| Show SOMETHING SOLID IN the midst ot of much that is of the baloon order of the boom business it to Is refreshing to turn solid nothing in the latter line affords more satisfaction to those who desire the substantial progress of the community than the noble structure erected by Z C M I 1 and which is in rapidly nearing completion As soon as it to is ready for occupant the manufacturing fac turing department conducted by mr W H rowe will move from its present quarters into it we hope soon to see a busy throng of factory employed emp loyes at work in it in the midst of the hum bum and whirl of laborsaving labor saving machinery turning out great quantities of goods for home consumption and ingy maybe be a margin for exportation yesterday we took a look through the building and pronounce it all that bould id 1 be desired for the purpose tor for which abil e b it is designed mechanical construction is in many respects novel and for strength and security it is une by any building of its class we have seen in this country the forty four pillars that surround the building support the tae four walls each pillar rests on a double doable base of stone prom from base to base is an arch supporting the connecting wall which could be removed without weakening the building in the pillars at each floor are set act large cut stones stoned as piers to support the ends of the cross beams which are made of seven two inch planks fourteen inches wide placed on OB edge and bolted together the measurement of the building independent of the tower is one hundred and sixty five feet eight laches inches by forty nine feet the basement is ten feet six inches high and the columns which support the upper floors are eighteen in number these reut rest on stone atone bases and are of wood fourteen by fourteen inches at each floor these are surmounted by iron caps cap each weighing six hundred pounds tae columns sustain the entire weight of the floors and roof making them entirely independent of the walls which in ease case there be any settling of the piers are la in no danger of cracking a trouble that has been difficult to ever overcome come in ia large buildings the basement floor is to be of cement those above are double the lower floor being three inch lumber grooved on both sides and bound with a tongue driven in on top of this is a layer of asi paper and over this one and a half inches of flooring making the floors water tight the asphaltum also has the effect of partially deadening the sound in the room t below of those working on the upper floor this is necessary from the fact that there are no plastered ceilings the cross beams under the soars floors are connected at the intersect eions by three hundred pound iron shoes sad are bound to tile the outside of the walls none of the timbers abers th how ever pass through or into the walls but are entirely independent except for the bracing rods above the first satorv the rooms are eleven feet six laches high the fourth story has an arched roof not bound in the centre by iappini lap lapping pini beams beai ns which also brace the walls the he root rood is corn com posed of three inch lumber fur four coats of tarred paper and tarred canvas the whole is covered with wita a coating of fine gravel the water is carried off by four drains in the roof are two fire escapee escape s by which in case of fire the occupants of the building would have no difficulty in escaping to the Z C M 1 I general store wita with which the factory is conne connected eted the tower is at the east side of the main maan building in the center and is sixteen fay by forty feet in ID it are the staircase elevator closets and rooms for the hits hats costs coats etc of the em aloyes pl oyes the whole building is perfectly li slated tl ot of the walls be ing windows there therb are in the four stories and basement two hundred and two windows each composed of four sashes one of which can be opened tor for ventilation the walls of the main building are fifty eight feet high and the tower seventy nine feet no plastering will be done as the brickwork is pointed inside as well as out ont A large force of men has been employed in the erection of the building the payrolls pay rolls showing that frequently over eighty men were engaged independent of teamsters watson brothers are the builders and the structure is a credit to that firm it has bias been inspected by men iu in the building line from the east who have expressed unqualified admiration for it it is perfectly sate safe to say it is probably the finest of its class between the missouri river and the pacific coast mr robert bowman a young youn man raised in the community has haa had entire charge of the carpenter work which has been solidly and ingeniously executed A few more buildings of this kind and there would be no doubt as to the substantial and progressive character of the boom i superintendent eldredge takes great satisfaction in contemplating the new factory building and its possibilities in the manufacturing line |
