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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 11, no. 262: March 22, 1873

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AL Estate Record AND BUILDERS' GUIDE Vol. XL NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 187,3. No. 262. PKblished Weeklu bv THE REiL ES PATE REGORD ASSOCIATION TEIIM& One year, in advance......................Ç6 00 AU communications should bo addressed to C. ^W. SW^KET. 7 AMO 9 WA-RIIKN STRKKT. No receipt for money dno tlie Rraf. Est.^TE RKCORI) will be acknowledged nnless signed by one of our regnlar ooUectors, Henry D. S.Mn'ir or TfiO.MAS P. Cum.mi.ng.s. AU biUs for collection will be sent from the office on a regu¬ larly printed form. SPECIAL îfOTICES. Parties pnrcha.siag property in Westchester, who wish titles examined, are referred to the card of Mr. Wm. F. Browne, SA avenue, corner of 138th street. Messrs. Batterson & Cook hâve recently taken and fitted up the commodious rooms under the armory at the junction oï Broadwaj', fith av. and 35th st. This convenient locality, with the expérience in handling and storiug goods and ftir- nitiu-eof Capt. Batterson,—during the war, of the 1.3th New YorkCavalry,—oughttoinsure themafair measure of busi¬ ness. The Mai'tgage Circular, piiblislied by the " Real Estate Record" Bureau of Information, issued its first number on Wednesday last. In its prospectus ifc says :— ' ' The publication of the Chattel Mortgages and Mortgages on Real Estate will be continued from week to week, and fumished to subscribers at $10 per year or 25 cents per copy. The lists are oblained from officiai sources, and are in- valuable to the mercantile community, to deal¬ ers in real estate, to dealers in buildiug mate¬ rials, and ia fact to ail interested in mercantile crédits. " Real estate dealers can, by looking over this list, ascertain the ownership of thousands of lots, which otherwise chey would remain in ignorance of, and also the amount of money which established institutions are wUling to loan on the same. " Business men will find the list of Chattel Mortgages to contain information that should be in possession of ail those désirons of know¬ ing the standing of certain parties with whom they hâve constant business transactions. " The publication of this mortgage list being a work of great care and labor, its r?ojectors trust that they will receive suffic, jnt en¬ couragement at the hands of bankers, mer¬ chants, dealers in real estate, and builders, so as to enable them to enlarge the enterprise and establish it on a permanent basis." CHUECH OF THE HOIY TEINITY. Tms new place of worship, now in course of érection on the site of the présent brick church at the corner of Forty- second street and Madison avenue, for the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., willj_be,* when completed, one of the most remarkable ecclesi- astical structures not only in this city, but in this conntry, and, indeed, we may go further and say anywhera The peculiarity of it con¬ sists ia the fact that the architect, Mr. Leo. POLD Eidlitz, fairly confronting the difficult problem which is at présent puzzling the archi¬ tects of both England and America, has in this design cut the gordian knofc of the difficulty, and shown us how a Protestant place of worship can be erected upon an entirely new plan, dis- carding ail former arrangements which were found incompatible or inconvénient, and yet re¬ taining so much of purely ecclesiastical char¬ acter as should satisfy the most ultra lover of Gothic architecture, who is not so wedded to ancient forms as to be absolutely beyond the appeals of necessity and common-sense. The architect has hère shown us how we can avail ourselves of ail the conveniences of ar¬ rangement belonging to the plan of a théâtre, without one iota of theatrical glare and display; in short, how a vast audience-room can be so constructed that the largest number can see and hear a preacher thoroughly, without any internai obstructions whatever, and yet look and be, in every respect, a solemn and impressive temple of worship. This was the great prob¬ lem to solve, and, Columbus-lilce, he has very clearly shown us how this egg can be made to stand on end. To effect this the architect has necessarily had to fall back upon the only form which we ever eonsidered available for such a purpose— something of a circular arrangement. In ail large buildings, whethej cii-cular or right-an- gled, the great difficulty to be overcome is the acousfcic one of résonance, or the confusion re¬ sulting from a mingling of reflected sounds, and the difficulty in ail such cases is greatly en¬ hanced by the absence of columns and other salient projections which tend to break thèse sounds and so prevent them from returning fco the ear in a complète shape. The form most capable of preventing this is the ellipse, aud for this reason ail the théâtres most noted for the quality of perfect sound are of this .shape. The audience-room—if this is the proper name to give it—iu Dr; Tyng's new church is an immense ellipse 108 feet in length to the chancel arch, and 83 feet wide ; the octagonal chancel receding 23 feet further back. This large space is covered over by an open timber roof, of veiy novel but scientific and beautiful construction, 42 feet high a,t the eaves, aud 88 feet to the summit of the lofty central ga¬ ble. There are no obstructions whatever ex¬ cept the slender columns supporting one row of gallery on each side, and the interior will be capable of accommodating 1,800 people. The preacher is brought prominently forward for the sake of being heard, the pulpit being placed in one of the f oci of fehe ellipse at some distance in front of the great chancel arch. On onô side of the chancel is a large recess 45 feet wide and 20 feet deep, for the purpose of ac-- commodating the organ and choir. The seats are admirably arranged, every one being so situ¬ ated as to allow its occupant to distinctly see the preacher, while the scientific dispcsition of the plan will enable each one as distinctly to hear him. The mode of egress and ingress for so large a building was a thing to be inaturely eonsidered, and for this there is ample provision. There are four front entrances on Madison av¬ enue, besides two others on Forty-second street, and in three corners of the church are large stone staircases which would enable the congré¬ gation to leave the building almost instanfcane- ou.sly in case of necessity. A noble and lofty tower is placed at the angle formed by the junction of Madison avenue and Forty-second street, treated in its various gra¬ dations with exquisite taste, and surmounted by a spire of élégant proportions Not the least remarkable feature about this building will be that it is of brick, but brick so artisti- cally and tastef ully used as to put to the blush many a structure of the costliest granité or marble. Mr. ElDLlTZ has, on many previous occasions,—^the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, the Produce Exchange in this city, etc. ,^shown ns of what the judicious employment of brick is capable, but in this case he is likely to sur- pass ail his former efforts in that respect. With the exception of the window-tracery and finish- ings around them, the doorways, strings, and other parts essentiaUy of stone—Ohio, Oswego, and New Brunswick stones being used accord¬ ing to their various applications for color, etc. —the whole surface of the building will be of brick-work of différent shades, arranged in diaper pattems, and producing the most charm- ing effecb to the eye, without any of that sudden and glaring contrast of colors, which mars the effect of so many récent buildings of red brick and stone. Used hère merely as a subdued groundwork, ail the openings and other portions of interest being clearly defined and bound as it were ia beautiful stone-work, the rich tracery of the Windows and the mag¬ nificent rose-window in front ail standing out in their own individuality, it is difficult to con¬ çoive a more pleasing and effective pièce of workmanship. STATEN ISLAND. We hâve frequently declared that the true policy of the city of New York is to open com¬ munications where they are obstructed in aU directions—and is not this plain and clear ? WiU any one dispute it? And yet communication are horribly obstructed in every direction