Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-06
n ITS NEW HOME
The Police Court in the New
Headquarters.
IonE BROWN FIRST ON DECK
3ente1ce in HIS Case Saspencsd--A De
scsipsion Of the Building as Il 10
Now Arranged.

Plan and unpretentious as % the ar
ehltscture OF the new poIlcs nsadquar-
ters. it Is withal graceful 10 q marked
degree. There - nothing gloomy
eb.uE shs new building. Il a eomoact,
&eheerfal and provided with ample room
Cor all who nave 10 work, but Win no
place for the story teller or ioafer.
4 Entering the building by the arehway
fronting on Crescent avenue, one nnds
90 the lett the large and weli-hghted
I general once and operators room.
The room vii also be used Dy the ser
xeants' aud Dookkeepers. l. CONTAINS
barge aesks and will be divided into
roaspzrtments by ground glass par
1itions- In the rear Of the general
of1ee are tEe Offices of the clerk Of
polite court and judge OF police court.
Tie latter room contains a handsome
IRE place. The northwest corner OF
the hall Is occupied by the police court.
/ Il u beautiful room, the woodwork
& .beiag Georgia pine. which gives Il 4
bright AID attractive look. The pan
eie1 ccslsng - a particularly fine piece
OF w0Fk. The furniture Is all IN quar-
terei sawed oak. Ga the opposite side
OF the central corridor, which - fioored
with handsome tile. are waiting rooms
AMI toilet rooms for men and women,
aud Tie jury room. Ia the front are
e1iees o. toe superintendent. captain
and detectives A stairway Of polished
oak ans ornamental work 10 metal
leads to the second floor.
On the SECOND Floor.
The commissioner room first at
tracts attention and IS a we'll lighted and
conveniently furnished room. Out OF IL
opens the Office OF Secretary Mercy
noi6-, which ls a pleasant room, but
rather small for the purpose Along
the Crescent avenue SIZE OF the build
Ing are the sleeping rooms OF the SER
eeants and detectives One of the
pIeAsantest features of the headquar-
teIs is the patrolmen's waiting room.
10 contains big fireplace. tables, easy
chars and books. The rear OF the sec
0nd floor is occupied By the mems dor
n1tory. with long lines of beds and pol
1shed lockers. IL - AN excellently venti-
lated apartment and perfectly adapted
70 the purpose. IL wall Dc used by thirty
men, OF from il are the bathrooms
and closets. On the third hoor are the
parlors and sleeping rooms OF the
mstrou and Janltor. On this floor, too,
are rooms for the accommodating of
respectable but unfortunate travellers.
They have baths IN connection. These
rooms were set aside by the board for
this purpose through the efforts of
Mrs- L. p. Fuller, who maintained that
often respectable people would wander
IA
lodging in q station house cell. The
drill room 10 IN the rear on the third
6oog.
Rosm for Reporters.
on from il open closets and store
Yooms- On the second hoor is one IN
assigned room. which the board will fit
MP for reporters The basement con-
eaius the cell rooms, boiler rooms, ap-
purAtus rooms and turkeys rooms.
FROM the turkeys room leads q stair
way to the prisoners dock N the court
room. thus doing away with the I'M
pleasant custom of leading prisoners
Into court before q crowd of spectators.
The apparatus room - for slowing the
two patrol wagons, the ambulances and
harnesses In one corner is the drivers
eleeping.room. In an adjoining building
are located the stables. Eight stalls OF
hard oak are erected here. The cell
room CONTAINS eight cells of solid steel.
An effort viii be made to have Q sep
arAts cell room for women. The fret
floor contains seven rooms, the second
seven, and the third eight. The build
ing cost so. 900 and the furniture
12,457. the gas fixtures 81 900 am. the
! carpets and shades $3.50. The wood
work - all Georgia pine. The carpets
ere rich fabrics and every one is Of diff
ferent design. The contract for the
buiding Was let one year ago last fall
and ground was broken IN the follow
ing April. The board OF police and fire
comm ssioners mas worked very hard "a
perfectiBg the details OF the structure,
add tie best of success has crowned
SesiF efforts.