Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-10
new FEDERAL BUILDING TO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

adjacent to which will be two rooms,
each ~ by 19, for the use of the
United States district attorney and
his assistants. The clerk of the
United States court will have two
rooms for his use, one IL by 10 feet
and the other II by 10 feet. In one
of them will be fire proof vault.
United States Court Room
The United States court room will
he at the visitors left as he passes
down the corridor from the stairway.
1t may be reached through either one
OF two doorways, and will he 80 by
60 feet. While the rest of the second
floor will have IA foot ceiling, the
ceiling in the court room will be IS
feet higi. The walls of the court
room will be panelled, and handsome
ornamental cornices will augment it's
grace md dignity. At the east end
of the room will be the judges plat.
form, in front of which will be the
clerks platform. A door north of
the judges platform will lead to the
judges retiring room, an apartment
II by 10 feet in size. From this room
will be a door leading to a passage
connecting with the main corridor.
OF this passage another judges room
will open, which will be 13 by 13 feet.
and between the judicial rooms will
be toilet room, cloak room and vault.
Third Floor
The general arrangement of the
third floor will be similar to that of
the second floor, as regards the stu
alton of the main corridor and pass.
ages at either end of the building.
The ceiling on this floor will be 10
feet high. The passage to the left
OF the stairway will lead past the
toilet rooms to the petit jury room
l6 by 18 feet. From the center of the
main corridor, on thenorth, steps will
lead to a raised hallway through which
the visitors may gain access to the
grand jury room set apart for the use
of the United States civil service.
Each of these apartments will be 20
by 30 feet. In approaching them the
visitor will pass two large rooms on
either side of the raised corridor.
One will be devoted to court files and
the other to land office files. The
passage at the east end of the corridor
will grant access two rooms. one 10
by II feet, and the other 10 by 10
feet, set apart for the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry. From this passage will
open a witness room, 10 by 19 feet.
The women's toilet will also open
from this hall.
United States Land Office
The United States land office will
occupy the southern portion of the
third floor. Four roomy offices have
been designated for this purpose.
The principal one will be 81 by 10
feet. The dimensions of one of the
three other Offices will be Is by II
feet, each of the remaining two meas
uring 12 by by 10 feet. There will
he a large vault opening from one of
these smaller rooms. In the event of
the designation of Bismarck as a sub
port Of entry for the United States
customs service, room will be found
on either the third or second floor for
the headquarters of the customs, COL
lector who would be stationed here.
Movement to Bisma.ck's Progress
While the contract held by Mr..
Lauritzen calls for the completion of
the building by September 1, 1918,
there is possibility that the work
may be finished at an earlier date.
This depends largely upon the avail
ability OF securing the necessary
So soon as the excavation
work is completed, work of putting
in the foundation will be started and
it is Mr.. Palms belief that the roof
will be on the splendid structure be-
fore cold weather sets in in the fall.
During the winter and next spring
and summer workmen will complete
the interior of the building. The
edifice will cost, when completed
$150,000. 1t will be the
headquarters of all federal officers
who are located at the state capital.
The imposing structure will stand as
a monument to the progress that is
being hame each year by Bismarck,
Queen City Of the vast Missouri Slope. |
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