The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-16
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The Walls Completed Up to the
Second Story.

The Walls Completed Up to the
Second Story.
The court house is beginning to loom up.
The walls are completed beyond the second
floor level. and Contractors Miles g. Bradt
are vigorously pushing the work They
have no doubt that the building will be
turned over to the commissioners by Aug.
5. That Is the contract.
The exterior walls, which are completed
up to the second story window sills, are
being run up to the third floor level. The
granite for the base Of the building has
been put in and the stone for the steps is on
the site ready to be put IN position. There
will be no more granite used in the build
ing. The rest of the stone to be used will
be sandstone. The large stones received a
short time ago have been cut up and the
blocks for the corners of the building have
heen made. The iron beams for the support
Of the floors and for the openings in the
brick walls have been received.
There will be three vaults in the building;
the vaults for the clerk of the superior aud
city courts and for the ordinary the former
will be in the southeastern coraer of the
building, and in the center of the York
street front. The Ordinary's vault will be
In the northeastern corner. The contract.
ors say that the vaults are made very sub
stantially. The vault in the superior court
clerks office Is 22x30, the city court clerks
vault is % feet square, and the ordinary's
vault is 1880 feet The top of the vaults is
supported by iron beams 3 feet apart; be-
tween these beams is brick laid in cement
mortar Upon the brick will be
placed railroad iron, foot apart, leveled up
with concrete, and on the iron will be three
thickness of North river tagging stone.
The floors of the second story then come on
top.
Contractor Bradt said that this is done so
that in case of fire the documents and
public moneys which may be in the vaults
will be secured. The protection is sufficient
to bear up the entire weight of the structure
above the second floor level. No preten-
tensions are made to make the vaults
burglar proof. In order to do this it would
be necessary, he said, TO line the inside
OF the vaults with iron and
steel. The state treasurer's office vault in
the state capitol is burglar proof. It is
lined with three thickuesses of iron and one
OF steel, 50 that drilling is practically i'm
possible.
The contractors expect to have the build
ing under roof by February. Soma pretty
terra Gotta designs have been put in the ex-
terror wall on the different fronts, aud
others have just been received which will
De placed IN position shortly. A large terra
Gotta scroll, beautifully designed in flowers
with "18s9n on one end of it, will be placed
in the Bull street elevation between the
second and third story windows.
The corners of the tower at the north
western corner of the building fronting
Bull and President streets, will be of orna-
mental terra Gotta work There is an orna-
mental tablet over the Bull street entrance
with Chatham County Court House" in
raised letters. The structure was completed
up to the first floor level with red mortar,
but above the first floor level buff mortar
has been used. The Drayton street front
is getting its share of ornameutatiou. There
is tablet on that side with chatham
County Court House, on it, and two beauti-
fully designed corbels OF terra Gotta have
just been put in position.