Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-15

ond floor and the basement. on the
second floor is the banquet room.
finely equipped kitchen ana cloak ana
toilet rooms for the women employees.
The basement is given over to the
smoking and card room. billiard room.
bowling alley. shower baths and lock-
ers and the heating and lighting plants.
The main hallway on the first floor is
finished In whitewood with mahogany col
oriuy. the same finish as In the other
rooms on tais floor except the gym
The .'cym" i0X61 feet. Is situated at the
Immediate right of the main hallway and
Is finished in North Carolina pine IT Is
high posted lighted by windows extend
ing on three sides and by II Skylight.
well ventilated ana heated and Is supplied
with "A liberal equipment of modern GYM
nasium apparatus. The gym can be
turned quickly into room Tor dances
or other entertainment as the apparatus
can be easily moved out Of the way
Charles L.. Fogg. Colby 90 VIII be the
instructor and general Supervisor oi tn.
house aud will have an able staif of as
siStantS.
The room which most delights the eye
| is the reading room. which leads off the
| main hallway To the left. II has the rich
dark mahogany coloring. in the first
| place. Then the ceiling s very attractive
| ly panelled and hcam"d, n large open fire
| place welcomes the eye on the south side
| t1 tNt room Wnlit on the west size one
| looks out onto the k"nncbcc ana the
| city Of WatcrVillc beyond. through 4 spd-
| ciouS bow window over which is 4 stain" |
glass tranSom arrangement of b'duiiiui
| design. \ large center table is nci" al
| which the employ" may sit and read the
| daily papers III" leading magazine and
periodicals. of the day or book fium
the library adjoining. The walls are
| adorned with fine rugraVinpS and paint
| inss InI Il portrait OF Charles \. Dean.
president of the company. ana Il man
who has this sc-called experiment much
! at heart.
| The library room will he in charge of
| Mrs. j. II. Pollard. who will also super
| intend the wom"rs department. rhe H.
| brary ~ now stocked with about 1bn No-
| umes. carefully selected from works an
! travel history, biography. fiction. rtc..
! and thcr" are some fine reference looks.
| Provisions ar, nmpi" for the a.romm "A r.
| tion OF .."d volumes. TINS loom Is 'SX3o
| feet the reading room ma feet
| The smoking room in tn" basement. a.
| h" used also for 4 card ard louriEInG
! room. is l>N." f"ct. The billiard rom l.
1 22N4p feet ami is ittcd up With two bill
| lard and two pool tables of the Er;ln, ]
| wick-HIlkc tottender cos. maKr. Tn"re
are two line bowling alleys al tn r.grIi-
tiun lcnGth. Th" shower hath~. si'h hot
and cold water and lockers t"r both
sexes are iihclN arranged. Th. pllirnling
and heating apparatus were .,Gl.i.;,-I lbs
| q. T.. Learned X Go. Of Wlt.rvlIl., I
| Mage boiler radiat"s a heat tE2r..;rtiN
~" Splar" i""t; The huildiaE is h<rtrd
| hA electricity. tn wiring b".p dul. un-
der the supervision 1T ". Ii. Si.i-,. NJ
| NatvrNill". Proctor * Bow. # Wl:,r-
| VILE. ar" the architects
NJ tn" opening. ThurSday cyr,,in.. J
| Howard Wclch was chosen c!ri;rm11 IL
| til" meeting ana Amos Abbot. secretary
J. ". Mari ". ii. Savage an. r.da.rd
| HinScomc wcr. appointed ..ommltt.... II
| ChnoS" the several committees desired .ur
IN, organization, ana they reported 4>
| follows: