New-York Tribune from New York, New York • Page 11

THK NKW TRIBUNE. CoBllnurd from Nl-tfc Paae. street level, ead dlminisl. by degrees to 2 feet 8 ii- at the earea. The roar and north walls are from 5 to 3 feet thick, aud the main parti? tion wall Inch runs back from the south side of the tower parallel with Spruce street ia from 4 feet 8 to 3 feet thick.

Lo solidity and thorougli work? manship there are few in America that com with it, and it offers a strong oontraet to the prevailing style of cheap, hasty and do t-t-ptive which has brought so much it im redit npon New-York architeeture. The great atone arches, though flU-od with such procision, and muh capable of rMisting unaided any strain which be laid upon them, are nevertheless fur? nished with huge Iron bands on the inner aide md amiss the top, as an additional precaution agai spi-eadiiiR. The brick walla aro strengt wi i. frequent conrsM of bond-stone-, and every window or door opening, in the front, rear, or Interior, is cov? ered hy an arch of masonry. Even the granite lintels of the are re-enforced by brick arches behind.

No coiit rivancc which coubi bo suggested to increase tlie stability of tho building and preserve it from any conceivable accident has been omit ted. Abovo all, it In of thobuild ing there is not a single beam or lath parti? tion. There is nothing that will burn except win? dow frame, and doors. Even the plank flooring of the rooms, though it might be charred, could hardly be consumed, for it is laid upon a cement founda? tion. If hy any mischance a fire should break out in one of the rooms, it would probably beconfiiictl to thai upai tin.

ut, aud it would bo morally impassible for it to spread to another door. It could not get through the Mikng, and it could not get up the stairs, every part of tho stairways and halls being entirely incombustible. As a safeguard against lires outside, the windows of the first story and ment and all the windows on Spruce street aro fur? nished withsliiittersof uirrugatod steel, which roll up out of sight. The roof, of slate and iron, of course is BBBaeaOable, nor in there any woodiibout the gutters, tin. or the tower.

Moreover, there is no such thing in the building as an iron column. Experi en-e has shown that iron columns are liable to heat, and bring down whatever rests uiK.ii them. In the new Tribune Btllldlnf they have accordingly been discarded, and all iron floor aro hrmly imbedded and authored in solid masonry. In tho vault, indeed, lhere art a few iron columns under tho sidewalk, but they 101111 no part of the building proper, and if Ile were te fall, no serious consequences would fol tlie accident. In the vault, however, a conllagra tion is, of Beana, a wild i ni possibility.

A NEW OF FLOOR. The flrvor. rest upon heavy iron bearii-, feet apart, tilled in by an invention whit we regard one of the novel and valuable of all the many improve? ments that the building exhibits. Tho'old mode of Must rutting fire-proof floors (a specimen of which maybe sim ia the Spruce street building we have just is to arch over the Bpa'-e between beams with brick, lias many draw? backs, the most obvious of which are that it an unsightly vaulted oeiliiiR, and lays a v. Beary weight uj-on the building, which, in an ediiice of nine stories, might be a serious trouble.

A laaaat invention enables us to substitute for UM Barred arch of brick a flat arch of hollow con? crete blocks, which are light, cheap, easily laid, and by fire or water. The principle of the lal arah be readily understood from the diagram This represents a transverse section of two beams, t-hii the hi.i.ks in position between Uhid. It will l.c nea that the flanges of tin? act at abat? as nts, ujHUi whiih rest the lirxt blot 0:1 li solo so to speak, of the all the othur blocks aro larger at the top than al the bottom, the middle one serv as a keystone. The blocks are about 0 inches thick and a foot in length, and are made of all widths, the average being perhaps 10 inches. The is I of Plaster of Paris, coke dust, and a peculiar quality of lime, obtained only at T' ii, in France.

The blocks aro made hollow, for the sake of economy, lightness, and convenience of handling. They eau be easily cut with a hatchet any desired shape, and are set very rapidly in n-ort-T v. hi. li soon hardens. When they are once in place we have a solid floor, in which we can chop holes, if ire wish, without impairing its safety, and hole- can be plastered up again with a lump of the composition end some gauged mortar.

