The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-09
A Philantll0pic Move
Calumet and HeCla
Co. to Erect a Read
ing Room
Library and Hall Combined.
'cs- Building viii tie situated NJ the
Corner or Niue street and the
Red jacket Road

Ground has been broken on the corner
of Mine street aud Red Jacket road, OPP
posite the Agassiz cottage. where the
Calumet and Hecla company with their
usual liberaliiy intend to erect public
library, reading-room and hall, with
baths attached, for the benefit and use Of
their employees and their wives and
families.
The building will be of stone, with brick
quoins and of the same style OF archi-
lecture (which. We understand. il the
Mosaic) as the coInpapy's office on the
other side OF the road TO where the new
building will stand.
The main floor OF the building will be
about 4 feet above the road level, the en-
trance TO which will be from the Red
Jacket road, or on the north side. The
height OF this side OF the building from
the street level TO the cave will be 20 feet.
The entrance door in the centre will have
large windows on each side, with arched
windows above. The doors and win
dows will occupy a space of Ia feet. the
height TO the crown OF the arch being 13
feet. There will also be two other windows
on the side. There are also seven win
dows just below the caves on the second
floor 70 light the reading-room. Four
windows on this side will help to light
the basement.
The east end, facing the Congregation
al church, from the ground to the apex
of the gable will be "a feet high To light
the deiyery-room on the first floor there
will be five windows, and above on the
second floor in the reading room there
will be two bay windows, between which
will be the projecting chimney from the
open fireplace in the reading room. The
stack-room. or library, in the addition at
the back will have three very high and
double windows. The hall above the IL
brary will. on this side, have three double
windows. The basement will have FIVE
windows IN the main building and six
windows below the library or stack
room.
The west elevation on Mine street will
be 81 nilar to the east end, with the ex-
ception that the space there occupied by
the chimney will be taken up by large
circular headed window, which will light
the staircase, above which there will be
three double windows to light the gal
lery. The south side will be well liz
by seventeen windows.
The main building will have frontage
to the road of GA the depth being AZ T.
The addition at the back will be IS. a by
80 feet.
BASEMENT.
The mems department in the main
building will have large hall, in the Gen.
tire of which will be seven wash basins;
around this hall are eleven bathrooms,
two of which will have shower baths,
five water-closets and four urinals. The
addition at the back is set off for the
women's department, and will contain
ten bathrooms, five wash-rooms and
h'c "d'ei-eiosttS. NC HpoT ls ~ lttt O
inches high.
FIRST FLOOR.
The vestibule is IA feet by feet 10.
ches, on each side of which il cloak
room 81 feet inches by s feet inches
one for men and one for women. The
centre OF the main building will be used
IA delivery room. and will be III feet by
: feet. The catalogue room. 33 feet bv
feet 8 inches, is on the southeast corner
OF the building. At the west end of the
delivery room, to the south OF the cloak
room, is a very large space, Is feet 4
inches by 10 feet 6 inches. occupied by "A
staircase, which extends from the base
ment TO the gallery above South OF the
staircase is II room for the librarian, ~
leet 6 inches by feet inches. There il
also dumb waiter or elevator 2 feet g
inches square from this floor. The add.
ton, which is 81 feet by 30 feet o inches.
is occupied by the stack room, or library,
and which IL reached from the catalogue
room. La the library are eleven stacks.
Of two stories each, 11x2 feet, and which;
il is stated, will have space for %, 900
volumes. This flooris ii feet high.
SECOND FLOOR.
This floor contains a reading room 4 |
feet > inches by 3S feet. In this room will
be six large tables At the east end Of
this room will be an open fireplace, = feet
6 inches wide, with pillars at each side,
and feet high. In the northwest corner
is storeroom 3 feet 4 inches by = feet
inches, with a special room, % feet 6
inches by feet : inches, on the south
side oil the staircase. At the west end Of
reading -oom. and the full width, IL a
gallery. The reading room he's arched
ceiling joists, with a groined ceiling in
pauel-, and il ii feet high to the sides
and 20 feet 10 the ceiling in the centre vi
the room The addition at the back is
taken up by large hall 81 Teet by 30 feet
= inches, which has ceiling ,imilar to
the readiog room, but il II feet and 17H
feet high.
The wood work will be finished in "a sim.
liar manner to the general Office. The
whole will be constructed in the most
substantial manner, the beams for the
new building being 81 iron.
The plans have been prepared by Mcssrs
SbawS liuaue~cIl, ~ 8 PARK street, Dos
ton.
The ! 'ea ~ erecting this building origi
mated ~lth President Agassiz. and n b.
IN away. np one appears to he de-irous O