Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-05
NEW BARRACKS At TOGUS.
To Be Erected Before Next June BY Nathaniel
Noyes Of Augusta.

Al q meeting Of the board Of man
ayers held al the Central Branch. at
! Dayton, ohio. September p. 1898. the
| estimates Of the treasurers Of the sew
erai branches as To the amounts re-
! duired for the support Of the said
branches during the fiscal year ending
! Goth June. 1900. were presented. and
among the items from TIL" Eastern
| Hranch vas one OF SIS COO for ''Der
/ racks and furniture" Ia the recon-
/ ncndations Of tine board " Congress
| this item appeared as 100000. ana TINS
I was included in the act approved on
| the 81 Of March. 1899.
| This appropriation did not. Of course
| hecone available until after the lst M
| July. 1S@A During the interim, how
| ever. plans were prepared by John
! calvin stevens. architect, II Portland,
uuncr tim direction ~ Gen. J Marshall
| Brown. local manager. ANA these plans
| with their accompanying specifications
having been approved by The president
Df the board Of managers. under date
III 18th September. sealed proposals
were advertised FOR. ara were opened
on the 25th, and tie contract awarded
tn Nathaniel Noyes a Srl. Of Augusta.
the lowest bidders subject tl The ar-
proval Of the president Of the board of
managers. for the erection. plumbing
and steam heating Of a building.
The site chosen fer the new harray K
il on Rockland street. about half Way
netUcrn Company g bIrrack and thu
cirdcr path. which. rs the building j.
considerably over -oo feet in length,
viii bring the southerly end nearly op-
posite the driveway from the street To
the surgeons quarters. This will
necessitate the removal cf the fort and
its guns 10 some other part VI the
grounds. a wort, which i % b. done ny
the contractor.
The harrdck is ~ r. 424x4o. two
stories. with basement ana attic. ana
Will be placed upon pile foundation
The height Of The basement is to Ue
some nine feet.
The central portion Of thu building IL
octagonal in shape. 63x50 feet. AT the
centre Of this viii be the main e1-
trance, covered by portico having 4
set of steps Mt each end. from which
walks win lead to the street This en-
trance opens into a large smoking and
reading room 40Xi2 feet. the windows
0f which. as this part Of the building
of the barrack several feet toward the
street Will look both up and down tn,
main travelled highway and afford a
fine View Of the camp. A either side
Of this room are fine large freplac s.
while opposite the entrance is the stair
way to the second story. 4 broad and
easy ascent. on both sides of the
stairway are the bath and toilet rooms |
and rooms OF the company command /
ers. from which doors open both into F.,
the smoking ard reading room or hall /
way ana into the wards.
To the northward and southwark !
from this central portion of the build /
ing will extend wings which will con
tain the dormitories or wards En-
trance 10 these rooms can be had from |
the smoking room through the doors |
at either side Of the freplaces or from /
the outside through the doors at the .
ends of the building. two opening into
each ward. outside stairways lead to
the second story at the ends The ar
rangement Of the first and second
lioors and Of each wing is practically
the same. In size the wards are the
same as the wing. 40xS1 feet. and 10
feet in height. In the centre Of each
places, opening towards the sides of
the room. and the fiues or stacks which
are par. Of the heating and ventilat-
ing system. The beds. Of which there
are 80. are arranged in four rows. one
at each side of the room and double
one head to head down the centre |
Ihls arrangement. including the two
beds in each commanders ronm. makes
total capacity for the whole barracl,
Of 20S men.
Inc Darrack will be heated by steam.
ana the heating apparatus will be To-
Gated IN a boiler house built al the rear
OF the octagonal central portion. In
addition to this there will be q system
of ventilation which will provide suf-
hclent heat for early fall and late
spring weather without the steam !
being turned on. For this purposa
fresh air is 70 be taken into the basa- ,
ment from the outside and carried TO !
the foot of the chimneys and ventilat- I
ing stacks. where it will be heated and
pass upwards through fues opening I
INTO the wards some nine feet above J
the fioor. The vitiated air will escapa :
through the fireplaces. i
The building will be lighted through :
out by electricity. and for the wards =
and Railways neat polished iron fix p
ture has been selected a
The contract calls for the copnIat;or 4
u the work by the goth Of June next. i
ana as the time is none too long for r,
an undertaking of this magnitude, the g
work VIII be pushed steadily through b