The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-09-11
The Grand Central Hotel


ing and from Main street of two doors. the one
leading directly ia the main stairway and The
other into the lower office and billiard room.
The ground floor Office is 20X24 and the billiard
room 20x5.; feet. The main stairway l. ten
feet wide and can be reached from either the
outside or from the office direct. The landing
i into the main hall Of the second story, which
hall is ten feet wide and runs north and south.
The dining room, which is Al the south end Of
the hall, is 40x40 feet. The ladies' parlors ad-
join the dining room on the west, are furnished
with folding doors and are 20xi0 feet. The
gentlemen. sitting room, which l. entered
through an archway Of fourteen feet span. is
2lx2G and situated Immediately to the right of
the stair landing. Connected with this latter
room is fine mercantile sample room, l2N24
feet Each turn of the main hall is supported
bv arches. Over the main entrance, and be-
tween the gentlemen's sitting room and the
ladies parors, is a small bridal chamber, with
entrance from the parlor, and adjoining tins a
baggage room, with entrance from the gentle
mems sitting room. Back Of the dining room
L. the main kitchen, 20x22 feet, with china
and quecnsware room, Two servants rooms ana
a store room adjoining. The kitchen l. sup
piled with waste and supply pipes. In addi-
ton TO the above described rooms there are
twelve spacious bed rooms upon the second
floor. There are two stairways leading TO the
third story, one from the mann lia and one
from the ladies parlor. Ia the third story Is
one main hall, one hundred feet in length, two
side halls sixty feet each in length and forty
four single and double bedrooms. The inner
bedrooms front upon an open court. There Is IA
rear stairway through the court with balcony
roof The first and third stories are being
finished in oil and lead. and The second story
in oil and yarnish, by the wcil-knoWn painters,
Arment q Cotton. The plastering is being
done by wickery ~ Pierce. The brick work
wa, done by Hartell 4 Longbottom. This
finishes the hotel proper.
The five store rooms upon the lower noor
are 20xSO feet each. fourteen feet IN the clear,
and are AS fine business rooms as are to be
| found in the state The one on the corner OF
! Main and Second streets will he occupied As
hardware store by Fiaker a Co. The room
next north of that by J. -. Davidson a. a dry
good. store. The third by the hotel As a
billiard hall, and the fourth by the wcll-known
and popular grocery firm OF W. \. Thomas ~
] Co. The fifth room remains unrenfed, we
believe.
This tine ornament TO the metropolis OF the
! Southwest and substantial monument to the
enterprise OF those Of our citizens who have
eyineed their faith in the future of Wichita by
furnishing the money to build il, has been
erected by the we'll known and successful con-
tractors, Mills a Stem, who have three thousand
dollars stock in the building. The entire cost
Of the building will not fall short of $4,000,
exclusive of the furnishing. which is estimated
10 cost from sIa. 900 to SIS. 900 more No town
of lis size in the west can boast so comfortable
and coinmodoGs hotel structure. Imposing
! in IFS appearance, substantial and thorough III
is build. and complete in it, internal arrange
menis, il must win for itself a reputation and
! distinctive name in the Southwest and through
| out the state of Kansas. Within its stately
wall, one hundred and fifty guests can make
themselves AT home aud be supplied with al!
the comforts to be found ia a city hotel, and il
is with pride and pleasure we note IL al so great
a length
Col, H. c. St Clair of Belle PLANE, summers
county, accompanied by f. J Massey, made
u, a call last week. bringing with them speci-
mems Of the wonderful productireness OF the
soil in our sister county. Among the products
worthy ofnotc was three varieties cfcorn raised
by the Colonel. each ear averaging over one
pound also specimen heads of the English
caster bean, which are OF enormous growth.
The only trouble with This variety of castor
| bean Is they must he oVcn-tlried before the
pod, win properly burst. With his castor
beans he planted the lima bean which chung 10
the casters and yielded spendidly, thereby
| saving poles lie estimates that there are one
/ hundred acres OF castor beans in Sumner
county. and expresses the hope that good oil
( press maybe Immediately erected here. In
! the absence of such an enterprise II Will de-
yoye upon some of our merchants to buy and
ship tins product He also brought rs samples
/ of cotton grown by himself. which promises
/ large Weld The stocks are from three to four
feet high. and the balls large and ready to
burst He estimates several hundred acres of
cotton ia Sumner that will yield largely. The
corn crop of sumner. especially IN the north
ern part al the county, turns out largely, from
! fifty TO seventy five bushels to the acre. We
were particularly pleased to learn that sumner
county would make large display at our
coming fair.
! PERsoNAL-Capi Ewing. editor OF the
Thayer H,adiigit, spen; two days in our city
! this week
- 81 tf..tss a,
ing Wichita for several days
4. l.. Lindsay. editor of the Tu-cola JsTpai.
/ Illinois. friend of H. {. SlusS and formerly his
| fellow town,nan, is paying the great Arkansas
valley visit.
Judge Mayo, one OF Illinois prominent judi
cial lights. made us peasan; call ON last sat
urday.
Mr.. II. &. Cross. of Emporia, secretary OF
! the board of regents OF the state Normal Schoo'
spent two days in town this week This is his
second visit TO the place; the other was made
when but seven dugouis and log >hanties con-
| stiiuted all there was of this city.
Mr.. Wilkinson. county superintendent of
public instruction of Cowlcy county. made us
a call.
/ lsffrht KEY. L.. VI. u lhtk WIS III our 'tlN afNt
Monday.
Mr. Newell BemrG,. shout two weeks age.
rented of steele a Levy tho ull fsietfs build
ing ON Main street. Whist awaiting ,,.2 arrs-
al of his stock Of goods, preparatory 10 op,Il. :
a wholesale liquor store. he received a dispatch
from H. u. polton. president of the Wyoming
coal company announcing the death Of their
SUPERINTENDENT. Mr.. Durl, and rendering the
position To Mr.. Bemen>, Al salary OF six thou
sand dollars per annum. peeming il more
nroltable than selling whiskey, ne promptly
/ telcgraphed his acceptance and len on Mon
DAYS train for the scenes of his future labors
In the language OF Farmer Doolitilc, 4" lis
better To be born lucky than rich
We RECALLED ourselves with glorious drive
over To the CoNskn on Sanday last, in order
TO attend the grove meeting. The place WAS
admirably selected, grassy knoll, well shaded
and supplied with a cool spring that boiled
and spanked at its base. Two services were
held. morning and afternoon. Although the
rain on the preceding day had cooled the air
and caused muddy roads. Yet the attendance
was good. The audience was very orderly.
and during the dinner hour agreeahly Soeiable.
:. II. Dyer of Frankfort. Michigan. received
A copy Of the E,GLE last spring. and he is
=, Ny,.h;,a 1. -sil 10 aa,x. him,