Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31

and is tho cosiest and handson It room in
the building. In fact it is too cosy, the
space being too limited for a convenient
and pleasant dispatch of the business to
which it is to be devoted. It is 41x4S feet
with a gallery extending all around the
four sides, reached by stairways
from the hall and also from the
chamber by fair foot stairway in the
north side. The woodwork is Of yellow
birch and birds eye maple, the paneling
of the room, as we'll as the design and
finish OF the gallery being elaborate and
strikingly attractive. A large stained glass
skylight and wine stained glass windows
in the gallery supply abundant light for
the day, while a seventy five burner chan
delier and four electric lights suspended
from the skylight, as in the assembly
chamber, will light the room brilliantly at
night. OFF the south side of the chamber
are three rooms for clerks, etc., while OPP
posite are cloak and lavatory rooms.
THE SUPREME COURT ROOM
is located in the Exchange street wing of
the second floor, as in the burned building.
The court room is 26x4O. It has panel
ing and finish Of cherry and Hungarian
ash. Opening out of the court room, and
Iunning toward Wabashaw street are five
private rooms for the judges. OF from
it on the opposite side is q retiring and
consultation room for attorneys, from
which is also an opening into q pr sa.s
hallway leading to tho room of tho libra
rian and the library itself, which is 21x98,
and extending nearly across the entire
front Of the east wing and giving ample
space for the wants of the library, The
finish 10 in brown ash.
TIN THIRD FLOOR.
The space here is occupied largely by
the galleries Of the senate and assembly
chamber and large room 31xs7 to bs
used for oaucuses, connecting with which
is large committee room. In the two
upper floors there are in all twenty rooms
that can be used for committee purposes
when needed.
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
In tho construction of this building the
paramount idea has been to make it as
near freproof as possible. To sthis end
the engine and boiler rooms have been
located in the northeast corner of tho
square. This is forty feet square, built of
red brick and trimmed in harmony with
the main building. From it tunnel is
run to the basement of the main structure
through which the hot air is forced by a
thirty horse prwer engine into the pipes
which lead to the radiators in all parts of
the building and furnishing an abundance
of heat for the coolest weather. The radi-
ators in the different rooms just under the
windows thus tempering the cold air
upon its first entrance into the room. As
further precaution against fire all the
floors and every partition and wall 10 pro-
tscted by ireproof covering of slabs
made of ashes and cement, while the hall
ways are covered with tile laid in cement,
of which there are 10000 feet. Thus the
stairw avs are of solid iron and slate 80 that
should fire by any means be started in
any of the rooms it would be almost i'm
possible for it to communicate to others.
"A in the means employed to prevent tho
spread of fire, the best known means to
secure
PERFECT VENTILATION
have been employed. As enc means,
coupled with that of supplying light to
interior rooms, four large shafts run from
the basement to the top of the building,
with which are connected tho fire, heat and
Geld air boxes, removing the foul air and
supplying fresh to every room. In the
wall of each room a register connects
through fonl-air ducts with four large
chimneys running to the top of the build
ing with which the traps of the close g
connect, thus promptly and thoroughly
carrying away all foul odors. In short the
wru crprcrrrpu
is in every way credit to tho state and an
ornament to the capital city, as we'll as
monument to all who have bsen connected
with its construction, good judgment, OK
cellent taste and honest work, being mani
fest in all the details, The architect is l..
S. Burlington, under whose personal super
vision the foundation, grouting and al the
wood interior finishing and decorating was
done by day work. Mr.. James s. Burns
was the contractor for the brick work;
Wheaton Reynolds & Co. for the manufac-
ured woodwork; Wiley & Carlson f., the
carpenter work; Kenney & Hudner for tho
gas fitting; E. F. Osborne the steam fit
ting; Wilson & Rogers furnished the gas
fixtures; George Dempsey did the plumb
ing; Kingsbury & Draper furnished the
hardware; Christian & Hazard did tho
plastsring; A. Warner & Co. the freproof-
ing; the ornamental stone work was furn-
ished by the Frontenac Stone company;
Noyes Bros. & Cutler furnished the plain
glass and McCully & Miles the stained. and
Herzog & Co. the iron and slate stairways.
The chairs we're furnished by De Coster 4
Clark; the desks and furniture by the st.
Paul Furniture company, and the carpets
by John Matheis, lAuerbach, Finch, Van
Sly OK & Co. and VIM. L. Anderson.
ST. PATTI, GAS WORKS.