The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05


This room IS 75xS2 feet. and Will have
galleries.
The new Senate chamber is in the
western wing. The lower floor is semi
circular in form and measures 80 by u
feet Galleries seating about go people
run around the room. The floor space
under tho galleries is divided into small
committee rooms. The house chamber
is in the east end, rectangular in shape.
with Il floor space measuring 4s by ~
feet, with small cloak rooms on each
side. The desks are arranged in tiers.
The galleries will be about the size OF
those In the Senate chamber. The House
is lighted by ten large windows and a
center skylight, and the Senate by twelve
windows and skylight. These sky
lights are 16 by % feet. The ceilings OF
10th chambers are paneled and make a
very handsome appearance
Lobbies lead from each chamber to the
rotunda, which is 90 feet In diameter.
The rotunda and dome have simply been
reproduced In now material The dome Is
20 feet In diameter at the bottom circle.
From this point to the bottom OF the fiat
skylight in the dome Is II feet.
A mezzanine floor contains corridors
leading into and connecting the galleries
OF the House the Senate and the nu-
scum. The entire south end OF the sec
ond floor will be tax en- up with the Cow
ernor's department. There are seven
rooms In this suite. besides the toilet.
The entire north front of the second
floor is given up to the Corporation Com
mission, which also has seven rooms at
its disposal. The remainder Of the sec
ond floor is taken up by sstairways. stair
halls and the gallery around the rotunda.
Above The second floor will be the attic
The roof railing has been restored.
handsomely Furnished.
The interior as whole will be most
pleasing in appearance, being finished
IN enaineled White with mahogany doors. q
AS tar IS practicable all the old door
trimmings IN the old part OF the build
ing has been retained The different
rooms Will be handsomely furnished. mis-
MIL be particularly true Of the Senate
and The House, which will be ma gniH-
Gently tin-shed off. Every comfort willtbe
provided for the members. The House.
the Senate and the large committee room
on the first floor Will be vent lated by
means of two electrically driven fans.
one located in the attic; Of each wing. d
The building Will be lighted with cleo
tricity, power for which. and for the heat
ing as well. will be obtained from a low
pressure steam plant located in the rear I
of the State Library building. The heat
will be regulated by the Powers heat ng
regulator. This regulator operates auto
maically. SO that when the heat gets
beyond the desired point 1t cuts Itself
ern ingenuity can make'tt. The main
roof Is covered with tin. a powerful
Morse-1Vill;ams hydraulic plunger eleva-5
tor has been installed on the western
SIDE Of the old building about where tho
old elevator stood.
Y There are about seven entrances to the
baseman and five approaches to the 1
first floor. The chef OF these Is OF course
leading to the portico. This stairway is
n feet in width and IS feet high with
"a steps, including the platform. The
portico measures 50 81 feet: II is sup:
ported by eight immense columns. each
forty feet high and four feet In diameter:
In this section OF the building the old
sizes have been retained and the work
renewed. Over the columns and run
ming around the entire building is a
cornice OF limestone and terra Gotta
The other entrances to the first floor
are by means of smaller stairways at
each northern and southern end of the
House and Senate Hobbies. Inside there
are two main stairways, IN the old part
winds around the elevator Shaft and runs
from basement TO attic. On the eastern j
side there Is another stairway running
from the basement to the second floor.
Soon to Be Finished.
ii is a curious mixture Of the old and
the new, but the effect is decidedly graft
fy.ng. Without entirely obi terating the
relics of the past the needs Of the present
have been amply served. Tho old build
Ing Is there stu somehow, and with 1t
are some Of the marks of historic but
ong- gone days. What has gone Is the d.
apidaton and discomfort of wornout and
ll-htting frames, ttE
x Less than u month more will be needed
said yesterday that he would have every
hing ready by December lst The build
ng Will be furn shed at once and will
pe py
new year the Legislature will sit In the
new capitol.