St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-04

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and sheets. cold. and Il French mau"lrr
which is heated and does the finer work.
hree thousand napkins will satisfy the
daily wants of the house and only 100
table cloths are Soilcd. daily. if they are
neat and careful
Without specify ing the time required
to wash. dry and iron articles passing
through the laundry. it NAV he stated
III general way. that larger linen
pieces may z" through the entire pro
cess i'll fifteen minutes and the smaller.
IN seven. So Il man who has not Il com
plrtr list of under garments. may board
1T the Palace and his linen bc washed
and returned while he is in the bath.
II he Is the owner of only one hIndkcr-
chief, he can shoot it down the pncu-
hc is dressing his hair.
Leaving the Laundry we look into the
Winc-room. and are told the entire stock
cost Sl0O,O00: and we take Il peep into
the principal store-room, perfect
grocery store with its stock of goods
worth S25.0O0. and we pass along and
in number each cncaScd in fire proof
brick walls. from tluui tn ceiling and
are run 10y hydraulic power. the engines
10y which it Is generated being ON au
adjoining block. The four passenger
elevators are in the fuur corners of the
hu!ldug, near the stair cases. The
largest Is capahlc of carrying forty per
SONS and the others thirty persons each
per tIip. The usual time ot running to
the seventh story is Il little ovcra min
ute. hut the tIip up and back. can hc
made in ten seconds. The interiors are
handsomely finished in light woods.
elegantly upholstered. and the panels
set with mirrors which gives the effect
OF an endless apartment. The work i
admirably done and the motion almost
rs mpcrrrpiihlc as that of Il balloon.
THE CARPETS.
Few things about the hotel please tlic
observer more than the carpets of rIc-
CANT design. and tIIc>,. are cNclN " here
distributed. They were selected 10y
Nh. and Mrs. Ral>t"u. and are from the
house "f Mc>Sl>. W. \ J. Sloane at New
York. The contract i the largest even
taken 10y any firm in the country. Mr.
Ral>tum and Mr.. Sharon both desired
far a> pn>>ihlc. and they axe 80 with
tl'. exception at the Administers in the
rlll"I~. Five months time WAS con
>lrmcd in THEN making and twenty
l""m> were kept steadily working. DE
signs Wcic especially plrplrrd. the
principal feature being. white grounds.
with neat scrolls and an avoidance of
set figures. and Il border made. tuI each
one. The parlor carpets were made 10y
Nh. TcmpI"t"n "t Glasgow. and arr ia
one piece. They >uIpa-> ANYTHING ni
TIA, kind ever produced. The, commit
tee rooms are covered with Wilton cII.
pei. also he office. The total lcm.tlI "t
carpet II stretched ont -tnuIth~ of
Il lald wide would hc fort five miles.
the GN> tINTIEE~.
These air very neat and elegant. :"
much in keeping with the resi- "f the
modest appointments of the house.
IhrN were manufactured hs Mc>~I~.
Archer y Psnc"a>t of New York. They
are aIl finely finished in FURNISHED "ill.
and each room iu the house j. supplied
with Il t"rl light chandelier. with u
crulrr-liyht c\trnSi"m of tl, best pat
tern.
'IrLEi3 AND GLASSWARE.
The china. glass and cutlery Was al
furnished 10y Mr>>r>. o. Lawtnu y Co..
al Il cost exceeding $:iO.OOO. and i the
largest order even filled for ANY hotel in
the world. The china i> all plain. and
OF the best quality; the plates and
dishes being iIalf the thickness of those.
in use in other hotels. All the glass i~
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knives have the finest ivory handles.
with silver plated blades of Il special
design. To give some idea of the Num-
hcr OF pieces required, it may he stated
that there are 5000 plates: -.-OW side
dishes. 200 vegetable dishes. :1.:EDU
cups and Sauccr>. 900 cuSpldorcS. 800
toilet -Sci>. ZOO pieces cut glass. 500
table knives aud l2.6OO gas globes. sThc
mirrors are distributed through all the
rooms. there not being Il cd-rhamhcr
that has no. one ovcI the mantle. They
are of the finest plate glass aud are
furnished bN Morris. Dclano \ Co. of
New York. The crystal glass for the
windows and the glass roofing of the
court is ais" from their house. There
are 400 mirrors in the house maxim"
an aggregate oi about l@,0O0 square
feet of looking glass.
THE PLUMBING.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
work can he formed when it is stated
that of gas pipes there is more than 23
miles; of ca>t-iron pipes for sewerage.
over six miles; of steam pipes. eight
miles: Nulcanizcd rubber coated pipe
for hot and cold water. - miles. and
ruhhcr-c"atcd pipe for fire purposes.
five miles. making a total of over 20
milc> of pipe.
In addition to this. there are 20.Om
feet of fire hose. The number of bath
tubs IN the hotel iS ~ water closets.