Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-11

On the first floor, where the postofice is
now located, quarters will be arranged for
Uncle Sans department covering more
than four times the space now occupied. A
public lobby will run around the Ohio and
Federal street sides, where will be
arranged the lock-boxes, drop-boxes
and carriers windows. On the Ohio
street side will be located the Offices of the
Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, and the
Money Order and Registry departmeDtg.
These Offices will be separate, where they are
now all crowded into one narrow, cage-like
corner of the office. A better system of de-
livering and receiving mails will be pro-
vided for. Wagons will go in from Ohio
street to platform at the postofice door.
The Controllers offices on the first floor,
as well as the City Engineers Offices, will
remain very much the same as they are
now.
Opposite the postoffice department in the
front Of the building is located a bureau of
information and the City Treasurer's Office.
Access TO this is provided from the street
and the main corridor of the building. The
real beauty of the building is in the grand
entrance, the great corridor extending clear
through the building to West Diamond
street, the oetagon rotunda reaching to the
roof and the grand stairway to the second
anu Lulru uOofs.
AVOIDING MANY COMPLAINTS.
There have always been complaints made
about the Poor Board being located on the
third floor of the present building. In the
new building it is proposed to bring them
down to the first floor. The Board of Health
will also be on the same floor in the north
west corner of the building, somewhat iso-
lated from the remainder of the building to
h..
diseases.
The Mayors department will occupy the
entire southwest corner OF the building with
an entrance on the Ohio street side The
offices of the Mayor and his clerk will be on
the left of the corridor, and those of the
Chief of Police and the Chief of detectives
on the right. Across the corridor is located
the Lookup and police. court, with the SER
geant and matron's Offices connected. There
are two tiers of cells, "a in all. The upper
tier is intended for women and children. A
hospital department is also attached The
arrangement of this department is particu.
larry appropriate and has been approved by
Mr.. ]. R. Reed. of the Prison Board.
The Council chambers on the second floor.
front, are arranged SO as to include all of the
modern advantages of assembly rooms.
They are fitted up with lobbies, with raised
seats, cloak rooms, committee rooms and
presidents private rooms. The space now
used for the library is designed to be used
as joint committee room and Offices for the
clerks of councils.
NEW COMMITTEE ROOMS.
The rooms now occupied by the clerks of
Council are converted into committee rooms.
There are also committee rooms arranged on
the other side of the corridor. Over the
Mayors department is located the Water
department, where the Superintendent and
Assessor will have their offices. On the op-
posite side of the corridor will be the City |
Assessors office and two large unoccupied |
rooms. |
The third floor is arranged SO as to in.
clude many Of the offices now located there. |
except that they will be increased in size
and more adapted for their purpose The !
Superintendent OF the gas department will |
have his Office in the front of the building |
directly over the Clerk of Councils Office
The battery room will remain where it is.
but it will be given more space The op-
orator of the patrol system will also be To-
Gated on this floor. The Chief of the fire
department also remains where he is.
The Street and Road Commissioners will be
given larger and more commodious rooms.
The Building Inspectors office will be in
the rear portion OF the building, with private
offices over the lookup. A large room over
the Mavor's department will be used as a
dormitory for the police. Other storerooms
for the various departments are provided |
for on the second floor.
THE NEW BASEMENT.
The basement is arranged so as to be of |
good service. A large assembly room and a
hall for police drill are provided, and also a
room where the police will report for duty.
If the plans were carried out Allegheny
could have a building of which the rapidly
growing city of parks might well be proud.
The arrangement o: all the offices was made
in compliance with the suggestions ofthe city
officials. Most of the Offices are provided
with secure vaults for the storage of docu-
ments and valuable papers. The building
Is arranged SO as to get the yery best ad,
vantage of the light and air. The sanitary