Ou .?'?Ri GUIDE to the City Hall PHIIADELPHIA. ISStmjD BY GEORGE G. PIERIE, OHIEF OF BUEEAU OF CITY PKOPEETY, 1902. -^*^^ Glass Book r^ i ^^ ./ T) f jW-Cit^Hall y>>,\H ■yM-.iK '?,»; s imbivjfi i k CITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA. DIRECTORY OF Offices Occupied ; or Allotted and in Pro- cess OF Completion, with Diagrams OF the Various Floors, And Other Miscellaneous Information Appertaining to the Building. Compiled by JOHN M. BUNKER. ISSUED BY GEORGE G. PIERIE, CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CITY PROPERTY. 1902. PHILADELPHIA. ^^^^"^ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Mayor— ^^yiUEL H. ASHBRIDGE. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Director— ABR\H.\^l L ENTGLISH. Bureau of Police, HARRY M QUIRK, ISuperiutendent. Bureau of Fire-J XMEfi C. BAXTER, Jk., Chief. Electrical Bureau -JOH^S C. SAGER. Chief. Bureau of City Projjerty— GEORGE G. PIERIE, Chief. Bureau of Health -J. LEWIS GOOD, Chief. Bureau of Building and Elevator /n.>^>a'/ors -ROBERT C. HILL, Chief. Bureau of Boiler Innjjection— J OHS M. LL'KENS, Chief. Fire Marshal -JO H X L ATT I M E R . DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. Z)iVec/or— WILLIAM C. HADDOCK. Bureau of Highways — WniAjWM H.BROOKS, Chief. Bureau of Surveys— GEOVIGE. S. WEBSTER, Chief. Bureau of IFa^er— FRANK L, HAXD, Chief. Bureau of Gas-S. WILEY THOMAS, Chief. Bureau of Street CTea»in^— SYLVESTER H. MARTIN, Chief. Bureau of Lighting— J OR^ J. KIRK, Chief. City Ice 5oa/s — JAMES S. JEFFERSON, Superintendent. DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. Dr. JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, President. Dr. C. S. MIDDLETON, WILLIAM J. McLAUGHLlN, Dr. ELL wood R. KIRBY, JOHN M. SCOTT. SELECT COUNCIL. President— J AME^ I. xMILES. COMMON COUNCIL. Preside ni^GEORGE .AIcCURDY CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS. City Contndkr-JOH.^ M. WALTON. City Treasurer— .1 . HAMPTON MOORE. City Commissioners— JACOB WILDEMOKE, HUGH BLACK, THOMAS J. RYAN. City Solicitor -J OR^ L. KIXSEY. Eeceiver of 7axes—,J0KS W. DAVIDSON. Sherif—V; E^CEE HARTMAN. Coroner— THOMAS DUGAN. District Attorney— JOHl:^ WEAVER. Begister of Wills —J ACOB SINGER. iJecorfZer of Z)m/s— WILLIAM S. VARE. Board of Education— HE^RY K. EDMUNDS, President. Board of Bevision—SniO}:i GRATZ. President. Board of Port irarrf<'/i8— JOEL COOK, President. Clerk of Quarter .S^.^sjons— HENRY BROOKS. Proth'y of Supreme and Superior Cowr/s— CHARLES S. GREENE. Prothonotary of Common Pleas Courts — 'M RUSSELL THAY'ER. Com7ni$sioners of Fairmount Park— A. LOUDON SNOWDEN, President. C ITY HALL, PHILADELPHIA. DIMENSIONS OF BUILDING. Length from North to Souih, . . . . from East to West, " of each front across corner Pavilions, . Area Total area of Floor Space, Height of Tower from ground level, " " footings Width of Tower at hase " " foundation at footings, . Height from ground to centre of Clock dial, . Diameter of Clock dial across frame, Total number of Rooms Height of centre Pavilions, " ■' corner " . . . . . " " main cornice, •' '■ Basement story, . " First (Interior Second Third Fourth Fifih Sixth (main rooms), (offices), (main rooms), (offices), (main rooms), (offices). •' " Seventh " " crowning statue of Penn, . ' " Figures at base of tholus, . " " " on centre Pavilion dormers, " " " on corner " " Comparative Heights of the Principal Bu Washington Monument, City Hall, Philadelphia, Cologne Cathedral, Great Pyramid, .... Strasburg: Cathedral, St. Peter's, Rome. . ' . St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vieiin:-. Salisbury Cathedral, Toraccio of Cremona, Friedburg Cathedral. Amiens Cathedral, Church of St. Peter, Hamburg . The Cathedral, Florence, Hotel de Ville, Brus.»iels, Torre Asinelli. Bologna, St. Paul's London, Church of St. Isaac, St. Petersburg, Cathedral. Frankfort-on-the-^Iain. Bell Tower, St. Mark's. Venice, Hotel des InvalioFL.- - •SOUTH.- — -/lOTE..- -- •Gr-criiM/irr^.- -D — -Toilet Roons.' •E:--ELE/AT0fl5.- • ^ — -3TAI RCAiCt-. - (8) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. Receiver of Taxes 102 " Delinquent Taxes 110 " Water Rents 116 Women's Toilet Room 121 Commissioners of Fairmount Park 127 Mercantile Appraisers 133 Bureau of City Property 113 City Commissioners 136 City Treasurer 143 City Controller 146 Recorder of Deeds 154 Register of Wills 164 Board of Revision of Taxes 180 Real Estr.te Assessors 181 Search Department Receiver of Taxes 177 Searches and Permits, Bureau of Water 196 FLa>^- OP 3cccnD-rLooR. -sooTn.' • • ■ /lOFtTM .- ~ -G^- eHimEY 3.- - -D --Toilet- noon3.- - - & - C.LE7ATDR! ?.' (10) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 11 Mayor's Office - 202 Director of Public Works '. 216 " Safety 225 Superintendent of Police 227 Police Pension Fund 229 Bureau of Higliways 232 ** " License and Sewers 236 " " Superintendent of Bridges 238 Court of Common Pleas, No. lA 246 " No. IB 243 " No. 2C 254 " No. 2D 253 " No. 3E 275 " No. 3F 285 " Prothonotary 268 Women's Toilet Room 262 Board of Education, Secretary 295 - 'ru^^-orTriiFiD rLooFi.- - -tooTn - - - C - CriinAE.f^ . - «5 - ^TAJftWA-rS. - (12) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. Bureau of Boiler Insjiecticii 305 A Oil Inspector 811 Bureau of Building Inspection 313 " *' " Elevator Division . . 31;^ Inspector of Meters and Gas 330 Bureau of Lighting 334 " Street Cleaning 338 Eoad Jury 329 377 381 387 City Ice Boat s, ^Supcrintendonl 391 Department of Charities and Correction 395A ' FLa/I- or foUBTTlTLOOfl - ■ - 'X)orn. - Aye. 4M. A^l AlCo. 4ZO ^IS 1440. 442 444 ^50- 454. 45t 455 460. 410 425. 417 415 415 n±L 441 445. 05U05 .11 y\ 5. 5. 3 45^. In E Kr±K. e. \ 3- 447 447^ 471 475. 477 4SI Q| 485. C.CM.