The New York Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1872, Page 6

NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1872.-QUADRUPLE SHEET, NEW BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK The Great Free Library at Cen- tral Park. A Masonic Temple in Solid Granite. An Eye Hospital, a Jewish Industrial School, Several New Public Schools, a Roman Catholic School, a German Sayings Bank and an Emi- grants’ Church in Pro- cess of Consiruction. Magniftsence of Some of the New Edi- ces To Be Erected. Millions of Dollars Invested in Building Purposes. ‘We give herewith @ description of the public bulldings now in course of erection in this city, The greater number are to be devoted to educational and benevolent purposes. Some of those referred to below, when finisned, will present the facst specims of architectural skill, There are a consid- erable number of hotels aud factories building in the upper wards, and below Union square numerous extensive warehouses are to be seen in progress and upon which workmen are busily engaged, Tenement houses of the better class and handsome private residences are also to be observed in course of construction along the aveauos up to and beyond Central Park, THE LENOX LIBRARY, The city of New York will soon be provided with @nother free library, anc in the same building are to be galleries of paintings and a museum, for which the citizens will be indebted to tne munificence of Mr. James Lenox, a gentleman who has devoted many years to the collection of rare aud valuavle books, manuscripts, paintings, statuary and other Works of art. In a spirit that cannot be too highly praisea he has placed in the hands ef a num ber of trustees a sum of money emouating in itself to a large fortune tor the purpose of erecting a building that will at once be a proud architectural ornament to the city and a source of pleasure and Improvement to our citizens, in the present and future, aud which will remain a monument of Mr. Lenox’s generosity and devotion tothe best and most elevated influences that cau be brought to bear on a civilized community. The free library founded and endowed by Astor has been a Doon that viousands have over and over again proficed by und which will continue Lo be ap- preciate1 for its vast coliection of rare, useful and valuable works, Butin the upper part of the city, bow sorapidly fillmg up, the estadlisnment of the Lenox Liorary will constitute a feature that must be productive of the best results in creating a stimulus to habits of inquiry aud the cultivation of literary tastes, The land opposite Central Park upon which the Library 13 to stand nas been con- veyed in fee simple by Mr. Lenox to the trustees, THE NEW FREE LILRARY. The building, which 1s on Filth aveaue, and ts to Cover the wiole frontof the block between Seventy and Seventy-first streets, has beea advanced to the first story, Its length 1s 198 feet and 114 feetin depth, The modern French style of architecture has peen adopted, but tne entre ex- terlor of the edifice is to have a unique Bud impressive appearance. It will have two Btorles and attic; the matin entrance from Filth avenue 1s to be through a portico into a court- yard ninety-six teet in lengtn and forty-eight wide. ‘Tis porticd will be surrounded by grand columns Bnd arcades, with massive entablatures and attic colonnade. The courtyard, whicii 1s to be enclosed by iron railings and gates, is to be tastefully ar- Fanged, and will be wealthy in trees, flowers and Burubbery. The carriage way and walks are to be laid out in the most attractive forms, and the side Putrances to the library arranged 1a & manner ap- propriate to tne character of the building. It will be understood that tne edifice is to consist of two wing, divided by the courtyard; and in the far end Blarge hall, The only ornameniation of exterior will be pediments and capitals of columns, Busts of Minerva and otuer ailegorical figures will be placed on pedestais, and go ar- ranged as to add to the effect of the general Bppearance. The building i put up with Lockport (N. Y.) limestone, a material almost equal bo granite and the same kind of stone that forms the Lop strata of rock around Niagara Falis, The orna- mental columus are to be of American granite. During the past year over three thousand tons of stone have been used, aud it ts estimated by the archiect, Mr. R. M. Hunt, that an equi quantity Wil be placed im position during 1872, The brick masonry 18 of the very best description, Tne view on the street will be plainer than that on the ave- nue. but still is to be of a very Impressive and Grand character. THE MUSEUM AND PICTURE GALLERE In the two stories of the south wing will be sttu- ated the library proper and reading room, commu- alcating by two massive stone staircases, bullt in tbe walls, Hach oi these noble apartments will be 112 feet long and thirty feet wide. The second Blory is to Consisé of two rooins, same size as those on first, anda hail, besides a picture gallery forty by sixty feet. Ia the north wing is to ve the Museum &nd committee room, and the third story or attic is to be enriched ny a large staircase, aud will be one room, twenty.four feet by ninty-six, to be used as Buother picture gallery, The windows will be of Gevere simplicity, and divided off to suit the pur- poses of the brary, with sills very high to accom- modate bookcases. Tne alcoves and iurniture are 0 be of carved wooa, and the genera: arrange- Ments of the most approved and elewaat character, The cost of the entire building, woeu Teady for Cccapation, will be aout $450,000, THE TRUSTEES, The trustees of tne library are James Lenox, ‘Wiiltam H. Aspinwail, Hamilton Fisn, Robert Ray, Alexander Van kensselaer, Daniel Huntington, Joun Fisher Sheafe, James Vonaldson and Aaron B, Belknap, The institution has been incorporated by the Legisiature, aud the trustees, having reveived trom Mr. Lenox $300,000 aul a conveyance in fee simple of ten lots of land on the south side of Fifth avenue, commenced one year since tne buliding of thelibrary. The charter autuorizesa the expenditure ‘of @ portion of the money given in trust, not ‘exceedivg two-thirds of the same, for erecting ®@ suitable edifice aud in purchasing furniture and other things appertainiag to @ library ‘for general use. The trustees are authorized to Anvest the residue for maintaining and gradually {increasing the lbrary and defraying necessary ex- ypenses of taking care o1 the same and of accom. ‘modating persons consulting the works contained init, Should therebe au excess after paying these expenses public lectures are to be delivered in con- ;Rection with the institution upon useful subjects of ‘ecience, history, literature and fine arts. The library, ‘according to the charter and desiga of Mr. Lenox, 48 to be open at all reasonable hours for general ‘Wse, free of expense, r BOOKS AND ANTIQUITIES. The collection of works needed to meet the re- ‘Guirements of an institution of the character of the ‘Lenox Library include every department of sctence yand art, history and literature. Voyages and travels, (heraldry and genealogy, jurisprudence, music, (painting and scuipture, biography, magic and Fwitchoraft, rhetoric, sports and games, the scleace or war, arciwlogy, medicine and surgery, as- Wronomy, philology, engineering and architecture jare some of the divisions in whic, it 1s understood, ‘the Lenox Library will be well supplied, The Wouseum, it is also understood, will be such as to Sngure its being in tue future worthy of the Library, nd of the cuief city of the American Continent It AvUl, Of Course, take Consideravie time to reach this Doint; but tt must be remembered tat the Brinsh Museum, which owes its existence to Sir H. Sloane, an Irsbman, who diea one hundred and thirty years azo, has slowly but steadily progressed since that time to its present proud position, The Lenox Library will, 1 is also understood, be rich in numis- matics, Ureek, Roman and Kastern coins, medals, ornaments and rings that are to flad a place within its walls will be large in number, and no doubt Egyptian and Asayrian antiquities will fill a consid- erable space, together With fossil remains of birds, fishes and beasts, Panteology, zoology, horticulture, &c., will, itis expected, be properly represented, ‘The galleries devoted to paintings