ; — For the purchase of Estates; — including payments to tenants for surrendering leas- es, and removing ; aad the expenses of sur- veying and drawing plans, - - 879,754 69 For professional services of sundry Counsel, inv-estigating titles to Estates, drawing le- gal instruments, services before referees, and in court ;-and for all legal business in connection with this improvement - -- 2,351 63 For filling up docks and streets, to the pav- ing level - : - - - - - 42,378 78 For paving and "finishing streets - - 11,598 64 For Common Sewer, Reservoir, Well, and Pump - - - . _ - 2,484 13 For Erection of the New Market House, in- cluding all materials and labor, and servi- ces of the Architect - - . _ 149,158 75 For interest on Stock issued, and on all mon- eys borrowed by the Committee, from the commencement of the improvement up to the present time _ _ - _ 46,979 84 For sundry miscellaneous expenses ; — in- cluding the salary of the Superintendent of this improvement, the charges on the Amount carried forward, 81,134,706 46 25 Amount hr ought forward gl, 134,706 46 sales of the store lots at auction, the pay- ments for services of special watchmen, dnd various other small items . - 6,565 87 $1,141,272 33 The above amount of expenditure has been made by the Committee, as follows, viz ; — By the issue of Stock, being the present amount of the Fan- euil Hall Market debt - - - ^608,475 00 By Cash, being the amount of moneys receiv- ed by the Committee, as per statement B. 532,797 33 dfi 141 272 33 Auditor's Office, JVov. 13, 1826. WM. HAYDEN, Jr. Auditor oj Accounts Statement B, It appears by the Books of the Committee on the Ex- tension of Faneuil Hall Market, that the amount of funds derived by the Committee exclusively from the improve- ment with which they were charged, is 753,122 52 Which amount has arisen from the following sources, viz : Sales of store lots on North Market street 303,483 77 Sales of store lots on South Market street 403,195 00 Sale of a lot of land on the Roebuck passage 14,775 00- Sale of a lot of land on the street south of South Market street . - . . 5,015 00 Sale of a lot of land north of the market, 5,000 00 Sale of a lot of land on Butler's row - 3,610 00 f 735,078 77 Rents and sales of old buildings - - 9,565 05 Interest on notes, and deposites in bank, - 5,019 68 Sales of building materials and implements, re- maining on hand _ - - - 3,459 02 $753,122 52: The above amount of income has been received by the committee as follows, viz : — In notes ---.-- 219,709 82 Demand for slate sold, not yet paid, but good for the amount - - - - - 615 37 In cash ' - 532,797 33 S753,122 52 Auditor's Office, Nov. 13, 1826. WM. HAYDEN, Jr. Auditor of Accounts. Statement C* Annual Interest on the Debt contracted for the Extension of Faneuil Hall Market. $ 138,650 00 at 6 per centum per annum, is 8,319 00 7,000 00 at 5 1-2 " " 385 00 18,000 00 at 5 1-4 '' " 945 00 410,825 00 at 5 « *' 20,541 25 5,000 00 at 4 3-4 " " 237 60 11,000 00 at 4 1-2 " " 495 00 18,000 00 at g3,89 per cent. " 700 20 S00S,475 00 Annual interest, $31,622 95 Annual Interest on the Notes transferred to the City Treasurer, having been received for lands sold by the Com- mittee on the Extension of Faneuil Hall Market. 8,250 00 at 6 per centum per annum, is 495 00 8,247 38 at 5 1-2 "• «' 453 01 203,212 44 at 5 « «' , 10,160 62 1219,709 82 Annual interest, f 11,109 23 Auditor's Office, JYov. 13, 1820. WM. HAYDEN. .Jr. Auditor of Account.^ Statement 1>. The whole funded debt of the city, drawing interest, ex- clusive of the debt contracted for the Extension of Fan- euil Hall Market, amounts to - - ^384,800 00 The annual interest paid by the city, on the abovemention- ed debt of $384,800, is - - - |18,608 00 Auditor's Office, JVov. 13, 1826. WM. HAYDEN, Jr. Auditor of Accounts, i Statement E. The income from the Stalls in the Old Faneuil Hall Mar- ket house, and the meat, vegetable and fish Stalls connect- ed therewith, has been, for the last four years, as follows, viz : — For the year ending June 1st, 1823 - 10,964 01 " " June 1st, 18^4 - 12,010 04 " " June 1st, 1825 - 13,248 22 " " June 1st, 182G - 42,891 40 |49,113 67 Making an average annual income of ^^12,278 42. Auditor's Office, Nov. 13, 1826. WM. HAYDEN, Jr. Auditor of Accounts. JP. CITY OF BOSTON. City Treasurer's Office^ Nov. 13, 1826. Received of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, Mayor of the City of Boston, and Chairman of the Committee on the Exten- sion of Faneuil Hall Market, Forty-three several Notes of Hand, amounting, in the whole, to two hundred and nineteen thousand, seven hundred and nine dollars, ond eighty two cents, all bearing interest, at various rates, from five to six per centum per annum, and also a bill and receipt against the Pitts Street Congregational Society, amounting to six hundred and fifteen dollars, and thirty seven cents ; — the same being property transferred to the city, by the Commit- tee on the Extension of Faneuil Hall Market ; and to be held and accounted for by me, as property of the City of Boston. WM. MACKAY, City Treasurer. Notes, 219,709 82 Demand, 615, 37 .f220,325 19 G. CITY OF BOSTON. Citij Treasurer'' s Office., Aov. 13, 1826. I certify that, on reckoniiis; an A.;.rount Current of Iiuer-* est upon monies borrowed from, and repaid to, the Com- mittee on the Extension of Faneuil Hall Market, there is a balance in favour of said Committee, and against the city^ amounting to three thousand nine hundred and forty-five dol- lars, a.id fifty-five cents, reckoning interest at the rate of four and a half per centum per annum, up to this date. WM. MACKAY, City Treasurer. $3,945 55. Jnf. The whole quantity of land purchased of individuals, in- cluding passage ways and streets not belonging to the city 156,395 feet. The whole quantity of docks and flats filled up (excluding 3900 feet of Mill Creek in pro- posed 40 feet street) 126,417 feet. 282,812 The quantity of land under the Market House27,0125 feet The quantity of land under the South block of stores ---___ 33,800 feet. The quantity of land undor the North block of ^ stores -_.-__ 28,648 1-3 The Kingsbury Estate, sold S. Hammond 1,448 feet. The land sold South of South stores, about 1,870 feet. The quantity of land for sale .North of North of stores, about - - 27,000 feet. 119,779 2-12 The quantity sold Hammond and Faxon, for- . merly in the Vegetable market and Dock Square, about - _ _ _ 2,968 feet. Land in Streets : The quantity of land in South Market street 53,843 feet. The quantity of land in North Market street 34,080 feet. The quantity of land in the street East of the Market 30,100 feet. The quantity of land in the street South of the South stores ----- 20,560 feet- Number of feet carried forward, 138,583 '41 JVuinher of feet hroui^ht fonvard, 138,583 The quantity of land in a forty feet street Nortii of the North stores, including 3,900 feet of the Mill Creek - - . . 20,490 feet. The quantity to extend and widen Merchants' Row, from South block of stores to Ann street - - - - - - 5,120 feet. The quantity in a fifty feet street through Eustis' and Howard's wharves _ _ _ 2,742 feet. # Quantity of land in streets - - 166,935 feet. The quantity of flats and dock below the mar- ket, belonging to the city will probably be 142,000 feet. TJic foregoing calculations are made with as great accu- racy as the uncertainty of the lines of the estate will admit, and is correct in the general result. STEPHEN P. FULLER, Survet/or. Boston, JVov. 10, 1826. Faneuil Hall Market House is situated at the East end r of Faneni! Hall, between two streets called North and South r.ifirket streets, having two streets passing at right an- glc'= at tlso West and East fronts, the one being 76 feet, and the o-';m r at the East end making the Wharf «65 feet wide. Nor;, I Market street is G5 feet wide, the South 102 feet, each street having a range of stores four stories h:gh, with granite fronts, the range of stores on the North side 520 feet, and 55 feet deep, — on the South 530 feet, and 65 feet deep, — an arched avenue in centre of each range 5 feet wide, communicating with the adjoining streets, —the facade of which is composed of piers, Ilntells, "*^ and arched windows on the 2d story. The roofs are slated, I and tlie cellars water proof. ' The Market House in length is 535 feet 9 inches, in widih 50 feet, wholly built of granite, having a center budding 74 1-2 by 55 feet, projecting 2 1-2 feet in the Ni jih and South fronts. From the centre buildings are wings on each side, 173 by 50 feet, the wing continues from a projection of 6 inches, 46 feet 3 inches, and 51 feet in \vidth, on each facade of which are 5 antoes, projecting 6 j"r'hes, fmishiiig with a portico at each end of building, pro- ji^'cting 11 i'e.rt 7 1-2 niches Tne porticos consist of 4 coluni'i^, 3 1-2 i"eet diameter at base, and 2 feet 10 inches at ne. ;-:, each shaft in one piece, 20 feet 9 inches long, with ' a capital of the Grecian Doric. The columns support a ppiliment, the l\n!