New-York tribune., 1901-04-21

sweeping view of the Niagara River This con-
servatory present designed. consists OF
main factory 463 feet long and &C feet wide. with
four connecting portions. Two of these Identical
in shape and size will be used for product receiving
rooms. stairways. elevators and storage rooms
third section planned the shipping department.
will lie superseded by the construction of Il subway
conduit. 6 feet by feet inches internal measure
ment. and some 400 feet long. through which Will
be sent all the products of the conservatory. as
finished to the shipping house. where the
shocks nailed up and the loaded the
railway The transportation of goods through
this conduit. subway. will be effected by means
of endless curtain on wheels a more detailed
description of this conduit will be given later.
fourth section of the conservatory, really first
in importance. and itself very large building
tans the administration and educational features
of the plant. These united structures
area of $1,000 square feet. with building averag-
ing five stories. and of height of - feet In ad-
diton there be a boiler house, covering an
OF 1856 square feet. simple addition of
these areas shows the ground space occupied to be
IS 635 square feet. while the cubic contents of the
buildings total 4,5O0.O0O feet.
The main factory is in part five stories high.
Each end of the paraelogram. however is only
three stories in height, of which the lower
occupied by the ovens baking of the products
OF the factory, while the upper story contains
demonstration rooms. which will. when needed. be
utilized in the manufacturing process. for the fore
SlSnt OF lie pftS-dcnt, MT. Henry ID. Itrky, mas
provided the future increase of the already
enormous business The five stories of the re-
manning centre of the building are devoted TO the
various processes of manufacture. The two ends
and the centre of the factory carried up into
sixth story, giving these divisions each 60 by &C
feet. Here will be- done the first cooking of the
wheat preparatory to its descent to further treat
ment by special machinery upon the floors below
At the side of the central wing are two minor
wings. each 2S by -, and each containing lockers
toilets and bathrooms for the factory employees
and stairways and elevators extending the full
height of the six stories. These wings also con-
tain three stories at present to be used storage
rooms. In general the entire construction is of
pressed brick covering a steel skeleton The eXten-
sive of glass is very noticeable The idea of
lightness and cleanliness. cardinal principles of
the plan, is enhanced by the of a light cream
brick for the exterior facings of all the various
buildings composing the plant. and by painting all
interior iron white, while the brick the interior
Is covered with Portland and finished in Keene
cement. All floors of mill construction heavy
plank and a hardwood top floor carried upon a
skeleton of steel columns and beams in broad
spans and rendered slow burning by the introduc-
ton o Il layer of fireproof composition.
boiler house at the of the factory.
The heating and ventilation of the various divisions
of the entire structure is by the double fan system
may be desired. and carries off the vitiated air
Winter and summer the air is entirely changed
in the workroomS every fifteen minutes, and in
the offices every seven minutes. and all without
opening a window, which would admit dust and
impurities upon the immaculate food products. The