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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

wall street, adjoining the Sub-Treasury. The
Assay ONCE Is branch Of the United States
Mint and the structure occupied was
erected in 1923 for the New York branch OF the
Bank OF the United States When that institu-
ton failed the building was occupied by two
state banks In succession. and passed into the
possession of the government in 1853 when the
Assay Once at New York was established and
the work OF testing precious metals was begun
there The building is the Oldest in Wall street.
Work on the new public library which occu-
pies the site Of the old reservoir In Fifth ave-
nue., between 10th and 42d streets, adjoining
Bryant Park. is going forward. but not so
rapidly that the structure will be in use in the
immediate future. The work OF providing a
great public library on the Aston. Lenox and
Tilden foundations is one of the most important
for the future of the city. The structure, to
cost S5,O00.0O0 will be q noteworthy addition
TO the architecture Of the city, and II VIII con-
tain every convenience for the reader and a
store OF books which will prove ineyhaustble.
Plans are under way for a central public library
in Brooklyn, which Will occupy a site close to
the plaza OF Prospect Park. and form one of the
group of structures which will make that part
OF the borough the literary. art and scientific
centre. If II is not the civic centre. In various
parts OF all the boroughs the Carnegie branch
libraries rising and new ones Will be opened
every year until the full number Of sixty-ive
as provided for by the generosity OF the founder
are In use and every resident Of the city has
ready access to the best of literature
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mocREERTs NEW GOODS HOUSE IN WEST s4rH sTREer.

north wing is 1877 feet in length and will cost
100000. a like south wing is to be erected.
and the frontage OF the museum on Fifth ave-
nue. will extend from sOth street 10 S5th street.
The entire structure will cover eight acres OF
the park and Will represent the expenditure OF
SD 600 600
scum OF Arts and Sciences has been con-
structed, which gives dignity and impressive
ness 70 the FACADE OF that structure, crOwning
the backbone OF Long Island in the heart OF the
borough. and an appropriation has been secured
for the building of another wing OF the great
structure. OF which only one-fourth has yet
been erected.
on the Eighth avenue or Central Park West
side or the chief Manhattan pleasure ground,
II, as does the American Museum OF Natural
History. the New York Historical Society has
just opened Its new building. erected at q cost
OF SSOO.OOO. which contains many things of in
terest In American history and choice collec-
ton OF historical paintings, together with q
valuable library. At Broadway and 15Sth
street the Hispanio Society has erected a fine
structure for Its collections on n site overlook
ing the Hudson River. Near It is the structure
erected for the Numismatio Society. The Ma
tionai Academy OF Design is raising the funds
for the erection OF It's new building on Morning
Side Heights, the cost of which is placed at
SSOO.OOO. as planned.
The plans are in readiness for a new munich
pal building In Brooklyn TO cost 81, 0000O for
which site was secured a dozen or more years
ago in the rear Of the City Hall and adjacent to
the existing Municipal Building. which is in the
Same row with the County Court House and the
Hail or Records. new Health Department
structure for the same borough has been
planned. to cost Sc0OOe0
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close TO the most abundant facilities for their
distribution TO all parts of the world.
GREATEST URBAN POPULATION.

