The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-03

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We walked up street to the
EQUITABLE LIFR INSURANCE
building, which Is marvel Of lavish dis
play and comfort inside, It has a mag.
nitcent boudoir elevator TO take visitors
or customers to whatever floor they wist
to visit, so that you hardly know you
move, There Is a well appointed dining
room on the ground floor Tor the con.
venience Of the employees Large houses
are generally adopting this plan. Thil
building 10 the strongest and most fire.
proof In the city, and the vaults are FIRE
and burglar-prooi. They are used by q
trust company, which rents little boxes
In sales, 10 keep valuables 10, such as
watches, jewelry, and the like, OF one
dollar per year and upwards,
STEWARDS RETAIL sToRE
was tho next place we visited, which
employs 800 clerks and other en-
plOyes and occupies a whole block, elk
stories in height, with two cellars. This
Is tho largest retail store IL the world and
does the biggest business, It's
TIE GLORY AND THE DELIoHT
Of fashionable New York ladies 10 shop
there, md people come In from the
suburbs and way up in the country, and
Connecticut, and down on the Islands 10
buy what they want there, and take a look
at 1t. Ii comprises 100 ordinary stores Of
% feet front, by 100 to 100 leet in depth.
It Is bounded by 10Th and 9th streets, and
Broadway and 4lh avenue. II is an iron
building, painted white, very open, and
lighted inside by very fine and high Gu.
pola. 1t would be wasting words 10 try
TO describe the wonders OF Stewards ca
tablishment. Dry goods, laces, and fabrics
OF tho most gorgeous hues are there Ia be.
wildering profusion, and all we can say IS
that walk through It is "as good as go.
ing to the play" We went next TO the
GRAND CENTRAL DEPoT,
which Is the lagtst In the United States,
and with the site cost $4,000, 900 In
round numbers. II extends from 42nd
to 46th street, and from Fourth avenue 10
Lexington, covering three whole blocks.
1t is capable Of accommodating eight
trains ut any time, and twenty cars could
stand abreast on different tracks within
1t and not touch each other either. The
roof is Of iron arches, with glass plates or
pigeon holes, The whole depot is admi.
rably arranged, and is clean, comfortable
and well lighted. The company's offices
are In front over the passenger rooms on
the Lexington avenue side. The front Of
the building and the sides, except for two
blocks on the right, are Of red brick, with
granite trimmings, the whole surmounted
by q Mansard root, and having, combined
with lis size, a very imposing appearance.
From ADD street to 45th street on the
right, on the 4Lh avenue side, the arches
sink at once into brick wall OF about a
mans height. There are no rooms or
offices in this part. II Is about $50 feet 10
the centre Of the roof. True this depot
is all OF Vanderbit's genius, and he ought
to have genius; his worth, 100000 900, Is
concentrated on his lines OF railroads and
steamboats, Here tho New York Cen
trail, Hudson River md Harlem and New
Haven roads centre.
Taking leave Of this, the biggest build
ing in the city, we walked over to Broad.
way TO see
A. T. STEWARDS MARBLE PALACE,
valued at 100000. 1t is the finest,
costliest, and most imposing private resi-.
dence in the city, and presumably in the
country. 1tlooks like some public build.
ing, it is so large. Its entirely OF white
marble, and the window panes are Of
large plate glass. He has a theatre and
chapel, and fine gallery Of
paintings and other works Of art attached,
vailed at nearly million Of dollars. The
gorgeousness Of the furniture, If we were
10 tell you, would surpass belief. The
furniture alone Is valued at several hun
dred thousands Of dollars, we could moi
ascertain the exact figures. A. I. Stew
art Is G5 years oil age, married, and child
less, and worth about $00,000,000 to $45,.
100000, the latter being probably the cor.
rect figure. But the estimates are 90
various it is impossible 10 find out the
right one. Passing on 10 Broadway, we
came in succession upon all the first class
hotels,
ALL BUILT WITH MARBLE FRONTS,
or granite, or brown stone, with marble
trimmings. Every new hotel put up here
is bigger, higher and better than the last
The Grand Central is the largest, the
Hoffman and the Brunswick arc The swell
hotels, the Filth avenue the iavoritt
resort for the msgnates of the land, ant
the Clarendon, Brevoort and Westminster
the resorts oil the aristocracy, whether
here or abroad. But there are 80 many
first class hotels that 1t would be invldioui
10 particularize.