New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-19
CITY ITEMS.
.~rysTAryMEyrs. e. Day IND hVENING ,

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A. noes Ostneh Races Nookey Races IouInsu5l OADIs
R.ll HWosserfu Baancns &C. afternoon aid evening ~.
nsT,,ooS Delirsaon Character Buls i9e sse.7fe@ VI
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.ssss great variety Of Equestrian '''
49,. EeYrrAS open day and evening a' NO.
g Ovens interesting Pictorial description Of the
, eosSosimAs PsDtinss OF the Eoy Land &C. corner o.
BwSy . ;1s !. d5sssd IN Bsnvars great 6eoama Be-
Se T M and other wonders the Studio curo'o No.
- The National Academy Of Desn is for the
',So e. WsnSton Exhibition Of open no o7
BressWU -
qte heat Of the past two days cuminated and col
ai.,. NIGHT in a thunder shower with heavy rain and
..s..os ~ distant lightning The wind fresh but
=. voent and the Temperature fell rapidly from sunset
anti he shower at midnight
~. The Building Committee for the proposed new
a., Ionse will receive plans at No. a Walst on Nom
dy Afternoon next
~. We notice that several Importing Stati)ners have
'o,ed 10 close their stores Saturdays 4; o'clock
n from the 9Th Of June.
CRY IwpnoygNrxrs-1he Trinity Bui'dtag.-One Of
es most notable improvements in the way Of building
vbch has been made in tbs City during the past year is
,be Trinity Building, noble monument indeed to the
growth Of our Commerce, the energy OF our American
Merchants and the prosperity Of our Country 1t occupies
An Isolated piece Of ground in the center of the CONNER
sl portion Of Metropolis, protected on one side by
Trinity Churchyard the other by Thamsss, in font
b, Broadway and ia the rear by Trinity Pace-ihus afford
ng light and air all sides It's in extent "A feet on
Broadway and 262 feet in depth
bov al fha
Ga of this great work commenced operations by demosh
inc The structure broadway known the New Eng
snd Hotel and the old building Trinity place which
was originally q sugar house, and bore, its front, in
large iron characters 75l denotng the year fits erection
This bitter building amiliary, but incorrectly known
a the Old Sugar House probably used during the
revolution prison, and if tradition be true the human
suffering and wretchedness which have been endured with
hik walls are too heartreDdng to contemplate The real
aOd Sugar House, where Cunningham OF Infamous mem
uy raryed his prisoners, the lots adjoining the
,oush east side Of the Post Office in Libertyst.
bearchec of Trinity Building, unwilling to trust to
ordinary foundation dug trench some three or four feet
DEEPER than where it WAS determined to commence the
,l about three feet wide at the bottom and gradually
pg at both sides until it feet wide at the top
lno dis was poured from elevation Of Is feet
cnent aud beach pebble tones, filing the trench aud
uskfg complete watercvel. This concrete, after the
yse OF little time aud exposure to the atmosphere, be
cane es hard stone. Upon this erected the walls, five
ftm thickness Each story is independent OF the others
bsying rs brown stone watercOurses The wall on each
side rem the concrete drawn In few inches, thus max
sg nm lighter and thinner at the top. This produces
gcod tf Ct and takes away that APPEARANCE often seen
particularly in high buildings little isolated Of being top
heavy.
The material of which i, is built is yellow or Chicago
40 - 4.
d Wisconsin. From TIE peculiar chemical properties
which this clay possesses it burns of yellow color and
Ae brick made fTom gives pleasant aspect to the build
hgs in which they are used
The building has elevation Of some four FIVE feet
Broadway and by descending few steps opens large
store Occupied by Clain, Meen & Co. The ground falls
oHnpdy toward Trinity place that the greater part
tbs store Is above ground The above firm also occupy
large in the Of the first floor 800 feet long aud 40
feet wide, with ceiling IS feet high, connected with the
basement by means of a stairway.
The main entrance of the building is in the center on
Broadway by ascent Of few steps through fine yesti
bale into the main hall The second story is reached by
ne ascent Of two flights Of stairs Of which, for conve
asnce placed near the entrance but the main stairway
smear the center Of the building The main stairway as
cds either side l. of oak broad and easy of ascent
md well lighted on either side by windows and a dome
let long and 10 feet wide occupied by the Mercantile
Asncy Of Tappan and Douglass, and fitted up in splendid
aykviih desks for clerks, private rooms sc.
earge rooms the third floor are ocouped by
hehan URohn, Architect The fifth story divided into
enees and the sixth story, which is lighted BY windows
edadome is occupied by Tappan, Carpenter Casilear 81
U, Bank Note Engavers.
The residue Of the building on the various floors is d.
nsd into rooms suites Of rooms on either side ofthe hall
The center Of the building is tier of fire proof safes
swseues high these constructed that should the
'ansbe destroyed by fire they will remain standing the
vs beng several feet thick There are on Broadway and
iuas ST double tier Of vaults for the use Of the oecu
ts Tie building throughout is to be heated with steam
Aiglied with gas There are three hundred and sixty
sNhdows in the entire structure averaging nine feet by
sV
iEe exterior is in the Roman Corin,hian style Of arch
~tlfe Fifteen heavy iron girlerS, three each story
~ ioSs from side - SIDE leaving the floors without OBJ
Nse'on by columns Toe roof is topped with an eegan
~'1As Of material called terra Gotta
ne following synopsis viii give more correc. idea O.
y magnitude OF the structure In the excavation $50
s,ds Of dirt osrted away; it has 10000 cubic feet
tacTee under the walls; il contains 10000 cubic feet
sene wall is3is7 cubic feet OF brick wall consuming
r'A"O0 brick 900 about Eve scres square feet Of
200 feet nearly two miles OF eotncing 800,
s-o.' S'V1o ieet OF flooring 10000 feet o.
eeaienins 1900 teet Of partition 1900 Zee, OF roofing
Sos windows $50 doors 2s5 steps 10 stsrs soo fer
mere than miles Of gas pipe, and 1000 fac, abon.s
rIes Of steam pipe for heating
The building was erected by George NJ Tsusop builder
sad VIM h Simonton, mssoa, Richard Upjohn. srch,e,,
. owned jointly by Messrs Buckley and Claii.o and
Fearing and Russell, aud cost upwards Of 100000
u Archbishop Hughes is in treaty for the purchase
ahe cure Of land between Broadway, Firth av, Twenty
I'M and Twenty sixth SITS which to eroc; very large
and nagnh sent Cathedral.
NlcHols's JoURnAL.-We have received the second