New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-02
ground floor. The third-rate ticket Of
fee will be on the Greenwich Street

ground floor. The third-rate ticket Of
flee will be on the Greenwich Street
side.
Just a little further north, at 25
Broadway, is rising the great new
building Of the Cunard interests. In
point Of height, ground covered and
floor, space, it will be among the most
spacious of buildings. The twenty
one story structure will occupy the
Greenwich streets, and will be filled
with the offices of the Cunard Steam
ship Company, Ltd, the Anchor Line,
the Anchor Donaldson Line. and other
subsidiaries Of the Cunard. Negotia-
lions for the plot were begun during
the war. The ground cost about So
100000, and it is expected that the
structure will cost more than twice
that amount. The building is to be
completed bysMay Of next year.
Hall for Passenger Department
A great hall will be provided for the
passenger department. The room will
be the largest of it's kind in the world,
with length of 1876 feet, width of "a
feet and height Of IS feet. The site
is historic: 1t adjoins the ground &C.
cupied by the British headquarters dur
ing the Revolutionary War, and previ-
ously was Washington's headquarters,
in the old Kennedy mansion.
The kerr Steamship Company and it's
allied interests have erected a twelve
story building at 80 to Al Beaver Street,
just east of the Consolidated Stock Ex-
change, at Broad and Beaver streets.
The building will have a floor space of
10000 square feet. The investment wa
about $1,300,000. The first floor and
basement are reserved for passenger
business. Among the tenants are the
American Ship and Commerce Cor
poration, the American Ship and Com
merce Navigation Company, the Cramp
Steamship Company, New York Over
seas Company, Scandinavian concern;
the American Syndicates Insurance
Association and the Kerr Chartering
Company.
The Munson Steamship Company,
now at 81 to 90 Beaver Street, is build
ing the foundation for a twenty-five
story Office building on the sites of
buildings at 81 to 70 Wall Street, at
the corner Of Pearl, and the seven
story. Office building adjoining. The
new building will be ready for occu-
pancy in April, 1921.
Norton, Lilly & Co. have taken pos
session Of new quarters at 26 and %
OooSOI OCACCt, WHlCH was puTCnASeQ
last year for about $750,oo0. A. H.
Bull & Co., IT Battery Place, have
bought the six-story building at 40
West Street, which is to be remodeled
primarily for their accounting depart
ment. They are general agents for
the BullInsular Line, their chief serv-
ice being to Porto Rico and the west
coast of Africa.
The United States Mail Shipping
Company, which was recently organ
lied, now occupies portions Of two
buildings. 1t has it's general freight
and passenger Offices in the old Ham
burg-American Building, at as Broad
way, and its executive Offices at 1870
Broadway. 1t is reported that the
company is looking for site upon
which to erect building of its own.
Furness House Conspicuous
Conspicuous among new buildings is
Furness House, at Whitehall and Pearl
streets, occupied by the. Funess-
Witty interests in New York. The
seven-story structure is an Italian
marble reproduction of the eighteenth
century English style. In addition to