New-York tribune., 1885-10-18

prevent devastation by fire. Although they do not CON
municate with each other, all Of them open into this
immense court witch IL thirty feet Wide and 125 feet
long extending from tho bottom to tho roof Hero, you
sec four elevators. each about fifteen feet square
and sustaining 1000 pounds apiece. loaded Is
being driven on ono OF them now. Wo will ride up to
top floor with II and you can have the pleasure OF
seeing and teams right up next to the room You
want picture gallery OF course. Here 1t Is on
the top floor. 1t is bigger than any dining.
hall or art gallery In the city. You sec. people
leaving tho city giving up housekeeping temporarily
want safe place to leave their valuable paintings
well as anything esc and 1t won't do to stack them like
40 many cords OF wood. Hero they arc. hundreds Of
them hanging the walls all celebrated works of old
master young masters and no masters ut ALL but moro
Of em IN front OF you than all the galleries In Newfork
contain Now why amt they just as prctty on our
walls and a good deal safer than In some mansioni
"IIero's another wareroom full OF pianos Did you
ever sec so many In all your life Some
OF em are so yOu can smell the shop on
'cm and so old they have turned yelo"
and streaked arc weaklegged. shorwlnded and SOUND
like the breeze blowing through buzzsaw. III bet
there isn't such collection OF pianos either in oddly or
size I'm the word On all floors there arc immense big
rooms for all kinds OF household furniture one floor to
kind When persons household effects arc brought
here they arc usually scattered all over the ten Ou
stick icc''' your head through tho door and
you'll SEQ another unequalled collection
tell you that Noahs ark couldn't hold candle TO this
builuing Look at those Here styles all tho way
from the wonderful onehOrso shay up TO tho latest
dogcart Whenever people pack their effects we num-
Der and pile em up In one or those Dig rooms
Stuck your eye the venating slide OF that door
there aud you'll packing boxes than you ever
looked Oh In your life The po rises up Ike mountain
Tins building covers half square, and II you
don't think there's space In It como on.
Heres the trunk room. Look through that hole
and you'll see OF nnks rising Ike bll!ows How
do we get out when they're wantedI Simplest thng
IN the world. We locate their position by the numbers
on the ags pull while you are thinking about
Here's room for stoves there for chairs ana such
furniture all kinds OF stun are classified so Tar as pos
sible Tell you what we are gong. 10 40.
We've got a pretty big space up on the roof ana nave
Wow OF the whole city. Now all we have got 10 90 Is
10 nut "a on top IN splral Hnc. "o
ought to get pretty half mile long IL poo
pe don't want high above tho olrth they can
drive around up here and view the city anyway It's
great and novel scheme, tell you for people TO drive on
10 tho elevator be lifted up nearly 200 feet ana driVe
around on tue roof OF tho building.
alt takes good deal OF thinking 70
provide for tho wants anu facilities OF such
full rooms you have visited there 300 small ones,
varying in szo and prico from 50 to so month Then
thefo immense number Of vaults for the storage
OF valuables tho same any safe deposit VhuIt com
pany You will notice that all the hDoFs are slightly
oval Now In OF tire, which eau Only occur IN one
room time. By spontaneous combustion the water
viii run into tho court which pitches into different
points and let's the water in the drains