Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-04

A MODEL OFFICE.
That Lately Erected by the Rock
Island Stove Company.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE BUILDING.

a Specimen OF Fine Workmanship "A Two
Story Building With all Modern Improve
ments-The Plow Company New stock
store Room-A Four Story b lex Build
ing, Erected at a Cost OF SIC, OOO-Evi-
dences of the Times.
No doubt one of the neatest and
most convenient office buildings in
this section of Illinois is the one
Just completed of the Rock Island
Stove company. 1t is of modern de-
sign, and the fixtures wherewith it
is supplied are costly and of the
latest improved style.
The Building
The building is situated on the
corner of Second avenue and Fourth
street, and is of red brick with stone
trimmings and is two stories high.
with dimensions 35x5O. The
entrance to the ground
east corner of the building. Besides
ascending stairs on the inside, a
stairway at the south end of the
building also leads up. The brick
and stone work was done bv Atkinson
4 Oloff. while the carpenter work
was done in two contracts, one, the
rough carpentry. was done by W. A.
Guthrie. and the Variety Wood
works furnished the interior. The
ground floor is one great large room,
which will be used as a sample room.
and as place for the hot water
heating apparatus.
The OFFICES.
The offices of the different depart
ments are on the second floor, and
are all finished with oil finish quar-
ter cut oak. When the office depart
ment is reached from the south stair
entrance one encounters a railing of
the most modern pattern. Opening
the gate and stepping inside, view
is obtained of one of the neatest laid
out offices Imaginable. In the ex-
IRENE northeast corneris the private
office of A. NJ. Blakeslcy, while next
door and on the north side of the
building is the private Office of Supt
Frank MiXter. Next comes the book
keepers room. fitted with all the i'm
proved shelving. etc. Adjoining
this room, like some huge closet, is
the vault room, fitted with Victor
Safe and Lock company's safe. The
west side of the vault is equipped
with steel shelves, which are to be
used for holding all the correspond
ence. while the cas-: side is fitted
with number of safety deposit
boxes, etc. On the south side of the
corridor. which runs the full length
of the building. and at the east end
is the office of Assistant Supt. c. X
Mixter, and adjoining it on the west
is the sterographers' Office.
Each partition is of wainscoting
five feet high, above which is five
feet of glass in two panes. The low
er panes are Clipped glass, while the
upper ones are plate. The plum bin q
contract has been let to Davis Com
pany, who will complete its work
shortly. The cost of the building
when completed will be Sc, 900.
The Piow Company Building.
The Rock Island Plcw company is
not behind any with Improvements.
anu mas erected 4-stOry Drlca
building so feet wide and 100 feet
long. The building is to be used as
a stock store room. and is therefore
built in a stout. substantial manner
The contract for the building was let
to John Volk & Co., who yesterday
completed the last carpenter work
and left the building ready for use.
The stone and brick work was done
by McFarlane Il McConochie. 1t is
situated at the west end of the me-
chanic shop and is fitted with an ele-
vatcr. ETC., and is to be used to store
steel and mallaeble iron castings and
all raw materials. A railroad track
runs into the building and is a
marked convenience. The cost of
the building was $4,000.