With the absorption into the single great city
OF ell the adjacent communities In this state
the greater city Of New York has combined not
only the greatest facilities for commerce and
manufa cturing, but also the greatest urban
population that any one place In this country
has drawn together. 1t has also the most
rnarka BILE developments in the transportation of
workers to and from their homes and the great
est extent Of territory devoted to housing and
caring for them. The physical conformation of
Manhattan Island forced population northward
and compelled an overflow either side, 70
carry which ferries. bridges and tunnels in turn
have been provided. and the future may provide
airships and pneumatic tubes. the former for
fair weather and the latter to be resorted 10
when the elements combine their forces for the
wrecking OF dirigibe balloons any other APP
paratus for Navigating the blue empyrean.
While the year just ended has seen the com
pletion OF no new subways or tunnels, the work
OF extending the facilities for suburban transit
has gone steadily forward. The subway tunnel
from the Battery to Brooklyn. designed to carry
the people OF two boroughs and the adjacent
rural region into the heart Of the business dis
trict IN much less time than Ii now takes. has
been cut through, and the present year Will
doubtless II In use The Pennsylvania Rail
road tunnels under the North River have been
connected. and the work OF boring through the
substra tum OF the city, beneath busy thorough
fares and lofty struc;uree - connect with the
like bores under the East River. also we'll under
way, is fast going forward. The change in
transit conditions when this work is completed
Will be simply marvellous, ana lnc growth OF
certain parts of the city abnormaly stimulated.
The changes incident TO the installation ~
electric traction the railroad lines centring
at the Grand Central Station mark another i'm
naense step forward in the development of the
city The operation OF electric trains on part
of the suburban service is already enjoyed by
many commuters. and the transformation in
terminal conditions made necessary is well
under way. The great terminal station, In use
little more than half dozen years, is to be
tireIy replaced and the new one arranged for
the operatio of far greater number of trains
on both the local and through service. while the
arrangements for passengers VIII be made as
complete and effective possible the entire
work representing immense outlay of money
and vast amount of labor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02
NEW sUBWAYs AND BRIDGES.

New subways have been planned, although no
direct work upon their construction has been
begun The growth Of the city warrants the
doubling of transit facilities within the time
that the work can be done. The failure to pro-
vide relief from the crush the Brooklyn
Bridge by the installation of a loop connecting
the new and the old bridge has revived tho
scheme for the duplication of the present over
crowded bridge by like structure alongside
planned especially for elevated and trolley cars
Sucn a scheme was proposed at the time when
the railway companies first secured the right TO
operate their cars on the roadways Of the struct-
ure It was said at that time that duplicate OF
the present structure the cost of which was So,
100000 could be erected alongside at cost not
10 exceed S1OO00G00, for the improvements in
bridge building and the lessened price Of steel
would enable the large saving TO be made. But
the railroad corporations secured the rights
they desired on the roadwayS and railroad
tracks of the existing structure, and nothing
more was heard OF the plan for duplicate
bridge until recently. when the scheme
viyed and met with considerable favor. 1t would
certainly afford relief from existing conditions.
which could be provided in other way. and
might be built so to provide 1t within
two years Meanwhile work lanSushes the
nearly bridge which was expected TO afford
lief before this time. and the construction has
advanced no whit In the year just ended, the
making of contracts being tied UP by litigation,
which promises TO delay the work indefinitely.
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.he great steamship. slowly forging down the
pay ana out by the tortuous course past Sandy
f'ooh ana then over the open sea to the eastern
eho OF Long Island. and the time it would take
q steam or electric express train to whirl over
tne lzo miles of railroad track between Fort
iolo Bay and New York. Another element In
tnis scheme was included in the PENNSYLVANIA
C0npany's building the tunnels under the North
ana East Rivers. by which persons from the in
terior OF the country could pass under the me-
cropohs and out over the Long Island Railroad
ana not break their journey until they went
ABOARD vessel at the new Montauk port. The
iorty feet and more of water at Fort Pond Bay
= commends the scheme Of a port there II the
shipouilding OF the future shall demand so great
e draft.
But not alone In commerce does New York
hoid the supreme place IN the records of this
continent IT is also the greatest manufacturing
centre Here meet the raw material and the
skilled workmen and a long list of articles
made for the markets of the world, Is produced
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IMMENSE RAILROAD STATIONS

