Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-28
LiDacI ISotcI, 81. Louis--the Largest in
the World.
From the st Louis Democrat


One o. t. wonders Of the world is now this great
hotel which has just been rooted in. and approaches
completion. Nothing Ike it. in size completeness
exists on the American continent, and "a no Euro
pcan other hotels equal in these respects Of
course it IS the largest in the world. The large
M tIopoIiJln Of New York oyertopped the .Astor''
and the FIFTH Avenue, of later date surpassed this
in dimenticns and modern improvements. These
again all cast in the shade the past year by
the magnificent continental OF Philadelphia which.
until the "Lndell was erected. was certainly not
exccl!cd in America. The "COntincntal' is six
stories in height exclusive Of the basement and pre-
SCENTS Il front Of 10 feet Chestnut street. 23j
Ninth and 1874 on George street. But extensive as
is the Continental" our own "Lndell" largely eX-
ceeds it, being seven stories high exclusive uf the
basement its height from sidewalk III feet, eXclu;
siye OF the observatory. Its front Washington
avenue Is ~ feet its depth from Washington
nue. to Green street. 227 feet. The fronts Wash
ingtOn avenue and Sixth street faced with cream
coorcd magnetism limestone, deliberately finished
that the Seventh street with the finest brick
with cut stone ornamental window trimmings. The
two dining rooms, with carving room 6etween,)
easily thrown together, for dancing or other public
festival purposes are 233 feet in length by 4j feet
in width evidently the largest in the world. On
the same floor, and contiguous is a kitchen, so fee
by 46, and 20 feet high This hotel can aecOmmO-
date with ease 200 persons Some idea may be
formed of its great extent by few statistics of ma
serIals used in its construction. The brick laid in
its walls number eight millions, sufficient 10 pave an
area of more than thirty eight This is in adj
dition 5000 perches OF rubble stone in the fOun
dation p 900 cubic feet of cut stone in the fronts,
and other stone lin all costing Sl0OOO0). The
plate glass in the windows would acre of
ground ard the OU-s between and eight acres.
If a boarder desires to take walk through the
wide and lofty corridors before breakfast, he may
travel one and quarter miles without going over
the same floor twice. Besides the marble flooring
and other hogging 100000 feet of lumbeghas been
used in its flooring and it will require 10000 yards
OF carpet to cover them. Thirty-twO tons of sash
weights are to be used. Some 5000 feet of gas
pipe are required 70 light il, with many thousands
of burners 900 pounds lead, and 10000 pounds
of iron pipe to supply it with water. besides that
for heating it, Forty to fifty miles OF bell wire will
be required. The actual cost OF the building unfur
nished, is over 5000, 600 which with the ground,
now valued at S226 400, makes the whole value in
round numbers million dollars 1t has just
been leased for term Of fifteen years to the MesSrs.
Leland of the metropolitan New IOrk on very
favorable terms to the lcSsees. The centre compart
ment of the Washington avenue front has magnih-
cent pOrtico, two stories in height of Roman Cor
inhian style. The large iutel COrinthian columns,
of cast IRON which support the main entrance. are
% feet inches long nearly nine feet in circumference
and weigh nearly six tons each probably the largest
ever cast These columns stand on stone pedestals
and are capped with highly ornamental cast iron
imposts &c. making them stand IS feet high.