New-York Tribune from New York, New York • 61

workmanship there are few edifices in America that compare with it, and it offers a strong contrast to Hie prevailing style of cheap, hasty and deceptive building which has brought bo much discredit upon New York architecture. No contrivance which could be suggested to increase the stability of the building and preserve it from any conceivable accident has been omitted. Above all. it la absolutely fireproof. Everything In the building Is of the best and most durable quality.

There la no Imitation. either in the structure Itself or in the ornamentations; and nothing has been neglected which may aJJ to the substantial beauty of the edifice or lie convenience of the occupants. Every precaution has taken to insure quiet, ar.d general good order." The first of the new Tribune structures had the editorial rooms on the eight floor and the composing room on the ninth- When the Frankfort street wing was added and a new structure replaced the one in Spruce street, back of the main edifice, the composing room was placed on the tenth floor of the Frankfort street extension, the fiat roof affording the necessary roum, and ti.e editorial rooms were removed to the ninth floor of the front part of the structure, where the composing room had been, two stories in height, under the mansard roof of the main building, with tower rooms above. A commanding view was secured from all the CPP'T fioors of the Tribune Building when it was first erected, no other tall structure obstructing the outlook in any direction, save the old shot tower in Beekrnan street and the Postoffice Building at Park Row and Broadway, and from the tcp floors these were overlooked. But soon the construction of other tall buildings, hastened by the success of those first built and by the modern system of elevators, began to curtail the view and shut in The Tribune edifice dcrrite the advantageous location.

When In April, ISS2. the addition to the Tribune Buildlng, extending through to Frankfort street, completed the structure as originally planned, it was described as possessing a frontage of 92 feet on the- Tark, IOC feet on Spruce street and 29 feet on Frankfort street, the rear extending across the entire block between Spruce and Frankfort streets. It contained over one hundred and fifty rccms for rent. The new part was constructed after the same plans as the original structure, but the walls were not so thick, since the city building requirements had been modified as the number of taD structures rapidly increased. The enlarged building speedily became popular for the offices of lawyers and the representatives of out-of-town newspapers, by reason of its central situation and the convenience of access from it to the especial places desired to be reached In the shortest time and the easiest possible.

PLASS FOR ENLARGEMENT. With the increased demand for offices and the rise in land values the question was mooted by The Tribune Association of adding to the value of the property by an increase in the height of the building and the addition to it of another structure on property purchased in Frankfort rtroet. Plans were prepared by the architectural firm of D'Oench, Tost L. Thouvard. of whom Mr Thcuvard had co-operated with Messrs.

Hunt and Rant on the original structure. Th-vs? called for the practical doubling of the isht of the existing structure and the erection in connection therewith of a new one of large size alongside of the Frankfort street extension. which formed the second part of the original edifice. The plans called for a twenty story structure, reproducing the architectural effect of the original facade and embodying the same characteristic features. The problem Involved was the "TiinTi In one of three diverse So Etar.ch and stable a building had been provided by the original architect that it was found possible to place upon the walls of the Structure in Nassau street the additional weight cf U-n additional stories of modern el construction united by the steel structure of the first addition to the original tall building, which is supported by columns which extend through all the floors and rest on solid foundations, which go down as deep as those on which the brick walls peat, ar.d to the new steel frame put up for additional extension in Frankfort street While the structure is a composite one, it is a unit in its embodiment of all the best ideas of erecting those modern structures which are popularly skyscrapers.

A tore of the new part is the great light wt-11 which extends from the second floor to the roof, anfl is approximately thirty-five feet square, and is lined with glazed brick of a light color, so that as little light will be absorbed as possible. Above the fifteenth floor this well becomes an open court by the omission of any structure on the Bide toward the East River, wh'ch greatly adds to the light in the court. All the rooms on all the floors above the fifteenth are outside rooms, end those for several floors below have a. large share of daylight, and even at the bottom of the well there ts a considerable Portion oX in the morning hours especially. tn the bufldinfr which has Just been In-3 In eize the editorial and composing ocenpifcd the too floors.

In the completed will occupy the first and second floors, beir.g thus brought In dose proximity to the -jma In the basement, for which their reeared. The composing room, with Its Merge-ntbalfcr linotype machines, will oc- BBpj the first floor. Arrant ements have been KEW-TOBK DAILY TRIBUm SUNDAY. FETIRFART 3, 1907. made by means of huge ventilating shaft." with fans at the top to draw all the air both from the machines and from the room as a whole to the roof above the twenty-first floor, there to pass off in the atmosphere.

A special from each linotype machine will be conducted to one shaft and the other will ventilate the room as a whole. Another shaft to the roof will serve to ventilate the editorial rooms, which will be immediately above the composing Ample provision is made throughout the building for the ventilation as well as for the heating of all the rooms bo as to maintain an equable temperature throughout. The situation of the building, with the broad open space of Printing House Square and City Hall Park on the we I and overlooking all adjacent structures by many stories on the east, and with open streets on the other two Bides, affords the freest possible circulation of air, and whenever there is any breeze on the hottest summer day it will be felt in and around the Tribune Building. OPEN AT ALL TIMES. Every advantage that can be secured by THE NEW MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE TKISUNE BUILDING.

