The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-08
srEW.iRr,s MosU.uEyrs.
a Sketch oE tAr ME :,:iiGecnt Entcr.,rf.cs
Of the :c,v York D-y Goods Prince.
4 New York letter snys .


Among the future buildings OF New York. there
Is none which, for i,oili utility and greatness oi
conception, will exceed The two Miammoil hot els
Which NE To hc erected by \. T. Stewart. one for
ineii. and Tor which he some time ago irpropri;i,
ted the sum Of Sj,c0O,Oc That for young women
Is 10 he situated on Fourth avenue, between
Thirty-second and Thirty -tilirl-strcr;s ana here
the excavations are hclng made ami tile foun,!u.
lions laid. The building vii! he six stories In
upon The summit Of which twelve towers twenty v
four feet in height ami width, will bp built and
upon the street angles Of The blllllr similar iur
refs VIII he also placed, making thus ten in num-
structure below.
width, the portico of which will bc two stories
In height, consisting of massive columns with TO-
Hated capitals and bases, on uctagon pcdestals.
lile hrst Story VIII he appropriated IN stores, the
rents from which will materially aid toward dc
lrnyihg the expenses Of the establishment. In
the interior OF the hnding Will he n cuurtynri
nincty-four feet by one hundred and sixteen and
the hollow square thus formed by the surround
inE walls will be heautifcd by n fountain, gold
dlniEg-r0onl, thirty feet by ninety-twO In dimcn-
sion, anu In addition, and near tie same size will
e |. hall Tor lectures, concerts ami other rccrca-
tiolis: The sleeping rooms will be OF two kinds,
the single eight feet by nine, and those intended
for two persons, sixteen by eighteen feet. II has
been shown by experience that II marked prcfcr.
cicc has 'een always cvnced for single rooms by
occupants, save In tile case OF two friends or
SISTERS for which the double rooms are provided
AhS u lltiuc Win II view 10
furnish each working girl, who may become an
occupant, The comforts and eOnycnicnccs of a
hotel Il, q small cost All IS, indeed. c0ntrlvcd
with view To comfort and convenience The
Kitchen and laundry will bc the most improved
modern plans, AMI, as III other hotels, there will
ne elevators for ascending, without fatigue to the
upper stories. Coon food will he provided ut cost
ana on otlcr restaurant principle, in order that
cach yonnE woman may regulate her expenses
according To what size may order. Like the other
buildings erected hy Mr.. Stewart, this will be
pure white, for which he Gvinces q decided mar.
TALLY.
Nor In these enlarged conceptions for the he.
ncft OF those employed by him Is Air, Stewart for
gctful or unnndfu of the claims nj SELF for while
erecting hotels for working men and women. lie
builds palace for himself. Such IL, indeed, his
private dwelling on Fifth Avenue, OF which every
one has heard, which every one In New York has
seem anu which HOW approaches its rnianlctjnn
THIS building Is Of marble, Of an enduring kind
whicn 10 the eye presents Tie apDcnrnncc OF
granite while the finishing inside IL throughout of
beiluti!ul italian marble, The work upon which
was executed IN Italy. The style Of architecture
is pure Corintlian. and though only three stories
III hegh, the structure towers above the sur
fOllnulhg houses, innsmuch as each story In
twenty ieci in height. Both within and without
there Is hut little snowy ornnmcntation the stylc
being chnste and severe, grand without being
heavy nnd elaborate without hclng fnnciful. The
walls Will be finished In subilled color so as to
nnrinoniZc with the buc-vclncd marble and the
doOrs Will bc or rosewood. The Whole building
with but littie alteration, could he Transformed
into magnificent arr gallery, which, Indeed, in
course OF time, may not improbahiy take nlnce:
me wardrobe and bathrooms nl0nc suggesting the
ldca OF q prlvate residence; and one of the most