New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-20
LAYING A CORNERSTONE.
AN EVENING PAPERS BIG BUILDING.
q con prrss THE NAIL AND ExPREss"-lT

| "GOD BLESS THE NAIL hND N-A ~
INVITES ITS FRIENDS TO REJOICE WITH H.
Tho c,r,erstone of the new building at NO. 2o'
| proadwav and Nos i641GS FutOn-st, which Is 10 DC
tbo home Of aThe Mail and Express was Ia'u
| t.ay at noon with appropriate ceremonies q -
number OF people, including many vlsi'ors nun" ~
stao. were present by invitation of Colonel H. =
| sbepard Cappas band, on an elevated piauoinl'
Iou.d National airs for half hour before the cere
| ronfas hcran On a large platform on broadway "erc
s.ated number of prominent visitors, incluulhe 'a'
Carkson. ex.Judge Noah Davis, Postmaster van
Cott General Cyrus Bussey, c. O. shayne' 'uosc anu
| NJ uorran Ulgley the Rev. DR.. Charles ID. NotI,
~ ms pa.' nv George F. Birch, Mr. and Mrs W. j..
! scbe9e,jn. Ellis H. Roberts Colonel Joel b. Erharut'
Eriott sanford Jacob NJ. Patterson, Dr. l.. q warner
! and Domingo L. Ruiz
r,.gs Of ALL nations and q profusion OF flowers ana
p,auts formed the decorations. over the platform
rnor which The prominent guests were seated was
large banner extending the entire width OF the pVpoeu
building and bearing the lnscrPuoH "ON
Mail and Expiess.' n
| rpho Rev. Dr. George L. Shcarer, moderator OF the
presbytery Of New York, offered prayer. ieter VI
congratuation from President Harrison was tleh re"
and c. G. Shayne proposed three cheers i'' D' y.,
Harrison which were enthusiastically gwen. C'uoi
the leadership of Professor j. A. Adams anu AN
an,cd by the band the audience sang The voice OIL
! an, PROSE- composed by Charles D. Platt OF MOTIFS
| to,r1 n j. 10 the tune Of the Portuguese N"uoi'
! or The orator of the day Frederic Taylor VINO
noke eloquently Of the trumphs Of the neNsPdpIs Va
| NewYork In general and 1.-The Mai anu SAP''' "
particular. He sald in part, as lollo"S' ...,a,.,
pewsn,ner perces the heart OF the DARK Ooh'HeI'''
o,opos iu, way through the Arctic hOs, answers u'c
question what you going to do about IL - r,
| a bandit rms from power, buiids mohui ~, r. +ho
| dead turns public institutions INSIDE ouI anu - :, 49,
,are of DIV tipon Them the binding ieI~ Vi S
buseye into the darkest baunts Of crime anu ieUo
the evidoer to The bar of justice, protects U -,
cxortion by distributing among hem Ihe ,,,
life At 1rst.hand priccs-nay, more IL g"u' =. .ro
aif I'm from the streets and feeds them, anu IL '"A
the shrunken.faced babies OF the teHemeh1'' s"p"s W
dir 10 where the sun may shine upon them anu "! lug
drink In the breezes OF the sea lnueIu' , in,n
bn neone,s faithful and sleeplcss servor anu champion
n nave wav, than can be put into words AS many,
headed as Hydra many-eyd as Argus as many .
as Rrlafeus q newspaper Is the hearts' pO
| embodiment OF the idea Of omnipotenee
On a balcony, a evenings SINCE sdI ior NO.''
