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THE NEW TRIBUNE. OPENING OF TO (iKEAT WILDING. THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES lil AMIUK'A. uancKT in akiiiiii ii rk am? Pmmt UI1TION OF TUK ES.AU USHMKNT To-day. on tin? anniversary of it? establish Tn? Trihi ni ita issued its new building.

It aas on Sattinlay, April, 1M1, that the first number of "A New Morning Journal of Politics, Literature, um! ral Intelligent was published by Gnvley, at No. 30 Ann street. The building in winch the hirth of the paper took place is still standiug, het ii Nassau and William and forms part of the paint warehouse of F. W. I A being now numbered 44.

Winches? ter, the publisher of The New World, occupied one er two of it. and the quarters reserved for Til? Tkihi'nk were modest and narrow, though de? cent in that day of small Two flat pn4MM-, each capable of taking impressions an hour, sufficed for a beginning. Newspapers then need to go to press at midnight, and keep the ma? chinery running till oYlo? in the morning, and if they then prepared to issue an edition of 10,000 they well satisliod with the night's work. The first ta.sk which Mr. (ir.s-l? himself was to print mail from Washington only one day was long In-fore tin? invention of the when he in it he boasted joyfully over his coinjietitors.

Ile has left, in lit-collections of a liu-y a curious record of the anxieties of the eventful night when he wat? li? Hie latin? hing of his cn teiprise, and tin with which he put it ujx'ii the street- on the severest morn iug of the poat. "The sleety atmosphere. the leaden sky, unseasonable wintiim the gen? ral gloom tlint stormy day. which witinssed the grund though mournful pair? ant whenby our city the blighting of a nation's hojHs in the most untiiiielv dentil of President H.u i ison. cn? not inaptly miniatured in my own prospects and The entire capital einh.irked in venture a thousand dol? hoCTOWed mulley? but to l.rccley at time a thooeaad doOare waa uri it mum.

Five huadtrad eahecirihfira bad been obtained ia advance. Of Um iii ft edllhni B.000 eepiea wan printed, "and Mr. "in giving pwuo all of th? thal woald nat 11." It waea little pajN-i containing altogether no more mitte! than pul opon a amgti Im' of Tin: 'Imii! si- of and it was eald for one cent. Um entire receipteof the fin! week wen only and the curri tit were In the early days almost the work of anting, editing, very often of ti it ir it? ii i- lionr by Mr. (lieeley and bia assistant.

Baynood, the lata George M. Snow t.ikn li l'i i if ti ii ai ni ii ii um n. Of others who in in th? pi? ii.irntion of the fiist niniiber of Tin 'hum survivi and reader it valuable and faithful Berrica N. it i. ii i of ti.mponing r.

mi.and Patrick! the i. We shall not the oft-told of life of Thk Thibisk. The as? tonishing and enthusiasm of its pn.priet<?r it triumphantly eulin hu lies, the tir-t feaie of all new journals, and though ii 44.1?. oft. ti and the editor and his assistants were MMgelled perfonn an enormous amount of its eaeoaOB wau never doubtful after the hrst twa or three days.

In six wooka its circulation rose from MM) to U.ooO; and then it was announced, with an air of complacency at which the modem will lie tempted to that the editor found it nes-essary to buy new capable of printing 3,500 COgiee an hour. Well Might Mr. say that TiiK I bim of Im-11 was only the gem of what meant to it: for the paper this ing is eicht times as large as it-? first Bam? ber, and the newee! of its four pneoeoia capable print uni capias an how on bath eldee ol tin- ii to say, at taking impresaiono. Though ir? 11? ly fought with the minority was often at war it a prejudiced and 1 ullin the upward coane of pagei wai seriously impeded, and the Iret determined attempt to bnak it down was one of the Ural incidente that -ive an imp. ins its 1 un ni itnui.

