Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-28
OVERLAND OFFICE !
AMONG FINEST
New Structure at Factory
Ranks in Beauty With Finest
Office Buildings in World

Towering far above acres of factory
buildings on the western outskirts of
Toledo stands the new, white Admin
istration building of the WHY'S Over
land Company-another center of au-
tomobile activity
1t is large and commodious build
ing of seven stories, with more than
10000 square feet of floor space,
every detail of which is planned so
that the tremendous task of carrying
on the business of making, selling and
keeping up more than 100000 Over
land and WHY'S Knight cars in use In
all quarters of the globe, may be more
efficiently carried out
The dimensions are 63X375 feet.
This 'proportionately narrow construc-
ton affords exceptional facilities for
light. There are 5SS windows on the
seven floors. Architecturally the
building ranks in beauty with the very
finest office structures in the world.
Constructed of sand and stone and
brick, terra Gotta and granite orna-
mental coping and trimmings, the
building gives the appearance of SIM
pie strength and solidity.
Entering the bronze doors of the
main entrance one passes Immediately
into a spacious lobby Huge oaken
columns at the rear separate this foyer
from the central corridor. Opening
off this corridor are four passenger
elevators, which ply between all floors
The accounting department occupies
the entire second floor in one unbrollen
space. The rows upon rows of steel
desks and filing cabinets are the very
last word in office efficiency.
On the third floor is u spacious
girls rest room, finished in soft ivory
with dainty ivory wicker furniture
upholstered in gay chintZ. The emer-
gency room, which is q hospital in
miniature, adjoins the rest ROOM A
graduate nurse is in constant attend
ance.
A lobby. similar in size to the one
on the first floor, opens off the corri-
dor on the fourth floor. This has been
fitted up as a dealers reception room,
in which the latest Overland and Will
ys-Knight models will be displayed.
The private offices of the executives
of the company are on the fifth floor.
From the windows of Mr.. WHY'S
rooms, in the southwest end of the
building, is afforded a view of the en-
tire Overland plant.
An unusual feature of the new
building is the casfeteria and dining
room on the top floor, in which meals
are served at cost, for the office force.
On the same floor Is an auditorium
capable of seating 600 people. The
floors of the dining rooms and assem-
bly, room are of rubber tile. All stair
ways and halls in the building are
similarly covered, thus reducing noise
to q minimum.
On the sixth floor is located the tele-
phone headquarters of the entire fac
tory Here ten operators handle
boards which connect more than 500
stations. Adjoining this room is q
telegraph office, in which half dozen
operators are continually transmit
ting kilograms and cables.
In addition to the sorting cases for
mail on tho main floor there is an au-
tomato mail service to all floors of
the building. On each floor are several
messengers whose entire duty consists
in routing the mail to it's proper des-
tination.
Drinking fountains are placed in the
corridors on each floor. They are the
teries, especially designed for the
building hub cap with the initials
"WK.', and a winged automobile
wheel symbolic of the production of
the plant. being prominently displayed
Exceptional toilet and cloakroom fa-
cilities; a hot air ventilatng system.
which on rainy days can be utilized to
dry garments in the cloak rooms;
Enthusiastically controlled hot air
heat, refrigeration machine and a spe-
cial moving picture booth are but a
few of some of the other noteworthy
details of. this modern automobile ad-
ministration building, all tending to
increase efficiency and reduce cost in
the manufacturing and marketing of
Overland and WHY'S Knight cars.