Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-01-26

fit smaller pans in which the meats and
vegetables are placed and covered till
needed. This table is finished in hard
pine, having 4 cupboard beneath it in
which is a place for plates, and a steam
coil for warming the meats &c. on the ia
bile above. In this room will also stand the
coffee and tea urn, a handsome vessel, with
ends and front of light coffee colored mar
, BILE and silver-plated top; this contains
three earthen jars in which the coffee and
tea are placed in bags, and the jars filled
with water; the coffee and tea are then
cooked by the hot water which fills the
, vessel around the jars. and is heated by
, steam; on the front of the vessel are five
f silver plated faucets. one FOR each OF the
, lars and two for hot water. The carving
!. room opens by wide double doors into
j, each dining-rOom. At the end of the cary
ing room beyond the door to the kitchen
are the stairs leading to the second story
over which are the stairs leading to the
t third story.
, The second story contains the servants
rooms, closets for bedding and waterclos-
cts. The third story also contains servants
, rooms and closets. Thelservants rooms are
conveniently arranged with closets are car
peted and neatly finished with nice cham
Der sets and SO arranged rs to be warmed
. by stoves. Registers from below warm
, the halls. In the third story directly at
the head of the stairs is the truck room
which contains a large tank holding 81
barrels. This tank is built like the large
, ones in the main buildings Of strips OF
spruce lx3l-2 inches and lined with lead.
, 1t receives all the water which falls on the
, roof of this part Of the building and furn-
ishc5 water for the servants watcr-closct
and for all kitchen uses except drinking
and cooking. Over this tank is Il smaller
one six feet long two feet wide and two feet
four inches deep which is lined with tin
ned copper. This tank is for spring water
and supplies water TO the kitchen for drink
and cooking.
The main building has inside shutters
, throughout, those in the office being black
walnut and ash and the rest pine oiled and
varnishel. The bail,ling is heated through
out, Except the kitchen part,) by stoam,
| there being radiators in every room. The
radiators and steam pipes where they show
in the rooms and the steam-pipe for hose
ale ornamental with gold bronze and
are furnished with silver plated valves
The steam-pipcs are 50 arranged that the
, house can be heated in four separate sec
tions, any one of which can be heated by
5 itself aud the other shut off. Two or three
2 pounds of steam will warm the entire build
lng except in the very coolest weather.
while the steam can be safely run up &c
almost any desired pressure rs each section
e of the boiler is tested to 200 pounds to thu
| inch before it leaves the shop. The steam
i piping has been done by the Exeter Ma
f chine works in Exeter y. III. who also furn
e lshed the boiler. engine and pump and pu
y in all the machinery connected with it.
: The building is lighted throughout will
: "a, made from gasoline on the premise
i bv one of the Walworth Manufacturing
Il Cos. Solar gas generators, the reservoir o
which holds ten barrels. The gas gives
: steady brilliant LIGHT equal in all respect
: to coal gas, VIII IL the machine Will run 1t
{. self only nccdinG whiting up occaSlonall,
q and ollny. The generator used IS said Il
i; be the same one used last April in lishtin!
q the hall in Concord, Mass, where tn
grand centennial ball was held.
q The building is thoroughly and substan
tally plumbcl throughout, with hot. col,
), and drinking water conveniently ARRANGED
", on every floor Nearly all the water
J. closets and wash stands have lead pan
a under them to catch any possible drippn =
u OF leaks, each pan having waste pipe t
,r carry Oft any water it may catch. All til
!. water pipes are 50 arranged rs TO be ca>il
II. and conveniently reached in case of break
4, age or freezing. The building Is thorough
is lv ventilated. all the rooms having tran
W sons over the doors opening into the hal
n and most Of the large rooms have in :, ld
=. ton. tlueS carried up in the chimncyS.
g The entire building. including the bns,
H. mcnt and kitchen department, contain,
o. l37 rooms, of whirh II are in the from
10 and wing. and % in the kitchen building
~ The Excepting capacity Of the house fo
:. guests is 80 sleeping rooms. though
ne rooms Is now arranged are designed f
Il. guest chambers. tits cstimated that thel
- are more than five miles of pipes in I'll
hr building. steam, water and gus; probabl
It. Including the speaking tubes there woul
I'll be ncarcr ten. 1t IS estimated there Al
+ over ten thousand feet OF steam pip,
os alone.
Y The building has been thoroughly hui
M in every particl a. The undcrp ming w:
A.. laid bv f.. 5. Camp. of Montpelier; II
$. mason work. both brick and plaster, /
~ Geo. w. Ripley. OF Montpelier. The WOO
he work has been under the supervision of :
AZ b. Fisher. of Barre The stairs were hui
or by c. ID. Sanborn. Of West Randolph. an
he the painting has been in charge Of II
ne Wasib of Montpelier. The hardwoc
,r fill nc has been mostly done bv +. W. hi,
A der of Barre. The annunci;,tor WAS fu
81 nished and the Speaking tubes put in by
AT Hall Il Co , Boston; the gus pipin. by
,al G. Spear, Montpelier, and the plumbin
~ by +. A. Titus. Chlrle>town, Mass. II
NJ door,, sash and blinds are from Walker
m Hatch. Burlington. The moulling>. har
~ Il Co.. Burlington. and the gas tiXtur'
,c- from Mitchell Il Vance. New York. III
va carpets were furnished and put down bv
M {. Emery, Montpelier.
* The general plan or ron.h sketch
~ the buildin. was furnished by Geo Rope
nd of Boston, but all the working plans of II
no building. the details of finish &C., WEI
en- made by the foreman. a. b. Fisher, WI
er designed all the holdings, cornices, stair
pt counter and all ether details throurlol
n the entire house. The building has bee
o. under the constant personal superb
#. ion Of the proprietor, L. .. Bailey, frol
n the commencement.
he Ground WAS broken for the undcrpi
nng. Feb. -, 1875. Work was begun tc:.
e. ing down the old Pavilion March sth, IN
ne brick laying was commenced Just OF
n month later, April Sth. The work hi
v. been constantly pushed from that time
or this rs the present condition of the bull
=. ING tcstltics.
rs The above description OF the hotel wi
~ show our readers what sort Of 4 buildin
. it is OF course it will have to succeed
., fail on its merits. We hope and belle,
Il that it will be I success.
- Sclf-praise, it is 4 shamefnl thing. IN
r so Montpelier folks, with their usual mo-
nj estv. doa't feel 20 let out their full min,
/" on paper We give the following howeve
u, , 10 show how it strikes an outsider
m merely remarhing That our corresponds
Il doesn't tell anything but the truth. thong
lie rather more "ornltc than it would d