Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-01
WATER USERS NEW BUILDING
Continued From Page One.)


| him, with which most of his business
| is concerned. On the north side of
| the corridor is the water service de-
partment with its rotunda counter
| now presided over by Engineer How
ard Reed. Immediately behind the
water service department one enters
to the north. from the corridor, the
office of the chief clerk, at present
>. b. Taggart, his room being the
ante chamber to the apartments of
the supervising and project engineers,
| in the northeast corner of the main
| floor
Immediately across the corridor to
! the south, in the southeast corner of
| the building. is the office of the as
sistant engineer. at present Jay d.
Stannard. Between this suite and
that of the disbursing officer is the
spacious den" of the legal examiner.
C. s. Witbeck.
The tourist having completed the
| main floor will be taken back 10 the
vestibule at the main entrance. out
| side the rotunda. Climbing 4 hand
some oak stairway at the west of the
| vestibule. the visitor finds himself in
the gallery surrounding the Totunda
| on the second floor. A railing keeps
him from jumping off while he ad
| mires the art glass ceiling of the re-
| tunda. set in mission panels. t. the
left is little stairway leading To the
attic. Here is also ladies' toilet.
North of the second floor rotunda.
directly over the first floor vestibdle
is the library, light and airy. with a
magnificent large art glass window.
arch shape and about 12x12, with two
smaller windows. II is a roomy and
inviting place.
Immediately opposite the library.
south of the rotunda. is a huge vault
for the storage of plans and prints
from? the drafting room. TIL" east
corridor on this floor leads on the
ilor.h side, first to the apartm eBts of
the water superintendent, Harry Han
c"cll. and the room for the use of the
Zanjeros. Beyond in the northeast
corner OF the building. is the drafting
room, about % feet squa"e.
South of the corridor il the room
of the bookkeepers and accountants.
above the disbursing officer. the
blue print room is in the southeast
corner of the second floor and d nien
toilet is found at the end of the nail.
Exploration Of the west end of the
second floor locates the office of The
purchasing agent of the reclamation
service near the head of the stairway.
together with some minor apartments.
while the entire west end of the build
ing is devoted to an assembly room.
about 25x50 feet in size Here the
council will hold its sessions and
other public gatherings may be held.
as the apartment will seat about 200
people.
The foregoing constitutes the main
working offices of the structure, but
there is more. The basement is equally
as interesting and important II is
reached also by stairway from the
front as well as one from the outside
at the southeast corner of the build
ing for the use of janitors and en-
plOyes.
The west half of the basement is
finished and for the accommodation
of the members of the association
and their families, the floor being ce-
mented and the apartments being as
comfortable as any in the building.
In the southwest corner there is
farmers rest room 80 feet square. and
opening from it in the northwest cor
ner is ladies' rest room, with toilet,
etc.
The east half of the basement is
not yet entirely utilized, but contains
the steam heating and the ventilating
apparatus, a rack for bicycles, fuel
bunkers etc. The ventilating and
heating apparatus requires special de-
scription, and jointly, as ii is prob
ably the most perfect system ever
constructed in Phoenix, The machln-
cry is in the south half of the east
end. To make things clear it should
be stated that in each office and
apartment in the building there are
three heating and ventilating open
ings one near the floor is for the eX-
polling of bad air. The good air. be
il hot or cold, is released in the room
through an opening midway up the
wall. the draft or suction of the lower
opening drawing it toward the floor,
and then out and up. There is an
emergency opening near the ceiling
To let out any surplus of warm air
or at a season when one wants every
thing open. Returning to the base
ment Next the south wall there is
series of crates filled with coke
through which the air is sucked from
the outside of the building by an inn
mense electrically driven fan. This
is in a little air tight room. The air
is forced by the fan through wash
ing" process that thoroughly purifies
it, and through an aperture into the
next or furnace room. also little
apartment by itself. The air passes
over and under the furnace through
pipes and being warmed fills the pipes
that lead to every room in the build
ing, where it is released at will. Alto
gether it is a perfect system. though
here it is but imperfectly described.
and every citizen should make 1t a
noint TO inspect the building and this