The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-02
HANDSOME HOME
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work of the remaining eleven floors
doors and windows, Is of solid ma
hogany. The wainscoating of the
main corridor is imported Botticini
marble. and the floor of rubber TIL
ing-something new to Richmond
while the upper corridors have wains-
coating of white marble with terrazza
floors, bordered in mosaic.
Fine Lighting System.
The corridors are lighted by the
inverted chandelier system of over
hung lights, with sidelights of
grouped candlebra in bronze effect.
A group of four chandeliers. i'm
ported from France. Is used each for
furnishing light to each OF the
ninety-six offices in the building. Each
of these offices. which. by the way,
have practically double the floor
space of those in any Office building
in Richmond. is fitted with a lava
tory furnishing not and cold water.
while in each corridor there is a
drinking fountain supplied with ice
water as well as the well-appointed
toilets for men and women. The
centigrade system of heating Is used,
supplied by a plant in the basement.
The elevators, of which there are
three. of the overhead track, noise
lcSs TYPE, represent the last worn III
elevator development. The building
is also provided with the modern
mail chute system.
To Have Electrical Display.
The exterior of the building, which
has entrances on both Seventh and
Franklin streets, is of stone. orna-
mental steel and pressed brick, with
terra Gotta ornamention in cornice
and facings. On the cornice sur
rnnnHino tho fnltrth HnAr Whtrh 10 tho
dividing line between the power COM
pany and the other tenants, there will
be an electrical display in the shape
of baskets of fruits and flowers, which
Will mark the outline of the structure,
and the top of the skyscraper will be
~surmounted by great braziers, from
which powerful electric lights will re-
fleets their brilliance upon spouting
Jets of steam, givinh the effect of my
Rad fountains.
The Virginia Railway and Power
company will occupy the first -four
floors of the building and the other
eight floors. embracing ninety-six Of
fees will be leased. j. A. Connolly
x Co.. the real estate firm which sold
the power company the site and has
charge of the rental of these offices,
reported yesterday that sixty-two of
them have already been leased, The
South Atlantic Life Insurance com
pany will have the tenth floor of the
building; Munford, Hunton. Williams
d Anderson and their associates
Will occupy the ninth floor. Other
tenants are T. Crawford Redd &-Bro.,
engineers. Louis b. Hatke, insurance;
J. M. Bossieux, insurance; and the
l-ecky-Sheahan company. insurance;
Southern Steel Products company,
manufacturers agents; w. F. Smith
q Co, real estate; o. c. Peerd. con-
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torneys, Guarantee Trust and Bank
ing company; Provident Life and
Trust CO.; West Virginia Coal COM
pany; Scrivenor & Sullivan, engineers;
Atlantic Bitulithic company; r. A,
Green, real estate; Childrey & Co,
architects: {. & o, Coax and Coke
company; and r. Nice. Burlington &
Co, manufacturers agents.
The Men Responsible.
A score Of subcontractors figured In
the production of this splendid build
Ing and 1t is a noticeable fact that
most of the work was done by Rich
mond people. All the mill work was
furnished by Sydnor, CarneaI Il John
ston; the face brick for the exterior
was furnished by the Powhatan Clay
company; n stone by r. j. Smith &
Co.; the terra Gotta by the Atlantic
Terra Gotta company, Of New York:
the tile roofing by the Williams Slate
Roofing company, Of Richmond; the
ornamental steel by the w. s. Tyler
Co. OF Cleveland. O.: the plastering
was done by the c. c. Elliottee. Of
Richmond; the plumbing and steam
heating by w. G. Cornell of
New York: the electrical fittings by
kluchhuhn d Bro. Of Washington, p.
G.; the tile and terrazza BY III. N.
Franklin d Co, Of Richmond; the
glass by Binswanger & Co, Of Rich
mond; the hardware throughout by
Kennedy Bros, & Co, of Richmond:
agents for the Yale and, Towne pro-
ducts; the structural steel by the
Richmond Structural Steel company,
of Richmond; the painting by J. H.
Morris & Co. OF Richmond; the mar
Bile by Hilgartner. Of Baltimore: and
the elevators by the Otis Elevator
company. Of Richmond.
It's some building, and in the center
OF what Is soon to be the very heart
OF the business district of Richmond.
Far-seeing business men years ago
predicted the Seventh and Franklin
corner as the business center. and
~present-day activities are verifying
these predictions at such a rapid rate
that 1t almost takes the old-timer's
breath away.
Charged with Pistol .TOting.
Wiiiiam. Goode. a white man., was
arrested last night on a charge OF
carrying a pistol. He will be given