The Bismarck tribune., 1934-09-29

by 81 feet in dimension with windows
on the south and west sides, the
west side facing the entrance plaza.
The governors office itself is II
and l8 feet in dimension and has
teakWood walls and ceilings and mas
sive teakwood doors.
Shows WOodwOrker's Art
This room. more than any other
perhaps, gives illustration of the
WoodWorkers art for it shows what
can be done to bring out the beauty
of natural materials. The massive
fluted doors of the governors office
are of plain or ungrained teak, cut
in the normal way Fluted panels
of this material run up the side OF
each wall and across the ceiling.
meeting in the center
The remainder of the walls and
ceiling are of grained and matched
teak. The difference, experts ex-
plain, is in the way the wood is cut.
Also in the governors unit are a
room for secretaries or stenograph-
ers, 27xl8 feet. and a conference
room, 37xl8 feet All open off a
corridor connecting the reception
and conference rooms, and there
are also two, vaults and two toilet
rooms. The paneling in the corridor
is of prima vera. a sort Of light ma
hogany with beautiful grain, while
the reception room is paneled with
Honduras mahogany, the kind the
best furniture is made of.
On the same floor and occupying
the eastern side of the building IS
the secretary of states office, which
has private entrance leading from
the main corridor to the secretarys
office as well as main entrance.
The private corridor is Of Califor-
MIA walnut, highly figured wood
used successfully in small rooms but
rejected for large ones as too wild"
The main entrance is of American
walnut. The secretary's office itself
is 30xl7 feet and is paneled in prima
vera. A bookcase is built in at one
end. One feature of the general
office is its large vault. There also
are offices for the deputy, record
writer's and other clerks.
On the north side of the main
floor is the attorney generals office.
28x19 feet. with two built-in book
cases, and finished in English oak.
Connecting with it is corridor
along which are offices for five as
siStantS. This unit also contains a
law library which is l8 feet and six
inches wide and 30 feet long, for
use by the attorney general and his
assistants.
Court on Third Floor
The supreme court is on the third
Of the decorative floors, occupy
ing all of its floor space.
Its bright spots are the court
room, done in rosewood, a confer
ence room in walnut and the chief
Justices chamber in Honduras ma
hogany. The rooms of the other
justices are finished in plaster, like
ordinary office rooms. There are
three smaller rooms for secretaries
to the judges. The clerks office is
in walnut.
OF special interest to attorneys is
the law library, largest in the state
and comprising two big rooms, one
above the other. A mezzanine floor
with another section Of stacks can
be added to the lower room. The
library now contains about 25,OOO
books. 1t has room for as many
more.
A small elevator corridor opens on
the second floor and from its west
ern end one can look down into the
main hall below. It is the finest
spot in the building to get general
view Of this feature.
Office Spaces Similar
Above the third floor the layout
Of office space is different onl,
because Of the needs of the various
departments. The section is 95 feet
square above the fifth floor. Ex.
tensions to the east at the second and
fourth floors make it slightly larger
up to that point, this feature Of the
architecture being intended to i'm.
prove the appearance of the build.
ing.
OF the area on each business floor
a space 38 feet square and located il
the exact middle is used for eleya
tors, elevator lobby, toilets and othe
services. The elevator lobbies them
selves are l2x36 feet in dimension
An analysis Of the items hidden il
the walls. as will hn sh0wn Ia tor die