The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
WILL Be CREDIT TO THE TOWN
Description of New Building o.
Electric Company.
To be Completed in Ninety Days

The new office and sub-station build
ing for the Northern Idaho & Montana
Power Co., to be built at Washington
avenue and Pine street, will be pushed
to completion at once. The concrete
foundations for this building have been
completed by F. f. Lehmkuhl, a local
contractor. and contract for the balance
of the work was let on Friday, Oct. 8, to
Contractor Anderson, Of Standpoint.
The building will be 25x74 feet, built
of red pressed brick laid in red mortar,
with cement coping and trim and terra
Gotta name plate. The front part of the
building, 25x32, which is shown in the
illustration, will be one story in height
and will be used for office and display
room purposes, will be plastered, trim
med with fir finish stained a dark oak,
fir floors. Bank fixtures will be in
stalled. Two plate glass display win
dows, one fronting Pine street and one
fronting Washington avenue, will be
ing and heating fixtures and appliances.
Both the windows and office room will
be illuminated with. tungsten lamps,
while the exterior will be lighted by
means of ornamental fixtures placed one
on each side of the main doorway. A
tungsten lamp will be maintained over
hn ct two, Adj
exterior illumination will be furnished
by two signs, one to be placed across
the sidewalk in front of the building,
the other to be placed on the roof of the
rear portion of the building, which will
be used as a sub-station.
The sub-station part of the building
will be built entirely of brick, with re-
lnforced concrete roof and floors sup
ported on steel beams, which will be
entirely covered with concrete as a fire
protective measure The use of wire
glass in the windows makes this portion
of the building absolutely fireptoof,
while the parapet walls provided around
VIC eHtlie bulIulllS Will uldhe III al eN-
cellent stop in case of a serious confa-
grafton. In the machinery room will be
installed three transformers with a
capacity Of $50 XIV each, for transform
ing the high tension current to voltage
suitable for general distribution through
out the town for lighting and power
oil oboc -
control this current, lightning protection
consisting of aluminium cell arresters oil
modern design, switchboards for con.
trolling the local system, street lighting
machinery, etc, will be installed in this
room.
As a further protective measure all
the interior wiring for lighting and
power purposes within the building will
be carried in fibre-lined metal conduit
which will be placed in the concrete
roofs and brick walls. The entire wiz.
ing system will be controlled from one
main switchboard, on which board will
be installed switches controlling each
light or group of lights.
The building will be heated by hot
air furnace. which will be placed in the
basement under the office portion of the
building
No expense has been spared to make
this building tlreproof and permanent
and with the type of furnishings to be-
used the building. both inside and out
will be an ornament to the town.
The total cost of the building, with
machinery and furnishings, will approx.
innate $4,000
Approximately one-half of the trans
mission line from Standpoint to Newport
has been completed Work on the bal.
ance of the line and also on the build.
ing will be pushed to completion, and il