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 556 The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [Mar., The first floor will be raised four feet above the sidewalk ; the second floor twenty-five feet ; the third floor fifty feet ; and the attic floor, at the main cornice, will be elevated seventy feet above the ground. The attic will have a French or Mansard roof, fifteen feet high above the crown moulding; and will be finished with an ornamental cornice and cresting of iron work. The tower, or central projection of the front, will be carried up fort3*-eight feet above the main cornice, and covered with a dome, in the Louvre st3'le, on which will be placed an open octagon belfry of fifteen feet diameter, terminating in an ogee domelet and vane, making the whole structure one hundred and seventy-five feet high above the sidewalk. The front of the building and the upper part of the tower will be of stone, and the side and rear walls of brick, finished with dressings of stone around all the openings. The dome and belfry will be constructed of iron, and the dome covered with copper. The belfry is intended to receive the Fire-Alarm Bell ; and the upper stories of the tower^aud the dome, are intended for the use of the Fire Department and Alarm Telegraph. At the top of the tower, and in the base of the dome, will be clock faces of eight feet diameter — one on each of the four sides of the square — which can be seen from all parts of the city and Allegheny. The main entrance to the building will be through an arcade, on the first floor, of three openings, six feet wide each ; this arcade forming a porch of fifteen feet deep by thirty-four feet wide. From this arcade we enter a main doorway, of six feet wide, lead- ing through a vestibule, twelve feet by sixteen feet deep into a central rectangle of thirty-six feet square. This rectangle will run up to the roof, having galleries, six feet wide, carried around, at each floor, from which doors will communi- cate with all the rooms, and be sur- mounted, at the roof, with a raised sky- light, that will be arranged to form a ventilator for the whole building. On the rear of the rectangle will be placed the stairway, twenty feet wide by twenty- nine feet deep, extending to the back wall of the building:, having large win- clows in each stoiy. The stairs will be built of stone ; and will have a central flight of eight feet wide, and two side flights of five feet each. The first floor will have the Mayor's offices, placed on the right side of the entrance, with a side door entering from the arcade ; and will consist of a Court Room, thirty-six bj r thirty-seven feet, a Clerk's room of nineteen feet square, Chief of Police's private room ten by six- teen feet, and a private room for the Mayor fourteen by eighteen feet. In the rear of the Mayor's offices, and en- tering from the central rectangle, will be a public office, eighteen by thirty- six feet, and a private room of fourteen by eighteen feet, for the City Surveyor and Engineer, who will have private rooms for his draftsmen placed on the thii-d floor. On the left side of the first floor will be placed the offices of the City Treasurer and Controller, each with a public room of thirty -six by thirty-seven feet, private rooms of eight feet by nineteen feet, and vaults of seven by fifteen feet — the public rooms having side entrances from the front arcade and the central rectangle. On the second floor, in the front of the building, will be placed the Council Chambers. The Hall of the Common Council will be thirty-six feet wide by fifty-six feet long ; and that of the Select Council thirty-six by thirty-eight feet, there being a connecting hall between them of thirtj'-five feet square, for a general Committee Room — all being twenty-four feet high — the Committee Room being in the middle of the front, with windows opening on a balcony over the main entrance, and intended to be used as a Public Reception Parlor. On the rear of the Select Council Cham-