It is on a level with the sidewalk and leads directly to the eight sJevatora giving access to the twenty euuajwjy of a building open at all times Is afforded to the tenants of the Tribu: The elevators are run at practically all hours, there being only a short time in the early morning when they ore not in operation. The structure ts so built that the partitions can 1 on any floor so as to suit the requirements of those occupying rooms or suites of rooms, or they can be dispensed with altogether, if desired. to secure a large amount of unobstructed as some of those occupying the rooms require. The building has Its own electric lighting plant, and heat and lights are supplied without i harge to all tenants. The elevators are eight in r.umber, all of the Improved hydraulic plunger type, combining the elements of absolute safety and speed of operation.

The elevators arr- grouped near one another in the centre of the structure, from which all the offices are easily accessible by the main corridors running to each of the BeveraJ wings. The two elevators which afforded the needed service fur the ten story structure are to be removed and the space they occupied will be an open court, about which runs the spacious Btairca.se which was a feature of the original construction. Two staircases will run throughout the entire building, affording ready means of communication from one Boor to another if persons do not desire to go far enough up or down to warrant the use of the elevators. The building as completed in 1882 contained 154 rooms for rental. The present structure is more than three times as large, as the total number of rooms on the basis of a typical floor plan is 635 above the two lower floors, which will practically be devoted entirely to the work of Issuing the newspaper The total number of square feet in the sfta is now 1G.083.

The total height of the front of the completed structure is 231 feet 4 Inches from the sidewalk to the top of the flat roof, which Is guarded by a copper railing. the top of the wall of the tower Is 273 feet and to the top of the flnial above the clock Is Xtt et The copper weather vane, which rwings easily to every passing breeze, la 10 feet long and the width of the axis, in which the letters for Tribune Building, can be plainly read from the sidewalk. Is 2 feet Inches. The dials of I dock are 12 feet in diameter, the stones which form the circles and boar the numerals for the hours being 22 inches wide. THE NEW ENTRANCE.

The new entrance to the building will on treel level Instead of going up one story by a flight of sttj.s. as formerly. The great granite monoliths winch flank the entrance remain, but the sti ps between have been cut away and a glass front will fill the spare above the revolving doors Where the steps descended from the Becond floor, at the level at which tho elevator ci trance was formerly, will be a bronze railing. The statue of Horace Grifley, the work of J. Q.

A. Ward, and regarded as one of his best productions, will remain in Its present position, where It was unveiled in 18M. The counting- room, at the corner of Spruce and Nassau streets, will remain practically un- changed, but an addition win made to Its depth to afford more room. A new entrance has been constructed on the other Bide main entrance, from which a marble staircase leads to the second floor, and in in use for access to the building while the change In tin- main entrance being effected and the first The Nason "De Luxe" Urinal "Cleaned in a Minute" Installed UiroupTiuTit the new Tribune NEW! NOVEL! PRACTICAL! EKCTIOKAI. TTJCW -me I.VXK' Qfote which prevent mmj rtfjK Iran THE LIGHT FOR THE PRINTER Cooper Hewitt Mercury Vapor Lamps For the Press, Sareotype and Competing Rooms.

"Twice the Light for Half the Current." Write for Booklet. COOPER HEWITT ELECTRIC CO. t2O WEST 89111 N. Y. CITY.

TELEPHONES: I 4040 BEEKMANj 303 FLUSHING. Cornelius S. Morrell Carpenter, Utiilder and Contract cr 9 59 Ann Street, New York City JORRING OF AIJL KINDS ATTENDED TO. ESTIMATES OVEN FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK. HOLBROOK IMPORTERS OF AND DEAI.nUS IN Foreign and American Plate Window.

PICTURE, PHOTO, BLUE PR NT AND i.i KINDS OF 85, 87 and 89 Beekman Street, New TEL. nr.KKMw NO. 2. and PARAFFINED -SPECIALTIES' Paddock Cork Co. UJ7 nieir ii.B BROOKLYN.

In the "Dp Luxe" we introduce a TTrinal which csr ttrely novel in Its construction, in thai it can instantly disconnected, taken down, cleaned and replaced with no other tools than common wrei The special Brass Pitting through which the I'riuaJ receives it.s tnpplj water acts also as a concealed hnnppr for supporting the fixture. The removal of nut on Uiis fitting disconnects the L'rinai and permits of its removal. It can be as readily replaced. exposed work to become tarnished. The Trap is Iron, enaiuelafl kwirie and out, as is also the wall escutcheon.

Tlie water tine is established at a point which leaves ao unventilatod pipe, and toe construction the Urinal hi such thut any refuse thrown Into the fixture cai: bo Distantly removed. Eminently practical and sanitary and a radical departure from any other type of Urinal on the market. further particulars supplied by Manufacturing Company 71 Fulton Street, New York 8.