New-York tribune., 1873-05-17
THE TRIBUNFS ROOF.
TENANTS WHO HAVE THRrvEp THERE

suppaned strncture greater architectural
nihcence It will be remembered fondy IA
miliar haunt which visitors 10 the city have
made objective point in their search for
! "llOns." While the plain drabcoored building
Is strongest In its journalistic memories, beneath s roof
| have developed and prOspered several firms widely
| known in the mercantile community II becomes n mat
ter Of qualification when is added that the growth Of
these firms has been cDtempOrary with that OF the
newspaper. and that entering the premises in a small
they leave 1t with immense and deserved
regulations Each tenant has "reminiscences to offer which
color ITS history, eventful as that has beeD
Through the carelessness OF offce-boy the first
TRIBUNE building, which covered lots Nos I5s and 100
Nassau-st. and Nos 3, 8, and Sprucest. burned
down Wednesday Feb 5, 1855. The tenants at that
time Jansen Bell, law stationers Ensign & Son.
map publishers Humphrey Phelps, dealer in books
and ea;" Mr.. Bigelow, publisher OF the Baptist
Memorial" J. A. Fraetas, jOD printer william II.
Graham, publisher OF Grahan's Mdga=iRe Gay
! lord Watson bookbinders Echthal & Bernard.
publishers Of the Deusche Sehnepos and the Wesleyan
Methodist Book Concern. The adjoining office Of
The True SUM- cooperative newspaper published by
compositors OF The Sun who had struck against the
wages paid by Moses Y. Beach, slightly damaged
Thus it will be that then now the occupants OF
the building we're connected in way with the dis
semnatlon Of knowledge, lending the locality OF
learned activity Several Of the firms that we're burned
ont in 1s45 reenrered tho present building
which Greeley * McElrath erected within
very few months after the fire, and remained
until the present month, when preparations for the
structure had fairly begun The old business Of Jansen
& Bell has lived happily through the intervening
years, passing successivey through the hands OF Bell
& Could and Thomas Wood, until in 1856 it reached its
present manager w. Reid Gould. In his It has
grown quickly and heathily. The Lawyers Diary, an
annual publication has increased ten-fOd in circulation
and In the line OF lawbanks the business mas hardly
competitor in the city. To him and 70 others it is
thought a word Of farewell and commendaton may
properly be given
The old TRIBUNE property had front OF 30 feet, and
ran down sprucest 55 feet It owned by Thompson
Price, father-in-aw OF Thomas McErath,
cated with Mr.. Greeley in the earliest days Of THE
TRIBUNE. The freproof building In spruce-st. measur
ing square added in 1851 when THE TRIBUNE
printing office on the third floor OF the old building and
limited business. He occupied only room,
and used only three presses. Baker Goodwin sue
ceeded him, and much industry, energy, and
enterprise did the young firm manifest that they built
up the business raplY Ihey secured room aIter room
and after press until they occupied all the space
on the second thlrd ana IouIth 1oors NOT use 9y LIE m
TRIBUNE Even these premises were soon IOund 10 Oe
small and when tne nTeProQI building was was eI ersced
snntber ,jIustration az t6e gnod fortune
ailolher mus'rA'ion Oi INC soVI '''no .io
that attended the Efforts OF al IN ths
ednce. They began with moderate means, ana
few facilities. Their workmanship good and their
methods honest They won custom and praise and nave
acquired reputation for prompiness and excellence.
At the Worlds Fair held in this city IN 1888 hey we're
awarded the first premium for superior printing ana
I
Ishment ID No. 25 Parkrow The second floor con-
ains the countngroom and office, the third floor Is oc-
cuped by Job department, the fourth nOOr Is gwen
the printing presses. aud the fh floor TO the compO-
sition Of books, periodicals and pamphlets go.
Several times during the anraft riots OF July. 1858,
THE TRIBUNE building was threatened and assalled Mr.
