New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-19
" THE HERA Ids" NEW HUME
TO BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY NEAI
WEEK.
srp1K1NG IN APPEARANCE. 1T is IN ALL RE-

STRIKING in APPENfANNt' II - i4' '''''N 49,
sPECTs A wEL-APPOINTED STRUCTURE.
7. ,,o, had zone into "The Herald" office yester-
dav and seen everything turned upside do"h' anu
workingmen toiling and tugglng at ueSNS anu
oboirs and tables which they were dragging DOWN
- ord Milling upon trucks. you would wonder
,.hot Was the meaning Of all the coinmoton put
If YOU stopped inquire any OF the persons
there employed would have told you that TINS Iohs
established newspaper was moving INV" Il" e''
| and handsomer quarters uptown Workmen nave
been engaged in making the change during 'ne
ortira week and they will probably have their
work finished to-day.
To-morrows edition OF the paper VIII pe "e
last TO be issued from the office at Anh-s' anu
broadway After that its headquarters will be at
the new building Thirty ifth-st ana broi""d!'
which the persons connected with lhe he'"u
hoos, IN he the handsomest and largest pulid-
ing devoted exclusively TO the pruning anu pun
fishing of a newspaper 10 be found ahF"here' Inc
Telegram" which IS the evening size partner
- ..,rbo Herald" has been occupying the share
| allotted TO IL in the new building Tor the last
month The arrival Of '"rhe Telegram mere iore-
| stalled the completion OF the building Indeed
| the building is by no means hnished yet he'"''
within nor without. The outside VIII not nav
| the finishing touches added for about SIX week.
more on account largely OF the difficulty OF getting
| ready the terra Gotta with which the walls ana
owes are decorated. Even the interior parts are
still in the hands OF the workmen, VINO VIII nave
all they can do to round out this part of the con
tract in the next fortnight.
These closing details chaste and elaborate
and therefore take time finish, but for the last
| v.ar the whole structure. with its tiled roof and
three storcs-such "A contrast to the cloud-scrap-
| ing buildings common in other parts OF uie
| city-must have seemed to all one OF the most
striking architectural features Of the city. The
| headquarters OF this prosperous newspaper VIII
| he missed downtown and the fine building in which
| dad ltir M.
a century or more will be missed also for the
work of tearing it down will be undertaken at
once. and the erection in It's place OF one OF tose
twelve to fifteen story buildings will be begun
\ rumor was circulated among newspaper men
Y, sterday that ''The sun had actually rented the
building as il at present stands. and would move
In there as soon as THE Herald" had moved out,
but this rumor was discredited at both ends OF the
| line Mr.. Dana sent word 10 the reporter In an
| sver to IA request for Information on the matter;
ASK me anything silier and will answer it. There
| is no foundation whatever for the report that |
am aware Of" c. g. Rowland, the general man
ager Of THE Herald" almost equally emphatic
in contradictng the story.
At the building, which occupies the ground
where the old list Regiment Armory once stood.
everything was hustle and motion yesterday.
Trucks laden with office furniture were unloading
all day long. and down in the big cngnc-rooms in
the basement the huge belts limbcring out and
men busy oiling the machinery. The new
building covers the block bounded by Sixth-ave.
Broadway Thiry-hfth and Thirty-sixth SITS. 1t is
three stories in height and has a basement Built
Of terra Gotta and marble. it is freproof through
cut
The floors are double The second floor where
the editors and reporters are. is laid In fine
comb yellow pine The Railways Of fine stone
and cement olished. All the rooms the floor are
occupied by THE Herald" staff except four, for
the use OF 1.-THE kilograms" force. The library Is
also this floor and so are private apartments
for Mr. Bennett and for the general manager Of the
paper. The main entrance Is at Thirty-fifth-st ON
the first floor the business Office the mall room
the sterotvping room and the delivery department
on the top floor Is the composing-room Of both
papers and the photo engraving department. In the
basement are the prcss-room, the engine-room, the
. bocrroOm, the pumproom and room for the
! general storage of paper. The cnGnc-roOm is cool
and comfortable continuous current Of fresh all
being driven through the registers while the large
exhaust fan takes the hot air up TO the roof and
ont.
This new building is in all respects a model news
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