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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-31
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD OFFICE.

Will precvIceny ue eCcOmpusncu AZ piso
of the difficulties incident to the prosecu-
ton of many kinds of work within a small
area and on crowded streets. All parts of
the construction have been such as to per-
NIT the addition of three more stories when
desirable. and this explains the unusual
strength evident in the building. Except
the custom house no other building in the
city is so well fre-proofed. This bank
building VIII stand as many days as other
buildings stand hours when burning.
There are four entrances to the basement,
which is three steps below the Jackson
street grade. It is finished throughout in
oak. An Sx16 vault will hold the valuables
of the Trust company (Gen. Bishop. presi-
dent) which has lease of the basement
A circular iron stair leads up from the
company's Offices to the banking room.
The main entrance on Jackson street, by
which access is had to the first, second
and third stories, is worthy of special no.
tlce and leads the beholder to wish that
the fronts of the building, frs.-class ST.
Louis pressed brick, nodded jsmbs and
arches, terra Gotta work and al, had
been made throughout of sand
store. Ornamental iron work is
to fill the entrance arch and decorate the
balcony above. Ascending fourteen steps
of granite and iron, with panelled wains-
cotting and ornamental oulIetin boards
on either hand, the massive entrance
doors open to the tiled stair hall. and
doors at the left open 70 the banking
room. averaging 40x23 feet and 1s15 feet
high Fourteen large windows light this
room. The elaborate fnishings are all Of
polished mahogany. The floor is tiled,
the walls wainscotted four and half feet,
and the ceiling psneiled and oraamente6.
The vault is ex-6 ana ; feet high inside.
! From the main stair hail elaborate iron
stairs lead to the second and third stories,
each II feet high. The second story has
Brsdstreet's large Office. and seven others,
mostly en- suite, and a full equipment of
closets and water closets. The third story
is divided into FIVE double Offices and one
single Office. 4 Hayes skylight lights the
stair halls. The building is warmed By
] AAOOC1 SCSi1OAoA stSdn OO-4ctcs 6ITaIgcu
/ in two batteries in the sub-basement, with
raditors in ell stores Warmed fresh air
is delivered to the basement. first story
and part of the second stery, sufficient to
change the air every forty minutes. FIT
teen fre-plsces also may be used at viii.
Abundant ventilation is secured for every
room-a part of which is By means of a
/ 31sx5 feet ventilating shaft, in which is the
! boiler stack. No other business building
1 erected in st. Paul promises so much cam
fort in the way of heat and ventilation, or
is so positively exempt from danger by
! FIRE. A passenger elevator will be placed
/; in the building at later day. When tbs
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Gen. Johnson,s Residence.

The home built by Gen. R. W. Johnson
on Laurel avenue is one of the most at
tractive of the many superior dwelling
houses added to that part of the city. The
large square hall is finished in oak, the
parlor in white and gold and the sitting
room and dining room in cherry. The
four rooms open into each other by wide
sliding doors. The main stairway q cends
winding from the hall WITH two broad
landings, and is Lit by an immense window
of plate bordered by stained glass. The
features of the pleasant dining room OF
the east side OF the building are fire.
place ornameuted with figured tiles and
with be7eIed mirror and bric-a- brac
shelves IN the mantel, and recess or large
bay window composed Of q large plate
glass center, easement lights on either side
and row Of stained glass above. The
dining room is lit By mullioned window
composed of plate glass center and stained
glass above, and also has low window
opening onto the porch. The house
throughout is furnished with modern con-
veaiences. AID It's general interior effect Il
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The Veg sher,,,a,, Block.

