Arizona republican., 1907-11-08
AS THE STRUCTURE WILL LOOK.

With the completion of the Noble building at the corner of First and Adams streets. an excellent picture of which is herewith presented, Phoenix will have one of the handsomest struc- lures in the southwest and one which would do credit to a city of much greater pretentions. Harrison Albright the architect who designed the build ing and C. Leonardo who has contract for the reinforced concrete structural work arrived in the city yesterday on business connected with the final com pletion of the building.
 MT. Albright said yesterday to Republican reporter that the Noble building will be finished and ready for occupancy by the first of the year so that the firms which have leases on portions of it can prepare to remove to the building by that time. Mir. Al bright spent some time inspecting the construction and expressed himself as very much pleased with the excellent manner in which it was being carried on by his inspector Carl Reger and the contractors superintendent Jack Gre vile. He thought if there were a bet ter building ever constructed anywhere it was not this side of Mars where peo- pie are supposed to be considera bly. more advanced. perhaps.
 The boilers for the structure are now on the cars at the depot and the en- zines and generators will be shipped to Phoenix at once. A final shipment of reinforcing steel is expected to ar rive within few days and the work will be rapidly pushed to completion. The building has progressed as far as the third story and the finishing of the fourth and last story will be the matter of few weeks. The roof will be made of reinforced concrete and nearly flat, over which there will be an asphalt covering.
 The work of clustering the stories now completed will begin at once. there being nothing to interfere with the clustering and finishing of the lower stories. regardless of weather since the concrete will serve as a protection. After the clustering is done the Win dows will be set in and the building enclosed. One of the most beautiful parts of the building will be the en- tA VIII nave arched ceiling with ornamented stucco moulding. The woodwork throughout the building will be mahoganized birch. The present exterior surfaces of con- crete will be filled and washed with ce- ment and when done will have the ap- pearance of rubbed sandstone.
 One of the most noteworthy features will be the sidewalks which will be constructed mostly of glass prisms which will turn the downward rays of light from above, in a horizontal direc- tion in the basement. thereby lighting every nook and corner of the basement rooms. This walk will be constructed entirely around three sides of the building
 From MT. Albright it was learned yesterday that the contracts for the mechanical equipment of the building. including heating. ventilation. cleaning and lighting. have been awarded The Thomas Haverty Co. of Los Angeles are the contractors for the first three and Foulkes Gaylord Co. of the same city for the lighting. Charles Taylor. Haverty's foreman is in the city to be- gin the work Contracts for two pas senger elevators, one freight and two sidewalk elevators have been let to Llewellyn Iron Works of Los Angeles. The prismatic light sidewalks will be constructed by the H. Charles Judge Building and Construction Co. of Los Angeles, that firm having been award ed the contract for that work.
 The Noble building when completed will contain about 1-2 acres of floor space. almost one-half acre to each | floor. and is probably the only struc- ture in the country which has been constructed with the sand and gravel removed from the excavation for the | basement. this material being the best possible for its purpose. To date