Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-21
PUBLIC SERVICE
TO OCCUPY ENTIRE
PRUDENTIAL ANNEX
Big Corporation to Be Sole
Tenent OF Twelve-sto
Building.


thereafter as possible, the entire new
~tweiye-story annex of the Prudential.
fronting go feet on Broad street and $50
on Bank, n the second and third
floors of the Halsey and Academy
street building, will be occupied by the
Public Service Corporation for the Of
fees of its three departments, gas,
electricity and traction. The announce
ment of the detailed plans was made
this morning by the publicity depart
ment of the p. S. c.
The change in location of the office,
selling and executive departments from
their present quarters in the Central
avenue building, and the eighth and
ninth floors of the main Prudential
building, to the new annex, will make
possible many advantageous changes
In administration. A model kitchen.
restaurant and refrigerating plant. an
assembly hall and technical libraries
for the exclusive use of employees, and
an inter-off1ce private mailing system.
working every half hour, will be chief
among the new features. The disposi-
ton of the Central avenue office build
ing Is still a matter of the future; but
it is likely that it will be used by the
P. S. c. and not sold.
AS nearly as can be estimated at the
present time 607 employees of the P. S.
c. will be accommodated in the build
ing. The restaurant, which will be To-
Gated on the eleventh floor, will ac-
commodate 275 at n sitting, and for
fifteen cents 1t is planned to provide a
simple n yet tasteful lunch.
The fifteen cents paid by the en-
@Io-r4- I'll -1x,~, 1-l.- L-IP
the cos of the luncheon, and an an
nual deficit of SIS, 900 is expected to re-
suit from the operation of the lunch
room. On the tenth floor will be an
other dining-room for the use of the
executive Junior officers of the COM
pany. On the twelfth floor will be
located the model kitchen. in which
everything will be operated by gas and
electricity. The ref~rigerating plant and
the serving cabinets will be cooled and
heated from apparatus operated in the
basement.
Exposition in Basement.
On the main floor will be located the
main business rooms of the corporation.
Space will be set aside for the cashiers
| departments of the gas and electrical
order departments. for the publicity de-
partment, which will include a "kick"
OF complaint desk. and counters for the
display of gas and electrical portable
appliances. AZ q
One of the most interesting floors will
be the basement. In this space will be
the accommodating machinery, en-
closed in a glass case to serve for ex-
hibition purposes while in actual opera
ton. A large part of the space will
be devoted to show space for the latest
inventions in the way of electrical and
gas time-saving and trouble-lessening
machines. Under the sidewalk will be
a dark room, fitted up with all manner
of gas and electrical lights to demon
strate the effect of artificial lights on
colors, shadings of cloths, ETC., as COM
pared with daylight. A receiving room
and mailing room will be on this floor.
The system now in use by the largest
corporations in the country for the
quick handling Of inter-office mail will
be used in the mailing room in the
basement. Chutes leading from every
department will terminate in this room.
n every half hour the mail will be
distributed to it's destination. United
States mail will be handled here also.
The second floor will be largely de-
voted to the bookkeeping work of
the gas and electric departments. The
division agents offices, a large roo
for canvassers and the railway auditors
department will be located here also.
Employees Library.
The third floor, both buildings, will
be entirely devoted to the street rail-
way department. Offices for the gen.
eral manager n his staff, for the
railway cashiers department and for
the district claim agent will be located
here. The fourth floor will contain the
offices of the general claim agent and
general solicitor, with their stats.
The fifth floor will contain the offices
of the comptroller and the general
auditors of the gas and electrical de-
partments, with their staffs.
The treasurer's office and the general
managers and operating offices of the
gas will be located on the
sixth floor.
The seventh floor will be devoted en-
tirely to the general manager and staff
of the electrical department. The legal
and real estate departments will be
quartered on the eighth floor.
On the ninth floor will be located the
executive offices of the corporation, in
| Guiding board and committee meeting
| rooms.
The tenth floor will be the employees
| floor. On the Broad street frontage will
be located the general assemblage room
for the use of the Employees, and also
the technical libraries for the use of the
employees. A barber shop and the din
ing-room of the officers and Juniors
Of the company will be located on this
| floor as well.
The entire building will be lighted
with both gas and electricity. In the
kitchen everything from the Ice cream
freezer to the potato peeler will be
operated by electricity. Gas will be
Used to a certain extent also.