The Washington herald., 1911-07-19

entrance hall in light-cloud Rutland,
with striped Brocadillo pilasters. Two
stores also occupy space on the ground
floor; M. Edwin H. Etz, the optician, is
located on the G street side, while the
storeroom on the Tenth street side is
occupied by the Typewriter and Office
Supply Company.
Eighty Office Rooms.
The building contains eighty office
rooms, so arranged that each room is
we'll aired and we'll lighted. Each office
room is equipped with hot and cold water
and combination basins and coat lockers.
There are two electric elevators, and in
the basement storage lockers are pro-
vided for the use of tenants. Entrance
to the building may be had either through
the banking room on street or on the
Tenth street side.
A large number Of subcontracts for
work and supplies were let by Mr..
Marshall. the general contractor, and the
advertisements OF a majority OF these
firms appear on this page OF The Wash
ington Herald. The excavation work for
the foundation was done by Mr.. 1. H.
OF work. and the concrete floors in the
building and the pavements surrounding
1t were laid by Mr.. E. G. Gummel, gen.
eral contractor for sewerage, grading. ex-
cavation and street work. The we'll
known firm of Barber & Ross manufac-
tured and erected the structural steel on
which the building rests. All the tiling
and marble mosaic work in the building
was furnished and Put in place by the
American Mosaic Company The entire
painting contract was in the hands of
Mr.. H. P. Amos, q leading contractor in
this line.
Many Local Contractors.
The building is heated throughout by
steam, using positive diferential
vacuum steam system, which was sup
piled and placed by Messrs. e. J. Febrey
& Co, OF this city. The steam is derived
from two Richmond cast iron steam boil
ers in connection with which there is in
stalled a Bishop s. Babcock vacuum
pump. operated by city water pressure.
for exhausting the air from the system.
One feature in connection with this sys-
tenn is that no air valves are used on any
of the radiators, and the radiator valves
are of such character that only a por-
ton need be heated when the weather is
mild. The Elmer H. Catlin Company, OF
3O9 Thirteenth street northwest, manu-
factured at their own factory in this
city, and installed in the building. the
lighting fixtures. which add materially to
the handsome appearance Of the interior.
The ornamental terra Gotta. in which the
greater part OF the building is finished,
was supplied by the o. W. Ketcham Ter
ra Gotta Works. of Crum Lynne, Pa,
whose Washington office is in the Home
Life Building. Their contract consisted
Of all the hollow-tile freproofng. in
cluding noor-arches, partitions, furring,
30.
The Out-of-tovn Firms.
Several out-of-town firms also partici-
pated in the construction of the Nc
Lachlen Building. but the greater part OF
the work was done here in Washington
by Washington people. The ornamental
iron and bronze work in the building was
furnished and placed by the stoller &
Cook Co., OF $50 Robbins avenue, New
York. This concern is we'll known as
designers and manufacturers Of orna-
mental iron and bronze work
Another out-of-town firm that held a
contract on the building was the l. H
Miller Safe and Iron Works Of Balti-
more, Nd, who manufactured and IN
stalled the burglar-proof vault and safe
deposit boxes with which the banking
quarters are equipped
Mr.. Edwin H Etz the optician, invites
an inspection of his handsome new quar-
ters adjoining the McLachlen Bank, on
the G street side. The rooms are large
and particularly we'll lighted, and are
exactly suitable for the work of an
optician.
Brick Work and Plumbing.
ALI the brick work, f1reproof1ng, and set
ting Of ornamental terra Gotta on the
building was the work of Henry Hull.
the well-known contractor, whose Office
is at 1913 F street northwest Nr. Hull
has built many Of the large buildings in
Washington.
The sanitary plumbing Is a feature Of
the interior equipment of the building.
This work was done by s. s. Shedd &
Bro. Co. Of 4s2 Ninth street, Washing
ton. D. c. Mr.. Shedd's firm had the en-
tire plumbing contract. furnishing and in.
stallins the plumbing for the Office rooms.
lavatory. toilets, &C. including the pine
lines.
The Typewriter and Office Supply Com
pany, another tenant Of the building. To-
Gated on the Tenth street side, have a |
unique business. This firm specializes in
Office labor-saving devices, such as the
addressograph, for rapid handling of
mailing lists and for general office pur- |
poses; the photograph. which produces
a real typewriter letter; the neostyle. a.
rapid letter duplicator; the mechanical
accountant, the modern computing ma
chine. They also handle typewriters. |
both new and secondhand. making q |