-I 4i7 ■■■ ^•51° \t ConniDon 476. 47S m 4&2. 454-. ■ AsrtTrt.- - - Gr - CMIMnCY3 .-' — -D- -Toilet RooMf>. "/^OTEr.- - - Er - Elevattors. — - C.C.h.-- CounciLS C■QnvElR5/\T^o/^ Hall . (14) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 15 Council Chambers — Common Council 400 " " " Clerks 492 " Select Council 402 Clerks 406 " " Finance Committee Room. 496 " " Clerk of Highways and Sia-vey Com- mittee 497 Bureau of Survey 412 Orphans' Courts, No. 1 426 No. 2 425 No. 3 432 " No. 4 436 Clerks 417 " Marriage License Clerk 413 Women's Toilet Rooms ■ 433 and 440 Court of Common Pleas, No. 4G 446 No. 4H 443 Court of Quarter Sessions, No. 3 453 Superior Court 454 Supreme Court 454 Prothonotary of Superior and Supreme Courts 456 City Solicitor 470 Road Bureau 462 " Bonds and Contracts 46() " Claims and Searches 468 Sheriff 475 "'TLa^ o^•^T^Tli•^LQOFl.^ - 50UTIi.- • O - L niMiET s.' - O - Gallery. - - E- - nLLVAron b.- (ir.) CITY HALL DIRECTORY, 17 Bureau of Surveys, Registrar 510 City Plans 512 Searches 514 Bureau of Health, Milk Inspection 513 " Eegistration of Births and Deaths. . . 517 Police Surgeon . . .- 527 Detective Bureau 529 Captain 533 " Complaint Clerk 535 National Guard of Penna. Headquarters 540 and 544 Road Jury 571 577 581 Solicitor, Guardians of the Poor 578 - rL.An ■ or ^IXTTI -TtlOOR.- -ioyjn. •/TonTH. - /Tore:. - "P- -T oilet Rooms .' (18) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 19 Law Library GOO Coroner 602 Women's Toilet Room 605 Bureau of Health 612 Health Officer 615 " Inspectca* of House Drainage 613 " " Nuisances 617 Electrical Bureau, Chief 620 " Operating Room 626 Police Magistrate, Hearing Room 625 Witness " 627 Police Capt-ains' Room 629 " Reserves 630 " " Lieutenants' Room 631 " Matrons' Room 635 Court of Common Pleas, No. 5J 646 " " " Xo. 5K 654 Criminal Courts, Xo. 1 653 Xo. 2 676 " District Attorney 666 " Clerk of Quarter Sessions 682 « «' General Office 685 « " " Deputy Clerk 677 " Grand Jury and Indictment Clerk 675 Women's Toilet 660 Board of Education, Superintendent's Room 694 - - rLAn'OPiSEVEnTM -nLOOR- SOUTl-l - -/jOTTTfl.'- G.- G>\LL£:rr r.' - Er- LLCVAnons . - - -D- Toilet- Rooms- -3 - ^tajRways .*- - -CT-CrtlMnCY5- (20) CTTY HALL DIRECTORY' 21 Architect City Hall 740A Board of Education, Architect aud Assistants 742 Bureau of Water — Chief Engineer 790 Chief Clerk 790A " General Superintendent 788 " Purveyors 701 " Assistant Engineers 702A " Distribution aud Complaints 704 Bureau of Health, Chemical Laboratory 713 Highway Draughtsmen 736 Recorder of Deeds, Superintendent of Transcribing Room 764 SUMMARY Of Legislative and Municipal Action relating to the Work, with a Brief History of the Events pertaining thereto, and Short Description of the Building, When in 1G81 Penn plotted the plan of the City, one of the first acts of the Founder was to provide site for the future tOAvn-hall of the ''pleasant country town" which he named Philadelphia. Situate between the rivers Delaware and Schuylkill, which for more than a century were the natural boundaries on the east and west, its extent north and south ■vas limited to the modest stretch of one mile. At the inter- section of High now Market Street and the 14th Street from the Delaware river, now Broad Street, the Founder desig- nated a plot formerly known as Centre Square, but now called Penn Square, as the site for the then future Public Building. More than a century elapsed before anything was done lookiuL' to the realization of the Founder's thought, nor are we able to say from the records where the town-hall con- templated in the ordinance of Common Council in the year ITrtB was designed to be placed. It does not appear that material progress was made in the matter of plans, consequent, no doubt, upon the threatened rupture with France. The subject remained in abeyance until about 1842, when f22 CITV I FALL DIRECTORY. 23 Thomas U. Walter, the architect for the first buildings of the college of Stephen Girard, and later on the extension of the United States Capitol, prepared plans and elevations for a city hall to be erected on Penn Square. Although unable to find upon record legislation therefor, there must certainly have been something of the kind to induce so busy a man as Mr. Walter tlien was to devote the necessary time and study thereto. A perspective drawing in color, among otlier de- signs from his hand, hung for years in the parlor of his resi- dence, but since his decease on October 30. 1887, the where- abouts of the design has not been determined. From 1842 to 1860 the project "liung fire." In 1860 several designs were prepared upon a scale somewhat more extensive, but this also was doomed to fall owing to the commencement of the Civil War. In December, 1868, an ordinance of the City Councils, providing for the erection of Municipal Build- ings on Independence Square, was the beginning of a move- ment which culminated in an advertisement, April 5, 1868, for plans uj)on a definite schedule of requirements. On 1st September following, plans were received from 17 ditl'erent architects. Those of Jolm IMcArthur, Jr., being adjudged the best, received 1st premium, and accordingly on 27th of same month he was appointed architect. Angry opposition greeted the proposition to place the building upon Independence Square, the great mass of the proposed building dwarfing, it was thought, and justly, tlie modest proportions of the ven- erable fabric so dear and so big with the associations con- nected with our national birth: the Legislature was applied to, and an Act passed and approved August 5, 1870, creating a Commission "for tlie erection of all the Public Buildings required to accommodate the courts, and for all municipal purposes, in the (^ity of Philadelphia." The Act gave quali- fied voters the jirivilege of indicating by popular vote whether the buildings should be at Washington or Penn 24 CITY HALL DTRKCTORV. Square. The latter .site was chosen by a majority of 18.800 in a total ijoll of 84.4.")0 votes. The jjassaoe of the legislative act rendered the municipal ordinance of no effect, and re- lieved the Commission acting luider it. (if further duties. ^Mr. McArthur was continued as the architect; work was begun January 27. 