Every hi kier and house-owner will appreciate the value of at whii li accommodates itself so readily toaltera us. plaster of course adheres to it read so th- it lal aud studding are rendered superfluous, but, ts-st of alL, it is unalterable by fire. have been heated to redness and then thrown into without suSForing any injury. The experiment was tried of maintaining a fierce flame under a floor of this material, and no tBPM was produced, the com nat only resisting the heat but protecting ii'i-i. Its boarint? strength toe is that can be leab-d.

The same material, though in blocks of a shape, is used throughout the building foi pe wherever brick is not called for, us. hkowi-o as a lining for the roof. It is a Ain. .1, Tilt: TBIBUXB bing almost dist in which it has boen ust-d ona vciy large beale. THE INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS.

A dry and well ventilated cellar extends under the whole and communicates by openinirs the pure with a vault undor tho sidewalk and street, lofty enough to oontain a two-story house. the side the outer line of this vault ex? nein ly to the middle of Spruce street, and on weat it has a still greater width. The walls are roiif-h stone masonry, four feet thick, with a brick anchored to it with irons, and between the and the brick there isa space of "dead air" which proti cts the vault from dampness. The floor lagis a made of imported cement, and t.i- roof is of iron beams filled in with Unck arches, the whole being covered on the outside cement and asphalt The vault is 19 and feot wide, perfectly ventilatod, and abundantly lighted from the open area which lies in twit of the basement story. It contains at present a 01 the printing machinery of Thk TB-BUB-, Bad of the largo stock of paper.

basement etory contains a cheerful room Spruce utroet, and another at the uorth end ti. the street side, entered by a short flight of granite st? having largo and hand-tome win news. This line room, vthich measures 48 by and is moro tliau half above the surface of the nttcit, has beta rented for biisine-ta The aeuVrbaeeflMat will be rented unless we should -tut it uocoasary to toko it for tba of Tua IHK iltlHUNH COUNTINO ROOM. The Counting Room aud l'uhli? atiou Office of Tua Tumi M. on the corner, ia uinjne of lie nat and lun.t beatltilill bi-Hlieit? in tv-York.

the whole building is mjat ted it ill be nearly 100 foot long, but at ililli' i. aro 20 by lu feet, with a bight at feet. It is 14 inches above the sidewalk, rea'bed by two granite The interior and decorations aio a marveloi elegauce. withptnelsof light It? 'ich Blay. The corn.co and tho wido oiiiaineiiU-d um te, and the are lu ian i .1 pe-id gr.ty tint, WitbaglM p.iluce'l by theappl.c-tiouof aiius-tli iule the wall Is This p.oc?__> not ont a beaulif ii j-olish, with tin of in.ii lili-, but protc the plaatef i th.

BBtlaa ol uatcr and A vt til thus eBB bo and is uot liable to supcib marble counter which runa nearly the de ii. A th. out ol tho of noirs press. the Mtablishment. The top slab is of black Belgian marble and the front is paneled with marble-, of various kinds and colors, the base being black Rclgian, the frieze consisting chiefly of the beauti? ful black and gre-cu speckled marble known as green star, the cornice black and red, and tho background of the panels a dark Italian ll.irdligio marble.

The raised panel? themselves aro of rich variegated marbles, in every hue and combination, and th-Bg- there are more than thirty slabs in tho room, there are not two alike. The dated pilasters b( tween the panels are of red marble. Above of them is an ornament of leaf design in real bronze, aud bronze bosses are also inserted in the corners of tho panels. The patten of the counter is coutiuued around the walls as a wainscot, with the same Rclgian and Italian marbles. lu the -liddle of tho south side of the room the wainscot is modi tied to form a reading stand supported by handsome bronze brackets.

On top of the counter is an elaborately carved screen of ash. inlaid with satin-wood, apple, and cherry, in black, and brown, with figured ground glan panels, and openings for the sale, and advertisement clerks and the various bookkeepers. It is one of the best pieces of wood-carving to bo seen in any public ollie? iu this city, and tho design is extremely rich and tasteful. The wainscot behind the counter is of ash, and its panels are made of the root of ash, highly pott-tad. No native wo-od is susceptible of a liner finish than this, and the contrast of colors presented in tho pan? eling will be universally admired.

The. same di inning combination is used in the huge win? dow casing? of the Counting l.ooiu. The Cashier, desk is in the old buililiutr, has an arched win? dow op nmg into the Publication at lb'? east end of the counter, willi a black marble si.ii?, a curved inner casing of ash, with a. h-ront panels, and a carved and inlaid ash front, correspoiid ing with the counter-screen. Doon to match give access to the private otlice of the Publisher, and other portions of tho business department of the paper, whit for the present aro still in the old building.