are to be promi- nent ieatures in the liorary. It may be mentioned that afew years since, Wuen the Mazarin Bible, a very rare beok, was offered for sale in Englaad, Mr. Lenox became the purchaser, having bia higher Than the agent of the British Museum, ‘Ine price paid Was $2,500, and tt is now the only copy of the Work on thg American Con iwent, THE NEW MASONIC HALL. Among the most noteworthy buildings now tn course Of construction in the city is Musome Hall, Qt the corner of Sixth avenue and ‘iweaty-third Street. It fronts 141 feet ou the street and runs 10) feet on the avenue, ‘fhe massive construction and Grand proportions of this ediice nave already at- tracted no small sliare of pubic attention, Tae building has now gone 80 far a8 to permit its general plan to be developed, ‘The first feature that Claims noice is Lhe breadth of treatment in ita Various parts aud whe severe and Ciassical siin- Piicity of the ornamentation, ‘fhe architect seems to have had eatire coutdence that the general pro- | Portions of the Hall would be sufficieat im tem- selves tO produce the most imposing and pieasing efect, ‘The severe treatment ‘auopied ig in 1uil bare mony With the nature of tue material which 1s used ak the oullding, Granite does not lend iseli to minute and delicate scuipture. 11s novie quaiiues are entirely emasculated by sucn treatment, Firms profiics, deep shadows and heavy reveals are cal- Culated Lo show granite to the best advaniage. All Taese Consideratious are brought into great proml- hence in the pullding Whica now claims attention, THE FIRST STORY, The corner stone of tne Hail was laid June 8, 1879, With unusually grand ceremonies, aad in presence Of a vast concourse of tue craft assembled trom y parcoi the United States, The excavations foundation were then tmuediately proceeded With, bat progressed slowly on account Of toe great aifficulues encouniered 10 blasting. Since then vue work i1as gone on unimterruptedly. A portion of the iront has now reached @ heiguth or ninety feet on Twenty-third street. ‘The drst story 1s twenty- jive feet high to top cornice, Which 18 formed of heavy rusticated courses of Quincy aud Westerly granite alternately placed. fhe main entraace, on ‘twenty-third street, 8 appropriateyy placed at the southeast corner, Luis entrance 13 obtained through @ Doric portico of coupied Doric columns. ‘Tnere 4s also @ private entrance on Sixth avenue. Alaost the entire suriaco of tne rst siory will be devoted to business purposes, aud, therefore, tae openings have necessariiy been made as Wide as possivie consistentiy with good arcuitecture and construc. ton. THE SECOND STORY. The next story 1s treaied in Lonic styie and 1s thir- ty feet high, The lonic capitais here are really remarkable specimens of grauite sculpture. The Keystones are ornamented by boldly sculptured ious’ heads, The anzies of the building here pro- Ject beyond the general face, forming fairitons, ‘This story 18 to be devoted eatirely to tie use of the Grand Loage; the rooms of the Graud Secretary, Grand Master, and fireproof sates lor arcuives beimg located to the west of tue grand corriaor. Over inese oillces 18. a mezzanine story, in which are to be the library and committee rovins, ‘The entire east end of tne second story 18 given up to the Grand Lodge room, which 1s avout ninety feet square, The Jatter’ will be occupied by tue Grand Louge when in session. During the rest o1 tue year it 1s to bs reuted for lectures and concerts, and ‘Will ve one of the fluest halls tur such purposes in New York. THIRD, FOURTH AND MANSARD STORIES. The third and fourth stories are to ve exclusively occupied by lodge aud chapler rooms and will pe eacn twenty-one feet high. The granite work whl here termiuate at an elevation of 107 feet Jrom the sidewalk, wiih the exception of the central portion on ‘twenty-third strect iront, wiuch 1s to be carried up twenty Jeet higher in stone, and will contain a colossal casting 10 bronze of Lie coat-of-arms of the Grand Lodge. Above tis main curnice, m granite, will come & Mansard story twenty fee: ign, Over the central poruon on ‘Iwenty-taird street & quadrangular dome will be piaced, the cresting of | Waich 1s to reach @ height of 169 feet from tho street level. Tie Mansard story 13 to be occupied by the Knights Templars and wili ve the most complete Commandery im all its arrangemeats, distrivation and appointments im existence. foe architect 18 Mr. N, Lebrun, under whose supervision the work 13 conducted, THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. The Masonic order has every reason to be proud of the enterprise aud zeal displayed in the progress of the nal tags far, and trom wat has been stated where 18 every reason to couclude that it will orm one of the noblest edifices of which tie metropolis can boast, it 1s well to add that all (nis maguili- cence is not to be thrown away on mere display. ‘dhe object of the erection of the building is chart tavie. ‘The net rental 1s to be devoted entirely to the Support Of Asyiums 14 Which are to be supported the WiduWs uhu orphans ot deceased memoers of the order, Tue hall is intended to be subsidiary to this purpose, 1t may also be of interest to state that the first suvseription lowaras erecting the building was made years since by Kiwin Forrest, and that the fund has gone on steaduy increasing, until the com- mittee In charge {ound themselves justided m un- deriaking tuis great work, which will require an out- Jay of money which can hardly fali Jar short of one million dollars, It will probabiy require more than twelve months to finish the hall, ST. LUKE'S HOME FOR INDIGENT FEMALES. St. Luke’s Home for Indigent Females has now been in existence about twenty years. It 1s at present located on Hudson street, and its doors are Open lo persons of respeciaoulty in reduced cir- comstances, aud Who are members of the bpiscopal Churen. At present its narrow walls and ilmited accommodation are expanding into a spacious mansion, 'n Which nearly turee times its present Ovcupanis ate to Mud shelter. The worth aud need of the Home were so apparent to the managers that they teat justitied in going forward in the erection of an enlarged and suitable building, assured that the necessury funds to secure te increased accom. modation 80 long desirea by the Episcopalians of New York would be promptly subscribed, ‘the ouliding, now very nearty ready for occupa- tion, 1s located oa the northeast coraer of Madison avenue and Eighty-ninth street, one block trom ventral Park and two blocks only from one of the principai entrances to tue Park. It 18 four stories hugh and ta the form of an L, with malo entrance on the corner; It extends eighty feet on Madison avenue and seventy-live leet on Kighty-ninth street, The siyle is medieval Gothic, wich Man- Sard rool and three towers. ‘he materials are Philadeiphia pressed brick, trimmed with Buena Vista stone, Gn the iirst floor ts a vestibule; a fine octagonal hail, fiiveen by uiteen; alarge room, thirty-eignt by nineteen, tor tue meeting of managers, and a dining room, thircy-turee by nineteen, intenued to seat some sixiy or seventy persons. The whole is so arrauged that, by opening folding doors, a sweep of over seventy-three ieet can be obtained. Back of the main entrance hall is a roomy \nuer private bali aud corridors leading to the diaing hall. On the same floor are wiso to be found the matron’s room and office, the inirmarics, the rectors and doctor's offices, and five chambers, adapted to the uses Of such Of the Inmates as may, through great age or iniirmity, fod it di@icuit to ascend the stairs, Connected with the diuing room is an ample buuler’s pantry, witn ail the necessary closets and private stairs direct down to the kitchen. On the upper floora are fifty-eignt rooms, forty- weven of which are 9x12, and latended foi single occupants, and eleven 01 Which are double roows, thus giviag ampie avcommodauion for seveuty-four inmaies. Every room is accessibie directly through airy and well lighted corridors, has a large window and ample ventilation Unrough lights over the doors. Fron the peculiar shape and arrangement of the building, Hity-four wiudows are to be front win- dows looklug directly on Madison avenue or on bighty-niath street, while ouly twenty-eight rooms look on tue rear of the Home. On every upper floor