The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-21

leading to tho building where the tenn porafy offices were located, which will facilitate communlcation between the two departments when the alterations of the other building arc completed
 Near this doorway, as one passes through gate in the railing Is tbc stairway leading to the upper floors to which the general public has not ac- cess. on this second floor are some of the fightcst and p'casantest offices in the.rlty
 From the head Of the stairway, tho first door on the loft opens into the |commodious office of the chief account ant and general bookkeeper This largo room like all tho other offices. has walls tinted a delicate green, which is very restful to the eyes and at the same time gives all the benefit of tho | light. The color is a slight shade dif- ferent from that of the general office downstairs, hut thc general effect is the same. This room has several large windows with a southern exposure and is well adapted for close book work ! Across tho hall is the office of MT. Brown selling agent of tho company, the by-products of tho plant on char- I el street such az coke and ammonia. ! The collectors also have desks in this room and make mp their accounts and reports here every night Next 10 | this room is tho office of the secre- 1 tary of the gas company, l. Arnold | Norcross. Here, to a certain extent is the heart of the company and tho office is at the samo lime business ! like and comfortable.
 Al the rear of the building, across | the hall from Mir Norcross, is the show place of tho company d. rectors' room and office of the presl- dent. This room has several large windows facing to the south and east, and is at the rear of the building whern it cannot be reached by the noises of the street.
 Beautiful mahogany wainscottIng about five feet high encircles the room l and the green walls above it arc well matched by the rug on the floor nj | the center of the room stands the | huRe mahogany table about which the board holds It's sessions, and at the l left of the office fig Mr. Nettleton s | desk. also of mahogany. Al tho end of the room is large fireplace, fin | which several gas logs burn marrily. | On the mantel over the fire place is a silver tray presented to Mr. Board l man. formerly president of the com pany, by some of his employees and | given 10 the Gas company by Mrs. 1 Boardman shortly before her death, The tray is beautifully engraved and represents several old New Haven scenes and is thus doubly valuable from m historic standpoint.
 But the object in this room to which the Gas company officials point with the most pride, fig the gas chandelier in the center of the ceiling. On press
 ing a plug on the wall tho burners arc lighted and throw the room into a radiance brighter than the daylight. The fixture is of finely wraught brass and ls matched by two smaller ones on the side walls
 After leaving tde splon1ors of fine presidents office, an ascent of tho stairway brings ono to the very busI- ness like regions of tho top floor one. thalf of this floor is occupied by the department of street lighting. street mains and their appurtonances and the room seems dlled with intricate blue prints and maps of tho city. The other half of tho floor Is taken up by a department more Interesting to the