Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-30
A FINE NEW STRUCTURE.

The big New once Building of the |
Consolidated Road-How 1t Will be |
Occupied.
The grand new Office building of the |
Consolidated road is about completed.
The completion of so fne building is in
deed noteworthy event in the annals of
the city and in the annals Of railroading In
Connecticut. It's cost is about $400, 600.
Its large Dimensions and the materials of
Its construction speak for themselves to all
passersby in that locality. There are
about 1876 rooms, about thirty-three on a
floor, with spacious hallway through the
center of each floor. The walls are hard
finished and the ceilings are finished in
ornamental steel The building is practi-
eally freproof. The assignment of de-
psrtments and Offices Is about as follows:
First floor, operating department.; second
floor; traffic arrangements; third floor, en-
cheering, purchasing and miscellaneous
departments; fourth floor, accounting de-
partments. On the first floor of the
Meadow street wing the two end offices
facing the tracks will be occupied by Pay
master Little and his clerks. The other
Offices on this side extending to the angle
will be used by General Superintendent
Platt and his department. On the oppo-
site side, the one looking out on Meadow
street, will be tho Office Of General Ticket
Agent States. The Offices on the first
floor of the Water street wing have been
assigned to the division superintendents,
the superintendent of motive power, the
superintendent of the car department and
the general baggage agent
At the end of the Meadow street wing
ON the second floor Ia located the stock
holders hall. This room is 80 by go feet
| in size and splendidly furnished. The
floor is of mosaic tile and all the wood
work is cabinet made in cherry and is high
ly polished. In opposite CORNERS are fire
places Of buff brick. Next to this room,
looking on the track, are President Clark's
suite of Offices and those to be occupied by
his private secretary. Adjoining the last
mentioned will be Vice President Halls
Offices and that of his private secretary.
These will take up all of the Offices on this
| side of the wing.
Opposite will be Second Vice President
| Mellen's Offices, and those of Traffic Man
| ager Corners, and General Passenger Agent
| Hampstead. The Offices of Treasurer
Squire will be in the angle over the main
entrance. Those of General Freight
| Agent Wilcox and his department will
| occupy the Water street wing on the second
| floor.
The room directly over stockholders
hall, which is the same sizs, will be &C.
cupied by the draughtsmen. Next to this
will be Chief Engineer Curtiss' Offices and
following will be Offices of the severa
division engineers. Then in the Water
street wing on the third floor will be Pur
chasing Agent Bishops Offices and those OF
the rent agent and other miscellaneous
officers.
Major Bromley's Office will probably b,
located on the second floor.
The entire fourth floor will be occupied
by the accounting department. Here will
be located Comptroller Kochersperger'
Offices and those occupied by his clerks
and the Offices of Auditor Fleetwood
Auditor of freight Receipts Mockrille ant
Auditor of Passenger Receipts Berthe.
The Placement has several storage vault
and the rest is occupied by the heating ant
ventilatipg plant, which is a very elaborat
one. The building is heated by the indi
rect system of radiation, which require
besides large battery of boilers two steam
engines and two fan blowers.
There is to be very handsome arches
entrance on Meadow, another at the sam
corner on Water and third entrance OF
the east side near Meadow street.
George III. Grant was the mason contrac
tor, Clark & Thompson, joiners; Platt {
Thompson, painters and decorators, an,
Thomas Corbett, plumber.
The first department to move in will b
the accounting, which is now scattsre
! about in three or four buildings. The up
per floor is about completed and ready 70
occupancy.
The workmanship of the interior of tn
building is superb. The door carvings an
woodwork of the first floor are of polishe
ash; that of second, cherry, and the othe
two are of ash also. The ceilings are
stamped iron and in many offices are fiji
: places. The building is to be lighted b
8 electricity throughout.