The is of Mi i li.i. li mosaic tiles, of bright pattern, laid iu cement. These tiles arc made in Germany, and are so hard that they will cut glass. The entrance from l'liuting lbiuse i-Viuare is by swing doors of ash. having plate glass wimbiwsabove and at each side, the granite arch? way of this entrance being 'JO feet high by 16 inches wide.

The two windows on Spruce street are of about the same generous dimensions. They aro tilled with heavy Engli. platt- glans, the largest incasuring 1-0 by 72 At night the room will be lighted by bronze chandeliers of a special and there will be small standards and globes, of the same design, on top of the counter-screen. It is worthy of remaik that the ordinary spelter is not used, all the gas fixtures throughout the building bo ing of bronze, made after the design? of our own architect. The other metal fittings, hinges, locks, otc.

are of the same metal and of corresponding pat? terns. TITE MAIN Tho entrance to the main building is in tho tower and entirely distinct from the entrance to the Count- I ing Room. Two iiiiigiiiliceiit monolithic coluiuu? of highly polished dark Quincy granite, whose BIB 1" feet long by feet in diameter, and without, a flaw, support heavy bali of granit-'. Rehuid the columns an- line gi unite slabs. The granite work of the fiieailc continued into the Teat-bale between the columns, and forms at the back a second an way approach ed by a flight of 9 graaite stfim.

On each hand, inclosed in a frame, isa Directory to the building. Overhead is a oiling of a descrip? tion quite novel in New-York, the only other exam? ple of it, we that a very small one? being found in the 1'rcsby terian HoOBital. It consists of a groined arch of baltimore front brick, neatly set in black mortar, with granite ribs aBBBBBf iu the center. From a at the point of in? tersection hangs a diop-light. The hall of the first story, which lies beyond this vestibule and Ls closed by swing doors, is eight feet six Ineheo share the curb.

It is paved with Ma -l-l lach mosaic tiles, like the Counting BoOOB. Bad runs buck ta? the nar wall of the present building, the intentiou being when the addition is put up to carry it around to Frankfort street. Just opposite entrance the stairs and the two passenger elevators, side by sido The staircases are of iron, with wrought-iion deck, beams of strength, cast-iron and slate treads. They are carried up in the same style and with the same materials to the ninth floor. There two large windows in the course of each flight (looking north), and the stairs are furthermore lighted from tho elevator-well which is laoleaed by a strong iron net-work.

Visitors who pre? fer to make tho ascent by the stairs will hi? st nick by the remarkably easy slope and the convenient arrangem? nt of the landings. The elevators, however, which are built upon a greatly improved pattern, will bo constantly running, and as there are two cars side by side, plooeo gers are not likely to be kept waiting under any cir cumstauces moro than a few There are sonic largo buildings in this city in which two eleva? tors ure put at oppo.situ end. of a long hall so far apart that impatient passengers who mis? ouo and go to the aro very apt to miss that too. The elevators are comfortably furnished, and contain a I. to the rooms.

Mettlach tiling of various patterns is laid in all the halls, to tho vory top. The ceiling of all the halLi is of French gray, with white cornices, and tim walls aro of a light mottled yellow tiut, with the same smooth finish which we huvo de? scribed in of the Counting Kooin. The lower however, of every hull, as well as the wallsafall theetaifaaeee, is we.aa._oted with large of a light blue-gray nimble, mounted by a of black liclguin and red linotte. The whale ili-ct is wonderfully rich and iinpo-iing. and th" general of the halls, with theirabaadaatlightaadair, eheate hutsump tuous is uni cheeiful.

OfTII E8 Ou the first besides Pablieatloa TilK 1 kimi. VK, piLTi; is only largs room, ead that I Ls on the left the entrance, with two very targe double looking upou 1'nn tin liousc and a third giving upon a well in the This room, 15 by 27 feet, and 14 feet high, is well adapted for a banking or uisuraneooflico. It will be tiuislu-il with great elegance, having a wainscot of ash, willi tho beautiful ush-root panels, and Met tia? liles on all that part of the Moor by the public. The rooms of tin- second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, ami seventh stories aro all arranged on one general plan, and except in bight and the shape of tia? windows one lloor is substantially like every other. The bights arcas follows: 2d Story.12 fr.

