UNION 'STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S NEW PREMISES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 15

UNION 'STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S NEW PREMISES.

, i :' l .;-:''TheY.lafge,;nbw.*»uildihg..'designed -by;-llossrt.' •7S•.urichton';anj^^V'M^a^'■:>:for''-' : Stount .y.SHljp, 1 CbrnpohyUs.'/beginning-: to:',tako. : definito ';:vwnblo;,'pf:v thbf foundations; having ■'H'Mteliiid/'atid'.a' 'start 'ha ving.'beon .made ' ; with : •:.' yho'nfcbmpletqdj f.will; bo.- an 'orna'raout tb .the ■ ,-:,'watev iEvonti' and will 'be.finished; : off .'oniajj: .../'.imposing: scale,, with;'all'thb-most.modern, iii'r proyoments.' The/front.p'ortidn.pf.th'e building :;,",'ylllvbe, of .pressed teick, relieved ■ with, foment

facings,:', and a:,massito: blub-stono ■ baso. J;Tho wholo'.bf: tho';3roUnd;.tfloor ; will;bo.(occupied as.officos for. tho TJnioii-Company,'and tho'Now iieuldnd' Shipping'. Coaipany,'■ a' prominent; en-, .trarico \ to v.tho; two,: sots of dflicos - boing V from. the,.CustomhousevQuay 'frontage. ':,There, .will bo another .'large'entrance.: at tho' cbrhor' of "Johnston Street;and;.Customhouse,'Quay,'- this 'ontranco ;Eiving'''acceßi .to the /offices:-situated .in:the,uppor 6torioa,./...The wholo'of'■:tho first and' Second: floors will bo lot da '.offices;' and the

third,floor' mil be given over, to storogo pur.ppses.. As 'lh'mnst modern' buildings,. a;llft .will.bo' provided.'to. malco.tho:top iloorfl'moro convenient, .and arrangements have also -been ; madp fori life,: to : bo, used; for'.' tho' carriage: of ■ goods.'.''.Tho corridors: throughout tho building willvbo tiled, and' tho. staircase •will bp.'of,marble,..whilst the walls will bo: finished off'with, plaster;,'. A. largo basement is: also;provided.-' tor,' and will-,bo ! used'':for storage purposes,' threoseparate'entrances to

this portion of the edifice having been planned. The huilding is to bo of steel from type, and will be constructed of brick and concrete. The floors and partitions will be fireproof, and the building will bo'heated throughout, with, radiators.' A, special .feature is. being mado-of. tho lighting right through the building. It; is "expected that another .twolve months Vrill'.soevtho building ready for.occupation. ' ; :';•; ■.'•;-.: ./■:': ;' , : "; ",. '■'.' ■/.■' v.-:' ' : .-.-X