The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-01

third street end gives pAseoGo " cvrfont u
mir Into and out OF Tho court.
Tho elevators and addresses arr In To angles
Of Tho court. Tho stairs arc broad. and can be
shut on altogether from tho elevator shaft by
Iron doora which. It IL 10 DO presumed. will be
open only when some ono is passing through.
The doors on zach landing to the corridor
on that door arc also To be Of iron. according
to Mr.. Willard. who planned this part OF tho
strucaure. Each Of tho four sides OF the build
Ing will be permanently cut In two. when I'm
ishod. by solid partition walls OF brick and
limo OF Tiei blocks. Tho outer walls are Of
stone for tho frat story. brick for tho rest.
doubled with wall Of fire. proof slabs about
four inches thick. and held apart from the
brick by Turing. 20 a. to afford an air space
about six inches wide between. Tho partition
walls between rooms are oithor Of brick or OF
lime OF Tiel slabs. plastered directly on their
rough surface without lathing Tho electric
light wires are embedded In tho plaster. The
floors. OF hard wood. arc laid on narrow wooden
strips over a solid ceiling Of firebrick In fiat
arches between rolled iron beams. both brick
and iron being covered on tho under side by q
coat OF plaster. Tho roof Ia Of iron covered
with lime OF Tel blocks. upon which the slatos
are nailed.
building no constructed may not be quito
IA strong a. q Roman vault or u donjon OF tho
middle ages. and against the agencies OF
modern warfare 1t would have no chance: but
anything short OF these IL seems calculated to
withstand.
Tho plan OF building round o court left open
at one end is general among the now apart
ment houses. rs IL is in the best class OF hotels
built within the last fve or six years. The
space really built upon Is thus kept no narrow
that. with corridor through tho centre and
I'D ~ ltsrI.t
and air directly from without. Tho plan is
not so universal rs 1t should be. though. In
several OF tho downtown apartment houses.
dark rooms and rooms lighted only by borrowed
light or BY dangerous air shafts are common.
The worst OF those is that which 10 being erected
on the site OF the old Gramercy Park Hotel.
1t is strange. too. after the experience At
foried by the fire in the Moffat building in Wall
street. where a certain kind Of Are brlck"
was proved TO be OF no use rs resistant against
fire. that the same brick should still be used in
largo quantities In chimneys. and. stranger yet.
that people who will Insist on having largo and
lofty rooms will be. satisfied to get into and
out OF them by crooked rat holes called vcsti-
bules or halls. In which lean man congratu-
lates himself on his spare physique.
Those people who ars to live In these new
apartment houses can afford to pay for safety
1''''''''N"N'' ""' '''''' avg
do pay-dear enOugh-for ease. show and igno-
bic luxury. Enter any apartment in ono Of the
fashionable " fat" houses. You will find heaps
OF stufy furniture. frippery and riff raft of all
sorts but not single thing that Is first rate Of
us Rihd. large room on the first hoor OF an
apartment houso IN Madison avenue has its
walls covered with cheap variety oil Japanese
ieather paper. spotted over ny iiand with IN
cohgruous uaps OF color; II mas cheap stained
glass In the windows; It's furniture Is OF poor
design; 1t Is cut almost in two by an elaborate
screen OF Moorish sptndlework. and 1t has
cornice stuck all over with splrals. and circles.
anu oosses. ana other )iseers. NJ thoy are IT.
revorentiy called In the trade. It's entered from
little lobpy saved out OF ono corner. and four
times AS high as 1t Ii broad or long. passage
narrower by good two inches. leads on; OF 1t
toward the Kitchen. In tho walk OF this passage
there is a cut or slot such as might servo to run
tho shafting through In factory but 1t really
contains stair by which you mount to the
dining room OF the apartment. The chute OF
grain elevator Is moro commodious. once in
the dining room you can breathe again. 1t is u
handsome room. pnnolled in cherry stained to
LOOK ike mahoxany' II can DO approached
from tho common stairs but though the house
rs,stirss ,hn. wo",J no, ha a" nr,ua." "nn"r %
ihis ah'ct"'ioh vi making each apartment
complete house evon to the repetition Of the
sem. nublic nnrts Of nm ordinary house already
..., h h'. w. W. -, ,.,, 49, , ~,
represented by tho common nail ana stairs. is
kept up in many apartment houses. tho plans
Of which ara sensible spouah In otbor wovs
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IL Is a feature when VIII. doubtless. disappear
Some ide. Of the rcnts which are paid for
fats in fashionable houses NAV be enined
. ".s ~ '''n n'.'' may DO s"'neu
IRON the schedule OF prices Tor apartments
in the now buildings overlooking tho Park
on Fi,tv.ninth street betwcon sixtb AMI
80, , a,.n n, o,..,'. 49,, 'm,,i a anu
seventh avenues. vi eight hugo buildings to
DO erected on this block. four are now nearly
fnish.d The estimnteJ rental NJ one a, these
,'''"' INV o'''"'''oN 'e"'"' Va o'o vi '''ee
houses. containing twelve apartments. is
$4,000 per year. To stockholders in the pro-
'r'ur'', "'' u.s.. -. .,,o "'''". i'i",,'u as
an investment u ca'eula.el on .ho lo'lowihg
stock ,bui,dlnv sto.ki .2sO Ooo-or n totn, Art
cost OF s53o.000. This is divided among six
tecn shareholders. each Of whom Is expected TO