Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-03-22
PLANS FOR NEW BUILDING
w0RK WILL BE cor mEEoED Oh
STEWARDS Sew RUILDsso ArHIL 4
II win be sn Up-te-Dste Store Resm and
Omce Baiisinx.vvith All Medsrn Goa
vensences Three Stories high
SPECIFICATIONS Now fn the
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Specifications Now fn the
Hands efCostracfors.
The plans for the new business
building 10, be erected by Mr.. w. 7.
Stewart on N. Queen street on the
ground recently purchased by him
from W. g. Snyder. have been receiv-
ed and they are now in the hands Of
the various contractors who are figur-
ing On bids The plans were drawn
by Architect r. Il Comstock. OF
New York, the same architect who
drew the plans for the new Presbyter
ian church.
The plans provide for business
building which. for up-to-dateness
and convenience, as we'll as Tappear-
ance, will be second to none in Mar
tinsburg The building will have a
frontage 81 feet. 6 inches. lit will
have deDth of 80 feet and will be
three stories in height. The first sto-
ny will be rs feet. 4 inches in height.
the second 10 feet, 4 inches, and the
third IL feet a inches Under the
entire building there will be base
ment, feet d cen.
The binding Will be constructed of
fine red pressed beck, with granite
coping. Very little of the brick
work and no wood work will show
on the front, as the building will
have almost complete glass front.
The front will be composed OF French
plate glass, fastened together with
steel buckles, doing away with wood
work entirely.
On the first story of the building
will be two store rooms. The hall
way and entrance to the upper floors
will be at the south side of the, build
ing. On the second floor there will
be six convenient and up-to date office
rooms. Mr.. Stewart has not yet full
Iy decided what he will have on the
third floor. but it Will most likely be
used as lodge room or rooms. Each
fioor Will have it's toilet rooms and all
modern conveniences. There will be
no elevator. but the building Will be
constructed so that an elevator can
be put in at any time. The first floor
will also be constructed with pillars
supporting the second fl 1or, so that
tn q dividing wall can be taken ont
should the entire first floor be wanted
for use as a department store or some
other Business that would take up the
entire floor
The work of tearing down the old
building will be commencde April /.
1t is the hope of the owner that the
the new building wilt be completed
by the first of September.
FALSE REPORT.
Mr.. Stewart was aksed Thursday
about the report IN circulation to
the effect that he would withdraw
from the National Bank when 1t goes
into voluntary liquidation and start a
private banking institution in one of
the rooms on the first floor or his
new building. 1.-The report is abso-
lutelv without foundation. he said
The old National is g"od enough for
me and the report which is being cir
culated by some as an absolute fact
is false. every word of it. 1 am
Ell Getting the new building merely as
an investments and all of the rooms
will be for rant. 1t can readily be
seen that the rumor was started by
some .outsiders who are trying to
throw cold water on the reorganiza-
tion of the bank but you can put it
down as fact that such reports will
not serve the intended purpose of in.
jurlng the ban nor the reorganiza-
tion scheme.
Application blanks for shares of the
captiol stock Of The Old National
Bank of Martinsburg. which is TO sue
coed The National Bank of Martins
burg, are now being circulated.