Mr. Sherman, owner OF the Sherman
Hsii block, Will make another handsome
addition to Wsbs=haE street in 1854. He
is exeavating in the rock at corner of
Naoashax aud Ninth Streets, and prepar-
ing TO bniid there over Il high stone base
rnent five story brick block, having fifty
feet front On Wabashaw by 80 feet On
Ninth, and planned for two stores On
Habashaw and three on Ninth street. Nj.
Bassford. the architect, states that the
upper floors will be arranged for apart
nent Or fat residences, or for hotel, for
either Of which it will be favored IN the
way of light and ventilation By the large
open court to be left at the rear of Essen
menger's new building. On both streets
the block Will be faced with pressed brick
and sandstone trimmings. In style it will
be modern gothic or square arch. I. will
have elevators for eacn division. be heated
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Park Congregational Church.

beginning has been made on the Park
Congregational church building, located at
the corner of Mackubin street and Holly
avenue, in Woodland Park addition, by
building the school section which is de-
signed to be merely an annex to the stately
building of the near future. The present
building or annex, just completed,is 92x56
feet and the church proper will be 92x120
feet. The whole plan contemplates
building expenditure of about $4,000. of
which 81, 600 has been invested in the
school section. This, with its one sided
slope of slated roof and tall ventilating
and smoke shafts looks odd, but will be in
harmony when the rest of the proposed
building is added. The outer material is
the local blue stone with trimmings of
Dresbach stone. The style is ecelesicasti-
al gothic. and includes stone cornice. It
is heated by hot air furnace and is sr :
ranged as follows: The interior space above
the basement is divided by
sliding doors and partitions into central
Sabbath school room, 28x56 feet, with nine
class rooms, each 14x20 feet. The slides
are so removable as to connect the whole
into one hall with $50 sittings. The cell
ing is in wood, with ribs, and the finish be-
low is nice but not gaudy. In the base
nlent there ia kitchen 30x15, with dumb
waiter, and store room, furnace room, etc.
The house within is comfortable and pleas
ant. and answers the present needs of the
congregation, but the members propose to
have their whole building plan Carried out
| within two or three years.
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The .Ircads Building.

One Of the grand buildings of 1884, for
which preparations are made and on which
work has been begun, will be the
Arcade building, (MacCarthy, architect,)
which Commodore VIM. T. Davidson will
build on his property in the block bounded
by jackson, Fifth, Robert and Fourth
streets. It will be six story building
above the basement. having frontage of
125 feet on Fourth street, 200 feet on
Fifth street, $50 feet on Robert street, and
800 feet on the arcade. The
arcade twenty-five feet wide, COW
cred with glass aud handsomely paved, will
extend from Fourth to Fifth streets at
distance of seventy five feet from Robert
street. The building will have On the
ground fo3r tairty-tise stores, CT which
twenty Siu front OF the arcade AID four
will extend from the arcade to Robert
street. At the corner of Robert and Fifth
streets the building is planned for hotel,
the entrances to which will be from both
streets. The remainder of the building
will be divided into rooms, suites and flats.
Freight and passenger elevators will
be supplied for all parts of the build
ing. It will be supplied throughout with
hot and cold water and heat
ed with steam from boiler
plant outside of the building--which latter
is the plan adopted By Commodore David
son for all his later buildings. The dan
gers of fire will be limited by series of
fire walls and abundant fire escapes WI
be provided. The materials for the ex.
terror walls are not yet finally determined
upon, but they will be first class and the
building will be an ornamental addition to
that part of The city. Stone is being de-
livered tor the foundations this winter and
the construction will be begun early in the
spring. The architects estimate of the
cost is 100000.
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German american national Bank.

