Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-08-04
Rapid Progress Being Made on
the New Federal Building
Soon be Finished.
LIMIT is JANUARY |.
It Is Generally Admitted that the
Work Is About a Month
Ahead.

The contractors on the new feder-
al building are ahead of their schea-
ule and ought, barring unforeseen de-
lays, to have the building ready for
occupancy before January 81 next,
the date, when, according to their
contract, they must have it ready
for the post office and custom house
departments, which will occupy it,
to move in.
The work was commenced last Sep
tember. 1t was interrupted during
the winter but was resumed early
in the year and has since gone stead
lily ahead with a large force of meA
at work.
d. ID. Williamson, government sup
erintendent of construction, spoke
thus favorably of the progress of the
work yesterday afternoon. While
he did not state it positively, it can
be asserted safely that the contract
ors are nearly a month ahead of the
schedule mapped out.
Handsome Building.
The structure gives irrefutablc
handsomest buildings from an arch
itectural and artistic standpoint In
this section of the state, and a fit
home for our growing post Office and
custom house business, and for "a city
of 10000 people.
The walls are now practically
completed and the balustrade along
the corIiice is being erected. The
balusters are held in place by irol
rods, or anchors, as they are term
ed.
The interior is nearly ready fo:
the fathers and plasters. The cabin
ct work, which is being made else
where and which will be very hand
some, is we'll under way.
The roof will be of tin. Ample
light will be afforded the working
room of the post office by a sllylight
2Sx10 feet.
Exterior of White.
The exterior is not all white in
color. There are blue paress over
the windows and blue and green
cartouche at the top. III frcl,. They
are of terra Gotta. The balustra6s
is white with green at the top and
yellow at the base.
Then entrlncs doors ar, OF oak
with wrought iron grilwork. There
is one. entrance on Jefferson street
and one on Maple street
The fireproof floors are expected
to be laid within two or three weeks.
There will be terra Gotta arches
throughout
In the main corridor the floor will
be of Terazzo, kind of mosaic tile.
The rest of the flooring will be wood.
The ceiling of the working room
will be nineteen feet from the flooi
The ceilings in the private offices
and the custom house department
will be sixteen feet iitm the floor.
Is 81 Feet High.
The height of the. building, from
the top of the parapet to the ground,
is thirty-one feet. The building is
feet long and seyenty-six
feet wide.
The custom house department will
DC iOCdlCQ Ol Tic otiCCb
side. The postmaster's private Of
flee will be on the Maple street side,
and the working rooms will be to
the south and back.
]. C. Buckley, Of the contracting
firm, the Buckley Construction COM
pany, of Schenectady, N. Y, is Civ
ing his personal attention and sup
ervision to the work, and is in this
city more time than he is away from
it.
The cost of the building is, as is
known, $4,000, and the only re-
gret heard at all is that the build
ing is not on Smith street, and may
be hidden in a few years from Smith
street.