Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-01

street and ninety feet on Seventh street
each side having spacious entrance
To give a detailed description of the diff
ferent rooms, and the construction of this
magnificent editice would oeeu-
py more space than could
be spared, but THE GAZETTE
gives its readers a general idea of the ell
egance and comfort which a modern pub
lie building affords. First take the ex-
terror. The base to about four feet
above the grade of the sidewalk is of blue
Trinidad sand stone, probably the finest
quality of sand stone in the country
The corner stone is from Burnet Tex,
and was furnished by Messrs. Loose &
Steel; it is of red granite, with sunk pau
els aud polished margin, the inscription,
which consists of the names of the direc-
tors contractor and architect is cut in the
panels in sunk letters. Above this comes
the regular courses of huge blocks of
asher face, rich red sand stone from the
Garden of the Gods = Colorado
Springs-and the massive arches are set
so nicely with these large blocks (some of
which weigh two tons eaeh) together
with the deep mouldings and rich cary
ings that the effect is most pleasing to
the eye as it looks graceful with no hard
makes bold, solid and artistic piece of
masonry. The Houston street en-
trance will be especially rich in
carving, Judging from the de-
signs shown THE GAZETTE representative
The second and upper stories are of
moulded and pressed brick and terra
Gotta. The terra Gotta is from special
designs and is being furnished by the
American Terra Gotta Company Of Chi
cage; the pressed brick are from st.
Louis. The interior of this pile is in keep
ing with the exterior and, if anything, Il
little finer. The corridors on the first
floor are laid With mosaic thing; walls
wainscoted with polished quartered oak
paneled; ceilings of heavy woodwork
paneled and decorated: from the ceiling
are suspended Berlin iron gas and cleo
trio fixtures of unique designs and shapes.
On this floor, fronting Houston street,
are two large rooms intended for real
estate or loan companies, and on the
Seventh street side is the Board Of Trade
Cafe, with kitchen in rear. Except the
kitchen, these roens. will have frescoed
ceilings and fiQished>&ith polished cherry
castings and wahkcot ing; heavy double
floors and plate-glasS. Ti~dows. Going
into the basement = VHalSrSiEil find
rooms after looking about and netting the |
thickness of the walls-arched passages |
and cement floors, one would imagine9se |
was in fertilization, In the basement is
located the elevator machinery and large |
water tank, also the seven large heating |
furnaces which were furnished by the
5mead Heating and Ventilating Company.
This system does away with the Old steam
systems, not having the annoyance of
pipes leaking, steam escaping and dry
not air, foul air, gas and the many an
loyances, but instead pure, fresh air is
1t all times circulating in the rooms,
While the foul air is expelled through
tents and foul air fiueS; furthermore, the
leat does not come in contact with any
woodwork, but is forced through brick
lues, and may be regulated by the oc-
.upants of the different rooms
o give any degree of temperature they
nay desire by means of a simple regula-
or Mr.. Walter Morgan is the superin-
endent IN charge of this wOrk-and when
it will be the second building
n the state using the systematic other
,eing the Ball High school at Galveston.
to the elevator, this will be the
most complete elevator in Texas-being
ne of Hale & CO's-and will be run by
ank pressure-doing away with the eX-
ensive street mains-and giving much
letter service-the car is of polished oak,
nth plate glass panels-and upholstered
u leather-and is fitted with automatic
afety attachments, to prevent its falling
n case of accidents. The rapidity
nth which you may travel up
nd down in this car may be determ-
ned from the fact that this machine
calculated to travel at the rate of 200
eet per minute, or from basement 10
oof and return, with one stop, in less
han two minutes. Having given an ex-
lanatiOn of the basement and first floor,
re now come to the second or principal
COR. At the landing of the stairs, and
4 front of the elevator, is the entrance
0 the magnificent board room, which is
bout sixty feet long, thirty-two feet
tide and twenty-five feet high. The
eilings are of groined arches, which
pring from the large columns in the
enter and against the walls of the room.
hese arches will be finished in PAPER
lache and highly decorated. In the
Outheast corner are located the president
nd secretary's room, and on the west
de are committee rooms. The entire
-ood work of this room is of polished
ak, and from the eenters of the arches
Ill suspend the D6dullIul UeSIguSU SdS |
nd electric light fixtures. Over the en-
rance to this room and along that side
ill be the strangers gallery of wrought
ON, designed expressly to allow
ersons who haven t the privileges of
hose more fortunate to get peep into
his elegant room-the remaining por-
on of decoration for this room in the art
lass with which the large windows on
eventh street will be supplied, and
'hich are also from the architect s de-
gins. The other rooms Oh this floor are
D be used as business offices, and will be
nished III keeping with the board room;
ne third, fourth and fifth floors are also
esigned for offices, which may be had
ugIy or in suits of from two to six.
oIning to the roof, the visitor can then
ct glimpse of the city and its beautiful
You will see the rolling
rairie, and, winding about like snakes,
ne long freight and passenger trains on
very side for many miles in almost
Trinity /