The daily gazette., 1882-09-26
SECOND EDITION
THE KHEDIVES PARTY
Islands Around" at the Che
zireh Palace. yF4f
4aAALttE lAE1E
RoBlNsoN & CO.'S OPENING
OPENINo TODAY.

4
mn Rohlnaon q Co.'s Banking House
Ready for Business-Thsar Reception
This morning.
R.R. Robinson 4 Co.'S. new banking |
house at the corner Of Fourth and Market |
streets was thrown open for business this
morning, exposing for inspection without
exception. me neataBt and scosiest banking
mouse in ne State The health ard success
Of tl,e arm was drunk by many friends and
customers, who were treated to lemonade
and cut and fancy cakes, set out In the pri-
vate Office and dispensed by q colored caterer.
The members Of the firm were delighted at
being once more on the old site and received
congratulations without stint
The building Is Of what may be called the
EastIake style, which term covers multi
tude Of ianclee and conceits Of architeets- II
a buiit of press brick three stories high, and
the wood work is painted in variety OF
colors, the manner and style of which 1t is
needless TO detail. On the corner OF tne
building in the second and third stories are
oriole windows, terminating at the roof
with large, round, mosque-like tower,
surmOunted with weather vane.
On the Fourth street side square bay
windows also project on the second and
third floors. All the windows are furnished
with plate glass, the sashes being composed
in part of small colored panes. The busi-
ness Office is a model of its kind, the work
being of the finest. The walls and ceilings
are covered with linoleum crust paper, the
figures on Il being raised. The floor IN front
OF the counter Is laid with tiles. The counter
and private ONCE, which occupy oue-hal
the length Of the room, are surmountet
with panes of frosted and corrugated glass
the wood work being Of red oak. Tn
walnscoating, about five feet high, is o
cherry. In the rear Of the room q smal
private apartment is partitioned off for th'
transaction of special business and to b
used as a waiting and reception room. Tht
otIice Ii neatly carpeted. Opening into 1t Y
commodious dressing room, supplied will
a permanent washstand and water closet
A door also leads into the stairway to tn
upper stories.
The second story, occupied by AlviI
Allen as the "Bullders' Exchange" is a
once light and airy. The walls are plaii
white, and the window frames, weather
boarding, ETC., are of ash, with the exception
Of the inside blinds, which are of pine. tn
oriole window, from which an exeellen
view up and down both Fourth and Marke
streets can be had, Is Q feature itself. 1t
supplied, as is also the bay window at tn
side Of the room, with wide and comforts
BILE seat. The glass is curved and q Of u
inch thick. A water closet and permaner
waslIstand are conveniently at hand.
Inc thifu story, hnisneu IN plneY 10 Dub
repetition of the second floor, and will
used US the telephone exchange. EutranC
10 the second and third floors is by a stat
way on Fourth street.
The basement is entered from the side b
an open stone stairway, and is fitted up in
plain manner. The heating apparatus Is
the rear Of the cellar, the building bein
furnished throughout by steam.
The whole internal wood work is II
natural wood, being filed and varnishet
The entire cost of the building, less u
furniture, was about o., 200, and the stru
ture ia q decided ornament to the city
The building was erected by J. b. job
son, James H. Beggs & Co. furnishing t
bricks, which were laid by B. F. Peskir
The rrst of the work was done a
mateFfal furnished by the followi
persons Cardwell " Wall, paintin
James Bradford, plate glass Robert Hs
dock, plastering Henry Evans, stair bui
ing; William Dorsey, tin roof, We
done by Reese & Brother; Wilt
Robinson, low down .grate In bl
office; John Brison, steam-heater q
plumbing Kent Iron and Hardware CC
pany, hardware L. G. Kent, lumb
jackson & Sharp Co., mill work Grah
& Son, architects. The counter and wa
coating in the business Office was made
Wnneberger Of Philadelphia.