The great new Pennsylvania Railroad station
where the trains from all over the continent
will enter this city underground instead Of
stopping In New Jersey. Is to cover four entire
city blocks being 772 feet long and 433 feet
wide. while the train sheds and additional
structures will cover a number OF blocks more
the entire space occupied being not less than
twenty-eght acres. The cost of the structures
and the work OF tunnelling in connection with
the entrance OF this great railroad system into
the heart OF the metropolis will be not far from
S5OOO000O. The federal government will erect
In connection with the Pennsylvania station an
uptown postofhce. for which s., 900 will be
expended.
The new Grand Central Station will cover a
space which includes nineteen city blocks, and
Will nave many especial features OF striking in
terest. 1t will provide facilities for an i'm
mense suburban traffic we'll as for travel TO
ssnd from all parts of the continent trains COM
movement Of cars within the great yard being
by electricity, eliminating the noise and other
nuisances created by the of steam.
The new Whitehall Ferry terminal at the
Battery will be a digni1ed and monumental
structure, in keeping with the plans for the
great pennsylvania and Grand Central stations.
FOR which notable designs have been secured,
and will cost S150000O. The new Long Island
Railroad terminal at Flatbush and Atlantic
avenues, Brooklyn, where connection will be
made between the underground tracks of the
railroad and the subway. in course OF construc-
ion, is approaching completion Combined
VITA the buildings, which occupies the site
where the 18th Regiment Armory once stood is
Il large substation of the Postoffice
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S7.O00OOO and the great arcade on its first foor
will be S15 feet long with an average width

S7.O00.OOO and the great arcade on its first noor
Will be 315 feet long. with an average width
Of 40 feet The new Singer Building. at Liberty
street and Broadway, will be the Hottest struct-
ure on the continent, exceeding the Washington
Monument by Ihtrty-elght feet, but not reaching
more than two-thir6s far toward the sky
the famous Eiffel Tower In Paris, which
feature OF the exposition of 1889. The tower OF
the Singer Building Will have forty-one floors
containing Offices. and VIII be thirteen stories
hlgher than any other structure now standing IN
the city, although one is projected to be built
In west street which will have over thirty floors.
The tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance.
Companys building, to be erected at Madison
avenue and 24th street, where the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church, after half cent
ury or existence, has been RACED to make room
for 1t. is planned 10 rise nearly as high as the
singer Building, and TO rival the adjacent tower
or the Madison Square Garden with its sur
ing, which VIII occupy nearly all the block
tending from Madison avenue to Fourth avenue.
VIII be the largest Office building in the world.
Downtown especial advantage has been taken
or the open space reserved for Trinity church
yard by the erection OF lofty office buildings
overlooking IT, On the south side OF Rector
street the Empire Building has stood for several
years. Last year the space the north side
was occupied by the Trinity Building OF
still greater height. Now, on the west it is
overlooked by the giant structure OF the United
States Express Company, in Church street a
narrow thoroughfare which is all that separates
1t from the light and air of the grounds SIR
rounding the historic church at the head of Wall
street. By the change IN the location of Than
street. north Of the Trinity Building. an addf
ton has been made to the latter nearly ecualling
the original structure IN size which is rapidly
approaching completion. The new building for
the Knickerbocker Trust Company and that for
the Lawyers Title Insurance Company are also
notable additions to the Office building region
At Church and Cortlandt streets, over the ter
minal of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Company from Jersey City, a spacious office
building Is to be erected at the cost Of several
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A PROPOSED NEW PORT.

Another plan 70 supplement the commercial
facilities of.tll:s port was that which commend
ed Itself 10 the good judgment Of the late Austin
corbin. and was part of the scheme whereby
the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired control OF
the Long Island Railroad This was nothing
legs than the creation OF a new landing place
Cor ocean steamers at the eastern end of Long
Island. where IT Fort Pond Bay there is deep
water end safe ana protected anchorage, not far
from Monfauk Point. THIS plan never developed
into anything more than the extension Of the
Long Island Railroad TO Fort Pond Bay. Whether
the Wild noors Of Montauk, which are utterly
unlike any other part OF Long Island, viii ever
see a commercial centre there is doubtful The
Only gain expected would be the lessening OF the
tine OF the ocean trip by the difference between
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DEMANDS FOR DEEPER WATER.

