The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-13
TIE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The County to Take Possession by
Aug. %.

aug. 23.
The work Of furnishing the new court house
will begin as soon as the furniture arrives.
Il was to have been delivered Aug. l, but
has been delayed either at the factory or
on the way. Capt John r Dillon, clerk OF
the county commissioners, tslegraphed A.
I F.. Andrews a Co. Of Chicago last night,
Notifying them that the time for the delivery
OF tie furniture has expired, and inquiring
the cause II the delay.
/ The commissioners want to move into
the new court house by Aug. %.
/ The work Of putting down the linOlelm.
which will cover all the floor space OF the
/ building except the marble floors and the
iron stairways. will begin this morning.
! The contract wes awarded to Lindsay &
/ Morgan and is for 400 yards Of material.
/ The furniture 10 be furnished by Andrews
/ & Co. embraces 40 pieces, and will cost
] 800. Besides this new furniture, the
I furniture used ia the present court rooms
and Offices will bs utilized on the third floor
and in the basement rooms.
The principal rooms besides the city and
superior court oms in the new building,
are the judges chambers and private offices,
solicitor generals office, county commits
siOners' court TO IN and office, tax receiver
and tax collectors offices, county treasurer's
Office, ordinarv's office, the offices of the
clerks Of the city and superior courts,
county attorneys office, sheriffs' offices aud
jury and witness rooms.
The steel vault fixtures for the ordinary's
record vault and for the record vault of the
clerk Of the superior and city courts, in
GLIDING over LOO COMPRISING dies and
over loo shelves, all Of steel, left the
mandatory in jamestown, n. Y, yester-
day and will arrive here Friday. They will
be put up early next week, and as soon as
they are in place the county records will be
transferred from the temporary brick vault
in Telfair place to the building. The gas
and electric light fixtures will be put in by
the Savannah Plumbing Company.
The furniture for the new court house is
all Of oak the upholstery is in leather
The court room furniture, besides the
judges benches, which are being built by
McDonough 81 Co., of stained OAK, includes
the clerks desk, small desks for attorneys
and forty attorneys tables, forty visitors
chairs, fifty-slx opera chairs for spectators,
forty-eight opera chairs for jurymen and
twenty-four grand jury chairs. The seat
ing capacity in chairs of each court room
will be 100 people. The judges chambers
and private offices will be handsomely
furnished, also in oak, with leather uphol-
stored chairs and lounges
The commissioners hope to have the
building furnished complete by Sept. !.
hC udIuoOttlo nave Ueou
put in this week, and contractor Bradt ex-
poets to be ready to turn the building over
TO the county by Saturday, the date fixed
for the completion of the contract
The town clock and also the two marble
court room clocks from the Howard
Watch and Clock Company are
here. The representative of the
company who is to put up the clocks is in
Camilla, and will be here Saturday.
The tower clock will be keeping time next
week.
The contract for laying the asphalt block
sidewalk around the court house, fifteen
feet wide on President street, eighteen feet
on Bull street, six feet on York street and
nine feet on Drayton street, has been
awarded TO Miles a. Bradt for 81 800, to
include 600 feet Of granite curbing. The
work of laying the sidewalks will begin at
once The asphalt is the same as that on
Bay street in front Of the city exchange.