New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-19
A SKETCH OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S SIZE AND THE DIFFERENT OfflOEo ~ -
The Western Union Building IS more thah hlWeh
years old Its foundations were begun IN inc autumn"
Of 1872 and in the summer OF l0'i te STRUCTURE vas
,,,.,orod for occupancy George j. Post was the
architect Quincy granite furnishes the mlIo','' IL,
the basement, the first story IS built oil h''''io'i
Granite while the upper stories Of BRICK trimmer
with Richmond granite. Ten STORIES lh'i'""7 '0
r,onsord roof crown the basemgnt to"or SUI
mount, tho broadway front on this hag'tah was
nloccd and ON IT was run the time-bal which slgh"icH
ot noon the exact time flashed by eectr!ciV Ho"' "'
National observatory at Washington.
Tho structure fronts seventy five feet in br0ad"ay
and $50 feet in Dey st. Tho height to tne VoP "a .
main eornicc IS lls feet; the measurement 70 Ill
n,vilion roof Is $50 feet and the top Oh ulo ~
from the Broadway sidewalk Is 226 feet At inc
eevcntb story a broad stone balcony with an OH"
.,.t,i iror, railing runs around the buildihR' anu
balcony also runs around the base Oh t'e ""''' ~
ces,ble Dy stairs and projected 10y ''''','N' -.
main entrance from broadway i P"ru'o' '"''
feet wide and thirty feet high extending 'n'o"."
i,.,.pt ,o the top Of the first story. Two columns
and two pIis,crs Of polished quincy S'''H'o az
each side of the entrance. The faces oi the o'' VI
,t ,o.,.st,ls and the npOsts Of tho arch are DI''"
C,,,,cv r,tnite the spandIls Of purple E'd'i''
and a slab above the arch. hearing the name ol u"
cot1uauv i, Of rcd JoursDOIo granite y" N'"P
90 the arch was intended Tor "A Large H"'"i'"'''
clock ,ece hut it va, never placed ucre'
rrn. exterior piers Of the building measure 'hFo" a'
- ,,f f,,t across the face and arc OF varyi'- u''N
,c.so,. The supporting piers In The 'cu'i anu "a
mon, an, from t.le, Ia five feet square "'A kIUe''
-. ~, ,o, NJ tIe basement story. Between these "o
to-. o,lIptical arches, supporting the man oN'''oa'
wall, which form the supports i's inc To- Va ~
.tructurc and they from three ltet ana 'o"'
thick at the base to ono foot and four iA'"c' at '
-, It. pppcr stori,, aro entirely supported by IRON
g.r..r
feet hlsh 80 feet long and sixty feet "ae ha'h's 10
NIL. nor columns except the fout pillars which sup
NOR, m. uro,dway tower. All the floors were con-
,rtr,.i ~ iron beams and giricrs with DITCH o.''
between. filed In with cement ana "veriMu WIN "'
When tho building put up tubular "oH' "'t0 sum
I'm the cellar and seventy fret bclo" inc c'c' u W
-, ,hr,, Is plenty Of watcr. lron mains are carried
f,,r them through tho building with taps Oh '''"
door and also through the deck 81 the Tooi power
mi steam pnnp was placed fl the cellar to force inc
,,nier throu.h the pipes. but THIS water provision Is
sad 10 have been abandoncd five years ago
The ohos In the building were occupied as iolIo"'
r.,s.ot Western Union receiving and delivery rooms
First noor-Treasurer western Union I'l'RrapA N'''
pany Phoenix Insurance Company
second roor-Iay could. wabash, ST. Louis ana Fa''Hc
Railroad Company. Texas and Pacihc Railroad 'uhi'"y
81 Louis Mountain and southern Rll''a missouri
pacific railroad International AMI "r'at Noi.." i~
road Gold and stock Telegraph Company Iron Mountain
Car Trust. ,
Third noorExecutivc onces Western Union Journal
Of the Telegraph" A.
Fourth noor-Dnlon & svayne, electrc'an'' once
Ioires Han.blrt Time Service Brown Wells S'p'''h-
t.od,nt First Division Western Union.
Fifth noor-Cabl" Department Western Oh'oh' "D''''
/ Department
sixth roor-Battcry room.
Seventh noor-Ceneral operating rooms.
Eighth roor-Assocatcd Press. Bookkeeping partmeni
Western Union. lunch room.
Ninth roor-Kltchcn md bedrooms for help.
Tenth noor-Storerooms for dispatches. ETC.