is a large common sitting room, @ parior 14X15 weil warmed and lighted ior the use of the Inmates, A bath room aud ample water-closet arrangements are also to be found on each of ine Upper floors. In the main tower 1s a large roouy, Which may be easily fled up for servant's use, if Decessary. In the basement is @ large kivcien, v4x19, with all the requisite closets, pantries and “chest room, A large general store room, the uty, linen room, drying room, and ample muMmodations for coal, woou, furnace, &e. INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS, Gk When itis considered that many of the Inmates abled, through great age, trom much, i apy, oocupation of eliier wind or vedy, the importance Of pleasant views, fully provided ior, becomes very evident AS tL Might prove odjecuonabie to leave persous old and feevie in health isolated, most of We rooms are imade to ooinmunicaie, sd that tne occupants, U socially disposed, may live tn common, or by closing the door live in entire privacy, Every Toom has # closet, is provided with a marole wasa basin, supplied with cold water, aud is warmed by a hot air register. Gus is alsu supplied in every room. Every part of tie Dutiding 1s accessible by three stairs in the centre, ana service stairs in each Wing, making it periecty safe ior the lumates in Case of fire. “Two elevators, one from the kitchen w she dining room, aud one from the iaundry to the top of the Louse, are provided. Two shoots, one for clotnes aud one for dust and other refuse from every story, to clothes closet tu the iaundry, and dust bin in tne cellar, seild and speakin, tubes to different parts of tne Douse are introduced for the purpose of saving time and labor, and to fa cultate the general service aud management of the Home. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION, ‘The architects, Messrs, Hubert & /irsson, having been confaed to the expenditure of $95,000, have done aii in their power, consistent with economy to erect a good, safe and permanent structure, Tue buliding, therefore, both inside and out, ts plain and free {rom unecessary ornamentation, Dut every effort has beeu made to make it sound, appropriate and duravie. The vuliding covers 3,908 super ficial feet and 1s 4 feet high exclusive of the tower. There Bre 19,440 square fect of fooring, 77 rooms, 3 stairs, 2elevators and 2shoots. There are 208 doors, 114 windows, 74 closets, 67 marble wasn basins. 3 Dawn tubs and 8 water closets. it is heated by 4 furnaces and has 73 registers. There are over 2,000 feet of a8 pipe, With 83 openings. Svme time is requisite fallow tne masonry to gel thoroughly dry, so that 1 will no¢ be occupied for a few months to come The qualifications for admission are tiat the persons Spplying “must show aiactory testimonials of vod character and conduct, must have resided three years in the city of New York, and have been Jor three years next preceding a commuaicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church.” In case any beneficiary should be dismissed for lack of means Oraccommodations she shail be entitled to take With her ail ner propercy and effects aud the $100 re- quired as an admission fee re(unded, CHURCH OF THE LELOVED DISCIPLE. ‘The apprehension of separauing the Home from the close proximity of the church has been removed by the veneiicence of Miss Caroline ‘Talman, who 18 erecting on contiguous ground, given by che trus- Lees of St, Luke’s Home, the Church of the Beloved Disciple—a memorial of her deceased parenis. Messrs. Hubert & Pirsson are also the architects (or this edifice, The church ironts 57 feet on Ligaty- ninth street, and 18 100 feet deep. It1s pow en- closed, the walls and roof being complete. The style of architecture is Gothic; the material used 1s Buena Vista stone, and brick lor the side walls, The prominent ‘feature in the front elevation 13 the tower, which ts Lo rise to the height of 125 feet, and Irom this caa be had @ view as lar as tie eye can Teach in every direction, including the Sound, Hud- son River, the bay and harbor. ‘The tower is brought 1orward 15 feet, which gives an rteresting appearance to the entire building, The exierior front oi the nave 1s 67 feet high from the pavement to the top of the cross, In itis a iarge window, 20 ieet in length and nine feet wide—to be filivd in with stained glass; 1b 13 10 be surrounded with Gothic tracery. A largé cross will be introduced in tie Stained Class, There are to be three eatrances— the main in the centre of the front, one in the tower and the third in the rear, Waich 18 luvended for the mates of the Home, who are secured the privilege of worshipping under it3 rool. ‘Tae front Of the nave 13 flanked on one side by the tower and on the other by buttresses surmounted by pinna- cles. On the west sive 13 a Vacant lot of twenty-iive feet, between we churcl and Home, oa which it bs | probable berealter a School or reeiory Will be built. Vhe porch 13 exceedingly neat. Lhe arch is to be ricily moulded and supported by double columns and handsome foliated cupiials. Suitaole scrip. tural quoiations are to be introduced in raised iet- ters over the porch and main entrance, Which is to be crowned With a Cross, and tu a Miche 13 lo be ab eagle with outstretched wings, THE FRESCOES AND PURNITORE. Great care will be taken tn the fitting up of the in- terior, which 18 intended Lo be in ali respects wor- thy of the elevated purposes to which the edifice ts dedicated. There will be no gitieries, thereby add- ing considerably to the general eilect, Tue tioor Will be divided lato pave and two aisies, ‘the nave is 71 teet iu length and 25 wide; the aisles each 15 feet wide, Tne helgnt of tae Interior 18 50 feet. ‘Tne root 1s to be handsomely frescoed and filled in With richly ornamented tracery. ‘The chancel, 20x 22, will be divided frum the nave by decorated arches and steps in the usual manner, Its height will be 35 feet. At each side will be an opening for the caoir, which is to be enclosed with carved screens of black walnut, ‘The choir 8 arranged for antiphonal singing, and the service, it ts presumed, will be conducted in a manuer approximating to high church practices, fine organ wil ve placed on one side of the chaa- cel, over which will be @ memorial win- dow 283 feet high and 10 feet wide, filed 1a swith =ricnly stained = glass. The pews, chancel furniture and decorations will be in black Walaut, and all detaus relating to comiort and con- Vemence are to receive careiui attention, The caurch will seau 600 persons, and as the tower, 1n which tuere is to be a large clock, ts now fully oue-haifl up, the completion of the sacred exitice will be pros- ecuted as fast as circumstauces Will allow. OLD LADIES’ HOME OF THs BAPTIST CHURCH, We have given above a descripuon ot Si. Luke’s Home tor Indigent Curisuian Females and have now to notice the Old Lauies' Home of the Bapust Church, now in course of erection on Sixty-eightn street, near Fourth avenue, The general plana of the oullding, prepared by Messrs. D. & J. Jardine, has in view stabuity, harmony, wud above ali, ft- ness for the purposes for which it is designed. Tne ground upon waich the Home stands runs through the enure block and bas @ front of 126 feet. At present only 50 feet of the depth is to be used, but the plan contempiates the extension or enlargement of the institution So as to cover the entire space at the disposal of the trustees, The building sow in progress is to be of tive stories, with basement and under-ceilar, and will be in the form of letter H. Lt Wul be covered wii @ Mansard roof with towers, From the sidewalk to the tiaial of centre tower will be 100 feet, The material used for basemeat 1s Belleville stone alteraated with cut and rubved bine stone. ‘Ihe superstructure will be of Philadelphia pressed brick, Witn Dorchester (Nova Scotia) dress- Ings, the belungs being Of same description of stone. ‘the ‘front is to be vroken up by tnree projecting towers, Which are again to be broken up by project- ing piilars, ail of whica will tend te add to the pleasing aspect of the Home, Tue main root and towers are to be turnished with an elavorately Wrought iron cresting. The mata entrance is to be the centre of trout by a double platiorm stoop sur- rounded by a heavy stone railing. There are also two enirances to the basement. ‘Tne styie of archi- lecture