alternately through the whole depth of the pien 

 to the second story. Baltimore front brick, laid in 

 black mortar, will be the chief material above the 

 second-story level. The trimmings of the first story 

 vrill be of Quincy granite, and of the others, white 

 granite. Windows, coruices, and towers will also 

 have heavy granite trimmings. The solid character 

 of the structure is shown by the thickness of the 

 walls, which, beginning at the street level in the 

 first story, will be 5 feet 2 inches thick, diminishing 

 gradually to 2 feet 8 inches at the eaves. The north 

 end south tower walls are to be 4 feet thick to the 

 le.vel of the main cornice, then 3 feet 2 inches to the 

 level of the eaves of the tower roof. The main 

 piers, window piers, and jambs are each to have a 

 reveal of 13 inches. The intervening space between 

 the pilasters, of which there are five, or the western 

 and southern fronts respectively, is 16 feet. Geomet- 

 lical designs in white, black, and red brick will vary 

 the appearance of the exterior, and a row of small 

 gramic, columns extending around the entire front, 

 on three streets, will make an imposing feature of 

 the seven! li storv. 



The excellence of the interior of the building will 

 fully equal the merits of its exterior. First among 

 its claims to praisa is the fact that it is ibsolntely 

 fire-proof in every part. All floor beams will be of 

 iron, supported only by solid masonry. The floors 

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 Paris. Not a single cast-iron column will be used as 

 a support. The stairways will be of fire-proof 

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 and the- elevators will be thoroughly protected. As 

 the roof is entirely covered with slate, no danger 

 need be looked for from that quarter. The arrange- 

 ments for light, heat, and ventilation will be un- 

 equale'l. Ail the offices, halls, and staircases will 

 be lighted from the outside, and in every room a 

 direct supply of fresh air will be furnished through 

 openings beneath the window-sills. The heating 

 will be by steam. Three elevators will give easy 

 access to every story, and the whole building will 

 be supplied with every device for comfort and 

 beauty. The, main entrance, 9 feet wide and 18 I'eet 

 6 inches hiuh, is flanked on either hand with mas- 

 sive columns of highly polished granite. Lining 

 and linishinirs <>t granite in the vestibule will cor- 

 respond to the outside, and the ceiling vill be 

 vaulted in groined arches with Baltimore brick. On 

 either hand, as the vestibule is entered, will bo seen 

 large directories guiding to tht, numerous offices in 

 the building. 



South of the main portal and entirely distinct 

 from it will be the entrance to THE TRIBUNE count- 

 ing-room. Just within the, doorway will be placed a 

 Jit'e-size statue of Mr. Cm-ley of marble or bronze, 

 the material for the work not having been decided. 

 THE Tnii'.rxK counting-room will be 20 feet in 

 width, and neenpv the whole front on Spruce-st. It 

 will bo admirably fitted and provided with pneu- 

 matic and speaking-tubes, electric annunciators, 

 and other means of communication with the edito- 

 rial rooms. These will be in the seventh story, 

 and the compositors' room in the eighth, 



till the entire building is finished, when the 

 editorial rooms will be in the lofty eighth 

 story which has a hiirht of 29 feet on 

 the Park front, and the composing-room, stereotype- 

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 story, running from Spruce to Fraukfort-st. With 

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When the front building is finished, THE TRIB- 

 UNE will remove into it from its present, quar- 

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 will be immediately demolished, and the building 

 of the rest of the edifice will be pushed forward 

 rapidly. Richard M. Hunt of this city is the archi- 

 tect. The mason work is done by Pster T. O'Brien 

 of this city, and the cut-stoue work by James G. 

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