. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . turn opens into the billiard room,thirty by fifty feet. This room accommodates fivebilliard tables and has a raised platform with oakbenches for spectators. Nine semi-indirect lightingfixtures of alba glassware finished in brush brass andblack are suspended from the ceiling by chains. Thewalls are covered with painted canvas nine feet highwith oak moulding above, while the flooring is ofcork matting. Directly off from the billiard parloris the wine and refrigerator room, containing the oakservice
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . turn opens into the billiard room,thirty by fifty feet. This room accommodates fivebilliard tables and has a raised platform with oakbenches for spectators. Nine semi-indirect lightingfixtures of alba glassware finished in brush brass andblack are suspended from the ceiling by chains. Thewalls are covered with painted canvas nine feet highwith oak moulding above, while the flooring is ofcork matting. Directly off from the billiard parloris the wine and refrigerator room, containing the oakservice bar and compartments extending from thefloor to the ceiling. The ladies entrance has a floor of red square til-ing covered with a runner of rich red carpet; wallsof Pompeuan red burlap nine feet high surmountedby oak moulding; hanging lights and oak lead to the main dining-room on the secondfloor from the ladies entrance lobby as well as fromthe lounging room. The dining-room consists of two divisions throwninto one, seventy-five by thirty feet, with height of CONSTRUCTION 465. ^-:^m seventeen feet and a seating capacity of one hundredand thirty. By raising the lower portion the floorpresents a level surface throughout. The walls arecovered with a brown paper of striking texture, ninefeet in width, hung horizontally so as to eliminate allneed of jointing, above which is a decorative friezewith designs of fruit, etc. This room is made espe-cially attractive by nine electric fixtures of moonstoneglassware finished in Roman gold; side draperies ofgold Turkanum cloth; lace curtains in point Araband Oriental rugs. A striking feature is the openingof the stairway originally closed. Accessible from the main dining-room by Frenchwindows is the roof garden, thirteen by twenty feet,built in the old interior court. The floor is of slate,the walls of trellis work painted green. A smallflight of stairs leads to the roof of the lounging room,which will permit of future extens
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