The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-24
NEW HOME FOR COMMERCIAL CLUB
FIREMEN, HORSES, EVERYTHING
THAT SMELLS, EXCEPT BIT
ULlTHIC, IN THE REAR.

government OF w AHA Wdlld anu the
commercial club to be constructed on
the corner of Rose and Third streets
will be a solid two story structure ac-
cording to the plans now being prepar-
ed by Architect Osterman.
1t will be lis feet in length, which
will allow five feet for cement walk
on the side, and So feet in depth.
The main floor will be 1-2 feet
higher than the sidewalk and will be
reached by Is broad flat steps five OF
which will project on to the sidewalk
and eight in the vestibule.
The main floor will be used for the
council chambers and the offices of
the different city officials while the
Jail and police department will be in
the cellar which will be as high as an
ordinary room and as well lighted on
account of the projection of the top
above the sidewalk.
leading off the main vestibule is the
water registrars office placed convent
entity for the public to pay their water
rent Just to the left of this in the
southeast corner of the building is a
room 16x30 feet which will be the
headquarters of the city engineer and
his assistants.
The major portion of the other end
of the building will be occupied by the
council chambers which wifi be IS 1-s
feet long by "a 1-2 feet wide. They
will occupy the whole length of the
Rose street end of the building with
the exception Of a 10 foot room on the
end for the office of the city clerk.
A door will connect this office with
the council chambers and the office will!
be fitted up with fire proof vault to
hold all the city records.
In the opposite corner of the build
ing where the city Jail now stands will
room "a feet long by 13 feet in width
will be the office of the city treasurer
Between the city treasurer's office
and the office of the city clerk will be
three rooms 14x19 in size which have
not been assigned to any definite pur-
pose.
The police department will be locat-
ed in the cellar in a suite of rooms in
the south east corner. One of these
will be a general office and the other a
private consultat ton room for confer
ence of officers and Sweating" of GRIM
inals.
These will take up about half the
width of the building and the cells will
be located along the rear wall oppo-
site.
The office of the water superin-
ten1ent will be adjoining that of the
police department and the boiler room
will be in the north end of the cellar
Considerable unoccupied space has
been left on the plans which can be
used as need demands.
The top floor will be used by the
Commercial club and arranged as that
organization may map out. The change
| of plans from a three story to two
story structure will do away with the
necessity of having an elevator as was
at first contemplated and be a saving
of much annual expense.
| Back of the city hall with an in
tervening space of Is to Is feet of lawn
will be located the fire station facing
on Rose street The architect was as
sisted in the arrangement of the differ
ent parts of this structure by Fire
mind two things, convenience and the
comfort Of the boys.
The building will be of brick to
match the city hall and will extend
from the street back to the alley for
one story. The second story will only
be built over part of the first story
as room enough for the fire alarm sys-
tenn and the dormitory for the fire
boys will be all that is needed up stairs
The apparatus room will be 60x5S
feet in size and will open on to the
street through four large arches 10
! feet across.
The arches in the old fire house were
but seven feet across and as the dis
lance from hub extremity to hub extremi
ty is a good six feet the widening of
the archway will be big improvement
and guard against possible catching of
the big wheels on the arch way if the
horses should swerve slightly as they
left the building.