Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-20
the entire office, thus avoiding confusion
to the stranger.
SECOND FLOOR.

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| SECOND FLOOR.
The second floor plans contains Of
fees for the clerk of the courts and the
register of wills, two court rooms, with
the, necessary rooms for judges, wit
nesses, lawyers, etc. 1t also contains
large library of ample size, with ad-
| Joining rooms for the Bar Association
and committee room; grand jury room
with two witness rooms to be placed
| convenient to the district attorneys Of
flee. The district attorney is provided
with waiting room, private office and
room for his assistant.
The registers Office is placed con-
venient to the orphans's court room.
THIRD FLOOR.
The third or top floor of the building.
which is considered the principal floor
on account of the location OF the court
rooms, again demonstrates the advant-
age of the cruciform plan.
Four court rooms are placed on this
| floor, each in the centre Of the four
wings. The court rooms are each
twenty-five feet in height and extend
fifteen feet above the adjoining side
rooms and halls, thereby admitting
of windows on each side. The object of
placing them as indicated is to entirely
prevent noise from the outside and to
properly and etfectually light each room.
Each court room is provided with six
lo i,,11 ,fI
wall of the court room next to the street
is void of windows on account OF the
noise from the street and the objection
OF windows next to the judges bench
The plan OF side lights for each court
room prevents the Objectionable feature
of using skylights. 1t also admits
opening the windows for ventilation in
summer and at the same time affords
perfect quietude in the court room.
CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH.
The building to be constructed will
be durable and substantial in every
respect. The foundation walls will be
of dimension sandstone and concrete,
the interior OF the building generally
outer walls will be OF masonry.
The construction will be that known
as fire proof
All floors will be constructed of steel
beams, girders and columns, fire proof
between the same with non-combus-
tible fire proof material.
The roofs will be constructed of iron
trusses, purlins, etc. Construction for
the dome will be of steel frame, sup
porting all the work on steel columns
and girders.
The ground floor to the height of
the window sills will be of granite. The
entrance ways and vestibules will also
be Of granite.
The roof covering will be of tile.
The interior walls where indicated
will be OF brick and the backing of all
exterior facing will also be Of brick.
The masonary will be laid in cement
mortar.
All starways will be of iron and slate,
excepting the main stairway from the
first floor tosthe rotunda, which will be
of marble.
All window frames and sashes will bo
of wood and no copper or galvanized
iron cornice work will be used.
The top of the dome and all figures
will be of terra Gotta, the same color as
the stone. The entire roof of the dome
will be of glass in metal frames.
All partitions for subdivisions of
offices will be formed of two-inch steel
angle iron, covered with metal lath and
plastered solid with hard plaster.
All corridors and the Railways in
dcated on the plans will be of tile or
marble. The public Railways and the
main rotunda will be wainscoted with
marble to the height indicated.
The columns, balustrated, freizes,
cornices, etc, between,the ground floor
and the roof OF the dome will be of
Keene's cement and litho-marble fin
ish. The ceiling Of the dome will be
Of ornamental loaded sash and glass.
The court rooms will be wainscoted
in wood to the height of ten feet, with
a sub-base of marble.
All the glass throughout will be of the
best polished plate.
All interior finished woodwork will
be of best quartered oak, cabinet finish
The platforms, jury boxes, judges
benches, etc, of paneled oak, as indi-
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