One Of the four great buildings which
are to be added to Robert street in 1884
will be the building of the German Ameri-
can National bank, (Wirth, architect), now
in course of construction at the corner of
Fourth and Robert streets. 1t will be $50
feet on Fourth by 100 feet on Robert
street, six stories above the basement. and
will cost about 100000. The founda-
lions, immense in size and claimed to be
the best in the city, are laid on quarry
footings. The Easements are built of
granite, the endorsement being lighted
and the upper basement well adopted
to business uses. The first kstory will
be built of Fond du Lac brown stone, and
the five stories above of the best pressed
brick with terra Gotta trimmings. The ex-
terror of the main entrance will be
in polished red granite. The steps will
be white marble and the landings, walls
and ceiling will be finished in polished
marble, tiles and glass veneer. The base
ment will be divided into elegantly finished
offices. The main halls and banking room
will have tiled floors and marble wains-
cotting. The upper stories are planned
for Offices and general business uses, and
there will be forty-fvs vaults in the build
ing, besides lock boxes for all tenants
whose apartments are not provided with
vaults. 1t Will be supplied with two of
the best improved hydraulic elevators with
hydraulic cushions. Practically it will be
fre-proof building. The stairweys will
be constructed of iron and slate. The
elevator shafts, ventilating shafts and
stairways will be inclosed with brick walls
and covered at top with skylights which
will automatically open in case of fire.
The flooring will be laid on solid joists
supported by bent iron beams. The par
titions and Turing will be of fre-proof
| materials. All the iron columns will be
FIRE proof IL foundations and surround
ings, so that they would stand firm even
should the floors burn away from around
them. The whole building will be heated
| and ventilated with steam and hot air, and
the ventilating appliances are calculated
| to change the air in the banking room
once i'll every hour.
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ahappy union OF comfortable and cneer-
full aspect. The exterior has for its nota-
BILE features on the Laurel avenue front
the heavy vestibule or entrance way,
and porch and the broad high window OF
the hall and stairway. On the west side
fronting Arundel street there are similar
contrasts, but on both fronts the general
effect is harmonized by the proportions Of
outlines and the treatment in coloring. A
carriage house and stable building at the
rear, its exterior corresponding to the res
idence in style and color, completes the
appointments of this handsome house.
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First Nat,o,,a, Eank Bu;1d.no

The First National bank building, at the
corner of Fourth and Jackson streets. on
the site formerly occupied by ''Motfat's
Castle" was begun in the summer of 80,
with deep excavations through successive
layers of debris which had been filed into
a former ravine, and was completed up to
grade that season. During last winter a
change of plans was made, reducing the
proposed building to three stories high
above the basement and modifying the
interior accomm odations. George F.
Grant contracted for the superstructure
and to complete it by Feb. ]. '84, which
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blanche to make the building the best in II e
city and as solid as the bank itself. The
first estimate of cost is 100000.

Drake and Etlder's Fourth Street Blocks.
E. F. Drake is building on Fourth street,
next to his large Sibley street block, Zoe
cupied by Auerbaoh, Finch & Co.. five
story building, with forty-two feet front
by 160 feet depth, in the general exterior
style of the Auerbach block. It Is de-
signed for frst-class dry goods house,
but planned for offices at front of the sec
ond and third stories. It will be semi-fre
proof, with all modern conveniences, and
will cost about $4,000.
Adjoining, A. q. Wilder is building a
five story stone block, eighty-thre feet
front by 160 feet deep, the front
of which will be in cut stone.
It is designed for wholesale houses,
with offices in the front of the second,
third and fourth stories. 1t will also be
semi fre-proof and have all the modern
conveniences. Its estimated cost IS S125-
600.
These two buildings will FL the gap
between tie Auerbach block and the Greve
building, occupied by Oppenheim, and
cover the last of tbs Baptist Hip area
which was, until q few mouths ago, occu-
pied by an old settlers residence.
One important feature OF these blocks
will be that their occupants, with those of
ether business houses OF the
ueighborhood. will have the use of
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Bort Presteu.s Ners Home.

Probably the most expensive Of frame
houses erected in ST. Paul this year is the
rev residence of B. Bresley, located at the
corner of Dayton avenue and Josette street
and facing on Summit park. Il is 50x50
feet, two stories and high mansard, in
style combination of Renaissance and
Moorish and having an ex rsme height of
seyenty-fve feet. The principal rooms
are finished in walnut, oak and cherry.
The two large parlors are separated by
arenes. IN the 'front.' parIor over the fire.
place the chimney opens to a view of the
conservatory. The back parlor has a
large bay on ths Dayton avenue side with
five windows. In the large dining room
the mantei, buffet and cabinet are in
carved wood work inlaid with brass and
ornamented with beveIed mirrors. In the
on Fourteenth PAGE.
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Tnc,npson,s Broaa,ray Btoc,:.