Oin. Sd Story.12 ft. Story.II ft. BtM. 5th ft.

6th Story.10 ft. 0 in. 7th Story.IO ft. Hin. The following plan shows the arrangement of the rooms: sheet glass in tho rest of tho building.

Croton water and marble wash-basins aro found in every room, without exception. The wjILj are of wliito hard finish, with an ash strip and molding about three toot from lloor. The ceilings aro like those of the li? ate French gray, with white and o-ntci-pieco. Tho linois aro of narrow pine planking. Steam, gas, and water ale carried along deep mOOOOM in tin? closed by handsome ash paneling, BO that they COO be rea? lud without dam ige to the wall te 0000 any repairs should become necessary, (lilt-tipped pic? ture rods run around every room under tim cornice.

The oppHanon for heating and ventilation, which are novel uinuiially will bo described further on. rea Kim mu al. ituiivt-. The eighth story in now devotod to the editorial A represents the hall. Iii feet in? lim wide, and tho elevators, with tho stairs on the north and mt sides of tliena.

The dimensions of the ollieeson the lloor aro as follows: It, 98feet6 indies by 10 feet; 38 feet li inches by 15 foot 10 inches; fe.it inches by III 15 by Hi f. et 10 I feet inches by lu feet li, 21 by 99 bet II, 14 by I 21 feet; 10 bp 21 feet. They are larger on tim upper Hours, asthe thickness of tho walls is gradually reduced. It will be seen that: 1. ry roora is lighted i from the outside; 2.

Kvery room bus cither three or two front windows, except the rooms marked Ii and which have only one; there are no dark rooms anywhere; A. iffftlmmomi on ovitry Hour comiuiiiiicato with each otlior; 1. All but two have also direct coniniiinication with hall. Nearly all the rooms, therefore, eau bo rented singly, and at the same time they are inimitably udapttxi for law firms and others who re? gain ofli cs in suites. At tho north of tho building, especially, tho wants of lawyers iiavo been taken into particular consideration.

Tho large room in the rear, vv ith a double don open? ing from the hall, is designed for the i Iel ks and tin law library. At the further end it ioiiiiiiniiirates with a mm, whole width of tim build? ing, with wintlow? front and and on the gnat side it opens into two tine front rooms. In it. should be determined to rent the front rooms sepa? rately, the rootB in the roar would be used as a hall. The room on tho south-west, cbrner has six Ittlge 4vindo4vs, three looking upon the l'ark and three upon Spun street, with a view down Nassau.

All ollices indeed are light and erf ill, and are cer? tain to bo cool in Summer. The great thickness of the walls will keep oil' the heat of the sim, and tho open of the Hall l'ark is the playground of July breezes, llroadway is in full view from any floor, while from the upper part of the building the roams over the whole island, and takes in Brook? lyn on tlie one side, Staten Island, the lower bay, and the distant ocean on another, and the hills, cities, towns, and villages of New Jersey on a third. On a clear day tho tower of the water-works at High Bridge eau bo distinctly seen. One need not climb to Um top, however, to get a pu'iorutna of city life. From mm lesser elevations we look ilowu upon the ceaseless tide of travel which rolls bank and forth along the ihoroiighfaro immediately before us; wa watch the Aeon moving masses on llroadway, and the crowd that seems to bo perpetually issuing- from tho t'ity Hal! and frittering itself away before ii has fairly got off the esplanade; or we rest our eyes, we hope, before many weeks, with the soil POM young grass and budding tree-, and the Hash ni the fountain which was begun in the last generation, and promises to be finished in the xt.

l'ONHing by the i'ost-Utlico, WO see, down tlie inclino of 1'aik place and Kobnmon street, th?) bustle at the wharves, oi we look a little fur? ther and fifllow the steamships out to sea. The doors Unding into the halls have gummi glass panels, aud those on the lower floors also liavelraiisuui light.s. I'hi'linois between the rooms, however, ate solid and gate thick, so that no tenant is likely to bo annoyed by his neighbor. Tho woodwork throughout the building? diHirs, windows, window cases, sub base, croton chmet, of ash, handsomely paneled, and exhibiting a pleasing variety of light tints. No paint is used on any of tho woodwork except the out? side of the windows, but the aah is linisheil with shellac and beeswax, which gira 0 slight gloss to tho and a wanner MOOtOUM color.