To enter this Earbor IL would be necessary
for the projected vessel TO await the turn OF the
tide and come I'm at high water. The same ts
true Of the great turbine ocean liners, and with
the increase in tonnage the serious question
arises whether dredging will continue 10 make
The entrance Of the vessels feasible whether
some other way viii not have 10 be devised for
reaching the waterfront Of this metropolis. The
Great Eastern. the gigantic craft Of her day,
had to come into this port by way of Long Island
Sound and tie UP at Port Morris. in what is
now the Borough OF The Bronx. The completion
OF the deep waterway between the East and
Hudson rivers through the Harlem River and
the Harlem Ship Canal by the dredging OF the
Bronx Kills has been urged, with the idea that
the future wharves of the ocean going steamers
which ply between New York and the other
marts of the world will be In Harlem and The
Bronx. But there are those who say that with
the dredging OF Jamaica Bay end OF the deep
water channels off Rockaway Shoal
commercial centre can DE provided IN Brooklyn
at Canarsie Bergen Beach and the foot Of Flat
bush avenue. where sporadic settlement, locally
known as Hemlock City. has grown UP.
That the commercial possibilities of the region
were recognized before the middle OF the last
century IS shown by the fact that enterpris-
ing man planned the building Of a waterfront
IN that part Of Brooklyn still known East
New York, % which he gave that name because
Il was TO rival New York But the wharves and
deep water channels OF which he dreamed and
for which he planned were destined never to ma
terialize owing to the financial panic Of 1887.
Now Brooklyn oshcials and public men find much
merit IN the scheme. and definite plans for put
ting IL through are under consideration.
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GREAT OFFICE BUILDINGS.

city within city is the Office building dis
trict OF downtown New York. Structures which
house from five hundred TO five thousand per-
so7s, small villages by thems Ives. veritable
hives oS human industry There are more than
score new ones under way projected. rep
resenting ar investment OF upward OF $4,000
OoO in III part of the city. The City Investmer.
Building In lower Broadway, win cost about
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TO Do AWAY WITH HoRsECARs

"hlle the schemes for additional facilities
ior electric traction over bridge, through tunnel
ana along elevated roads are receiving careful
CONSIDERATION. there is active agitation 70 do
away with the Anticipated and obsolete horsecars
which hnser in some Of the streets OF New
iorK as relics Of bygone days and are wholly
inadequate to the demands made for satistao-
tory transit conditions. New York is practically
the only city in the country which still clngs to
ms old style Of transit in these days of cleo
rlcity and cable. There is no little village but
mas It's electric lights and cars in these days of
easy production Of the current which is one Of
the most useful adjuncts OF modern civilization
ana horsecars are a thing of the past In almost
al rural regions. II Is necessary for the coun-
lyman TO come to the metropolis 10 see the
oIotine vehicles drawn by horses with driver
VINO has to urge his steeds to exert their pro-
pulstve energy instead of simply turning on
the juice as the motormen expressively term
the electric current, and then guiding and con-
trolling its energy.
NO pushee, no pullee. but go like hellee"
was the Chinaman's expressive phrase when he
nrst saw a trolley car; but IL would defy the
linguistic skill Of Mott street to find an ade-
quate phrase to set forth the condition which is
not theory found in New York streets where
the horsecar still fingers. loath to become thing
or the days gone by and to pass into a state Of
lnnocuous desuetude. But this year may wit
ness the passing of the horsecar and It's relega-
zion TO the place of the has bens"
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NEW BUSINESS BUILDINGS.

