The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-16
ANOTHER PALACE HOTEI-oPENING DAY
AIIGITST

| ANOTHER PALACE HOTEL-oPENING DAY
! AUGUST lsr.
! The immense marble building which has been in
course OF erection for many months past, opposite
Madison Square, on Fifth Avenue and Twenty
| Third street, attracting mnch attention, is now
| 81 ,l44 900
The building covers sixteen full lots of ground
Is seven stories high, and has elevation from the
cellar to the roof of l07 feet. The front on Fifth
Avenue and Broadway is 202 feet: on Twentv-tb;rJ
street, 2l5 feet and Twenty fourth street LOG
building of such unusual magnitude is deserving of
brief description aside from its prospective char
acter as puoiic edlhce,-the design of the owners
being TO establish hotel of the first class canahe
OF accommodating at least 500 guests. The LIST of
August next is fixed for the day of opening
Inc magnitude OF the house appears from the
TACT mat 1t contains not less than eight large pub
lie parlors, 10 private do: four dining and tea
rooms; 40 chambers, and 60 other rooms for SER
wants, DC Nearly all the principal chambers
have baths and water arrangements complete,
there being fully 100 baths in all In some of the
other details there is much deserving of notice. as
indicating progress in the arrangement of hotels,
for which the United States already has deserved
prominence And in the future erection of SINH
lar structures here and elsewhere, there is much,
| no doubt which will be initiated as a precedent,
The contrivances for lighting, warming and yenti
latlon, are important in these respects
As regards lighting, the whole building will he
supplied with an independent gas apparatus manu-
featured by L. V. Haughwout & Co.. at a cost of
about ST, OOO,-by which the expense of illumina
ton, as already proved in actual service is reduced
one, half in comparison with city charges. The St
Nicholas Hotel, Astor House, Haughwouts' store.
&C., all manufacture their own gas at a material
saving. The gasometer for the Fifth Avenue
Hotel holds $4,000 cubic feet and will supply 900
burners. Iron tanks are used, instead of the ordi
nary cisterns.
The plan of ventilation is equally noticeable. and
he hnat of Tho "a,
naces being conducted into hues, extending over
the house, thereby creating strong draft and ex-
hausting the atmospheric impurities of the various
apartments. All the halls and many of the rooms
are ventilated in this manner.
The heating of the building is done by steam for
which three boilers, each twenty two feet in length
ana nearly hve ieet IN diameter, are provided
From these, the steam is conducted all over the
building, the condensed steam being carried hack
to the boilers by return fue. The boilers and
gas-house occupy distinct building, wholly ex-
terror to the main structure.
The novel arrangements adopted for nrenarino
1000 for the numerous inmates of hotel of this
Glass; are one OF the most curious features. Among
otber apparatus, are ten monstrous steam kettles
Ior polling vegetables, &C., each weighing nearly
l,0OO pounds. All the various machinery for cook
ing, washing, ironing, and other processes is being
arranged by Haughwout q Co., under the direction
of Mr.. Stevens, in building specially construct
ed, and will be of sufficient capacity for 1000
guests.
Even partial description of this establishment.
would be garlngly incomplete, should we omit all
mention OF the admirable continuance to facilitate
communication between the different stories A
luxurious car or ladies' carriage is provided, which
Will glide from the lower floor to the uppermost
story, easily conveying eight or ten persons at a
trip This car is propelled by steam, and passes
up and down upon evolving spiral shaft nearly
100 feet long and about ten inches in diameter: and
so perfect is this invention that under no crcum-
stances is there possibility of accident. Even
should all the machinery above be removed, the
car cannot descend any faster than usual, owing to
an ingenious hydraulic arrangement at the base;
ana independent OF this the revolving shaft NAV be
stopped at pleasure by any person inside or
outside the car. This car is the invention of
MIR. Otis Taft of Boston, and seems to be of great
value.
The interior arrangements of the house are in ac-
cordance with Mr.. Stevens plans and require
ments The main entrance is on the 5th avenue
having ladies' entrance both on 23d and 24th sts
On the right OF the main entrance is the grand
stairway, opening from the wide hallway, and on
the left is the business Office In the rear of the
main floor, is situated the billiard and chess room
on the one side, and the gentlemen's exchange and
reading room on the other. There will also be at
taehed to the house beautifully fitted up Partisan
restaurant, not only for the of the guests but
as place where gentlemen and ladies NAV dine
with their families or friends, in the most genteel
way, and at the same time not be subj ect to extrav
agant charges.
On the second floor, fronting 5th Avenue and
giant private parlors; also 23d and oath streets
opening into a corridor 6l3 feet long running the
entire distance along the lines of the building
Opening from this corridor is the grand promenade
nearly 30 feet wide and uniting with the grand
dining hall at its western extremity, presenting
with its double rows of columns grand tout ensem-
tte Opposite this promenade, in the dining hall,
Is placed one OF the most magnificent mirrors ever
imported to this country.
The grand dining hall is so feet long, co feet wide
and q feet high, lighted with eleven elegant chan
deliers made from French designs, and hung from
beautifully frescoed ceiling supported by Corin-
THAN columns. Between the latter are placed
magnificent mirrors while at intervals, between
the columns on the one side, are placed beautiful
French Jufets, in designs.
Mr.. Stevens has avoided all tinsel ornament as
well in the finish of the house, as in the selection of
the furniture and outfit, and in this respect has
somewhat profted by the experience of predeces-
sors. Nevertheless, the expenditure has been on
scale of unrestricted iberalitv
The entire cost of this palacal establishment
which, with exception, stands foremost in point
of magnitude to anything in this country will con-
siderably exceed one million dollars, as shown by