The doors un all hung on orna? mental lntigin supplied willi sii el washers, to prevent tin- r.ipul weal of tin- iinl.il ami consequent Bogging i be The locks ami knobs an- Made to i urn spond. livery window s.iah, front and rear, is moilo with single pam-, ami hung with im pioved ni? -talliu chains of Am.ii.aii m.ii.ni i- ami new design. Bogliah plate glass of ibu host quality is used in nil the windows up to ibu fuurtli alory, and double tin- department of Tiik Tr.intiNK, although the Sprat and Frankfort street extensions an? it will probablybe reatad forofflcea. The hit-lit this story is 10 feet ti inchi-s. The walls, ceilings, waiii-cot, ead woodwork are the bbbm as ea the flaan below, but the arrangement of the rooms L.

entirely di At the head of tin- stairs ami opposite the entrance to the elevator is a reception parlor, to whii'h all visitors will be shown, tho cilia-es of tho editan baiag kept strictly private Next to the pin li.ron the street sido are two apartments toi the use of the night and day OditoCS, general news editors, exchange readers, dee. A Urge and handsomely furnished moa. OB the loatb-weot corner, overlooking Spraea and Naooaa streets ami the to be moro exact, overlooking New-Yolk Hay ami Harbor, the North Kiva-r, and a good part ti occupied by tho princi? pal writers ami critics. The room of tin I editor is in tho tower. North li, on tit west front.

a ii room for meetings of the editorial and rooms tor tho editor of the weekly ami semi-weekly, and tin? financial and agricultural eihtors. Opposite tln-se, on the east building, is the office of tho city editor, ead the satire aofth ead of this story ieaarifaadta the reportere, whoa, there is abundant light, air, and with a niult.tinle of comforts and a (invenidle? I to which this ami aluablc ebus of nea unfortunately not most Ann rn.in Bewspapet offices. All tin nioni.t on this ii" except the receptioa par lor, are nuuiiri ted tog? tlnr bv partition ol the BUM pitttirn as those in the -tones, l'lieiimutii- tubes for the i of letters, tele? grams, run to the desk of tim night editor from the Counting BoaSB, where al) ure raeoi-eda UM tubes are I inches ia di.imetoc being the largest yet and aro made of copper iu lengths (if l.r> or -0 bet, without ac oaratrij foiaed at tin- ami Ceeteaed together by a collar soldi-n-d iipam the outside. They are of American manufactuiu, and greatly superior to tho imported The machinery by which thoy aro operated is very ingenious and also very simple. A blower in the basement, drawiug its supply of air from one of tho rear windows, sends a powerful blast through the tube, carrying with it a liiit.ru ii leather cat which contains wl'atever it is desired to tian-iiuit.

Tlnj car is IflaMted or reinnvcd through nings in the fitted with henuotical ib mi-. riicuinatic nd from tho night editor's desk to the Composing l.i..m, and tho rooms of the chief editor and city editor. Hie position of the last two apartments tho problem of pneumatic oininiiiiii ation ritlnr a cult one, as it is impracticable to carry the tub?) around short co me ra, The perplexity was solved, however, by conveying tho tube frouuthe night desk straight up to the attic, where it was brought by a mathematical curve of long radius to a point iinmc (liiif. ly over the spot to be reached, and thence down. An elaborate system of speaking tubes and electric annunciators connects the desks, of the chief editor Bfld principal assistant with overy portion of tho editoiial nuil the chief editor's room is in communication, by the same contrivances, with the Composing l.oom, Room, and i'ublication ifl.ee.

The day and night desks have similar attach? ment-). We can safely say that, for comfort, ele g.in??-. cooliieaH, cheerfulness, and adaptability to th? purpose, there are no editorial rooms in tho I'niiiM comparable to those of the now Tribuno. tiik 000-B08UM Tho Composing boom is one of tin? most rnmurk able parts ni the binldiiig. It occupies the whole ni the millik- loaf, with the exception of the -mall apartment in the tower communicating willi the i Im editor's laaai muleim-ath by spiral as? and it maybe iih.il a-, a huge one arm of Mill? li is feet lung by feet wi.lc, tile I.

long bj wide. If has a bight of no less f. fi, with a flat ceiling in white li.ud iniL.h. The walls, of being plaste rod, are handsomely finished in Baltimore front brick, whose dark red color is beautifully brought out by a thin coatingof oil. The cornice of black and redbrick, laid in projecting geometrical designs.

