The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-06

Cornelius g. sons Gas Fixtures I'm the
Charter Oak Insurance Building, Hart
ford, Connecticut.
New England has been for the past year in state
OF peasurable excitement over the approaching
completion of the magnificent building OF the
'Charter Oak" Life Insurance Company, OF Hart
ford: and as the thousands OF travellers both on
business and pleasure, pass daily each way between
New York and Boston, they are shown, with great
PRIDE this very elegant structure which towers far
above Its neighboring buildings reminding one Of
the prominence which the Boston State House as
sumes in the views OF that city, and as our own
Cathedral appears as we approach Philadelphia by
way Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
This stately building is OF Concord granite, five
stories In height, and Dtains, beside the rooms
used by the Charter Oak Insurance Company for
their business some seventy Others intended to be
occupied as offices, etc. Some idea may be formed
by our readers OF its extent from the dimensions,
which are as foows:-Height, 100 feet; depth, 100
feet; and front, sc feet.
1t gives us great pleasure to know that in the fit
ting up Of this building Philadelphia was repre-.
sented by the Oldest and most extensive gas-hxture
manufacturers OF the United States Messrs Corne-
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Leaving the vestibule and entering the main hall,
the eye is at once attracted oy tne hgure
very elegant and expensive twelve-lght chandelier,
. combination OF the french and Grecian styles:
the Charter Oak Insurance Company, Is furnished
with six two-ight pillars and thirty -eight due two
light brackets tted with argand burners and white
coae al es: the officers desks in the same room
lighted by six elegant pillar lights to correspond.
This room is also lighted by two large and unique
newell pillars, which surmount the posts on
either side OF grand stairway leading 10 the direc-
tors' loom Ali the fixtures In this room are from
special signs made for this building The oflcers'
and directors rooms are lighted by four handsome
bl hit sI0lng chandeliers OF the Saxon]othc style,
and four flight chandeliers OF the Grecan pattern
all having brackets to match. The second, third,
fourth ard Bfth stories contain very large and hand
some rooms, which are occupied as ofices, and
lighted by sixty very elegant chandeliers with
brackets TO match, all being new and original de-
signs. Besides the fixtures have thus briefly
mentioned, there many others which space will
not permit us to describe
We congratulate Messrs. Cornelius & Sons upon
their having fitted up 80 magnificent building,
and one which places their goods so prominently
before the whole New England public. To show the
great demand and high estimation In which the
work of Messrs. Cornelius & Sons is held, we need
only say that in addition to many fine buildings,
both public and private, which they have already
fitted up this season, they are now engaged upon the
construction OF the gas fixtures for Wheeers new
opera house, Toledo, Ohio; New Saybrook Co.'s
Seaside Hotel Saybrook Point, Conu.; large new
hotel at Minneapolis, Mimi; st. James Protestant
Episcopal Church, Twenty-second and Walnut
streets, in this city, and 'Home for the Aged and
Inhrm" OF the NJ E. Church. upon Lehigh avenue,
near Broad street. Philadelphia