The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-26
NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
HOME OF CARNEGlE'5 INSTITUTE TO
BE FINISHED IN SEPTEMBER.
The Building Win Be the tisndsomest
and Most Complete Of It's Kind
in the State.

! Through the courtesy IT Contractor
Noodle Of tho firm Of MARTIN d Noodle. A
Post reporter was yesterday shown over
/ the Carnegie Library building. now being
erected on the corner of MrEinney avenue
and Travis street
Tho work on this handsome structure is
progressing rapidly and when completed IT
will he rhe finest building of Its kind in
the state. it il tine fourth building given
by Mr. Carnegie to Texas aui is the cost.
licst Of any.
The building rs Counthian la design. Of
ST.. Louis gray pressed brick and Bedford.
ma; bun stone with fuishing touches In
Tlhcro viii he two entrances, one on Me.
Kinney avenue and one cn travis street
Circular stone steps road m 10 these on
frances where massive huted columns with
,Grinthia capitals, rise NJ from marble
| colohnad's % the caves II the building
on tho Mckinney avenue side Of tho
building handsome stone colombo ex-
tehdS hlong me center, surmounted hy sim
liar 'orinthian columns
The ROOF will he ct slate and will have
ihIee d"nloS; one over each cnti anCr aud a
larger o. IN the center. Surnountcd by
an ali'gcNcnl figure oil Wisdom
Entering AZ Travis street or Mckinney
avenue 7 hc visitor will pass into a yeNi.
nn'e tiled and wainscoted in pure white
MAJ olc From the restihules oue cut S
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roof II Inc central dome From this i o.
ihhda spiral stairs OF structural steel. with
marble trcads and platforms lead IN to a
,pl"huadc Whlch pasSU entirely around
Moor ON each side of the stairs are mas,
slNc marble huttresscS. In the rear of tho
nrst hoot IS the spacious stock room,
Nhero ali the books OF the lihlary win hr
stored. With marble floor ana IRON win.
COW ana door castings with inner shutters
OF steel which will be closed ~ II CHI mis-
room VIII be absolutely hroprooi IL Is 10
5tl lhtents ana purposes monster vault
me entire building. for that matter, will
DO perfectly troproof tor with It's I5i50
iett OF MOOR space there will he lcss tban
tlon. -" ''''''' "
From the colounade on the second floor
a ched doorways lead to three large read.
ing rooms while the entire east gdp of fha
sttuhd Io9t Is given up IN an elegant nS.
SsmoiE nay. Five marble steps lead No 10
inns mall from the coonhadc. II viii be
24x4B feet inside, with panelcd and Tres
coed elliptic ceiling, supported nv stln,.
tnIal steel trusscs. IniS hail, MS well MS
me reading rooms, will he finished in quar-
Every piece of material and every hit Of
amor Whlc2 could be secured In Houston
mas been gotten here. There was no firm
III MI, ioaSt9h which would handle the stone
WORK ana Dave II. Lindsay Of Dallas got
that contract His cutters came here with
inc stone aud Will remain until tho stone
and brick work Is completed, which Will
be In about two weeks.
Necco * Eisemann have the contract Cor
tue stating; the cooperative plauing mill
does the wood wors Collins Bros have the
Rlumbing and heating apparatus. white the
narden Electric Machinery company gets
Martin 4 Noodle are pushing the work
ms randy as Is consistent with good work
nuThSnlp' ana they expect to have the
building ready for dedication in septem.