DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-05-14
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office building in the country, if not
in the world, is just being conplet-
ed for the use of the United States
Senate. 1t is so far finished that
most of the Senators have already
moved their quarters from the old
Capitol building. or from the Malt
| by annex. into the new structure,
and are setting down TO the enjoy
ment of their modern environment.
Every convenience known to the
art of the builder and architect is
included in the new building 1t is
electrically lighted throughout
All of the lighting fixtures as we'll
as the furniture. the thirteen ele-
vators, etc. were especially design
cd SO as TO fit in with their sunptu-
Gus surroundings.
Every room has its telephones, its
electric bells TO tell what is going on
on the Senate floor. and its electric
fan. An electric clock system is
being installed 50 that every suite
OF rooms will be supplied with the
exact time direct from the Naval
| Observatory.
Each Senator has at least two
rooms one for himself, one for his
secretary and clerks. Some have
more than two. There are the
usual mail chute as in most modern
office buildings, and, in addition.
there are gravity conveyances
which will take heavy packages
down to the mailing rooms below.
! The building is heated by hot
water and there are +4o radiators
with 90 900 feet OF radiating surface
and 7I,4So feet Of piping.
The Senators ride through tun-
mel that connects the Capitol with
their Office building in S. 900 auto
mobiles. One particular convent
cnce is a scheme for carrying ice
water in system OF pipes so it can
be drawn in each room from spi-
got, the same as ordinary water.
All the furniture, including the
doors. and other trimmings Of the
rooms, is of mahogany. Honduras,
Mexico, Cuba and Africa. all con-
tributing to this display Of fine
woods. Altogether there are q
he; pieces OF furniture in the build
ing. the whole expenditure for this
feature, including rugs, amounting
to SSS,444,SS.
The entire work was executed
under a system Of separate con-
tracts and almost every section Of
the country had a part in the con-
struction or the furnishing OF the
building.
In the lower part OF the structure
is a large Kitchen consisting of eight
rooms, all fitted with the most mod
ern appliances and with tiled walls.
Everything is electrically fitted,
even the ice-c cream freezer and the
dish washer being run by cleo
tricity
Also, on the ground floor is a
wonderful bathing room, with COM
modous individual apartments for
each Senator, fitted with hot and
cold spray attachments, lined with
marble and with luxurious furnish
ings in keeping with the rest OF the
establishment. \ barber shop is
conveniently near, and there is a
telegraph Office, telephone office,
and POstOffice on the floor above.
The building itself is Of marble on
granite base. 1t consits of three
large wings, with court in be-
tween, the combined frontage of
the street and court facades being
nearly one half mile. Because of
its proximity to the Capitol its ex-
terror architecture, like that of the
House Office building on the other
side of the square, is made to con-
form to that of the Capitol Hand
some columns of fluted marble
/ grace the sides of the structure fac
ing the Capitol plaza. The most
/ delicatelv colored marbles procur-
able seem to have been selected for
floors and columns and staircases,
with ornate bronze ratings for the
latter and lighting fixtures OF the
same metal.
The rooms Of the Senators are
finished in white plaster although
each one has a handsome marble