New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-29

Mss,Ys. Paion & Co, dealers 10 uPuo'.'ev
nearly completed store 81 feet in front, ~ fee' desP'
ard stories in hight, which win DO occupied oy
Themselves The front Of Albert freestone, sAoePs
On The 6rst story, that being Of iron. lne
are coupled and trimmed with heavy HiO"oa
arebitrayes. cornices, and carved keystonss' ine
door. and windows are all inclosed with bs'gers
pa,.p. rolling rcn shutters. There is DUMB waiter
ir,ide, extending from the cellar 10 the mn 1''y'
ipcosed with pas.ered partition aiding doors ine'e
il slso front hoitvsy from the street to the tlra
s.o,v Adjoining this building is store Just erected
BY W. A. Kettlstass, Of the came high.-2o feet front
and % feet deep-uarbe 'front.' except the hrsf story
which s composed OF iron columns Ii fee. high. Inc
ertr hight Of the building is y feet above the euro.
The iron coInice viii be surmounted in front OF tue
s.cordstoty windows with marble balus.ers. The
fret floor termn s,es in the rear, with semicrce,
vaul.ed uth stained gass and iron ribs constructed
with view Of acriirg additional light to the rear OF
the building.
On the same street. and nearly opposite to the two
buildings last described, Messrs. Walker & Penuan
have commenced store which will be 81 feet front
ard 100 feet deep, ard Of white marble front. 1t viii
be completed duspg the Winter.
A very handsome block of buildings, with white
marble fronts ard Of the Uniform hight of 1--WE stories,
is in course Of erection Worth and Church streets,
on the site Of the old church. The block comprises
Elk stores commencing Worth street. at the Moifat
Building, and terminating Church street The hr't
store 30 by 100 feet owned by Dir. Lesvtt and the
estate of bis late psrrer, Mr.. Csthn The second Is
of the same size, and belongs TO Henry Yourg, re-
tired merchant. The third and fourth are OF the
same sze as the last. and are owred by H. ID. Adrich,
another retired merchant. The 9th is % by 70
fee, and owned by Samuel A. Warner, the architect
Of the block The sixth has front on Worth street
of 30 feet, and on Church street of - feet, with
cellar basement and vaults extending on both
streets. II is owned by Samuel Wymsn of Bst-
more. This block has the longest marble front OF
sny in the city-tbe entire range of 'front.' including
both Worth and Church streets, is 3i5 feet 1t
built with all the modern Improvements, and the
vaults are covered with the patent Illuminated
tile The several stores in this block will be finished
and ready for occupation by the LIST Of FebruNy.
On Duane street, two stores, with white marble
fronts are being erected on three lots, Nos $780, l32
and 1874. They are Eve stores-bo.h stores measure
5feet front-and are ia feet Deep They are Owned
by Messrs. Stephen Baker, Theodore Beach and Nor
ten Z. Greene. On the four contiguous lots, CON-
mencirg with No. 1876, three stores, with marble
fronts, are also being erected. They are owned by
Bernard & Hutton, importers Each store is AZ
feet 'front.' and 10 feet deep; the center building will
have elk stories, and be occupied by Messrs b. & H.
The other two will have but five Stories II is ex-
pected they will be finished by the fret Of February.
At No. 60 Duane street, Mr.. William C. Wallace, .
resident of the State Of New.Jersey, is erecting
store IS feet in 'front.' and rs feet Deep five stories
high, with marble front.
From No. IS TO No. s. Duane street, there are two
new stores, with iron 'front.' partly built, which mea-
sure 100 feet in front, and IS feet deep FIVE stories
in hight, and iron front. They owned by Thomas
Palmer confectioner, who will occupy part of the
buildings.
Mr. S. b. Athsuae Of the firm Of Altbause & Co, has
now in course of erection and approaching compile
tion building five stories in blight, and one hundred
feet ssnare on the south east corner of Houston and
Greene streets to be used IS 9 mandatory for all
kinds of plain and ornamental wrougns iron WORK.
The structure is composed Of brick, iron and wood,
the floors being 50 constructed to bear the heaviest
weights that can be placed upon them. The walls are
veyy thick snd several brick piers three eetby four to
which are connected chimpies, extend fron; the
foundation to the roof. The window frames and
ssshes at wrought iron and are set between the
piers referred to- the intervening space between each
built in the French style, and all the ornaments and
Lettering on the exterior will be in the medieval
style. Extensive vaults are constructed on each
street and opening square are even with the
basement, sffordng one large unobstructed Io'"
one hundred and twenty feet square. Ia the
extreme corner of the vault, corner OF Houston
ard Greene streets, Will be stationed an Immense
boiler, capable of driving an engine on each floor,
ard also for heating the building throughout 10 cold
weather No casting will be done In the establish.
nsrt, and all the forging will be done in the base
ment and vaults, which have been rendered fire.
proof No FIRE will be used in any other portion Of
the premises. In order to supply the establishment
with water Mr.. Althause is sinking well in the
yard, and has some thoughts of boring an artesisn
well. The building, when completed, will have cost
MIR. Athause upward OF $4,000.
$40 900 left by Mr. Seth Grosvsnor to the Society for
Btterng the Condition of the Jews is at last TO be
paid to somebody. The society, which was in col
lapsed state at the time the legacy wss left, has been
most vigorously alive ever SINCE Indeed, two bodies,
Istesd of one from the ashes of the dead soc
ety. and both claim to be the "Origiral Jscobs'-
$4,000 is worth living for, evidently Both parties
sppe AIRED on Thursday before the Surrogate to make
the executors pay the amounts the executors also ap
peared and stated that they needed no forcngi they
were ready to pay the sum, and hsd ALREADY taken
measures 70 do 60 TO the society of which the Rev.
Mr.. Pippey is secretary. Mr.. Abbott, who claims
that be il the secretary Of the real Smon-P0re society,"
wished the Surrogate to instruct the executors TO
wbom 70 nav the money. The Surrogate decided II
no. his business, and that the executors could
pay 10 whom they pleased. Consequently, the repre-
n,.,ivss of the Pinney branch OF the society went