New-York tribune., 1907-09-03


PLENTY OF PURE AIR
The air that is pumped into the chamber
was tested by engineers, who pronounced II
to be pure Taken at the altitude from winch
II Is 1t is free engineers say, from odors or
any contamination of the air at lower attitudes
The ventilation of this chamber is as nearly
perfect as is possible. and prominent en-
gineer. after examining the arrangements for
ventilation. said
''I want to congratulate you on the complete
ness with which you have worked this system
out. 1 do not hesitate TO say that L consider
this one Of the best ventilated hearing rooms
in the country, and far better ventilated than
the great majority have seen and examined"
With the ventilation system permitting the
windows to be closed, it is not believed that
there will be any inconvenience caused from
the noises on the streets. If there should be
any danger of Interference from these. how
ever, double windows will be put in
Spruce street, which directly under the
hearing room. IT IS thought will soon be paved
with wood thus doing away with any chance
OF annoyance from noise.
The chamber will be heated with steam. and an
electrical engineer has perfected a system OF
lighting that will. he believes. afford ample
light without any glare. which so often fur
nishes such serious discomfort
The hearing will be completed either
to-day or tomorrow. and Captain Badgley has
told Chairman Wilcox that it will be ready for
public hearings tomorrow at latest AS the
next hearing OF the Public Service Commis-
sion's inquiry into the InterbOrOuSh- Metro
politan company has already been announced
for the Alderrnanfc Chamber in City Hail.
It is not probable that it will be changed now
But after this week the hearings Of the in
Int rg1r1 HI Ne
merger and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany will all be held in the commissions new
chamber in the Tribune Building. Will all
subsequent hearings.
ut will be" said d lawyer whose offices
are in Broadway. "a historic hearing room be
fore long and in the course Of time will be
one Of the so-called sights of New York The
commission in my opinion. viii make itself
famous one 1t certainly viii if it continues
as it has begun and IN its hearing room in the
Tribune Building some of the most important
inquiries that have ever been held in New
York City will probably be conducted
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
The main offices and drafting rooms OF the
engineering department on the twentieth
floor. George s. Rice. the commissions chief
engineer has his own Offices there The main
drafting room Is also the twentieth floor.
Speaking of this drafting room. Mr.. Rice said:
Il consider it one Of the best lighted and
best equipped drafting rooms I have ever had
in charge. It suits our purposes exactly. The
light IS splendid I entirely satisfied with
It, and also I will say that I am greatly
pleased with the quarters my staff have in this
building"
The engineering department is equipped with
facilities for making blueprints-in fact, with
every facility that is to be found in the modern.
up-to-date engineering rooms. There are ac-
commodations for staff of $50 men. Changes
have been made on the nineteenth and twentieth
floors to afford the best possible light. The
main drafting rooms are the twentieth floor.
where the large windows and the skylights give
the greatest amount of light
The offices of the chief en- ngineer and his i'm
mediate assistant and consulting engineers are
comfortably furnished. and furnished with an
eye to their business requirements and con-
veniences The quarters of this department Of
the commission are considered as complete and
as well arranged as ii is possible to make them.
The Public Service Commission has become
pretty we'll accustomed to its new home It's de-
partments have been installed in their allotted
offices and are now working smoothly The
business. the commissioners say. has already
been well systematized and arranged that il
can be done in the quickest and most effective
manner In thus systematizing the different
branches OF its work the commission feels that
il has been greatly assisted by the arrangement |
of its offices in the Tribune Building and the |
facilities afforded 1t in its new home. Within |
fortnight all the offices will be completely fin |!
ished and furnished.
One of the conveniences afforded the commits |
sion In the Tribune Building is private lava
tory for the especial use of the commissioners |
This has been fitted with every modern con- !
1t has a hot and cold shower bath. !
and. in fact. everything that ingenuity could |
suggest and money buy.
COMMISSIONERS ALL PLEASED.
The commissioners have expressed themselves
as being pleased in every way with their quar-
ters and the arrangements that have been made
for their comfort and accommodation They are
pleased with the situation and consider
il one of the most desirable in the city They say
that in going 10 and their offices daily obser-
vation of the facilities furnished passengers by
the two great transit systems of New York City
the Interborough- Metropolitan Company and the
Brooklvn Rapid Transit Company-is naturally
forced upon them, and they nnd IL ai1ords them
IN easy opportunity for making valuable obser-
vations and gaining practical knowledge of con-
litions.
They also appreciate the value of the building
ss a central or pivotal point. IL being the centre
IF the transit lines of New York City and easy
~ access from every railroad steamship line
hat enters the city it's nearby outposts. such
as Hoboken, Long Island City, Jersey City and
,rher similar places. The consensus OF opinion
AZ thu commissioners seems to be oxpreased by