New-York tribune., 1874-08-12
A NEW MUSEUM OF SCIENCE.
NFw.HAyFN IN THE FIELD.

SERIES IN MANY DEPARTMENTS LARGELY FACIII-
TATING RESEARCH.
IrRox THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBUNEJ
NRw-HAvEN, Aug. S.--The work OF demol-
ishing old buildings the site where the great scien
tc museum ia 10 be erected has already made notaoe
progress aud excavation for the foundations OF one
wing OF the edihce will have been begun oy tue ''he
this reaches the majority Of readers The lana Is .o
gift OF Yale College, and comprises an are" Vi -,
feet on the west side of HiGh-st' oe'"oon . I'm
aud Library-sts., including both corners 10 tn"'
Tho total frontage on the three streets Is over
coo foot The buTding will be known as the Pea
hodv Museum Among the munifcent devises OF George
Peabody was fund OF s5OOO9 in trust for the erection
of museum OF natural history, especially Oh 'ne ue
parments of zoology, geology and mineraIogv ln coh
necon with Yale College. IN the City OF NewhaVen'
State OF Connecticut" The deed of trust further spec
a. that O0o OF the fund shall applied toward the
ereci,on of such building, planned with reference u
,mmediae Use and further enlargement tdat S4OoV 10
invested TO accumulate building fund OF at least sV
90: and that $4,000 be invested to provide an lncoho
for the care of the museum the increase OF coecon
md the general interests Of the departments OF science
already named " the remainder, after providing or o
care of The museum being divided in the proportion vi
tbree.sevenths 10 ZOOLOGY. threeseyentns to geology
and one-seveath to mineraogy. The trustees Vi 'lo
fund are PrOis J. d. Dana, T. s'man' u D. pluen' w.
C. Marsh IL Excellency c. L. IngersoH tue hoh' H. -
Winthrop and g. Peabody Wemore, esq The present
e,or -, tio several departments OF the museum are
7 ivard : Dana OF the mneraogcal, Prof o. Z. MARSH
a The .coo.ic4l and Prof a. L. On OF the zooiog
cal depar ncht. 80, A..
The b sing viii in many respects one or the nnest
,,, adoru tine City New-Haven. The architect j.
& C,dy o. York, and the plans indicate structure
,f uru,u,I beauty Of design well as adaptation 10
lnrrosc: tho style is judge, what Is called Norman
atl!r tAc edifge consisting of central pulidhs anu
two large wings. standing back, both as 10 iroht anu
cds 50 feet from the street, its architecture WI" oo
L'ei T. great advantage, and 1t viii prooaoy 10 Tue
case with spectator anywhere near the college SrounuS
that
B1slMed AIgu in tuied trees.
For tie present, however, only one wing Is 10 DC
erected. frontage OF lis feet on HSh-st and looo
Elm Tns Wing Will cost 100000; is TO be built OF Drlck'
with stone trmmugs of three storIes and Win hish
basement Lak!ugit equivalent to fourstorY Ouhdlngi
III! throughout The intention Is TO make TINS
museum bear a relation to the various departments OF
Yale Coilce. similar TO that when the Museum OF Com
narrative oey mas toward Harvard University being
bo-h the repository for the vast quantity OF scientific
treasures winch Yale has accumulated, and museum
that shall arI tro material for scientific investigation
and post. rI,.dAte study.
the basement Is to be taken up in part by working
rooms; but Sufficient space Will be assigned for the eX
h5uon the collection OF fossil footprints from
the valley o. the Connecticut, which at present
stored Iu basement where they cannot be seen TO ad
vantage. These footprints are principally of Dinosau
ran reptiles that had birdke characters's-such as
walking on their hind feet and leaving three or four
toed track There are however in the cole ctiOn many
thousand specimens Of Ootracks, varying greatly as
70 size and character of minute insects and
crustaccans up animals perhaps not inferior IN bulk
the elephant, and certainly making larger tracks
than that quadrupod. Among these specimens Is one
slab containing tracks Of the gigantic Otozoum. No
bone Of tas reptile has over been discovered
the red sandstone of the Connecticut not
being IN general favorable 10 the preserva-
uon OF fossil remains The specimens arc both
footprints casts the latter being formed by fresh
layer sand washed upon the beach after the i'm
presslons made. The largo footprints perhaps
20 inches long stride in instances, four feet
Iwi be perceived that considerable space is required
for the exhibition Of his class Of specimens, Which
sufficient in number aud $40 10 start respectable
stone quarry.
The VIII be appropriated 70 lecturc-room
aud to miGoial0sy The exhibition on this floor will be
noteworthy includes the famous mineral collection
OF Col Clubs; that Of Baron Lederer the remarkable
Blum collecuon of pseudomOrphs and others Of scarcely
less interest the asSembae Of moteortes being of ue
usual number and value including the great Gibbs
meteorite OF 1866 pounds weight that fell Texas
which, as these arc certainly precious sOues, may be
denoulnatcd the gem Of the collection.
The second story viii be devoted TO geology, and when
if is stated that this ineiudes the fossil vertebraes from
tle Rocky Mountains, readers Of TRIBUNE extras,
Familiar with Prof Marsbs expeditions and discoveries
will know hat 10 expect 1t viii be very fur superior
10 any similar collection this other country,
The specimens from the Rocky Mountain region repre-
SEM moi less than 800 species to scioncethe re-
suits OF xoratious carried during tho past i've
gear The varied animal life OF by-gone geoioRleai
rocbs at the West will be very fully Illustrated There
orn crea,ures OF all Sizes from those comparable "
,e mn IN the Dlpoceras which little inferior 10
The elepnant Great numbers OF specimens are requi-
alto 10 exhibit the charac eriscs OF each aulaI as lar
a. possible, and it may be roughly esuuia'ou
that tbose at present accumulated would relXht
preuy long railway train. But the conecuonS iOh tuo
Rocky Mountain region not alone TO Do pro'lueu
for There very large show OF vertebrate FOSSILS
from the mari region of Eeworsoy and from the South
rn states including many unique speomeps there are
the European aud other foreign fossils, sufficiently COM
rlete as to number and variety to show with those o
America the whole Of archaeological discovery
mn TO the present time and embracing some very Vaiua
BILE specimens, tho pterodaety with wings COM
nete which cost Prof Marsh in gold there Is also
une eoecon of invertebTate fossils, the display of
coral aud shells turned 10 stone being OF 10
mean ORDER; and Of fossil plants there is very ful
presentation IL faos the specimens already on hand
are than suhclent W III tne uopdi =" soOi
ogy.
The third story brings back TO the present day.
This floor is assigned zoology Yale has skeletons
enough TO supply every family closet In the country II
IA probaby the best collection as 10 birds and mammals
An the United States being carefully selected as TO ypi
cal specipens Where specimen is usually sufficient
20 represent genus family, this museum VIII nave
three OF four; IN respect 10 goras' Chhhpahzes'
orangou,augs, elephants rhiDoceroses, oetrches 60
The collection OF the gigantic birds of NewZoaand now
extinct is uuequaed the Chicago collection OF Skeletons
recently obtained by purchase includes whale Of 81
feet length and there will be good show OF reptiles
and fishes making a very complete series In respect