New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
NEW QUARTERS FOR AN ATHLETIC CLUE

4 HANDSOME BUILDING TO FL LktClfD III Inn
MANHATTAN-PRos or THE CLUE.
4 handsome new clubhouse Is TO be bllt by
the Manhattan Athletic Club next year. II will occupy
plot OF ground 100 by 100 feet at Fifty ninth st. and
Madisonavc. The building Will lie Of lrick and terra
Gotta three storss high, with elevation Of seventy
feet above the sidewalk. The plans and specifications
are now complete. that work on the building may le
Gin at once It intended to have the quarters I'm
ished and ready for occupation By october le-0 anu
the members say that there viii not be more attractive
clubhouse in the city since its organization In l-77
the Manhattan has been athletic club pure and
s:ple Few have joined unless interested IN athletics
It's record has been brilliant Winning nj the American
CHAMP onsdp meeting IN l-sO, Ihas each successive
wear held itf reputation the champion athletic club Of
America and It's athletes nave become knoNn tnipsl
out the country. Now II Is intended - commune VIC
social element with athletic interests. ana the ne" bud
ing will be constructed with this feature IN View. Inc
clue Will retain the fine track ana gr0nNis az L'Rn4
sNth-st and Eighthdye. THIS Is now Itgarutd ~ on
OF the best grounds by athletes, and 1t Viii be improved
by the adoption Of recent Suggestions so Dat WI" taA
second to none. In addition 10 these grounds u Is IN
tended aso secure an available plot on the Harlem
Tor the boat-housc I" be cqGPped coinl,TieS ,,,,
The entrance 20 The new b-houhc VIII nc al Manson
the cub Offices and coat ana beyond them TO "a
reception paror fifty feet square divided IN tue csnttc
on Madison ave. and be only few feet above mo tle-
walk. On the n)or there will he restaurant
room ard room for the directors On the scconl n"r
viii be a concert room TINS will have stage, all the
tOrum Tho walls and ceilings are u he td-teuly dec
GRATED floor Will 10 finished 80 that Il CAL Dee used
for dancing for cuns Space ha- been set apart Tor
DRESSING and reception rooms, and the BILLIARD room on
the same floor will bc twenty ave 10y seventy feet IL
vii. have sN billiard tables and two pool tables Tie
third floor will be devoted entirely TO the y iHnasinn
which will be sixty by ninety feet ID tho clear, with
ceiling tWenty-Ouc feet high ana a sliding shyHfht
twenty nv fifty feet. giving abundant Neht AMI ycia
ton al all times. Ga tile floor OF the gymnasium WIZ DC
the dressing ana lockers toilet rDOin- pun ge
and "a vapOr bathk Tclyc feet above the nOor vi" hc
the running track II Will have eighteen laps to the uc
and instead OF the usual gymnasium track Is 10 hc
ciudcr track giving the full adlani OF outdoor tram
ing. On a level with the track ~ be other dressing
rooms and baths and also fencing aud padded
boxng-r0om twenty five by twenty five feet. Az
elcy ator IL 10 the basement 10 the running
track The building VIII be lighted both by gas and
electricity. II Will Dc nearly hrepro0f as possible
and the thrcc starcases viii DC absolutely so $50
The club has large .mCmber-Alp which j. rapidly
increasing Walter Storm treasurer OF tho cluD, says
thai many applications now being made IN uuic-
pati0n OF the completion Of the building, when II
T. expected that q limitation may bc necessary Al
present the dues Sl2 and the Initiation fec SO ON
The completion OF the clubhouse the Initiation viii be
come 30 and the dues $40 There Is a0 to DO special
membership known track Membership These
members viii not have the privileges OF the cluhouc'
hut will enjoy all other advantages OF the CLUB Fuller
information can be obtained Of Mr. storm al Nc and
10 Pine St., after November 3.