Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

erected the New York Tribune could truth.
fully boast of being the largest newspaper
building in the country. 1t now ranks Sec
ond to The Bee. The Tribune buildins
covers a ground area of II, 200 feet. include
ing its annex and outside court. it is ten
stories in height, and it's total floor area
is 122, 200 feet.
The third largest newspaper building in
the country is that built by the Pioneer
Press of st. Paul. 1t has a ground area Of
$500 feet, and its twelve stories mako q
total floor area of 11S, 800 feet.
The New York Times building, which,
when reconstructed, was owned by the pub
lishcrS, but is now separate, ranks fourth
in the list. 1t covers an irregular plat of
ground with an area of $500 feet. 1t has
thirteen stories and an aggregate floor space
of 10, 500 feet.
The New York Herald building is the
largest structure in the country devoted ex-
clusively to newspaper making. 1t covers
a triangular area of 19, 602 feet. Its three
stories make an aggregate foorage of 5S,So8
feet.
The building of the New York World is
fourteen stories in height, exclusive of the
dome. It's ground area and loorage are
much less than that OF The Bee.
The Evening Post. New York, has a nine
story, ~freproof building covering a lot 103B
by GO. The ground area is 6,52l feet, and
the total noorage $3.50.
The Mail and Express building is one OF
the skyscrapers OF New York City. 1t is an
L-SnapeQ DulldlnS, fourteen StOTlcS nlSH.
The Times-lIerald building In Chicago
is an ornate, elegantly finished newspaper
home. 1t is six stories in height, has q
frontage OF 46 and a depth of liS feet.
The Tribune and Inter Ocean buildings
in Chicago are imposing frcproof structures.
The former covers a ground area OF 1850
feet, with a total floor area of 46,SOO feet.
The Inter Ocean building is OF the more
recent steel-frame construction.
The st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat has within
thA nncf five WANG nnInn1nIln n trnnrn0H
building with a ground area of 10000 square
feet. This structure, ten stories in height,
Is finished in the most modern style OF Office
building architecture, and in many respects
is unexcelled by any newspaper building In
the country.
The building of the Baltimore Sun. at
Baltimore, has a ground area Of 1910 feet,
and an area on all floors of 2O,35O.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is a fve-
story building with a frontage Of 165 feet
by SGh feet, making a total ground area Of
ii, 272 feet. The total floor space is II 1860
feet. The building is not freproof.
The Philadelphia Ledger has a frontage
OF lC5 by "a feet, six stories. Its ground
area is 10, $50 feet. Its aggregate floor space
is 81. 100 feet. The building is not freproof.
The Philadelphia Record building is tho
most elegantly constructed and finished
building In the country. 1t Is strictly fire.
proof and fronts on two opposite streets.
It's height is six stories, built of cut stone
marble trimmings. Its dimensions arc
about SO by 1870 feet.
The San Francisco Chronicle building
ranks fifth. having a ground area OF G,SoS
feet, and u total foorage OF $500 feet.
The Oregonlan building In Portland, Ore,
Is by far tho most magnificent and imposing
newspaper building on the Pacific coast. II is
thoroughly Areproof in granite and brick
with marble walnscoting and hard wood
Its ground dimension is llOxll5 feet
and its height ten stories with a clock tower
and observatory.
Excepting tho Tribune and the recon-,
Times building of New York. all
these newspaper homes have been completed
seven years, and are OF the most
approved hreproof construction.
Inquiries made for the dimensions OF tho
European newspaper buildings
el.icits the Information that none of them
approach The Bee in size or architectural
design.