The evening world., 1904-06-22
Part of Superstructure Can
/ Now Be Seen Above Park
, Commissioner PaIIas's High
Board Fence.
WORK WILL BE FINISHED
SOME DAY-PERHAPS.
Rome Was Not Built in a Day."
Say Contractors, Who Are
Trying TO Make a New Long
Distance Record.

progressing steadily. A portion of the super
structure can now be seen from outside Park
Commissioner Palias's high fence utilized for
Advertising purposes-Mornins Newspaper.
Here is n piece OF news. Many years
ago. when Central Park was In short
dresses. long before Grants Tomb went
on picket duty and Miss G. O'Liberty
began her fiirtatious career on Bedloe's
island, Our New Public Library" was
started at Forty-second street and Fifth
avenue.
Every expert bookkeeper and lightning
fcalculator In the Murray Hill district
has taken the information here Iiven
fits face value and is figuring out the
date OF probable completion with sur
'prislng energy. The consensus OF mathe-
lmatical effort and opinion holds that
under proper conditions a coming gener-
alton may see the completion of the
famous library ed.fice.
Even money those feliers are wrong
declared Joshua Chrystal. the oldest
: living street car driver in Manhattan.
For twenty years my bays logged
past the old reservoir Site" he con-
ltinued. That was afore electricity
came into Forty-second street. and I
calculate ] can m purity close
when the Job is going to be done. My
grandfather once told me that ] would
never see the library ready for the
public. and ! reckon he was about right.
why. them library plans Ia as cold
as a dogs nose. Jus as like as not. tho
city will fergit there ever was to be q
public library afore the thing Is built.
Look at the Manhattan Bridge TO Brook
lyn. 1t jumped In and beat the library
all tew shucks.
"Folks used to count the days for
a big central library. Then their time
MAS took UP with the subway and the
Flatiron Building, and It has got over
bothering about Cur New Public Ii
( brary,' built OF white marble. to cost
IS, 900, 600. and he the gol dingest finest
building b~ook-holder in the world
when do you think the library will
he completed?' was asked OF Mr..
f'CArystal.
1T the get It ready in time for the
Resurrection my guess will be more
than equalled.' was his rather sacri-
iegious reply.
Nor is Mr.. Chrystal alone in this
opinion. Aged citizens passing the ia
nous site, while appearing greatly
surprised at the few feet OF marble
appearing above the Pallas fence. are
daily seen to sadly nod their heads,
and with q quiet smile hurry away
from the distressing sight.
''Trains will be running into the new
Pennsylvania Station from the North
iRiver tunnel before another story has
bean added to the library building"
sssmarksd the night clerk at the Grand
Union Hotel. Employees Of this hos
itsiry endeavor TO say bright things.
iaftsr the example of Mine Host Sim
sSDu Ford.
Spsgted this hot weather. he con-
fE4nus6- Although the contract period
Iaegnuy expires the last OF this August.
xhere Will be no trouble for Norcross
Bros. the contractors. TO get II con-
ltfnued for . few years. Got their
fexousss al ready-taxpayers' suit
ta@4nst h odty. brickiaysrs' strike
end delay IN getting marble from the
fveRmont q1iaIrtes."
HHs - what Our New Public
F14nrary" has cost the city UP to now:
-1sssrvofr rsmoval and foundation
l0ofding BY Contractor Eugene Lentii-
Mon. s25o.ooo.
Boiler n engine. vaults on Fortieth
street side Of the building. by Contrac-
ftor Herman Probst, $4,000.
Marble suporstructure. including FIRE
ttroofing ana stesi roof, by Norcross
fBfos,. s2.soo.ooo.
nncidentai., including architects fees,
ana details laid out by the Park Depart
msnt. $3.50 Oo.
ToNay nothing of the future contracts
for metal bookshelves and plumbing.
Bteaa heating and electrical wiring, in
terrier finishing and, carpentry work-it
10 a long journey to the end, Rome
was not built in a day" cry the con-
tractors. who are certainly making n
new long-distance record In the con
struction OF the building.
Sure, 1t Is more work than four men
and two boys can DO" said Patrick
lMeehan,. as he rested his hod in the
shade OF the Toulouse. We're up TO
the second floor Level and in some parts
above 1t. 1t is meself that's thinking
that there Is greater need for hospitals
than libraries"
work painting the fence to-day than
were employed inside upon the building.
Park Commissioner Pallas recently In
ispected the fence. The City Record does
mot record an inspection of the building
since the ground was broken In the
early days of this public Improvement.
Originally the project was to transfer
The cnd books snd and nd. valuable 4 .ior Rape r,s from O .d the
New Public Library as the trustees
Of those institutions. together with the
iTilden Library Fund trustees, stand
pledged to maintain the new building
from their private trust revenues. Blu
these buildings are IN danger of falling
into ruins before the New York Public
Library Is completed unless tho city
iakes . tumble to itself.
W.