DALGETY & NEW BUILDINGS.

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

DALGETY & NEW BUILDINGS.

Messrs. Dolgotyl and Co., the well-known firm of wool and,skin.,merchants,':.aid stock and, station ngontsi have decided on a big building, scheme for "Wellington,.. Which /is; 'already m progress; under the'.supervision .of Messrs. Chriohton and If'Kay, architects,: of Lambton Quay, which firm-has boon/entrusted wltlv the preparation of tho'.plans. ahd' ; specifications, The. Bohems 'consists: of and handsome office premises, on • the; corner, of Feathorston and Waring..Taylor 'a wool.'6toro on Th'orndon : Quay, ) which, • when ; cothplotpd,' will'he one of the most commodious and convenient in tho whole.of the Dominion* Th 6. offices are to consist of .a basement .and threo stories,- '■ haying. ■■ a. ■, frontage 0.f.l 65ft. to Feathereton ' Stroot ; . and..'. 97ft." to. Waring Taylor Street.'. The . which .'extends over the full area, Vrill .bo.utilised' for. storage 'purpose's, and:has seporato entrances leading down a.few steps from the footpath..'.The

ground and first floors are to bo occupied by Messrs. Dolgety and Co. as- offices/ and tho third flat is to bo divided into offices for letling.. The main onlranco to Dalgoty's" offices will bo In tho centra of Toatherston Street, from whioh frontage'thora will also be an entrance, 1 tedding to an electric passenger lift and a stairway. The building will have a blue-stone base, an attruotively-dosigned elevation in rqd pressed brick, relieved with coment facings. Special attentibn has boen paid to the ; llghting of tho building; large windows admitting a good body of light from tho east, north, and west, and a big light well doing its part on tho' southern side of the building. | Messrs. Dalgoty and Coi's new. offices are most conveniently situated, being within two or three minutes of the General Post Office, the wharves, andtho. railway/station., The great wool store on Thorndon Quay is to cover every; foot of a'block'of land having'

■a. frontage 0f.,200Tt. to .Quay,.bj,.(k,)i ;depth of' 100ft: ''} IfSvill,bo'a three-story build- '■-■:■

ing, '.with-.an. elevation of'red pressed, brick.'-,.';•: : i Only!, tho ground floor is to be subdivided,- a' ;;:.■/ '.;■. division :being '.made" to separato\\vopV- i.fronii '■''.<:'■'' ,(.'■'' 'skins.. The;wholo'of tho two 1 top ;' l .'i !':'; "used. and '.lt' ; is. averred,thatwill Set a new standard in wool stores in! -Now-'";'-;': Zealand., • Tho top floor will ba 1 mognificeiitly ; V:,':' ■ lighted'.':" by,,yfull4ongth.,. skylights;:-; and. il .*thi/ )t't- '■■: .middle floor'by a scries of extra'largo.ivindows, I ■''.;', ;':,v-'which-'will give a strong even light '-'v* -heart'of.the grader and 1 wpol-; : /'.. ; buyer.-;, For his' odlfleatipn . ; thß.CliKut, :bo,th , : ;,:;'. -, . natural ■ and : artificial, lias: boon ,avi'angcd -so". •';'':.''■';~". as; to-,strongly ,-'iUumino/,'the ■:; aisles,- to- be*-.-'. . flanked by the'wool! on view.-. Tho building ii M ■'■'■<';; ■•'■■ to bo!elabprately.;flttcd ; w.ith eleotrio lifts-nnd-. ,'.'!' l; hoists,', and: other, .appliances of '.a, modern ■'};-,. character, to' facilitate the.handling of wool.- 11 ;'. ■'';?..■','