The enormous iron framework of the mansard roof rests upon the piers this story, and a part of it, bung built into the walls of tho room, is fashioned in decorative designs, painted I lilac tint. A double row of largo windows nine eutinly around the room, looking North, South, Font, and Welt, and giving such an abundance of light and ventilation as no other printing otlico in the Union can show. I'ltiimitdy this magnil'u room will ex? tend over tho whole of The Tuuiiwe property, and it will then measure 87 feet on Printing House Square, about 'A. on Spruce street, and L69 from Spruce lo Frankfort. About midway of the bight of the wall, small iron are built in upon vvhi? muy be hung brackets for a light iron gallery.

Over the stairs a temporary fioorhn boenencted for the Bono. It will be heil by a spiral stain and shut in from the noise of the Composing If oom by sashes, with a window opening just abovo tho desk of the foreman. It has two outside windows also, looking North. Pneumatic lohn connect the Coni posing Koom with the Counting Koom and the Night Editor's Boom, and speaking tubes and electric annnncinton extend to all the editorial, business and mechanical deportments. are riondi Cog about 100 COtnpoeiton, and a force as large ii that ia employed on ope? ial nions, olthoogb oo ordinary nights 00 good tuen can easily set tiny of the ti rsl-class New-York papers.

Tin- fiirnitiiro of the Compoolng Boon is nea end of the best and most iinprovi'il (lesiription. The stands are of iron, and remarkably compact and pnttern bellin an invention of Bohert which we hare need for the past two yens. A complete outfit of DOW typo, of the various employed in this paper, has been ior Bl by Brui and is and to-day for the Ant time. The former gotten i which was originally Inrented expoewly tut Tin: Tnini'Nh) has been reproduced, except in the agate type and the numerals; both than have been greatly improved In beauty am! legibility, Till I mc AND ToWl.K. The llopingottk above Composing Room is about seven feet high at the center, und ii lea? lied both from thf? tower and by a spiral staircase in the rear of the Composing Boon.

It contains part at the ni.K'hiiiery of large iron water tanks for the supply of the upper lloors; ami some of the ventilating apparatus. There aro rooms still higher ni the tower, finished off like the Composing Bonni with Baltimore front brick and commanding a superb view of Manhattan Island. They will he used by The Trihi ne for docuim-iit-rooius. hies. A.c.

IMIMMVFMFNTS AND CONVENIENCES. WAMMXMQ INI) VKNIll AIloN. systi-m of wanning and ventilation is some what novel, ami promises tobe the most t.ive ami agro-able ever employed in so a building. The entire establishment is heated by steam, the prineipnl supply pipn running froin the cellar to the top ilooi ni masonry raMooea al th? side of UM win? dows, covered by the ash casing, and i pro? tect? against bool by a pin king of felt and a sail i loth cover, an- placed in a ween under ooo of the windows te oraj room, and cloned te by ga ornamental ixoa front? io that no part of the ap? paratus is risible except turn-cock. Betncou the granite window sill and tin- bin k-imik tin reis a long narrow opening into the outer air, hidden, hon? orer, from the street by the projecting -tone.

A tight-fitting non moved by knob In the room, enables one ti? close this aperture at pi? a iim, Wheo it ia open Um Emoh air bom out of doors nebea in, through the heated nile, is to the room by a lattice work in the iron front, and linally makes its ape ihroiigh a bronze ventilator near the top of tlie op poottewalL The ventilator, the ouH-r opening; and the steam coil, being all under the control of the occupant of the room, the outside draught, the tt-ni peiatun-of tho pipes, aud the exit of the heated air can be regulated, by em li one according to his taste. The old stylo of radiator heats the foul air of the room over anti over again this now device keeps the atmosphere perfectly fresh. If the temperature is too low it eau quickly be raised by shutting the ventilator for a moment and turning on the steam if it is too high the room eau be cooled in a few sec? omb? by shutting oil the and opening the ventilator ami the outside aperture. Fvcry room in the building has at leant one capacious ventilating finn communicating directly with the attic, There the foul air is again heated by steam coils, st) as to produce a strong upward current, emptying the thies by suctiou, and driven nut thlOOfb openings which extend all along tin? ridge of tlie roof. The lower part of each wintlow is fitted with a slit for admission of air, eland by a handsome bronze Hiding valve, so arranged that it serve? also a hanlin for raising the sash.

