The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

nihpsnt corinthian columns, q fest In height
and y inches In diameter, surnnounted by
9 pediment. for the tympanun OF which
J.Q a. Ward has designed series Of sculp-
sented by q central female figure 10 whom
the arts and industries bear their fruits
for adjustment. The Wall street end OF
the structure, which occupies an irregular
qi1drilateral. having frontsges Of l@ feet
with q depth Of 100 feet, ID hess ornate but
equally appropriate. The main effort was
TO provide suitable board room. where
the active trading IL done, and to this end
the architecture has yielded.
The entrance to the exchange from the
main Broad street doors reveals flights
Of marble steps 70 right and left leading
70. he hoor OF the board room. Directly
ahead. are corridors running through the
bers' coat rooms, to the Offices Of the cable
and telegraph companies, and to Offices
for use as barber shops, news stands and
80 on. In the sub-basenient are the rooms
for employees, the vaults for securities, and
much Of the costly machinery which serves
The apparatus for the latter purposes
cost more than Z 100 600 In the telegraph
and cable offices are the outlets Of the pneu-
matte. tube system, which, with its branches.
Following the marble steps to the floor
Of the board room, immensity Is the first
impression given. II Is a hall resplendent in
gold leaf and pure white marble, i<o feet
ong i5o% 9a Broad Sa e New street and d lSs
end. with it's ceiling u feet above the floor.
In the centre OF the ceiling Is a colored
glass skylight 30 feet square. The Broad
and New street ends 81 the room are simply
great windows, sustained by iron mullions
through which are seen the Corinthian
pillars Of each facade. There are 5000
square feet OF floor space and this expanse
" broken only by the trading posts, is In
plumber. scattered about 1t. and by the
parallel rows OF telephone booths on the
New street end. which extend some eighteen
feet into the room proper
The walls OF the room are broken on the
Wall street and south ends by huge call
boards. on which are displayed the numbers
These are in the centres Of the ends and
cover 800 square feet OF space. They are
divided into ZOO spaces measuring by
u inches each.
On each side Of the boards are gigantic
with gray veins, running from the VAIN
scoting to the ceiling border. They seem
to be solid slabs at least 10 feet wide and
IS feet high. The Broad and New street
sides are broken by the great windows,
Weighing some thirteen tons each, and by
two iron galleries. one on either side thai
on the Broad street side for the visitors,
and the other for members, who enter IL
from the smoking room. on the second
floor.
The north wall IL also pierced by an arch
which leads to the reception room. entered
from the north New street door. The
south wall is similarly pierced for doors
leading in the east corner to the elevators
and stairs running to the upper floors.
The ceiling of the board room about
the glass dome il indented with square
panels, in each OF which Ia an open leafed
gilded flower which holds In its centre the
ground glass globe Of an electric light.
There are about sixty Of these lights. The
are all In gold and marble.
The needs OF the board room in the matter
OF light were such that the upper floors OF
the building have been arranged in a square
about this central dome. On the various
floors TO the seventh are the numerous