1S71. The first meeting of the Commissioners under the new law was held on the 27th of August, 1870, at the Mayor's Office. A temporary organization was effected by the election of the Mayor, Daniel M. Fox, as President, and Eugene G. Wood- ward. Secretary. September 15, 1870, John McArthur, Jr., was elected Archi- tect of the work. October 4, 1870, a permanent organization was made, and John Rice was elected President, diaries B. Roberts, Secre- tary, and Charles H. T. Col lis. Solicitor. The removal of the iron lailings ^\hich inclosed the four squares on Broad and Market Streets was commenced on the 27th of January. 1871. and this may properly be considered as the date of the actual beginning of the work: and August 16. 1871, the ground was formally broken by the President ot the Commission. October 12, 1871, Francis l)e Haes Janvier was elected Sec- retary in place of ^Ir. Roberts, resigned, and .Tolin Sunder- land was elected Superintenaent. April 7, 1872, the original plan for one building on the in- tersection of Broad and Market Streets, instead of four build- ings, divided by these streets, was finally resolved upon. The first stone was laid on the 12th of August. 1872. in the southwest angle of the foundations, by the President. On the 17th of April, 1872. ^Ir. Rice resigned as President of the Commissioners, and Samuel C. Perkins was elected in his place, and held the office until the Commission dissolved. The contract for the granite basement was awarded CITY BALL DIUFA'TORY. 25 November 19, 1872, for $515,500; and work was commenced at the buildings, under the contract, March 24. 1873. The contract for the marble vvork of the suiierstructure was awarded on the 7th of October, 1873, for $5,300,000; and the first block set at tlie southern enhance, July 3, 1874. The corner-stone was laid in the noitheast ani^le of the Tower, July 4, 1874, with Masonic ceremonies, l»y the K. W. Grand Master of F. and A. j\I. of Pennsylvania, Alfred R. Potter, Esq.; and the last block of marble was set in place May 7, 1887, on the Tower at the southwest angle, 337 feet Al inches from the ground. November 4, 1873, William C. McPherson was elected Suiteiiiitendent, and entered iijion his duties XoNcmber 10, 1873. l)ecend)cr 2, 1884, Charles H. T. ("ollis resigned his position as Solicitor to the Commissioners; and Samuel Peltz was on the same date elected to fill the vacancy. January 5, 18S5, Francis De Haes Janvier, Secretary, died; and on February 3. 18S5. William P>. Land was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. -lanvier. January 8, 1890, John Mc Arthur. Jr., the Architect, died. January 15, 1890. .lolui Ord was (dectcd Architect, and en- tered U])on his duties February 1, 1890. December 1, 1893, Henry -I. Seott elected to till the va- cancy of Solicitor to the Conunissioners on the resignation of Samuel Peltz. December 1, 1893, L. D. C. Tyler elected Superintendent in place of William C. McPherson, resigned. February 6, 1894, W. Pleddyn Powell was elected Archi- tect, and ent(»rcd upon the duties of his ofllee February 14, 1894. July 1, 1901, by Ordinance of Councils the linishing and maintenance of City Hall was placed in charge of the Bureau of City Property. 2f) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. The classified statement of expenditures in the erection of City Hall, Philadelphia, from August 5, 1870, to July 1, 1901, inclusive: 1. Cost of preliminary preparation of site; paving roadway ; laying sidewalk ; pav- ing court-yard; curbing and coping; lay- ing water main from Belmont; installa- tion of tower clock; plant for exterior electrical illumination of the building; legal expenses and counsel fees $402,472 93 2. Maintenance of building required by reason of occupancy by City Departments, to- gether «with cost of fitting and fuiiiishing rooms for City Departments 5.667.042 64 3 Cost of construction of the building proper, ready for fitting and furnishing* 18,243,339 86 Total expenditures to June 26, 1901. .$24,313,455 43 Add expenditures from June 26 to July 1. 1901, Dut not classified 30,900 05 Total e\i)enditurcs to July 1. 1001 .. .$24,344,355 48 The item of construction work may properly be sub- divided into the following classes: Excavating, foundation stone and masonry. . $359,668 91 Granite and bluostone work 542,407 16 Marble and marble work 5,467,503 07 Dressed stone work, interior 2,121.957 11 Bricks and brick work 1.442,477 46 Cast and wrought iron work 1,590.832 74 Metal work of tower 830.829 04 For all other branches of construction work. . 