BETEUNE AND CO.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2297, 3 November 1914, Page 9

BETEUNE AND CO.

-NEW-,BUILDING COMPLETED.

vA; distinct improvemeiit ha; been effected; "to * one'' section "of,; Peathersfph Street;, by - the'" completion; of Messrs; - Bethiin'e-and Co.'s 'four j floor briclr ;.struc(jure ! bn..'thei.'corner. thoroughfare and Brandon Street. The-new structure, has displaced an old wooden, and- somewhat misty, relic of other days, and _in all the glory of a ( red pressed brick 'facade : relieved' with cement facings, the building has.-a heartening; eft'ect on a quarter of the City", wliorei' a; good; of -rebuilding would do no harm. The -building is a?three-etory building;' ivith a mezzanine floor above the firm's ! own grbund- : floor- quarters";' , -' , On p, thd-' / 'Brail'asg='StreoE t frontage, as formerly, there is a large sale-room, with a fine suite of offices ; for the firm covering the rest .of the ground .floor .and the Whole,' of " the mezzaniiio floor, ■ There are stairs,'- and a Mlf-'working'Jclectric-. elevator for the use. of those wishing to ;ascaid;to tho. two top floors, which are divided into ,well-lit and conveniently arrang^d'suites, of ofEces, some 'of which have'-already been let, to the Guardian.' I ;;lnsurance. Office, Dimock and Co.,' and the Shaw, • Shvill, and' Albion- Company. . Thb, fittings , throughout are of o rimu heart, sliowing the rich .grain of tho selected timber used to the best advantage. The furnishings combine taste and convenU ence - throughout; Both heating and lighting aro by electricity, and every suite of rooms has an independent control

The architects of the new building aro Messrs. Crichtou and M'Kay. The work was under the supervision of Mr. Csmpbcll Colqulioun, and Mr. Henry Ranson was .the main. con-i tractor. The suji-contractors were as follow Painting. v ' decorating, . and glazing',- Smith and Smith; Wunderlich steel' ceiling, throughout, Briscoe arid Co.; plumbing; LeveStam and M'Lau'ghlan; electrical work, Bulford and Drevittplastering, 'Foley, and Sons; automatic passenger lift, ■ Turribull and Jones. ,