Show CHAMBER OF COMMERCE plans plang lor for the erection of a mammoth building at a meeting of the chamber of commerce last evening the lol following lowing report of the committee on chamber of commerce building was read to the president presided and board Boar dof of direct directors of the fhe chamber of commerce GENTLEMEN your committee appointed january 1888 to perfect a plan of organization ion of the chamber of commerce building g company beg leave to report as follows your committee respectfully recommend the formation of an incorporation for the purchase of an entire block of land centrally located and to plat the same as per diagram herewith locating the chamber of commerce building anthe on the plat of ground feet a square in lie t the centre of the block the b building will be surrounded by a street or court feet wide which is con necked by four avenues 84 81 feet wide running in right angles to the arese prese present n t streets and intersecting same at the centres bentres of the block on each of the four sides the lots present corners excepted are ito feet deep and front froat olk OB ime th presmul and also on the chamber of commerce SEU square are and all of the buildings fronting on t the exterior of the block have access to the chamber of commerce square which in the judgment of your committee is a more valuable frontage than that of the present streets the frontage of our present city blocks making no allowance for streets or alleys to reach the interior of same is 2640 feet the frontage of thi the block as per diagram herewith is feet making an increased frontage of 1968 feet the diagram shows a plat all easy of access front and rear which including the chamber of commerce has twenty four well lighted business corners an excess of twenty corners more than at present and all ot the new corners are preferable to the present corners of the blocks your committee are unanimously of the opinion that the cost of the block of land is a matter of but little import for the reason that its increased value if located within two blocks of main street with the chamber of commerce located in the centre and the remainder of the block platted as per accompanying diagram will approximate half a million of dollars that on whichever block this building is erected and tb these ese plans executed there will ibe be the centre of the city the buildings on the exterior of the block can be erected more economically t than an on an any other her plan and in four sections having exterior fronts of 1288 feet on each of the present resent streets that surround the block se selected acted and feet on the chamber of commerce square it will be observed that the four avenues leading to the chamber of commerce square from our present street system are each 84 feet wide which is a greater width than that of the business streets of san francisco they would also recommend that the buildings on the exterior of the block surrounding the chamber of commerce be built in four sections as per diagram herewith the urgent need of a federal court house with necessary vaults tor for the security of county records a fire proof building 9 for a postoffice post office commodious quarters tor for an assay office which must be shortly established together with the other federal offices situated in this c city ty the most of which could be cecur secured d by furnishing ample accommodations at a fair rental won would id more thau su suffice illee to make one section of the proposed exterior buildings a baying paying investment the second section could be e used for hotel purpose sand the third and fourth for mercantile purposes throughout the advantage and economy of heating by steam of se and lighting such a system in of buildings are too mani manifest feat to require explanation Respect respectfully full G F CUL blairman gL chairman airman J E DOOM L E HALL IEL J GRANT HENRY HENBY the committee asked for and were granted till monday evening to complete their labors in regard to the proposed government buildings in this city gov west and R N baskin were selected to cooperate wits with ron hon john T caine in presenting the matter to congress |