5.887,664 37 Total $18,243^339^ * In Item 3, Construction, is charged the cost of alterations and additions to the structure to meet the requirements of the several courts, departments and offices installed since June, 1894. CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 27 As indicating the magnitude of the work the following are a portion of the materials entering into the construction: Excavations 141,500 cubic yards Concrete Toundations 20,000 Foundation stone in walls 636,000 cubic feet Dressed granite (exterior) 98,000 " marble (exterior) 730,000 Dressed sandstone (interior) 50,000 " Wrought and cast iron, all kinds 27,000 tons Hard bricks 80,000,000 Pressed and enameled bricks 300.000 Bordering slate 80,000 square feet Bronze work, all kinds 371.3-46 pounds A distinct line of water mains, 12" in diani(>ter. nearly three miles in length, supplies b}'^ gravity the enormous quan. tity of 540.000 gallons eA-ery 24 hours. EXTERIOR. In style the architecture of the building atl'ects the spirit of the modern French Renaissance. The four fronts are similar in design. In the centre of each, an entrance pavilion of 90 feet in width rises to the height of 202 feet lOi inches, liaving receding wings of 128 feet elevation. The fronts terminate at the four corners with towers or pavilions of 51 feet square at base and 161 feet high. The whole exterior is bold and effective in outline, and elaborated with columns, pilasters, pediments, cornices, en- riched windows and other appropriate adornments. Centre archways, 18 feet in width and 36 feet in height, in each of the four central pavilions, constitute the four prin 28 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. cipal entrances, affording passageways for pedestrians up and down Broad and Market Streets. The first story is 18 feet 3 inches in height, and stands en- tirely above the line of the pave^aent. The exterior is of fine white granite, massive in proportion, forming a fitting base for the vast su])erstructure it supports. The exterior of the building, above the basement, embraces a principal story of 35 feet 7 inches, a second story of 33 feet 6 inclies, and a third story in the centre pavilions of 26 feet 6 inches, with great dormers in the centre and corner pavil- ions, respectively 37 and 29 feet in height, all of white marble from the Leo (,)uarrics. in l^cikshiro County, Massachusetts, wrought into forms expressing American ideas and develop- ing American genius. In the centre of the group a court-yard of 200 x 220 feet affords light and air to all the adjacent portions of the build- ing. Fiom the north side of this space rises the tower, 547' ll.j" from the ground lines and 571' 5Y' from founda- tions, forming a prominent feature of the city from wluitever point it may be approached, as Saint Peter's is of Rome and Saint Paul's is of London. Tlie foundations of the tower are laid on a bed of solid concrete, 100 feet square, 8 feet 6 inches thick, at the dej^tli of 23 feet inches below the svu-face of the ground: and its \\ alls, 22 feet in thickness, are built of dressed dimension stones, weighing from 2 to 5 tons each. The tower is 90 feet square at tlie base, falling off at the upper stages until, at the spring of the dome, it becomes an octagon 50 feet in diameter. A statue of the founder of Pennsylvania, 37 feet in height, crowns the structure, and com])letes the extraordinary altitude of 547 feet 11^ inches, making it the highest tower in the world. The statue upon the Tower was completed November 28, 1894. A prominent feature of the tower is the clock lately installed, and of whicli a se]iarate description is herein containeil. CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 29 THE INTERIOR. The structure, whicli is as near fire proof as human skill can make it, contains (334 rooms, giving anii)Ie provision for the accommodation of tlie Courts and for all Municipal De- partments, and a number of surjilus rooms for use in the classification and ])reservation of the archives of the city, for storage, and for increased acconnnodal ions, wliicli will un- doubtedly be r('(|uii'ed by the natiiial increase of the pul)lic business, and tlie accumulation of the public records. The several stories nre a]3proached by 20 clcrafors. located at tlie cornel's of the leading corridors, so as to facilitate the intercourse with the jjublic ollices, courts, and other In'anches of the government located on the various lloois. Tn addition to these means of a])))roach there arc large .-^lairways in the four corner ])a\ilions, and a staircase in the centre paxilions on the nortli, south, and east fronts. In 1872. when the work of erection of the huildings was actively begun, much comment was indulged in eoiuHTning the sco])e of the work; it was then thought inadvisable and extravagant to erect a building so much beyond Die wants of the jircsent or the growth of the ( ity Depart nienls for tlie next century. Notwithstanding Die allotment of rooms as laid down on the ])lans of this build'ng were in excess of w hat w as deemed, in the circular letter to competing architmls under date of April 5, 18()8, as sufllcient in aggregate square feet area for each of the departments to be accommodated, legislation sub- sequent thereto ha= so changed the character of the City Government and increased the Courts and Ollices for the ad- ministration of Justice, whilst the machinery of the City has expanded to dimensions not dreamed of even a decade ago, that accommodation formerly regarded as enormous and "Aasteful has reached a point when all possible space will need to be utilized to meet tlie daily demand for additional rooms. 