The Washington times., 1915-10-30
WORK BEGUN ON NEW
MOTOR Co. BUILDING
Structure Being Erected for
Emerson & 0rme on N ST.,
Between 18th and 17th.

Work has been commenced on a mod
ern fire-proof building. to contain sales
rooms. offices. waiting rooms. service
station. and garage. for Emerson 4
Orme. automobile dealers, distributors
OF the Detroit Electric. on the south
side OF NJ street. between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets. northwest.
I1ans for the structure were prepared
| by Appleton p. Clark. jr.. architect
and the building contract let to- the
Arthur NJ. Poynton Company. 1'hs
| cost Of tho site and building Will be
around $4,000. and 1t will be the best
arranged and handsomest quarters fol
tho sale and care Of automobiles any.
whore in this country.
The building has a frontage Of ~
feet on NJ street and depth OF 13-
feet. The front will be OF tapestry
brick OF light color and the ground
moor front of plate glass. with mar.
quise over both the sales and garage
entrances.
On the first floor will be a room with
a front OF fifty-four feet and a depth
OF forty-four feet for the display OF
new cars. This room is entered from
a hall eight feet wide. which Is entered
from the street On the opposite side
Of the hall nre located the sales and pri-
vate offices. bookEeepers' and stenog.
raphers' office, womens waiting ROOM
coat room. and closets for office sup
plies. stationery. catalogues. etc.
All the above Is handsomely finished
with mosaic tile floors. with marble
wainscoting four feet high on the side
walls. and mahogany doors and window
trimmings. The upper part OF the walls
In the hall will be plate glass. Cell
ings will be beamed and with tpdirec,
electric lighting system.
West OF the display room for new cars
will be located a salesroom twenty BY
forty feet for used cars. and adjoining
this room on tho west is the garage
office. In the rear of which Ia a pack.
| age room. and back OF this Is a room
for waiting chauffcurs, and west OF ths
garage office. on the extreme west side
| Of the building. IL the entrance anC
ext for cars entering and leaving tn,
garage.
There Is n garage space on the grounC
hoor IN the rear OF the display rooms
ties for washing and cleaning severa
| cars at one time
| The second 'oor IL n garage room tn,
full size of the building. and is reached
hy an Otis electric elevator OF four ton
ca pacItv. which IL located in the rea
1
building. This floor has ample wPshin
and cleaning facilities. and will h
used exclusively for washing. cleaning
charging and garaging electric cars.
The building Is OF very heavy con
| struct'on. amply heavy to allow anothe
story to he put on when necessary. an
Is constructed so that very few post
| or columns are necessary. and has sta
tionarv curbing around all the column
at the bottoms and around the walls in
side. so that II will be Impossible (
run a car against the walls or columns
q great number OF large windows 4
front and rear gives ample light an
ventilation. the ceilings being seventce
feet high on both floors.
The heating system will be low-pres
sure steam. the boiler being located 4
the basement OF the building.
The euuipment for the entire plan
will be the best and most modern. an
| will include everything necessary I
give the best possible service.
It Is expected that the building vii
he ready for occupancy about Jan
| uarv !.