i8 sem-Gotulc, and while all attempt at dispiay will be avoided the trustees are anxious that the buiiding, in 1t3 exterior appearance, shalt compare lavorao.y With any institution of tue kind in New York, Tue first or main story 1s to be divided tnto a large parlor and reception rooms, with iourteen other apartments for inuxetes, three of which are to be double, On each of tue other four floors Wiil be twenty-oue rooms, four of which will be doubie; some of these arragged with folding doors, so tnat in case 01 necessity taey can be thrown invo one apartment for hospital purposes. The large parior previously mentioned 13 invended, as occasion re- quires, Lo De Used as a Chapel, aud 1s to be provided with movable seats, desks, &c. ‘Tue front portion of tne cellar 1 to be taken up by the seam heauing @pparatus and for storing iuel. The rear part of sauie 18 Lo be employed tor the rough work of the kitchen and also for washing, laundry and drying rooms. ‘lhe kitchen proper 1s to be tn the base. ment, together witn diming rooms, servants’ apart ments and storerooms, ‘The building is divided by heavy brick walis to the roof, and access 13 had to Uhe upper stories by three staircases. The single rooms in the tome are 9xié feet and the douvie rooms 12x16 feet. An elevator will ran from the cellar to the fiftn story lor the purpose of conveying laundry work and iniirm inmates from one part of we butiding to the other. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR INMATES, Every room is warmed by steam and ventilated by heared flues. They are provided with water Closets, bathrooms, wash basins, and well provided with every other necessary to promote the comiort and heaith of the beneticiaries, The singie rooms are capable of accommodating two persona, anit many of them are provided with grates, in order that soctal intercourse may be made more pleasant aud @ glow of cheer spread among tne old ladies ‘Who are the recipients of whe bounty of the Baptist communion. About one hundred and twenty per- sous can be provided forin the new building, but thls number can be nearly doubled without great inconvenience If occasion requires; but it 1s thought that lor some time to come the Home, as at present designed, when completed will be ample in extent to meet all the demands on the trustees, witaout iutertering with the general plan adopted, Mrs, Jacob Hays is Presideut of the Board of srustees and Mrs, J. M. Bruce, Jr, Secre'ary. The Advisory Committee 1s composed of a uumber of the leading meimvers of the Bapust churches tn the city, ST. JOSEPi’S HOME FOR THE AGED, The trustees in charge of this mstitution, in charge Of the Sisters of Charity, have now neariy compleved their new buliding, oo the site of the old Home on Fifteenth street, near Seveati avenue, and which Wiil ve of suilicient capacity to accommodate the needs oi the deserving aged poor who depend upon them for shelter and support. ‘The few small old frame and brick buildings In which the Home was first organized, avout four years since, were found to be wholly insuficieut to meet the necessities of the continually increasing inmates. Tae rooms in the buudings were small, badly heated, and witn- ont tne needful sanitary conveniences ‘for proper ventilation or the many domestic arrangements ‘Which the accommodation of so large a family ot aged peopie required. Encouraged vy the friends of the Home, by tne liberal donation made 1a the will of the late Michael Devine, and in the generous force of sympathy which has erected so many noble buildings tor the purposes of benevolence 11 this city, tue trustees undertook the Work of Urans- ferring the inmates to a temporary home prepara- tory to the removal of the old buildings. This was accomplished last May. Afier the application of the Devine bequest aud the balance of bunding fund Yn the manager's nauds the indebledness of the Home amounted on the Ist of January, h tO $16,000, During the four years the work of this needed charity hag been conducted the trustees nave re- ceived two donations of $4,000 each irom tbe public appropriations of tne city, THE DIMENSIONS, The dimensions of the new building for the Home now in process of completion are as follows, Vieei— 108 feet irontage on West Filtecash sireet, north. West corner of Seventh avenue; 43 feet Im aepth, with wings extending 100 feet. The elevation 13 five stories, includiag attic, above basement and cellar, Between the wings, in rear, 18 a large yard, 63X04, which aflords an abundance Of light to tne interior and is to serve as a recreation ground for the inmates. The frout is broken on either side by two pavilions fifteen feet in lengin, whica falis hack three feet from the street line. The central break of eleven feet 13 carried up tue full height of the building and projects one foo, ‘There are two entrances to tie frst story—ono in the centre and one i the side, There 1s also an entrance in the basement for tradespeople and for receiving supplies. Tae two Wings, that enclose in part the yard, are respectively 39x53 and 45x41, fhe materiai is brick, Wijk UNio ant New Jersey stone trimmings. The Mansard roo! is surmounted by a handsome iron cresting. The entre first Noor will De devoted to vesiivule @nd hail, with reception roums, pariors aud ouices, except (ne wings, which are W ve occupied by In- Mates. On the second Moor is the community room, 26x17, and elglit aparments for the Sisters, besides sixteen rooms for the general purposes of tne Instl- tution, ‘Toe third floor has twenty-two rooms, o sewing or work room, 16x90, aud sn intirmary, 17x29, specially arranged tor te careful treatinent of the sick, In tue fourth story, containing twenty-six rooms, there 1s also an open ward in the west wing, 29x34, for the very aged and teevio inmates. On the fith floor there are tWo other open waras—one fronting on the street, 12X17, aud one In tne rear of same dl- mensions as the ward on fourth story. In tie base. Meut ts a large refectory for the inmates and also B& Tejectory tor the members of the community. ‘There 18 Vesides @ dining room for the use of visitors 43 occasion may require, Tue baiiding contains sev- enty-five rooms, some of which are donvie. The Single apartments are 8x10, the douvie 10x14 Water, gas, Ventiiation and heating apparatus are on each floor, Tnere are two large staircases, BLX feet wi te, of ascent, being constructed on & slight rise, The Kitchen, 28x24, and laundry, 16x23, are located in the basement of the west wing, and are supplied With closecs and other necessary acces- sorien. THR CHAPEL. There 19 a very handsome chapel Attached to the Anstivation for the use of the inmates. It 1s In the east wing. It is twenty-nine feet wide aud sixty- eight teet in length. and will occupy two floors, tne root being on & level with the fourth floor, The in- terlor 13 arranged in a very Lastelal and appropriate mauner. Tne galleries, on a level with toe third floor, afford, with the aisies, ample accommodation for religious services, The windows are to be tilled in With stained glass, THE NURSERY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN, For several years a fund has been kept in reserve by the Conference of St. Vincent de Paul and the Ladies’ Benevolent Society tor the purpose of open- Ing an infant home or a bursery for little children Whose mothers are obliged Lo work by tue day. Ex- perience shows that one ol the classes walen Inost frequently call for assistance is composed of poor women who, if uney had any means of seeing their children cared for during the day, would be apie to provide themseives. for their families. Anarrangement has been effected with the Sisters ol Charity by Which the basement of the east wing of St. Joseph’s Home 13 to be used for the care of children during their mothers’ absence at work 1a the daytime. ‘The original design of the building did not contemplate tie occupation of any part of 1b tor the pur » but the architect, Mr. L. J. O'Connor, has specially arranged the basement for the comfort aud health of the children. Tue floor has been raised entirely wbove the soll, and the apartment well ventilated and appropriately fur- nished, ‘The children will be 1u charge of compe- tent persons aad the nursery 18 vo be uuder the care- ful supervision of ine disters of Charity, The main building and one wing