|)anum of which has a circular wiijdow for veiililation. The wings are of 2 stories, the lower one 14 fo;t, tne 'jpper 14 1-2 feet, the lower windows have (Circular heads. 35 The building is finished with a Grccliin coiiiice IG inches in depth, and 21 inches projection, worked in granite. The roof is slated, and copper gutters. The height of the wings from the side-walk to the top of the cornice is 31 feet. The facade of the centre building up to the underside of the 2d story windows is composed of five recesses of piers and arches of grooved ashler, on top of which are again form- ed recesses by antffis, supporting a frize and cornice, similar to the wing buildings ; in each recess is a circular headed window, the centre a Venetian ; on the top of the cornice is a blocking course, and an octagon attic, G feet higli, with two elliptical savvtells, surmounted by a dome covered with copper, and crowned by a lantern light. At each angle on top of the centre building is a pedestal, in which are placed the necessary (lues. The whole edifice is supported by a base of Quincy blue ~| granite, 2 feet 10 inches high, with arched windows and doors, communicating with the cellars. The building is approached by G steps of easy ascent, each wing has G doors. The centre building in the North and south front, a pair of folding doors, entering a passage 10 feet wide, paved with brick, laid on ground arches, tlie wings have also a passage way of smaller dimensions to correspond. The principal entrances are from the East and West por- ticos, which communicate with the coridor, 512 feet long, 12 feet wide, with entablatures, finished with a cove ceiling. The interior is divided into 128 stalls, and occupied as ] follows : viz: 14 for mutton, lamb, veal and poultry ; 2 for poultry and venison ; 19 for pork, lamb, butter and poul- try ; 40 for beef; 4 for butter and cheese ; 19 for vege_ tables; and 20 for fish. On the South frout are 4 door-ways opening to stair-cases, 36 leading to the 2d story, in the centre of which is a hall, 70 by 50 feet, having a dome, springing from 4 segmental arches, ornamented with panels and rosetts, in the crown of which is an elliptical opening, 14 by 12 feet, through which s seen the sky-light, and part of the outer dome. The whole height of ih9 hall to the opening, or eye of the dome, is 46 feet. Each wing is divided into 2 halls by a brick partition, the smaller 44 by 47, the larger 173 by 47. The whole of the improvements have been completed within the space of 20 months, and occupy about 6 acres, 2 perches 23 rods, the greater part of which has been reclaimed from the sea,by filling in earth at different periods. The cellar story is occupied for storage of provisions, and made perfectly water-proof. COMMITTEES ON THE EXTENSION OF FANEUIL HALL MARKET. Jtppointcd, March 1824. Josiah Quincy, Mayor. David W. Child, ^ Enoch Patterson, > Aldermen. Asher Benjamin, ) Theodore Dexter, Enoch Silsby, Ehphalet VViUiams, Peter C. Brooks, ^ Common Council. Benjamin Russell, Isaac Winslow, Lewis Tappan, Jlppointed.) May 1824 Josiah Quincy, Mayor. David W. Child, ") Enoch Patterson, > Aldermen. Asher Benjamin, ) February, 1825 — Caleb Eddy appointed in place of Mr. Benjamin, resigned. Francis J. Oliver, President. 34 Benjamin Russell, "^ Charles P. Curtis, { Thaddeus Paeie, 1 /-. r^ •; Eliphalet VViJIiams, ' Joseph S. Hastings, Joseph Coolidge, July, 1824. — William Wright appointed in place of Mr Hastings resigned. ./Appointed, May 1825. Josiah Quinc}'^, Mayor. George Blake, ^ Josiah Marshall, > Aldermen. John Bryant, ) Francis J. Oliver, President. Josei)h Coolidge, ^ Charles P. Curtis, | Eliphalet Williams, 1 ^-v ^ -i T ■ , cf o .• r Common Louncil^ Joseph b. JHastuigs, [ John R. Adan, [ Jeremiah S. Boies, J Jlpjjointed^ January 1826. Josiah Quincy, Mayor John Bellows. i Josiah ]\}ai shall, > Edvv'd H. Bobbins, ) John R. 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