New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-12

cent additions II is eighty feet by niney-four, and
five stories higb besides basement and cellar. The
first floor Is occupied by the socieys salesroom ana
other stores the second furnishes Offices for
raj benevolent societies the third contains the
general depository and executive Offices the fourth
is the bindery, and the hhh the printing Office
There are employed in the building
In the bindery, s. men and 40 girls---....-. 1877
In the printing and press rooms, ~ boys and
IL men, Observation-Disclosures. ID
In the composIto<s room ~
Miscellaneous, including officers, clerks, &c. ~
Total -------------.--.----..---T 3
OF the men in the bindery under Mr.. Cant, IS are
forwarders stampers in gold work on covers .
gilders : pastors case makers 2pressers and
sewers cutters 3 laborers and foremen. ofths
girls "a are sewers 95 folders, pasters &C. and II
workers in gold leaf The girls receive from VI 50
to - per week, and the men from SO To $ls. The
amount Of wages paid the former weekly, Is about
s450,--ihe latter, about $500 The biDdery now
turns out 1000 bound, and 1900 paper covered
volumes per day The socety's publications now
number twenty-five hundred, including more than
two hundred books, in one hundred and eleven Ian.
guages and dialects AS serving to give an idea Oh
the quantity Of raw material consumed IN theh
production, il may be mentioned that $500 worth OF
muslin Comprising 100 pieces of 40 yards each, arc
consumed monthly. also 10 tuns Of binders paste
boards and about 100 barrels Of glue, per annum.-
month in gliding edges and covers. The sweepings
Of the floor OF the room IN which the gliding per.
formed are carefully preserved, and when burnt,
Weld collars worth Of gold TO the pound. The
sales Of paper scraps cuttings from the edges of
volumes, yield about $4,000 per annnm. In ths
printing and press rooms, under Mr ]. w. Brown -
persons are yarIously employed IN preparing woos,
cuts running presses. &c. They receive about $500
per week. i9presses kept running nearly or quite
all the time, viz - power presses, hand, and
hydraulic, and there consumed per day from % %
~ - 70 ms a
Kept constantly On hand. Three power presses are
soon 10 be added. OF The Am0lcaS Messenger.
100 eco copies struck of monthly, consuming ga
superior styfe, with numerous cuts and adapted TO
Sunday Schools has Just been started. The work
Of engraving the numerous cuts required fof Dooks
forms distinct department. The machinery is pro-
PEELED by fheen horse power engine OF HOES
manufacture-ihe motive power being furnished ~
a Cornish boiler Of % horse power Another boiler
Of the same dime nsons has been put IN during the
past summer 10 create steam for heating the Duld-
ing Both boilers are placed in vaults without ma
building to avoid Danger from explosion
ESCAPE OF MADAME KossUTH.-An in
correct accoun. having appeared IN one OF the 1ef-
msn papers concerning the flight Of Madame nos
.u,h under the projection Of the noble hearted Hun
garian John Mayhoter. we are desired simply TO say
that an accurate narrative will shortly appear.
Board OF Wednesday.
The President, E. G. Benedict, Esq, IN the CnsI.
On apple alton Of the School Officers OF ne NM
teenth Ward, the SUN Of sg5 was appfoe1iA.sass
repair, immediately. school house NO To-
ST., recently injured by ire. ~ ....a to<
The school Officers Of the Ninth Waro sss.a ~,
an appropriation Of *S,7z3 to erecs ~. scboo
with view to separate entrance s y, ,hs ,s,s "a.
house in Greenwich sy, the scene o. INC lae
amity, and stating TIA. stairs have ahsaay oeeh
stiluted for the well hole, &c heieIIsa. ,,.n.-
acted .,,h ,1.v .
Miss Peabody, OF Boston, was present, WIN q VS.
70 explanation OF her mode OF teaching ni''"''
the use Of maps
SUDDEN DgArH.-Mrs. Dobbs, residing
in Thir.ieth ST. near Eighth-ay., Yesterday nm nd
ins. while engaged in her domestic mAs.s,' Th
denly fell to the floor and instantly eiPnedss ..ms
said that she had previously enjoyed exceneh. shis
A Coroner's inquest will b held on "e wv
morning