are (o be occupied on the ist of May, and the secoad wing will be ready for use two months later. ‘I'he entire cost will be avout $110,000, THE HEBREW INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. The Hebrew benevolent and Orpnan Asylum So- Clety 18 one of the most Wortiy charitable organiza uuons of which New York can*boast. Tae success of Uus institution 18 & source of imingied pride and gratiticaon to our Jewish fellow citizens, and witch has been brought about vy a combination of happliy blended circumstances. ‘The society, be- sides belag engaged iu ollur Works Ol charity, sup- ports and educates neary two hundred orphan children in its large aud handsome asylum on Seventy-seventh street, near ‘hird avenue, About Dine-teniis of the inmates are under thirteen yeara old, and three-fourths of the children were vorn Within the limits ot the United States, Three years ago the idea ol establishing aa Indusirial School was conceived aud carried into etfect, ‘the children theu and up to the present time nave attended the public scuool in tle netghvorhood, aud tome in- struction given in trapsiation of the Bible, With — tnstruction to the more aavanced classes and = Hebrew = readings = for the young boys and girls, ‘The frst branch of Ingustry introduced was that of shoemaxiog, and the most favoravie result Was Obtalued, after less than a year’s training the work turaed out wus dur- able and taste.ul, The proilta 1 part are piaced in @ Savings bank to the credit of the young toilers, besides giving to each a small allowance tor pocket money. Several ol the boys have been found situa- tions in first Class stores in the city and In the coun- wy. i TYPESETTING. It was found that the voys worked cheerfully, and by their industry not only suppiled the wants of the asylum in boots and shoes, but also were avlo to execute orders irom outside customers. Another branch was introduced in 1870—that of typesetting aud printing, Which has also proved highly success- tul, “Through the generosity of one o! 11s memvers ‘the society Was furnished, iree of charge, wita type, presses, &c., and a very respectable printing oitice fitted up and lurnished. A number of apprenuces Were engaged ut toils business, and hese, like the sboemukers, receive, besides pocket money, com- pensations which are deposited in & savings bank. the Hebrew Orphan Asylum Priuting Kstab- lishmeat obtams considerable patronage. It regularly {uruishes to its castomers cards, tickels, eavelopes, pamphiets, &c. An Llustrated moathiy, called Young Israel, is published by and tor tue ben- efit of the Industrial School, Bookbinding was also introcucec during the past year, and, as in the other branches, the results have been nighly encour- aging. ‘The trustees, desirous to extend, as tar as possible, the benefits of this system, found it necessary to extend its space of occupancy and to enlarge its ac- coumodations, ‘The Asylum building was not large enougn to allow the requisite arrangements for workshops to be made. Accordingly the society determmed to erect @ building on te lotin the rear of the asylum spectaily tor this purpose, The encouragement given to the support o| tutiod aud the favor with which the project wi viewed were considered sufficient to proceed with the new school Plans were furnished by alr. Henry Fernback, architect, and the buliding 1s now Well advanced toward compieuon. It will ve ready for occupancy in May. The industrial School fronts 26 feet on Seventy. sixta street, and is $u feet decp. 1t consists of three Stories, Wich basement and cellar. Tne material used for walls 1s enurely of brick, andis of tne modern schvol-house style im extellor appearance, ‘The entrance 1s by a fight of iron steps on the west side, and vhere is anotner entrance to the base- ment. Tne only atiempt at ornamentation is a brick Cornice over the third story, aad underneath is a circular window with some carvings. The in- Verlor 1s arranged for the special purposes of the school, Work and school rooms are properly ar- ranged with good ventilation, heating apparatus, ac. The helzat of the basement Is 8 feeL; of first ficor, 12 feet; second, 11 feet 6 inches; third, 11 feet. On each floor are two class rooms, one for boys and one lor girls, This makes eight rooms in ali tor the purposes of insiruction, The front rooms are 22 fovt by 25 feet, the rear 22 teet by 40 feet, The first story 1s conuected with the Orphan Asylum in front by @ raised piaiorm, over wiich the children are to pass in golug to and coming trom the Ladustrial School. The staircases are so arranged that the boys and giris pass separately into the study and work rooms, The building will cost $35,000, OBsECTS OF THE SOCIETY, The girla in the new school will conunue to be in- structed in millinery, dressmaking, typesetting, bookbinding and other branches of industry so as to enabie them to occupy uselui and nouorabie po- sitions in iuture life, and render them good and de- serving members of society. ‘Lhe ebrew Orphan Asylum, 10 training boys und girls in tis practical mauner ueserving of the greatest credit. But while the children are pre- baring for the business of life in the manner stuted, their mentai culwure wili be by no means neglected. The apprentices are to work ven hours eaca day, aud two hours are to be de- voted to receiving 1ostruction in the branches of an ordinary eaucation. Tne great bulk of the children, of course, aitend the primary and grammar schools, ‘The experiment thus far has not. only proved a suc- cess, both in the mental and physical umprovement of the pupils, but also financially, and it 1s expected to prove a reliable source of revenue to the institu- tion. The Fittietn Anniversary of the Hebrew Be- nevolent Asylum Society wiil take place in we Academy of Music on the 11th inst. THIRD JUDICIAL COURT HOUSE. Something less than a year since the work on anew court house and prison for the Third district was commenced, on the ground adjoming Jefferson Market, Sixth avenue, aud which were intended to tase the place of the old pulldiug now in use for similar purposes, The designs were furnished by Mr, John G,. Prague, architect, and the work con- tinued up to last October, when the complications ‘tat occurred avout that time in the cly govern- ment necessitateu its stoppage. The digging out Jor the foundation cecupied considerable time. So far the work has progressed up Lo the water tavle— thatis, to tne point from where the walis of the stories above the sidewalk are to ascend, the front elevation, 250 feet in leugth, will present an at tractive and substantial appearance, if no aitera- tions are made in the original pian. It 1s to be com- Pera of a main building, with four projecting but. e33e3, IM which are to be held the civil and criminal courts. At the south end will be a tower 180 seet high, in which 18 to be placed the fire wlarm bell now in use, aud in It also 13 to be a large Clock, with four dials, anda piatiorm balcony at the top to serve tne pur- uses Of & lookout over that section of the city, the tower will be covered with @ xpire. At the north end of the front is to be @ handsome structure for the justices’ library. — The latter will be in itself distinct; detached in roof, but attached in the body to the courtrooms, It will consist of two stories, with bay windows, and on the right of entrance 18 to be a statue of Justice on a marble column resting on a corbel, The style of architecture Is Freuco Gothic; the material used so far 1s Philadeiphia brick trimmed with Ohio yellow stone. ‘The main bulld- ing 1s to be three stories high, with basemeut INTERIOR ARRANGEMEN’ The two lower stories are to ve occupted by the civil and criminal justices as court rooms; tue third, it 13 supposed, will be occupied as an armory by one of the regiments o: te Na- onal Guard. The fitting up is to be dons in view of having it turned to this purpose. The interior, according ty the plans, 13 to be elegantly finished in carved hardwood, and with ail the surroundings necessary to give 1t an impos- ing aspect, ‘he court rooms will be spacious, well ventiated aud lighted by three large windows twelve feet high and divided by buttresses. The Horary i8 tobe furnished im an equaliy superior Style, and in this respect tne Third Judicial district, if the original design be eventually carried