Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10

lmarhlcs of bronze The ccilmr
consist of scricsc oi hollow dnmcs
lin ivory and gold. The entrance
doors. elevator doors grills and stair.
Iways will he of solid bronze.
There will be sixteen electric ,rac.
| zion elevators in the 0ulldng. each
having a speed of too fcci minute.
-Four of the fourteenth floor ana one
special elevator will run To the forty
first floor This floor VIII cover 900
square feet and will omen out on tho
observation balconies on the four sides
of The tower.
Extraordinary safety devices will be
provided for the elevators Colorc6
electric lights displayed In inc han
way ANA duplicated IN the Office d;
The chief engineer win Indicate the
exact position of the car. another de
vice will permit the starter To talk
personally With the elevator man o.;
each car nj any point in the towor
In this way hc will hc able Ia control
the speed. position and direction o.
tho car almost ms well rs IL lie were
personally in charge OF IT,
II Is expected that tic problem orI
running the elevators in tho forty-oliuI
story structure will he intricate and
a hard ana fast schedule. just like nj
train schedule. viii have to nc FOL.
lowed. Each individual ear IL to h-
equipped with n telephone hy whicn|
the operator may communicate III.
rcctly With the engineer If necessary.
In the basement of the new sky
scrancr will be five steam boilers.
seven steam engines. five large dyna-
mos. thirty-two pumps. two mir com
ptcssors and Il ice plant All The
light for the building viii he gen.
Grated right IN the building The
lighting system of tho building VII;
include $4,000 incandcscomt lamps.
Tho power generated By the uyna-
mos in the basement would be ablc|
to light n small city, ana indeed H.
will he moro lights in this one build
ing than there arc in some small stiles
From the roof Of the main building
scarchlights Of the United States nay.
al standard will be directed against.
three sides of the tower. making it'll
visahlc Mt night for more than twenty
miles.
The lantern on the top of the toworl
viii contain powerful scarchliglit
which may be seen from n distance
of sixty miles On election nights i'll
would be possible by n code of ligh
signals To flash the result over half
of Long Island. far ont into New ser
scy and up the Hudson rs far as Now
burg. Further illumination of the tower
will he accomplished by concealed i.r
candcscont lights.
All the water used in the building
will bc filtered in Il plant In the base
mont and cooled by ice made in the
twenty Ion refrigerating plant. Tanks
on four floor levels will furnish watorI
for fire fighting.
Every room In the BODY and tower
of the new building Will DO connected
with the vacuum cleaning system. I'M
every office there will be an individu-
al suction air brush. All you will haVeI
10 do is to run the brush over your
hat ana coat and prcstol he dirt has
disappeared To the basement. This
is where the boot blacks ana tho bar.
bcr boys lose out
The elevator will be in the contrcI
OF the building ana the rooms in the
tower will he located around them.
The entire building will have Il noor
space of nine and n half acres
This isn't as much floor space as the
metropolitan Life Insurance building
contains. which. by the way. has an
nounccd plnns for tower of forty-nine
stories. which will probably overtop
that of the Singer building. There
Will be sixteen offices on each floor
in the Singer building tower. In The
building there wa be ii1s1T,iT miles Of
steam and water piping. The build
ing will cost about ~ 100000.