Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-02-18

The new county building. which J. now
rapidly approaching completion, will prove 4
great improvement on the old. 80 thorough
ha> been the construction. ~ much OF safety
wall b. secured to record, and valuable paper
in the iirr-pTnof apartments, to say nothing Of
the beauty OF the structure that every reason
able citizen may well BE- proud Of IT, on sat
urtiay, in company with Mr. rhilbrook. the
contractor We had the pleasure Of examining
the structure in all IL parts. and Will describe,
briefly possible. what We saw In the
northeast oorn-f, th.- fret Goor rutcr
the probate uiiicc, a large aud handsome room.
y, feet and inch bs /. feet. 1, contains a
wa.h>taud and fire place aud j. lighted hy one
double window. called a mullion window. in
front, aud one -ide window Connected with
this rom i one Of the fire proof projections.
a large apartment in hich the probate record.
viii be kept. The next room 10 the probate
office, on the north side Of the building j. the
county trea,urcr> officc. II bs l. feet II l.
lighted by one window. Next i. the room for
Witnesses summoned before the grand iurv.
II i 10 bv u feet, lighted BY one window aud
connected by door,. with both the grand Jury
room and the corridor. Next in regular order.
which bring u to the northwest corner nf
the building. j. the grand jury room. beauti-
FOL and connections apartment u by Il feet.
II contains wash>tand and fire place. and i
lighted by one side window and one rear
mulhon window. Crossing the corridor We
enter the southwest corner room v ich is de-
signed for the apartment, Of the clerk Of the
courts. This. we think /. in some RESPECTS.
the most beautiful room In the building, Ills
II by l. feet, and i lighted by one muIiion
window in the rear and one large bly window
ON the side. The room contains FIRE place
and wash>tand. Connected with this apart
ment on the east, in the main building j. the
fire-proof file room for the use Of the clerk,
Office. This room i Il feet square. Moving
toward the east we next reach the office OF the
County Commissioners. i by /. feet and
lighted by one muon window Next in req
ular order in the southeast corner Of the build
iug-one Of the front rooms are the apart
ments OF the register of deeds Il feet +. inch
e, by about i3t feet. II is lighted BY one
mullion window in front and contains a wash
stand and fire place. Connected with this Of
flee is projection and file ROOM the counter
part OF the one adjoining the probate office
All Of the rooms on the ground floor are II
feet and 10 inches in height. Those two rows
Of rooms are separated by corridor nine feet
in width.
Leading from the corridor to the story above
are two flights OF stairs. one from the front
and one from the rear. In the northeast cor
ner on the upper floor is the ladies' waiting
room. about Is by Is feet 18th all modern i'm
provements aud convenience In the oppo-
site corner is the witnesses room OF about the
same size. In the rear Of these is the court
room, about II by 45 feet On the floor and u
feet 10 inches in height. 1t is suitably arranged
for the accommodation Of judge, jurors. Of
fcers OF the court, etc. In the rear of the
court room are two corner offices, the one in
the northwest being the judges room and the
other for the occupancy of the clerk.
The gallery in front, which overlooks the
court room, is furnished with settees and has
a seating capacity of about 100. On the floor
above the judges and clerks room are two
other corner rooms designed for the use OF
witnesses, and in the attic above is a room con-
tanning tank which holds about 800 gallons Of
water. We next go below and examine the
basement. 1t has good rooms with all modern
cOnyeniences. 1t contains large tank and a
well 81 feet in depth. The floor is laid in ce-
ment.
The floors in the lower corridor and
file rooms are imported tiles, in the upper cor
ridor birch, in the court room, white pine and
all other floors are hard pine. The rooms are
finished in ash, the furniture is cherry, the
doors, ash veneered, and the stairs are birch.
One Of the finest parts of the building is the
front entrance which in material and design is
very attractive. The whole main building is
about IS by 4s feet.
Into the construction Of this building there
have entered materials as follows:
II 800 cubic II. or $50 tons OF stone in founda-
tion 1920 cubic feet or 1923 tons of granite in
underpinning and cut stone; 6,7O0 square feet
of cut and pointed work; brown freestone,
value 5000; terra Gotta, value $685. 200
yards concrete floor; $50 feet Of drain pipe;
s25 900 or 15 $50 tons of bricks; q tons of iron
$500 ft.of hard pine lumber 900 ft.of spruce
timber; 80 800 feet of coarse lumber (rOof and
under foors) IL 900 feet finishing pine; 49,
900 feet finishing ash; 1900 feet wildwood;
10000 laths; 1868 yards Of plastering: 100
squares Of stating ;13 squares of Timing and L.
100 feet of encaustc tiles. The building is
heated by steam which is generated in the base
ed that Mr.. Philbrook, the contractor, has been
very thorough in the construction of this build
ing and that the structure in all Of its depart
ments Is credit to himself and to the county.