PBATCBn. The multitude of tubes, trie wires, pneumatic ns well many of the water and g.ut pipes, aro conveyed from top to bottom of the building through a wide duo in the ina.sonry of oin- of the thickest partitiou walls. Small paneled doors Lu all the halls give access lo thein, so that they can be reached for repairs and alter? ations without and additional con? nection? be made between any of the floors for tenants who desiiu thom. A separate well in tho same wall is used for lowering the forms from tho Boom to the Stereotype Boom in the sub basement. in the building is of the and most durable quality.

Then is no imitation, either in the stun ture itself or in tin- nitiametitathm and noth? ing his MB neglected which may add to the sub st iiiiial beauty of thoedilin- or tho convenience of its iM'ciipauts. Bray pne ration has bein tokm to quiet, elaanltesn and gaoMsnl miar. Bo Maaofoo tunug business of any kind will hu in the building OOM opened. lint printing presses are ni tho vault? of the old building on Spruce stioot, aud will not be heard ia the new quarters. Th? i power is brought by shafting I from a building still further down Spruoe The elevators run without noise, the wire ropee passing over wheels of a peculiar construction, in which tlie sound deadened by leather.

The character of th? floors and partitions, all of which mc loee dead au, will not allow noise to be readily transmitted frees room to room. The entrance for compoeitors, prese? mon, folders, and all the mechanics will be through the old building on Spruce street, and the business of the paper are also entirely distinct frota tho quarters occupied by tenants, having their entrance from the street. TUE DEPARTMENT. WMHMIf I88M Tlie having been sol and made up into pagee in the Composing Boom, is lowered by a steam bit te the cellar at the rear of the Spruce street side, stereotype platee are there oast from it. Taa TitiB.NB, more than 1.

years ago, was the tirat to attempt the adaptation of the atoreotype prtricess te the wants of a daily newspaper, and tho first to make uso of this beautiful contrivance, without which it may safely be said that the development of modern journaliim would have been tra? r-ossible. 801110 years before the war, Mr. Thomas N. l.ooker, foreman of our Composing foresaw that the time was close at band when no one press ever constructed would suffice to print the daily edition of a great and growinf metropolitan like Tua Tribunk; and after consultation with Mr. Oroeley, who entered heartily into his scheme, he proposed to all the princi? pal book in the city to devise a modifica? tion of their somewhat cumbrous and that plates could be cast rapidly enough for a newspaper, and duplicated for any reqiiired number of presses.

Ik-fore the discovery was made in New-York, two Swiss inventors, brothers, hit upon what was and it to The London The Trim ni. lniin? into a correspondence with them, and was on the point of biding a contract with them when Mr. Charles Craskoof this city solved the problem independently and offered hi? invention first The Herald, which fused it, then to Thk which i ni me? diately made an agreement with bim for a year. That wa- in Mr. Crasko bas east plates for 11..

ever since. Other papers soon our enter? prise, and the result was an immediate in? initiations and MBBeejaaBt impiov.meut in all tis chief features of good journalism. THK The application of stereotype pl.it?-s to newspaper print lag aras au appropriate (implement to Col. Kichard If, Hoe's invention of the lightning cylinder press, whi? li was for a quarter of 8 century the beet last printing uiuehini. in the world, and is even now aarpaaeed perhaps bjr no ono except Col.

11 him It seems to us that a revolution in printing Quito us remarkable as that which the cylinder press plato many years ago. is likely soon to follow the introduction of tho Hoe Web l-S-hias, of which the first made for any New York establishment has just been put up in Tua TiuiiiM. vaults. The inventor has s.s-nt many us 111 bringing it to perfection, and has succeeded at la prodtn a press which for speed, economy, neat wi.ikin.tii.ilup, compactness, simplicity and beauty is certainly unrivaled. While some unwise American journals bara been importun; presses from London, l.n.lish m-wspapor proprietors, battas ap pi.

ci.itiii., both our ami their own, (nive been buying improved of Hoe. The Unndon 1'tlnjraph is of Hot's Hitvv web me 1 Innes, and The Standard (J. ut which Wa publish this will -ive a f-BOral idea of the a pp. tin- presa, erhieh eapiee haathaa half as linn ii muni as the old six-cylinder m.1. bina-, uni weighs bei wet 13 ami 14 tons.

