New-York tribune., 1875-02-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

TIE NEW TELEGRAPHIC HEART Or AMEH-
ICA,
yEHovAL OF TIE WESTERN UNION COMPANY TO ii'
NEW HEADQUARTERS DIVISIONS or InE
IMMENSE STRUCTURE.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
take possession OF their building this morning at
Broadway and pey-st. workmen have been busy Tor
several DAYS iP putting poles, with the usual bars or
crosspeoes hold the wires in the vicinity OF the new
,ructor and the roof adjacent eddce is covered
with supports for the wires which lead into the
operating rooms There are three poles on
FultasL west OF Broadway which arc 90
tees In hight, and said TO be the longest
Telegraph poles the country each supporting not less
tan rs wires The requirements Of the business make
y, necessary all the wires with the new build
mg before the Company begin TO use it. The old
,ces are in constant night and day and the con-
Meeting wires cannot be removed. The Company there-
tore obliged erect poles with new wires
properly connected with the operatngr rooms be-
tore removal
Tue excavations for the new building were begun In
eeptember 1874 and the foundations were laid during
the folio 9ing Fan aud Winter 1t is built OF brick ana
granite in the French Renaissance style, the main ldea
ts construction being TO reduce IN appearance ny
tic proportions and the arrangement OF the detas he
great hight Of the building compared with s "iuth
DI front The main wall feet IN hight and has 10
tee front The top OF the platform OF the roof OF the
eocktower Is $50 above the Sidewalk the center
ne of the clock being feet from the street level
the top Of the on the nagstan Is niue
eIsher than Trinity Church spre. peculiarly IN the
construction of the Interior OF the building thst the
shree upper IN the roof with their brick arches
and IRON beams are entirely supported by the iron
trusses of the roof which have span OF 6S fee In
ans way the operating Is free from obstruction
TDere has been no wood in the building except for
tho coOrs windows and their trimmings and the vain
tcoiing. The floors Of French artificial stone.
The main entrance Is on Broadway, and the receiving
room ia ia the basement on a level with the sidewalk
and has entrances both Son Broadway and on Dey-st
In this room are the cashiers Offices the money transfer
and the stock apartments connecting with the
ireasuTers Offices. These offices and departments occu
py the whole OF the front Broadway on this floor,
with fire and buTcarproof vaults about fifteen feet
square under tho main entrance stairs. Next
20 tho cashiers Offices, and in an apartment
running parallel with Dey-st, the receivers
Of messages are 70 he placed pneumatic tube by the
eide leads to the operating ROOM and
aud worked by steam. the MESSAGES arc Immediately
forced up 10 tue operating room Inc delvery depal
adjons that Of the RECEIVERS. with the desks at
night angles Dey-st. On this floor there IS also
room for the messenger boys connecting with Deyst.
post-otice for the clerks and Others employed Dy
the Company. and supply room There are Two PUBIC
siveiv, Win entrances on this floor. The cellar is
divided into two stories, the upper one OF which
and hight supplies, while the cellar proper will be
.sea Tor ,Sa,e SnEgGs Sy coal M % ag steam
Tor beating the building and for running the machinery,
also ia tue cellar cupboard elevator runs from
the cellar to roof and will be used for taking sup
pines up and down. and dischargng ashes, &c.
on the first floor proper the PucuiX Fire Insurance
COMPANY viii occupy the whole OF the Dey-st side OF
the Oulding with tue front on broadway The second
eoor get rented The third floor VIII be occupied
hy the executive officers OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company The principal offices on Broadway are elab-
Tdtty htted up for the freSdent and hs secretaries
the Ofhces Dey-st will be used by the Wee
Presidents and their clerks With special rooms for me
tectrclaDs The fourth moor, WIN be occupied Dy
the counsel OF the Company and other law firms. The
MIN h0or wil De taken up o9 te Oeneidd
tnt the District superutendents ana assistants, ana
the Auditors department The sixth hOOr contains the
IN tue man batteries which weigh in all
Hbout 100 tons, and there are supplemental
Immediately below the operating room, and all the
main wires are LED into 1t ana through the ceiling to
copied and addressed aud sent stairs TO
The copying presses are run by steam aud tho invention
is owned by the Company There are cloak rooms
cOnveDIences this floor the female Operators.'
The operating occupies the entire seventh story.
II IS feet in width by l50 feet DEPTH and 20 feet in
hight from floor TO ceiling The peculiar architectural
wholly cest, ana u as furnished WIN 81 tabea each
ltted for four operators with ample space for the
dscOunecting wires leading all parts OF the
Ibc ceiling elegantly iEesceed aud the fixtures
The eighth story viii be occupied by the Associated
Press. with roons Tor the general agent auu Tue Ek-
dwelling of the jantor and the kitchen and lunch
rooms Luncheon viii De provided operators
noon each day, the Company having found Oy e1pe-
rence that cheaper TO provide the MONDAY meal,
snd thus control Of those employed this hour
OF the day than TO permit them TO outside OF the
building TO the neiguborng restaurants The tenth
story viii be used Tor stOrerOOms Although the building
is thoroughly freprOOf is tubular wells about 30 feet
deep have been sunk IN the cellar and with these Is
WOrulugtOn pump capable OF furnishing 800
gallons Of wafer minute. and OF forcing il Oeyond the
top OF tbe building. In of fire tue adjoining
buildings these wells would afford almost perfect pro-
without dependence upon the supply OF CrOton
wafer Tue building erected after plans furnished
by George j. Post architect and with the fixtures and
plot VI ground, las cost S220v,o00