Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-23
The Palace Hotel-San Francisco =
Latest wonder.

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''the great caravansary of the West,
as the pople of San Francisco like to
call the new Palace Hotel, and the fact
that such a structure is building is
pretty generally known. 1t il now al
| preaching completeness near enough
to make a>more extended descriptions
of interest.
The building is centrally situated Oh
| the block bounded by Market, NV
| Montgomery, Jess and Annie streets,
| and covers "a space of $50 by 275 feet,
making an area of So, $50 square !ett.
1t is built OF brick. IRON aud stone,
| and is banded together SO completely
that it resembles huge bird cage,
suggesting to an eastern visitor pos
slbie foresight against eartl qnak.,
effects. There are seven stories above
the street level, the lower story being
70 feet high and each of the others IL
feet. There are three inner courts,
the centre one being IA by 81 feet,
covered with glass at the height of the
n1aln building, with a carriage ami
promenade entrance A feet IN wldtu,
aud having circular driveway Is
feet in width, which is surruu, ;Ied b.
a marb le tiled promenade and trUp:-
cal garden having exotic plants, statn
ary and fountains Fronting the ceE4-
tre court from every story thsrt-
will be verandas Is feet wild
to be illuminated by standard
lights at each pillared sec
ton. From the garden level to the
verauda of the second floor there viii
be staircase, ornarnented ar It's Va
rlous landings with statuary and tiow,.
vases. Under tuis will be a smoking
aud reading room, with plate gias
partitions, atfordlrg an uuUbstruct' q
view OF the garden promenade. Mid
WAY up the st"lrcase viii be rhe a,r
proach of 'he music pavilion Tor tin,
use Of the bnGd (Which is to he EN-
pioyed exclusively for the hot=D, with
a promenade "A feet wide extending
thu full width Of the court.
From the garden will be the mai,
eutraace to the ctfice-a room mesour
ing So by 65 feet-and entrances to
the breakfast room, which m1;t9urt.s
100 by 55 feet; to the dining room, i;j
by SO feet; to the music and bali
room, 65 by 50 feet, and to The com
m'ttee rooms. On the second floor
will be the ladies' drawing room, 81 by
40 feet, the ladies' bi!!iaid room. the
childIen's dining hall and plivat,
dining rooms.
Al, the outer rooms have bay win
dows; every room has fireplace and
clothes closet; aGd to every two ROOMS
there are bath and toilet room. This
makes a total Of 34S bay windows, a,.,i
BIZ bathrooms. The total number Gf
rooms iii The hotel above the garden
fioOr-mO,t OF them being 20 feet
square, and hone less than 16-is 755
To reach these rooms there will be
four elevators leading TO the upper
story, and fifth for the trausporta-
tlon of baggage. A bazaar promenade
on tue garden floor passes by the plate
glass show windows OF the stores un-
der the hotej, and affords entrance to
them.
Some idea of the elaborate fitting
Of the hotel may be obtained from
the following items from the linen alIj
upholstery bill: 1925 table napkins;
), 750 yards of damaak table linen;
| 800 yard of fac linen; 120 fine dam
ask table-cloths; 1000 yards OF pillow
linen, l, 200 quilts, 86xS9; Fix doza' !
blankets, 4 feet by 7; 10000 yards OF
linen sheeting; 1900 dozen Turkish /.
towels; 5000 yaIds crash tow els . !
dozen tray cloths; 1900 linen pillow !
shams; 1000 yalds canton flannel; 900 /!
Nottingham lace eartains; $50 pieces !
tine plush; 100 pieces fine satin; Is |
bales ticking. The furniture now /
n process OF manufacture by |
he West Coast Fur iture Company. F.!
)f San Francisco Includes 750 bed I
5teads, $50 bureaus, $50 dressing |
stads, 200 chests, go rocking chairs, !
80 commodes, LOGO large easy chairs. /
900 ladies easy chairs, 4.6O0 dining
and chamber chairs, $50 sofas, |, 100 !
ables, and equally large quantities OF
smaller articles All these are made
If tue most durable material, and III
le most complete manner. It vii.
require more than vents- five thous-
'nd yards Of carpetinS to cover the
'Ooms. The amount of table ware
caches figures that are almost incred-
bic.
The hotel is expected to be ready
or occupancy by the 1st of Septem
oer, and already many applications for
Ooms have been recorded.