Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-07-07

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A..bi;c. extends IN 'front.' IN a.rciav m
~ 200 fest and lou zee. s u Is of Quinc,
VeSey stree.s' &C. 'Stories high, ana ls pun
sgranlte' y S-IIo,v square. Inc IOwSr 81
in form OF AZ ~, stores, viz. Ten on Drodu
RVS occupy vesey, and five on barclay 81
way, " entrance 10 the nuaGs ~.
way, 2ps,s the floor of Mosaic work OF blu
b., Govern 'oh;te marble. On the north Of the vesti
III = The Office" or bar-room. South
~. H. ofice is the gentlemen's reading room
srha dining room is on the Barclay stree
ling T0O bv 40 feet, with ceiling II IL
fset high. The gentlemen's drawing room
..ommaI1ds a fine view of the Park, City HAL
and Broadway. The ladies drawing roonG on
Vesev street wing, furnishes WIN brussen
s.arneting, marble tables, ottomans, SOFAS 3c
THE ladies dining room on the same wing
viii seal 100 ladies. This floor contains about
twentv parlors. The second, third, and
fo,,rth floors have each hall running thr0'
the whole length of the building on broad.
yyav, and Vesey and Barclay streets. cne
rooms which look into the streets are all !ur-
nished as parlors, and on the opposite siucS
of the hall are the bed rooms.
The rooms throughout are Iufnisneo -
s;mple and beautiful style. with the exceP-
ton of two or three rooms, the soias' bureaus,
tables. bedsteads, chairs &C. are maCs %
IiocL walnut, from the ware rooms OF Mr..
U Mool1s The beds and bedding have the ap-
.,oorance of ease and comfort. The Hotel is
f;rhted with gas, and there are water closets
affached to each suit of rooms.
The kitchen and laundry in the rear extend
from Barclay to Vesey streets, looking into
the court yard, and are on level with the
dining room. The arrangements for roast
ing, frying, boiling, &c. are upon the most
approved methods, the cooking 6elng done
by steam. The cooks are all FRENCH a
baker is employed for the house;
Under the kitchen is spacious Wasnmg
room, and room for ironing and drying CLONES
nv heat from steam. There are seventeen
bathing rooms and two shower baths the
water for their supply comes from cisterns or
reservoirs in the attic of the building, con-
veyed below by leaden pipes to all the rooms
Of the building. By force-pump warm wa
ter is also distributed through all the rooms.
BY the multiplicationo stationary wash-tubs,
and the power of steam, clothes may be wash
ed, dried, and ready for use, IN halt an hour
ataer tfeu are giuen ont. The drying process is
ACCOMPLISHED i'm 5 minutes, by spreading the
clothes on wooden horses running on rail-
roads, and lead into q large close apartment
heated to very high temperature by steam.
A rotary steam engine pumps water, supplies
steam 10 tAk6 WuSAA-1OOAtA9 VIZ
the knives and forks, boots and shoes, and
has in reserve power enough for other uses.
There are three hundred and eight rooms
for boarders. Whole number of rooms $50.
The yard is tagged throughout. The water
from the kitchen is carried off by sewer
into the North River. The furniture cost
,si,aety thousand dollars, including about 5000
worth of silver, $40 to 1900 Of plate ware.
Eighty Servants attend on the establishment.
In the house are. 100 locks, no two of which
can be opened by the same key. The Hotel
is rented to Messrs. Boyden s. Sons, formerly
Of the fremont House, BostoA.- IN. 7. jour.
Extensive Nauigatio,,. The raft mentioned
in the following paragraph. which we copy
from Paris paper, might almost be allowed
to take rank as second to our famous Red
river raft, on which Captain Shreve has been
at work SO long with Uncle Sans tooth
pullers." . Is lgay15.ss,.s
"During the last week there was seen conn
ing down the Rhine, from Andernach, one of
those immense rats lately found descending
this river with emigrants. It appeared like
an immense floating island, 900 feet long and
200 wide, bearing avillage onits bosom, and
yet guided by one steersman with as much
security as an ordinary boat. The inhabit-
ants of these RATS, that is, the crew and pas
sengers, amount to between 600and 1000 per-
sons. There are always cattle upon them,
with slaughter-houses for the supply of this
numerous family, and there are generally
consumed in the voyage from Andernach to |
Dordrechet $4,000 lbs. of bread, 10000 lbs |
q meat, lhOOO lbs. of cheese, 1900 lbs. of
butter, and 100 Mns Of beer" |
From the National Iatelligencer.
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