New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04

case Of accident The seating capacity VIII DC TOT i'3o
persons $50 on orchestra and $50 each on tho
two upper floors The hight Of tho auditorium TO tho
center ~ is fs5 feet Electricity will DO the
Illuminating power Tho stage can be ceen with ease
from every the house OF the performan'
ces will DO OF tho character The cost OF the building
is $4,000.
, Aikeps Tboster on Wabashaye., near CoDgress-st'.
will be next In size and Importance. IL has not ad-
vanced far but will be ready for tho ensuing season
IL has msrb front and the work makes progress with
safe speed Jley. of minstrel fame, has nearly CON-
pleted his l. house next 70 tho sherman Hotel, on
Randolph-s Then there will DO Ingors Minstrel Hail.
and great museum, projected by COL "ood' NOV 70
mention three theaters and circus tent on tho
It is hotels boweyer that Chicago intends 70 e
invested IN buildings alone. Potter Palmers nre-pryyoi
caravansary on Safest VIII cost IN inc rcGiisc Nj
Palmer went through Europe, borrowing sus8eotiols
from the famous structures OF its capitals The iaeane
on safest Is after the Doge's Palace In Genoa me
Church OF st. Mark in Venice and an interior ~
the Louvre In Paris IL bears some resemblance W an
Embracing the Characteristics of each The grand
corner Is copied from portion OF inc nno
ter, in Paris, and the WabasaVe; front ~ the
sruoture are 2J feet Statest 253 on Monroe ana 70
Hn eort win communcae with tho streets BY
carriage ways, so that guests WIZ DC eepoS,T, ~ veil
will supply the entire building with water indepe1dent
OF the city Tne third story has been REACHED ana ns
arc stone and iron. There will BIO $50 rooms rooms
and accommodations for more than lOoo g guests
NAV next ia tho date fixed for oPening'
The Pacific is the name OF another vast mousse VI rI
tainmcn intended to occupy tho block between Cark
and Ia Sae-sts IL viii measure 80 ieet on 10 Dt S
100 on Clarke and Jackson &c feet from tne sue
walk TO the top of the stone work. ana 10 IeeI 70 y
top OF the central portion OF the Manslrd roof ~ VIII
have AIS rooms The fronts in the Renaissance ste
aud their great hight and breadth VIII give tnem an III
pressive and solid air The building makes no pre- pre-
tensions to be nreprGSs p cast WI" win be about
500 COO. II will BIO ready for Guests in
May. Tho proprietors are company OF pronlnent cap
ltalsts who were not deterred from h,s The
fire fell prey 10 the flames Inc oheynan House u Delng
reb u on the old SITE the building being IN every
Improvement on fts predecessor IL mas reachcu
the fourth story. y 70 l9l feet on ana io
will be crowned with MaDsard ROOF. trenc1 hshs as
sance tho architectural term for the sye OF ,ne
fronts It will contain 25 rooms, ana cost soOOV hiaS
Is the time fixed for Its opening, In 1act IN May We
will be prepared to entertain company from an parts Oh
the world and the papers here insist that chicago ID
becoming famous Summer resort 1t Is cOnsOnng 10
be assured that there VIII DO INC hotoI aoOoHV""""
ready at early date -,
The Gardiner House Michiganave facing the lake,
Is almost ready guests. 1t Is quite large buldlng
measuring 2O feet on the avenue ana ~ or 20 ~
MansaFd roof SO feet IL Is smaller thln tue fclnC oI
the Palmer House, the number Of rooms being 30 Inc
material Is brick throughout TIE Briggs House VIII DO
rebuilt In tho locality. There are also TWO EUROPEAN
hotels nearly under way again. aud nnumerabe private
ones of no special THESE specimens VIII give soe
outline what the city Will be Ike Ihey are Dy
means exceptional structures the business DlocAs
being fully I'D 10 the standard. The new chicago
Will be far superior the Old and at the present rate Oh
progress traces Of the fire will hardly be percepuDie IN
the business district at the end OF next year. or III any
part city at the end Of the year following Tue en-
lire country be proud OF the marvellous TecuPoI-
alive power displayed by this people.