CITY IMPROVEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 14532, 7 December 1910, Page 1

CITY IMPROVEMENTS

Evidence of faith taking effect in works • may bo seen, in tins convenient three-storey ' building just, finished in street for Messrs l'.-ik-mm and Barr, Limited, opposite their wweiiouM?. The new building IWL.S ou foundations of concrete, well i«ig- •. iorcc d with expanded metal and ribbed ■ Mel bar**, while halfwav up life vialk .tiHjiiiM- masrive of "similar material hi-.sjrx i.ht vrhoie Miuchne. most effectively, tin' fiouiv, resting en roiled etoel joists and i.'h.' rixnit 'consists of four p:v"s, v-jth i:.,-. wide spaces between glazed : .(i ai:ard ;.r.ipl;, ijjlii- u> the interior. .An • </■•(•!Ik:.-.<! t'.-.mo t:-aveliiiijr on stoel joists is, <lt»;gn,. c i i,; heavy weighU from lorries' and d";io:-it it.-ni where desired. The : iiivr ji;ut >A the ground floor i.s occupied ' by a Kit iron ai;<: . V;el rack, and acco:;v iiv»:;:iion is reserved for expanded steel •■ir.u nbbc-d elect bars for concrete rein'oHcmcnt, bail) \viu\ axles, springs, etc. A handy Nlriinvay leads to the first floor, ■ivii.'ir u bi'iky shipment of Sarven wheels, • s-hat'K .spoke*. etc., has already been stored. The top floor is designed to cany the (stock of file grates and well fires, where, nl.-o iilo bcartbs and surrounds will !'•■• slabbed cr set in concrete, this beinji the latest method of • svttinjr tiled five-jla.-ts. Air J. A. llarnside was. archi'ect and Mr 11. K. White the builder, and the proprietors are happy in the possession of a bm'Jdimr suitable for a trade that hrt6 quite outgrown their aiready extensive promises, while, the relief given will enable them to remodel the interior of the warehousv> ami display goods to better advantage.