New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-28
THE PANIC IN CALIFORNIA.
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than its cost, entities it to consideration Mr. Raston
and Mr. sharon in conversation that San Francisco,
IKE EewYor and Chicago, Is natural hotel CENTER anu
that 10 misorunes Of trade failure OF crops ana no
commercial panic affect IT. hotels or Its general bus
Meas From figures obtained from Warren Leland. the
,ossee Of the hotel well known in the East that no in
troduction from is necessary 1t is estimated that
An 600 20 every year tho rgors
Of the northern winters and that not less than 100000
10 North every Summer TO escape the heat ana maaa
OF the Southern and Border States The enthusiasts OF
the slope think those people ought to come to San
Francisco where the climate is uniform, like Mrs. Camps
punch neither too hot nor too cold" The temperature
hcr ia somewhere between 90 and 20 in Summer and 80
and co In Winter far the climate is concerned
there surely ought to he argument S'n Francisco Is
also-accordng to the enthusassthe only seaport on
the coast the whole trade Of the coast concentrates
here 1t is the entry port of the East India trade and
also the center of the China japan, Chill Peru Central
American states, Mexico, NewZealand and Australian
trade not only with the United States but the world Tho
trade of the world with those countries In realty passes
through San Francisco IL is the natural watering place
for those countries and the stopping place. the halfway
house. as 1t were, between the antirodcs.
To the tourist it ia always source Of delight and in
England man IA considered travelled unless
he has been to San Francisco. An Engishnan' Mr'
Campbell. OF very old family In Edinburgh said TO me
short time ago. This is most extraordinary country
OF yours You travel three thousand miles over your
Own hnu by railway WITHOUT sc'tHS PN'PN '"""S" y"
make regiment Suddenly come to city IKE faris'
full OF wealth. OF beauty. reckless gddy and what
you Americans Gull fast You OF It's hills and
see the beautiful bay in the world with such sur
roundings be found nowhere What nexts You
are within "a hours of wilderness where you may have
q bout with grizzly be scalpcd by the Indians Or
II you are looking for bears Indians you may
down mine VI gold and silver half mile In depth IL
Ia certainly extraordinary wonder that the whole world
does not here" This gentleman on his way to
China He had spent fortnight here. aud by agreement
with Baron Rosen the Russian COnsulGcneral TO foko
hama also fcowpassenger on The overland train, he
decided To wait for tine next steamer Both gentlemen
were asonished to learn that with all its strech OF terri
tory aud pretonson there not population OF more
than 100000 people
The name OF the hotel is the Palace. 1t was pro
eetcd by Mr. Ralston of tne Bank Oh California who has
personally done more TO popularize only the City OF
San Francisco, but the whole State of California than
anybody else He owned much of the land on winch the
hotel stands and he and MI. sharon, II is understood
own much Of the land IL. These gentlemen Joinoi
purses for the purpose OF building the finest hotel IN the
world An architect visited all the principal cities OF
Europe for the purpose OF examining hotel architecture
noting improvements and novelties and gathering ideas
AL the leading hotel men in the United states were also
conferred with and their suggestions obtained When
decided what wanted the architect went to work
on his plans. The hotel is now nearly finished. and
good idea may DO obtained of it. The size is simply
gigantic Ii covers one whole sQuare-from New Mont
comery to Annie and from Market to Jessie streets In
fact the building is $50 by 275 feet, covering nearly
hundred thOus2nd feet-and being seven st"es
high. 1t difficult TO describe the architecture of the
building Mr. Muett, late Supervising Architect of tie
Treasury the habit OF calling everything Il nais
sance that could be described otherwise and hove
no doubt he would the word here. 1t Is severely
plain In respec; bay windows architect owners ana
lessee have all run mad Some idea may be obtained Oi
the eppearancc of the hotel when it stated that there
a
nothing but bay windows. Every fronting on the
street has ore and the appearance from the outside Is
very novel At fist IL seems hnca ana trinng giving
the appearance Of monstrous building covered WIN
pigeon There in all about 400 bay windOws
40 that in the language OF advertisements, " no faIn!
should be without one" The interior ARRANGEMENTS o.
the toto are admirable The Is on New Mont
eoneryst through porte corhtre extending to court
similar that OF the Grand Hotel in Paris THIS court
s 1A by 81 feet and reaches to the top OF the building
being covered with glass. III this court will lie WALKS
fountains stauav and tropical plants Tho court diners
from that of the Grand Hotel Paris In this respect On
every floor d vcranda IL feet wide extends entirely
around the court. forming promenade above the gar
den which l. TO be Illuminated in TIE evening" From the
garden level the second floor II the grand staircase
which is oinamented with stetuary and Hover vases
Vases growing flowers and plants are also 10 lie r'cd
at intervals around tho veandas on every hoOr NOnS
can be more beautiful in conception Than ths open court
gayly illuminated and adorned with fountains s,atnai
tropical plants and shrubbery, Win tlei a'Ver uor Vi
xerapdss blooming with flowers and filed with promo
naders.
Few can appreciate the gigantic proportions OF the
Palace and have obtained certain figures from the
architect TO aid the imagination. There are nearly
thousand rooms IN the hotel there are 500 bathrooms
There ia not in the house for guests that Is less
than 10 feet square, and than half OF them arc 20
teet square. Every room has o closet, fireplace
marble manic six feet long, Fiencb-pl0te mirror, ana
standard gas lights Every room il also pr0Ndou wit
es Lead NJ To- Inc roof p rfect ventilation therefore
secured. Each bathroom has hue leading TO hOt'
of impure gases There 2,0i2 venatInS tubes open
ing outward on the roof of the hotel -Four things were
Tie first story OF tne hotel is u eet inches; second
10 feet nenes Third Ia feet 4SheS to oa,
inches seventh l6 feet inches. To carpet the hotel,
Including roons. halls ana stare, VIII require he
covers nearly hundred thousand square lett vi E!hd
tine exact fgJies being 1920. Tue windsor IN New
yoTk l. oIy third Us large Tae fifthAvenue Hotel is
200 ieet square, while the Palace Is 800 ee Dy TO- d
SIc Of me Size of the FlthAvcnue could be put INTO
the Palace and there would plenty OF room 10 spare.
70 say % s aIac is loo by IS feetot N good pro
Do tion owing probably to the isit OF the room ms
inng-room larger tan any pIi'ats residence ID New
York. ball dozen e1oep9ns II Is even t h tsrsfr
than city lots in New-York and counting Tao orcan
fasroom and tx private dnnsioons lhc! axe equal "
nSS, featnre IN American hotels has been adopted
In the Palace in the matter OF dtendahee a sEo-Viye
Ia urOyr.ed each of the seven bocrs. al eaeh
serysuts so uat DELL be answered almost Ins nt
Each floor has also leter-boX, which einptles mo
a p1enmatic dispatch tube by Which messages ana par
GELS can be stantneousy sent to any point on Tue d
The Palace is in all essential particulars frcproof
All the partitions and w;dls arc built OF DITCH OF stone,
laid In re,neut and banded together with iron The
hotel itself is of brick and iron the BRICK portions
being plasteicd in the color OF SANDSTONE anu we
tODal protection against fire, spacious oSc"pda
stairway has Duit from the rooi 10 me ground