Exchange and Communication prior to the Completion of Cal Conservatory

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Exchange and Communication prior to the
Completion of Cal Conservatory
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• Section 107
• Presented by Stephanie Hsiao
• Assisted by Christopher Yeh

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Communication Web
Governor of California H.H. Markham
Board of Regents
The Joint Committee Regents Martin, Marge, and
Hallidie
Secretary of the Board of Regents Prof. J.H.C.
Bonte
Project Director Professor Hilgard
Representative from Lord and Burnham Co. Geo C.
Page
Importers and wholesale dealers of Paints, oils,
and glass F. N. Woods Co.
Suppliers of Labor and Materials Robert Smilie
Co.
Builder of the conservatory Lord and Burnham Co.
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Finding the Builders of the Conservatory
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• In early 1800s, the idea of constructing
  buildings with metal framing became very popular.
  
• In the mid 1800s, Lord and Burnham Company from
  New York was well known for constructing
  iron-and-glass conservatories in the United
  States.
• Dec. 1891 Hitching Co formatted the general
  layout of the conservatory and created the idea
  of a glass-and-iron plant and propagating house
  Offered to execute the entire plan at
  approximately 26,000
• Jan. 1892 Geo. C. Pape, representative from Lord
  and Burnham Co., New York started contacting
  Prof. Hilgard. The company offered to build the
  greenhouse in glass and wood at 20,000
• The Joint Committee hired Lord and Burnham Co. to
  build the University greenhouse with
  iron-and-glass.

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Creating the Contract
Contract Summary (Aug. 1893) The Compartments
Palm House 45 x 45x 42 high Orchid House/
Fern House 20x 37 ½ x 14 high Carnation
House/ Begonias House 25 x 60 x 16
Construction complete iron structure
independent of the woodwork
Hardware doors with Japan wrought steel butts,
ventilators with cast butts Glazing double
thick second quality French glass or with first
quality of American glass 14 in width, and 14
to 10 in length Painting iron will be coated
with Princes Metallic paint before shipment from
the factory, and two coats of pure white lead and
oil after erection.
Orchids
Carnation
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Finding the Importer and the Wholesale Dealers

• Mar. 1894 Professor Hilgard was frustrated that
  the Committee on Grounds and Buildings seemed to
  favor bidders with the lowest bids rather than
  their job qualification
• Apr. 1894 all bids are settled
• Robert Smilie Co
• furnishing labors, and materials including
  concrete, iron, ventilation, and hardware for a
  total of 8,869
• F.N.Woods Co.
• furnishing glass for 794

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body_crystal_palaces/html
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Final Settlement
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• July 1984 secretary of the board of regents
  J.H.C. Bonte reported to Governor H.H. Markham
• The University is building a plant house. The
  lowest bid for heating apparatus was not
  satisfactory. The Board of Regents therefore
  rejected the lowest bid and accepted the bid of
  the Lord Burnham Co., all of which is fully
  stated in the Report of the Committee herewith
  enclosed Bonte, 1984
• Governor approved the project, and soon after,
  all the materials are shipped from New York to UC
  Berkeley to construct the conservatory.

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Reference..

• Onlinemedia Inc.
• 2000 Crystal palaces for plants History of Lord
  and Burnham conservatories
• www.buffalogardens.com/historical/Crystal
  Palaces/body crystal palaces.html, accessed
  November 5th, 2003
• Tenebaum-Manheim Engineers and Architectural
  Resources Group
• 1998 The conservatory of Flowers Complex in
  Golden Gate Park Historic Structure Report
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• 1999 MSW State Data
• www/epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/images/us-map.
  gif, accessed November 5th, 2003