Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-08-09
A BOOST FOR BISMARCK.
PLANS COMPLETED FOR THE
NEW COUNTY BUILDING.
Contract Let for Building the New
Church, 'The Bread Of Life"
Work to Commence
Immediately.
LANDMARKS OF PROSPERITY.

A. E. Hussey, Bismarck's architect, ha.
prepared plans for the new court house
and jail They provide for brick struc
ture, costing about sixteen thousand dol
lars. The balance of the proceeds of the
sale of twenty thousand dollars worth o.
bonds will be used in furnishingthe build
ing. The general appearance Of the ex
terror is pleasing. The roof shows foul
gables, with bracketed cornice of mod
ern Style. The arch over the windows is
pointed Over the front entrance is a
porch 7x18 with balcony on top. The
tower or belfry is very pretty. From the
ground to the top of the tower the height
is seyenty-two feet. Crossing the porch
and entering the building on the first
floor we find the stairway leading to the
court room. The paragraph below gives
the offices and halls with dimensions and
the Jail extension:
fas THE FIRST FLOOR.
The hall of this floor is six feet wide and
forty-seven long. Immediately on the lefy
as the visitor enters is the Office of judge
of probate, 14x26, very fine room. On
the opposite side Of 3he hall is the treast
urer's office, 14x1519. In the rear of the
treasurer is the register Of deeds office,
14x26,-a commodious apartment Back
of the Judge of probate is the office of the
clerk of court. In the rear of the clerks
office is the vault for both clerk and reg
lister, 6x10. Next is the jailor's Office,
12x15, kitchen for the jail, 15x161a5, and
the iailor's bedroom, 9x9. t
| The Jail is one story extension 22x48,
furnished with six of Pauly's patent steel
clad cells from St. Louis, set within the
walls and surrounded by a four foot cor
ridor. The prisoners corridor is inside
the steel lattice work. The jailor does
not have to enter the steel priso but
opens the doors simultaneously by a lever
box The prisoners are only allowed the
freedom of the corridor Of the cells, and
cannot reach the. ;jailor's corridor that
surrounds the whole. The jail feature is
very strong, completely battling the bold
est criminal. There is no such thing as
attacking the jailor and escaping through
that effective method. Upon the second
floor is ,-.r.5 H-ig.s .#.h -.EL ST
g+ t-i THE COURT ROOM. ,s.. ....-z
The height of the ceiling of the court
room is eighteen feet in the clear, while
the first story is eleven feet in the clear.
The bar, 14x35, is one step higher than
the audience room and is enclosed by a
railing The clerks desk is one step
above the bar and the judge is one step
above the clerk
There are two rooms for jurors in the
rear of the court room-one 15x1512 and
the other 1921. The Judges private room
is in front and off the hall leading to the
court room. 1t is 10x12 The court room
proper is 35X42
The total length of the building is 1926
feet. It will be no architectural pigmy
for this vicinity.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. rg#
Mr.. Hussey has just turned over to the
building committee the plans of the Epis-
copal chapel, ''The Bread of Life,'' and
Mr. John Hoagland has received the con-
tract for the erection of the building i'm
mediately It will cost over two thous-
and dollars independent Of pews and fur
nishing. The site on the ridge back of Mr..
Coykendall's residence is in keeping with
the beautiful modern gothic architecture
of the chapel. The windows of the chap
ell run into the curved roof similar to the
dormer window, breaking it up into
gables. There is a heavy cornice projec-
ton supported by brackets. There is a
neat little tower or belfry. The entrance
of the chapel is through vestibule ska.
Double doors open from the vestibule into
the audience room which is 25x35. The
chancel is 8x24 with robing rooms on
either side The windows will be of
stained glass. The style and finish Of
the interior will be very pretty. Alto
gether there will be no such chapel on the
line Of the Northern Pacific and as an ad-
dition to the architecture of the town will
lie constant source of pride.