Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-16
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
PLAuT-cADDEN BUILDING.
viii Be Built as Soon as Material Can
Be Gotten Togther-C. Morgan Will
Iiams the Successful Bidder.

On Friday afternoon the contract for
the building Of the five story building
in Main street for the Plaut- Gladden.
Co. was awarded to c. Morgan Will
liams, there having ben five bidders.
The work will be started as soon as the
material can be gotten together. The
foundation and the concrete floor for
the thing for the main floor are all In.
TIL new building will be 35x38, will
be built of buff brick with plate glass
windows and copper cornice in front.
There will be attractive arches over
the windows in the third and fourth
stories, while the windows Of the fourth
and fifth will have panels, which en-
circle the windows of the two floors
vertically. Across the front. over the
windows of the fifth floor, will be the
name laut-Cadden. 1t will be a great
addition to Main street and prove one
of the most attractive business places
ON the street, the firm intending to
move their business there.
For the main floor there will be til
ing, the vestibule also being tiled, there
being single door three feet six inche
wide, while the vestibule broadens to
about IL feet. There are to be two
large show windows, the entrance be-
ing in the center of the building. Over
being a single door 3 feet Inches
windows will be brilliantly light with
electric lights of the Frink type, there
being ten in each window. There will
be an elevator SKA for all stories, in
Guiding the cellar, and for this there
will be fire doors, which go into place
by the melting Of a fuse. There will
be four plate glass windows In the sec
ond floor front, while in the remaining
three stories there will be six each.
There are prism glass transoms. For
ventilation of the lower floor there are
' GiJg fila ffncr H1IaQ ar the On the
east side there are ii windows in the
| building.
With the exception of the show win
dows, elevator and stairway, the first
| floor will have no encum brances, be-
| ing given over entirely for business
purposes. The stairway is located
| against the west wall and all floors are
| reached by double flights. The eleva-
| tor is located to the front of the
| building against the west wall.
The brick of the front will be press
| ed, and in the east wall there will be
| hollow metal windows. In tie real
| windows there will be eight wire grill
| guards for two floors above the ground
| for protection.
| There will be heavy steel Orders run
| ming east and west in the building fol
! the support Of the floors, there being
no posts.
In the front there will be ground
arches of pressed brick, with a mould
ing course about the outside Of rope
effect, the double panel of the two tor
| stories oeing an attractive feature.
All the floors except the main one
| will be Of maple. There will be three
coat work pulp plaster, with meta
ceilings in each floor, and the elevator
| will be lathed and plastered. The space
over the vestibule Of the entrance will
be filled with mineral wool, for warmth
1 and deafening. The roof which will
be of four steps, will be timed, with {
skylight for the elevator.
There will be open plumbing with
closets on all floors, and the building
will be piped for gas and wired TO
electricity, there being combination
fixtur-s The electric wires will run il
the tube system. for fire protection.
There will be speaking tubes from
the general Office running to all TIL
floors. The woodwork will be of cy
press or spruce. On the second foo
Their will be a practice room in tn
aortheast corner and an office in tn
southwest corner, with closets an
small rooms in the northwest corner.
On the third floor there Is an offic
in the southwest corner and tire
rooms IN the rear. The other tw
floors are not partitioned off at all.