Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-01
THE PLANS.
What Is Proposed to Make New Hall of
Records Fireproof.

Records Fireproof.
Some time ago the sentiment of tie COM
munity was strongly expressed in favor of
building Hall of Records where the records
of the county would be at least ordinarily
secure from fire or burglary, it being ad-
mitted that they are now as nearly wholly
unprotected as could well be. The
Board of Supervisors accordingly ad-
vertised for plans, in order to in
form itself as to what the probable
cost would be. and also to ascertain the views
of architects as to what they consider safe
building. Three plans, with specifications,
have been submitted. Each of the three
contemplate building which would be an
main features of each plan, which will enable
the general reader to inform himself as to
how architects plan to make the proposed
building secure, and give fair idea of the
| propositions now before the Board, but upon
which it has as yet taken no action, there
| being decided obstacle il the way of Sc
curing desirable lot for building:
THE PLAN OF N. D. GooDELL
Calls for building sc feet front by 62 feet
deep, two stories high, the first 16 feet in the
clear, and the second Is. 1t provides for a
ten-foot central entrance, with a room either
side 11:9 by 14:9. In the first story gallery
on either side-except in the two front rooms
half the hight of the story. The central
portion of the building, the width of the en-
trance. to be open to the upper ceiling, 80 feet
full hight. Exterior walls to be two feet
thick to the main floor the two longitudinal
al, H. f,ll I,cl&
on level with the main floor, and arched
over either way. All the exterior walls
of the two main stories to be laid
hollow and to be IL inches thick, the in
terror walls are to be eight inches, leaving
space between the two of from three to four
inches, the full thickness of the wall to be
two feet The vacuum between the two
walls to be well plastered with Portland
cement. Bond-irons, II to 1 inches by 16
inches, to be turned up at each end two
inches and put across the vacuum between
the walls every fifth course. All the walls
to be anchored as specified, and eight iron
anchor rods to run the full width of the
building and fastened to the irons running
the full length of the building in the wall on
either side. Inside the building II cast-iron
pilasters with cast-iron cornice, and the full
hight of the main story II feet. All the
windows to have iron shutters inside and out.
side and small iron doors to all the
lockers below the counter shelf All the
shelving to be of ! inch thick sheet
iron. The sub-sills to all windows
galleries and main ceiling to be covered with
5-inch thick iron. The stairways to be
Of wrought and cast-iron, and the gallery
supports and brackets to be of wrought and
cast iron. All the windows to have stone
sills; the front steps to be Of granite. The
roof to be covered with tin and overlaid with
black slate. The front windows to have
French plate glass. Each side of the first
story will have four windows with four lights,
each 24x60 inches. In the second story, the
windows to have each four lights 24x28 inches,
all 26-ounce crystal. The roof to be sup
ported by four main trusses and covered
with II Inch redwood boards. The general
plan of the building is that of first story
divided horizontally by galleries supported
by iron pilasters and approached by
an iron stairway from the center. The
second story has no galleries The
front of the building presents the main floor
as seven feet above the street level with the
entrance door at the level. The architecture
is modern, exceedingly graceful in detail,
and the ornamentation is chaste. There are
four double windows, half round tops; one
half-length and narrower double window in
the first story over the main arched entrance
doorway. and above it a full-length narrowed
window of like pattern. In each window,
over the half-round double heads, a full arch
springs, with ornamentation in the panel, and
| keystones are above, uniform with the cor
nices of the two stories. The windows of
the second story are shortened by ornamental
panel work at the bottom. The fire-wall or
namentation is between four pedestals, and
consists of graceful open-ironwork balus-
trade AT the corners and between the win
dows rise, the whole blight of the front, orna-
mental pilasters with panel work, and above
| four pairs of brackets supporting a suffi-
GENTLY overhanging plain cornice. The
estimated cost of the structure is S25, 900.
THE PLANS OF wM. H. HAMILTON
Call for front of 40 feet by 60 depth, with
an elevation from sidewalk of feet 6 inches,
basement story 9:9; hall of records, 2S. In
the basement story on the right of the S-foot
hall front Office, 12:6 by 1916, one 126 by
1914, and one 12:6 by 21:S. On the left a
stairway to the hall of records, closet and
two offices of like size with the last two on
the opposite side. At the rear of the hall or
| corridor running through the center closets
are cut off. The principal floor gives hall
So by 55, surrounded on three sides by gale