Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-23
xALK,s NEW eYmNAsIUm.

YALK,s NEW GYMNASIUM.
Busy Times In Laying she Massive
Foundation for the Coming Notable
New Buildlng-A big UPhenval ON
Elm street-Changes I'm the Plans
General Aspect of the Work Up 10
Date.
Business is booming on Elm street where
the new Yale gymnasium is being erected.
| Hundreds of people stop there during the
| day to see the progress OF the work, which
is something much out of the ordinary run
as regards size and importance. The big
cellar looks large enough, If 1t were filled
| with water, to doat an ocean steamship, and
it's depth is such that even the small boy,
not excepting the dime novel hero, dares not
take leap into it even where piles of sand
at the bottom would make soft place to
land upon. There were several of our lead
ing citizens at the scene yesterday afternoon
looking at the ponderous and immense blocks
of red sandstone, so many OF which are re-
quired in the foundation work, or gazing
at the huge pile of broken stone at the bot
tom of the incline upon which the stone Is
dumped and slid down into the cellar, or
viewing the masons laying the foundations
for exterior projecting portions OF the build
| ing, which are being laid in broken stone,
cemented. Over in back in the rear of the
cellar were two huge banks of Rand which
were dug out of the cellar, and which is
enough filing to furnish foundation for
| large double house on the meadow banks,
where there is much of the filing article re-
| quired. Down in the rear part of the eel
| lar was huge pile of barrels filled with white
glazed brick, which has been i'm
ported from England for use
| in the building. Over yonder was the
builder, Mr.. 9. D. Kinney, very busy and
| Fastening ever and anon from one spot to
| another as the exigencies of the work in its
| various branches required. Here were more
loads of broken stone arriving from West
rock, and there were a number of masons
busy laying the brick on the west main
foundation wall of she cellar, which wall is
now about one-half built. Its great width
spoke of massiveness and strength. In diff
ferent parts of the cellar, as we'll as at the
sides, were huge blocks of red sandstone.
These are to be used for the foundations for
the massive piers and iron column supports,
of which there will be many-enough, at all
events, to insure the utmost require
ments for strength and safety. Gov
cred up by the sand and tenn
porarily out of sight was the
main 'bed rock" foundation of the front
wall, which is all ready for the massive brick
| front talking with Mr. Bassett, partner in the
| firm of Wallace B. Fem & Co., stood ex
Mayor Lewis, regarding with interest and
| evident appreciation the progress of the work
| and it's importance as the beginning of the
| erection Of another striking and notable
building for the City of Films, a city with
which Mayor Lewis name is most honorably
and indelibly associated by the conspicuous
| energy and ability be ever displayed in pro
YnOtiny ito iptareata and rr0anaritv
was the temporary rough board building in
| which Builder Kinney has his assortment of
plans for the building. both the old ones,
| which were altered since he was awarded
the contract and part of the new plans made
since June 25 last. The new foundation
plans of Mr.. Gandolpho, the New York
architect, change his former plans consider
| ably as regards the contour of the main
| foundation walls What the changes over
head will be cannot be stated yet, as the
| architect has not yet forwarded the plans for
the same. They will not materially change
| the general plan, but will embody improve
| ments that will accord in the main with the
general plans first sent on. Mr.. Gandolpho
was In town few days ago, and had an in
| terview with the builder on the subject OF
the change, and will revisit the building in
about ten days. Another feature of interest
| in relation to the work was the operations
| of the maeens who were at work building
deeper the west foundations of the double
brick house adjoining. The cellar of the
Gym. is fourteen feet in depth from grade
| line to bottom aud abuts directly against the
foundations of the aforesaid house. In con
| sequence the foundations of the house ha6
first to be adequately propped and supported
| and the foundation work made TO correspond
with the depth of the Gym. foundations
The English glazed brick which are to be
used in part of the work CAM
from Wortleys, Leeds, England. Build
er Kinney has a vessel which jus
arrived yesterday bringing to hi
order cargo of New Jersey hollow bricl
which are to be used on some of the work In
the first and second stories. The vessel i.
lying at the railroad wharf. The basement
of the Gym. will have three bowling alleys
besides the apartments for the heating appa
rstus, the water closets, the bath rooms
| which will contain twelve tubs; also the bis
rowing tanks and the big swimming tank
The rowing tanks will each be twenty five
by fifty feet long and lined with the Englist
white glazed brick. The front of the build.
ing will be of Roman brick brought from
Washington, and all the trimmings and cor
nices of the whole front will bs of terra colts
of the same color as the Roman brick. Tn,
sides and rear walls of the big building will
be of North Haven brick, set in red cemen
mortar. Tho height of the building will be
so feet above grade which, with the cellar
gives about 96 feet of height from the basil
foundation. The building will be SO fee
wide and 138 feet in depth. The ooncrst
and broken stone foundations of the build
ing are four feet wider than the brick wall
and two feet deep. These are covered b,
l great bed stones seven or eight feet long ant
| wide in proportion. The entire cost of the
building will in all probability not fall shor
of $780, 900. The mason work contract ii
$176, 900 and outside of this are the plumbing
aud heating contracts. The whole building
will be most thoroughly equipped for gym
nasium purposes throughout and will b,
both an ornament to New Haven ard an ad
ditiongl glory for Yale university.