The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-15
TINTS IN POSTOFFICE
INTERIOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
BUILDING TO BE DECORATED.
WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
AS SOON AS BIDS CAN BE ADVER-
TIsED FOR AND RECEIVED.

Color Scheme for the Interior Dec
Grafton of the Building Promises
Handsome Results - Walls and
Ceilings Have Never Been Tinted,
Having Been Left Until the Build
ing Had settIed-The Entire In
terror to BE Repaired and Beauti-
fed-InteriOr viii Then Be WOr-
thy of the Handsome Exterior APP
pcarance the Building Presents.
Extensive repairs are shortly to be made
to the interior of the United States Court
House and Postoffice, the walls and cell
ings of all the rooms and corridors are
to be painted and decorated, and the in
terror of the building given every added
beauty that good taste, a free expendi-
ture of money and the art of the decora-
tor can bestow.
When the beautiful marble structure
was completed. the interior walls and cell
ings were purposely left unlimited, so that
the building might be allowed to settle
and get used to it's surroundings 1t is
a process through which all buildings go
and it requires always year or two for
the completion. 1t leaves some cracks
in the walls as an indication of the fact
that the building has moved about some
before it has made itself entirely COM
Portable, and the government did not
care to do much interior decoration in
paint and plaster until after all this was
over.
That time has come, and as soon as the
custodian of the building can advertise
for bids and receive them, they will be
forwarded to the supervising architect
and the contract awarded. The work
will then begin at once, and it is not ex-
pected that much more than a month
will be consumed in the preliminaries.
Postmaster Joseph F. Doyle, who is the
custodian of the building, will act as
agent of the government in advertising
for bids and receiving them, and will
forward them to Washington with his
recommendation
The specifications say that the work
contemplated and required consists of re-
pairs to all plaster work in the building
the making good of all defects, a thor
ough cleaning off with soap and water,
preparatory to painting and the finishing
and decorating of the plaster work
The color scheme is an attractive one.
In the basement the stair hail. toilet
rooms and swing room are to be painted
a light green drab. The main public lob
by and stair hall of the first floor are to
have light, warm, olive-green walls, with
ceilings of light buff. The lettering on
marble over the doors is to be gilded
The walls of the rooms of the postmas-
ter and assistant postmaster and the ad-
Joining vestibules are to be of the same
tint as those of the lobby, the ceilings
and coves of buff, the centers and cor
nices of robins esq blue and gold. The
principal postofiice working rooms are to
have walls of buff, ceilings of a lighter
shade of the same color, separated at
cove with bands of light terra Gotta. Walls
and ceilings of the mezzanine story are
to be Of the same shades as those of the
basement.
For the stair hall and lobby of the sec
ond story the color scheme is the same
as that for the first story. The walls
of the Office rooms will be of buff, with
lighter tint for the ceilings. The toilet
rooms and colors will be painted the same
shades as the basement. The walls of the
District Court room will be of reddish
yellow, the cornice and center ornamen-
tation of Pompeian red, ivory yellow and
gold; the ceiling of cream. The judge s
rooms will be of the same shades as the
court room.
The color scheme for the stair hall and
corridor of the third story will follow that
for the first story. The office rooms will
be the same shades as the rooms used
for like purposes on the floor below The
walls of the District Court room will be
of yellowish brown, and the ceiling of
light blue; the ceiling and cornice orna-
mentation will combine yellow, robins
egg blue, crimson and gold. The judges
room will be of the same colors as the
court room.
The stair hall of the fourth story will
be painted the same colors as that of the
first story and the corridor and tower
stair hall the same colors as the base
ment. The color scheme of the basement
will be followed in the ornamentation of
the fifth. sixth and seventh, which are
confined to the tower of the building.
The specifications call for first-class
work in every particular and the sue
cessful contractor will be required 10 con-
form to the letter and spirit of his bid
When completed. the work will make the
buildings interior as handsome as that
of any in the country, the woodwork be-
ing exceptionally handsome already and
including many specimens of beautiful
and ornate carving.
POLICE MEAN BUSINESS.