Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-08-25
FINE STRUCTURE.
City Electric Power Building one Of
the Most Substantialin Ma
rietta.

Believing that the citizens OF Marlet-
ia would be interested to learn of the
progress Of the city's new power house,
and thinking that some explanation OF
the arrangement and proposed use OF
the several rooms in the building
would not be wholly without interest
to the reading public at large, a Lead
er reporter visited the building Friday
morning, and in company with the
contractor, Mr.. Blake, made a tour OF
the partially completed building.
The power house is two-story
structure composed ct New Lexington
pressed brick with Killbuck brown
stone trimmings.
The Front street entrance will
when completed. have as an approach
wide Bedford Limestone stone steps
and thevestibule to the large front
room will be paved with tile. The in
terror finish OF all the rooms. with the
exception Of the boiler and engine
rooms. is Of oak, and the plastering is
tinted In rose color.
The building us built very solidly,
and Judging from an architectural
standpoint, there is no possibility of
instability in the building. The foun-
datlons are built UP Of Greenfield lime
stone Ave feet broad at the base, and
tapering to width Of nineteen inches
at the first floor level
The commodious 'partment which
faces en- Front stree, was originally
designed for the City Clerks Office, and
large vault for the safe bestowal OF
records and other valuables, was ac-
cordngly provided. The dimensions
of the vault are eight feet, four inches
and feet, six inches. II Is absolutely
fire and water proof and was designed
TO resist the most severe or prolonged
! attacks Of either one of these destroy
ing agencies. This result is obtained
by the following arrangement of the
walls and masonry. Beginning from
the inside OF the vault nine inch
brick wall is first encountered, then a
four inch air space is provided. and the
vault is finally completed by an out
side IL inch brick wall The ceiling
and floor are formed Of steel 81" beams
supported by several layers of brick
and eighteen inches Of concrete. In
order to prevent water, which might
fill the cellar during food time, from
penetrating the masonry and becoming
| stagnant. an excavation of nine feet
from the first floor of the building, was
made directly under the vault and was
then refilled and tamped so that 1t is
now practically impervious to mois-
ture.
The two rooms on the northern side
OF the building were designed for the
County Surveyors Office, but owing to
a change in the plans, other disposi-
tion will be made Of them.
| On the southern side Of the building
the first room fronting on Butler street
will be used for police headquarters
Adjoining the police headquarters
are the power and boiler rooms. The
power room measures 3S by so feet
with an eighteen foot ceiling. In this
rom will be placed the $50 horse pow.
er Buckeye engine, the order for which
was recently placed by the Committee
1t is probable that the largest engine
now in use at the City Hall will be
brought to the new power house, and
that several arc lights will be added
to the present light system. The foun.
dations for the big engines will be
commenced Immediately and hurried
to completion. The foundations
should have been completed by this
time, had not change in the plans
caused by the uncertainty of the make
Of engine which would be purchased by
the building committee, been necessary
The boiler room which adjoins the en-.
glne room is occupied bytwo immense
marine water tubular boilers, having
each $50 horse power.
The second story Is occupied by q
large airy, we'll lighted room, "a by 81
feet. In the plans this chamber wa
assigned to the Council but 1t was
thought best by the city fathers to oc
cupy their present quarters and to Of
fer this room for rent. All the room!
with the exception OF the boiler and en-
glne rooms and the apartment occu
pied by the police, will be offered fol
rent.
The building from the foundation
to the roof, is a substantial and hand
some structure and has been construct
ed by the contractors. Messrs Blake
Smith, in strict conformity with th'
plans. AS result the city has pow
er house which in stability and genera
utility can not be surpassed by AMI cit!
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