In business buildings the city has shown
remarkable growth IN the last few years. The
addition 10 the Wananaker store. at Broadway
and Ninth street. is noteworthy structure
towering far above the great building which in
the days when IL was erected by A T. Stewart
was conspicuous a landmark in the city that
no sign was employed 10 make known its iden-
tity. a youth who visiting the city for the
first time when Mr.. Stewart stood at the head OF
the list of merchant princes made call on a
relative in business in lower Broadway and was
sent out 10 take a walk up that thoroughfare
and "see the sights" On his return he was
asked IL he had seen Stewards store the identity
OF which he had failed to discover. as there was
nothing to indicate 1t, and he forced to con-
fess that he had missed that browning sight OF
the great city thoroughrare. But the new
Wanamaker's has no less than thirty-two acres
OF floor space, and its cost was So. 100000. The
great marble palace occupied by Altman & Co..
in Fifth avenue in the immediate neghborhood
OF the Waldorf Astoria. is one OF the most note
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GROWTH OF MUSEUMS.

In the matter of museums, the city is steadily
adding to Its treasures and providing for the
housing Of them. The Transformation effected
at the Metropolitan Museum by the present
structure in comparison with the original edi-
fee. which is now nearly concealed by the ex-
tensions surrounding it, is to be carried still
further by work now under way The new
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GREAT CIVIC STRUCTURES PLANNED.

The city has pla1s for a Health Departnene
building TO cost s9.0s0C00. there is talk OF a
new courthouse with sight times the accommo-l
dations FOR the dispensation OF justice anorded
by the present structure in City Han ParKA
whether ii is located in the same vicinity OK
further uptown, while tAe new city adnnlnistta-
ton building, in conjunction with an adequate
bridge terminal at Park Row and Centre street.
IL not mere dream III the future III IS eSu.
mated that for what Is now paid In rentals I0r
offices for the city departments the interest couo
be met on the enormous sum that wouid oe rS-
quired for such structure The city mas ai>
ready taken title the Stats Zeitung BuiidhiS 3.
at Park Row. Centre street ard Tryon How, II
connection with the new bridge terminal ~
tentative plan for the structure 10 occupy tns
site which extends through to Chambers street.
includes a twelve story building and loi-N
tower or campanile, with not less than 1orty-
Ave floors which would serve for the housing or
departments now tered in various ofncS
buildings in the vicinity of the City Hail An-
ether plan is for the city to secure tue 70 Ins
stewart Building at Broadway and CHAMBERS
street which faces City Hall Park and Is Largely
occupied at present by city departments. anu
TO erect in its place structure adequate anu
sufficient for the needs OF all the subordinate
officials OF the CITY, In either case an eioIiii'S
initial expenditure IS involved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

worthy OF the recent structures erected for tho
drygoods trade 1t has a worthy rival IN ting
new McCreery's establishment. In 34th street. 1use
out Of Fifth avenue. while still further west
ward In S4th street. beyond Broadway, the
spacious store OF Macy & Co. caters 10 the trade
OF an immense number OF persons In Fifth ave-
nue.. at SSth street. the marble structure occu-
pied by Tiffany & Co. is regarded as the hness
commercial structure in the world. and near ie
Is the Gorham establishment. almost as note
worthy. At Fifth avenue and 44th street tins
new Day and Night Bank keeps its magnihcena
bronze doors open all the time for the con-
venience OF the jewellers IN the modern Gotham
In the city's provision for the care OF the poor
the only institution of Importance or Manhattan
Island is the great Bellevue Hospital IL would
be impracticable to carry on its work at any
other than central point. so the site occupied
by il. ar the foot OF East 18th street. Will PROB
ably be always retained 1t Is planned TO erect
the property there owned by the city, 10 re-
place the old and WORKOUT structure. new one
to cost SS5OO000 The plans call for a series
OF buildings OF much beauty and designed To-
afford the maximum of facilities for the cars
and comfort OF the sick poor. The scheme M
volved In the construction of the new buildings
includes the unihcation OF the management and
control OF the city hospitals in all the eoroushst
so as TO secure the most satisfactory results ano
not to promote pauperiZaton.