30 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. COMPARISON. Considered from a utilitarian standpoint, the building is unique; no other structure in the world contains within its four walls the entire machinery of so complex a municipal organization. With the single exception of the Parliament House at London, the Philadelphia City Hall is the largest public building in the world. Numerous royal palaces exceed it in ground area, but in no structure have the elements for safety of records and convenience of access been more care- fullv considered. THE GREAT CLOCK. The installation of a great clock in the tower of the City Hall \\as a problem which the Commissioners had considered for years, but no satisfactory method presented itself to over- come the difficulties to be apprehended from high winds and the retarding effect of snow and sleet. The subject studied from all standpoints caused the rejection of the purely me- chanical clock as being too feeble, also of the electrically oper- ated movement because of the uncertainty of current. The pneumatic system was presented, thoroughly investigated, and found, after a trial extending over several years, and subjected to weather conditions more severe than can be ex- pected in this latitude, to be entirely satisfactory in its work- ing and in the power exerted, being something over eight times that of the mechanical clock, and was accordingly adopted; contract for the same was entered into 6th Septem- ber, 1898, the installation completed 1st December following, and at midnight 31st December, 1898, the clock commenced keeping accurate time. The pneumatic sj^stem as applied to Tower clocks repre- sents the latest development in the art of clock installation, CITY HALL DIJiECTOEY. 31 and is a striking illustration of the production of great etiects by small increments of energy. As its name indicates, the motive power is compressed air, the mechanism being divided into four distinct parts, viz., the air compressor, the master clock, the dials and dial mechanism. The air is compressed by a three-crank electric air-pumj) into a cylindrical tank of 193 gallons capacity, placed in the dial story, a pressure of 10 lbs. per square inch being con- stantly maintained by two one-horse-power electric motors connected on single shaft, one of them being capable of per- forming the duty; both, however, are kept in operation, so that in the event of any happening to either, the other will take up the entire load. The motors operate the air com- pressor. As a further safeguard, and in the event of both motors being disabled or the stoppage of the electric current, two water-motors located in the dynamo room situate in northeast corner of the court-yard, and constantly connected with the air compressor, are so delicately adjusted that should the air pressure fall below a given figure, they im- mediately take up the load. These motors are in constant though slow operation, so that no delay would be experienced in starting them. The compressed air is delivered to all parts through heavy lead tubing heavily armored with galvanized steel wire and protected against elongation by longitudinal steel wires under the armor; this is done to prevent destruc- tion by vermin, or the closing of the bore due to stretching or possible injury by blows. The master clock, the controlling factor of the entire plant, together with the auxiliary clock, is located in a large metal- lic and glazed case at the southwest corner of the seventh floor of Tower; the case is built upon girders built into the walls of the tower, floored with white marble and the walls tiled. The case is not connected with the floor, and is therefore entirely free from vibration. The case is also air- 32 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. tiglit and dust-proof. The master clock is as perfect as is possible to make; the movement, hand-made and jeweled throughout, required two years to produce it. The auxiliary clock is also of fine workmanship. Heavy cast-iron pedestals form the low or cases of the clocks, their office being to act as a magnetic sliicld to tlie steel pendulums. The master clock is wound once in 30 days, tlie auxiliary clock once every 8 days. To w ind. the key is inserted through a hole in the glass panels of the case imuiediaifly in front of the clock faces, tlie o])eniiigs being closed by rubber plugs. Care is observed in maintaining uniform temperature within the ease. A ])neuuiatic thermostat on the back wall within the case controls an electric heater, thus insuring no greater vari- ation than two degrees throughout the entire year. Both clocks are of (he pendulum ty])e, and both are guaranteed to kee]) time within 10 seconds a week error. They are cou- necled with the pneumatic ap|)ai-atu> which nio\es the valve attaclied to each; the ])usliing of a switch to right or left closing off the air from the one and o]icrating at once the other. At noon each day a telegraphic sounder ticks the beats from the Observatory at ^^'ashington, so that in the e\ent of any error in either of the clocks which may be in 0])eration the loss or gain is instantly detected. It is the in- tention to have the error on the fast side, so that correction may bo made by stoj)ping the pendulum the required number of seconds. Once every minute the clock opens the valve which admits comjiressed air to the tubes connected with the gears and immediately closes, the impulse moving the minute hand one half-minute and the release of the air causes the hand to move the other half-minute. The impulse is very powerful. (l(>livered to a receiver in the mechanism l)elow each dial and operating upon a pawl through several gears, giving an ell'ective push of 700 lbs. The motion is conveyed h\ vertical shafting with universal joints and beveled gear CITY HA LL DIKE( TOR Y. 3S to the arbor upon which the liands are phieed. Some idea of the size of the parts may be had from the table given on page 34 Tlie great altitude at \\hieh the dials are placed, — 361 feet H inches to centre of dials from the ground level, — made it necessary to provide against liigh press*ures exerted by tem- pests. To elTect this lieavy trussed steel framed bracing i» placed about two feet back of each dial, to whicli the dial- frames are connected by bolt-struts witli right and left screws fitting into sockets bolted to tlie bracing. In front of the bracing are placed steel rellector-]dates painted white, and each