The evening world., 1912-04-11
CASTLE IN THE AIR
OlONGERAMERE
FIGURE Of SPEECH
Haliatt Building on Earth, the
Nbolworth, a City IN
Itself.

- tnRlest taNatabie 6uildfnS IN ne
Wevo1 - ssing up from Broadway BE-
eveA Barclay street and Park Row. II
S0oAo $4,000. 900 tons. Il rests on
okeV.nins pillars Of cement reaohins
NeWo 70 solid rock from ths street.
NJ. Thsss cement columns ~ -
eAss1 n steel columns which t~hsnss,vss
WeiGA i,seo tons each.
yHls oukAng. che tswve Mat -
W1beh. TO feet in the air. win -
oeea ninsty-six miles out at 80, has
4 5000 tons Of structural stssl. TIE
rtsSsst beams are ~ By 90 inches.
00Ngh thsrS are many girdsrs ana up
ooetng piers riveted together. A re-
oestsS for the Evening World tried to
~ The mar who knew how many rivets
Wn1 b required. and an ohios boy told
IN "t,At Taller was up at white Plains
. place called Bloomingdsis count
nc Tie blades Of grass on he lawn"
4 ohiPLoAo OF oLAes AND
MORE WILL BE NEEDED.
yosty-avs thousand dollars worth Of
e1AO hAs already been ordered for win
dows md doors and saylights. but at
ths Once Of Cas- Gilbert. the architect,
tAsy tell you that Of course there WIN b
. Eysat deal more than that In the
Wa1b and floors are to b own thirty
tAs01and square feet Of hoaiew ulng
end terra Gotta The cement order viii
- int the tens Of Thousands Of bags.
% tie weekly payroll - . regiment Of
~ fssm mare Hitting and carrying IA
eosVH b ne circus performing Iron.
yugAsss who play around 1t TOO feet In
- air "a slender steel beams like or.
- on % elm bough. Their wage run
from $3.50 . day for the laborsrs to
~ - . 1ay. and the payroll issues
oouae 5000 . day into the money chan
~ q people who nsed money most.
uAjs has been going on for M ysaSs.
HAs $4,000 eouare feet q land on
VhlSh he building stands COST about
OAsoo.ooo. Il cost over 100000 to
- on he foundations and he base
mt and svb-basements. Tho cost Of
e~eustructon win BE- nearly $1,000. 900.
making the whole pile an investment Of
oppseximstsly 9l3.6oo. 900. The msrS
6m0visdgs that such . building Wa to
- egsotsd On The spot caussd the tax
aassssmsnts on the property 70 b
saissd from @a,3So.ooo to 100000
4 osJV o. 10000 UNDER ONE
ROOF.
SA0O WG0 - . door sDace. taxing al
o. 6ooss together. OF twenty-three
tosaA Thses 10 70 b room for about
AVoee s@oss. and Il 10 figured that the
daily population Of the building will
p 3n.oD and the transient population
1hout % many moro
Down IN the depths for the ushtng
thtD yOane city - an independent
1sstrio-dSht plant capable ID lighting
(a,eoe oS-WAo lamps. On the other
Saad % fAr have systematisation and
modern inventions Of cleaning advanced.
he present plans for the inside force
he elevator mon, engineers. watchmen.
window cleaners and scrub women-will
number isGs than one hundred and sev-
onty.nvN men and women. who will re-
osivs an avsrage wage OF el2.bo Q week.
$he rent ron win approximate annually
6A,beo 900 when the building 10 flled.
In comparison. to other high buildings
Gse woolworth Building 10 to be 30
Net higher than the Metropolitan tower
tSS feet higher than the Singer Build
h. ana ~ feet higher than the
WaIhington Monument. The only higher
structure In the world 10 the Eifei Tower
IN France, which u S85 feet high. bu'
u - not Z building.
SO tar the building has been dnancet
sitogether by 3. ". woolworth. q mar
ASty.ekeht years Old. born poor ir
ETats1Vown, N. r, who started Q I've
md TN oent store IN Syracuse In the
middle roe and spread them ovsr th'
country untii-well. until he 10 fnanc
ing $4,000. 900 buildings. ths tallest tn,
world has ever seen.