The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-02-01

patterns, and are made of a high
grade cast iron.
The plumbing fixtures are of the
newest type made, and the installa
ton of this branch of construction
follows the lines of the latest scien-
tific sanitary methods now known.
There is hot and cold running water,
and the company also installed sys-
tenn of gas pipes and fixtures for use
in emergency.
Lumber.
The Barker Lumber and Fuel COM
pany contributed it's share to the
building, albeit that share was small
when others had finished their parts
in the construction Of a modern fire.
proof building The Barker people,
however, supplied in quality, as they
always do, a grade of lumber of the
best, which was used in the joists,
rafters, hard wood floors on the sec
ond floor, and in the builders scat
folds. Of flooring only 5000 feet was
used it being the best grade made
clear cut maple.
MasOnery and PIastering.
William Hoefs, the mason and plas-
tering contractor, demonstrated how
a building which appears to be of
stone, can be constructed. Mr.. Hoefs
bought terra Gotta of the Robertson
& Schwarz company, Milwaukee, one
of the largest makers and dealers in
terra Gotta and brick in the United
States. Mr.. Hoefs. built all the ex-
terror walls, with blocks made from
terra Gotta Of the gray granite variety
lined these walls with brick, and plas-
tered the building throughout Had
Mr.. Hoefs in the least sighted his
work, the decorator would have found
difficulties hard to surmount; but he
maintained the high reputation he had
established for superior workmanship,
and his labors add not a little to the
artistic whole.
Safes, Vault Doors and Innings.
The l.. A Meyer company of Mil
Waukee was intrusted with the de-
vices for the safety of storing the
banks money, and at this juncture to
express wonder in building in weight
appears to be appropo. The vault
doors weigh 10000 pounds, while the
steel lining of the vaults weigh $4,000
pounds. All doors to these vaults are
equipped with the latest in combina-
ton and time locks, and personal ex-
animation is the only adequate man
ner in which to attain even a faint
conception of the wonders of vault
construction
Concrete.
This magnificent structure was not
built upon the proverbial foundation
Of sand, but upon the solid rock Ed
L, Bartlett, well known to readers of
the Leader, put in the foundations, of
concrete, first digging down into the
stone two feet to make sure of the
proper solidity. The foundations are
all concrete, while the vaults up to the
floor level are a solid block Of con-
crete from the same depth as the
walls. The vault foundations, walls
and ceilings are reinforced with both
horizontal and perpendicular steel
bars, ali inch square, crossing each
other so that the meshes are about
four inches. This steel is in the CEN
ter of the walls and ceilings, and
burglars will think twice before at
tempting once to gain an entrance.
In this work Mr.. Bartlett used nearly
a car load of steel and 200 cubic feet
of cement weighing 100000 pounds.
The Tenants.
The Bank of Watertown is also
landlord. On the second floor are
tenants even at this early date, they
being w. H. Woodland, attorney; J. F.
Prentiss, fire and liability insurance;
The Old Line Life Insurance COM
pany, represented by A c. Reuteler !
and L. E. Neumann, the John
Hoffman, & Sons Co., wholesale gro
GERS, represented by B. F. Zillisch,
the home boy" and w. c. Stone.
Mr. Woodland as an attorney has
practiced in Watertown since his ad-
mission to the bar, and for the Leader |
to even attempt to introduce him in |