Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-27

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IT, food Of light that - end Of Windows
Hngef over q tenderloin steak or a veni
son pasty in. Adjoining the dining
room are the store rooms, the pantry
the bakery, etc, where second street j,
reached on the northeast corner Of
which axe located the kitehn, laundry
scullefy, etc. a
At THE INTERSECTION
OF second and Mill sfsese isa store
room, 50x6 fest. There are three othel
store rooms fronting on Mill street be-
tween the corner store Just mentioned
the latter being separated from tine for
mer by driveway leading into
81 4 SPACIOUS coUsr
SIXTY -four BY thirty six feet in dimen
SONS. This o0ort will answer the par
pose of a we'll, extending to the roof OF
the building, down which a food OF
light will be poured into the interior OF
the building, ahordinR, With another
smaller well" outside light to every
room in the building. The court will
be tagged and while primarily intended
be ornamented with flowers and ever-
green plants, for which purpose it will
be well adapted. The greater part of
the three fronts of the ground floor will
will be OF iron, exclusive ut course OF
the glass in the windows.
THE SECOND FLOOR
Which is II feet in the clear, will chal-
lenge comparison with any hotel on the
coast in the excellence and complete
ness Of its arrangements. The grand
parlOF Is located at the apex of the gore
and viii be 40x22 feet in Dimensions,
with square bay windows of . highly
ornamental design. It goes without
saying that it will be finished and fur
nished in q style to correspond with the
imposing size and attractive architec-
ture Of the building. The parlor opens
into, and ia entered by
THE GRAND HALL,
Seven feet six inches wide. which runs
the building. On the outside of the
hall are 80 rooms, averaging from Dx
Is to l2xl2 feet each, all of which are
adapted 70 being are adapted to being
used en- suite. At the corner of Mill aud
Second street is the ladies and family
dining room, an elrgant apartment 3.x
80 feet in dimensions. Between the
hall and oourt are q bedrooms. aver
aging 1lx1l feet each. There are four
bath rooms with closets attached on
this floor. The confSurtior of the
land Is such that on second street this
second door is virtually the first. There
are entrances there at the corner of
James and Second and about the middle
Of Second street. AZ before stated the
large court ''well'' and the smaller one
near the apex of the gore, give every
room in the house ample outside light.
There ia not dark room in the entire
building. Broad stairways at every
corner give easy access either to the
ground floor or to the
THIRD STORY,
which is Ii feet in the clear, which, in
its arrangements, duplicates the second
floor, except that the rooms will be
smaller and more numerous, there being
6S bsd-chambers, exclusive OF parlOrs,
two in lumber, one of which, a hand
some apartment of ample dimensions, is
located just over the family diniug-rOom
on the corner of Mill and Second streets.
en- suite is observed ON this floor as on
the second, as is also the case with both
rooms and closets.
ORNAMENTAL TOWERS,
nine feet high, with mansard roof fin
ish, will surmount tho building at the
apex Of the gore, at the Mill, James and
Second street corners, and also at the
center of the building, which will, from
tho ground to the summit of the towers,
be "a feet high.
THE BASEMENT
will be 56xl20 feet in dimension, and. we
awaits proposition for OCcu-
pancy. The foundation of stone from
tho Chqckanut quarries will require
many hundreds of tons of that material,
and will be massive enough to support
the
IMPOSING suPERsTEUCTURE,
which will be built of iron and brick. A
feature of this fine building.
and one which signalizes what we con-
NEW AND SENSIBLE
will be the absence of soil
pipes throughout the building, station
airy Wristbands in the bed-ohambers
being dispensed with, solely with the
visv Of avoiding the Well-knOwn and
destructive influences of sewer gas.
What piping Is necessary for bathrooms,
and fire hose-an ample
supply Of which is to DO provided ON
each dOor|Will be 50 arranged as TO Sc
cure tho minimum Of exhalatiOn while
and after being discharged. gr
THE ELEVATION
on tho architects tracinR-board presents
\ most attractive appearance. The gen.
eral style Of architecture is Italian.
The uniformity of the general outline is
broken BY i've large square bay windows
On Mill, the same number ON James, and
two on Second street. The same fea-
ture - The apsx Of the gore has alieady
6eon noticed. The upper windows will
b cot with S-ounce sheet crystal glass;
those in tho store with French plate.
THE sTAIRwAYs
and other ornamental parts of tho
building will be finished in black wal
nut. u 10 needless to SAY that the build
ing will be lighted throughout with gas.
A portion of this fine structure will be
ana Spensd foe 10 reception Of
guests on May next. Pending the COM
HsOssOAs Va ekAO 0s4SAkO O0A1uxxks ou0 uOt0l
now known a. the Occidental will be
used a. part Of the hotel.
Whea Aniaheds Seattle will Be able TO
boast With good reason Of the new Occi-
dental. We acknowledge the courtesy
Nh. DONALD M'KAY,
architect and supsrintendeut OF the new
building. for tho information embodied
in this article.
what Made the Change.
SAHrA BARnAaA, CAL. Mar. 10, 1881.
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been troubled with liver complaint for
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tried all medicines advertised for this
disease, = weu ~ the medicines pre-
sesbsd By physicians, but none ever