Horace Thompson, Esq, is building on
the west side CT Broadway, from Eighth
street to Ninth street, sol feet front, a three
story brick block, intended for fifteen
stores, occupying the easements and first
floors, while the second and third stories
will be finished for residences. -Four fire
walls viii divide the building into five
divisions. each having Independent steam,
gas and water service. Each part will
have fire ESCAPES in front and
rear, and stores and tenements
will all be heated by steam and supplied
with hot and cold water, while the tenants
will each have bath room. etc. Freight
elevators Will be placed in each building
for handling goods and heavy articles for
either floor, but ordinary access to the
second and third stories viii be by vide
and well lighted stairways and halls. The
steam boilers for heating the buildings
will be placed on the line OF the alley, con-
sidsrab!y IN the rear of the block. Above the
blue stone foundations the block will be
ali os brick and the front will be similar
IN style to the Drake building on East
Third streed. The architect, Mr.. Stevens.
has given special attention in planning this
building to Light, and ventilation, drain
age, ETC., and will thus make the block a
popular one among renters of good class
as well as one of the most attractive OF
business fronts in the whole city. Work
on this building has been pushed through
the favorable weather of early winter and
it it designed to finish the whole as soon
as possible during the coming year. The
arc itect estimates the cost at about $751;
COG.
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Oakland uort,,aru ce,,sts,.,,


This structure, completed this year, has
been widely accepted by western archi-
tects and trustees of cemeteries as model
after which all may wisely copy. The de-
sign and superintendent was By Archi-
tect Bassford, who was materially assisted
IN both by DR.. Day, chairman of the build
ing committee of the Cemetery associa-
ton. The chapel, built over spacious
receiving vault, is thirty feet square, and
Constructed of Dresbgch stone in modern
Gothic style, with elaborate carving. The
noor Is laid IN encaustio thing, neatly de-
signed. The interior wall finish is unstained
oak. The frescoing, gem of work, is BY
Adix Brothers. The carpenter work, very
good, 10 by Wiiken & Roemer; the stone
work by Tostevin & Son; and the plaster
ing and cement work by James Cullen
All who had part in the construction may
well have pride in their work. The vault
constructed with heavy stone walls and
thoroughly pla5tered in Portland cement
10 ventilated through four shaft:
outside the chapel walls. The chapel is
ventilated through its cupola. The vault
doors are of iron, set in rubber packing
and fitted with burglar-proof combination
locks. The chapel above it is of iron
beam construction with brick arches turned
over the beams. At the sides and rear OF
the chapel are three large Conservatives
flled with splendid variety Of towering
plants. The Conservatives and the chapel
are heated by steam, the plant for which is
IN q well lighted but otherwise invisible
subterranean room under the bank OF
slope of the hill on which the chapel is 10
Gated. On occasions OF funeral ceremo.
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arrangement. Mr.. Faber has also extend.
ed his hotel buildings and given them
thirty feet front on Seventh street, similar
to his adjoining block.
Col. D. A. Robertson's brick block has
a frontage OF 80 feet on Seventh by
depth of 20 feet on Sherman. 1t is three
stories high, fitted for four stores in the
first story, and eight desirable flats in the
upper stories. Col. Robertson proposes
to extend the block during the coming year
by adding two stores and four flats.
handsome addition to WabasHaw
street, made this year is Commodore Kit
sons Astoria block between Fifth and Sixth
streets. It is five story building, rs feet
front, brick with stone trimmings, provi-
ded with elevators, steam heat, etc., and
cost $4,000. 1t is divided above the first
floor into suites of rooms, and is planned
for family hotel. Next to this building
Mr.. Mckinney has built handsome
three story block, two stories with Offices
and apartments on the upper floors.
George Mitsch has built this year, a
pretty three story building on Seventh
street at the corner of Market-brick with
Bedford stone trimmings, the first floor
for business purposes and the upper
stories for family residences. Its cost is
estimated at $4,000. (Radclif, architect
W. B. johnson has built on Portland
avenue frame house in modern style at
cost of about $4,000. The interior
walls have soap stone finish tsoap stone
being mixed in the plsster) which allows
of their being washed.
| Uri Lamprey has built on Bluff street,
near Robert an elegant residence which cost
about $4,000. The balconies and porches
| are attractive features of the exterior. A
notable feature of the interior is the fine
| ~ finished dining room, 24x35 feet in
size.
W. G. Dyer has built on Grand avenue
near Mackubin a handsome frame house
with hard wood finish of principal rooms
and steam heat throughout. Cost about
$4,000.
seven brick houses, fronting $50 feet on
Cedar street opposite the capitol. They
are two stories, over high easements,
ornamented with terra Gotta trimmings,
and are supplied with all modern improv-
ments, including steam heat from COM
mon plant. The row has cost about
$4,000.
A handsome small block is Watson
Rice's new building at the corner of Fifth
and Jackson streets, fronting % feet on
Jackson by 80 feet on Fifth. Its exterior
is st. Louis pressed brick above the sand
stone basement, with heavy stone trim
mings. Watson & Rice will occupy the
basement, Cochran & Newport the second
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building shall have been completed. the
external effect will offer welcome addi
ton to the architecture of st. Paul. The
directors of the First National, Mr.. Mil
lard, architect, and all his co-workers de-
serve the thanks of the public for this sub
stantial and safe building.
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a. G.. Fosters Residence

