St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-01


prOVementS. are at the service of the ten.
ant and visitor, noiseless, rapid and safe.
The cars are of cherry. and the frame
work about the entrances to them is Of
boWer-bref work, which is also used
In the baluStIades of the stairWayS.
The remainder of the floor on the left is
taken up with the large room devoted
to the circulation department. as hand
sOmely fitted upSaS many an ordinary
counting room. Here the newsboys
and carriers, who are admitted by a
rear entrance, are supplied, and the
business of this department is thus
kept entirely separate from the main
office.
The metropolitan bank, recently or.
ganlZed, assumes prominent position
in financial circles from the day it opens
for business. and has the honor of sharing
with the GLOBE the occupancy of the
first floor. The room is 17X661l feet in
its dimensions, with ceilings fifteen feet
plate and stained glass which
extend nearly from floor to ceiling at
the front and corner, frame the direc-
tors room, which is divided from the
bank proper by a screen of frosted
glass. The woodwork is of cherry, very
deliberately and tastefully carved. The
counters, with screen of beveled
plate glass and bronze fixtures, extend
the full length of the room and face
the entrance from the hallway. The
the row of windows from be-
hind, so that those employed
in the bank have the advant age of
very strong light without facing it. The
cashiers office is so situated as to place
the occupant where he overlooks the
business in all departments. Fire
proof vaults are provided for the secur.
ity of its books and funds, the safe
being guarded by door of drill-proof
steel plates, and within is a massive
10000 pound burglar-proOf safe equipped
with the latest improvements. Two
large office rooms at the rear of the
bank complete the first floor.
A description of the second floor EN-.
bodies the main points of those above
it, with the exception of the eighth. or
top floor. the arrangement being the
same. The thirteen rooms are ar
ranged en- suite. so as to give commune
eating rooms where it is desired. The
average size is 12X11 feet; the height
of ceilings nearly twelve feet.
The woodwork is of oak,
and the walls are tinted q
light buff. Each floor is
provided with toilet rooms, and is
equipped with all modern cOnveniences.
The editorial rooms of the GLOBE, for
the present, upon the second floor, will
ultimately be located upon the eighth
floor, which is especially designed for
newspaper use.
THE HEATING AND VENTILATION.
The system of heating is by means Of
continuous circuit mains with single
feed risers and radiators. and cOnnec-
tionS so arranged that the exhaust steam
is used in heating the building. The
apparatus is based upon the principle Of
gravity, returning the water to the
boilers without the use of steam traps.
The steam rises direct from the base
ment to the top floor, where it dis.
tributes to the riserS, passing down
to the basement again, where
it branches to radiators on each floor
There is also a separate line of steam
pipes for the first floor and basement,
by which the building can be kept warm
in the cool weather of the early spring;
and fall without calling into serv-
ice the entire steam plant. The
system is governed by the
johnson heat regulating apparatus
by the use of which single floor, o
single room, or the entire building can
De kept dt Il lcllpcldluIc tHdl Will uOL
vary more than two or. three degrees
draughts of air or overheating. The
facilities for lighting the building will
afford the tenant the choice of either
gas or electricity for Illuminating pur-
poses.
In general, the building as COM
bined Office and newspaper structure
could hardly be improved. and careful
effort has been made to avoid faults
that are common to buildings of its
class. E. Townsend Mix, the architect,
has succeeded admirably in his design,
in which both economy of space and
convenience have been so well carried
out. In the largest of large buildings
of which he is the architect there is
none that ranks the GLOBES in artistic
merit or thorough workmanlike con-
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