New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-24
CITY ITEMS.

DEAwrye RooT MISsTEEL-E' nav eirean-
spoken Of ts ses1rful Musical Book eut on seeing
i al complete md !, more deserving ct PTa-e
than FAD supposed. Il contains nlne i,aozrzPaio Il
,gstrztious executed IN si:ieot elegance AMI siee'on
certainly never surpassed scarcely ever ea.sd Inc
ironrspisee of the Crusade EsdIilss = resy a1c='
gorgeous sfs;. the music L al Eeseisciea ana tHs
book Of The most elegant and desifaee noAdsF pres
tina, could well Re imagined 1t is pahh7aec y
Firth. Hall Pond
= One of the mos, useful institutions IN an
Cit! where people XII themselves with too much think
Ing and too little exercise isea GyrnnasIrn properly
managed Such sn one we have sres; pleasure IN STAT
Ing can De found a, No. ie and l6l Crosby ST near
Grand called the Union Gyu1nastc Academy ana cen
Quoted oJ Dr.. J. 8. RICH. The Gyr1nasiun eoTeFs 4
space OF over six thousand square se and - provided
witt al tie bestspProved zynaste appearances has
also Baths OF all kinds and Reading Room open to tie
subscribers 70 the Institution. Another excellent hins
it tina; no boxing permitted on The premises
FACT AND FlcrIos-By L. u Ctad.-You
who are ur.5sc over counters and seiins bookstores
n hu5bub in your search for ssudy nohday presents
stop moment you take up this modest oiacscoAied
volume. You hold rich treasure CT gentle playful
sparkling thought world OF universal love and caaF
ira fairy kucdos tSickiy WIFE ancE orsa'
and pures gems There IS fresh and !ovaoe neaia
this book-the-e is music IN lit iul OF NJ
mainly and bene-oence and noble sfecton-ii IS the
tree uuresrained oGpoUrng Of the enlightened near Of
poet ar artist and woman Is not a.! his oe''et 'nah
few painted st-aws from the ihrice-seaned ituooie OF
Mssazinery' Try
- The Home Journal for this week IS CAPT
,al number There is better paper fer home circu'
lshon than the Home Journal
IF YANKEE DooDLE this week falls into the
holiday custom and makes his appearance On beautiful
type, which be says is present from MS o!a feno
SANTA CLAUS He also increases his dimensions and
now presents sixteen handsome pages Inc enoe.Asn'
nen,s OF this number include two large fupase en-
cravings Of great eF-ooth as we understand from the
pencil OF CHARLES MARTIN. The first IS fankee Doc
dies Dream-an elaborate and highly aEasnca! perform
ance containing nearly hundred hgufes ana yer so
admirably grouped and drawn as 10 preserve Inc cha'
est and simplest effect, The opposite page contains
carcature representing Mr. Secretary "a'Aer As Jeremy
Diddler, trying TO come the enpence dodge over his
friend the Worthy hostof she City Ba-we mean Lunch
The lkenesses are capital. We have compared this
bcrs of Punch and confess tina, our venerable aud ocosc
LARGE GAsowErERs AND EXTENSIVE Gas
WoRxs-The Manhattan Gas Works Co. have recently
erected building on Eghteen;hst between the Ninth
and Tenth avenues which lss feet long, 81 feet wide
and is feet high Il built OF brick and IN the most
substantial manner The style OF the architecture Is
Dorc and the building tscltis great ornament to that
part Of the city The doorways sils, intcs piIasteTs
&c arc of Connecticut brown stone. The building IS
believed to be the largest OF the kind in this or any other
country Il contains tanks, each I'll ieet IN Diane
ter-contaninc 10000 gallons each. Inc gas holders
arc 10 be placed in these tanks they Will be Of sneet
iron 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet high and will stow
the extraordinary quantity OF 100000 cubic ieet oil gas
One OF the gas holders is IN progress oil construction
its weight when finished will be fifty tons The root oil
this budin. has span Of ~ feet Ono and nall mil
lions OF bricks and hundred thousand feet OF timber
have been used in its construction The foundations are
laid sixteen feet below tide and to keep the work
free from water while the building was in progress,
powerful engine from the Novelty Works was kept con.
ssn,ly running 100 days which threw up 10000 gal
Ions OF water per hour This extraordinary work has
attracted attention Of many OF the first engineers oi
the country and il il believed there is nothing OF the
Kind TO equal it in this country The whole OF 1t has
been constructed under the immediate charge and drcc
lion Of Mr. CHARLES RooME the able Engineer oil the
Manhattan Gas Light Company. and reflects great credit
on mis- sdll and judgment
When this Company was formed only few years
ago it was believed be OF the bubbles ct the day
The Legislature restricted It's operations to that section
OF the city located above Grand at then more unset
ted portion than it is above Fourteenth t. The
charter was obtained but believed that the stock
would be taken up. that pipe would be laid down
such however has been the growth of the city that the
works have become of very great value and Importance
Such has been the rapid demand for in that section
that the Company have manufactured the following
quantities
In l.tTI- n5n nn0 cubic foe, of ssa