Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-09

are already up; and OF the remaining 10, there
seven quarried and the other three will be quarried
before winter; all the caps and boxes are completed
The whole OF the columns would have been here
and set up by November, had not several been bro
ken IN the course of quarryi ing One quarry at
Quincy. Massachusetts, has been used wholly for
the New York Exchange; one block of granite was
quarried 81 feet long, and Of such thickness that
besides cutting two of these columns from it, each
50 feet in length, five other columns making seven
in all were obtained from the one block of stone
The process of quarrying this granite is curious,
and should be seen by every one. The quarry is in
the side of hill the ends Of block OF granite are
cleared, of holes drilled in straight line
wedges inserted, and an enormous piece of stone
weighing from 800 to 400 tons, is thus wedged off
with ease. One ofthese columns weigh 80 tons in
the ROACH, and five men with simple apparatus
draw it cut of the quarry in or days to the place
where the workmen staad ready TO hammer dress it.
Four dress column IN 40 days The fair
market price of one of these columns is $1,000; but
the New York Exchange Company only pay $1,000
for them delivered in New York. The Boston Gus
tom House Committee pay $500 for every one of
their columns, delivered at the quarry, and they
weigh only three tons more than those OF the New
York Exchange.
We have said that the building will be finished in
May next; and when finished, will form four hand
some stories, including the base, containing l64
rooms from II to 20 feet square. and III to 10 feet
high, all vauted with Phadel phia brick, covered
with composition. All the halls and passage ways
are paved with granite the whole of which used in
the building has been broush from Quincy.
The work has progressed so far that the roof is
entirely completed, except a small part the
portico. All the entabature and blocking is dress
ed and ready for setting and the workmen are this
week commencing to set the centre for the erection
of the dome this latter part will be completed in
two months.
Weregret to find that the German asphaltum used
for the roof admits the rain freely; and hope the
committee wi substitute for it something more eff.
fectual to prevent leakage.
The large columns are raised to their ele walton by
a derrick, constructed expressly for that purpose
by Mr.. Rogers, to be 50 feet high, with legs of an
uneven height, two resting the sidewalk and one
on the stilobath. The purchase applied to this der
rick is two iron capstans, with 6to men at each
capstan; this raises those immense columns with
10 their pedestals without the least eeting
shifting of poles, common on such occasions
The excellent boom derrick invented by Savage, Of
Boston, would net answer well as the above for
this purpose.
The work Of pulling down for this building cem-
menced in March 1886, and the first stone laid
in June so that it ill be completed in about five
years from its commencement. There have usually
been $50 men employed on here and l5O at Quincy
The old exchange land and building cost just s2i0-
900 the land will cost $76S 6S2 II and the building
will cost 100000 or Sl,OOOGOO more The l6i
rooms it is Gale ua,ed, will let for Sl20,0O0 per an
mum; $4,000 has been let on lease, and next year
the rental will be worth $4,000 The original ca
pital of the company was $l,0OO,OOO.
We should have stated that there no fire places
ia the building, but warmth will be communicated
by means of stoves CRATES through the fiucs com
munieatng with each apartment The large 70.
tunda be warmed by of steam het cir.
The building has settled down about l-2 inch, but
crack is visible any where, although the founda-
ton is laid in quick sand within foot Of here wa
ter runs But one fatal accident has occurred up TO
this time, and that the death ola brother of the
architect by falling projecting piece ofgranitc.