It prints fron a web or roll of paper, maka the OB both almost simultaneously, delivering the papers complete at the rate of 16,000 Of uni au hour. The BUO-ire iron frame SBppertS two typ." i-ylin ders. Oae earries tho plut, tar the four out.siib- anti the other for the four tasida p.iges. The roll of le held above tin a untre of the press, ead is braka at one side wini clicks its nioiiieiitiiin as soon as the press is stopp? The paper Ural runs between one of tin- type and its companion linpres sinii cylinder, by wini upeiitiou one suit- ot Tua Titiut 1MB is print? ti. and ihcn passes on to the other set, vvhiih complete-, the inipr? s.ion by pinning the eeesad sida-.

Bafrnhn now betwai pair of cutting cylindere, it is perforated and ucaily but not quite divided at the itt-iuitil place, and on tapes to the accumulating linder, vvjiero the rollers, revolving moru rapidly, pull the copies apart at the perforated lias? Whan iii Sofias been received tho cylinder delivers tbtTin to the wlinh lays th? ni in a pile upon the table. It will bo Maa that tin- pi cm has many points of resemblaaas lo the liinlei' mat hines, of which, inileed, it is the oll-piiug, but it is vastly less complicated. It only two to it, while the old press, doing just hilf as much work, needs the labor of nun and boya. It enables the to hold all his form. until about 3 o'clock in the morning, lastend of locking up half p.i'x-r miilniglit, .11 he was formerly obliged to do.

We shall not yet dist ard the old pi however, which have done us lient but still retain lim cylinder ma? hines, in addition to the new '1 lie 1 iqt.ity of our is now jtLit about doubled, ami we shall relieved the great a nt that WS have lately sutler? in of inability to aupply the inereaasd and steadily Cor the paper. THE AUCIllllXr AM) CO.YIT.Al The doolans the aea Tribune were diawa by Mc, Ki? hard li. Hunt, ami the work has been canied mi und? the supervision of bia Mr. Hward K. ltitht.

Th? superin tt'inleiit in chargent the wauk, which, from fouudiitioii lo attic, waa all by work, PataS T. liri? 11. He alio had charge ot tho which was done in the same way. The granite tountLitioii BBS furni-hid Tin Crane A Co. The carpenter work 1.1 by W.

(j? rnioml A except the elaborate temporarj catlbldiug, which was built by Mr. Fowler, and the line carved and other Woodwork of the Counting Koon) and banking Beeta, which is by Battas B-oth-ss, Uta mom work was divided among a numb. of contra? the floor beams coming from the Ininti I rou'Jo. of liiiauli) W. EL Wallace the casting? b4 the interior from the Architectural Ir this city, the stain, elevator, mclosuie, and iron of tho lirst windows frtmi J.

H. J. M. Cornell, th? roof and tower from the Kel? logg bridge Co. of li tia the irou work of tho vaults from Nicholl A lllltaalil, the steel Nhutt( rs from 1 lark A id' l.otidon.

rear from S. 11. Althaus. A patent area lights from Hyatt bios. The concrete blocks of the tli-ors aud partition-t came from th? New Fire Fasal Building Company.

The plumbing and titting wasdoiie by Oit; ami -team heating apparatus put in by .1 mi, -11. Mares. and Inila fiirniih? the marble woik; L. F. A A.

Ha-'kwith the tiling; Penrhyn Slate Ce, the -Btarior statS work; tico. Fischer A Uro. the roof slating; lianbaldi A Co. tho plaster inn. the halls and Counting l.ooni Morns Delano A to.

the glass; the Hopkin? A Dickinson Mini, fat turill? Co. the hardware Melancthon Hantoid, of lio-toa, the elevators; Mitchell. Vance A Co, the tix.tures; Wolli A Dnaenbury the pneumatic tuhesi and Newman A Capron the speaking tuU-s uud electric Nie Iii-v. John Norman, a colored preacher in li.pe Innried (In- Civil Itlgltt? bill butt to steal error which will cost linn lus ii) fur some ti ne (o come. Soinobody in proposes the eure lor itt.in Uriv? from tue leg? to down the arm? to (he theme I Un- lilli? un I liten cut tilt.

Unger off Wo read al a who cultivates a turui uu-T A11.mt- nu A etuploya soo laborers. Iii keep? a pliyali-itui, wlio xA tot 1 cs, aud a who vile. 14 a sl-iiUr tax..