Arizona republican., 1906-04-15
ST. PAUL ARMORY
 CONVENTION HALL
Meeting Place Of Federation of
 WomeR's Clubs.

Club women wno intend to visit St. Paul for the coming biennial will be interested in the following description of the convention hall:
 The St. Paul armory in which the business sessions of the biennial of the general federation of women's clubs are to be held next June is one of a group of new public buildings of which that city is justly proud It stands at the corner of Sixth and EX- change streets, d location in happy adjacencY tO the business district and to all the main car lines. Built of POrtwing reddish brown stone and of a substantial and dignified style of architecture. the building presents d decidedly attractive exterior. The in tcriOr Is well adapted to the meetings of the club women. The drill hall on the first floor. five feet above the street level measures about l2O by 40 feet, without posts or columns. the ceiling and roof being supported by immense steel trusses. This hall is provided on three sides with a spa cious gallery suspended from the trusses. On the second floor. where four companies of infantry have their quarters. there are four good sized
 
 tains a hall measuring 54 by 100 feet. and dressing rooms check rooms and other convenieuces. The drill hall OF the first floor will seat from four to five thousand people and the acOuS- tics are perfect. One of the notable features of the building Is its we'll equipped basement. This extends un- der the entire building and in 1t are located the company and regimental store rooms. squad rooms, magazine. indoor rifle range and locker rooms. shower baths and swimming pool. l also contains d large artillery gun park.
 The visiting club women will have tIe satisfaction of knowing that the building in which their meetings are. held is not only the most modernly equipped and the best adapted to it's purpose of any similar building west of New York, but that it also embed ies some of the latest features Of con struction and engineering. The build ing is absolutely fire proof Its foun- dation walls do not rest on the blu stone which was found to underIie the site, but were sunk some twenty feet below grade to rest on sand rock. fir, from the stone strata Since il was essential to obtain dry basement foi the storage of guns and equipments. a drain pipe connected with the sewers was laid at the bottom of the trenches outside of the foundation walls, and these walls having been plastered with Portland cement. the trenches were filled up to the street level with eighteen inches of broken stone. This causes all percolations from the soil to drop through the broken stones to the bottom of the trench. where tle water Is carried away by the drain pipes to the sewers. IL is thus impos- sible for body of water to rest at any time against the foundation walls. which are therefore perfectly dry at all seasons of the year. Prac- icaIiy every room in the armory is d 1ire-proof vault and by reason of it's independent foundation and concrete floor construction the building is ab- solutely free from vibration.
 The club women who come to St. Paul in June will find at their dis posal, therefore. not only a commodf- ous. well-Hghted and weH-eduipped building with ample hall space and convenient committee rooms. but one we'll worth. too. critical inspection. The building is occupied by six com panies of the Minnesota national guard. and it serves. besides. for ar tllery and infantry headquarters.
 For the biennial a special stage will be built in the drill hall. flanked by boxes for the use of distinguished guests. TIe seating arrangements $ WiIl give free view of the stage to all. The committee on decorations is all ready busy with plans for making the large hall and the reception rooms tasteful and artistic as well as con Venient. From every point of view the armory building is peculiarly well adapted to convention purposes
 The postal authorities make a spe- cIaI request that all mail for visitors to the biennial be addressed to Gen eIal federatlon Armory, St. Paul, Minn. A special postal sub-station will be established in the armorv dur- ing the convention for the expeditions handling of all mail