Whoa it eras oaly a lea old, the 1- ol its chief nial. St it. 11 ti into a eo-Mpiracj erithIheirow-i ecu aboj toflog any uri bin lound sellingThi Tntat'Mi ia the stiaeta adeege rat. ami bloody in the fulfillment which tha editorial lela th? late Mooee Bench bim? If ai? Kiiil haie play? vigenoa part. I'n post.roin-tis sin a lonllii m-at this di-tance of time, it was an wnt of pnhlic interest in 1841, and it brought I HI I niniM .1 gn at many in-w sub? scriben Perhaps at tone fntan day a generation still than 44 ill ba? with equal amnan Um gnatei dangen ol 1843, when the oihi-e was put in a defeiiee regal a threat? ened attack ftM 1 rafflana, and of 1883 when it 4ias 111 and set on tire bj a furious mob dunim the anli-diaii Tin lui vi mon Ann stieet to its pnMnl earn 1 taking poeeeeeioc of a buildingerei ted by Mr.

Tbiaapaoa Price, the l.ith?r-in-law of Mr. bM-BMB parin? 1. T-tO-Mfl Mi Klruth. On liol I-'? nan. 1845, thal bvUding was totally destioytsll.y and Tin- Tuutt -turu? foi al? its old in stieet, appearing pioniptlv on the BOrninf alter the aiaMiophe.

'I five-stury hri( building whick rose from the ruins in tin of the 44as a niarv? 1 of COO veiiienc? for its and when a fire-pioof striicttiie 1,0 ftw-t stfttare was added to it on tin- spi nee street aide, in people cooee80 at it erith almost as 1 unositi as tiny BOW manjfist in the im passitrti pile which potHeeeioa to-lny. For two-thirds of a Malary The Tribune Building was one of the nm-t notable i indu uki od and was not without a pang of rejrret that the Conductors and ulil friends ol' the paper at last watehod its The nobleot and 4 a I ii ile pari ni Horace One ley'? work was done uiidii ils aud it Igored in nf the great stn i.il and politiial revolution win? li ulinin.it??1 the wai of emum ipation. For the spa? of a it was a of moral and mt? tua) iulluetiei-s which have ft a permanent tmpiess 11p.n1 the Am? in.iii people, lis stairs were worn with the feet of men whom futuie hintonau of this eoujitry ill the vinel ihle ligures in the most iiitn.il period of the devilopinent of the Am? in an Begab li? li was iliiM-paiably MM i.it.-d with the of Amen, an holarnhip and uri- ami e.iiU'i]inse. Ijtmu hie death, Bamoe saw tin- of his chief ambition assured, and knew that unpretending brick building on mt Hotiae waa la Is- a i.nspi? 011a in the of his native laud. Um patm at his life ragidly outgrew nu and preparations were for put I inf.

up a strm ture. I'wo joinitiK wire pur? based on Nassau alni a part of the earnings of the put iwnl? every year contribution toward lo. u.U.,.- fund. In the SpruiK of a iurtlnr pur? base was maile of property on Frankfort so as to give Tin-: Trihi ve a frontage tbiea- Then the business ti the papar WH moved into the tire-proof building ou and the demolition of the old Tribune hu ii had so long been a familiar sight from the Cuy Hall Park, began on the 17th of May, 1873. The work of tearing down was ou ine 31st of May, and the construe uf il.

thaw THE TRIBUNE'S NEW HOME. Lull of what Tlie Tribune BuildiiiK i. ultimately to Im- gout- mi without 11 lljtl ever itilK'-'. delayed hy tin-fi-lurc of the oiiiiit. with the of hil-? ngtm -iiit-tit, ami txLriKii.lin.il -olidity and 1 of the have HBBBBMd much more lune than wau originally ti i i 1 to Im An a allon, however, for the i (i.lay an-iiif.

from latter we have the -BB-ffletf-B of that and comfort have never been in the -lighU-it parti? ular for tin- Hake of hante. 1'uhiiK a part of the time many nu have tx-eu and at the I the work li.ie i-iiin-on niKlit and day. We are tims on thin anniveiHary to Lake po.tm-K.itm of the moat LUoroughly oilicc in tin Id; and with ti? type, new and unproved pr? ev. ry mechanical liity which the in? genuity of Amcru.in inventor- can dev (m, we pur jMi-i- muk Tin. Tumi IBB U-tU-r than it ha- ever lu? iH-fore, and ki? it ni tile future in? it nlwa.v? ha.

hein in the pant, at tau of our The part of our wrll face on and Frankfort and 111 whole compl? we have hy far the mont autl ioutt im lu- we have now I lim.I eoii veuiciiti ever occupied hy a public join nal. lu the now practically tun. lied, the rot-iuM re? served for our own une are not na we in? tend to have them even tiley are, there nothing to theui iii the Lut un u.l of the ni.titi t.u?i>l. (e in ita-M---, ami the addition), yet to he made will not III li it IU it will ditly be neceMiary to a few walled-tip dwaewBBt in ihe halht. LTITION OP IHK BU1LDIM0.

