The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-15
CONNECTICUT ODD FELLOWS
lLL READY FOR TO-DAY'S BIG
 GENERATION.

the Great Parade This AfternOOn-The l
 Odd Fellows Building DedicatIon- | Waterbury Awake. N Waterbury. Oct 4,-Everything is in l %eadiness tonight for the ceremonies ,ttending the dedication of the I. o. O. | IA. building in this city tomorrow The Decorations which were damaged, in Yesterdays storm have been replaced, Slnd the entire city is draped with Bunting. Scattered profusely in the dec sprations are pictures of Abraham Lin SPoln. Tomorrow will be a general hol- day. The schools and banks will close land nearly all of the factories and business places will suspend, partly on hccount of Lincoln day, but especially because of the dedicatory exercises of the Odd Fellows.
 Preparations have been made for the Entertainment of vast crowd of visit prs.
 Tomorrow takes place the dedication \ of the fine new six story building of the order on North Main street and the celebration of the fiftietn anniversary Bof Nosahogan lodge of this city. Some smonth ago committees were appointed to arrange for a grand celebration,an and sOctober 15, now known as "Lincoln EDay," was chosen for the dedication. ElThe dedicatory exercises will be in charge of the grand lodge officers Of sConnecticut, assisted by the grand off, cers of New York. Nearly every lodge of the state will be there will bands and drum corps. The New Haven Hodges have engaged the famous Sec ond Regiment band, and Magnolia lodge of Brooklyn, N. Y, will bring along the Seventh Regiment band of New York. Colts band of Hartford and Wheeler & Wilson's band, Bridgeport, 1.-the two crack bands of the state, will also be present. The days festivities Twill include parade, in which it is ex- pected that over 5000 people will be in 3line, with Colonel Doherty in command, and in the evening grand dedica- H tion ball will be held at city hall. Spec s ial trains will leave at the close of the exercises for Winsted New Haven, 8 Hartford and New London. The deco X rations damaged by yesterdays storm
 have been largely replaced
 THE BUILDING DESCRIBED. E The odd Fellows building occupies a s ground space of 80 feet by 156. The front part contains the Odd Fellows parlors and forty offices, and is six stories high X and 43 feet inches deep. The rear \ portion, containing the lodge and vari- ous working rooms and banquet hall, 5 is partly three and partly two stories ] high The post office will be removed to this building about the middle of July and will occupy part of the ground floor. The first story contains N one large store 120 feet deep and one ] small store. The general construction of the building is very thorough, and 1t is more nearly fireproof than any other office building yet built in Waterbury. All of the floors are carried on steel ! girders and steel columns. and are sup ! ported entirely independently of the partitions. All columns are fireproofed by special porous coverings of terra cotta, and all clustering is on metal lath or terra cotta turing blocks. A first-class passenger elevator runs in the stair well from cellar to sixth floor, the shaft being surrounded by hand some wrought iron inclosure. The build ing is heated throughout with steam, and a complete and modern system of ventilation by electric fans applied tc the lodge rooms. The front of the building is designed in the Venetian Gothic style and follows historical prec- edents as closely as may be, having re- gard for modern methods of construc- ton and modern uses. The material for the first two stories is Potsdam red
 sandstone; the stories above faced with "old gold' Pompeiian brick and trim
 med with a very rich colored speckled terra cotta.
 The lodge room in the second story
 of the building is BOXES feet, heated by
 steam and lighted by electricity. Il
 contains every appliance for working
 the degrees some of which will be en
 tirely new and original. The property
 rooms for Nosahogan and Townsend
 lodges, Ansantawae encampment ant
 Winona lodge, D. of R., are at one ent
 of the hall. Between them and tht
 lodge room there is a large hall whers
 the degree teams assemble before en
 tering the room. Double doors will pre-
 vent those in the lodge room from be ing disturbed by any noise which may
 occur.
 AN ARMORY FOR THE CANTON.
 At the other end of the hall are tn,
 reception rooms, ante rooms, parapher
 nalia rooms, and an armory for Can
 ton Waterbury P M. All of these room
 are very large and spacious, and vii
 contain closets, lockers, shelves, etc.
 and furnished in keeping with the lodg,
 room itself. Adjoining these there il
 also a large room, which will be uset
 as a parlor by the Daughters of Re
 bekah for afternoon or evening meet
 ings, or by either branch of the orde
 as a committee room, or for specia
 lodge meetings when the main hall i
 engaged. There are toilet rooms a
 either end of the hall. In the thirt
 story of the building there is a ban
 quet hall about 40x60 feet, with kitchel
 and as necessary appliances for en
 tertaining guests on the occasion o
 fraternal visits and celebrations. Di
 rectly across hallway that divide
 the banquet room from the offices il