The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-23
MORE ROOM AND NO TOWER.
The Western Union GoiNE to Rebuild frou
tho EIIth EInnr I'm.

tho FItth Floor I'm.
The Executive Committee OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company. consisting OF Jay
Gould, Russell Sage, ex-Gov. Cornell. John 7.
Terry. and Gen. Eckort met ut noon yester-
day. and decided to tear down the upper part
OF the building and to rebuild 1t entirely from
the nth floor up. There will be no towor on
the reconstructed building. but ARRANGEMENTS
may be made for dropping tho time ball from
some conspicuous point
The work of renovation will be begun imme-
diately. and will be under the directions Of j.
b. Smith. the builder of the burned structure
The old form OF the upper part of the building
will be abandoned and four full stories will DO
added. making the building nine full-sizod
stories. Besides this the Dey street property.
which has a frontage of twenty-five feet, will
be built up and made part OF the main build
inE. Tho sixth floor where tho batteries were
before the fire, will be devoted to offices. Tho
batteries will all be in the cellar The seventh
and eighth floors will be made into two man.
moth operating rooms each about 75X20O feet.
At one end OF these floors ample room will be
provided for the use of the Associated Press.
The ninth floor will be given up to restaurant.
kitchen laundry &c. Special attention will be
paid to means o. eGress and several extra, eele-
vators besides tho three now in the building.
Will be put In. The material used in the re-
CONSTRUCTION will probably be bluestone and
brick In an interview with Sun man. alter
the meeting. Jay Gould said:
We estimate that 1t Will cost us 100000 for
Of It pS T
some time on how to enlarge our plant. and We
should have made extensive improvements
even ii the fire hadn't occurred. We have been
opening on an average four new Offices day,
and our Old operating. room had long ago got
too small. SO about the only effect tho fire has
had upon US is to force us, to begin operations
sooner than we expected"
Of the Sl loss that the COM d
that their weekly earnings this year had been
exceeding those of last year by about t25,0OO.
the same week in 1880. He said that he didn't
know whether to attribute this falling Off to
Wall street. whore business was awlully dull,
The entire fifth floor OF No. 1876 is now covered
with plain pine tables which accommodate
fourth floor got notice yesterday TO quit This
floor also Will he occupied entirely by teleg-
still working day and night. setting up tables.
and extra operators are being put TO work as
fast as wires are found The pneumatic tube
system was In operation again yesterday. THE
EVENING Sun had It's special sporting wires all
working ms usual, too. The Associated Press
moved over TO 1875 Broadway yesterday after
The special out of. town newspaper service.
which is carried on from New York has been
Frustrated since the fire. The cor
RESPONDENTS have been taking lessons in hus-
Ting. 4 Chicago paper Is Growing, over tho
spondent. aided by bright telegrapher was
operator went to Wcehawken on the evening
Of the fire and found a dozen old Baltimore
and Ohio wires lying dead" geographically
speaking. He got one OF them and then sent
word to the correspondent. who carried his
matter over by ferry The operator worked a
whole night in the Office with railroad oper.
ator for his only companion before the Vest
ern MON people found out that there were
any idle wires there When the dozen or more
Western Union men tumbled into the office
The next night they found him fairly revealing