The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-08
From the Missouri Democrat.

One Of the wonders of the world is now
this great hotel, which has just been
rooted in, and approaches completion
Nothing like it, in size or completeness,
exists on the American continent, and as
no European, or other hotels, equal ours
in these respects-no very extensive
buildings of the kind being on the East
ern continent-of course, it is the lar
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Louvre, a. Paris, is extremely costly in
the gold and other decorations of its
dining rooms-artistic works of this ma
ture swelling its cost to scme ci ght mil
lions of dollars. But neither of these
establishments begins to be on the extcn-
sivc scale of the "Lindell," or has the
capacity of feeding, sleeping, and making
comfortable the great travelling commun-
ity of the world. Our assertions shall
be proved true by the facts and figures
which we will give below, as received
from its architects and builders.
Before giving the history ofthe elm
del' and the details of its construction,
we will briefly compare it with some Of
the other extensive hotels Of the United
States. For the last twenty years, the
Astor House-that plain but substantial
building Of gray granite, costing $780,
O00-has been the hotel, when size alone
was taken into account. The st. Charles
at New Orleans, the "Virginia,' and
"Planters' " of St. Louis, and the "Bur-
net at Cincinnati-the latter containing
some 260 rooms, and being in some re-
spects the queen Of hotels SO long as Gin
cinnati was Queen of the Wcst-have
for fifteen or more years been among the
larger hotels of the Union. For the last
ten years these have been cxcelled in the
Northwest by the "Tromont' of Chicago,
which in it's turn is being eclipsed by
the new "Shermah' of the same city,
which is 1Si feet front on Clark, by l2O
on Randolph street, six stories high in
front and seven stories in the rear, of
beautiful stone, and built by single in
dividual, at a cost Of over 800, 900, in
cluding the ground. There have been
many excellent houses of large capacity
and fine architecture beside these, but Of
less pretensions-as the "Newhalp' at
Milwaukee, the "Gayosa" at Memphis,
the "Richmond' at Chicago, Bar
NUNS" in Baltimore and in St. Louis,
&c, &c. The large "Metropolitan' of
New York overstepped the Astor, and
the "Fifth Avenue" of later date sur
passed this in dimensions and modern
improvements These again were all cast
in the shade the past year by the mag
nifcent "Continental' of Philadelphia.
which. until the "LindelI' was erected,
was certainly not excelled in America
The "Continental" is six stories in
height, exclusive of the basement, and
presents front of 10 feet on Chestnut
street, 235 on Ninth, and l94 on George
street. Its grand dining room is 90 feet
by IL; its tea room 65 feet by 36 Its
capacity is for 800 to 900 guests. 1t
was built by stock company ; the Chest
nut street front is of brown sandstone
the others of brick 1t was taken by
Paran Stevens of Boston for II years, al
$4,000 per annum, exclusive of the
stores. But extensive as is the Cont
mental our own "LindelP' largely excel:
it, being seven stories high, exclusive Of
; the basement; its height from sidewalk
} ll2 feet, exclusive of the observatory
Its front on Washington avenue is 27l
J feet its depth from Washington avenue
J to Green street 272. The fronts or
Washington avenue and Sixth street are
. faced with cream colored magnetism lime
stone, elaborately finished; that on sev
enth street with the finest stock brick,
With cut stone ornamental window trim
: mings. The two dining rooms, (with
carving room between,) easily thrown
, together for dancing or other public les
tival purposes, are 2s3 feet in length BY
AZ feet in width-evidently the largest
in the world that part used as the gen
| tleman's ordinary is alone l2s feet b.