The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-04-09
First Floor ,.,,,n Has
Beer SeSv .eied to a
SsSw4 ked Degree
GIVING OFFICE ROOM
TO ALL DEPARTMENTS
Work Authorized by City
Council Is Practically
Completed

d FOR the first time in number of
years the various city departments are
, established in adequate quarters at cifv
e han. Space occupied until last fall by
7 the government as a postoffice has beer,
e converted into offices for the water do.
| partment, the school commissioners thn
: board of health, the cemetery commi..
/ sioners, the tax collector and first con-
: stable, the overseer of the poor and the
, board OF assessors. While the rehabili.
, tation has been in progress, the CORR,
dors have been completely overhanIsd
the city clerks office has been improved
IN various ways, new corridor has
been constructed to lead to a new h.
dies toilet room on the north side ~
the building, and repairs and changes
have been made at police headquarters,
The work was authorized by the city
council soon after the government va.
lcated the postotfice rooms and plans
for the changes were drawn up by Su-
lperlntendent II. +. Reynolds of the va.
ter department. Provisions for hous-
ing all OF the departments as well az
adding the new corridor and other fen
lures OF the change were accepted as
submitted by him and the work Of ear
rylng on the project has been entrusted
entirely to his care To complete the
repairs, partition changes, painting cal
cimining and electric wiring consumed
several weeks and large gang Of car
lpenters and artisans were engaged on
the job at different times.
| The water Offices were occupied for
the first time last week the assessors
found their quarters ready for them
the first of April, the constable and
overseer have already entered their Of
flces, and the furniture is being moved
into the offices to be tenanted by the
school and cemetery commissioners and
the board of health. Visitors to the
city building who have inspected the
work lay special stress upon the excel
lent way in which the space available
was divided in the different office suites
Better lighting facilities, improved san,
itary arrangements and more convenient
avenues of access and exit have alike.
come in for commendatory words.
With the exception of the engineering
office, the council chamber and the city
court, every room on the ground floor
OF the city hall has been thoroughly
cleaned, calcimined and revarnshed. 4
new system of lights into which has
been Incorporated the use OF Mazda
lamps, is one of the most striking fea
tures of the change. The walls have
been treated to calcmine in color
scheme OF buff and brown with ceilings
of white. That section of the ho0i
formerly occupied by the postoffice has
been covered with hardwood flooring and
the woodwork along the wainscoting has
been vanished to represent the natural
wood.
In the main corridor the old wooden
blackboard that used to greet the visit.
or's eve as he entered from Main street.
has vanished and in its place a bulletin
board measuring twenty-four by two
and one-half feet has been extended
along the south wall from the doc,
of the city clerks office to the counei,
chamber entrance. The board. in the
minds of many, is one of the most con
spieuous things under the new order
for the detected countenan of the an.
,ient blackboard was an eyesore to
many. The Barre Electric Co. installed
.he lighting fixtures.
The Arrangement.
The offices of the water department
ront the street on the north side cf
he building. One door from the .or-
'idor leads to the public ante room.
econd door. also leading from the cor
dor. opens into the superintendent
private office. Beyond, and extending
rom the street to the new corridor, is
he main Office of the department. i
as been fitted with new oaken tablo
f desirable length and other new equip.
nent adds greatly to the utiitarian
alue of the room. A small room lust
orth of the main office. is used fer
forage purposes, while staircase leads
hence to room on the third floor
lore than passing mention should be
lade of the tight little nook on The
bird floor Just under the last landing
the theatre entrance, for it was dis
Dvered by the superintendent of the
ater department and pressed into use
: a repository for official records
Learning that tradition had woven
Irious story around mysterious room
,mewhere in the city building, Super
tendent Reynolds set about to ascer-
lin the truth or falsity of its existence.
is diligence was rewarded by finding
room ten feet square as described.
II the pile of bones which the legend
'nHtNleu MilN lNt ldSI rIpBAe OF a
red Joiner was never found. The room
IS been fitted with amply constructed
ns in which viii b. stored department
records Each bin Is intended 10 hold
e records OF a years accumulation.
4 corridor measuring FIVE feet in width
ads from the main corridor TO the Ia
e. toilet room and the latter cor
nience j. also accessible from the msa
trance TO the opera house above. This
cility was provided for the Use of
,men only and accommodations in the
ON have likewise been made for wona-
employees Of the CITY. A floor Of in
4 linolcum extra large lights and
Der conveniences are included in the
aipment and furnishings Of the room
The corridor extends northward br-
EN- the water Office and the quarters
b. used jointly BY the school ana
netefy commissioners. and the bosul
health. The main ofiice. furnished
n a long oaken table and other Of
fCortfnued on fourth nzral