The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-03-17
rho Now Court House.

The New Court House is iinis' 1t ,p,, =,
credit to La Sale county. % Il ,rssea =
ou'l''ns inc county - &c proud d. Few
nave seen .ne In. -,se S,,, The ou,.,ac i.
nov perhaps 20 imposing as would be build.
IVY 80 Mfger lot, sufmountea by line
!seme, ffom HE top Of which could be seen
,hc nosse Illinois Valley sprcad out IN all Its
lesEpassing t,eauty; but It looks solid, sub
,stantial, dignihed, place for the business
OF great county; and withsl 1t Is handsome
enough to be respected for its beauty.
| The interior, however, is moro handsome
than the outside. Few public buildings have
90 many magnificent offices. The gres. City
Building and City Hall In Chicago cannot be
compared with II In that respect. In our new
building there ia not an osaec without an
abundance OF light and sunshine for large
part OF the day. Even tie vaults are well
lighted. The amount ~ gingerbread" or.
namenta.len is email, md yet the rooms oil
Hook handsomely decorated. The stairwsys
are all iron, painted dellcnte blue; the
wood work Is selected Michigan pine with
kuC uhEu Cil ubySb, SiNibh
effect. All the rooms 10 be occupied imme.
distely are rnarked by gold letters, and very
pretty guide boards at the four entrances
give all Information as 10 the location OF the
offices.
= The building Is very complete. All the
county officers have rooms. and all rooms
, are provided with all necessary convenieuces
r There are safe vaults for all Offices that need
;. them; court clerks have private stairwayi
from their offices To their court rooms; III,
2 ljudgee and clerks have private Offices; there
, ere waiting rooms for witnesses, water closets
for ladies and gentlemen, janitors rooms
c inside Hre plugs, the steam heating, &c, &c
D We can think OF nothing that is wanting.
The contractors, Messrs. Thomas & Hugh
, lColwell, are ready to turn the building ovei
, to the county on the assembly Of the boart
o next week. We believe all are thorough,
satisfied that these gentlemen have perform
! ed their part OF the contract In an able snt
Q praiseworthy manner. The building Is IN
4 Questionably a substantial structure, finished
Y lin q skillful manner and will prove all IL
designers contemplated. One Of the pleas
ATTEST features OF the affair 10 that there Il
no great bill for "extras," as 10 usual In cas-
es where the contract lie Of such magnitude
4 Only In the foundation have they any CLAIM
e for extra services, and this, it will be re
d membered, was unavoidable. the natura
). rock surface underlying the soil dipping YER.
8 suddenly at the southeast corner. The sub
c contractors are spoken Of In the highes
u terms. ". II. Gilman, of this city, had tn
contract for painting, and an inspector viii
/. demonstrate that he executed il with car
t and skill: 1t speaks for itself. The plssterinl
a was done under the supervision of ID. +. Can
Y ders, for many years employed By the Col
. wells, first by the old and since by the ncy
q firm. The plumbing wac done by the Kell
II Bros, Of Chicago, and the iron work-shut
= ters, gated ceilings, iron ioist dSc-by
y II. A. stree,er, Chicago. The as.itting, b.
n the Ottawa Gao Co., and steam heating, b,
!. Baker, Smith g Co., were outside contracts
over which the Colwell contract did not ex
: tend. but the 2as-fsting, especially, is com