TAU foundation. Tin" T-JBVBB ni foiliiii.it>' a Bat winch it an natural foiiinl.ilioii. The irrouiid U'cii tested for eral feet In-low the foiindal ion, and foiinil In consist, um far any (rial ha. U-eii made, of ii linn ami re indar Ix-d of be-t retl sand. After tin? had been and leveled, asolul li.

was Lu.I of tom lele, tOtBBOBti of one part I'ortland leiii.nt, three part? sand, four parts clean white irravel, and live part? stone mixed wet, spit uti over the allon, and lainmed dow ii layen of (i luchen to au entire tliit of This barden-, rapidly to tin i oiisistemy of nat al rock, and ve? an ab? solutely even bearing surface for the masonry. the com Im al a depth of feet below the the foundation pi o'si was cointtiuctcd. It i ttiiM.tiii lint of a continuous row of iiiiineiiae granite slabs, li? thick, and averaging 7 hy feet in ni? ni. lal (liineiisions. the Luge, being altout lil feet wide ami weighing over id tons.

UpSB tins toiir-e undi i the great piers ou tlie front and on Spruce street), and also along the base of the tower there ia a aecond course of granite of the tim k11-S? an the liret. I lie foundation walls, 0 feet in. lie? thick, are thou of tine brick laid in Port? land i emeu with bond aluna, of granit? 10 inches thick, at intervale of 3 totA, np to tho level of the baeement floor. The front piers an of Croton pavers' brick, and the walls ol Haverstraw brick, laid in Rosendale cement-mortar. In fait, no lime whatever is used in any part of the masonry, Portland cement being employed in all the important parte of the work and Rosendale cement in the rest The masonry consequently bo comes as firm as solid rock, end grows stronger and stronger with age.

Not a brick can be dislodged from any part of the walls, from collar to root ex? cept by the slow process of catting it out DIMENSIONS. The edifice constructed upon this superb founda? tion (we speak always of the part now finished) has a frontage of 92 feet on Printing House Square, and of 82 feet on fipnice street with a depth of feet, and consists of a sub-coi lar, basement, nine stories, an attic, and a tower. From the beginning of the foundation to the point of the spire is a distance of 285 foot from the cellar to the top of the roof is 171 feet The stone dormer windows at the top of the tower are 200 feet above the sidewalk, ami the li mai at the top of the spire is 200 feet from the sidewalk. The following table shows the comparative elevation above the sidewalk of the highest buildings on Manhattan Island Peet Trinity Church Tribune Building.2?? Western Union Telegraph.230 Qtauo Church New Insurance Company.1 Mutual Life Insurance Company. 1 Grand Central Hotel.1 Grand Hotel.121 Gllsey House.11? To these we add i Capitol at Washington.2>*?7 1-3 Bunker Hill Monument.221 THE FACADE.

The principal part of the on Nassau and Spruce streets, is constructed of brick, with window trimmings (sills and string coins? copings, and the main cornice of light-? granite, he first story and biaoement, however, of sol ni granite blocks, bonding alternately tknogh whole thickness of the piers, in courses 2 tatt 2 inches high. Horizontally the elevation is by boldly molded string-courses at various levels. The first is on the level of the first stoiy lloor, and the se? omi on the level of the sec? ond above which tlft brick work begins. The three following stone? are thoa bound together by a continuous molding, which form? at the same time the window sills of the fifth The next three are likewise brought together, closed up by the seventh story main cornice, containing the copper-lim-d i at the level of the eighth story sill. The eighth is a parapet story, showing already the divis? ions of the large solid donner windows vi Inch give light to ninth story.

