Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-29

to reduce the penetration of sum-
mer heat. The roof proper is of
composition, and every step has been |
taken to secure the minimum OF heat !
concentrations.
Having considered all those things
which aim at producing cool and
salubrious atmosphere, to secure Il
warmer temperature when the days
and nights are chilly the block will
be heated by direct steam, except
the court rooms, which are to have
Il seperate heating and yentilating
SYSTEM The boiler room is locat- |
ed in the southwest corner of the
building and the present county Jail
is to be connected with it.
A Bridge of Sighs''
And last but not least, the district
attorney s office will be connected
with the county Jail but a few yards
away by bridge running to and
from the second floor of each
3, buiiling, a doorway having been
constructed on the south side of
the court house with TIE idea in
view.
OF the furnishings most Of the
equipment will be of steel, and the
establishment will be varied. The
court rooms will be finished in
ivory, with mahogany doors, and |
the furniture proper will also be ma
.hogany. The rest of the building |
appointments will be finished in
ivory and grey, and all doors lead
ing from the lobby and the public
corridors will be built of mahogany
also. The lobby and the corridors
on both, floors are to be provided
with wainscoating five feet high,
with run plaster mouldings on thes
ceiling line.
This building is fireproof, not
semi -fireproof but wholly so. There
is no wood in the construction, 20
wooden partitions, no boxes of cedar
or mahogany, no material to which
flame can become attached, except
the doors, and they are only skele-
toni2ed. Wherever it can be used, ! /
steel has been introduced, counters,
filling cabinets and cupboards and
drawers and a hundred and one
things all being of steel. Il
Plan Beautiful Grounds
As soon as the debris of the con
ractors is cleared away operations t
viii be started on laying out the j
grounds surrounding the new build Il
ng. and cement walks will be laid O
rom the doors to the various side @
walks and round the entire block. a
OF the men who have contribut-
d to the fulfillment of this under
aking of the county much credit is
ne. The courthouse viii last for
lany years, and though perhaps
lany Of the men instrumental In
Is erection will have passed away
nd their names be forgotten when
ecay shall set its finger on the
ride of today, their work will be
estimony to their worth and their
ndeavor. Ct
There were II separate contracts /
warded in connection with the @
lain building, these being: p
EXcavating, concreting and mas 81
and Murray Holt IL
lille, $4,000. II
Carpcntry-Welch and Fritz, San 81
'iego, $&S,500. w
cast stone work -Spanish,Ameri- n,
an Fine Art Studios, Los Angeles, l.
31,750.
Plaster-James p. Walsh and
ompAny, Los Angeles, $39,562. 1c
Marble and Terrazo work-llill- ed
artner Marble Company, Los AM m
eles, $3o,779. d,
Ornamental Iron and Sheet Metal AZ
Iork-B. V. Ezel, FL Centre 1905,
Painting-Clyde II. LareY, lei bl
entro, $7,O75. on
Roofing-Edgar Bros, FL Centre, co
], ,02575. of
Electrical Work-Chmles f. Fer pa
uson, FL Centre, $S,4S3, in
Heating and Ventilating Wotk: nj
". Ezell, El Centre, $l6,532. In
Plumbing and Sewer-Richmond tie
rothers, El Ccntro, $l+6S+. Nj
Finished IIardw&re--lmperial Fal- III
y Hardware company, El Centre, vi
1890. cr
Various other contracts, such as m
etal partitions and vault door, on
ere Let to Sweetser and Baldwin 4O
lfe Company, of Los Angeles; til
'urt room furniture the Imperial nj
alley Hardware Company and to Ia
enbough Company of San Diego.
30 that the building eompieta viii Z
'ost approximately $350,000