otchino tho restless ocean Its surface, o. iar as ue
eve could reach, was all the uhe oroAen nv ,,. "
crested with FOAM while along the shores WITHOUT
moments ceasng the mighty breakers fOaIed ~ -
40 no .h vary onbodu cnt Of the idea Of constant agi'd
ton and the thought impressive that uhe ocean, pr
petual motion the guarantee oil Us purlVyN"' - Us
as the waves are cashing upon It's surface ahe'he
heating ON It's shores, there need be no rear oi "P,
IN the waters In ceaseess agitation Dy INC Peso VI
yarvthpq which concerns IS the surest guarantee OF
pury IN our affairs While the air OF every hahe' anu
vinace and town throughout the country Is nheu WIN
povsnapars arguing and discussing eNciJ f'-'N'"' ~
matter how raina that effects the people, ana the se'
ous Of the cities are founding upon every ISSUE Vi w
portance that confronts and 6tatng al the eS u
every public man. there need be no Tear ABOUT iP" "
on, n,,tcs Whatever OF such mpury there may De- inc
newspapers will surely discover ana ollns ~ !" U
face, and the people can correct IT, -, o
A. the close of Mr.. Taylor's address the corhe'
stone was placed In position uhuer tie , -
Elliott F. Shepard, IT,, the seventeenyeaFou soh Vi
tbe propretor of The Mail and Express" the oanu
nlaving "The star Spangled Bonner while the sVo"e
was being laid In the stone were placed copper
box containing copies Of the I1ble, steel eigrNcu
norra Of President Harrison, copies oil the Consu-
t4on NJ the United States and Of the state OF New"
York a copy of the charter of the CITY on "-ioih
box containing seven gold and silver cOihS Vi 'io
United States, a number Of photographs anu caius
reports of the Y. ". c. a. and l. W, e. A LOT te
current year, various copies Of 1.-THE Mall ana Elk
nres,n and pamphlet containing President Hair"'ns
snoocbes On his recent trip through the south ana
West Master Shepard spread the cement WIN
silver trowe and after examining the stone with the
suuare the level and the pumbhne' he Saia III 'le
name Of the Father and Of the son and OF the Holy
Ghost. eternally one Cod l lay this Cornerstone
Amen.'
Cheers we're then given by the assembled guests ana
q large banner bearing the words GOD Bless The Mail
and Eupressn was unfurled. Accompanied by the
band an audience sang The New Building" com
posed by s. w. Finn, of ST. Albums, Vt. TO the tune
of America
ExJudge Noah Davis then said:
| am glad 10 see the newspaper press Of our cly
orcct,ny H. own monuments. Men, however great
cannot do that a man who IN his own nieIlhe
sought TO erect his own monument would be husheu al
and scorned by his fellOwmen, but the press is I'M
mortal. 1t may build lis monuments IN lts ne
time, and although its editors and propneto or. bn e
netts aud It's great prOpreors and builders pass away
the mighty monument the paper has Itself erected re-
mains bound to the glory OF the great country III
which IT Is created, live monument OF the great
power of the intelligent people which maintains
the true newspaper and makes 1t immortal he,
ferrng to the publication In The Man ana tIpresS
every day OF text from the Bible, Mr. Davis sad
that ne fecolected an old preacher In the West who
generally did not make any connection In
lis sermons with his text and when ANYBODY
told them to fall back upon the text, with
the assurance that the more they studied the
text the more good they would g eGoo a., And tn
Ii there be nothing good IN the nothing good
In the columns, you may always fall back upon the
text. Whenever ! read that paper always Know
that in the text will find an anchor stone, however
likely the columns might be to lead me astray
General Cyrus Bussey said he had come from Wash
ngton especially 10 attend these ceremonies. &. c.
shayne congratulated "The Mail and Express" on
behalf OF the merchants OF the city. luncheon
served for the guests and dinner was given 10 the
The new building will measure oil feet from the
street elevation to the foot Of the agpoe Below the
sidewalk the structure will extend two stories and
above the cOrnce there will be n fOnrstOry tower,
making eighteen stories in all: The broadway front
will he % feet wide and the HtOnst. front 81 feet
1t viii he built OF limestone from the Bedford, Ind,
quarrles. The style Of the building Will be that of
sist Of two main motives surmounted by attic
balcony, leading mp TO tower. The lower motive
allegOrical In their nature, representing the four
corners Of the world whence comes the news The
the first floor and the editors and reporters rooms
Will be in the tenth story.