New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-30
THE NEW POST-OFFICE.

PARTIAL OCCUPATION OF THE BUlLDiNd'
APARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS COM
MIssIONE FRS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND MARsiiALS
-GEEERAL DESCRIPTION or THE STRUCTURE
HOW THE INTERIOR Is DIyIDED-PAhTs USED
FOR TIE POSTAL sERvICE-THE LAW LIBRARY.
The United States Courts, both Distrfct ana
Circuit Dstrict-Attorney Bliss ana MS as'Sl"n'9'
the Federal Commissioners, and the Oh'ea H'a"'
Marshal, with his officers, took up theT qndI'c'S
for the first time yesterday IN the new fost
Office building They. have been engaged I'D
moving for the past week. Nothing but the law brnry
the books and the records have been carried from inc Ola
building into the new offices. All the furniture Oh 'e
old court rooms and offices will be put up nv AUCTION |"
day in the building in Chambersst Inc furn''I' III .'
building Is new and uniform in style and qiahy. Inc
floors are car,eted with Brussels carpcns win inc OK
ceptigu OF that Of the library. which is covered Vim
patent telling The large, lofty cXcrhehuJ
lighted and ventilated and fitted with all modern In
provements. -
The new Post-Ofce building is triangular structure
the three sides OF which front on the cry Hii f'nA
Droadway and Park-row, respectively the flrk-Tow
fropt o7a feet Ion and the other two fronts are 80
feet eoch in length. The extreme length OF the Dudihg
from the Park front to the opposite extremity Is 40 %
The hight from the sidewalk to the lantern on INC south
end Of the building Is 05 feet to the pavilion ~ ce
and to the dome 1872 feet. Below the sidc"aih "V "
basement and "A cellar the cellar being feet ana
,hc hasemcnt II feet high Above these there
are five stories the first, second and MIN OF
which are set apart for the POstOhce, the thTu anu
fourth for courts and the offices eonnecteh WIN ''
The first story IL 80 feet high all the other stories are -
feet with me exception of the District and Clrcut Court
rooms ard the Criminal CourOon which rise from the
second to the fourth floor.
T form of the exterior OF the structure IS
preserved throughout. The buildins ia constructed
around central triangular space. THIS area vacant
except oil the first Hoor. Around this central ARA
extend three broad divisions the inner one D'ihg
occupied with apartments and chambers, tle hloie
division consisting entirely Of corridors which run te
whole distance around the building and the third ana
outer division being taken mp by rooms and chambers
The entire building Is lighted by tiers OF LOFTY windows
from the outside, well as from the inner 9pa''
while from the ceiling OF the corridors are
suspended massive bronze chandeliers, bearing gas Jo'H
Thore are ten elevators in the building for man matter"
and four for pascngeIs and general freight Twelve OF
the elevators ara worked by hydraulic pressure the
four pas enger elevators run the top Of the buldng
the other ten from the basement to the hrst moor ana
g.ery Seven principal stiicases risc from the 'H7'
to the fifth story, and there are about twenty snair
ones to various points in the buding All the st'cdSs
are snral and constructed OF IRON There Is heater
beneath each window, ianiight over every uoor a'
vcntlators il every connecting WITH the Top oil the
building.
The cellar is occupied ny heating apparatus for the
whole building by boilers and engines for running the
elevators. &C. The basement and FIRST floor will he Occ
pied nv the Post ONCE he basement is TO he used
chiefly for sorting and delivering the mails. All the
working furniture Of the POs-Oice is OF cherry wood
mahogany IL in u.e everywhere else The first hoof,
which covers the entire area OF the building presents
very attractive appearance, being hghC ana Ef'ech III
structure, with multitude OF pillars supporting the
celliug The interior space OF the building already r.
fprred to clearly defined here ly vast Triangular SKY
l.sh through which Hood Of light rours In addition
10 this are the 90 windows the three outer sides o. the
building Above on the side near the City Hail PARK -
n gallery which Is reserved for the registered letters de-
partment and for The special agents
The second story is occupied by the PosttnaS"rS
rooms the Money order department, tho Cashiers and
Wholesale stamp department. the District Courtr0onl,
the Circuit and Equity Courtrooms Judges and Wit
ues.-rooms The third floor contains eourt-rooIus 9nt
law offices, the District judge Chambers ana those OF
the Clerk and Marshals Thee are On tie iroad"ay
side The Chambers Of the Circuit Jn'gcs aa! oierAs,
the District Attorney. and Assistant Attorneys
are Immediately the POstEastcrs Offices IN me
The fourth story contains the library and Offices FOR
the D,trct uilt clerks and United STATES MarShHIS, mo
Circuit Court and Distrst-AttOrney's clerks, and The
library fills magnificent FOODS with small commit
volumes nearly ali of which already arranged on the
shelves. Whatever OF value Is published III is country
Great Britain hearin@ on l" subjects Is Pnr''s''
for the library which also contains me coeC'"n "
about coo volumes of treuch lay 9ooSs, WIKI
lesser nunibor OF spanish, lta!n ana 'ernIh "oIh',
The only libraries IN this country which can compare
faYorsDy with in Us special scope ate hS i1pI',! Cd
WaShin gpn. and tc S1W-i DIX Stdc Library
NJ Aih,rv In the middle ~ the larger room is marble
statue " James f. Brady by Macdonald over one OF
TIC Windows VII be placed large trait p"ntn- %,
william Curtis Moves. the fuiacr librarian. In rae
nr.t or west room will be poltrlia OF ChaH-
re.or Kent. Tlumis Adds Emmett and Jutg,
Greene G. bronson. IN the commit ttc-fooul the.c NH
he two mr,laions in bronze, one representing charles
OConor the present President az the library the "hrr
ravr.Sntine William NJ warts, the Chairman 81 IN"
C6nn.tfca JUrISprtdencei there VII ais" De dis
PLAYED silver vase btlucathcd by Hugh Maxwell.
qhr nth story win pc Civ up To the Documents OF thr
Post Oticc Department.
Inc hiGing s .i.oprov throughout and all the win
dow shutters which lTc II iron $50 inches FLICK, @r 81
arranged t.tf IN OF rc from without threatening
,. bl,liDg they can h5 easily closed by pei SOILS within
Iae h,or j. lighted by 80 I-c windows from th0 oNt-
side ant every hoOr CACept thr hr'i, ~ u hlrNS
, ne in ode the ight coming 10 these latter ~ tnr
Op.n cent lii space of c DuiIl. the TOatDLirf De
urtrmt Is not expected 10 move into the e" OU.lu!Le
before September