Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-06
THt CLAYTON HOUSE:
ITS OPENING AND OCCUPANCY.
COLLATION. LAST evening, ANDA
GRAND BANQUET TO NIGHT.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROOMS AND TIE
MANNER IN WHICH THEY ARE
FURNISHED.
A AAGNIFICENT ROTEL.


r, Aiter weeks Of active preparAtons the "CIa yton
house. wilmington new hotel, OF which our citi- |
zena are Justly proud, has been finished, furnish
Ell snd made ready Tor occupancy 1t was for |
II. Sawyer.
full aud complet, description OF the entire
huiiIinP, has already been printed IN the columns
q this paper, aRd therefore we shall onIy briefly
Teier to the building Prop9r, before giving des-
SrPuoh OF the intsrior arrangements and furnish
ing
THE CLAYTON HOUSE
Is owned, AMI was erected by the Directors OF the
INST Nauonal Bank and the Artizlns' Savines
BanE Il Is situated at the N E. corner of Fifth
end Market streets, on the lot formerly occupiad
BY the tTndian Queen" Hotel.
Inc building extends around three sides of the
9t upon which it Is erected, and fronts on Market
thftF and King streets, The lot is "a fsst Y inch.
front on Market street, and 2lO feet Sl6 inches
depth on Fifth street. The building IL iour sto-
rles high, with q mansard roof, on Market street
tI mere sumclent height gained t. make addi-
tonal stSry on klnS nd part OF Fifth strest3 1t
tsctp, Baltimore, Nd.
Ga the Market street front, the first story is Of
iron, II ieet, 4nches IN height, while the second
third and fourth story fronts are of Handsome
pressed bTIek; tastsfuy ornAm snted with blocks of
0nio sandstohsj the n9ansard root is 9lishsd iI
the usual manner with slat.. The front entrance
is about nine feet wide
Tue drst story ou King street, is al5l fronted
With iron, ana will be occupied by four handsome
StorJs each, ID feet fr-nt by 401< fest deep. Tue
balance OF the front Is Of pressed brick with trim
mings Of Ohio sandstone, and corresponds in gen.
eral appearance, with that on Market street.
Th0 Fifth street front is entirely of pressed
brick with the surface brlken somewhat by pro-
jsctioAS, and trimms vi! a the same kind OF stone
with which the other irOats are trimmed.
The building was Y@s erssted by contract Pass
all he
bid being $4,000. Ths articles OF agreement
were drawn upon the 18th OF August, 1871, and on
the 25th of December, 1872. Me-. Mitchell deliver
ed the building into the hands of the Building
C1mmittse. The various departments OF the
work were sub-contracted for Rs follows :-Brick
WORK by Bowen & Given; plastering by Perkins
& Weddis: painting and glazing by James Brad
f1rd; the carpenter work was dons by Mo. Mitch
ell
The building was thrown opsn to the public OF
tbs 9th day of December, 1872, OH which day i
gas visited by large number VI persons. Sine
fhen the work OF cleaning and furnishing has beeI
eoing rapidly on, until now, the work is compile
ted and the "CtAYton House" ready TO be deyotst
to its lsgitemato use aud purpose.
THE FQaNIsHINo OF THE HOUSE, -,
- The pphllc iSSitssdy RNaFe, has baeR done i,
hSu50St compIsts and hondsoms manner in eaea
and eyexSs dspaEtmaAt. A thorough deseriptlas
would bae enliraly inadequ tp give "A correct ids
Of thentnteEior appaaraneo OF the hotel and there
fore We shall not 20 into minor details, but simpl
attempt to give an idea Of the general aPpearanC
Of the hOaSe inside. Beginning at the cellar, "
will commence with
THE BOILER,
whIch in situated on the north side Of the built
ing ltisa IGbalar boiler. II feet long, we'll AN
strongly built, BY MsssEs. Hles s. Jones. 1t
used for heating purposes and also for running Z
donkey engine, which is to work the elevator
steam plpes extsnd from the bolsr, all over ii
house, while additional CRATES are placed in u
chambers The steam heating pipes were furnis
ed by Paneosst & Maule, Philadelphia
LARGE, IMPROVED OVEN
il erected to the right Of the boiler, II il ei Y
bottom, and was bdllt BY Frank simpson. II
bale house is attached to the oven it being The |
tsntiOn Of Col Sawyer to have all bread and cal
baking dons there. For this purpose, be has {
eurod the OarVieas OF Adam KittneF, . eompete
baker, who has served with him at his Cape NJ
Hotel, and other places.
THE LAR0R KLEvAroR
Aso;,. Al thu basement, near the boiler Snd 9
tends 10 the top Of the building. Il u ct Prese
intsndsd a. b1ggaRe 0eSatoF, but can be eas
r1tersI eo as 10 Sc used for passenger purposes
il va erected By John Taylor, block and pun
maker ot this city. Stepping up into tas %
mahi, We frat enter
Tm COOK Roo4,
or kilehea. ghlsh q provided with onA et =. Hs
suse daParqhaas eslabratsd FTeneh Cookt
Rangs.. large enough to cook for th1ee hunal
per.ona .I6 gaa put up in . duEabls mannsf,
Flinn AJaakson, of this city. Tue ealnaSy 9
naTtuoni, 4 largely supplied, With everything
esaaaEy in the way ot pots. lans aAd seslles, =
EtnS.t Jaaer an accomplished professional q
,-ho ~ $40 been prsgioualy 10 the employ
Col sagyor. win praslds ever this department
A dumh waitsr connaell With the dish Toom o
hsad. Next 20 ne eookrooH tes seEyanss
n.rtmoas ara farther on The store rooms wn
~ SoneTaI provisions are kopt The 'front.' -
n ~ bassigst % The nogth side, VIII Be
n SIrIlAAe BOOM
vA,oh Mn hsfpuovIasa with thlss 49,.
'-f ~ 49, SueIsVsd attsa up IL aFsi.sl.s. s.yll
Trhs other rooms in The basement van ee esSs