St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-11-04
4. L. StctrUIf'S HOtr{ For UOHteli.

The treat wuman's hotel OF Mr.. Stew
art, on Fourth avenue, between Thirty
second and Thirty-third streets, h.>
reached the third Of il seven stories. and
i last becoming an object OF interest to
ihc crowds daily passing It's walls. The
whole building i to be OF IRON. filled N
with brick, and will bt thoroughly five
proof. 1t viii cover an area OF IL. 900
square lert, the front on F-ur,h avenu,
measuring l92 - feet, and the tw-
fronts on Ihirty-sccond and Thirtv-thirI
streets 2pJ irct respectively. The arch
lcctur;,l d, Sign OF tine structure l. modern
French Gothic, with 4 muu-ari roof III
the upper part Of which will he an adj
uttiumGl story to those enumerated FL.
color i To- bc white, and the hight OF tine
hulidu-, At the highest parts ot the root,
log feet. The main part ot the ~trucl-
are. IL the cntlha,urc. j. To b. ninety
:,rt, ami 10 this tue roof will add twelve
feet at the .iic>, and eighteen feet at the
several ccutct-, on the different streets.
Tie principal entrance, on Fourth
avenue. l. toriv-cight feet wide. and the
portiCo front two stories in hight. i al
ready built, together with the outlines OF
twenty tour-stureS, each tiitv-twu feet
lcrp hv seventeen wide which are COM
pretended in the first story. \ wide
>tair-casc viii lead from the vcStibuIe to
the upper stories. This vcStibule viii
have tall and massive pillars, and beyond
it viii be a hall thirty feet vile. paved
wiki marble and containing double hi.lt~
of stars. Elevators VIII be constructed
on each side of these. The interior court
yard. which the building surrounds meas
urn~ 81 feet by ll6, and will afford
Ii.Et TO the inner rooms, which do not
face toward the street. The house ha-
advanced sufficiently far 10 di-pl ~ thu
dcs IN. In the center of the square will
be Il fountain. The basement is fourteen
feet below the level ui the street. and.
among other convenicnccS located there.
will be an engine for heating the building.
moving the elevators, aiding in the lam
dry work and driving the cooling fans
that are To play i'll various parts OF the
house. The bath rooms will also he
situated there. The kitchen and laun-
dry arrangements will be conducted on
the most improved hotel plans Ncntila-
ting shafts will run from the basement
to the roof. The hight of the first story
l. lHi feet. the second Ii feet > inches |
the third, yet unfinished, is to be Is feet
: inches, the fourth l2i feet, the fifth
II, the sixth IL feet ) inches, and
the seventh : feet | inches.
The laundry and kitchen are to he ON /
the first floor, at the back of the build !
inc, where stores cannot be constructed, |
and above these will be the dining-room,
% feet by 30, Il hall for lectures and |
the rcading-roDm and the libra
~. The sleeping looms will be both
single and double, the former being IL
by / $ feet, and the latter s by feet.
The rent to each tenant will he here
after fixed, but it will not probably ex-
cecd one dollar week. Food will be
furnished Oh the restaurant plan, and
will be charged simply at original cost,
with small addition for the expense OF
service, rent, etc. Ina,-
much a. the establishment is calculate
to hold fifteen hundred persons, the pro-
portion Of expense on each dish will be
lar less than il small number were par
Ilclpants. Coffee OF tea will not exceed
two cents cup, meat, five cents a plate,
vegetables one and two cents a dish, and &,
Jther articles in proportion. Experience .
1t the woman's hotel, at ij Elizabeth
street, conducted on the same plan, but
where the numbers do not exceed two
hundred and fifty inmats, demonstrate, :
hat Il eat can he remuncratiycly furnish I
,d at eight cents coffee and tea at three {
'ents; vegetables at two cents and pud- :
ling at three cents. a resident can live t
veil there, including washing, for So. 50 i
week, and in Mr.. Stewards establish ,
nent the cost to each inmate will proba- q
'ly not exceed - to So, according to the +
quality and quantity of food INDUCED in. ,
The cost of this building will reach II
5000, 900, and the interest upon the "
utlay will lie chiefly compensated by c
he rent OF the twenty-four stores. Ten |;
er cent interest on the above snm
'ould be 100000 This, divided by
would BE- an average rent '