The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-12-23
New Yards at
Grand Junction

dependent Lumber Company have |
more than a passing interest for this |
city, for the reason that our mayor, c. |
A Biggs, is president of the COM
pany, and that Arthur Monroe, for
mer Canon City boy, son Of Mrs. J. A.
Monroe and brother of Mrs. Charles
A. Hyder, both of 511 Hazel avenue,
was the architect in the case. The
Grand Junction News. in an issue of
recent date, contains the following de-
scription of the new structures. 1t
says:
Without question the new build
ings of the Independent Lumber Com
pany, which are in use despite the
fact that the finishing touches have
not all been put in place. are admir-
ably adapted for their purpose, and
the architect and the company have
spared no pains to make them artistic
as well.
Some necessary rebuilding after
the big fire in the summer has given
additional sheds and buildings that
conform to the architectural plan of
the offices. which would not have been
undertaken at this time under other
conditions, and as consequence the
plant is much more complete struc-
ture than was at first intended.
"The fact that the architecture was
the work of local man, Arthur Mon
roe of the Red Lands Company, gives
additional interest to Grand Junction
people, and he will receive many con-
gratulations as the city understands
the excellence of the work he has
done. The building is wholly Span
fsh in style, the long, low lines, the
overhanging caves, the red roof car
rying out the suggestion of tiling, the
wide windows. and the projecting
butts of the beams on the Main street
side, all giving distinction to the
structure. A porch surrounds the
building on both the Main and Spruce
street sides, doing away with the ne
cessity of an awning
Inside, the offices are found to be
among the most pleasant on the en-
tire Western slope. The general office
lies to the front-a long, well-ighted
room, finished with trim that will
be eagerly studied by prospective
house builders. Since the offices are
tCfolCu " TIC uses VI d COll-
pany it was thought worth while 10
exploit the different woods and fin
ishes. and the result is a room that Is
unusual and most attractive The
Tiffany blend has been used for the
walls, and the combination chosen is
very artistic and beautiful The
woodwork is of fir. and 1t has been
finished in conformity to an idea OBJ
tanned at a builders convention in
New York by c. A. Biggs of Canon
City. 1t is a stain that brings out the
grain Of the fir, the faintest blush
tinge having been added to the stain
The floor in the Office is of beech
wood. vault that would be large |
enough for bank is being complet-
ed. The local plant serves as gen. |
eral offices for the whole Western !
slope chain of yards, and there are rec |
ords of all the yards stored here that |
must be guarded against fire and
theft. A cloak room and toilets for |
men and women with hot and cold !
water, add to the completeness OF the /
arrangements
"The office of w. C. Kurtz, man
ager for the Western slope. is finished
In handsome oak, and will be fitted |
with mahogany furniture The floor
as well as the wainscoting and and
beamed ceiling are al of the oak, as
is also bookcase built beside the
fireplace. The fireplace is of good
design, developed in a corrugated
tapestry brick that is very effestive
The sheds adjoining tha offices con-
form to the architectural scheme. and
are done in the same stucco. The
stucco is made little darker than
the pointing of cement that finishes
the building, and the wood trim is Of
dark red and cream. The sheds are
ample for storage for the lumber
needed to supply customers, and the
old warehouses left unhurt by the
fire are still used for storage pu-.
poses. A new garage and barns win
be built where the fire destroyed the
old sheds, cement and stucco being
used in their construction. Coal
and cement sheds will be built of
wood. A steel fence will enclose the
property to the west and south Pow
erful cOnveyors are new equipment
in the yards, and the officials say that
the cost of unloading lumber has been
cut in hat through their use (;
THE plans of the company are not I
fulfilled when the present structures
are finished. They own property all /
along the railroad. and the old ware
houses will be replaced by new ones !
as they are required. AS headquar- I
ters for the yards operated all over
Western Colorado, the local plant Is
a very important one, and the pro-
owners intend to make the |
buildings adequate to the business
they represent"