reflector-plate is pierced with 128 holes, into which are inserted 10 c. p. incandescent electric lamps for night illumi- nation. Tlie lamps are lighted and extinguished automat- ically by the action of the master clock. The dial-frames are of cast-iron constructed in sections, held in j^lace when assembled at the outer edge of the ring by eight heavy cast-iron brackets fastened to the metal work of the tower and compressing the frame securely against it by lo inch bolts having right and left screws. The entire frame is covered on the outside \\\i\\ bronze plates to protect the iron from corrosion. Instead of the usual Roman numerals plain plates o! blocks 3' 2" long and 14 inches broad for the III, VI, IX and XII are used, the other hour-] dates being 13 inches wide; minute marks aie indicated by plates 3^ inches square placed 13 inches on centres, the 5 minute marks being triangulaT pieces. The inner ring is divided into several secti.ons, the most prominent being four rings each 5 feet 7 inches in di- ameter, the other spaces being irregular in shape. Three- eighths inch plate-glass, ground both sides, well-bedded into elastic putty and held in place by special clips, fill in the cast-iron framing. The hands of the dials are framed of steel to resist bending 34 CITV HALL DIRECTORY. due to high winds, and encased in copper to prevent oxida- tion; they are firmlj" fitted to the arbor or axle, which turns upon ball-bearings, and so nicely adjusted that just sufficient force to overcome the inertia is needed to move them. Some idea of the magnitude of the work may be obtained from the following: Diameter of dial over the frame 26' 0" " " inside the " 22' 0" Height from ground level to centre of dial.. 361'!^" Length of minute hand 10' 8" " " " " including counter-weight 15' 0" " hour " 9'0" " " " " including counter-weight 12' 6" Weight of minute hand 225 lbs. " hour " 175 lbs. Length of hour marks 38 inches. Width of hour marks 13 & 14 inches. Size of minute marks , 3^" ins. sq. Distance traveled by minute hand in one year 114.7 miles. " of master clnck from centre of dials. .143' 3" " " hydraulic air compressor from mas- ter clock 336' lOr " of liydraulic air compressor from centre of dials 480' 2i" Weight of dial frames with glass 5^ tons. Total weiu'lit of clock ins^tallation complete. .50 tons. TO SECURE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT TIME is a matter of considerable importance to a vast multitude of citizens residing far distant from our great railroad centres. The Bureau of City Property have endeavored to meet this need by a unique and somewhat novel feature in con- nection with the running and management of this great time-piece. A plan has been adopted by which, once in CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 35 every tAventy-four li(nirs, correct time as shown by the Tower clock is signaled to far-distant points. At three minutes before nine o'clock each evening, the corona of arc lamps encircling the Tower at the upper platform is extin- guished, and again lighted at precisely nine o'clock. When it is remembered that this corona of arc lamps can, with a clear atmosphere, be distinguished from elevated points distant twenty-five or thirty miles from the city, ap- pearing like a delicate silver crescent suspended low against the horizon, it will be understood that as this method of sig- naling correct time becomes generally known, the suburban citizen and even the country resident will come to appre- ciate the luxury of being a])le to regulate his chronometer to al)s()Iute correctness once in every twenty-four hours. Look towards the City Hall a few minutes before nine o'clock P.M. until the circle of light at the top of the Tower disappears, then, when it reappears, set your watch or clock at the hour nine, and, presto, you have secured correct time. AN ACT THE EREOTIOIT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. An Act to proride for the erection of all the Public Buildings required to necommodate the Courts, and for eill Munielptil })ur- poses, in the City of Fhitadelphia, eind to reipiire the eippro- jyriation^ by said City, of Fenn Square, at Broad and 3Iarket Streets, to the Aeadeiny of Fine Arts, the Academy of Naturcd Sciences, the Franklin Institute, and the Fhiladelpjhia Library, in the event of the said Squares not being selected by a vote of the 2)€02)le as the si/efor the Fublic Buildings for said City. Section 1. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met:, and it is hereby enacted by the au- thority of the same: That Theodore Cutler, John Rice, Samuel C. Perkins, John Price Wetherill, Lewis C. Cassidy, Henry M. Phillips, William I.. Stokes, Will- iam Devine, tlie jNIayor of the City of Philadelphia and the Presidents of Select and Common Councils, for the time being are constituted Commissioners for the erection of the Public Buildings required to accommodate the Courts, and for all Municipal purposes, in the City of Philadelphia, who shall organize within thirty days. |)roeure such plans for the said buildings adapted to either of said sites hereinafter named, as in their judgment may be need- ful; appoint of their own number a President, and from other than their own number a Secretary, Treasurer, Solici- tor, a eoiii|)etent Architect and assistants, and other em- ployees; fix tlie compensation of each person employed by them, and do all other acts necessarj^ in their judgment to (30) CITV II. 1 LL D IR ECTOR Y. 37 iarry out the intent of this act in relation to said Public Buildings; fill any vacancies wliich may happen by death, resignation or otherwise, and if in the judgment of said Com- mission tliev shall deem it advisable to increase their num- ber, they