Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-12-29

When the thirty-thousand dollar
addition to the Perth Amboy public
library building is completed the
structure Will compare favorably with
the handsome Y. M. c. A. building
which this year was reared above
the Carnegie institution. The terra
Gotta, brick and granite addition will
tower to the top of the third story of
the Y. M. C. A. structure, presenting
a fitting public building of the trio
along Jefferson st-eot-the post Of
fee and custom house, the Y. M. G..
A. and the library. The front eleva-
ton will be in line with the Y. M.
c, A. front elevation, have height
Of forty-two feet to the top of the
parapet, extending for ninety-five feet
along Jefferson street, according to
plans prepared by Jensen & Brooks,
the architects.
The addition will more than dou-
BILE the space in the basement and on
the main floor for reading rooms,
stack rooms, etc, and the ceiling of
the main floor will be twenty feet
high, compared with the present
height of fourteen feet. The present
library structure will remain intact.
except the front wall will be removed
for the placing of the addition. There
will be an areaway Of seven feet on
the east side between the structure
and the Y. M G. A. building, and the
addition will extend on the west to
within three feet Of the boundary
fine. ss5,.4
There will be seven triple windows
along the front Of the main floor.
They are two feet wider and several
feet taller than the present windows.
The. panes are set In double rows,
three double rows to each window.
The small panes were selected be-
cause they were considered ornamen-
tai. There will be six half-windows
in the basement extending above the
street grade. Each of these win
dows will be equipped with orna-
mental iron bars, set four inches
apart.
Between each window in the main
floor front wall will appear terra
Gotta medallion. These will be work
ed In the Fisk tapestry brick, Of
which the front wall down to the
basement will be constructed. The
brick will be variegations of red,
blending nine different shades. The
basement front wall will be of gran
ite and terra Gotta. There will be a
fancy entablature, which will en-
tirely conceal the Stag roof, which
will be fiat. The entablature just be-
meath the cornice will be of terra
nd will IN, II 1ntt
the words, Perth Amboy Public Lii
brary." The cornice will be of fancy
terra Gotta, and the parapet will be
terra Gotta with Fisk tapestry brick
panels. All the terra Gotta is being
supplied by the Atlantic Terra Gotta
Company.
Six granite steps will lead to the
front entrance to the main floor,
which will be in the center OF the
building. Two bronze standards, six
feet high, bearing incandescent
lights, will grace either side of the
entrance way. The front door will
lead into a vestibule, which will be
the terminus of two stairways run
ming from the basement, and also
lead up stairway of eight steps to
the main floor of the building, near
the top of which will be the libra
rian's desk. The vestibule will be
about 15x6 feet, built of white oak.
The floor will be of Atlantic faience.
The present circular stack room will
be converted into a reading room,
and the present east side reading
room will be used for stock room.
1t will have glass floor to allow the
transmission of light to another
stack room In the basement. There
Will be a stairway leading down
from the main floor stack room to
the one in the basement. There will
be adults and children's reading
rooms, book delivery corridor and
staff offices also on the main floor. In
the basement, besides the present
in the rear which will re-
main, there will be an assembly
room, 26x36 feet, work room, ladies'
retiring room, book stack room, boil
er room, coal storage compartments
and corridor.
The contract with Hans Greisen
will probably be signed this week.
and work started within four weeks.
1t is to be completed by July 1, but
the operation of the library will be
continued during alterations.