The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-19
City Intelligence.


Nav HouEis ~ BEoApwAr.-it is astonishing when VIC
the sumbcr Of hotels that havp been started
ii is shet space Of time tho foundations Of six splendid
h. til. have been laid yix-St Denis Hotel. corner of
lo If lriIce street; the Coliamorc IIou
Il Spring .tret st. Nicholas Hotel between Spring
N B,ctne strcs; the lrecott House of spring
sret, and Lew hotel. by John La large OF iIou
t,n street fc ST. Denis Hotel nd the Collan,v lou SCI
completed and have been in operation for
tine. The external structure Of the Aicrnp
ana It Nitbolas have been hong since finished but it
wn lax. months yeti beforc the internal arrange
NJ MT aud numerous decorations Is con.c. .hs
fun date Of the frcscot House was laid some time 1t
non H. While the foundation Of the new hotel M Joining
The Meoloiian Hail Is about being laid These hou rs
a' On scale ct grandeur and magnitc nee
u at will be without parallel ia any other city, either
the Amrc or European Continent The ST. Nicholas
hold, the Metropolitan Hot, and the Coll,morc oae
have fully described ON former occasion We will
give but bici outline Of the ions of he other
,hrc The ST. u, mis- Hotel ty Denis Julien formerly
proprietor Of the Union Hotel No Washington III zee
hs about broadway and one hundred All
sey,nte,n on Eleventh street. IL is fix stories nigh aud
tie and ornamental portions OF the building
irnd II Gotta he first four stories are intended
ioa fl miles only the fifth for gentlemen and the
fol he rabs Their. abort hundred thirty
o.his IN All The hotel isccnducted plan.
every family having its priv table The cyst
The budng IL estimated at S00 600. The hotel to be
Ian W Re six Above t t shy
and lily feet font hundred feet in depth eighty
iest in height. The front will be of white polished
marble. IN style similar to that of Stewards
BILE store. There viii be three entrances one through
The Metropolitan Hall. the Bond Street
house. which Is intended for the private entrance,
and the third, the grand entrance in tho ccntre
six Cornthian pillars to be placed at each entrance
supporting projection which will carry uo Venetian
window 10 the whole height of The build ny each
grand entrance. The lower portion Of the Metropolitan
Hall to be converted into dining for the hotel
be cdmpet,d in the most gorgeous Tho entire
cost is cs,u TO amount 20 100000 The Prescott
ouse ty Albert De Groot formerly captain of steamboat
REINDEER viii be six stories high with nifty feet front on
broadway and one hundred and twenty five ieet on
SIrng street II will be entirely built Uf brick while
the ornamental portion will be Of cast iron. 1t will
enhanced by grand entrance Broadway from seven
team to eighteen feet in width. The builders calculate
to have it finished by next spring
SIXTH AVENUE RAnRoAp.-Sncc tho commencement Of
this enterprise the first Of April last, the has
been progressing rapidly The track is already com
as far as Sixteenth street the rails laid fur Nine
eenth street and the eepers lar Twent first
while the road is broken far up as Twenty
street. The road Is double track and the ra which
weigh eighty pounds yard Erooved giving to tho
whole ilne, uniform and substantial appearance The
terminus for the present will be situated between Forty
tld ana Forty fourth streets and the fare will be
cents Ne understand that in course of time it is the
intention Of the company to extend the road Harlem
wh shall have opportunity Of travelling distance
OF Nearly seven miles without further increase in the
fare The following is the change OF route adopted by the
Board Of Aldermen, viz Commencing at point the in
ersccton OF West Broadway and Chambers street, through
West Broadway to Canal street. with double track;
thence with single track through Laurens street to
Amty street through Amy street TO the Sixth avenue:
thence with double track up Sixth to Harlem
returning down Sixth avenue to Carmnc street
thence, with single track through Carminc street to
Elccckcr street through Blocker street to Thompson
street through Thompson street to Canal street
Canal street nterrectng the double track In West Broad
way. down West Broadway to the place Of beginning
LATE FIRE IN LAicHT SrREET.-The following is a list
of the companies together with the amount of
the policies held the extensive sugar refinery OF Mr. H.
H. swift, in Laight street, between Washington and
West Street which was destroyed by fire on Monday