out, will be better provided for than any other in ie city, NEW JAIL. The new jail, tofront on Tenth street, will nave two sto and be 128 feet in length and 46 leet high. This large builaing is to be in part occupied by the clerks uitacned to the courts, and turnish ac- commodation aiso to the detachment of police ax- signed to duty ta the preoluct, The cost of tue two buildings 1s estimated at half @ milion. but it ia Tather uncertain when work Will be resumed, The old vulidings are diiapidatea, and generally in a dingy condition, and the Want Of improved accom. Mudation 1s apparent enough. NEW YORK OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. The New York Uplithainic Hospitai was incorpo- rated ln April, 1852, and is intended to provide Dicdical and surgical ald for a class in our commu. nity that have the strongest and best claims upon our sympathy and help. It has proved a vaiuavie Institution for te rellet care of that dreadful malady that. if neglected, results, in a great many cuses, In bilndness, The necessity of such a charity exists in ail iarge olties, And particuariy in & vast motropolis like New York. 1) ‘8 only in such great Gilles its pressing need is felt and wuere its benelts Gan be moa beneficially extended. The Opnthaimtc Hospital js governed by a number of our pliisn- throptc citizous, among Whom may be named Peter Cooper, Joun & Develin, Thomas LU, Sinith, ne ington Hadley and Anos 0, Ohase. A butiding on Fourth avenue, near /weuty-eignth street, has boen occupied several years by the directors and tne medival stam, bat, being found both imacequate and unsuited to the Wants and requirements of ine hospital, plans tor a new walling were invite those offered by Moasra, 2. & J. Jardine, arc! accepted. ‘The site of the new hospital, which is now neariy ready for occapation, is at the corner of Third ave- hue and Tweuty-third street, ‘Ihe corner stone was Jaid with appropriate yerewontes lag, Octover, aad Md, and tects, since then the work has been energetically cuted. The building, wich 1a of modern French style, fron Sty Peat on fhird avenue aod eiguty- five feet on renty-third street, Philadelpola brick, with brown stone trimmings, are the mite. rials used, The structure has five stories, with basement, and is eighty-five feet high. ‘fhe open- ings are trimined with jambs of brown stone, vul- side of which is @ heavy plain band of Ohio stone, and the greater number have rounded heads, The southeast corner is furnished with a tower measur- ing 112 feet Irom sidewalk to top, The entrance to the hospital 1s on Twenty-third street, by a lotty Might of steps directly to the second story. The door piece is of ornamental stone. THE FLOORS. The first floor on Third avenue ts to be rented for stores, and on the other side will be occupied tem- porarily asa Homeopathic Dispensary. Of the four upper stories the toree first are to be used by the Ophthalmic Hospital, and the Mtth by a distinct tnstitution, the Homeopathic Hospital. e second Noor 18 divided into a large consuliation room, oper- ating rooms and ofices, besides other conveutences, On the third floor are three large wards for patials, with kitchen, dining room and mavron’s apart. ments, ‘The fourth floor has also several wards lor patients, a lecture room and museum. ‘The hospi- tal apartments are conventently arranged, and Cleaniivess and au air of comsort are intended to pervade them in all respects, A large number of patients ure daily prescrived for, and ap extensive Held 1s afforded jor the exercise of the philanthro~ pie and Skufui laoors Of tue directors aud medical staf, NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Besides tha Normal Coidege, the corner stone of Which was laid last week, the Board of Education have approved of plans and accepted proposals for the erection of five new sciool buiidiags in different parts of the city, Three of wese houses are vo be ready for occupation on the ist of next Septemver and the otner two about the vegiuniag of next year. The pbuilding ai Lae corner of Sherif and Siaaton sireeis, in the Eievento ward, No. 22, 1s amoug: the former. ‘The lov 1s 15) feet front by sixty feet In length, and an additional piot of titty by tory leet dn Uhe rear on Sheri street. The main building 1s nity-five and Hity leet by 160 feet, ana the exiension lorty feet by iorty-four leet, the two togetner velug in the form of tie letter L, There are four stories and cellar, ‘The irsi 13 ten feet migh, the others a few luches over lourteen feet, and all are in the clear. Jt will be What is Known as a full grammar chool, With mae and female divisions and primary department, ‘Tne puoite school buildings are in architectural design nearly ail alike, aud there is no aeparture trom ‘ne uutform rule in this structure, nor ia the others to be mentioned = The fronts are faceu with Philadetphia brick; all the stairways where blue stone steps are use, jambs and the outside of all the walis, except front and tower, are faced wih Coliabar or other sultable irony brick, ‘There are arches over all the openings, und great care 13 tuken in building the flues plum), even 1m size, ana jomts Strack 8iu00in Oa the iuside. All the cul stone, im- cluding water tabies, ashbar, cornices, coping, steps and platforms, window and iront door trim- mings are of granite. Tue sills to all outside cellar door and window openings, steps, risers and plat- forms on stairways are of blue sione. All the doors in the building are dealened with lime, sand and hatr mortar one inca thick, ‘There are ten cast iron columus in the cellar eight inches tn diameter, and ten in each of the four stories Of lessep dimension. ‘ney are cast in one piece each, and those in the upper stories are ar- Tanged to bass through the girders and rest upon the columns beneati, There are ninety japanned iron registers, The roofs are covered with cuarcoal tin, and rendered fully secure against leaking, ‘The main cornice and valusirades on trout are made of galvanized iron. ‘Tae buildiug ts provided with thirty-one wardrobes, averaging fliveen iront by ten iuches deep in tne clear, one section of each having lock shelves, Wardrobes in teachers’ rooms of second, third and fourta stories have Darrow plank partitious and sheives, The staircases are to be of black walnut, In the main halt the first Aight 1s enclosed with panel work anu raised mouldings, Otner wood Stairs and stairs where stone steps are used have rails and brackets on botn sides. Doors, furniture, &c., are all accoruing to the established ruies of the department. ‘I'he building, exciusive of ground and furuiture, will Cost 396,000, and has accommoda- tions for about 2,200 children, ‘he nouses that stood on the lot were removed, and the new builu- 1, i will be bola usetul wad ornamental to tne lo- callty. OTHER EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS. The two otuer scuovls to be ready tor occupation On tne 18¢ Of Seplember are one on the south side of Filty-seventn street, in the Nineteenth ward, and the other on Fiith street, in the Seventeenth ward, both are Oi the same class as No. 22, and nad tne same speciiicatiuns, with very sligut ditterence. Each main butiding 1s 50 feet front by 96 feet deep, ‘With two iront wings each 26 feet by 33 leet, and two rear wings 26 leet by 46 feet. ‘The cost oi each Will be about $82,000, aud there 18 accommodation for over two tnousand children. Primary School No. 1, to ve erected on Ludivw street, near Delan- Coy, Will cost $57,000, The main buliding is to be 45 feet front and 82 feet deep, with four wings, each 15 feet by 29 1¢cet Tne ceilar and first story will be respectively 9 fees and 9 feet 9 Inches high; the three otier stories 14 feet 3 iffcnes, It will accommodate 1,100 ee ‘fhe new schoolhouse to be erected on jast Sixteentn street, near First avenue, will consist of main building, 45 feet by 87 feei, and fuuar wings, 15 feet by 30 feet. Lhe cost will ve $46,000; accommodation, 800. All these scnoois are to be provided with spacious playgrounds. .the number Of schools at present under Charge of the Board of Education 18 275, with an average attendance of about 110,000 children, The tive pew buildings will afford additional accommodauon, wiuch is much needed in some districts, for avout 8,002. In some of the primary deparvments the attendance of pupiis