Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-31
Hotel EfaIargenlents.

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Hotel EnIar0ements.
The improvements at the Windsor hO
tel are of such character as to enlarge
the entire building considerably. A three
story addition has been built in the rear
which adds to the house fifty bedrooms,
and enlarges the dining hall, billiard
room and Office. A new large steam
heater has been placed in the hotel,
which will heat the entire house. The
Office and billiard room are undergoing a
course of frescoing. 1t is proposed to do
away with the hydraulic elevator and
place one to be run by steam in its place.
The Clarendon hotel, corner of Waba-
shaw and Sixth streets, of which Col. C.
T. McNamara, IS the popular 'smine
host" has had its capacity for the &C.
commodation of the public doubled by the
erection of an addition A by
100 feet, three stories and base
ment in height. 1t is built of Port
age City brick, with Ohio stone trimming.
The addition fronts on Sixth street. The
kitchen is to be located in the basement,
and the whole first floor will
be occupied for a billiard room
and bar, while the two upper floors are
divided off into rooms en- suite and single.
1t is to be heated by steam, and hot and
cold water will be supplied to all rooms.
Commodore N. W. Kittson owns the
property, and has put On the addition at a
cost of s26, 900. Mr. A. M. Radcliff was
the architect. Col McNamara has ord
cred the furnishing, which is being man
ufactured in sets for each room, after
special designs. The new addition will
be opened to the public in few days,
when the excellencies of it's arrange
ments and the taste and richness display
ed in the furnishing will be more en-
larged upon.
The Grand Central, Wabashaw, corner
Seventh streets, has built new two story
addition ia the rear 16x2O, which adds a
new kitchen and several bedrooms to the
house. A laundry 12xI4 has also been
added to their hotel and the increase of
business will necessitate further enlarge
ment. For the purpose of meeting this,
the proprietor has negotiated for the three
upper floors, over the store, at present
occupied by Mr.. Fl. Weber. This addi-
ton will add at least forty sleeping apart
ments. He is also contemplating build
ing another three story addition in the
rear of those already added.
The Sherman house has built no addi-
ton, neither has it made any exterior i'm
provements. The interior has undergone
a most thorough course of renovation
and it is now in the hands of the painter
and paper hanger, who will make tour
of the entire building, including the Of
flee, where the proprietor intends to place
a handsome desk, of mahogany, finished
off in an antique pattern.
The International Hotel has made but
little improvement, owing to the I'm
certainty of its present proprietor re-
naming in the city. He has now deter
mined to remain, and Mr. A. B. Hinsdale,
architect, has submitted plans for grand
enlargement, which were accepted, and
work will be commenced at once. In the
rear, and adjoining the hotel, will be
builtia large four story addition, contain
ing over seventy-five rooms, of various
Dimensions. The Office, which is at pres
ent on Seventh street, will then be on
Jackson, and where the office is to-day,
will be a billiard parlor. The dining
room will be in the new addition, and the
kitchen will be built little distant from
the hotel proper, but will be connected by
a sort of an elevated hallway. This will
prove an important feature, as it will do
away with the smell of cooking, which
generally is found in all hotels. The
hotel when completed will contain all the
modern Improvements, such as steam
heater, elevator and annunciators. 1t is
expected to be finished by September 1st,
if not earlier
Of course, when there is so much i'm
provement going on in all the principal
hotels of the city, our beloved Merchants
will not be found in the rear Early in
the summer the proprietor of the Mer-
chants building, Mr.. Potter, instructed
his agent here, Mr.. Williams, of Williams
& Davidson, to make large additions to
the hotel. The result has been the addi-
tion of one story over the entire main
part of the building, raising the roof
some fifteen feet, and adding considera-
bly, to the number of chambers. Besides
this, four story yellow brick addition
has been made at the rear of the main
building, which is In itself larger. than
many so-called ''first class" hotel.
These improvements have been made at
total cost of $50, 900, or thereab outs.
No; decidedly we cannot put the Mer
chants on the "retired list" vet.