The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-13
CRYSTAL PALACE WEEK IN NEW YORK.
Account Of the Organization Of the Association.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MONSTER BUILDING.
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APPROPRIATION OF SPACE TO ExWBIToss.
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CLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES.
Opening Programme,
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lowing gentlemen
MORTIMER LIVINGSTON, PHILIP BuRRowE,
AIyKED PEIL. JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON,
AuGuslE BELMONT, tHAn1s W. FOSTER,
AIKxASoER Hamilton, JR, TuEoDoRE sEDcwicx,
GBoRGE j. SCHUYLER, WILLIAM w. STONE,
ElMRT ANDERSON,
The following the Of the officers, &c. -
President
THEODORE SEDGWICK.
Vice President,
QDschargpg the duties of sec setsry ami Treasurer
WILLIAM WaErrEN.
Bookkeeper,
l. c STUART
Clerk,
FRANCIS HAALToN,
Saperi"teading Arehusez and Engineer
Consulting En- ineer,
HoRATIo ALLLN.
architects
GEORGE j b. CARsrESsES CHARLES GnpsansrER.
Consulting Arcaitec,
Edmund HURRY.
In charge 81 me Pat~rn Shop,
chAs }. snKpAkp ., JOHN rgRvls
q y. sTAUAToN.
IL charge Of tho Office at AeaertOir Square,
HENRY VAUGHAN
Superintendent Of Machine Department
Superintendent. If the Rear Building,
MR. fARRoN
According TO the provisions OF charter the capital
should amount TO two hund ID thousand dollars ssve
being given to Iaie the three hundrsd thonsand
The charter makes it incumbent on the Directors to
sign or more days on which the pnpls Of the
Wxrd oOls the Free Acsd.my the Blind and Deaf and
Dumb Institutions ard the Or phan As lnms shall be ad
nitted free of charge 1t also provides that day
must be set apart which the net proceeds OF which
shall be paid to the Treasuers of the Fire Depart
Fuud for the benefit OF the widows and Orphans of
deceased frene il the cite, Of New York ard Brock
kn, and divided between Them n the proper lions Of
three oprhs to the former and fourth to ths latter
Inc ms tia ia Of he HAT
features of the whole exhibition and will confer JON it
s vel deserved popularity Whea great nasienl en-
terpre like this is made contribute to tho support of
the destitute, it speaks well for the character Of the
country, and the benevoence of paoc authorities
Ia raising the required pai Association met with
but sight difficulties. Shares taken by
hundred and fifty persons and firms. The next mpor-
ant step to secuce the Operation ana cuotenauce
Of the federal government IL essential IN order
obtain extensive support ftom the manufacturers Of Eu
Ioe tina, their goods should be admitted duty fes Tns
Iroper department. of the governnsat Of the Uaitsd
States treated the matter eith corcia hberaHty aud On
the 24th day Of May, Mr. Maxwell Collector 81 me port
OF New York made a written aunicaton TO the pre-.
silent of tho association stating that the building when
erected, would be made bonded sarah0use 10
ceive the goods free Of daty while exhibition. The
foreign and domestic DEF orr Aned
after and the architects eusneer &C., appointed. Va
riou degns for the bcidpg presented from among
which that Of Mr.. Christensen selected HIS plan
was adopted the Goth of last August.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING.
We sha into the o.a,ls Of the site cd "
the building Reservoir square which It is erected,
hes at the northern extremity sf The city, The
Croon Distributing Reservoir and between tn mighty
Of stone and the Sixth Tia precise distance
from the Reservoir to the Sixth is AS feet and
4 o and n,,tb fr,o rs,..h
second street, is 455 feet.
The main features Of the building az folio % III
IT, with the exception Of the floor, roof sna portion of
the DOME entirely constructed Of Iron and glass Inc
geDes idea Of the cdifce is Greek cross sDrmouDted
by = dome at the intersection Each diameter Of the
cross win be 365 feet five inches long There three
similar entrabces--opt the Sixth avenue,
Fortieh and Forty second street. Each entrance
is AZ feet vds and that the sixth avenue Is ap-
preached by flight Of eight steps each front 10
large semi circular fan light Al feet wide and 81 feet
high, answering to the arch Of the Each Of
the is the ground plan lio feet broad This is
divided into central and tgo aisles, each
side the rave IL feet wide, each aisle 81 fee vide.
The central portion carried up the height of
61 feet and TIE semi circular arch b. which 1t spauned
10 Al feet broad. There thus in effect shed
crossing each other at rgat angles Al feet broad
81 feet high to the of the and 1856 ett loag
and each side Ct these aisle 81 feet bsosd
and IS feet high. Tie exterior OF the rilgeway Of the
is Il feet. Each aisle il covered by gallery of
il width, and "a feet from the floor Tie central
dome is 100 feet 10 diameter 6S feet inside the
floor TO the sprrg Of the arch and lis Zee. 10 the
crown and on the outside with the antsra, 1919 feet
The exterior angles Of the building ngsniousiy 6led
up with triangular lean to "a feet high vhi:h gives
the ground pan octagonal shape, each SIDE face
bSi Vi1 10
tower eight feet in diameter and IS feet high.
Ten large, and eight winding stale connect tho
Iincipsl floor with the gallery which opens on the
three balconies that situated the halls
and asTd ample space for flower decorations, statues,
vases &c The ten principal stair consist of two
fights Of steps with two landirg places TO each the
eight winding stair. placed in tine octagonAl
towers which lead ao to small balconies the tops
Of the towers and to the roof of the building.
The building contains the ground floor II 600
square feet of space, and in its galleries, wh,h 81
feet vide, 62 000 square feet more making total
of l73 eco square feet for the purposes of exhibition
There thus the ground floor two and half
exactly 5210o; in the galleries and
a. 100 toal, within incon siderabs fraction, four
acres.
There the grourd aoor 100 sg,sal cast i-oa
columns Il feet above the floor and e,gh inches
cas hollow Of different thickresses from half an inch
inch. TLee columns receive the cast roa Orders
These 26s feet long and feet high, and serve to
sustan the galleries and the wrought iron construction
the roof well TO brace The VII Die structure ia
every direction The girders well the secosa story
columns, fastened TO The columns IN tse 81 story
by connecting pieces Of the ocagopa sha ~ TIE
colamna feet inches high, havng proper Gsuges aud
ugs 10 fasten all pieces to- ether ty bolts The nber
q lovsr aocr Orders is 252 besides Il wrough. iron
orders of the height and al feet over mart
q the nave. The second story nt,ips l4s columns OF
The same shape boe below, and IL feet inches high
These receive another ,ier OF gders, nuber,pg 100 for
the support Of the roofs Of the siles each being
covered by JIG cast iron semi circular arches each com
posed 81 four pieces.
The dome Ia supported by q columns, which 70 up
above the second story to height of 81 feet above the
hoor and support combination OF wrought Iron arches
spd gjerr, which cast iron bed plate 30 con.