The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-12
THE FINEST OF ITS KIND.
Office Building of the Senators It
Probably Unequsied.

CIV aShngtOu StaTb
/ THIS city has now probably the fines.
/ Office building in the world. 1t is prac-
ttcaliy complete, and already the
/ United States senators, for whose con-
venience it was built at n cost Of
/ S4,569.312. are occupying it. Other Office
buildings may have cost more. but they
are larger. 1t is safe 10 say that none
( is finer architeCtuTslly and none is
more masn hcently appointed.
There are ninety-twO senators. and
the cost of the building IS. therefore.
approximately $50, $50 per senator.
1t is probably the only building in
the world that has an underground
! passenger railway Of its own.
The site. which is bounded by Della
ware avenue. 3. G and First streete
northeast. cost the government S746.1l1.
The actual construction of the buildin-.
including a SPECIAL foundation required
by the proximity of the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel cost 50. 499. 761. The fur
nishings. including Office furniture.
rugs committee room furnishings. win
dow shades. awnings. mirrors. kitchen
and dining room equipment, etc cost
S300,500. There still remains S123,000 TO
be spent on improving the approaches
/ to the building.
The building occupies three sides Of
remaining open. The 3 street and the
Delaware avenue fronts are set back
from the curb more than fifty-fve feet
and the space between the sidewalk
and the building s embeIlished with
the necessary terraces to give the prop
eT architectural setting.
The north and south dimension Of the
open court is 29t feet and the COM
bined frontage Of the three SIDES is $50
feet, making the combined frontage Of
the street and court facades 2.341 feet.
or nearly one-half mile
In conformity with the capitol and
also with the Office building erected on
the Oppos 'te Of the capitol plaza for the
members of the house Of representa-
tives, the principal front Of the build
ing, that on 3 street shows three
stories above the ground. The grade
falls away from the = street side to-
ward the north, and the north front
which IS on c street. shows all five
stories above ground This side OF The
building overloOks the union station
plaza
Above the cellar is floor TO be used
for the administrative Office. storage
and folding rooms. etc. and above that
are three floors OF offices devoted exciu-
sively 10 the use of senator's For pas
senger service there are thirteen Gle
vators, supplemented by seven stair
cases. not including the handsome main
entrance staircase near the rotunda
The Offices on each floor are arranged
in q double row. separated by a CORR
dor twelve and one-half feet wide. ore
row facing the street and the other the
interior court. which is to be improved
with q fountain. a driveway and grass
and flower beds
Suite for Each Senator.
There are a few single offices. but
each senator gets suite of from two
to three rooms for iis private use. Tho
furniture Is Of mahogany. the same as
all the woodwork IN the building. and
so beautiful are the rooms that when
one walks in an exclamation OF sur
prise is sure to escape him. Each 81 te
has beautiful place.surmounted By
q polished marble manteipiece in simple
classic design. All of the electric chan
delieTs are of glass Each suite of
rooms has in addit on a private Iavatory
and n spigot from which ice water can
De drawn at an times. There are. OF
course. the usual hot and cold water
spigots besides
Some idea Of the appointments of the
building may be had from the fact thai
there are on the three upper floors
four office suites Of three rooms each.
ninety-four office suites OF two rooms
each, besides the conference room. ru-
tunda. main stair hall. postoffice. teIe-
sraph and telephone Offices. dining
room. with kitchen and psntries. bath. 1
ing room. barber shop. Offices for the
superintendent and for the watch. and
so on The bathing room IS. not vet
completed. but it viii contain a large /
number OF shower baths for senators l
with adjoining rooms for drying. etc.
The conference rom is of a mouu-
mental character and the finest room /
oy far in the entire building Il is on
the floor just above the street level and /
opens on the main stair hall on one
side and faces the court on the other.
1t is intended for all sorts Of confer Z
ances. for party caucuses. public hear
ngs and similar purposes Ii IS fifty +
Two rect by seEenty-fOur feet i'm 81 e
II VIII seat 300 persons comfortably.
The walls are Of polished and colored II
marble and it contains twelve great I
Corintnian columns spaced about its
walls Il
Under the rotunda and extending
through both the cellar story and the
story above it is large vsulteo room /
ihat is the terminus Of the subway run \
ng from the building to the senate end \
of Tie capitol. This is where the Tttie 4
DOG cart automobiles stop when they 1.
0rinE GenatOrs over from tho canltoI n
or the eight committee rooms six are N
twenty-five feet BY City feet ana one Il
story high. The other two are each Il
thirty feet By siXty-flye feet and extend II
through two stories. with arched cell II
nss- All Of the committee rooms ar, n
finished with marble 2 lasters. marble
nsnteipieces. psneled plaster walls. or
lamentai plaster ceilings and marble