The main room which has a floor
area of about 5500 feet has been re
painted and repaired and finished in
a light color that will make the room
much brighter and more cheerful. The
floor will be put In condition for danc
ing and will be made into one of the
j best places for that especial enjoy
I ment in the city. Partitions in the
ante rooms have been taken down
and where there were formerly three
small rooms on the north side, there
is now a large room.
On the south side of the building Is
a smaller hall where Mr. Cutler had
a broom factory but this room has
been cleared and newly sheathed
and painted. People from out of town
were looking at this room Tuesday
with a view of using ii for a wrench
factory, but this may not materialize
and if it does not the room will be
put in use as a banquet room. All of
the smaller rooms have been newly
painted and decorated in light color
schemes which will give them a par
ticularly bright and cheerful appear
ance The new name is to be Ham
mond hall.”
This is one of the oldest halls in
the city and was at one time the drill
hall ior the militia here but since the
company disbanded the hail has not
been used for anything in particular
and has gradually gone out of use un
til getting in a bad condition. When
the work was first started several
weeks ago it was found necessary to
raise a part of the building in order
to true up some of the floors.
