The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-23
COMING OUT IN HUES
SHADES FOR PROPOSED DECoRA-
TIONs OFF COURT HOUSE.
COMMITTEE ADOPTS PLANS.
SPECIFICATIONS NOW SUBJECT To
INSPECTION BY BIDDERS.

Bare UGliness of Court Rooms to BE
Transformed With Crimson, Ivory
and GoId-Bids viii Re Opened and
Contract Awarded on June 10.
Work Will Be Completed During
the summer-GOOd Work Only VIII
Satisfy the Commissioners and the
Plans and specifications Provide
for It's Being Done-WaIls to Be
Thoroughly Prepared Before the
Painting Begins.
A meeting of the court house COM
mittee of the board of County Com
qnissioners was held yesterday morn
ing, at which the plans and specifica-
tions for the interior decorations OF
the building received the final appro-
val of the committee.
The plans are now on file in the
office of the clerk of the board. They
describe the proposed decoration of the
interior of the court house in detail and
give promise that Savannah and Chat
ham countys temple of justice will be
as attractive in its interior as any like
building in the state.
The specifications provide that the
walls and ceilings shall be placed in
thoroughly good condition before the
work of decoration begins. Wherever
the plastering is loose it is to be re-
moved and replaced and wherever it is
cracked, the cracks are to be cleaned
and filled. Stains in the walls are to
be killed so that they will not show
through the paint
The best of materials must be used
pure white lead and linseed oil paints
The materials must be brought into the
building in original packages and mix
ed on the premises and at least three
coats of paint must be applied. The
interior woodwork is to be scraped and
cleaned and receive at least two coats
of hard oil. Time is to be regarded as
of the essence OF the contract and for
every days delay, after the lapse of
the prescribed term, the contractor
must pay $40 to the county.
CoIoIs in the Halls.
The walls of the hallway of the first
floor are to be painted a warm olive
green and the ceiling a light buff. The
offices and vaults, with the exception
of the court room and office of the
lighter shade for the ceilings. In the
toilet rooms the walls will be of a
light green drab and the ceilings of
light buff
The County Commissioners court
room and clerks Office will have walls
of reddish yellow, with cornice decor
alton in Pompaian red, ivory, yellow
and gold. The ceiling will be cream
color.
Ire stair, hall and corridor of the
second. third and fourth floors will be
painted in the same colorsy as on the
first floor, and the DECORATION of the
Offices on these floors will be the same
as similarly used rooms on the first
floor. t
Court Room Decorations.
In the court rooms the walls will be
of Yellowish brown and the ceiling Of
light blue. The ceiling and cornice
ornamentation viii be of yellow, rob-
ins-egg blue, crimson and gold. In
their new and gala attire the court
rooms will be scarcely recognizable as
the bare and ugly things of the past
The specifications provide for the
cleaning and painting of all the eXte-
rior wood and iron work of the build
ing and make further provisions and
requirement looking to thoroughly sat
isfactory work. Every bid must be
accompanied by a certified check for
per cent. of its amount payable to the
order of the commissioners, to guar
antee the faithful performance of the
contract in the event of the acceptance
of the bid.
Bids win be opened al the Court
House at noon on June Is and the con-
tract viii then be awarded to the low
est and best bidder. The work is to
be completed during the summer.