The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-17
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
The New Building OF the Charleston
Exchange-Other Operations on Az
lantfc Wharves.

Exchange-Other operations oh NJ"
lantfc Wharves.
If any one has an Idea that building opera
tious In Charlie ston are at stand-stiil, IL
would be well tor him to dlsabHse his mind OIL
that impression by visit to Atlantic WnarVes,
where viii be found larger number OF exten-
siye improvements In progress than at any
preyious time for many months. The most
imnortent of these improvements Is the new
building now being erected for the Charleston
Exchange by Mr.. Walter Cade, the Well'kno"h
contractor aud builder. This is progressing
rapidly, the excavations being now completea
and the foundation walls In mostplaces above
tbe surface. The building Is to be OF brick,
with solid foundations three and half ieet
thick, laid in bed Of concrete and gravel.
The front building, which will contain Inc E2-
change, will be fifty feet square and about
thirty feet high to the caves In the rear OF thls
will be q two story brick building one hundred
feet long aud thirty-six feet wide, which Will
be fitted up for committee rooms and offices.
The front or west Side Of the main building
will contain three large arched doorways with
heavy double doors; and over these will be
three oval windows with swinging sashes for
the admission OF air and light On the north
and south side of this building respectively
there will also be one arched door and two
large arched windows, with smaller oval
window over each, and It will be covered with
a pitch roof, with apertures and Stats IN the
apex for ventilation. The rear building will
be two stories In height, the lower story being
twelve feet and the upper one ten feet h1gh,
and will have six doors and four windows TO
the first floor on each side, and ten windows
to the second floor on each side.
IrsIde the main building will consist OF one
large hall for the purposes OF the Exchange,
which will be fifty feet square and twenty-three
feet high, with three pllasters on each side, and
an arched and panelled ceiling. The other
building will be divided by partition across
the centre Into four fine offices, two on each
floor, each measuring fifty by thlrty-six feet
The western Office on the first floor has already
been engaged by Messrs. W. X. Ryan and
Motet. Huchet & Co., and the other by Messrs.
Witte G. Co. The western room on the second
floor will probably be occupied In whole or In
part as a committee room, and the other will
be rented as business Office. This building
ia expected to be completed and ready for Its
tenants by the lst OF September, and the Ex-
change room will be turned over for the use
of its meubers on about the lst of October.
In addition to these buildings number OF
other improvements are in progress on Allan
tic wharf, under the direction OF MIR. b. q.
Robertson, the agent for this valuable prop
erty. North Atlantic wharf has been torn up,
the defective timber removed, and solid and
durable structure Of palmetto logs, ballasted
with heavy stone and with new pier head and
planklng, Is being put down in its place. South
Atlantic wharf has recently been thoroughly
overhauled In the same way, and the large
sheds on middle Atlantic wharf have lately
been whltewashed, aud are now receiving new
tin roofs.
On the corner of North Atlantic wharf and
East Bay, the building formerly occupied by
Messra. Henry Csmpsen g. Co., ls being adapt
ed by Mr.. Cade Tor the use Of Messrs. Rayenel
& Holmes, who expect to occupy 1t by the
frat of September. On the front Of the lot is
a lhree-story brick store about sixty feet deep,
and running back from this ls a large brick
warehouse one hundred feet long. These two
buildings are now being thrown Into one by
the removal of the rear wall of the one first
named and the substitution of brick arches,
which will afford q handsome store one hun.
dred and sixty feet deep, we'll lighted and ven
tilated