Betwaoo these windows are gutters colle? ting the roof water 44 hub fi oui hero is conducted by short Minare landon to the main gutter. All this work is of hi sheet copper fastened with solid bronze ula 1 the BtOM or brick-work. This arrangement his 1 very pleasing effect, being out with great t.i-i?- and ingenuity, and forms an to ordinary cornices of iron or other imitations of reality. 1 the front is divided by larg.4 piers, which are the prin? MggortS not only the front walls but also of the iron tloor-heain-iof the interior. In the lirst story this? pian 1 omi? i.d with enoh other by huge ardus of solul granite blocks, those next to the corner and over the main ntrance bonding through the whole tim km ol' the wall.which is here Meet 2 inches.

Thean airy the smaller piers dividing the windows in tin- stories. The joiuteof the arch-stones aro filled wnh molten lead, thus preserving an equally distributed pressure upon the whole area of the joint, far as kuown they aro the only arches in the country thus set mentioned above, the front piers from tho level of use omi story are built in brick work, being fa? ed with the finest dark red Baltimore pressed brick, every other courseof which isahcador course, so that the faaiug ia bound thoroughly together with the inside masonry. The facing and the were built up simultaneously and in level hitherto an unusual mode of constmction. Through? out the elevation the depth from the face of the main piers to the sash frames is 2 feet 2 inches, the pier? taking half this depth and the ml window refOOl the other half. This arrangement gives an iincum- monly light and cheerful aapect to the front; and another very baggy tatt has boen by the introduction of geometrical figure? of black brick making a line contrast with the deep red.

The bru kt laid with all possible caro aud neatness, the rmii working from the outside on plat (onus of a peculiar and ingenious construction, and the working drawings were so minute as to shew the position of every brick in a The main piers are ion 'ted again with each other onoor Um fifth ototy string? Minne by large segmentai brick arch? which bind through tile ciitirethickness of the wall, and al designed to relieve the smaller piers below 1 oin any overpowering weight These arches start from granite skewbacks, resting ou the carved 1 iga of large piers. They ure of the same span as tho- of the lir-t story (about 10 feet), and inclose three win? dows of the upper stories. At this is bight of most of tho surrounding gins the projection of tho lofty tower. It Mb upon two large granite corbels, binding into the tower sidi-walls, and borne down at th. inin-r ends witk tho might of the tower.

Ka? of these stoues projects 'J feet 8 inches, is 11 long, aud weighs 10 tons. The division of the windows in the second, third and fourth stories is cairn through the entire front including the dormer win? dows. In the seventh story the small piers an? fa? with dark polished granite columns, with boldly carved capitals and bases. The main mi nice ia formed of a 10-inch granite shelf, proje? tingal toot 1 Inches bliyond the face of the wall below, ami resting on granite corbels, binding through the walL The fa? ing of the main gutter which rests nu this cornice is also of molded Thoaightk story has between its groups of windows gi.inn?- mullions, the sam- tile large donner wiudoivs. The Litter are 21 feet high and 10 feet wide, On the iront of the tower, loot above the side? walk, is a granite balcony from which the National tl.ig will be displayed on special occasions.

At the level of litige of the roof, the tower, re 17 feet Minare, is again corbelled out with of gi.nut?', and above this point is an illiitiiiiraied clock, with dials 12 foet in diann-t? r. lie sides the ground glass face each dial has an ex? terior circle of granite on which the hours are cut Immediately over the clock, on each of the four sides of the tower, appear the words THE TKIIU'NK cut iu letters 2 feet 0 inches long on granite blocks. The spire consist? of an iron anchored by heavy iron bands to the granite It? feet below, and co ve rod with slate. The roof of the main building is an enormous iron framework with slate covering and a lining of tire-proof con? crete blocks. The architect has been remarkably successful in giving an appearance of lightness and variety to this front of masoury, and be has the problem without resorting to the common device of iron work," or adding a single decora? tion merely for display.

Every ornament has its uses; the position of every stone is dictated by the necessities of constru? lion and the whole work ex? hibits the overruling influence of a consistent idea It presents, therefore, what comparately few Ameri? can buildings do show, a strict architectural design. 8TIIKM1TH OF l'K HftllilMi. The unusual thickuess of the was a common subject of remark during the progrese of tho build? ing, few realizing until the structure was far ail vaiue.l what an immense weight the masoni)- had to sustain. The tower walls, musing back 1-i feet from the front of the edition, are 0 foot thick at th? bottom, diminishing by gi. es to feet 4 nu lies al the corbelling below the clock.

The front walls of i the main aro 5 foet 2 inches thick at the extra..