, 1873-05-16

has made 80 many 1mssrioan hotels iforoly foro.'
diiferont rooms, hoggent osli.boys, Ind carolesa
chnmbermaids, but q badly cooked or. sorycd
@s ssn !. r.sont ta Il IL r'e o,sr osns n'tiSse bon
come so. hc has morally degenoratSd.:. But;
reputation 81 iii: Rieo ind the Cages, .hero'
for tho oh!of honetit Of tho doctors and apothe-'
carries. Tho dlning-room Ii in tho Northwestern
corner Of the second floor, oponing out upon tho!
Grand Pmmonade.' Il ta 126 feot BY 90; makingl
# :le 7 largest dining hs!1 + p tho oosr5> ny 1ay
out upon Lasallo aud Quincy stteetH and ono OF
the courts and by night by so!en bronze ohando.
Tiers. and >by an. = Infinite nhnbor r. H., Of
smaller Kae 1ots, along tho walls, The I'll,
tho ceiling n dellcately frescood. The room has
It Ia intended In short tine to mako conaery-
sfory e,tenR at dstsnSs coming doTn te
Thirty feot Ia width. 8unmer and winter this
will be filled with flowering :plante. and those
doltcate tastea which havo heretofore been
Hcantily ministorea to by occasional aowera upon
tho table will flnd here all tho; nutr!ment they
can posslbly desire. but. largo ast this room 10,
/. docs not furnish all tho. accommodation that
is desired. Consequently, a room aeyonty feet
by soycnty on tho corner OF Clark and Quincy
streets Is set apart as . ladicB' ordinary, md
fronting on Laaalle Btroot, and connecting with
tho main dining-hall, which may be used for prl-
vato partios club dinners, otc., and ono on tho
oastern side Of tho building where menls may 30
obtained at hl1 hOurH and where those mhy DO
fed who hayo been 30 unfortunate as to bo away
NEXT CONE THE KlrcI1Exs,
covering d space OF about 140 feet by GO, aud
Eny n q
grand dlning-roomI and ladIoa' ordinary, and
Immediately above tho soryants' oatlng-roonl,
with which 1t IL connected, as has been said,
by an elevator. 1t ia unncooaaary to go into n
minute description OF tho furniture Of q kitchen,
.ainco 1t would give to but q few exports an tdea
Of tho completeness with which this part Of thu
hotel Is equipped. There ia n range with q
frontage. 80 to Bpeak, Of thirty-one feet. There,
IN which Modem boiled down tho fathof Of Jason.
There are immense ovenB for tho sole uso Of the
paatry cook, ranges for waf1les and cakes,
boilers for vegetables. and q hundred uteneila
ing rooms arc tho refrlgerators, tho dishes,
stores to look at tho piles Of ptates, cups, mud
saucors, etc., hoapcd upon thoao sholyea.. Ihoir
Rhey order gpH psss by liz NJ oz
tlio firm TINT does tho Furnishing for this hotol
does well even II 1t hns no otlor h1alncss for tho
year. There are n1so rooms for dIsh-waahiug,
3tc., Qut tnea9 QGoQ HQ SJeClAl Iuolkl9us
THE sLEFpTnd-AooMs.
In tho southwestern part Of this floor arc
number Of bedrooms, those fronting on tho
street being high.priceaf and those looking out
on the court being much less exponsiye. one
their rooms aro. Of but two kinds,
tho. very good and expensive, and tho
poor and cheap. Tho old and inarm, who
wanted rooms noar the ground, have been com-
Flo paes s Eas s for The rof t o s tha
trouble, and It has provided choap and convent
ont rooms for persons belonging to tho above
na,ned category.
laying out Of the space In a symmetrical mall
ner. Two grand corridors stretch tho whole
length OF the building from east to weat while
four run across II from north to south. At onch
end OF thoBe long Railways Is d double window.
Wherever ono gooe, thore ts light, aud pros.
peot out upon tie street. Tbs fourth, fifth, and
sixth floors are laid out upon tho Same plan.
-, THERE AlE IN ALL
four hundred and sixty rooms; Bomo single and
somo double-hodded, come in auitos Of two, 9TH
ore. Of three and some Of five. Ono hundred and
fifty rooms hayo baths, wator-olosets, and closet
room for trunks. All have marble mantels and
CRATES. One hundred and twenty-five OF those
which arc lighted from tho ceiling, liavo ohande-
norB which arc fitted with patent drop~lights,
which ean bo enaily drawn down, and which can
not be easily put out Of order. OF course, tho
but oven tho poorer ouna arc good. In some re-
Bpects, tho twenty-four corner rooms aro tho
best In the building, owing to their com
ploto ino!ation. They havo corridors upon
both BidoB OF them, aud aro consequently
without adjoining rooms, and tho nnnoyancos
which sometimes result thorefrom. Tho MAN.
sard u c9rriea up 90 high that no slope cRn bo
perceived in tho ceilings Of the roonas on that
Aoor. Ordinarily, these rooms, which look out
upon interior courts, arc exceedingly inferior
ones, becauso tho courts are 40 small that the
rooms looking upon them arc deprived Of light
md air. But in tho oaHe Of the pacific Hotel,
these courts arc 40 largo that no such incon-
venlenca resultH. No matter how low down those
stretch; u sly from >thom. The windows
IN al the rooms are largo, with
stops, sliding IN grooves, preventing all rattling
Or entrance, OF dust. Each one has It's boil, but
IN order to avoid the Inconvenience OF multi
plicity Of calls at tho Office, and tho bother OF
moro Convenient system has boon adopted.
There ia an annunciator on each floor with a
| nossenger to answer 1t. Whom aporson touches
his bell, he at tho samo moment indicates Lila
oF on It hf ha oa ad hs @ nTbeF aeT Of a 1
not attend to hia duty, tho number Of tho. floor
remains uncovered on tho Office indicator, mud
then the Office calls up to that floor to inquire
| why tho boil has not been answered.
THE FURNITURE
Thayer 4 Toboy, after patterns specially Pre-
parod By them. While thore is no 6xtrayagance
IN upholstering, yet everything is rich and sub
rooms being covered with crimson, rod, scarlet,
or green plush, the color always boing chosen
with retorenco to the predoninating hue in the
. carpet. The Platforms for tho furniture are not
/ known to the trade, and cannot bo found any
Whore elao ini tho country, though their elo-
gance and convenience will rnake them popular
the moment they are known. The oarpets,
which we're specially imported for tho hotal, and
arc Of styles which haye not yet boon seon horo,
trade have visited in tho hotel, since they could
learn most conveniently what the latest Euro
psan patterns were. The amount Of carpoting
required may he partially arrived at by consider.
Ing that there arc o,000 running foot OF corrl-
doris, 10 feet wide,
PRECAUTIONS A1ArNHr FIRE.
Tho precautions against fire Eoem to DO thor
ough. Blk pipes, connecting with the Bsrees-hy-
L IsE. l. LAuA In.u ~ tXAfit