The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
Handsome New Structure
Is 10 Be Built By the
Pawtucket Boat Club.
Building Will Grace the Eastern
Shore OF the Pawtucket River
and Will Be 4Oxl8 Feet.
REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN BOATING
The New Quarters viii Be Ready for 0ccu'
pancy within Six Weeks-How the Build.
jng Will Look When Completed.

The plans for the new boathouse OF the
Pawtucket Boat Club and Athletic Asso-
citation have been adopted, the contract
for the building awarded, and within a
few days the construction work will be
commenced. The committee which has
had full charge OF the purchase OF land
and the making OF the contract has been
busily engaged for several weeks past, and
the result of their labors will be seen in
the handsome new structure which within
a month at most will grace the eastern
shore of the Pawtucket river. Several pre-
liminary drawings for the new house were
made by different architects, but the final
plans were drawn by Benjamin f. Smith.
The plans adopted provide for . two
story building, fully adapted to the needs
and requirements Of the club for some
years to come. The building will stand
on the east bank of the river, just south of
the old wharf, on the land of Joseph
Smith, or what has been popularly known
- McDun's wharf. 1t will face directly
down the river, and will be built partially
on piles and partly on posts, with about
half Of the building over the water at low
tide.
The dimensions of the house will be 40
long by Is feet wide. The first story will
be IL feet In height and the second floor
nine feet high. The extra height OF the
frst story is necessitated by the arrange
ments for the storage OF oars and other
parsphernalia. This floor will be devoted
entirely to the housing Of boats and
the equipments.
The arrangement of the second floor will
be adapted not only to the convenience of
the members, but ladies and other guests
as well. A veranda, 8 feet in width, will
extend almost entirely around the house,
excepting only the north end. Opening
to this from the second floor at the front
Is the sitting room, 18x20 feet.
The opening will be in the form of q
largo double folding glass door, 80 arranged
that when opened 1t takes up practically
no room at all. There will also be similar
opening from this room on the west, look
ing across the river, and as may be i'm
agined this room will be most pleasant
retreat. Connected with this also will be
a ladies toilet room and other conveniences.
The rest of the second floor in the rear of
the sitting room will be devoted to the
dressing room and bath room. A stairway
will lead from the dressing room to the
floor below.
The exterior of the house will be of
matched board construction, a material
which has proved most adequate for
building of this character. The roof will
be what Is known as fiat gravelled affair,
with rise of three inches to the foot.
xxiII 10 bo aba faa
height from the piles to the peak, with
II FOOT post.
The entrance to the house will be by the
second story. The steep bank at this place
brings the level of the second floor below
the plane of where River avenue will even
tually be laid out. This will allow an
almost level gangway to be built from the
east veranda to the bank, striking II at the
point few feet below the line of River
avenue. 'l
The remainder Of the space will be
covered by short flight OF steps, leading
from the bank down onto the gangway.
The only entrance to the lower door will
be from the float through a large double
door, and by stairway from the second
floor. corresponding double door at the
north end of the house will allow a draft
OF air on the hottest Of days. A flag pole
will surmount the front of the peak of the
roof. '"-
Benjamin +. Smith has been awarded
the contract for the entire work placing
the piles and erecting the house, and IL Is
probable that next week will see the be-
ginning OF active operations.
As soon as the work on the house Is
fairly under way men will be put to work
cleaning up the lot and laying out the
grounds. A fence will be constructed
around the entire lot, thus securing to the
members OF the club that seclusion which
they have heretofore been unable to enjoy.
All this work will be carried on stimuli
taneously, with the intention of complet-
ing everything before the last of August
at the latest.
The building committee consists OF
Charles II. Harrison, Arthur II. Sweet and
Frank r.. Holmes, These same men are
the committee on boats. They have al
ready ordered two double row. boats, 10
feet long, from a Central Falls builder.
Work ON the boats has already been begun
and they will be ready I'm about three
weeks. They have also ordered three can
vas canoes from n Maine firm, capable of
carrying three people each and similar TO
those used by Maine guides. These canoes
arc also being built and will arrive in this
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