The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-06-14
the COURT HOUSE IS FINE.
imple, handsome looking,
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simple, nan0Osme LOOKING,
absolutely sanitary. The supervis
are greatly pleased with the work
this company has done and the same
may be said of the heating plant
which is sufficient and satisfactory.
The great care that has been eSercis-
ed by architect Geo. A. Berlinghof
and by the contractors is evidenced
by the large amount of material
which has been rejected during the
course of construction. This matter
has been attended to most thoroughly
and mighty little defective material
has escaped the strict scrutiny to
which it has been submitted. One
room is half filled with marble which
was thrown out on account of some
crack or blemish. The marble work
of the handsome halls and corridors
is not completed but will be within a
few days. Mr.. Woodland tells US
that the main contractors will be
ready to turn the building over to the
county within short time. The mar
BILE work that is already in is enough
to show, however, what splendid
effect will be given when it is COM
pleted. The browning glory of the
court house is the court room. We
have been in many court houses but
we have never seen finer court room.
1t is elegant without being gaudy, it
has just that quiet effect of beauty
that rests the eye. Its acoustic pro-
perties are perfect and it is one of
the prettiest public rooms we have
ever seen. The walls are decorated
in dazzling white and rich chocolate
brown that ma tches we'll with the
handsome oak wainscoting and furni-
ture. From the windows one gets
magnificent views of our thriving
city and of the dimpled hills of pros
porous Crawford.
What we have said is absolutely in
adequate to give proper idea of the
beauty and completeness of the build
ing. Mr.. Woodland who has shown
himself such careful workman and
who has made so many friends during
his stay in Denison has our sincere
thanks for the opportunity afforded us
to view the building. We can see
no object and no honesty in refusing
to give the board of supervisors due
credit for their careful, honest and sue
cessful effort to give the county the
full worth of its money and to erect
building which shall be the pride of
the county for a century. They
have succeeded beyond all expectation.
There has been no graft connected
with the building so far as we have
been able to discover. The board has
made mistakes and the members can
point them out quicker than anyone
else, but in the main they have erect
ed monument not only to the pros
perity and progressiveness of the
county but to their own honesty and
integrity. If it be party treachery
to accord this measure of praise to a
board made up of four democrats and
one republican, our frierds or ou1
enemies are welcome to make the
most of it now or hereafter. The
only way to appreciate the new court
house is to see it. At present it does
not belong to the county but to the
contractors, and it is not open to the
public. 1t is expected however that
by the Fourth of July it will be ready
for inspection and that it will b.
thrown open to the public on that day
The formal dedication will come Later
and it will be great and histori,
event in Crawford county.
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