New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-03
A WALL STREET sKYsCRAPER.

Wall Street has its first real skyscraper, a |
twenty-five story Office building. 1t will take |
its name from the Trust Company Of America |
which viii occupy the lower part. II Will mark.
the centre Of the greatest financial district IN the
Western Hemisphere. The building will rise 33I
feet above the street level. the architecture Is
Colonial. the exterior viii be part marble and
part red brick and in conveniences II will be as
complete as skill can make il.
when plot of land costs a substantial fortune
the building on 1t must have commensurate
value. Such view taken in this case, with
the result that the building now wen alohs
toward completion Will also represent an IN
Vestment running into figures. II IS a
building designed to be typical of the Street in
every respect, typical Of its interests and wealth.
and enterprise, aQd OF its solidity Nheh COM
plete it viii have a weight Of about thirty thou-
sand tons, and 10 have foundation III TO carry
this weight il necessary 10 dig Sixty rect
under Wall street The foundation was hnsheo
about the middle Of october. Since then the
brick and steel work has advanced at the RATE OF
four stories a week. Altogether. some six num-
dred men have been at work every day.
Additionally, the Trust Company or Amer
lea Building viii be a striking exception 10 the
rule, that most tall buildings are ugly. IL mas q
faced with marble, and there Is blendlhs OF
brick and marble above. Above the twenty
second story the exterior is TO be largely marble
with just enough red brick to lend harmony
to the design.
! The entrance hall is to be finished I'm italian
marble. with bronze mullions and panels as VIII
corridor running through to the Wall EXCHANGE
Building in the rear, which will form new
thoroughfare between Wall street and Exchange
Place. All the other floors will also De CON-
neCted with the Wall Exchange Building.
So far as equipment is concerned, the Trust
Company of America Building furnishes an III
teresting study in the development OF the SKY
scraper. The building will have Its own pldnts
| TO supply light, heat and power. The pumping
plant alone which will run the six hlgh speed
elevators and keep the offices supptled Win
water viii have capacity OF 3!OOO.Oco gallons
day. .
Every Office in the building can have intercom-
municating telephones. news bureaus ana 5Iock
Exchange ticl1ers, messenger calls ana accurate
electrically controlled clocks. Altogether theTe
are fourteen different subsidiary services 10 De
placed at the disposal Of the tenants All the
| walls corridors and stairwayS throughout INC
building are TO be wainscoted with TnarDIe' ano
all the woodwork, not only in the corTldors' put
IN the Offices, will be mahogany TO make the
offices more comfortable the floors wan De OK
| hardwood that will take a polish, ana tnat by
| chemical process has been made non-lnnam-
| mable.
The Trust Company OF America will occupy
| the basement the ground floor and Inezzanine
/ floor The basement will be connected WIN tne
| safe deposIt vaults in the basement OF the wall
| Exchange Building The Trust Companys
| banking room on the ground floor VIII De one OF
| the handsomest as well as the largest IN the
country There will be twenty-three stories
devoted 20 ONCE purposes 90