The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-03

ne pavement spsa both fronts y On isvsa with the
se and asosnt Of few steps lsads = onss into Ne
cutter entrance Of the audience chamber t7s .f {
me interior Of the sdincs ID on pr with the outer
portion chastsness and complstsnss being ~ prominent
eharsctestica and has sttins room for about eleven
hundred psrsona The woodwork, which y hneiy con-
esved and executed and devoid Of paint 10 Of walnut
chestnut and ASH finished oil It, disnsions are
Nave and ssles ninety feet by sxtyone feet the
roof being about ynve feet above the lower moor The
chancel circular ap having ON one side the organ
and vestry smpIs but At the same time oesutru roof
h supported by light and graceful iron columns The
angle Of the church at the Of Madison s
occupied by 4 tower, which will eventually be sur
mounted by ssons spre rising two hundred feet
above the level of the thoroughare The sculpture OF
the building within and without Is wholly from natural
foliage The walls TO be decorated in colors but
ss present unfinished The stained glass 10 good, and
from the hand Of Doremus.
In the rear OF the church ID Sunday school building
built the style the church proper II is also
intended erect parsonage the adjoining lot Tho
present rector 10 Rev. DR.. Montgomery.
The New Stock Exchange-The strong
Box OF the Brokers, Sc.
The Board OF Brokers have long felt that their
mO08bOub LOT OF tneir lu3pOrJdut
business too limited and that the extent Of their
calling end the influence exercised in the commercial
community demanded an effort at least to secure
roomy and pleasant place for their operations than
the curbstone the sidewalk even though these
within the sacred precincts Of Wall street. Their ideas
have taken root, sprouted and the result is grand
palace called the Stock Exchange which has arscn
though by magic-but not like Aladdins in single
night-en WALL Broad and New streets, and which Is
now fast approaching completion. This ediace has
BILE fronts two Of its three Sides is reproof through
out and built from cellar to attic In the most solid and
substantial manner.
The materials used in this ednce have been the very
best that could be procured The best TALENT archtec
tura and practical that the city could produce has been
secured the snews Of war-the 'needfu-has not been
given in stnted supply and every exeron has been put
forth 10 make the Stock Exchange worthy the name and
worthy the who to occupy its apartments when
completed That portion 70 be used by the Board and
that designed for the public stock room, have been 80
arranged that the sounds produced in the is dead
ened however loud the noise INDUCED in by the bro
ke their tumut is confined to the place where orgi
mates No vbratory material has been used in this por
ton Of the building.
The vault or safe ofhe entire edce has peculiar
features heretofore seldom introduced into strong boxes
is also the largest and strongest place Of the kind
erected is intended for the Of brokers, for the
Of their notes. papers and other valuabes
and by arrangement which very ingenious and sue
cessful 10 well ventilated and secure from damps which
frequently render vaults vaueess for other purposes
than protecting the precious metals The vault is be-
meath the public room, and 10 ono hundred feet in
length by twenty in width, and nine in height
It is constructed Of Quincy granite and Frank
Unite iron, inlaid with solid steel plates,
dering IL perfectly impervious TO the steel drill
and gunpowder operations Of the burglar would take
the most successful of these gentlemen and with the
best Of tools with unlimited leisure at least twenty four
hours 70 penetrate the walls Of this immense safe.
Within the larger room Of the vault and arranged
around its Sides from two hundred and nifty to I'VE
hundred smaller Safes each against bur-
glaous operators the usual iron safe Of e manafac
tures all we'll protected by the best iscks that
be made These recsptacles two feet wids by two
fess in length inside measurement and placed In
ness twelve in each nest They 70 be ieascd BY the
Board TO such Of their members may desire them,
at Q reasonable rental. In this way . handsome
revenue will be brought 10 the treasury, and the
brokers will have the satisfaction Of knowing whom they
retire ct night that their property IL - safe from Are
and other incidents human ingenuity can make It.
The frontage Of the Exchange, q stated, Is on
Broad, Wall and New srcets Upon Wall street there 10
Q spacious doorway designed for the main entrance
This we'll the remainder Of the outer building, 10
esboratey ornsmented In roh but not gaudy display
u architectural design. The following are the dmcn-
sons Of the building given BY shs architect and super
intsndent, John Kelum, Esq.:-
wide and four stories in height The measurement from
the sidewalk 10 the cornce Is ninety two feet and 70 tho
top Of the beusrsde above the cornce ninety six feet
The style Of architecture is the Cornthian, and the
marble 10 Of the purest white. Over the entrance
which 10 nineteen feet WIDE is beautiful projecting por
di SS each sids Of The enss.sc. Is window,
seven feet six inches wide and nineteen feet high On
the second third and fourth floors there three win
dows the centre (which that over the entrance)
being double Tho stories Broad street are In height
foows:-First door, twenty-five feet; second door,
feet c
street q one hundred and nfty-two feet
mo Now street frost has width Of seventysI feet,
story II fon richly Ornsnsnssd and the second story
Of brick On side Of the nrst floor Of the New street
front the public stock room THIS room lorty ises
Broad, where occupies the whole width Of the nrst
door Al the side Of this large New street will
Of msmbsrs Of the board All necessary preparations
have been made 70 render these - perfect
Ins room for the regular Board viii be on che second
door New street. Il v nfIysbree feet 'front.' seventy
~ fest deep. and t four feet high This WI g we
snd oscus. ssrsop ~ BEEN ssn 70 the arrange
mens for lighting and ventilation. The main entrance
70 this will DO from Wall strest but there viii alp
be aide sntsanos nom New sFssI Both staycases are
wid@and easy Of accent and descent
The Wall street front 10 The most imposing In structure
and design and 10 thrce stories IN height 1t Dimensions
are fourteen feet inches In width b. any x FEET
In depth Il 10 built In the renaissance style Of architec-
ture, Of white marble. spacious hall leads into
~: Ss S s: ,is Both
are 70 be noored with marble tiles, resting upon
iron beams that inlaid with brick The ceilings are
made Of BRICK with arches In the centre Of the public
hall iron columns 70 support the ceiling The window
frames Of iron the only wood In the rooms being the
sashe which used 70 allow for the expansion Of The
ga II II proposed 10 hang heavy dapery around thess
walls for the purposes Of adonment and 70 still further
obstruct the transmission Of sound Mesus William
Laimbesr, Jr, Sons have had the work foI
The mason work, and Performed their contract well
Mesws J. B. W. Cornell have done the
iron work In an equally Satisfactory Mr. Ke-
lum, the architect has already designed many Of the
most beautiful public and private buildings In the city
including tho Court House. the Life Insurance Build
ing, and Mr.. A. T. Stewards buildings, well ~ the
Fulton and South fees and he has done his best "a
make the Stock Exchange ornament a. we'll a.
substantial benefit 10 the city. has been estimated
that the building alone will cost the Board about foul
hundred thousand dollars, and, including the lot, will
rasch far from n hundred thoueand dollara III