The New York herald., 1869-03-31

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fectly dreproof Taxing into account che compare;
tive strength Of marble and the different varieties OF
stones and iron ana the comparative tune required
finally determined to give tho preference 70 IRON,
the material named for its structure in the outset
OF description and which, oil course, - painted
white. We have now described the exterior OF the
building.
Simple, erect. severe, spsters. aubllrns,
Power. S siaIy' :sssssi ss and beauty, al are visible
Lingering brief space longer or :he outside Of
i a 81 ne @ os on
each OF the sides Is occupied with stores. There
are twenty.four stores each nty.two ieet .hp, deep
windows. the latter OF plate glass are modelled after
attractive patterns and there can be no question OF
Thrtysecond and Thirty third streets sides are each
twenty feet wide; q room TO be occupied a. store
the kitchen and d. laundry, which we shalt aiuds to
more particularly hereafter occupy the remainder OF
Up the grand staircase and through the grand
vesttbue, appearing almost in Its magnitude and In
the number or Its TALL massive pillars like the IN
passing into the spacious hall with its floor or mar.
ble II the building seemed colossal In Its exterior. II
seems even now more vast In It's proportions Thls
hall IL thirty feet In width, with double Nights
OF stairs leading upward from 1t with broad and spa
cious landings On either side of the vestibule are
giant design and workmanship. On each side Of the
staircase, and fitted up in style almost Of Oriental
cloVaLOfS,
and running from the first 10 the upper story OF the
building. First however, to give an integible idea
OF the general interior construction OF the building
we will 30 into the courtyard which Is "a by ll6 feet
In size Rising all about us and looking down upon
this hollow square, II that may be called square
walls OF the hotel. The depth from the extreme pro-
lection OF the grand entrance to this courtyard Is
sxty-one feet and taat or the the rest Of the Tonrth
second and Thirty ythrd street fronts rather the
width Dfthese portions OF the building communicating
depth width OF the main portion at this point is
thirty-six feet nine inches. Descending now
below @ ~ tho ''e level OF o the Street, @ IN IN tho tho
thick and massive underlying walls we see en-
bodied all the essential elements OF strength neces
sary to support the vast superintendent structure
heating the entire building, lending its strength in
rapid motion to a series Of gigantic fans used for
furnishing fresh air to all the halls and rooms, and
laundry. Extending from the basement to the roof
ventflatng shafts eight BY ten feet Ia sze These
shafts pass upward through the four angles Of the
thai irrepressibe feature OF hotel the kitchen tho
bell.n The kitchen is directly in rear OF the court
yard. All the modern improvements are here In
art. The kitchen Is thlrty-slx by nincty-six feet
In size. Double elevators for raising and lowering
stores for communication with the dining room and
At each end are large SMOKE Shafts having vent-
laring air chambers around them. There is also q
stairway leading 10 the second story. On one side
is the store room for hotel stores alluded to above
Adjoining the kitchen Is the laundry and dining
Ioom In which is to be found every needed appliance
Ascending again TO the second stOrythis st0ryand all
ABOVE 4 are used entirely for ho.e purposes-we 60
an ante or reception room, through which there is
to the balcony 0yertnc portico. Stop
ping here for moment we observe tho fine view to
with its palatial residences. the second story
There are no series OF suits OF rooms as
In ordinary hotets, such rooms from the
nature OF tne case not neing required, Tne grand
width, extending from Thirty.second to Thrty.third
streets Communicating with this hall and also OF
the same width are parallel halls on each side, and
to the rear, and there again communicat
ing with similar hall parallel to the FIRST on
either side Of these halls are rooms for the guests
those In front looking on the street and those In
the rear into the court yard: The rooms on this
story are double rooms and intended for two Sis
ters to occupy, other cases where two occupy
These rooms are sixteen by seventeen feet IN
size. On this door and directly over the kitchen and
thirtyslx by nlnetysx feet In dimensions. This Is
chez q0uue OF dining rooms, oil the appointments
sas Sns q "a gssseR Ssas Stories ss' q P lie nes
constructed on the same plan with the second
story, except that the rooms are smaner the latter
being each eight by seventeen feet In size. Over
the aiming hall, however, Is room OF the same d.
mensions as the former occupied for meetings.
concerts lectures and similar purposes. On the
fourth loor and also OF the same size, aud che
last room named Is the library and reading room.
Over this space in the remaining stories are rooms
commodate about COO guests, there beng altogether
500 rooms for their accommodation: Each room Is
neatly. furnished and Is well supplied with water
and marble basins. Besides this every room has an
air duct and register for fresh air and correspond
lug one for taking OF the impure air. Furthermore,
each room is heated with steam coil placed
under the window sill and supplied with fresh AR
from the outside through an opening % under the
ventilation could not possibly DO devised. In fact
all the details are as near perfect as can be. The
frequent and spacious windows afford ample abund-
ance light on each floor at the angles OF the open
court in tho rear Of Fourth avenue are bathrooms
the nall doors are marble and the other oors are OF
hard, narrow wood. The doors and sashcs are also
OF hard wood, and each room Is furnished with IN
side shutters. All the Bashe5 glazed with single
plate glass; The building is constructed wholly OF
iron and brick and Is thoroughly hrepr0of There
wrought iron floor beams and from SOL TO 5000
tons OF cast iron. Mr. stewart bought himself 5000
Of pig = "a s 70 MAKE up 70
iron, and brick arches turned up between them and
levelled of with the top OF the beams with cement
All the stalrways made or iron, ana nre likewise
nreproof Mr. John Kcum, the celebrated architect,
who mas put up nearly a the dreproof buildings in
architect OF the HERALD building, Is the archi-
tect OF this building. Architectural Invention has
certainly been taxed to Us utmost to to produce tne
self equal to The task, and Ia the symmetry, beauty
and periectness Of his plan has achieved splendid
Cornell who also did the iron work for the HERALD
do the ironwork for this building Messrs. stewart
& Smith are the mas0ns.
DISPOSAL AND MANAGEMENT or THE HoTEL>
Gradually the building, IN all tho beauty and com.
pleteness Of its massive proportions, has developed
itself to imaginative view. All this - TO DO given
away and the GIT be made perpetual. the spc-
cal Ueneficence we have described. The plan o, its
disposal has been fully settled upon BY Mr.. Stcxart
In the first place. sectarian influence ce ex-
ercsed In Its management. MIR. stewart is An Els.
copalan, but ne believes IN the broad brJlbSrhood
OF humanity and that the duties and des es or ile
have nothing to do with church creeds or schs;ns or
dogmatic formulas It's control viii BROADLY catho-
llc Its management wiii be given s,to the hands OF
the respective udicatory heads II the leading popu
the supervisory guardians cr BOARD OF trustees Ihcy
likewise WIN have The Choosing Of the directrcsses OF
tue great charity I'm. dDccresscs will be its dircot
custouians N tue second place tho whole thing is
anu exclusively q woman's affair,
anu 70 WOMEN "A IT, be given the immediate aud i
AERIAL managedlcss, ut least regards contact with
the inmates. Den arc to have nothing TO 90 with
II direcuy--aT, In fact, to he seduously Kept away
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