The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
NEW QUARTERS
Sumptuous Executive Cham
Der for the Next
Governor.
DINGY RECEPTION ROOM FRIGHTENED
Republicans Spend $4,000
in French Plate Mirrors
and Modern Decorations.
Especial to The Jersey City News. 7


TRENTON, Nov. u, 1Sss-When Foster
M. voorhees, is inaugurated Governor of
New Jersey he VIII occupy the handsom-
est suite Of offices ever enjoyed by a New
Jersey Governor. For the past few
months artisans have been at work reno
waiting the executive apartments, and to-
day the fresco painters put the finishing
touches on preparatory to the laying Of
the carpets The entire work Of remodel
ing and renovating has resulted most sat
isfactorily and the cost to the State viii
be about sll,00O.
The inner sanetum Of ms Exeeiiehcy mas
not oeen louehed, as that - coilipalaliye7
~ new ana IN excelieni repair pus 'ns uis
leeePtion fooiii anu ei'e sioe o'.iSe
esoseriioi seei -
oio e-e'
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~ fittad nm wifi,
ia sast;onsS 7oors win nanels Of stain
,s,.,s ~, entire ,,laca a
di,av a,,,,a.rarce IN fact everything
aha7,+ 49, ,,Iooa excantinp the furniture
and +ha rortraits of New Jersey's Cover
no,s bad tho look of = gloomy old church
ont of sarviee All that now remains of
+ba o1a nlace are the pictures and the
fnrntt,,re With Of course the walls, floor
ana ocihsg hut these latter have been so
changed that old freauenters of the apart
ments would fail to recognize them.
At the last session of the Legislature
Custodian John H. Bonnell of the State
House, urged the necessity of a change in
the apartments and succeeded in having
an appropriation made for the work The
State House Commission called for plans
from architects and the plan of Architect
Botticher, of Newark, was accepted The
work was put out at contract and is now
completed. and it is only fair to say that
the state never had better returns for its
money
The big reception room. which is done
in colonial style. has a new ceiling with
cove cornice from which cove hundred
electric lights shed forth their rays
through delicately tinted pearl globes
There is a mahogany wainscoting ex-
tending around the room five and half
feet high. and between this wainscoting
and the cove cornice the walls are done
in q delicate green tint. the same as the
ceilings srbe ceiling cove and walls are
o,r ,,an+.s With nlastic relief work in
,,,hita anxs aoId All tha relief work was
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iiei eonsaiilins siA nsii's az y sne
"irhis ior lnese Hshes was aoie aiuei
the oireceloh u Tue inspector q Tue ~
surance company.
Ine new doors ana WINDOW sashes are
OF san domingo mahogany, the same as
the wainscoting The finish on all IS
dead finish, and the effect produced is
very satisfactory. Over the main en-
trance the transom and the upper panels
of the doors are of handsome loaded
glass. The doors and windows have
nodded bases and carved capitals The
wainscoting has nodded panels and
nodded bases handsomely carved.
IN the centre az the room which IS
twenty-five feet wide by fifty feet long
and sixteen feet high5 there will he
handsome mantel and fireplace. The man
lie has 4 facing Of African marble. with
futed columns and pedestals carved capi-
ta1s ana IA roo bevelled-edpa mirror of
of Here
tha fair callers will have an opportunttv
of seing thar their bonnets are at the
aroner angle before ann, Gordon ushers
thern into the nresence Of the c.avernor
and tl,;s Il a31;ts i,nnortant for both CIV
a,y,or-elect yoorbees and Acting Governor
yvatlsins who win he the frst to occupy
the new offiees are bachelors.
az NTaz,
~ tue iiis1s VNei siie an.ei ehe -"
Jersey coat OF arms IS carved serving as
a. central feature The fireplace under
tba ,,artal is of file with heavy bronze
.i4e 1. NJ, - 49,. s-.s., 10
trimmings. Inc room mas seVeral soiiu
bronze registers, and Will be kept warm
bv indirect heat. The floor will be COW
"a ~ ,r,+,, haavv BigAloxv wilton Garnet
elsu VIZ q iis's NJ
OF sage green, with slnali Hsufes iiie
border Of the carpet, in keeping with the
latest mode is yery wide The carpets
- est,4a 14a,,sa and win he
are AZ q tne o'aee iAo10o 49,
laid early IN the week.
No new pictures will grace the walls of
+bis oorgaons anar-tnent. The pictures
siis ,.o,.entien room
thae Iorineris huhs N eiie teee ps,oiA -oo-'
will all be returned to their old PAGES.