Baker Of Baker * Goodwin was assured by friend one
night that IN the morning the whole establishment
pnperfv OF the friend being DESTROYED aud The TRIBUNE
building left unharmed. Nearly pane OF glass IN
bic clock in the countngIoom licked soemniy aud cor
| rpsfI a
broken It's face. Junus Henri Browne relates OF TINS mo-
pected that attack would be made upon TIE TRIBUNE
building the employees had prepared for desperate de
tense Several hours spent in endeayorng 20 get
Mr. Greeley out OF the office he stOutly refused and
while reyOyers. muskes aud handgenades were being
distributed he sat down 10 write an editorial for the
Tolney b. Palmer who claimed to be the originator
OF advertising agencies IN America, occupied OFFICES III
the old TRIBUNE building and Joy, COe Coz MS sue
cessOrs, established IN the new building IN 1850
Mr. COe Is to-day mead Of the hrm OF COe, Hether M
Co in Philade phia and his successor in this city W
W sharpe Mr. sharpe's business Is said TO amount 70
The system practced by him affords the advertiser
unlike some other agencies does compel him to use
| single newspaper more. Among the nrms
Sra Mao's Wheeler aeyer'''S wilson, Lord T & Taylor
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co, Iylson' Blake,
Sheldon & Foster. A small newspaper deyOted 10
sewing women, Was started by him IN mi IiE m con
! unued in premises partly occupied by Baker
/ < Goodwin at No. % Parkrow ,, -,
disappeared. woodcus will recall among the signs Of
the rms already mentioned that or the ancient anu
honorable banking house OF L. ;. Lawrence Co. In
/ uulet and unObtrusive way these bankers extended
widely the business founded in lsi6 by r Saher VINO
/ subsequently went To san Francisco, and Is
| nt present one Of the wealthest bankers in that
city. He succeeded in 1855 by Luther
wears later this partnership was dissolved, ana Mr..
Lawrence took OF his clerks Charles Frazier, INTO
firm was formed, consisting Of Charles Frazier r. T.
Williams and Charles +. Lawrence. Compelled TO leave
they nave secured offices IN the Bennett Dud-
/ ing, at Nassau aud FIitonsts: 81, , Al, -,
THE TRBUSR's The UHRed states Gazette an ad-
yertsug sheet, was first issued here oy D. NJ Emerson
in 1880 and time IL paying concern; Dut
ultimately overtaken by the common rate OF pub
LEGATIONS Of rs kind ana snSc1ZogI Z IT i T3n' Ne W
now eulanaung from NO II Frankfort1st;, passed .
years prosperity that part OF The TRIBUNE estate
recently occupied by The Witness. The paper was
started under It's present ue III lsi5 MAJOR "a NJ N9an
Times. The firm then known as Noan' Deans *
Howard Mr. Noah died in 1851, Mr.. Deans Is living IN
New,Jersey ana Mr. Howard and his sons are PUBLISH
inc tbe uaDer which occupies "A respectable niche among
weekly journals The stan has included Una many
the front rank OF their profession. That bitter advocate
of white supremacy, The Day Book, was puDllshed 10
tine same building for II years. IL maue 9 is Has' az
pearance from office in Ann-st, auOut ls5 me ed
tors beng DR.. Bacon, n r. simpson ana George w
Foster; and IN 1895 II removed 70 ihe pness gbS, th
where II occupied the first hOor subsequently the pup
fishers sub-et this at very handsome prOnt p ahu a TO-
Van Evere Horton & CO. then assumed control Oh the
which passed through sOue reInaIhdOe Nlcissi
tudes AT the outbreak OF the rebellion me Day BOOK
opposed the Administration with great severity, ana
thereby GaIned circulation OF about oOUoo IN IN o
bur Tor years suppressed fron the mails ana
Loot nearly all The was still distributed IN the
south however large numbers Of copies being sent IN
barrels boxes by the express companies. MT HOT
ton the iunOr OF the nrm died IN 1907 and l.
r. Cnasc and W. II. HOdgins became associated Win Or
Van Everie. under the ute OF Van Eyere * Co. Ills
| nrm now publishes Inc Day Book az BeekInan and
! Gud-ss.
An evening newspaper The Globe also led preearlous
! ana snort existence THE TRIBUNE building IL Was
constantly revolving between success and failure IN lts
short lire. sometimes II lost 10 slgnL anu thOugnt
to be dead, when it would reappear VITA penny taken
! a added 10 It's size. Denedctlon