The daily gazette., 1880-12-20

in the country. The judges bench and
The clerks desks are of solid walnut. The
chairs for the judges are of the same pat
tern as those used by the Supreme Court
Judges of Pennsylvania, which were
specially designed for those function
aries. The three chandeliers are massive
elegant, while the twelve side brack-
cts are exceeding tasteful in design and
For the use Of the public
there will be four hundred iron chairs In
this room, and the bar will be ample in
Its accommodations. The jury box,
witness stand and prisoners dock will
not be permanently located, but will be
on heavy castors, SO they can be placed
in whatever position deemed most con-
venieDt when Court is opened.
The King street rooms, commencing at
the Tenth street corner, comprise the
Judges parlor, the lawyers parlor,
room for the Grand Jury witnesses, the
Attorney Generals room, and the Grand
Jury room, located in the order named.
The last three are comm unicating, and
back stairway connects all these rooms
with the first floor of the building.
THE THIRD FLOOR
mainly comprises large loft over the
Court room, but along the King
street front are four jury rooms with an
extra room at the Tenth street cor
ner, which will be fitted up with cots
for the accommodation OF jurles that
are obliged TO stay out over nights.
The loft will not be used but being
very light and roomy it affords fine VEN
tilation for the jury rooms. A board walk
rallied in, is laid across 1t leading to the
bell tower. Here straight iron ladder
an opportunity Of proc eding up the
tower as far as the clock dials. The
view is exceedingly fine.
TIE DIMENSIONS
of the building are; Length, 1874 feet;
width, 80 feet I inches; heighth, so feet;
heIghth of tower, 142 feet, surmounted
by large ball and weather vane. The
building Ia constructed of the best
buff Ohio stone and green serpentine
stone, with base and steps of granite.
The surrounding grounds are neatly
graded, and laid out with walks compos-
ed of lithogen pavement.
OTHER DETAILS.
Each Office is provided with fire place
heater, which will serve as q means of
ventilation in summer, as we'll As of pro-
yiding additional heat In winter. In the
matter of " ash basins and water closets
the building is unusually well provided,
aud in order to guard against the flow OF
any gaseous matters from the drainage
pipes into the building each pipe, where
| it connects with the basin, has glass
valve containing a rubber ball, which,
while it allows the water to flow down
rests tightly against the bottom of the
basin and thus effectually prevents the
the escape of any foul air from the pipe.
From the tine he entered upon the
discharge of his duties, Mr.. Chandler
| the architect, in addition to giving the
work his personal supervision, has had
| in his employ Mr.. G. l.. Jemison, Of
all work as it went up.
Mr.. Chandler says that the general ar.
rangement and plan of the building are
those of Mr.. A. Ii. Silver, chairman o
the building committee, who visiteC
other court houses, and gave his opinions
of the size and arrangement of the room
to Mr.. Chandler, who worked up th,
building plans to suit them.
Mr.. Silver says great praise is due Mr.
| Chandler not only for the excellence o
his plans but for his careful supervision
of the entire work. He also highly com
mends the excellent work done by tn,
contractor, Mr.. A. Given.
THE GROUNDS
are neatly laid out with patent lithogel
| walks, and the plats will doubtless b,
covered with grass next Spring. Amas
sive granite coping, with four entrances
| denotes the line of the lot, and outside
lithogen pavement extends around th
entire square.
WHO DID THE WORK.
The chief contractor was Mr.. Archi
bald Given, of this city, and the sub
contractors were as follows:
| Stone work-Frederick Gramlich, o
Philadelphia; on Mr.. Gramlich's failure
Mr.. Given completed the stone worl
himself.
Millwork-Ihe jackson & Sharp Com
pany.
Painting-James E. Bryan.
Hardware-Capelle d Bro.
Iron work-Phehix Iron Co. an
Bancroft & Son, Phila.
Boiler and steam heating apparatus
Pancoast & Maule, Phila.
Gas fixtures & Co., Phila
delphia; they were put up by Allie
Speakman, of this city.
Granite coping-Philip p. Tyre.
Lithogen pavement-Geo. Ii. Wshn
Phila.
Plastering - Thos. K. Sigmund
Phila.
Furnishing Levy Court desks, judicis
bench and chairs-W. w. Smith, Phil;
Furnishing iron chairs for court rooI
-Cresswell Il Co., Phila,
Carpeting-Wm. NJ. Kennard & O.
Plumbing-Kllne u Bros, of tbi
city.
The clock-The Seth Thomas Cloe
Company, Connecticut.
The bell-Meneley & Co., Troy, n
Y.
where no place is mentioned the sub
contractors are from this city.
oFFICERs IN CHARGE.
The persons in whose direct care th
building will be are as follows:
Janitor-Thomas B. Smyth.
Night watchman-John M. Enos.
Fireman-james McSorley.
Keeper of Clock-wilson Scrafton.
, THE COST.
, Contractor Given's bid was $o7, ~
which, with some additions imposed a
ter he commenced work, made the CO..
, of the building proper foot up $69,90'
The steam heating apparatus, furnitur
!. granite coping, lithogen pavement al
u <.Re ~xNa