is much greater than it should be, in view of tne size and number of the rooms occupied. In the colored schouls tae accommodations ure 1n ex- cess Of what is needed. ST. MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. The parish of St. Michael’s is not benind im the zealous viforts 80 generally made by ihe Catholic boay to provide schools Wiere the attending chil- dren are to be instructed in the tenets of toat faith, ‘Two large edilices are about completed—one ww be used exclusively 43 a grammar scnool for girs and the other for voys. ‘There 18 besides @ preparatory School, and all three are connected, forming & mas- sive pile of buildings, ‘he building oa Ninth ave- nue, hear Thirty-tirst street, inteuded for giris, 18 Tour stories io height and 1g built im the modern Gothic style. The superstruciure and first story are of Connecticut stone and the three upper stories of Nyack sione, dressed with Onio stone. Its dimensions are 75 feet im breadia and 100 feet im length, with an audition to the length of 4y ‘eet, Lhe latter 13 built of brick, With Ohio trimmings, The first story has its Windows in doublevs, with booded aud depressed pointed arches, ani is separated from the story above by a broad moulded veiling, The second and tuird story windows have pointed heads. At each angle of tie building rises a tower one story avove the main structure. ‘tne roof of the latier is Man- sard, with gavied dormer windows over a stone cornice. Each tower is pierced with lanteroes. The entrances are on each street; that on sinth avenue being surmounied by @ panei coutaming an alto retivvo OL St. Michael and the Dragon, ‘The arrangements of the interior will ve in entre keeping with the imposing exterior. It will be divided so as to coniain eighteen class rooms, of which eight will be on each of the secoud and toird floors and two on the first. About one-ail of the space oO! the latter 1s Lo be used as a chapel iv wuich divine service 18 to be held on week days. it is de- signed to Inake this Chapel a model of tasteful anu ap- propriate decoration. The entire fourth story 18 to be Htted up for aud used as a mail. Iv will comiortably seat two thousand persons, Unusual provision has been made in this building for egress. Besides tne Wide staircases of asi aud watnut woich are to serve as the ordinary means of communica- tion between the stvuries It is intended ww erect stairways seven feet wide, for’ use In extraordinary cases, Ine iarge nali in the top story will be pro- vided With no less tian turee ineans of exit. ‘the wisdom of tuis particular attention to faciitiate es- Cape in case of lire 18 Obvious In @ building desigued to be occupied by large numbers. Tne other ar- rangemeants, a3 to furniture, heating, ventilation, play and exercise grounds are allon the best and most liberal scale, The girls who attend the schivol will eujoy the advantage of receiving Instruction, when advauced suiicieatly, in French, music and drawing. BOYS’ GRAMMAR 8CHOOL. Rey, Father Donneliy, pastor of St. Michael's, aided by nls parisiiouers, has also in course of com- pletion a fine buiiding, as Stated avove, a boys! grammar school, on Tnirty-second street. The ex- terior is Mnished, aud the (rout eievation presents @ Very Nundsome appearance. ‘Tue material 1s of brick, trimmed with brown stone; It 13 lour stories high, Aud hus &@ Mansard roof, Itis to be Atted up in the most tasteful manner, and will coutato in the turee Upper stories eigit class rooms. The play ground Will be on the first floor, wh wiil be open, and afford abundant space for the bealchtui exer- cise of boys during the ours allotted to recreation, lron coiunins are used for supports, and the geaeral arrangements will be, as 10 Ue giris’ school, carried Out With special reierence to the comiort, health and efiictency of the structure as a place of instruc. tion. ‘The locality will, i. 18 to be seen, 800n be sup- plied with the vest ational advantages. ‘The arcnitect is Mt. L. J. O’Uonnor, ‘ GERMAN SAVINGS BANK. The directors of the German Savings Bank in the city of New York have now nearly completed a very costly and imposing building, at the corner of Fours veenth street and Fourta avenue, 1t wii certamy rove @ handsvme architectural addition to the cen- ral part of the city, whore it ts located, Quiucy granite has been used in tue lower portion and Con- cord granite in the upper. It fronts miuety-two feet on the street and eigity-two feet on the avenue, With @ Lali tower, Nexageuwi [n Slape, ad In WHICH 1s We main entrance, acing Union square. It ts bail in the Renaissance style, and has four stories, with basement [he junction of the street and avenue form rather & sharp angie, and in — fequence the tower is placed on this ned Each side of the ptructure has a ear oy appearance, and each bas a ey ‘on tne Lower aud one on the end of the be a ‘The basement ana first story bave bi elned D ri rt] the apper stories are treated in @ ign jg “4 arciiteciure, with pilasters amd katy pag jobs Been Windows On cach Loor Lai | a nower Six Oa Fourin avenge, and one it F arewat ho lower openings are square, the Upper oirenis anu ore filed with the Maeve quailty OF pra eins od ‘ast, Ali the gurroundiugs aro sreated be ve er the main goruice is a balust © reer “ae Drenatwork (7 He MMvowalk is 81 feet; tothe top of the building from side 5 x he cower, Li feet. On the latcer ts Chee hacoiat, a seconn sone leading to the Fourth av psisaty id Hrooupred for banking pur 1 floor ts to be occupier ir . pane ant ‘will be fitted up in the most eicgant manner, height la twenty-two Leet and om braces the entire ground covered by the edifice, With the exception of the space covered by the tower, whion 13 allotted to the vestibule. Light flows in through the numerous windows mentioned, and the ceiling and walls are to be fuished in pleasing colors and appropriate ey the rear is the directors’ room, which to be furnished io @ tasteful and elegant man- ner. Hard Wood of various kind—mahogany, birdseye maple and chesnut—will be blended harmoniously in the desks, counters and other fur- niture. ‘The money vauits, also in the rear, adjoin- ing the airectors’ room, will be bullt of solid ma- sonry, burglar proof, and, like the entire puilding, fireprooi, The sides, bottom and top are to ve seve- Tal feet in thickiaess, and the doors and locks to be used are of the stanchest and most approved charac. ter. Both the exterior and interior of the bank are rich in appearance and solid in construction. All the ceilings and roof are Of iron, and the workman- ship 13 considered of the best descrij a. The basement and top stories aro to be rented as lodge ruoms, meeting rooms. oilices, kc. Tue Sear ond are spacious and airy aud provided with all the modern Conveniences, such as ventilation, heaving apparatos and water ciosels. ‘The architects, Mr. leary kernback aud Mr. Edward H. Kendall, expect that the building will be ready tor occupa. tion about the first of May. Its tall tower aud Cupoia give to tt a very attractive appearance, and he light gray color of ihe grauite adds cousiderably to its effect upon the benolder, ‘The location of the bank is well chosen and te directors expect that Great convenience will be the resuit to those With whom they transact business. The entire cost of this splendid edifice will be $350,000, exciusive of the ground upon which it is situated, ELEVENTH WARD SAVINGS BANK. The new building for this institauion, situated at the corner of avenue U and Seventn street, nas just vecn completed. It was commenced in May, 1871, and the cost of building and premises will be $85,000. ‘The structure 13 50 teet vy 36 feel, and presents & very neat appearance. It is built of won and is three stories high, with handsome French roo The basement hus two offices, well lignied by muiiion windows, the bolier room io the rear. Toe banking on the first floor, 13 @ mod ol elegance. [tis titted up wita all che accessories to make it commodious aid agreeable, Approacbed from the broad iron sturcase a large plate giass 1ront gives a view of the superior cavinetwork of the interior and the officers of ube bunk at their re- spective desks, ‘ue counter is sulid ana costly. Various Kinds of ornamental wood are used tu the arrangéments of the spacivus room. The floor is laid itu alternate scrips of Walnus and