The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-23
HBEL0S new HOME
New $50, 600 Telephone
Building at Bay and
Erie Streets.
FIREPR00F AND BEAUTIFUL
Office and Operating Rooms in Ter
ra-Cot Ia and Hard Wood .
Better Service Now.

ASW VOOsONN SNA>Gt1z
of the New York and New Jersey Tele-
phone Company. at Bay and Erie streets,
is approaching completion. With the
ground 1t stands upon 1t cost the company
SIS, COO.
Superintendent H. G. McCully and his
clerical staff will into their new
quarters on May /, All the appliances
will not be transferred to the new build
ing, however, until October 1.
Ground was broken for the new build
ing May /, 1891. It's massive style of arch
itecture has necessarily rendered the
construction slow. William Robertson
& Son, Of this city, are the builders. The
structure covers five lots facing on Erie
street. and extends ore hundred feet
along Bay. From Erie street to more
than seventy feet along Bay 1t is three
stories in height. It's roof is fiat with
small but pretty cofnices. The main
structure is IA solid and beautiful style of
architecture. Five great arched windows
on Erie street and one on Bay street are
adorned with carved cap stones aud iron
filagree work. They reach from the sec
ond floor to near the roof. They give an
imposing appearances to the structure.
and at the sarne time throw floods Of day
light into the rooms on the two upper
floors.
II BUILDING.
The structure is mainly of Perth Am
boy Terra Gotta brick, trimmed with
stone. It's main entrance is on Erie
street at the centre of the building.
The entrance arch of stone is carved into
oak leaves and acorns, and above it is q
heavy cornice upon which rest two cupids
in terra Gotta, one in the attitude of send
ing a message by wire, the other in an att1-
tude rs though receiving it. Five steps
lead from the wide kosmpcrete pavement
sidewalk to the ~yestibule. the floor of
which is mosaic. Another flight of four
steps leads to the mosaic flooring OF the
first landing. Brass rods flank the steps.
A pay station is located at the first land
lug. The stairways Leading up to the third
floor from The main entrance, and the
north end of the building a v
slate steps with iron ratings. che build
lug being fire proof throughout. On the
ground floor are five large store rooms,
two of which will be occupied by the
company, the other three Will be rented.
HANDSOME OFFICES.
The general office is located on the Sec
ond floor at the Bay street end. 1t is
45x25 feet, aud, like the other rooms on
the second floor, has white walls with a
wainscoting of hard wood. All the desks
and furniture of the various departments
will correspond with the stained oak
trimmings. The office is supplied with q
vault for the reception of valuable papers.
The Superintendent's private Office Is To-
Gated ON the opposite side of the main
hallway, and will be handsomely fur
nisaed. In dimensions it is about 25x225
feet. The same floor has also another
large room, which has not as yet been set
aside for any particular use. Inc freight
elevator shatt at the north END ot the
b,,i iJi ~ ~, q nm h rorIuh This r0nm Alsn
a shute through which wires are run.
On the third floor, above this room. will
be located the repair shops, now in Second
street. On the same side Of the main
stairway is another large room, furnished
with wi,rdrobes for the girl operators. 1t
is what is called the girls Lunch room. Z
THE HELLO ROOM.
On the Bay street side of the hallway
on the third floor is located the main
operating room directly above the general
office on the SECOND floor. Here viii be
located the trunk and local switchboards
in charge OF the manager, his assistant.
the chief operator, and a dozen or more
and shout Hello in response to calls
from all over the State and city, and New
York City.
In u chat with Superintendent Gully
yesterday afternoon | was t2ld that lhe
company proposes to introduce all the
teiepnODe equipments OI tHe pIeSSnb udy.
fThe SERVICE" said the Superintendent,
twill be more expeditions and reliable.
Through the means of metallic circuits
greater distances can be covered. The
Service will be altogether improved. We
have beef very much cramped in our pres
ent quarters in the Nemming Building.
We commenced them in 1879. Gradually
we extended from one room to another
until we occupied all the third floor and
part of the second. We could get no more
room, so we builded.n
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
The maintenance department. of the
new building is 70x25 feet. II is located
Oh the first floor Ut the north end Of the
building. The one-story part of the struc-
Jure facing on Bay street will be used for
heavy storage, such as crossbeams and
wires.
The underground wires enter a COM
partment located in tue basement, and
through the shute. above alluded TO.
reach the operating room.
Throughout, the building is heated
with steum supplied from a lower pres
sure boiler III the basement.
High Class Ministries In Hoboken.
AT the Hoboken Theatre last night Cor