The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-23

nit expansion without change OF the
general structural plan. The result
Is an unusually attractive exterior.
The General Office.
The most startling feature Of the
interior is ihe big general office, OF
accounting room, which occupies the
entire east half OF the building. II
Is one big. unbroken floor space. so
by 90 feet, lighted by day by twenty
pate glass windows AND by night by
twelve Indirect electric globes which
give an equivalent OF sunlight The
walls are plastored and tinted with
the cOmpany's standard light buff.
The ceilings are white. The floos
is covered with he government
standard soundprOof battieship limo
leum. which Is also the floor covering
for the halls. The twenty windows
In the big work room, like those
throughout the building. are fitted
sand proof weather stripping. None
OF the windows Will be opened, ven
t~lation being provided by the air
changing ana cleansing system which
Is next Lon interest In the equlpmsat.
The west side n the main floor is
occupied by four executive offices.
finished as to ceiling and wallis like
the accounting room, but with maple
floors. Private offices are provided
for the mag and assistant man
agcr. and on the south side OF the
hallway are two more executive Of
nces with folding doors permitting
them 10 be thrown into one large
room for conferences.
The main entrance Is In the south
center Of the building and opens on
"A rallied hallway In which the tclc-
phone exchange and operator Will be-
placed. An order room b. on the
right Of the entrance. A large steel
and reinforced concrete vault for
records opens into the accounting
room az do tho mons coat room n
toilets. 4 rest room and dressing
room for women's employees opens
from the main hallway. These ooms
are finished In white metal.
The Basement Lunch Room.
The basement houses n large stOr
age vault, stock room. heating plant
fucl bins. vontliating equipment and
an employees lunch room. This rat
ter y finished, like the dressing
rooms. in white enamel, with com
Portable chairs and tables and with
| electric stoves. Distance makes u
difficult Tor tho employees TO 20 hUn,e
or TO restaurants for lunch o. tniH
lunch room is a special feature Of
the Albuquerque division plant.
The heating plant " a direct radia-
tion equipment Of the g. A. Durham
company construction.
Drinking water rs supplied through
porcelain. automatic drinking foun
tnins conveniently placed and sup
piled FROM iUr cooled coil.
THE Nentiating System.
inc NouulaiIng and air renewal
equipment Is the most interesting
ftnture ~ tho building, representing
ns n does tho last word In modern
ventilation and health protection.
TINS equipment cools IN air In sum
mcf' maintaining a uniform tenn
peratnro throughout the building In
al Weatherf II ronows the air
throughout the building six times IN
every hour, washing II and removing
Az impnf iIos as II passes from use
through the washing n cleansing
equipment and is driven back into
use again. 80 expense was spared in
thlH portion u the equipment and tho
result Is AN air supply probably more
tre' IRON imnrritios inside the build
Ing than outside.
Air Tor tho building Is drawn IN
through large ducts and directed
INTO The ulr washer where an dust
ana germs are removed, The washer
also reduces the air 10 uniform tenn.
p'ihiurr before " IN driven into the
rooms hy tho distributing fans one
s't ~ channels brings tho pure air
mo me rooms Another set permits
W removal when II BE- driven BY a
ian over 'h" ozone Pure Atrifier. r.
series ~ five electrical units In which
lho mNaiclloua violet ray PLAYING
IRON tiny coub-tooth metal. points
against IN ordinary incandescent
globe collects dust. germs and all
impurities from the moving air. I'm
p%nrIii"s are consumed by the electric
iF ana tho air goes again into the
washer 10 Doc used again.
Another iuttrofiinF feature Of tho
hHsnileut construction, made nocos-
sary by the shallow water table here,