A. G. Foster, Esq, is Building on the
Summit avenue property, next west from
Col. Griggs' new place, house which will
occupy about 5ox7o feet of ground space.
The basement is built of st. Paul blue
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private alley, forty feet wide, extending
from the rear of the Auerbach block on
Sibley street to the rear Of the Davidson
block on Jackson street, and opening to
Fifth street through Mr.. Pomeroy's prem
iscS
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CUSTOM HOUSE AND PosToFFICE

Shepard building is faced with Philadel-
phia press brick and trimmed with Ohio
stone. The four buildings have cost
about 1926. 900.
Connecticut western news., 1883-11-28
COLERROOK.

MT and Mrs A. O. Pinney spent part of last week visiting friends in Simsbury. MT H. A. Smith arrived home last Tuesday, but will soon start out upon another trip.
 MT Pulver of Norfolk has contracted with our selectmen to care for our town poor for one year.
 MT and Mrs George H. Mills celebrat- ed the 10th anniversary of their wedding last(Tuesday) evening.
 Rev Mir Hartshorn will preach Thanksgiving sermon at the Congrega- tional church on Thursday at Il AM. MT Edward Oles has lost nice two- year-old heifer. As she was good beef, it is supposed that she has been stolen and butchered.
 SOUTHFIELD.
 J. c. Walter arrived at his mothers last week.
 School closed last week, which has been an uncommonly quiet one.
 As Thanksgiving week is always 8 busy one, this place falls in the wake and we have not much to say.
 Willie J. Baldwin purchased pony last week. Though white, he seems to be kind and good boy horse.
 Storms clearing off warm and pleasant weather continuing gives people the best of a chance to bank houses and make ready for the winter.
 NORFOLK.
 Work at the mills here has stopped for the present.
 It is reported that the axle shop will soon run on short time.
 There will be services at the Congre- gaticnal church Thursday at Il AM.
 The Sons of Temperance took in two new members Thursday evening and indulged in ice cream.
 Druggist Johnson finds it impossible to close his store evenings without con- siderable annoyance to the public as we'll as himself
 MT John B. Potter, manager of the Dudley saw mill company here, was found dead on or near one of his wood jobs in New Marlboro, Mass, last Wed. nesday, in all probabilities a victim o1 heart disease. AUREvo1R.