brigni-cole ored pine. I'he safe vault 13 ire and burglar proof, Passiug from the iirst story bv @ richly car- ved staircase the directors’ room 1s reached, This apartment 1s lighted by four large muliion windows on avenue U and tarce on Seventh street, In the rear is the reception room, ‘Tae mantels in every part oi the building are of italian marble. ‘The clock 1n iront of tne buliding 13 located m @ small apariment on the top Boor. ‘Lhe dial plate is of ground glass, 80 that, by the ald of two powerful gas reflectors, tne time can be seen by nigat as weil as day. ‘Ine hands are nearly three feet in length, and tne figures eigntinches. ‘The works are placed ona pedestal six {eet in height. Altogether the Eleventh Ward Bank is an ornament to the ease side, and 13 a credit to the architects, Messrs. Scaultz & Schoenare, wno prepared tue plang, OATH LIC CHURCH ON WAKD'S ISLAND, The desire to accommodate as tar as possible the inmates of the Emigrant Keluge im the exercise of their religious duties has induced the Commission- ers of E:nigration to approve tie plans prepared by Messrs, Renwick & Sands, arcaitects, lor tne erec- tion of a Vatnolic church On Waru’s Island, The Work on it has aiready commenced, and it 1s e@x- pected to be finisued tn about six mouths trom this date, The church Is to cousist of nave, side alsies, trausepts and chancel, and there 18 to be @ rest dence for tae clergyman in the rear, The edifice wiil ve 55 feet front and 100 leet deep. ‘The nave will be expressed on the outside of a high-pointed gabie, 120 ieet nigh, with projecting buviresses aud ceniral porch. ‘Tne side alsies have ies3 acute gavies, with projecting porches also. In tue centre gable is to be a large Uraceried window, and sur- mounting it 1s to ve a tail iron cross. The transepts are to have bigh-pointed and traceried windows. ‘The sides of aisies are to have well-soaped, large Openings, filled in with geometrical tracery. “he nave Is to be 82 feet wide—the aisies 21 feet. The galleries are to run along whe transepts, waich are la to be sO feet wide, leaving the pody of the churen open to the roof The height of the interior to the apex will be ninety teei. ‘The sittuug accommodation 1s esti- Mated al avout seven hundred, anda the furnitur Waich 18 intended to be plain, Will still be heat an Substantial. ‘ne ouildings are to be of brick, and Wl cost $32,000, ‘Tne style of architecture la Gothic. The pastoral residence, In the rear, is to be of two stories, with hign pitened roo. [ts di- measions will be 33 by 14 feel, aid, Witd the Churcn, wilt be neated by furnaces. For a long time past one building, or part of one, has been used for rettgious services by both Catholics and Protestants, Lhe new church, when finisued, will prove a great boon to the many tminigranis who protess the Cathoud faith and Who are temporarily on Ward’s Island. ANOTHER CAUSE CELEBRE. More Trouble for the Erie Ring—Action Brought Against Jay Gould & Co, by the Attorney General—Wili ihey Have to Disgorge? In & few weeks another great trial will be added to the throng of causes cédbres that at present are occupying the time of the Courts, enrichiug tue lawyers and Interest- ing the pubiic, Jay Gould and nis associate directors are to be regularly proceeded azainst by legai process, and, if possible, compelled to dis- Gorge the plunder they acquired during their term ofofMce. The prospects of succeas—at least within any reasonable time, however—are nou generally looked upon as very promising. The pariics now sued were somewhat smarter than their friends in Tammany, and, like shrewd business men, con- cealed their schemes of illegal iraad by skul- fally drawn contracts with the road and such like speciong disguises. They were too smart to dip their hands directly ito the treasury of the corporation and bring out rolis of greenbacks, ana with @ prudent regard for the possible future, secured themselves, 1t is belleved, from the arm of the law by never directly viomung it. It will, there- fore, be a very diMcult aud tedious struzgie to re- cover anytning from them—a struggle exvending probably over mauy years of Ume and involving very heavy legal expenses. Jheir assaliants, how- ever, represented by Genera; rrancis C. Barlow, speak hopefully of the ulumate resuit, and express a fixed resolve tu press the suit forward as earnestly and speedily as possible. ‘The suit has veen brought in the Supreme Court at Albany and tue following summons has becn served on the defendants and accepted by them:— Supreme Court, County of Alb: The People of the State of New York, pialutlifa, va, The erie Kailway Compa- ny, Jay Gould and Frederick A. Lane, defendanis, Sum. mons, for Kellef, To the defendants and each of them— You are hereby summoned and required to auswer the com- plaint in tois action, which wili be nied in the ofice of the Clerk of the county of Albany, at the city of Albany, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the stuscriber, at his oflice in the city of Albany, within twem days after the service of tue summons oa you, exctusive | the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid she plata’ in this ac- tion will apply to the Court for the reilef demanded in the complaint. FRANCIS C. BARLOW, Piaiutiff's Attorney, Attorney General for the People. ALbANY, March 29, 1542 ‘The case has, tuerefore, been definitely begun, but it will be probably at least six or seven weeks be- fore che answer of the defendants is put in and the Bult placed fairiv “at issue.” As in mosi suits Lor the recovery of moneys the grand object of the de- fence will doubtiess be to gain tine and postpone trial as long as possible, in the hope of uring outthe complainants or of some favorable event interven- ing that wil either force the abandonment of the sult or the acceptance of a compromise. ‘Tne suit having been necessarily broagat agains: the Er. Railroad, General Dix has aiso been served with tie pavers, but of course that ts @ mere legal for. Mulity, as he Was only # co-director of the delend- ously aimed at for a lew days, aad had no ion ia any Way Wiih the transactions that Wil form the basis of the complaint. All of tae old Boaru, however, will be — 4 whatever dam- ages may be awarded vy the Court. * he ie under wien, the suit bas been brought Teads as follows: — theth’ hove Tenetarben me Court shall have on (eet) Aitanere und other trusiees and oflicers of corporations. 1, To comps ‘the my me! committed to tt Vd ympel payment by them to the cor an oom they Od scocth aaa 10 its creditors of ail sums Of Homey andot the value of all property waich they have iived to themselves or transferred to thers, or may have Wel or wasted, by any violation of taelr duties as such trustees. nd any such trustee or officer Crom exercts. ing ie: oliPwnonever shall appear that he bas abused nis suet remove wny such (rustee or oficer from his office, upon proof or conviction of grogs misconduct. ‘& To direct new elections to be veld vy the body or board duly yavboriaed (oF that purpose, to suppiy vacancies remor — oa in cass where be no such body or board, or a!i the mem- pers of such board be removed, then to report the same to pergrernor, who shall be authorized, with tie consent of i operty made by the Hon, contrary to the forelgn to the lawful ness and objects of sav corporation, In casas Waers yn Fecelving such Alienation knew tho purpose for wate and, ‘To restrain and orevent apy auch alienation In cases where {t may be thraaten#d or there may be yvod reasou to rohend it may be made. wn Uses. Bi The Jurindiction conferred dy the pre ceding thirty-third section ahali be exercised as in ordinary Cases, On Dill oF petition, as the case May require or the Su prema Court may direct, at the iortanes of (he Aitora frail prosecuting in Leuait of the people of t's State, or abthe instance of any ereditor of such corporation Laving & general uperintendense of its concerns. ‘here 1s algo another law, passed ia 1870, at the insvance of the then dominant Tammany Ring, ‘which throws upon the Attorney Genera the duty of conducting such an action. oe expensos of the suit, however, fu thls case, will have to be borne by the disaatisficd giockholders who have applied ta General Barlow to jastiture Ly ye account for their officia’ conduct in el tnem Nfiaposition of the fubus and property ur charge.