New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08
HANDSOME NEW CLUBR00MS.
AN ABODE oFLUxURY FOR INSURANCE MEN.
THEIR ORGANIZATION SOON TO DE INSTALLED
in THE ANNEX TO THE MUTUAL

LIFE BUILDING.
The Insurance Club 1t is now definitely settled
will in a short while move into quarters in the
new building or the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, in Liberty-st. The important downtown clubs
have notably magnificent rooms. but the governors
OF the Insurance Club promise that its new home
WILL in situation arrangement, decoration and fur
nishing equal that of any other organization &C.
cupying a similar field.
The club has a lease OF the entire twelfth and
thirteenth floors Of the annex of the Mutual Life
Building. besides the roof which will practically be
another story The work the rooms is going
on rapidly. Abundant elevator service will be sup
piled The cafe. which will be the largest room OF
ALL is the twelfth floor. occupying the entire
east end of IT, The decorations will be exceedingly
rich and at the same time simple, as Is BETTING
in a cafe. The floor will be OF mosaic. and high
oak panels will cover part Of the walls. The win
dow frames will be low that a view may be
had through them from any part of the room.
a spacious cloak.room and three private dining
rooms are also on this floor. TWO of these dining
rooms may be thrown into one that thirty or
forty people may be seated at table in them. In
the cafe those will be served who wish only sim
pie luncheon and haven't much time to give to It,
on the thirteenth floor at the east end Of It, Is the
dninr.room. fitted up most luxuriously. Here those
will lunch who desire more elaborate repast than
is served in the cafe.
AT the west end OF this floor will be the library
and smoking rooms The dinng-ro f5r women
will be furnished most handsomely of all. 1t will
be to the south Of the main dining'r0tm and will
be reached through private door from one OF
the elevators Thus feminine visitors to II will not
have TO pass through any part Of the club crowded
with men The decoration of the room Will be after
the style of Louis XVI. and is TO be faithful re-
production OF that of the Petit Salon in the
Trlanon at Versailles.
Upon the roof are to be the kitchen and the SER
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covered with a high roof will occupy the north. east
and west edges From this garden the view will
be superb. for members will look down on the
top Of the Equitable and other tall structures Of
The ne.ghborhood Indeed even from the cafe and
the dining-roon, the sight Will not be INSTRUCTED
by any other buildings
The club will have advance its dues to meet
the increased expense bat they will be kept below
those of the other downtown clubs. On February l
the figure will be raised TO $40 year Should any
further advance be made. II will apply only 10
those Joining the club after its removal The en-
trance fee now $50 will be made $50 before the
end OF the year.
The Insurance Club was founded only two or
three years ago. and is at No. Sc Cedar-st.
The officers James A. Silvey. president; Wallace
F. Peck vce-president: W. n. Crolius secretary.
and West Pollock, treasurer. The governors are
James A. Svey II. L. Reyes. f. Il. Kennedy. West
Pollock. Edmund Dwight. jr.. Warren Sage, Ran
dolph Hurry. A. NJ 1horburn Wallace +. Peck.
b. q. Actcrman, " II. crous, Charles {. Little.
Charles ". Clinton. David /. swanson, ana george
NJ Colt
Mr. Dwight az chairman Of the House COMMITTEE,
has been largely rcspon -ble Tor the success with
which, the internal affairs Of the club have been
managed. The membership is not limited 10 lnsur-
ance men. but Includes 'nany merchants ana jewel