, 1897-12-27
CHEYENNE FAVORED.
NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING TIC
BE HURRIED TO EARLY
COMPLETION.
Plans Are Completed and Work Can
Begin in a Short Time-Far Ahead
of Boise and Helena Buildings. Au-
thourized by the Same Act OF
Congress.

The Denver Republican of Sunday
morning contains the following inter,
view with Senator Warren in relation
to Cheyenne's pubic building that will
be of interest to the readers of this pa,
per:
Senator Francis L. Warren returned
from Washington this morning, and
will remain here during the holidays.
He brought with him definite and pleas
ing information concerning the public
By constant and persistent pressure
Senator Warren has been enabled to
secure the completion and approval by
the necessary cabinet officers of the
general plans for the proposed building,
and just an hour before leaving Wash
ington on Wednesday he secured the
last signature of approval of the plans,
which are here given.
Senator Warren said of the matter
this morning: The acts of congress
which authorized the Cheyenne public
building also provided for public build
ings at Helena and Boise City. AS to
the Helena building, nothing whateve?
has been done. Plans are only partly
done for the Boise City building while
for the Cheyenne building general plan4
are completed and officially approved
by the secretary of the treasury. post
master general and secretary of the in
terror, as the law requires. We have
thus received from the treasury depart.
ment earlier attention than the other
states, but there will be some delay.
estimated at from two to four months,
before contracts for building can Re
let. because detailed working plans an
not te sooner completed. This dP'ay
is owing to the very great amount Of
necessary work in the department
which must be done on detailed plans
for buildings already under way. many
of whoch hove been in process of on
struction for five or tel years, and some
for even a much longer time. I shall
continue to + further work on tho
plans and building, and hope to keep
in the lead. as we now ire
The description of the Cheyenne
building which has been furnished me
by the supervising architect, shows the
general dimensions to be ~ feet by 142
feet, and that the building is to be
placed on the center of the lot, thus
insuring plenty of light and air; also,
that it can be seer from all sides. lend
ing a presence that it could not other,
wise have. The building has two en-.
frances on Eighteenth street. one OF
which will be used by the p%ostoffice
proper and the other for access to the
stairs and elevator landings and the
court room and offices above. These
entrances are reached by broad flights
of granite steps. The basement ON
tains rooms for fuel and the heating
and ventilating apparatus, and also
toilet rooms and lounging rooms for the
letter carriers. The first floor is given
up to the postofice. the public lobby,
with the p~ostoffice screen, being situat-
ed on the Eighteenth street side of the
building This floor has also rooms for
the postmaster and assistant post
master, the money order and registry
divisions, with all of the necessary
vaults, toilet rooms, etc. The mail is
delivered at an entrance in the rear.
which is reached through the alley. The
second floor contains the court room.
with rooms for the judges and clerks;
also rooms for the land office, railway
mail service, internal revenue, and
vaults, toilet rooms, etc. The third
floor has rooms for the district attor>
ney. marshal. grand jury, petit jury, ex-
animation rooms for railway mail
clerks, and all the necessary vaults.
toilet rooms, etc.
THE exterior shows a dignifed
building in the renaissance style, with
the basement of granite and the super,
structure of light colored sandstone or
similar stone, only local material be-
ing used. The roof will be of red tile,
ornamented with an elaborate ~crestins
Of copper. The building will be as near
fireproof as modern methods of cor
struction can make it, the floors
throughout having heavy steel beams
encased in terra Gotta and with terra
Gotta arches between carrying floors Of
concrete. the roof also being of steel
and tile. The public lobby and all cor
ridors and toilet rooms will nave floors
and wainscoats of marble. The other
rooms will be finished in wood. the best
%quartered oak only being used. The
stairs will be or iron, with marble
treads and with elaborate balustrades
OF wrought iron, while the elevator will
be of the very latest pattern, enclosed
in an elaborate wrought iron screen"
The Wyoming delegation in congress
has succeeded in having the supervis,
ing architect promise that all material
to be used in the proposed public build,
ing at Cheyenne shall be. as far a pos.
sible, secured in Wyoming. Senator
Warren some time ago requested a To-
cal contractor to send specimens o.