Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-03-26

The past week has witnessed the
completion of what is probably the
finest ire-proof office building in this
part of Wisconsin. This building is to
be the permanent home of the Wausau
Telephone company and will provide
room for it's general offices as wei as
room for it's automatic central Office
apparatus. Two years ago at the
annual meeting of the stockholders
the directors were instructed to at
once begin to plan for modern fire
proof building. Soon thereafter the
VIM. Wilson property at the corner OF
Fourth and Mcclellan streets, was
purchased and mans made to move
the dwelling house, which stood on
the south part of these lots, far
enough north to give building lot of
80 feet frontage on Fourth street and
depth of III feet, next to the Gov
eminent lots to the south. Owing to
the fact that the government has its
building already erected on the south
part of their property, leaving the
north half an open lawn, the difec-
tors of the telephone company had
plans drawn for building to have a
south frontage as well as the west
front on Fourth street.
During the summer following, plans
were drawn by Messrs. Van Ryn q
DeGelleke, of Milwaukee. BY the
time bids had been received itwas too
late in the season to do any work that
year and so things lay quiet until
the following spring, when contracts
were let, as follows: For the build
ing, including the reinforced concrete
work, mason work, cut stone work,
carpenter work, marble and tile work,
iron work, terra Gotta work, stucco
work, painting and finishing, the con-
tract was let TO the firm OF John An
deres & Son of Wausau, Wis. For
the plumbing and heating, the con-
tract was let to A. B. Wheeler & Son
Co., of Wausau, Wis. For the cleo
trio wiring, electric switch cabinets
and conduit work the contract was
let to the Keelyn Electric Co., of
Milwaukee, Wis.
The building is three story and
high basement, practically a four
story building of reinforced concrete
construction, faced on the south and
west with pure white terra Gotta tile.
The front part of the first or base
ment floor, in which the telephone
company's business and long distance
offices are located, is finished in birch
of light brownish grey rubbed fin
ish. The floor is tile surrounded with
a marble base. The fixtures consist
ing of counter and booths, ETC., are OF
birch to match the interior finish OF
the room. The rear half of this floor
is occupied by the telephone company
With its work room, machine room,
boiler room, store room, etc.
On the main floor there are -four
suites of offices which will be rented
for the present, or until such time as
the room is needed by the company
Each suit consists of waiting room
or general office room and two private
offices, in addition each suite has It's
own vault, also hot and cold water.
The first of these suites of offices
has been leased by the Gill-Dawley
Lumber Co. The second suite by DR..
Forrest Styled, who has recently
come to Wausau from Sheboygan.
The entire second floor has been
leased to the Great Northern Life In
surance Co., for their home offices.
For the present the Employers Mutual
Liability Co. of Wisconsin, will occupy
part of the insurance companies
office room on the second floor. This
entire floor has been arranged to suit