The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-25
TIE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The Building 70 be Ready for Occu-
pancy the First Week in August


pancy the First Week in August
Work on the new court house interior is
being pushed with great vigor by the con-
tractors, Miles & Bradt, and il there is no
delay in getting the hardware and mantels,
which were ordered by the commissioners
at late day, Mr.. Bradt says the ediice
will be ready for occupancy by the first
week in August. There are no less than
fifty mechanics and laborers engaged on the
inside work. and by the close Of the week
al the flooring will have been laid except
in the two court rooms.
Everything on the second floor is finished
but the court rooms and hanging the doors.
IL Is expected TO begin putting in the iron
stairways tomorrow.
The interior of the building will he quite
handsome The polished marble wsinscot-
ing Of the halls on the first and second floor
and in the court rooms is rich and at
tractive. The base is of Vermont dove
marble, the die Of Italian veined marble and
the cap Of Knoxville light pink marble. The
hall floor is OF Georgia marble tiles.
All the rooms are finished in yellow pine
except the commissioners rooms, on the first
floor. and the solicitor generals room, on the
second floor, which ara finished in cherry !;
the private rooms of the judges OF the
superior and city courts are finished in ash,
and the court rooms in antique oak. The
panel work in the superior court room is
now being put In place.
The interior structure of the building
provides for every convenience on each
floor for the county and court officials. The
offices of the tax collector and county
attorney are somewhat small, but in the
old court house there was no provision for
the county attorney, and the quarters as
signed to the tax collector were not as
roomy as the new quarters will be. The
commissioners rooms, and the rooms as
signed 70 the ordinary and the clerks of the
courts are decided improvement on the
old quarters, and the vaults are large, well
lighted, well ventilated and will accommo-
date the records Of the county for the next
century.
In the rear of each court room is a large
and elegant room for the courts to set in
chambers, and south of the chambers are
the private rooms Of the court The sherifs
rooms are north of the chambers. The
solicitor generals Office is conveniently To-
Gated at the head of the first fight of stairs,
and his office connects with the rooms for
witnesses, the witness room for the superior
court being on the east and the city court
witness room on the west. The grand jury
and. petit jury rooms are on the mezzanine
floor.
The third floor has been covered with
wire lath and plastered, 50 that no wood
work is exposed, rendering that portion of
the building fire proof, as is the rest of the
building A large room on this floor,
originally designed for a law library, it is
understood will, for the present, be as
signed to the county engineering depart
ment.
Mr.. Bradt says that there is no doubt but
that the county officials eau move in by the
first Of August il the hardware Is received
promptly, and he sees no reason why the
entire structure, as far as his contract goes,
cannot be turned over to the county COM
missioners by August 10.
The plumbing work of the heating and
ventilating department In the basement is
not part of Miles & Bradt's contract, but
It is progressing favorably. The boilers are
in place, and force Of plumbers were busy
at work when MORNING NEWS reporter
visited the building yesterday.
The plumbing and marble work of the
closets and lavatories throughout the build
ing, with their polished brass attachments,
are said by those competent TO judge, to
rival that class Of work in the De Soto. The
yainscoating and partitions Of the water
closets are Of yeined Italian marble slabs 81
feet high. Only when the entire interior is
completed can Justice be done the excellence
Of the design and mechanical execution of
the work.