Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03
THE NEW COURT House
The Edifce at Last Approaching Com
plshon.
A GLANCE AT THE INTERIOR.
Plastsrers and Carpenters Finishing, AM
Painters Hard at Work.
AN ORNAMENT TO THE CITY.

waiting upon the part of the county au-
thorities and the public, the new Court
| House is now nearing completion, and two
weeks more will see the spacious apart
ments ready for the reception of carpets
and furniture. Although the rooms on the
several floors are mostly filled with the
odor of fresh paint and the debris OF
plasterers and carpenters, while on the
second floor, the sound of the hammer and
saw are still heard, and the court rooms
are filled with scaffolding for work upon
the ceiling, a tour of the premises con
vinces all who make it that when the con-
tractor and architect have done their
perfect work and handed the build
ing over to the Building Committee,
of the Board of Commissions, the county
will have an edlice of which the people
can justly be proud, and which cannot but
call forth the admiration of such strangers
as NAV condescend to inspect it. This
being so, a brief description of the interior
of the building will prove of interest.
Upon the north and west sides of the
basement five light and spacious rooms,
suitable for lawyers offices or other SINH
lar purposes, have been fitted up, the
three apartments on the west sid OF the
central corridor being especially desirable.
Entrance is had by a flight of stone steps
leading into q corridor running east and
west, and stationary wash stands, gas, &c,
have been provided. Corridors and rooms
are ~wainScoated four feet high, and walls
and ceilings will be handsomely painted
and the woodwork grained.
On the first floor the thing has been laid
in the new corridor leading to the office OF
the county and Circuit Clerks, and these
two offices have been practically finished,
only awaiting the furnishing OF the rooms
and vaults to be ready for the transaction
of business, Work is also about done lT
the rooms allotted to the Board of Commits
~misSiOnerS, Prosecuting Attorney and
Sheriff. The wood work has been grained,
the ceilings given a delicate tint of green,
the walls newly painted. c~Ornices touched
up, and other repairs and reiittings done.
On the second floor the plasterers and
carpenters are still at work in the court
rooms, which apartments, when completed,
will be by far the handsOmeSt and richest
chambers for the transaction of legal bust
ness in this part of the country. The
Judges stands, witness and jury boxes, etc.
will occupy the east and west ends Of the
respective rooms, and opposite them and
about two-tifthS Of the distance to the en-
trance door, the apartments are divided
by a heavy oak and walnut railing. To the
entrance the floor rises in a
series of nine three-inch steps, thus
giving every one i'll the room
a clear view Of what is going on. There is
a heavy walnut wainscoatiDg, six feet high,
all around the room, and a partition ofthe
same wood, on each side of the main en-
trance and tho side entrance for the counsel
and jurors. The ceiling seems much
higher than that of the old Hall OF the
HOuse-an impression given by the smaller
size of the two apartmentS-and the rooms
are light and airy, and capable of accom-
modating two or three times rs many
people as the present court rooms, while,
at the same time, there is much more
room for the Court. Yesterday wOrkmen OF
the firm of JAW. Shaw, of P%ittsburg, were
engaged in laying the encaustic tile mosaic
| pavement III luC COlllIOl, III Tx NSSN
being of GAINESVILLE manufacture. The tile
used originally in the building were i'm
ported, but were not nearly so good as
those made almost at our doors.
In the third story work is about COM
pleted. The private rooms for the judges,
iuries, &C., are remarkably cozy and COM
forable, and afford quite a contrast to those
in the present Court House. The ceilings
and walls of the corridor and old library
hall nave been tinted Il pleasant pea green,
while the walls of the rooms are ola neutral
tint, approaching n flesh color.
Two car loads of furniture for the vaults,
clerks office, &c, have arrived and much
of it has been hauled to the building and
placed in the basement corridors, where it
will be unpacked, cleaned and set up. The
remaining furniture from our local manu-
factories or from abroad will likewise soon
arrive ant the building will soon be ready
to be thrown open for the inspection and
approval of the public.