The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-05-02

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rank with the first of his profess
sion in the West. The front Of
the building presents three square
topped gables, two square towers
unequal in size, through which ara
the main entrances, and two orna'
mental vcntilating shafts. Each
end presents one gable and two
ventilating shafts. The internal
arrangement of the building Sc
cures the largest possible space
combined with convenience and
perfect adaptation to the uses oil
the building. The basement story
eleven feet high, contains two
cloak rooms for students, large
gymnasium, two large rooms, con
nected by folding doors fer prac.
teal experiment in the Natural
Sciences, a boiler room, fuel room,
and janitor's room. The base.
ment has five entrances, two in
front, one at each end and one in
the rear. A corridor ten feet wide
extends the entire length of the
basement, intersected by two 9TH
ers In which are placed the stairs,
extending from the front entrance.
The first or main floor has four
entrances, two in front and one at
each end, and is divided by corri-
doris the same as the basement,
and contains six large class or
lecture rooms, reception room,
an Office and three closets or cloak
rooms, for the use of the Faculty.
This story is fourteen feet high.
The next story contains five reci-
tation rooms; an apparatus room
and an audience room capable of
seating, at single desks, two hun
dred and fifty students. This
room occupies the whole center of
the building, and is twenty-five
feet high, with arched ceiling ex-
tending to the roof. All other
rooms on this floor are fourteen
feet high. The next upper story
contains two large rooms for the
use of literary societies, a lib
rary and museum. The rooms in
this story are also fourteen feet
high. The principal tower con-
tains large iron water tank sup
piled by tank in the boiler room,
from which water is conducted to
all the wash rooms and the labora-
tory.
Above the tank, in the summit
of the tower, is an outlook, COM
manding a splendid view of the
surrounding country for many
miles. Americas, nine miles dis
tant, on the NJ. X. & T. road, is in
plain view; also Plymouth, ten
miles west, on the A. T. &c S. F.
road. The Neosho valley stretches
away TO the southwest, and the
valley of the Cottonwood toward
the west, presenting, with the
beautiful city nesting at your feet,
a magnificent scene.
The entire building contains
twenty-five rooms, and everything
is first-class. The double sets of
doors are an excellent arrange
ment to prevent the storms driv-
ing in. The good taste has been
displayed of having nice parlor
set off, and of constructing a very
superior audience room, 53x65 feet
in size. The aisles are wide, and
it will seat comfortably over
three hundred persons. The en-
tire building is thoroughly lighted,
and ventillated-there is not a
dark or lily ventilated room in it
and provided with gas fixtures
and heating apparatus.
The heating and gas fixtures
were put in be j. II. Miller, of
Leavenworth. John Mcdonald,
of Emporia, had the contract for
the entire work except the heat
ing. The superior class of every
department of his work will recon-
mend him to parties who want ex-
cellent work done on short notice.
The entire superstructure went up
in ten months. He put in extra
work to the amount OF about
1000, in the shape of hard wood,
etc. He had a separare contract
for the seating and other furni-
ture.
The entire stone work, includ
ing the corners and trimmings oil
windows and doors, was done by
Champlin It Hughes, of this city,
and reflects great credit on them
as master mechanics; and the
promptness. and fidelity will
which they executed their con
tract will be n standing recon-
merdation of their firm.
The brick, which are as good a.
we have seen, were made in En-
poria, by A. Pollard, and laid in +:
superior manner under the super
vision of Capt. Keller.
The roofing, both tin and slate
was done by o. P. Bowman, 0
this city, which is equivalent t.
saying that they are the ve-y bes
of their kind.
| Frank Mccain superintendet
the plastering, which is anexcell
ed. Chas. Wheeiock. of this city
was employed as supervising arcIl
itect. Great credit is due to job
Mcdonald, the contractor, an
others having charge of the vari
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their untiring energy in pushin
to completion so large a contrac
: in so short time.
The Building Committee of th
I Board of Directors give much va
( liable time to the personal supel
vision OF the work for sever:
months, and the State of Kansa