New-York tribune., 1886-01-31
rHr cALLArIy E4Ah'S Nrr ErILDING.



To BE FINISHED ~ \ YrAE
The Gallatin National Bank. whose quarters
are LOW In Tie Mills EuIGIs. hIs become dcsirous
OF getting into a place oauri by ITSELF Ar'oiI-
iuglv together with Adrian Is,lin < Co, TIE
bank Is about 10 erect niuc-story "nce building al
Nos 81 and 30 WJlst. Zach party has ouchii Interest
in the future building. cost OF which, according 10
contract Will bs ; 100 900 1Lo bu.Ilus viii be l5D
feet heh lOO feet deep aud nity-,-ht feet wide There
VIII he besides cellar aud basement eight n'ofr Inc
first Of which viii be eighteen feet In clear height and
tho twelve feet In planning tho exterior oi The
building the architects. j. G. Cady Co., hay" c"n-ld-
cred safety beauty and light To satisfy The htst rrGn
site the building totally hreproof, all the walls aud
floor, being masonry aud iron The front H "i tat
lsht and rather reddish brownstonc taken from tho
quarIie, Long Meadow, Mass Ia style the 'front.' VII!
he Romanesque ami TO facilitate the entrance 81 Ight
the pillars ana arches TO pa9tase rather OF the
nature Of large window filinrs. Extending up tho
front on either side large stone piers over three
IA diameter and again Ia the centre thcre l' doub"
line OF columns scn tie structure and increase rs
beauty Bry Oud these however, tue stone work seems
rather Ike a tracing TO hold IN the huge wludows.
The building Is theoretically divided into tho
base extending rs far tho top of tho
first story; the body four stories more, ard
the crown The latter has almost mOnopolzed tho
ornacntaon which consists mostly OF balusiraie' aud
IRON. admits the same amount OF nsht the front.
cellar has the bank vaults, ihe rhslHr room ~"
to tao one the metropolitan Opera House: IN ne
of the basement are moro vaults ana Ia tm IiH.
are Offices either side the centre hail INC
entrance thereto l. down three so' on either sidc Tue
main staircase Tie latter twelve ret WIDE ,ra's 70
elevators. The first floor has Only Two Oicrs
ono on either side The Galidth BANK
il also undcr.dod to have spoken or. They will be
i,,,.nse iir.s ye by one hundred feet each
lighted front ana back Ia the ocntro by largo
HIGHT wells extending twenty feet In length ani acr",,
The entire building where the bail the elevators
and the staircase lie between The wells end at ne top
Of this floor Adrian seliu Co. have taken the whole
second floor front hity-cght feet IN wldt as their
sharc Of the space The Offices in the rear Of second
noor well the upper storles arc not yet appor
toued ont They are to lo made I'm siz' and shape
tirrIy TO suit the occupants, and IN such man
that the partitions can ut any tine DO removed
or changed on the top floor the janitor's quar-
ters. the closets nd wa,hinS apartments directors
dining room, clerks dlung-room ana the Kitchen com
pete the floor. The roof is lire proof me low A7s%y
the right Of the building enables WINDOWS IN tHc
higher floors on that side Sanitary arrangements are
almost exclusively confined 10 the Top st"Iy ,.,,, g.,
1he most peculiar thing connected WIN lhe huldhE
the proposed method Of ventilation whlrh 80 Ir AS te
architect knows has never breh tr'u III an once apart
As mentioned above there Is IN the cellar large
room called 'plenu." This il close beside the engine
room large shaft that runs up the rear ol me Dnd
Ing about bali way supplies the plenum with @ tnIi
air /, heated in the plcnum necessary degree by
the heating 'stachs OF these there several and
given number Tho heated air is forced up through
nues In the walls of which opens into tho top OF
haust" ia provided in hues Oponlng unto me
floor OF each office by c,," austen ,I. ycarr,nI
away The idea OF admitting the fresh air at the top In
stead Of at the bottom OF room Is now almost uniyer
sally practsed at hospitals and Is generally considered
better method. The hotir svst III does away win
s15 gving tcnperatnre there OF jso to 700 Whatever
IL may be or doors Opon nrc-pacen VIII he allowed
In the building but they matters Of luxury, ana not
necessity. The engineer under this plan regulate
temperature Of each office ~ the necessary equitable
degree with trouble to the occupants Themselves.
Work will begin Immediately on the building. and IL
will be finished in year I9e principal contractors n
are. for the mason work, Marc EdiitL; Tor the IRON
work Post & McCoId.