Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-01-22
THE STATE onpnArs.s NOME.
"a .E.sf.oH -. ~ 81;
/ Was Completed and Turned Over
to the Board Yesterday.

\ Wa. comnp,et.d and Turned Over
to the Board Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon the State Board
having charge Of the Orphans Home
made a thorough inspection : Of the
building. and finding it complete ac-
cording to The plans and specifications
officially accepted the building and the
keys were accepted from Mr.. Holes
worth and turned over to Superinten-
dent Josephs. a' '~h We
The contract price was $4,000 and
the builders. Holesworth and Fowler,
Of Reno, have done substantial work
for the State. 20
The building Is Of stone and consists
of two stories twelve feet in the clear
with q basement. and surmounted
by a handsome tower whose nag pole
is 125 feet form the ground.
The State furnished the stone and
did the cutting which was all done by
union labor and cost about $11 900.
The lower floor consists OF 4 dining
loom 26x37 a session room 32x25 a
play room 26x3s, with large kitchen,
closets. private dining rooms, recep-
ton rooms, parlors and pantries.
Large porches are on the north and
south sides.
The second floor contains two dor.
mertories each 26x3S for the larger
boys and girls and one infant dormer-
tory Also rooms for the Superin-
tendent and family and rooms for the
officers and teachers There is also on
this floor a sewing room and two hos
pital rooms with linen closets and
large wash rooms fitted with enam-
elled bath tubs and every modern ap-
plfance for cleanliness. The toilet
rooms are furnished with automatic
intermittant flushing appliances ami
the floors are of cement with escape
traps. There are some hose closets for
fire purposes.
All the plumbing about the building
is of the latest sanitary pattern with
open work which can easily be re-
paired. There are also broad verandas
on this floor
The building is supplied with electric
lighting and there is an electric room
where the lighting of each room can
be handled and each room is furnished
with seperate buttons and there is
also a system of electric signals and
indicators so that any room in the
A-entire building can call up the Super
intendent in case of emergency.
The wainscoting and banisters are
of polished oak and there is an air Of
ship about the entire place. It will
be heated by steam. There is not tht
slightest indication anywhere in thu
building of any attempt to cheape-
or scamp the work and it has all beer
done according to the full letter o.
the contract.
There were some departure from
the original designs suggested by the
Board, the builders and the Superin
tendent, which makes the building
more servicable for the purposes in
tended and the result is a building 9
which the State may be well proud
It was built under the personal super
ision of G. E. Holesworth of Reno an
w. H. Kirk of the v. & T. r. R., Co
designed the plans.
The resent legislature will be calle,
upon to furnish the building. Tn
original building was destroyed by fir
July 4th. 1902. The inmates Of tn
place were obliged to content then
selves with every meagre accommods
lions Tor some time as nothing coul
be done until the legislature met i
the following year.
The insurance was promptly pal
and this was available for time.
is now insured for $4,000.
The burning of the Home was
some respects a good thing for til
State. No lives were lost and a yer
Old building was done away with.
1t showed two things First the lii
tied water facilities of the State
' case of fire and secondly the need
an emergency fund to be used IL
medfately on such occasions.
1t is to be hoped that the prese1
Legislature will make provisic
against future emergencies in 9th
such cases.
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