The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-05-21
SAINT CHARLES HOTEL.

gers Music for bin , er- n sen cent
founesins : Pleasure BoSts for
0uests. Etc. Etc.
II Is anticipated by all hotel men. that
this, the Centennial year will prove
bonanza to those engaged in tile bush
ness. Thousands Of foreigners will flock
to our shores for the frst time. and will
spread over the country like locusts
in Egypt. In anticipation Of this vast
influx of visitors, the entcrprising pro-
prietors OF the st. Charles hotel. Messrs.
Jewett Wilcox & Co., have resolved to
put their house In order" and to make
many and expensive improvements IN
In their hotel for the pleasure and com.
fort OF their patrons. Among others it Is
contemplated putting in new and
MAGNIFICENT PASSENGER ELEVATOR.
run by hydraulic power and similar to
the one now In use at the Lindell Hotel
at st. Louis-said to be the finest and
and fastest elevator in the country.
This elevator will prove great conven.
ience particularly to the guets and pa
irons on the upper floors.
The large and spacious dining room
(which is now one Of the best lighted and
ventilated rooms OF the kind in the State)
will undergo thorough transformation,
The ceiling will be beautifully painted.
frescoed-while the panels on the sides of
the room will be painted and decorated
with game prices by an experienced ar
list in this particular line OF business. An
ENTIRELY NEW AND NOVEL
method Of producing cool drought of
air through the entire room during the
hottest days Of summer will be introduced
by means Of q series OF iron pipes with
fan like apartures inserted at the top and
bottom Of the walls on each side of the
room, the machinery for the working
ofwhich Is TO intricate to attempt to ex-
plain in this present article. Negotiations
are now pending for the services of Prof.
Edward BrOytOn's ..H.
CELEBRATED SILVER HELcIoN BAND
which will discourse sweet music each
day during the dinner hour, and at the
weekly hops and promenade concerts.
which viii be given during the entire sea-
son for the use OF the guests Of the house
and its patrons. New Brussels carpets
will adorn the floors of the spacious par
lors, while the wide and airy corridors
will be given over to the painters, who
will have "carte blanche to improve
them to the fullest extent of their ability.
Should the increase OF travel justify the
expense
MAGNIFICENT MARBLE FOUNTAIN
will be erected in the open court on the
south side Of the dining room. The
water for the fountain will be supplied
from an artesian well sunk upon the
premises; In the basin, among other rare
and curious specimens Of the finny tribe,
will be found large numbers OF
EYELEss FISH,
from the mystic lake in the recesscs of
the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. vari-
Gus abortivc attempts have been made
heretofore to perpetuate this singular
specimen above the surface of the earth'
but so far we believe they have proved
unsuccessful. A careful chemical analy-
sis of the water which underlies this good
city OF Cairo, has shown that it contains
many of the properties contained in the
lake at the cave; hence the feasibility Of
the present experiment. Large coils OF
pipe will be placed under the fountain
through which cold air will be forced by
the same machinery which ventilates the
dining room, by which the right temper
AZURE OF the water will be maintained
during the summer months. 1t is also
contemplated to build o
SMALL PIER.
Oh the bank OF the river directly in front
of the Hotel to which will be attached
numerous pleasure boats both tor sailing
and rowing for the use and pleasure of
the guests and patrons Of the house ; for
which:no charge will be made. In fact no
pains or expense will be spared to make
the stranger and tourest feel at home
should he stop over at this favorite "lial !
way house" between the cities Of Chicago
st. Louis and New Orleans. Notwith-
standing the immense outlay the prices
will remain at the late
RED ROCK REDUCTION.
A few choice family rooms fronting on
on the Ohio river can be secured for the
summer months il applied for in season,
also very limited number Of day board
ers will be taken at the old rates. Other
Improvements are projected Of which we
shall give our readers due and timely no