The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
MAMMOTH STRUCTURE
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINES HAND
SOME NEW OFFICE BUILDING
The Establishment Now One OF the
Best Equipped Railroad Headduar-
ters In This Country-Omces Assign
ed-Old Building Being Remodled.
Structure ego Feet Long

The finishing TOUCHES are III" DeAn5
put on the Atlantic Coast Lines hand
some new building which has been IN
der construction for the past year on
North Front street, adjoining the FORM
er building on Front and RED Cross
streets. occupied by the general offices.
About the only thing to be done is some
painting on the interior and the wiring
of the building for the electric lights
and the electric call bell system. This
work is. however. well under way, the
wiring being done by the atlantic Elec-
trio. Company, of which Mr.. John Frank
is manager.
The new building adjoins the south
ern end of the old building and runs
flush with the western pavement Of
Front street. The outside finish is OF
Richmond pressed brick. and the build
ing is altogether the most extensive
and imposing business structure in the
city. 1t is 135 feet long, fifty feet wide
and four stories high, including the
basement. The story over the basement
has a pitch of fourteen feet and the
two upper stories are IL feet, 10 inches.
Where the building joins the old one a
tower runs up no feet from the pave
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foot arched entrance, with portal COL
umns of beautifully polished red gran
lite. Inside the entrance is a spacious
vestibule from which a handsome stair
ctse runs up through the building.
From the fourth story a flight OF stairs
runs to the top of the tower.
The interior of the building is finished
in North Carolina pine with hard oil
finish, and it is very handsome. The
walls of the rooms are painted in a
beautiful new shade of green n the
spacious passageways are also painted
in the same attractive color.
The passagewayS are iii feet wide
and as they run straight through the
new and old buildings the have a
Owe all doors leading into the offices on
both sides of the passageways on the
first and second stories.
ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICES.
The various rooms of the new build
ing have been assigned to the general
officers and they have moved in and
are getting things to rights.
The entire front embracing seven
rooms on the east side of the passage
way on the first floor. and lying along
Front street is occupied by Capt. Edwin
B. Peasants, the engineer OF roadway,
with his large force of assistants. On
the west side of the passage at the
south end, is a handsome room for the
directors and stockholders meetings
1T is thirty-three feet long and eighteen
AMI a half feet wide. North of this
room are two offices that are occupied
by the relief department, headed by
DIR. George Gillett Thomas. chief sur
geon. and assistants.
On the second floor. at the south enc
of n eastern side of the passageway
Captain John F. Divine, the genera
superintendent. and his attaches, oc
cupy two rooms, the one on the end be
ing his private office.
Looking north. on the east side of tn,
east side OF the passage, are the tive
offices of Mr.. ]. s. Chambers, superin
tendent of motive power. On the ives
side of passage, on south end, is tn
private office of President Warren G
Elliott. and adjoining it is the office o
his private secretary, Mr.. R. d. Cronly
Then come the offices of Mr.. James F
Post, the secretary and treasurer, VIII,
has a private office and a, general Of
with large fire-proof vault and bank fix
lures. Next on the west side is the offic,
OF Mr.. A. B. Lynch, the paymster. H,
also has a fire-proof vault.
The entire third floor is occupied b.
the auditing department, headed by MI
W. A. Rich, general auditor. who has
regular army of assistants. The room
oASS oNAAAS 4Vo 4SON AoAAt
and forty-six and half feet wide. 1t il
under a truss oof and consequent,
there is not a column in the room. 1t Il
equipped with a large vault.
REMODELING OLD BUILDING.
The Did building is being remodelet
from top to bottom on the interior. TIL,
old entrance is to be closed up and tn,
stairway removed. making the entranc,
to the new building the only entrance
to the entire establishment. All tn,
offices on both floors are being rear
ranged and the finishing is to CORES
pond to that in the new building.
On the first floor, east side of h pas
sageway and fronting on the street
the entire side will be occupied by MI
z. Borden, superintendent of transpor
tation, the train dispatching corps, al
Mr.. J. G. Higgins, master of trains
The west side of the passage, two off
ces. is to be occupied by the force o
Mr.. William Flanagan, car account
ant.
On the second foo of the old build
ing the entire front is to be occupie,
by the traffic department. headed b
Mr.. T.. NJ. Emerson, traffic manager
and Mr.. II. NJ. Emerson, general freigh
and passenger agent. Mr. T. NJ. Emer
son will retain his former private of
fees, n Mr.. II. NJ. Emerson's privat
office will be in the room in the north
east corner. The west side of the pas
sage will be occupied by the offices q
Mr.. W. G.. Pulliam, freight claim agen
and his corps Of assistants. He wi
occupy one room as his private offc,
In the sky scaper, General Manage
John r. Kenly will occupy his ISL
quarters. Traffic Manager Emerso
will retain his office on h second foo
n the third floor will be occupied q
by Vice President H. Walter
n room as his private office and tt
other for his private secretary, Mr.. T
L. Borden. The fourth story will I
used for storage. The Easements Of a
the buildings will be utilized in warrior
ways
The new building is really an add
ton to the old one and it correspond
in architectural design to the old on
except that the latter is only thr,
stories high. including the basemen
We understand. however, that anoth,
story is to be added to the old bull
ing which will make the two wings q,