New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-10
IMPROVEMENTS AND CONvENIENCES.
WARMING AND VENTILATION.


The system Of warming and ventilation is some
what novel, and promises to be the most effective
and agreeable ever employed in large a building.
The entire establishment is heated by steam, the
principal supply pipes running from the cellar to the
top door i'll mlsuny the side of the WIN
dows covered by the ash casing, and completely pro-
teced against frost by packing of felt and sail
cloth cover. Coils are placed in recess under
one of the windows In every room, and closed in by
an ornamental iron 'front.' that no part of the APP
paratus is visible except the turn-cock. Between
the granite window sill and the brick-wOrk there is
long narrow opening into the outer air, hidden, how
ever from the street by the projecting stone. A
tght-ftting iron valve, moved by knob in the
room enables one to close this aperture at pleas
ure. When it is open the fresh air from
out of doors PUSHES in, passes through the
heated coils, is admitted to the room by lattice
work in the iron front, and finally makes its escape
through bronze ventlator near the top of the OPP
posite wall The ventilatOr, the outer opening and
the steam coil, being all under the control of the
occupant of the room, the outside draught, the tenn
perature of the pipes, and the exit of the heated air
can be regulated by each according to his taste.
The old style of radiator heats the foul air of the
room over and over again; this new device keeps
the atmosphere perfectly fresh. If the temperature
is too low it quickly be raised by shutting the
ventilatOr for moment and turning on the steam !;
if it is too high the be cooled in few sec
Onds by shutting off the steam and opening the
ventiator and the outside aperture. Every room
i'll the building has at least capacOus ventilatng
fue communicating directly with the attic. There
the foul air is again heated by steam coils, to
produce strong upward current, emptying the fues
by suction, and driven out through openings which
extend all along the ridge of the roof. The lower
part of each window sash is moreover fitted with a
slit for the admission of air. closed by handsome
bronze sliding valve so arranged that it serves also
as a handle for raising the sash.
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES
The multitude of speaking tubes, electric wires,
pneumatic tubes, &c. as well as many Of the water
and gas pipes, are conveyed from top to bottom of
the building through wide iue in the masonry of
one of the thckest partition walls. Small paneled
doors in all the halls give access to them, 80 that
they can be reached for repairs and alter
atoms without difficulty, and additional con-
nections can BIO made between any of the floors
for tenants who desire them. separate well in the
same wall is used for lowering the forms from the
Composing Room to the Stereotype Room in the sub
basement.
Everything in the building is of the best and most
durable quality. There is imitation, either in the
structure itself or in the ornamentation and moth
ing has been neglected which may add to the sub
stantal beauty of the edicc or the convenience of
its occupants.
Every precauton has been taken to insure quiet,
cleanliness and general good order. No manufac-
turing business of any kind will be allowed in the
building now opened. The printing presses are in
the vaults OF the old building Spruce street. and