Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-22
nm coMMrrrEE REp0RT

Tho following IL report of the JOINT
committee ~ citizens Wtorne! ~
Report oi Joint committee oil ur ual
Of Fort Worth and of the couml.s'
OF the chamber ol coHiu'I', WV ~
mans and .ppcihcatiuns of Air tuhh OF
iSon.as civ. Mo. and of Mr.. Legg "l
n Iouis. Mo. and of Mcsscr Snuguincl
u Ntnss,r uf Hort Worth Tex Tor the
proposed courthouse of luuni county
| To the County Commissioners 'ourt OF
Turunt County Tex ,.....
Gputlpmeu=At your request We H''N'
fully examined the plans and 'prgh,l,
! tions Of the rrutem"u above nhmi'N lW
| the proposed new courthouse oi .laffuht
/ county. and We beg to report to- you as
| follows:
We recommend the adoption Of the
plans and specifications ns drawn nhl
submitted by MpssIs. Me,~er Smgmhtt
n Mcsscr of Fort Worth. IVY
In making This recommendation We dc
| sire 10 mention some Uf the merits OF
their plans. aud we preface our REMARKS
hy saying that We think mat me iuluIe
ur Furt Worth and Inrrut county
ought 10 he taken into considerations rs
well us the wants and necessities Ui me
FIrst-we recommend that the build.
ing be- rrpctcd of red Burnett granite ol
pcxus. frOm top % bottom.
Scc1nd-Wc itnd the interior arrange
lmrnts, accommodations and conNenirher~
to be- far superior to any plans We rN'
nuinrd The grouping OF the jury
rooms witness rooms, Judges rooms ana
|lnyutnrics aud clerks offices ami uvurl
rooms around aud adjacent 20 each court
room "a very happily done und 10 ..
Ihlrl To- conceive of any plans thai would
bee superior ur more perfect In tmS an
rHErmVut,
Third-The location aud arrangement
nf the county offices an ON the first Hoo
is good except the county attorney
ruums on the second floor, which are Hd
inrput 10 an the courts lac viii Ice re-
; uuircd o. attend, and near The Ernnd juH
rooms, which h 0n admirable design
Fourth We are pleased With tie cl
liabilities of this building. II Is ~ wei
adapted aud arranged for the Justice
courts IN the basement at the uorlhcIs
! aud southeast corners ana the lourt
=, story we regard as a decided point q
merit, as IL may be fitted Ond hnishe
M upon short notice for the use of th
/, federal. circuit and district courts, an
the offices cOhuectcd herewith ana ais
!, the federal circuit court of appeals, whic
70 hy die act OF Congress may hold It's Sos
sions al any place In the circuiL and
Z would be an important court for us an
would give us decided advantages,
7. F.fth-The arrangement of the publ
y water closets in the basement aud 9th.
basement arrangements are good point
l aud We think superior 10 others,
i, SiXth-Wr approve the style Of arch
u lecture aud the magnificent aud gran
D; appearance of the building and think
VI accords most perfectly with the uses 4,
VI which IL Is designed
Spytnth-'lhc arrangement for vent
% lution we think very superior, and th
Il important feature b greatly aided
~ thp tower construction.
, liighth-'Ihe arrangement OF wat
l- closets and the number aud all belI
" placed at outside windows, is an udml
~ able plan, and conducive 20 health al
u pure air.
In Ninth The provisions and accommOd
q, lions for the court of civil appeals,
ON the third iioOr with los offices IA
D. ,pleudid library facilities, together wi
rs the large well lighted and we'll veuulat
'y Judges rooms, are very superior to an
s. hing shown ms, and indeed seem 10
ln almost perfect
a Tent1 The lighting Of the buildii
from the great tower and from lar
windows az each end Of the main hal
torether with the many large windO,
ON me outside, will be- all that can
II desired
~ Eleventh The heating system, numb
~ of boilers contemplated, the great saw
u' In fuel thereby, and the systrm of yenii
~ MON i'm connection with the radiators
highly cOmmendahle and very superb
lMelIfn we hlHhiA uNNIhNt
nlntsa IA well as the location of {
b, stairWays aud elevators.
'e The arrangement Is an admirable o
To- hoth for convenience and Tor fine Ell,
tli ana beauty, except as 90 the Applicant
'!e of the water power tu The elevate
lie which. IN our opinion, should be q S.
m tom Of compression tanks instead of I
'e- direct pressure from the Waterw0r
~ as they would be more reliable, eQua
90 efficient and very much more economic
nd phirteenth-We unhcsitatingly reco
~, mend as the result of careful cOnsidc
lin lion. that the glazed Roman brick W
proper base aud cap mouldings be n,
throughout the halls, rounda, etc,
sppcihel. aud thar tine walls OF saI
together with the inside Of tower
lss faced with the uugased brick as 50,
tn had and thar no plastpring Ia 81
,I places be allowed,
,us Fourteenth We approve the use
ul filing. cement aud similar material
sN nooring as specified, rather than ",
he aooing which, we think. should be
cluded entirely.
Fifteenth quarter sawed oak,
spefifed should bee nsed throughout
rasings aid similar purposes IA preftre
I Ia amy other wood
an SiNfeeuth- The provisions Cor Is