may, by a vote of a majority of tlieir whole num ber, increase said Commission from time to time to any num ber not exceeding thirteen. Tlie said Comnnssioners are hereby authorized and directed to locate said biuldings on either Washington Square or Penn Square, as may be deter- mined bv a vote of the legally-qualified voters of the City of Pliihidelpliia at the next general election in October, one thousand eight liundred and seventy, and the Sheritf shall issue liis j)roch\mation, and the City Commissioners and other proper ollicers of said City shall provide all things that may be needful to enable the voters to decide by ballot their choice of a site for said Public Buildings, and the Return Clerhs shall certify to tlie Protiionotary the result of said election, in tlie usual form required for other elections; and as soon as said choice is determined by a vote of the people, as provided in this act, tlie said Commissioners shall, within thirty days thereafter, advertise for pro])osals. and make all needful contracts for the construction of said buildings, as soon thereafter as may be found practicable, which contracts shall be valid and binding in law upon the City, and upon the Contractors, wh^n approved by a majority of the said Board of Commissioners. And the said Commissioners shall make requisition on the Councils of said City, prior to the first day of Decemlier in each year, for the amount of money required by them for the purposes of the Commission for the succeeding year, and said Councils shall levy a special tax, sufficient to raise the amount so required. Proridrd., That said (Councils may at any time make appropriations out of the annual tax in aid of the purposes of this act. A)id pro- vided further, That the amount to be expended by said Com- 38 CI TV HALL DIRECTORY. missioners shall be strictly limited to the sum required to satisfy their contracts for the erection of said buildings, and for the proper and complete furnishing thereof. And as soon as any part of said buildings may be completed and furnished ready for occupancy, they shall be occupied by the Courts, or such branches of the Municipal Government as they are intended for by said Commissioners; and upon the comple- tion of a sufficient portion of said buildings to accommodate the Courts and Municipal Offices, the buildings now occupied by them respectively shall be vacated and removed; *[and upon the entire completion of the new buildings, all the pres ent buildings on Independence Square, except Independence Hall, shall be removed, and the ground placed in good condi- tion by said Commission as part of their duty under this act. the expense of which shall be paid out of their general fund provided by this act.] and thereupon the said Independence Square shall be and remain a public walk and green forevei And he it further provided, That in the event of Washing ton Square being selected by a majority of votes as the loca tion for the said Public Buildings, then and in that event the Councils of the City of Philadelphia are hereliy authorized, empowered and required to set apart for and convey by proper deeds or grants of conveyance, or by proper assurances of the right to occupy said squares, wliieh the Mayor of Philadelphia shall duly sign and execute under the seal of said city, the four squares of ground known as Penn Squares, located at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets, in the City of Philadelphia, as laid down on the present map of said City, one to each of the following institutions: The Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, and the Philadelphia Library, for the * Note. — Clause in brackets repealed by Act of Assembly approved July 3, 1895. Pamphlet Laws, p. 604. CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 39 purposes of allowing; them to erect thereou ornamental and suitable buildings for their respective institutions. The loca- tion of such buildings and the plans thereof to be approved by the Commissioners appointed under this act, and their successors in office, together with the time of erection, and all other matters appertaining thereto: Provided, however, That all expenses connected with said conveyances, plans, and other information requisite for the said Commission to have, shall be paid by the institutions respectively. In the event of the ultimate selection of Penn Squares as the site for said Public Buildings, the said Commission shall have authority and they are liereby empowered to vacate so much of Market and of Broad Streets as they may deem needful: Provided, hoioever, That the streets passing around said buildings shall not be of less width than one hundred feet. It shall be the duty of the Mayor, the City Controller, City Commissioners and City Treasurer, and of all other officers of the City, and also the duty of the Councils of the City of Philadelphia, to do and jjcrform all such acts in aid and pro- motion of the intent and purpose of this Act of Assembly as said Commission may from time to time require. All laws and parts of laws restricting the uses and purposes of said Squares, or any of them, that may be in conflict with the intention and purpose of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. ^ B. B. STRANC4, Speaker of Die House of Represenlatives. Charles H. Stinson, Speaker of the Senate. Approved the fifth day of August, Anno Domini one thou- sand eight hundred and seventy. John W. Geary. Note. — This Act roas passed hi/ the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives and sent to the Governor in April, 1S70, Jess than ten days before the final adjournment of the Legislature. THE COIVIMISSIONERS FOR THE ERECTION OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, CREATED