Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . ectural appearance. The walls of the basement and principal story are two feet thick;above that, they are 18 inches thick. The joists of all the floors are 3by 17 inches. The height of the basement in the clear is 11 feet; prin-cipal and second stories^ 15 feet; while the attic or assembly hall, whichforms one room throughout the building, is 18 feet in the clear. Fourcapacious stairways communicate between the basement and the ingress and egress to the building are v
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . ectural appearance. The walls of the basement and principal story are two feet thick;above that, they are 18 inches thick. The joists of all the floors are 3by 17 inches. The height of the basement in the clear is 11 feet; prin-cipal and second stories^ 15 feet; while the attic or assembly hall, whichforms one room throughout the building, is 18 feet in the clear. Fourcapacious stairways communicate between the basement and the ingress and egress to the building are very ample, safe, and con-venient, and consist of ten large doorways—four in front, just at eachside of the main building, and six in the rear, four of them correspondingwith those in front, giving an extent for these purposes of 72 feet inbreadth. The interior is well lighted and ventilated throughout. Thewindows are of ground glass, which is a new thing in public buildingshere, and verj eeonomical, as it dispenses with curtains and air is introduced through the apertures near the doors, which are. 27 211
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