New-York tribune., 1903-01-04

offices offers a glimpse of the customs Of a han
| century ago. The rooms are heated by open
CRATES, in the long ago. and here the ofics
boys like the Office boys Of 1900 build the fire
| every morning (that is, when they have ths
| coaD and sweep out when the Office hours ara
| over. Although five stories in height, with
| floor area Of more than $1,000 square feet
| nevertheless the only means Of transportation
are two small elevators run at a gait much in
| accordance with the ancient somnolent times of
Wouter Van Twiller.
| Every room Of the Trinity Building takes the
mind back half century, but there is one suite
Of rooms which transports the fancy to the
times Of the Dutch and the Indians These
offices on the first floor, looking out on the
] churchyard, and are occupied by the estate OF
Amos r. Emo. Here heirs Of the founder Of
| the Emo fortune have covered the walls with a
| collection of pictures showing how the city OF
New-York has developed from the huts of its
first settlement to it's present palaces of marble
and iron
The Dutch era is recalled by picture Of few
wooden houses the Battery, with forests and
the curling smoke of wigwams to the nOrthward
and the round, clumsy ships of the Dutch riding
in the bay off Staten Island. The Colonial
period, when New-Amsterdam had become the
English province of New-YOrk, is shown by an
adjoining picture, made in two parts, and pre-
senting a panorama of New-York Bay as seen
from Staten Island On the left is the Jersey
Shore with Communipaw where Jersey City is
now, and the E1ysian Fields the present site
Of Hoboken- Brooklyn, on the right, is dotted
with few houses and countless fields, while the
present Borough Of Manhattan presents rows OF
two story red BRICK buildings, with Dutch
gables, and few church spires towering above
them.
Tba Rrifi Of tha cit iG nv
map which bears these words: "a sketch Of the
operations of his majestys fleet and army under
the command of Vice-Adniral and Right Hon
Lord Viscount Howe" Then there is NewYork
early in the present century, when the shores
of the river were like forests because of the tall
tapering masts of thousands of sailing vessels.
A picture which is especially treasured by the
Emo family is of the great fire of 1885 II
was at this time that Amos r. Emo had his
drygoOds store in Hanover Square, which was
swept by the flames The picture is highly coli
ored. and the great waves of flame that roll
over Wall-st. and Beaver-st. make the fremen,
with their feeble hand machines and drizzIing
streams of water, look like pygmies wrestling
with some breed of fre-breathing serpents.
The times when Barnum's Museum stood
where the st. Paul Building stands now, and
musicians the front veranda attracted the
attention of the passing crowds; when the
Crystal Palace stood in Bryant Square, and
the only fireproof building in New-York was
the reservoir next door. when "MiIliOnaires'
Walk" opposite Central Park, a string OF
detached ale houses, and when one and
half story tavern stood at Fifth-ave. and Twen-
ty- -third-st, before Mr.. Emo built the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel, are brought to mind by other pictures
on the walls of these offices.
Associated with Trinity Building esq since
il became an office building have b the
careers of many prominent members > the
New-York bar. Here have been the Or.ces Of
Judge John w. EdmOnds, who finally became
known for his spirituaIistic views much as
his law practice; Hiram Barney, at one time