BY ACT OF LEGISLATURE AUGUST 5th, 1870, HAVING FULFILLED ITS TRUST, ON JULY ist, 1901, DELIVERED THE SAID BUILDINGS to the HON. SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, MAYOR, and the COUNCILS OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. COMMISSIONERS, JUNE 30th, 1901. SAMUEL C. PERKINS, WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, JOHN S. STEVENS, WILLIAM BRICE, FRANKLIN M. HARRIS. RICHARD PELTZ, CHARLES SEGER, THOMAS E. GASKILL, SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, Mayor. JAMES L. MILES, President Select Council. GEORGE McCURDY, President Common Council. President, Secretari/, SAMUEL C. PERKINS. WILLIAM B. LAND. Treasiinr. Solicitor, J. HAMPTON MOORE. SAMUEL PELTZ. Architect, Sii,peri)tte)ident, W. BLEDDYN POWELL. L. D. C. TYLER. (40) AN ACT To Repeal an Act, entitled ^' Ayt Act to provide for ihe erecHon of all the PahHc BuiJdinfis required to accommodate the Courts, and for atl Ulunieipat purp >ses in ihe Ciii/ of Philadel- phia, and to rf(pi)ie the (tppropriation by said City, of Penn Square, at Broad and 3[t(rket Streets, to the Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Natural SeiouTs, ihe Franklin Institute and the Philadelphia l/dirary in the event of ihe said S(p(ares not being selee'ed by a vole of the people as ihe site for the Public Buildings for said City.'" Section 1. Be it Enacted, Etc., That an act, entitled "An act to provide for tlie erection of all the public biiild- inf,^s required to accommodate the courts and for all munic- ipal puiposes in the city of Philadelphia, and to require the appropriation by said city of Penn Scpiare, at Broad and Market Streets, to the Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute and the Philadeljdiia Library, in the event of the said square not beinij selected by a vote of the j)eople as the site for the public buildings for said city" ( Pamjddet Laws one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. page one thou- sand five hundred and forty-eight, cf xc^), be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, Jioircvcr. That this act shall not take effect until July first, one thousand nine hundred and one. Ai)proved— The 11th day of May. A. ]). 1901. William A. Stone. The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Act of the General Assembly No. 12C). W. W. Griest, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 01) STREET GUIDE. No. North. Xo. i South. 1 Market, Filbert Streets. 1 INIarket, Jayne sts.. Darby r'd Lancaster ave., N. W. S.W., ^Merchant, Minor. Commerce, Cluuch. 100 Chestnut, Sansom, Library 100 Arch, Clierrv. Dock. 200 Race, liraiicli. New. 2o0 Walnut, Locust. 300 Vine, Wood, Ridge ave, N.W. 300 Spruce, Union. 400 Callowhill, Willow, Noble, 400 Pine, Gray's Ferry r'd, S. W. Hamilton. 500 Lombard, (iaskill. 500 Bnttonwood, Spring Garden. <')00 South, Passyunk ave., S.W. 600 Green, INIount Vernon, Wal- 700 Bainbridge, Almond, Meade, lace, Melon. Monroe, Fitzwater, German 700 Fairmount ave., Olive. 800 Catharine, Queen. 800 Brown, Parri.sh. 900 Christian, Marriott. 900 Poplar, Laurel. 1000 C-arpenter. 1000 Otter. 1100 Washingtonave., Prime, Ells- 1100 George. worth. 120U Girard ave.. Stiles, German 1200 Federal, Marion. town road, N. W ., Richmond 1 300 Wharton. E., Elm, S. \V. I too Reed. 1300 Thompson, Seybcrt. 15(10 Dickinson, Greenwich. 1100 Master, Sharswood. 1600 Tasker, Sylvester. 1500 JefTerson, Redner. 17(10 Morris, Pierce, Watkins. 1600 O.xford, Turner. 1800 .Moore, .Siegel. 1700 Columbia ave. 1900 .Mifllin. ISOO ^NIontgonuMV ave. 2000 McKean. 1900 Berks. 2100 Snyder ave. 2000 N orris, Otis. 2200 .lackson. 2100 Diamond. 2300 Wolf. 2200 Susquehanna ave. 2400 Ritner. 2300 Dauphin, Arizona. 2500 Porter. 2400 Vork. 2600 Shunk. 2500 Cumberland. 2701) Oregon ave. 2600 Huntingdon. 2800 .Johnson . 2700 Lehigh ave. 2900 Bigler. 2800 Somerset. 3000 Pollock. 2900 Cambria. 3100 Packer. 3000 Indiana ave. 3200 Curtin. 3100 Clearfield. 3300 (icarv. 3200 .\lleghenv ave. 3400 Hartrauft. 3:X)0 Westmoreland. 3500 Hoyt. 3400 Ontario. 3600 Thirty-sixth ave. 3500 Tioga. 3700 Thirtv-seventh ave. 3600 Venango. .3800 Thirty-eighth ave. 3700 Erie. 3900 Thirty-ninth ave. 3800 Butler. 4000 Fortieth ave. 3900 Bike. 4100 Forty-first ave. 4000 I>uzerne. 4200 Forty-second ave. 4100 Roxborough. 4300 Forty-third ave. 4200 .Juniata. 4400 P'orty-fourlh ave. 4300 Bristol. 4500 Forty-lifth ave. 4400 Cayuga. 4600 Schuylkill ave. 4500 Wingoliocking. 4700 Government ave. 4600 Courtland. 4800 League Island. 4700 Wyoming. 4800 Louden. (42) PLAGES OF INTEREST IN PHILADELPHIA. Academy of the Fine Arts, Hn.ad Historieal Society of Vvnu-.x., 1800 ami Clieriy streets. I.oeu.st street. Academy of Natural Sciences, lyth Horticultural Hall, Fainuount and Kace .streels. Park. Baldwin'.s, Broad and Spring- Gar- independence Hall. Chestnut deti streets. street. Betsy Ro.ss Hou.se, 235 Arch street. Industrial .\rt .Musenn,, Memorial Hall. Bourse, Filth street, below Market street League Island Na\y Yard. Broad Street Station. Masonic Templo, Hroad and Fii- ^ . , ., 1, ^. ^,. X bert streets. Carpenters' Hall, ofi Chesinut street, below Fourth street. ^'^'^ Fellows' Temple. North Uroml street Central High School, North Broad gj,.^,^jl Old Congress Hall, Sixth and ^., . ■ .n , , , Chestnut streets. Christ P. K. Church, lid street, above Market street. ^'<1 Swedes' Church, Front and ^ . , ,. >,. . , Chiistian streets. Commercial Museum, 23o South Fourth street Postoflice, 9th and Chestnut sts. Cramps' Ship Yard, Beach and Reading Terminal, 12th and Mar- Palmer streets. ket streets. Drexel Institute, 32 feet in circumference. Calf of Legs, 8 feet 3 in. circum. wide, 5 feet 4 inches long. (44) B '12