Evening journal., 1912-11-30
u FOR CITY AND COUNTY

rms is done for public convenience
more than anything else. Yet this
main corridor could be closed effectu-
ally if it were desired. BY establishing
a dividing wall the county building
and the city building could be sealed
from one another to that a person de-
string to pass from one into the other
would have TO go into the street and
enter the door of the other building.
I BY maintaining an open corridor on
tho main floor. the inconvience OF per-
sons being required to pass from one
building into the street before enter
/ ing the other building is dispensed
with. But from no other floor than
the main floor can person pass from
the city building into the county build
] ine, or from the county building into
the city building. according TO the
plans now framed This indicates
how completely the advocates OF a
combined hall OF administration for
city and county have solved the prob
lem Of separation Of city from coun-
ty departments in one domicile
According TO the plans now in
hand, the proposed building would
have frontage of 290 feet on King
| street and French street, and extend
2lS feet along Tenth street and Klev-
enth street This would cover the
entire block after Tenth and Eleventh
/ streets had been widened twenty
feet. There is a sharp grade down
| ward from King street TO French
street, and this is utilized to advan-
tage in the plans for the proposed
public building.
Five Story Structure.
The plans call for a building Of
/ two stories and mansard elevation on
King street. and five stories high on
/ French street, this being made pos
/ sible because of the sharp incline
/ from King TO French street. The
main building faces on King street,
with wings extending along Tenth
street and Eleventh street to French.
This would create really building
Of U-shape, all the space not ac-
tually utilized for building purposes
being left as court, 150 feet wide and
sS feet deep above the second iloor
and So feet wide and 9S feet deep at
/ the ground. with an entrance to 10
from the French street level. This
entrance would be used for the pa
/ troll wagons. ambulances, vans for
the. conveyance OF prisoners. and de-
| livery Of supplies, all the transferring
I Of prisoners being provided for with
in the court and away from public
gaze. The city police court cells
would be In the wing on the north
side Of the court and the county de-
tention cells for prisoners to appear
in county court, would be in the
southern wing of the prison
BY the utilization of the space not
/ actually occupied by the building as
court. the architect has been en-
abled to have each room to open cith-
er upon the street or upon the court
Not only do the plans contain a room
for every present needed purpose OF
all the city departments and all the
county departments, including the
! courts, but there are unassigned
rooms and an enlargement of the
building is contemplated TO meet the
requirements of an expanding city
and county for at least one hundred
| years hence. The building as de-
signed would be sixty-fve feet high
above the King street grade The
I plan contemplates that the half of
the building toward Tenth street
shall be for county purposes, and
the hall toward Eleventh street shall
be for city purposes. A dividing wall,
( halfway between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets completely separates the
two buildings. an effectual barrier. as
has been stated, on every floor ex-
cepting the main noor opening from
King street.
The wings. extending to French
/ street from the 290 foot front OF
King street are to be fifty feet wide
inside measurements.
Ornate Entrances.
In the middle Of the King street
facade Of the section for the county
and In the middle OF the section for
city purposes Is a large and ornate
entrance. fianked by great pillars.
These are the main entrances 10 the
building. AS has been mentioned
previously. they lead into the main
corridor, which Is ON the first floor
opening from King street or the third
floor on the French street level.
These entrance vcstibules lead TO the
sixteen feet wide corridor beautifully
finished, that runs through the center
of the building from one end to the
other. Facing the main entrances
, I'm the lobbics are the elevators that
, run from the lowest 10 the up-
permost floor on the city and county
sides. and there also is a large cir
! cular stairway 10 all floors starting
- alongside the elevators. In all the
Offices there is running water. and
there are ample toilet cOnveniences
for the public as well as for officials
E and employees within the building.
r There also are baths for the police
e department and for jurors for the
!, county court I'm fact, no convenience
= seems TO have been overlooked in
e laying out the drawings to show Just
d what might be done IN a combined
y public building
r Beginning al the dividing line and
b facing on King street. the main floor
OF the county building as now plan
a ned would contain the Office Of the
"A recorder OF deeds with private
h stairway leading to storage vaults
r. below, and also with a private Office
s attached. Next TO this, on the north
! would be the main entrance. On the
j. opposite side OF the corridor would
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