The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-15
CITY HALL PLANS.
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finishing and the grand stairway. which
will be directly at the rear, facing the
entrances, will be of marble and brass.
Uhe stairs will wind around the eleva-
tor shaft, which win run from the low
est floor, in the sub basement. to the
fourth floor. where stairways will lead
further to the top of the dome.
The First Floor.
Upon entering through one of the
three arched doorways the visitor to
the new City Hall will find himself in
the general lobby. From this the way
leads to the circular rotunda thirty
feet in diameter, This opens through
the four floors directly to the top of
the dome, which will be surmounted
with colored and decorated glass. A
fountain and statuary will adorn the
rotounda and the mosaic floor and col
ored light from above will combine to
make ii an attractive place. The grand
stairway and elevator are directly
back of the reception room and the
fourteen foot ceilings will be highly.
ornamental and studded with lights.
On this floor will be the offices for
the treasurer, marshal, city assessors.
division of public works besides vaults
for records and other conveniences,
properly located to hc available from
the different departments.
The Council Chamber.
The secon floor is about half given
up to the Council Chamber and while
the preliminary plans do not show a
great deal to be done here the architect
says that the room will be made very
handsome, comfortable and commo1i-
Gus. The dimensions of the Council
Chamber, which will occupy the west
ern side of the building, are to be so
by rs feet. The ceiling will be 16 feet
and the decorative scheme will be made
a special study by THE architect. The
seats for the aldermen will be ranged
in a semi-circle with the Mayors
platform and chair at the west center
The Mayors suite is on the east and
includes a reception room, private Of
flee, general office and offices for pri-
vate secretary and clerk of Council.
Third and Fourth Floors.
The third and fourth floors will be
finished and arranged with all the care
and excellence that mark the first
and second. On the third floor will
be the offices of the health officer, lab
oratory, plumbing inspector, Park and
Tree Commission committee rooms
city attorney and superintendent of
waterworks.
vi lklS IOuTln IlOOT the city engineer
will have a suite of four rooms and also
have the use Of the balcony, which
| comes over the portico, for printing.
There are several unassigned rooms
on the fourth floor.
The first basement floor, directly be-
low Bay street, will have two Offices
facing the river and several store
houses and toilet rooms. The lower
basement floor will contain the engines
hns So IL
the building, also storage room for
fuel and supplies and a vault for per-
nanent records. All of these rooms
will be approachable from the street
by the stairs or elevator and from the
river front also by stairs.
The Clock
The clock on the dome will be about
100 feet from the street level and is ex-
pected to be arranged with a glass dial
and illuminated from within.
The drawing also shows a considera-
BILE amount of ornamentation in the
way Of statuary. -Four groups, repre-
senting Roman chariots drawn by three
prancing horses, surmount the corners
and ailegorical figures representing
commerce and industry, surmount to
grand Ionic columns that support the
roof Of the portico. These ornaments
can De USED or omitted and viii very
likely not be considered in the first es-
Inmates asked for. They can be added
at any time, and while giving artistic
tone to the structure, are by no means
necessary to the completeness or archi-
tectural beauty of the building.
A careful study of the plans did not
show any errors or omissions yester-
day, and the committee seemed unani-
nous in their expressions Of approval.
''The only trouble now" said member
after the meeting, will be in getting
bids on such a structure inside the linn
it Of $1500O0."