The evening world., 1912-09-19
REQUIREMENTS OF EACH DE-
PARTMENT STUDIED.

PARrMENT STUDIED.
This meant a minute and exhaustive
Investigation by the architects and en-
each city department. Their men have
been placed for months In the various
offices of the city now situated In DIFF
ferent office buildings about tho city.
studying the needs peculiar to each de-
partment
The office furniture ana fittings have
been especially chosen to nt each nook
and corner. In the endeavor to savs
space. Doors have been designed to
enable quick and easy communication
between heads Of departments and the
visiting public.
The erection Of the Municipal Building
has been carried on under me supervis-
ion Of Commissioner OF Bridges, Arthur
J. O'Ksefe. and his engineer In charge.
=. w. Perry. The interior finishing 10
Just now being begun.
When the ground was broken for this
edifce. each city department was re-
questsd to determine Just how much
floor space would be needed for busi-
ness. The demand was in excess BY
many Thousands of square feet OF the
actual floor area the building contained,
Then the architects were given the con-
tract to study tho matter entffically.
Upon their report many. IN fact most
Of the departments have already been
assigned to their proper floors N the
buildings. and thousands OF feet OF Moor
spaoe has been saved. The building 10
the largest public edifice In the United
States with the exception Of the Capitol
I'm Washington, and II the largest public
building ever erected at one time.
elooRe THAT WILL BE usEo
BY CITY DEPARTMENTS.
When the building 10 finally COM
pletsd and ready for Its tenants It will
be turned over to the Sinking Fund
Commission by Commissioner OKeefe.
and through that commission the various
dspartments will be assigned to their
respectiye f,oors. This has already been
determined, the official assignment be-
ing only q matter OF form.
From tho present schedule, which Is
subject TO some slight change. the city
departments will occupy In their new
home the following floors;
On tho third floor. the Department Of
Finance, Bureau OF Licenses. tho Com
missioner OF Licenses. Bureau OF
WEIGHTS and Measures and the Armory
Board. The fourth Moor. oddly enough.
vii, serve a. the cellar of the building.
as tho real CELLAR viii be occupied. 40
cord,ng TO the original plans. a. the
subway station for the new loop sys-
x-il hA
occupied by the Bureau OF Information.
the public hearing rooms and the SUI
psrintendsnt OF the building.
The sixth floor 10 to DO tsnsnted by
other ofices of the Department OF
Finance, who win occupy part OF the
seventh floor also with the rooms Of
the Sinking Fund Commission. The
eighth floor will hold other ofiices Of
the Department Of Finance. tho City
Chamberlain and the Bureau OF Fire
Protection.
The Bureau OF Taxes will be situated
on the ninth floor. Tho Public Service
eleventh floors OF the building. On the
twelfth floor will be the Commissioners
of Accounts, the Department of Street
Cleaning and tho Department Of Pub
lie Charities.
OFFICES ON THE THIRTEENTH
FLOOR AND ABOVE.
The so-called unluoky thirteenth floor
will hold the ofYices OF tho Board of the
city Record. the Board OF Estimate and
Apportionment and tho Board OF Asses
sors.
The Law Department will grace the
fourteenth. fifteenth. sixteenth and part
Of the seventeenth floors with the Com.
mission Of Estimate and Appraisal IN
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