Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-03

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Passing down nins steps - either sids
The hall the eEtsanees 70 tia library ~
reached. One ent<rs the Hbsssy psspss. :
room "A IS, With twenty fose ceiling,
situated In ihe bay and connasdisg mag.
n.hcsnt view. Ga either side are he sack
rooms, between which and the library
proper are no partitions. These are Is : %
feet aad lighted By -four windows - veil .
from the main room. From sbese spiral
stsirrases lead 70 the stack ROOMS above,
separated only from the lover sack rooms
BY iron floors. These are to be furnished
yith iron slceves for storing the books. 10
wood being used. The whole library IL
Lighted BY - large rlats glass windows.
The Viper sack roons have iron balconies.
It's safe 70 assume that The majority Of per-
sons will declare the library the finest
| rom in The whole gtafs House. on the
north sack room is the Librarians private
room. II IS with large dressing room,
ami looking - cosy A. can be With cheer
full hrc2lsee: this will also be used By the
Attorney General. Tie stsifvays down
from the library converge on lsrg. mar
bic landing in ons vide stairway eight feet
in width to the marble hall Of the frat
floor connected with the rotunda where we
first entered.
The upper halls have wainseotisgs Of
Keene cement, but here 10 used fine quail
ity Of Tennessee marble. with black marble
bsse snd esp. On the north side of this
hall 10 the main entrance 10 the addition.
To the left, coming in this entrance, is .
telegraph Office and post Office, and then an
addition to Gen. Harris's Office in the old
part, the whole afording . very com
modious room. On the same side and to
the right OF the entrance 10 the private
room Of the Adjutant General, connected
with bis main Office in the northwest cor
nef. This main Office 10 . handsome room
in size % feet by 20, and lighted by four
large windows. The corDices are stucco,
the design being eggs and darts with acan-
thus leaf, the coloring being in four shades
to harmonic with the pale green tint Of the
ceiling and walls Of deeper shade. This
Office opens into that to be occupied by the
Secretary Of State and situated in the bay
beneath the library. This is "a feet vide
by SO feet feet in length, and like
all these bay irooms, commands .
fine view. In this the same cornice
work is seen ~ was found in the Adjutant
Generals Office, though 10 different colors.
The ceiling borders ON . lilac shade, the
cornice being in four shades of pale green
and autumn leaf. the walls of deeper shade
TO harmonic. The room 10 the south OF
this, the windows of which command a
view down river, 10 25xl5, and will probab-
ly be used as the private ofiic. of the See
Rotary Of State. Adjoining this. on the
south side, is the private Office Of the State
Treasurer, Is feet by %. opening into
the hall and into the ONCE proper. which Is
next beyond, . large room 2Jx29. on the
east side Of which 10 an alcove, l2xlI,
where will be q wardrobe and washbowl
On the same eide of the Office proper is the
vault, l2xl0, and two stories in height, with
\ balcony around the inside and halfway
up. The counter running from the vault,
lengthwise Of the room, is to be An elegant
affair, 20 feet long, three and q half feet
wide, and constructed of the finest quar-
tered oak, costing about 500. Between
this and the fireplace will constitute the
here will be Of tile. Very rich oak man.
tells are placed in offices of the Adjutant
General, Secretary of Safe and State
Treasurer.