The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-16
A fELEGRAPHIC HEART.

THE NEW QUARTERS OF THE WESTERN UNION
COMPANY IN NEW YoRK-A BUSINESS PAL
ACE.
The New York Tribune gives the follow
ing description of the new telegraph quar-
tiers in that city: The Western Union Tel
egraph Company take possession of their
new building this morning at Broadway
and Dey streets. Workmen have been busy
for several days in putting up poles, with
the usual bars or cross pieces to
hold the wires, in the vicinity of the new
structure, and the roof of an adjacent
edifice is covered with supports for the wires
which lead into the operating rooms. There
are three poles on Fulton street west of
Broad way which are 90 feet in height, and
are said to be the longest telegraph poles in
the country, each supporting not less than
75 wires. The requirements OF the business
make it necessary to connect all the wires
with the new building before the company
can begin to use it. The old offices are
in constant use night and day,
and the connecting wires can not Be
removed. The company, therefore, has been
obliged to erect new poles with new wires
properly connected with the new operating
rooms before removal. The excavations
| for the new building were begun in Sep
tember, 1872, and the foundations were
| laid during the following fall and winter.
It is built of brick and granite in the French
Renaissance style, the main idea IN its con
struction being to reduce in appearance by
the proportions and the arrangement of the
details thegreat height ofthe building as COM
pared with its width or front. The main hall
| is lie feet in height and has 40 feet front
The top of the platform of the root of the
clock-tower is $50 feet above the sidewalk,
| the center line of the clock being 1S4 feet
from the street level. The top of the vane on
the flagstaff is little higher than Trinity
4 a..
ton Of the interior of the building is that
the three upper stories Of the root, with their
| brick arches and iron beams, are entirely
supported by the iron, trusses of this
roof, which have span of 65 feet
In this way the operating room is
FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION.
There has been no wood used in the build.
ing except for the doors, windows and theii
trimmings, and the wsinscotiug. The
floors are OF French artificial stone. The
main entrance is on Broadway, and the re-
ceiving room is ia the basement or leve
1 with the sidewalk, and has entrances botI
on Broadway and on Dey street. III
this yoom are the cashiers Offices
the money transfer and the
stock transfer departments, connect
ing with the treasUrer's offices. These office,
and departments occupy the whole or th.
L
and burglar-proof vaults about fifteen fee
square under the main entrance stairs. Mex
to the cashiers offices, and in an apartment
running parallel with Dey street, the re-
ceivers OF messages are to be placed. A
pneumatic tube by the side of each receiver
leads to the operating room, and by means
of papier-machie cup adjusted in the tube
and worked by steam, the messages
are Immediately forced Up to the
operating room. The delivery Gepart-
ment adjoins that Of the receivers, with the
desks at right angles 10 Dey street. On this
floor there is also a room for the messenger
boys, connecting with Dey street, a post-
Office for the clerks and others employed by
the company, and a supply room. There
are two public elevators, and one for the
use of the company exclusively, with en-
frances on this floor. The cellar is divided
into two stories, the upper one of which is
to be used as a storage room for stationery
and light supplies, while the cellar proper
will be useFfor coarse supplies, coal, etc.